The damage so far: first quarter 2024 buying poll :: Now Smell This

Yes, it’s that time again! Even a faulty elevator can’t keep Donatella Versace, Our Lady of Creative Perfume Math,¹, from her quarterly visit to hear the confessions of her flock. She’d very much like to know what you bought in the 1st quarter (January, February and March) of 2024. 

Note that if you have javascript disabled, you won’t be able to vote in the poll, but you can still record your purchases in the comments.

I bought nothing this quarter, but I said that last year at this time too, and oops, I was wrong…I am hereby filing an amended return for 2023.

In March 2023, I bought a 15 ml bottle of Hermès Un Jardin à Cythère when it was offered as a split in the comments here. I can’t remember what I paid for it now, but I had thought 2023 was my first no-buy year since 2003, and nope. I only realized my mistake while setting up this poll with the bottle still sitting on my desk after I wore it on Monday. 

As always, report your purchases in the comments if you dare! And as always, we don’t include samples or gifts, and you can count miniatures, decants and bottle-splits howsoever you like (I usually count them as half bottles). Samples don’t generally count at all, even though some of us spend considerable sums obtaining them.

1. Why does Donatella host (against her will, mind you) the damage polls? There is no real reason other than the picture of her perfume collection, which shows that she indulges regularly at the perfume counter. The image, by the way, is originally from Allure magazine and appears here courtesy of Blogdorf Goodman.