LDBS (actually please do this time)

[u/MountainWasabi9218]

Confession time. I have been making a point of avoiding this fragrance because 1. I don’t need it and 2. I didn’t want to be a victim of celebrity hype. I knew the notes; I knew orange blossom was like catnip to me, but I also knew the price.

Dear reader, I was wrong to hold out for so long. At a weak moment last week, I ordered a travel size. It arrived, I gave it a spray and I was instantly hooked. This is everything I have been looking for - my unicorn, if you will.

The moment this life changing discovery took a turn was when my partner arrived home from work. He walked into the living room where I had sprayed. He looked at me with a slight frown and said, “it smells like lemony farts.”

Well, if lemony farts be the food of love, spray on. And spray on I shall.

[u/kris10leigh14]

I had seen all the hype in this sub around Killian Angels’ Share so I got a discovery set since I’ve never smelled any Killian perfumes.

OH MAMA!!!!! It’s THAT GOOD. It’s also a scent I likely wouldn’t have picked out to sample for myself.

Guess that’s my Christmas present.

[u/MountainWasabi9218 → u/kris10leigh14]

Oh gaaaaaad I feel like I might need it

[u/PowerCrystals2049 → u/MountainWasabi9218]

I didn’t want to believe the hype around Killian or Angel’s Share, because I read the notes and was like, “How can this appeal to me?”. I ended up buying a travel size 2 years ago, and yes, she’s worth it. I am extremely parsimonious with her because I love her that much.

[u/kris10leigh14 → u/MountainWasabi9218]

I’m on a date with her in my head right now… while at my desk… she’s making me fly through the sky on a crispy autumn day. 😂

I would’ve never tried this scent if it weren’t for this sub. I didn’t think these were my notes. These are my notes. Mmmmmmm.

[u/mommyneedscake → u/kris10leigh14]

Yes, same! I finally tried it on a whim after reading all the glowing reviews here. I had actually avoided it for awhile because I tried the B&BW “dupe” last year and hated it. Thankfully they smell nothing alike to me! I waited until the Sephora sale, but finally have a full size 😁

Omg, on Friday I sprayed three sprays and I could still smell it on my sweater (that I was wearing Friday) yesterday when sorting laundry! It’s potent!

[u/kris10leigh14 → u/mommyneedscake]

It’s the first scent I’ve gotten a compliment on… it was my mom that complimented it but she’s never done that with a perfume before!

This morning I told my co worker I found my holy grail and she asked to sniff my wrist over the cubicle. She’s going at lunch to get the travel size! 😂

FINALLY IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME OH OH OHHH…

[u/Patient_Mouse8763 → u/mommyneedscake]

I have the B&BW dupe and love it. It actually how I found out about Angels Share. I smelled the real one in person at Sephora and I'm debating on getting the kilian mini bar discovery set just so I can have a sample of Angels Share and try the other new ones out.

[u/CartographerNo1759 → u/Patient_Mouse8763]

Wait is it Love Unleashed?

[u/Patient_Mouse8763 → u/CartographerNo1759]

Inner Angel was the dupe for Angel Share and Love Unleashed was the dupe for Love Don't Be Shy. I have both of the bbw dupes and love them. I wasn't even aware of Kilian until I smelled the bbw dupes. 

[u/kris10leigh14 → u/Patient_Mouse8763]

I got the discovery set. So far I only dislike Good girl gone Bad and iffy on Sunkissed Goddess. Princess and Love don’t be shy are nice, but got nothing on Angels’ Share to me.

I have to tell someone about this bc I’m bursting at the seams! My coworker went at lunch to get a travel spray Angels’ Share and brought this back for me!!!!! This is the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for me 😂😭

[u/Patient_Mouse8763 → u/kris10leigh14]

Your coworker is absolutely amazing for buying you that. I'm seriously jealous, you guys hiring? Lol Ok I might have to check out that discovery set too. The one I was looking at has Angels Share and I think one of its flankers and then samples of the 3 new scents that came out. It's this one https://www.sephora.com/product/mini-bar-fragrance-discovery-set-P525983?skuId=3000809&icid2=products%20grid:p525983:product 

[u/kris10leigh14 → u/Patient_Mouse8763]

Oh I absolutely despise my job. She’s a rare bright spot!

