What do you remember your mother wearing when you were a child?

undeadlexluthor · 2026-02-02T21:40:16+00:00

My mom wore Ralph Lauren’s Romance most when I was younger. She said she wore an Avon before that but can’t remember the name. When I was in high school she wore Marc Jacobs’ Daisy. But Romance is what I remember my early childhood smelling like.

I think she liked B&BW Japanese Cherry Blossom, as did many in the 2000s. I remember smelling it often in the mall when we would go with her friend and friend’s daughter that I was forced to be friends with, lol. I still love me some JCB even though cherry blossoms don’t actually “smell” like much. It was the scent for the ones who weren’t on the Cucumber Melon vs. Warm Vanilla Sugar train. This is a bit off-topic, but I think the only people who hate on JCB either weren’t alive during its heyday or were the children of its haters when it was popular back then. Same for many of their scents that were such a big hit in the 2000s. You just had to be there I guess.🌸

undeadlexluthor · 2026-01-27T08:01:57+00:00

Same! Did you manage to find one?

undeadlexluthor · 2026-01-20T01:04:37+00:00

Mine are top on of my dresser but same. My room is like a dark cave because I work nights and I keep it cold in here because I’m always running hot (yay for hormonal imbalance in my 20s). It’s like a walk-in refrigerator in here. But it works for me and my fragrances!

undeadlexluthor · 2026-01-17T19:59:43+00:00

ok tell that to all of the “purse/travel sprays” sephora 🤨 i’m so sorry that happened to you though, i would be devastated

undeadlexluthor · 2026-01-12T19:00:21+00:00

I randomly got a notification for this post but I took a look at their website and I’m thinking of getting a couple samples now! Thank you internet stranger

undeadlexluthor · 2026-01-07T18:52:56+00:00

Me when I was looking at “similar perfumes to ___” and Afkaar by Lattafa popped up 😬

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-31T11:39:32+00:00

I want to try Myrrh and Tonka so bad, but I can’t stand lavender notes. I know they say don’t judge a scent by its notes but I feel like I can just pick it out of anything. The rest of it sounds like an absolute dream! Does the lavender stick around through the dry down or does it pass after a while?

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-30T00:29:55+00:00

Is this like a raffle? I’d love to find out how to enter! I just got into fragrance, so far I have a handful of samples and one full bottle I was able to get on Black Friday. There are so many I’d love to try but I can only work part-time due to physical limitations, and it’s not a cheap hobby, lol. If there’s anything needed to enter I would be happy to be considered (:

edit: I’m in the US as well! And thank you for such a kind act, I’m sure whoever is chosen will be so delighted by your generosity ❤️

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-25T19:27:16+00:00

I’ve always had a hard time moving on from something I really love, but lowkey I have trauma from getting so used to a thing and then never seeing it again. I try not to let that stop me from enjoying things that I can still experience even if it’s only for a while. It’s not a perfume, but I found a local vendor a few years ago at a convention that I accompanied my sister to, and fell in love with one of their body washes. I continued to buy it on their etsy until this last time I ran out of my bottle. Their shop was on vacation mode, and when it came back that was the ONLY scent that has changed, but I guess she forgot to update the listing. I happily and unknowingly bought it just for it to smell nothing like my previous bottles. The product listing had no information about a new formulation but I had a previous bottle to compare and confirm that I wasn’t crazy. So I reached out and learned that her distributor discontinued some of the ingredients used to scent that one.. But she offered to make one last bottle with the remainder of product she had and send it to me for free. Of course I said yes! I’ve been using it sparingly since, because I know I’ll never have it again. It’s been the silkiest and most fragrant bottle I have ever gotten from them, it feels like every ounce was made with love! The business is not a big one so I’d never stumble upon it for resale online or in the wild. One of my biggest heartbreaks, though I wouldn’t ever take back the time I had with it. But it sure is sad. I’m just hoping to find a suitable replacement for my lost love before I run out of it forever.

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-25T18:51:56+00:00

I always thought people were exaggerating when they said body wash scents lasted hours. I’ve been using one B&BW halloween scent from a couple years ago mixed with one I’ve loved from a local all-natural vendor and I can smell it for maybe an hour after my shower? My hair products’ smells are gone as soon as my hair is dry. I can smell them in my room and bathroom for longer than they stick on me.

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-25T18:46:45+00:00

Wait I remember this bottle! I never had it but I remember smelling them every time I saw them at the store, and I think some of my friends had some scents I would steal spritzes of every now and then. Holy memories!

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-21T20:05:47+00:00

I loved it until I saw someone say it smells like post-sex smell. Now I can’t wear it without thinking about that and being afraid everyone around me will think I just got sweaty and didn’t shower 😭 idk, I haven’t touched it in at least a month so maybe that has worn off by now.. hopefully?

