i am treating my depression with a constant stream of novelty, and it's not a good long term strategy bc $$ but it does work, lmao

Honestly, I can think of much worse strategies -- just a question of keeping it affordable (and decants help so much with that). New brain stimulation is good, and a whole new field to learn and nerd out about is a rich source. I feel it's got to boost BDNF or some such.

(i have like....no vocabulary for scent, at least not yet.)

But you get to learn it and develop your "nose" and start to pick out specific notes and see how they fit together, and that's a huge part of the joy!

(There are also some fantastic books about perfume out there.)

Btw, my past perfume posts are tagged, should that be of interest: https://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/tag/perfume

Some linkspam, some posts about different perfume genres and notes, various olfactory adventures, some very good discussions in comments.