My advice is to buy travel size of perfumes when you’re starting out. A travel size will last you a while and you can buy big bottles of the ones you truly love.
Tip#1: Don't force yourself to like what everyone is raving about. If you don't like you just don't like it. Nothings wrong with you. Tip #2: Like what you like. Drugstore, designer, niche. When people compliment you on your scent they can't tell which is which honestly.
Mine would be: 1) It's better to have a smaller collection of fragrances that you absolutely love and enjoy, than to have big one filled with fragrances that you only like; 2) You don't need to own all the beautiful fragrances in the world; 3) Don't let your favorite fragrance reviewer cause you to spend recklessly; many people on this platform don't spend their own money on half the fragrances they constantly promote.
My advice for the beginner fragrance lovers. -sample first -find what works for you -don’t follow the hype train -it’s okay to start with a travel size - sometimes all you need is a 1oz
My advice would be checking out after Christmas gift sets. A lot of times the Christmas sets are cheaper after the holidays simply because it's in a holiday themed box.
Oh yes! Now this was a great tip! AND the fact that the gift sets come with lotion and/or a travel spray for the same price or less than you would normally is so good 👏🏽😉👍🏼
My taste has definitely changed over time, and sometimes in shorter intervals. I have a Scentbird subscription and I remember getting scents I crushed then tried them again later and didn’t love them as much. So, I have learned that my preferences aren’t always fixed. And that body chemistry makes a difference. I’m perimenopausal, so that is affecting how I interact with fragrance these days. However, I know I love a good powdery/airy note, so I look for those. I keep hearing folks say that’s old ladyish and oh well! I’m now 45 and it finally fits! 😂 I also love a good clean or skin scent. I can’t do overly strong fragrances. I like certain citruses now. And not all vanillas work for me! My fave gourmand is No 7 by English Laundry. It’s creamy, light, and fresh to my nose. I’m at the age where I don’t want to smell like a sugar cookie or sickly sweet candy. I like scents that lasts, but isn’t offensive. I enjoy my scent bubble but don’t want to overwhelm myself or others.
I like powdery scents too. I don’t care if ppl feel like it’s old lady 😂 I’m glad you’ve found what type of scents you like because sometimes it takes ppl a long time to figure that out.
One of my faves is Poison Girl by Dior. Violette by Molinard I lean towards softer fragrances, but there are some that punch you that I also like, yet they have that powdery/light note like Delina Excllusif. I enjoy trying new scents to see what I like, but always return to my soft powdery skin scents. (I get so sad when they discontinue scents I loved like Chloe Love)
@@DeniseAdore yes! It’s sooo pretty! I love catching whiffs of myself while wearing it. I can see wearing it to bed. I definitely categorize it as a skin scent.
1-samples save money and prevent costly mistakes 2- try on skin 3- it’s okay to like what you like. Others can’t validate your nose. 4- pick up free samples when offered. It helps you learn what you like. ( a lot are offered at checkout when purchasing online. It’s an extra click during check out but may prove worth it)
My advice would be…Scent Split, Twisted Lily, ZGO perfumeries, any sample/decant site is your best friend. Test all fragrances ON SKIN before committing to a full bottle. It may smell one way on paper and completely different on skin. Also, I recommend starting a collection with more designer fragrances than niche if you’re new to fragrance and not just because of the price. Your nose may not be welcoming to the complexity of niche perfumes at first (mine damn sure wasn’t). And, if you’re trying to learn notes, it can be harder to do that with niche fragrances that blend notes really well.
Great tips girl! I absolutely agree testing on skin is mandatory because it can smell totally different from paper from my experience. Samplers and decants are always a smart idea 👍🏼 I agree my nose had to “grow up” into loving niche fragrances 😂 I struggled at first too. 😉
Awesome content babe! You have some really excellent gems for the ladies to follow. The best advice I can offer is: Don’t let people make you feel bad for buying a good dupe! Not everyone want to pay $300 for BR540 or $355 for Valaya so if you find a dupe that smells like the original and it’s in your price range, buy it! I’m so over hearing “just save your money and get the real thing” sometimes it’s not about them not having the money to spend. I have several friends that can afford the original fragrance but they choose to save their money and buy an inspired fragrance for a fraction of the cost. At the end of the day, whose walking around showing the bottles to prove they have on BR540 instead of Al Haramain Amber Rouge?
Thanks babe! I agree it’s nothing wrong with dupes. I have dupes that I love. But if you’re wearing a dupe then own it. If someone asks what you wearing say Amber Rouge instead of BR540. I think I would just say save up and get the real think for the people that buy 5 different dupes of BR540 trying to get a better one than the last. To those I would say you could’ve just bought the real thing.
@Jessica Trimn the whole entire truth. No, ifs, ands, or buts about it. I am a dupe queen.😂😂People always compliment me on my fragrance. They swore I have niche perfumes on. I have been reading notes of fragrances since the 90s. This is why I take some of these influencers/creators with a grain of salt. They way the economy is going, we truly try to keep our accounts flowing. Who are lugging bottles of perfume around? It's ok to treat yourself. I found some dupes that are better than the original. Remembered, some of these influencers/creators are receiving these items for free, let's be real about that too.
A real good tip is to go to Nordstrom to the lelabo counter. Smell the bergamot, rose, vetiver or any of their scents. That will help you point them out in other scents and easier if you were to blind buy. I've learned I don't like patchouli but I have some with it in there and I can't smell it. It's there to ground it. I am an year around fragrance person so I tend to lean more to them. Jomashop and LaBelle are my go to places for my fragrances.
When I first started my collection I would go to Marshalls, Burlington etc and buy 5-6 bottles just to have a big collection and hated most of them. Now I make myself go through a decant before I decide to get a full bottle. I love that I have a collection full of scents that I absolutely love.
Denise...guuuurl. I seriously thought you were younger than me. Like 30 max. Wow you just blew my mind. And the "you smell like my mama" comment 😅 so relatable. I love my complex fragrances as well as as sugary sweet
Thank you so much ☺️💕 yea that why I always try to mention my age because some fragrances I like may be too “mature” smelling to a you get crowd which is understandable. 😉
All valid points! I would also say, Just because everyone else has and/or likes a certain fragrance doesn’t mean you will or need to! Dont let FOMO get the best of you or your wallet!! Great topic to touch on doll💕💕
FOMO has got the best of me for sure! 🤦🏻♀️😂 great tip because have the time it’s so typed up by the time you get it you’re like “it’s cute but i ain’t need it” 🤷🏻♀️😂
My mother use to sell Avon when I was a kid, my first fragrance was sweet honesty that’s where it started for me and it never stopped, all of my children are fragheads, as yes I started with Designer Fragrances and I still check for them!
My advice for people starting would be *buy smaller bottles* - travel size if available. When I was new to this, my logic was “well it’s cheaper per ml to buy a 100ml bottle” but now I have almost 50 bottles and I feel like I will never use all of it. It’s gonna take an eternity. Nowadays I prefer to buy 10ml and 30 ml bottles. It makes me feel like I can actually get some of them empty lol
I agree a lot of ppl notice that it’s more cost effective to buy a bigger bottle but in the long run it’s not because it’s so hard to empty a large bottle especially when you have a lot of fragrances.
Please, please purchase travel size and sample 🙏🏾 I know the big bottles look good and all. Please save your coins. DON'T believe the hype use your own judgment. I had to learn this the hard way. I also suggest studying notes of fragrances so you can be well versed in scents
Climate! That’s the biggest and greatest advice next to purchasing travel size. What a lot of people don’t realize is they could be following someone who lives in a total opposite climate as themselves. I learned the hard way! I live in Utah but I was born & raised in Hawaii & my collection back then was 1) much smaller 2) sooooo different from what I have today. Never would I have purchased Oud. Smokey. Heavy. Bold fragrances - all my faves. Back then it was florals & a few freshies. Also, I’m very heavy handed with my sprays. Back home, a few sprays will last all day.
