...Congratulations; I hope you have a smooth run through.

...I adore Alf Lail O Lail and I don't know why because it is a strange old beast. Gushings of patchouli, medicinal, strangely sweet, earthy, in short not at all what I would call pretty and yet it is enticing.It makes my head smile when I am feeling down and being new to me has no bad memories associated with it.

...I haven't tried either of those perfumes. They each have an interesting list of notes.Speaking of Mary Greenwell, what has happened to her web page? The link takes me off to Parallels and I can't find her website using a search engine which is a shambe because I thought there might be a sample service.I lthought her perfume Plum was good (department store range) and would like to try Fire. Cherry and Lemon don't interest me but I would give them a go if I saw them.

...When I come to vote on a perfume's longevity, sillage, rating I often find myself in a quandry.Easy enough when it is a new perfume because I just vote for that but what to do when reviewing a perfume of long -standing e.g. Poison?Old Poison = five star longevity, sillage, rating.New Poison = a bit less than that.I was really takenaback when I compared the version from a year ago with the version from a few years before that.In the review I can say which version I am reviewing but the voting is a different matter.What do you do? Do you vote according to the version you have even though not available; do you not vote at all because it might be misleading?Hmmm.

...I don't know from experience but the few I have decanted myself into 5ml bottles have changed .It could be because spraying into a funnel does add a lot of air into the liquid; another problem could be making sure that not only the bottles but the atmosphere is clean.

...For a while I liked domperrier but he no longer does reviews.It was his review of Phul Nana that got me interested in Grossmith (not very good sound quality but a soothing voice).

...I find other people's collections of interest.Looking at your shelves I see so many perfumes I have never heard of or never seen in my local shops (of course some can now be found by searching the internet but many years ago there was no way to know they even existed).I like to keep just a little of each of my perfumes as reference and no longer throw away empty bottles.My shelves are still a mess. It is a long job bringing them up to date despite the fact I have never owned great numbers; it is the decants and carded samples that will take the greater chunk of time.

...I enjoy testing perfumes more than I like to own full bottles. There are not all that many I would re-purchase and of those that I would many have gone through one re-formulation too many.I love Aromatics Elixir but the new version brings me up in a sore rash (still ok with my half bottle from the 1990s). Asking someone why they need so many perfumes is like asking why someone needs a new book to read or why someone needs to have so many different cheeses in the fridge.There we are, something about me; books, perfume, and cheese.

...I very much like Lanier Smith; a gentleman with a quiet soothing voice that reviews a wide range of perfumes from cheap and cheerful to niche.I also like Katie Puckrik Smells but she hasn't been posting much of late (nothing for nearly a year).A third one I like is Moody Boo Reviews. She posts regularly, she is amusing, and her love of perfumes really translates well to video.

...I have found how to vote for sillage, longevity, whether or not I have it, but I cannot see how to update my vote to SCENT.Is this a separate vote (i.e. one star ok, five starts great) or does it update from the votes on sillage, longevity et cetera.Hope someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks.

...I like rich, thick, dense florals, musks, and earthy woods.

...Very nicely put together.The open land looks like part of the more open areas of Epping Forest in the U.K. (in the summer). Good place to be out in the open.

...Fruit trees then I get the flowers and the fruit.Car or motorbike and sidecar?