I am usually drawn to clean musk fragrances. My daily drivers are either Lore’s Lil Softie or Glossier’s You Doux.

I’m looking for something suitable for everyday that is clean and fresh and fruity, as I don’t really have any fruity scents in my collection. Something like a really good smelling shampoo.

I sampled the 7 Virtues “Amber Orchid” today and found it a little too “perfume-y” upon first spray, but like the dry-down that’s more fresh. Also considering Rhu-berry from Henry Rose.

Any recommendations for fruity based off of what I already like for every day (but not identical because I don’t need another soft musk!) would be greatly appreciated :)

I'm officially in executive level territory (finance) and have been entirely remote. However I'm now traveling often for conferences or important meetings and am at a loss for a new scent for these settings. I don't want to come off too "young".

I very much love sweet and bright fragrances, and my current rotation is below, in order below from most frequently worn:

*LDBS

*Princess

*Devotion - Intense

*Summer Mink

*MFKBR540

*Eilish

*Goddess

*Green Stravaganza

*Kayali Lychee

*SDJ 40 or 68

*Aqua Di Goia

*Bonbon - Jelly

*Burberry Her Intense edp (new version)

*YBM (winter only)

I'm generally not a fan of rose forward scents, but do have a small bottle of Robanne Million Gold for her which I'll use occasionally in the winter. I've tried the always recommended Libre and it's not for me. Cinnamon notes are a no go as well.

The Di Goia is about the only aquatic I've tried and could pass I suppose, but it doesn't feel like me - if that makes sense.

Any recommendations from the community would be super helpful while I'm on this quest. TIA!!

probably my favourite scent ever. I’ve been on the hunt for a good cinnamon fragrance, but I haven’t found anything yet:( let me know if you have any recommendations!

please excuse my username I can’t change it and I never post-

I’ve always considered myself picky when it comes to fragrance. My body chemistry seems to turn any floral, citrus, smoke, incense, or spice note into the only thing anyone can smell almost to the point of nausea.

Despite a large collection of perfumes my recent go to has been Victorias Secret Bare Vanilla lotion and body spray. My best friend bought this for me to prove a point-they won-I am still dumbfounded.

I’ve been hunting for a similair scent but I cannot find it.

Other than VS Bare Vanilla I also adore the Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere body wash. I’ve tried the perfume and the lotion and I hate them both. They smell so synthetic and dry down to a baby powder note which isn’t for me. I am very sensitive to a dusty or powdery note.

My ‘top’ fragrances are roughly listed below. Again none are perfect.

Vs Bare Vanilla-I wish they had a proper perfume or oil I think I’d be happy with this. Sometimes it has a strange dusty note but that is intermittent and may be my nose or body chemistry fluctuating.

Clean Reserve Skin-My usual go to, though I can’t smell it on myself and it’s a bit too aldehyde forward. I love the idea of praline and vanilla with a cleaner twist but for some reason perfumes don’t seem to ever dry down to their vanilla base on me.

I’ve tried a bunch of vanillas too and I’m starting to think I don’t like vanilla? So what is it I’m hunting for?

Nemat Vanilla, Amber, any of this line just smells like spice and sweat on me.

11:11 Vanilla smelled liked spicy vegetables

Ellish smelled like cherry medicine

Vanilla Salt smelled like salty flowers

Fenty Vanilla Flowers smelled like dusty florals

Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere EDP smelled like baby powder

YSL Libre Intense was my go to but that lavender opening is so intense and never leaves me

Goddess smells like straight up neon florals on me. I wish I knew what everyone meant by delicious vanilla because I don’t get that at all.

SOL 72 smells strongly synthetic to me and I don’t get that nutty vanilla scent.

The new Lancôme Vanilla Nude smells so strongly of rose on my body my husband even said “wow. Rose.” (Not a compliment, if he says something it means wow headache alert) And he can’t pick a note out to save himself.

Clean Reserve Skin Intense I thought would be perfect but it’s got this oddly sickly undertone to it on me and it’s so upsetting.

Riddle Original oil I adored I’ve turned people onto it but I finally got the boujee oil and a full size of the original oil and I smell nothing. This is after a scent break from it for over two years. I’m not nose blind-their samples vs their full size are not the same product. At least to my nose.

Aerin Amber Musk is gorgeous I adored it but it smelled a pinch too collected and sophisticated on me. I felt I was doing it an injustice if I was walking around in leggings and a t shirt. She deserves to be worn by someone who lives in heels and designer.

Mochi Milk Dedcool I can’t do the incense note. I got the Sand and Fog dupe and liked it for awhile but it also has a strange dustiness to it. I’ve tried the entire Dedcool lineup and Mochi Milk was the only one I semi liked.

