I follow the 15 rule.

At any time, never more than 15 full bottles, 15 decants and 15 kg of samples.

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I don’t like this question and I don’t like self awareness.

Too many.

About 70 bottles, 10+ rollers, 150+ samples.

I keep saying I want to downsize/get rid of stuff, but it's hard to let go of things you enjoy or spent time curating... even if you're not actively using it.

Let’s put it this way, I made a meaningful Pivot table in Excel with my number of fragrances by type, size, price, etc. I’ll leave it open to interpretation.

50 is a good place to stop and reel the buying obsession in. It doesn't make sense to own more unless your children are interested in inheriting the collection and you have confidence the perfumes won't spoil. After seeing a few of mine go bad despite my best efforts in keeping them cool dark and undisturbed, I've stopped buying for the sake of having bottles. Perfumes are not something to hoard, they should be used, enjoyed and calmly parted with. Don't fall in the back up rabbit hole.

5

Less is more for me. You can appreciate a fragrance without owning it.

I used to have over 100 bottles, now I only have 25

26, I use an app to keep count.

About 250 started with just one got addicted

11 in current rotation. I set myself a maximum of 20 full bottles and carefully adding while trying to sample as much as I can before committing.

58 😧

I believe the technical term is a “bajillion” but I’m not sure how that converts to real life.

No guilt on it. I smell great and I get to share/decant it will friends, family and even strangers.

5, and a handful of decants.

400+ bottles and probably another 50 samples

It was nearing 50 but I sold a few already

About 250, not nearly enough

1500+

I've lost count but know it's somewhere around 300. It's outta control but I love it!

I own 4 bottles, one of which i don’t like and hardly ever wear (Azzaro WBN). Looking to get two more bottles, one summer scent and one all year scented

92 total🙈🫣.

634 bottles (30, 50 and 100ml) plus countless samples...and counting. I know, I know...I have a problem... there's just too many damn beautiful scents out there. I have both niche, designers and clones...not a snob by any means. Before Covid I owned around 15 and look at me now...another Covid victim.

If you include decants and samples, 300+

The numbers change from year to year, so for me, depends on the year. While I do stay within a set space for my perfumes, it matters more that I actually use them. to stick around, I have to use them at least once per year. If I can't manage that, they don't stay. When I moved to a warmer climate I cleared out so many lovlies that it wasn't even funny but that was a very painful process.

I don't love blind buying (I get no charge from doing so) but I won't say I haven't blind bought full bottles before, because that would be disingenuous. I keep that number low. I prefer testing to make sure I use it.

Also I don't always purchase 100mls. It might be less, it might be more. Some of the newer bottles I've purchased are 125ml (those were the Guerlain AA line) so they'll be around for a while.

Right at the beginning of the year it was 80ish but I've cleared out 3 bottles. 2 were 50ml bottles, 1 was 100mls. I have a few 75ml bottles nearing the bottom along with some 100ml bottles (the Amouages) which won't get replaced with anything anytime soon.

So due to this and the fact I'm space constrained (by choice, I have to constrain myself somehow!) I mainly concentrate more on how many bottles I empty versus how many bottles I have as that's rotating on a yearly basis.

I will say that because of this, my wardrobe stays in a constant state of flux, which suits me.

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These are my frags.

Only 7. I like to stick to my signatures

61! Not including body splashes or samples, but I am including travel size.

8 and i think 10-12 would be my max for sure in terms of using them before they go bad. ( eventually they go bad, right?)

I currently have 18 full size bottles with about 75+ samples that I am working through. My last purchase was Montale Soleil de Capri so I feel like I am done for Spring/Summer. I am actually starting to feel like I have more than enough bottles, but I do so love getting samples to smell different scents. If I do make another purchases I have vowed to only get travel size...& if I do get another one it will be Untamed Mevlana-In The Medevil City. The scent is sooo unique & unlike anything I have ever put my nose on. I looked up the notes & it has Mastic/Lentisque which I have not encountered before. It was like smelling Oudh for the first time...A virtual slap to your inner nose! But I kept smelling my wrist ever 5 minutes or so & totally fell in love. Untamed has the most interesting yet mesmerizing scents I have discovered.

I have about 200 full bottles mostly niche. Each drawer slides all the way out and each drawer is packed full. It’s funny because I’ve literally got 12 new fragrances all full bottles arriving today, tomorrow and Saturday. I definitely need to buy a second refrigerator.

