That’s my winter set-up ready — and a little tour of my perfume storage 😊
On the lower level left you can see some of the freshies — Clean Skin, Acne Studios, MAC Aquatic, Ellis Brooklyn Myth, Wood Sage & Sea Salt… you get the picture. I do wear these all year round, so they tend to live in this spot permanently. This is one of my tall, deeper IKEA Alex drawers.
I also have some fresh florals in there, plus the one misfit — VB Portofino, which I still don’t quite know where to put!
In the next photo, middle/bottom, I have some florals, some fruity/beachy scents in the middle, and… frankly, far too many citruses! I managed to catch the Atelier Cologne clearance sales a few times and, well, I may have taken the “clearance” part a little too seriously. 😂 I do use most of them though, they get love. I have full size torrino 21 somewhere too. Some of the florals, fruity scents and citruses get swapped around with the winter line-up depending on the season.
The last one is one of the shallow drawers, with some shorter minis and a few samples.
On the top level left it's shelf inside wardrobe - in lipstick holder I have some travel sizes I’m currently using. I’ve actually got rid of a lot of them! At the back are the ones that pretty much permanently live there —my 4 Byredo, Oribe Côte d’Azur, L’Interdit, Athalia PDM, etc. Turn the page and Guerlain Mon Guerlain always stays there too.
What changes are the more seasonal ones: the two TFs — Cherry and Fig — Lira, Granado Fervo Intenso (which may be going on the chopping block soon), Ginger Biscuit, Starlight, and the two Eight & Bobs. One is more early-fall, while the other has those proper winter boozy vanilla vibes.
And of course, the tea and coffee corner: Gris Charnel and Vietnamese Coffee, plus my true love Velvet Aura.
Symphony doesn’t stay up there. She goes headless in one of the drawers. 😂 She is simply too big-headed, and I worry that if I put her in the line-up she’ll eventually end up on the floor in pieces. I absolutely adore the scent, but that bottle is… a lot.
All the inner shelves are actually repurposed perfume packaging, and all the little storage organisers are the doors from advent calendars that I’ve reused.
Laura Mercier Ambre Vanille lives next to my bed, it is one of the few I have repurchased!
I also have a few Zara and Escada cheapies in the bedroom locker. Some are bedtime scents, some are bath time scents that I spray in the bathroom if I want to enjoy some scents without soaking myself in fragrance, and some are for when I’m at home and don’t mind smelling something a little out of character. I have the new winter ritual too - not sure if it is going to make it to my regular collection yet.
I’m also using empty perfume store advent box - the one that looks like jewelery box to store few spare travel sizes at the bottom and samples at the top. I have a few boxes of samples as well, but I’m generally pretty good at moving those along rather than letting them take over the house.
All my perfumes are vampires and are kept in the dark, only one perfume is in the bathroom(s) at a time and those are cheapies.