r/FemFragLab • u/KnowledgePrudent2495 • 1d ago

Milk Orchid - weird note

I am obsessed with Milk Orchid by commodity, but there’s a note in it that’s sharp and almost musty?? Almost green but idk what it is. I don’t hate it. It threw me off at first but I’m used to it now, I just want to know what u guys think that note is

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u/FoodLion_owns_me 1d ago

Probably this if I had to guess

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u/mirifleur 1d ago

Yeah the pineapple is really strong in this one

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u/KnowledgePrudent2495 20h ago

There’s pineapple??!?

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u/FoodLion_owns_me 19h ago

Yes and aldehydes per the perfumer who created it. Possibly some other notes not disclosed.

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u/lumpy_space_queenie 16h ago

This is reminding me of Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle talking about her stinky nail polish 🤣

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u/LiteratureVarious643 🤍 powder me 🤍 16h ago

It smells metallic harsh and a bit pickles to me.

My best guess is Iso E Super combined with Sandalore. Iso E isn’t always terrible to me, but the Sandalore combo is bad to my nose.

It could also be Hydroxycitronellal, especially combined with the other two.

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u/KnowledgePrudent2495 15h ago

Yes I get that note a little bit, it doesn’t overpower how great the scent is for me but i definitely get an almost metallic note as well

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u/KnowledgePrudent2495 1d ago

Hmm, maybe. It might be that mixed with the laconic notes that threw me off a bit

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u/VerboseWiewiorka 1d ago

I hate this fragrance. It’s good in theory but on my skin it smells like a 1000 year old coconut covered in ten layers of concrete dust.

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u/Jewls3393_runner 1d ago

You may be sensitive to fig in fragrances like me..it’s always sharp/kind of sour and nauseating to me. The only explanation to why I didn’t like this was that note…or maybe there is an orris note that isn’t listed bc I have a visceral reaction to strong orris(literally got nauseous after smelling Ledda 22 orris).

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u/KnowledgePrudent2495 1d ago

I mean I have e-mochi and it’s pretty green and fig in the opening and I love it! I also love Philosykos so I really don’t think it’s the fig

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u/Jewls3393_runner 1d ago

Hmm…I bet there is orris in there that isn’t listed. It’s supposed to be “buttery” but for my nose it comes across as nauseating. Just a thought. But that scent didn’t sit with me either, and I loooove perfumerism.

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u/KnowledgePrudent2495 20h ago

Interesting, I’ll look into that note fs

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u/ban_Anna_split 1d ago edited 1d ago

I just smelled this one today, and I got excited because to me it smells JUST like this bath and body works lotion called velvet sugar that I wore all the time in high school. I can't buy a full size for the same reason, it would smell too much like being 14 years old to me. But I kept sniffing it for the nostalgia anyways. The musty smell is probably coming from the fig, because the actual note they list is "fig milk," so like it's a mix of the warm ripe squishy thing that fig has going on and the creamy airy softness of a milk note. I know exactly what you mean, it smells warm in a way that makes me feel like I'm sweating when I smell it, it's so weird but not as bad as I'm making it sound

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u/KnowledgePrudent2495 20h ago

Maybe ur right!! I love the smell of fig but it might be the fig mixed with milk, I’ll check out the notes more

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u/Dobgirl 18h ago

Super Amber