Rec | WHAT PERFUMES DO YOU WEAR / LAYER?

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First one is Chloé eau de parfum: This is how I wish my girlhood smelled like: innocent and naive and angelic and knows no malice. a world before being interested in being perceived by men, just carefree and sweet and soft. a young rose, gentle, powdery and almost rose-watery. dries down with a bit of honey suckle. This scent brings me back to my frequent trips to a gift store near my house when i was 13, which had spools over spools of gift ribbons. I’d rotate the carousel rack with scientific precision, hypnotised by the shades of pastel pinks. I didn’t grow up going to museums, but what those pastel pinks did to me is probably why people go to museums for an emotional experience. i grew my ribbon collection and life was softer around the edges. Second layer is L’Occitane Neroli and Orchidée: There’s something about neroli that smells like a WOMAN. This is a classic white flower scent, with a whiff of nectar that feels like a cinematic cut of being on the backseat of a Vespa, with your dress being caught by the sticky summer wind. It dries down like brown sugar on my skin. A restrained sweetness, not saccharine. It’s elegant, romantic, self-assured. If this scent was a movie character, she would be Madame Gina from Porco Rosso. I imagine our little Chloe girl has grown up and finished her master’s degree and is earning her own money. She’s got her life together. She buys herself a bouquet of tulips and sets it at the sunniest part of her living room. She’s intelligent, but never let go of her lightheartedness. She listens to Chet Baker and dreams of summering in Ischia or somewhere in the Peloponnese. When layered together, we have the sweet innocence of girlhood to the refinement of self-assured adulthood. They’re an olfactory journey from the naivety I wish I had, to the quiet sophistication I wish to embody. And I’m just a girl with an office job.

@505grapefruit

Mar 15, 2025

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@phc

Duro by nasomatto Black afgano by nasomatto Bell Antonio by hilde soliani

Mar 16, 2025

@chiawase_

current favorites 🌹beautiful magnolia by estee lauder 🌹bahia by brown girl jane 🌹tart deco by snif 🌹rose era by snif also i wish i can show off the rest; i got a vtg mirrored perfume tray recently for the cute vibes

Mar 16, 2025

@505grapefruit

@CHIAWASE_ ill keep these in my radar when i do a sniff day. Please do a perfume collection reveal!!

Mar 16, 2025

@chiawase_

@505GRAPEFRUIT one day, one day 😂

Mar 16, 2025

@harmonic_verge

Few dabs of love don’t be shy - Killian on my waist and neck to carry me through the day. I love catching whiffs of myself in the breeze 🫠

Mar 16, 2025

@marxinista

i love commodity paper- (woody musky, amber?) and then replica afternoon delight (warm woody vanilla) on top! i don’t like anything very floral or fruity or overly sweet etc so i like this combination. i feel like paper- is kind of serious and subtle-y bold (slightly androgynous) and then afternoon delight is like a touch of mature feminine sweetness. a balance!

Mar 15, 2025

@505grapefruit

@MARXINISTA ooo afternoon delight is a coffee scent right? And i haven’t sniffed Paper yet but i can imagine together they feel like studying in a library? Hehe

Mar 15, 2025

@marxinista

@505GRAPEFRUIT ooh coffee would be interesting! but it’s actually “madeline, vanilla, sandalwood” (like the pastry madeline). now i’m curious about perfumes with coffee notes though, i love the smell of (good) coffee…

Mar 15, 2025

@babita

i wear black opium by ysl on my neck, sexy men by carolina herrera on my hair and ck one on my wrists that’s kinda the vibe if i’m feeling more masc i will use sports homme by chanel instead of black opium :*

Mar 15, 2025

@505grapefruit

@BABITA OKKKK SEXY SCENT GIRL I SEE U

Mar 15, 2025

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thank you for this question i love it <3333

as a perfume / scent gworl what a dream question ~~~ my boyfriends old house: I can’t really pin down the smell but it was so specific and lovely and if I smell it again I am THERE!!! ~~~ pub floor lmao; many years of bartending means somehow I have quite a nostalgic association with the smell of beer . Kinda wheaty ~~~ the lush perfume SUPERWORLD UNKNOWN: discontinued. Rip. So sweet, would never wear it now, but was supposed to smell like candy floss at a funfair . Maybe in space ??