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Laurus's avatar

"I obviously won’t judge you if you’re wearing a cakey gourmand or dead leaf smell in the middle of summer." Me and my Billie Eilish No. 2 would like a word... (a perfume I legitimately ran and blind-bought after I read a negative Ulta review that complained it "smelled like an old church pew")

Thanks for the recs!! I love how into fragrance you are. Maybe I need to pick something up for the summer... Will use your list as a reference :)

Have you considered doing a piece about "hard to wear" or otherwise somewhat bizarre perfume scents? I had an interest in 19-69's Female Christ but it seems like such a risk to blind buy. I'd love to read about more "weird" scents

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I love Eilish No. 2! I always thought it smelled like TV static. Also, I'm flattered that you'll use my list as a reference.

I've heard good things about Female Christ, but definitely buy a sample first. Writing about hard to wear fragrances is a good idea. I'd like to get my hands on a few to skin test them and give them a fair chance. I recently smelled Toskovat' Inexcusable Evil, famously unwearable, and I don't know if I'm brave enough to do a skin test yet. I also recently smelled Filippo Sorcinelli _but not today_ which is supposed to smell like rotting meat, but I found it smelling more like a latex bandaid.

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Laurus's avatar

Omg, your descriptions are so awesome. Someone online is describing Inexcusable Evil as an "aftermath of an explosion with shrapnel" smell. LOL. Can't wait to see your next piece!!! I do love smelling how the same scent interacts with different people's skin chemistry. Glossier You smells entirely different on me vs. my friend, and when she wore it I didn't even recognize it!

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