I think what’s going on here is these brands/houses are just trying so hard to keep up with ALL the new scents coming out that they’re just whipping up something simple and pumping it out. Instead of creating unique, must-have scents. They’re all starting to smell the same! Or at least nothing exciting and different. It’s so overwhelming as a consumer.
I’m so overwhelmed I stopped! And I’m soo happy with my signatures! I’ve explored the last two years I’m a spicy floriental gal. And now I do love a couple vanillas and a couple of creamy gourmands but my collection? Like if I died tomorrow? I’m happy with what I have? I wanted off the over consumerism bus that we got on during Covid ha 😅
Yeah they are trying to churn out more perfumes and make them mass appealing esp to young ppl. Hence why we see so many high end brands making body sprays. They'll pick one trendy sounding note like strawberry or whipped cream, make it simple, and market hard.
@@heavenjb ya I’ve returned almost every perfume I’ve bought the last few months bc NONE of them blow me away like the ones I already have! It’s too much now.
This fr, I'm noticing more and more that, when it comes to main notes in mainstream/accessible perfume brands, x perfume doesn't really set itself apart from y and vice versa :/ I'm finding myself more invested in Marshall's finds than brand new, designer/luxury/celeb brands atm or just perfume oil dupes of things I could NEVER imagine myself splurging on 😭 plus I feel like the scents that made the first half of the year fun for me as a newer fragrance nerd are... not exactly innovative, but they didn't fully devolve into being easily comparable to something in the exact same price range or multiple other releases that have gotten attention. It's just crazy that it all fell flat so soon lmao
@@hannah-lk3oc i really lack tea scents in my collection. I got a sample of wulong cha but honestly its smell is pretty common in higher end malls and hotels here where I’m from (se asia)
I think a cool video idea would be like blind smelling things or asking someone who doesn’t know anything about perfume what something smells like without telling them any notes or anything. It’s so funny how sometimes going into something with knowledge can influence how you perceive it to smell, like I once smelled something knowing what notes to look for and it smelled like almonds and cherries and sugar, then my bf walked in and said ‘why does it smell like paper in here’ lmao
The fragrance industry has been very candy/baked goods focused lately. Maybe because of the success with Baccarat Rouge? Idk. I'm ready for more musk, green, and woody scents to trend if they want please lol.
The speed at which i clicked this video... you are really the peoples princess. I blind bought heavy cream and i was sooo disappointed it ended up smelling like almost identical to philosophy's Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere which i rlly don't like :( and i cannot standdddd the nest bourbon vanilla😭 does Akro's Smile smell anything like commodity Juice? Thanks for sharing Emma, this video is excellent as always!❤️❤️
I love 11 11 and wanted to check out the new one at Ulta. I could barely tell the difference between the original and new vanilla one. Glad I didn’t blind buy it.
Floral Street’s Arizona Bloom is one of the most beautiful fragrances I’ve ever smelled. And isn’t on Sephora or any other websites currently. The only place I could buy a backup was Mercari! I worry it’s been discontinued 😭
When I smelled BG intense I immediately got those cream soda dum dum lollipops, which smells a bit like root beer! No idea how those notes smell like THAT
Can you make a hierarchy of rose perfumes please? I want to replace my diptyque eau rose with something else but am also yet to find a rose I like as much. I love Turkish rose perfume oil from nest but it lasts 0.5 seconds on my skin as all perfumes do. In fact, would love to hear about longest lasting perfumes. For me the only ones that really last on me are some of my cheaper ones - glossier you, Ariana grande cloud, and lush karma
Hi Emma, love your content! I would adore if you were inclined to make a video on chocolate perfumes (I love chocolate in perfume and only discovered that in the last year, so I would appreciate suggestions! Thanks for always making fun content :)
Maybe !! I only really have 1 chocolate perfume so I’d have to do some sampling before I’d feel confident making a whole video on this! What kinds of perfumes do you like specifically?
To piggyback off of them some chocolate perfumes are: Dark by Akro, Melt My Heart by Strangelove NYC, Dulce Diablo by Narcotica (fruity chocolate), Gourmand Coquin by Guerlain (boozy chocolate), Chocolate Makes Me Happy by Unique’e Luxury, Sheeesh! by Jousset Parfums, and Anti-Blues by Pierre Guillaume Paris.
@nt6761 Mancera Choco Violet sounds amazing. Also an affordable classic is Al Rehab Choco Musk it's amazing. Also SDJ 71 has a white chocolate note. Yum Pistachio Gelato 33 kayali and even mon Guerlain Intense have chocolate like notes. There's also smores I think by Kyse
Hi Emma! New subbie here ❤!! Girl I LOVES GOURMANDS. Was so excited about so many vanillas and gourmands flooding the designer market this year. Unfortunately many of them are turning out to be fails for me 😭😭.