Yep that’s exactly why I mentioned climate because I know someone’s collection and favorite types of fragrances can be based on the climate they live in. So it’s important to take note of that when listening to influencers recommendations. 😉👍🏼
Awesome tips! Specially "like what you like". So many people think having designer is a beginner collection and niche is when you evolve, but it JUST about taste and preference. I'm a proud designer's girl and that's what it is!
Thanks for sharing, good advice! My advice is don’t go down the rabbit hole of buying dupes. There is a newer and better dupe every day, it gets costly trying to keep up. Get a decant of the original to try it out. If you absolutely love it, save your money until you can get the original. There are a lot of places, as Denise suggested, where you can get the authentic originals at a discount!
I would not buy multiple dupes trying to imitate the same fragrance. That's just a waste of money. But some Dupe houses have great original fragrances or even hybrids. If the original is great but it doesn't last, sometimes dupes will create them to last longer but it really depends on the fragrance. Discount sites for the win cuz I'm never paying full price!
These are all great tips babe! Whew I def had to learn my lessons with fragrances and what to buy and what to not buy lol. I am the weirdo who no matter what wants the big bottle because in my mind I'm like "I don't want to run out", knowing good and well I have never finished an entire bottle LOL. Def following ppl who love similar notes and learning YOUR scent palette is key!!! I'm also a weirdo who loves blind buying. It's the thrill for me haha. ♥♥
I Guess we’re both weirdos because I’m a big bottle girl and I’m addicted to blind buying 🤣 definitely the thrill gets me going. But I tell them don’t do as I do…do as I say 😂😂😂
You shared some great tips! A tip that I would add is to test out fragrances on skin when sampling. I've had fragrances that smell amazing on the tester strip but I didn't like how they smelled on my skin.
Hold on to your samples. It may take some time for the fragrance to settle and/ or macerate its full potential (scent, longevity, projection). Also, as you smell more fragrances you may find your tastes have changed. Plus, sometimes you may enjoy a fragrance the first time you try it, and then later realize it is beautiful but not for you or not practical. It's hard, but be patient 😂
I just revisited some samples I've had for more than a year and I've recently purchased full bottles of fragrances that I absolutely love! A few of the samples I did not like on initial try, but when I revisited them I was like whoa u did not smell like this the first time!
Solid advice! I deff stopped buying the larger bottles of fragrances last year cause I just will never get through it. I used to be a large bottle stan but it’s so unnecessary now.
Yea it doesn’t make sense to get big bottles anymore if you know you’re not going to get through it. It’s definitely hard when you have a lot of fragrances.
Loved this topic! My advice would be just because it’s expensive doesn’t mean it’s good or better than a cheaper perfume. I would also say follow the compliments sometimes. There are certain combinations that I always get compliments on and it became my signature scent. Of course it’s not about what other people think but who doesn’t like a compliment 😊
We all love a good compliment 😉💕 I agree more expensive doesn’t always mean better. Girl the Middle Eastern fragrances are killing the game right now and most of them are affordable 👍🏼
I used to get the big bottle because it was much better value for money per ml - but I find it really hard to use more than a quarter of 100ml bottle before I get bored or want something new - so now I get the 30ml size and if I use it up …then I get a bigger size.
I really liked the tips in this video!! I’m still trying to learn scent notes but 3 fragrances I have that were love at first sniff I found out they share the note of tuberose. So I know that’s a note I like. On the other hand, I don’t care for rose scented perfumes and I have samples of all 3 Delinas that I’ve been trying to force myself to like because everyone seems to love them. I finally had to tell myself “girl you just don’t like Delina and it’s OK”. Everything is not for everyone.
When I caught Covid in 2020 it totally changed my body chemistry-my favs didn’t smell the same on me anymore. Samples are great to start with. I’ve even gone to the mall with nothing on sprayed what I had my eye on and let it settle while I’ve done other shopping to help my decision.
Oh yea I’ve done that too going to the mall and I’ll spray like 4 perfumes in different spots and walk around and shop while they dry down to see what I really liked 😂
This was a good one with soo many gems! I love Royalty Scents! It has both helped me try great fragrances that I could confidently buy full bottles of and also saved me from blowing money on super hyped fragrances that turned out to be an absolute no for me! One tip I would add is consider you’re lifestyle. If you’re someone that’s mostly a homebody and just go to work and home, you probably don’t need a bunch of hot and heavy beast mode fragrances. You’re probably gonna wanna lean more too crowed pleasers that are not offensive.
I agree RoyaltyScents has saved me a lot of money as well. That’s a good point because I don’t wear the same fragrances around the house that I would wear out and about. Do someone that’s a home body may want more cozy comforting or fresh clean scents.
For sure trial and error I bought a lot of perfumes I wishes I didn’t buy so I gave them away. And now I know not to buy all the big bottles for everything 😅only my absolute loved perfumes I’ll get the big bottles and I’ll even get the travel size to throw in my purse when I’m out😊 PS… the look is so pretty 🌺
Fragrance net supplies most of the fragrances through amazon I can't stand when people say the fragrances are fake, I've never had a problem plus I love I can use my amazon credit card and get cash back rearwards.
I’ve never had a problem with them either. I’ve bought sample and decants from other places and then bought the fragrance from FragranceNet or Jomashop and it was exactly the same as the sample. So I’ll keep shopping either. Let them pay full price if they think it’s fake 🤷🏻♀️
Good tip on buying smaller bottles. It's easy to get convinced to buy the 100ml when you compute the price per ml versus the 50ml bottles. It always feels like we get to save money for more and then the perfumes go bad before they get used up.
Very true! It’s a lot harder to go through big bottles. So I advise ppl to start with smaller bottles especially if they plan to have a lot of bottles. I usually but big bottles but I’m crazy so don’t mind me 🤦🏻♀️😂
This was a pretty solid guide! I’d like to add in the tip of purchasing a smaller bottle of a perfume you love but know you won’t use often (ie: scents you would want to save for big occasions)
I agree, Replica Flower Market literally smells like a flower market lol I prefer Springtime in a Park, it was love at first sniff for me. I would love to hear your thoughts on your Replica collection or see a ranking video 💜
I’ve been wanting to get into more fragrances. I love anything with vanilla and floral scents. I also love clean scents. Thank for these tips! Btw, your hair and makeup is always on point!
I can do all ages of fragrance too. I can see how that can definitely affect your taste. Same with climate. These are great tips Denise! I had to learn some of these the hard way!
That large bottle tip is so real because I’m mad at myself I have all these large bottles to use up! 😩😩😩😩 something else I learned this year is that even those of us with the same scent preferences can still disagree on scents! So many times people get upset when they don’t like a scent that you recommend JUST because y’all have the same scent preferences and I’m just like girl, you okay? We not going to like EVERYTHING together lmao!
Right! Even with the same scent preferences doesn’t mean we’ll always like the same things 🤦🏻♀️ girl I’m just a fragrance guide not the fragrance bible 🙄😂
This is really solid advice. Great video. 👍👍👍 I would add to just go slow at first and explore at your own pace. Collections can get crazy quickly (ask me how I know 🥴). 😂😂😂
🤣 because sis your collection has a collection 👏🏽😂 love it! I can say I jumped in head first because I have an obsessive personality and that is dangerous and expensive. I do not recommend 😂
Great advise. Subscriptions are great to try out fragrances and if you can’t afford the full size bottles you can keep that scent in your rotation; you can still enjoy it without spending the coin. Discovery boxes are great too especially when there is more than one scent that you want to try from the same brand. Update: I’ve gone through une nuit nomad discovery box and favorites are: jardins de misfah, fleur de fleurs, sun bleached, nothing but sea & sky, and suma oriental. Mr vetiver and memory motel are a no for me (gave them away). Click song, bohemian soul, and amber khandjar were ok but won’t purchase. Tried bello rabelo and that’s a no for me too; leaned just a tad too masculine for me. Getting atomic rose later this month and tabac rose next month.
