#fragrance review

[scented--whispers]

Supreme Vanilla Eau De Parfum: Dark Academia Perfection

Imagine being in the most beautiful old library reading a book that smells of paper and ink, the place is full of wooden tables and bookcases and you have fresh vanilla biscuits with you. This is how this perfume smells.

Zara perfumes are so good and even better if we consider how affordable they are and this one is by far my favorite. It doesn't have an olfactory pyramid, the notes are linear, something that makes every note have pretty much the same intensity throughout its run.

Notes: Tonka beans, cedarwood, Madagascar vanilla, and pink sugar with inky notes.

As the name suggests, it is a vanilla perfume at its core and is the main note, everything else is to add more character to it. The second most prominent note is by far the ink. In a lot of reviews, I have seen people describe the smell as "wet ashtray" and even though I understand where this is coming from I do not agree exactly. Yes, there is something that resembles an ashtray, but in a good way? I don't know how to explain it, but the smell is almost comforting. The ink smells exactly like an ink pad my grandfather had and along with the velvety almost tobacco-like/almondy smell of the tonka beans gives a kick that personally I find soooo good. It is a mysterious, sophisticated, and dark vanilla and I love an interesting vanilla. The cedarwood and the sugar are supporting roles here, I cannot identify that is cedar I smell but with time there is an aromatic woodiness that lingers on my skin and the sugar adds sweetness all around, which this perfume needs imo.

It is a juggernaut as far as longevity goes and even more as sillage goes. This thing smells A LOT, and for days on my clothes, but it isn't clogging at all. To explain how impressed I am with it, I was wearing it in a bar I go to quite often and the place is very small, more often than not extremely crowded, and people can smoke inside, and I still got questions on what perfume I wear because those around me could smell it, something that is not a thing in that place.

Something that I also didn't expect (bc the reviews I had read were a mixed bag) is how much of a people's pleaser it is, especially men. Every time I wear it I get questions on what I wear, bc they like it yes, but also bc they want to get it, so at least the people around me find it as unisex as they come, something that I also agree with. I can see everyone wearing it and even all day, just not in summer. I haven't tried it on very warm/hot days yet, but the vibe doesn't give summer at all.

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[nothing0fnothing]

nobody on here knows this, but I'm actually a massive perfume nerd.

I just get really overwhelmed by random smells and I seek sensory input through smell, so just having a reliable fragrance I like on my body is really soothing. Its an autism thing dw about it.

My problem is sometimes my favorite perfums can attract male attention.

And I don't want male attention.

Does anyone know any perfumes that women love but men hate?

Appreciated

#perfume #perfume review #perfume genius #fragrance collection #parfum #perfumes #fragrance review #autistic woman #Using tags I assume perfume nerds use on here in hopes one sees this. #sapphic #wlw #gay girls #lesbian pride #wlw love #Lesbian

[milkyway-gaily]

Alex's scent- Le Labo Santal 33

I love this fragrance so much! The description may make it seem wild and masculine, but it's actually a very mature and composed unisex scent. Santal 33 opens with a relatively strong leather note, along with the woodiness of cedar. Sandalwood stays in the background to provide a sense of steadiness. To me papyrus is really the star support here- it tones down the "cowboy" elements while adding sophistication.

I had imagined Alex's fragrance to be more on the suave and smug side, but Santal 33 really works well for the politician side of Alex- that's probably why Henry smells it on Alex when they get pushed into the janitor closet. This is also an incredibly calming scent so it would be a great choice for any time Alex might be bothered by anxiety. However, IMHO, Alex would wear something more playful when he's out partying😆

Santal 33 shares similarities with Maison Crivelli Papyrus Moleculaire, which I also adore💖

#firstprince #alex claremont diaz #rwrb #rwrb movie #red white and royal blue #fragrance review #my fragrance #le labo #santal 33 #niche perfume

[nofearforthesettingsun]

Decided to try semen-based scents. Had mixed results. Here are my reviews.

#orto parisi seminalis #etat libre d'orange #secretions magnifiques #perfume review #fragrance review

[noseandnous]

Debaser by D.S. & Durga: Midgar shuffle

…don’t know about you, but I am un CHIEN! Andalusien! --Black Francis

I picked up a number of samples by the indie perfumer D.S. & Durga, including “Steamed Rainbow,” “Deep Dark Vanilla,” “Pistachio,” and this one. Debaser is my favorite so far.

