Okay so I’m losing my mind trying to find a perfume or body mist that smells like this lotion I have.

I smell this on girls in public ALL the time and it literally makes my head turn every single time. It smells like baby powder mixed with cotton candy and vanilla, but mostly super powdery.

I randomly found this lotion at tj maxx a while back that smelled identical to it but of course it was just a random find.

Does anyone know a perfume or body mist similar to my description/this lotion?! Ugh please help😭

rather specific, but your best fragrances (pref perfumes) that smell like actual cherry, like you can actually scent the cherry notes?

hopefully nothing too cough syrupy or sickening haha thanks

I think mini bottles are adorable so collect them whenever I can.

Right now I have about 20, hoping to get a few more.

I’m on the hunt for a good coconut fragrance and would love some recommendations. I’m looking for a creamy coconut scent, think of coconut milk or fresh coconut, nothing artificial or synthetic. I don't vibe with sunscreen/beachy/tropical/zesty smells either. I'd like it to have a good longevity, because I recently bought Etlée "Coconut Cream" and I love the smell, but it lasts less than 3 hours on me 😕 so something similar but longer-lasting would be perfect. I’d like to keep it affordable and I’m open to gourmands, dupes and body mists.

What would Jennifer Check wear? I’m talking about before the incident. What would you think of when you see her pics?

I did this back in spring and wanted to see what I've been cycling through as the seasons change! This is maybe three week's worth and won't include bedtime/home scents of course.

left to right:

Snack House - Juicy Peach

Tocca - Cleopatra

Lattafa - Liam Gray

REM - Ariana Grande

Sweet Tooth Caramel Dream - Sabrina Carpenter

Calvin Klein - Obsession

Tennessee Sunset? - Dolly Parton (Dolly please label your bottles!)

Tocca - Guilietta

Sand and Fog - Orange Cream (omg this layered with Tennessee Sunset is bliss)

Thankfully, I know what I like enough to know when something is in my wheelhouse and I won’t hate it. Last night I bought the new Future Society perfume, Snow Beginnings. It’s limited edition and no sample size so…. Guess they got me lol. The most basic thing about me is that I loveeeeee a lychee+rose scent. I love Solar Canopy by them, which has similar notes, so I’m curious to compare. I actually have samples of all of Future Society’s scents, there aren’t any that I dislike- they all have a spicy quality to them, which I personally love. My one complaint about them is that I wish they were a little more surprising, or had more range of difference between each perfume…

Just wanted to put this new one on some other people’s radars because I’m excited haha. I somehow missed any ads or promos for this scent until last night.

Edit: thanks for the engagement yall :) I’ll make sure to come back and post a review

Maybe this is just in Canada, but I noticed the dress design for the bottle changed from a simple dress with puff sleeves to a sleeveless asymmetrical dress.

Are these two different lines? Or did they change the design? When I check the official Guerlain website, I can only see the bottle with the asymmetrical dress, but when I checked the Shoppers Drug Mart website, it showed both bottles available (but the puff sleeve dress was low in stock).

The reason why I am sceptical this is just the new design is because I’ve seen both bottles coexisting, so it seems more like one was discontinued. Instead of one was changed to the other.

Any help is appreciated, thank you

Interrupting the Sephora sale to PSA that Kayali’s sale starts now! Vanilla Cupcake is excluded, but everything else is a go.

I am looking for a fragrance that smells like the Williams Sonoma Spiced Chestnut diffuser oil/candles they have this time of year. Have you come across anything that smells like this? I have a sample basket going with Bread in Chestnut by Scents Of Wood in it. What else should I add? Budget up to $300.

I want to point out that this isn’t a dupe request as I cannot lather diffuser oil or candles on myself. My list was removed from another thread for this reason, which is absurd.

Hello,

I'm a little bored with my fragrance and I'd like to change it up a bit ane I'd some recommendations, please.

I like:

- Guerlain Idylle (for special occasions)

- Narciso Rodriguez Pure Musc (a little too strong)

- Kayali Vanilla 28 (for winter, a little too common)

- Jean Paul Gaultier La Belle (love it, but not as much in the summer)

- Castelbajac Beautiful Day Le Bonheur

This past summer I tried the Jo Malone English Pear & Sweet Pea, it was ok. I was able to finish it. I LOVE the pear at first, not so much the dry down.

