You hit it Carmen. I am trying to cut back - buying only what I can return and getting only travel sizes/samples. This addiction doesn’t really hurt anyone but it does hurt your budget.

Oh yeah buying is the shopping addiction, blind buying hits the gambling addiction. But the sensory experience itself is a positive lol

oh gosh this is so true 🙊...before perfume it was clothes, skincare, makeup... This month I've bought 13 perfumes - it is out of control. I would like to limit myself to 1 perfume per month

I used to have shopping addiction 10 years ago, bags and clothes...so as Im starting this fragrance journey, Im very concious of my spending habits.

the problem is HYPE. with the internet, we all want to know what all the hype is about. perfume is the most problematic because you have to actually buy it and receive the item to actually even get a sense of what the hype is about, unlike with clothing, shoes, etc. the solution for me is to go cold turkey. i can't justify spending money on something so useless. just shower daily and wear deodorant. this was never a problem before online shopping, when people would go sniff perfumes at the store and then buy one until they finish it before doing it again. before online shopping, even if they own many perfumes at once, they never blind buy. blind buying is literally gambling, which is why it is addicting.

Completely agree, one extreme love replaces another extreme love. The love is not the issue it is what lies behind the action. Always post!

It’s definitely not about the perfume per se same with makeup,skin care,any other crazy shopping habit we have… it’s definitely a coping mechanism and I am speaking for Myself it’s like a high… the feeing almost always fades after you purchase or after receiving it… hence why a month later we aren’t even reaching for the perfume we wanted so bad… I’m Working on that now 🙃

I do have a fragrance addiction. However, I have learned not to blind buy. I’m Addicted to my favorites now. I have about 23 favorites and I want them in my collection. If I don’t like perfumes I bought in the past I now use them as air fresheners. I think it’s very important to bring awareness to spending too much money. I keep my fav perfumes next to my bed. I like to smell them before I go to sleep. It brings me back those sweet memories. ❤

I was addicted to buying and collecting makeup, I even decided to work at Sephora. But I ended up hitting a wall and stopped buying makeup and started buying fragrances instead. I traded one addiction for another. Whooops

I hate shopping. But I love fragrance. The juice itself is what brings me joy, happiness, good feelings. I am addicted to those feelings. I am a nurse, work in a hospital and during the pandemic the only thing that made me happy and reminded me that this hell on earth would eventually end was the one spray of Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge on my chest. I would exit a room, take off my PPE and drop my head down to my chest to take a deep breath of beauty and luxury. During pandemic, I stopped traveling. Those funds were directed towards fragrance. I still have not returned to travelling but I have reduced my frag spending by a lot. I spent around $1800 in 2023 on this hobby. It is a lot but I bought 10 new bottles, 5 travel sizes and 6 discovery set plus around 20ish decants. So I ended up experience sometjing like 100 different fragrances last year. Worth it to me. I will continue low buy this year. Have already bought two bottles - they were both under $50. I think I am ok spending $2k a year on this hobby since it brings me such bliss ❤

Thank you for sharing all this. I just started collecting perfume in August of 2023, it’s now March 2024. I have bought maybe 20 perfumes & MANY BBW fragrances. Eeeeek! I do love my collection but that should really be enough for a while.

You have a point Carmen. I use my perfume storage boxes like some would use a cigarette patch. I can’t buy anymore when there is no more room. In the spring, I re direct my attention to planting flowers etc.. because you’re right, I do have a reason I like perfume. I need the aromatherapy, however, my situation has been pretty severe so I don’t feel bad about collecting perfume. I’m about to share why, My husbands cancer has robbed him of the ability for us to be physical in our marriage. I’m tearing up as I type this but it’s therapeutic at the same time. It’s been almost 10 years because it affected him before he even knew he had cancer. So, I’m only 49 and I don’t remember what it feels like. I get sad sometimes but we are happy in so many other ways and I meant what I said when I said for better or worse and I’m in the worst I guess, or was really more when I watched him go through the treatments, it was awful, so long story short, yes, perfumes help me cope, they remind me of my femininity, lifts my mood when I need it to. It’s hard, what we are going through , so, I don’t regret my perfumes at all but I try to stay within my reasonable boundaries and I think I’ve done that pretty well. ♥️ thanks for listening and giving me an outlet. I know there’s got to be more women like me out there trying to cope. 🙏🏻It’s hard lying next to your husband and you can’t be physically intimate with him. 🥺