Online reviews are mixed. The famous and eloquent Kafkaesque likes this, but argues an incongruity in its name; while Debaser cites the 1989 Pixies tune, the Black Francis screech is nowhere to be found in this pleasant, fig-based fragrance, powdered with a little iris, warmed up with tonka and coconut, sweetened with pear, and something slightly spicy and woody underneath. Other reviewers have taken up this theme, confused by the edgy name, complaining, even, about false advertising. Many allusions to green accords, garden wanders, fresh meadows, and so forth; all the traditional imagery of the mainstream mind as it seeks an exit from the ordinary.

I smell these described notes, certainly—the milky fig, the coconut, not too sweet but very present; the bassy tonka, the blonde wood, the iris and the moss all cutting through the lactones and preventing them from getting insipid.

But I am not transported to a bosky grove or dew-laden meadow: this fragrance is no portal to Narnia.

It's a little like one of those reversible pictures--a goose one way, an old lady another; if you focus too much on the fig and all its lacy green assumptions, you miss the city.

Because the thing is I get a very specific hit of leather jacket—no, vinyl… no, leather after all, a biker jacket, nice and bulky, the kind you wear as armor for the subway. The jacket you wear as you stand in the corner of the mechanics’ garage when your moto goes tits-up. The one you have on as you chew on a pear-flavored hard candy, lounging, inconspicuous, waiting for that guy on your docket--the dumb one, the weak link--to come out of the liquor store and lead you to your real quarry.

The one you wear when even the rain feels dirty.

The longer I had Debaser on, the more the affect crystallized: it’s Midgar, buddy. If this name means nothing to you, don’t worry. Just drop in the degraded urban environment of your choice, but fill it with the joy and optimism peculiar to that space, the joy of catching the last train, the joy of spicy red oil noodles, the joy of sarcastic jokes with your partner in crime.

For friends of mine who know where Midgar is—thus what I mean by citing it—I should warn you that depending on your skin chemistry, you may have to traverse an astonishing amount of coconut before the leather jacket, the train, the slanting light all come out to play. You may also find the pear alienating. Me, I like it; it’s artificial, but it’s not pretending. You keep the little tin of those little pear-flavored jewels in the pocket of that leather jacket and you watch the sun track across the hoardings as you listen to the buskers, taking your time.

It’s a good day.

#olfactory #fragrance review #D.S. & Durga #debaser

[nonrhoticity]

A review of Rolling in Love by Killian

Source: Fragrantica never disappoints.

#Killian #Rolling in love #fragrantica #fragrance review

[pocketvenuslux]

Papillon Artisan Perfumes is one of my favourite niche houses. It has a very cohesive and distinctive voice, one that draws heavily on vintage perfumes. Although the prices have gone up a fair bit (when I bought Salome in 2016, it was US$160 and it's now retailing at US$205), it has managed to maintain its singular vision and integrity over the years. I feel like when niche houses reach a certain point of success, there is a lot of pressure for them to grow by increasing the frequency of releases and then the quality/creativity suffers. Thankfully, Papillon has resisted that pressure.

I recently tried the house's two latest: Spell 125 and Hera and I enjoyed them both.

Spell 125 seems like a bit of a departure for the house. It has a powerfully resinous, coniferous opening that leans toward the photorealistic end of things. This was surprizing to me as it felt very contemporary, more Slumberhouse than Guerlain. But as the scent develops, Moore's familiar touch begins to emerge - even though Spell is in no way a vintage throwback. But the complexity of the dry down, its development, turns the scent's initial piney blast into something far more beguiling and it is here the scent really begins to distinguish itself. In particular, contrasting with the scent's coolness is a soft, animalic blur of "white ambergris" and fragrant, slightly sour frankincense that imparts an aliveness and a gentle heat that is very much in line with the more overtly fleshy Salome and Bengale Rouge even though Spell is completely different genre of scent. It evokes a spaciousness, stillness and serene vitality that makes it another winner for me.

