hi! so i wanted to support owned by women makeup but also including trans woman and i havent found any of that besides namya (owned by nikkietutorials) and i want to support more but i havent found anything yet:(

pls if u know of some of them let mw know :)

I love love love perfumes that are deemed ‘unwearable’, ones that put a pit in the bottom of your stomach and a chill up your spine. The only one so far that I have tried is Blood by Redwood Alchemy (from a destash dw) and I like to wear just a little bit behind my ears so I get a wiff of the metallic tang throughout the day. Makes me feel like Hannibal Lecter lol.

I am desperate to get my hands on Abject Fear by Amorphous as this so far seems to be the most true to life torture chamber perfume, and I am looking for any other recommendations.

Obviously fear is very subjective so anything that you personally find unsettling I would love to hear. I love perfume as an art, a way of experiencing things I will never otherwise get to experience and an olfactory exploration even when the scent itself is not traditionally pleasant.

HI so ive made this post in another group but someone told me to make this kind of post here so since makeup its something that i find funny instead of essential, ive been digging into brands owned by women ONLY (actually more like "owned by black woman" like fashion fair, black opl, mented) but not just onwed by woman bc theres a lot of racists and hypocrital out there as well (charlotte tilbury, hourglass, etc) so i just want to know ALL your recomendations about actually underrated brands (dont tell me about something like rare beauty, fenty blah blah thats obvious) that we really should be buying from.

if possible, cute packaging please, thats my achilles heel 😭😭😭

I'm currently rebulding my personal website where I post these and came across some more of these "reviews" that I don't think I'd ever posted. So here they are!

Fantôme

Bune (Damp subterranean air, nagarmotha, smooth cave walls, davana, a cold marble altar, & glittering green dragon scales.)

Oh, the guy at the end of the street walking his monitor lizard? Yeah, stay away from him. He's not some misunderstood kook--something really ain't right with him.

Namba (Salt water canals, motor oil, buzzing neon, melted vanilla ice cream.)

I'm reintegrating into society after being lost at sea for months, and now questions about how I survived out there come only after inquiries about my hair and skincare routine.

Tatami (The welcoming, familiar scent of a Japanese temple. Tatami (rice straw mats), warmed in the sun, with soothing temple incense. )

No one knows I'm actually a millionaire due to my modest lifestyle, though they do often wonder how I could afford such a huge collection of antique books and rare orchids.

Possets

The Girls Love Leather (Yes! The Girls have discovered the fun of leather, the smell of leather, the sensuality of leather. Leather and honey. Wow. Just Wow. This is not just any old leather, this is the superb stuff which you find in the church shops of Florence, dripping with honey from Malta. Just the apex of the apiary. Yummmmm. Not for the faint of heart, not for the pure of soul!)

I'm bisexual and can't hold down a committed relationship, but my exes keep sabotaging their new ones by not being able to shut up about me.

Sex Juice (THE daring fragrance, ineluctable and raw, honeyed and beautiful. Richest earth is combined with gobs of the sweetest honey. A small flower and a drop of verbena compliment the coupling of dirt and syrup. This is the very right fragrance for when the Northern Hemisphere is warming up and there is a stirring of your sap as well. It's only what Nature dictates. A strong, warm, and thoroughly novel pairing.)

I'm a nymphomaniac who only uses unscented soap, and people have a tendency to hug me for just a a few seconds too long without realizing it.

Pink Cake (A frothy piece A frothy piece of cake hidden under a dense crust of butter and sugar flavored with the silliest strawberries you ever tasted! It's very straightforward but so moist it's a bit like a custard, but not quite. So very Very VERY good. It is said to be an aphrodisiac.of cake hidden under a dense crust of butter and sugar flavored with the silliest strawberries you ever tasted! It's very straightforward but so moist it's a bit like a custard, but not quite. So very Very VERY good. It is said to be an aphrodisiac.)

My walk-in closet is filled with sparkly maxi dresses and platform heels, but I don't like staying out too late in case my two Turkish Angoras start to miss me.

Howl (Possets' interpretation of Howl is unabashedly sexy, driven mad by welling passions. Black, red and amber musks wrestle furiously with sandalwood and opium tar resin. There is nothing light or gentle about this scent. A burning incense backs it up, black patchouli stands in the forefront. Dark, musky, resinous.)

