Favourite Perfumes - Thread 5

HelloStereo said:

Hello how are you ? I just looked at amouage's love tuberose but it is quite expensive and it's not that much cheaper from a discounter. How many perfumes do you have in total now, and how many are you hoping to finish by April? I find my list of fragrances I want to buy is growing longer than it takes for me to use them. I swear I have enough to last like 100 years and I still want more.

I might try Angels Share but only next winter when I can save, and Musc Ravageur to me is a cooler weather scent so hopefully that'll put me off until next autumn / winter. I did fall in love with Lilyphea though and it's so expensive even by Diptyque's standards. It's a lovely watery floral that's quite green but then warms up with vanilla and ginger in the base. It's so beautiful but also so expensive

I usually buy samples from perfumista or fragrancesamplesuk but it doesn't seem like they ship to Ireland. Posting perfumes overseas is always quite difficult I've found - how have you been getting samples so far?

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Hi Oooh I'd love to try Lilyphea! I know they are 100ml but they seem so much more expensive then the original range the bottle is gorgeous as always with diptyque definitely save angels share for Christmas or even autumn time would be lovely. I'm halfway through my tiny bottle. I thought it would've lasted longer tbh I've never been subtle with my sprays

I think I have around 30 bottles ranging between 30 and 50 ml and the odd 75 and 100ml and some samples. I've used up about 3 since posting about using up the one's I had barely anything left in. I'm going to try keep empties so I can review them on this later on in the year. Have you many bottles? Mine are still in shoe boxes not getting the love they deserve

If I do buy love tuberose I'll let you know what I thought the price is crazy I purchased a dior lip oil on boots recently and received 3 free samples of the new dior rosy, peach and purple glow and i have to say i wasn't overly impressed. They haven't got a patch on my j'adore and gris dior imo but I'm glad i got to try them

I've never tried any sample site just bought the odd discovery sets from replica mfk and fredrick malle on brown thomas. I'm actually wearing wearing the sample of apom by mfk on my wrist today and absolutely love it I've noted that in my phone for future purchases

readyplayerson said:

I need a bottle for the summer, hoping to find a good priced one on vinted.
I love gfg, baccarat rouge did nothing for me but I have heard the extrait is sweeter so I’m going to get a sample when I next make a scented samples order

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Hope you manage to get a good deal on delina la rosee and love it. I've only the little bottle and it cost me 165e but i would definitely repurchase. Yeah I found baccarat rouge very overrated. Isn't cloud by Ariana grande suppose to be a dupe? Nearly always see that in my local chemist. Would love to sample extrait for curiosity

unfinishedsentenc said:

Hi Oooh I'd love to try Lilyphea! I know they are 100ml but they seem so much more expensive then the original range the bottle is gorgeous as always with diptyque definitely save angels share for Christmas or even autumn time would be lovely. I'm halfway through my tiny bottle. I thought it would've lasted longer tbh I've never been subtle with my sprays

I think I have around 30 bottles ranging between 30 and 50 ml and the odd 75 and 100ml and some samples. I've used up about 3 since posting about using up the one's I had barely anything left in. I'm going to try keep empties so I can review them on this later on in the year. Have you many bottles? Mine are still in shoe boxes not getting the love they deserve

If I do buy love tuberose I'll let you know what I thought the price is crazy I purchased a dior lip oil on boots recently and received 3 free samples of the new dior rosy, peach and purple glow and i have to say i wasn't overly impressed. They haven't got a patch on my j'adore and gris dior imo but I'm glad i got to try them

I've never tried any sample site just bought the odd discovery sets from replica mfk and fredrick malle on brown thomas. I'm actually wearing wearing the sample of apom by mfk on my wrist today and absolutely love it I've noted that in my phone for future purchases

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Hello . That line of Diptyques is so much more expensive but it's so beautiful. I think they have a sample set of all of them but they have dabber bottles and I know I'd pour the whole thing over myself as always . Haha well we are coming up to spring now (although it doesn't feel it ) so you can stash your angels share away until the autumn now. Was it your most worn perfume this winter?

Oh wow how long have you been collecting them for? You should 100% keep your empties and review them, and also to see if there's a pattern with what you're using up and what's taking longer to work through. Like I find I go through citrus and other bright scents really quickly but there are some scents I love but can only wear on limited occasions and I can talk myself out of buying something by recognising that pattern. Do you keep your perfumes in shoeboxes to preserve them? I have about 25 ish perfumes overall, ranging from small 15ml bottles to 30ml and 50ml, and 2 100mls. I'm trying to put all my fragrances into chatgpt to see if it can decipher if I have a favourite scent profile or pattern and it said that the noir 29 should be my long term signature scent profile and to be honest that's quite spot on, I do love that perfume.

Yes, let me know. I do love a good tuberose scent, especially now we're getting into spring. I haven't tried many dior scents I have to say, I do love J'adore though and still have a sample of Gris Dior. I always struggle to know when the best season / occasion to wear Gris Dior is though, when do you normally wear it?

