I would one HUNDRED percent describe you as sweet, charismatic, intelligent, witty, and hilarious.. all wrapped up into your own unique, elegant aura that attracts us all. I of course don't use perfumes lol, but I'm obsessed with hearing you characterize these fragrances with such clarity and sophistication! Please never stop making these videos!
Girl!!! You can sing!!! Excuse me, you can sang!!! Come on now!!! I loved this video! I think me in a bottle is bipolar bc I love these kinds of scents but I also have some amazing freshies! I am sooo glad I purchased Herod!!! Such an amazing recommendation ❤️
Awe thank you, thank you 😆❤️! oo could you give me some freshie recommendations that are unique?? I want to expand that scent category in my collection but I find so many boring haha
@@AnneLauren oh gosh! I don’t feel qualified 😂!! Have you tried any in the Byredo line or even Acqua Di Parma’s line? I tend to like orange blossom and tuberose, which may not go over well with you! 😆 I’ll think on that one a bit more!
@@star579_Chandra hahah oh no worries at all! Yeah that’s true I usually don’t vibe with those 😝😅 I’ve tried several from Byredo and 1 from Acqua Di Parma. So far nothing has hit the spot but I’m gonna keep trying more from them!
It’s so impressive that you really know who you are and the perfect fragrances for you at such a young age. You have very interesting tastes. It’s so refreshing to see someone not talking about the fruity floral perfumes like so many reviewers do. I can’t stand them and It is definitely more difficult to find perfumes these days that aren’t fruity floral. Maybe I need to re-visit Maison Margiella. And I definitely want to try Santal Vanille! Keep up the great work! 🙂
You and I have similar fragrance tastes. I found your channel when you started posting about fragrances and I couldn’t be happier! Three discoveries of mine that I think you might love are: -Encens Suave by Matière Première - incense that is cozy, resinous that has sticky benzoin that is slightly gourmand from a hint of coffee and vanilla -The Blazing Mr. Sam by Penhaligon’s: give this one a minute on your skin, I didn’t love it at first. Then, magic happened. The spices from the cardamom, and the warmth and booziness from the tobacco just melds so so well together! If you love minuet et Demi and kilian’s intoxicated this is magic. -Love and Crime by Ex Idolo: do I even need to say anything? The best pastry, orange-chocolate-vanilla gourmand. Period. It’s incredible
thank you so much for these recommendations!! ❤️ Encens Suave and The Blazing Mr. Sam are definitely on my to-try list, they look incrediblee 😍 Love and Crime wasn't QUITE for me cause it was a bit too gourmand for my taste, but I totally agree, it's very well done!!
I just blind bought Santal Vanille after watching your video, and you are on point! Def a more feminine and better Santal 33 and I’m obsessed. Thank You! Btw, love your channel- you really deliver and stand out amongst all the fragrance RUclipsrs.
I feel the exact same regarding Harrod. My husband knows I’m literally obsessed with it. I know when he is wanting my undivided attention, because he chooses to wear Harrod.
I've watched a few of your reviews on Santal Vanille. I tested it yesterday and it was love at first sniff. The shop was out of stock, so today I drove half hour to get a bottle. I think I had not looked at it because I don't like coconut, but I don't detect the coconut, I think it just rounds it out and makes it a creamy dream.
I fall in love with your vibe more and more every single video….and that voice, oh my god🤤 I really enjoy watching you because there is no commercial interest revealed, or popular/diva Barbie video like. You Look so natural and honest, and Also i love your tastes, that i don’t see just feminine and girly perfumes here. P.S: i bought Santal Vanille thanks to you and a i loooove it!! Also the “ME in a bottle Fragrances” are: Mon guerlain, Golden Powder by The House of oud (you need to try this one), La nuit Musc Diamant, Tobacco Vanille, Dama Bianca (for the fairy vibes day), Armani In love with you and lately Santal Vanille
thank you SO much Andreea! ❤️ And I'm so happy to hear you love Santal Vanille!! I love the variety in your "me" list! Also, I'm definitely gonna have to get a sample of Golden Powder, sounds amazing (I promptly went to Fragrantica to look up the notes haha)! 😍
@@AnneLauren thank you!! 🥰 lately i’ve been trying to expand my tastes and after i discovered Golden Powder i was absolutely charmed, it’s such a powerful one! Also, have you tried Amyris femme by MFK? I just find a Sample of it and i think it’s interesting🤔
I love Charly's channel too! It's so awesome you gave her a shout out. I'm about to start my own fragrance channel and it's so heartwarming to see how supportive the community is and how y'all lift each other up so much! It's so beautiful to see!
I love your channel and I have learned a lot from you. Would you ever do a 101 in fragrances and how to understand the verbage and elements? Thank you so much.
