12 Affordable Under-rated Perfume Gems 

You ALWAYS have the best hidden gems. Truly you are the best RU-vidr because you actually love perfume and can appreciate anything instead of just following for hype and not trying out underrated scents!!

Sarah, thank you so much for always recommending actually affordable gems. I’m in college so money is tight but I can still fuel my love for perfume with these excellent budget fragrances. ❤

Yes I see your point about the underrated gem thing. You reminded me about Bennetton Hot which I re-purchased. Super underrated. J Lo Miami Glow is imo an underrated gem. Some people view it as basic but on my skin it does not translate like that. On me it smells like a high-end shampoo. I purchased Still when she released it. It's classic. Another u.g. is Amazing from Bill Blass. This is an absolute dealbreaker for Mimosa lovers.

One of the best affordable gems you gave me was KK Pure Honey. I love it. I also purchased Pitbull for women, Love Sofia Vergara, Khloe Lamar Unbreakable Love because of you. I hunt for underrated gems most of the time. 🌹

So many good cheapies. I used to wear Charlie Gold a long time ago and that is still around today for cheap. CK Truth is like $12 and it's gorgeous.

Another hidden gem = Elizabeth Arden Red Door Revealed. (nothing like OG Red Door.) Very luscious Peony and Rose.

Two other gems are Cabotine by Gres and Coriander by Jean Courtier. Also, recently discovered Something Blue by Oscar de la Renta. It has a beautiful Linden blossom note, perfect for Summer. Wonderful video!

I truly appreciate when you make these type of fragrance review videos. I love finding affordable hidden gems you don't have to spend a lot of money on fragrances. In my opinion some of the affordable fragrances smell better then some of the more expensive one's.

I'm never a perfume snob I love my cheapie gems like KK Pure Honey

I had True Love in high school. Man that brings back memories 😂

That's so crazy True Love was one of my very first perfumes in the 90s. I forgot all about it. I have to get my hands on it again. I can't imagine all the memories that will flood my brain. Thank you for mentioning this❤

Thanks for sharing Sarah! I love layering KK Honey with La Rive's Fleur de Femme. The combination is delicious and I love it so much. You should try it!

Love affordable underrated gems! Yes to Burberry London, if you have CK beauty, they are very similar

Thanks for these Sarah! You never fail us when it comes to best affordable gems. JLO Still reminds me of my childhood bestie Lisa 🥰 It is her signature. I think it's one of the best celebrity perfumes ever created. The last best affordable gem I picked up was Embrace Green Tea & Pear Blossom, Vera Wang I think. I find it at Duane Reade and it's a gorgeous clean summer perfume. 😊 I need to get my nose on those Wild Spirit scents. Thanks again!!!!

I totally get the 80's vibe you get from Pure Honey. I get it too but i couldnt put my finger on it but when i think about it does smell a little like a light version of Giorgio Beverly Hills

I just ordered the Pure Honey Pure Pearle and Guess indigo and using my Amazon cash back paid 26.51 for all 3. Pure Honey was 12.99. Says lowest price in 30 days. Be here Thursday so excited. I’ll come back and update if anyone wants to know if I liked them. I also just got chocolate mush from Al-rehab and I love it so much.

Excellent list! You always have the best affordable recommendations.

I love that you mention real perfume and not the Zara ones that everyone does. Which are affordable and nice, I have a couple of them, but let's face it. They are just dupes.

I am amazed that the Burberry perfume aren't very expensive perfume because they are extremely expensive in Denmark - maybe because of the brand name Burberry. The perfumes are lovely, though and I buy them all the same!!

Pure honey is gorgeous and classy. Absolutely love it

I just found your channel! It is the first video I have ever watched with someone evaluating and recommending perfumes. Thank you so much. I will go and "sniff out" a couple of your recommendations as I haven't tried some of these. I will look forward to your future videos!

I love Indigo ❤ My colleague ran to buy it after she smelled it on me. It's never happened with any other of my perfumes.

True love’s perfume nose is amazing. She has concocted some of the most beautiful scents! Bill Blass Nude, Bvlgari pour femme, Eternity, Exclamation(1st love), Tresor, Oscar De La Renta Volupté, Perry Ellis 360, YSL Paris and Parisienne! Sophia Grojsman is probably my favorite!

I totally remember Sirene and True Love!! I had a bottle of Ethere actually way back

You recommended Unbreakable Love which I love and spent so little on for a huge bottle. I am wearing my generic oil in Escada Flor Del Sol on my left wrist and the generic Ibiza Hippie on the right wrist and I adore them. they're beautiful smelling dupes. I just placed another crazy order...... Victoria Secret Endless Love, Strawberries and Champagne Escada Sexy Grafiti DG Rose the one Paris Hilton Passport for Women Armani Sensi Dewberry Burberry Body Tender Bvlgari Rose Essentielle Ylang in Gold Guerlain LUI JPG Classique Betty Boop M Micaleff Vanille Orient/Vanille Fleur A lot of these hold sentimental value and some I've just been wanting to try! I can't wait to get everything 💝💖💝❤

Your description of "underrated gem" is spot on! What makes it that would be how great, unfer the radar and affordable they are. Im eyeing bond 007 and the Guess indigo ones. Thanks for bringing these to our attention.. Subscribed😊

Love the affordable gems! TFS! No need to spend too much!

