I purchased samples of all of the ones you don't like and I have the exact same opinion. Looking at the notes, I thought I would love them but sadly they were all passes. Santal 33 is the fragrance that got me into the niche world also! I'm still on the fence with Guidance (initial scent is off to me, while the dry down is intriguing). I personally love Rosendo Mateu 7 over 5. I have not spent much time with Italica and have not tried the new Zara vanillas. Thanks for a great video and for the good content you put out.
Thank you for watching… Ahhh Glad to hear you are Team Santal 33 as well 😀 I have some viewers who started their love for niche perfumes with it.. Milky notes and spices are tricky for me. Ghost in the Shell was the worst on my skin. The drydown was really bad 🙈
Hi gorgeous! 🥰 Yes, I could see how others love Sakura. I resampled it recently and had the same reaction - weird sour florals. Meh. Santal 33 is iconic! I don't get dill pickles either - just amazingness! 🎉
Velvet Tonka smells to me like an older man who doused himself in a hyper macerated men’s perfume. It’s soooo strong and super sweet, I can’t stand it.
Thank you for your unfiltered opinions Joanna! I'm sad to hear piano Santal didn't work for you. It's one of my favorite perfumes. But our skin chemistry can be very different which is ok 😅 sad also to hear you are not into Sakura, was interested in trying it, but to be honest I don't know if I'll like it.. Usually herbal notes don't go well on my skin😮
It’s the cumin from PS that didn’t do it for me unfortunately.. I will still recommend you to try Sakura because it might work for you. DO NOT blind buy 😉 Thank you for watching 🙏
Love a controversial video, hehe! You're honestly too wonderful and kind to everyone you encounter (that's how I feel). Thank you for sharing your opinions!
I have recently discovered your channel and I love it! ❤️ I love Guidance, finally got to know it and I am obsessed but this price tag 😵 I'm really thinking to sell some of my bottles to get Amouage 🙈 I also love Rosendo Mateu No5, I think it is one of my best discoveries of the year. From the ones you don't like I really love Velvet Tonka and Piano Santal. Greetings from Poland ❤
I love SANTAL 33 and Guidance- but I also adore Velvet tonka 😅 Blanche bete was a meh for me.. I really want to try Piano SANTAL as I also think it will be up my street 😂 I used to hate italica and this year I got a full bottle 😂 surprised you're not put off the milk note😅
My Santal 33 girl 🙌🏻 I know you love Velvet Tonka ✌🏼 If you are ok with spices like cumin Piano Santal should be ok. I’m sad it didn’t work out for me. I really thought I would love after hearing praises from a lot of people…
My daughter says Blanche Bete smells like dog food... 🙈 I can't agree. 😅 I like them, for me they are very sweet indeed, but a bit heavy (in a good way) and cosy.
Hi Joanna! You're not crazy! I also don't get the hype on Blanche Bete and Piano Santal. To me BB smells simply like milk and toasted coconut - nice but not worth the steep price, and I have to be in the mood for it, which I am rarely! Piano Santal I was very disappointed at first whiff because I was also looking for an awesome sandalwood fragrance and got mostly milk, and something in the blend made me slightly nauseous! I thought maybe I didn't like lactonic fragrances, but then I own Commodity Milk and Ghost in the Shell, which was a love-at-first-sniff for me! Even if we have a lot in common, there are scents we don't agree on. For example, I love Sakura but can't stomach Italica, which I find overwhelmingly lactonic. And the only scent I like from Le Labo is Another 13, because I do get the pickle note in Santal 33. Just goes to show how subjective our noses are, but it's what makes each of us unique! I still thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and hearing your honest opinions. Keep the great content coming!
