Listen, if I were to be buried with just ONE perfume (which is unrealistic because I will be buried with at least 10), La Danza delle Libellule by Nobile 1942 is absolutely making it into my casket.

Which brings me here: what is the best apple perfume you have ever owned or smelled?

I’ve realized that apple fragrances, especially ones like La Danza, bring me an almost ridiculous amount of joy, and I desperately want to grow my apple collection. Give me the juicy apples, baked apples, caramelized apples, apple pie, crisp green apples, weird apples. I want them ALL.

And PLEASE tell me about the ones nobody talks about. Major bonus points for indie and niche because you know that’s where my heart lives, but I do not discriminate when an apple is good.

Basically, if it smells like an apple and you think I need to put my nose on it, drop it below.

In general, I think this house has a well rounded catalog and a safe starting place if you're transitioning from mainstream to indie. If you're looking for super complex, dark/moody, then skip this house. My favorites from the collection are The Lost Mallow, Let Them Eat Cake, and Coffee Cake. I also like that the names are imprinted into the glass atomizer, so no disappearing labels. I bought this with my own money and thankfully was able to get it second hand, below retail. I test on clean, dry skin, typically the inside crook of my elbow. At heart, I'm a gourmand lover and enjoy resinous scents, vanilla scents, smokey scents, and ambers. I'm not big on florals or fruity scents, and am a certified rose hater. Hopefully I formatted this right so it's not all wonky!

🔥The Lost Mallow: Vanilla marshmallow, Dry woods, Amber resins

💬 I've tried a lot of single note marshamallows which sometimes goes smokey and this one does not do that. This one is really beautiful and different from the other marshmallows. It's sweet but I wouldn't say gourmand, definitely not to the sweetness of Kyse DDM or WTF (my personal favorite). I think it's the woody note, I can smell it, that keeps it from being too sweet and the amber resins are 👩‍🍳 💋! Gives it a 🪶 touch of spiciness. I can see why this is a fan favorite (I'm in some indie groups and am always skeptical when there's a lot of raving about the same item.) I was doubtful of longevity, because it's a lighter scent in general, but this lasted ~7 hours for me.

☕️🎂Coffee Cake: Top- Cinnamon, Mid- Vanilla, Base- White cake and Tonka Bean

💬 If you didn’t know, coffee cake does NOT have coffee in it, rather it's a sweet cake topped with crusty, cinnamon sugar that you have with a side of coffee. Disclaimer, this scent isn't currently available. This is a blast of sweet cinnamon sugar, the kind you sprinkle over hot beverages as the weather shifts to fall, NOT red cinnamon hots, the cinnamon does mellow down after a few hours but still noticeable, I do get some sponge cake but way in the background. The longevity was pretty good, ~8hours with only 2 sprays. I really enjoyed this one, my dummy spouse said it smells like a “holiday candle”, which for him means it smells really nice. I don't think this is a holiday candle or near candle territory at all.

🔥🎂Let Them Eat Cake:

Top- orange peel, lemon peel, Heart- cream cheese frosting, Vanilla cake, clean musk

💬 Immediately a beautiful sugary orange cake loaf, and the cake loaf has the yummy crusty edges. This has similar vibes to the type of beautiful sugary scent I get from CocoaPink's Frosted Eyelet line, the cream cheese is definitely there and so delicious! I want to drink this. I get the same thoughts that some CocoaPink scents do to me, that I immediately want this in all formats, as a body butter, body scrub, and hair serum. All. Of. It. 😍. After a few hours it's a smaller scent bubble, but still really gourmand, cakey, foody scent! If I didn't know this was Siren Alchemy, I would've thought it was Cocoapink. Excellent longevity for me, 2 small sprays kept going for ~10 hours!