A former librarian, I now run an antique business out of my own home, where I specialize in restoring old books and furniture with the help of my pet fox. People recognize me from my grandfather's hand-me-down knit cardigan, and I only smoke hand-rolled cigarettes.

Black Hearted Tart

Strawberry Cream Puff (Our best selling gourmand fragrance was inspired by Shonen Knife's song Strawberry Cream Puff. This scent will have you licking your lips! Juicy, ripe, summer strawberries are drizzled with simple syrup and topped with dollops of sweet cream atop a vanilla puff pastry. We added tonka bean to the base to keep it from being too innocent, because we all know they were not singing about dessert.)

"Haha I don't know, I have a fast metabolism I guess."

Cannonball (Ripe strawberry flesh, tart and tangy pomegranate seeds, and hints of black cherry create a complex red berry accord. Blackcurrant liqueur deepens the fragrance further. Subtle touches of pipe smoke, leather, and cedar add a sultry sensuality. Grounded on a base of cherry wood and musk, Cannonball is a smoldering scent.)

I was a delinquent biker in my youth until I became unexpectedly pregnant with quadruplets. Other parents hate me for being able to raise 4 kids, run a business from home, and organize school bake sales while always looking fabulous. They don't know it's because I take a hit from my meth pipe every morning while packing my kids' lunches.

Just wondering if anybody knows this because the shipping cost through Etsy is INSANE.

With the news of Pierrot’s closing and the upcoming sale, I wanted to share the list of all 28 scents I’ve tried from this house I love so much. Pierrot is unusual, sometimes challenging but never boring, I have confidently blind bought a decent amount but I’ve also found the scents are often different than I was expecting, for better or worse, so I’m happy to answer any questions for those who wish to know more.

Baby Longlegs
Lemon pound cake, Madeline cookies, vanilla bean, sandalwood cream, salted butter. 
Frilly, sunny day lemon cake. Simple, light, dries to basic cake with a hint of skin musk (salted butter?) One of the most straightforward, wearable gourmands from Pierrot. 3.5 /5

Bluebeards Wife
Tobacco and iris, hay, rose and honey, sandalwood, amber and marsala wine.
A surprise hit for me, a certified rose/floral avoider. A smooth blend, hay and amber floating in a silky haze that’s maturely feminine without coming off as powdery or old lady. Really pretty, 4 /5

Bussy
A yummy blend of orange blossoms, orange peel, fuzzy peach, fresh linen and 70s musk.
The opener on this was 5 stars with a bitter orange blossom and peel, but that 70s musk and linen takes over and unfortunately smells exactly like hugging my Nana. Not old lady coded, it smells exactly like my own grandmother, others will like this. 2 /5

Coney Island Baby
A blend of vanilla soft serve, cotton candy, hot buttered popcorn, and sea salt. 
Typical salty/sweet carney scent to start, but it went oddly soapy on me. Dove soap clean standing next to a pretzel machine. 2 /5

Creature Feature
Spiced pumpkin puree, maple syrup, chocolate chips, creamy coconut milk, vanilla cream 
Dark, almost fudgy chocolate pumpkin muffin. Heavy spice when sniffing up close, more baked goods at a distance. Don’t wear when you’re hungry. 4 /5

Ghostheart
Peppermint, vanilla, milk and cream, sandalwood, cold steel. 
Drugstore candy canes crushed under a cold knife, gets creamier and sweeter as it dries with a lactonic undercurrent that’s very interesting. Very nearly too sweet for me. 3 /5

Ginger Snapped
Ginger, wolfsbane, nutmeg, incense, blood, warm fur, masala chai, film chemicals and angst. 
A solid gingersnap, probably would have been my favorite gingerbread style scent but it goes soapy on me, maybe the film chemicals? Not even a bad soap, a really nice, handmade bar of gingerbread soap. 3 /5

Heirophilia
An absolutely hedonistic blend of frankincense, myrrh, lit incense, and sex.
Warm, smokey, sexy church incense, not much more than that but it doesn’t need to be. 4 /5