Wow, I've finally found a woman who likes wearing Herod with as much enthusiasm and conviction as I do. It's just gorgeous. I also love Prolixe by Histoire de Parfum, Red Tobacco by Mancera and All the Queens Men by Fort & Manle-- too bad the performance with F & M fragrances is so bad. For the pricepoint I just can't justify a full bottle purchase which is a grand shame as I'd love to just clean sweep the entire range. They're all fantastic (if you like tobacco, sweet spicy fragrances that is). My favourite "masculine leaning" amber-forward fragrance is Rania J's 'Ambre Loup'. It's...I have no words. 😍
Thank you! I am so happy to know I have ALL the parfumes that you mentioned! We have the same taste in fragrances. I gave Demi’s parfume to my Mom thinking I didn’t like it but LOVED it on her so I bought it again...😛✅🕊🌹
Yes! Have been waiting for this one, your videos are so much fun to watch because you’re so passionate. So difficult to narrow it down but PdM Pegasus, TF Rose Prick and Jazz Club speak to my soul. 💕
@@AnneLauren absolutely worth a try! I almost skipped over Rose Prick because I thought I didn’t need another boring rose chypre but this is quite different! Not mature leaning in any way, but the pepper and turmeric give it a completely different vibe to me. One of the most unisex roses I’ve tried. Honestly it threw me because I thought it would be all rose but it’s so well blended and the dry down is woody, almost ambery due to the spice mix. Hope this helps.
Girl, you are just the cutest! One of these companies needs to hire you! I wish I could smell all of these. All we have in our town is a small Sephora in Kohl’s and a small Ulta. They don’t have any of these perfumes 😕. I can’t afford to blind buy anything - though it’s tempting. My current favorite is Gucci Flora Gorgeous Gardenia - it’s ME!
oh my gosh I WISH 😅❤️! I don't have niche stores around me either, I buy samples online! I have a list in my description box of where I like to purchase them :) I will be testing Gorgeous Gardenia soon!
Okay okay okay, you’ve convinced me I have to get my nose on Herod! Santal vanille is also on my list to try next time I make it to a Sephora. I find my taste overlaps with yours a lot in that you have great taste and I pretty much always enjoy your recommendations, but I do have a love for what are currently perceived as “feminine scents” so I think some of my favorites would not appeal to you (plus some of my favorite notes are your most hated 😆). I love how we can all have different preferences in fragrance yet still come together to share this hobby (or obsession, if you’re me!)
Oh please do!! 😍 and I love feminine scents as well!! I have quite a few lifers haha. I’d just say that unisex is more “me in a bottle” but I adore my feminine scents for when I want to pull that mood! Hence why I have such a collection, I “need” something for different occasions, settings, temperatures, etc. 🤪 And it’s an obsession for me as well, a lifestyle really 😉😄
@@AnneLauren So I hadn't given a ton of thought to differentiate "me in a bottle" vs "fragrances I love" but I came up with four to represent different sides of me. One I'm not sure you've tried/what you think is Orchidee Vanille- to me, this represents my maternal side. It is soft, warm, comforting, and rounded, and is how I want to smell when I snuggle my son in front of a fire, drinking hot chocolate after playing in the snow. One I don't know if you've tried but doubt you would like is Girl of Now Forever- this is my summertime fun, flirty, sweet, playful side- I know it is definitely not for everyone, but I don't need everyone to love me or my fragrance! Then I would say Mon Guerlain is professional me in a bottle. As a counselor I want to be warm and comforting, yet still have a sense of sophistication and seriousness (while being mass appealing). Lastly, La Belle Le Parfum is "sexy" me- kind of intoxicating without being overdone, a touch of fruit and vanilla, and deep yet intimate (at least on my skin) and something I know my husband enjoys (he is not into fragrance and VERY picky). If you haven't tried Orchidee Vanille or GON Forever but want to, let me know and I can send you decants =)
Oh my gosh I LOVE that you took the time to write this out, this was so fun to read! 💕 You've described these perfectly!! Where's your channel girl?? 😉 The picture you painted with Orchidee Vanille = ❤️🥺 LOVE. Also, "I don't need everyone to love me or my fragrance" - preach 👏🏼. And that's so kind of you to offer! If you wanna dm me on Insta we could do a little sample swap! 😊
What the heck with the vocals???!!!! Lol, now THAT’s a hidden talent. Dang…. I really enjoyed this- makes me not think I’m crazy for liking a bit of everything…but I must say, creamy gourmands are deep in my heart. I wish I could find a perfect affordable one that’s not just a body spray. But it’s hard to find!! Any suggestions around $50?
Been sitting here wondering who you remind me of, and it's Samantha Ravndahl. Like a more confident, energetic Sam 😅 just found you, and loving your channel.