I'm so very tired of gourmands, period. I'm going back to the deep florals and spicy complex fragrances of the 80s and 90s. My nose is so bored with vanilla and cotton candy.
When I first tried Burberry Goddess Intense in the store I thought something is wrong with the bottle that store had. Because I was expecting deeper darker maybe sweeter vanilla but all I got was patchouli and lavender. So later I tried it in another store and unfortunately it turned out that is the actual perfume smell. Just like you noted it’s very aromatic, something I would much rather smell in sauna or spa, but not on myself as a perfume.
3:00 wow I had no idea that these prices for the phlur fragrances increased that dramatically!! Over here in America (specifically NYC) the body mists for phlur are at a $24 price point. Same price as a mini SDJ body mist. The perfume tho are at $99 if I’m not mistaken.
loveeee the blind smelling/first impressions. i got phlur’s heavy cream and reallllly love it, and i need to get caramel skin next. burberry goddess is still on my wishlist and i’m interested to see if you fall in love with the intense version. afternoon delight is definitely on my wishlist for sure.
i’d love to see you rank stuff from bath and body works, i think it would be funny af. maybe suggest finer fragrances with similar notes to the popular scents
Gorgeous Orchid reminds me so much of Mugler Angel Goddess and Jean Paul Gaultier Divine. The opening of Gorgeous Orchid is very sweet vanilla and I like it, but then it gets this almost marine-like freshness which reminds me a ton of Angel Goddess and Divine.
I blind bought heavy cream and caramel and ended up a little disappointed. I think vanilla skin has been a double edged sword for Phlur because nothing lives up to it!
Hi guys. I sprayed the new Nest one on yesterday, my thoughts are: Matel Barbie circa 90's, specifically the Ken that you could "shave" he came with a mini razor with a foam blade and shaving cream, it is THAT cream that I smell from this perfume. I had high hopes and while the scent is not bad, I do not jive with the fake, brown sugar note as you said, It gets to my head after awhile. My husband likes the new Gucci. She is a pretty perfume. I own the original Burberry Goddess and also sprayed the new one on yesterday; for some reason Hugo Deep Red comes to my mind. I think it is in the base. To me it smells totally different than the original. I prefer the og. I am glad I did not blind buy either of them. Thanks for spendin those dollars for us, and doing a video lol I often go by certain creators reviews as I do not live in a city with a Sephora, just a limited Shoppers Drug Mart.
I prefer musky, clean, aromatic type perfumes and I'm not a gourmand type at all especially not the super edible ones however since getting kayali vanilla 28, I'm looking for a gourmand that would lean more clean, musky, airy for everyday but I'm not sure if that's a thing. Maybe I should look more into citrus leaning gourmands... who knows. I can only wear vanilla 28 for night time it still wears on the heavier, boozier side on me which is too much for everyday for me. Hopefully I can find my holy grail with all these new launches.
Hi, I love your videos, and I think you're kinda close to my tastes.. the other video, you were talking about fruity notes, and I'm really thirsty to some knowledge about raw materials, and you're the only reviewer out there who can teach us a bit deeper into accords and notes. For example, I'm so curious to know from what peach or blackberry derived.. I know that's kinda secret of each perfumer, but maybe there is common knowledge you can share with us❤
12:38 Girlll I totally get you!!! When I’m searching for a perfume, a pac man note is what I’m looking for🤣🤣🤣 Anyways keep up the good work and keep slaying! Your videos get me whelmed! (In a good way🤪🤪)
Caramel skin was the only of the Phlur that I picked up and it was sooo disappointing. It smells like condescended milk and it was not what wearable for me 😭 so sad. Also replica’s afternoon delight seems to be sooo polarizing. It was a return for me, I strongly disliked 😢
i initially liked gorgeous orchid on paper, a pretty floral vanilla, but once it dried down.. it smelled like lucky you by liz claiborne to me, which i have a very negative association with (and also don't enjoy the smell of in general). i sprayed it on my skin in case i was crazy, and it was immediately lucky you. nope, can't do it. i am not a fan of burberry goddess (as much as i'd like to be!), so i wasn't shocked that i didn't like intense, i just thought that maybe i would like it more if it were more vanillic. shame they went heavy with the lavender instead!
I just ordered Under the Stars and Afternoon Delight last week! I layered Under the Stars with Coffee Break, PDM Perseus, and a spray of Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade before work on Friday morning, and I loved the aroma all day, and no one at work complained. I LOVE Maison Margiela Replica fragrances!!! I hope they send Afternoon Delight soon, because I think it will layer amazingly with Under the Stars and Coffee Break. I'm also excited that they are sending me a free Replica cap. I guess it fits on the 30 ml and 100 ml Replica bottles! It looks like the cap on their untitled L'eau fragrance. I will definitely order more of those caps, if there's a way and that's what it is. That's how it looks in the picture. I just want to get Under the Lemon Trees, and my Replica collection will be complete, for now.
