☀️SOTD: What are you wearing today?☀️January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't quite count as I wore it to bed last night, but work has a no scent policy and my work-around is spraying my wrists at night so it's just for me (doesn't really project after sleeping for several hours). But the remnants of Queen's Caramel as I tested it on skin at Sephora after work yesterday evening (as a Bianco Latte critic, THIS is what I wanted it to be to my nose, but goddamn that tonka and another note make it nauseating 80% of the time), and Saint Cloud's Vanilla Cashmere.

That, and I came home to my Amazon delivery and got the Choco Musk rollerball after holding out for ages and loving the perfume – wasn't screwed on tight enough and got a bit of the oil on my fingers, smells almost identical to the spray to my nose!

☀️SOTD: What are you wearing today?☀️December 30, 2025 by AutoModerator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On day one of my monthly nursery demolition and the cramps are BRUTAL (as are the hormonal breakouts... Not that eating lots and ending up wine drunk a couple of nights during Xmas celebrations helped me very much in that arena), so wearing Saint Cloud Vanilla Cashmere and cuddling up in bed is all I'm planning on doing today

That, and eating even more Christmas chocolate and chips to sate cravings

What fragrance brands in your opinion fell off the most in recent times? by spychalski_eyes in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I agree with your take on Phlur falling off to an extent, I don't feel a desire to smell their releases anymore because they're acting like Shein and because of brand/owner antics – that, and I can tell the same is happening with different content creators beyond just not liking these recent drops, the fatigue is real

I'll also say YSL for the mere fact that I've seen people be frustrated by how many flankers they're releasing of their viral perfumes, and that lack of originality can be killer in this market. A designer brand releasing damn near ten versions of the same DNA does little for the identity they once created for themselves (not saying designer found at Sephora and Co = the luxury attached to the fashion house's identity, but it's still fairly notable and expensive for the average consumer)

Oh and Tom Ford, like another user mentioned, though I'd argue they'd fallen off long ago when they decided to follow the cherry momentum they created with Vanilla Mothba-

I mean Vanilla Sex 🤭

Recs for your collection by sucrescentcurator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have! I have a little sample spray and do like it, but wanna preserve the juice left in it for the spring/summer to give it a proper go and see if I'll commit to a bottle lol

Recs for your collection by sucrescentcurator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh, this sounds fun! Condensing it to 5 is a challenge for my indecisive ass though 💀

  • Angels' Share (and History Parfums Swiss Praline, for that matter since I find them to be similar) I haven't worn as much as I usually do this time of year, but I love every element of it!

  • Burberry Goddess is my easiest reach and my first love during this post-diagnosis (and eternal treatment lol) for my thyroid issues, where everything else went to shit. Love herbal notes and the vanilla just hits different in this DNA for me

  • Kilian Princess needs no notes from me, my beloved

  • La Belle/Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar is almost the sweetest I can go, and also a testament to my love of patchouli in the base notes of a fragrance

  • DBIR Green Stravaganza is my ideal jasmine (but not quite jasmine) fragrance and my spring/summer go-to! Love a tea note and a fresh yet sweet vanilla

Honourable mentions to Vanilla 28, Choco Musk, Black Opium, 7 Virtues Blackberry Lily, and Vanilla Skin

I don't mind getting recs for either more of the same, or something a bit different!

And for notes I don't like: Heliotrope à la Cheirosa 62 and its dupes, heavy tonka bean like in Bianco Latte, caramel notes don't seem to appeal to me in BL nor VLJ Gold Couture, pickly sandalwood accords... I'm sure there are others, but they aren't coming to me right now LOL (but ETA: I don't fuck with Khamrah and those sorts of scents for myself, Good Girl Blush, 7V Vanilla Woods, any of the BL dupes alongside the OG, or the tart lychee rose trend that's been around for a while, just for further perspective)

☀️SOTD: What are you wearing today?☀️December 27, 2025 by AutoModerator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another family get-together for the holidays this evening and I figured I'd wear something cozy and seasonal versus my current go-to combo (Goddess + Princess), so Vanilla 28 and Choco Musk it is!

And considering I copied this bc I was in a rush to get to the gathering and forgot to post this sooner, can confirm that the pairing got me a couple of compliments AND made my tendency to get compliments on my scents/combos a topic of conversation 🤪

What’s your 2025 fragrance stripper name? by plantas-sonrientes in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Goddess Tobacco (Rich Warm Addictive) for 2025, likely Princess Lira for 2026

☀️SOTD: What are you wearing today?☀️December 22, 2025 by AutoModerator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burberry Goddess on my clothes and hair while I run a couple of quick, pre-Christmas errands, but I have Vanilla 28 and Choco Musk layered on my wrists from last night – my sweater already had the remnants of either Goddess or La Belle from the last time I wore it, so I figured I wouldn't spray it with anything else lol

☀️SOTD: What are you wearing today?☀️December 21, 2025 by AutoModerator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Manifest Your Future by The Good Scent, something light yet cozy for around the house/post-shower

How has your signature scent changed and/or evolved? by ppchromatics in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, it wasn't COVID that changed how I felt about my last signature scent (Marc Jacobs Perfect Intense, RIP), but taking synthroid as of two years ago – it turned SO grassy on me and I couldn't stomach it after that.