Hi Marie! Thank you for sharing this. It’s nice to hear different opinions. That’s what make me very keen in making my content. I’m always amazed how fragrances are perceived by each and everyone. To be honest I never knew Santal 33 was hated by many until I entered the fragrance community 😅
Milk notes tend to go sour on me as well. I was testing a decant of Italica for a few days and sadly it goes sour after a while. Sucks because I love the opening. Whipped cream notes don’t go sour on me though, like This Is Her or Kayali Pistachio gelato
Blanche bete didn’t work for me either, unfortunately. All I got was sour milk/baby milk. I’m curious to try the Commodity Milk series, in search of a lactonic scent. Have you tried it?😊
I own Blanche bete, Piano santal and love them) I also own Ghost in the shell, but it smells weird to me, so I think I’m going to sell it Yara is a like) Got a samle of Rosendu #5 for the second time and it’s been growing on me, because all I used to smell is a rubber scent before🤷🏻♀️
I will never the first time i smelled this...i was on a British Airways flight from London to Washington and anytime this stewardess came close i was like wow. I had to ask her abd she just smiled and said Le Labo Santal 33. I loooove it.
I used it several times when I was a cabin supervisor and the amount of passengers chasing me made me stop wearing it onboard 🤣 so I can imagine your reaction. I don’t know why a lot of people hate it…
@@jmercadobeautyEmirates is a love love but I prefer Qatar Airways better... You should do make a video about your flying days and perfume stories. That will be some interesting content.
Please someone tell me what’s the hype about sakura? It is the worse perfume and the worse purchase I ever had. I got fooled by the you tubers who hyped it. It smells nothing like a cherry blossom perfume. Just herbs and spice. Disgusting 🤢.
I dont like Blanche Bete, it almost smells a bit like urine to/on me. Piano Santal I like but it was a slow burner and it is on the boarder of being too much with the milk and the cumin. I have tried Ghost in the Shell but I dont really remember my thoughts on it... I also like This is Her.
Now I am very careful with lactonic fragrances with spices and molecular notes hard to pronounce 😂 Amongst the 3, Ghost in the shell is worst for me. Very weird as I love as well the most lactonic fragrance (This is Her)
@@jmercadobeauty I went looking for my Ghost in the Shell sample after watching the video - trying it again made me remember that it is very soapy on me which is something I really dont like in a perfume.
All that milk in the beginning makes me glad I went off of dairy. 😂 A moooooot point I know. 🐮True honesty is in such demand these days that I can't thank you enough for the vid Joanna. 🤍 I'd love to see more!
Haha lactose is not really for everybody 🤭 Thank you for watching and supporting my channel 💕 I’m thinking of doing this topic a series so stay tuned 😀
Thanks for the honesty, which includes your acknowledging that some notes just don't work for you!
Of course 🙏
Most of us just really appreciate your honest reviews, so thank you. Blanche Bête & Guidance was just ok for me & I love Rosendo Mateu no.5.
Thanks for watching! 🙏
I purchased samples of all of the ones you don't like and I have the exact same opinion. Looking at the notes, I thought I would love them but sadly they were all passes. Santal 33 is the fragrance that got me into the niche world also! I'm still on the fence with Guidance (initial scent is off to me, while the dry down is intriguing). I personally love Rosendo Mateu 7 over 5. I have not spent much time with Italica and have not tried the new Zara vanillas. Thanks for a great video and for the good content you put out.
Thank you for watching… Ahhh Glad to hear you are Team Santal 33 as well 😀 I have some viewers who started their love for niche perfumes with it.. Milky notes and spices are tricky for me. Ghost in the Shell was the worst on my skin. The drydown was really bad 🙈
And also, need to try Rosendo 7. I’ve heard lots of good stuff about it..
Hi gorgeous! 🥰 Yes, I could see how others love Sakura. I resampled it recently and had the same reaction - weird sour florals. Meh. Santal 33 is iconic! I don't get dill pickles either - just amazingness! 🎉
Yes! Another Team Santal 33!😀 Glad to hear there’s still some of us.. Yeah Sakura without the sourness will definitely be a hit I think..
Velvet Tonka smells to me like an older man who doused himself in a hyper macerated men’s perfume. It’s soooo strong and super sweet, I can’t stand it.
Oh my Lord! Your description is spot on! Smells extremely vintage to me 🙈
Thank you for your unfiltered opinions Joanna!
I'm sad to hear piano Santal didn't work for you. It's one of my favorite perfumes. But our skin chemistry can be very different which is ok 😅 sad also to hear you are not into Sakura, was interested in trying it, but to be honest I don't know if I'll like it.. Usually herbal notes don't go well on my skin😮
It’s the cumin from PS that didn’t do it for me unfortunately.. I will still recommend you to try Sakura because it might work for you. DO NOT blind buy 😉 Thank you for watching 🙏
Love a controversial video, hehe! You're honestly too wonderful and kind to everyone you encounter (that's how I feel). Thank you for sharing your opinions!
