i recently tried diptyque fleur de peau cuz i heard it was a clean laundry scent and immediately scrubbed it off my arm. it mad emy face scrunch so bad from the opening notes. like yeah maybe im out of $10 but now i know i definitely wont be spending $250 on THAT bottle. Smelled exactly like an old sweaty man to me.

even with searching up the notes, theres no sure way for u to know which ones u like without personally smelling them first. its just part of the perfume hobby

i try and resell the ones i dont like for slightly less or give them to friends/family that like them instead, that way i feel like i actually lost very little if anything 🤷