About me

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Hello to all the seekers of olfactive dreams. I will try to share my short impressions, and somewhat detailed reviews of various fragrances. I tend to prefer natural perfumery, but it does not necessarily mean I only use 100% naturals. Over the last 3-4 years, I have become more interested in perfumery. So it has become my second hobby after analogue photography. Both are annoyingly expensive, but worth it!

Please do not contact me for any form of commercial purpose as I am perfectly happy with my job and not interested in yours. My purchase to sampling ratio over the last 4 years have been well below 12%. In the last 6 months it has reduced even further! So you can probably guess how picky I am!

Some of you know me from various forums. So initially, you will see similar (and sometimes identical) texts, written by yours truly, being posted here as well. I am a research economist, working for a large public organisation.
No! That's not me!
Copyrights and Plagiarism: Unless explicitly mentioned, all texts and photos on https://olfactivedreams.blogspot.com/ are mine. So do not copy and paste the text somewhere else, especially for commercial purposes without explicit permission. You can, however, post one or two continuous sentences for non-commercial purposes, provided you give due credits and cite this blog. Please read and try to understand the definition of plagiarism before copying and pasting things without due credit. It used to irk me (and still does) when I had undergraduate tutees copying from academic journals and others' assignments. I cannot stand plagiarism!

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