Thanks for appreciating 🙏 I try to be nice as possible 😊
I love Supreme Vanilla although I get the ink note but it doesn’t bother me at all, I find it very unique
Same
Same thoughts here ✨
I have recently discovered your channel and I love it! ❤️ I love Guidance, finally got to know it and I am obsessed but this price tag 😵 I'm really thinking to sell some of my bottles to get Amouage 🙈 I also love Rosendo Mateu No5, I think it is one of my best discoveries of the year. From the ones you don't like I really love Velvet Tonka and Piano Santal. Greetings from Poland ❤
That’s the only thing about Amouage.. The price 🙈 and it’s difficult to find discounted price. Thank you for stopping by 😊
I loooove Santal 33. Such a gorgeous scent.
I love SANTAL 33 and Guidance- but I also adore Velvet tonka 😅
Blanche bete was a meh for me.. I really want to try Piano SANTAL as I also think it will be up my street 😂
I used to hate italica and this year I got a full bottle 😂 surprised you're not put off the milk note😅
My Santal 33 girl 🙌🏻 I know you love Velvet Tonka ✌🏼
If you are ok with spices like cumin Piano Santal should be ok. I’m sad it didn’t work out for me. I really thought I would love after hearing praises from a lot of people…
I love Italica. It’s the smell of Christmas now for me.. Fortunately, it didn’t turn sour on me 😀
I just bought Piano Santal I cannot tell you l much l love it. ❤❤❤❤
I’m glad it worked for you 😊
My daughter says Blanche Bete smells like dog food... 🙈 I can't agree. 😅 I like them, for me they are very sweet indeed, but a bit heavy (in a good way) and cosy.
Oh wow!😅 yes it is indeed sweet and milky!
😊 Great video, amouage guidance is everything, I feel sexy, feminine , alluring..Everything a woman should feel ❤
Love everything you mentioned about Guidance! It’s like a perfume of a grownup woman who has everything sorted in her life 😅💕
Hi Joanna! You're not crazy! I also don't get the hype on Blanche Bete and Piano Santal. To me BB smells simply like milk and toasted coconut - nice but not worth the steep price, and I have to be in the mood for it, which I am rarely! Piano Santal I was very disappointed at first whiff because I was also looking for an awesome sandalwood fragrance and got mostly milk, and something in the blend made me slightly nauseous! I thought maybe I didn't like lactonic fragrances, but then I own Commodity Milk and Ghost in the Shell, which was a love-at-first-sniff for me! Even if we have a lot in common, there are scents we don't agree on. For example, I love Sakura but can't stomach Italica, which I find overwhelmingly lactonic. And the only scent I like from Le Labo is Another 13, because I do get the pickle note in Santal 33. Just goes to show how subjective our noses are, but it's what makes each of us unique! I still thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and hearing your honest opinions. Keep the great content coming!
Hi Marie! Thank you for sharing this. It’s nice to hear different opinions. That’s what make me very keen in making my content. I’m always amazed how fragrances are perceived by each and everyone. To be honest I never knew Santal 33 was hated by many until I entered the fragrance community 😅
I actually don’t like Velvet Tonka either! I find it so sharp
There something bothering me in that fragrance. I noticed it the first time and and until now. I really tried to like that one FOMO 🙈
I own Italica and Guidance and love them both ❤ they were love at first sniff❤❤
Italica was love at first sniff. Guidance was not really until I smelled the clothes I was wearing next day 😁
Milk notes tend to go sour on me as well. I was testing a decant of Italica for a few days and sadly it goes sour after a while. Sucks because I love the opening.
Whipped cream notes don’t go sour on me though, like This Is Her or Kayali Pistachio gelato
Yes whipped cream stays good on me too. So far Italica seems ok on me. Oh well I only have a decant 🙃
Blanche bete didn’t work for me either, unfortunately. All I got was sour milk/baby milk. I’m curious to try the Commodity Milk series, in search of a lactonic scent. Have you tried it?😊
Blanche Bete was too milky and overly sweet in me 🙈 I have Milk Expressive and Milk+ and I didn’t get sour milk effect. I love both of them.