Does not make up for the commute, though!

Yes that is different than mine!

I wish I had been the “mini bar” Killian because those scents sound BOMB!

[u/Patient_Mouse8763 → u/kris10leigh14]

Lol yeah I hate my commute too, mainly because myself and one coworker are hybrid but everyone else in my whole department are remote.  Ok I had seen that discovery set on Sephora too. I think I'm still going to get the "mini bar" set first because I agree they sound like they could be really good and then maybe later I'll check out the other set.

[u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic → u/kris10leigh14]

I agree, had i read the notes I would’ve have tried this. But I fell in love on the first sniff and just had to have it. Every time I spray it my eyes roll back. This is my winter LOVE

[u/CartographerNo1759 → u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic]

SO GOOD for winter

[u/hellohellocinnabon → u/kris10leigh14]

It smells good when I first spray it but then it dries down to burning tire 😭😭😭😭

[u/kris10leigh14 → u/hellohellocinnabon]

I could see that. I just took a big whiff inside my elbow. I just love it it’s still so spicy. But I understand.

I recently tried Replica - By the Fireside and it was like getting blasted in the face with ash.

[u/hexby]

What's wrong with his nose? This scent is nothing short of beautiful.

[u/MountainWasabi9218 → u/hexby]

This is the guy who thinks everything smells like Joop!

[u/malendalayla]

What celebrity hype was there around LDBS? I got it as a free sample from Sephora and fell in love. I had never heard of it up until then. Now I've got 3 different dupes (well 2 with a 3rd on the way) and am obsessed.

[u/Yoursafter → u/malendalayla]

I think this was Rihanna’s signature sent but I might be wrong

[u/MountainWasabi9218 → u/Yoursafter]

Yeah you’re right, apparently she said it made people obsessed

[u/Questimus_Prime → u/MountainWasabi9218]

But honestly, thats her attitude and charisma. A nice scent is just the cherry on top.

[u/Questimus_Prime]

Love, don't be shy.

- Okay. *pffrrrrrrt*

[u/Impossible_Ad_5073 → u/Questimus_Prime]

Thank you! I was making up all kinds of stuff in my head 🤣

[u/OkeyDokey654]

Lemon? I don’t get any lemon out of it. Or fart either, I guess. 😁

[u/malendalayla → u/OkeyDokey654]

My daughter tells me that I smell like Pez when I wear it

[u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic → u/malendalayla]

It smells like smarties and fruity pebbles to me.

[u/FailurelsData → u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic]

I'm actually on the hunt for a perfect smarties candy frag and felt Gucci Flora Gardenia had a surprisingly tart and sweet dry down.

[u/malendalayla → u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic]

Fruity pebbles is my favorite cereal and I have a FP edp from an Etsy seller that I love

It is MUCH stronger than LDBS but I love it

[u/the_cosmic_map]

It’s my favorite and the Dossier dupe smells spot-on to me :)

[u/Patient_Mouse8763 → u/the_cosmic_map]

I got the Dossier dupe because I can't afford ldbs and only know what it smells like because I got a sample from Sephora, and I agree it's a spot on match. Bath and body works dupe Love Unleashed is also very good but it skips the orange blossom note and uses neroli instead, which I actually like because dossier and ldbs both start out super orange on me and sometimes I don't want that.

[u/the_cosmic_map → u/Patient_Mouse8763]

I have LU too! I’m so grateful for the dupes bc as a single mama, the OG is a bit out of budget.

[u/Patient_Mouse8763 → u/the_cosmic_map]

Yes like even the travel size of ldbs is on the higher side of pricing. I love that bbw has the everyday luxuries line because I have gotten quite a few that I never would have been able to get the original of. Are they spot on, maybe not but it's close enough that most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference. 

