Will do! My order just shipped and I anticipate that I'll receive it sometime early next week.
Btw, if you've smelled the popular Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel, then you've smelled something that is in the same-ish ballpark as the 2005 Miss Cherie. Coco Mademoiselle has a stronger patchouli note with a woody note to it, whereas 2005 Miss Cherie is lighter, a tad sweeter, and more "bubbly"/champagne-y if that makes sense. Coco Mademoiselle is basically 2005 Miss Cherie's older sister.
I dumped it into an extra empty spray bottle I had (used to have BR540 in it but I rinsed it 3x with 91% alcohol) and it smells a lot more like dill after spraying. Still not worth scrubbing off but definitely not something I'll end up buying a bottle of. Maybe it has something to do with the decant process?
I dumped it into an extra empty spray bottle I had (used to have BR540 in it but I rinsed it 3x with 91% alcohol) and it smells a lot more like dill after spraying. Still not worth scrubbing off but definitely not something I'll end up buying a bottle of. Maybe it has something to do with the decant process?
It's not an unusual complaint to hear. I suspect it's one of the aromachemicals used in the accord, but I don't know if they use real sandalwood or not. It's getting increasingly cost-prohibitive to source, unfortunately.
There are also different kinds of sandalwood, like Australian, Indian, and New Caledonian, and all three of them have different scent profiles. You can see various reactions to many different kinds of sandalwood on Eden Botanicals. They have one that's grown on a plantation (so it's supposed to be more sustainable) and it has a different enough profile from the others that a lot of people seem to feel like it's a completely different animal.
I just smelled Santal 33 at Nordstrom.
It does smelled like a dill pickles from the cap.
But on my arm, it smells like a very dry sandalwood.
Think of a dried sandalwood fan.
Body chemistry and weather may affect Santal 33 too. Every one of my samples were dill, but when I got a small bottle it’s lovely.
It may even be the batch. I’d put it away and try again once you’ve been through the others. No reason you have to like it! I worry when I wear it others will smell pickles, but I’ve received enough compliments to off-set that worry. But maybe it’s just not for you.
(1ml Spray) Initial: Powdery vanilla. Not very woody or waxy. GF suggested it smells like a funeral home. Fades to be slightly woody, but way more powder and sweet vanilla. Pretty boring. Feels like a more feminine scent to me. Apparently it's been discontinued, but there are still lots of bottles available second hand.
I've read online that it supposedly smells like the first floor of the Radcliffe Science Library at Oxford but it doesn't smell like any library I've ever been to. Does anyone here know of any fragrances that smell more like Parchment?
Longevity: Lasted all day no problem. Was very boring throughout.
(1ml Spray) Initial: Very strong citrus from the bottle but loses a lot of that on my skin. Smells a lot like generic "warm" men's cologne after an hour. Not a bad smell but very boring.
Longevity: Really low projection after an hour. Would probably last an evening up close but not all day like Zoologist Bee or Santal 33.
Today ended up being Louis Vuitton Imagination(F)
(0.5ml Dab) Initial: Another strong citrus out of the bottle, much softer citrus on the skin. Very fresh. A nice summer scent. Becomes a little "soapy" as it wears, but I don't mind.
This is what I'd like to have gotten from the YSL above. Seems like a scent I could wear all the time.
GF approves. She loves the clean soap scent but is just alright on the citrus.
Longevity: Lasts several hours. Citrus loses it's projection pretty quickly, leaves a generic soap scent after.
Code:
| Tier | Items |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| S | |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| A | 1. Zoologist Bee |
| | 2. LV Imagination |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| B | 1. MMR Whispers in the Library |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| C | 1. YSL L'Homme |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| D | 1. Le Labo Santal 33 |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| F | |
I've realized I like the citrus scents a lot more than the more woody or "amber" scents so far. Excited to try out Terre D'Hermes. Are there any other citrus forward scents I should try?
I've realized I like the citrus scents a lot more than the more woody or "amber" scents so far. Excited to try out Terre D'Hermes. Are there any other citrus forward scents I should try?
Kerosene's Summer of 84 is a grapefruit so photorealistic it's almost vulgar. I like it a lot, because it's not just the scent of the juice but the rind as well, so it has a rough edge that most citruses lack. Byredo Sundazed is a lovely orange cotton candy that grows a bit soapy over time. That soapy can come from frags with a lot of nonspecific "aldehydes", and these can smell either very fresh and clean or soapy depending on your skin profile. They go soapy on me much like cilantro tastes soapy to me because of an aldehyde called trans-2-decenal present in the leaf which I'm sensitive to. So I tend to avoid frags described as "aldehydic".
If you want to test your own nose, try Escentric Molecules 01, which is just a compound known as Iso E Super that smells like cedar or absolutely nothing if you're anosmic to it. Glossier You (Ambrox) and Juliette Has A Gun's Not a Perfume (Cetalox) are also very polarizing scents because you might not smell any damn thing or it could smell amazing, won't know til you try them.
My body chemistry does not work with Santal 33 whatsoever. Like so many have said here, I felt like a pickle when I tried it. lol. From the bottle it smelled nice though.