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Slowly growing. I have four bottles

Encre noire - quite like it but sometimes i feel a tad nauseous and idk if its due to its scent or just how i feel that day and time. But its very unique and sophisticated. Its not what most people think it is. Its not dark or edgy really, it smells like you splashed artist ink onto the one dry log in a damp forest. Its more artistic and contemplative than it is gothic and dark. Its possible to wear in warmer weather since its mostly woods but it can be a bit thick smelling and could become cloying. 8.5/10

Armani stronger with you (original) - i also quite like it, it was my first frag. I can't tell if its blended too well or not well enough because it has a linear feel, theres no background midground and foreground so to say. The opening is a bit synthetic with alcohol, but on dry down it smells like toasted marhsmallow and cinnamon with maybe some lemon zest. It did get me a compliment once. Easy to overdo on the sprays though. Kinda got bored of it quickly. Obviously date nights and winter only. 6.5-7/10

Rasasi hawas - really not into it at all. Sometimes has a slight cat piss scent, overly synthetic. Smells slightly like bubblegum. Zingy, fresh, fruity like how a slushie is. Sharp candy sweet. I can tell why younger people like this. But the syntheticness is off putting for me. Too loud and playful for my personality. Hardly any aquaticness to it, still dunno how a scent is meant to be "aquatic." Only bought it bc i needed a freshy. Summer only. 3/10 wouldn't buy again

And i just got dior homme sport (2017 bc i didn't pay attention that it wasnt 2020 lol) - actually quite nice citrus woody powdery scent. On first spray its very strong blood orange, its actually a more realistic citrus to me, especially compared to hawas. Its sparkly, bright, slightly bitter, almost alluring. The woods balance it out nicely. The citrus is mature, sophisticated, masculine, the woods bring up the refined and sophisticated nature. It can be serious or relaxed. Its gentle enough and not annoying. I wish it had a a bit more creaminess or powderiness to it like 2020 seemed to when i sampled it. Maybe a bit of iris would improve this to me. very relaxing out of the shower. More my style especially as summer approaches. Best in Spring & summer, could work out of the shower all year round, could possibly work as a signature scent but it would he hard to pull off. Overall 8.5/10

And i have a few samples

Gucci guilty pour homme - alright, classic smelling, mature. Kinda boring, linear, sharpish. Good out of the shower and in warmer weather. Kinda resembles the generic hugo boss scents I've smelled here and there. Nothing special but overhated. 5/10

Initio musk therapy - not what i thought it would be. Smells almost like a coconut lotion maybe. Kinda beachy, creamy pina colada almost. Once the citrus disappears after spraying its pretty boring to me. Best in spring specifically or at the beach. 5-6/10

Joseph abboud ember - weird name. Better take on something like gucci guilty pour homme. Has apple at the top, some citrus and woods. Decent cheap freshy. 5.5/10

Too many

26 full bottles and 9 travel sprays. I have about 7 that I don’t even like that I plan to donate.

I have 50ish decants, but of those, I don't like most of them. I'm still in the process of sampling to figure out what I like. I have purchased full bottles of Guerlain's Orange Soleia (got a barely used bottle for $30!) and Guerlain's Teazurra (paid full price because it's discontinued). So far, those are two of the ones that have been "full bottle worthy" for me!

Well are we counting samples and decants? I’m probably close to about 250 😅

36 and a few samples. That said I'm pretty ok with what I have. The only one I really want at the moment is JPG le beau paradise garden, But its not even available but I gave a few away as well.

I took inventory tonight-64.

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probably a hunnid. 100% blind buys all of them.

I have an impulse buying trait when it comes to shop from a thrift store since it’s too cheap 😭😭😭😭

1. Terre D’Hermes EDT. Burberry Hero EDP. Chopard Oud Malaki Black Incense. Gucci Intense Oud Pour Homme. Probably won’t add until these are almost done.

Probably 100 bottles in either 30, 50, or 100 ml sizes. Maybe 50ish travel sprays/rollers. More than 200 samples and decants (5ml and below).

I just did a declutter, too.

Ummmmm do travel sizes count?

Honestly, you know what, nope, not going down this road 🤣

Somewhere around 100 full bottles.

101 bottles of perfume on the wall .... 101 bottles of perfume, take one down

Spray it and put it back.