Discovery sets is a great tip! I’ve found some really good scents from houses I wouldn’t have thought to try without getting the discovery set. I’m so glad you found some favs from Une Nuit Nomade 👏🏽 I pibe Tabac Rose and I need to get Atomic Rose. I had a decant of it and loved it 😉👍🏼
I truly enjoyed this video. I’m still learning the notes and what I like and don’t like. Purchasing travel size perfumes help a lot. Also, buying a fragrance based on the accords (Gourmand, Floral, Solar, Earthy, Clean) helps as well.
I agree travel sizes really gives you a chance to feel the fragrance out to see if you really love it before buying a bottle 😉 oh yes accords are important too 👍🏼 I look at those as well as the notes. I try to stay away from earthy fragrances 😂
All great advice! My husband and I love watching your channel. Any recommendations on someone you enjoy for men’s fragrances? I love the way you describe the scents, it really gives me a full idea of what it smells like. Also, there is no dang way you are in your 40’s!! You are absolutely gorgeous!
Girl of now shine...I recently got a decant of it and I like it, but I like the original Girl of now better.....I heard there's a new flanker from this line that I need to try also
I did micro perfumes to test drive scents. It's not subscription based but their scents start at 2.99 so it was a good start. The only down size is they don't update the scents often.
My advice is to know the notes you don’t like, more then the ones you do like. Then you can save you coins. I now know not to waste my time with Ouds, Jasmine, and white florals. Hate patchouli.
Im sure this has already been added, but my tip would be to go out and sniff as many of these fragrances as you can. Both designers and niche. If they’re not in stores, order a sample. I started my collection during the height of covid, so I blind bought a huge portion of my collection, but since then I barely blind buy anymore and test everything out. It saves you a lot of disappointment 😊
I agree, going out to smell fragrances will save you a lot of money. And it’s fun 😊 I also blind bought a large portion of my collection too. I’m trying to do better now and get samples and decants 😉
Thank you for the tips... Denise and everyone! I should have watched this in October 2023. I have several big bottles of perfume I am no longer excited about or they have similar notes. I expressed to my perfume bestie last week. I am only buying travel size going forward. Happy to read the comments to see that I am on the correct path now. LOL The only scent I know I can't digest is Gardenia (any base note of floral)...I can smell it in anything. Learning what I truly like is challenge.🙃
It definitely takes some trial and error especially in the beginning. Travel sprays are great because by the time you finish it you’ll know if you really want a bottle or not. I like a variety of fragrances and I’ve been into niche for a couple years now. So sample and test things out until you’re able to blind buy more confidently.
This advice is so much more thorough than other similar content I've seen. 👌👌👌 Thanks!! I've been building my collection for less than a year. My budget is tiny but I want to explore as much as I can. I'm afraid of missing a gem because I prejudge something. I collect discovery sets (especially the choose-your-own ones like BDK) so I can try a wide range of the house's offerings and I don't skip something that has notes I'm iffy about. Case in point, I just found a new favorite - Miller Harris Myrica Muse. One of its primary notes is Rose so I almost skipped over it. But it is beautiful and is now in my Top 10!
My advice would be spend the money on like a 2ml sample so you can test the fragrance and get a better idea of it or if you want a bigger sample.also follow people you know who have the same taste in fragrances as you.also look for a discount especially on niche.❤😊
One thing I’ve aways done is go to stores to smell perfumes. That is hard if you live in an area that is more secluded or not a major city. In that situation a subscription or sample set from a company will save you. Otherwise, if you live in a major city go smell perfumes in store because it’s free. I also go smell a perfume several times and try it on the skin a few times before buying. I need to know how it’ll perform before shelling out money.
I really enjoyed this video and love your channel. I’m new to fragrance and found the notes I love and hate helps me choose the fragrances I want to buy. I start with a sample, then travel, then I purchase the bottle. What I’ve experienced lately are the notes I dislike (Rose, Oud and Lavender) are great when they are done right. Cause baebyyyy Oud for Greatness, mon Guerlain, and Eau Rose by Diptyque are beautiful scents. I hate Delina but love Delina Exclusif😅 I was unable to identify notes that I don’t particularly like in a fragrance at first. I started smelling Essential oils help identify notes like Jasmine, Sandalwood, musk, amber, heliotrope, clove.. etc.. I also found a candle making shop and sampled their notes as well.
Denise is you calling me out lol cause I live in Arizona.. I found that Amber and Ouds chile is this Phx heat is no joke in this heat the throw of those be throwing 😂😂😂😂😂I want and try variations of fragrances though. When you did your first Royalty Scents video I signed up so fast and have been going strong for since then.
Seeeee I knew it! 😂 I’m like I know that Arizona heat is too much for some of these strong notes and fragrances 🤣 I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying RoyaltyScents 👏🏽😉👍🏼
@@DeniseAdore hahahah, you right but I’m wearing it. Let tell you a funny story- I wore ORIENTICA Amber Rouge one night too bed , that heffa woke me up outta my sleep. I was like well damn. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great video Denise, with really great tips! I wish this type of video existed when I first started my collection. Im sure I would’ve only took half of the advice because I’m crazy and need help lol, I would’ve bought everything in site like a psycho 😭, but for the regular normal people, these tips are perfect!!!
I started collecting perfumes last fall. Per some others advice and I'm sure listed here, try before you buy. Go to the store (if possible) to smell in person and buy travel sizes. That's what I have been doing now. I have several Kayali travel sizes and I know which ones I will be getting a full bottle of once they're done. I have a mix of niche and dupe (Dossier and DUA) perfumes, and I have my eye on a few designer ones. I am wearing my perfumes seasonally fall/winter and spring/summer, but I'm in the mood for it I'll just pull of whatever. If the niche is not an absolute love I'm not getting it, or wasting money on it. Thanks Denise for putting me on Jomashop it's the best! Mercari is also a good spot to get used perfumes (if one is OK with that) to try out as well.
I agree Mercari is a good way to save money on full bottles. I’ve purchased some I really love from Mercari and truth be told I like perfumes after they’ve aged a little. So buying them used has been perfect because the longevity and projection on some of them were better than when I bought the travel size in store if that makes sense 🤷🏻♀️😉
Bout to put you in time out. Trying to listen to this video and steady distracted by this whole look. Love the color on that hair and the cut. But yeah I do samples or travel sizes before I spend the big coins and when I do purchase I like me a good 30ml if the house offers it. I feel that I do a better job of using up and moving on to something else or maybe a repurchase and that helps me from going overboard with fragrances and keeps my lil collection between 20-25. Very helpful tips!
Great tips Denise 🥰.... samples/decants ❣❣ if I had purchased fb's of some of the most hyped fragrances out of the gate I would have been very sad and probably wasted 💲💲 you can probably sell what doesn't work for you but not likely to get all 💲💲returned .... trying to avoid redundancy and always looking to save 💲💲💲 where I can , which can mean shopping around and a lot of patience 💖🌹🌹
I tried a subscription, but I didn't like how I was stuck with scents I didn't like until the next month. Being picky, I hardly like anything enough to want a bottle. So I stick to small samples. If I like it, I'll get a travel size. I still haven't found something I want to splurge on though 😂
The subscription is like a travel size so that works for me to test it and it’s cheaper than a travel size. Since you get to pick your scent for the month I r found more that I like than ones that I don’t luckily.
Well said I feel same way and not to many people talk about it especially if hyped sample is the best way like Killian the princess perfume I smell it and I did not like it alot. I wanted it to be sweeter more marshmallow .
Great video. Yep I've been buying scents galore. Doesn't help that I have a little bit of an obsessive personality trait and the fact that I've been getting scents I actually enjoy doesn't help. I've had to put myself on probation and it has not been easy😩😂. 💖💖💖
Oh ok so I’m not the only one with an obsessive personality 🤣 me and my friend was just talking about how I have a problem 🤦🏻♀️😂 I’ve been trying to not buy as much either but it’s hella hard 😂
And another if you aren't in love with it but dont want to to give it away make decants for your peoples. I did that for Pour Femme by DG and Woman by Versace. I like and love them but they aren't signature. So I give decants to family and friends.
