I am for sure a ditherer and always looking for a deal Ohh if I was a fragrance it would be a sour cherry 🍒 with lots of vanilla and perhaps some cinnamon and rose ,similar to yours
Cherry and cinnamon is a great combo! I've been drinking lots of cinnamon water this week. I just put a cinnamon stick in a mug and steep it in boiling water for a bit. I fill it up during the day, I find it delicious 😋 I think I struggle with decision making sometimes, it can take me a long time to get around to making decisions. If I can avoid it and if I don't have a strong feeling of intuition, in general, I will dither! 🥰
This was so great Claire! ❤ Loved your answers but also the questions themselves were so good and thought provoking! I found myself drifting off wondering what my answers would be for some of these and I had to skip back to hear what you had said! 😆😅 I absolutely love your idea of basing perfumes around characters from different movies… And guess what? One of my favourite movies of all time is What's Up Doc! ..it's a family favourite and we quote lines from it all the time! At least once a month my father and I say to each other- you you you… Eunice. How how how.. Howard 🤣🤣 And if I ever see the number 459 I always say 4 5 9 Dirella St., in the same way Judy said it 😅
Thank you ❤️ Oh wow!! That's fab! It's such a ridiculous film 🤣 I love it! What's up doc? Is absolutely never on TV here. I don't even have a dvd copy! I don't know why but all are for the wrong region here 🤷♀️ the dinner table scene is fab, I love how she continually shocks him by turning up. 🤣
@@dr.claire.perfume it’s so funny!! 😆 I do have it on DVD and I think I’ve only ever seen it on TV here once before on one of the classic movie channels. Yes the dinner scene is hilarious! 🤣
I remember us talking about our perfume journey starting with soap ,I would be obsessed with smelling them every day This was awesome Claire Have a great weekend 🥰
Yes! It was definitely a thing! I feel like lots of people collecting soap and even bath pearls in the 90s. There were many more shapes and smells than now. I guess liquid soap took over. You too Frances. 🥰
Hey friend🙋🏻♀️🤓 I love watching your channel🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 iv suffered with weak and soft enamel my whole life. It hurts to eat anything cold. It hurts to eat anything hot. It hurts to eat anything chewy but it’s just something you learn to live with. Iv had over 5 root canals, and crowns and iv still got 9 more to go which is gonna cost around $8,000. It’s either that or dentures, but since I’m only 39 I definitely don’t want to do that🤣 So if they were able to come out with a medication that could maybe help children growing up and starting out from going through that problem that would be amazing🤓🙌🏻
Wow Jamie!!! When you don’t have to deal with something and you find out, somebody else is struggling so much with it… You don’t realize what you should be appreciative of.
Have you been diagnosed with amelogenesis imperfecta or is it not genetic? That's very expensive for sure. Dentistry here is really separate in some ways to the rest of the NHS. There are NHS dentists but we still have to pay and most people can't get an NHS dentist so it's very expensive here too! For sure, no one would choose dentures. Those are the last resort. I hope your dental work leaves you more comfortable and with less pain. 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume well it’s partly that and partly my acid reflux to blame. I try to control it with meds but it still eats up my enamel so much🤣🤣🤣 but it’s ok, Im pretty use to it by now. It would just be great if there was a medicine that could help kids starting out with this issue someday🤓
Cake, tea and sympathy sounds incredibly inviting and so touching 🤗. Your area of research is very interesting. Had no idea about differences in tooth enamel development and quality. This is, without a doubt, a very helpful study to improve the quality of life for many people. Yes, our teeth are judged positively or negatively immediately and it has so much impact on our social interactions and self esteem. Wishing you success in your work, Claire because it truly will impact others in the best way.
Thank you! ❤️ I really hope that we do find a way to develop a preventative treatment for some people. People assume that individuals with bad teeth simply have poor hygiene, bad diets or don't care about themselves and it's simply not true. I hope at least there is increased awareness of genetic enamel defects existing 😊 thanks for watching 🥰
Your work is so interesting and important that perfumes got secondary place in this video. I enjoyed to learn and to know more about you!❤️❤️❤️❤️ Raspberry, Cherry are amongst your favourite notes, I'm sooo obsessed with raspberries and love cherry too !! I struggle with calone and leather! I also like Cerruti 1881 and Joop! Le Bain, they are enchanting 🤍💛🌼 I adored the video ❤️
Yes, it's something that we've only recently been able to do (human enamel cells were first derived only a year back!) so it's exciting to be doing it! 🥰
The full movie is available on YT too actually, I linked it in the description box if you don't mind watching it on TH-cam. I love how understated it is and how it's such a real subject with hard hitting themes for the time period. The atmosphere and noise of the trains really add to the feeling of it too. 🥰
I swear Nora will get into something science ,she try’s to make her own perfume with things around the house ,(like essential oils and conditioners LOL she loves to experiment with mixing up flour and colouring drops and conditioner (seems to be her substance of choice so I buy the cheapest one for her experiments
That was so fun Claire! And you answered my question! Thank you!😁Your field of study sounds so interesting and a noble aspiration too. Can't wait for Part 2 & your Top 10!. And about ME scents - my 2nd one arrives today. Bois de Vanille🤞🏻
Don't worry! It's very easy to miss it, I should have been more organised and asked for them in a video too. I feel like I got so many questions though! 🤣
Wow the question about what notes you’d have if you were a perfume was interesting! I can see you as a fruity purple flower with a dark musky base! Such a fun video.