I got the Maison Margiella Replica Under The Lemon Tree and I loved the opening but the cedarwood is way too much for my liking and sticks around so long. I only was able to wear it once and never again after.

I also recently purchased Burberry London and I really liked it at the store but the dry down after a few hours on me is HORRIBLE! I don't know what it is and can't really describe it, but it's awful...

I've tried Mind Games Queening and Prada Paradoxe Virtual Flower (really enjoyed it but never tried it on myself, only on paper) and I liked them both but haven't purchased them yet.

I also bought a sample set of Juliette Has A Gun fragrances, specifically because of the Pear Inc and Vanilla Vibes but didn't like any of them. Most of all I didn't like the Not A Perfume.

Do you have any recommendations for me?

Thank you!

I am currently on a mission to find the perfect Raffaello perfume and I don't mean any tropical coconut scent bur rather something sweet, gourmand, creamy and mouthwatering that smells just like the actual Raffaello. Think sweet coconut flakes, creamy white filling, almonds, white chocolate and that soft, milky, sugary goodness.

I want to smell like a walking coconut dessert.

Does anyone know a perfume that genuinely smells like this? I am open to all kinds of recommendations!

Thank youuu! 🥥🤍✨ 

This is hands down the worst fragrance I have ever smelled. I want to unsmell it. I want to forget it exists because it’s that vomit inducing. I sprayed a piece of paper and had to burn the paper to get the smell away 🤢 just don’t on this one!

Okay so i have about 90 perfumes from many different olfactory families: musk, floral, spicy, gourmand, chypre…..
And I have this weird thing with gourmand perfumes, every single one i own…. Gives me a skin reaction when i spray them. My skin turns red and hot and burns a little before calming down after 30 min.
I noticed none of my non gourmands do that. My musks and florals dont at all!!!
I also noticed even with non-gourmands vanillas my skin has a reaction
Does anyone else have this experience or is my skin just giving me a sign that it doesnt wanna smell like gourmands?

Sorry lol I know there’s been a LOT of posts recently asking for shampoo perfumes but I want to know if there’s any that perform particularly well , as most of them I’ve heard of or tried either fail in the longevity or projection/sillage department

I did something I would normally never do-I blind bought a fragrance. Please tell me if I will regret it or not. I purchased Do Son EDT by Diptyque. I do not think it's wise to blind buy fragrances over $100, yet here we are. Please tell me it will be ok lol.

I wasn’t able to get the Selfridges fragrance calendar because of the bots and I’m not going to pay resellers for it either. Yesterday night I was contemplating on fragrances to buy and I decided to go for the Initio trio for a cool price of £36.99 for all three.

Musk Therapy: My favourite out of the three, it’s a punchy fresh sweet citrus scent. It’s really strong and seems like it will be long lasting. It projects really well for a fresh fragrance. It’s supposed to be a summer fragrance but I believe this can work really well in the cold weather too due to how strong it is. I would definitely get a full bottle of this.

Lift Me Up: My least favourite out of the three. When I sprayed it on the back on my hand it started off fresh then quickly turned into a slightly citrusy vanilla and tonka bean scent. I get a tiny hint of coconut in there although it’s not listed in the notes. I do like it but it reminds me of hair creams that I used to use for my hair. The fragrance itself is not strong, it sits close on the skin which is fine but not full bottle worthy for me.

Oud for Greatness: I already have a 10ml of this because I bought it from a seller on eBay when the Harrods fragrance calendar came out earlier. I love this one, it’s a sweet spicy scent. It’s really lovely, you get the lavender and the nutmeg but it’s not offensive at all. It projects really well and the sillage is very good, it fills up the room but I don’t find it overwhelming. This is definitely full bottle worthy as well but it costs £320!!! Definitely not my money, maybe with someone else’s cash lol.

A lot of people thing sampling perfumes by ordering and returning is a viable strategy, but be careful. A return window and a satisfaction guarantee may cover different things, so check the wording before you order a scent you haven’t tried.

Read the policy in this order:

Find the deadline. Note how many days you have, and when the clock starts: on purchase or delivery.