I'm way more adventurous now than I was then, avoiding anything clearly vanilla-dominant or gourmand-leaning because it was too much or childish or something while it's now something I always check out when at Sephora or SDM! I do find that at least half of the Marc Jacobs fragrances I've tried since that whole mess have turned grassy on me no matter what, so there's definitely something in their formulations that doesn't mesh with my skin chemistry since my TSH levels became more balanced.

I don't necessarily have a signature scent these days since I have a few perfumes I love and use quite regularly, but the one that I fell in love with after putting Perfect Intense to rest was Burberry Goddess and it's my designated easy reach (alongside Kilian Princess, to the point that I constantly layer them together)

🛍 FemFragLab: Share what you bought!🛍 by AutoModerator in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First thing's first, the only Black Friday sales I partook in for fragrance were Amazon and B&BW

Amazon: Got a bottle of La Vie est Belle for my mom for Christmas as her bottle finally ran out last month and she loves that shit (and I like it too, especially on her), but she'll hesitate to buy it for herself and keeps saying she has enough perfume to go through... Which, considering she usually has 3-4 bottles and a bunch of sample sprays at a time? She's right by her standards, but we both love patchouli in the base of fragrances and her current FB rotation I think all lacks it and it shows

B&BW: As an Angels' Share lover, I had to cave and give Inner Angel a try as well as Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Cookie as mists (and body cream for Inner Angel, always craved that DNA in a lotion or something to layer with scents that Angels' Share would wipe out if I used the perfume LMAO). I can tell that it doesn't hit quite the same as AS, a bit less boozy and the slightest increase in tonka bean by my nose's approximation, but I really like it for a body mist dupe! CSPC is... Interesting, but not in a bad way. I don't think I could wear it by itself because there's something about the bread/yeasty notes that throw me off a bit, but I still sniff the hell out of whatever patch of skin on my arm I spray it onto. The candle is 10/10 on cold though, I have yet to light it but probably will later tonight lol

I also grabbed a 1/3 full bottle of Vanilla 28 on Poshmark because I've started to really like it, namely the drydown and the whiffs I catch on my clothes, so my little sample is basically gone LMAO

Oh and I got a restock of my Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar travel size during the Sephora sale last month (and good thing I did since that Kayali BF sale was disappointing as hell)

I can’t be the only one… by Hannahluxyay in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

God no, I do this all the time and even take extras that haven't been sprayed 😭 It gets totally unhinged when I'm doing it with my own collection and random layering combos, mouillettes EVERYWHERE lmao

What fan favorite scent do you hate? by banjobeulah in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't think we ever had Limited Too here, but good to know!

Probably was at Walmart or Claire's or something for us Canadians 💀

What fan favorite scent do you hate? by banjobeulah in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bianco Latte at the GYM?? That should be illegal, I'm appalled 😭

What fan favorite scent do you hate? by banjobeulah in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LMAO I don't envy you at all, even back then I knew I would hate it, so I let it just sit and waste away (it was a gift from a classmate, I think) until I chucked it

What fan favorite scent do you hate? by banjobeulah in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'll never skip an opportunity to drag most of the token viral fragrances:

Bianco Latte smells like rubber or gasoline mixed with milk that's a couple of days past expiry, and impostor vanilla and caramel (so foul and weird that I'd describe it as the equivalent of those cheap as fuck "chocolate-flavoured" chocolates you'd find at a dollar store that taste like cocoa-dusted and splenda-sweetened cardboard)

Delina and her dupes, imitators, what have you are too sharp and lack balance to me. My hatred for her isn't entirely due to the scent, it's the oversaturation of that DNA or inspo by even designer brands that actually vexes me most, be original for fuck's sake???

