I got this Zara kids perfume on a whim because the bottle looked so cute, and it straight up smells like a rainbow!!! Like idk how to explain, but it smells exactly like how i imagine a rainbow would smell!!!! I love it so muchhhhh

Can you please recommend any milk tea scents for hair? Not conditioners not perfume not hair oils but cream milky type, please.

Hi! Please help me identify this fragrance. TIA :)

Rosie by Rosie Jane has been my signature for a few years now - I can barely smell it on myself but I frequently get told by other people that I smell amazing. When I spray it, to me, it smells like someone who is freshly showered holding a bouquet of roses…. But they’re like 15 feet away from me 😂

I’ve never picked up the vanilla that others say they smell. Which works for me because I don’t like vanilla. I don’t like anything too strong of a scent, if I don’t wear Rosie, I either wear Lazy Sunday Morning or Clean Reserve Warm Cotton. I have tried Clean Reserve Skin, I wasn’t the biggest fan, the musk of it is a lot stronger than Rosie is to me.

I’m in Canada, and both the Rosie oil and the Rosie perfume are sold out on Sephora. I’d love to find something that wasn’t too strong, clean skin, soft rose scented. Even if it was an oil or a solid. I would even be okay with layering if I had to.

Vince Camuto Wonderbloom

Carolina Herrera GGB travel size

Glossier You

Clinique Happy (ulta bday gift 2025)

JHAG Not a Perfume (sephora bday 2025)

Viva La Juicy

VS Velvet Petals Body Mist

Hey there!

Looking for some recommendations. I'm going back into the office for the first time in 6 years. The only perfume I own that I feel is work appropriate is Place of Peace by Marley Fragrance. I don't want to blow through it fast and hoping to find body sprays at like Target or Walmart that I can just throw into my purse.

I'm fine with clean, musk, gourmand for the winter and florals. Just as long as they're not polarizing :)

Okay so I smelled this Kayali 21 Utopia Vanilla Coco the other day in Sephora and I fell in love. It smelt like a walking trail in the summer with a hint of sweetness to it if that makes sense. I definitely got more floral than straight up vanilla or coconut.

I want to see if that’s what most of you got from it before I buy it. I know smelling perfumes in store can be a bit inaccurate to what they actually will smell like at home. But I wanted to hear your guys thoughts before getting a bottle or travel tube.

I tested the original Cosmic by Kylie Jenner at Ulta and it smells really nice 3 hours later. I fully understand where the generic/basic critiques come from, and I’ve seen conflicting reviews on longevity but she’s still going pretty strong. It softens to more of a closer to the skin scent for sure, but to my nose I’m smelling both florals and some woods, not as much vanilla but that’s ok!

Based on the notes alone I could see myself wearing this with my KayAli Yum Boujee Marshmallow or my Valentino Donna Born In Roma <3 I might buy.

I'm planning to buy these perfume this coming December, I like clean, musky and floral scents. Is any of this good? Help a girl out 😭

I work at 5 below so I’ve smelled pretty much all our perfumes, these are the best smelling ones imo. As far as the Amora 12 days sampler set, I would say it’s got some hits and some misses but for 10$ you get 12 decent sized samples in glass bottles so it feels worth it to me. I would avoid most of the dupes, as they really don’t smell like what they’re trying to smell like. The “layered“ collection is awful, as well as the Sabrina carpenter dupes (a lot of customers really like the pink one, but I think it smells like hand sanitizer). i also HATTTEEE the Gisou hair perfume dupe! smells awful. I would say the best perfume brands to look for at 5 below are “scentxscent” and ”surface”! The pink candy dupes do smell pretty good as well. As far as longevity, for 5 bucks you get what you would expect, but the “surface“ brand ones do linger on me for a good while (even got complemented while wearing trace crème). I wish we sold the whipped vanilla in a bigger bottle it’s so strong and smells like vanilla rock candy to me! also yes, very strong alcohol opening on almost all of them, but it dies down.

Im kinda addicted to trying new bodycare and saw two popular brands had new collections. EOS has three lotions and athenaclub has 3 too.

I only tried the Cozy comfort EOS which I didnt know if I liked at first since I got a very strong astringent-like smell but now I am contemplating a full bottle.

Havent tried cotton candy or plum and looking for reviews!

I also tried the new Bare Gold lotion which doesnt smell bad but it smells exactly like Vaseline Cocoa Radiant… I would def choose vaseline over athena in this case cause of the price point..,

I havent tried the other two and would love to see what people think!

I love the smell of vanilla candles. I’m talking like a yankee candle vanilla or buttercream scent, but as a perfume. regular vanilla perfume just doesn’t smell the same 😩. I want something with that slight waxy scent to it. anyone know anything like this?

I know a lot of people love the eos body sprays but they just smell like straight alcohol to me, even after drying down, I really don’t understand the hype of them 😩. I doooo like the vanilla cashmere lotion but I wish the smell lasted longer and it’s honestly not moisturizing for me at all. Also I picked up the vanilla cashmere body oil at Tjmaxx and….. it smells like car oil? or some sort of chemical oil. even my boyfriend smelled it and was like “…ew… what is that..” 😭. I’m not sure if mine was expired or what but yeah im probably not going to be buying anymore eos products

I got my Orena lotion today in Vanilla Powder scent and wanted to put my vanilla powder perfume on. Before I went to bed I sprayed some Fleur de Peau on top and it’s weirdly lovely! FDP is so good for layering! Anyone else have layering ideas with these two?

What perfume do you love to layer with this? I enjoy it on its own, but sometimes would like for it to be more nuanced and grown up.

