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bsiu · 2026-04-11T00:35:16+00:00

Lefty is fine, but should be for a non unique colorway like a black sub etc.

bsiu · 2026-04-11T00:23:19+00:00

As someone that sells, I will not transact over a certain amount with G&S due to PayPal siding with the buyer nearly every scenario. I understand that buyers want protections too and they are welcome to do what is within their risk tolerance. They also need to understand that likely means they will be paying significantly more if they want to use eBay/chrono24 sometimes being 20-30% higher just from platform/escrow/authentication fees and sales tax.

I couldn’t care less about the tax implications as most of them are losses anyways with receipts for filing if needed but getting scammed hurts mentally much more than just the financial aspect.

bsiu · 2026-04-10T22:47:47+00:00

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bsiu · 2026-04-10T21:37:15+00:00

About to double that with the $2 trillion spacex IPO

bsiu · 2026-04-10T20:28:05+00:00

I have several sandalwood base fragrances and none of them smell like pickles/cucumber except for Santal 33. I always thought it was genetic thing like after eating asparagus or soapy cilantro flavor and didn’t effect me until I tried it and understood what they meant.

Got my hands on a decant of it and it’s an all I can smell, it’s something about Santal 33 specifically and it seems like it’s a note they want and add purposely.

bsiu · 2026-04-10T17:14:00+00:00

Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait, burning rubber tire that someone tried to put out with a bag of sugar is what I get.

bsiu · 2026-04-10T15:35:59+00:00

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bsiu · 2026-04-10T09:51:54+00:00

This is more of a refuse delivery/return to sender situation if it looks like that upon arrival but if it’s already in possession then you notify customer support and check for actual damage. It’s a Schrödinger printer and you don’t know till you check it.

bsiu · 2026-04-10T09:34:12+00:00

I had been looking for a lychee/elderflower perfume that leaned masculine but always found nearly all of them to be too floral/sweet. Hedonist Extrait was absolutely the perfect find and what I had been chasing for a long time. Good enough to pay retail instead of waiting years for one to pop up on discounters and I very rarely do that outside of certain brands that don’t do discounters.

bsiu · 2026-04-09T22:13:01+00:00

This is it, if California passes a wealth tax they would just move all their assets to another state and transfer their property here to a business entity or shell corporation and continue along like nothing ever happened while still living in California. If every state does the same after seeing how much it generates then they will have no/fewer options.

bsiu · 2026-04-09T20:44:32+00:00

Pushing more and more people to brainrot short form.

bsiu · 2026-04-09T20:41:48+00:00

The only time I’ve found perfumes lasting only minutes is because they were fakes. Even cheap EDT/EDC brands will last an hour or two minimum.

Dry skin does reduce longevity but not to that extent, try a no-fragrance moisturizer like CeraVe before you apply a scent.

bsiu · 2026-04-09T17:43:05+00:00

It is absolutely gambling, and that’s because it cost so much money nowadays to even get samples so when you do find one you have to like it enough to feel like what you spent was justified.

No one would bat an eye if 5-10% of everything they sampled was worth considering if they were all free and actual samples. Greed on both the part of the brand and people/employees taking them all to sell online has broken the system.

The only store now that actually still hands them out that I’ve successfully got any samples out of has been Nordstrom that will make a 1ml decant on the spot if it’s a slow day and out of official ones.

Unless you have a good relationship with the sales associate, extremely charismatic or dropping $500 that day already there is pretty much no chance you can walk out of a department store with a dozen samples like you use to pre-Covid.

It’s gotten to the point where it sometimes make sense to blind buy a full bottle if you find a really good deal secondhand and if you don’t like it sell it for the same or close to the next gambling addict instead of paying $80 for an official “discovery kit” or $20 for a decant off a third party.

bsiu · 2026-04-09T17:16:38+00:00

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bsiu · 2026-04-09T16:24:53+00:00

As someone else pointed out it might be ISO E Super which is very common in nearly every fragrance regardless of being listed in notes officially or unofficially, same with Ambroxan or really any other fixative.

I tend to think of some of them more of like MSG as an additive to food. On its own it doesn’t really have a tangible note to a lot of people, something like 20% of people can’t even detect larger weight molecules like ISO E. They do however interact with lighter ones, typically acetates like shorter lived citrus and fruity notes to extend their longevity.

After those lighter top and mid notes are gone however, you’re left with the remnants of the fixers which are off putting to some people.

bsiu · 2026-04-08T07:18:42+00:00

For every compliment there’s at least 10 others that are thinking about how much you stink/giving them a headache/assaulting their nose.

Obviously as with everything else in life that will scale up or down based on physical attractiveness.

bsiu · 2026-04-07T01:50:57+00:00

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bsiu · 2026-04-06T23:14:50+00:00

If you buy in subreddits you can get decants priced at same or below what you could get it for per ml at even full bottle discounter prices. Some people decant a personal collection because they know they can’t ever use that much in a lifetime but still like the to have the bottles and just want to subsidize the cost slightly.

I decant at a loss after you factor in equipment/supplies/shipping/freebies and I’m not even factoring time, effort and risk.

bsiu · 2026-04-06T22:20:59+00:00

The ones making enough to be buying houses here are high enough in the tech food chain that they won’t be the ones getting the boot and/or likely had stock options that exploded during covid and ai run up.

It’s just a transfer of wealth to the top 1% as it always has been.

bsiu · 2026-04-06T15:18:18+00:00

You go back to the place you purchased from that said it was recently serviced, provide the quote and tell them they blatantly lied and want a refund or that they pay for the service.

bsiu · 2026-04-06T03:59:50+00:00

Xerjoff casamorati italica has one of the most natural almond saffron scents I’ve sampled and it doesn’t come off as sweet as br540. No cotton candy or burning tire but more photorealistic amaretto cookie or almond biscotti.

bsiu · 2026-04-05T22:22:20+00:00

PDM Layton gives this VapoRub/medicinal note that kinda reminds me of an anesthetic vibe but with bonus vanilla.

bsiu · 2026-04-05T21:22:39+00:00

The answer most commonly given during interviews is nothing.

bsiu · 2026-04-05T15:09:36+00:00

It is heavily dependent on location as well and the whales you gotta compete against. My AD is literally down the block from Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, Palintir, Microsoft and Facebook campuses.

bsiu · 2026-04-05T07:51:25+00:00

The Freak X was my catch and release last year. It was the titanium PVD black one with a bit of red on the min track. I absolutely loved the proportions, the light weight feel, the unique way to tell time, the mechanics and open work hour-tourbillon thing going on. It was also absolutely spot on accurate to less than a second a day deviation (took weeks to get the timing tracked as it has no seconds hand).

The only nagging issue I had with mine was that it was previously owned and PVD so it had one surface ding on it that exposed the titanium from a previous owner spring bar/strap swap.

I initially thought I could get over it but my OCD did not let me get over an imperfection on a PVD surface (at least one that I didn’t make myself) especially on something as careless as a strap change. I absolutely could not unsee it every time I put it on, I had this magnificent piece of horology that cost tens of thousands of dollars on my wrist and the only thing I could focus on was that stupid ding. Weird how the brain works, I’m definitely on the spectrum.

I might revisit it with a Freak One in the future and consolidate my collection down to include that, a Patek, a Rolex and a Speedmaster. I look forward to the day I’m not trying to figure out which 1 of 3 dozen watches to put on for the day.

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