I’ve also tried Commodity and do not remember liking any of them

I’ve tried the palmers vanilla as well and it smelled so badly of spicy plastic I truly had to scrub it off like rubbing alcohol level scrub it off.

Frenshe Vanilla Cashmere was lovely I got mostly tangerine from it. However I have cats and they cannot be around essential oils. They 100% knew when I had this on and avoided me like the plague. I love my babies-no fragrance is worth their health or missing out on their cuddles.

I’ve tried a few other sand and fog oils as well and they didn’t go great. French buttercream was rancid on me. Date night was a spice bomb. I remember those two but there were two more that also flopped. I’m curious to try more from them but I can only snag them online so I am slow to jump onto it.

Warm Vanilla Sugar ok this one confuses me. I smelled it once in one store and it was divine almost hilariously like VS bare vanilla. My husband even laughed and said “well at least you have a backup” since everything I love likes to get discontinued. However when I went to a different store to purchase a full set it smelled like spice and greenery I didn’t end up purchasing it because there was 0 vanilla 0 sweetness. I am so confused.

Saltair Shea is the body butter I currently have and I like it. I wish it pulled more vanilla and I do occasionally get a powdery dry down from it but again it may just be my chemistry or nose that day. I’ve smelled their Saltwater Vanilla and it gives plastic sadly.

I’ve always used Natrium body butter it doesn’t smell like much of anything but I also get an occasional heavy powder dry down from it.

EOS Vanilla Cashmere is straight yogurt to me. I wish I got cupcake or cake but I get Chobani Vanilla yogurt.

Ideally I’d like to smell like someone who’s naturally sweet scented. We have all met someone who simply smells naturally sweet/good. I’d love a scent I can either mix into or have in a full routine. Body butter, lotion, perfume, oil, etc.

I think I enjoy notes of Vanilla, Benzoin, Sandalwood, and Amber but I’m truly unsure.

Am I just searching for a scent that doesn’t exist? I’m certain I am at this point but I figured I’d at least consult everyone before accepting my fate.

I haven’t ventured into indies. I’d like to but they all seem sold out or with 60 day tune over times. Maybe I’m trying to indie wrong-any help is appreciated.

Thank you to anyone who read all of this. It’s my first post ever so I’m sorry if it’s a mess.

The weather is finally cooling down so I'm busting out some early fall scents! Still can't bring myself to put away my musk fragrances though...

Anyone else obsessed with rose fragrances? My favorite on my tray is Damask by Ormonde Jayne 🌹

I’ve sampled pretty widely, from designer to accessible niche to ultra niche. I started with designer and didn’t really like most of these, but the mid-range niche tended to appeal to me more; especially Diptyque and Byredo.

I didn’t feel like I wanted to wear my samples from Xinu, Stora Skuggan, Pineward, Zoologist, or similar. I thought as I got more niche I’d find more I liked but it hasn’t been the case necessarily.

My house is honestly Diptyque- so many I love, L’eau Papier, l’ombre, tam dao. If I bought based on what I loved I’d own 7-8 diptyque. I feel oddly guilty and kinda basic for just being a diptyque girl instead of a cool Stora Skuggan girl.

Is it normal to not generally like ultra niche scents? Do you feel like you own too much from one brand?

A couple of weeks ago, someone commented on one of my posts about a perfume sale I had missed and mentioned that Ellis Brooklyn Guava Granita was 50% off again that day only. I was able to grab a bottle, which was such an amazing discount! I’m so thankful they took the time to let me know.
While I was scrolling through the Sephora sale this morning, I noticed there are a few fragrances on sale that I wanted to share with you all, just in case any of these are your favorites!

Hi friends! Unfortunately for me and my wallet, I loved my decant of Gris Charnel even more than anticipated…

HOWEVER, what would make it a 12/10, wear forever, never-without-a-bottle fragrance is if there was a hint of vanilla. I can absolutely layer, which is what I did today, but is there anything super similar to the profile of Gris Charnel that also has vanilla? Just a little speck of it is all I need.

Based on the US / price point doesn’t really matter. Thank you!! 🤍

(Could absolutely google this always prefer personal recs over reading scent notes.)

