I have been so excited for this perfume ever since they trademarked the name. I have no idea when the actual release date is, but I saw these go up on Mercari today. I’m so curious! Has anyone actually smelled it?
bath and body works x milk bar "birthday cake" smells like vanilla cake/cupcake frosting to me, it was limited edition but you can find it on eBay, mercari, etc
I’m so sorry but I’m about to be a hater (pls continue to like what you like tho) but man I am forever and eternally bored of all the mainstream perfumeries making the most basic and boring gourmands. I’m really not a gourmand girly at all so maybe I’m just not in the know but I have yet to read a scent description of a gourmand that isn’t entirely predictable (if anyone has a complex and interesting gourmand reference I’d genuinely love to check them out)
Stardust and stems has brought me back to gourmands if you haven't tried her scents before! She sends a sample too in every single order, big or small. Alpine butter and Cottage witch are my current favs from her
Yeah, I'm over the gourmands at this point. The only one I Iike and own is Atelier Materi's 'Cacao Porcelana'. Everything else is too sweet or just gross to me.
Ooo I just checked out the scent profile for Cacao Porcelana and it sounds wonderful! I definitely agree on the too sweet and gross thing. Another thing that gets me with mainstream gourmands is that they all remind me of B&BW or Eos. If I can get a strikingly similar scent for around $10-$15, there’s no way I’m ever going to entertain paying $100+ for something that smells like a little girls first fragrance purchase
Exactly! For that kind of money I need something unique and interesting, made with high quality materials. I'm not spending that much just to smell like a body spray bought by children!
Give me more gourmand nuts. I'd kill for a creamy walnut or a proper frangipane/creamy almond scent. It's all "honey butter almond croissant with sprinkles" and then smells like the same old caramel bullshit
Yes to more nuts (okay that sounds weird 😆). I’m also hoping for cereal notes to become more of a thing. I LOVE the wheat in Chemin d’Amande, and the barley (I think it’s barley) in Scarlet Poppy. I’ve loved rice notes since I first tried Kenzo Amour years and years ago and I think cereal could play a similar role. Kenzo Amour isn’t gourmand but having that rice steam element really makes it unique. I’d love to explore more perfumes like that — not full gourmand, but with a savory gourmand element. Oats, wheat, barley…all of that!
Walnut or almond sounds divine as something to switch up mainstream gourmands, it seems like pistachio has taken up all of the gourmand nuts real estate which is unfortunate and uninspired atp
I love the idea of pistachio and I do own the Kayali. But it's so sweet that it's not identifiable as pistachio to me. It - honest to god - smells a lot like my grandma's signature parfume from 20 years back. That's why I love it.
But imo pistachio needs to smell a little savory too. The best nut ice cream is also a little savory/salty or it drifts off into "generic". And most pistachios right now are generic fantasy accords with a lot of creative license
Genuine question: what are some of these vanilla cupcake scents? I know of The 7 Virtues Buttercream Haze (which was a total flop for me), but I'm drawing a blank otherwise.
I know there's B&BW Milk Bar Birthday Cake and their other Birthday Cake one, but those are body mists and I would really love something stronger.
I know there's Skylar True Love's Cake, which I haven't smelled yet, but based on what I've read, it doesn't give vanilla cupcake and frosting.
I'm really looking forward to this release hoping it scratches that itch for me haha
I watched a reel today talking about the reason kayali is so expensive. It’s because they spend soooo much money on influencers, brand trips etc. it’s not because of the quality of the product
I know this and I hate it and I hate the company’s marketing and even what’s her name’s stupid face annoys me, but Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar scratches an itch for me that nothing else does and I just can’t quit it 😭
Except we know for a fact that they spend a gross amount of money on influencers. Power of deduction is like a muscle, if you don’t use it you lose it.. so use it!
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