I do agree, I feel Lattafa and Paris Corner and Afnan are overhyped by other influencers and extreme marketing tactics. Although I feel defensive about Middle Eastern brands (UAE being my home and all) I think people who have had bad experiences with Middle Eastern brands have only tried the lower end of the line up. Don't go for the dupe house, try the real Arabian niche houses like Hind Al Oud and Arabian Oud (both niche prices and quality), Swiss Arabian Al Haramain and most recently Gissah (designer prices). Let's not judge Middle Eastern brands by just trying a few mediocre and cheapies clones. Try the actual good stuff 😊
Absolutely, the affordable end is probably not what anyone living in the UAE actually wears I would expect 😂 because there is so much better to be had there. When I filmed this, I actually said "but there's so much more to ME fragrances than clones" but I cut it out (along with more of this discussion and other parts of other answers, because the video was soooo long.) I do get it, that the selection that people actually talk about on YT is the lower end of the market for sure! Those fragrances are made purely for export or tourists I think... I won't blind buy, but if I get a chance to sample those brands I will for sure, thank you for the recommendations. I value those more from someone who isn't an influencer. Actually I do still sample even brands that I know I haven't enjoyed in the past too, like Lattafa, because I don't want to dismiss anything too quickly, but I don't go out of my way to do so any more. I do truly love the older Amouage fragrances and they are from Oman so I know the amazing quality and invention that comes from the wider region in general. Thanks for watching 🥰
Claire this was so cool! I also love and collect vintage clothing 😊 you are such an inspiration ❤ I’m so upset I didn’t get to as a question! Although mines would have been questionable 😂😉
Ooh I bet you have some good finds if your fragrance collection is anything to go by! I am definitely a magpie with clothes. I love bold prints. And 😂 I'm sure your question would have been a good one. 🥰
This was great! I loved the mix of perfume and non-perfume related questions. You really are one of the best and most interesting TH-camrs. I’m always gushing on about you but it’s because you’re so unique and it’s refreshing.
Thank you! ❤️ That's really lovely to read! I know this video isn't algorithm friendly, but this is the problem with YT isn't it? People are obsessed with views rather than making diverse content. 🥰
Hey Claire! Thank you for answering my question and what wonderful accomplishments you have made in your career. How nice you have a brother here in the states. Comments is one of the best parts of being a content creator.
I didn't wear fragrance until about 5 years ago except someone gave me a bottle of CK Eternity about 10 years ago, so i don't really comprehend out of fashion, but saying super sweet fragrances smelling like 2020s was a really helpful concept in that regard. That ethyl maltol
Yes! Things go in and out of fashion but it doesn't mean that they are unlikeable at all. And I do think gourmands will date too, just like chypres, freshies, aquatic florals and fruchoulis already have. It's good to go your own way with fragrance and not being dictated to buy trends. 🥰
This was excellent Claire! So funny hearing about your childhood soap 🧼collection😂😂 too cute, I bet your Mom was amused. I love secondhand and vintage too….also my other “hobby.” Have a great weekend Claire 😘🙌🏻 I’ll be here for part 2!
I think soap was a thing in the 90s wasn't it? And bath pearls! I had loads of those too! All different shapes! I kept my soaps wrapped in baking paper in a huge tin! I bought a new secondhand blouse today 😊 it's just how I shop now! Thank you, you too, part 2 will be on Wednesday 🥰
Hi from Colorado! I have discovered that I can handle ambroxan in only a few perfumes. I’ve detested it in most fragrances and shunned sampling anything with it whatsoever. However, I don’t notice it in BR540, EDP and Extrait. I also love the new Tillia, and that has Ambroxan. I suppose it’s how heavy handed the perfumer is with it? Thanks for your lovely channel and sharing your knowledge! ❤
Thank you ❤️ I certainly like it in a few fragrances e.g. Kenzo World. I feel like there are many related compounds and maybe there are one or two that I just don't like or perhaps, yes, it's a dose or context kind of thing? 🤷♀️ I'm really not sure. I would love to know. I am very keen that fragrance companies be made to list their ingredients in full detail, rather than just particular specified ingredients...It would help people to understand what they like and what they don't. Thanks for watching 🥰
Hi Claire. Thanks for answering my question. 😊 I must say, I too enjoy a dark rose. And also berries, purple florals and sandalwood. Your talking about Amouage and reformulations kinda hit home. I finally got a sample of Lilac Love a few weeks ago and did not smell any lilac... Maybe I received a reformulated sample... What a bummer. Can't wait to see part 2.
No problem! I was happy to have it! Thanks for asking one 😊 I don't know if Amouage's fragrances have been affected by ifra, perhaps lilac love was a lilial issue... Either way, I would want to try the reformulation before buying a bottle. I actually asked one company whether what they were selling was the old or new bottles and because it was a big business, the person I asked had absolutely no idea. I didn't want to risk it so I left it. 🥰
Clair! Thanks so much for the video and for answering my question. And thank for for being so kind and generous to share all this with us. I can’t wait for part 2. Abrazos from Spain .🫶🏼
I became addicted to buying fragrances just before, and through the lockdowns. But I was also going through some life changes… My two oldest went off to college… And my mother’s sudden death … I started purchasing as a way to cope with my stress. And now I have an accumulated a ridiculous amount of perfumes… Lol. Thank goodness for re-selling online!!!!