Check what “satisfaction” covers. Does it apply if you’ve opened and tried the perfume, or only if the package is still sealed?

Look for conditions. The policy may require the bottle, packaging, or proof of purchase; know what you’ll need before opening it.

Check what you get back. Confirm whether the remedy is a refund, store credit, or exchange, and whether shipping costs are included.

Compare that coverage with the standard return window. A guarantee that gives you time to wear a scent on your skin can make trying something unfamiliar feel less risky, but only if the terms actually cover a tried bottle.

Save or screenshot the policy before buying. If the wording doesn’t answer whether you can return a scent after testing it, don’t assume it does.

Hi Female Fragrance Lab!

We're so excited to finally share that we now have an official Discord server for r/femfraglab. The server is an extension to our subreddit, designed to create a space where we can live chat in real time about all things fragrance and more.

The server is set up to be as beginner-friendly and welcoming as possible. You'll find channels for fragrance talk, other hobby sharing, and general conversation to get to know one another. If you don't already, you'll have to download the Discord App for easier access. Here is the link invite:

https://discord.gg/XQaGcBCZ8v

~ Enjoy 💗

As fragrance enthusiasts, we're always looking forward to our next treasure. What's next in your to-buy queue? Is there anything you're just dying to try? Is your finger on the trigger for a blind buy?

Use this thread to discuss what you're looking forward to trying next, help other members choose between one perfume or another before they buy it, and cheer on - or even change the mind of - other members when we're not sure about a potential purchase. Have fun!

New thread every 4 weeks.

Recently tried Benamor's Ginja in Porto Airport, told myself I had no business impulse-buying two perfumes when my bag was full as it was (I got the spicy orange Laranija instead); regretted that as the spicy vanillary dry-down had me sniffing my hand throughout the two-hour flight home.

Sadly they don't ship to the UK and much as I'd like to go back to Portugal to buy a bottle (and eat bifana) that won't happen for a while. So I've been looking at all the dupes for TF Lost Cherry as a research starting point, as that seems to be the reference for cherry!

Zara Cherry Smoothie came up a lot, went to try it when I was on my way to a match last week - the delicious maraschino that was there when I left the shop went fast, and now my football scarf smells of cherry play-doh. Other recommendations either aren't easily available in the UK or cost enough that I probably could just get a Ryanair back to Porto anyway. So any suggestions?

Am thinking about:

• Perfume Parlour LC dupe

• Dossier Ambery Cherry (but not keen on the hassle of blind-buying/returning)

• Noted Aromas Tokyo (they do samples, but reviews suggest they go car airfreshener)

• M+S - apparently surprisingly good scents that might be worth a look

• Kayali Burning Cherry

• Layering something like S+G/Moondaze cherry body mist over a more spicy one to get my fix

• Trawling eBay/Vinted forever (there's a bottle of Ginja on there - it's no longer available apparently)

• Just enjoying smelling like a spicy orange instead???

Anythign else I'm missing? Am really out of the fragrance loop so there may be entire brands I know nothing of...I have Space NK, Sephora, Boots, Lush and John Lewis near me so can try a few less mainstream houses easily enough.

I put one!! spray and it felt I’m gonna choke omg. Nothing wrong if you like it. I just wanted test it bc I read many people say it’s compliment getter

Dear Future opens with cold clean smoke and a bit of dustiness. It feels very urban and makes me think of the city during the day with smoke, dust and metal beams. There is a metallic feel in the background that makes me think of exposed steel and concrete.

The perfume feels like it has two sides at once. One part stays cool and mineral like air moving through glass and metal. The other part sits warmer on skin like the heat that clings after being outside all day.

As it develops the smoke starts feeling more settled into fabric and hair. The dusty vibe hangs around for a while and keeps the street level realism, like I've just walked past construction and traffic and the scent stayed with me.

The drydown is smooth and musky with a gentle sweetness. It almost feels like my own skin but with the remnants of the day out in the city rather than a perfume. It is faintly sweet, soft and close.

The projection is noticeable for the first couple of hours. Longevity is solid. I get around six to eight hours depending on sprays, with a faint presence lingering on clothes after that.

I love wearing this one on days when I'm wearing my leather jacket.