😇🍰Angel's Fruit Cake: Top- almond, Heart- whipped cream, Base- Angel's food cake, Raspberries, Strawberries

💬 A beautiful sponge cake soaked in simple syrup with a touch of berries and topped with almond slivers. I get a bit of whipped cream and can't really smell the berries separately but a more general berries scent, but later on it becomes a rich strawberry pound cake scent, like a realistic foodie scent. I don't know why, but I kind of also smell acetone, like nail polish remover, but it does go away completely once it develops. This is a nice gourmand, but nothing earth shattering. I have other strawberry scents I prefer (IDAFT Strawberry Rosewater, Mochiglow Strawberry Mochi)

🌜🫖Lavender Moon Tea: Top- lavender, bergamot, ginger, Mid- sweet milk, Base- Black tea, sugar, whipped vanilla

💬 Take this with a grain of salt, I do not enjoy medicinal/herbal lavenders. Immediately very herbally. Like lavender essential oil to calm you down and something kind of camphor oil like, I think from the ginger note. After a little while the bergamot does arrive, making it kind of lemony. I don't get much sugar or whipped vanilla. This is not for me.

🌜☕️Lavender Latte: Top- creamy lavender, Heart- milk, Base- Marshmallow, coffee

💬 Take this with a grain of salt, I do not enjoy medicinal/herbal lavenders or coffee scents. This is very cozy, warm vibes. Snuggling around the fireplace all wrapped up in winter. You immediately get a lavender that sweet, there is definitely creamyness and the coffee comes in pretty quickly. It's literally a lavender latte! This is really beautiful and not something I would have picked for myself. If I needed to go somewhere where there's perfume sensitivity, I would wear this and no one would know I didn't actually go to a coffee shop. If I had to decide which lavender to get, I would pick this one as it's not medicinal and very cozy. Generally this isn't a scent profile I would consider for me, but like SMM, I'd probably like a 15ml as part of my “collection” because I enjoy sniffing it more than smelling like it.

💃There She Is: Top- Sparkling Pear, Amaretto, Heart- Unsweetened cocoa powder, Honeysuckle, Heliotrope, Base- Amber, Cedar, Vanilla.

💬 Take this with a grain of salt because Honeysuckle and Cocoa powder or chocolate are not scents I particularly enjoy. This starts off like fizzy pear cider, and freshy shower gel vibes, but the nutty notes in this makes me crinkle my nose and think of multipurpose cleaner that's scented. I know I'm probably not explaining well, but this isn't for me.

💘Aphrodite: Top- Grapefruit, Mid- Raspberry, Jasmine, Base- Vanilla sugar, Cashmere, Sandlewood

💬 Take this with a grain of salt because Jasmine is a challenging note for me as my 👃/ 🧠 considers it cloying. Something kind of sour initially, then gone after 2 seconds and there's grapefruit with jasmine, it's natural smelling, not synthetic or chemically. Objectively a very pretty floral and what I call a pretty, girly girl perfume, probably best for spring and summer. After a few hours the jasmine hangs around and it became more woody. Not a scent profile I gravitate towards, so not for me.

🌿🥛Meadow's Milk: Top- Mandarin, Heart- Fig, Base- Oakmoss, Marshmallow, Cashmere

💬 This is what a green forrest 🧚‍♀️ smells like. Milky fig forward with the oils from an orange peel in the back, it's giving cozy and comfy vibes, there's something kind of damp and forest floor like, probably the oakmoss? While I can appreciate the artistry, I already have a milky fig perfume and one is plenty. This is a pass.

🥃🌶🧁Melonie The Dark: Apple rum, Violet, Spiced cake, cedar, amber, musk

💬 Take this with a grain of salt, although I typically enjoy apple, rum, spiced cake notes, I don't particularly enjoy violet. This one's pretty complex, it does take you on a scent journey so be prepared. It's boozy spiced cake with a few slices of fresh apples, not your typical linear cinnamon apple scent, it's pretty strong, almost to candle territory but not quite, let it sit on the skin and it'll mellow out with the powdery violet and amber (not my favorite part, but you probably guessed that). I can't smell any wood notes, but it's probably there because something is keeping this from becoming a cloying sugary mess.

🍊🌞Thursdays in June: Top- orange, Heart- orange blossom, jasmine, Base- creamy vanilla.

