Completely agree about Musc Nude For Her! Honestly, most of the things made by the brand I tend to like... Especially this line. For her started my obsession with scents, forever in my heart 😍 Glad you loved it too! ❤
Hi Claire 🥰 I always love how in depth you go on describing a scent. It really helps on deciding!!! Loved to hear your thoughts on the new Angel!!! Hope you’re well ✨
Thank you! ❤️ Yes I am well thanks. Angel Fantasm wasn't for me sadly but I know other people love it. It did make me wear my 90s bottle of Angel straight afterwards though 😊
Hi Claire! Just wanted to mention that both Daisy Wild and Musc Nude were created by Sonia Constant-a phenomenal perfumer, and perhaps, my all-time favorite. I'd love to see you review more of her work. Love your videos-keep them coming!
Thank you ❤️ Oh yes! I didn't know about Daisy Wild but I remember reading an article with her about the NR for her line and its 20th anniversary talking about her work for the line and about her inspirations. I made a video about the history of the original EDT last January, along with no. 5 and Bandit. I really loved researching for that. 😊 I agree that Sonia Constant has made some stunning fragrances. 🥰
Hey Claire, greetings from New Zealand! I was given 3 official samples of Fantasm and I also sprayed myself all over (perhaps embarassingly so) at the counter... I am baffled! I also get the pinnapple during the first 20 minutes(ish), yes, the coconut stays throughout the fragrance wear, however I do agree; there is something plastic in there (almost like silicone), and I also get something spicey and warm, like chilli or cinammon. In fact I sprayed myself with regular Angel on one wrist (I cannot wear it anymore as it turns vile on me sometimes), and Fantasm on the other, then I blew into both my wrists (like what you're supposed to do with those "adult" massage oils), and the Fantasm wrist became instantly warm, but not the og... so there's definitely something in it that isn't disclosed! Also, in the deep dry down, the fragrances smell very close! The Fantasm is just a bit fainter/lighter, last less than the og, and has that dry/powdery coconut that lingers... I am so confused and, though it does project and last, I'm not sure if I like it or not, yet... So your review is music to my ears, because I think that Fantasm, like the og, is a very temperamental fragrance with a mind of it's own ha ha.
Oh I'm so happy that someone else smells the plastic/ vinyl. I thought I was mad 🤣 it sounds like you have thoroughly tested Fantasm! I have a bottle of both 90s and 2000s vintage Angel EDP and to me, Fantasm is very different in style with patchouli to those. To me, it smells more like the modern Angel EDP. I absolutely loved the 90s version that I had but I finished the bottle this week as it was snowing here and that is the best snowy fragrance 😭 there was so much liquorice 😋 in the 90s version. Thanks for letting me know your thoughts 🥰
I love NR For Her line, unfortunately, Musc Nude is a big NO for me ☹ I tested it twice and I got lots of something harsh and synthetic from it... I'm so glad that I didn't blind-buy it 😂
Hi Paula! That's a shame, but what a save! I have to admit that if I were to choose one from the line, it would probably be Musc Noir rather than Musc Nude. 🥰
I purchased Angel Fantasm & my input (based on my last use of it being weeks ago now & without giving it a re-spray) is that it, in broad brush strokes, reminded me of both Alien Goddess & Angel Iced Star, & was quite strong at first; then as it faded, lingered in a tropical biscuit-like way for quite a while.
Thanks! I was expecting something a lot more fruity but they've gone in a different direction, I agree that it's biscuity and I wasn't expecting that at all! I keep trying the new Muglers, hoping to find a new love. 🤞
Your reviews are always complete and interesting. You are precise in the description but you also give a personal interpretation for every fragrance you speak of. As for the 2024 releases: for me there are too many rose-based scents: unfortunately, the rose is a note I can't wear so I am not enthusiastic about most of this year new perfumes.
Thank you ❤️ I can't say the designer releases are setting my world on fire recently 😂 and yep, if you don't love vanilla, rose and musk, now is a bad time to be smelling new fragrances!
Yes! It's an odd choice really because the notes suggest it's tropical yet they chose black 🤷♀️ I also like the Million Gold bottle. It makes me think of Michael Kors though 🤔
I haven't gotten a chance to smell several of these, but I'm really curious about Fantasm now. I haven't seen it in stores around me. Your Daisy Wild thoughts really struck me, I don't like L'imperatrice, and have not loved Wild. Now it makes sense! I don't dislike it, but so many of the other MJ fragrances rank higher for me. Great reviews!
Claire! Musc Nude has been an obsession of mine since it came out. It's interesting because I don't get along with any of the other Narciso fragrances. I think that their unique musk is not compatible with my own skin scent, so I am always quite repelled by them and need to scrub it off. HOWEVER. Musc Nude is a totally different story! I haven't bought it yet, but it's only a matter of time. I spray it on almost every time I visit a perfume shop. I'm glad to hear that you like it, because it generally got quite negative or indifferent reviews.
Oh really?! I think I must live in a bubble 🤣 I'd not even heard of it before the sample popped up on Instagram! 🙊 I liked it ☺️ at some point in future, I will get a NR For Her fragrance, but I'm not sure which to get 🤔
@dr.claire.perfume I heard many people say that it was a skippable or reduntant scent from NR, but for me it was the bee's knees. To me it doesn't smell like any of his other scents. Nor have I smelled anything too similar. If and when you do get a NR For Her, do let us know which one and why! Would love to hear your reasoning behind it 😊
A great summary! Honestly speaking I don't really enjoy any designer perfume release recently. They are usually too weak, and also too sweet or too floral for me. The last one I really enjoyed was Nerolia Vetiver Forte from Guerlain and in 2024 probably Hermes Barenia was the best but still I wouldn't buy it as it's too sweet for me. It's really funny that nowadays perfumes like Barenia are considered controversial while it's just a nice, feminine scent with very recognizable Hermes vibe and good projection/longevity (which is rare these days). I don't know if Jo Malone is designer or rather niche but the new Hinoki & Cedarwood is quite nice.
Thank you! ❤️ I agree with you, so many are tooth achingly sweet! I've not tried Barenia, I need to, I want to know what I think. I've seen people love and hate it in equal measure. Hermes do tend to go their own way, one of the only truly independent fragrance houses left I think, despite attempts to take it over by LVMH. Someone else mentioned Hinoki and Cedarwood. I will go and spray it in my local store next time I'm in town. Have a fab weekend. Thanks for watching 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume Sometimes I feel as if I was smelling pure sugar 🤪 and I prefer something more complex and not so straighforward edible. That's why I liked Nerolia Vetiver durng summer as it was even slightly bitter 😀. And recently I started to enjoy classic chypres that my mother used to wear and I hated as a teenager 🤣. Have a great weekend.