Heavy creamy smells exactly like an airy and creamy lotion !!! I couldn’t agree more, Idk if I like it. It seems synthetic because my mind/nose can’t conceptualize it lol !! Caramel skin is suuuper lactonic but it’s like that gold and white dress vs seeing the blue and black dress. It can super lactonic to me but I can also like switch my mind to it being less lactonic and more like an off putting syrup/synthetic caramel… I actually prefer the coconut skin I think to all 3! But even she is very redundant to my nose ! I got orchid and initially she was a little too floral in the opening, but as she sits you get that fluffy solar vanilla ! She’s really growing on me.
Yes creamy lotion is exactly true! I used to wear this "udder" cream that had a similar milky smell. I completely agree on Caramel Skin, so milky and caramel-y at the same time!
"I just don't think that this ... needed to be made!" ... I love the way you're so casually roasting the Nest Vanilla Bourbon perfume! Because you're not out there to roast stuff, it's just your honest assessment.
There's an absence of individuality. Definitely strange considering how tiktok etc have made younger people conform and celebrities look the same. No subcultures. No inspiration. Honestly, consumers used to have the power over what they expected from companies and yet companies now tell the consumer what to think, who to vote for and what to smell like etc. If enough people stop buying due to brand loyalty, stop getting sucked in by the collabs etc and tell them what we want, and that doesn't mean $$$ crap. We want more imagination and how about asking the Public what they would enjoy
the title is so real 😭 all of these brands delving into vanillas and milky scents are taking quite a boring approach atm, like i wish a lot of the recent, hyped drops added something more? haven't tried the kayali vacay launch or some of the others, but i was expecting more interesting concoctions like maui in a bottle or other fruity scents rather than just coconut/coconut water leading into summer and now vanilla/milk/caramel as the summer drags on and slowly dips into early fall
How can I smell like a big cookie with vanilla, sweet toasted almonds and nuts with caramel? Yes this is very specific because I just ate it and I want to smell like it. If theres anything remotely similar please let me know
I’m finally starting to enjoy some gourmand fragrances..but I think my real love is feminine fougeres. Just something about that profile that I absolutely adore.
@@perfumerism yes, especially the Intense (my favorite) and recently discovered another I love; Girls Can Say Anything by Zadig & Voltaire.. stupid name but great fragrance lol!
Does Burberry Goddess Intense have a similar patchouli note as Rogue Smoking? Thats what I'm picturing with "root beer," is that patchouli that has virtually no dust.
I dropped my favourite Sand & Fog Vanilla Musk perfume oil (travel sized bottle) on the floor and it broke. So I tried to find a replacement. I ended up buying Auric Blend Vanilla Rain perfume oil. $25 Cdn and it's pretty nice.
HAHA so funny I don't even know what root beer smells or tastes like (I'm German and this doesn't exist here ...) ... so I guess I'll just continue to associate lavender with classic men's perfumes!
So funny I decided past few months I’m sticking with my signatures I won’t buy full bottles of gourmand as I’m happy with my collection so far! I hated Burberry Goddess at first too as it didn’t last but I let it macerate! Now I love it as well BUT honestly? It smells like vanilla fields!! A cheapie! But while watching you? I sprayed This is Her, on and it was vanilla it was creamy it was nutty! And I’m like this has it all in one!! So I’m not buying anything new! Yay me and I have Prada paradox and to me? It’s libre without lavender so may as well buy Libre the orange blossom is way strong 😅 I think it’s safe to say I’m happy with the vanillas I have! And pistachio yum for summer I’m ok!
Thanks for the reviews! I’m most interested in Afternoon Delight. I might need to get a sample. Also wondering if you could review the 5 Sens brand. I love In Too Deep just curious about the others in the line.
I can look into 5 sens! I dont know if they ship to Canada yet, their website does not and they are not in Sephora here either. Maybe next time I am in the US I can try them!
I could do one yes!! I will spread my ranking videos apart a bit since they are the most editing-intensive, but def want to do one in the future for fruity florals!
Hi! Recently found your videos. Did you say you’re studying perfumery? Or have studied it? Can you share what perfumery school is like? What’s involved in being trained as a perfumer? So curious! ❤
I can do a video on this! I did a summer school program at ISIPCA Paris. They also have a MSc program in Scent Design and Creation that I have been accepted to for this fall! I will take you along for sure!
