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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[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 ;)