FACTS 👏🏾💯🎯The truth has to be told. The good, bad and ugly. I appreciate you addressing this because it’s a real issue. You don’t have to sugar coat anything. Sometimes we all need these reminders to snap us out of whatever bad habits or toxic behaviors we’re doing. This definitely resonates with me and I agree with you 💯! It’s so easy to get sucked into addictions and over consumption in this society. We have to maintain some sort of personal accountability and balance. There are far more important things in my life than just perfume, makeup, skincare etc and I want to enjoy other things as well. Who wants to be broke; smelling & looking good but you can’t do anything else or travel/vacation because all the money went towards an addiction. We have to have boundaries and know our limits with our finances in mind. It’s definitely a wake up call and cautionary tale especially if it’s not within your budget anyway.

There's a reason why FragranceBuy puts the words "Your little red box of happiness has arrived!" on their shipping boxes. 😏

You’re speaking your truth. If people can’t handle that, they should scroll by.

It's like the Universe had opened up and your video just tapped me on my shoulder. You're right about the real problem... they are never bags or shoes or perfumes. And this vid is not offensive to me at all, awakening, yessss. I knew it became a problem when on a daily I can't even decide what perfume to wear😅. I'm sick to my gut. Im getting better tho. I'm passed the denial stage. Thanks for this❤

This is so very insightful and true. I think so many of us have fallen in love with fragrances over the pandemic mainly, and as our lives are in many ways, still forever changed, low key traumatised infact from the pandemic, probably we still buy habitually. On a personal level I still like to listen to varying fragrance reviewers ( not the more grandiose ones, who I feel have started to take themselves far too seriously and elevate themselves to very arrogant levels), but the ones who are humble, relatable, not constantly hauling and decluttering, or getting loads of stuff in PR. As a listener, more recently when I hear 'im obsessed with these fragrances, top 10 for life, top 10 for winter etc, it sounds like chalk on a blackboard in terms of predictablity, and also interest. Im kind of over it. I DONT need it in my life, I wont die without it !. So im on a low buy this year. Fragrance does bring me joy, but too much consumerism doesnt. It just makes me wonder how Ill use everything up!. I plan on noting down what I plan to buy rather than buying it instantly. Waiting ( because its not going to be discontinued in a few months time), seeing if I still want it , after another 3 or 4 are also probably on my radar by then, and choosing carefully. Pacing myself, and setting aside time inbetween 'i think id really like that' to 'add to cart'. I feel it will take away the instant gratification and make me more mindful and appreciative of what I have and what I may have in the future. ❤

You hit the nail on the head with this video. And no, you were not offensive. Lol. You’re right, it’s not the perfume that’s the problem, it’s our habits, because if it’s wasn’t perfume, we’d be overindulging in something else. Lol. I’ve acquired over 100 bottles within the span of a few years, spending thousands of dollars. Before that it was a makeup addiction, then clothes, now its nice purses. Thankfully I’ve ben able stop buying and and is now way more conscious about my spending. I’m hoping to downsize my collection a bit though, maybe to sound 30 or so. I still love collection though, getting to enjoy them still brings me joy.

Yessss… sometimes, the shopping takes over the “perfume” love…

Yep guilty as charged. When I sow the title i just knew it’s for me. I live in Africa without a job and the little allowance I have, I spend it all on perfumes and shoes 😂. The addition is real.

I am doing better simply by not buying (succumbing to) so many samples this year.

You’re onto something here I went from hoarding and collecting over buying make up. Like I bought so much make up I don’t know what to do with it like I literally have drawers and drawers and drawers a whole room full of it and now I’m doing the same thing with perfume and the sensory overload I get each time I buy a blind by and I love it I guess so excited that I got a good one and then I’m buying five more and it’s a whole thing it’s a whole thing for sure I agree hundred percent with you it’s an addiction

I recently got reintroduced to the love of fragrance, again. I’ve always loved perfume. But now it’s become my “hobby” lol which is kinda fun! When I was pregnant I had to stop wearing perfume and burning candles because they made me so nauseous lol 😂 no offense here! I needed this actually

Thank you for sharing ❤ ...working on myself on this perfume addiction...as i prepare to declutter 😊

You hit the nail on the head ,perfume was my way of coping during the pandemic and now I’ve gone back to handbags 👜 🤦‍♀️Still loving my perfumes ❤

