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Can language ever capture the mysterious world of smells? My obsession with perfume began when I was around ten years old, spritzing on layer after layer of my mother’s Anaïs Anaïs and Poison, until I reeked of a duty-free store. It continued through my mall-rat teen-age years, when I blew through my babysitting tips at Bath & Body Works, convinced that I could amplify my personality with a generous dose of Sun-Ripened Raspberry. Throughout my twenties, I collected hundreds of fragrance samples, bought for less than five dollars apiece from Web sites with names like the Perfumed Court and Surrender...

  Our Top Tip: How to get better prices on luxury niche perfumes? You purchased a tester and found your perfect new dream perfume, and scout for the full bottle. To your surprise you get blown away by the eye-watering prices on luxury perfumes that easily stretch beyond the £300 mark per 100ml. Yikes! Well, there's a secret trick to buying super-luxury niche fragrances for less if you don't mind the shortcuts. Try buying your favorite perfume in demonstration testers. You get the same beautiful perfume you love but with a good discount price. What exactly is a demonstration tester...