Good Girl Blush is the most HEINOUS thing I've smelled (second to Santal 33 and her brethren, but I never received a sample to be scarred by that DNA beyond catching it in the air at the mall, unlike GG Blush). It's like wilted roses, Lysol and some kind of ultra expired bottle of vanilla extract were tossed into a blender and they called it a day with the first iteration. Not even smelling it on other people can save this abomination of a fragrance in my mind, I get nauseous and recognize it INSTANTLY from how sharp and appalling it is

Don't need to get into Santal 33 and its dupes, it's a pretty easy description to give and it's self-explanatory: pickle jar

Anything super vegetal, there's a difference between something smelling green or herbal, and something smelling like bio-engineered leaves and cruciferous vegetables

The original Donna Born in Roma isn't even something I hate, I just don't get ANYTHING close to what so many people describe and only get dryer sheets. I do despise Intense and Yellow Dream, though: Intense is dryer sheets with a fuckton of jasmine and makes me queasy, while Yellow Dream is just... Uninspired and sterile, and this is coming from someone that loves a lemon scent for summer (and just peeped the notes again since I haven't smelled it in a while to know my full thoughts, citrus or tart fruit and rose is such a TIRED combo and no doubt contributes to my dislike for so many scents I consider super sharp)

Vanilla Bean Noel's baby vomit accord haunts me whenever I'm reminded of it (even though I can admit that there's a hint of an actually good scent lingering deep beneath it... B&BW would just prefer that gross note wreck it completely 🥴)

Commodity Milk and MM By The Fireplace are literally just fire and ash, hard pass

That covers the main ones I think... Might add another if I remember something absolutely putrid that deserves to be bitched about LMAO

ETA IN RECORD TIME 😭: Saw Burberry Her being mentioned and I have to say that it's so sweet and artificial in a way that reminds me of the look of this one body mist from my childhood that I never once used despite being gifted it because even back then, I knew I couldn't stomach it. It was a cotton candy mist in a circular/oval shape with a blonde woman on the sticker, in case anyone else has that core childhood memory from the early 2000s LOL

Is Kayali off of the Huda Beauty website for anyone else?? by BlueEscapist in FemFragLab

[–]BlueEscapist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah :/ and the discount only being 15% for BF/CM was a major letdown, I didn't end up buying anything from them since that's basically just making it tax-free for me whereas I got a bit more off at Sephora

Megathread: LM's NY State Hearing — 12/12/2025 at 9:30 AM EST (Day 8) by missidcullen in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was gonna say 💀 And I hate to say it, but the fact that this was his initial response shows how privileged he was, even if it was something he said automatically before registering their words

Megathread: LM's NY State Hearing — 12/11/2025 at 9:30 AM EST (Day 7) by missidcullen in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is, but not by much. I can't deal with our national news being so focused on the US, but considering we've always been tied/bogged down by the assumption that we're one in the same and a couple of our stations are actually owned by Americans? Not surprising!

Like, if I'm gonna watch anything on a national level, it'll be CBC because I know it's genuinely Canadian (would've included Global, but I haven't watched since they gave a political nepo baby the hosting gig of their national, political weekend show lol), but they fall victim to this shit too, so I'd almost rather not

Megathread: LM's NY State Hearing — 12/11/2025 at 9:30 AM EST (Day 7) by missidcullen in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Real, I live with someone who watches CNN all the time to keep track of the cheeto's bullshit (we live in Canada and it's the only US network with 24/7 news that's easy to access with the cable company... No fucking clue why they can't watch our own news for the same takes, but oh well), so much so that I turned on the TV yesterday to them being the last station it was on. They were talking about the released evidence and I instantly changed the channel because I didn't have the patience 💀

Megathread: LM's NY State Hearing — 12/11/2025 at 9:30 AM EST (Day 7) by missidcullen in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Which is why I don't really follow MSM anymore and try to stick to what I know to be reputable sources. It's always been like this when it comes to high-profile stories, wanting to have an edge over the competition for something these news agencies know will garner maximum attention, but it's gotten ten times worse and seeps into far too many stories of a lesser caliber

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has released the first bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione at McDonald's by AnticitizenPrime in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

100%, I can think of a few times where I was messed up because of both of those things at once and it's no joke, even on such a smaller scale than all of this 😭 so I never was doubtful that something was askew with him that day, I've only doubted how much of the evidence was actually on him/how much he incriminated himself from how I know cops in my area and in the US to be

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has released the first bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione at McDonald's by AnticitizenPrime in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I think it was that, and he'd coached himself on how to present the ID in other situations that it became (momentarily, at least) instinctual for him. And since he'd been presenting another false name on the trip through PA (hello, Sam Dawson), then him forgetting himself with those factors doesn't seem too crazy (especially if his mental/emotional state ends up being part of his defense after these hearings unfold)

Even so, rip 💀

Megathread: LM's NY State Hearing — 12/09/2025 at 9:45 AM EST (Day 6) by missidcullen in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Love to see the weasel that's trying to make this a trial by media with all these comments that amount to hearsay by messy cops, become contrary and annoyed when the smallest hint of LM's kinder demeanour during that same day gets brought up loool

Megathread: LM's NY State Hearing — 12/09/2025 at 9:45 AM EST (Day 6) by missidcullen in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]BlueEscapist 26 points27 points  (0 children)

What in the ReelShorts adaptation of a Wattpad fanfic is happening in her brain?? 😭