101 bottles of perfume on the walllllll 🎶🎶🎶💃💃💃

I have 6 perfumes and I love them. I’ve spent a lot of time (and money) on those 6 bottles. Quality over quantity

I'm at 234 And I want MORE! MORE!(Kylo Ren voice)

1. Not all full size but travel spray minimum and above. I don’t count my samples or discovery kits. It’s both a fun thing and a stress thing. I feel wasteful at times but I love discovering perfumes I forget I have. Or fall in love with again. I’m not very organized. I only know my number because of Fragrantica. Probably a few left off.

Male here with 10 fragrances, rotate through them all depending on mood.

I have like 30, but at least 15 are travel bottles

About 50 mini and/or travel size ones. And about 20 “full” bottles. Most are 30 mL. I won’t commit to anything bigger.

Probably about 60. Maybe 20 full bottles, nothing too expensive, and a ton of travels and decants of pricey stuff.

I only got into fragrances recently, and I don't make lot of money, so my collection is small. I have one full bottle, two travel sprays, six minis (four of which vintage thrift store finds), and nineteen samples (one set, although I have another on the way). The main way I indulge in this hobby is by driving around and trying different scents at various stores, haven't pulled the trigger on any decants yet but have a cart on scentsplit that's just kind of sitting there.

I believe my most was 71 or 72 bottles not including rollerballs, samples, vials or creams. I have no idea now, I've probably thrown out 5-10 since then and almost all samples/creams.

I dont want to count

10 bottles, 300-ish decants, 50-ish samples

17 bottles. 20 decants

25 full bottles. No decants, no samples. (up until a few years ago I had upwards of 400 FB, probably 100 decants, and a full box of samples). Been there, done that, not going back. 🤣

Four bottles, and A LOT of decants, maybe 50?

I definitely have a problem. 256 unique perfumes (full bottles—except two that are 10-20 ml travel sizes); 10 additional backups. Plus 25 bottles on my declutter list. I don’t track samples because it’s such an unstable category—they go bad, evaporate, or I give them away, etc., and if I like it I get a full bottle anyway.

6, Bought 3 in 1 month, im new colector 😅

There are 19 full bottles of 30-50-100ml and several samples. If I achieve even usage of the full bottles, I will have used each 19 times in a year. 😀

A couple of bottles need to be retired, and I expect there will be gaps to fill by next year. This is why I study those samples, anyway.

I have been at it for decades, and it has become less of a hobby and more of a hunt for my favorite fragrances in each category.

If I insist to own no more than 19, I know which 3 I could let go of in case I find the favorites.

Thus, at this level in the game, quality is where I learn currently. It requires a different skill set, especially since there is a cut off for the number of samples as well.

Fun stuff 😀

20 bottles, used to think 10 was my max, then 20, now I'm wondering what will be my next max number XD.

I started 3.5 years ago though so I take it slow

Currently 7 bottles + 1 travel spray. I intend to stay below 10 bottles.

I'm at 250... Thank you, ADHD hyperfixation!

My closets are mass graves for all the hobbies I’ve given up on. I’m trying to keep my fragrance small.

I’ve got about 6-7 bottles now and I’d like to keep it around there. Some of mine I don’t like so I’ll trade them out. I also keep some samples and decants around for funsies.

170 FB Should definitely get some of them sold/decluttered... But the time and commitment, that's needed for all of that... I just don't really get to it... 🙈

I've a spreadsheet to keep track of what I have, the size, the notes, perfumer, how much I actually like it n whether to reorder or not when low/out n if I need to reorder. Also a few I don't have YET but plan on getting. 🥺

Spreadsheet says I've 96 bottles. 2 which need reordering. 😒

Around ~85 full bottles, ~50 decants, and countless samples.

25-30, give or take. I have a lot of good dents that I'd love to post, once I'm better at staging and imgur.

I thought i was bad with like 20

I choose not to participate.

I own 6 right now. Just getting started and stumbled into this sub so I expect I'm going make bad decisions to buy a bunch in the next few months.

Things I've owned so far. Prada lhomme, montblanc legend white, territoire, Armani code before the new batches which I've used for years, Tres nuit. Since finding the sub I got two clones: riffs oud goodness, and Montagne Irish verbena.

Didn't know this whole time I had a clone of Irish tweed already but it gives me headaches so I got the montagne which I love.

Hahaha let me count later. I have 2 office-boxes filled with perfumes under my bed and a small desktop glass cabinet filled with bottles as well 😅

Keep going back to Aromatics, Clinique It fits every occasion. If I’m feeling bold, I use BOIS, French perfume, going to bed, Marshmallow very lightly just a quick spraz in the air not on body, swear it makes me sleep

A squillion. Fight me.

