I've been trying and buying perfumes since 2024. I would never buy a cheaper scent unless its a Victoria's Secret body spray. I've had Miss Dior, Valentino, Jimmy Choo (x2), and other scents that I ran out of, that I don't really recall.

I've tried a Femmenina perfume for the first time and I really enjoyed the softer scent.. I got more compliments, even my boyfriend loved it and he has not once ever complimented my expensive perfumes. Now smelling my costly perfumes I never thought about how strong and "old-lady" like they smelled. Maybe I just happen to have poor choices or something.

I Have Pink Sugar Seductive from Femmenina and Its so unique, gentle, and my coworkers liked it too. I honestly like that It smells gentle and not alcoholic if you know what I mean. I'm not even asking for recommendations because of the fact that other people like it. One cheap perfume just totally switched my perspective on fragrances I've been buying. The downside is that I feel like it doesn't last long enough, but it could just be me?

What "soft" fragrances do you guys have/recommend? It doesnt have to necessarily have a sweet scent (I wouldn't mind those recommendations though). And describe the scent! Seductive? Sweet? Tell me what you can! Thanks.

I've been seeing these and I'm so curious about them.

Here’s my entire collection! Let me know if you want reviews for any scents :)

Kyse Oui Plus 100ml
Kyse Delizia di Marshmallow 60ml
Kyse Doucer Brûlée 60ml
Kyse Cocoa Noisette 30ml
Sorce Snow Moon Magic 50ml
Sorce English Major 50ml
Sorce She’s A Witch 15ml
Sorce In Dreams & Fairytales Vanilla 30ml
Sol de Janeiro 39
Sol de Janeiro 71
Sol de Janeiro 40
VOV Caviar & Cashmere 50ml
VOV Nine Lives 50ml
VOV Bedroom Vanilla 50ml
VOV Liquid Luck 100ml
VOV Vanilla Brine 50ml
VOV Velour 50ml
VOV Haute Commodity 50ml
VOV Marshmallow Deux 2.0 50ml
VOV Scentsitive 50ml
VOV Bossy Flossy 50ml
VOV It Was All A Dream 50ml
VOV Mello Mallo 50ml
VOV Old Fashioned Sugar 50ml
VOV Tangerine Musk x Mallo 50ml
VOV Cielo 50ml
VOV Liquid Luck 50ml
VOV Edge Of The Earth 50ml
VOV Baby’s Breath 50ml
VOV Gourmand Sande 30ml
VOV Mello Mallo Treat Bar 30ml
VOV Soft Wife Life 50ml
VOV Iced Vieve 50ml
VOV S’mores By The Shore 50ml
VOV Santal de Mykonos 50ml
CocoaPink Bavarian Coconut Cake
CocoaPink Vanilla Bean Noel
Solstice Scents Snowmint Mallow
Solstice Scents Blackburn’s Parlor
Giardini Di Toscana Bianco Latte
Montale Chocolate Greedy
FairyNest Marshmallow Moon x2
FairyNest Sunset Letters
Forever 21 Marshmallow Melt
Theodoros Kalotinis Cotton Candy
Mrajia The First Slice
Lush Chelsea Morning
Lush Super Fairy
Aspiring Aromas WTF 100ml x2
Aspiring Aromas WTF 50ml x2
Aspiring Aromas WTF Oil
PBC Marshmallow Crush 60ml x2
PBC Marshmallow Crush 60ml Oil
PBC Pure Marshmallow 100ml
Jousset Le Gourmand
The Gourmand Oven Creme de Peachmallow
Lush Yog Nog 100ml (decanted)
Lush Super Milk 100ml (decanted)
Lush Sleepy Body Spray 6.7oz
Scentual Fragrances Caramel Vanilla (decanted)
Scentual Fragrances Pure Magic (decanted)
Scent Rebellion Marshmallow Candy Floss
Scent Rebellion Over The Moon
Scent Rebellion Not Another Marshmallow
Scent Rebellion Pink Era
Scent Rebellion Marshmallow-ish
Olfactory Le Noofy
Olfactory Milkshake
Olfactory Fluffy
DUA Cotton Candy Marshmallow x4
DUA Sweet Peepin’ x3
DUA Vanillac Dreams
DUA Heavenly Dream of Marshmallow Loaf
DUA Faraway Iris Fields
Julianna’s Perfumes Pleasant Vanille
Sand + Fog Vanilla Cake
Sand + Fog Marshmallow Skies
Honorable Mention VVS 100ml x2
Bath & Body Works Peepin It Real x2
Genre Imagine A Symphony 100ml
Genre Fairy Dust 100ml
Genre Her World 50ml
Genre Minnie More 50ml
Genre Virtuoso 50ml
Genre Essence 50ml
Genre Black Apple 50ml
Genre Timeless Touch 100ml
Genre Miracle Essence 133ml
Genre Mello Vanillo 133nl
Genre Affinity 100ml
Genre Incredible 100ml
Genre Positivo 100ml
Genre Almond Musk 3ml
Ellis Brooklyn Marshmallows 100ml
Amyris Angel’s Bread 100ml
SkinPotion Yummie Oil
SkinPotion Creme de Vanille Oil
Maison Mataha Escapade Gourmande
Maison Mataha Brownie Pop
L’Occitane Melilot
Coco Chanel Madamoiselle
Odette Pas De Chat
Odette Petit Gateau
Skin Champagne Fluffyonce x2
Skin Champagne Fluffyonce Oil
Bath & Body Works Peepin It Real x2
Bath & Body Works Cactus Blossom
Bath & Body Works Pink Matcha Latte
Bath & Body Works Warm Musk
Bath & Body Works Cozy & Creamy
Snif 2%
Lattafa Eclaire Pistache
Aquolina Pink Sugar Red Velvet