Omg i need the itty bitty bottle 🥺😍😂 i love anything miniature 😝 hi new sub 👀✌️ fellow Cali girl. Your nose is impressive! I love fragrance & i guess im more into it than, anyone else i know personally, but you really know your stuff! the detail you remember about notes and comparing to other scents & what frags fit into a scent ‘family’… your passion is palpable, love the enthusiasm 🤗 makes me relieved in a way to just enjoy this as a hobby of sorts & not have to have such in depth knowledge 😝😂 so there is a house i stumbled upon you might enjoy, my favorite what i was on the hunt for & i guess how i came to it, is Unforsaken, by Kerosene. So… lol, ive binged watched enough to know you’re iffy on orange blossom lol, but you love coconut, and it has both. I wanted something more feminine, bc i gravitate like you most toward unisex even masculine leaning, woodsy, smokey stuff- so i wanted something to express my feminine side, and i wanted a hint of citrus to uplift me in the winter, wanted a hint of coconut as well to remind me of summer, something a bit sparkly or bubbly🥂, and i wanted white floral sophistication specifically a creamy gardenia- this is actually orange blossom/jasmine, but still creamy white florals. Very sexy. I dont find it too strong/long lasting. But most important to me is the scent itself & i love the packaging as well. Im willing to bet you’d love 😘🤷♀️ new sub! ✌️ hope you check out the house of Kerosene & their scent Unforsaken, id be curious your take on them 😉🌸❄️☃️🍊🥥 ps. I wanted & think its a good year-round scent bc in a way its very summery, but there is also vanilla, and tonka, so it does warm up on the dry down & i find it uplifting for the winter, the white florals remind me of snow & the citrus like sunlight sparkling off of it🌨❄️✨🍊🍋🥥 or of holiday champagne with a twist of lemon 🥂🍋 anyway! Hope you try & enjoy! 🙏🤗😘
Girl! I just found your channel and I’m obsessed. I watched your video review for Ellis Brooklyn and agreed with everything you were saying. I kept yelling “same” after all of your thoughts 😂 It’s so hard to find a “fragrance influencer” you can agree with or trust in their opinions since scents are so personal, but I think I found my girl! Would you consider doing a fragrance house review for Lake & Skye and/or By Rosie Jane? I’d love to hear your thoughts on these clean fragrance brands! 🥰
@@AnneLauren By Rosie Jane is sold at Sephora and Lake & Skye can be found at Ulta! They both offer discovery boxes with samples of their sets (though Lake & Skye’s newest, fifth scent Midnight 07 isn’t apart of their sample box yet), if you did want to check them out! There’s not many clean/cruelty free fragrance houses out there that are easily accessible and won’t break the bank, so these come up a lot! Same with Pinrose as well! Again, I’d just love to hear your thoughts on any of them ☺️
@@AnneLauren oh really? I’ve been wanting to try Secret Genius (that seems to be their most popular scent) and Sun Saint! Another fragrance reviewer said Gilded Fox smelt like dusty artificial chocolate lol 🥴
@@laurensabino182 loll oh no I don't think so at all! But everyone has different tastes and opinions haha. I talk about it in this video if you're curious! ruclips.net/video/k3lV_g9lR1Y/видео.html I've tried Secret Genius and wasn't wowed by it. I thought it would be more gourmand than it is and it smells like it's on the cheaper side. Have yet to try Sun Saint!
I love watching your videos! I have the same taste as you! Vanilla, amber, liquor, woody scent OMG they are just too good! Can’t wait to see your top recommendations for 2022.
We definitely have similar tastes. I’d say The Embrace or Soir Exclusif are ME in a bottle. I must say, I adore a very wide range of perfumes. I love super stupid sickly sweet, I love fresh/citrus/aquatic, I love a lot of unisex fragrances, etc. I have found I don’t love overly animalic frags. I’ve experienced the cat pee from civet 🤢🤮 in perfume. I’ve experienced barn yard doo doo 💩 from some oud 🤢🤮. I blind buy a lot based on notes and reviews. I’m rarely disappointed. I have to watch for notes like civet or castoreum. If I see those, I must sample first no matter what the other notes might be. I have to do my research with oud dominant frags. Fragrantica & RUclips are very helpful. Love your videos. I enjoy your personality and appreciate that we have a similar vibe. 😊💕
Replica does fragrances right. I go hard for jazz club, as well. When I don't want to smell girly, jazz club is one of many that I go to. I love whispers in the library, as well. Amazing scent! Barber Shop is beautiful but too masculine for me to actually wear. I hate Delina. I tried with her, but I can't stand her. I love Athalia, Darcy, and Safanad. Come through with the voice, girl😄!
Have you tried Queens and Monsters by Henry Rose or Cote du Paradis by Lake and Skye (sadly,not long lasting on me)? Both are nice if you like sandalwood, IMO. The Queens and Monsters is richer - makes me feel like it has a tobacco note. Cote du Paradis is woody and a little sweet without being cloying at all - just not very long lasting. Both are really nice, IMO. Just thought I’d share.
Have you tried Vanille Havane by les Indemodables, it has pretty much all the notes you said you like. It’s an amazing winter fragrance, one of my favs
Have you tried Xerjoff bouquet ideale?? I think you’d really like it! one of my favorites so far and I feel like it has a similar vibe to PDM Harod in my opinion 🙂
We have a lot of cross over in taste.. Have you tried l'interdit intense?? I'm dead. (Girl, "minwee" it means midnight and demi means half... Half past midnight, what an adorable play on words and an incredible perfume, I'm sure.. Respect to Mz Rawling.)
Been obsessing over Meleg perfumes, too... Fun and intense wormhole. Russian Adam vids too.. Serious fragrance geeking to the highest level. Anyway, thanks for chatting... (No man is higher than chocolate.)
My fragrance taste is so close to yours ❤️ Have you tried YSL Sleek Suede ? It is definitely a hidden gem imo. 💎 💎 I wonder your thoughts about it in case you try. Love from Istanbul 👋🏼😍
YES! Oh my gosh it’s wonderful. There is something very slight in the background that turns a little sour? on me which is why I haven’t picked up a bottle but it’s so good!!
heyyyy love just wondering have you tried initios side effect? i hear its very close to herod in vibes and veryyyy sexy. cherry tobacco. i tried herod twice but i couldn’t detect it much on the strip… is it really magical on the skin?