Sirene is stunning. One of my best girlfriends wore it. It never worked for me cause Rose is fickle on my skin. I also remember True Love. I feel like I knew a few people who wore that one. There is an incredible Bath & Body Works fragrance that my coworker always raves about. I believe it's called Into the Night and it is incredible... I need to pick up a bottle.

Hey Sarah I love your recommendations. I picked up a few of these gems. I love Pure Honey and Vanilla Touch. I need to dust off Still and 1981 Indigo. Chill is also amazing during the fall.

I have to say I've only heard of 2 that you showed us today, very interesting! Especially that Sirene 😍

Thank you for sharing this! I have bought Jean Louis Sherrer Immense Pour Femme because on Fragrantica it appeared to be similar to Alchimie from Rochas, a discontinued beauty of a fragrance... and it really is pretty similar to my nose! I love it!

EA True love seems like one i would love for daily wear ❤️

Elizabeth Arden Fragrance for just $ 12 ?? Wow!! That’s unbelievable!! I am a fragrance nut!! Love perfumes from The 80 s & 90s . Escape by Calvin Klein ,Anais Anais by Cacheral & Beautiful by Estée Lauder . Great video . I just came across you in my RU-vid feed . I’ve subscribed . My Highschool years were not the greatest but I was a perfume girl then small group of friends . My name is T and I’m from Canada ❤😊🇨🇦🇨🇦👍🏻👍🏻🌷

I looooove your reviews ! Always bump into some true gems ! Thank youuuu🙏🤗

I own Vanilla Touch, my bff sprayed me with it once and gave me her bottle (she had a new one) and I loved it so much, I got myself a full bottle too! Since we live in a country, where La Rive comes from, it was suuuuper cheap, I did not even know that they have such a great fragrance! I always thought about them as low quality cheapies for teenagers. I humbly apologize to La Rive!

Such great gems! Don’t you think that Sirene smells like pink Dove soap? It’s so comforting. Thank you for recommending affordable fumes!!

Tocade 2018 is a great lil gem. 💎💟 Bronze by Ellen Tracy, Kim Kardashian round purple bottle I think her first one, Casmir, Selena Gomez Vivamore, Drew Barrymore Cherrish flower, Definition Christina Aguilera, Lalique lallique, Elizabeth Arden white tea, Noa, CK Truth, Miami glow, Omnia Amethyst.... I can't believe how many amazing gems there are 💜💖💜🤍💟

I have 1981 Indigo on the way, actually. Was on the fence about it for awhilel and Maria Collett finally talked about it, a scent that was a bit unlike her usual, and pushed me over the edge. I have that and Rare Tiffany by Afnan in that Jomashop order. I'm still on the fence about Still, but so many seem to really love that one. Thanks, Sarah! ~Cynthia

I love Still - I reach for that all the time in summer. I’ll definitely try True Love again.

Hi Sarah., I’m going to get a few ones on your list. They sound great. Also Maria Collette raves about that Guess Indigo. I’ve had it in cart for a while, Time to go ahead & pull the trigger

I wore True Love from ages 14-16 💋

🙏🏿☺️for sharing these hidden 💎s, I’m going to look for these scents

Hi beautiful! I have heard another RU-vidr talking about the Guess Indigo..she also spoke highly of it and it made me want to buy it. I just bought 4 different Comptoir Sud Pac. fragrances off Mercari and waiting for them to arrive. I have not been able to find a vanilla gourmand perfume that I can even smell on myself so I cannot wait to get these! I got the Vanilla Extreme, Coco Extreme, Van Abricot and Van Blackberry. I can only hope and pray I even like one of them!! I have a few frags (Outremer Vanille, Solinotes, etc). I can barely smell anything. I hope with time they get a little stronger.. I have had very bad blind buys lately so I just keep searching!! Thanks for another great video!!

You mentioned a few that I have come to love as well and agree that they are hidden gems. J.Lo Still is one I blind bought and did not expect to love it like I do. It's not my absolute favorite scent but I wear it the most out of all my scents because it is just so easy to wear. I get compliments on it and my friend smelled it on me and liked it so I bought her a bottle and now she loves it so much. Also, Guess 1981 Indigo, I blind bought a big bottle on sale for like 10 bucks, couldn't figure out if I liked it so I donated it to a thrift store. Then I kept wanting to smell it again so I found a 1 ounce and got it then found a big bottle again and got it also. Lasting power on that one is low but I still love it because it's very unique to me. Burberry London, is also one I really liked but sold or swapped it. Periodically I think about getting it again. Great video!!

