Covid amplified my addiction. The rush of receiving a frag is an escape from the boredom of quarantine.

Excellent topic, great advices! Dopamine hit when (buying something) + (that smells good) + (is a novelty) can be really challenging to master under control. But guys, it's just dopamine crave. Shush dopamine, sit down and wait. What helped me too, besides opting for decants, distancing myself from youtube (algorithm) videos forums and websites that feed the sense of importance of a f----- perfume, is telling myself when encountering new thing: I ALREADY OWN THIS. Going to a perfume shops, I would enjoy sampling, but I would tell myself "I already own this" (even if I don't), "I have all of this" (I see on the shelves). It tricks the brain, so the dopamine excitement doesn't get employed. Sense of lack also. Novelty too. You can put all those objects in their place, sit down, I already own you. Shut up, with your promises. Shush. Shut up, hype. Shut up, advertising. Silence... Also getting rid of the bottles at home that doesn't bring you true joy helps. It's like a tidying up apartment (Marie Kondo style). Become a minimalist. If you didn't wear perfume for a year, get rid of it. Be merciless, absolutely non-attached. That't mastery over objects. And tremendous open space, so you can have a lot of fresh air for something truly unique: smell of freedom.

I do agree but the bottles are a huge part of the addiction! There’s something about accumulating more and more bottles of cologne idk

I stopped buying a few years ago because I got tired of wasting money on all the weak Reformulated watered down skin scents. None of them are worth it. These fragrance companies are just ripping people off

I had a very stressful time in my life last November and found a perfume in the mall and googled it. Found those videos you were talking about and by last month I bought 11 bottles. Then, saw a video on decluttering and this girl decluttered 2 perfumes that she hyped so much that I bought and felt cheated somehow. Though I still like them. But she threw them out as if what she raved about them suddenly disappeared. So, she healed me. Shocked me and healed me. Thank you for this video!

This guy is making sense, good PRACTİCAL advice. He's right: You don't need full bottles to explore or enjoy this hobby. ✅

Thank you for this. I have seriously had the thought recently "I may die before I use all of my fragrances". I don't mean to be negative, but it was an honest assessment. I have been too influenced by people I don't know through social media.... It's silly when I think about it. Before Hurricane Katrina I had a collection of 5 fragrances that I was content with and loved! Today, I have around 70 fragrances, and anxiousness has joined the party. But I know I'm on my way to killing this bad habit... It starts with being honest with ourselves. Thank you for the wisdom you shared.

Fragrance collection isn’t an addiction to possessing so many bottles, it’s the addiction to finally finding the one fragrance that is the very best for you. It’s the search, not the possession that is addicting.

I've recently been taking the same stance as you as in buying decants and samples rather than full bottles. But I'm not going to lie, there is something great about having a full bottle in your collection for aesthetic reasons more than anything.

3 years after filming this and it's what I needed to hear. Thanks for recording it! I feel like I'm on the verge of this going out of hand. It's always 'just 1 more and I'm done' but there's always a 'just this one'. I've been gifting bottles and whatnot, as I made some wrong choices in the past too. It's all trying to cover up for something internal we can't yet face, resolve, or transform (... yet!), and using external stimuli to fill in an inner gap.

Once you're going into debt in order to purchase a fragrance, it's a problem. I slowed down once I realized I've probably given to my friends and family more bottles and decants than someone would ever own in their entire life.

Your video has encouraged me to limit my addiction to Cologne I have 75 bottles appreciate the input

Glad I watched this video 2 months into my frag addiction. 30 decants and I am questioning my existence. Lol.

Loved this video! I'm watching as it popped on my feed after I just created my own video on the same topic. For me it's definitely become a bit of an addiction as well as spawned some unhealthy behaviors around buying and decluttering and a constant cycle because ultimately, I don't want more than maybe 10-20 perfumes that really speak to me. Great video 💕

It's a addiction to nice smells that triger our dopamine levels. Always research,plan another,get it,think about two,three of them ... while on the way we plan for another. It never ends. Now, I'm aware of this so decided I'll buy just the one I really like and it have to be beast mode! 5,6 of them that perform beastly. It will cost but ...

Watching KZfaq made my addiction start there was always new ones coming out

Glad I came across this video now, after many years of not buying fragrances, I have started to, however, I will be keeping an eye on it.