Hi anne really Nice video, im very much interested in santal vanille ive seen reviews saying its a lot like gris charnel and crystal noir, what are your thoughts about it ☺
"If you know me - personally in life -" Me thinking Why don't I know her? haha You really have prompted me to go out and sniff Angel Muse. Pink pepper --yes Patchouli---yes
Omg, that’s so funny, I have never heard people talk about FDB Minuit as a Starbucks chai drink. That’s totally wack. There is no chai in there. I own it and love it but don’t wear too often., to me it’s a more of a winter/ special occasion frag. I am discovering that you and I have very similar dislikes in terms of frag notes- neroli, orange blossom, honey 🤢…That is very helpful. Although, VP poets of Berlin does not read to me as a gourmand at all, I even smell a bit of cigarette smoke in the back. Not enough to be off putting ( not a smoker), but just enough to give it that je ne sais quoi. And i DEF do not smell blueberry in it. Interesting. I never even looked up the notes, but hearing you say that, I will have to pay attention next time I wear it. Also, Byredo Gypsy Water to me is not a vanilla scent at all- it’s a fresh woody frag. And way too light and disappears off my skin like within 1/2 hour. Bal d’Afrique- strangely it does not read to me as a citrus scent. It’s a sweet floral, fruity kind of thing and I get some vétiver, and that’s basically it. It’s fascinating to me that we may love same frags but perceive them rather differently.
Hi Anne, Just came across your YT channel and I must say I liked it, very charming and authentic. Just be real, don't be a follower. I tend to be more niche, I like being different, I don't follow trends, I make my own statement. At 59 , I don't need the Games & Drama you know. My top 10 are: Boadicea The Victorious - Nebulous Fragrance Du Bois - Sahraa Royal Crown - Sultan Nasomatto - Pardon (SIG) Amouage - Jubilation (SIG) Amouage - Reflection Tom Ford - Noir Extreme Giorgio Armani - Cuir Zerzura The Spirit of Dubai - OUD Initio - Side Effects (SIG) Bvlgari - LeGemme Tygar
I finally got Santal Vanille and I am soooooo in love I get compliments it smells amazing it’s my easy grab and new signature scent ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 even wear it to bed
You are such a charismatic person. I come for the fragrance reviews but stay for your awesome personality.
Wow thank you so much!! Means the world ❤️🙏🏼
I would one HUNDRED percent describe you as sweet, charismatic, intelligent, witty, and hilarious.. all wrapped up into your own unique, elegant aura that attracts us all. I of course don't use perfumes lol, but I'm obsessed with hearing you characterize these fragrances with such clarity and sophistication! Please never stop making these videos!
Omg what a compliment from the viral KING 😉😉!? I love you so much!!!
Girl!!! You can sing!!! Excuse me, you can sang!!! Come on now!!! I loved this video! I think me in a bottle is bipolar bc I love these kinds of scents but I also have some amazing freshies! I am sooo glad I purchased Herod!!! Such an amazing recommendation ❤️
Awe thank you, thank you 😆❤️! oo could you give me some freshie recommendations that are unique?? I want to expand that scent category in my collection but I find so many boring haha
@@AnneLauren oh gosh! I don’t feel qualified 😂!! Have you tried any in the Byredo line or even Acqua Di Parma’s line? I tend to like orange blossom and tuberose, which may not go over well with you! 😆 I’ll think on that one a bit more!
@@star579_Chandra hahah oh no worries at all! Yeah that’s true I usually don’t vibe with those 😝😅 I’ve tried several from Byredo and 1 from Acqua Di Parma. So far nothing has hit the spot but I’m gonna keep trying more from them!
@@AnneLauren ahh 😂 ok! I am wanting to sample a few from Goldfield and Banks. There is this new Sunset one…I’ll have to see if that is a freshie!
You are so correct! Because of your reviews, I blind purchased santal vanille from 7 virtues and Skin by Clean Reserve 💛
It’s so impressive that you really know who you are and the perfect fragrances for you at such a young age. You have very interesting tastes. It’s so refreshing to see someone not talking about the fruity floral perfumes like so many reviewers do. I can’t stand them and It is definitely more difficult to find perfumes these days that aren’t fruity floral. Maybe I need to re-visit Maison Margiella. And I definitely want to try Santal Vanille! Keep up the great work! 🙂
thank you!! I appreciate that so much! ❤️ YES please sample Santal Vanille!!
I love jazz club. I 100% love your signature. They’re all my vibe. So happy I found you!!
And i purchased santal vanilla because of you! And love it.
You and I have similar fragrance tastes. I found your channel when you started posting about fragrances and I couldn’t be happier! Three discoveries of mine that I think you might love are:
-Encens Suave by Matière Première - incense that is cozy, resinous that has sticky benzoin that is slightly gourmand from a hint of coffee and vanilla
-The Blazing Mr. Sam by Penhaligon’s: give this one a minute on your skin, I didn’t love it at first. Then, magic happened. The spices from the cardamom, and the warmth and booziness from the tobacco just melds so so well together! If you love minuet et Demi and kilian’s intoxicated this is magic.
-Love and Crime by Ex Idolo: do I even need to say anything? The best pastry, orange-chocolate-vanilla gourmand. Period. It’s incredible
thank you so much for these recommendations!! ❤️ Encens Suave and The Blazing Mr. Sam are definitely on my to-try list, they look incrediblee 😍 Love and Crime wasn't QUITE for me cause it was a bit too gourmand for my taste, but I totally agree, it's very well done!!
