About This Site

I never thought I’d build a perfume blog — but here we are. This site wasn’t built by a developer or with a plug-and-play template. It was built by me, someone who wanted a personal, digital space to document the perfumes in my collection.

How I Built a Digital Replica of My Perfume Collection With AI

I began working on this project in May of 2023, full of hope and big ideas. I thought with some MySpace-era copy/paste skills, drag-and-drop builders would be easy. By August, I was ready to give up.

That’s when I discovered how regular people were using tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to actually create things. Before that, I honestly thought using AI was just a form of cheating. But the more I learned, the more I realized it’s just another tool.

In life, I've learned there's always a good and bad side to everything. You're either going to use it to make something good or you're going to be a douchebag and add more slop to the mix. I've tried to be responsible with how I've used this tool. I hope you can appreciate that.

Breaking, Fixing, Rebuilding

At the heart of it all was one simple goal: I wanted to see a grid of my perfume bottles. I keep most of them stored in their boxes, so I rarely get to see them all out together. This site became my way of unboxing them — not just for myself, but for anyone who shares this kind of fascination.

My process became a simple, stubborn loop: ask a question, try the answer, see what broke, and try again. This entire site is built on that back-and-forth, that trial and error.

Getting the Grid

By the summer of 2024, I realized I’d never get the grid working if I kept trying to publish full reviews. I needed to shift gears.

Eventually, I found a theme that almost worked, but by December, it was slow, bloated, and fragile. Adding anything new felt like it could break everything. That’s when I realized: if I could get this far using AI to patch a theme together, maybe I could just make my own.

So I did.

The site you’re looking at now was built from the ground up with the help of large language models. There’s no pre-built template or expensive page builder running things behind the scenes. It's mostly just custom code, fewer than ten plugins, and a whole lot of patience. And no, it didn’t happen in minutes like the ads say. It took time, frustration, and a lot of starting over.

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About the Visuals

Perfume has always stirred my creativity — not just in scent, but in story, mood, and visuals. Many of the images you’ll find on this site were photographed or designed by me. Others were created using AI tools like Adobe Firefly and refined in Photoshop.

Let me be clear: I am not a professional photographer or designer. I’m just a curious person using the tools I have to bring an idea to life based on my experience with the flavors and fragrances presented.

Early morning moon over the mountains in Kremmling, Colorado.

A slice of chocolate whiskey cake on a plate.

A scenic view of Bayou DeSiard in Louisiana.

A creative flat-lay of perfume bottles and notes.

An AI-generated image of a perfume bottle with glowing effects.

A creative product shot of Carolina Herrera Good Girl Supreme perfume.

A Final Note

I’m not the type to sniff something once and write a thousand words about it. It takes me time. If a perfume is featured here, it’s because I’ve genuinely lived with it. This is a hobby site — a deeply personal archive. I’m not trying to be the loudest voice in the room or claim any expert title, but I care about what I share, and I take the time to get things right.

If this site helps you discover a new favorite scent, brings back a memory, or simply gives you a moment of enjoyment, then it’s doing exactly what I hoped it would.

Thanks for stopping by.

Welcome to my collection! ♥dl

If you’d like a bit of context on how I approach writing and sharing here, you can read How to Read What I Share.