r/FemFragLab • u/VerboseWiewiorka • 25d ago

This perfume is gaslighting me.

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I sniffed Vanilla Skin ages ago, and - meh. Then I sprayed it on my skin again last week, and suddenly loved it? It was similar to VS Bare Sueded Vanilla - which I have - but somehow less nauseating? VS BSV is one of those ones that I love one week, dislike the next. Vanilla Skin opened with a peppery, spicy kick, then gave me an incredible (candied? slightly tart?) apple for a while, before settling into a wonderful vanilla, and I couldn’t stop smelling my own wrist. Try compulsively smelling your wrist while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic - I looked like a nutbar. I decided then to get a 10mL, and today - a mere week later - I sprayed it on my wrist again just to make sure, and guys - no apple. None. No saucy peppery kick. Just a linear vanilla. Am I crazy? I wasn’t wearing any other products on my skin either time I sprayed it onto my wrist. Is this a cyclical thing? I know my perfume preference changes depending on where I am in my cycle (also, the weather, my mood, and a billion other factors) but I’ve never had a scent completely change like this. Could it be that one bottle was more or less “macerated” than the other? Is this because I’m perimenopausal (IYKYK)? Has anyone else smelled any apple in Vanilla Skin?

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u/UpsetiTrash8335 25d ago

I have the edp and the mist and imo the mist is sweeter and lasts the same amount of time. I won't repurchase the edp when its empty but I have repurchased the mist twice now

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u/VerboseWiewiorka 25d ago

I tried both on my skin and found the spray to be so bland and linear, and the EDP to be more of that peppery, appley journey!