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I love to try new scents, and I find I often spend as so much on samples and decants that I could get a full bottle of one special fragrance. I wish I had more bottles, but I just can't seem to settle down with a longtime relationship without wondering who else is out there...Even with the bottles I own, I find myself trying new things over them. Any thoughts? How do you liove your perfume life? Are you a Queen, Princess, or and Empress, who I suppose goes for pure Parfum!

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Call me a Full Bottle ... Queen. Decants just don't appeal to me. I've got plenty of samples, but for me those are just for the utility of deciding whether or not to get a bottle.
I try to keep my whole collection limited to around two dozen bottles that I truly love -- even that is really more than I'm likely to "use up," but it gives me a diverse collection that I enjoy without breaking the bank.

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Full bottles for me. If I have only a decant, I never seem to wear the scent in fear of running out.
Stupid, I know, but there you go.

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Full bottle queen.

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I've got mostly full bottles...But lately I've been sampling like mad Such a great way to discover new scents,without getting totally bankrupt:P(all though I really should spend less money on that ...)

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Full bottle Queen - and hoarder. But I'm about to enter the world of decants (my first one will be posted to me on Monday), so this may change...
Clemmie

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Full bottle queen here
As a hobby, I also do stain glass work so I have a love for beautiful glass. Part of the appeal for me is holding the nice beautiful bottle in hand as I spray
it and also to display the bottles. Decants and plastic atomizers do not exactly do it for me.
Having said that, reality does set it sometimes and if I'm in a testing and sampling frame of mind, I'm ok with decants (easier on the wallet). Also, I need to keep my bottle collection to about 50 or 60 to keep it manageable. This should give me enough choice of fragrances for all seasons and all purposes. Right now, I will not add to my bottle collection unless I really love the fragrance.

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I've been doing primarilly decants, but am now shifting over to bottles, especially of the ones that I've discovered through decants. However, if you look at my swap list you'll see that had I bought all those decants i'm trying to get rid of as bottles, i'd be a poor man. And some of them were truly awful! AND...some were purchased after getting a sample vial, which just goes to show that sometimes one really needs a bit more than 1 ml to figure out a scent.

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Actually I'm both! I order lots of decants and samples, and then buy full bottles of the ones I really love. I really like owning the full bottles, but always try them out first now. I usually pass on my samples and decants to friends, once a decision is made on which ones I'm going to purchase.

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I was a Full Bottle Queen, and then forced myself to be more of a Decant Princess. In the meantime, I got an ounce of Nahema parfum, and seem to be mainly interested in oils-- kai, Jalaine, Aroma M, Sage, etc. I also have gotten a significant collection of absolutes and essential oils, and some fragrance oils as well, like cucumber. Jasmine, rose, elemi, galbanum, rosewood, patchouli, melissa, lemongrass, sweet fennel, vanilla, ect. I suppose I plan to make my own blends in jojoba oil.
I don't think of myself as an Empress, however, more of the court Fool. It's fun for me, but much more of a time killer than even Bubble Trouble.