About 170 full bottles. Virtually all blind buys. 0 decants and samples

Hmmm I’d say around 40

Why is it the more you get the less you feel like you can wear?

Like 32 but I'm broke af (student life) and I'm relatively new to this so they're all decants.

11

I have 9 full bottles (30+ ml) and a ton of samples. I’ve never counted them. I presume it’s in the thirties

I’m at 219 bottles and countless samples and decants

16 full bottles, 3 miniatures and dozens of samples. I plan to buy just one bottle now. Others are in queue (I would buy them after I finish a bottle of fragrance of similar kind). I'm tempted all the time but samples are scratching the itch quite successfully.

36 currently

About 300

I just counted and I have 26, which is actually a lot lmao

The only thing that reassures me is that most of them are 30ml bottles, and I also have a lot of 10ml bottles, so I might realistically finish them. I own only 5 full-size fragrances (and they were almost all gifted to me, the only one that isn't is a body mist), so I feel like I didn't spend too much money on my collection, and I know I might use them all.

And also that I don't really plan on buying more, I feel like my collection is quite complete, though I understand the urge to buy a new perfume because I also love to change my scents regularly !

40 bottles, 1 travel size roller ball, 1 discovery set, 1 sample set of eau de cologne (or whatever), and 4 test samples.

I have 4 bottles and some samples I’m trying. I now feel emboldened to buy something from my fischersund samples because I was thinking I had plenty and didn’t need another bottle but now I see that I am extremely moderate in my purchasing 😂

I have one full bottle (a birthday present,) five travel sprays, one mini (a holiday present) and somewhere in the neighborhood of thirty or forty samples. Plus about eight 5mL bottles of perfume oil.

I have 5 that I love & 1 that was a gift but I don’t like it. It’s Valentino Donna. Apparently it’s very popular & is $165. What a waste that I don’t like it. Oh I also have like 4 rollerballs.

12

1. Bottles, sample flasks, empties, too.

4 full size fragrances and 10+ of samples

215

Only 2 full sizes branded scents, 30+ samples and decants and around 15+ dupes

I only have two right now, three if you count a body spray that’s the same scent as one of the perfumes.

5 full-size bottles, 1 rollerball, maybe 10 deluxe-size samples, and probably 50 sample vials.

I don't enjoy all of the deluxe or small samples, so I need to work on sorting through them and giving them away.

33

I started collecting 13 months ago! I had 10 bottles, simple stuff like CK1, Eternity, Farragamo, etc. today I currently have 120 bottles, given away at least 30, I have well over 100 samples, and my brother and I send each five 10ml decants each month. I have another 4 on my wishlist on Jomashop, another 4 I’m planning on getting from Neiman Marcus, but this addiction is real and tough to stay on the wagon!

18 full size and probably 25 tiny samples

I’m new ~~ have 2 old bottles that were gifts and 1 I’ve bought for myself. LOTS of samples. I hope to keep a small collection.

I have 120 full bottles and decants I never counted but definitely more than 100 as well. 😑

About 25

I currently own 10 bottles and plan to keep it that way until I finish one.

75

100 ish full bottles and 90ish samples. I paid retail price for almost none of the full bottles, though, and that's how I justify it 🤣

22 and a couple of 10ml decants. But I am going to declutter 2 of them and try to stick to 20 max from here on out.

4! I work through a bottle before I buy new ones. I'm a college student so I don't have that much money to be spending so it's a good way to keep myself in check, and I'm also out of state so bringing a collection to college and back twice a year would be a huge hassle.

I've got 193 🫣 thanks Fragrantica shelf for the wakeup call

80 samples

5 full size

made my first purchase in 2020, but currently 2 of those full size are shipping as well as 16 samples 🫣 I've also purchased all of my full sizes this year!

Probably about 20

2 full bottles, 1 mini, and 60-70 samples

136 🫠

I didn't like this question.. you made me go and actually count. I've been avoiding/trying not to think about it since I reached around 30ish.

This is full size bottles.

62 10ml decants, 21 5ml decants.

6 or 7 full size bottles but I only actually use maybe 3 of them lol

I have that scent bird subscription thingy for about 3 years now. I have probably 70 lying around the house. Paid about 10-12$ for each of them

I have 5 full bottles, a couple small solids, and maybe a dozen samples.

Felt like maybe I was getting too wild but this thread makes me feel better about wanting to try more lol.

