u/Dejanjuric

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Hi everyone,

What materials do you use when you want a perfume to feel rich, deep, balsamic, sweet especially through the top and middle notes?

I’m trying to create a perfume with this kind of character, but I’m struggling a bit because most of the materials I want to use are quite heavy, and using too many of them doesn’t seem to work very well.

Do I need to incorporate lighter materials to give the composition more lift and diffusion? If so, what kinds of materials do you usually reach for?

I’m not really a fan of citrus or very fresh notes, although honestly I haven’t experimented much with them in this context.

What do you guys do when you have a heavy perfume formula but want to give it a bit more diffusion, airiness and “space,” so it doesn’t feel dense or flat?

Any advice or examples of materials you like to use for this would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone,

I’m new to perfumery and could use some advice. I have many materials that I bought pre-diluted, e.g. olibanum 50% in DPG, immortelle 10% in TEC, osmanthus 10%, etc.

If I want to make a perfume with, say, 20% concentrate, do you count the DPG/TEC as part of the 20%, or should the actual aromatic material be 20% and the diluent be excluded?

When making small test batches, I end up with a lot of DPG/TEC and very little alcohol. It feels like too much of the formula is just diluent.

Should I simply count the diluents as part of the concentrate, or is it better to buy materials undiluted? Buying everything neat would be quite expensive.

What’s the best way to handle this when working with small test batches?

I'm curious how people here determine card prices when buying or selling.

I'm from Europe, so I usually use Cardmarket as my main price reference. For me, the Cardmarket Low price means the lowest Near Mint listing from a professional seller. If there are several newer sellers listing at the same price, I take those into account as well.

Recently, I've been trying to buy cards from local Facebook sellers, and I've noticed that many of them insist that I should add the shipping cost that the card would have on Cardmarket (often €15–20 for international shipping), even though we live in the same city and local shipping would only cost around €2.

I've also had people tell me that if only one professional seller has the lowest price, that listing should be ignored because "it's only one seller," and instead I should use the next higher price.

What do you think? How do you define Cardmarket Low when pricing your cards? Do you use the absolute lowest professional NM listing, an average price, or some other method? I'm interested to hear how other buyers and sellers approach pricing.

If you had €600 to spend on One Piece singles right now, what would you buy?

That's my current budget, and I'm torn between buying several lower-priced cards or just one or two high-end grails.

There are so many cards I like that I can't decide.

If you had €600 to spend on One Piece singles today, what would you pick, and why?

What do you guys think about the Monkey D. Luffy P-135 Release Event Winner promo?

Do you think the price is likely to drop, or is the current price a good buying opportunity?

Also, is there any information on how many of these Winner promos were actually printed? Has Bandai ever released any print numbers, or are there only estimates?

And what are your thoughts on Championship cards in general, such as the Roronoa Zoro Championship 2023 promo and similar cards? Do you see them as some of the safest long-term collectibles in the One Piece TCG, or are they already priced too high?

I'd love to hear opinions from both collectors and investors.

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if store Aburaya.de is legit. They sell TCG products and have some really good preorder options for upcoming releases. The prices seem reasonable, and the product I preordered is currently sold out, which I take as a good sign. However, they haven't replied to any of my emails, and I can't find any reviews or information about them online, so I'm starting to get worried. Does anyone here have any experience with them or know anything about the store?

Thanks!