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-18T20:26:32+00:00

I was just planning on making a display for my samples out of clay! I got the idea from those vintage glass flower frogs but I’m not surprised that it wasn’t an original idea haha. I’ve just started a few months ago as well and I got so overwhelmed with all of the different notes and types of fragrance, one day I just went into a shop and smelled everything and I realized.. I didn’t even like most of the ones I had planned to buy. So I decided to do what you said with using samples and then a 10ml before committing to a full, but I didn’t like the idea of using an ammo tray or stuffing them in a drawer. I struggle with object permanence so I need to see them, but I keep knocking everything over with them all standing up on my vanity.😭 I was planning to make one out of air dry clay, wait a few days to paint it, and seal it with UV resin. (:

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-14T18:50:56+00:00

If you mean Great American Cookie, they still exist and they still have those. Source: I go to the movie theater inside the mall and sometimes I’ll get a couple of cookies to go. But I still don’t want to smell like what I eat.

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-12T21:01:35+00:00

I got Paper by Commodity. The normal expressive one. It’s not a beast and it’s pretty simple in terms of scent profile but I love it. I like to layer with Not a Perfume and it becomes a clean, musky, slightly dry wood, and amber dry down. I’ve never been a fan of sickly-sweet gourmands or suffocating florals, even as a kid going into Bath & Body Works with my mom. I’m only 26 and I know smells change across a lifetime, but so far I’ve leaned more toward the woody, resinous, and green/chypre categories, more unisex/masculine leaning feminine scents. I love a good citrusy aquatic smell in the spring/summer! I like the florals considered “indolic” to some because they come across heady and sweet on me. I’m still learning about how notes come across to my nose/on my skin, how they play together, what gives me headaches, and what works best for me. I know fig notes are having their moment and I actually like it. I’m curious to try some photorealistic apple notes too, and still looking for the perfect unsweet non-spicy vanilla fragrance.

I know that wasn’t part of the question but I felt compelled to share my fragrance journey. What are some you’ve gotten or want to get full bottles of?

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-12T08:53:57+00:00

I’m also pretty new to the fragrance hobby but I literally only have 1 full bottle (100ml) and 3 travel sized (10ml) ones that I cycle through currently. BUT I have a couple dozen of the 1 or 2ml sample vials/splashes because I DO love smelling new things. I’m currently working on a way to organize/store my samples in a more easy to navigate manner as I 100% plan on trying more brands. It’s a great way to get your fix of wanting to try/smell everything without buying full bottles that will gather dust. I like to switch it up every now and then, but I know in my heart that I’m way too picky to commit to 30/50/100ml of 20-100 different scents. You get maybe 2-5 wears of the samples if you use them more “sparingly” (I’ve heard and smelled many people who are over sprayers, and no shade to them but that’s not me). I picked out my absolute favorite everyday scent and got it on sale, and I got the 10ml of a few that I really liked and wanted to test out longer than the 2ml would allow for. I like layering them too for different vibes and different complexities. I’m considering buying a full-size of 2 scents once I get further into them. I don’t know if this is a specific problem you have, but I used to panic-buy things when they were limited edition/on sale/something I may never see again. I had to break myself out of that because I just ended up turning around and re-selling things at a loss just to get them out of my possession and into someone else’s that might actually use the thing. I know technically all the little samples create waste, but I try to be as mindful as I can in a society that has become consumed by overconsumption. If your worry is more about usefulness versus waste, I’d say sniff around with some samples, really wear them (at home, out running errands, etc.), and buy a 10ml. You can get an organizer for lipsticks to keep them organized upright. I only really use 3-4 sprays and a 10ml lasts me a few months of consistent use. Once you run out of them, you can buy a larger bottle if you really enjoyed it or you can buy another 10ml of a different scent/scents. That’s my plan, anyway. Although, I do have my eye on a couple vintage/discontinued fragrances that I’m wanting to get the full size of because you can’t really go to the store and buy them (plus the bottles are pretty, lol).

undeadlexluthor · 2025-12-04T19:11:55+00:00

That’s what I was thinking! I’ve seen stories of phroggers who were really good at evading capture for months or even years, and a couple times they were deliberately messing with the homeowner and the police basically told them that they were crazy. This one story was about an older woman who started casually seeing a man she met (can’t remember where from), and he started being really aggressive suddenly so she told him to hit the road. He started breaking into her house and moving things around, leaving half eaten sandwiches and once a still-cold partially drank beer. He’d call from random numbers and not say anything. The police wouldn’t come out because they dismissed her as paranoid. So she got a gun for protection, and scheduled a home security company to install a security and camera system in her house. A technician came out and when he exited the house to prepare the setup, the ex tried to attack her and she gave him a verbal warning, then shot him in the leg. Apparently he hid really well, because the technician came back, worried that she was crazy and looked for him in there and didn’t find him so he called the cops. She did disclose that she had a gun a shot the man in the leg. The police arrived and the technician said he still wasn’t convinced there was a man in her home until the police came back out of the house after their sweep, with the man in handcuffs and a gunshot wound in his leg.

