Hi! Wondering about how frag groups go on Dreamwidth.

[grimmsgirl]

I'm in a few fragrance groups on Facebook and suddenly thought Dreamwidth might be a good platform to talk perfume in a non Facebook setting. I did a search to see what's already here and found this group. So, hi! How is Dreamwidth going for your scent discussions and swaps, compared to other places?

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[lunabee34]

I'm a perfume newbie, so this is the only place I've ever talked perfume, but I have found this comm to be full of gracious, informative and interesting people. I think you'll like interacting here.

Rydra_wong links to perfume posts made across DW that are not posted to this community, so you might want to subscribe to their journal for additional perfume talk.

[grimmsgirl]

Lunabee34, thank you! I will sub to that journal and follow here. It's been a few years since I used a journaling site so will play around and get the hang of things :)

[lunabee34]

Let us know if you have any questions; somebody will know the answer.

And feel free to start conversations here, please! We'd love to get some more activity going here.

[grimmsgirl]

Thank you Lunabee :) I will look around for group posting rules. Also does anyone have tricks for using Dreamwidth on an iPhone?

[lunabee34]

The rules for posting to this comm are on the profile.

I have an android, but I just go to DW using the browser on the phone. I don't use an app or anything.

[grimmsgirl]

I just figured out how to view the group profile (it's a few years since I've used a journaling site!). The rules all sound excellent to me. Being good to newbies is a good one. Although I find most perfumistas are so starved for company that we embrace newbies with open arms. It's a double pleasure to see someone discovering fragrance for the first time. And it doesn't matter that I'm not technically new; I still miss lots of notes and there's still lots I haven't tried. And I like that, it means I have more to look forward to.

Yes I'm using the browser on my phone as well. Waiting for my computer to get fixed. My eyes!

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

I agree with you in all points. :)

[sathari]

Seconding what lunabee34 said as far as a) this is the only place I've ever talked perfume* on the web, and b) it's a very lovely, welcoming, and informative place to do so!

*Truth: DW is just about the only place I socialize online these days, precisely because most of the people and communities I've run into here skew toward the pleasant-company side. So, welcome to the comm and to the site!

[grimmsgirl]

I'm really intrigued now!

I discovered my love of fragrance in 2010. I was on Makeupalley and used to read the reviews and makeup boards a lot. One day I was bored and clicked on the Fragrance Board. Someone was writing about a perfume with notes of pumpkin, fireside and other things. While I hadn't ever really "got" much about perfume before, this writing caught my imagination. I had no idea perfume could be such an art form, so expressive and novel and individual, that it could tell a story, or that we could conjure within ourselves very different stories about the same frag.

Then I started reading Perfumes, the Guide, given to me by someone I met via Makeupalley. This made me laugh, feel serious, nod my head, and shake it. Love.

I became obsessive about formulations, versions, originals and vintage. I bought hundreds of samples, and the finding of the handful that connected me to something deep, visceral or transcendent, made it all worth it.

I went to local perfume meets and got a sense of purpose and joy at a fairly difficult time in my life. Then I joined the Facebook fragrance groups, and this has been a roller coaster. I've made new friends, participated in mindblowing gift exchanges and RAOKs. I have also met my boyfriend of a year through one of the groups.

The main (local, Australian) group I'm in has lost its lustre for me lately, due to dramas that Facebook seems prone to, and I'm not alone in wanting other places to play. (This is the downward part of the roller coaster ride). Having bonded with people over the somewhat unusual hobby of perfume, I want to keep that going.

By the way that perfume I read about at first was Like This, by ELDO for Tilda Swinton. When I finally got to try it - I didn't like it! All part of it though :)

[kaberett]

Oh, I don't think I'd registered that Like This was for Tilda Swinton!

[grimmsgirl]

Possibly the awesomest celebuscent concept? I like CB I Hate Perfumes Cumming better though :)

[rydra_wong]

Any thoughts on ELDO's Rossy de Palma? IMHO it's a lovely thorny rose (and I often have trouble with roses).

[sathari]

Oh, wow, my first thought on reading this is, "You are going to be an AWESOME addition to the community!" Seriously, I'm in awe of the sheer depth of, well, self, you've given to this hobby, and delighted to have you here!

[grimmsgirl]

Thank you Sathari! I am seriously no expert, I just love having finally got in touch with this side of my senses!

[lunabee34]

Heeeee! That has happened to me so many times. I was convinced I would adore Guerlain Vetiver, and alas I did not. At all. I have come to enjoy testing even perfumes I don't like, but at first I found it really disappointing.

[grimmsgirl]

It sucks, but then you get to learn what you don't like, and get closer to what you do. Sometimes it's a relief not to like something and want it ;)

[devon]

I just wanted to add that the moderator told me she doesn't want this to become a trade/sell community. People have posted frimps, though, I think.

[grimmsgirl]

Got it. Thanks Devon :)

[synecdochic]

Yes (moderator here) -- I have seen way too many discussion communities overrun with sales/swaps/etc. Plus then you get the problem of having to keep track of swaplifters, have feedback systems, yadda. I'd really just rather we all talk about smelling good!

(Sorry I missed your post initially -- I was on vacation. Welcome to the comm!)