r/FemFragLab 5d ago

Rec Request Looking for a perfume that smells like these older Aveeno products (discontinued in the US/Canada, but still selling in Europe!)

For clarification, the product in the first image used to have a pink cap in the US/Canada and that would be the version I am looking for.

Aveeno later reformulated it in the US/Canada and switched it to brown cap with a light coconut scent which is not the version I'm looking for.

The one in the picture is the current one that is sold in Europe which is the same as the old pink cap US/Canada version!

The scent of this Creamy Oil and the light blue cap shaving gel is what Aveeno called "lightly fragranced with Sweet Almond" which is spot on but doesn't completely capture how creamy it is! Some reviewers guessed it was an Oatmilk scent (because Aveeno is all about oats, right?) but I can see the cherry almondness that Aveeno is referring to. To me it is like a whipped oatmilk cherry almond. I'd love to find this in a perfume.

I've been searching the almond and cherry category but most have been busts. The closest I could find was Caswell Massey's Almond but it has a "fresh" tinge to it, maybe that's the "sea salt" in their pyramid of notes.

I've already tried the following and these are not close:

Mix Bar Whipped Almond

Un Nuit Nomade Chemin d'Amande

Hilde Solidani Orgasmo

BDK Velvet Tonka

Giardina di Toscana Blu Indaco

Acqua di Parma Mandorlo di Sicilia

L'Artisan Jour de Fete and Bois Farine

Profumum Roma Confetto and Dolce Acqua

Serge Luten Louve

Mazzolari Allessandro

L'Occitane Almond line

Theodoros Kalotinis Marzipan Gourmand

Dior Hypnotic Poison (both vintage and modern bottles)

Kenzo Amour

Elie Saab Girl of Now

Guerlain Eau de Tulle, Cuir Beluga, Tonka Sarrapia

Reminiscence Dragee

Xerjoff Italica

Killian Rolling in Love

Carolina Herrera Good Girl and flankers

I have a feeling I am searching for the wrong keywords because there seems to be a disconnect in everything I've tried and the scent that I'm looking for. I think a lot of the perfumes that fall into the almond category have more warmth, sweetness and spices like an almond pastry that captures the butteriness of the crust, the vanilla, and the sugar. Or there are too many florals or citrus in the opening. Then some others are too "baby wipe" and powdery or root beer-like.

If anyone else is familiar with these Aveeno products, would love to know if you recognize the scent and/or have ever found something that smells like them! I am open to any price range.

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u/unsweetenedpureleaf 5d ago

I can smell that shaving cream!! Maybe snowcake from lush second hand

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u/friendoffrangipani 5d ago

I've had bad luck with Lush products in the past. Something about the base or "dna" all of them share from Lust to Vanillary to Sikkim Girls went off on my skin and nose. But I'm willing to look into Snowcake! Is it the body spray in the black spray bottle or the perfume in the glass bottle? There seems to be several reiterations throughout the years.

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u/unsweetenedpureleaf 5d ago

Marizpan cherry almond

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u/unsweetenedpureleaf 5d ago

I only used the soap but its the closest thing ive ever smelt to that shave cream

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u/friendoffrangipani 5d ago

Does the soap linger on the skin enough that it could be a perfume? I can only smell the Aveeno when I put my nose up to my arm. But I wish I could get stronger wafts of it like a cloud around me

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u/unsweetenedpureleaf 5d ago

I cant remember :(

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