Favorites are Anemone, Mizuchi, and Pipe Bomb but I am slowly making my way through every scent because I have fallen in love with each one like a beautiful new friend. Got to mix and match ;)
I've been using Blackbird scents for about 6 years now. Pipebomb Intense is my go-to, but I love sampling other scents occasionally.
I think the most common compliment I receive is how good I smell.
These scents each are so unique and ephemeral. I honestly think many of them could be accompanied with a museum piece, because they seem to evoque a strange nostalgia for places I have yet to even visit yet. Targa and hallow are my favorites so far. Big fan of the smoky, amber, frankincense smells.
Ophir is amazing, original, woody and enchanting. Targa is similarly original, interesting, thought-provoking, but a little sharper and, perhaps, less pleasant that Ophir. For $5 each, plus shipping, the tiny, sample-sized vials were only about 1/3 full. The optics of that are a negative, a kind of disappointing invitation to pay over $90 more for a 30 ml-sized portion. Boutique, esoteric fragrances as stunning as this might be worth the full-price, sure, but the trouble to pay for a tiny sample amount, plus shipping, that doesn’t nearly fill the package, is irresponsible in a business and ecological sense. The work is too good to appear stingy. Send a smaller, one-time sample for free upon request, postage paid, if you’re attempting to put your best foot forward and attract new customers. Or at least pay for the shipping. This experience is akin to limiting a test drive of a potential new car purchase around the block instead of something substantial enough - like those 48-hour take it home test drives - to justify a sizable investment.
Thank you for your feedback.
Let's imagine what would happen if we offered free samples with free shipping to anyone who visited our site.
Our samples are 1 ml in a 2.5 ml bottle. Spraying perfume is the best way to sample it, and this is the smallest vial on the market. If you look to the industry leader www.luckyscent.com, they offer 0.7ml in a 1ml dab vial for the same price and no free shipping.
We are a small independent artisan perfume company. The material cost of our fragrances are 10x to 20x that of commercial perfumes. We use real sandalwood at $350 an ounce, for example.
To address the notion that we are trying to attract new customers. We are not looking to grow. We do not advertise, and we are currently not accepting new wholesale accounts. More is not more for us.
I hope this helps address your concerns.