@izaj yes, I think I crave something counterculture sometimes and something vintage can be that too! Smelling something outside of modern designer, and even mass market niche, is always refreshing. Older designers, even 5-10 years back, really have a very different feeling. 🥰
The tingling tongue is interesting 🤨 narcisso musk nude sounds lovely and I’m sure I’d like that one also I love parodox but never did buy it because it didn’t smell different 🤷♀️
Haha I know, I do occasionally feel like I'm tasting fragrances. Montale tropical wood is one I particularly remember for that. Paradoxe type smells are everywhere aren't they? It's been a super common scent profile in the last few years, I guess other brands saw the success and thought they'd try it? 🥰
It's nice to hear your thoughts on these. I fell in love with Musc Nude on first sniff. Went to the store a week later, tested it again and bought it using my Shoppers points. It reminds me of Musc Noir Rose without the plum and warmer powderier... Daisy Wild is beautiful, but I'm still not sure I would want a bottle. I really enjoyed the new Chloe. I see it as the "winter version". But it also reminds me of Nomade, which I like more.
Yes! I got a vibe of Musc Noir Rose from it too... That's a good idea actually, I have a lot of Boots points to use. 🤔 I agree, I don't want a bottle of Daisy Wild either, but it was a pleasant surprise to smell it. 🙂 I can see the Chloe being more suitable for winter, I loved the raspberry 😍 I wish it lingered longer though. Have a lovely weekend 🥰
Hey Claire! Thanks for sharing, I love testing vids 👍🏻 I have a 15ml of Phantasm and I’m enjoying it. I went thru multiple bottles of the OG back in the day - it was pretty much my signature. To me this is 1st or 2nd cousin. Have a great weekend 😘
Hi Jill! Testing Fantasm made me reach for my 90s era Angel this week, I finished the bottle unfortunately 😭 I do have another later version from the 2000s still though. I kept trying Fantasm, trying and hoping to love it, I'm happy that you are enjoying it. I think it's been popular and done well. 🥰
Thank you ❤️ Ooh I'm going to try it again and look out for that and see if I smell it too. I just couldn't get with it 🤦♀️ I wanted to love it but no... 🥰
I didn't like Daisy Wild. 🤷🏻♀️🤭 It was so musty to me but I'll retest my sample after hearing your thoughts on it! Maybe it was just my skin that day 😅 Gorgeous Orchid, yes it's very wearable, pleasant.. good comparison to Divine, I see what you mean!
It is musky in a shampooey way for sure! I think with brands and lines like Marc Jacobs Daisy, I'm not expecting something wow, but I was shocked by how fruity this smelt. I struggled with Divine, the watermelon calone like chemical that I can't remember the name of made me nauseous 😂 Gorgeous Orchid isn't me but is perfectly wearable. 🥰
Yes NR are a brand that seem to chug along quietly and really are still bringing out the occasional gem. I could happily own one of the For Her line. 🥰
Hi Claire! Glad to hear your thoughts on Palatine! Yes the powderiness was so strong but yet the fragrance didn't have much to it somehow.. I did think it reminded me of the insolence one, at least in my head, wish I'd had the chance to compare them! I do have a sample of Love Delight coming but I have to wait for the postal strike to be over before I'll get it! 🫤
There's a postal strike?! Gosh it sounds like Britain 🤣 we have a truly awful postal service now that is outrageously expensive. Love Delight is really pretty, I hope you enjoy it. I can't say I loved Palatine. 🥰
Yes Narciso is obsessed with rose 😅 I didn't really love the original All of Me, not that I disliked it, but it was pretty unremarkable to me. I almost wore Paradoxe today, I have a travel size.. but when I sniffed it from the bottle it just seemed too sweet.. at least for today! My first time hearing reviews on Fantasm and Million Gold. Glad to hear about them! 😊
Angel Fantasm seems to have come and gone without a fanfare, it launched here in September, is it out in Canada? Million Gold is being advertised heavily here. I haven't seen anyone else talk about it though. 🥰
It's odd isn't it? There's not been much marketing here either. I really wonder why Mugler would release a fragrance with summery notes in a black bottle in September. To me there's a lot wrong with the marketing strategy. 😂
Hi Claire ❤ we don’t need pretty we needed exciting 😉 I figured million would be nice but not mind blowing lol so of course fantasm has been on my radar I think I won’t just blind buy as usual and get myself a sample first! I enjoy sample videos from those I trust 😉🤗❤️
Yes! Definitely get a sample of Fantasm! I so very almost blind bought it. 🤦♀️ There were bottles from travel exclusives for sale before its general release, so I could have bought it back in May / June when general release was September here. I'm so happy that I didn't 🙈 it just wasn't for me. I think I'm the oddity though, people seem to love it. Having said that, I do have a 90s and 2000s bottle of Angel so I probably have pretty fresh memory of what vintage Angel actually smells like and this isn't that for me. The patchouli smells just like modern Angel to me. 🥰
I think I’ve got to try Daisy Wild and the Musc Nude release from Narciso Rodriguez. I bought the original, original, original Chloe ages ago. I loved it but it was closer to Halston back in the day. The bottle had a similar design, if I remember correctly. I gave a bottle to my Nana. She loved it more.
Gosh Chloe has been around a while! I remember having my bottle of that flanker before I started TH-cam and that wasn't one of the first fragrances in the line! I think the Marc Jacobs, it's mostly what you'd expect from a Daisy flanker. It's nothing ground breaking, but the banana bubblegum took me by surprise 🤣 I think the comments on this video reveal quite a split with the NR, let me know what you think! 🥰
Hi Claire. The only new designer perfume I’ve tried is Barenia. I was allowed one spray on the back of my hand before it was locked away in the glass cabinet🙄 I’m not sure how I feel about it. I like that it’s different from being another fruity floral, but will need to try it again I think. Re Narciso Rodriguez, have you tried Santal Musc from their oriental line? I blind bought it the other day in a weak moment. Eek😬. Have a good week 😃🇦🇺
I haven't tried Barenia yet. I need to go in store and sniff it. Sadly fragrances are locked away more and more here too. It's the shoplifting gangs! I was in a big brand store shortly after a gang of 5 had struck and they had literally taken every single tester. I've not tried Santal Musc but the name alone is selling it to me! 😂 Let me know what you think! Have a lovely week too 🥰
Yes we both need a perfume fairy to magic up some free bottles 😂 nice but not making me want it. I just got the old version of Lilac Love about a month ago, next is Portrayal for me 😊
Unfortunately I have a little buyer’s remorse for my 2024 pick of Alien Hypersense. I initially thought I really loved it based off of my sample sooo ordered a FB and now it’s more of a like. It’s not terrible, perhaps a bit unremarkable. I’ve been interested in sampling the new Donna Karan releases this year; they look interesting. I smelled a sample of Ariana Grande Pink Woods and liked it surprisingly. Definitely want to sample the new Gucci Flora..some say it has a slight banana smell, but I wonder if that’s a subconscious reflection of the yellow colored bottle. Great video as always ❤
Thank you ❤️ Yes, weirdly my Hypersense sample smelt much nicer than a bottle that I later tried in store. I've not really had that experience before. Oh yes, I've seen those gold Donna Karans all over, I've not tried Pink Woods. The new Gucci Flora for me was just crazily sweet! I could perhaps imagine it smelling like banana foam sweets perhaps, but yes, it could also be the yellow bottle. I will sample it again with that in mind. I can't say I got banana in the first three tries though. 🥰
Thanks Claire! Although I sampled many this year, the only from 2024 were from House of Bo - Oro Verde, Casa Blanca & Bombon. The 1st two were FB worthy to me. Very unique but easy to wear.
