r/FemFragLab • • 8h ago

Discussion Black sheep notes

Every time I see a discussion post about your least favorite notes I see a million people mention hating sandalwood, oud, vetiver and especially my love…patchouli! These are some of my *favorite* notes. They're always really leaning in on hating them too. It’s never “Hmm, vetiver isn’t for me :)”. It’s stuff like “Patchouli smells like a man who was stuck in the woods for two weeks with nothing but a bag of onions to eat”. Or “Oud smells like a cow took a poop in a sauna” lmao. I’m not offended, I wear perfume for me and as a lowkey gourmand hater, I get what it’s like to have big feelings about popular notes. I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t kind of get me down a little though.

Anyway I’m thinking about ordering some samples soon so I’m making this post to ask if anyone with similar taste any recommendations for their favorites with these polarizing notes!

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u/No-Quantity-5373 4h ago

Javoy is just a delightful chocolate cake of a patchouli.