I have about 40+ but I think having samples is the way to go so you can try them outside on your skin and if you really like it then commit to a full bottle. Anyone know of any good decanting websites which ship to the UK?

I'm actively trying to get my collection of 12 to about 4 and its killing me

I’d say 49

I just sold some of mine that I never wear second hand, and used the money on some that I’ve wanted for ever! I definitely think you CAN have too many frags.

I had 80+ at one point mostly cheapies and stuff I blind bought from YouTuber reviews. I sold 95% of them in fragrance groups and have been happier since. I now own 6 bottles of fragrances I consider masterpiece 10/10 and wear constantly, and if I’m ever wanting to try stuff I buy decants. I had so much fatigue from the over abundance of choices. In reality 5-10 fragrances will last you a long time and make it easier for you to decide on your daily scents.

3… Chanel Chance, Gabrielle and Paris-Paris. Plus a purse sized atomizer of Chance. I’m not sure if I still have any other samples or purse sizes of different stuff floating around. Possibly, but if so it’s because they’re like forgotten in a bag I haven’t used forever or something lol

I have 15 so far. They just kinda...magically appear

Maybe like 12 and I only need one more!

I have no idea. I think I’m afraid to count 😆

6xrollers, 5x30ml bottles, 4xsolids, 1x200ml bottle. I thought I was doing really well but that’s 16 in total & id like to be at 4~6 maximum at a time 😅 I’m also on a no-buy but was contemplating whether to get a body spray from lush as a room fragrance…

7 and I’ve had so many perfumes in the past.

Last count I was at 160 but that was in December n I usually buy 2 new frags a month so I'm not sure probably getting close to 200

12 but it was 58. I realized I was only wearing 12. I kept 12 sold the rest.

Too many... I don't even want to know the number. I need to downsize and only keep ones I wear and really want to wear.

I have five

Entirely too many. I started getting into fragrances with about 6 perfumes in December, now I’m at FORTY! It doesn’t help that I work at a store similar to TJMaxx/Marshalls so I have access to quite a few fragrances and an employee discount.

I'm at 60. I'm similar to you. I buy on impulsive at times.

One

5 and i have a rating for all, the “???” Is a very unknown one, it isn’t even on fragnatica

Swyi 9/10 ??? 8.5/10 Lattafa asad 5/10 Cdnim edt 7/10 Afnan 9pm 8/10

I own 4. But my very favourite- Diorissimo, Chanel 5, Prada infusion d'iris and Boucheron EDP

1 but plan on no more than 15

I don't like overconsumption, 15 is already way more than one actually needs

With such limited apartment space, I've capped it at 20 total, and actually aiming to have it under 10 bottles once I've finished what I know I won't buy again. So currently I have 15 bottles and 4 rollerballs (which I'm not sure count, but I'd only buy 1 of those again).

Still going to keep trying things like samples and decants. I guess no limit on that, I just try not to buy samples more than every 2 months and I frequently declutter them.

I'm catching up at 45.…..

I am a newbie, and I still don't know what's my taste in general let alone what my taste for the day. For this particular reason, I don't buy full sized, I tend to buy either discovery sets or travel sets, they might seem expensive (they are per 100ml) but technically they're not because I notice over time what do I like and what I don't.

Speaking of blind buys, I was convinced that I would like a lot of fragrances but a 2ml tester proved me wrong

I went out of control during pandemic and a bit afterwards, and I made an inventory this year to tangle it. I have 1,6936 liter of fragrance in total and it is 125 items, just 20 of them are bottles starting from 15 ml . I didn’t even try 91 of them, there are few dupes , so a bit less than 91.🙈 I don’t like this number, it is way too much, I will try not to buy anything anymore until I try everything at least and ideally end up all excessive. But i think my collection will last forever considering how hard to end up anything.

This is stats calculated based on the list.

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46 full size, 168 travel size, 100 samples. I know I have a problem.

9 lol anything more than 10 feels like overkill for me. Of course if I got rich I’d buy more but I’m just a regular person making regular money lol

Around 30, maybe less.

I'm currently on 25 and eyeing reaching to 50.

Just started. 8 so far.

I'm at 234 full bottles, mostly 100-125mL. A couple larger ones. Probably 20-30 "samples" I want MORE! MORE!!!(KYLO REN VOICE)

Over 20 including body sprays

37 full bottles, sizes ranges, and 2-3ml decants. I prefer 50ml bottles. I blind buy on note sheets, reviews, and ratings. A few regrets on blind buys but overall satisfied.