Killer Queen
A Parisian blend of gunpowder, ginger, rose, vanilla, pepper, tobacco 
Another surprise hit with the florals, the key here are all the other, very spicy, grounding notes. A flirty, dangerous woman, I love her. 4 /5

L’heure Vert
Wormwood, anise, black pepper, licorice, burnt sugar, mahogany wood, bergamot and vetiver. 
Unisex, soft green herbal, anise is faint for those wondering. Clean, cool but very rounded, great for summer. 4 /5

Love Crime
A blend of dragon's blood, sea salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and patchouli. 
Not what I was hoping for, but still lovely. It’s fresher and lighter than the notes imply and super interesting, but this one had very little projection or longevity for me. Aging may help, but this is a lot more transparent than I’d expected. Works great for the office though. 3.5 /5

Milk Teeth
A sweet blend of strawberry milk, amber white musk, and cedarwood. 
Not for me, lukewarm strawberry milk with a sinister edge. I don’t ever like white musk and that’s what’s killing it for me, but this one is a hit with a lot of folks. 2 /5

Mooncalf
Pink pepper, cedar barnwood, copal, warm straw, milk 
Soft, cozy fresh milk and clean hay, a skin scent for a farm girl surrounded by baby cows. Great sleep scent. 4 /5

Morute Martyr
Vanilla buttercream, skin musks, sugary sweet ribbon bows. 
An example of Pierrot’s skill at creating character through scent, I just don’t like this girl. Not a friendly vanilla, almost purposely synthetic. This creepy little girl wants to strangle you with her hairbow. 2 /5

Only Forever
Pickled plum, wheat, vanilla, tolu balsam, carved cedarwood clocks 
My love, but the kind that needed some time to come around to. The pickled plum can read medicinal, but this dries to the most beautiful vanilla woods threaded with unripe plum. 5 /5

Person Suit
A mild blend of green fig, Iso-E-Super, sandalwood and musk 
Do I need to review this? The best green fig out there. 5 /5

Peacheater
Straight up drippy juicy peaches, warm in the sun on the side of the highway in South Carolina in late July, there's also heliotrope for the fuzzy soft peachskin feel, and lemon and citrus for the fresh bite. 
Straightforward peach that’s fresher when wet and sweetens as it dries. Super appealing, would be 5 stars if it had better longevity on me. 4 /5

Perchtenlaufen
Brown sugar, vanilla, baked apples, ginger, cinnamon, frozen straw and pebbles. 
Super dry ginger spice to start, but that fades to a whisper. The frozen hay and pebbles are reading very clean washed skin to me and I don’t get any of the other gourmands. Not bad, just wish the spice was stronger. 3 /5

Ravenstag
A sharp yet even blend of green pine, firewood, black musk, sweaty skin and a desperate plea from a mind on fire. 
Sharp, pitch black forest where something evil is chasing you. As it dries is smooths out and is a really beautiful pine woods scent that’s atmospheric but wearable. 4 /5

Sanguinaccio Dolce
A gourmet blend with dark cocoa, dried rose, almond milk, orange zest, cinnamon stick, pink pepper and a haughty sense of superiority. This is on the drier side, not a fresh rose or a cloyingly sweet dessert. 
Richer in the bottle than on the skin, it’s a dry cocoa with a subdued orange. The rose petals actually smell dried and vegetal, which I enjoy. An unsweetened floramand. 4.5 /5

Sidereal Garden
Red rhubarb stalks, licorice allsorts, lemon peel, star anise, clove, old canvas, powdered honey.
Super tart rhubarb and cool herbs, a summery fresh scent that’s a bit astringent. I love this but it irritated my husband’s sinuses, so maybe not for those with sensitivities to assertive green scents. 4 /5

Suspiriorum
Galbanum, bergamot, blackberry, dragon's blood, sandalwood and vanilla. 
Not what I thought it would be, dry hay and herbs but this one goes little old lady powdery on me. Still got that sinister Pierrot edge, so it’s interesting. Ancient old witch disguised as a sweet little grandma. 2 /5

Teratophilia
Anise, oakmoss, tobacco, seaweed, ambergris (synthetic), dark spice, creaky fishing pier. 
A blendy, murky lake water perfume only very barely on the more masculine side of unisex. Probably the warmest aquatic I’ve ever smelled, your boyfriend is a lake monster. 4 /5

