A double haul of fragrance components - Late January-Early February 2026

 The past couple of weeks, or so, have been a whirlwind of fragrance sprayer ingredients mixing. I’d found some very affordable (and, authentic) old favorites that I like, on eBay, namely Spicebomb Extreme, which is for men, and Absolutely Blooming, for women (although I’m using it for myself). I decided to dip in to ladies’ perfume, to boost my room’s aesthetic, and to have some features of femininity in my close proximate area (on me). I’ve been reading that the fragrance is apparently discontinued. Despite these fragrances being old favorites, I started to feel a bit limited, in scent choice, when going out, and I was getting tired of layering the same fragrances on top of each other. 

I was longing for some novelty and versatility, so I went with a concept of one of my own creations, a very skeletal prototype of a men’s fragrance, which I named Eau Pigeonoid, at least, for the time being, that’s what it’s named. The basic concept was that the fragrance opens with some citrus brightness, and, subsequently, a woodsy, coniferous, sweet resinous scent, over a chocolate and tonka aroma, which was somewhat a tasty gourmand musky effect that helped ground the composition. 

I wanted to make some changes to the formula, so, instead of my original 8 ingredients, I consulted with Google Gemini about the fragrance, in intervals, revealing segments of the original Eau Pigeonoid, combined with some features that I wanted to add, such as rum extract, ambrocenide, which I found to be a very popular deep and rich amber fragrance ingredient, and I had some Ultravanil, as well, from an earlier purchase, that I wanted to throw in to a new composition. I hadn’t really used these ingredients in a fragrance composition, just yet. 

So, in the course of brainstorming the new version of a fragrance, based upon the general themes of the original, given my additions that I wanted to make room for, Gemini and I worked out a fantastic ingredients list, where I could pull out all the stops, in the case of this purchase of fragrance ingredients. Ambranum is one of my favorites out of the list below, with its resinous incense-like character, like a raw copal resin sort of take. Patchouli Fractions was another stand out favorite, and it went well with Ambranum and Benzoin Ollifac (the Benzoin, from the original recipe. 

Since I wasn’t too fond of how cloying the original Eau’s citrus opening was, I wanted to have a more ephemeral and fleeting, natural citrus character to the fragrance, so I went with a natural California Lemon and Lime Terpenes. I’d become intrigued by the potential of implementing terpenes in to my fragrance compositions, rather than trying to sort through a bunch of synthetic or altered aroma chemicals, of which there are many available. As I said, the citrus was initially a bit too much, in the original fragrance composition, and it stuck around a long time, and it made the composition take on sort of a smeared mix mash of fragrance components, whereas I envisioned differently, using terpenes, as they were reputed to have generally the same, or desired, type of effect in a fragrance composition, yet, being that they’re natural and not particularly oily (terpenes can be extracted from essential oils, as one of the components of the oil). With the citrus accord I had, including yuzu, petitgrain, and bergamot, I attained a fresh citrusy opening to the fragrance, as the initial highlight of the scent experience, which, now, starts to settle down and really fade, after about 5 minutes, or so. 

I made a couple of different mockups of the new version of Eau Pigeonoid, since I felt that the first one had become too muddy, and it smelled like old men’s aftershave, which is okay, sort of, although I wanted something more cutting edge, and more well-defined. I made a second bottle, which I was happier about, and this time around, I knew the formula better, by memory, so I spent less time conceiving of the number of parts that ought to go in to the fragrance, what order they’re put in, and, I had hoped, with the addition of BHT crystals, the citrus would keep its definition and character, while fading away to allow room for the subsequent woods and sweet musky effect.

I found it surprising, after having made these batches of the remake of Eau Pigeonoid, that Gemini could function so adeptly in the world of fragrance, being that it’s machine based, and, for the fact of that, in general, machines aren’t made to have a sense of smell. For the rum extract component, for example, Gemini recommended giving the rum a new life, with the addition of an oak wood component. I had the choice of trying the absolute, or the CO2, and Gemini recommended the Oakwood CO2, since it had a better character and consistency, within a formulation. I had forgotten what sort of reference I could have, prior to purchasing these ingredients, of a memory of Oak wood’s scent profile, and, upon receiving the product, and sampling Oakwood CO2, I was immediately reminded of the rich, boozy sort of scent of oak casks, for storing and aging rum, for example. The character of oak wood would be a prominent feature, that is to say, in a concept of a true rum aroma.