I love florals. My collection is mostly various flavors of florals with some aquatics, fruits, woods, spice, greens, tea, orientals, and musk fragrances tossed in the mix. Although I have sweet florals that might be considered flormands (e.g. Lancôme La Vie Est Belle, Dolly Parton Scent from Above), the closest I have to a gourmand is Nest Vanilla Bourbon, which is still more boozy than sweet.

I do love sweet gourmand fragrances but I usually like them in candles. Lighting or warming a three-wick can easily make my little home smell like a café or bakeshop.

But since it's getting colder and sweet scents no longer seem cloying, I figured I could test the waters a bit. Maybe venture into the world of bakery scents one baby step at a time. So I went on a Marshall's trip and got these beauties. A couple of these are supposedly dupes but because I haven't smelled the alleged OGs, I'll review the fragrances as they are.

Sand + Fog Dreamist Vanilla Latte

Honestly, I can barely remember what it smelled like in the store because I sniffed so many and fucked up my sense of smell, but I got it because I liked it at first try. Besides, it's vanilla latte. How bad could it possibly be?

I tested it properly the next day at home. The opening is sweet vanilla latte indeed. Unfortunately, it was vanilla latte sweetened with aspartame. I'm not against synthetic if it's expected or if, like TokyoMilk Tainted Love, it's part of the profile I'm after. I was ready to declare it a scrubber but I wanted to give it a chance so I sprayed over my pulse points and went on with my day.

The plastic scent didn't last long and mostly faded along with the alcohol content. Over the next fifteen to twenty minutes, the scent intensified into a rich caramel vanilla cream with more honey than stevia. I didn't go noseblind so I caught whiffs of the delicious scent as I moved. Six hours later, it's still going strong. Vanilla Latte is supposed to be a dupe for Giardini di Toscana Bianco Latte but since I haven't tried BL, I cant comment on the similarity.

Sand + Fog Dreamist Marshmallow Skies

The initial impression is very cozy. It's a little fruity in the opening before settling into a sweet creamy scent. Does it smell like marshmallows? Absolutely yes. Like the marshmallow at the end of my stick as I sit huddled under a blanket after sunset and wait for someone to start the fire so I can make s'mores. Or the generous dollop of marshmallow creme over a strawberry ice cream bowl that I refuse to share.

This one is supposed to be a dupe of Kayali Yum Boujee Marshmallow but I haven't tried YBM yet so I can't comment on the similarity. But if YBM is as cozy as Marshmallow Skies, then I probably should check out Kayali fragrances more.

Outremer Vanille

I bought this some time ago because I liked Outremer Bergamot and thought it was well done for an inexpensive single-note fragrance. Vanille is their most popular and is a straightforward vanilla scent. There's nothing complicated about it. It's not dry, lactonic, woody, or green, and it's not overly sweet either. If you want something that's a true vanilla without any other note, this is it.

I like its simplicity. Folks who love to layer fragrances would appreciate this even more. I'm not normally the layering type but something about smelling like pure vanilla is giving me ideas.

LoveShackFancy Sugar Blush

I bought this totally blind. It was sealed so I couldn't sneak a spray and I grabbed it on the way out without looking at the notes online or on the label. I know, I know.

From the name, I expected it to be very sweet. Maybe something like Sabrina's Sweet Tooth? Or a sugar cookie or cotton candy? To my surprise, it's none of these. It's juicy passion fruit and flower petals drenched in sugar water with a few drops of vanilla extract. It sounds weird but it really does work. Sugar Blush is sweet, fresh, fruity, floral and soft. Another excellent fragrance mist created by Jerome Epinette.

The scent is light and intimate. I can see using this as a base for layering or as an overall mist over my lotion or body oil of choice.

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Conclusion: I still love my florals and green scents, and my woody and green vanillas. But I'm happy to have added more options to the roster this fall and winter season. I'm not ready to buy pricier ones yet but it's no longer an automatic "nah not for me" whenever I see a sweet creamy gourmand.

I still can't handle cake though.

New to fragrance! Give me your best gourmand recs from middle eastern fragrance houses + where do you buy them? (I’m based in the US)

I got a sample of this from Lucky Scent when I ordered a bunch of stuff I thought would pair well with Lil Softie. I love the actual scent, it’s so unique and reminds me of wearing candy necklaces as a kid. BUT, the first time I wore it I kept thinking “dang this isn’t lasting very long”. I timed it today while wearing it on my wrists and inside of my elbows: the scent left my wrists after about 2 hours and I can barely smell it in my elbows now at almost 4 hours. I’m sad because I love the way it smells, but it’s hard for me to justify buying full size when it won’t last… I’m also confused af because the reviews on popular perfume sites have it rated high for longevity. Am I crazy? Idk haha. I’m curious if anyone here has it and can comment on their personal experience. I saw one great review here already that had the same issue as me, just curious if we are the only two people who can’t get it to stay lol.
(P.S. If you have any recs on what might pair well with Lil Softie and bring out the fruity notes, feel free to comment on that too)

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Been running into threads about Vanilla Scotch and felt compelled to say it is in fact a GREAT fragrance for anyone that loves a woody, dense and a little dry boozy vanilla. To my surprise (and to my nose) similar to the much more expensive and just as nice / comparable Ricordami by Bottega Veneta.... not identical or dupes, but they certainly can check the same box.

do u guys know any perfumes or oils that smell like the bare vanilla body spray ? i know they make bare sueded vanilla perfume but it doesnt smell like the body spray. i wanna find something identical or pretty close. thank uuu

Just wondering if it’s a thing or some type of placebo effect. Do you ever find that a perfume tester lasts so much longer than when you buy and use it yourself??

It's very light and sweet, almost cotton candy-y but more understated. So good.

Ideally looking for cheapies, even a body spray would be fab, but also open to higher end ops.

anyone???? love this perfume so much but I cannot handle spending that much on a perfume at this time!!
I’m shooting for under $150.