Hera is more in line with Papillon's traditional vibe and is the more complex scent of the two. To be honest, I personally did not like it as much as Spell (which is just as well as it's retailing at a much higher price point than the others at US$310). It is beautiful, but this scent, originally designed for Moore's daughter's wedding, is perhaps one that speaks so much to someone else that it had less to say to me. It's still an excellent perfume, a vintage style aldehydic floral - but not in a diva-esque, attention seeking way. Quite the opposite, it feels incredibly well measured. Hera opens with a lovely veil of aldehydes that give its florals just the right amount of lift. As the scent develops, the flowers are abstracted but not stereotyped and certainly not the innocently fresh bouquet we associate with brides. Rather they are lushly dense with subtle, interchanging degrees of powder, butter and sweetness, all grounded in a gentle but hefty base of musk, labdanum and sandalwood. One has the impression of light, but it's not sunny in any Pollyanna sense, nor is it one of Dryad's sun dappled fields. It's more of a radiant, soft focus effulgence. There is too much of a sense of corporeality for Hera to evoke simple summertime sunshine. Allusions to the body in perfume are almost always a reference to sexuality, sweat and what goes unwashed but here, it is really about presence. What I like most about Hera is that it paints a portrait of a woman that feels very real, one that you can feel is authored by a woman's perspective. There are no fantasies here about blushing brides, no virgins or whores, no maidens, mothers or crones. I almost feel like I know something about Moore's daughter through Hera.

#papillon parfumery #perfume review #niche perfume #niche fragrance #fragrance review #british perfume

[fragsnfumes]

September 2023 ~

I typically veer off to the niche end of the isle but I do like the quality and complexity of Tom Ford Private Blends (though I don't currently own any myself). That being said, this release looks to be quite polarizing. It represents Tom Ford's interpretation of myrrh, with primary notes described as myrrh, sandalwood and vanilla, with prominent musky, powdery and ambery accords. Yesterday, however, amber, vanilla and warm spice were the top accords so ratings are changing!

Intriguingly, of the 28 votes on Fragrantica so far, a majority has voted "hate", with less than half for "love" and a small portion voted "like". For such a musky and powdery fragrance with warm, sweet and spicy undertones, it's also eybrowraising that a majority have voted it to be a spring/summer fragrance. I'm curious to see how the votes change after it's released to the public!

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[cleaned-slate]

A Whiff of Waffle Cone

- Imaginary Authors -

It’s comfortably sweet and warm. The first note that hits you in a sharp cinnamon that then fades into a nostalgic vanilla syrup.

Review ↯

Longevity: I found myself smelling it all day long

Sillage: Radiates fairly well; someone sitting next to you would be able to smell it

Overall: For me this is far too sweet for an everyday scent but is still lovely, will be wearing again. It’s not for everyone but I would recommend.

#imaginary authors #perfume #cologne #fragrance #fragrance review #perfume review #cologne review #perfume recommendations #cologne recommendations #fragrance recommendations #aesthetic #warm aesthetic #mood board #aesthetic board

[boneflavoredtea]

A City on Fire, Imaginary Authors

Cade oil, Spikenard, Cardamom, Clearwood, Dark Berries, Labdanum, Burnt Match

when i decided to get a sample set of imaginary authors scents, City on Fire drew me in simply because it's reputation. see, this scent is controversial as hell. (indie perfume drama, i love it) you either love it, or you hate it. these are the things i love about indie fragrance, the controversial, weird, and downright off putting scents that indie companies can put out. to me though, city on fire walks a fine line between gross and nice that makes it intriguing

this scent hits right out the gate strong and honestly, smelling weirdly like barbecue. yeah its a rough start i wont lie,,, it takes like a good 15 minutes to settle into being wearable. after it starts to mingle with my skin chemistry though it morphs into this cool, smokey, spicy scent. it smells so interesting! it's distinctly masculine and super mysterious. its not quite a "damn that smells good" smell but more of a "i need to keep sniffing this so i can figure out wtf it is??" i really really like it even though its not something i would wear often. hardcore winter smell. its strong and it wants to be known so not great for folks with sensitive noses.

9/10 winter statement piece

#indie perfume #goth #winter #Imaginary Authors #indie fragrance #perfume #fragrance review #this hoe mysterious #mystery stank

[yuvraj2003]

Making Memories with Royal Oudh Attar: Scents That Last a Lifetime

Royal Oudh attar is a perfect way to relax during a busy day. I applied a drop to my wrists and immediately felt the calming effects of the natural aroma. The fragrance lasts for an incredibly long time, and even a small amount applied in the morning keeps me smelling great throughout the day. Unlike chemical-filled perfumes, which fade away quickly, this attar is much better. If you're interested in learning more or purchasing this attar, visit Briskwalk's website for fragrance review and more information.