I need to sample them! They sound good if you would like a bottle of two of them! I have a huge list of brands to sample and I also have a backlog of samples and sample sets that I'm slowly working through. I will get there eventually. 🥰
Thank you ❤️ it's a mix of very old palettes 🙈 two from the older version of the wet n wild comfort zone and a shade from the elf earth and oceans palette 🥰
I was really disappointed with the new Chloe as well. I thought it smelt very generic and quite thick and cloying. I loved the old green Chloe l'eau too; why is it companies always discontinue the best ones? Have you tried the newer Chloe l'eau? It's very nice, still sparkling and fresh but not as beautiful as the green one unfortunately.
Was that one called L'eau de Chloe that I had? I think I got the name wrong but they all sound so similar 🤷♀️ I've not tried the new one! But I will! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume Yes you're correct Claire; the green one was L'Eau de Chloe. I think I was getting the names mixed up. The new pink one is called Chloe L'eau. I've just checked and it was released in 2019 - doesn't time fly! I could send you a sample if you'd like to try it 😊
Hi Claire! I thought the new Angel smelled too similar to the OG in the dry down which is my best friend’s perfume. So it’s a pass. I quite enjoyed All of me Intense more than the OG but it’s not unique enough to buy. I want to strip down my collection of Narcisso R to Musc Noir Rose only. They are all nice but too similar at the end for me. Pure Musc and Poudrée are the one I’m trying to finish because I sold the other ones ( red cube and Fleur Musc).
Hi Julie! I tried very hard to like Fantasm but I just couldn't 🤦♀️ after trying it a few times, I wore my vintage 90s bottle of Angel and loved it 💙 sadly so much that I've now finished it 😂 but I have another from the 2000s still in my collection. I agree with you, the intense is nicer to me than the original for All of Me, it's a bit more interesting. And yes, the NR Musc line are much of a muchness. I want one, but only one! Thanks for watching 🥰
Hey Claire! We are getting something totally different from Love Delight. It was so strong and spicy but I could see myself liking it. I think I’m going to wear it today. Gucci Gorgeous Orchid is so beautiful. I love it
I have seen lots of people say it's super spicy actually so that doesn't surprise me. For me it went very fruity! The next day it was like roasted peaches. I also sprayed Guidance one time when I sampled Love Delight and Guidance I could still smell 5 days and several showers later. Wow does that linger! Weirdly I was given two samples by someone and they smell very different to each other, it makes me wonder why. 🥰
@ peaches wow!! Five days and several showers later sounds about right 😂😂 That’s interesting about the samples smelling different. I’m curious as well 🤔
@@dr.claire.perfumecould it be that you tested Guidance and Guidance 46? I fell in love with the latter, the OG just didn’t work with my skin unfortunatelly. Maybe I need to revisit it. Both versions are powerhouse, and lasting on clothes until I don’t wash. On my hoodie the G46 it going strong for 3rd week in a row.
I was very curious about your thoughts on the Angel. I feel like old Mugler scents because a bit of a sacred thing to me, and it's so hard to judge new releases because of it. I never feel like I am objective, so I was listening attentively to your thoughts. I feel like this one is not for me either, and still can't understand what they are trying to do with that line now 🤔
I just couldn't get past the plastic. I don't know how other people aren't smelling that too. I wish I smelt what other people do with it. But also why is it in a black bottle and released in September with notes of pineapple and coconut? 🤔
I have not tested out most of these perfumes, except for Daisy Wild and the new NR nude. I just don’t feel terribly inspired to try the newer designer fragrances this year, they all seem pretty nice but not knocking my socks off 😂. Great reviews, Claire. Thank you ❤
Yep, my socks are very much still on too. I've been trying not to buy as many bottles this year, I'm not sure it's worked but I've definitely bought more samples and sample sets and I think I've tried way more fragrances as a result. Have a lovely weekend 🥰
@ sampling is a far more reasonable practice than buying full bottles right away. I’m going to do that more frequently now, too, as I realize there are so many bottles I fell out of love with and have to declutter.
Ah looking forward to learning about these "hyped" ones Paletine 🙊 I think it's best I say nothing... But yes purple it is not, neither is it a £200+ perfume 🙄. Maybe violet was more expensive than cashmeran so they skipped it 😅. Ah Love De💩. Yes not awful smelling but insanely familiar 🙄. I think given the price range and the brand it's possibly the most dull and disappointing fragrance of 2024... I love love the perfumer too. I would be lost with all the Daisy flankers. It sounds not too bad at all. Probably the best in the video yet 🙊 and a third/quarter of the price of them? The Gucci sounds OK maybe but caramel is a struggle for me. There are so many of these Guccis now. Yes you are quite a NR fan. It sounds not too bad at all tho it does sound like the one I have quite a bit. It's a shame with the all of me one. But we can't love them all. Yes 🙊 I didn't much love Fantasm. I do get what u mean with the plastic Oooo ambroxan in a PR 😅 unique it's not cashmeran in a newer one. I don't think I'd love this one. Yes the original Chloè was good it's a shame intense meant cashmeran isn't it. Great video Claire 🙂
LOL I know you hated Palatine, I think for me it was the most underwhelming PDM I've ever tried. I normally don't love them but I at least hate them, there's at least some reaction. But for this, just indifference... Love Delight wasn't bad at all. I understand why people might be disappointed by it though. My socks were very much still on, but it was pretty. Daisy flankers just go on and on don't they 😂 they never stop. You'd hate the Gucci 😂 but not as much as the last one 😉 All the NR for hers are much of a muchness, I would like one and only one. I do enjoy them, but I don't need all of them. I like the one that you have. 😊 Angel Fantasm was a huge no for me. But I wonder how anyone can think that's like old Angel, it smelt nothing at all like my 90s vintage bottle. It does however smell like the version in the shops now. Paco rabanne were clearly splashing the cash 😂 I don't understand how there's been this almost overnight shift to cashmeran... It's almost like ambroxan went up in price... 🤔 Oh, hang on... Thanks for watching Jon 🥰
It's lovely isn't it? Probably only the other fragrances that I mentioned in the NR lines like Musc Noir, Musc Noir Rose, Narciso Poudrée are similar to me. Really the Narciso Rodriguez musk is very distinctive, but what you might consider similar is likely dependent upon exactly what aspect of Musc Nude is important to you. 🥰
Great video Claire. May I ask if you have sampled a fragrance, didn’t like it but somehow ended up with a full bottle and ended up loving the fragrance?
Yes! I remember trying Velvet Orchid many years ago when it first came out and thinking it was awful, ten years later and I have a 100ml and love it. Black Orchid, Velvet Orchid, Orchid Soleil are all loves for me. 🥰
personally really wish they would slow down with these new releases. There are far too many of them and I also feel like vanilla is taking over everything and I do like vanilla but I am over this tend, especially super gourmand vanilla.