Yes! I think there are parallel stories for a lot of people: change and intense stress. I'm so sorry you lost your mother suddenly, that must have been so intense, I can't imagine. ❤️ I also accumulated a lot of fragrances during lockdown and I have had to do a bit of selective decluttering and reselling too. 🥰
Happy the COVID is gone and that you can enjoy fragrance again 😊 oh the community tab stuff is easy to miss. I'm not the most active there either 🙊 I should ask for questions in a video really! The request might reach more people. Have a lovely week 🥰
So cool your dad promoted your curiosity. I love that & I’m so glad you pursued it in science (Yeah, Girl!💪👌) and that you bring your strength, that part of yourself here to fragcomm in so many creative ways, where we all come to learn something interesting & new relative to this hobby we all love ❤ - so impressed with your goals with tooth enamel. WOW!
Yes dad always wanted me to pursue what made me happy, but he also made me curious about things. Even if he didn't know the answer, he would try to find out for me whenever I asked him something 😊 I really hope that at the very least more people are aware of genetic enamel defects and people think longer before judging people with discoloured or decayed teeth. I would love to develop a preventative therapy. That would be amazing 😍 thanks for watching 🥰
Thank you for sharing some of yourself with us. I am so happy you’ve found a forum for your fragrance journey. You’ve been an amazing creator. Your subscribers and creator community are pretty wonderful as well.
Thank you ❤️ I do really love chatting to people, especially people I see in the comments all the time and feel I know something about! It's really lovely to be part of a community. I think fragcom needs more people to just make this a hobby and have a go at making videos. 🥰
Thank you ❤️ I love it because there is really so little dialogue, the whole film is told beautifully through feelings and what's not said. It's a stunning film to watch too, Tokyo and Kyoto provide a beautiful backdrop! 🥰
I work from home and change my fragrance a lot throughout the day. Especially if the weather changes through the day. I also love wearing soft fragrances at bedtime and sometimes if I can’t sleep, I’ll reapply to soothe me. I use roller balls for this, so I don’t wake my partner with a sudden spritz that overwhelms his olfactory. 😅
Happy Saturday Claire. I so wish I had seen the post but it appears some of my questions have already been posed. I enjoyed your answers. I especially enjoyed your response concerning outdated perfumes.
Thank you ❤️ those community posts are easy to miss sadly. I need to say I am asking for questions in a video if I do this again, because people missed the opportunity. Yes, outdated perfumes is a bit of a sad way to look at things I think. They are just different and reflect a different environment and time. 🥰
There are many people lately blaming fragrances as being unhealthy and suggesting that people should stop using them. What's your opinion about this as a scientist?
As someone who has suffered with lifelong dental issues and has spent a lot of money to rectify problems related to my teeth, I really appreciate the research you have done and the work you are currently doing!
Thank you! ❤️ Our lab's research has meant that the NHS now has a genetic test available for people with amelogenesis imperfecta. I love that! We actually asked some patients what difference that made to them as there is no current differential treatment based on genetics available, their answer was basically it gives their condition a name and a cause and helps them to better explain it to others. 🥰
Thank you ❤️ that's really encouraging, I need to be able to interest people with my research as it's very important in determining whether it gets funded and I also want to start doing more public engagement work to disseminate my research to the general public so it's helpful to know that it's interesting. 🥰
You did Frances! I'm sorry to say that I filmed an answer and then couldn't find it 🤦♀️ I must have not pressed record or accidentally deleted it, I didn't realise until it came to editing that the clip wasn't there! 🤦♀️
Fabulous video as always!! 🤍 I found your comments about sensitivity to certain musks, ouds, and saffron very interesting. There is a type of musk I cannot tolerate and I wonder if it’s the same one you’re referencing. It ends up smelling like acetone or rubbing alcohol to me, burns my nose, and gets stuck in my nostrils and on my skin. Every other note in that fragrance is drowned out. I experienced it while trying Phlur Moonstone, Byredo Vanille Antique, Matiere Premiere Vanilla Powder. Have you tried any of these and did you have the same experience? One of my favorite fragrances is Delina exclusif which does have ambroxan so maybe it’s a specific type of ambroxan that is giving me this immediate repulsion? I’m close to ordering a perfumers set of common notes for $100 and trying to isolate exactly what molecule it is.
That's definitely one of the experiences I've had, especially with JHAG Pear Inc and Afnan Rare Tiffany. I will go try Vanilla Powder and see if I smell it. I found French Flower from MP unbearable because of whatever it is I don't enjoy... The drydown was just overtaken. I did try Vanille Antique but a long time ago and when I had about 4 other fragrances on me 😂 so I need to go spray it again and pay more attention. 😊 I think the problem is that there are many company specific, trademarked forms of ambroxan and related but slightly different compounds, e.g. cetalor, cetalor, ambrox, ambroxide, and then there are many other less related compounds.There's just so many different forms that without complete ingredient lists, you are going to have a hard time working out which is the problem for you. Good luck 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume thanks for the reply Claire!! You bring up a good point about these proprietary formulas. Seems like the only workaround here is to always sample everything in advance of buying no matter what, because you can’t trust the reviews or the scent profiles listed on any site. Blind buying is never good anyway so I suppose it’s for the best. Maybe we’re just special. 🙃 I’m neurodivergent and have a heightened sense of taste, and perfect color vision (trichromat). Now I wonder if this is because we’re super smellers.