Ive got 10 fragrances (9 different ones + 1 backup). I have a huge urge to buy more but i try to control the spending by putting strict cost, quality and bottle size restrictions for myself. For example i dont think ill ever get trough a 100ml bottle unless its a serious daily signature scent, so i only buy 30ml and 50ml. I also like some pretty wild artsy scents but in real life they dont get much use, so i have to plan abit where and in what event a fragrance will be appropriately used.

This is a very good content thanks so much for sharing. Just realised I need to take a step back on this hobby once I realised I e spent over $2k already 😞

Lots of wisdom here,thanks. Will start doing exactly this.

I buy them but with a certain price range. I buy mostly Dupes and Niche fragrances only a few designer ones that I feel ever man should own. However all things materials will outlast us bcuz we can’t take it with us when we go so while yes it can be addicting. Some people actually use their perfumes more than others.

not buying bottles is pretty stupid if you like perfumes

I'm limiting myself to 100 a month now... Quarantine has not been good for most of us

Thanks for your candid and honest sharing here…I too need to employ a lot of the wisdom you mentioned here. I e dropped you a sub and look forward to catching up with your content 👍🏻

Thank you, your advice is very clever and helpful🙏🏻🌷

Great advice. I own maybe 15 bottles but I buy samples mostly of indie and niche stuff and if I really love them will only then get the full bottle and a full bottle will last me for an age.

Brother its 100% fine to enjoy fragrances, Its not an addiction, its a stimulation of senses. Just the same way some people like fine dining (taste) going to concerts, live music, opera (audio) , playing games, watching movies etc (visual) or going to gym, doing active sports, tennis etc (touch) . Perfumes I just a stimulation of the nose. Its completely fine to enjoy and spend on fragrances brother dont feel bad ! I sold 30 bottles and i really regret it

Great video..I make al9t of money selling decants I never loose money buying bottles thanks Allah.

I was getting consume with fragrance.. thanks for this video, it's always great to explore new things 👍

I started with 1 and stuck with it for months but lately I have been purchasing them a lot more now

So I feel myself falling with in a fragrance addiction. However, I have bought about 16 colognes all under $30. One is from Alfred sung which smells fantastic and I only spent $15 on it. To make a long story short I bought many colognes during my senior year of junior high, and when I got into high school, I was buying many different colognes. I think I had a total number of about 25. Of those 25 I had about four left this year of 2023. I decided to throw away those because there was only a few sprays left, and they did not complement my body, I am 29 years old now and I have decided to buy a few different colognes that fit my age group. So I have bought Alfred song. I can’t remember the specific cologne but it is a purple liquid. Open, a RAMIS, Holston, Z 14, 4711 , one-man show, BIJAN, and a few others. My plans for these is the sea witch. Five will be my primary collection. For this summer, I have actually bought Antonio Banderas, blue seduction, and I feel like it will be a great cologne. But I have now cut myself off and I want to enjoy these some odd 18 20 colognes that I have bought, and find out which ones will be my primary five. One will be for going out at night with my wife, the other one will be for daily use, one will also be for when I get out of the shower and want to just smell fresh, and then one for the summertime in high heat situation, and then another one for daily/special event use. I remember my father, wearing a specific three cologne selection, and I actually owned those three and feel that they complement my body. So it will be interesting to see if those three will make it into my final five but I think having five is a good selection and good amount . It will keep you from buying too many, but also allow you to enjoy and create memories with the cologne that you have instead of constantly needing to buy more. Just my two cents I thought you would enjoy hearing what I’ve been going through. Primarily the reason why I wanted to revamp my cologne collection is because I wasn’t really happy with the way I was smelling I have not really been wearing a lot of cologne, and just been using a very good deodorant and I was never really happy with the way I smelled and decided it was time to get back into colognes. Thank you for this fantastic video and I think you have a pretty good strategy yourself.

That was helpful man. Thanks for the good advices.

Felt like I was listening to my life story lmao

I blame it all on Covid, I used up my bottles and went online to check for new purchases,, and then the youtube suggestions started popping up endlessly .... Yeah, my fragrance collection was originally between 7 - 10 fragrances, but with my research on youtube I bought these back PLUS 9 new ones. Still not too big a collection with my 19 fragrances, but my nose has actually changed over the years, so 4 of my old favourite I will never repurchase. My plan is to empty and declutter and empty little by little and keep 12 alltogether-- nice number 🙂

I have 12 bottles and I promise not to buy again till all my fragrance gone

I have 10 bottles 5 warm weather 5 cold weather and it's a 1 out 1 in for me now

I bought a lot of decants. Then I buy a full bottle of the fragrances I absolutely love.