@@annaswanson5903 yes! When I was putting this together, the number of fragrances here with vanilla really struck me and I agree, 6000 fragrance releases a year crowds the market. We are in a sea of meh. 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume I’m really into Brazilian fragrance right now. Lots of apothecary styles natural, vegan, sustainable products in neutral alcohol 👏👏👏
@@annaswanson5903 I can imagine there are a lot to choose from. Equally I'm embracing smaller indie brands more these days, it's where you will find something more affordable, and dare I say it, something that is just better. 🥰
Yes, I don't know who gave the final yes to that, but wow, I wonder whether they smelt it. PdM has never been a love for me because of the amount of ambroxan and iso E super they often use, but there are some scents with personality still. Here with Palatine though the cashmeran is punching and very little else! 🥰
Hi Claire nice to see you 😊 Yesi love the narciso Rodrigues nude I love it and I will get a big bottle soon GOD. Willing 😊I love all the line too 😊 sending you much love GOD BLESS 🙏🕊🩸🩸👋
I haven’t experienced any of these fragrances you’ve shown. But some of them I’m quite curious about now. Also… I’ve never heard anyone make that comment about a fragrance……“it made my tongue tingle”…..😂
You know I don't think I've even sampled any 2024 designer releases. I was expecting more from Maison Margiela, but they have only released Afternoon Delight in 2024. I tried Barenia from Hermès in store but I wasn't taken with it. I guess its mostly all just flankers from the designers this year 🤷♀️
@@ems_h.eartnotes I need to go try Barenia. I've not been in store for a while. It's had massively mixed reviews. Afternoon Delight I've not tried either. I want to try Guidance 46 to see what the hype is about and I think Van cleef and Arpels have at least one new one out that I would like to sample too. Is it horrendous weather where you are?! 🥰
I sampled Love Delight, but for me it was a tad sweeter than my liking. Rather just ok, so I wouldn’t like a bottle. Unlike Guidance 46, which stole my heart (and emptied my bank account).
@ 46 is not as airy as the OG, sandalwood is quite prominent in it, however, it‘s a little less loud, but still quite room filling (3 colleagues chased me down in the lab). I think it‘s more wearable than the OG. I pretty much loved the OG on the clothes, but not on skin. I‘d say if someone could not pull the OG due to skin chemistry, the 46 could work its magic instead. It is otherwise 60-70% same, just incense is toned down, while sandalwood is amped up.
Do you mean the original EDP or the new intense version? I'm sure if people want something denser, the intense is an option if they don't mind cashmeran. 🥰
I was testing the Narcizo.R Musk Nude in my hand and took the bus to go home. While i was in bus,i thought someone was drinking a lot of white wine,and i was looking around who was drunk. When i went home,i had the drunk smell still with me,and i found out that was comming from Narc.R. I gave it a second chance later,and same smell
Aah cool, it's good to test fragrances on skin. Haha, white wine! 😅 That's interesting! I like wine so perhaps that's why I enjoy it?! 😂 Thanks for watching 🥰
The 2024 designer releases are so mediocre and boring, so disappointing. The last good ones were Burberry Goddess 2023 and YSL Opium Le Parfum 2022. D&G Devotion 2023 was nice too. Also, the 2024 bottles weren't that impressive either.
I can't say the designer releases this year have excited me either. Indie is really where the invention and excitement is, however much that's never seen on YT. Thanks for watching 🥰
Mugler by Loreal is flop after flop. They ruined the brand so bad l want to cry. Literally today l've got 5ml sample of Chloe Intense and it smells pretty much the same as the original maybe a bit sweeter
I've not found one that I like yet from them. I keep trying the new ones because I'm curious, but I'm so pleased that I didn't buy Fantasm. It was cheaper before release because of some travel exclusive bottles that were flying around, but I really dodged a bullet for me by sampling. 🥰
Yeah I love sample videos. I can't say mainstream designer (or mass market niche actually!) excites me too much but I do always sample them and see if there's something I'm missing! 🥰
I absolutely love the angle fantanism it's good for women
It's good that you enjoy it. Did you try A* Men Fantasm? I'd like to try it. 🥰
Completely agree about Musc Nude For Her! Honestly, most of the things made by the brand I tend to like... Especially this line. For her started my obsession with scents, forever in my heart 😍 Glad you loved it too! ❤
Yes! It's one of my favourite lines too, just consistently good and over 20 years that's a rare thing in designer fragrance lines. 🥰
Hi Claire 🥰 I always love how in depth you go on describing a scent. It really helps on deciding!!! Loved to hear your thoughts on the new Angel!!! Hope you’re well ✨
Thank you! ❤️ Yes I am well thanks. Angel Fantasm wasn't for me sadly but I know other people love it. It did make me wear my 90s bottle of Angel straight afterwards though 😊
Hi Claire! Just wanted to mention that both Daisy Wild and Musc Nude were created by Sonia Constant-a phenomenal perfumer, and perhaps, my all-time favorite. I'd love to see you review more of her work. Love your videos-keep them coming!
Thank you ❤️ Oh yes! I didn't know about Daisy Wild but I remember reading an article with her about the NR for her line and its 20th anniversary talking about her work for the line and about her inspirations. I made a video about the history of the original EDT last January, along with no. 5 and Bandit. I really loved researching for that. 😊 I agree that Sonia Constant has made some stunning fragrances. 🥰
Hey Claire, greetings from New Zealand! I was given 3 official samples of Fantasm and I also sprayed myself all over (perhaps embarassingly so) at the counter... I am baffled! I also get the pinnapple during the first 20 minutes(ish), yes, the coconut stays throughout the fragrance wear, however I do agree; there is something plastic in there (almost like silicone), and I also get something spicey and warm, like chilli or cinammon. In fact I sprayed myself with regular Angel on one wrist (I cannot wear it anymore as it turns vile on me sometimes), and Fantasm on the other, then I blew into both my wrists (like what you're supposed to do with those "adult" massage oils), and the Fantasm wrist became instantly warm, but not the og... so there's definitely something in it that isn't disclosed! Also, in the deep dry down, the fragrances smell very close! The Fantasm is just a bit fainter/lighter, last less than the og, and has that dry/powdery coconut that lingers... I am so confused and, though it does project and last, I'm not sure if I like it or not, yet... So your review is music to my ears, because I think that Fantasm, like the og, is a very temperamental fragrance with a mind of it's own ha ha.
Oh I'm so happy that someone else smells the plastic/ vinyl. I thought I was mad 🤣 it sounds like you have thoroughly tested Fantasm! I have a bottle of both 90s and 2000s vintage Angel EDP and to me, Fantasm is very different in style with patchouli to those. To me, it smells more like the modern Angel EDP. I absolutely loved the 90s version that I had but I finished the bottle this week as it was snowing here and that is the best snowy fragrance 😭 there was so much liquorice 😋 in the 90s version. Thanks for letting me know your thoughts 🥰
Hi Claire, watching… I have to stop and say the tingling is something I’ve never heard from anyone else. I like the Amarage a good bit.