I think I am sensitive to certain things, I'm super observant. I have no idea whether I am a super smeller or not, but I know if there's a smell of burning in the lab, I'm always the first to point it out 😂 Blind buying is massively risky when you have these issues with certain ingredients and when you know that 95% of people aren't bothered by them at all and never mention them in reviews. 🤷♀️
Your job sounds so interesting and fulfilling… I’m listening and thinking wow 🤩 what you do with your days and therefore your life! Then I’m thinking how I cut dogs hair and care for peoples dogs when they’re on holiday 😐😆 I love what I do, but I wish I had a brain like yours to contribute such wonderful things to the world 😁
Looking after people's pets is so important to people's wellbeing though. You don't need to be a scientist to make a huge difference to people's lives. People love their pets and wouldn't be able to relax if they left them with anyone they didn't trust. 🥰
Did you already film part 2? I didn't know you were soliciting questions -- I've always wanted to know your husband's youtube channel so I can subscribe and watch. I'm very interested in languages and liguistics!
I did already film part two as the original plan was one video but it would have been an hour long 🤦♀️ his channel is lingolord, he really only makes the occasional video for the classes that he teaches, so I think unless you are doing GCSE French with the same exam board as his school, it might not be the most helpful set of videos 🤣
Thank you for this chat! Nothing wrong with dithering to avoid paying full retail. Love your take on "outdated" smelling 80s perfumes brings on nostalgia for me. maybe in some cases outdated = you aren't old enough yet to be truly nostalgic:)
No worries, it's taken me a while to film and edit it 😂 I think you are right here! There are just different styles that were prominent in different times in the world of designer fragrance, yet if people step out of designer and into indie, you will still smell many of these styles. I love smelling something that takes me to a certain time in my life. I think that's magical ✨🥰
Thank you for answering my question! I loved listening to all your answers! Thanks for being such a great voice in this community. I am sooo tempted to try out making some fragrance videos myself and you are a big inspiration for me!
Definitely go for it. I just subbed so I can watch. Someone asked me in the next video about what advice I'd give to someone starting a channel so I answer that in part two. Thanks for your question 🥰
Part two will be on Wednesday 🙂
I am for sure a ditherer and always looking for a deal
Ohh if I was a fragrance it would be a sour cherry 🍒 with lots of vanilla and perhaps some cinnamon and rose ,similar to yours
Cherry and cinnamon is a great combo! I've been drinking lots of cinnamon water this week. I just put a cinnamon stick in a mug and steep it in boiling water for a bit. I fill it up during the day, I find it delicious 😋
I think I struggle with decision making sometimes, it can take me a long time to get around to making decisions. If I can avoid it and if I don't have a strong feeling of intuition, in general, I will dither! 🥰
Hi Claire 😊
I wish I would’ve seen the post but I’m enjoyed hearing your answers, especially about your fragrant origins 😂
Thank you! ❤️ Oh those community posts are easy to miss I think! 🥰
This was so great Claire! ❤ Loved your answers but also the questions themselves were so good and thought provoking! I found myself drifting off wondering what my answers would be for some of these and I had to skip back to hear what you had said! 😆😅 I absolutely love your idea of basing perfumes around characters from different movies… And guess what? One of my favourite movies of all time is What's Up Doc! ..it's a family favourite and we quote lines from it all the time! At least once a month my father and I say to each other- you you you… Eunice. How how how.. Howard 🤣🤣 And if I ever see the number 459 I always say 4 5 9 Dirella St., in the same way Judy said it 😅
Thank you ❤️ Oh wow!! That's fab! It's such a ridiculous film 🤣 I love it! What's up doc? Is absolutely never on TV here. I don't even have a dvd copy! I don't know why but all are for the wrong region here 🤷♀️ the dinner table scene is fab, I love how she continually shocks him by turning up. 🤣
@@dr.claire.perfume it’s so funny!! 😆 I do have it on DVD and I think I’ve only ever seen it on TV here once before on one of the classic movie channels. Yes the dinner scene is hilarious! 🤣
I need to find a copy. I miss my VHS of it. 🥰
I remember us talking about our perfume journey starting with soap ,I would be obsessed with smelling them every day
This was awesome Claire
Have a great weekend 🥰
Yes! It was definitely a thing! I feel like lots of people collecting soap and even bath pearls in the 90s. There were many more shapes and smells than now. I guess liquid soap took over.
You too Frances. 🥰
Hey friend🙋🏻♀️🤓 I love watching your channel🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
iv suffered with weak and soft enamel my whole life. It hurts to eat anything cold. It hurts to eat anything hot. It hurts to eat anything chewy but it’s just something you learn to live with. Iv had over 5 root canals, and crowns and iv still got 9 more to go which is gonna cost around $8,000. It’s either that or dentures, but since I’m only 39 I definitely don’t want to do that🤣 So if they were able to come out with a medication that could maybe help children growing up and starting out from going through that problem that would be amazing🤓🙌🏻
Wow Jamie!!! When you don’t have to deal with something and you find out, somebody else is struggling so much with it… You don’t realize what you should be appreciative of.