I have about 25 fragrences (with additional 6 as back up) over the last 25 years (I started at 11) and I feel e tremendously guilty.

Great stuff. Thanks. Luckily for me I only love very few scents. I'm extremely picky. My nose and skin are very selective. I don't buy "nice", or even, very nice scents. I only buy magical scents, scents that I find completely addictive (like Tuscan Leather). I don't think I'll ever own more than 20 FBs. I own 12 FBs at the moments, and I'm 2.5 years into the journey. I've smelled 100s of perfumes... except for my 12 FBs, I also got myself a few decants and a few samples.

Very interesting video...I am a complete addict....I love fragrance. It takes me to a different place. I need to switch this over to travel. Example, I spent 575 on Creed Aventus Absolut...could have created memories on a short trip.

I don't care about having tons and tons of full size bottles. 10 of my favorites is enough for me. My addiction is to experiencing and learning about new fragrances. I want to know as much as I can about everything out there. I don't need the full bottles to do that, though. I smell as many as I can in retail stores and the ones I can't find I buy a few 1ml decants or samples a month to try. If I find one that I really REALLY like, the rule is I have to like it enough to sell one of my full bottles and replace it with the new one.

Bottles are okay if the scent is unique and rare. When it gets discontinued it might worth a lot of money.

You haven't rambled at all, ive recently given up one dangerous addiction for an addiction to perfumes which i tend to justify to myself by saying well at least im not doing what i was doing before but i really need to get a grip now.

I had six bottles, those scared me good 😅. I feel lighter after I sold four. I'm very grateful I realize this earlier. I can see these buying and scents impulses are quite spiralling, especially if you already dig down to the rabbit hole.

Great video. Totally agree with everything you said. Where do you get your decants?

Great advices.

I own 5 bottles and 13 decants and multiple 1.5ml samples and have one more in mind to get which is a niche perfume. Honestly want that one as my last and to complete my collection but im scared if im actually in frag addiction

Anymore I make myself sell the ones I rarely use when I get new ones

fantastic video

Is it cooler to have one fragrance and wear it on special occasions?

Brother ,where can i sell my unused perfumes plz help

I need more tips

Thank god i didnot go mad lol.

Just go La Rive at this point 😂

buy clones bro and you should be good.

Thank you for this bro. Im just starting my newfound frag head journey but ive decided to keep my rotation to five. I'll just use them every damn day till its time to re-up the bottles. No more than four. Five max....

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Hi, my name is Jack and I’m a frag addict. I started by sneaking into my fathers cabinet and bumming a spray or two of his Aqua Di Gio. Fast forward a decade later and I’m up to 2 Tom Ford’s a week and maybe a PdM if I didn’t get my fix. As a recovering frag head I’m now down to one 10ml decant a week and hope to get that down to 5ml some day

I buy bottles because they seem easier to resell, and economical on the long run. I have a total limit, so any new addition means something has to be sold.

What a great video I wish I could’ve seen this in the beginning of my journey I wouldn’t have spent so much money lol But I think most people would ignore the warning and they have to learn the hard way the adrenaline rush when you first start is unreal and it’s all downhill from there 😂

My thoughts EXACTLY. Perspective is #1. Samples curb the urge (although understanding the urge may be more important), and I'm a big supporter of paying it forward. Reduce, re-use, recycle. Clever saying that.

I’m always concerned with decants from eBay that they’re watered down by greedy sellers then you don’t get to really experience the scent.

Very good video, Waseem. I'm addicted because of the channel. When I call it quits from doing YT videos, it'll be rather easy to not buy anymore. I have way too many and I have so many bottles just because I want to have something different for the channel. Enjoyed the video and fragrance addiction is a real thing. Collecting is a financially stupid.

You make some very valid points,i mostly look out for smaller packaged bottles;15,20,30 ml because as you said if you're a collector you will have so many options & full 100ml bottles just dont make sense. Good video !!

I've never seen you with a full bottle.. I got rid of over 100 bottles. Now I just buy 30ml bottles or decants. But I actually go a lot of fragrances. Oud is a different story and natural oils I consider more of medicine.

I COMPLETELY agree! Couldn't have said it better myself, you're awesome dude

Lol Axe. Been there, and after that shit stopped projecting in five minutes I felt dirty. This year my addiction began. Once I had 8 bottles I immediately stopped and began buying decants. I think where I got fooled is buying Versace Dylan Blue on a blind buy and I just said “crap...this shit reeks...” lol that’s when I knew buying bottles wasn’t worth it.