Hi! I’ve recently seen creators reviewing Mirage Gourmand from Les Nobles Essences. Have you smelled it and if yes what are your thoughts on it. Also from the perfumes you reviewed I’m must intrigued about heavy cream. I think it’s just because it’s not available in Canada so it makes me more curious . Love your videos :)
That Jasmine in the Nest Vanilla Bourbon just completely shifts the direction of that fragrance from what I expected. It's not deep at all. It's a slightly creamy Jasmine and that was disappointing. Not something the market needed at all. Meh.
“If I was in high school and I got this $185 (!!!) perfume I’d be all over it”. I wonder if this influencer check the retail price of what she’s talking about.
Oh god no I hate that one! Yesterday was chilly here and my gen x ass sprayed my Dior Poison and on my skin? It’s absolute perfection! My mom a boomer liked CK one but her always loved tuberose and cinnamon and spicy …. Ha
@@heavenjb I’m a millenial but grew up seeing ck one ads with Kate Moss everywhere! I have had it and I love it still! I recently went to a store and smelled it and brought so much nostalgia! I have never tried Poison but will next time I’m in a perfume store 😊
Can’t smell vanilla in Burberry Goddess 🥲 will try this week again 😅 but I also love YSL Libre eau de toilette and don’t understand the rest of the Libre perfumes 🥲🙃 pls send help
I think what’s going on here is these brands/houses are just trying so hard to keep up with ALL the new scents coming out that they’re just whipping up something simple and pumping it out. Instead of creating unique, must-have scents. They’re all starting to smell the same! Or at least nothing exciting and different. It’s so overwhelming as a consumer.
I’m so overwhelmed I stopped! And I’m soo happy with my signatures! I’ve explored the last two years I’m a spicy floriental gal. And now I do love a couple vanillas and a couple of creamy gourmands but my collection? Like if I died tomorrow? I’m happy with what I have? I wanted off the over consumerism bus that we got on during Covid ha 😅
Yeah they are trying to churn out more perfumes and make them mass appealing esp to young ppl. Hence why we see so many high end brands making body sprays.
They'll pick one trendy sounding note like strawberry or whipped cream, make it simple, and market hard.
@@MsDecens exactly!! Putting more money into the marketing instead of the quality of the product. I don’t want to smell like everyone else!
@@heavenjb ya I’ve returned almost every perfume I’ve bought the last few months bc NONE of them blow me away like the ones I already have! It’s too much now.
This fr, I'm noticing more and more that, when it comes to main notes in mainstream/accessible perfume brands, x perfume doesn't really set itself apart from y and vice versa :/ I'm finding myself more invested in Marshall's finds than brand new, designer/luxury/celeb brands atm or just perfume oil dupes of things I could NEVER imagine myself splurging on 😭 plus I feel like the scents that made the first half of the year fun for me as a newer fragrance nerd are... not exactly innovative, but they didn't fully devolve into being easily comparable to something in the exact same price range or multiple other releases that have gotten attention. It's just crazy that it all fell flat so soon lmao
Tea perfume tier list or favorites please!!
THIS! PLEASE
I’ve been using indigo by nest and I love it but it doesn’t last long. Need more tea perfumes also
@@hannah-lk3oc i really lack tea scents in my collection. I got a sample of wulong cha but honestly its smell is pretty common in higher end malls and hotels here where I’m from (se asia)
I think a cool video idea would be like blind smelling things or asking someone who doesn’t know anything about perfume what something smells like without telling them any notes or anything. It’s so funny how sometimes going into something with knowledge can influence how you perceive it to smell, like I once smelled something knowing what notes to look for and it smelled like almonds and cherries and sugar, then my bf walked in and said ‘why does it smell like paper in here’ lmao
Great idea! I found 'paper' so funny😆
The fragrance industry has been very candy/baked goods focused lately. Maybe because of the success with Baccarat Rouge? Idk. I'm ready for more musk, green, and woody scents to trend if they want please lol.
I would love that trend! I’m big into Bamboo Harmony by Kilian
I am on a bit of a musk journey right now too! I am welcoming anything that feels a bit less edible these days
I did not know that about vanilla bourbon, but knowing that now has made it make so much more sense to me. Thank you!
The speed at which i clicked this video... you are really the peoples princess. I blind bought heavy cream and i was sooo disappointed it ended up smelling like almost identical to philosophy's Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere which i rlly don't like :( and i cannot standdddd the nest bourbon vanilla😭 does Akro's Smile smell anything like commodity Juice? Thanks for sharing Emma, this video is excellent as always!❤️❤️
Oh shoot that's good to know about Heavy Cream comparing to Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere.. I feel like there's a lot like that scent profile..
