edit: 2026-05-27T18:20:00+0000 This is done now! Heads up: the site will be offline briefly at 2026-05-27T18:00:00+0000 while I upgrade the forum software to XenForo 2.3.10. This is mainly a maintenance release -- bug fixes and a security patch- so don't expect anything dramatic to change...

Just a heads up that I'm currently in the midst of moving house, so I've not been able to be on BN as much over the last few weeks, and likely to be the same for the next few (also depends on how long is takes internet to show up at the new house...) I've pre-scheduled a bunch of news and...

At my workplace, we do a weekly icebreaker, so I thought, why not bring that idea into the fragrance world? On my personal blog, I previously put together 100 general icebreaker questions, so this felt like the perfect opportunity to create a fragrance-focused version. Over the past few months...

Since the beginning of my fragrance journey, I've been searching for perfumes that smell like moments—real, specific smells rather than abstract ideas. Even back in high school, when most people were hunting for compliment-getters, I was chasing something far more particular: a fragrance that...

I can't believe it's been nearly ten years since I first fell into this hobby. I'll be reaching my ten-year anniversary on Basenotes in July 2026, which felt like the right excuse to reflect a bit on my experiences. My first fragrance came from an essential-oil diffuser brand called Saje: a...