@@AnneLauren ahh yeah love and crime is said to be very very realistic. But you like what you like. I have to agree, very well done indeed
I just blind bought Santal Vanille after watching your video, and you are on point! Def a more feminine and better Santal 33 and I’m obsessed. Thank You!
Btw, love your channel- you really deliver and stand out amongst all the fragrance RUclipsrs.
Thank you!! I appreciate that so much! 🙏🏼❤️ and I’m so glad you love Santal Vanille!! 😍
This video is DELIGHTFUL, and I love your choices!
Thank you!!
I feel the exact same regarding Harrod. My husband knows I’m literally obsessed with it. I know when he is wanting my undivided attention, because he chooses to wear Harrod.
oh my word...it's seriously something else 😍🤤
I've watched a few of your reviews on Santal Vanille. I tested it yesterday and it was love at first sniff. The shop was out of stock, so today I drove half hour to get a bottle. I think I had not looked at it because I don't like coconut, but I don't detect the coconut, I think it just rounds it out and makes it a creamy dream.
I fall in love with your vibe more and more every single video….and that voice, oh my god🤤
I really enjoy watching you because there is no commercial interest revealed, or popular/diva Barbie video like. You Look so natural and honest, and Also i love your tastes, that i don’t see just feminine and girly perfumes here.
P.S: i bought Santal Vanille thanks to you and a i loooove it!!
Also the “ME in a bottle Fragrances” are: Mon guerlain, Golden Powder by The House of oud (you need to try this one), La nuit Musc Diamant, Tobacco Vanille, Dama Bianca (for the fairy vibes day), Armani In love with you and lately Santal Vanille
thank you SO much Andreea! ❤️ And I'm so happy to hear you love Santal Vanille!! I love the variety in your "me" list! Also, I'm definitely gonna have to get a sample of Golden Powder, sounds amazing (I promptly went to Fragrantica to look up the notes haha)! 😍
@@AnneLauren thank you!! 🥰 lately i’ve been trying to expand my tastes and after i discovered Golden Powder i was absolutely charmed, it’s such a powerful one!
Also, have you tried Amyris femme by MFK? I just find a Sample of it and i think it’s interesting🤔
@@andreeaghiorghita914 oo I haven’t!
I love Charly's channel too! It's so awesome you gave her a shout out. I'm about to start my own fragrance channel and it's so heartwarming to see how supportive the community is and how y'all lift each other up so much! It's so beautiful to see!
eyy that's awesome Kelly!! Let me know when you start posting videos and I'll stop by! 😘
I think it’s time for another iteration of the signature Scents vid! 🙌🏽
I love your channel and I have learned a lot from you. Would you ever do a 101 in fragrances and how to understand the verbage and elements? Thank you so much.
Wow, I've finally found a woman who likes wearing Herod with as much enthusiasm and conviction as I do. It's just gorgeous. I also love Prolixe by Histoire de Parfum, Red Tobacco by Mancera and All the Queens Men by Fort & Manle-- too bad the performance with F & M fragrances is so bad. For the pricepoint I just can't justify a full bottle purchase which is a grand shame as I'd love to just clean sweep the entire range. They're all fantastic (if you like tobacco, sweet spicy fragrances that is). My favourite "masculine leaning" amber-forward fragrance is Rania J's 'Ambre Loup'. It's...I have no words. 😍
Ok fine I’m getting santal vanille. Also the voice! OMG girl! You’re a GEM
Thank you!
I am so happy to know I have ALL the parfumes that you mentioned! We have the same taste in fragrances. I gave Demi’s parfume to my Mom thinking I didn’t like it but LOVED it on her so I bought it again...😛✅🕊🌹
eyyy you have GREAT taste!! ;)) Oh my gosh I love that. It's too good for it not to go around 😜
Yes! Have been waiting for this one, your videos are so much fun to watch because you’re so passionate. So difficult to narrow it down but PdM Pegasus, TF Rose Prick and Jazz Club speak to my soul. 💕
thank you Alisha! 💕 I love how versatile your list is! Btw, do you think I might enjoy Rose Prick or is it a heavier, more mature rose?
@@AnneLauren absolutely worth a try! I almost skipped over Rose Prick because I thought I didn’t need another boring rose chypre but this is quite different! Not mature leaning in any way, but the pepper and turmeric give it a completely different vibe to me. One of the most unisex roses I’ve tried. Honestly it threw me because I thought it would be all rose but it’s so well blended and the dry down is woody, almost ambery due to the spice mix. Hope this helps.
@@Alisha-hs8xj Oo thank you! I’ll definitely give it a try!
Started sampling Montale’s Oud Tobacco and ughhh I’m just in love. It’s right up there with Jazz Club for me.
Oo I’m gonna have to get a sample 😍
Girl, you are just the cutest! One of these companies needs to hire you! I wish I could smell all of these. All we have in our town is a small Sephora in Kohl’s and a small Ulta. They don’t have any of these perfumes 😕. I can’t afford to blind buy anything - though it’s tempting. My current favorite is Gucci Flora Gorgeous Gardenia - it’s ME!
oh my gosh I WISH 😅❤️! I don't have niche stores around me either, I buy samples online! I have a list in my description box of where I like to purchase them :) I will be testing Gorgeous Gardenia soon!