I love 11 11 and wanted to check out the new one at Ulta. I could barely tell the difference between the original and new vanilla one. Glad I didn’t blind buy it.
Totally agree! The new one is not different enough to warrant owning both!
Floral Street’s Arizona Bloom is one of the most beautiful fragrances I’ve ever smelled. And isn’t on Sephora or any other websites currently. The only place I could buy a backup was Mercari! I worry it’s been discontinued 😭
If you are in the USA they have Arizona bloom at Nordstrom online.
When I smelled BG intense I immediately got those cream soda dum dum lollipops, which smells a bit like root beer! No idea how those notes smell like THAT
Can you make a hierarchy of rose perfumes please? I want to replace my diptyque eau rose with something else but am also yet to find a rose I like as much. I love Turkish rose perfume oil from nest but it lasts 0.5 seconds on my skin as all perfumes do. In fact, would love to hear about longest lasting perfumes. For me the only ones that really last on me are some of my cheaper ones - glossier you, Ariana grande cloud, and lush karma
Hi Emma, love your content! I would adore if you were inclined to make a video on chocolate perfumes (I love chocolate in perfume and only discovered that in the last year, so I would appreciate suggestions! Thanks for always making fun content :)
Maybe !! I only really have 1 chocolate perfume so I’d have to do some sampling before I’d feel confident making a whole video on this! What kinds of perfumes do you like specifically?
To piggyback off of them some chocolate perfumes are: Dark by Akro, Melt My Heart by Strangelove NYC, Dulce Diablo by Narcotica (fruity chocolate), Gourmand Coquin by Guerlain (boozy chocolate), Chocolate Makes Me Happy by Unique’e Luxury, Sheeesh! by Jousset Parfums, and Anti-Blues by Pierre Guillaume Paris.
I forgot le monde Gourmand Chocolat hazelnut.
You should also try Montale Chocolate Greedy and Mancera Choco Violet. Yum!
@nt6761 Mancera Choco Violet sounds amazing. Also an affordable classic is Al Rehab Choco Musk it's amazing. Also SDJ 71 has a white chocolate note. Yum Pistachio Gelato 33 kayali and even mon Guerlain Intense have chocolate like notes. There's also smores I think by Kyse
“Adequately whelmed” 🤣
Hi Emma! New subbie here ❤!! Girl I LOVES GOURMANDS. Was so excited about so many vanillas and gourmands flooding the designer market this year. Unfortunately many of them are turning out to be fails for me 😭😭.
I'm so very tired of gourmands, period. I'm going back to the deep florals and spicy complex fragrances of the 80s and 90s. My nose is so bored with vanilla and cotton candy.
When I first tried Burberry Goddess Intense in the store I thought something is wrong with the bottle that store had. Because I was expecting deeper darker maybe sweeter vanilla but all I got was patchouli and lavender. So later I tried it in another store and unfortunately it turned out that is the actual perfume smell. Just like you noted it’s very aromatic, something I would much rather smell in sauna or spa, but not on myself as a perfume.
I totally agree- very very strong lavender and patchouli notes. I hardly get vanilla until the drydown
3:00 wow I had no idea that these prices for the phlur fragrances increased that dramatically!! Over here in America (specifically NYC) the body mists for phlur are at a $24 price point. Same price as a mini SDJ body mist. The perfume tho are at $99 if I’m not mistaken.
loveeee the blind smelling/first impressions. i got phlur’s heavy cream and reallllly love it, and i need to get caramel skin next. burberry goddess is still on my wishlist and i’m interested to see if you fall in love with the intense version. afternoon delight is definitely on my wishlist for sure.
i’d love to see you rank stuff from bath and body works, i think it would be funny af. maybe suggest finer fragrances with similar notes to the popular scents
Yours is one of the first positive review I have heard of Afternoon Delight. I definitely will have to get my nose on it before buying:)
I can certainly see it as cloying if you're not into sweet since it is SWEET! I love the concept however !!
I was excited to look up the new replica scent but sad to see my matcha meditation is now discontinued =(
No for real it is sooo sad. Matcha Meditation was the perfect balance of soft, clean, and gourmand!
hi! have you ever looked into dossier dupes and other dupe houses? i would love to see a dupe video!
Gorgeous Orchid reminds me so much of Mugler Angel Goddess and Jean Paul Gaultier Divine. The opening of Gorgeous Orchid is very sweet vanilla and I like it, but then it gets this almost marine-like freshness which reminds me a ton of Angel Goddess and Divine.
I blind bought heavy cream and caramel and ended up a little disappointed. I think vanilla skin has been a double edged sword for Phlur because nothing lives up to it!