What is apom by MFK? Is it an expensive one again

Yesterday I trialled Andrea Maack - Neon Veil. I really like it but it’s tje exact same perfume as Ella K - Musk K , Glossier - You & Room. 1015 - Sonic Flower. I don’t need another perfume like this as I already own all 3.

It is lovely though and I thought the performance was pretty good .

emanwhe said:

Bought SPACE NK’s Caribbean Shores body wash and body lotion and it arrived today. The scent (of the body lotion especially) is exactly like Estée Lauder’s original Bronze Goddess perfume…if anyone is looking for a nice body lotion to compliment it/give extra staying power!

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Oooh I was looking at this last year for summer

I found a sample of Over the Musk, thought it might do my daughter in place of Glossier, looked up the price and maybe not! Why are these types of perfume so expensive when the ingredients are cheap?! Can anyone suggest a dupe?

CherryAcid said:

Oooh I was looking at this last year for summer

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Definitely worth it, it’s sooooo summery!!

Should be getting my scentbird sample of Nosferatu in the next couple of days. I am so excited. I am gonna be gutted if I dont like it cos I have been wanting to try it since it came out.

NotPerfect said:

To me it’s a bit spicy and fruity

Salty Ocean Bouquet Zara perfume - a fragrance for women 2022

Salty Ocean Bouquet is created by Jo Malone CBE, founder of Jo Loves. A fragrance featuring fresh and relaxing notes of bergamot and black pepper, wrapped in wood and orange blossom, creating a vibran...

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I’m going to Zara on Saturday so I’ll give it a sniff! Not blind buying it as every Zara perfume I have bought has been a let down apart from violet blossom

unfinishedsentenc said:

Hope you manage to get a good deal on delina la rosee and love it. I've only the little bottle and it cost me 165e but i would definitely repurchase. Yeah I found baccarat rouge very overrated. Isn't cloud by Ariana grande suppose to be a dupe? Nearly always see that in my local chemist. Would love to sample extrait for curiosity

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I still haven’t got one, I have a travel size to use so not in a rush! I like cloud and have a bottle of cloud 2.0, I can’t see the similarities between them and baccarat at all! I might add a 1ml of the extrait to my sample basket!

CherryAcid said:

Should be getting my scentbird sample of Nosferatu in the next couple of days. I am so excited. I am gonna be gutted if I dont like it cos I have been wanting to try it since it came out.

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How do you find scentbird? I have thought about trying them but some of the reviews put me off.

Scent of the day - sampling pink milk

readyplayerson said:

I’m going to Zara on Saturday so I’ll give it a sniff! Not blind buying it as every Zara perfume I have bought has been a let down apart from violet blossom

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I quite like Zara perfumes - my favourites are Cherry Smoothie ( Tom Ford - Lost Cherry Dupe) and Rose Gourmand ( Mancera - Roses Vanille Dupe).

readyplayerson said:

Scent of the day - sampling pink milk

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I like the name of this

I have on Kilian - Rolling in Love today

griftalo said:

I found a sample of Over the Musk, thought it might do my daughter in place of Glossier, looked up the price and maybe not! Why are these types of perfume so expensive when the ingredients are cheap?! Can anyone suggest a dupe?

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What about this one from perfume parlour. They do dupes that are a good price. I have used this company before and they are usually quite a good match to the original.

Crumpet41 said:

I quite like Zara perfumes - my favourites are Cherry Smoothie ( Tom Ford - Lost Cherry Dupe) and Rose Gourmand ( Mancera - Roses Vanille Dupe).

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I had cherry smoothie but gave it away, not sure why now as it wasn’t bad. I actually blind bought roses vanille after loving the perfume parlour dupe but I preferred the dupe!!

Crumpet41 said:

I like the name of this

I have on Kilian - Rolling in Love today

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It’s actually really nice, quite rose forward on my skin which I wasn’t expecting! I adore kilian, haven’t tried that one yet though

readyplayerson said:

It’s actually really nice, quite rose forward on my skin which I wasn’t expecting! I adore kilian, haven’t tried that one yet though

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Rolling in Love is musky/almondy on me. More of a skin scent I think but since I can smell it on me I don't really care if anyone else cant . It has the "hug in a bottle vibe".

Crumpet41 said:

What about this one from perfume parlour. They do dupes that are a good price. I have used this company before and they are usually quite a good match to the original.

https://perfume-parlour.co.uk/products/signature-scent-2126?variant=48469887713558

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Thank you! I’ll give it a go

Crumpet41 said:

How do you find scentbird? I have thought about trying them but some of the reviews put me off.

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So far I am liking it but this will only be my third perfume. I find as it comes from the states the delivery is so long, like almost end of the month for each month's scent. I am only using it to get scents I want to try that I won't see in the shops though. Think I will cancel in around 6 months when I have got all the scents I'm interested in.