Would You Endure 45 Minutes of Olfactory Misery to Get to the Good Part? – Undina’s Looking Glass

A couple of SQ ago, rickyrebarco used that description in her answer about perfumes we wear only when nobody else can smell it, and it struck me as a serious dedication to the perfume hobby.

Saturday Question #274:

Would You Endure 45 Minutes of Olfactory Misery to Get to the Good Part?

Do you have any such perfumes in your collection? OK, maybe not 45 minutes but 15-20? How about the reverse: are there any perfumes that you so love in the opening that later you tolerate the drydown that you don’t like?

My Answer

No, no, and once again no. Theoretically, I could probably do the “OK -> great” or “great -> meh” combinations, but if I actively dislike any part of the perfume life on my skin, the maximum I could do is to run 1-2 more skin tests hoping my initial impression was wrong. But I do not remember ever changing my mind that drastically.

How about you?

Would You Endure 45 Minutes of Olfactory Misery to Get to the Good Part?