Hi guys. I sprayed the new Nest one on yesterday, my thoughts are: Matel Barbie circa 90's, specifically the Ken that you could "shave" he came with a mini razor with a foam blade and shaving cream, it is THAT cream that I smell from this perfume. I had high hopes and while the scent is not bad, I do not jive with the fake, brown sugar note as you said, It gets to my head after awhile. My husband likes the new Gucci. She is a pretty perfume. I own the original Burberry Goddess and also sprayed the new one on yesterday; for some reason Hugo Deep Red comes to my mind. I think it is in the base. To me it smells totally different than the original. I prefer the og. I am glad I did not blind buy either of them. Thanks for spendin those dollars for us, and doing a video lol I often go by certain creators reviews as I do not live in a city with a Sephora, just a limited Shoppers Drug Mart.
Please do a tier list of all the zoologist fragrances once you try them all!
I prefer musky, clean, aromatic type perfumes and I'm not a gourmand type at all especially not the super edible ones however since getting kayali vanilla 28, I'm looking for a gourmand that would lean more clean, musky, airy for everyday but I'm not sure if that's a thing. Maybe I should look more into citrus leaning gourmands... who knows.
I can only wear vanilla 28 for night time it still wears on the heavier, boozier side on me which is too much for everyday for me. Hopefully I can find my holy grail with all these new launches.
Hi, I love your videos, and I think you're kinda close to my tastes.. the other video, you were talking about fruity notes, and I'm really thirsty to some knowledge about raw materials, and you're the only reviewer out there who can teach us a bit deeper into accords and notes. For example, I'm so curious to know from what peach or blackberry derived.. I know that's kinda secret of each perfumer, but maybe there is common knowledge you can share with us❤
12:38 Girlll I totally get you!!! When I’m searching for a perfume, a pac man note is what I’m looking for🤣🤣🤣
Anyways keep up the good work and keep slaying!
Your videos get me whelmed! (In a good way🤪🤪)
Caramel skin was the only of the Phlur that I picked up and it was sooo disappointing. It smells like condescended milk and it was not what wearable for me 😭 so sad. Also replica’s afternoon delight seems to be sooo polarizing. It was a return for me, I strongly disliked 😢
Agree that too
Oooh could you do an Imaginary Authors or For Strange Women sample set review?
Have you tired Kerosene’s Unknown pleasures? I wonder if you’d like it since you love Lira and it has an added earl grey note!
i initially liked gorgeous orchid on paper, a pretty floral vanilla, but once it dried down.. it smelled like lucky you by liz claiborne to me, which i have a very negative association with (and also don't enjoy the smell of in general). i sprayed it on my skin in case i was crazy, and it was immediately lucky you. nope, can't do it.
i am not a fan of burberry goddess (as much as i'd like to be!), so i wasn't shocked that i didn't like intense, i just thought that maybe i would like it more if it were more vanillic. shame they went heavy with the lavender instead!
always looking forward to your sunday videos, i only ever trust your opinion!
this means so much to me, thank you!!
oh im seated 💅🏻❤️
I just ordered Under the Stars and Afternoon Delight last week! I layered Under the Stars with Coffee Break, PDM Perseus, and a spray of Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade before work on Friday morning, and I loved the aroma all day, and no one at work complained. I LOVE Maison Margiela Replica fragrances!!! I hope they send Afternoon Delight soon, because I think it will layer amazingly with Under the Stars and Coffee Break.
I'm also excited that they are sending me a free Replica cap. I guess it fits on the 30 ml and 100 ml Replica bottles! It looks like the cap on their untitled L'eau fragrance. I will definitely order more of those caps, if there's a way and that's what it is. That's how it looks in the picture. I just want to get Under the Lemon Trees, and my Replica collection will be complete, for now.
Oooh I have Coffee Break and A sample of Undet the Stars, so I'll have to try it.
they have caps ??
Hi. I’m most excited by Maison Margiela Replica Afternoon Delight. Can’t wait to smell it.
I LOVEE the new gucci scent and your vids always make my days sm better ❤🤩
It’s really nice!! I had minimal expectations and it kinda ate
I love new Burberry Goddess intense. I can't wait to fall and winter to wear this. Akro Smile is to light, I can't smell it on me too long.
Twisted lily shipping was too high for me it was insane costed more than my purchase
Heavy creamy smells exactly like an airy and creamy lotion !!! I couldn’t agree more, Idk if I like it. It seems synthetic because my mind/nose can’t conceptualize it lol !! Caramel skin is suuuper lactonic but it’s like that gold and white dress vs seeing the blue and black dress. It can super lactonic to me but I can also like switch my mind to it being less lactonic and more like an off putting syrup/synthetic caramel… I actually prefer the coconut skin I think to all 3! But even she is very redundant to my nose ! I got orchid and initially she was a little too floral in the opening, but as she sits you get that fluffy solar vanilla ! She’s really growing on me.