I just want to say I just met the founder of 7 virtues while out in Sephora to buy Santal Vanille (which I decided to buy because of you).
Okay okay okay, you’ve convinced me I have to get my nose on Herod! Santal vanille is also on my list to try next time I make it to a Sephora. I find my taste overlaps with yours a lot in that you have great taste and I pretty much always enjoy your recommendations, but I do have a love for what are currently perceived as “feminine scents” so I think some of my favorites would not appeal to you (plus some of my favorite notes are your most hated 😆). I love how we can all have different preferences in fragrance yet still come together to share this hobby (or obsession, if you’re me!)
Oh please do!! 😍 and I love feminine scents as well!! I have quite a few lifers haha. I’d just say that unisex is more “me in a bottle” but I adore my feminine scents for when I want to pull that mood! Hence why I have such a collection, I “need” something for different occasions, settings, temperatures, etc. 🤪 And it’s an obsession for me as well, a lifestyle really 😉😄
@@AnneLauren So I hadn't given a ton of thought to differentiate "me in a bottle" vs "fragrances I love" but I came up with four to represent different sides of me. One I'm not sure you've tried/what you think is Orchidee Vanille- to me, this represents my maternal side. It is soft, warm, comforting, and rounded, and is how I want to smell when I snuggle my son in front of a fire, drinking hot chocolate after playing in the snow. One I don't know if you've tried but doubt you would like is Girl of Now Forever- this is my summertime fun, flirty, sweet, playful side- I know it is definitely not for everyone, but I don't need everyone to love me or my fragrance! Then I would say Mon Guerlain is professional me in a bottle. As a counselor I want to be warm and comforting, yet still have a sense of sophistication and seriousness (while being mass appealing). Lastly, La Belle Le Parfum is "sexy" me- kind of intoxicating without being overdone, a touch of fruit and vanilla, and deep yet intimate (at least on my skin) and something I know my husband enjoys (he is not into fragrance and VERY picky). If you haven't tried Orchidee Vanille or GON Forever but want to, let me know and I can send you decants =)
Oh my gosh I LOVE that you took the time to write this out, this was so fun to read! 💕 You've described these perfectly!! Where's your channel girl?? 😉 The picture you painted with Orchidee Vanille = ❤️🥺 LOVE. Also, "I don't need everyone to love me or my fragrance" - preach 👏🏼. And that's so kind of you to offer! If you wanna dm me on Insta we could do a little sample swap! 😊
Oh my days….. your singing voice is so gorgeousssssss…. ❤
I bought Santal Vanille because of you and I have to admit that at first sniff I wasn’t impressed but it has grown on me. Love it now! 🙂
So happy to hear it! 🥰
What the heck with the vocals???!!!! Lol, now THAT’s a hidden talent. Dang….
I really enjoyed this- makes me not think I’m crazy for liking a bit of everything…but I must say, creamy gourmands are deep in my heart. I wish I could find a perfect affordable one that’s not just a body spray. But it’s hard to find!! Any suggestions around $50?
Your singing voice is heavenly 🥰 love your videos btw.
thank you! 🥰
Been sitting here wondering who you remind me of, and it's Samantha Ravndahl. Like a more confident, energetic Sam 😅 just found you, and loving your channel.
Omg i need the itty bitty bottle 🥺😍😂 i love anything miniature 😝 hi new sub 👀✌️ fellow Cali girl. Your nose is impressive! I love fragrance & i guess im more into it than, anyone else i know personally, but you really know your stuff! the detail you remember about notes and comparing to other scents & what frags fit into a scent ‘family’… your passion is palpable, love the enthusiasm 🤗 makes me relieved in a way to just enjoy this as a hobby of sorts & not have to have such in depth knowledge 😝😂 so there is a house i stumbled upon you might enjoy, my favorite what i was on the hunt for & i guess how i came to it, is Unforsaken, by Kerosene. So… lol, ive binged watched enough to know you’re iffy on orange blossom lol, but you love coconut, and it has both. I wanted something more feminine, bc i gravitate like you most toward unisex even masculine leaning, woodsy, smokey stuff- so i wanted something to express my feminine side, and i wanted a hint of citrus to uplift me in the winter, wanted a hint of coconut as well to remind me of summer, something a bit sparkly or bubbly🥂, and i wanted white floral sophistication specifically a creamy gardenia- this is actually orange blossom/jasmine, but still creamy white florals. Very sexy. I dont find it too strong/long lasting. But most important to me is the scent itself & i love the packaging as well. Im willing to bet you’d love 😘🤷♀️ new sub! ✌️ hope you check out the house of Kerosene & their scent Unforsaken, id be curious your take on them 😉🌸❄️☃️🍊🥥 ps. I wanted & think its a good year-round scent bc in a way its very summery, but there is also vanilla, and tonka, so it does warm up on the dry down & i find it uplifting for the winter, the white florals remind me of snow & the citrus like sunlight sparkling off of it🌨❄️✨🍊🍋🥥 or of holiday champagne with a twist of lemon 🥂🍋 anyway! Hope you try & enjoy! 🙏🤗😘
Great fragrances! LITERALLY! 😊 WAIT! YOUR BEEEEEEEAUTIFUL VOICE THO! 😍
aww thank you!!!
