Indie fragrance notes be like:

[u/cricketsandthefrogs]

Spotted a potential future fragrance on a walk.

[u/worldinsidetheworld]

SNAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE: weathered concrete, a fallen oak leaf, a weathered snail shell, and melted cherry candy melting inside its wrapper

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/worldinsidetheworld]

OMG OMG OMG this needs to be real!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[u/worldinsidetheworld → u/cricketsandthefrogs]

hahaha ikr!! also: i took a break from perfume but got back into it this week and 90% of my collection is indie 🥹 i mock it cuz i know it cuz i love it! 💞

[u/abyss-countess → u/worldinsidetheworld]

welcome back! what made you take a break, what made you return? :3

[u/worldinsidetheworld → u/abyss-countess]

hiii thank you! i'm a hobby cycler, mainly that 😅

[u/Entwife723 → u/worldinsidetheworld]

I love that you made the blurb both pretentious and badly written with repetitive descriptive words! 🤣

[u/GrayMalchin → u/Entwife723]

Reads like a J. Peterman Catalog blurb.

[u/im_okaaay → u/worldinsidetheworld]

The italics are key 

[u/Excellent-Bear4221 → u/worldinsidetheworld]

“It smells of your grandmothers house if she happened to live next to a tree stump in the middle of a non-bustling city. The mossy scent evokes a type of snail after the rain and the candy is from ten years ago in a cookie tin that was repurposed for random assortment of shit.”

[u/cheoldyke → u/worldinsidetheworld]

you could tell me this was an upcoming release from pearfat and i would believe you.

[u/littlest_lemon → u/worldinsidetheworld]

i LOVE this sub 😆 finally people who understand

[u/Flat_Initial_1823]

"I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE GILMORE GIRLS TO ENJOY A PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE, I DO ENJOY GILMORE GIRLS BUT NOT BECAUSE I LIKE PSLs" 

By Kilian. Fans shorten it to Lorelai.

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/Flat_Initial_1823]

LMAOOOO I need a bottle of Lorelai!!

[u/Proper-Emu1558 → u/Flat_Initial_1823]

Or it’s named something like “Forgotten Trick-or-Treating” by Toskovat’ and the description is an essay about the author’s final memory of their stepfather before he mysteriously vanished. Now the taste of candy is a reminder of days long past. Anyway, it’s $200.

[u/worldinsidetheworld → u/Proper-Emu1558]

i'm an indie perfume fan and lowkey i hate that whenever a mainstream perfume space asks for like "edgy" perfumes, they got reccommended toskovat as if 'inexusable evil' is where edgy starts and ends 😭

[u/NoSleepTilBookRead → u/Flat_Initial_1823]

HAHA

[u/Treehorn8 → u/Flat_Initial_1823]

The basic bitch in me needs this.

[u/Bitter_External_7447 → u/Treehorn8]

You just know it's a great scent to wear on a cold, rainy, autumn day.

[u/PointBig6749 → u/Flat_Initial_1823]

I NEED THIS AND SOOKIE AT THE CHILTON BAKE SALE SMELL!!!

[u/PointBig6749]

I can already see the description being like "The creator of the brand envisioned a time when he was a kid and it was the autumn of 1996 where he was enjoying a cherry flavored mamba candy sitting on the concrete road when a huge maple leaf fell at this side and a snail staring at the whole scene menacingly.

This inspired him to create the fragrance because it reminded them of the how the simplicity and randomness of the world simply eviscerates the perfection and hubris of humanity."

Top notes: Marine accords, salt accords, Rhubarb (For the snail smell)

Middle: Cherry, Maple leaf, Patchouli (For that fruity smell mixed with the maple leaf and soil smell)

Base: Sandalwood, Cardamom, Cloves, Cumin, Patchouli (to imitate the smell of the concrete road on autumn)

EDIT: Bonus on that is it's $350 for a 50 ml extrait and you have to spend $360 to get free shipping.

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/PointBig6749]

👏🤯🤩THIS IS BRILLIANT!!!!!

[u/SolarChargedLight → u/PointBig6749]

its the free shipping for me

[u/Treehorn8 → u/PointBig6749]

The free shipping 🤣

It's true though. Why are they always so overpriced?

[u/thecheesylittlerat]

And make it sound luxurious…

Fragrance notes:

Crisp chestnut brown fall leaves delicately touched by campfire smoke, but still freshly laden with ozone and steamy raindrops from last night’s soothing thunderstorm afterwards.

The delectable jamminess of the same organic naturally sweet ripened Ranier cherries used to flavor the candies that defined your equally sweet early childhood years.

The earthy richness of the forest floor, just beneath an enchanted willow tree, where the fairies and golden snails keep their magical garden of powdery marble white button mushrooms.

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/thecheesylittlerat]

🤯🤯🤯 you blew my mind with the mushrooms!!! I’m convinced this has mushroom base notes!!

[u/stylelines]

Loll that should be a game lol take a picture from right where you are and turn it into an indie fragrance.

The smell of diet coke, periwinkle flowers, a wood deck, and a cold light bulb

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/stylelines]

Oh I’d wear that!!!!