Haha 😂 I can sometimes taste fragrances when I sniff them to close. Tropical Wood by Montale really was very distinctive because of that. 😂
I know what you mean about Amouge fragrances ! We expect more for $500 dollars so it being pleasant and nice doesn’t cut it
Yes, nothing wrong at all with it, I like it, but yeah 🤦♀️
Hey friend!🙋🏻♀️🥰🥰🥰 I usually don’t like rose but I love the the way Narciso does it🤗🤓
Yes! It's clearly a house signature along with the musk I think! 🥰
I love NR For Her line, unfortunately, Musc Nude is a big NO for me ☹ I tested it twice and I got lots of something harsh and synthetic from it... I'm so glad that I didn't blind-buy it 😂
Hi Paula! That's a shame, but what a save! I have to admit that if I were to choose one from the line, it would probably be Musc Noir rather than Musc Nude. 🥰
I purchased Angel Fantasm & my input (based on my last use of it being weeks ago now & without giving it a re-spray) is that it, in broad brush strokes, reminded me of both Alien Goddess & Angel Iced Star, & was quite strong at first; then as it faded, lingered in a tropical biscuit-like way for quite a while.
Thanks! I was expecting something a lot more fruity but they've gone in a different direction, I agree that it's biscuity and I wasn't expecting that at all! I keep trying the new Muglers, hoping to find a new love. 🤞
@ me too… But sadly, reluctantly, losing faith😔
@@corinalymburner1121 they were sooo good! 😢
Your reviews are always complete and interesting. You are precise in the description but you also give a personal interpretation for every fragrance you speak of. As for the 2024 releases: for me there are too many rose-based scents: unfortunately, the rose is a note I can't wear so I am not enthusiastic about most of this year new perfumes.
Thank you ❤️ I can't say the designer releases are setting my world on fire recently 😂 and yep, if you don't love vanilla, rose and musk, now is a bad time to be smelling new fragrances!
I really like the colour of the Angel bottle, I can see that getting some attention.
The Million Gold bottle is also quite attractive to me. 🙂
Yes! It's an odd choice really because the notes suggest it's tropical yet they chose black 🤷♀️
I also like the Million Gold bottle. It makes me think of Michael Kors though 🤔
I haven't gotten a chance to smell several of these, but I'm really curious about Fantasm now. I haven't seen it in stores around me. Your Daisy Wild thoughts really struck me, I don't like L'imperatrice, and have not loved Wild. Now it makes sense! I don't dislike it, but so many of the other MJ fragrances rank higher for me. Great reviews!
Yes! Please try Fantasm and see what you think! Did you enjoy last year's Daisy flankers? 🥰
Claire! Musc Nude has been an obsession of mine since it came out. It's interesting because I don't get along with any of the other Narciso fragrances. I think that their unique musk is not compatible with my own skin scent, so I am always quite repelled by them and need to scrub it off. HOWEVER. Musc Nude is a totally different story! I haven't bought it yet, but it's only a matter of time. I spray it on almost every time I visit a perfume shop. I'm glad to hear that you like it, because it generally got quite negative or indifferent reviews.
Oh really?! I think I must live in a bubble 🤣 I'd not even heard of it before the sample popped up on Instagram! 🙊 I liked it ☺️ at some point in future, I will get a NR For Her fragrance, but I'm not sure which to get 🤔
@dr.claire.perfume I heard many people say that it was a skippable or reduntant scent from NR, but for me it was the bee's knees. To me it doesn't smell like any of his other scents. Nor have I smelled anything too similar. If and when you do get a NR For Her, do let us know which one and why! Would love to hear your reasoning behind it 😊
Ooh ok! I will! 😊
A great summary! Honestly speaking I don't really enjoy any designer perfume release recently. They are usually too weak, and also too sweet or too floral for me. The last one I really enjoyed was Nerolia Vetiver Forte from Guerlain and in 2024 probably Hermes Barenia was the best but still I wouldn't buy it as it's too sweet for me. It's really funny that nowadays perfumes like Barenia are considered controversial while it's just a nice, feminine scent with very recognizable Hermes vibe and good projection/longevity (which is rare these days).
I don't know if Jo Malone is designer or rather niche but the new Hinoki & Cedarwood is quite nice.
Thank you! ❤️ I agree with you, so many are tooth achingly sweet! I've not tried Barenia, I need to, I want to know what I think. I've seen people love and hate it in equal measure. Hermes do tend to go their own way, one of the only truly independent fragrance houses left I think, despite attempts to take it over by LVMH.
Someone else mentioned Hinoki and Cedarwood. I will go and spray it in my local store next time I'm in town. Have a fab weekend. Thanks for watching 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume Sometimes I feel as if I was smelling pure sugar 🤪 and I prefer something more complex and not so straighforward edible. That's why I liked Nerolia Vetiver durng summer as it was even slightly bitter 😀. And recently I started to enjoy classic chypres that my mother used to wear and I hated as a teenager 🤣. Have a great weekend.
@izaj yes, I think I crave something counterculture sometimes and something vintage can be that too! Smelling something outside of modern designer, and even mass market niche, is always refreshing. Older designers, even 5-10 years back, really have a very different feeling. 🥰
The tingling tongue is interesting 🤨 narcisso musk nude sounds lovely and I’m sure I’d like that one also
I love parodox but never did buy it because it didn’t smell different 🤷♀️
Haha I know, I do occasionally feel like I'm tasting fragrances. Montale tropical wood is one I particularly remember for that.
Paradoxe type smells are everywhere aren't they? It's been a super common scent profile in the last few years, I guess other brands saw the success and thought they'd try it? 🥰
It's nice to hear your thoughts on these. I fell in love with Musc Nude on first sniff. Went to the store a week later, tested it again and bought it using my Shoppers points. It reminds me of Musc Noir Rose without the plum and warmer powderier...
Daisy Wild is beautiful, but I'm still not sure I would want a bottle.
I really enjoyed the new Chloe. I see it as the "winter version". But it also reminds me of Nomade, which I like more.
Yes! I got a vibe of Musc Noir Rose from it too... That's a good idea actually, I have a lot of Boots points to use. 🤔
I agree, I don't want a bottle of Daisy Wild either, but it was a pleasant surprise to smell it. 🙂
I can see the Chloe being more suitable for winter, I loved the raspberry 😍 I wish it lingered longer though. Have a lovely weekend 🥰
I really need to try Angel Fantasm❤ I love the original Angel❤
Yes definitely try and let me know what you think! 🥰
Hey Claire! Thanks for sharing, I love testing vids 👍🏻 I have a 15ml of Phantasm and I’m enjoying it. I went thru multiple bottles of the OG back in the day - it was pretty much my signature. To me this is 1st or 2nd cousin. Have a great weekend 😘
Hi Jill! Testing Fantasm made me reach for my 90s era Angel this week, I finished the bottle unfortunately 😭 I do have another later version from the 2000s still though. I kept trying Fantasm, trying and hoping to love it, I'm happy that you are enjoying it. I think it's been popular and done well. 🥰
Such a great overview of these perfumes. I feel a trip to the mall coming on so I can give some of these a sniff! ❤
Thank you ❤️ yes! Let me know what you think of Fantasm! I want to hear more views! 🥰
Hi Claire , I get a strange Chilli peppery like smell in the dry down of Angel fantasm very disappointing as I so wanted to love it !