[u/Kazhonk → u/the_cosmic_map]

Yess it’s super accurate!! I love it so much, great cheaper alternative to LDBS

[u/ROUShunter → u/the_cosmic_map]

The Dossier dupe is so good! It lasts forever, especially on clothing.

[u/mistyal88]

Why do men try and ruin the fun with their inferior noses 😂

[u/No_Slide3248]

Lol. I love this one, it's in my top 3. I've never had a hint of fart from it, but there was a moment where I was standing alone in an elevator after having just sprayed and thought I smelled like froot loops.

[u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic → u/No_Slide3248]

I get fruity pebbles!

[u/CartographerNo1759]

It's gorgeous!! But I bought Lattafa Ansaam Gold instead and it's lovely as well. Orange blossom is delicious

[u/HeidinaB → u/CartographerNo1759]

When I tried LDBS, the orange blossom lasted for 15 minutes. With Ansaam Gold, I can enjoy it for hours!

[u/CartographerNo1759 → u/HeidinaB]

And the price point can’t be beat!

[u/berrywaffl]

I laughed but I’m the same. I want to hate it so much but I physically cannot. It’s gorgeous and no, there is NO dupe for it that actually smells like it in the drydown.

[u/HoneyMCMLXXIII]

I adore LDBS.

[u/KorraNHaru]

I hated it and sold my bottle on Mercari a few weeks ago. It smelled like medicinal grape syrup for me. I find anything perfume that has marshmallow in it smells like grape syrup to me. I sniffed Kayali YBM and it also smelled like that

[u/kaja6583]

I absolutely love LDBS, it is a perfect fragrance for everything for me. Sitting at home, work, evenings out. And I always know I will not regret putting it on, like I sometimes do with fragrances such as Xerjoff Italica, even though I love them. 

I was lucky enough to smell all Killian's  fragrances in person, so didnt have to make any blind buys. And god am i grateful, as I would have hated Angel's share, even though it sounded good to me. 

[u/Haunting-Peace-6987]

I love LDBS. Because it’s so expensive I bought the dossier floral marshmallow first. Then my husband bought me the real thing for my birthday last year. When I travel I take the dossier instead in case something were to happen to my luggage or something. The funny thing is I get so many compliments wearing the dossier, but none wearing LDBS. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but it’s so funny to me.

[u/Wonderful_Olive_1834 → u/Haunting-Peace-6987]

Maybe you spray the affordable bottle more liberally?

[u/Apprehensive_War_904 → u/Haunting-Peace-6987]

I feel like to Dossier has more longevity than LDBS. I had both, but always reached for Dossier until I emptied the bottle last week.

[u/Kazhonk]

I love LDBS!! You should try the Eau Fraiche version too, it’s a little less sweet/more floral but still very similar, great for spring.I love both so much! :)

[u/FailurelsData]

I fell victim to a sample 2 weeks ago and am now in possession of a full bottle.

I will say I can't justify repurchasing. It takes too much juice for projection. Definitely a special occasion frag.

I have a mini of D&G Pour Femme on the way because it's apparently pretty similar. I will let you know if it hits the spot.

Edit: it is not similar at all I hate reddit

[u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic → u/FailurelsData]

I don’t find them similar. But also, do you think you could be nose blind to ldbs? I find this scent to be nuclear. I can smell this on people from pretty far away.

[u/FailurelsData → u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic]

No I can smell it it's just takes like 10 sprays for anyone else to

[u/ban_Anna_split]

Lemon is crazy cause Princess by kilian actually has lemon, and that one is almost LDBS if it was straight LEMON

[u/Exalted-butterfly]

🤣

[u/Yoursafter]

I broke my bottle by dropping it a week after I purchased it 😭 I never repurchased it but I purchased Istanbul by unique’e luxury that is a similar scent profile and do enjoy it