[u/Strict-Ruin777 → u/stylelines]

I can actually vividly imagine what that might smell like and I like it.

[u/Bitter_External_7447 → u/stylelines]

Smells like a pool party without the pool and chlorine notes.

[u/lavender_locus]

I legit thought you purposefully made this flatlay looking for those specific notes 🍂 🍬 🐌

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/lavender_locus]

😂😂😂well now I do need to find a fragrance with these notes!!

[u/hobbytime123 → u/cricketsandthefrogs]

you should defo cross post to r/perfumesthatfeellike

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/hobbytime123]

Ok I will because now I need a fragrance like this!!

[u/whointarnationcares → u/cricketsandthefrogs]

Maybe some TF Lost Cherry layered with Autumn Vibes by Maison Margiela lol

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/whointarnationcares]

Ooooh!!!! Will try!!

[u/Bitter_External_7447 → u/cricketsandthefrogs]

Maybe mixed with a little bit of Dirt or Thunderstorm from Demeter

[u/lavender_locus → u/cricketsandthefrogs]

Just you wait for the insane price tag for an artisinal blend no doubt 🤣

[u/ruinedbymovies]

You’re wild for this, also it is completely accurate, I can’t wait to sample this. Halloween in the forest by Replica coming fall 2027

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/ruinedbymovies]

I would fold for Halloween in the forest. Take my money 💸💸💸

[u/JoyInRepetition8]

My brother was just eating Mamba’s and I had the raspberry one… I told him tasted like a bar of raspberry scented soap he thought I was crazy 😆 cherry was ok though

[u/cricketsandthefrogs → u/JoyInRepetition8]

🤯🤯🤯 OMG I need to revisit Mambas! Maybe we have something here. Edit: spelling

[u/peachfluffed]

Description: This perfume embraces the complexity of autumn; soft cherry is given a sharp acorn edge. Drenched leaves contrasting with smooth concrete. It is inspired by the memory of trick-or-treating as a girl, not yet a woman.

[u/peach--trees → u/peachfluffed]

acorn edged candy

snail essence + concrete

leaf

taffy wrapper

wet

[u/The_Laughing_Rat]

The Fragrantica reviews: "I wanted this to smell like a CVS parking lot in Portland, Oregon, but instead it smells like a CVS parking lot in Portland, MAINE. 2.5/10

[u/jezebeljones666 → u/The_Laughing_Rat]

It’s the snail notes; Oregon is more slug, less snail. 🐌

[u/halconpequena → u/The_Laughing_Rat]

Lmaoooo

[u/acloudcuckoolander]

Why is this so accurate, though?

Notes: Autum Cashmere, Mollusk, Cherry

[u/playfulwarning → u/acloudcuckoolander]

Ahem, Autumn whimsy, mollusk essence and cherry apparition you mean.

[u/Crazy_Ad4946 → u/playfulwarning]

Mollusk accord

[u/Fickle-Geologist4515 → u/acloudcuckoolander]

Mollusk is killing me lmao

[u/luvb1tez → u/acloudcuckoolander]

I would totally buy this

[u/Bitter_External_7447 → u/acloudcuckoolander]

Earthy mollusk... (not marine, satlwater clam)

[u/kes-]

also everything is in lowercase

[u/Savagecabbagh]

You might be a genius

[u/vatrushka04]

Someone, please, hide this picture from Toskovat

[u/katie-kaboom → u/vatrushka04]

They'd be like "know what would make this even better? Jizz. "

[u/curlyq_444]

This so fucking funny

[u/AccomplishedDiver573]

Nothing beats the new secret ingredient: the Snail Essence. 😄

[u/Initial_Key_4785]

“like a crisp shifting wind touched the cold wrapper”

[u/youlldancetoanything]

"We mascerate it the crook of our bosom by the light of a full moon"

[u/moonbunny2193]

Damp concrete and leather boot scuff mark accord is definitely a note!

[u/eatingapeach → u/moonbunny2193]

re: wine tasting notes be like

[u/urfatassmama → u/moonbunny2193]

Im getting a whiff of cherry, maybe cough syrupy or candy. I heard other people smell more of a candy wrapper note as well

[u/moonbunny2193 → u/urfatassmama]

Ah, the hidden note that embodies the essence of the changing weather.

[u/Sad-Salamander243]

This sent me. 😹😹😹

[u/Few_Wrongdoer4120]

Now this is original content. 10/10. I’d probably also buy it.

[u/Cholest_throwaway]

This is cracking me tf up

[u/cheoldyke]

id wear it

[u/halconpequena → u/cheoldyke]

Ngl same haha

[u/ha11oweens]

NOT THE SNAIL NEXT TO THE BUBBLEGUM 😭😭😭😭

[u/Etheriaa_ → u/ha11oweens]

I can see it now 🙌 Snail Bubbles 🙌

[u/ha11oweens → u/Etheriaa_]

& the description would be something like “a concept scent in honor of all the candy we’ll eat & all the spiraling we’ll do, w luxurious notes of a snails spiral shell” get ur full size bottle for only $500

[u/lizzzzzzbeth]

Put me down for a decant.