#best perfume #fragrance #perfume lover #attar review #fragrance review #briSKwalk

[scented--whispers]

Musc Noir For Her by Narciso Rodriguez: One of the Best Day, Office, "My Skin But Better" Scents Out There

Notes: Plum, Musk, Heliotrope, Suede

I recently purchased some samples of many different perfumes and also added a sample of Musc Noir For Her by NR, one of the very few Narciso perfumes I hadn't smelled, and yes, I like this one as well. It is a "my skin but better" fragrance, a "no-perfume" perfume. It is by far the most toned down from the For Her collection, it has a fruitness from the plum in the opening, but not juicy-like, but jam plum after some minutes it becomes very slightly flowery and vanilla-y with the slightest touch of almonds and after an hour or two it settles down in the most gorgeous skin-like powdery, creamy musk with suede. If someone wants a clean perfume without the soapy/deodorant/shampoo feeling you are here. I have seen people complain about longevity, but I don't think it's the issue here. I could still smell it for a solid 7 hours after I sprayed it on myself, BUT the sillage is very very intimate. VERY intimate, put your nose on my skin intimate, I could smell it on me, but people around me didn't give it any thought except if they were extremely close to the point of touching me. And this is where Noir comes into play I think. When I first sprayed it on I was so confused with the name Noir, which inclines you towards a darker/ night perfume and this ain't it, but it is an intercourse perfume for sure. It smells so good and so clean and skin-like creamy powder, but also sweet and slightly fruity, that if you are intimate with someone it will be detectable and they will enjoy it. It is Noir because it's perfect for personal night activities, not for a night out and the bottle/color I think supports that, white/rosy/nude, sheer, undetectable, and sleek. Loved it, my favorite from the For Her line, I am thinking of a bigger bottle. Not for people who want statement perfumes, perfumes that cling, and perfumes with sillage.

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[misslinala]

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[milkyway-gaily]

Francesca Bianchi Sticky Fingers👆 Sexy, wild and playful- this is Bruno off-work(in leather, too)!🔥

All the notes listed are apparent, but cinnamon, patchouli and a lingering mix of leather and sandalwood are more prominent. Being Extrait de parfum, the projection and longevity are beast mode🔥

Tbh it's a bit overwhelming to my taste because I'm not good with cinnamon and strong patchouli in perfume.😩 It was a blind buy partial bottle because I was too curious for obvious reasons.. by the time I'm posting this I've actually sold it😅😅😅

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I'm starting a collection of perfume-related posts and there will be more to come, either with photo or art💖

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[specificreviews]

Category: Fragrance

Brand: Bath & Body Works

Scent: Carried Away

Rating: Good

Scent description: Nectarines!

Particularly recommended for: N/A

Good for: spring and summer

#fragrance review #bath and body works #fragrance

[noseandnous]

Masque Milano Kintsugi: this thing is for thinking

People don’t like this.

Reviews complain that it’s too old and fusty, or too modern and artificial; that its tenure is too brief and also that it goes on forever. I can imagine this scent getting accidentally associated with a painful event and becoming intolerable, intolerable; it is a very sponge for memory. 

It’s not friendly, not easily construed. It doesn’t enable you to smell like pastry,  green tea, or an ocean wave. It is not wholesome, like a flower field or a string of laundry drying in the sun. At certain angles, however, you might detect… a room? A room, a chair, a window that looks out onto night: a darkness pierced in places by faint sodium lights, far from us, and wreathed in violet cloud; a darkness that threatens rain.

There is more than a touch of smoke in this old-school chypre. Sweet at turns, with a hint of fruitiness that comes not just from the bergamot but also from the rose: almost a nectarine, though there’s no sign of one on the notes list. This sweetness comes and goes, trading places with art supplies, modeling clay, and a faintly resinous quality supplied by benzoin and possibly, possibly, the raspberry leaf. The smell of paper: readers, you know what I mean. It combines with a cold, rainy magnolia in a way that's very hard to parse, hard to pin down. An intoxicating boozy vanilla appears from time to time but never takes this fragrance into modern gourmand territory. Not at all. Not ever. This acerbic vanilla is the closest that Kintsugi gets to the gold implied in its name: a gold for seaming, a potter's gold.

This fragrance does not soar, although my heart leapt when I first smelled it. It does not resolve its harmonies. It's not involved with heaven; its sky is a lowering one, the sky of a room whose window looks inward. 

This thing is for thinking. It’s not telling you anything you already know.

It’s my birthday, and I think I’m getting myself a bottle of this.

The notes: bergamot, magnolia, and amber on top (I sure don't smell the amber); golden suede, centifolia rose, and violet leaf at the heart; and benzoin siam, raspberry leaf, patchouli coeur, and vanilla at the base. 

#olfactory #masque milano #kintsugi #fragrance review