I love Flower Market but, I get not liking the opening cuz it legit smells like walking into a small florist shop. It's giving really green, fresh cut flowers sitting in a bucket of water. I agree the dry down is more subdued.
Definitely enjoyed the dry down but it was like an hour after. I can wait 10 minutes but after that I’m like nah 😂 I didn’t hate it but just did love it enough to want a bottle.
@@DeniseAdore I was at Sephora and I smelled Replica's On A Date and started laughing cuz I remembered your review. It definitely smells musty. Like someone wore a heavy sweater and forgot to put deodorant on. 😂😂
Thanks for the video. I am less than six months into my fragrance journey. I own a handful. My advice? Get a decant from an online retailer like Micro perfumes. Have people buy you discovery sets as gifts. Spray on perfumes when you’re at Sephora or Ulta. I decided that I’m probably going to be the queen of cheapie and indie perfumes. I’m ok with that. (Do I own Guess seductive, seductive red, and seductive noir? Yes. Yes, I do.) I have had nothing but positive interactions from my discussions on Fragrance TH-cam. Don’t limit yourself to only female content creators in the fragrance world. The School of Scent has great, informative videos. The Perfume Guy has informative videos, too. But what you like. Unless you’re talking to a hardcore fragrance lover, no one knows the difference between Baccarat Rouge 540 and Baccarat Rouge 540 extrait.
That’s a good tip to have ppl buy you discovery sets. I agree with trying on fragrances in store and walk around with them for a while and let them dry down. I also watch male fragrance reviewers. Some of them are very informative. Yea I’m a hardcore fragrance lover so I know the difference between the original and Extrait and that’s just something that ppl learn over time if they want to. 😉👍🏼
@@DeniseAdore I bought a discovery’s set from Oakcha a few months ago. Most of the fragrances are inspired by more expensive scents. I really love Torrid Day. It’s Oakcha’s take on Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille. My daughter just bought me a Kayali discovery set from Sephora. Years ago, my mom bought me an Atelier Cologne discovery set from Sephora. I didn’t know I was a vanilla perfume person until I smelled their Vanille Insensee. Such a beautiful scent. I hope they start selling their perfumes in the US again.
I might really do Royalty Scents. With the money I'm spending on these bottles...😭 This would give me something to look forward to instead of blind buying.
Yea it’s like a gift every month 😊 And you can build your queue to pick what you want to receive each month so you’ll be able to sample stuff you’ve been wanting to try 😉👍🏼
Do not even start with blind buying! It'sike gambling and its addictive. Sample a travel size Every scent is not for everyone You cannot miss out if its meant for you.
It’s definitely a lot of trial and error. But I started by looking at the fragrances I have and looking their notes up on Fragrantica.com the notes aren’t alway 100% accurate but they’re usually very close. So once are started to understand what notes were in the perfumes I knew I liked. I started to look for other fragrances with some of true similar notes with something a little different so I would have scents that all stayed the same.
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Realy good info. thank you. xx
@@niki-mars955 you’re welcome 😉
My advice is to buy travel size of perfumes when you’re starting out. A travel size will last you a while and you can buy big bottles of the ones you truly love.
That’s a really good one! 👏🏽👍🏼
That's what I do.
I go through a travel size in one day or less if weak
Doing that now along with getting smaller bottles.
Not for us heavy sprayers
Tip#1: Don't force yourself to like what everyone is raving about. If you don't like you just don't like it. Nothings wrong with you.
Tip #2: Like what you like. Drugstore, designer, niche. When people compliment you on your scent they can't tell which is which honestly.
Those are great tips! And so true! 😉👍🏼
Mine would be: 1) It's better to have a smaller collection of fragrances that you absolutely love and enjoy, than to have big one filled with fragrances that you only like; 2) You don't need to own all the beautiful fragrances in the world; 3) Don't let your favorite fragrance reviewer cause you to spend recklessly; many people on this platform don't spend their own money on half the fragrances they constantly promote.
These all very true! I absolutely agree. I see a lot of ppl buying a lot and then decluttering.
My advice for the beginner fragrance lovers.
-sample first
-find what works for you
-don’t follow the hype train
-it’s okay to start with a travel size
- sometimes all you need is a 1oz
Yes! Great tips! 😉👍🏼
LOLOLOL.... Pink Sugar " That aint fa me " 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
My advice would be checking out after Christmas gift sets. A lot of times the Christmas sets are cheaper after the holidays simply because it's in a holiday themed box.
Exactly, don't forget Mother's Day is coming. I have seen gift set out already
Oh yes! Now this was a great tip! AND the fact that the gift sets come with lotion and/or a travel spray for the same price or less than you would normally is so good 👏🏽😉👍🏼
My taste has definitely changed over time, and sometimes in shorter intervals. I have a Scentbird subscription and I remember getting scents I crushed then tried them again later and didn’t love them as much. So, I have learned that my preferences aren’t always fixed. And that body chemistry makes a difference. I’m perimenopausal, so that is affecting how I interact with fragrance these days.
However, I know I love a good powdery/airy note, so I look for those. I keep hearing folks say that’s old ladyish and oh well! I’m now 45 and it finally fits! 😂
I also love a good clean or skin scent. I can’t do overly strong fragrances. I like certain citruses now. And not all vanillas work for me! My fave gourmand is No 7 by English Laundry. It’s creamy, light, and fresh to my nose. I’m at the age where I don’t want to smell like a sugar cookie or sickly sweet candy.
I like scents that lasts, but isn’t offensive. I enjoy my scent bubble but don’t want to overwhelm myself or others.
I like powdery scents too. I don’t care if ppl feel like it’s old lady 😂 I’m glad you’ve found what type of scents you like because sometimes it takes ppl a long time to figure that out.
One of my faves is Poison Girl by Dior.
Violette by Molinard
I lean towards softer fragrances, but there are some that punch you that I also like, yet they have that powdery/light note like Delina Excllusif.
I enjoy trying new scents to see what I like, but always return to my soft powdery skin scents.
(I get so sad when they discontinue scents I loved like Chloe Love)
@@quanitawinters-tyler3770 I smelled Poison Girl and it was so pretty and soft 😉 I still may buy it for a bedtime scent 👍🏼
@@DeniseAdore yes! It’s sooo pretty! I love catching whiffs of myself while wearing it.
I can see wearing it to bed. I definitely categorize it as a skin scent.
Great advice! I agree with all of this. You’re 43?! Girl, you look like you’re 25. ❤❤❤
Yes! Thank you!☺️💙
1-samples save money and prevent costly mistakes
2- try on skin
3- it’s okay to like what you like. Others can’t validate your nose.
4- pick up free samples when offered. It helps you learn what you like. ( a lot are offered at checkout when purchasing online. It’s an extra click during check out but may prove worth it)
Great tips! 😉👍🏼
Royalty Scents is totally worth it! They’ve saved me so much money fooling with y’all peer pressure on this here internet 🤣🤣🤣
You ain’t NEVA lied friend! 👏🏽🤣
Not the peer pressure on the internet streets.😂😂😂😂
My advice would be…Scent Split, Twisted Lily, ZGO perfumeries, any sample/decant site is your best friend. Test all fragrances ON SKIN before committing to a full bottle. It may smell one way on paper and completely different on skin.
Also, I recommend starting a collection with more designer fragrances than niche if you’re new to fragrance and not just because of the price. Your nose may not be welcoming to the complexity of niche perfumes at first (mine damn sure wasn’t). And, if you’re trying to learn notes, it can be harder to do that with niche fragrances that blend notes really well.
Great tips girl! I absolutely agree testing on skin is mandatory because it can smell totally different from paper from my experience. Samplers and decants are always a smart idea 👍🏼 I agree my nose had to “grow up” into loving niche fragrances 😂 I struggled at first too. 😉
Awesome content babe! You have some really excellent gems for the ladies to follow.
