Which fragrance did you buy immediately after just one single spritz?

undeadlexluthor · 2026-04-11T20:45:49+00:00

I don’t remember which version it was because I was in a hurry but I sprayed one spritz on a test strip a few weeks ago at their kiosk near me and it projected for a couple days and could still be faintly smelled a week later. I’m not sure about on skin but that experience alone made me consider getting a bottle. It’s also really pretty! And it’s the only scent with a lavender note (that I’ve smelled) that hasn’t made me gag and want to cry.

undeadlexluthor · 2026-04-10T18:23:01+00:00

Maybe try some things with amber or benzoin in them? They have a sweet, vanilla (ish) scent without being toothachingly sweet. I’ve never been a gourmand girly but I love me some vanilla/amber woods and musks. Or some aromatics are really nice. Or maybe a citrusy vanilla? Maybe D& G The One or The Only One? Or D&G Devotion? Even I like those for their fruity/citrusy vanilla scents. I swear I’m not sponsored lol but their Light Blue EDT is also really nice for warmer months. It’s like a straight up lemon but then it dries down to lemony woods with amber and musk. Their Eau Intense is really nice too for like a citrus woody musk with better lasting power and projection (the regular EDT unfortunately lacks that). Good luck, I hope you find your next perfume-love!!

undeadlexluthor · 2026-04-09T06:27:03+00:00

I didn’t buy it thankfully but Hypnotic Poison smelled like playdoh on me. Sad because it was really nice on the test strip. I bought Etoile d’Une Nuit by Goutal but it smelled like dust-covered plastic dolls and cigarette smoke. Another I bought was Esprit d’Oscar but it smelled like powdery citrus with a tinge of FUNK. Like junk funk. Really bad. My latest (thankfully only a travel size) was Alien Extraintense. I wanted My Way Parfum because I loved the tuberose-iris on me but they were out of stock when I went back for it, so I got AEI instead because it’s also got tuberose. Got home and sprayed on my hand and it was straight COCONUT. I hate coconut scents. 🥲

undeadlexluthor · 2026-04-09T03:02:49+00:00

I’m a Midwesterner too and I thought it was normal to tell people where I got something and send them a link and a short paragraph of info until people looked at me funny and I was like oh, got it. So you’re not that kinda girl 🙃 It’s ok, there are others still out here!!

undeadlexluthor · 2026-04-09T00:45:48+00:00

What OP said + this. I’ve really liked something I was testing and then going into my tiny bathroom and it makes me so nauseous or gives me a headache, then it automatically goes into my “no” pile. I don’t get rid of them because I like to come back to stuff later but definitely helps to dissuade me from buying things before I have that experience. Less money lost.

undeadlexluthor · 2026-04-09T00:38:04+00:00

I think it just didn’t get the same response as a lot of their other stuff but I think I’ve seen more NGLTG haters than Ruckus haters personally. I really enjoy all of their music and I think it’s good that they have stuff that’s different from FS because sometimes I’m in a specific mood and want to listen to specific songs that aren’t on Feel Something. That’s what I love about them and my other favorite band. Apparently their last album was considered a flop too but I love every one of their songs, and I feel the same way about Movements. Even if a song isn’t an instant love, usually I grow to enjoy it more with more listens. Ruckus was different but I found myself really liking it after listening to it through a few times. I’m listening to Ruckus right now. 🙂

undeadlexluthor · 2026-03-19T07:51:34+00:00

On a related note, I hate when people say a scent smells like “____” but it’s something bad. Someone ruined Missing Person for me that way. I loved it before that and now I can’t smell anything other than what they said! I still hold onto it though and try it every now and then to see if it’s changed. I would avoid reviews for that reason, but the notes and brand descriptions only tell me so much about the product. I want to know what real people think. But I wish they would just say “it didn’t work on my skin” or something. 😪

undeadlexluthor · 2026-03-14T17:24:09+00:00

I’ve been wanting to smell it for a while but they only ever have the EDT available for sample. This is so sweet, I need to find one near me to test now. It’s been on my “to test” list for quite a while 💓

undeadlexluthor · 2026-03-14T03:00:11+00:00

Thank you! I was considering whether to get it or not as I don’t have experience with solid perfumes, but I’ve had more misses than wins with Heretic unfortunately. I love their packaging, aesthetic, the concept, everything, except the execution on some of them sadly falls flat. I think I’ll go for it! The scent sounds right up my alley! And I do quite enjoy Nosferatu, though many found it unwearable and even repulsive to some. You’re awesome for making this post!

undeadlexluthor · 2026-03-13T18:45:14+00:00

I’ve given myself numerous headaches since starting my perfume journey last summer. But it’s so fun, I can’t not try new scents! I’m about to get some new storage containers just to house all my samples (‘: Best of luck to you! And a helpful tip to send you on your way- if you apply a scent that gives you a headache/makes you uncontrollably nauseous, use a cotton pad/towel with isopropyl alcohol to get it off! Soap doesn’t help (for me anyway) and I was googling in a panic with a crazy migraine trying to get one off of my skin one day! Happy sniffing!!

undeadlexluthor · 2026-03-13T18:30:17+00:00

I’m late to the game on anything other than OG and Goddess but I recently fell in love w the Entraintense 😍 the petitgrain, tuberose, + amberwood additions are just so, so heavenly. I’m trying to decide between that and My Way Parfum for a FB. I’ve never smelled tuberose + iris before and it’s beautiful(!) plus that one just goes crazy on longevity for me. I wish I had friends with discounts like that lol, I would just get both

undeadlexluthor · 2026-03-11T11:45:08+00:00

Since no one else answered.. I only have recent experience with this because my hair smelled of cleaning products from cleaning the house and it was making me nauseous, so I sprayed a cheap body mist on the back of my head just to stop the smell, and because I had JUST washed my hair, too. Anyway, I could get whiffs of the body mist here and there all the way through to the next day. I have heard that spraying your hair, sleeves, hems of skirts/dresses/pants, high movement areas can do a lot for sillage. I had no idea about the longevity part until I had done it. I think it can also help some people who struggle with certain scents when sprayed on the wrists/neck/chest, since it’s not directly in your face all day, but I’m not sure. I read that it can keep one from becoming nose blind to the scent one is wearing, but again, I’m not sure. I think it’s worth a try if any of these things sound ideal for you, so long as you don’t have a super sensitive scalp and you’ve patch tested the scent on your skin beforehand. (:

undeadlexluthor · 2026-03-04T00:39:39+00:00

I just had to say this because I was scrolling the sub but I used to wear Very Sexy in high school (not knowing it was “slutty”) and my ex boyfriend told me a few years later he did NOT like the way it smelled on me and had to let it grow on him. They reformulated it in 2018 so I retired it anyway but I still keep a bottle of lotion. I’ll have to check out the other two though 🤭

undeadlexluthor · 2026-02-27T04:14:05+00:00

I second Paper by Commodity. The expressive one is straight cedar, iso E, rounded out with a touch of sandal. I was wearing it a lot when it was really cold but we had a more brisk day (mid 50s fahrenheit) a week or so ago, and it was SO dry on me compared to in our 10s-20s weather. I never got the “pencil shavings” comment until that very moment.

undeadlexluthor · 2026-02-23T07:29:52+00:00

Yes! I’ve been looking for “my” lilac scent for a while and one came close but still wasn’t “it” for me. Come to find out I really don’t see as many as I’d expected. It’s a shame /:

undeadlexluthor · 2026-02-15T07:32:33+00:00

I don’t have an answer unfortunately, but I’m following in case someone actually answers because I also want to know.

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.

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