If you have “this”, you don’t need “that”

I thought we could start a thread to de-influence each other from buying (or blind buying) fragrances that smell similar and may be redundant in our collections by sharing if you have “this”, you don’t need “that” (also works vice versa).

I’m not sure about others, but I noticed I have 3-4 note families in my collections and under each note, I have 3-5 fragrances. Ginger? I got 5. Musky skin scents? I got 3. Fig? I got 5. So on and so forth lol.

Something that’s helped me stop buying full bottles (I still enjoy decants), is thinking “close enough is good enough”. If the scent I’m testing is really nice but I have something similar, the similar one is good enough for me until I finish it or declutter it and I don’t need a slightly different take on the same note breakdown.

Mine are:

If you have Aqua Allegoria Bergamot Calabria, you don’t need Celine Parade or Le Labo Bergamot 22.

If you have Fleur de Peau, you don’t need Santal Austral or Glossier You.

If you have Another 13, you don’t need Pear Inc.

If you have Bal d’Afrique, you don’t need Initio Musk Therapy.

Anyone else have suggestions?

(I know that some things don’t hit the same even if they’re similar and having both makes sense… this post is just a fun attempt at a “de-influence me” discussion)