The best advice I can offer is:
Don’t let people make you feel bad for buying a good dupe! Not everyone want to pay $300 for BR540 or $355 for Valaya so if you find a dupe that smells like the original and it’s in your price range, buy it! I’m so over hearing “just save your money and get the real thing” sometimes it’s not about them not having the money to spend. I have several friends that can afford the original fragrance but they choose to save their money and buy an inspired fragrance for a fraction of the cost. At the end of the day, whose walking around showing the bottles to prove they have on BR540 instead of Al Haramain Amber Rouge?
Yeesss. Every time I wear dossier ambery saffron i get stopped and I tell them it's an inspired version of br540 without that medicinal smell.
Thanks babe! I agree it’s nothing wrong with dupes. I have dupes that I love. But if you’re wearing a dupe then own it. If someone asks what you wearing say Amber Rouge instead of BR540. I think I would just say save up and get the real think for the people that buy 5 different dupes of BR540 trying to get a better one than the last. To those I would say you could’ve just bought the real thing.
@@DeniseAdore That’s very true. If you have 7 bottles of the same fragrance, chasing the “best” one, that’s a waste of money.
@Jessica Trimn the whole entire truth. No, ifs, ands, or buts about it. I am a dupe queen.😂😂People always compliment me on my fragrance. They swore I have niche perfumes on. I have been reading notes of fragrances since the 90s. This is why I take some of these influencers/creators with a grain of salt. They way the economy is going, we truly try to keep our accounts flowing. Who are lugging bottles of perfume around? It's ok to treat yourself. I found some dupes that are better than the original. Remembered, some of these influencers/creators are receiving these items for free, let's be real about that too.
So true! My Dossier dupe for Killian love don’t be shy lasts longer than the real thing.
A real good tip is to go to Nordstrom to the lelabo counter. Smell the bergamot, rose, vetiver or any of their scents. That will help you point them out in other scents and easier if you were to blind buy. I've learned I don't like patchouli but I have some with it in there and I can't smell it. It's there to ground it. I am an year around fragrance person so I tend to lean more to them. Jomashop and LaBelle are my go to places for my fragrances.
That’s a good tip about going to the Le Labo counter 😉👍🏼
When I first started my collection I would go to Marshalls, Burlington etc and buy 5-6 bottles just to have a big collection and hated most of them. Now I make myself go through a decant before I decide to get a full bottle. I love that I have a collection full of scents that I absolutely love.
Great tip! By the time we god through a decant then we know for sure how we feel about it and whether it’s a like or love 😉👍🏼
As for me and my homegirls, we gone shop on the discount websites AND Sephora. BALANCE 🤣🤣🤣
AND IS! 🤣💕
Lastly splurge if you can and want to. If got the decant and love it buy the full bottle.
I love a good splurge 😂
Denise...guuuurl. I seriously thought you were younger than me. Like 30 max. Wow you just blew my mind. And the "you smell like my mama" comment 😅 so relatable. I love my complex fragrances as well as as sugary sweet
Thank you so much ☺️💕 yea that why I always try to mention my age because some fragrances I like may be too “mature” smelling to a you get crowd which is understandable. 😉
All valid points! I would also say, Just because everyone else has and/or likes a certain fragrance doesn’t mean you will or need to! Dont let FOMO get the best of you or your wallet!! Great topic to touch on doll💕💕
FOMO has got the best of me for sure! 🤦🏻♀️😂 great tip because have the time it’s so typed up by the time you get it you’re like “it’s cute but i ain’t need it” 🤷🏻♀️😂
Facts
Look at Auntie taking us to school, shoot, I'll be the first one in the classroom!! 🤣🤣
Thank you for the awesome video. 💜💜💜
🤣 thanks for watching 😊💕
My mother use to sell Avon when I was a kid, my first fragrance was sweet honesty that’s where it started for me and it never stopped, all of my children are fragheads, as yes I started with Designer Fragrances and I still check for them!
Girl I used to love Candid, Sweet Honesty and Haiku.
My children are frag heads as well. ❤
Rare Gold and Josie for me. My cousin sold Avon in the 90s.
My advice for people starting would be *buy smaller bottles* - travel size if available. When I was new to this, my logic was “well it’s cheaper per ml to buy a 100ml bottle” but now I have almost 50 bottles and I feel like I will never use all of it. It’s gonna take an eternity.
Nowadays I prefer to buy 10ml and 30 ml bottles. It makes me feel like I can actually get some of them empty lol
I agree a lot of ppl notice that it’s more cost effective to buy a bigger bottle but in the long run it’s not because it’s so hard to empty a large bottle especially when you have a lot of fragrances.
Say it friend! I love me a cute lil 1 ounce as a compromise LOL!
You know I’m a BBB but don’t do as I do…do as I say! 🤦🏻♀️😂
Please, please purchase travel size and sample 🙏🏾 I know the big bottles look good and all. Please save your coins. DON'T believe the hype use your own judgment. I had to learn this the hard way. I also suggest studying notes of fragrances so you can be well versed in scents
Great tip! That helps us save SO much money and have little to no disappointments 😉👍🏼
Climate! That’s the biggest and greatest advice next to purchasing travel size. What a lot of people don’t realize is they could be following someone who lives in a total opposite climate as themselves. I learned the hard way! I live in Utah but I was born & raised in Hawaii & my collection back then was 1) much smaller 2) sooooo different from what I have today. Never would I have purchased Oud. Smokey. Heavy. Bold fragrances - all my faves. Back then it was florals & a few freshies. Also, I’m very heavy handed with my sprays. Back home, a few sprays will last all day.
Yep that’s exactly why I mentioned climate because I know someone’s collection and favorite types of fragrances can be based on the climate they live in. So it’s important to take note of that when listening to influencers recommendations. 😉👍🏼
Awesome tips! Specially "like what you like". So many people think having designer is a beginner collection and niche is when you evolve, but it JUST about taste and preference.
I'm a proud designer's girl and that's what it is!
Absolutely! Like what you like not matter the brand or price 😉👍🏼
Thanks for sharing, good advice! My advice is don’t go down the rabbit hole of buying dupes. There is a newer and better dupe every day, it gets costly trying to keep up. Get a decant of the original to try it out. If you absolutely love it, save your money until you can get the original. There are a lot of places, as Denise suggested, where you can get the authentic originals at a discount!
PREACH GIRL! 👏🏽😂
I would not buy multiple dupes trying to imitate the same fragrance. That's just a waste of money. But some Dupe houses have great original fragrances or even hybrids. If the original is great but it doesn't last, sometimes dupes will create them to last longer but it really depends on the fragrance. Discount sites for the win cuz I'm never paying full price!
These are all great tips babe! Whew I def had to learn my lessons with fragrances and what to buy and what to not buy lol. I am the weirdo who no matter what wants the big bottle because in my mind I'm like "I don't want to run out", knowing good and well I have never finished an entire bottle LOL. Def following ppl who love similar notes and learning YOUR scent palette is key!!! I'm also a weirdo who loves blind buying. It's the thrill for me haha. ♥♥
I Guess we’re both weirdos because I’m a big bottle girl and I’m addicted to blind buying 🤣 definitely the thrill gets me going. But I tell them don’t do as I do…do as I say 😂😂😂
I know I started with Designer fragrances and I don't have a problem with them either.
Me either! It’s a lot of ppl out here that act like they’re above wearing designer fragrances 🙄🤷🏻♀️
Understanding notes helps the layering process. There were fragrances I couldn't abide by til I layered them with a mist or other fragrance.
That’s true. That really does help with layering successfully 😉👍🏼
You shared some great tips! A tip that I would add is to test out fragrances on skin when sampling. I've had fragrances that smell amazing on the tester strip but I didn't like how they smelled on my skin.
Yes that’s a great tip. I’ve had that happen to me too and vice versa. It smell bad on the strip but better on my skin.
Hold on to your samples. It may take some time for the fragrance to settle and/ or macerate its full potential (scent, longevity, projection). Also, as you smell more fragrances you may find your tastes have changed. Plus, sometimes you may enjoy a fragrance the first time you try it, and then later realize it is beautiful but not for you or not practical. It's hard, but be patient 😂
You’re right! I’ve heard a lot of ppl say tel hey tried a sample and didn’t like it but went back to it later and it was much better 😉👍🏼
I just revisited some samples I've had for more than a year and I've recently purchased full bottles of fragrances that I absolutely love! A few of the samples I did not like on initial try, but when I revisited them I was like whoa u did not smell like this the first time!