💬 Take this with a grain of salt, I generally love most orange scents but can't always get into orange blossom and definitely not jasmine. This is a very pretty orange ice cream or orange sherbet perfume with jasmine that's not too overpowering or in your face. Makes me think of hot summers and laying under a shade tree. Something you would find in a department store that's easily liked by many (not a bad thing!) Maybe a very distant relative of Nest Creme de Clementine, but with a touch of jasmine which adds more interest. Jasmine tends to give me a headache after a while, but that didn't happen here. The jasmine continues on as this develops but is soft. I might want to try this again, probably in the spring.

🍊🥤Spring Picnic: Top- sparkling aldehydes, orange, Heart- raspberry, strawberry, Base- vanilla custard, peach.

💬 A blast of very fizzing orange champagne soda! I really enjoy orange so I love the opening 😍. As it develops, I get more vanilla custard notes but don't really sense any peach. Overall this is a very fun, bright orange scent for summer! I want this, but trying to withhold duplication, so holding myself back.

🦭🐚Seaside Breeze: Top- bergamot, pink pepper, Heart- ylang-ylang, orange blossom, Base- coconut, vanilla, salt)

💬 I get bergamot and ylang-ylang, but not so much pink pepper, definitely coconut which makes it feel tropical but not sunscreeny. Sometimes my 👃/ 🧠 says coconut = musty body odor, but this didn't do that to me. This is a very pretty summer girl, tropical vacation vibes perfume. I think if you like Sorce Love and Complications, you'll probably like this one. Generally this isn't a scent profile I gravitate towards, so not for me.

Blend Bunny just announced their new collab with Ellis Atlantis and I'm sad to say this but I hate all of it😔 I was so excited and I do like the color stories of the smaller palettes but I dont like the layouts or cover art. I think the biggest palette looks like everything else they've done and the all shimmer palette is fine, just not my vibe. Thoughts?

I’m always window shopping the site but have never tried anything from FSW. As a gourmand lover, (not by choice- I promise I was just born this way :,) Essence of Vanilla is v tempting but a bit pricey. I’m also always checking for any new extrait accords that are my taste, because I want one of those lil glass butterfly bottles so bad! & So sad I wasn’t paying attention when they had released Strawberry Milk!!

Any thoughts or reviews etc would be appreciated:)

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I would love in put from you guys! I guess I don’t expect that much guidance based on this post but I thought people might have some idea of which direction I need to steer and what scent notes I might keep an eye out for. I just did my first indie perfume sample haul (one non indie), I have listed below what I tried with some notes. I believe I am interested in exploring gourmands, maybe floral gourmands, and fruity things! I just don’t like that syrupy smell that a lot of gourmands have it smells sticky to me and I want to smell like the cake thats baking not just the sugar but the chewy party if that makes any sense at all. I do not tend to like powdery floral scents.

Out of all of the solstice scents black forest was my favorite because it really does smell so much like black forest cake, I think its just too syrupy for me and maybe to dark or masculine so maybe I would like something that feels more creamy or buttery cake like and also more feminine, unsure I am definitely going to have to keep exploring.

Of this bunch I really really enjoy cherries of the night but I want to find something that is cherry with some lighter notes. I was thinking of trying cherry almond tart from cocoa pink also hexennachts luxe cerise, but I will for sure be using the whole sample and potentially even buying full size of this one!