Thanks for the list. I will be definitely will be trying some fumes on your list❤

Hi!!! I bought that honey perfume a long time ago and I don’t if I got a bad batch or I just didn’t like it- but it was bad smelling that I threw it in the garage. And I’m a perfume lover but even I have my limits🤣🤣🤣

True Love is the best!!! Been using for 30 years

Thank you I think I’m getting some of these fragrances. Good video

Maria Collette talks about the Guess 1981 Indigo scent. I bought it based on her suggestion- Very beautiful

I have 21Bonaparte from Vicky Teal. Also a nostalgic fragrance. I’ll have to try Sirene. Definitely affordable.

I'm a fan of London too. It reminds me of a girl I worked with. But I love all the ones you mention besides the ones I don't know. I think Bulgari Omnia Amethyst is slept on too much - it's one of the best clean spring fragrancs. Also Calvin Klein Eternity Intense for Women... AND Alyssa Ashley's Green Tea Essence!

anothergreat gem that I never hear anyone mention is KKW Sapphire Diamond. I picked it up for so cheap. It's delicious

Stellar picks as always ❤

I agree a good gem needs to be pretty affordable and accessible. I would add Ghost Ghost, Cacharel Noa , Bath & Body Works Iced Sugar Plum

Pure Perle is beautiful, it pulls very sweet on me as most perfumes do (like a Vanilla wafer). I can't remember when or how but I owned Vicky Tiel Venus and Sirene back in the day, such stellar compositions. 90s all the way. Lanvin's Oxygene transports me right back to Summer 2001. You can still find it. Think my bottle was under 20.

Ajmal sonnet is also a great gem. Quite good longevity and very reasonable. Smells quite like good girl

OMG Wild Spirit is so good. I have First Snow and the same one you shared.

I just got True Love..I love it..thanks for the review

I’ve noticed that I really really love Heliotrope, Orris root and really pretty powdery scents especially with a good musk. Those notes are probably some of my very favorites! I’ve ordered Pure Pearl after I first heard you mention it and never got it. I’ve got to try again. Great thumbnail. I really wish I liked Still, I’ve tried and there was something in it that I just couldn’t do!! Thanks for all the great reviews and hidden gems!🥰

I loved this video. I would love to try some of these gems

I want to try vanilla touch! I adore most things vanilla.

Hi Sarah. I’ve been curious about that Guess fragrance. Keep seeing it at Marshall’s. 💕

Lovely review and perfumes

I recently layered a perfume you used to own. One Kiss with Raghba. O. M. G.

Always enjoy your videos ❤

For some reason Burberry London reminds me of my Gram and me as a child hanging out with her at the lake ⛱️🌸🌞🌲🦋🐟

Vanilla Touch lasts ages on my skin, I don’t know why… but I love it! Smells like a Danish pastry.

Maria has been talking about the guess perfume lately. She mentioned it smelling a bit shampoo like so that’s not usually my thing.

Walmart sells some amazing body mists that are long lasting. The Luxe Cherry Blossom in particular

I never even knew some of these existed. Thank you so much and please never stop making these kinds of videos. These perfumes are now on my radar.

Sarah you must try Reem Acra's Reem Acra Eau de Parfum its phenomenal

Thank you for sharing ❤

Hi there, do you have any more recommendations for the cheapies at Rainbow Shops? You recommend the Scandal Night dupe and it is a HIT! So long lasting. I'd love to know if you have others that are good performers.

I have a love/hate relationship with Pure Honey but on a good day it's incredible 👩🏻🍯

Fragrancenet sells Ciel now for not even $15. Powdery vanilla heaven ☁

which is the Jean Claude Ellena book you are specifically speaking about that talks about the history of fragrances please? I'd love to read it... his books are usually so technical that as a non perfumer I would be more interested to know which perfumes he finds have 'made' milestones in perfume history... that would be a fascinating read to me!!

What is the title of the book you mentioned, please?

Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤

Would you call Pure Honey soapy?

Hi hun! Where do you get your perfume from.

Pure Honey smells like the Gris baby shampoo

Great ones ❤

Maria Collett has spoken several times about INDIGO.

2 you should try Wish by Chopard Touch by Fred Hayman

What's the title of Jean Claude's book? Thank you❤

Is the James Bond a women’s frag?

You are amazzzzing🧡

Is Guess Indigo woman or man version?

The original Kim Kardashian good too.

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I miss fragrance, kinda. then my body became sensitive to the toxic unregulated chemicals that make “ fragrance “ now my brain swells. And I RUN from anything fragrance. Ruins my day.

Do you know Kazak?

Just gave you a follow on tiktok