“It prolly do, because I’m yo Mama age!” Love you, Denise!! ❤❤
😂😂😂 thanks for watching 😉👍🏼
This is such good advice!! That learning scent note preferences is so real.
Absolutely 👏🏽 you definitely need to learn the notes that you like and don’t like 😉
Solid advice! I deff stopped buying the larger bottles of fragrances last year cause I just will never get through it. I used to be a large bottle stan but it’s so unnecessary now.
Yea it doesn’t make sense to get big bottles anymore if you know you’re not going to get through it. It’s definitely hard when you have a lot of fragrances.
Loved this topic! My advice would be just because it’s expensive doesn’t mean it’s good or better than a cheaper perfume. I would also say follow the compliments sometimes. There are certain combinations that I always get compliments on and it became my signature scent. Of course it’s not about what other people think but who doesn’t like a compliment 😊
We all love a good compliment 😉💕 I agree more expensive doesn’t always mean better. Girl the Middle Eastern fragrances are killing the game right now and most of them are affordable 👍🏼
🗣️Quality over Quantity 👏
Yes! Good tip! 😉😂
This video was very informative. Thank you for sharing this Denise ❤
Thanks for watching 😉💕
I used to get the big bottle because it was much better value for money per ml - but I find it really hard to use more than a quarter of 100ml bottle before I get bored or want something new - so now I get the 30ml size and if I use it up …then I get a bigger size.
Great point! 😉👍🏼
I really liked the tips in this video!! I’m still trying to learn scent notes but 3 fragrances I have that were love at first sniff I found out they share the note of tuberose. So I know that’s a note I like. On the other hand, I don’t care for rose scented perfumes and I have samples of all 3 Delinas that I’ve been trying to force myself to like because everyone seems to love them. I finally had to tell myself “girl you just don’t like Delina and it’s OK”. Everything is not for everyone.
You’re right! You definitely don’t have to like what everyone else likes. That’s great that you found that you enjoy tuberose 😉👍🏼
When I caught Covid in 2020 it totally changed my body chemistry-my favs didn’t smell the same on me anymore. Samples are great to start with. I’ve even gone to the mall with nothing on sprayed what I had my eye on and let it settle while I’ve done other shopping to help my decision.
Oh yea I’ve done that too going to the mall and I’ll spray like 4 perfumes in different spots and walk around and shop while they dry down to see what I really liked 😂
I love this! I only got into fragrances hard last year and wow did my collection start to accrue REAL quick 😂 I'll have to look into Royaly Scents ❤
Yea check it out. Even though I’m addicted to blind buying it does help me sample and I’ve saved a lot of money on fragrances I almost blind bought. 😉
Test in the store first, go home and see how it works before you buy. I had to take back a few because I didn't.
I agree, and get travel sizes to test out because sometimes the testers are off and sometimes you need more time with a fragrance. 😉👍🏼
@@DeniseAdore yes!
This was a good one with soo many gems! I love Royalty Scents! It has both helped me try great fragrances that I could confidently buy full bottles of and also saved me from blowing money on super hyped fragrances that turned out to be an absolute no for me!
One tip I would add is consider you’re lifestyle. If you’re someone that’s mostly a homebody and just go to work and home, you probably don’t need a bunch of hot and heavy beast mode fragrances. You’re probably gonna wanna lean more too crowed pleasers that are not offensive.
I agree RoyaltyScents has saved me a lot of money as well. That’s a good point because I don’t wear the same fragrances around the house that I would wear out and about. Do someone that’s a home body may want more cozy comforting or fresh clean scents.
@@DeniseAdore yess, exactly! 💕✨
For sure trial and error I bought a lot of perfumes I wishes I didn’t buy so I gave them away. And now I know not to buy all the big bottles for everything 😅only my absolute loved perfumes I’ll get the big bottles and I’ll even get the travel size to throw in my purse when I’m out😊 PS… the look is so pretty 🌺
Thank you ☺️💕 yea starting with a travel size really helps so we don’t buy a lot of fragrances we don’t love 👍🏼
Thanks for all these great tips you gave us Denise. I’m over here taking notes📝 Thanks much!🤗
You are so welcome!😉👍🏼
Knowing the notes is everything.
I agree I’ve learned so much and blind bought some beautiful fragrances based on the notes 😉👍🏼
Fragrance net supplies most of the fragrances through amazon I can't stand when people say the fragrances are fake, I've never had a problem plus I love I can use my amazon credit card and get cash back rearwards.
I’ve never had a problem with them either. I’ve bought sample and decants from other places and then bought the fragrance from FragranceNet or Jomashop and it was exactly the same as the sample. So I’ll keep shopping either. Let them pay full price if they think it’s fake 🤷🏻♀️
Good tip on buying smaller bottles. It's easy to get convinced to buy the 100ml when you compute the price per ml versus the 50ml bottles. It always feels like we get to save money for more and then the perfumes go bad before they get used up.
Very true! It’s a lot harder to go through big bottles. So I advise ppl to start with smaller bottles especially if they plan to have a lot of bottles. I usually but big bottles but I’m crazy so don’t mind me 🤦🏻♀️😂
This was a pretty solid guide! I’d like to add in the tip of purchasing a smaller bottle of a perfume you love but know you won’t use often (ie: scents you would want to save for big occasions)
Great tip! I agree if you know you’re going to run through it just get the big one because it’ll be more cost effective 😉👍🏼
I agree, Replica Flower Market literally smells like a flower market lol I prefer Springtime in a Park, it was love at first sniff for me. I would love to hear your thoughts on your Replica collection or see a ranking video 💜
Oh yes that video will be up in April 😉👍🏼
I’ve been wanting to get into more fragrances. I love anything with vanilla and floral scents. I also love clean scents. Thank for these tips! Btw, your hair and makeup is always on point!
Thank you ☺️💕 those are beautiful scents I enjoy as well 😉
I can do all ages of fragrance too. I can see how that can definitely affect your taste. Same with climate. These are great tips Denise! I had to learn some of these the hard way!
😂 I had to learn the hard way too! 🤦🏻♀️🤣
That large bottle tip is so real because I’m mad at myself I have all these large bottles to use up! 😩😩😩😩 something else I learned this year is that even those of us with the same scent preferences can still disagree on scents! So many times people get upset when they don’t like a scent that you recommend JUST because y’all have the same scent preferences and I’m just like girl, you okay? We not going to like EVERYTHING together lmao!
Right! Even with the same scent preferences doesn’t mean we’ll always like the same things 🤦🏻♀️ girl I’m just a fragrance guide not the fragrance bible 🙄😂
Pistachio is the new cherry this year
Girl and I’m all ready over it! The Kayali drama drained me 🤣
@@DeniseAdore 😂😂😂
This is really solid advice. Great video. 👍👍👍 I would add to just go slow at first and explore at your own pace. Collections can get crazy quickly (ask me how I know 🥴). 😂😂😂
🤣 because sis your collection has a collection 👏🏽😂 love it! I can say I jumped in head first because I have an obsessive personality and that is dangerous and expensive. I do not recommend 😂
@@DeniseAdore we speak from experience 🤦♀️🥴😩😂
Great advise. Subscriptions are great to try out fragrances and if you can’t afford the full size bottles you can keep that scent in your rotation; you can still enjoy it without spending the coin. Discovery boxes are great too especially when there is more than one scent that you want to try from the same brand.
Update: I’ve gone through une nuit nomad discovery box and favorites are: jardins de misfah, fleur de fleurs, sun bleached, nothing but sea & sky, and suma oriental. Mr vetiver and memory motel are a no for me (gave them away). Click song, bohemian soul, and amber khandjar were ok but won’t purchase. Tried bello rabelo and that’s a no for me too; leaned just a tad too masculine for me. Getting atomic rose later this month and tabac rose next month.