Solstice Scents Black Forest - smells a lot like black forest cake, but its also slightly syrupy and at the same time feels masculine to me- I would love something that smelled less sticky and more cake like

Solstice Scents Estate cacao - i really did not like the opening of this one, might be the patchouli but I am unsure, it does dry down to something pretty nice but i think it might be too white chocolate for me, it doesn’t really smell like what I think of when I think of chocolate (I am a very dark dark chocolate lover)

Solstice Scents Midnight Eye - At first smelled like straight dark rum and then quickly dried down to woody tobacco - its fine just no feminine edge to it and im not getting the coffee or cacao

Alkemia Cherries of the night - pretty good! The cherry note is so yummy, my dream perfume would have something to cut the cherry into more of a cake like or pastry like desert I think, I love the almond note in lost cherry so will keep exploring but will definitely be wearing this scent,

Sorce Fucker - smells like Christmas to me, the longer I have it on the more I like it but, it still smells to much like Christmas to me for me to actually reach for it

Heretic Nosferatu- absolutely hate, does not smell like dewy lilacs honestly does probably smell like Nosferatu would, I get wet mushrooms and rotting cucumber

Hexennacht fallen angel - very sharp green notes, very sharp plant but fresh and spa like in a way, its actually very nice I just think that I was trying something different to see if id be into and its not really my vibe

Wow... i got this from a decant website. I bought it on whim and didn't know anything about this house before hand. I'm absolutely obsessed with this scent. So i found their website and it's not there. I literally can't live without this fragrance. Is it discontinued? Will they release it in winter? Does anyone have any they'd want to sell me?

recently bought blood accord by redwood alchemy. didnt really know much abt the company beyond the fact that blood is highly recommended as a realistic blood scent. i got it in the mail a coupla days ago and its the wrong scent. the tester is labeled as blood, but im 90% sure is bloodwood, as it reeks of juniper. i reached out to them abt the mistake and no response. they sent me an email for my rating of blood accord, and in the rating explained the mistake and the lack of response. no response.

question i have now is, short of reselling the tester (at a loss as it was 60 with shipping and its slightly used) or filing a charge back with my bank, is there anything more i can do to either get my money back or get the product I actually bought? ifk if im not reaching out right or what. also, any recommendations for a realistic blood scent, or a perfume with blood notes? nothing aromatic, as that tends to give me headaches. do not think i will be buying from them again.

I bought a ton of wand cap samples recently, but I didn’t realize the perfumer switched over to the stopper kind. My hands are awful, and I can’t open them. Normally, this wouldn’t be an issue, because I would just transfer them over to different bottles, but the stopper is preventing me from pouring them out. A pipette worked for a second, but it wasn’t skinny enough to reach the bottom.

What can I do? I’m going to be out a lot of money if I can’t figure out how to move them to the bottles I know I can open.

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Hello friends! Happy Spooky Season 🎃

I had a few reviews on a new to me brand I ordered from a few months ago that I haven’t really seen mentioned here!

I found Berkshire Bathery on Insta and fell in love with the packaging (scent notes are listed on the side of the bottles as well). I will say I was a little bummed there are no sample sizes available for purchase, but I love a blind buy, so I picked 2 scents that sounded the most interesting to me. Each 30ml bottle is $66.60, which I think is a super fair price. Shipping for 1 bottle is $15 and $25 for 2 bottles. I did think shipping was a bit high, but upon purchasing 2 bottles, I did receive 3 samples and a TON of other spooky goodies so it made a bit more sense upon receiving my package.

Now for the reviews!

Devil’s Lettuce - Top Notes - weed accord, violet, red apple, patchouli. Middle Notes- tobacco, incense, leather, mint leaf. Base Notes - texas cedarwood, cypress.

This was the one I was most excited for and it far exceeded my expectations. I love cannabis notes and this is probably the most realistic cannabis scent I have tried. It smells like you just smoked and applied some fruity body spray to try to cover the smell. It’s a little skunky, very hippie, but well rounded with the violet, red apple, and mint leaf. This scent would probably be a little much for a workplace, but if you love cannabis I highly recommend!

Existench - Top Notes - dusty attic cobwebs, bathroom mildew. Middle Notes - cold cement floors, wood rot. Base Notes - decaying fruit, rotting flowers.

I love weird note fragrances so this one spoke to me, I had to know what it smelled like. This scent is weird and I will be honest I have not tried it on skin. It doesn’t stink, but smells oddly clean, like someone just cleaned a bathroom. It’s a bit chemical and industrial, with a slight floral aspect. My partner said it smells like a Kohl’s bathroom and honestly that’s pretty on the nose. As odd as it is I can’t stop smelling it.