Girl! I just found your channel and I’m obsessed. I watched your video review for Ellis Brooklyn and agreed with everything you were saying. I kept yelling “same” after all of your thoughts 😂 It’s so hard to find a “fragrance influencer” you can agree with or trust in their opinions since scents are so personal, but I think I found my girl! Would you consider doing a fragrance house review for Lake & Skye and/or By Rosie Jane? I’d love to hear your thoughts on these clean fragrance brands! 🥰
aw thank you so much!! 💕 I haven't heard of those brands before, I'll have to check em out!
@@AnneLauren By Rosie Jane is sold at Sephora and Lake & Skye can be found at Ulta! They both offer discovery boxes with samples of their sets (though Lake & Skye’s newest, fifth scent Midnight 07 isn’t apart of their sample box yet), if you did want to check them out! There’s not many clean/cruelty free fragrance houses out there that are easily accessible and won’t break the bank, so these come up a lot! Same with Pinrose as well! Again, I’d just love to hear your thoughts on any of them ☺️
@@laurensabino182 thank you! And speaking of Pinrose, Gilded Fox is 👌🏼🔥
@@AnneLauren oh really? I’ve been wanting to try Secret Genius (that seems to be their most popular scent) and Sun Saint! Another fragrance reviewer said Gilded Fox smelt like dusty artificial chocolate lol 🥴
@@laurensabino182 loll oh no I don't think so at all! But everyone has different tastes and opinions haha. I talk about it in this video if you're curious! ruclips.net/video/k3lV_g9lR1Y/видео.html
I've tried Secret Genius and wasn't wowed by it. I thought it would be more gourmand than it is and it smells like it's on the cheaper side. Have yet to try Sun Saint!
I love watching your videos! I have the same taste as you! Vanilla, amber, liquor, woody scent OMG they are just too good! Can’t wait to see your top recommendations for 2022.
they really are!! 🤌🏼 I can't wait to see what I discover this year 😝
I love them allllll😍😍 have you ever try Tom Ford Santal blush? I think you’ll love it since you love sandalwood 🥰
I have! It was a bit of a spice overload for me, like cooking spices, but I may revisit it because so many people rave about it!
Ok ok Anna you got vocals!!! So lovely 🥰
Amazing review 😉
Thank you!! 🥰
So glad to discover your channel :) ! It is great:)! Very good sense of humour !
I love angel muse. It’s so unique and addictive.
yes yes and yes!! 😍😍
We definitely have similar tastes. I’d say The Embrace or Soir Exclusif are ME in a bottle. I must say, I adore a very wide range of perfumes. I love super stupid sickly sweet, I love fresh/citrus/aquatic, I love a lot of unisex fragrances, etc. I have found I don’t love overly animalic frags. I’ve experienced the cat pee from civet 🤢🤮 in perfume. I’ve experienced barn yard doo doo 💩 from some oud 🤢🤮. I blind buy a lot based on notes and reviews. I’m rarely disappointed. I have to watch for notes like civet or castoreum. If I see those, I must sample first no matter what the other notes might be. I have to do my research with oud dominant frags. Fragrantica & RUclips are very helpful.
Love your videos. I enjoy your personality and appreciate that we have a similar vibe. 😊💕
I love that!! I love a range too (hence why I "need" a collection lol 🤪). That's awesome that you have such success with blind buying, I wish I did!
Definitely would have picked Minuit for you !
My best winter scent Dior Homme parfum. Best summer: "you or someone like you"... Make me think of walking in a garden full of mind and lavender!
Replica does fragrances right. I go hard for jazz club, as well. When I don't want to smell girly, jazz club is one of many that I go to. I love whispers in the library, as well. Amazing scent! Barber Shop is beautiful but too masculine for me to actually wear. I hate Delina. I tried with her, but I can't stand her. I love Athalia, Darcy, and Safanad. Come through with the voice, girl😄!
Okay girl!! I hear that beautiful voice!!👏
Have you tried Queens and Monsters by Henry Rose or Cote du Paradis by Lake and Skye (sadly,not long lasting on me)? Both are nice if you like sandalwood, IMO. The Queens and Monsters is richer - makes me feel like it has a tobacco note. Cote du Paradis is woody and a little sweet without being cloying at all - just not very long lasting. Both are really nice, IMO. Just thought I’d share.
Love your personality!!! You channel is great!! I think I am the only person in the world that hates “Angel”!! I can smell it a mile away!! Lol!!
Have you tried Vanille Havane by les Indemodables, it has pretty much all the notes you said you like. It’s an amazing winter fragrance, one of my favs
Ooo I have yet to!! Definitely on my to-try list! 😍💕
We have similar tastes! Great video.
Have you tried Xerjoff bouquet ideale?? I think you’d really like it! one of my favorites so far and I feel like it has a similar vibe to PDM Harod in my opinion 🙂
I have! I have a whole video on a Xerjoff house review 💕
@@AnneLauren can’t wait!!
i agree wih your list except the mugler muse angel
We have a lot of cross over in taste.. Have you tried l'interdit intense?? I'm dead. (Girl, "minwee" it means midnight and demi means half... Half past midnight, what an adorable play on words and an incredible perfume, I'm sure.. Respect to Mz Rawling.)
yes!! such a clever name, I love it 😊. I have tried L'Interdit Intense as well as the Rouge, unfortunately not for me!
