Sephora perfumes quick takes:
Givenchy Pi
Alberto Morillas, the man who created the 90s -- Pleasures, cK One, Acqua di Gio, Mugler Cologne, Marc Jacobs Daisy
Notes: mandarin, tarragon, rosemary, basil; anise, neroli, geranium, lily of the valley; vanilla, almond, tonka, benzoin, cedar
a mildly pleasant, sweet, biscuit-y thing, plus abstract woody-amber corporateness. Surprisingly likable.
Tom Ford Soleil Neige
"the nose behind this fragrance is Givaudan" lololol
Notes: bergamot, carrot seeds; orange blossom, white flowers, jasmine, rose; benzoin, vanilla, labdanum
weirdly it does make me think of sun on snow! I don't know why that has a smell!
YSL Libre
Moses: Anne Flipo & Carlos Benaim
lavender, orange, black currant, petigrain; lavender, orange blossom, jasmine; vanilla, ambergris, cedar
I'm surprised how much I like this! it's orange blossom, with a little weirdness in the opening that's apparently supposed to be lavender. I just like orange blossom, I guess. It smells good. Until the drydown, of course, which is cheap and tinny.
Armani Code
Nose: Antoine Lie
lemon, bergamot; star anise, olive blossom, guaiac; leather, tonka, tobacco
nasty, hostile, stinky-smoky-chemical top. It smells like a terrible person who enjoys hurting people. A fruity note underneath poking through, like orange, that might have been okay in a different perfume.
Twilly d'Hermes
Nose: Christine Nagel
Notes: ginger, bitter orange, bergamot; tuberose, orange blossom, jasmine; sandalwood, vanilla
a very fruity, pink, squeaky-clean tuberose; I might have liked it at age 13 when "dressing up" with real grownup feminine accoutrements was exciting. Too juvenile for me now, but I'll give it to her, the drydown is graceful and not screechy.
Dior Addict
Nose: Thierry Wasser
Notes: blackberry, mandarin; jasmine, night blooming cereus, orange blossom, rose; vanilla, tonka, sandalwood
playdoh top; sweet "vanilla" bottom. could conceivably have been worse, but that's a low fucking bar.
Gucci Memoire d'Une Odeur
Nose: Alberto Morillas
Notes: chamomile, almond; musk, jasmine; sandalwood, cedar, vanilla
super faint, pleasant enough floral, smells like the soap in an old-fashioned Paris hotel with black-and-white tile bathrooms. Fine for what it is, I guess.
Chanel Gabrielle
Nose: Olivier Polge
Notes: grapefruit, mandarin, blackcurrant; orange blossom, jasmine, ylang-ylang, tuberose, lily of the valley, pear, pink pepper; musk, sandalwood, cashmeran, orris
The thinnest, most nondescript synthetic floral imaginable. It doesn't smell outright bad, but it's basically a shrug in scent form.
Jo Malone Mimosa & Cardamom
Nose: Marie Salamagne
actually kind of nice, with the mildly cardboardy scent that mimosa can often have. a decent light-tan scent that isn’t too cliche.
Tom Ford Bitter Peach
peach, blood orange, cardamom, heliotrope; rum, cognac, davana, jasmine; patchouli, sandalwood, vanilla, tonka, cashmeran, benzoin, labdanum, styrax, vetiver
smells like peach, with, yes, more of a bitter-almond vibe and some pleasant tartness.
Do I want to smell like a peach? No. Do I like smelling it on the strip? Yeah.
Jo Malone Poppy & Barley
Notes: fig, blackcurrant, violet; wheat, powdery notes, poppy; barley, white musk, bran
nah. since poppies have no scent, they went with a fruity-powdery thing I find unpleasant.
Jo Malone Myrrh & Tonka
Notes: lavender, myrrh, tonka, vanilla, almond
it fits the "dark and sweet" expectations, but with so much "evil vibes" that I don't actually enjoy it.
Jo Malone Fig & Lotus Flower
Screechy chemical aquatic.
Lancome Idole
Notes: pear, bergamot; rose, jasmine; vanilla, musk
Zendaya notwithstanding, Idole is a pale, personality-less rosy thing. At least it's inoffensive.
Tom Ford Lost Cherry
Nose: Louise Turner
Notes: sour cherry, almond, liquor; plum, rose, jasmine; tonka, vanilla, peru balsam, benzoin, cinnamon, sandalwood, cedar, cloves, vetiver, patchouli
Take syrupy sour cherry jam; then add Evil Abstract Corporate aromachemicals. Now you have Evil Cherry. Christian Grey's Maraschino Cherry. I wonder if Tom Ford could just do that for all the fruits. Evil Apple? Evil Banana? I can't imagine who wants to wear Evil CEO Fruit, but it's such a wacky idea I gotta respect the hustle.
Jo Malone Vetiver & Vanilla
Notes: vetiver, vanilla, cardamom, tea, grapefruit
This one's not bad. Furry soft vetiver and sweet, golden vanilla. Mostly vanilla in the drydown but not 100% sugar.
Armani Si
Nose: Christine Nagel
Notes: cassis; rose, freesia; vanilla, patchouli, ambroxan, woods
Too sweet at first, but dries down kind of nice, skin-like, beige, with a sunniness that I thought was orange blossom.
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