Have you been diagnosed with amelogenesis imperfecta or is it not genetic? That's very expensive for sure. Dentistry here is really separate in some ways to the rest of the NHS. There are NHS dentists but we still have to pay and most people can't get an NHS dentist so it's very expensive here too! For sure, no one would choose dentures. Those are the last resort. I hope your dental work leaves you more comfortable and with less pain. 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume well it’s partly that and partly my acid reflux to blame. I try to control it with meds but it still eats up my enamel so much🤣🤣🤣 but it’s ok, Im pretty use to it by now. It would just be great if there was a medicine that could help kids starting out with this issue someday🤓
Acid reflux is terrible for enamel, sitting up to sleep sounds ridiculous but makes a huge difference, along with omeprazole or similar etc.
@@dr.claire.perfume thank you friend🥰🥰🥰🥰
You're doing really interesting research! Thanks for answering my question. I'm in academia too. 😅
Thank you and great question 😊 Ooh what do you work on? 🥰
Add Ghana 🇬🇭 to the to travel list 😂
Let’s do a “Detty” December in Ghana 2025 😂
I love all those Christmas get-togethers and parties in December. I bet Ghana knows how to party too! 😂 🥰
Cake, tea and sympathy sounds incredibly inviting and so touching 🤗. Your area of research is very interesting. Had no idea about differences in tooth enamel development and quality. This is, without a doubt, a very helpful study to improve the quality of life for many people. Yes, our teeth are judged positively or negatively immediately and it has so much impact on our social interactions and self esteem. Wishing you success in your work, Claire because it truly will impact others in the best way.
Thank you! ❤️ I really hope that we do find a way to develop a preventative treatment for some people. People assume that individuals with bad teeth simply have poor hygiene, bad diets or don't care about themselves and it's simply not true. I hope at least there is increased awareness of genetic enamel defects existing 😊 thanks for watching 🥰
Your work is so interesting and important that perfumes got secondary place in this video. I enjoyed to learn and to know more about you!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Raspberry, Cherry are amongst your favourite notes, I'm sooo obsessed with raspberries and love cherry too !! I struggle with calone and leather!
I also like Cerruti 1881 and Joop! Le Bain, they are enchanting 🤍💛🌼
I adored the video ❤️
Thank you ❤️ oh and yes! How on Earth did I forget about calone 😂 I really dislike that too!
Have a lovely weekend 🥰
Oh wow, hearing about your job, working with tooth enamel and stem cells is absolutely fascinating.
Yes, it's something that we've only recently been able to do (human enamel cells were first derived only a year back!) so it's exciting to be doing it! 🥰
Sorry for double comment BUT...I just placed a request at the library for Brief Encounter! I love old movies❤
The full movie is available on YT too actually, I linked it in the description box if you don't mind watching it on TH-cam. I love how understated it is and how it's such a real subject with hard hitting themes for the time period. The atmosphere and noise of the trains really add to the feeling of it too. 🥰
I swear Nora will get into something science ,she try’s to make her own perfume with things around the house ,(like essential oils and conditioners LOL she loves to experiment with mixing up flour and colouring drops and conditioner (seems to be her substance of choice so I buy the cheapest one for her experiments
Haha, yes cheap is best for that kind of thing! I think my mum had little patience for my experiments 😂 they would disappear pretty quickly 😂
That was so fun Claire! And you answered my question! Thank you!😁Your field of study sounds so interesting and a noble aspiration too. Can't wait for Part 2 & your Top 10!. And about ME scents - my 2nd one arrives today. Bois de Vanille🤞🏻
No worries! Thank you for asking it 😊 Which brand is Bois de Vanille by? I hope you enjoy it 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume Le Bois is the brand name. It's not even on Fragrantica. But a few You Tubers recommend it. It was $85 for 100ml.
@@allisonbotts8532 aaah ok! Thank you 👍
Oh no I missed the community tab! 😅 I’ll be curious to see what people asked. Watching!
Don't worry! It's very easy to miss it, I should have been more organised and asked for them in a video too. I feel like I got so many questions though! 🤣
Ho Claire ❤ have you tested impossible Iris by Monegal, I suspect you’d like it a lot😊
I haven't! I'm adding it to the list. Thank you 🥰
Wow the question about what notes you’d have if you were a perfume was interesting! I can see you as a fruity purple flower with a dark musky base! Such a fun video.
Thank you ❤️
U didnt answer the first question. I want to know what perfume smells out of fashion for u😮
Err, well the one that I decluttered recently that I didn't think smelt modern was Piguet's Bandit, that definitely had a vintage vibe about it. 🥰
Loved this. Thank you, Claire.
I'm happy that you enjoyed it. Thank you 🥰
Omg I love a Brief Encounter ❤
It's a fab film. It's very deep even, if it doesn't appear it on first viewing. 🥰
Loved that one, Claire! 🦋🧡🦋
Thank you! Part two is Wednesday 😊
I do agree, I feel Lattafa and Paris Corner and Afnan are overhyped by other influencers and extreme marketing tactics. Although I feel defensive about Middle Eastern brands (UAE being my home and all) I think people who have had bad experiences with Middle Eastern brands have only tried the lower end of the line up. Don't go for the dupe house, try the real Arabian niche houses like Hind Al Oud and Arabian Oud (both niche prices and quality), Swiss Arabian Al Haramain and most recently Gissah (designer prices).