I bought a few musks, this time around; not the most expensive ones, but, a variety of cheaper and mid-grade musks, since I wanted the dry down of the fragrance to be somewhat light, yet distinct and ethereal. Ethyl Maltol and Ethyl Cyclopentenolone were used in very trace amounts, to achieve a distinct sweet and caramel character to it. I knew that these ingredients were intriguing novelties of this fragrance formulation, yet, also, I imagined that any more than a couple of drops, or a mini scoop of crystals, ought to suffice, since I didn’t want it to smell cheaply sweet. In my original formula, I used Benzoin Ollifac and Tonka Bean Absolute or Key Accord for sweetness. 

5-Methyl-2-Phenyl-2-Hexenal took some getting used to, as a cocoa/chocolate component, as it seemed quite bitter, on first impression. Now, it seems more like natural roasted, ground cocoa bean powder, rather, which is good. I was looking for a cheap alternative for a colorless cocoa component, and I tried out Perfumer’s Apprentice’s Cocoa Essence (Natural), which I found to be very cost effective, and, unlike cocoa absolute, which makes the fragrance liquid milky and thickly colored, I was able to implement cocoa notes without compromising the color of the fragrance composition using these two ingredients.

I added some smokiness to the composition, with some Guaiacwood oil, which comes with a pasty consistency. Part of the reason I reformulated my second try at doing this fragrance was that the second original formulation had a bit too much smokiness to it, although I liked the effect of the smokiness in the mix. Other woods that I implemented were Operanide, Iso E Super, Palo Santo Key Accord, Coniferan Pure, Prismantol, and Patchouli Fractions. I truly was fond of the classic, lighter effect of the patchouli fractions, and I applied it fairly liberally and regularly to the formulation, since I didn’t want it to get buried and left behind. I used Cashmeran somewhat like Ambranum, both of which ended up being primary components of the fragrance mix. I threw in a bit of frankincense and myrrh, to complement the resinous aroma that I was going for, here. 

There were probably just several other ingredients I used, in addition to the ones mentioned, although likely in much smaller, trace quantities. 

SKU:	Product	Quantity	Price	Ext. Price
ac-1098-sz1	5-Methyl-2-Phenyl-2-Hexenal-4ml	1	$7.25	$7.25
fr-1-sz2	Almond Fragrance Oil **-15ml	1	$6.00	$6.00
bl-155_sz1	Ambranum-4ml	1	$17.75	$17.75
ac-1104-sz1	BHT Crystals-8g (0.28 oz)	1	$6.50	$6.50
eo-108_sz1	Blackcurrant Absolute **-4ml	1	$25.00	$25.00
ac-720-sz2	Cashmeran® (IFF) **-15ml	1	$16.75	$16.75
fr-20-sz2	Cassis (Black Currant) Fragrance Oil **-15ml	1	$6.00	$6.00
bl-212-sz1	Cassis 345F (Firmenich) **-4ml	1	$11.75	$11.75
na-6436-sz2	Cocoa Essence (Natural) **-15ml	1	$12.75	$12.75
ac-1059_sz1	Coniferan Pure **-4ml	1	$6.00	$6.00
ac-920-sz4	Coumarin (crystalline powder) **-30g (1.05 oz)	1	$9.50	$9.50
ac-9862-sz1	Ethyl Cyclopentenolone 50% in PG (Firmenich)-4ml	1	$8.00	$8.00
ac-1200-sz1	Ethyl Linalool-4ml	1	$6.25	$6.25
ac-501_sz1	Ethyl Maltol crystals-8g (0.28 oz)	1	$5.50	$5.50
ac-421-sz1	Galaxolide (Musk G)-4ml	1	$6.00	$6.00
eo-7310_sz1	Guaiacwood (Multi-Origin)-4ml	1	$6.50	$6.50
ac-6000-sz1	Habanolide® (Firmenich)-4ml	1	$6.25	$6.25
eo-6505-sz2	Lemon - California **-15ml	1	$14.75	$14.75
ac-2424-sz2	Lime Terpenes (Natural) **-15ml	1	$12.25	$12.25
ac-1194-sz1	Limediene (Bedoukian) **-4ml	1	$21.75	$21.75
ac-1222-sz1	Muscone (Firmenich) **-4ml	1	$14.50	$14.50
eo-217-sz1	Oakwood CO2 Extract **-4ml	1	$9.00	$9.00
ac-1284_sz1	Operanide (IFF) **-4ml	1	$9.75	$9.75
ac-9851_sz1	Patchouli Fractions-4ml	1	$9.75	$9.75
ac-27421-sz1	Precyclemone B (IFF)-4ml	1	$6.50	$6.50
ac-1185-sz2	Prismantol (IFF) **-15ml	1	$15.75	$15.75

Order Notes: None

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Some of my current fragrance mixing components, at home.

