My $, $$, $$$ system. It’s a shame so many lovely fragrances are so expensive. Of course, if you can buy 50 ml for 1/2 the price, it is still the same price, LOL, but you can try more. Unfortunately, after a while, the heft of the 100 ml really calls to you. And there is a difference, as you well know, between the drug or department store variety and the more artisan. I really hate to spend triple the cost per ml to get a sample too (or a decant.) When I decant, I just charge the same per ml as what it cost me.

Seriously I would love to preserve autumn leaves like that, but I always assumed they cracked and became “dust” with time. Used to press them in books. Maybe wax paper would be nicer to them, so will try with the most impressive specimen of the season.