Yes creamy lotion is exactly true! I used to wear this "udder" cream that had a similar milky smell. I completely agree on Caramel Skin, so milky and caramel-y at the same time!
"I just don't think that this ... needed to be made!" ... I love the way you're so casually roasting the Nest Vanilla Bourbon perfume! Because you're not out there to roast stuff, it's just your honest assessment.
You've made a new fan. "Adequately whelmed"! And you know bourbon vanilla isn't whiskey!
Yay!
It’s crazy how common of a misconception the bourbon vanilla is! And thank you!! So happy to have you here:)
There's an absence of individuality. Definitely strange considering how tiktok etc have made younger people conform and celebrities look the same. No subcultures. No inspiration. Honestly, consumers used to have the power over what they expected from companies and yet companies now tell the consumer what to think, who to vote for and what to smell like etc. If enough people stop buying due to brand loyalty, stop getting sucked in by the collabs etc and tell them what we want, and that doesn't mean $$$ crap. We want more imagination and how about asking the Public what they would enjoy
That’s fair! There’s so many gourmands I agree. What fragrances do you enjoy?
I wonder if arnica is that rootbeer candy not you picked up on. It reminds me of a mix of rootbeer barrels at necco candies
Have you tried Phlur’s Strawberry Letter? Is it good?
It's interesting. It is similar to Burberry Her, but it has a powdery drydown and slightly earthy tones. It is strong and sweet!
the title is so real 😭 all of these brands delving into vanillas and milky scents are taking quite a boring approach atm, like i wish a lot of the recent, hyped drops added something more? haven't tried the kayali vacay launch or some of the others, but i was expecting more interesting concoctions like maui in a bottle or other fruity scents rather than just coconut/coconut water leading into summer and now vanilla/milk/caramel as the summer drags on and slowly dips into early fall
I think I'm the only one that doesn't think afternoon delight is strong but I still love it
How can I smell like a big cookie with vanilla, sweet toasted almonds and nuts with caramel? Yes this is very specific because I just ate it and I want to smell like it. If theres anything remotely similar please let me know
I do really love Replica Afternoon Delight!
I’m finally starting to enjoy some gourmand fragrances..but I think my real love is feminine fougeres. Just something about that profile that I absolutely adore.
Does YSL Libre count?
@@perfumerism yes, especially the Intense (my favorite) and recently discovered another I love; Girls Can Say Anything by Zadig & Voltaire.. stupid name but great fragrance lol!
Can you review *Ariana Grande* scents? Got a guilty pleasure for girly "crowd pleaser" fragrances :D
I absolutely love Smile
Does Burberry Goddess Intense have a similar patchouli note as Rogue Smoking? Thats what I'm picturing with "root beer," is that patchouli that has virtually no dust.
Any Sugary alcohol recommendations? I want to smell like Bailey's Irish Cream or actual bourbon.
Hi. I think goddess intense smells like licorice or pepto bismol! Deep drydown is pretty good though.
I dropped my favourite Sand & Fog Vanilla Musk perfume oil (travel sized bottle) on the floor and it broke. So I tried to find a replacement. I ended up buying Auric Blend Vanilla Rain perfume oil. $25 Cdn and it's pretty nice.
HAHA so funny I don't even know what root beer smells or tastes like (I'm German and this doesn't exist here ...) ... so I guess I'll just continue to associate lavender with classic men's perfumes!
I swear I’m gonna end up just blind buying paradox intense bc of how highly you speak of it 😅😂❤
It's not a blind buy safe perfume IMO but definitely worth a sample! It grew on me lots and now I adore it:)
Willis Expressway
I really like Akro, I use infuse a lot it’s a nice tea scent great for daytime wear and hot days
I need to try this!
You really look like the actress Rose Leslie!
So funny I decided past few months I’m sticking with my signatures I won’t buy full bottles of gourmand as I’m happy with my collection so far! I hated Burberry Goddess at first too as it didn’t last but I let it macerate! Now I love it as well
BUT honestly? It smells like vanilla fields!! A cheapie!
But while watching you? I sprayed This is Her, on and it was vanilla it was creamy it was nutty! And I’m like this has it all in one!! So I’m not buying anything new! Yay me and I have Prada paradox and to me? It’s libre without lavender so may as well buy Libre the orange blossom is way strong 😅 I think it’s safe to say I’m happy with the vanillas I have! And pistachio yum for summer I’m ok!
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!
Can you please do a video on chai latte smelling perfumes ?
In a few days:,)
Heavy Cream is my biggest regret this year.
