What Will Happen To Your Wardrobe Should Something Happen To You?

I suspect my mom would keep it around for the memories, but then again, she might throw it out if it reminded her of me too much ( hard to guess beforehand! )

If I die after her, I suppose it would just get thrown out. None of my friends have a reason to want my collection nor would it be worth much to them.

Once both me and my frag wardrobe are "out of business for good", only two things can happen: either my family, friends, SO (-s) divide my frag collection among each other, as one "farewell gift" from me until the fragrance in the bequeathed bottles still last (although, knowing how many compliments I got for the owned frag bottles, more than even on the frag itself, they will most likely keep the bottles long after they're empty), or, if they really follow my wishes and do it the way i would have wanted it, they will cash in all my financial savings, donate some of their own cash, then organize a massive fundraiser only in order to use all the cash thus obtained in order to use it, along with the frags i didn't get to use, as a core for a smaller or even larger fragrance museum- and, should they hypothetically, obtain five-or six-figure donations, it can become the biggest fragrance gallery opened for public display in the world, complete with a permanent budget, own research laboratories, both regular and seasonal exhibitions, even, should the income of this museum be sustainable and exceed the most optimistic prediction a trust-fund offering grants, scholarship and post-graduate to post-doctoral studies to gifted but underprivileged perfumers, fashion designers, cosmetologists, as well as regularly organizing conferences, events, discussion-groups regarding fragrance. And, the administrative board, as well as the management should be ran entirely or chiefly by some, if not all Basenotes members: thus, it would not only grantee complete and solid efficiency, transparency and fairness of all managerial matters, but also an immense input of creativity, authenticity and skill going into this project. Hey, should this program work, I'm even considering to bequeath my modest watch collection (30-40 exhibits up to now) to be the core of a budding watch museum (both the exhibits and the cultural-intellectual services provided by this museum steadily increasing, partly due to donations, partly due to efficient management and admission fees, although NOT charged to any Basenoter) but, it seems I'm dreaming again...

I want to be burried with a spritz from every scent I own, including decants. But other than that I would give the bottles and samples and decants to a friend who has just as many and would use them well.

My other option would be to distribute everyone's favorite scent to remember me by. Especially my girlfriend, but she's already got one of mine.

Well, I used to be concerned aboout this with a large collection I had gathered. But now that I keep my stash to no more than 9 bottles, I would just allow my nephew and SO have the bottles they liked.

Embalm me with them

I have told my husband that if this should happen to me, he is to log onto Basenotes and tell everyone - and gift my fragrances to my Basenotes friends.

Sad to think about. But nonetheless, I can't imagine him selling them to strangers or worse throwing them away. All my peeps would appreciate them and give them good homes.

My best friend would take them and keep the ones he liked.

I'll need some time to decide what frag to wear before my meeting with the Grim Reaper

This is pretty close to what I was thinking about. I've been thinking of asking a BN friend to be an "executor" of sorts. My family would ship the fragrances to her, and she would auction them off. I was thinking that the proceeds could go to pay for a few new BN members to become supporters, with the understanding that they would continue being supporters for a certain length of time.

But maybe our friend Mike has the best idea. I'm glad you brought this up, Mr. K. It's worth pondering.

I'm planning on making a list of what replacement value of my fragrances is, so that when I die, my daughter will have some idea of what to eBay them for-- and whether it's even worth eBaying them.

I will give one or two bottles to my son to remember his fragrance nut Mom , get the others sold off and the proceeds to go to a worthy perfume related cause ( like Basenotes for instance ! )
I will be going to the Fragrance Land In The Sky with my bottles of Joy extrait though !

Me, I ain't got nobody so it won't matter. I'm a loner. I told her that off the bat. But as night fell--

----Oops. Sorry, I've been watching too much Film Noir from the 40's
I can't help it, they're far more empowering than self-help books.

Speaking of classic films, I sincerely hope I don't pull a
" Rosebud " like Citizen Kane.
It's embarrassing to contemplate that my last word might be " Antaeus "

--Say, was he a pagan?
--Yeah, wasn't that some kind of Greek god?