So true. Great video. I think with social media it has gotten way worse since we see everyone else has it. Thank you for sharing. 💕💕

It is Like Aroma Therapy for me 😂

This is why i like decants. I can try different scents all the time relativly guilt free. Especially the more niche scents, a 20 dollar blind buy on a 5ml decant is much easier to cope with than a 200-500 dollar full bottle. And i have so many scents that even though they are mostly 5-10 ml decants I can actually use up and finish. Having like 50 100ml bottles they would mostly go bad before i can use it. I find even scents i really like, a decant is enough because of the fact I try so many and have so many. The only thing you dong get with this method is the beautiful display of the full bottles but, its not about that for me, its more about trying new scents and having lots of options to choose from for my scent of the day.

You hurt if you spend money you supposed to use on something else. This addiction is the same as alcoholism or drugs addiction . Can destroy your life.

It's because perfume addiction is a friendly addiction. You may love clothes, but half of fashion styles don't look good on your body type. You may love shoes, but most shoes feel uncomfortable. Fragrances are open to everyone. You enter a fragrance store and it's as if all the bottles scream "Try me! Take me home with you!"

In the « how your perfume makes you feel » forum subject on Fragrantica, we often see: sexy, put together, clean, like I have my s* together, happy, etc. Spending money don’t make you feel like that.

I feel like it's a feel-good rush. Everything in moderation. I over shop.

So insightful and a little hard to hear tbh 😂 I’m on the cusp of facing some hard (and embarrassing) truths because my fragrance spending is off the rails. Your point about perfume not being the problem is on point. I only have so much skin, right? Having a collection so large that there’s no way I can use it all is impractical. I’m going to focus on enjoying what I have instead of bringing in more. 🌸

This video was great. I am so happy that someone speaks up. I noticed that perfume youtubers barely mention the price. Yes, they say it within 1s that is cheap or expensive but if its something really expensive and I am talking about 100$+ price, you should emphasize it. I just bling bought 2 perfumes from Indie houses (Sphinx and Amyris) and total costs was 250$+ and both of them were disappointment. I cannot even return them (I am trying with Sphinx but I am confident I will not get 100% refund). So lesson learned, I am not saying I will stop buying perfumes or stop watching videos but I will stick to my gut and will not purchase any perfume above 100$ as blind buy ever again.

"I'm just intense." Felt that with my soul. 😂 Loved this video. So real and transparent. Subscribed. 💕

I took my sense of smell for granted until 2021 when I got covid. I lost my sniffer for almost 2 yrs. When it started coming back vanilla was one of the smells that came back. So of course I started buying perfumes with strong vanilla notes. In 2023 I bought 12 bottles. So far this yr another 3. I don’t plan on stopping now. 😂

I am not offended at all. I also have ADHD. Anyway, I know I have a fragrance addiction and I am trying to make small changes. I am no longer blind buying and no more back- ups. I am also trying to use up some of the stuff I have this year. I am only buying what I absolutely love from now on. It's small steps but it is something. ❤

I think this is spot on. I had a decent fragrance collection, but when my husband died, I multiplied that exponentially. I feel calmer now, and am keeping a wish list, to evaluate later if I want any scents on the list. I will say fragrance does change my mood. I was grieving, obsessed with chocolate scents, and I really believe it’s not a coincidence chocolate and Valentine’s Day go together because that activates the heart chakra. I’ve been heart broken over my loss and scent has lightened my mood.

I can’t stop buying fragrances, at least now I started buying small bottles 50ml instead 100ml. To be able to finish them. I just love them ❤

I can stop anytime I want to. 😂😂😂 But seriously, Carmen this was a very eloquent explanation of how there is much more to the over-purchasing of fragrances. & why a lot of us do it. Also thank you for being so honest about your own experience!!! 💜

Oooof girl you’re so right about having other“harmless” beauty addictions prior to this one. + the dopamine rushes from blind buying. Also, as best as you can, try to silence the noise from the viewers. If no one hates your content, no one will love it. Keep bringing you and your opinions to light. It’s honestly refreshing. This is my first (and definitely not last) of your videos 🫶🏽

Yesss, I’m just in the process of getting addicted to this and you hit a spot. Thank you for this, because it got me thinking….

You read my ADHD mind! You hit it right on the nail with all that you said gf ! It’s never enough for me and I’m Poor and this is becoming a serious problem to have such an expensive way to cope lol 😪

You make so many good points. Thanks for the insights! I think being aware of all these aspects of the problem will help me get over it I hope.