Thank you!! I’m ordering it now. I’ve never smelled the original and always wanted to. I’m not a dupe fan but this is as close as I can get-I haven’t found a real one that I could afford. Glad to hear it’s the same!
Thank you!! I’m ordering it now. I’ve never smelled the original and always wanted to. I’m not a dupe fan but this is as close as I can get-I haven’t found a real one that I could afford. Glad to hear it’s the same!
You're welcome! I have a mini bottle of Miss Dior Cherie that's pretty much empty (but I've kept it because the bottle is cute and because I can still smell the perfume from it).
Comparing the two, they smell identical to my nose.
It's been a minute and I've tried a bunch more scents. I can't remember when I tried each so no more "Today I tried," sorry. NOTE: I've been applying the dabbers using pipettes. Doubt that matters but figured I'd mention it.
(0.5ml Dab) Initial: Bug spray, essential oil(?), grass. Fades a little and becomes more citrus. Long lasting but not overbearing. GF likes this a lot. One of her top scents. Way more interesting than my other favorites but not the safest.
Longevity: Lasts easily an entire evening, almost all day. Fades into a gasoline-y, grassy, citrus. One of the few scents I've tried that doesn't lose the zesty citrus immediately, but definitely more hay forward.
(0.5ml Dab) Initial: An Old Spice deodorant smell. Clean but not soapy. I have no idea how people are getting "Marine" or "Citrus." GF thinks it's "fine" and I'm partial to agree.
Longevity: Really bad? Loses it's projection almost immediately. Wouldn't be performant throughout an entire evening.
Creed Silver Mountain Water
(0.5ml Dab) Initial: Smells like celery from the bottle but becomes a nice clean soapy scent on skin. Slightly woody? Tea leaves? Very "green". I personally cant pick out any citrus. To be honest I have trouble picking out any specific notes at all. Smells like "Man Air," if that makes any sense.
Fades into something a little more musky, reminds me of the interior of an old farm truck.
Longevity: Not incredible but not terrible. Only soapy 4 hours in.
Creed Aventus
(0.5ml Dab) Initial: Smells very citrusy from the bottle but becomes spice on skin. Very very familiar. Not even a bad scent, just a very common one. GF likes it, notes that she has definitely smelled it before.
Longevity: A few hours. Would probably make it an entire evening.
(0.5ml Dab) Initial: Smells very citrus-y but becomes soapy clean as it hits my skin. Fades into a nice clean soap. Really simple scent, kinda generic, but that means it's wearable. GF says this is her favorite so far, but for me seems just a little boring.
Longevity: Low projection after an hour. Loses 90% of the citrus note almost immediately, exclusively very soapy hours later.
Hermes Terre D'Hermes Parfum
(1ml Spray) Initial: An amber citrus, almost like a really old lemon candy. Interesting. Strong enough to give me a bit of a headache.
GF agrees that it smells like lemon gumdrops. She likes it.
Longevity: Lasted all day but faded into an artificial lemon air freshener smell. Not soapy like LV Imagination.
(1ml Spray) Initial: Intense (but ephemeral) Froot Loops smell, which fades into a sweet, spicy floral. Very pleasant.
Longevity: Completely gone in 4 hours.
Diptyque Philosykos EDT
(1ml Spray) Initial: Pretty faint cut grass. I don't get any of the fig notes. Definitely "interesting," but not something I'd wear every day. GF thinks it's "just okay."
Longevity: Really bad, lasted maybe an hour before becoming too faint to smell reliably.
Maison Martin Margiela Replica By The Fireplace
(1ml Spray): Initial: Marshmallow and spiced firewood. Very nice scent. Not super strong. Fades into a faint sweet powdery marshmallow.
GF appreciates it's starting scent but is not a big fan of what it becomes.
Longevity: Lasted just barely an entire evening (4 hours).
(1ml Spray) Initial: Smells like a cinnamon flavored urinal cake. After a few hours standing in-front of an industrial fan it fades into a mens scent you'd get at Walmart. No way I'm wearing that again.
Longevity: Very strong, just gross.
Based on my rankings, are there any scents that might be potential S-tier that I'm missing? I'm planning on ordering Summer of 84 by Kerosene, a few others by Kerosene, Sundazed by Byredo, a few more from Zoologist like Night Flyer, Woodcut by OO, maybe Dev Two. Please let me know if there's anything that needs to be on my list.
As a side note: I'm excited to try some of these on my GF. She's gotten really into reviewing them on my skin and I think she'll have a lot of fun trying them on herself. Please let me know if you have any recommendations for stuff I should get her. I plan on ordering her Tommy Girl and Miss Cherie by My Dua Fragrance (do you guys know if anyone sells a sampler?) but there's an entire world of womens fragrences that I'm blind to. She definitely prefers citrusy, soapy scents.
I am not sophisticated when it comes to scent. I really like Happy by Clinique. It was my first scent, and its mandarin tones still uplift me, to this day.
As a side note: I'm excited to try some of these on my GF. She's gotten really into reviewing them on my skin and I think she'll have a lot of fun trying them on herself. Please let me know if you have any recommendations for stuff I should get her.