Let's not judge Middle Eastern brands by just trying a few mediocre and cheapies clones. Try the actual good stuff 😊
Absolutely, the affordable end is probably not what anyone living in the UAE actually wears I would expect 😂 because there is so much better to be had there. When I filmed this, I actually said "but there's so much more to ME fragrances than clones" but I cut it out (along with more of this discussion and other parts of other answers, because the video was soooo long.) I do get it, that the selection that people actually talk about on YT is the lower end of the market for sure! Those fragrances are made purely for export or tourists I think... I won't blind buy, but if I get a chance to sample those brands I will for sure, thank you for the recommendations. I value those more from someone who isn't an influencer. Actually I do still sample even brands that I know I haven't enjoyed in the past too, like Lattafa, because I don't want to dismiss anything too quickly, but I don't go out of my way to do so any more. I do truly love the older Amouage fragrances and they are from Oman so I know the amazing quality and invention that comes from the wider region in general. Thanks for watching 🥰
Thanks so much for answering my question, Claire! You look beautiful, by the way.
No worries! Thank you so much for your question 🥰
Claire this was so cool! I also love and collect vintage clothing 😊 you are such an inspiration ❤ I’m so upset I didn’t get to as a question! Although mines would have been questionable 😂😉
Ooh I bet you have some good finds if your fragrance collection is anything to go by! I am definitely a magpie with clothes. I love bold prints. And 😂 I'm sure your question would have been a good one. 🥰
This was great! I loved the mix of perfume and non-perfume related questions. You really are one of the best and most interesting TH-camrs. I’m always gushing on about you but it’s because you’re so unique and it’s refreshing.
Thank you! ❤️ That's really lovely to read!
I know this video isn't algorithm friendly, but this is the problem with YT isn't it? People are obsessed with views rather than making diverse content. 🥰
Hey Claire! Thank you for answering my question and what wonderful accomplishments you have made in your career. How nice you have a brother here in the states. Comments is one of the best parts of being a content creator.
Thank you! ❤️ Yes I agree about comments, I like a chat 😂 My brother was over here last week seeing mum. He's 62 now, so there's a big age gap. 🥰
I didn't wear fragrance until about 5 years ago except someone gave me a bottle of CK Eternity about 10 years ago, so i don't really comprehend out of fashion, but saying super sweet fragrances smelling like 2020s was a really helpful concept in that regard. That ethyl maltol
Yes! Things go in and out of fashion but it doesn't mean that they are unlikeable at all. And I do think gourmands will date too, just like chypres, freshies, aquatic florals and fruchoulis already have. It's good to go your own way with fragrance and not being dictated to buy trends. 🥰
Good morning darling ❤
Hello Frances 😊 hope you are well. 🥰
This was excellent Claire! So funny hearing about your childhood soap 🧼collection😂😂 too cute, I bet your Mom was amused. I love secondhand and vintage too….also my other “hobby.” Have a great weekend Claire 😘🙌🏻 I’ll be here for part 2!
I think soap was a thing in the 90s wasn't it? And bath pearls! I had loads of those too! All different shapes! I kept my soaps wrapped in baking paper in a huge tin!
I bought a new secondhand blouse today 😊 it's just how I shop now!
Thank you, you too, part 2 will be on Wednesday 🥰
Hi from Colorado! I have discovered that I can handle ambroxan in only a few perfumes. I’ve detested it in most fragrances and shunned sampling anything with it whatsoever. However, I don’t notice it in BR540, EDP and Extrait. I also love the new Tillia, and that has Ambroxan. I suppose it’s how heavy handed the perfumer is with it? Thanks for your lovely channel and sharing your knowledge! ❤
Thank you ❤️ I certainly like it in a few fragrances e.g. Kenzo World. I feel like there are many related compounds and maybe there are one or two that I just don't like or perhaps, yes, it's a dose or context kind of thing? 🤷♀️ I'm really not sure. I would love to know. I am very keen that fragrance companies be made to list their ingredients in full detail, rather than just particular specified ingredients...It would help people to understand what they like and what they don't. Thanks for watching 🥰
Hi Claire. Thanks for answering my question. 😊
I must say, I too enjoy a dark rose. And also berries, purple florals and sandalwood.
Your talking about Amouage and reformulations kinda hit home. I finally got a sample of Lilac Love a few weeks ago and did not smell any lilac... Maybe I received a reformulated sample... What a bummer.
Can't wait to see part 2.
No problem! I was happy to have it! Thanks for asking one 😊
I don't know if Amouage's fragrances have been affected by ifra, perhaps lilac love was a lilial issue... Either way, I would want to try the reformulation before buying a bottle. I actually asked one company whether what they were selling was the old or new bottles and because it was a big business, the person I asked had absolutely no idea. I didn't want to risk it so I left it. 🥰
Clair! Thanks so much for the video and for answering my question. And thank for for being so kind and generous to share all this with us. I can’t wait for part 2. Abrazos from Spain .🫶🏼
No worries! I was happy to answer your questions 😊 thank you ❤️
I became addicted to buying fragrances just before, and through the lockdowns. But I was also going through some life changes… My two oldest went off to college… And my mother’s sudden death … I started purchasing as a way to cope with my stress. And now I have an accumulated a ridiculous amount of perfumes… Lol. Thank goodness for re-selling online!!!!