I really enjoy these videos. I feel like I'm receiving some good advice from a friend. Thank you for this.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, you hit the nail on the head. I am addicted to shopping and I love fragrance so I shop for fragrance and I have so many that i do not need or wear but I keep on doing the same thing. I try to stop, but then keep watching fragrance videos and buy more that sound soooo good.

This really spoke to me. Thanks!

This is a really good take on this. I was battling within myself about this habit, so this was actually very helpful. Looking at our habits around buying, rather than the actual perfume itself.

I get travel sizes first, then a full size bottle if I use it up. I'm okay with buying samples, too. But I don't go into debt or break my budget over it. I also stopped the collection mentality

I am glad you posted this, this is a real video. New here loved this share.

On point. thanks for sharing. I just started to collect perfumes and this is a reminder to stop my problem before it gets bigger. I need to limit to two buys per year moving forward. 😂

Interesting topic. I do think it can be a problem if you have so many perfumes that you aren't really enjoying wearing them all, you can only use one or two a day! If you have hundreds, most of them will be very rarely used. Also storage space can be a problem. I'm trying to keep my collection small, but I do like to buy samples and decants to try new things. Most of them I don't like enough to buy a full bottle, but it gives me that experience of trying new scents.

Hi from 🇹🇹 Trinidad. You are spot on in your assessment, the perfume isn't the problem, our addiction habit is...I am very much aware that I am using fragrances as a coping mechanism to deal with stress and to re-focus my attention. There's no way that I can use all that's in my collection. This video is a god-send!

Thank you for this video! Everything said is so true to me!

On point!!

Wow you gained a subscriber. I can relate soo much. It is never enough😭

Great video and I think a lot of us are in the same boat! I get fixated and hyperfocused on things and I do want to slow down on my purchases this year while continuing to sniff in store when I can and enjoy my current collection! The other thing I'm trying to curb this year is online clothing shopping. I'm pretty good at making returns but that's a chore I could do without...and I think we are more willing to keep something that's not a "heck yes!" if we buy it online.

You are so right 👍💖

Video starts at 1:29

I think many of us having this problem with perfume and makeup and skincare etc... and social media and watching youtube definitely fuels it for me. I was on a no buy for 2 years and it was going well too and i actually discovered perfumes this year. Like recently perfumes have been really big and I did not even own 1 perfume like last year 😂 and now i have like 30. And i stopped because I spent all my budget for it so I can't buy any more this entire 2024. Until maybe black friday???? 😅 Whats weird too, i purchased mostly all affordable perfumes just to have more? The only expensive perfume i bought was bianco latte. You know the hype. And although I do love almost everything I got, with the exception of like 4 middle eastern perfumes, and I do use my perfumes everyday but after stepping back I definitely regret some of the purchases.

You made some really good points, Carmen. 😊

Related to sooo much of this!

We are the problem and I do agree that it’s probably rooted into something deeper and we are getting a sense of happiness that we’re not getting somewhere else you’re calling it like it is and I appreciate that

I completely agree with this. It’s exactly why I have a perfume addiction, besides the fact that I love fragrance. 💖

No lies told. I’ve probably saved 1k so far, since the year started. I’ve let fragrances sitting in my carts for days and later I would closed all tabs. I am sampling more, buying smaller bottles when possible, and also decants. This hobby is….well, you’ve said it all.😂

Thank you so much for sharing. I went into a 20.000 debt on the pandemic because of online shopping. Perfume was a part of it. I stopped for a while but now I’ve been so stressed out by work and life that I’m feeling like buying new fragrances to feel happy 😭

Oh my gosh I love you! Haha! It is definitely about the dopamine, and shopping addiction in general. That’s what I made a blanket serious low buy (all items for myself, house, and even kids just in case I would transfer it to any of those).

