Excuse the shitty emojis, this is a post about scented products!
So perfumes, fragrance, cologne, deodorant, body wash, soap, lotions, potions, lip balm, make-up…anything you apply to yourself because it smells good and makes you happy, but also what products make you you gag?
For me Palmers cocoa butter and coconut oils smell amazing, but I can find a bit too much sometimes, and have to restrict my use
Perfumes, I have too many to list, but I love some not all florals, woody, spicy, dirty musk, boozy and amber notes. I’m a sucker for jasmine, patchouli and earthy scents
Also scented soap, I’m quite partial to The Highland Soap Company products as they do wild raspberry, seaweed and heather which smell fab
Tom Fords Tuscan Leather perfume makes me nauseous, after I wore it once while exercising
I’m also not keen scented deodorants, because they interfere with any perfumes I want to wear, and also they’re too ‘clean’ and ‘pretty’
What are your favourite and most reviled scented products?
I really don’t like many artificial scents at all. Most perfumes and perfumed products just make me wrinkle my nose and possibly move away from the wearer, depending on the strength
The few scents I like are floral and/or fruity in nature without a hint of “musk”. And they have to smell natural, not artificial.
You can get natural perfumes but they are expensive. One thing I’ve found is that the ‘high end’ and niche fragrances (expensive ones) smell better, as in they have high amounts of natural ingredients alongside the synthetics
But the majority of perfumes are straight up synthetic and often not formulated well
And every North American perfume seems to want to insert “musk” into the mix and I HATE THAT SCENT.
A dirty musk is nice though, in a beasty way!