Smells I like:

• Musk
• Fig leaves
• My cat
• Almond, as in almond essence, marzipan smell.
• Roasted wattle seeds
• Cardamom
• Coal tar soap.

I've been learning lots about perfumes, trying a new sample every day, really enjoying it.

I'm documenting things on a blog: Perfume Log.

My favourite is still Monsieur, which I got for a birthday present a few years ago. As a more casual alternative I like Wood Infusion.

I'm trying to find a fresh Summer smell, trying lots of things with citruses and fig leaves.

Would also like to find a favourite musky smell, as I generally like those.

I also like wearing sweet, pink, powdery smells at home at night. I like Powdered Veil and Divin'Enfant, but am still looking for others

Had the inspiration to look for Strawberry Shortcake smelling things, these're some notes:

• https://strawberryshortcakedolls.com/perfume-guide-how-to-smell-like-strawberry-shortcake/
  • https://www.amorphousperfume.com/products/new-doll-perfume-oil

• Lore loreperfumery.com.au
• Libertine libertineparfumerie.com.au
• Mecca mecca.com
• City Perfume cityperfume.com.au - Sydney.

• Fragrance Through The Decades - Talk by perfumer Roja Dove.
• The path to master perfumer: he risked everything to follow his dream of becoming a ‘nez' - Silly name, but a good half-hour doco following a refugee from Syria as he studies perfumery in France.
• Perfume: Something Old, Something New Bottling the Memory The Smell Of The Future - Three-part doco from the BBC. There's this bit where a guy's trying to find an empty spot to try a new perfume like he's trying to find a vein.
• The Nose: Searching for Blamage - Doco about Perfumer Alessandro Gualtieri (Orto Parisi, Nasomatto). Excuse the Bitchute link, but it's the only play I could find it for free. If you want better quality you can rent or buy it on Vimeo.

• https://plog.ryliejamesthomas.net/
• Notes on Fragrances