Yeah it didn’t live up to my rxpectations either
Thanks for the reviews! I’m most interested in Afternoon Delight. I might need to get a sample. Also wondering if you could review the 5 Sens brand. I love In Too Deep just curious about the others in the line.
I can look into 5 sens! I dont know if they ship to Canada yet, their website does not and they are not in Sephora here either. Maybe next time I am in the US I can try them!
Love this video! Would u every do a a fruity floral perfume ranking video? I think u teased one a few months ago :)
I could do one yes!! I will spread my ranking videos apart a bit since they are the most editing-intensive, but def want to do one in the future for fruity florals!
Adequately whelmed 😄
No mention of the banana in Gucci Flora Orchid??
That’s probably what I picked up as the ylang ylang!
It smelled like bananas to me
Root beer candy you might be thinking of are bottle caps lol
Unfortunately no it wasn’t them! I love bottle caps though!
Afternoon Delight smelled like sour milk to me. I hated it!
Emma I desperately want to smell arizona bloom where do I find a sample????
Hi! Recently found your videos. Did you say you’re studying perfumery? Or have studied it? Can you share what perfumery school is like? What’s involved in being trained as a perfumer? So curious! ❤
I can do a video on this! I did a summer school program at ISIPCA Paris. They also have a MSc program in Scent Design and Creation that I have been accepted to for this fall! I will take you along for sure!
Hi! I’ve recently seen creators reviewing Mirage Gourmand from Les Nobles Essences. Have you smelled it and if yes what are your thoughts on it. Also from the perfumes you reviewed I’m must intrigued about heavy cream. I think it’s just because it’s not available in Canada so it makes me more curious . Love your videos :)
I was thinking about sampling Mirage Gourmand! Maybe if I do another "blind buying my fragrance wishlist video" ahha
That Jasmine in the Nest Vanilla Bourbon just completely shifts the direction of that fragrance from what I expected. It's not deep at all. It's a slightly creamy Jasmine and that was disappointing. Not something the market needed at all. Meh.
Do you have a recommendation of where to buy genuine perfume samples from? 😊
Wher are you from?
Root beer Bottle caps candy maybe?
I don’t think so!
“If I was in high school and I got this $185 (!!!) perfume I’d be all over it”. I wonder if this influencer check the retail price of what she’s talking about.
I said “got” as in… as a gift. I wasn’t buying myself perfume in high school hehe. ❤️
You're so pretty! 😍🤗
I was adequately whelmed 🤣
One of my favourite terms! Not overhwelmed, not underwhelmed… just whelmed lol
i love your videos
I think gourmands are for this generation what clean scents were to gen x (ck one era).
Oh god no I hate that one! Yesterday was chilly here and my gen x ass sprayed my Dior Poison and on my skin? It’s absolute perfection! My mom a boomer liked CK one but her always loved tuberose and cinnamon and spicy …. Ha
@@heavenjb I’m a millenial but grew up seeing ck one ads with Kate Moss everywhere! I have had it and I love it still! I recently went to a store and smelled it and brought so much nostalgia! I have never tried Poison but will next time I’m in a perfume store 😊
Explain grandma floral
Is there a teen floral?
That’s so true!
Idc what anyone says, all of these are NOT gourmands. Not one of those fragrances smelled like a gourmand fragrance
What’s a gourmand to you?
Hi! I was wondering if you saw the lovesshackfancy body spray notes and what you thought?
I’ll look into them!!
Please advise the best legit place to buy a full bottle of Bianco latte, I live in Quebec. And if you have a discount code. Please
Parfum exquis! They are based in Quebec!
Thank you. I guess the price went up from 150 to 195 or were you saying it in American dollars? Ps I adore your RUclips channel!
@@Christina40mtl yes it was 150 USD! Most of my followers are in the US so I speak in American dollars sometimes!
Hey can u show us your fav Arab perfumes like only the sweets ones
I'm intrigued by Maison Margiela Afternoon Delight. It also reminds me of a song by the same name as this fragrance, very nostalgic.🤔🤔(Thanks Emma.)
I blind bought it, and I usually love laconic gourmands…it’s not blind buy safe though. It smells like rotten breast milk to me.
@@alex-hg8pn thanks for the tip.👍
Thank god that boring awful era with jasmine,amber and sandalwood is over.
Bring more us gourmands
Love your videos!! Definitely want to try the phlur body sprays and afternoon delight by replica.
❤
i’m SAT
Please no more gourmand videos 😭 I don’t want to smell like a pastry. I want to smell clean, musky, fresh
Most gourmands are kind of gross to me…
Can’t smell vanilla in Burberry Goddess 🥲 will try this week again 😅 but I also love YSL Libre eau de toilette and don’t understand the rest of the Libre perfumes 🥲🙃 pls send help