Later, in early February, I got an inkling, probably from my lengthy discussions with Google Gemini, and, also, for going through most of my ingredients collections I’ve acquired, again, so far, of that the narcissus flower could be done much more justice than could be had, with trying out narcissus and jonquil absolute, both of which I tried out, in small quantities, and, which left me disappointed, being that they both smelled very green, somewhat spicy, and stemmy. I don’t recommend, at all, trying out narcissus and jonquil absolute, this being the case. As it turns out, there is no essential oil in narcissus flowers, which is sometimes the case, with some of the fragrant flowers that are used for their fragrance, so, gas chromatography mass spectrometry analyses much more suitably suffice for recreating the fragrances of such flowers that don’t have essential oils to them. After all, narcissus is known, by and large, for its attractive flowers and richly fragrant scent, of which, paperwhite narcissus have a particular character about its fragrance that immediately sparked nostalgia and longing, the moment Gemini had mentioned it, as our discussions went along, during the course of development. 

Although Gemini had neglected, initially, to mention para-cresyl acetate and Para Cresyl Phenyl Acetate (PCPA), one a liquid, the other, powdery crystals, I uncovered that these two components were not only available, from Perfumer’s Apprentice, but that they are also largely considered to be integral in the formulation of a narcissus flowers reconstruction. Indeed, PCPA has a very characteristic floral scent that lends itself strongly to the scent of narcissus flowers. Gemini did not provide the perfect formulation, right off hand, that is to say, but, in the end, it took on my research item additions (PCPA + para-cresyl acetate), and it successfully worked out a beautiful formulation recipe for reconstruction the natural, live fragrance of paperwhite narcissus flowers.

SKU:	Product	Quantity	Price	Ext. Price
ac-814-sz2	Benzyl Acetate (Natural)-15ml	1	$14.75	$14.75
ac-580-sz2	Benzyl Alcohol FCC-15ml	1	$11.00	$11.00
ac-1106-sz1	Cedarwood Terpenes-4ml	1	$7.00	$7.00
ac-1250-sz1	Eucalyptol (Natural) **-4ml	1	$6.00	$6.00
ac-1035-sz1	Indole (Pure) Crystals **-8g (0.28 oz)	1	$6.75	$6.75
na-6699_sz1	Linalool (Natural)-4ml	1	$6.50	$6.50
ac-1129-sz1	Methyl Benzoate (Natural)-4ml	1	$9.50	$9.50
ac-2240-sz1	Methyl Isoeugenol-4ml	1	$7.25	$7.25
ac-2143-sz1	Ocimene **-4ml	1	$8.00	$8.00
ac-1036-sz2	Para Cresyl Phenyl Acetate Crystals-8g (0.28 oz)	1	$16.25	$16.25
ac-2551-sz1	Para-cresyl acetate-4ml	1	$6.25	$6.25

Order Notes: None

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The final formulation recipe for the reconstitution of paperwhite narcissus flowers, obtained via Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy headspace analysis of the air surrounding the fresh flowers. I made only 10% of the listed parts, for my batch of paperwhite narcissus fragrance oil, since I was just experimenting with creating a headspace flower reconstruction. 

Ingredient	Parts	Note
(E) -beta-Ocimene	500	Neat (Pure)
PCPA (10% Solution in IPM)	400	<-- This delivers 40 parts of scent
Benzyl Acetate	200	Neat
1,8-Cineole	80	Neat
Indole (10% dil.)	60	(Already diluted)
Linalool	50	Neat
Benzy Alcohol	30	Neat
Methyl Benzoate	20	Neat
Para-Cresyl Acetate	10	Neat
Methyl Isoeugenol	10	Neat

In truth, the recipe turned out fantastic, as a powerfully diffusive authentic replication of the smell of paperwhite narcissus flowers, with no unnecessary components kept in the formula. I highly recommend this project, which costs about $100 to do, from Perfumer’s Apprentice, for DIY and aspiring fragrance makers. It came out very strong, and one spray of the concentrate, diluted at 25%, at minimum, ends up lasting about 2 hours, or so, on the skin. It smells great, and it’s a suitable season-themed project to do, being that flowering plant bulbs are being sold in gardening stores, around this time of year, paperwhite narcissus bulbs, amongst them. 