Discovery sets is a great tip! I’ve found some really good scents from houses I wouldn’t have thought to try without getting the discovery set. I’m so glad you found some favs from Une Nuit Nomade 👏🏽 I pibe Tabac Rose and I need to get Atomic Rose. I had a decant of it and loved it 😉👍🏼
I truly enjoyed this video. I’m still learning the notes and what I like and don’t like. Purchasing travel size perfumes help a lot. Also, buying a fragrance based on the accords (Gourmand, Floral, Solar, Earthy, Clean) helps as well.
I agree travel sizes really gives you a chance to feel the fragrance out to see if you really love it before buying a bottle 😉 oh yes accords are important too 👍🏼 I look at those as well as the notes. I try to stay away from earthy fragrances 😂
Your amazing!! I love your channel honey 👑🥰💃🏽💐💯 your so right. I’m a Midwest Queen from Illinois and 43 in the house!!! 🥰😊 I subscribed ASAP
Thank you so much!!😊💕 thanks for watching and subscribing 😉👍🏼
All great advice! My husband and I love watching your channel. Any recommendations on someone you enjoy for men’s fragrances? I love the way you describe the scents, it really gives me a full idea of what it smells like. Also, there is no dang way you are in your 40’s!! You are absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you ☺️💕 tell your husband I said hey 👋🏽😂 I think Justin Copeland is a good men’s fragrance reviewer. Also Gent Scents 😉👍🏼
Girl of now shine...I recently got a decant of it and I like it, but I like the original Girl of now better.....I heard there's a new flanker from this line that I need to try also
Do you also like JPG La Belle? I feel like they give the same vibe.
@@DeniseAdore yes I like that one also
So true the climate matters
Yes! I can’t imagine wearing something spicy and beast mode in 80 degrees 😂
Great info Denise - I needed this! 🥰💙Great comments as well.. 💙
Glad it was helpful!😉👍🏼
Thank you for the content. This was great❤
Glad you enjoyed it!😉👍🏼
I did micro perfumes to test drive scents. It's not subscription based but their scents start at 2.99 so it was a good start. The only down size is they don't update the scents often.
Oh ok thanks for letting us know about micro perfumes 😉👍🏼
My advice is to know the notes you don’t like, more then the ones you do like. Then you can save you coins. I now know not to waste my time with Ouds, Jasmine, and white florals. Hate patchouli.
Great tip! That will definitely help you save your money for sure 😉👍🏼
Im sure this has already been added, but my tip would be to go out and sniff as many of these fragrances as you can. Both designers and niche. If they’re not in stores, order a sample. I started my collection during the height of covid, so I blind bought a huge portion of my collection, but since then I barely blind buy anymore and test everything out. It saves you a lot of disappointment 😊
I agree, going out to smell fragrances will save you a lot of money. And it’s fun 😊 I also blind bought a large portion of my collection too. I’m trying to do better now and get samples and decants 😉
That’s where I am now, I buy more smaller bottles or even travel sizes, depending on if the fragrance is a like or a love for me.
That’s great! It’s a great way to grow your collection and find what you really live 😉👍🏼
I absolutely love your content! You’re so honest and the delivery is always on point ☺️
Thank you so much!!😊💕
Thank you for the tips... Denise and everyone! I should have watched this in October 2023. I have several big bottles of perfume I am no longer excited about or they have similar notes. I expressed to my perfume bestie last week. I am only buying travel size going forward. Happy to read the comments to see that I am on the correct path now. LOL The only scent I know I can't digest is Gardenia (any base note of floral)...I can smell it in anything. Learning what I truly like is challenge.🙃
It definitely takes some trial and error especially in the beginning. Travel sprays are great because by the time you finish it you’ll know if you really want a bottle or not. I like a variety of fragrances and I’ve been into niche for a couple years now. So sample and test things out until you’re able to blind buy more confidently.
I am a royalty scents lover. They have really good ones. I also like scentbox
Me too! RoyaltyScents ha really helped me buy fragrances I love and staved me money from blind buying fragrances I didn’t love. 😉👍🏼
This advice is so much more thorough than other similar content I've seen. 👌👌👌 Thanks!! I've been building my collection for less than a year. My budget is tiny but I want to explore as much as I can. I'm afraid of missing a gem because I prejudge something. I collect discovery sets (especially the choose-your-own ones like BDK) so I can try a wide range of the house's offerings and I don't skip something that has notes I'm iffy about. Case in point, I just found a new favorite - Miller Harris Myrica Muse. One of its primary notes is Rose so I almost skipped over it. But it is beautiful and is now in my Top 10!
So glad I could help😉👍🏼
My advice would be spend the money on like a 2ml sample so you can test the fragrance and get a better idea of it or if you want a bigger sample.also follow people you know who have the same taste in fragrances as you.also look for a discount especially on niche.❤😊
I agree that finding ppl with the same taste is super helpful 👍🏼 oh yes we love a good discount 😂
Love this video! You put me on some Jomashop sales. Just got hundred silent ways and I love it. It makes me so so happy!
Thanks for the tip girl.
That is awesome! So glad you love HSW. It’s so pretty 😉👍🏼
One thing I’ve aways done is go to stores to smell perfumes. That is hard if you live in an area that is more secluded or not a major city. In that situation a subscription or sample set from a company will save you. Otherwise, if you live in a major city go smell perfumes in store because it’s free. I also go smell a perfume several times and try it on the skin a few times before buying. I need to know how it’ll perform before shelling out money.
Good points 👍🏼That’s why I like RoyaltyScents because you get the decant and can use it several times to decide how you like it as well as longevity.
The only fragrance I love after all these years is Elizabeth Arden's Red door. Jamaica extra hot for some of these fragrances.
Yea it’s important to find fragrances that work in your climate.
Make sure the scent you are smelling is for the season it is suggested to be worn. It could make a difference in how your nose interprets it
I’ve heard a lot of ppl say that messed up a fragrance for them smelling off season. Then they went back to it in the right season and liked it. 👍🏼
I really enjoyed this video and love your channel. I’m new to fragrance and found the notes I love and hate helps me choose the fragrances I want to buy. I start with a sample, then travel, then I purchase the bottle. What I’ve experienced lately are the notes I dislike (Rose, Oud and Lavender) are great when they are done right. Cause baebyyyy Oud for Greatness, mon Guerlain, and Eau Rose by Diptyque are beautiful scents. I hate Delina but love Delina Exclusif😅
I was unable to identify notes that I don’t particularly like in a fragrance at first. I started smelling Essential oils help identify notes like Jasmine, Sandalwood, musk, amber, heliotrope, clove.. etc.. I also found a candle making shop and sampled their notes as well.
Glad you’re enjoying my content 😉💕 yea Oud For Greatness and Mon Guerlain are so good! Smelling essential oils is a smart way to learn notes 👍🏼
Denise is you calling me out lol cause I live in Arizona.. I found that Amber and Ouds chile is this Phx heat is no joke in this heat the throw of those be throwing 😂😂😂😂😂I want and try variations of fragrances though. When you did your first Royalty Scents video I signed up so fast and have been going strong for since then.
Seeeee I knew it! 😂 I’m like I know that Arizona heat is too much for some of these strong notes and fragrances 🤣 I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying RoyaltyScents 👏🏽😉👍🏼
@@DeniseAdore hahahah, you right but I’m wearing it. Let tell you a funny story- I wore ORIENTICA Amber Rouge one night too bed , that heffa woke me up outta my sleep. I was like well damn. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@bossladykey2 😂😂😂
Great video Denise, with really great tips! I wish this type of video existed when I first started my collection. Im sure I would’ve only took half of the advice because I’m crazy and need help lol, I would’ve bought everything in site like a psycho 😭, but for the regular normal people, these tips are perfect!!!