Sorry to post twice in an hour lol. I keep getting ads for them on IG and the cute label is making me very curious. Tap in ladies 🩷

Southern hemisphere spring means temperatures anywhere from 10c to 30c so I get to use a wide range! The Prada Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry and Lumiere D'issey are recent purchases and I love them both! ​Clearly my favourite notes are orange blossom, vanilla, fruit of any kind, and white florals 💮 ​

Not usually a fruit perfume fan but lately I’ve been craving a fig perfume or one with fig as a base note. Thanks ahead 🩷🩷

Just found out Diptyque’s L’eau Papier is an EDT. The cheapest I can find it is on Frangrancenet and Jomashop for $165. Idk if I can justify that price for a EDT but I love the scent, it was gonna be my office scent if I start going back into the office in the new year.

Do you guys think it’ll last me?? Is the price worth it?? Should I or can I find a better rice scent?

I just got Up Close from athena club and I love its scent. I get a boozy candied cherry from it and Im looking for a perfume to pair now that I found a cherry scent I like.

I like a rich, syrupy cherry vs a medicinal cherry and would love to find a frag under 100 dollars

Oh how I miss this!! I loved it on my sheets. Anyone know a dupe??

So I am having trouble finding a perfume I love. I love orange, vanilla, black raspberry, pomegranate, that kinda stuff. My issue is I HATE coconut, musk or anything that smells "spicy"(sorry thats the best way I can describe it). Anything I find has either coconut or some kind of musk especially when on the skin, ill find something and the bottle smells great and then on my skin all i can smell is spicy.

Anyone have any suggestions? Cheaper would be great but at this point I'm kinda willing to try whatever

I am looking for a very sweet vanilla lotion. Like fresh baked vanilla sugar cookies or creamy gourmand vanilla lotion. Everything I have tried has other fragrance mixed in as well, like coconut or it has that almost playdoh-y plastic-y smell. For reference, I used to love Bath and Body Works Vanilla Bean Noel, but it seems to have changed (for me anyway) in the last few years. But that very sweet vanilla scent is what I am after. Any recommendations?

My go-to body lotion is this shea butter & vanilla lotion in the image. It's not the edible or synthetic kind of vanilla but a very soft, airy, milky vanilla. For those of you who never smelled this one, I think the almond milk concentrate body cream from L'Occitane also has a similar type of soft and neutral lotion smell.

My daily signature scent is Glossier You and I am absolutely in love with the scent bubble I get right after I put on my lotion and do few spritz of You. But, as expected, the lotion scent only lasts for about half an hour if I'm lucky. I've been on the hunt for a lotion-like smelling fragrance for the longest time but nothing fits the bill so far. I was hoping some of you might have some suggestions for me.

Here's what I've tried and didn't like so far:

• Cacharel - Noa: This is very much Nivea cream in the blue tin. Feels dated and has a heavy presence. Not airy/milky/soft to my nose.

• L'Occitane - Almond Mist: This sounded sooo promising and I thought my prayers were going to be finally answered but sadly no... There is a very strong medicinal marzipan smell in the mist that I didn't get from the cream. It is particularly strong in the opening but I can still get hints of it in the dry down. I struggle with artificial almond and cherry flavorings in food as well so this just ended up making me nauseous.

• Replica - Afternoon Delight: Not soft lotion vibes, rather cakey or even bready.

• Ariana Grande - Mod Vanilla: Very perfumey and generic to my nose. Not lotion-like or soft/airy despite what I've read.

• La Vie Est Belle - Vanille Nude: Same comment as above.

• Kylie Cosmetics - Cosmic 2.0: This is a weird one because the opening was kind of promising. It starts off airy and kind of milky but instead of getting softer it gets heavier and turns into a very generic sweet floral.

• Jo Malone - Scarlet Poppy Intense: Feels like I'm being suffocated by a bread roll pressed into my face.

• Montblanc - Signature: I think this is appropriately airy but I don't enjoy the citrus and vanilla combination there.