A line art illustration of paperwhite narcissus flowers.

Update: more instructions and tips for making your own reconstitution of paperwhite narcissus.

One thing that I should mention is that you’ll need a solvent to keep the oils (and powder - para cresyl phenyl acetate is a powder) diluted in, especially the para cresyl phenyl acetate. One thing to note is that para cresyl phenyl acetate powder is tough to work with - it won’t dissolve easily, at room temperature. I read that putting a glass container in a hot water bath will help the PCPA become diluted, but I didn’t have a glass container like that handy, so I tried plastic. It didn’t work all that well, so I tried diluting the PCPA is more isopropyl myristate, a scentless solvent, related to isopropyl alcohol, somewhat, and it also has the capability to allow dissolved materials to permeate the skin - you could notice some warming effects from some oils, and I found that the paperwhite narcissus oil’s “feel” is somewhat cool, surely on account of the Eucalyptol (1,8-cineole) being present in a kind of small amount. The skin permeation feature of it isn’t too powerful, though. The isopropyl myristate also feels fairly emollient, not quickly evaporative, like isopropyl alcohol. 

So, anyways, I tried diluting the PCPA in more isopropyl myristate, and I didn’t have much success getting the crystalline powder to become diluted in the solvent, although shaking it up in a closed small plastic container did work better, and I got a fair amount of the powder dissolved. I only made 10% of the recipe listed, and I did it as drops being one part. You might want to have a 0.00 scale handy to measure out your portion of PCPA, which I roughly calculated, for a 10% by drops equivalent weight ratio for the ingredient, to be about half a gram, although I had to account for undissolved crystals that were left in my dilution container, so I added about 1/10th to 1/4 gram more, and the base amount for the formula, which worked out well, was about 1/2 a gram, so up to 0.6g-0.75g of PCPA for the 10% reconstitution formula. The amount of isopropyl myristate I used was pretty heavy handed, at 4 mL. I somewhat wrongly estimated how much workspace I was allowing myself, given that I was working with 5mL spray bottles, as my workspace.

Para cresyl phenyl acetate crystal powder, and a 5mL spray bottle. 

Giving myself 4mL of isopropyl myristate made it so my container would be overfilled, given the other oils that need to be mixed in, so I ended up splitting the contents between two containers, and, at the end, when I was done mixing the ingredients together, I just poured the contents out of and back in to one another, to mix it easily. So, if you have 4mL of isopropyl myristate to 0.5-0.75g para cresyl phenyl acetate, that’s plenty to dissolve the crystals in, although you have to consider your workspace bottle’s own particular volume capacity. The thing is, is that, shaking the crystals up, in the solvent, helped to dilute the crystals more than putting my plastic spray bottle in a hot water bath. This dissolving step is important, because the solubility of the crystals affects the diffusion of the ingredient, when sprayed. It’s quite a powerful ingredient, when sprayed. You have to make sure that the crystals are dissolved well, or else your spray bottle will become clogged with solids, and you would have a hard time measuring out equal portions of concentrate in to separate containers, which is how I did my process - with multiple containers. 

About half a gram of para cresyl phenyl acetate - a suitable amount for making 10% of the above described formula, which is plenty, to last you several weeks, to several months or more, even if you sprayed it all the time, when you go out.

Aside from dissolving the crystals, following the recipe is fairly easy and straightforward. You’ll want to have some kind of plastic or glass dropper, to count out the drops per part you’re putting in to your container, and it’s simple to follow the recipe, using 10% of the numbers listed, to create a small amount of fragrance concentrate, which will happen to be a very powerful concentrate, with enough of it to suffice making anywhere from 16 oz. to a half gallon, or so, of dilute hydrosol water. I left my concentrate very powerful, at a 25% dilution, but Gemini advised me of that 1mL of this concentrate would make 16 oz. of hydrosol water.