Thank you 😊👍🏼 I’m a psycho too so don’t worry. I’m just now starting to take my own advice….kind of 😂🤣
@@DeniseAdore yes we are one of the same kind 😂😂
@@DeniseAdore yes we are one of the same kind 😂😂
I started collecting perfumes last fall. Per some others advice and I'm sure listed here, try before you buy. Go to the store (if possible) to smell in person and buy travel sizes. That's what I have been doing now. I have several Kayali travel sizes and I know which ones I will be getting a full bottle of once they're done. I have a mix of niche and dupe (Dossier and DUA) perfumes, and I have my eye on a few designer ones. I am wearing my perfumes seasonally fall/winter and spring/summer, but I'm in the mood for it I'll just pull of whatever. If the niche is not an absolute love I'm not getting it, or wasting money on it. Thanks Denise for putting me on Jomashop it's the best! Mercari is also a good spot to get used perfumes (if one is OK with that) to try out as well.
I agree Mercari is a good way to save money on full bottles. I’ve purchased some I really love from Mercari and truth be told I like perfumes after they’ve aged a little. So buying them used has been perfect because the longevity and projection on some of them were better than when I bought the travel size in store if that makes sense 🤷🏻♀️😉
@@DeniseAdore yup exactly the fragrance is already macerated! I just hate all the fees but it's worth it sometimes.
Hey Denise!😊 I definitely agree with trying the travel sizes first. I LOVE me a travel size!🥰 I have one or two in each purse.
I totally agree! Travels sizes help you really test out a fragrance. And when you buy travel sizes you can literally have SO many fragrances 🤣👍🏼😉
Bout to put you in time out. Trying to listen to this video and steady distracted by this whole look. Love the color on that hair and the cut. But yeah I do samples or travel sizes before I spend the big coins and when I do purchase I like me a good 30ml if the house offers it. I feel that I do a better job of using up and moving on to something else or maybe a repurchase and that helps me from going overboard with fragrances and keeps my lil collection between 20-25. Very helpful tips!
Thank you ☺️💕 That’s a good tip for people to be able to actually use up fragrances before moving on to buy more 😉👍🏼
Love the hair!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🥰🥰
Thank you ☺️💕
Hi Denise! I am new to your channel, and have been enjoying it thoroughly! You are hilarious and give sound recommendations, such as this video!
Hey there 👋🏽Thank you ☺️ I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying my videos 😉
Great tips Denise 🥰.... samples/decants ❣❣ if I had purchased fb's of some of the most hyped fragrances out of the gate I would have been very sad and probably wasted 💲💲 you can probably sell what doesn't work for you but not likely to get all 💲💲returned .... trying to avoid redundancy and always looking to save 💲💲💲 where I can , which can mean shopping around and a lot of patience 💖🌹🌹
I agree samples and decants are great ways to sure you don’t waste your money. Patience is key and not feeding into the hype so quickly 😉👍🏼
I tried a subscription, but I didn't like how I was stuck with scents I didn't like until the next month. Being picky, I hardly like anything enough to want a bottle.
So I stick to small samples. If I like it, I'll get a travel size. I still haven't found something I want to splurge on though 😂
The subscription is like a travel size so that works for me to test it and it’s cheaper than a travel size. Since you get to pick your scent for the month I r found more that I like than ones that I don’t luckily.
Well said I feel same way and not to many people talk about it especially if hyped sample is the best way like Killian the princess perfume I smell it and I did not like it alot. I wanted it to be sweeter more marshmallow .
I agree getting a sample or travel spray can save you a lot of money in the long run so you don’t buy fragrances you do not like. 😉👍🏼
Great video. Yep I've been buying scents galore. Doesn't help that I have a little bit of an obsessive personality trait and the fact that I've been getting scents I actually enjoy doesn't help. I've had to put myself on probation and it has not been easy😩😂. 💖💖💖
Oh ok so I’m not the only one with an obsessive personality 🤣 me and my friend was just talking about how I have a problem 🤦🏻♀️😂 I’ve been trying to not buy as much either but it’s hella hard 😂
And another if you aren't in love with it but dont want to to give it away make decants for your peoples. I did that for Pour Femme by DG and Woman by Versace. I like and love them but they aren't signature. So I give decants to family and friends.
That’s a really good idea that no one else mentioned 😉👍🏼
Hey Denise, what you got for us today
Hey doll! 👋🏽💙
Can you do a video for all year round fragrances? I don’t live in a country that has different seasons, it’s only sunny or rainy here
Sure I can do that 😉👍🏼
@@DeniseAdore only niche fragrances though 😀
I love Flower Market but, I get not liking the opening cuz it legit smells like walking into a small florist shop. It's giving really green, fresh cut flowers sitting in a bucket of water. I agree the dry down is more subdued.
Definitely enjoyed the dry down but it was like an hour after. I can wait 10 minutes but after that I’m like nah 😂 I didn’t hate it but just did love it enough to want a bottle.
@@DeniseAdore I was at Sephora and I smelled Replica's On A Date and started laughing cuz I remembered your review. It definitely smells musty. Like someone wore a heavy sweater and forgot to put deodorant on. 😂😂
@@nickeeb79 🤣 see I wasn’t lying 🤦🏻♀️😂
I love Royalty Scents, I love DG Sun
That was the best D&G Light Blue I’ve tried so far 😉👍🏼
Thanks for the video. I am less than six months into my fragrance journey. I own a handful. My advice? Get a decant from an online retailer like Micro perfumes. Have people buy you discovery sets as gifts. Spray on perfumes when you’re at Sephora or Ulta.
I decided that I’m probably going to be the queen of cheapie and indie perfumes. I’m ok with that. (Do I own Guess seductive, seductive red, and seductive noir? Yes. Yes, I do.)
I have had nothing but positive interactions from my discussions on Fragrance TH-cam.
Don’t limit yourself to only female content creators in the fragrance world. The School of Scent has great, informative videos. The Perfume Guy has informative videos, too.
But what you like. Unless you’re talking to a hardcore fragrance lover, no one knows the difference between Baccarat Rouge 540 and Baccarat Rouge 540 extrait.
That’s a good tip to have ppl buy you discovery sets. I agree with trying on fragrances in store and walk around with them for a while and let them dry down. I also watch male fragrance reviewers. Some of them are very informative. Yea I’m a hardcore fragrance lover so I know the difference between the original and Extrait and that’s just something that ppl learn over time if they want to. 😉👍🏼
@@DeniseAdore I bought a discovery’s set from Oakcha a few months ago. Most of the fragrances are inspired by more expensive scents. I really love Torrid Day. It’s Oakcha’s take on Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille. My daughter just bought me a Kayali discovery set from Sephora. Years ago, my mom bought me an Atelier Cologne discovery set from Sephora. I didn’t know I was a vanilla perfume person until I smelled their Vanille Insensee. Such a beautiful scent. I hope they start selling their perfumes in the US again.
I might really do Royalty Scents. With the money I'm spending on these bottles...😭 This would give me something to look forward to instead of blind buying.
Yea it’s like a gift every month 😊 And you can build your queue to pick what you want to receive each month so you’ll be able to sample stuff you’ve been wanting to try 😉👍🏼
I’ve done Royalty Scents for over a year now, and I absolutely love it!
Denise Girl!!
Tell me about Bleu Turquoise?
It opens with a lot of black pepper which threw me off at at first. But then it settles into a salty vanilla coconut still with a little pepper.
Do not even start with blind buying! It'sike gambling and its addictive.
Sample a travel size
Every scent is not for everyone
You cannot miss out if its meant for you.
Girl ain’t that the truth! Blind buying is definitely addictive. I need rehab and so does my wallet 🤷🏻♀️😂
Also don't go buying a fragrance or not buying the fragrance off of somebody's first impression of it.😊
Girl right! First impressions are not the same as someone giving a fragrance a full wear 😉👍🏼
My sister and I have been trying to figure out how and where we can learn scents.
It’s definitely a lot of trial and error. But I started by looking at the fragrances I have and looking their notes up on Fragrantica.com the notes aren’t alway 100% accurate but they’re usually very close. So once are started to understand what notes were in the perfumes I knew I liked. I started to look for other fragrances with some of true similar notes with something a little different so I would have scents that all stayed the same.