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I tell you this was an easier question to answer in simpler days gone by . . .

*sigh*

Had you asked in the late 80's I would have told you to cremate me, mix me with a kilo of hash, and let me go on tour with Guns N' Roses

Whatever happened to innocence?
Oh, well.

Anyway, like Jock_With_Scents I'm down to only 10 bottles, and many are half empty.
So, they'll get along without me.
But--
Perhaps my obsession with them might keep me earth-bound!
Preventing me from ascending to the higher realms of light and--

Damn! See what I mean by self-help books?
Film Noir is so much more spiritual.

Well for all of you who have posted here, if any of you die before I do--

(No, I'm NOT going to ask for your frags; relax.)

--And there is life after death, would you send me a sign?

Thanks.

Mario.

My girlfriend would gleefully thrown them all away. She hates all fragrances and is irritated that I own so many bottles, and that they take up so much space.

If I'd go before my mum, she'd probably keep all of it just for the sake of remembrance.

I've thought about this before and imagined my entire wardrobe at some crappy yard sale...

"Hmmm, what are all these bottles of stuff??"
"Cologne, I think..."
"Maybe not. I don't see any Eternity or Axe. Maybe its bathroom deodorizer."
"Them bottles look too pretty for that. But hell, for fifty cents to a dollar a piece...I'll take some of those Lutens -OOPS!! I dropped some!"
"And I'll take those big green 'Cuir de Russie' bottles..."
"Queer what?!"
"It says, 'Cuir' by Creed."
"Creed? Ain't that some cheap-ass rock band??"

I have since stressed the importance of my wardrobe to my extended family.

Sounds about right.

My sweetheart hates fragrance but probably won't sell them, so they will probably end up getting stashed in a dark corner with my precious shoes.

I like the idea of giving them to good homes though.

Nicole . . .Nicole Miller . . .

That, along with the rest of my earthly possessions, will up to my husband.

My husband has instructions to call Asha and let her take them, wear them, sell them, or give them away. Oops, I have to inform Asha!!!!

My husband has already been instrcucted that he should keep whatever he likes and wants to wear (we share quite a few), then have my scent twin take whatever and as much as he wants. Most of the remaining interesting vintage bottles are to be divided between my friend Donna and Elena from Perfume Shrine. Whatever is left should be sold, either here or on eBay.

Aren't we all a cheerful bunch?

I want my husband to contact all my perfume friends here and elsewhere on the net and distribute accordingly. He gets my Heritage, everything else is up for grabs.

As much as I love fragrance, the well-being of my cats would take precedence. I suppose my sister would have to weed out my fragrance wardrobe.

This is just too funny!!

Mike Perez - Such heartwarming words..

Mario - Why don´t you have your own TV show? I can´t stop wondering why!?!

I don´t believe in death. There is no such thing.

*off to chat with my Fracas*

I really have no idea, but I hope who ever gets them loves them as much as I do. I was happy that my grandpa let me have my grandma's fragrances when she passed. I loved the way 273 smelled on her and when I am lonely and missing her I spritz some on.

I hope you live long enough to write me an epitaph Mario

Last fall I gifted my daughter with PTG after it came out in paperback, and told her that she would inherit my collection some day, so she'd better learn something about them!

If she doesn't just keep the whole kit and kaboodle, I hope she smells and tries them all, keeps the ones that she loves. I'm going to tell her to give the rest away to basenoters. I love that idea. I want them to be loved and appreciated! Thought about lining the casket with them, but damn, I want to be cremated, so that's out. If she's ambitious and needs the money, I'd be okay with her selling the ones she doesn't want on Ebay, or something.

My husband will probably keep at least a few of his masculines, mostly for sentimental reasons, but there is no reason to saddle him with all those bottles! And I don't think I would want them ending up being gifted to "the next wife/GF". eeeeewwww. What an icky thought!

I too, would be horrified to know that they end up in a cheesy estate/garage sale or something.

Hmm, I guess my clothes would go to the Salvation Army?!

I don't know?!