Great video 👍
Thank you ❤️ Ooh I'm going to try it again and look out for that and see if I smell it too. I just couldn't get with it 🤦♀️ I wanted to love it but no... 🥰
I didn't like Daisy Wild. 🤷🏻♀️🤭 It was so musty to me but I'll retest my sample after hearing your thoughts on it! Maybe it was just my skin that day 😅
Gorgeous Orchid, yes it's very wearable, pleasant.. good comparison to Divine, I see what you mean!
It is musky in a shampooey way for sure! I think with brands and lines like Marc Jacobs Daisy, I'm not expecting something wow, but I was shocked by how fruity this smelt.
I struggled with Divine, the watermelon calone like chemical that I can't remember the name of made me nauseous 😂 Gorgeous Orchid isn't me but is perfectly wearable. 🥰
I noticed Palatine is very hyped right now and people seem to enjoy it. Need to try it too!
Is it? Do you think that would that be the free bottles? 😉 If you like it Kate, I'll faint 🤣 but good luck! 🤣
@dr.claire.perfume no idea if it's free bottles 🙈 ok, now I definitely need to try it 😀
@@katekhara 😂 honestly my shampoo is more inventive.
@@dr.claire.perfume haha 😀😀😀
I really love the NR line in general …. Musc Nude sounds mmmmmm 🥰
I’m curious about All Of Me 🙂
Yes NR are a brand that seem to chug along quietly and really are still bringing out the occasional gem. I could happily own one of the For Her line. 🥰
Hi Claire! Glad to hear your thoughts on Palatine! Yes the powderiness was so strong but yet the fragrance didn't have much to it somehow.. I did think it reminded me of the insolence one, at least in my head, wish I'd had the chance to compare them!
I do have a sample of Love Delight coming but I have to wait for the postal strike to be over before I'll get it! 🫤
There's a postal strike?! Gosh it sounds like Britain 🤣 we have a truly awful postal service now that is outrageously expensive. Love Delight is really pretty, I hope you enjoy it. I can't say I loved Palatine. 🥰
Yes Canada Post is on strike nationwide! Ugh 😣 hoping it's over soon! 🤞🏼
I bet! It was awful here when Royal Mail were in strike. It's pretty bad when they aren't too, especially in winter. 🥰
Yes Narciso is obsessed with rose 😅 I didn't really love the original All of Me, not that I disliked it, but it was pretty unremarkable to me.
I almost wore Paradoxe today, I have a travel size.. but when I sniffed it from the bottle it just seemed too sweet.. at least for today!
My first time hearing reviews on Fantasm and Million Gold. Glad to hear about them! 😊
Angel Fantasm seems to have come and gone without a fanfare, it launched here in September, is it out in Canada? Million Gold is being advertised heavily here. I haven't seen anyone else talk about it though. 🥰
@ they are both for sale on the Sephora app here, but I've barely heard a thing about them.. 🤷🏻♀️
It's odd isn't it? There's not been much marketing here either. I really wonder why Mugler would release a fragrance with summery notes in a black bottle in September. To me there's a lot wrong with the marketing strategy. 😂
@@dr.claire.perfume 😅😅
Hi Claire ❤ we don’t need pretty we needed exciting 😉 I figured million would be nice but not mind blowing lol so of course fantasm has been on my radar I think I won’t just blind buy as usual and get myself a sample first! I enjoy sample videos from those I trust 😉🤗❤️
Yes! Definitely get a sample of Fantasm! I so very almost blind bought it. 🤦♀️ There were bottles from travel exclusives for sale before its general release, so I could have bought it back in May / June when general release was September here. I'm so happy that I didn't 🙈 it just wasn't for me. I think I'm the oddity though, people seem to love it. Having said that, I do have a 90s and 2000s bottle of Angel so I probably have pretty fresh memory of what vintage Angel actually smells like and this isn't that for me. The patchouli smells just like modern Angel to me. 🥰
I think I’ve got to try Daisy Wild and the Musc Nude release from Narciso Rodriguez. I bought the original, original, original Chloe ages ago. I loved it but it was closer to Halston back in the day. The bottle had a similar design, if I remember correctly. I gave a bottle to my Nana. She loved it more.
Gosh Chloe has been around a while! I remember having my bottle of that flanker before I started TH-cam and that wasn't one of the first fragrances in the line!
I think the Marc Jacobs, it's mostly what you'd expect from a Daisy flanker. It's nothing ground breaking, but the banana bubblegum took me by surprise 🤣 I think the comments on this video reveal quite a split with the NR, let me know what you think! 🥰
Hi Claire. The only new designer perfume I’ve tried is Barenia. I was allowed one spray on the back of my hand before it was locked away in the glass cabinet🙄 I’m not sure how I feel about it. I like that it’s different from being another fruity floral, but will need to try it again I think. Re Narciso Rodriguez, have you tried Santal Musc from their oriental line? I blind bought it the other day in a weak moment. Eek😬. Have a good week 😃🇦🇺
I haven't tried Barenia yet. I need to go in store and sniff it. Sadly fragrances are locked away more and more here too. It's the shoplifting gangs! I was in a big brand store shortly after a gang of 5 had struck and they had literally taken every single tester.
I've not tried Santal Musc but the name alone is selling it to me! 😂 Let me know what you think! Have a lovely week too 🥰
Chloe I love the original and Chloe la rose which I believe is being discontinued 😊
I feel like a lot of the Chloe flankers have been discontinued. The one I had is long gone now. 🥰
Great review. The only one I've smelled is Love Delight, which didn't blow me away but if someone wanted to give me a bottle I'd take it. 😄
Yes we both need a perfume fairy to magic up some free bottles 😂 nice but not making me want it. I just got the old version of Lilac Love about a month ago, next is Portrayal for me 😊
@@dr.claire.perfume I love Lilac Love (although not sure if mine is old or new). Must try Portrayal now!
@@dcjimr1 the bottles are different colours between old and new. If you have the lovely lilac colour then it's the old one. 😊
Unfortunately I have a little buyer’s remorse for my 2024 pick of Alien Hypersense. I initially thought I really loved it based off of my sample sooo ordered a FB and now it’s more of a like.
It’s not terrible, perhaps a bit unremarkable.
I’ve been interested in sampling the new Donna Karan releases this year; they look interesting. I smelled a sample of Ariana Grande Pink Woods and liked it surprisingly. Definitely want to sample the new Gucci Flora..some say it has a slight banana smell, but I wonder if that’s a subconscious reflection of the yellow colored bottle.