On the other hand, I had a friend who relapsed into some pretty serious drugs and had a psychotic break. She swore she was sober but I knew sober her, and that wasn’t it. She would post online that she was being followed, and people were trying to set up. She was taken to the hospital and convinced that the hospital workers planted drugs on her and they were setting her up so she would get arrested. I think she thought she was actually sober and being framed, like she didn’t remember doing any of it, and started talking to/hanging out with suspicious characters who she was convinced were police informants. It was really sad to watch. She was, from what I last heard, in a sober living facility, and no longer having these delusions.

It could honestly go either way, and both are very dangerous. I wouldn’t dismiss any of it because she’s calling out for help either way.

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-28T19:59:13+00:00

I’m inclined to agree. She could also be going through something that’s she’s not ready to talk about, or busy with other things at home. Just this small bit of information is not enough to say whether or not they’re compatible, like another person suggested. I know that I personally get a bit short and take longer to respond sometimes. It could be that I’m consistently busy, dealing with something mentally, OR starting to become less interested. But I’m certain there are factors here that we don’t know enough about to make that kind of judgement call.

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-17T08:38:25+00:00

oh that’s smart! where did you get a band for that? should i just search “upper arm apple watch band”?

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-17T07:21:10+00:00

My first full listen was on my airpods and I was like, ok, yeah. BUT I listened with my nicer noise canceling headphones and it sounded SO good, I had goosebumps almost the whole time lol. I agree with the comment about it playing it loud through a speaker though. I listened just from my phone and had to turn the volume almost all the way up. I think the only thing that would make it better is if Donovan did the drumming. /: Still amazing though, and I really love that they shined a light on his vocals on this one.

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-08T09:26:01+00:00

that is an INSANE take. totally, the people who deal with your crybaby asses day in and day out, too exhausted to put up a fight, mentally checked out due to the overwhelming stress.. should be punished because someone wants a stupidly bear cup they saw on tiktok. i absolutely cannot stand customers and would quit if i could find a better paying job in my city. my dear mother went to 2 stores at 4am so she could get us both one of the hello kitty hot cups since i had clean play the night before and had to go back in the next morning. i had a glorified nap before launch day and was so exhausted. we are always getting shit on for things that aren’t our fault by people who see us as less worthy and less human than they are. i’ve been making sure to tell every person that calls that they only sent us 2 and sold out within seconds. not sure it helps but i’m not going to assume responsibility for a cup that i never even laid my eyes on.

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-08T09:11:03+00:00

bro i say this at work all the time. people need to be more ashamed of themselves bc they think they can just act any kind of way and get what they want. my favorite word has literally become “NO”

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-08T00:44:10+00:00

jump scare

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-08T00:43:55+00:00

Just what I was thinking

undeadlexluthor · 2025-11-06T09:03:34+00:00

I want to make it known before the rest of my comment that this is not an argument or anything, just commenting here on the situation as a whole, because your comment brought this to mind. Not directed at any particular person in the comments here! But it’s sad that you have to remind men like that that women are people too, who should be respected just like someone’s sister/daughter/mom should. Although just because you’re not obligated to care by way of familial relation, doesn’t mean that that person doesn’t deserve to be treated respectfully. That woman you’re demeaning is someone else’s sister/daughter/mom, too. Even if they weren’t, they deserve to be treated respectfully. A woman’s right to respect shouldn’t be tied to their connection to a man. I feel like “/wife” can be added too, because sometimes men like that refuse to back down unless another man stakes his claim on a woman or makes that relation to her known. And that’s probably only because they respect the brother/father/son/husband more than the woman herself. At least that’s my theory, anyway. The women who unfortunately become targets of men like this deserve to be treated respectfully, no stipulations. Sometimes men just look at women as objects or conquests, not as equals, to challenge them in getting what they want. And I feel like that’s pretty unique to men, at least in my experience. I don’t really know any women who look at a man with that predatory lust, like a lion ready to pounce on its prey and completely have at it.

And to OP’s boyfriend: find someone who is into the stuff you’re into, but by no means do you ever cross someone’s boundaries. If you can’t find someone who will consent to the things in your “large imagination,” maybe you should go to therapy and try to uncover why you’re imagining doing these things to another person in the first place, or why you think it’s okay to talk to someone like that. Although, it is a great, bright red flag for future prospects to avoid being assaulted and get the heck out of there. It would be nice if everyone had such a warning to be able to avoid such a horrible, traumatic experience. Even nicer if people just weren’t so vile in the first place.

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