I just found your channel! I went ahead and subscribed. I find that the Nebras is just strange...idk it's just hard to understand for me😊but I'm looking forward to getting the Mocha Wood!!
Your description of Satoor sounds amazing. But then I went to Fragrantica and saw that it’s compared to Bright Peach. Bright Peach is not my favorite kind of peach. Have you smelled it? Wondering how similar they are. Your description makes me think they aren’t that similar. Just wondering if you have thoughts on this. Thanks. 😊
Thanks for this. You have me curious now too. I’ve not smelled Bright Peach. They DO seem like a similar idea from the note break down (I just looked 😊) … I can’t imagine Bright Peach would have such an old school ambery vibe. If I get to smell it I will come back and let you know 🥰
@@melraefinds9748 Thanks! Old school peach is usually done differently than what I smell in bright peach. I’m pretty convinced I’d like Satoor. My favorite peach is Burberry woman!
She is 100% correct. I have no idea why people hyped-up this perfume. There is something very off about the dry down. It just leaves you smelling like chemicals .
I really enjoyed your descriptions. I have Nebras and I adore it. I layer it with Fire Cracker Pop a cherry scent from Bath & Body Works or Sweet Cherry. I literally have multiple people follow me around if I wear it out and compliment me. It’s divine!😊
As for the packaging, I totally understand it’s frustrating to find the lid off, etc. but they are DIRT-CHEAP & the packaging sometimes floors me in the way I can’t fathom how I’m getting both an incredible juice AND a sturdy glass bottle (or what have you) for like $30-$40! 😅So I can’t imagine not putting something on my list due to packaging. I just completely overlook it & honestly feel fortunate when the bottles aren’t HIDEOUS😂as so many are just awful to look at.
Hi Mel , I bought Rare Passion from an Aussie online retailer and it arrived in perfect condition and was love from first sniff and just keeps getting better ( 15 months or so) . I am sorry your bottle was damaged. I also buy from Fragrance Net, loads of perfumes, only one bottle leaked and I got a total refund. Kind regards 😊
I’m so pleased you had a better experience with Rare Passion. I will have to give Fragrance Net a try. It wasn’t them I had an issue with. Good to know you have found them good to deal with. Thanks 😊
Hi Mel, I am in Tasmania, fell in love with Middle Eastern perfumes May last year after getting Long Covid and feeling my body chemistry or my love for some perfumes altered and I was also frustrated at becoming nose blind to a lot of my perfumes. By chance I fell in love with a perfume oil and that began my journey of discovery of these perfumes. I have 2 large perfume cupboards, in a stable cool area of our house and own too many 😅, too afraid to count them, but have run out of space. I have always loved and collected perfumes. I am attracted to the more intense perfume and also like mysterious or noir scents, but also adore fruity florals with vanilla and spices. I love so many and love how I can smell these on myself after hours. I have had to blind buy them all, by reading about the notes , watching my 5 or so favourite reviewers and careful consideration but 4 or so were total fails. Opulent Red was one of my first haul of 6 perfumes and is one of my signature scents, a lady ran after me wanting to know what I was wearing 😂. I am on my second bottle and have 3 back up bottles. I own 3 other perfumes of the perfumes you mention. Nebras is lovely. Thanks for this video.❤😊
Hi Tia! Another Opulent Red devotee! 🥰 I am so pleased. I can’t get enough of that one. I absolutely can relate to what you’re saying about enjoying the stronger nature of the Middle Eastern fragrances. I think I have been collecting these type of fragrances for about the same amount of time as you. I’m in Regional Queensland, up in the mountains west of Brisbane in Toowoomba. Cooler temps and less humid than Brissie. So lovely to meet you. Thank you for sharing this 😊
@@melraefinds9748 Same here, it is soooooo wonderful and affordable. I read so many negative reviews but felt it was my type of perfume and it was love at first sniff. I am addicted to that one for sure. It always makes me feel wonderful and you can always smell the perfume even the next day. So glad to find you 🥰😍 A lot of the perfume reviewers do not like Opulent Red. I have read some hilarious reviews about this. I know we all smell things differently and have different preferences which is great. And our body chemistry is different, but my best friend in Germany also bought 4 of my most loved Middle Eastern perfumes and she loves all of these and some days when we write to each other we find out we are wearing the same ones on that day despite the different seasons and weather. Opulent Red, Bade'e Al Oud Amethyst, Maison Alhambra's Berlinetta , all these 3 are polarising scents that last and last and the perfume oil Rasha by Al Rehab which is also so beautiful ( again a beast scent and polarising). I wish you a lovely day, from sunny Tasmania, Tia
Hi. I appreciate your video because there’s not many videos talking about green fragrances. I enjoy them. I have Aura edt and edp. And several unisex fragrances from Banana Republic. Matcha from Republica is on my list.