Great video as always ❤
Thank you ❤️ Yes, weirdly my Hypersense sample smelt much nicer than a bottle that I later tried in store. I've not really had that experience before.
Oh yes, I've seen those gold Donna Karans all over, I've not tried Pink Woods. The new Gucci Flora for me was just crazily sweet! I could perhaps imagine it smelling like banana foam sweets perhaps, but yes, it could also be the yellow bottle. I will sample it again with that in mind. I can't say I got banana in the first three tries though. 🥰
Thanks Claire! Although I sampled many this year, the only from 2024 were from House of Bo - Oro Verde, Casa Blanca & Bombon. The 1st two were FB worthy to me. Very unique but easy to wear.
I need to sample them! They sound good if you would like a bottle of two of them! I have a huge list of brands to sample and I also have a backlog of samples and sample sets that I'm slowly working through. I will get there eventually. 🥰
Always love your reviews!
Beautiful eyeshadow! Wich one is it?
Thank you ❤️ it's a mix of very old palettes 🙈 two from the older version of the wet n wild comfort zone and a shade from the elf earth and oceans palette 🥰
I was really disappointed with the new Chloe as well. I thought it smelt very generic and quite thick and cloying. I loved the old green Chloe l'eau too; why is it companies always discontinue the best ones? Have you tried the newer Chloe l'eau? It's very nice, still sparkling and fresh but not as beautiful as the green one unfortunately.
Was that one called L'eau de Chloe that I had? I think I got the name wrong but they all sound so similar 🤷♀️ I've not tried the new one! But I will! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume Yes you're correct Claire; the green one was L'Eau de Chloe. I think I was getting the names mixed up. The new pink one is called Chloe L'eau. I've just checked and it was released in 2019 - doesn't time fly! I could send you a sample if you'd like to try it 😊
Hi Claire! I thought the new Angel smelled too similar to the OG in the dry down which is my best friend’s perfume. So it’s a pass. I quite enjoyed All of me Intense more than the OG but it’s not unique enough to buy. I want to strip down my collection of Narcisso R to Musc Noir Rose only. They are all nice but too similar at the end for me. Pure Musc and Poudrée are the one I’m trying to finish because I sold the other ones ( red cube and Fleur Musc).
Hi Julie! I tried very hard to like Fantasm but I just couldn't 🤦♀️ after trying it a few times, I wore my vintage 90s bottle of Angel and loved it 💙 sadly so much that I've now finished it 😂 but I have another from the 2000s still in my collection. I agree with you, the intense is nicer to me than the original for All of Me, it's a bit more interesting. And yes, the NR Musc line are much of a muchness. I want one, but only one! Thanks for watching 🥰
Hey Claire. I haven’t tried these but I would like to.
Hi Faith! Love Delight really grew on me and I enjoyed Musc Nude too 🥰
Hi Claire ❤
Hi Frances 😊 hope you are having a fab time! 🥰
Hey Claire! We are getting something totally different from Love Delight. It was so strong and spicy but I could see myself liking it. I think I’m going to wear it today. Gucci Gorgeous Orchid is so beautiful. I love it
I have seen lots of people say it's super spicy actually so that doesn't surprise me. For me it went very fruity! The next day it was like roasted peaches.
I also sprayed Guidance one time when I sampled Love Delight and Guidance I could still smell 5 days and several showers later. Wow does that linger! Weirdly I was given two samples by someone and they smell very different to each other, it makes me wonder why. 🥰
@ peaches wow!!
Five days and several showers later sounds about right 😂😂
That’s interesting about the samples smelling different. I’m curious as well 🤔
@@dr.claire.perfumecould it be that you tested Guidance and Guidance 46? I fell in love with the latter, the OG just didn’t work with my skin unfortunatelly. Maybe I need to revisit it. Both versions are powerhouse, and lasting on clothes until I don’t wash. On my hoodie the G46 it going strong for 3rd week in a row.
I don't think so because the samples are from two people who bought them before Guidance 46 was released. But is is certainly puzzling. 🙂
I was very curious about your thoughts on the Angel. I feel like old Mugler scents because a bit of a sacred thing to me, and it's so hard to judge new releases because of it. I never feel like I am objective, so I was listening attentively to your thoughts. I feel like this one is not for me either, and still can't understand what they are trying to do with that line now 🤔
I just couldn't get past the plastic. I don't know how other people aren't smelling that too. I wish I smelt what other people do with it. But also why is it in a black bottle and released in September with notes of pineapple and coconut? 🤔
@@dr.claire.perfume I know, the designer decison looks strange to me
@@katekhara unless Australia is a huge market for Mugler maybe?
@dr.claire.perfume or they target Latin America?
Love Musc Nude ❤
It was the best of the bunch here for me! ❤️ Well the Amouage is lovely too but is >£300 🤣
I have not tested out most of these perfumes, except for Daisy Wild and the new NR nude. I just don’t feel terribly inspired to try the newer designer fragrances this year, they all seem pretty nice but not knocking my socks off 😂. Great reviews, Claire. Thank you ❤
Yep, my socks are very much still on too. I've been trying not to buy as many bottles this year, I'm not sure it's worked but I've definitely bought more samples and sample sets and I think I've tried way more fragrances as a result. Have a lovely weekend 🥰
@ sampling is a far more reasonable practice than buying full bottles right away. I’m going to do that more frequently now, too, as I realize there are so many bottles I fell out of love with and have to declutter.
I certainly need to declutter even my purchases this year, some were naughty blind buys that didn't go so well. 🤦♀️
Ah looking forward to learning about these "hyped" ones
Paletine 🙊 I think it's best I say nothing... But yes purple it is not, neither is it a £200+ perfume 🙄. Maybe violet was more expensive than cashmeran so they skipped it 😅.
Ah Love De💩. Yes not awful smelling but insanely familiar 🙄. I think given the price range and the brand it's possibly the most dull and disappointing fragrance of 2024... I love love the perfumer too.
I would be lost with all the Daisy flankers. It sounds not too bad at all. Probably the best in the video yet 🙊 and a third/quarter of the price of them?
The Gucci sounds OK maybe but caramel is a struggle for me. There are so many of these Guccis now.
Yes you are quite a NR fan. It sounds not too bad at all tho it does sound like the one I have quite a bit.
It's a shame with the all of me one. But we can't love them all.
Yes 🙊 I didn't much love Fantasm. I do get what u mean with the plastic
Oooo ambroxan in a PR 😅 unique it's not cashmeran in a newer one. I don't think I'd love this one.
Yes the original Chloè was good it's a shame intense meant cashmeran isn't it.
Great video Claire 🙂
LOL I know you hated Palatine, I think for me it was the most underwhelming PDM I've ever tried. I normally don't love them but I at least hate them, there's at least some reaction. But for this, just indifference...
Love Delight wasn't bad at all. I understand why people might be disappointed by it though. My socks were very much still on, but it was pretty.