Yes! I think there are parallel stories for a lot of people: change and intense stress. I'm so sorry you lost your mother suddenly, that must have been so intense, I can't imagine. ❤️
I also accumulated a lot of fragrances during lockdown and I have had to do a bit of selective decluttering and reselling too. 🥰
I keep forgetting about the community tab! Looking forward to part 2 Claire. Got over the Covid, so spraying fragrance with abandon now😄
Happy the COVID is gone and that you can enjoy fragrance again 😊 oh the community tab stuff is easy to miss. I'm not the most active there either 🙊 I should ask for questions in a video really! The request might reach more people. Have a lovely week 🥰
So cool your dad promoted your curiosity. I love that & I’m so glad you pursued it in science (Yeah, Girl!💪👌) and that you bring your strength, that part of yourself here to fragcomm in so many creative ways, where we all come to learn something interesting & new relative to this hobby we all love ❤ - so impressed with your goals with tooth enamel. WOW!
Yes dad always wanted me to pursue what made me happy, but he also made me curious about things. Even if he didn't know the answer, he would try to find out for me whenever I asked him something 😊
I really hope that at the very least more people are aware of genetic enamel defects and people think longer before judging people with discoloured or decayed teeth. I would love to develop a preventative therapy. That would be amazing 😍 thanks for watching 🥰
If I were a fragrance, I’d be a very brash one. Aldehydes overdose… 😂 with some sort of patchouli/cinnamon drydown
Good for you 😉 would I smell you from Mars? 😜
Thank you for sharing some of yourself with us. I am so happy you’ve found a forum for your fragrance journey. You’ve been an amazing creator. Your subscribers and creator community are pretty wonderful as well.
Thank you ❤️ I do really love chatting to people, especially people I see in the comments all the time and feel I know something about! It's really lovely to be part of a community. I think fragcom needs more people to just make this a hobby and have a go at making videos. 🥰
Lost in Translation is my favorite movie of all time!
Awesome Q&A!
Thank you ❤️ I love it because there is really so little dialogue, the whole film is told beautifully through feelings and what's not said. It's a stunning film to watch too, Tokyo and Kyoto provide a beautiful backdrop! 🥰
I work from home and change my fragrance a lot throughout the day. Especially if the weather changes through the day.
I also love wearing soft fragrances at bedtime and sometimes if I can’t sleep, I’ll reapply to soothe me. I use roller balls for this, so I don’t wake my partner with a sudden spritz that overwhelms his olfactory. 😅
🤣 that's a fab use for rollerballs! I had never thought of that! I think wearing a fragrance suitable for bedtime helps me to sleep better. 🥰
Happy Saturday Claire. I so wish I had seen the post but it appears some of my questions have already been posed. I enjoyed your answers. I especially enjoyed your response concerning outdated perfumes.
Thank you ❤️ those community posts are easy to miss sadly. I need to say I am asking for questions in a video if I do this again, because people missed the opportunity.
Yes, outdated perfumes is a bit of a sad way to look at things I think. They are just different and reflect a different environment and time. 🥰
There are many people lately blaming fragrances as being unhealthy and suggesting that people should stop using them. What's your opinion about this as a scientist?
This is answered in part two! 🥰
I love buying vintage and discontinued fragrances. I love having something rare and special.
Yes 👀 me too! Anything discontinued and unicorn-like 🦄 and I'm looking for it! 🥰
Lovely video, as ever 😊 Especially loved hearing about your research, all the best for that! 🙏🏻😊
Thank you ❤️ I will need it 🤣
JOOP Le Bain!!! ❤ what a surprise! I can’t believe how much I like this one 😊
It's a lovely cosy one for not a lot of money. 🥰
As someone who has suffered with lifelong dental issues and has spent a lot of money to rectify problems related to my teeth, I really appreciate the research you have done and the work you are currently doing!
Thank you! ❤️ Our lab's research has meant that the NHS now has a genetic test available for people with amelogenesis imperfecta. I love that! We actually asked some patients what difference that made to them as there is no current differential treatment based on genetics available, their answer was basically it gives their condition a name and a cause and helps them to better explain it to others. 🥰
Omg! I so loved hearing about your research on enamel! I hung on to every word you said! Wished I could come to your lectures! 😉
Thank you ❤️ that's really encouraging, I need to be able to interest people with my research as it's very important in determining whether it gets funded and I also want to start doing more public engagement work to disseminate my research to the general public so it's helpful to know that it's interesting. 🥰
Hi Claire. Thank you so much for your answer.😊
Thank you for your question! 🥰
I can’t remember if I ask you a question or not LOL 😂
You did Frances! I'm sorry to say that I filmed an answer and then couldn't find it 🤦♀️ I must have not pressed record or accidentally deleted it, I didn't realise until it came to editing that the clip wasn't there! 🤦♀️
@@dr.claire.perfume that’s ok I don’t remember what the question was LOL
It was where would I like to travel. I really would love to visit Japan actually 🥰
I love your idea for a fragrance line. I think it’s really creative and has not been done before.
Thank you ❤️ I do love films 🥰
Very interesting research field. Dental care is so important!