I like Velvet Tonka and it works in winter very well.
Yes it does! It’s one of the longest lasting fragrances of BDK aside from extraits..
I own Blanche bete, Piano santal and love them) I also own Ghost in the shell, but it smells weird to me, so I think I’m going to sell it
Yara is a like)
Got a samle of Rosendu #5 for the second time and it’s been growing on me, because all I used to smell is a rubber scent before🤷🏻♀️
Thanks for sharing. Glad Blanche Bete and Piano Santal work out for you. I think once Rosendo Mateu 5 grew on you it’s gonna be a love 😊
Ahhhh...im so happy-- im agree with you 100%❤❤❤ for me that smells like the same!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤❤❤Rosendo Mateo 5-- my best sexy parfum!!
Yes Rosendo 5 is 🔥🔥
I love Blanche Bete.. But my to friends, sats it smell like baby diper😭😅
I love Supreme Vanilla! Dont get any ink😊
I can imagine that 🙈 Supreme Vanilla is so good! It doesn’t have Zara vibes to me…😊
I will never the first time i smelled this...i was on a British Airways flight from London to Washington and anytime this stewardess came close i was like wow. I had to ask her abd she just smiled and said Le Labo Santal 33. I loooove it.
I used it several times when I was a cabin supervisor and the amount of passengers chasing me made me stop wearing it onboard 🤣 so I can imagine your reaction. I don’t know why a lot of people hate it…
@@jmercadobeautythey don't have taste😂
@joannamercadoperfume if you don't mind, which airline dis you work with?
@@larryasiedu7704 Emirates 😊
@@jmercadobeautyEmirates is a love love but I prefer Qatar Airways better...
You should do make a video about your flying days and perfume stories. That will be some interesting content.
Piano santal brought upon a VISCERAL reaction. stomach turner.. Bianco latte another 1 that turns sour on me... also Velvent tonka, i agree!!
We have same feeling for three! I’m not a fan of Bianco Latte as well 😣 You are the 3rd person I know who doesn’t like it..
happy to kno its not just me! thank you for the truly honest reviews!@@jmercadobeauty
Lol Blanche Bete does not work for me either the milk is not good on my skin and the tuberose is sickly to me
The tuberose there is different from other tuberose buy still too milky and sweet…
Please someone tell me what’s the hype about sakura? It is the worse perfume and the worse purchase I ever had. I got fooled by the you tubers who hyped it. It smells nothing like a cherry blossom perfume. Just herbs and spice. Disgusting 🤢.
You’re not alone 😣😣
I can’t smell La vie est belle, Alien and L’interdit… which are loved by so many people
Wow really?? Those are quite polarising fragrances…
I dont like Blanche Bete, it almost smells a bit like urine to/on me. Piano Santal I like but it was a slow burner and it is on the boarder of being too much with the milk and the cumin. I have tried Ghost in the Shell but I dont really remember my thoughts on it... I also like This is Her.
Now I am very careful with lactonic fragrances with spices and molecular notes hard to pronounce 😂 Amongst the 3, Ghost in the shell is worst for me. Very weird as I love as well the most lactonic fragrance (This is Her)
@@jmercadobeauty I went looking for my Ghost in the Shell sample after watching the video - trying it again made me remember that it is very soapy on me which is something I really dont like in a perfume.
@@ADTHG yes… it starts soapy then it dries down to expired milk on me.. So weird!
Le Labo Santal 33 ... agree with you .. just a crapy hype
You didn’t watch my video Miles! I love Santal 33 😅
@@jmercadobeauty Oh Boy 🤭😃🎷error happened … ok, let’s make it again 😆
what does B.O mean?
Body Odor ✌🏼
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All that milk in the beginning makes me glad I went off of dairy. 😂 A moooooot point I know. 🐮True honesty is in such demand these days that I can't thank you enough for the vid Joanna. 🤍 I'd love to see more!
Haha lactose is not really for everybody 🤭 Thank you for watching and supporting my channel 💕 I’m thinking of doing this topic a series so stay tuned 😀
@@jmercadobeauty Yay!!!