I suppose I've actually liked four scents total, but only two do I wear regularly. I'm really new to buying perfumes and I want advice before I make another shot-in-the-dark order. This post is rather long, but I thought a scent profile might help.
What I'm looking for:
SCENTS THAT I CAN BUY AS IMPS
Green, sweet, fruity, mossy scents for daily wear
Something that smells like the California coast with a lot of greenery (sea air, sagebrush?)
Gourmand - I want to smell like dessert without it being cloying
Some notes that I like - lavender, tonka, rosemary, guava, fig, pumpkin, apple, citrus juice
Avoid maybe:
Amber, honey, sugar - as dominant notes, these tend to become cloying, powdery, and sickly on me
Soapy florals
Musk
Vetiver - I want to smell like a forest, but not like wood?
Daily wear:
Poisoned Apple - it's a cooler scent than I expected, but I really like it
The Apothecary - reminds me of LUSH's Guardian of the Forest.
Occasional wear:
Eat Me - it mellows on my skin, so it never turns cloying. I'd wear it to a tea party.
Centzon Totochtin - the kind of scent I'd wear to a dinner party where I hate everyone invited. It's a mean scent.
Didn't Like (all aged between 3-6 months):
Baku - I love lavender, but the anise and eucalyptus notes make it too sharp and sickly-medicinal
Shanghai - I expected to love this, but it smells like household cleaner
Carnal - I dislike that the mandarin note smells more like the rind than the flesh, and the fig turns into Double Bubble
Jack - this never smelled like pumpkins or peaches on me, just weirdly sweet, and then the bottle broke
Persephone - the rose turns powdery
La Belle Au Bois Dormant - smells like white soap
The Red Queen - now that it's aged six months, the cherry note completely disappears on my skin
Cardamom Cream Pumpkin Cake - it mellows on me, but it doesn't mellow enough. I thought I liked cardamom more than I actually do.
Vice - it's... plasticky?
Baobhan Sith - the grapefruit isn't sweet at all, and I dislike the florals
Apple Butter Rum - it smells waxy to me
Death on a Pale Horse - sharp and woody
Coyote - turns into flat amber
Berzerker - also plasticky
Hated
Golden Priapus - I really liked this at first, but now I can't stand it
Dorian - cloying
O - cloying, baby powder, ugh
Scent families from LUSH that I like:
Rose Jam
Twilight/Sleepy
So White/Once Upon A Time/Santa's Belly
Guardian of the Forest
Seanik