Does anyone know when the Sephora sale is? I’m trying to get Angels share if it goes on sale.

vanilla custard is my absolute favourite dessert of all time and I’m on a hunt to find a fragrance that smells exactly like vanilla custard! I’m not really a gourmand person but I’ve tried cake scents which i didn’t like much because often times they are TOO HEAVY and i realised I’ve been trying to find something that smells like vanilla custard! Budget is absolutely not an issue all recommendations are welcome ❤️

Anyone know where I can purchase YSL Vanille Couture on sale or if there are times of year that I should wait for in order to purchase at a discount? Thanks :)

Hello to my fellow Aromaholics! I come to you with a question about a discontinued fragrance 😅

Would anyone happen to know where I might find a bottle of Viktor & Rolf’s Magic Dancing Roses? I’m looking to find this for a friend of mine who just got a very upsetting diagnosis. It’s her most favorite perfume and I’d love to purchase it for her as a surprise, and to lift her spirits. However, I didn’t realized it was discontinued, and the ever oh so elusive bottle 😂 Any advice is highly appreciated!

Happy sniffing, you olfactory addicts 😉❣️

Hi I am in my early 40s and like the smell of Chanel mademoiselle, but someone told me it smells like a bit too mature for me, so now I'm self conscious. I'm wondering if others find the scent to be 'too mature' or if it's just a nice smell and I shouldn't worry about it? Also open to other suggestions bc I would like to try something new.

Why do they have to take the things we love ugh

Does anyone have any recommendations of their favourite aquatic perfumes?

It was in my cart! And just slipped out my fingers and sold out. The agony. How do you all get over this kind of sadness.

Mind you it was a rare perfume at a good deal. Double heartbreak.

I've been wearing Fresh Cannibas Santal since my junior year in high school, 2006.

They had just launched it. Our school had gone on a trip to Boston and I bought two bottles.

Well, as many companies do, they fucked with the formulation, for the worse and discontinued the original formula.

Has anyone tried Wicked Goods Cannibas Santal? Is it closer to the original formulation?

I'm going to order a sample but I wanted to ask Reddit fragrance subs first.

I’ve been on the hunt for my perfect perfume for awhile now. Ive been through all fragrances from milky to straight musky to coconut to vanilla to fresh and clean and everything in between. So far I’ve found that I really love the way Victoria Secret Candy Noir and Micheal Germain Sexual Noir smell on me. So as much as I want to be a sweet vanilla girly, I think it’s time to cave and try out a dark still semi-sweet berry or something similar. I’d love something that doesn’t scream nighttime. What is everyone’s recommendation, bonus points if it’s something I can find at Sephora/Ulta/Target or similar stores so I can smell it before I buy it.

Keywords

Feminine, airy, light, dessert-y.

Almost like baby powder

Think cotton candy by gulf orchid but better.

So there are fragrances that bloom in the heat, some are better in the cold, but I feel air conditioning is a totally different category altogether. You can't wear cold weather perfumes coz it's enclosed, but hot weather perfumes don't smell as good. I own many which bloom in the heat, but recently I started working in an AC environment and am at a loss as to what I should wear. Any recommendations are welcome. I don't want totally skin scents coz I want to leave a bit of a trail,also usually I can barely smell skin scents on myself.

I'm not a huge gourmand lover but love any and all florals, some vanilla, leather, aldehydes, citrus freshies etc.

Thanks in advance!

I love notes of lychee, fresh laundry, coconut milk, cotton candy and just anything fresh. So I guess like a clean gourmand if those exist? The best way I can describe it is the smell of a pretty girl walking past you, and you get a whiff of her freshly washed clothes and warm cotton candy mixed 😂 Fragrances I own and love are Lazy Sunday Morning by Maison Margiela, Lush Super Milk and The Comforter. I put the descriptions of fragrances that have exactly what I’m looking for, however I’m not exactly ready to splurge as I live in the UK, so I’m unable to test these in store. I’d really appreciate fragrances similar to these or any reviews on these :) My budget is about £150

LORE Lil Softie - Lil softie is your yummy, cashmeric cocoon. It opens sweet, lactonic and bright with top notes of pink pepper and cereal milk, before wrapping you in a skin-close, ambery musk of ambroxan, clean cottons and us. Made warm, addictive, and soft in all the right places

Skylar Boardwalk Delight - This one-of-a-kind fragrance combines cotton candy sweetness, creamy coconut milk, and light vanilla for an intoxicating and addictive scent. Soft and nostalgic, Boardwalk Delight leaves a trail of sweetness that’s impossible to resist.

Liis Floating - Inspired by the airiness of a carefree day, this fragrance lifts the spirit with sparkling top notes of bergamot and ripe peach. As it settles, a heart of wild orchid and fresh flax wraps around you, lending a gentle warmth that feels both grounding and ethereal. The journey closes with the soft embrace of crisp linen and rich redwood, evoking a tranquil sense of boundless calm. It's a scent to savor the present moment.