What's up dude? Glad to see you're back. I obsess over fragrances and I've sampled a good bit, but I'm very picky and have a minimalist/situationalist mindset for their use. Of the 150 I've tried, I only love about 15-20 of them and consider them bottle worthy (ones I absolutely love). Of those 15-20 I have them split into situations and seasons. I'd be happy with that number of bottles and some decants to mix things up a bit. Don't think I'll ever go the hoarder rout with hundreds of fragrances tbh.

Thank you for helping me ! I review fragrances too and really am not going to buy bottles anymore.

Well said. I'm on this journey for about 2 years or so, and at some point I got really concerned about being an 'addict'. So I started to observe my behavior and thankfully I only got 16 bottles now. Sold some, and started buying way more decants. Thanks for your thoughts on this topic!

Great advice. I see many reviewers start off with humble collections like tltg fragrance lounge. Ross use to have a humble collection and now I see nothing but niche. He's down the hole for sure. I'm coming out the hole!

Very honest and useful video! I started this hobby in the last couple years but am over it. I think I just bought my last bottle (I know...it's like someone saying they just took their last drink 🙂).

You've really offered some wise advice on the subject in this video. I think I've been buying too many bottles lately and like you said I think I should buy more decants from now on to stop wasting money.

You've just made the right point and a really good sense to me as i have just entered exploring scents and i am spending way to much much on scents. Thanks a ton bro !

Good stuff mate, i only buy full bottles of stuff I really like, that i only give a 9 or 10 out of 10.

Great info video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day

Great video, Waseem. Practical advice, and good on you for opening up about this vulnerability of yours. Myself, I'm a bit too picky to be in danger of addiction in this case, but I think I also keep my throttle at about 3 samples/month, if I had to count.

Hello buddy! Awesome topic and Awesome video! I'm a Fragrance reviewer also, and thinking about doing a video discussing these things. : )

Great advice I subscribed 👍

I can relate to this, not so much an addiction (but def more than i probably need) ... getting into niche fragrances more than designer as of last 6 months - like im going out of my way to find them (some are SUPER EXPENSIVE LOL). i have like 23-25 bottles in my collection - i keep them properly stored, so they last years without going bad. I gave like 6-7 away to my younger brother that I find myself not wearing as much anymore, gave him these: - Subtil Pour Homme by Salvatore Ferragamo - love smell (performance is shit tho) - The One for Men Eau de Parfum by Dolce&Gabbana - Dunhill Desire - CH Men Prive by Carolina Herrera - Artisan Pure by John Varvatos He's getting into it himself too, he has more self control than I had. I have to limit myself to like 3-4 a year, was buying like 4-5 every month or 2 at one point, like id just go on a shopping spree and catch myself paying off credit cards for 3 months. Now i have real responsibilities - Saving for my wedding, paying off a house, we got a new puppy (german shepard mix) . Recently I bought my 2nd bottle of Herod Parfums de Marley and Amouage Journey Man. Got a few things on my to buy list but going to hold off until May-June (Tight budget). I will look into getting decanters/travel sprays... I've seen them... and i guess if I really love them, I'll buy the bottle.

I'd say, only get a full bottle if it's top 10 (not seasonally - in general) stuff, or if you think you can decant a 100 - 150 ml bottle far enough to get your purchase 'for free.' A year has 365 days. Why in the world would someone then want to sit on 100+ bottles? I currently own 39, and try to sell off 6 of these, in order to obtain a few very special fragrances. Then I'm done with eyeing new bottles and only will go from samples to samples every now and then. I currently have samples of most Xerjoff scents. Yet I don't own one bottle: only the 'winner' of this sampling round might eventually be worthy of a full bottle purchase. I don't want a big collection: I want the best for my taste.

Totally my story 👍🏽 I feel you bother 🤣

I think I am ur #1 fan, please notice me senpai I love you xxxx

Salam bro can you recommend some attars please. Love from UK too

Interesting video bro. I think I manage to control my collection. I try to keep my collection under 50 and often sell bottles I don’t reach for any more. I would love to bring it down to under 10 which I think will be impossible! As you know I cant get into decants! and I hate seeing reviewers with a wall of frags behind them!!

I only buy hermes , chanel and guerlain and most fragrances i buy you cant buy decants . I dont buy mass market fragrances , i own 75 bottles

“Lynx innit”

Majority of men addicted to fragrance are mostly womanizers. The best way to be financially responsible is to go get married to a decent girl.