Hiya, Mel. Just found your channel and subbed. I'm in the US but my fragrance choices match your seasons better, I think. Your winter, my summer, I'm ready for Khamrah and Mohra. It's fall here and I'm craving chypres. Go figure. I'm seeing quite a few differences between what ME fragrances you're able to get when compared to here. Is that a thing? Looking forward to watching more content from you. All the best to you.❤
Hi Alisa! I would say, regarding affordable ME fragrances, that in the last 6-12 months absolutely everything is also coming out here, with similar release dates to US (which can be ahead of UK and Europe, not sure why). There are fewer distributors here and in Australia we can’t get fragrances on Amazon (postal regulations, not sure). I’m definitely getting choosier, and climate dictates that if I stack my shelves with the heavier scents, they will sit there neglected for much of the year. The “affordable” ME fragrances aren’t as cheap here, relative to the prices of the fragrances they are duping when those fragrances are on sale. Again I think this is because there are fewer distributors currently. So, again this makes me choosier. It can make more sense to get the original here … sometimes. Regarding availability it can actually be harder to find good oldies. I have finally tracked down a bottle of Junoon Noir for instance. Thank you for your thoughtful comment. And welcome to the channel 🥰
Hi Mel, I'm a new subscriber! I bought a cheapie called Mousuf by Ard Al Zaafaran recently and Solace by Ajmal, both kind of freshies I've liked. Also a romantic perfume called Romancea by Ard Al Zaafaran, which i enjoyed for the most part but it got a little sickly toward the end of the bottle.
At (10:28) I think your talking about the Avon Fragrance from 1985 called "Imari".....in the dark maroon burgundy bottle & cap...an Aldehyde, Floral & Amber classic !
@@melraefinds9748 My mother used to sell Avon back in the day and I used to smell the whole Imari line and Skin So Soft scents in the house all the time !
Hi Mel! I sold my bottle of Royal Musk. It smelled amazing in the bottle but the musk turned cheap on my skin unfortunately… Nebras and Honor and Glory also have left my collection. I bought many Arabian perfumes but a few have stayed in my collection to be honest. They just don’t agree with me. Amber Oud Rouge, Sublime and La Fleur Bouquet are three I really enjoy wearing.
Hi Julie! Thanks for sharing these (successes and the ones that have left) I really think I need to get Sublime. I love Eden Juicy Apple. Interesting you love the Amber Oud Rouge, I think that whole range is too heavy for me. Recent disappointment for me is Mystique Bouquet by Afnan. Nice scent but SO weak. I’ll give it some time.
@@melraefinds9748 I got Sublime last August or so. I do love wearing this but it is not a perfume I reach for all the time. I have not worn it during the cold months and for me I have to be in the mood for this but to me it has a sort of mystery to it, it starts of so tropical on my skin and I love plum notes so much but then it somehow gets a touch earthier or a slight twist because of the moss note. I may actually put this on, after I do the house work and have a shower, now I am writing about it 😀. Some reviewers mention that it has a slight hint of Baccarat Rouge 540 but I do not really feel so.
@@jaydancurrie5467 Hi! I am so interested and curious about Serge Lutens fragrances. They would be a blind buy for me, so it is very much appreciated hearing your recommendation. 😊
Bit scared of the rose note in fragrances. I find I get an instant headache. It depends on the other notes and how prominent the rose is. I do love La Petite Robe Noire Guerlain and some others that seem ok, but I am wary otherwise. Have to try first and can't blind buy.
Hi Anne! I do agree and find something similar. Rose can go seriously wrong for me too. It’s the dry dusty, 1980s little bowls of pot pourri smell, I sometimes detect and simply can’t abide! 😊
I have moved away from rose perfumes but Sweet Diamond Pepper is one I still enjoy very much ad for Rose Gourmand by Zara, Rose Dior and Dom Rosa by Les liquides imaginaires…
Hi Mel! I’m still mad at myself for not picking up Cheirosa 39! 😫 I love the smell of Nebras but I sold my bottle. I was getting cheap candles scent on my skin unfortunately… 🤷🏻♀️
Hi Mel. I haven't seen the Cheirosa 39 so it must have been discontinued a little while ago. The only one I am familiar of in the range is the Cheirosa 62 which is in the dark yellow bottle. It is creamy, vanilla, nutty and yummy. I think there is a fragrance in the same scent but that costs a fair bit compared to the body spray. The body spray doesn't last very long. I just use it after a shower mostly. Hope the weather is becoming more agreeable in your part of the World. We had a reasonable day today in Melbourne with some sunshine.
@@AnneMelb2010 Hi Anne! That sounds like a good one. It seems they do the gourmands well. I don’t mind the body mists for that kind of thing, can enjoy for as long as they last then put on something else. A mixed bag for September here weather wise. I hope you continue to get some nice Spring days there 🥰
I totally agree with you! What’s the point of wearing a fragrance you don’t enjoy? But I also understand how it feels like a waste of money. I’ve decided not to make any more purchases for now and maybe pick up one or two fragrances a year-ones I’ve tested and really like-for my birthday and anniversary. Hopefully, I stick to my plan! 😂😂😂
This is clearly the best plan 🥰 I’m not quite there with the self discipline yet. Good inspiration though. Thank you. Fewer impulsive purchases from me for sure in the year ahead.
