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 definitely don’t have that much, thats really impressive, but I’m definitely increasing my numbers bit by bit! I know some people have their forever go-tos but I do love to use them to express myself so I don’t really see myself sticking to any particular one forever so I imagine I’ll end up with a good variety at some point.
I think the hair stuff works because its generally a bit more subtle unless you go overboard, and its a much lighter fragrance. I do also really like the papaya one but the banana one is better for my hair.
The place I get my dupes from is Eden Perfumes, they have a location in London and one in Brighton but they also do their stuff online, including refills.
What you say about the perfume being different in summer is interesting, I never thought about it being the season itself with different humidity and temperatures that might influence how it smells. I guess in winter too it clings to all the extra clothes you wear vs summer.
Thanks for the link 👍