If you’ve never mixed fragrances with professional ingredients, you might find some of the ingredients to smell strange, some of them powerfully diffuse and fragrant. Don’t worry, though, the recipe makes an authentic portrayal of paperwhite narcissus flowers, and I’d say that all of the components are necessary, even if you only use 5 drops, 1 drop, etc. for some of them, and 4mL is the minimum you can purchase, from Perfumer’s Apprentice. Note that if you’ve never mixed wanted to make this formula in huge bulk, there’s Consolidated Chemicals and Solvents’ Ocimene, being offered in 250mL-1 liter sizes, for cheap prices. You would only require the minimum sized 4mL bottles of each ingredient, to do this project. You definitely should not use the fragrance concentrate undiluted, be sure to mix it in to 4 parts solvent for each 1 part concentrate, at the very minimum. A larger set of travel-sized spray bottles might make more sense, if you don’t like to go heavy on the fragrance. 

If you wanted to, just for fun, you could compare the fragrance concentrate to the real flowers, ideally in fall or winter, although some shops may offer the bulbs year-round. The bulbs are very easy to grow.

Paperwhite Narcissus flowers in bloom.

Oh! I forgot about indole, which also comes as a powder, for this formula. This powder is much easier to dissolve, and it will dissolve easily, without any hurdles or obstacles in the way. 1 part indole powder (1/10th of a gram) to 9 parts isopropyl myristate. You could also opt for perfumers alcohol, or 190 proof alcohol, for the solvent, instead of isopropyl myristate, but, in general, the initial investment for starting out with a small amount is much higher with the alcohol, and you might also only find large amounts of alcohol (relatively) available. 

September 2025 haul from Perfumer Supply House - Product Review

 Recently, I had a perfumer’s ingredients inspiration strike, after having become fascinated by a product that I had made, out of vanilla beans, for discovering that it greatly soothed my neck and back joint pain, upon application. It was a new discovery, so it was exciting, for me. I started to branch out, in seeking out other vanilla fragrances, and I decided to head over to The Grove, a wonderful Los Angeles landmark outdoor shopping mall, adjacent to Miracle Mile. It features popular shopping destinations such as an Apple Store, a Barnes and Noble book shop, a large farmer’s market, which is one of the most popular draws of the location, with dozens of restaurants and food and snack specialty shops. There’s also a fantastic Nordstrom department store, that I had visited, fondly, several times before. I figured that they would have a good selection of men’s fragrances, that I would enjoy sampling, and I wanted to smell Tom Ford’s Vanilla Sex, knowing that Tom Ford’s fragrances draw a lot of attention and fanfare, and that they also feature fragrance compositions that highlight singular notes of aroma compounds. 

As it turns out, the men’s fragrance section at Nordstrom, at The Grove, is very spacious and extensive. It goes far beyond a single rack of colognes, with numerous other racks covering a large space to walk through. I was also on the lookout for a fragrance that I had admired, recently, that I had trouble identifying - a powerful and compelling smoky woods fragrance note, that happens to be Ambrocenide, which is one of the aroma compounds I purchased, this time around, from Perfumer Supply House. I was glad to discover that I had found the ingredient I had been seeking out. Here’s a photo of the ingredients I purchased. 

My fragrance ingredients haul of 9 items, from Perfumer Supply House, which I’m very pleased with.

I was pleased to find Ultravanil online, at Perfumer Supply House, which is one of the primary components of Tom Ford’s Vanilla Sex, and I got to smell the fragrance at Nordstrom; it’s very pleasant, and an alluring vanilla scent, that’s quite beautiful. Being that I could purchase Ultravanil, myself, from Perfumer Supply House, I got to looking around the site for other ingredients that sounded compelling, for throwing together a nice vanilla fragrance composition of my own. 

September 2025 haul from Perfumer Supply House

After I placed the order, I started thinking about what sorts of fragrances would go with a vanilla-based composition, and I thought about rum, which is another common tropics delight that goes well with vanilla. Perfumer Supply House also happens to carry Rum Extract on Crodamol, and it’s a very lovely rum fragrance ingredient. It smells just right, like rum. I took some influence of tropical and sunny types of fragrances to add, such as Melonal, which is a delightfully refreshing melon note, and Sinensal Natural ex Orange, which is a true-to-form representation of orange. I threw in some light splashes (several drops) of each, in to my fragrance composition, and I put a helping of Tonka Bean Absolute in, as well, which complements vanilla nicely. Periploca is a wonderful vanilla almond gourmand type of fragrance, and it feels very familiar, not too spicy or exotic. The floral ingredients that I had purchased, Jonquille and Narcisse Absolutes, are moderately floral fragrances, with a prominent green character to them. I put in just one drop of the Jonquille. 5 drops of Ambrocenide were very powerful, in the fragrance composition I made, so I doubled the amount of Ultravanil to about 21 drops, which balanced out the composition nicely. Cetalox is a nice, pungent, musky compound, and it goes nicely in the mix. 