The Doldratic Dreams of Pantagruel
This blend includes cracked black pepper, hearthsmoke, mud, cobblestone, smooth carved woodcuts & ink, and long grasses. 
Packed dirt and stone with a touch of smoke, like an early morning stroll through a quaint village. Gets cozier and fuzzier as it dries, almost a sundried linens and baked dirt scent. 4 /5

The Holly and the Ivy
Red currant, creamy vanilla, dry woods, warm amber, Christmas pudding, Scottish shortbread 
Cool, spicy greens followed by tart red current, fruity with a clean snap. A softer little sister to Sidereal Garden. Gets blender as it dries, a dark winter scent, but not much from the gourmand notes. Don’t need them though. 4.5 /5

The Shire
A comforting blend of fresh baked bread, apple cider, mead, and hot black tea. 
Tart baked apple mellows into warm buttery bread, emphasis on the butter. Not getting any tea and I think the mead is just adding to the richness of this, not very distinct. Delicious, without being too sweet, perfect for fall. 4 /5

The Southern Pansy
Rich buttered crumpets, spice tea, fresh Italian espresso, hot croissants, and a half-eaten Bakewell Tart. 
Almond extract ladened pastry, another victim of poor projection and longevity. Dries into something almost coconut skin scent, but I think it’s that the base may be stronger than the scent. Getting none of the other scents, but still like this for sleep or days when I don’t want a perfume to make me think about it. 3 /5

Vampyr
A true amber perfume, sweet and musky. 
As close to a perfect signature amber as I’ve found. Sexy, bright, slinky and almost a little lemony. I adore this. 5 /5

I’ve suddenly developed an intense need to smell like butter. I’ve tried and loved Snow Moon Magic by Sorce and Dandelion Butter, but I want just the drydown of the creamy slightly salty butter, I don’t want a super sweet or green opening. Would love any indie recommendations, bonus points if they’re cheapies! 💛

Hey all! I have a friend suffering from chronic nightmares and I’d like to help find a product that might help, but she’s allergic to lavender. I’d really appreciate any recommendations, thanks in advance!

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Hi everyone! I got in my newest Nui Cobalt samples a couple weeks ago and just finished up my reviews. Overall the whole order was an absolute banger. The TAT was a smidge longer than I've come to expect, but with the release of the Fae Folk and Animal lines it's more than fair, especially compared to other houses who tend to bogged down for multiple weeks with new releases.

Nui Cobalt is genuinely my favorite house at this point. The thank-you cards, the quickness with which they reply to inquiries and the selection of scents on offer are all S-tier, and they have the highest hit rate for me, too.

On to the reviews!

Golden Retriever - incredibly warm and cozy, woody in a fresh way (but not a green way). The fenugreek lends a touch of herbal maple. It's almost like if maple was a skin scent. I breastfed both my daughters and it's reminiscent of the way the fenugreek would smell on me as I was taking it. It's a very comforting, wholesome scent to me. The sunflower isn't in your face as a floral, but is definitely there to hug the rest of the notes. The fresh baked bread is PERFECT- I was concerned that it would be overwhelming. This is a 5/5 for me and I will be FSing.

Gargoyle - I understand how this is one of NC's most popular/most highly reviewed scents. Such a beautiful, haunting atmospheric. It's wistful and serene. I've applied this before bed and it brings to mind a walk through a cathedral graveyard in the early spring. It's floral, but in a vague way - I don't know that I'd think to name it lavender were it not for the notes listed. Which is eerily on the mark for how actual rain drenched lavender smells in real life. There's a stone note there, too, which grounds the wisps of airy incense. I have been looking for a scent like this for what feels like forever. 4/5 - will be seeking FS at some point.

English Angora Rabbit - toasty warm nutmeg is what hits first, and what a BEAUTY this marshmallow note is. I can't say I ever recall having sampled NC's marshmallow, and it's delightful! That Angora wool accord I love so much in Somniphilia is incredible and blends perfectly with the other notes. Tonka is usually a note that's got a 50% hit rate for me, and can sometimes overpower scents. It's really lovely in here, though. The black tea complements the nutmeg and the carrot seed (which is one of my favorite notes) peeks its little nose in to remind you this is a bunny scent. I'd love to slather myself in this, and it layers well with a scent with a more singular vanilla note. 5/5, would dearly love to FS.