Goal this year is to only buy perfumes I LOOOVE because I really dont wanr to wastw money on like. Plus Flankers are a waste of money tbh

😂😂😂 the first 2 minutes Carmen ❤

Nice video, i guess you are right. Buying shit is for filling your happiness. In the end if you dont get in problems its alright since imo most things in life is a moneysink. But if you get in debt or cant pay shit that is more important you need to change it. Im on 39 bottles now but i will never get in financial problems, but im still jealous when i see people with mad collections haha. Have a nice weekend and dont buy too much.😂

Girl i feel attacked 😂😂😂 You know me and yet never met me. I needed this talking to today. I've been on a buying spell this past 2 weeks. I need to chill out. This video was a must. You did great

Love this video 💖

This video is speaking to me! I rediscovered my love of fragrances after I had long COVID-19 last year and lost my smell/taste for months. That period of time felt like forever and I started to feel hopeless. Both senses gradually returned, but it took awhile for them to sharpen back up. I began to delve into the land of perfumes as my smell returned. I'm in my mid-20s, so I was rarely purchasing perfumes before -- more so body and fine fragrance mists. Not only did my depressive episodes and bouts of loneliness tempt me to purchase, but also having a well-paying job with great benefits. I didn't go too crazy with spending, as I purchased several perfume oil flankers of niche fragrances and sample/travel sizes of perfumes. A couple weeks ago I asked myself: "I only have have one body, so why do I need so many fragrances?"; especially considering that I have narrowed down my favorite scents to about 2-3 perfumes/mists. I made another perfume purchase yesterday, ironically -- LOL. It was for an EDP and it is definitely affordable (under $30). Moving forward, I plan to implement no-buy weeks/months for products, generally. My love of fragrance and body goods will remain, but realistically I need to use up at least most of the items I have before supplementing my inventory. One thing I have found that helps is to go in-store (where applicable), and smell the scents there to really decide. In the era of online-shopping, it is *SO* easy to blind-buy without getting the full fragrance experience. Buying without smelling/using can definitely lead to an overflow of products, as many of us know. I have done many purchases with Klarna/Afterpay just to feel like I lessened the blow to my checking account (even when the money was there -- sometimes, even in abundance, LOL!). We deserve to incorporate joy in our lives, but sometimes we have to be realistic with ourselves, as you mentioned in this video. Awesome thoughts, and you have earned a new subscriber! 🙂 Cheers to us smelling great, but also being financially-responsible adults!

I am sure can be a real problems for others if you are maxing out credit cards . It can be very stressful for your family and spouse.

N to know that we have the most carcogenic toxic poisonous chemicals sitting up there,...that we use sometimes but keep buying more ....😢..causing a hole in our wallet

Please make a video about your whole collection!

Hey new subbie from denise adore…. It’s hard to cut back especially after watching some of the KZfaq girlies and also these companies are always pushing out new fragrances you see It and think you need it. I love perfume it makes me happy. What drives me crazy if I don’t get it, it’s going to be sold out.

Gosh, I searched you out after watching Denise Adore. Watching this video now makes me a subby. I have always loved perfume, but in the last four months, I have acquired so much. It helped me curate my nose, and Yes, it filled the void and hurt the pocket. I plan on curating my collection to scents that work for me and not buying 20 vanillas or cherry fragrances. Thank you for this video

Oh MAN, the truth is harsh, eh? It's just never enough. And the whole sharing thing (you're so DEEP!) is why I love you so much. (And I would LOVE to go for lunch!) You're so intelligent and sensitive and have such a great way of articulating your thoughts. It's why we come here! I conquer 100% It's not about the fragrances (for the most part). It's about having something coming in the mail, or the joy of shopping. It's about GETTING the fragrances. And then getting MORE.

Why would I have kids?? I would rather have perfumes.

I love my perfume addiction. I don’t do alcohol, smoking, drugs or even eating at restaurants. Honestly even an average restaurant for two these days would add up and be spent in 30 min. What works for me is: 1) I have a set pocket money every month I don’t go beyond that, 2) I work, and cook very hard (prep too many family meals so I reward myself with both perfume and clothes, 3) I look for sales, then I buy for the ones mostly on sales, 4) no matter how good I don’t go for the ones with never any sales or deals such as Channel, 5) buy from their own website, that usually have good deals. But I love my perfumes :-)

Hi Carmen ❤

I’m not mad at you! Haha! I think everyone is always mad at me too.

One thing I can say is that it's helped me with my vaping addiction. I know it sounds strange. The serotonin plus the dopamine boost is way better than getting a head buzz. They're also very pretty.

i want to enjoy the perfumes i have in my collection and rediscover the love i have for them and why i purchased them in the first place. I have over 100 bottles, and there is no reason why I need to add anything else to my collection. Im going to focus on my older perfumes and show them some love. Tfs

This is truth. I find myself trying to hide just how much I spent on fragrances and my husband never used to notice until he noticed lol. One day I went from 10 to 15 to 50 to 60 bottles. I cut down and only have around 40 right now but the itch to buy is UNREAL. I don't even know how majority of them smell. I only focus now on collecting samples if I can. I almost splurged the amount of another 13 full bottle and when I got the sample I didn't even know what I was smelling it smelled like paper on me. It's a trap and the marketing is also so so good that it's dangerous

Buenos dias, Carmen.