@@kathleencoronado4573 I have been using Dolce & Gabbana Shine (yellow flower top bottle) in a fragrance diffuser because I don’t like wearing it anymore. It works very well 😊
Hi Mel, I watched your declutter vid as well and I agree best to move fragrances on if they are not appealing any more. I was wondering how do you store your fragrances? Are they all in one cabinet? I have mine in draws and I really need to find a way to see them all in one cabinet otherwise I forget which is where. lol Have a nice day. Still cold in Melbourne unfortunately.
@@AnneMelb2010 Hi Anne! Most of mine are on shelving. I would love to get a glass door cabinet at some stage. I have some on a tray in the bedroom. I agree rotating through them is the challenge. And remembering what I have! I can’t believe that even up here in Toowoomba it has been a little cold in recent days. It is up on the Great Dividing Range so Spring comes later than Brisbane.
Hi, I think that some batches of Rare Passion have factory errors, l'm from Europe and my bottle came damaged too, there's another perfume reviewer on yt 'not another perfume channel' l think it's her name and she also got damaged bottle, she's from US i think. My bottle doesn't leak only the color is damaged , l think they had problems with the pain itself in the factory, l also have Rare Tiffany and that one came fine from the same seller I also have Candid and So Candid, l find So Candid even better than So Scandal, it lasts long. Candid also reminds me more on Scandal a paris than to original that l also have.
@@lavalampa3254 Hi ☺️ That makes sense about the Afnan fragrances, it’s so interesting! Glad you’re enjoying So Candid. Thanks for letting us know about them all. I think these few negative experiences I’ve had has slowed my roll a little with the Middle Easterns, not entirely, just slowed it a little 😊
HI, Fleur Musc is one I just decluttered. I loved it for years but I have moved on… I still have Pure Musc, Musc Noir Rose and For her edt. I love this scent profile a lot but every time I was going for Fleur Musc, I was reaching for Sweet Diamond Pepper by Kayali instead. 🤷🏻♀️
Hi And yes! Fleur Musc is very similar to Kayali Sweet Diamond Pink Pepper. I have them both too. For me the Kayali is a lot more dressed up and VaVa Voom. It’s a big fav. 💗 I really need to wear it more and not just reserve it for special occasions 😊
I’m totally with you with wearing what I like and not having to wear a fragrance only because it’s in my collection. I decluttered a lot in the last few weeks. Olympea and Hibiscus Palm for instance. I wore them once this summer, it’s a sign that they’re not favorites... I think I’ll do that after each season.
I think you’re right. Seasonally makes sense. Interestingly, Olympea is on my chopping block too. I don’t think I like it anymore. Thanks so much for watching and commenting 🥰
Life is too short to wear fragrances that we don't love. ❤ I typically give the perfumes that don't sit right with me to my family and friends, and they are usually happy with them. And if not, they pass them to someone else.
@@mabajaki5555 Hi I don’t get much of the vetiver. Some might think the woods (including Oud) and spices pull it slightly masculine. For me it is a unisex scent with very prominent rose.
I have just found your channel and I am loving your empties videos! I am currently watching the third and final video haha please keep uploading this type of videos! love from Argentina ❤
Really enjoying your videos..thankyou ❤.. .I appreciate how you review a mixture of perfumes in different price ranges ( and not just expensive perfumes) ❤
I bought Dolce &Gabbana Devotion last week and couldn’t wait to wear it. Wore it all this week and I must be nose blind to it….I can’t smell it on me (but on paper it was amazing) 😩
@@fionachase1466 Hi Fiona That is so disappointing 🥲 I like how that one smells but haven’t bought it because I thought it might be too strong for the warmer weather here. Maybe it wouldn’t be after all. Thanks for watching 🥰
Thanks very much Rina 🥰 I say go for it! I enjoy the engagement on these videos. May not get the most views compared to other types of videos, but seems to be nice interactions in the comments. Thanks for encouraging me to continue with them.
@@monicasweer7253 Hi Monica I’m in regional QLD I buy fragrances from just about everywhere. I think the different chemists here in the cities and small towns can be a bit of a treasure trove, especially for affordable gems (this video). They each seem to get different things in. I shop a lot on line of course. The one thing I would say about shopping online for fragrance here, especially the grey market, is that I have learned the hard way to stick with Australian distributors. For me now the fragrance has to be warehoused here. I’ve had fragrances arrived leaking and broken from big grey market sites based overseas. Official stockists overseas have been fine. For instance I now get Kayali from Kayali with no issue. I hope this helps 😊 Have a good weekend