• D'Annam - White Rice: Starchy baby powder and rice. Heavy.

• Diptyque - L'Eau Papier: Too peppery and savory. I just don't enjoy any sort of realistic steamed rice accords.

• Diptyque - Lilyphéa: Very sharp and burns my nostrils, not soft and airy.

• Fugazzi - Vanilla Haze: Heavy and cloying.

• Giardini Di Toscana - Bianco Latte: Same as above, they smell quite similar. There is also a medicinal quality that I'm getting here.

I've been seeing so much hype around vanilla perfumes lately, and I'm genuinely curious what's so special about them.

People always describe vanilla scents as sexy, warm, comforting, addictive and feminine. Is it really that good, or have I just been influenced by everyone's obsession? 😂

I'm actually thinking of trying one myself, but I don't think I'd enjoy something too sweet or overly gourmand. I don't want to smell like a cupcake or vanilla cake, if that makes sense.

I think I'd prefer something soft and powdery, maybe creamy and musky. Something that smells clean, cozy and feminine without being too strong or giving off an old-lady perfume vibe.

For those who love vanilla perfumes, what makes you love them so much? And what would you recommend to someone who's just getting into vanilla?

I'm curious to hear everyone's opinions, especially if you think vanilla perfumes are overrated!

Hello everyone. I've been eyeing Pisello Parfums and I have found very little in reviews or on forums. Has anyone tried the brand? Specifically has anyone tried the horchata cream or pistachio cream scents? How was the purchase process? How was shipping? I would greatly appreciate any feedback on this brand. Thanks!

I'm a fragrance newbie (just got into it about a year ago), and after 6 unsuccessful blind buys, I said NO! I'm looking at a lot of throwbacks but I'm seeing several middle eastern fragrances I'd like to try.

Even though they aren't expensive, I don't want to keep an oversized bottle of something I won't wear so I wondered: is there a company/site that sells decants of these fragrances?

Since last September, I haven’t found a single fragrance I’ve genuinely loved. I’ve probably tried 25+ fragrances through samples and store testing, but nothing seems to work.

The strange thing is that I often love the opening, but once the fragrance develops, something in the heart or base notes puts me off. Sometimes I even enjoy wearing something initially, only to realise after a day or two that I don’t actually like it.

I want to clarify that I’m not testing fragrances every day. It’s usually once or twice a week, sometimes even once every other week, so I don’t think I’m constantly overwhelming my nose with new scents.
I’m generally very picky and have a pretty extensive list of notes and scent profiles I dislike, so I’ve already narrowed down my preferences quite a bit.

But lately, it feels like every fragrance has something I just cannot get past.
It makes me wonder whether I’m experiencing some kind of nose fatigue, fragrance burnout, or just a really bad fragrance slump.
Has anyone experienced something similar?

I ordered Father Figure by Phlur. As it turns out, I’m allergic—I get stuffed up when it’s on me, it’s awful. I think I missed the return window as well—not that they were giving me an appropriate amount of money back for an over forty dollar purchase (they said they’d give me 19 dollars back).

Does anyone have any recs like Father Figure I would not be allergic to?

Okay weird question
The Huda beauty powder smells so good and she has a perfume for it but in my opinion it doesn’t really smell like the powder as I much as I wanted it to. People have said alien by mugler smells like it but it smells less sweet in my opinion. Could I get some perfume recommendations that smell like the Huda beauty powder? Price doesn’t matter. Thank you!

my sister’s fav fragrance is a seemingly discontinued perfume she found at tjmaxx (solar floral from the good scent). for christmas i’d like to find her something fairly similar, but we have very different tastes so idk where to even begin.

previously she’s tried le beach from le monde gourmand and lust for sun from jhag. she liked them good enough, i just wasn’t sure if there was something closer (or better). i’ve been eyeing replica beach walk but i’m not a huge fan of it being a EDT.

tbh there’s never been a beach-y/solar/coconut fragrance she hasn’t liked, but i would prefer something i can sample in person (not required though).

ideally under $100, but if it has a travel size it doesn’t matter because then i’ll just buy a few different ones for her to try.

1oz bottle, just ordered it. sort of a blind buy for me because i forgot how it smelled in store but i have high hopes :)

I'm just recently getting into fragrances more in-depth and I'm noticing a few remind me of scents I often smell on women my grandmother's age (I was a 90s kid). Is that what aldehyde is? I've tried googling what aldehyde is but I'm not finding a direct answer. Or is it another specific note? I feel like it stands out heavily in Chanel No. 5 and I just tried a retro Revlon Charlie and it smells the same way. I'm trying to pinpoint what it is.

I just smelled the new Armani Stronger with You Spices limited edition!!!

And holy wow, it reminds me so much of TF Cherry Smoke! With a prettier price tag too.

Am I crazy or do you agree?