The damage so far: first quarter 2026 buying poll :: Now Smell This

It’s April, so you know it’s time for a visit from Donatella Versace, Our Lady of Creative Perfume Math.¹ She’s looking forward to the upcoming Gianni Versace Retrospective at the Musée Maillol in Paris, but meanwhile she has set aside a moment or two to hear the confessions of her flock. She’d very much like to know what you bought in the 1st quarter (January, February and March) of 2026. 

My purchases…

I really tried! Or at least, I tried more than usual. I even went sniffing at Sephora and Ulta. But I bought nada.

As always, report your purchases in the comments if you dare! And as always, we don’t include samples or gifts, and you can count miniatures, decants and bottle-splits howsoever you like (I usually count them as half bottles). Samples don’t generally count at all, even though some of us spend considerable sums obtaining them.

1. Why does Donatella host (against her will, mind you) the damage polls? There is no real reason other than the picture of her perfume collection, which shows that she indulges regularly at the perfume counter. The image, by the way, is originally from Allure magazine and appears here courtesy of Blogdorf Goodman.