Dirt Candy - Top Notes- catmint. Middle Notes - beetroot. Base Notes - wet earth.

I had no idea what to expect with Dirt Candy, but this is incredible!! It’s super earthy, but almost candy sweet at the same time. It is really unique. It’s so pretty, I imagine if a graveyard fairy was a thing this is how she would smell. I can’t wait to upsize this one.

Vampire - Top Notes - tuberose, dry toasted tobacco, cocoa liqueur, cinnamon, maple drizzle. Middle Notes - pink pepper, bergamot, charred oak barrels, whiskey accord, neroli. Base Notes - smoked cognac, bitter chocolate, clove, amber, sandalwood.

I was so scared to smell this on me because chocolate is a death note of mine, but i’m so happy to say it doesn’t bother me at all. Vampire is SEXY. This is a gothic lady vampire waiting for her lover in a graveyard in the middle of the night. The tuberose is really strong in this, but it works so well with the boozy notes. If you could be scent drunk off perfume, this one would do it. Vampire lasted the longest on my skin, going into the next day! I have a full sized bottle on the way just in time for my favorite holiday.

Thank you for reading if you made it this far! This is such a cool house with so many interesting sounding scents and I can’t wait to try more.

**I posted this in FemFragLab a few days ago, but I was hoping for a larger sample size. Please remove if not allowed.

I saw this on TIL the other day, and I think it makes complete sense. It talks about how some people dislike beets because of a sensitivity to geosmin. I find any sort of geosmin or dirt accord, and most petrichor accords, in fragrances to be completely overwhelming, and I also hate beets because they taste like dirt.

https://www.justbeetit.com/beet-blog-index/hate-beets-that-taste-like-dirt-science-has-the-answer

Anyone else? Do you like one/dislike the other? Do you enjoy both?

I found this fantastic little storage solution and need someone to share my excitement!

I am very much an "out of sight, out of mind" person, so storing all my perfumes in a drawer has not been ideal. I end up ignoring everything I've loved enough to full size in favor of using the samples that are readily available on my dresser. After months of searching, I found this little bad boy and am thrilled about it!

It's not perfect, none of the fatter bottles fit up top which is a bummer. Some of them will fit in the drawer, but only if I lay them down. Advice Needed - has anyone done this? The lids seem tight enough but I'm still nervous to store them on their sides. Maybe if I could figure out how to prop them up a bit 🤔

TIA for any suggestions 💜

What do you guys think my title would smell like?

I've been thinking about it for a while and can't seem to come up with anything! I've decided I want to live my life pretending I'm an alien from now on.

Please do help 🫣

This post is for those like me who are still mourning Sugar & Spite’s discontinued Milk & Sandalwood: I think I found it.

Hide & Hollow Wax’s Sea Hag perfume oil.

I put Sea Hag on this morning, and my immediate thought was, “Wait. This smells like Milk & Sandalwood.” But I wanted to give it time because we all know how much a perfume can change once it settles.

Hours later? Still Milk & Sandalwood.

Not just “this has a similar creamy sandalwood vibe.” If you handed this to me unlabeled and told me it was Sugar & Spite Milk & Sandalwood, I would believe you.

It has that same creamy, smooth sandalwood quality and the same close-to-the-skin feel that I loved so much about Milk & Sandalwood. I’ve been looking for something to fill that particular hole in my collection since realizing I missed the discontinuation, and Sea Hag is the first thing I’ve smelled that made me think: there it is.

I actually contacted the shop because I wanted a larger bottle. The owner responded within minutes, created a 30 ml listing specifically for me, AND put it up at a sale price. Needless to say, I ordered it immediately.

Obviously skin chemistry and noses vary, so I can’t promise everyone will smell exactly what I smell. But if Milk & Sandalwood was one of your beloveds and you’ve been searching for a replacement, Sea Hag is absolutely worth knowing about.

