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?

    • quinacridone@mander.xyzOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Tuberose Criminalle from Serge Lutens. Its a tuberose bomb that leans in to the cooler side rather than bosomy floral, I’ve seen it described as ‘florist fridge’ with, I think, the notes of wintergreen bringing the chill

      In summer I find it quite cooling and fresh, which is strange for a white floral, but in winter I get the creamy white bosomy notes

      I find green fragrances and vetivers less ‘fuzzy’ in winter, I think the cold helps to bring out the different notes

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      • OryxAndCake@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I need to find somebody who likes tuberose that I can test that on, none of those notes work on me but I’m so curious now, haha.