Perfume Pics From The Archives: If I Say So Myself, Some Are Rather Good

I often find myself going through my old perfume pics. (No, not to admire my glory days. Perish the thought. Please don’t tell me I’ve peaked many years ago.) I do this to find pics to illustrate various posts.

During one of my recent trawls, I thought why not compile a post featuring some of my favourite perfume pics for several reasons.

SELF-INDULGENT, YES, BUT…

To quote Ru Paul: “If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?”

So, if you’ll excuse the vanity and nostalgia, but in the spirit of re-using, recycling, repurposing, etc, let’s get to the pics and I’ll not comment on any fragrance specifically. PS: Some of these I like the pic more than the fragrance.

Do you have your old pics? What do you think of them now? Has your style changed?

What do these pics tell me about myself then?

Most of these pics were taken either pre-Covid, or when IG deleted my account, or my computer crashed spectacularly.

They’re messier and I was very much in the grip of busy backgrounds to grab the attention, sexy water drops and reflecting mirrors.

Has my style changed?

Sometimes I think I’ve become more conservative and safer but then surprise myself with something quite daring / out there / even WTF-ish.

While my pics are more cleaned up now (I resisted the urge to do so in this post, some I couldn’t help myself), perfection is not my goal anymore. It’s unattainable and often soulless (AI, anyone?)

I’d like to think my pics make a statement, even if they’re not technically perfect.

What hasn’t changed?

I have eclectic tastes/smells.

I have a mix of styles, some a bit OTT.

I give cheapies as much respect as others.

I’m still very much an ugly-beautiful aesthetic kind of guy.