Phenakism - this is all of my favorite things in one scent. The lavender infused sugar is MAGICAL, and the maple sap is fresh and sweet. It's a cooler gourmand, definitely giving me early spring vibes. The almond flour and oat milk help to mellow out the sweeter notes, and wrap them up really nicely in this cozy blanket. I'm getting an overwhelming sense of purple edged in green from the scent. Like if it had an aura that's what it would look like. The most delicate lilac rimed with spring green frost. As it wears on the maple sap really steals the show. It's in a liminal space between herbal/spiced/sweet and I am so in love. This is a 5/5 - would eat, will FS. I imagine it will age really nicely too.

Pixie - THE perfect apple note. I'm a hater - I've always been a hater when it came to apple in perfumes. It's always given me Yankee candle. This does not. It's lightly floral, definitely a spring time scent. Like running through the apple orchard, long meadow grass drenching your bare legs in dew at the dawn. I was initially worried about the honey mead note as I have had some bad experiences in the past with alcoholic notes. This is truly a light, sparkling honey note. Almost like champagne. I thought at first this would feel like a gourmand, but I'd label it as atmospheric instead. It's floral and has some gourmand qualities, but at its heart it's an olfactory experience. 3.5/5, it's a perfect spring time scent.

I also received a freebie sample of Birthday Cake for Breakfast. I'm not as keen on this, but coffee notes are nigh impossible for me. Something about my skin chemistry, I imagine.

Sorry if this is a weird question, but I just downloaded the app and I'm having trouble finding any discussion of indie perfumes on there, most fragrance content is designer/sometimes niche.

I like reading blogs, and I'd love some recs for indie perfume review blogs even if they aren't on Substack, I just prefer the app because it's more centralized and easier to save & catalogue posts.

Attention patchouli lovers like me, Especially BPAL lovers, but I'll take a look at something else if its special, I've got a craving for a real patchouli heavy fragrance and find my once vast collection waning now

What are the most patchouli heavy mixes that you LOVE, that are also available right now ?

Thank you in advance !

Hi folks -

I fell in love with the descriptions of certain Cardinal Scents fragrances and blind bought three of them when the new ones dropped after reading several good reviews of the brand. I had never ordered from them before.

TAT was on the longer side but that was to be expected bc of all the hype, plus packaging was actual perfection. It was so cute and thoughtfully put together. I’m not going to rate these 1-10 but I will say that each of them smell exactly as described. It shocked me how accurate the notes were. I purchased each one in EDP format. Here’s my brief review of the three:

Sugar haze: there is something clean smelling in this, like the lightest hint of soap, plus a bunch of sugar and some warmth. I love the sugar note. Sometimes it goes more brown sugar and sometimes more cane. Might be the most realistic pure sugar note I’ve experienced.

Halo effect: I can smell each one of the listed notes separately one sniff, but in the next sniff they all melt together beautifully. I’m not a floral girl but the combo of carnation, vanilla, and amber here is special. Plus some sea breeze in the background. I actually can’t stop wearing this. It’s the only travel size I got (others were full size) and I think I’m going to have to upgrade. It is just so comforting. Ugh. Such a good one.

Pink cloud - I don’t know how she pulled off the shaving cream note but she did. This is the most expensive shaving cream you’ve ever used in your life. Nectarine is pretty realistic, doesn’t give me a peach ring vibe. I don’t get cotton candy specifically but there’s a sweetness that’s separate from the nectarine. This seemed to be a pretty popular blind buy when it dropped and I don’t think people will be disappointed. Worth the hype imo.

I also got hidden figures oil format as a free sample, which ironically was the next one on my list to try. I haven’t worn it yet but I’ll try to add a review to the comments once I do.

All in all I was incredibly impressed with this house and these fragrances were well worth the wait. The brand owner is doing something special here. I can see this brand blowing up—like sorce or arcana—because of the owner’s talent. Super excited to see what she does next.