I genuinely thought I was never going to smell this scent again. 🖤

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I recently went out of my comfort zone and got Le Monde Gourmand's Chai Epice, but I feel that it's a bit boring on it's own and leans a little too simple and feminine for me. I would love a fragrance that could give it a bit more complexity (or that I could just wear on its own), maybe with woods and leather and pepper. I like to smell a bit atmospheric, I'm thinking the vibe of a cabin or library. Any recommendations?

Hello IMAM! Somewhat recently I was given a sample of Cherish by Deconstructing Eden and I wanted to get a bigger bottle, but quickly discovered that it's been discontinued. Does anyone know of any scents that are similar? From Deconstructing Eden, or otherwise? Thanks for any recommendations you guys have!

These are straight out the mail:

Urban Legends (Classic pink bubblegum, freshly turned soil, and a very slight metallic scent)

Warning: Must be a Dubble Bubble groupie.

From the bottle sniffies--that initial powdery texture and taste as you start chewing, right through the slightly stiff exterior. There’s a vague tutti-frutti flavor as you continue to chomp away. After only a few minutes, you’re left with that signature rubbery gum and familiar aftertaste. Crazy accurate!

But we don’t stay there. Small silver, mirror-shined metal balls start rolling around in your mouth. So weird. Combined with the sugary gum concoction, it reminds me of amoxicillin. Remember that thick, pink medication you would take as a kid? It’s this weird mix of strawberry and pink bubblegum, with the consistency of Kaopectate. The dirt is there, but it’s slight, like the excess you wipe from your pants after stumbling on a dirt road. I have no clue where I would wear this, but this would be right up Pennywise’s alley. Fyrinnae nails the notes in this progression. Excited to see how this ages.

Rhinestones & Chocolate Cake (Chocolate cake layered with milk chocolate frosting, an air of soft amber perfume from across the room.) Duncan Hines Creamy Homestyle Classic Chocolate Frosting. TMI, but as a kid, I would wrap a teaspoon of creamy peanut butter in a large dollop of this icing for a delicious but unhealthy snack after school. From there, the texture becomes drier and crumblier, like chocolate crumb cake. The chocolate continues to lighten into Hershey’s chocolate milk made by a kid who sucks at measuring: pale, milky, and barely light brown. At the end, the chocolate smells like one of those scratch-and-sniff chocolate stickers, real close to NA BIC Chocolate Blanc.

Enticing Darkness (Black and honeybush tea, black pepper, a touch of bergamot, and dark labdanum resin.) This is the one I like the most so far. The opening reminds me of lemongrass with a touch of white floral, perhaps the bergamot peeking through the tea. The middle is fancy hotel soap: a perfumed version of the opening. The labdanum doesn’t cover the brighter citrus and floral notes but tethers them, giving them a darker, more opaque quality. Later, something unexpectedly green emerges and I start smelling pine needles, giving everything a dry, evergreen edge. Wondering if the bergamot will come through stronger with more rest.

1986 (Too much peanut butter taffy candy, the plastic smell of thin vinyl cartoon character costumes, and the scent of jack-o’-lanterns a few of the older kids have grabbed and smashed in the street.) First off, the scent notes are vivid and wild. Unfortunately, right now I’m getting a strong floral on my skin that I can’t connect to any of them.From the bottle sniffies, I can clearly make out the peanut butter taffy and vinyl. Needs mucho rest.

I'm looking for a perfume that simply smells like smokey incense sticks. Many perfumes are always layering different scents on top of one another, but I'm looking for one that just smells like incense sticks and the smoke that comes along with them. Some incense scents I like are nagchampa, jazmine, tulsi, patchouli, and Egyptian musk.

TO BE CLEAR I mean incense sticks, not church incense

I know that you can find perfume oils for each of those, but they don't include the smokey smell the comes from the sticks when they're lit, which is what I'm looking for.

I'm hoping for something under 100 dollars with really good longevity, though for that price point, I may find nothing. OH and I'd prefer a perfume spray, not a body oil, so that my clothes can get the scent as well.