Been obsessing over Meleg perfumes, too... Fun and intense wormhole. Russian Adam vids too.. Serious fragrance geeking to the highest level. Anyway, thanks for chatting... (No man is higher than chocolate.)
Your taste is fucking immaculate. Really trust your opinions, thanks for making such great content 💚
I appreciate you!! Thank you so much! 🙏🏼 ❤️
My fragrance taste is so close to yours ❤️
Have you tried YSL Sleek Suede ? It is definitely a hidden gem imo. 💎 💎 I wonder your thoughts about it in case you try.
Love from Istanbul 👋🏼😍
YES! Oh my gosh it’s wonderful. There is something very slight in the background that turns a little sour? on me which is why I haven’t picked up a bottle but it’s so good!!
heyyyy love just wondering have you tried initios side effect? i hear its very close to herod in vibes and veryyyy sexy. cherry tobacco. i tried herod twice but i couldn’t detect it much on the strip… is it really magical on the skin?
Ohhh yes yes, and I actually have a sample of Side Effect waiting for me to try! 😍
That voice! 😩🙌🏾🔥
Jazz Club is a no for me. The scent of the tobacco is way too much for me since I don’t enjoy cigarettes or cigars lol
Hi anne really Nice video, im very much interested in santal vanille ive seen reviews saying its a lot like gris charnel and crystal noir, what are your thoughts about it ☺
"If you know me - personally in life -" Me thinking Why don't I know her? haha You really have prompted me to go out and sniff Angel Muse. Pink pepper --yes Patchouli---yes
Hahah yess give it a try! 😍
if u like jazz club try ambre nuit by Christian Dior
When you finally find a fragrance youtuber that has the EXACT preferred scent profile as you….Subscribe.
🥺❤️ so happy to have you here!!
Omg you so cute 😭❤️ we are both emo fragheads ❣️
yess lol the people around me don't understand why I'm so passionate about it! LOVE the fragrance community
i love herod very addictive !!!!!!!!!!!!
OK BUT YOUR SINGING!!! ❤️
I have 5 out of those 7 fragrances and a sample of one other one.
niiice
Do you really like 7 Virtues Santal Vanille better than M. Micallef Note Vanillee?
They’re totally different fragrances, they really don’t compare! I love them both for different moods/reasons
Omg, that’s so funny, I have never heard people talk about FDB Minuit as a Starbucks chai drink. That’s totally wack. There is no chai in there. I own it and love it but don’t wear too often., to me it’s a more of a winter/ special occasion frag.
I am discovering that you and I have very similar dislikes in terms of frag notes- neroli, orange blossom, honey 🤢…That is very helpful. Although, VP poets of Berlin does not read to me as a gourmand at all, I even smell a bit of cigarette smoke in the back. Not enough to be off putting ( not a smoker), but just enough to give it that je ne sais quoi. And i DEF do not smell blueberry in it. Interesting. I never even looked up the notes, but hearing you say that, I will have to pay attention next time I wear it. Also, Byredo Gypsy Water to me is not a vanilla scent at all- it’s a fresh woody frag. And way too light and disappears off my skin like within 1/2 hour.
Bal d’Afrique- strangely it does not read to me as a citrus scent. It’s a sweet floral, fruity kind of thing and I get some vétiver, and that’s basically it. It’s fascinating to me that we may love same frags but perceive them rather differently.
Hi Anne, Just came across your YT channel and I must say I liked it, very charming and authentic. Just be real, don't be a follower. I tend to be more niche, I like being different, I don't follow trends, I make my own statement. At 59 , I don't need the Games & Drama you know.
My top 10 are:
Boadicea The Victorious - Nebulous
Fragrance Du Bois - Sahraa
Royal Crown - Sultan
Nasomatto - Pardon (SIG)
Amouage - Jubilation (SIG)
Amouage - Reflection
Tom Ford - Noir Extreme
Giorgio Armani - Cuir Zerzura
The Spirit of Dubai - OUD
Initio - Side Effects (SIG)
Bvlgari - LeGemme Tygar
OMG your SINGING VOICE beautiful!! I hope that you do SING !!XXOO
We need an update of this video? ❤😅
Damn! You can sing gurl! What r u dooooooing?
hahaha aww thank you! 😝❤️ I was in choir and always in musicals growing up so I love singing, I miss performing!
Definitely talented! The world needs you. Don’t waste it! 🙌🏽❤️
@@Winning29 🥺❤️ thank you thank you 🙏🏼
I de cluttered my Angel Muse and gave it to my sister. I know for fact that she never wears it. So, I think imma steal it back from her. 😬😬
lolll 😆
Same as the comment below. Could you het any prettier and charismatic 🤩😍. Marry me now!
Best oud ever: Gucci intense oud. Best wood: Issey Miyake wood& wood.
We are going to meet and I’m going to smell like your boyfriend lol. duh got Santal Vanille because of you 💯
haha I love it! 😉
You remind me of Zendaya personality wise.
U always overdo the verbs lmao
That voice tho!
thank you!
not u can sing 🤭
I prefer listening to you to watching, I really like your content but your animation feels unnatural
haha well if you knew me in real life you’d know that it’s not. I’ve been very animated my whole life
I finally got Santal Vanille and I am soooooo in love I get compliments it smells amazing it’s my easy grab and new signature scent ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 even wear it to bed