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Full bottle queen - I'm much too obsessional to manage without *owning* the perfumes I love. I have Tigrushka's problem with decants; a terror that I'll run out and an unwillingness to use them for that reason. (I get like this towards the end of whole bottles too.)

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Totally a decant princess!!!!
I'll buy a bottle but never use more than a tenth of it and I just feel so wasteful that way so I go to sephora and they make me a sample of what ever fragrance I have a craving for.

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I LOVE the decant. I think it's a great idea. The good places that sell them use glass so what's not to like? I could never afford all the non-export Serge Lutens I like and I'm starting to concentrate on pure parfum when possible. (The truest form and most sillage,etc.) I have to save up for that. I can't get bored with smaller amounts of really quality stuff and I am acquiring so much there is absolutly no danger of running out. My biggest problem now is deciding which to wear all day since I've discovered so mny new great ones thanks to all your feedback. THANK-YOU!!!

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I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a bottle queen ...
I've squirted up and down and over and out, and I know one thing:
Each time I think I'm happy with the notes from top to base,
I pour myself a decant and ship it away from this place.
That's strife--I tell you I can't deny it,
I've thought of shopping retail, baby, but my nose just ain't gonna buy it.
And if I didn't think a swap worth one more try,
I'd roll myself up in a bubblewrap ball a-n-n-d die!
My, my!

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Originally Posted by Quarry I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a bottle queen ...
I've squirted up and down and over and out, and I know one thing:
Each time I think I'm happy with the notes from top to base,
I pour myself a decant and ship it away from this place.
That's strife--I tell you I can't deny it,
I've thought of shopping retail, baby, but my nose just ain't gonna buy it.
And if I didn't think a swap worth one more try,
I'd roll myself up in a bubblewrap ball a-n-n-d die!
My, my! This is SO great! You odda be in show bidness!!
I'm a Queen-cess. Or a Preen. I do both - depending on the weather. So new to this whole "more than just a half dozen bottles of all time classics" that I'm buying and swapping indiscriminately to the consternation of my financial adviser!! Just when I think I've found the rose and invested in it, along comes another suggestion and pouff! the game's afoot again. For "rose" substitute any other note and you get the picture.
So good to see a knowledgeable long-timer like Tigs hasn't got it down pat either!! (Toddles off to bed singing "That's Strife"!!!)

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(Another poem by Quarry)--
Rapture--Not
an angry rap poem
(pull pants down around your hips and shout out loud with punctuated rhythm)
It began with Frenchie Missy Coco
Not my thing, but has good throw though
Bought some J.Lo for torso photo
Sprayed me down from head to toe-toe
Got some Rabanne, just to be like Paco
Stunk like some old gym-class sock-o
Tried some knock-offs, they're too faux-faux
Drydown dragged on, played in slow-mo
Shopped out West, where the best were so-so
Drove my nose down the Drive Rodeo
Did a smell-see of new East burroughs
Scents of Chelsea, Nuits de Noho
Thought Italian the way to go-go
To give a rise to olfactory mojo
Got some l'eau de Laurie Tonatto
á là Perfume Shoppe (not in Toronto)
Heliotrope stunk like little tots' Play-doh
Demeter funk like hothouse tomato
Not that hungry, dined with Bobo
Vintage frags extinct like doh-doh
Holy grail not all that hallowed
Addiction leaves my pocket shallow
Guess I'll hang with Ernie Gallo
Guess I'll hang with Ernie Gallo ... [repeat & fade]
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I hope you don't mind my bringing this out, Q, I think anyone who hasn't read it would enjoy it!

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Hello, lovlies --
I haven't read the whole thread back-to-front, but I am a COMBINATION Queen... I have a huge, ongoing number of sample vials, which I am constantly working through, that I try to rapidly translate (via the magic of Basenotes) to "tried that" or "wish list." From there, I need to decide if the ones on my "wishlist" are scents I MUST OWN IMMEDIATELY, in which case I check the discount perfumers, or more often (given my champagne taste and beer pocketbook), the holy grail of decants (Tauer's L'Air du Desert Morocain, C&S Frankincense & Myrrh and Ormande Jayne's delightful Orris Noir are among my examples of same), until I can afford the occasional full bottle of niche frag. (I tend to buy for my birthday in August, or at the new year...) Meanwhile, I'm also saving up the little vials and seeing how long I can stretch 'em.
So, that's me!

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I love the concept of buying decants, but....I am an all or none kind of gal and I really love a nice big fresh bottle!

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I am trying to strike a happy medium, but frankly the last few months are total lunacy in both the acquisition of full bottles and decants and samples. I'm not looking forward to spending most of a day updating my wardrobe.
With a broader range of trials, I am getting more discriminating and mostly view samples and decants as a way to be sure before I commit to an expensive full bottle. Mind you, when the bottles aren't pricey, I'll gamble on notes alone.

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OMG, that rap is awesome. Could we get Weird Al Yankovic to do it, with a video? SO funny.
Think I'll go invent a rap about waiting for the plumber.