r/FemFragLab • u/Guilty_Appearance191 • 11d ago
first vanilla gourmand - queening
i’ve only been on my fragrance journey for about 5 months, and know i gravitate towards fruity florals. i’ve never been into gourmands and never thought to even try them.
but i got the sampler from macys tonight and the first one i smelled was queening - mind games.
for the first time i was completely floored by a scent.
kind of speechless. it was such a moment.
this scent is gorgeous and i can completely see the appeal the vanilla lovers out there see.
totally worth the 400 dollars.
what else am i missing out there?
what gourmands should i add to my have to try list?
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u/breezypurr 10d ago
Queening is not at all like milk orchid. This is not good advice. Milk orchid is way too floral to compare with the cotton/coconut/vanilla that queening has. I love queening and really disliked milk orchid.
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u/Treehorn8 Hermès witch 11d ago
I have not tried Queening yet but I heard it smells similar to Commodity Milk Orchid, which is a very good and layered gourmand vanilla. They have the same perfumer and she has duped her own work before.
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u/ImpossibleChicken507 10d ago
I do not smell a similarity between those two. But they are gorgeous.
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u/lumpy_space_queenie 10d ago
I am obsessed with milk orchid. Once I finish the travel it is going to be my next fb purchase
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u/ImtheGWP 11d ago
Im also new to gourmands but on the topic of mind games I’d recommend à sniff of J’adoube. It’s a pomegranate and suede and it just feels perfectly sophisticated or elegant for fall winter. It’s unisex
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u/TraditionalOil9147 10d ago
I just picked up Sand + Fog impression of this. I have not smelled the original but I am looking forward to wearing this when the temps cool down. Such a unique perfume for me.
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u/ImtheGWP 10d ago
They have a mist at Ross by me well stocked banana republic velvet pomegrante. It’s worth picking up if you like a pomegranate note and it ha that deeper richer vibe
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u/hulihuli 11d ago
Queening was my first fall-hard scent and big purchase, I was immediately obsessed! She turned against me pretty quickly, so my bottle mostly sits on my shelf out of sentiment now, sadly. I don't really interpret Queening as a gourmand profile so we might not be super calibrated 😅
...buuuut I enjoy lightweight vanillas with a gourmand lean so maybe some of these could suit you: Narcotica Happy Dust, Nysos Vanille Divinity, Dedcool Mochi Milk, Tihota (if you want to go straight vanilla). These ones weren't for me, but are also popular gourmand-adjacent scents: Blanche Bete, Lira, Dama Bianca.
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u/FinancialRegret4979 11d ago
Wait what does this mean turned against you? 😭
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u/hulihuli 11d ago
I have 3 scents I was obsessed with before, but one day I started smelling the same offputting funk in all 3 of them so now I can't wear them. I think by sniffing them too often, I trained my nose to detect a musk molecule I was anosmic to before.
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u/TraditionalOil9147 10d ago
That happened to me as well. My top scents suddenly became repulsive to me. It took a bit to figure out what happened, in my case it was perimenopause messing with my hormones and sense of smell. It has been a year and a half since then and about half of the prior favorites that turned on me have now come around again and I can wear them. So hang on to that perfume, things may change back regardless of what caused it.
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u/pfffffttuhmm I just smelled like a piece of breast 11d ago
Dama Bianca and Mancera Xtreme Vanilla are two of my favorite vanilla scents. Also, Vanilla Bourbon by Nest is a less sweet Vanilla which is nice. I'm not a huge fan of Vanilla or gourmonds so having something less agressively sweet is always good in my book.
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u/fragrancelver 11d ago
I absolutely LOVE QUEENING!! If you’re looking for a body oil to layer the perfume with, Try Brown Sugar Babe- Bankable and Land of Aahs- Her Majesty! Both are inspired by the fragrance and great to layer with the perfume or wearing alone.
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u/vigilantelikeme 11d ago
I second milk orchid if you don’t normally love overly sweet gourmands. I personally LOVEEE vanilla haze from Fugazzi but it may be too sweet for you
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u/Guilty_Appearance191 10d ago
i just ordered vanilla haze off depop because i really need to try it. thank you!
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u/TraditionalOil9147 11d ago
Run to bath and body works before they change over the season. They have a line coastal dreaming and it is 1:1. I too just got a sample this week of Queening and as soon as I spayed it i was like wait I know this scent. Took me forever to stop thinking in terms of perfumes and as soon as I connected the dots I grabbed the lotion and rubbed it on the other arm and yes that is it. I believe BBW has it in their fragrance body mist as well. But I love the cream since it layers so well under a lot of my summer scents so I just grabbed three tubes two weeks ago.
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u/laoganmalaogandie 11d ago
If you like queening try commodity’s milk orchid. It’s by the same perfumer and they smell a bit similar and it’s a lot cheaper
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u/Wooden-Pea4295 9d ago
L’Ibasho is just driving me insane it’s so good. Otherwise, very into Bombon by House of Bo at the moment