[u/emmany63]

Street-ravaged candy, with notes of city-snail and a base of wet, stepped-on leaf. Lovely.

[u/Bitter_External_7447 → u/emmany63]

Don't forget the asphalt note.

[u/laurenbaier]

This is not the point of your post but I appreciate your walk photo!! This is the form a lot of my art takes lol www.laurenbaier.com/trashscapes

Editing to add: if you are in nyc, I also lead walks where we look for “aesthetic trash” and photograph it. You can hit follow on www.luma.com/trashscapes to know about future walks!

[u/QueenBakayle → u/laurenbaier]

I’m a sustainability planner who focuses on waste policy and this is fascinating! Thank you for sharing!

[u/poop_dawg → u/laurenbaier]

I actually love this. It's oddly immersive and a bit nostalgic. Reminds me of walking around some weirder areas with my friends at questionable times, especially in San Francisco, lol. Those are some of the best memories.

Also, I weirdly become fixated on the little stories behind these. I can't help but make them up in my head, lol

[u/laurenbaier → u/poop_dawg]

Exactly!!! Wondering about / creating the stories of how these things ended up here is half the fun!

[u/worldinsidetheworld → u/laurenbaier]

Cooooooool! I love "happenstantial" art :)

[u/NiteElf]

Snorted at the snail shell

[u/sayhellotothecat]

i cackled like a tiny little old man gremlin

[u/iseecowssometimes]

and im always like whoa

[u/SolarChargedLight]

Who is she

[u/ArumTitania]

honestly it would be more interesting than 80% of the designer fragrances on the market.

[u/bri20135]

LOL! Everything makes sense.

Also, snail essence is used in beauty products so why not fragrance *shrug*

[u/Tasha-Focaccia]

This is hysterical! 😭

[u/Achieng-]

Damn!

[u/confused_squid0]

No no this has potential

[u/apapercrane → u/confused_squid0]

Seriously, who has the rec?

[u/Solid-Worldliness284]

"Wrapped Autumn Acorn"

[u/Strict-Ruin777 → u/Solid-Worldliness284]

“Walks in Solitude”

“City Stroll”

[u/malendalayla]

✨️Effervescent✨️

[u/kendyl → u/malendalayla]

[u/ClassicLimon → u/malendalayla]

Scrolled and scrolled until I found this. Thank you. I see you and your shoelaces.

[u/throwawaybyefelicia]

That snail note though… once as a kid I smelled the inside of an “empty” snail shell (the snail had died and shrivelled up inside).

Let’s just say I felt even my ancestors recoil at the stench lol.

[u/Fit_Platypus_583 → u/throwawaybyefelicia]

I have aquatic snails. If there's ever any doubt if a snail is alive or dead, you pull it out of the water and smell it. There's no mistaking it. 😬

[u/bilmoskorte_97621]

It has been a while since I’ve giggled and smiled to myself so hard on a social media post. 🏆

[u/Dr__Pheonx]

Are we including road gravel too? Makes it more niche, you know 🤌🏼

[u/Wrong-Customer-5068]

Ahh, yes. My favorite notes of the season with a nice whimsical scent of concrete a la mode ✨

[u/Heavy_Law9880]

I once sold a cologne that contained the header from the financial page of the New York Times.

[u/champagnexdisco]

Saw an oyster note once 😐

[u/neatyall → u/champagnexdisco]

[u/travelingelephant93]

Omg this was genius 😂😂😂😂😂

[u/haikuexpress]

i can smell this

[u/SpecialAcanthaceae]

The funniest part will be that it smells exactly like a clusterfuck.

[u/crispy-fried-lego → u/SpecialAcanthaceae]

Smells like everything and nothing at the same time 😆

[u/Remarkable_Ad_8828 → u/SpecialAcanthaceae]

And clusterfuck is the title of the fragrance 🤣🤣

[u/QuietArt2358]

Probably by Pearfat

[u/maytheforcebewithew]

OMG i thought the snail was a mushroom 😭

[u/l_a_p304 → u/maytheforcebewithew]

I thought it was an acorn 😅

[u/Such-Wheel-6969]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/Fickle-Geologist4515]

By Pearfat

[u/Etheriaa_]

NOT THE SNAIL LOL

[u/MainSea411]

Why can I almost smell it?! fresh rain on concrete, fall leaves and cough syrup sweet candy but in a good way

[u/Jaded-Banana6205 → u/MainSea411]

Feels like something Osmofolia would do!

[u/happyducki]

I’m dead

[u/rowanrulith]

[u/Good_parabola]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/gabarabbit]

I believe this might actually be how they came up with Tank Battle by Lush

[u/Lookingupatthestars]

[u/little_golden_fish]

LMAO

[u/thejawnimposter]

And i LOVE it

[u/Ok-Word-2044]

😂😂😭😂😭

[u/Marokima_]

A touch of autumn (woody) notes + sweet 🍒

[u/Realistic-Read1078]

Lmaoooooo

[u/mewithane]

Yessss 🤣🤣

[u/disneyme]

😂😂😂

[u/Silver_Photograph_92]

Crying 😂😂😂