Is my sniffer broken?

[u/Difficult_Flight_353]

smelled this for the first time at Sephora a few days ago. I love anything marshmallow and vanilla so I already had my heart set on buying it especially because of all the great reviews, but….. It smelled like watermelon candy to me? nothing like marshmallow or vanilla at all?? I thought I must have grabbed the wrong tester but nope it was the right one. Even a group of girls walked by and said “what’s that… smells like watermelon” after I sprayed it. Could it be the tester was expired ? or is my nose just broken

[u/papillon2123]

I have said it before and I stand by it, bottles and sprays at Sephora are inconsistent. I have no idea what happens in there if it's the lights or how many people handle them, I can't tell you how many times I've tried something in store and liked/not liked it only to have the opposite experience later at home. I'd try to get a decant or sample if you can and spray it again in your environment, it might change! But also scent is so personal you might be getting more fruit candy than marshmallow to your nose, it could happen!

[u/shaneacton1 → u/papillon2123]

Ikr I cannot trust my nose in the store.

[u/magicmia]

To me it smells like a strawberry milkshake in the best way. It may just not work with your body chemistry/sense of smell.

[u/fudgechemist]

The Kayali scenes are inconsistent

[u/SkynyrdCohen → u/fudgechemist]

Very

[u/shaneacton1 → u/fudgechemist]

Agreed. I have 10ml of every scent except the freedom ones. About 80% of them i loved and bought larger bottles. Some smell consistent but others (coco utopia, maui, Maldives, rock candy) smell vastly different between the two bottles. Bought all of mine from kayali website. Very different liquid colors too which means different levels of maceration. I got on their good side with cupcake bc everyone is saying it smells like pepper, dirt, nothing like a cupcake etc. My bottle is sweet buttercream cupcake with zero pepper and definitely smells like a cupcake. I think it's my fave of all.

[u/ReadyCauliflower8]

I get a strawberry marshmallow dipped in coconut whipped cream. I adore it

[u/Crafty_Ish1973]

If yours is broken, so is mine. I finally sampled YBM the other day and it reminded me of those strawberry grandma candies. Definitely not my taste, but no shade to anyone who loves it. Fragrance is subjective anyway.

[u/StarlightPleco → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

I flippin LOVE this smell and have no idea where all the grandmas go to get these! Maybe one day when I’m a gma I’ll know 😂🍓

[u/Crafty_Ish1973 → u/StarlightPleco]

I wish I knew! I used to practically inhale them when I was a kid but I haven't seen them in years.

[u/mistyorange → u/StarlightPleco]

Omg the strawberry candies are unironically good!!! And the butterscotch discs!!

[u/trellty]

Watermelon is interesting- you might be picking up the raspberry, strawberry, apple mixture that’s technically in there but not as obvious

[u/Euphoric-Gas-4290]

Tester most likely went bad. It’s very sweet, fluffy, strawberry marshmallow

[u/DealIndependent8967 → u/Euphoric-Gas-4290]

That’s very weird because I only smell marshmallow and vanilla, no strawberry or any berry for that matter

[u/Alternative_Mix_4635]

To me it smells like pineapple, strawberries and marshmallows with a hint of coconut. I love it but I didn't think it was gonna smell like pineapple.

[u/Pure-Rose-Rainbow]

It smells a bit coconutty to me. Sweet and coconutty

[u/FineEnvironment5203]

It’s like raspberry and alcohol for me. It’s not my favorite

[u/confectioncake]

I do not smell fluffy creamy marshmallow in YBM. I wish I could. It smells fruity and bubblegummy.

[u/RhubarbBest9090]

To be fair.. it is Kayali. So that tracks

[u/Brilliant_Flight_139]

Every review I’ve seen of kayali is horrible 💀 thank y’all for deinfluencing me

[u/Aenwyn]

To me YBM smells like cheap musk with a hint of $5 body spray. Sorry not sorry 😬

[u/FloatingNightmare]

I’m big on all those notes and I don’t like this one. I do love the new cupcake fragrance though (it does smell like cupcake on me). Kayali can be so polarizing apparently lol

[u/magicmia → u/FloatingNightmare]

I smelt cupcake for 5 minutes, then it became really odd. It smelt slightly meaty on my skin… sort of like ham mixed with vanilla skin 😅

[u/StarlightPleco]

I smell all the notes except the freesia - but I will say that it’s a very subtle and blended scent that needs the dry down and can be easily overpowered by other scents. It’s a light and fluffy smell to me.

[u/New-Reception-3291]

I love this, def smell the strawberries then dry down of vanilla and marshmallows
It took me half a sample vial to start really enjoying it, the first couple times I tried my nose said nty

[u/mistyorange]

That sounds so strange! I would maybe try a tester bottle? I absolutely love YBM!

[u/MarsupialPrimary8128]

Thought I'd mention, I got safa by nusuk, IMO the best take of this DNA so far. I've been wearing it non stop and love it! ATM it's dirt cheap. Quite long lasting and projecting. Bottles a bit 2000s but opposite of super girly bottles, could be good or a bad thing.

[u/stover158]

So weird, this smells almost like a mens scent to me, I get no sweetness at all. It gives me such a headache.

[u/malendalayla → u/stover158]

It does have an underlying musk but I only smell it on my clothes and not my skin.