The fragrance spray bottle I made up turned out to be a very pleasant and fine smelling fragrance, and I feel like I could enjoy this one, rather than buy Vanilla Sex, outright, although the Ultravanil ingredient tip was a good one. It’s a very lovely and powerful vanilla ingredient, and the spray I made smells very nice. The total cost of the ingredients was just over $200 or so, and I feel like this investment is possibly the best selection of ingredients, for the price, out of all of my fragrance ingredients hauls I’ve ever done. This fragrance is very satisfactory. Feel free to try it out, for yourself!

A sneak peek at upcoming developments at iPigeon.institute.

 I’m expecting to get paid, soon, for some project work that I’ve been doing, that’s still ongoing. I’m in a fortunate place in time, and life, where I can make use of a good portion of that money as expendable income. I spoke to my therapist, today, about my numerous fragrance ingredients purchases I’ve done, recently, and we have a collaborative project conceptually developing, involving making candles, at one of our sessions. The conversation ignited my thirst for more materials to have on hand. The thing was, about my conversation with my therapist, was that I told her that I was mostly done with collecting customary fragrance ingredients to have on hand, that I’ve been interested in, and that I was becoming more inclined towards niche and specialty items that I could procure.

I’ve already recently ordered a few or several shipments domestically, from state-local suppliers Perfumer’s Apprentice and Eden Botanicals, as well as neighboring state Oregon’s Liberty Natural. I’ve also recently tried out Perfumer’s World, based in Thailand, again, and if there was any doubt (there are some sentiments of doubt, in online forums) about the quality of their ingredients, I can say that those notions should be set aside, and the supplier be once again considered for stocking up on materials, being assured of their quality and conformance to organoleptic standards - I had some doubts, here, myself, for a while, but I checked in again, with a repurchase of one ingredient I found to be lacking in quality and conformance, based on a better sample I had received, from yet another supplier, but this time, the material was of high quality, with chemical physical properties I was looking for, that matched, here. I also tried out their Cashmeran, and I found it equal in practically all ways to my former resource for the material, whom had recently raised the price dramatically on Cashmeran, a versatile and go-to ingredient for me.

Now that I have many scents that I’d like to have, on hand, I started to have wanderlust for specialty and exotic ingredients, even if for mostly a reference library of scent-experience that would be rare, and fairly unique, in terms of materials - would exotic and rare specialty materials ever really be viable resources that I might reasonably use, in my product development schemas? Something to consider - working under constraints, rather than indulging overly fanciful ideas for professional aspirational purposes. The supplier that I’ve encountered, which specializes in these rare and exotic materials is Hermitage Oils, based in Italy. Their exclusivity of materials, and therefore, their prices, had previously been prohibitively expensive, but I’ve gotten accustomed to having miniature amounts of materials, as references, rather than as development products, which are cheaper, and more accessible. It’s nice to dream, anyhow, isn’t it, when it comes to fragrance? It’s a dreamy topic, I’d say.

The Pigeon Hermit, pre-viz’d and conceptualized in collaboration with ChatGPT, this afternoon.

Update: a few weeks out, from the initial publishing of this article:

As fate would have it, I ended up not having the amount of funding I had somewhat expected, from jobs I was involved in, leading up to writing this article, and, for fancying trying out this new, European perfumery ingredients supplier, for a haul. In hindsight, I may have been overly optimistic about doing business with them, given some of their prices on things, and there would be a chance that I’d be less satisfied than I had initially imagined I might be, should I have ventured out, and completed a transaction with them. Luckily, in the meantime, I found some other useful recreational things to allocate what funds I did have, in to better outcomes, in satisfaction, perhaps, especially given that I already have an outsized perfumery ingredients collection for my living circumstances and physical space that I can call my own; I’m just “winging it,” and making what space I do have available for my hobby a more humble setting than I had before, when I had my aspirational fragrance organ, in years past, for display.