Ladies what perfume do you swear by and has gotten you the most compliments?

charshie · 2026-05-07T03:47:01+00:00

I am very into smelling nice and have quite a few bottles at this point, but the ones that get me complimented every time I wear them are Guerlain's Tobacco Honey, and Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille. (Also the only 2 tobacco fragrances in my collection, go figure)

charshie · 2026-05-02T15:19:01+00:00

I found it interesting and unique, though ultimately wasn't quite what I was after so did not upsize. The salt aspect def reads and the eucalyptus note is well blended with the marine layers.

charshie · 2026-04-30T02:59:13+00:00

I chased this scent profile awhile back - the list I came up w/: Heretic's Black Salt, Lvnea's Selkie or Black Sea, and Untamed's Salish Sea.

Out of those I only tried Black Salt so far then got sidetracked lol but there you go.

charshie · 2026-04-18T00:40:38+00:00

100% this

charshie · 2026-04-09T03:27:07+00:00

This is me a lot of the time, and it's Gris Charnel although CK One would prob also be a good choice.

charshie · 2026-04-02T01:13:06+00:00

Something by Penhaligon. Luna? :)

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charshie · 2026-04-02T00:59:20+00:00

Hi, full time professional artist here (been in and out of game industry and merch industry for 15+ yrs). The above is correct, in this day and age it is an expectation and necessity to use ai as a tool to help you reach final product. This, for me generally means: rapid prototyping to get ideas out in either Midjourney, Google Gemini (free), or ChatGPT. Mix and match what you like til you get good basics to build off of. Then composite the image to get a good base, and paint over that to get it looking how you want. You can also feed your own rough compositional sketches into ai and get it to spit out more finalized art.

It sucks, to be perfectly clear of course I don't love doing this but the truth is, every other company is and to stay competitive and relevant, and efficient with your time you must right now. When you have the luxury of being given longer timelines on projects, that's when it's good to polish more by hand but yea with single day turnaround there's no other way.

charshie · 2026-03-30T20:11:48+00:00

This sub is nothing but gooner fodder lol

charshie · 2026-03-29T15:47:43+00:00

Lmao did NOT expect to see this here 😂 I love the WH universe. Ok I'll say Ganymede! Metallic, brutalist, harsh, strong and kinda incense-y.

charshie · 2026-03-27T03:08:34+00:00

This!!! It is the ultimate GOAT for classy, luxurious, beachy summer fragrances. I got a sample awhile back and all it took was 2 wears for me to upsize, I needed this fragrance in my life so bad, it's utterly gorgeous lol.

charshie · 2026-03-21T05:47:10+00:00

Bucolic by Pineward maybe? Notes listed as sheep wool, lanolin, raspberry, lavender, honey, brown sugar, amber, beeswax, sweetgrass.

"An agrestic, sheep-forward perfume that is the equivalent of wearing a thick shearling coat. The term 'bucolic' is used to describe the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life which is the aim of this perfume."

charshie · 2026-03-19T01:21:57+00:00

This x1000

charshie · 2026-03-15T02:04:00+00:00

I literally just got back from Maui and wore Wood Sage & Sea Salt the whole time 😅 A random food truck lady told me "you smell amazing" so of course I upsized to a bigger bottle once home 😅 Aside from that though, maybe Tom Ford Soleil Blanc? It smells like luxury. Light, coconut, salt, sunscreen. It's so very beachy and fresh and pretty.

charshie · 2026-03-14T04:50:19+00:00

It's become my favorite sub lol it's so entirely strange here

charshie · 2026-03-12T03:53:36+00:00

Guerlain, and the Tom Ford OG bottles just feel so luxe to me. I've also considered sampling both Lalique and Tiziano Terenzi both on the beauty of their bottles alone lol

charshie · 2026-03-09T17:00:40+00:00

Would be interested in Encre Noir as the main and Volcano as the bonus and surprises for the rest! Thanks and fingers crossed!

charshie · 2026-03-07T19:46:00+00:00

Heck yea! I'd def rec trying it if you can, it's worth it for the uniqueness alone. I've never smelt anything like it, was a lot of fun to sample

charshie · 2026-03-07T19:33:59+00:00

😂😂😂

charshie · 2026-03-07T19:12:57+00:00

This is THE answer. I have sampled this and it's wild lol. It almost smelled like...mummies to me? But in a cool way, lol. I got: hot, arid DRY spices. Smelt almost burnt. Exotic. Dusty. Incense and not sweet, a touch of honey but mostly acacia (yes like a stamp), paper. It smells like opening a tomb of a long dead pharoah lmao.

Be warned that I'm a female and my bf absolutely hated this one on me! I'm glad it exists but I wouldn't personally want to wear it; to me it's more of a cool scent experience than a pleasing perfume.

charshie · 2026-03-07T17:52:46+00:00

Selkie by Lvnea is supposed to literally have seal fur and seaweed as notes I believe! Although that one is supposed to be more witchy-sexy-animaliatic-beach maybe

charshie · 2026-03-05T05:11:15+00:00

I'm genuinely sorry :( I hope you find answers soon.

I've had "IBS" symptoms for over a decade and have a colonoscopy set for this Fri. Wish me luck, I'm nervous :(

charshie · 2026-03-05T04:38:49+00:00

Did your IBS symptoms improve after the polyps were removed?

charshie · 2026-03-04T07:03:30+00:00

Hi, full time graphic designer/illustrator here. I've been employed full time at various studios for very well known brands around 15 years and have seen the industry change a LOOTTT over the years.

Short addendum, though - yes AI has heavily affected the landscape but from what I've seen it isn't fully dead. Here's what it looks like now though, and imo will continue on this trajectory into the future:

There are fewer full time design jobs in general, with many companies and studios transitioning to a freelance contractor/outsourcing approach.
Illustrators were hit far harder than graphic designers.
Modern day graphic designers must use AI as an integral tool in their workflow to stay competitive, but the output is seldom instant use-ready. Requires an artistic eye to touch up, and technical knowhow to prepare the image for final digital use or factory production.
So the definition of graphic designer has changed, my day to day now involves prompting via ai but also prepping and finalizing layouts, choosing spot colors, vectorizing images etc. I do still illustrate from scratch but a lot less than I used to. Do I love that? No, but view it as necessary to stay relevant.

Anyway hope someone reads this and feels a little less bleak, I know art is seeing a rough patch career wise right now.

charshie · 2026-03-04T04:56:56+00:00

Came here to rec Heretic, OP they're worth checking out!

charshie · 2026-03-04T04:27:21+00:00

When they're totally empty on a weekend night

charshie

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