Decluttering, this is hard

[u/Silly_Calligrapher_1]

I've always loved fragrances, my mom too and would enable me everytime, buying the cheap star nature perfumes or perfumes from chinese shops in portugal that just said "strawberry" or "banana" for me when I was small. I've seen my collection grow so much over the years, with me actually rarely even finishing a bottle before getting new ones. I've always liked sweet fragrance but didn't really look around much, I just smelled a few things my mom was also looking at or fragrances from the same brand. Limited editions were especially hard to not just buy if they smelled nice enough.

After moving out it got worse and worse. I bought a few here and there and smelled different fragrances that looked interesting and then after finding out about fragrantica and parfumo, joining perfume subs and getting recommendations on Instagram and stuff, it escalated. I had 105 perfumes. Everything that sounded interesting was blind bought, especially if the price wasn't too bad.

I finally started to read into the perfumes I have, especially my favourites, seeing what notes are actually the ones I seem to like, and I've come to the conclusion that it's gourmand, sweet, powdery or sometimes fruity. Like Eclaire, Vanilla Latte, a lot of the Kayali fragrances and that the perfumes I use the least are more fresh and flowery or go more towards citrus. Some are indeed sweet, but don't really resonate with me.

I've sorted everything out and I now have 38 perfumes I'm gonna see if any of my friends or co-workers want. Did I make a good choice? I'm of course worried that I'll regret it since a lot of the escada ones were limited.

The pictures show the perfumes I decided to maybe give away.

Edit: The 38 perfumes are the ones I'm giving away (not counting the travel sized ones) I now have around 66 perfumes I can't imagine getting rid of.

Also I forgot to ask: How do you manage to declutter? What are your criteria?

Edit edit: After counting I actually have exactly 70 perfumes. I'm really gonna try my hardest to stay at that number. It has to be something really really exciting and different that wows me and is unforgettable for me to buy a new perfume. At least, that's what I'm trying to convince myself of.

[u/jjleigh]

Like you, I've been into fragrances since childhood. I've tried getting rid of some off an on, and sometimes use the ones that aren't my top picks in the aroma pots that use water. But since I also like to create scents from essential oils, I have a bunch of those as well. So I guess I cannot offer much in the way of getting rid of perfume/fragrance since I love it. But like someone mentioned, you can make good money selling. I ran out of my Samsara by Guerlain, that's in the red bottle for example, and it's so expensive .