Daisy flankers just go on and on don't they 😂 they never stop. You'd hate the Gucci 😂 but not as much as the last one 😉
All the NR for hers are much of a muchness, I would like one and only one. I do enjoy them, but I don't need all of them. I like the one that you have. 😊
Angel Fantasm was a huge no for me. But I wonder how anyone can think that's like old Angel, it smelt nothing at all like my 90s vintage bottle. It does however smell like the version in the shops now.
Paco rabanne were clearly splashing the cash 😂 I don't understand how there's been this almost overnight shift to cashmeran... It's almost like ambroxan went up in price... 🤔 Oh, hang on...
Thanks for watching Jon 🥰
Hi I really like Musc nude from NR . Do you have recommondation perfume like musc nude ¿¿
It's lovely isn't it? Probably only the other fragrances that I mentioned in the NR lines like Musc Noir, Musc Noir Rose, Narciso Poudrée are similar to me. Really the Narciso Rodriguez musk is very distinctive, but what you might consider similar is likely dependent upon exactly what aspect of Musc Nude is important to you. 🥰
Great video Claire. May I ask if you have sampled a fragrance, didn’t like it but somehow ended up with a full bottle and ended up loving the fragrance?
Yes! I remember trying Velvet Orchid many years ago when it first came out and thinking it was awful, ten years later and I have a 100ml and love it. Black Orchid, Velvet Orchid, Orchid Soleil are all loves for me. 🥰
@ thanks for letting me know. I was just curious 💜
@@Naturallyliz41 I think at the time I'd not smelt many fragrances of that type. Heady florals were something new for me! 🤦♀️
personally really wish they would slow down with these new releases. There are far too many of them and I also feel like vanilla is taking over everything and I do like vanilla but I am over this tend, especially super gourmand vanilla.
@@annaswanson5903 yes! When I was putting this together, the number of fragrances here with vanilla really struck me and I agree, 6000 fragrance releases a year crowds the market. We are in a sea of meh. 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume I’m really into Brazilian fragrance right now. Lots of apothecary styles natural, vegan, sustainable products in neutral alcohol 👏👏👏
@@annaswanson5903 I can imagine there are a lot to choose from. Equally I'm embracing smaller indie brands more these days, it's where you will find something more affordable, and dare I say it, something that is just better. 🥰
Palatine was so underwhelming for me too. I wanted to love it, but definitely not worth the 💰
Yes, I don't know who gave the final yes to that, but wow, I wonder whether they smelt it. PdM has never been a love for me because of the amount of ambroxan and iso E super they often use, but there are some scents with personality still. Here with Palatine though the cashmeran is punching and very little else! 🥰
Yes NR definitely seems to be obsessed with rose. 😂
It's in everything pretty much 🤷♀️ rose ✅
Hi Claire nice to see you 😊 Yesi love the narciso Rodrigues nude I love it and I will get a big bottle soon GOD. Willing 😊I love all the line too 😊 sending you much love GOD BLESS 🙏🕊🩸🩸👋
And you! ❤️ Musc Nude was the winner for me here. 🥰
I haven’t experienced any of these fragrances you’ve shown. But some of them I’m quite curious about now.
Also…
I’ve never heard anyone make that comment about a fragrance……“it made my tongue tingle”…..😂
I also sometimes can literally taste fragrances which I actually hate 😝 Montale tropical wood was one of those! I know I'm odd 🤣
@ I think that’s great….it would really help you pinpoint fragrance notes! 🙂
@@dr.claire.perfumeI find that amazing and means you are really in touch with your senses
Loved this so much ❤
Thank you 🥰
You know I don't think I've even sampled any 2024 designer releases. I was expecting more from Maison Margiela, but they have only released Afternoon Delight in 2024. I tried Barenia from Hermès in store but I wasn't taken with it. I guess its mostly all just flankers from the designers this year 🤷♀️
@@ems_h.eartnotes I need to go try Barenia. I've not been in store for a while. It's had massively mixed reviews. Afternoon Delight I've not tried either. I want to try Guidance 46 to see what the hype is about and I think Van cleef and Arpels have at least one new one out that I would like to sample too. Is it horrendous weather where you are?! 🥰
@dr.claire.perfume oh its vile today here non stop rain. Same with you?Least its not freezing though
@ems_h.eartnotes yep, tipping it down. Nothing to do except be inside. 🥶
I sampled Love Delight, but for me it was a tad sweeter than my liking. Rather just ok, so I wouldn’t like a bottle. Unlike Guidance 46, which stole my heart (and emptied my bank account).
Gosh I can imagine 🤣 Amouage are pricey. I need to try Guidance 46, how is it different to Guidance? Love Delight is sweet for sure! 😂
@ 46 is not as airy as the OG, sandalwood is quite prominent in it, however, it‘s a little less loud, but still quite room filling (3 colleagues chased me down in the lab). I think it‘s more wearable than the OG. I pretty much loved the OG on the clothes, but not on skin. I‘d say if someone could not pull the OG due to skin chemistry, the 46 could work its magic instead. It is otherwise 60-70% same, just incense is toned down, while sandalwood is amped up.
Yes! I know what you mean, the opening is not the most friendly with the original. I should probably try 46, it sounds good! ☺️
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Thank you 🥰
I don’t like the Chloe either
Do you mean the original EDP or the new intense version? I'm sure if people want something denser, the intense is an option if they don't mind cashmeran. 🥰
I was testing the Narcizo.R Musk Nude in my hand and took the bus to go home.
While i was in bus,i thought someone was drinking a lot of white wine,and i was looking around who was drunk.
When i went home,i had the drunk smell still with me,and i found out that was comming from Narc.R.
I gave it a second chance later,and same smell
Aah cool, it's good to test fragrances on skin. Haha, white wine! 😅 That's interesting! I like wine so perhaps that's why I enjoy it?! 😂 Thanks for watching 🥰
@ It was fascinating because i forgot that i had sprayed it,i was looking around who was drunk😂
Like very much your videos
@ErsiadaBrunner 🤣 that's hilarious! Thank you! 🥰
The 2024 designer releases are so mediocre and boring, so disappointing. The last good ones were Burberry Goddess 2023 and YSL Opium Le Parfum 2022. D&G Devotion 2023 was nice too. Also, the 2024 bottles weren't that impressive either.
I can't say the designer releases this year have excited me either. Indie is really where the invention and excitement is, however much that's never seen on YT. Thanks for watching 🥰
Mugler by Loreal is flop after flop. They ruined the brand so bad l want to cry. Literally today l've got 5ml sample of Chloe Intense and it smells pretty much the same as the original maybe a bit sweeter
I've not found one that I like yet from them. I keep trying the new ones because I'm curious, but I'm so pleased that I didn't buy Fantasm. It was cheaper before release because of some travel exclusive bottles that were flying around, but I really dodged a bullet for me by sampling. 🥰
Hi Claire! Always curious about your thoughts on fragrances!🩷🩷🩷
Yeah I love sample videos. I can't say mainstream designer (or mass market niche actually!) excites me too much but I do always sample them and see if there's something I'm missing! 🥰
@ I absolutely agree with you! I still need to finish your video and see all the reviews 💕