Thank you! It is! 🥰
I love that you wear 3 fragrances per day. I do as well ❤
Gotta squeeze them in somehow 🤣
Fabulous video as always!! 🤍 I found your comments about sensitivity to certain musks, ouds, and saffron very interesting. There is a type of musk I cannot tolerate and I wonder if it’s the same one you’re referencing. It ends up smelling like acetone or rubbing alcohol to me, burns my nose, and gets stuck in my nostrils and on my skin. Every other note in that fragrance is drowned out. I experienced it while trying Phlur Moonstone, Byredo Vanille Antique, Matiere Premiere Vanilla Powder. Have you tried any of these and did you have the same experience? One of my favorite fragrances is Delina exclusif which does have ambroxan so maybe it’s a specific type of ambroxan that is giving me this immediate repulsion?
I’m close to ordering a perfumers set of common notes for $100 and trying to isolate exactly what molecule it is.
That's definitely one of the experiences I've had, especially with JHAG Pear Inc and Afnan Rare Tiffany. I will go try Vanilla Powder and see if I smell it. I found French Flower from MP unbearable because of whatever it is I don't enjoy... The drydown was just overtaken. I did try Vanille Antique but a long time ago and when I had about 4 other fragrances on me 😂 so I need to go spray it again and pay more attention. 😊
I think the problem is that there are many company specific, trademarked forms of ambroxan and related but slightly different compounds, e.g. cetalor, cetalor, ambrox, ambroxide, and then there are many other less related compounds.There's just so many different forms that without complete ingredient lists, you are going to have a hard time working out which is the problem for you. Good luck 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume thanks for the reply Claire!! You bring up a good point about these proprietary formulas. Seems like the only workaround here is to always sample everything in advance of buying no matter what, because you can’t trust the reviews or the scent profiles listed on any site. Blind buying is never good anyway so I suppose it’s for the best. Maybe we’re just special. 🙃 I’m neurodivergent and have a heightened sense of taste, and perfect color vision (trichromat). Now I wonder if this is because we’re super smellers.
I think I am sensitive to certain things, I'm super observant. I have no idea whether I am a super smeller or not, but I know if there's a smell of burning in the lab, I'm always the first to point it out 😂
Blind buying is massively risky when you have these issues with certain ingredients and when you know that 95% of people aren't bothered by them at all and never mention them in reviews. 🤷♀️
Your job sounds so interesting and fulfilling… I’m listening and thinking wow 🤩 what you do with your days and therefore your life! Then I’m thinking how I cut dogs hair and care for peoples dogs when they’re on holiday 😐😆 I love what I do, but I wish I had a brain like yours to contribute such wonderful things to the world 😁
Looking after people's pets is so important to people's wellbeing though. You don't need to be a scientist to make a huge difference to people's lives. People love their pets and wouldn't be able to relax if they left them with anyone they didn't trust. 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume thank you Claire ☺️
Great answers Claire! Love the character scents at the end there. 💛
Thank you 🥰
Did you already film part 2? I didn't know you were soliciting questions -- I've always wanted to know your husband's youtube channel so I can subscribe and watch. I'm very interested in languages and liguistics!
I did already film part two as the original plan was one video but it would have been an hour long 🤦♀️ his channel is lingolord, he really only makes the occasional video for the classes that he teaches, so I think unless you are doing GCSE French with the same exam board as his school, it might not be the most helpful set of videos 🤣
@@dr.claire.perfume Thank you -- I actually think his channel might help me! 😀
@@jcjccmz aah ok, well good luck 🍀
Thank you for this chat! Nothing wrong with dithering to avoid paying full retail. Love your take on "outdated" smelling 80s perfumes brings on nostalgia for me. maybe in some cases outdated = you aren't old enough yet to be truly nostalgic:)
No worries, it's taken me a while to film and edit it 😂 I think you are right here! There are just different styles that were prominent in different times in the world of designer fragrance, yet if people step out of designer and into indie, you will still smell many of these styles. I love smelling something that takes me to a certain time in my life. I think that's magical ✨🥰
Also the research you are doing is amazing. I have spent thousands on dental work so bravo!!
@@helenwhitenyc1 it's so expensive isn't it! Thank you! 🥰
What's Up Doc is sucha hysterical movie. The car chase scene is one of my favorites in movies!
Oh it's mad isn't it?! Totally bonkers! Apparently they damaged those famous steps that they drove down when they were filming 🙊
@@dr.claire.perfume 😆
Did I miss the community post? I'm excited to hear the questions and your answers 💗
You left a few questions back in April, so thanks for that, and I've answered those in part two. Those posts are very easy to miss unfortunately. 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume i have such a terrible memory 🙈 I loved this, I watched it twice. Can't wait for prt two 💃
@@ems_h.eartnotes wow! That's praise indeed! Thank you! 🥰
I love your work field!
Thank you 🥰
love this channel!!
Thank you 🥰
Such a fun video!
Thank you 🥰
Thank you for answering my question! I loved listening to all your answers! Thanks for being such a great voice in this community. I am sooo tempted to try out making some fragrance videos myself and you are a big inspiration for me!
Definitely go for it. I just subbed so I can watch. Someone asked me in the next video about what advice I'd give to someone starting a channel so I answer that in part two. Thanks for your question 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume Omg! You subbing just made me want to do it even more!
Definitely have a go. The hardest bit is starting. 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume Did you have any qualms about putting your face out there? That's the part that scares me the most.
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Thank you 🥰
Looking forward to all these fab questions and answers
@@scentedsnowdrops Thanks Jon 🥰
I suggest you to visit Romania
Thank you! It's a big place, any particular recommendations? 🥰