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gyaep · 5 months ago

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tried LUSH list

(will update from time to time)

Probably LUSH is my first fragrance brand I've ever tried. This was due to their "affordable" prices compared to other brands at least in the place where I lived. I used to be obsessed with their products other than perfumes or body sprays but somehow not anymore lol. It seems like my skins are fine even with cheaper skin care products.

Rose Jam

This was the first body spray I bought in around 2019ish? I loved it because this full of rose scents gave some cozy vibes and had images of rose flavored mousse desserts. However, I was almost suffocated when I sprayed more than twice one time at a car and now this scent just gives me a headache.

2. Twilight (aka. Sleepy)

I bought this when it was named as Twilight. I had no idea it had changed to Sleepy. I used to like this smell too because this was less feminine compared to Rose Jam, and it did not give suffocating headaches, so I like the fact that I could spray this multiple times (also it means the smell does not last long). I prefer the initial scent of more vegetal or greenery smell, something like the strong, bitter scent you could smell when you break a tree branch or plants, but it seems like the sweet vanilla or tonka beans last longer which sometimes give greasy characteristics.

3. Avocado co-wash

I dont really understand why I bought this lol. Some may could have realized that I am not a fan of sweet or overly sweet scents, but I bought this nevertheless. This smells like as if skittles were melted into liquid and sprayed all over me. This means this scent can lure ants or pesticides. Not sure when the ants invaded my house was due to this spray, but this was too sweet for me.

4. Big

This is the spray I love and I recently bought another one. Very fresh and citrusy which does not remind me of cleaning products' citrusy. The only negative thing about this is that it does not last long. I also use Big Shampoo, and I prefer the shampoo scents due to salts which derives more beachy vibes. I love summer and beach, but most of the fragrances that are promoted with those imageries of summer often smell like aftershave or barber shop-like masculine scents, which I hate. I like Big because it doesn't give that kind of vibes.

5. Salty

Heard it from somewhere that Big would smell like daytime beach while Salty would smell like nighttime beach, so I decided to purchase this and requested a refund on the next day it was delivered. This... was just an aftershave smell which how I described previously and it was so strong that I could smell it for like three days.

6. Sex Bomb

I... can't smell a thing.. lol... I didn't buy this. I always try to smell this one first whenever I visit the shop, but I never could smell this at all.

7. Guardian of the forest

Very green. But the smell is the same from the beginning to the end.

8. Once Upon a Time

Images of very sour green apples. Kind of gave me Avocado Co-wash vibes so didn't buy it.

Dirty

I don't like it but I bought it lol... because someone told me its base note is soooo goood. but this was just another Salty for me. Salty but minty. I use it to cover up the cat urine smells when my cat does not properly cover his piss.

2. Junk

I thought I liked this but now it smells like when Dirty meets blackcurrants. I would only use it in the cold winter but not in the summer due its sweetness.

3. Turmeric Latte

Wow this does not smell like coffee or latte at all. This smells like burnt sugar or dalgona from squid game.

4. Cardamom Coffee

Wow this does not smell like coffee or latte at all. This smells like chai tea. Not sure I would want to smell like chai tea.

5. Pansy

I really like the floral in the beginning, but the base notes are overly sweet for me. Would purchase it if it was only floral.

6. Fresh As

This always smells different whenever I try it out. Sometimes fresh like Big, but sometimes too green like the Guardian of the forest. So can't really decide whether should I get it or not.

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gyaep · 5 months ago

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tried Le Labo list

(will update from time to time)

Never thought I would spend money on perfumes, but after taking a wine tasting course at my university, I got interested in scents. Le Labo isn't the first fragrance I've tried out, but this just came into my mind in the first hand when I decided to write something for the first time, so just gotta write what I want right now.

Another 13

I was kinda scared of trying this scent because there were so many people who could smell some blood-like or metallic scents from this. This was due to some chemical substances but since I'm very ignorant at this, I will just comprehend as these substances will result in different scents according to different body chemistry or chemical reaction or whatever it is. When I sprayed it to the test strip, I could not smell anything, just a paper. So I asked the employee and they told me these "faint" scents could smell differently if sprayed to skins. So I did. Fortunately, I could not smell any gruesome scents but still it was really faint and weak. I could smell some green grape skins not the juice, so not that sweet. Little bit of unripen pears too, but again very very faint... the full bottle was over hundreds of dollars so that would be no no for me...

2. The Matcha 26

I'm not really a fan of matcha but green tea lol.. Idk why but whenever I drink matcha it feels like the green powders stick to my teeth. Anyway this fragrance was very interesting but not in a good way. Honestly, I dont really understand why it was named as "matcha" because I could not smell any matcha, or green tea, or fermented green tea or any scents that are associated with the image of green tea. Probably the fault is at my nose lol because I'm just a noob for differentiating or determining scents in general. When I first sprayed to my hand, I could smell some floral scents... I was thinking of dandelion and they were pretty fresh but not as fresh as citrus.. just fresh as spring or summer morning I guess. However, after half an hour or so, this turned into very unpleasant scent like BO. I'm not sure if it has jasmine or some spices but it became like I am trapped in a warm warehouse full of dried tea bags and the people surrounding me are smoking hookah and exhaling the smoke at my face.

3. Ambrette 9

This... I don't know what happened to my sample lol. This smells so different to the one I smelled at the shop. It was fresh like an apple-flavored chewing gum, but whenever I try it at home, it just smells like burnt woods. Cannot smell anything else but woods. I thought the room temperature at my house was the problem (tried it around 8 degree celsius) but it just smelled the same in the summer too.

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