The whole "It's not about the perfume" thing- definitely not!! I know that, I think a lot of us do, lol. I have always have a thing with becoming super obsessed with something and than wanting to collect it. Personally, I have had destructive addictive behaviors in the past (my much younger years) and over time it has manifested in collecting (mostly books). As I have gotten older (mid 30's now) I have been able to gain more control and have been better about setting boundaries for myself with collecting. Perfume has been a thing for me on and off throughout the years. My collection isn't crazy huge, but it's decent, definitely have dropped some cash on it. My current limit (because I too do the pay over 6 months no interest thing, lol) is $300 and then I have to wait till it's paid down to $50.I really like and agree with what you said about perfume in particular giving that dopamin hit on many levels. It's different than other items because it can be used over a fairly long period of time. Truly does hit all the senses over and over again in a pleasurable way.

I don’t know why this would be offensive to people? Maybe just the ones who have a serious problem. The thing with fragrance is, they better bloody well have multiple dopamine hits across the experience considering how expensive of a hobby it is 😂 Life in this world is hard. We’re all trying to fill some void or another.

You're so gorgeous ❤

Beauty of bottles? There are so many it is a giant mélange (grrrr).

Just subscribed to your channel

I've been wearing the same scent since it was released in 1981. I have a little stash, but it's also discontinued, so my daughter encouraged me to expand a little. I went down the rabbithole in late October, learning everything I could about the notes in my signature scent and why I was attracted to them. Then, I started ordering samples that I thought I might like based on their notes. That went so well, I started blind-buying a few...and then we decided to have a "fragrance Christmas", so I was buying for myself, my daughter, and my granddaughter who is 11. She asked for fragrances for Christmas I'm now closing in on 50 fragrances. I have yet more samples and discovery sets. I also keep a fragrance "wish list"...but I am limiting myself on buying more until what I've bought is paid off. My goal is by June. I will set up a budget and buying strategy by then, and add into my collection a little at a time...but yes, it can get dangerous!!!

It’s me hi I’m the problem it’s me 💛✨

Oh no! I feel like I’m one of the targeted. 😅💕

One perfume and one scent is all someone needs to be wearing… me… I wear just one… sometimes… (Chanel No5) I prefer to wear my own pheromones mostly… and to those who own more than one perfume at a time… will definitely have more money than sense in their head hahahah it’s true… because the only thing that happens with all those perfumes is they then go onto make extremely expensive air freshener because once a bottle of perfume is opened it just becomes an aerosol… basically your favorite scents will disperse into the air and disappear quite quickly and the cost of some of these perfumes can make one feel quite sickly… peeved.. and annoyed… why do they cost so darn much ?? Because the bestest and the most expensive perfumes contain whale poop of which is worth more than its weight in gold and is often very difficult to source… that’s why !! Thank you Carmen… Ttfn;)

The sooner we all understand that ALL perfumes/colognes/body sprays, etc. are TOXIC, the better. This knowledge should break anyone's perfume addiction. And we wonder why so many people get cancer. Throw it out and save your money!

I have a crazy sensitive nose and sense of taste, and most perfumes are so incredibly foul to me. You say it’s a “positive addiction” but meanwhile I can smell what you ate for lunch and it’s making your perfume smell like you just fell out of the dumpster. Just being real here 😂 I have a feeling someone here will be offended. Maybe you should consider though that you aren’t only spending a stupid amount on money on something superfluous, but it isn’t improving you in any way.

I found out last year that it's often linked to add indeed. While I am not diagnosed and am a calm person (not the stereotype add'er), my mind is always so busy. And I always seem to hyperfocus on something. In 2020-2021 (covid) I got 'addicted' with ordering on Shein, I ordered at least 2 times a month and in the end I would sometimes not even open the packages anymore for days.. And I would not even remember what I ordered. 2022 I was able to quit Shein, but I got 20 perfumes that year 🥲 Now I am happy to say I haven't bought a new fragrance in 2 months. I still want to try new ones realy bad but I try to remind myself that the clutter does'nt make me happy.