The problem with skin scents for me is that I don’t want to struggle to smell my own perfume. I want a scent bubble that I can enjoy all day. I don’t care much if other people can smell me, but if I can’t smell me, well that’s annoying. But everyone enjoys perfume in their own way, and you’re 💯 correct that skin scent does not automatically equal a bad perfume.
Yes! There's a time and a place for both in your life for sure! And you can certainly tone down stronger fragrances with where and how you spray them 😊
I am an introvert too but I love the attention I get through hair colors, tattoos, clothes and... fragrance. I do tone it down in days I just want to be unbothered or to be considerate to other people (office, public transportation etc)
Yes, changing your appearance to the slightly unexpected or question provoking is a very introverted way if attracting attention. I do it mainly with clothes because I love vintage, especially accessories 👌
To me this is the biggest issue with fragrance: most of skin scents are actually perfumes with bad projection and poor longevity. I think longevity is what defines a true skin scent.
To me longevity is a separate but sometimes correlating thing. There are those fragrances that just don't project for most of their lifetimes that lead to huge disappointment though. Some fragrances can be eternal but never more than a skin scent. 🙂
My grand mother used to (way) overspray Youth-Dew from Estée Lauder. We still speak about it in the family.. She died 20 years ago😂(RIP grand-maman, I love you) I think a lot of people don’t enjoy smelling strong perfumes from other then themselves. So IF I had to choose, skin mode would be my choice.. in respect for my loved ones and others 😅
Hi Claudie! Yes, people are remembered for their fragrances sometimes, especially if they were nuclear 🤣 it's something to smile about isn't it when remembering people who've passed? They'd want that too. It's difficult having to choose, thankfully in real life we don't have to 😊
It’s embarrassing for the person when someone complains about there perfume being to strong ,I definitely wouldn’t want to be that person on either end of that scenario 🤦♀️ I would pick a skin scent if I had to for the rest of my life ,but spray it all over my body and hair LOL Love and hugs ❤
A delightfully introspective video. IMHO a skin scent is only good if it has beast mode longevity. If I can’t detect it, unintentional over applying will most certainly happen.
Yes a skin scent must have decent longevity otherwise it gets banished or finished in a matter of weeks and never bought again even if I love the smell. Thanks for watching ❤️
Hiìiiiiii Dr. Smith! I love this topic - one that heavily influences so many perfume reviews. If forced to, I would go with skin scents. I love a good beastmode fragrance for the right situation, but most days, a skin scent is what is called for. For me, good manners and consideration for others will always trump my own desire to be "noticed" for my scent. 💯💯💯
Hello Veronica ❤️ Yes, consideration for other people is something that should come into scent selection to a degree, especially when we are in places like at work. 👌
It depends on the environment. I used to work with a lady who slathered on her perfume and it always gave me a headache, so I’m always aware of my environment and what I wear. I do love projecting scents, but only when it doesn’t knock people out!!
Hi Margo! Yes, me too, I'd hate to make anyone feel uncomfortable or unwell because it's happened to me, but I do love to wear strong ones if I'm going out and it's appropriate to have a big fragrance. 🥰
I'm new to your channel but absolutely love it. 💕 This is a really great topic and kind of addresses one of my own philosophies of fragrance which is that perfume is like a wordless conversation. The top notes are what you say to the general public or your beckoning finger "come hither". The heart notes are for your more intimate friends and those you are comfortable being physically closer to (or would like to be closer to). The base is for those you are the most comfortable with: lovers and best friends. Sorry if that's a little to poetic. I had the pleasure of being exposed to Alien a few weeks ago at a club. The sillage whipped my head around and hooked me. The jasmine (to me) is definitely a narcotic that gives a sense of innocence but with a hint of naughtiness lying underneath. It makes you want to get closer. It definitely made me ask them what they were wearing and order it for my partner 😇😂 Thanks again for the great content on your channel. I especially like the perfumery science ones since I'm an amateur perfumer. I'd really love to see a video on oriental fragrances and the various subclasses thereof.
Hello! What a fabulous comment! Thank you! I will look into doing more perfume science. They take a long time to plan unfortunately, so my day job gets in the way. Have you been doing perfumery long and do you have a teacher or are you self taught? I think your breakdown of the perfume layers is very insightful, that is a exactly it, exactly what you want! And yes Alien is a fab one for attracting people, I think it's mesmeric. 😂 Thanks for watching ❤️
I absolutely adore a skin scent and I think I wear them more often (especially to bed ) 😮than my bold ones that have to be scrubbed off I love the strong ones when I’m outside or in a large open space ! People either love it or run away 😂😂😂
Haha, I bet you always smell great ❤️ I like bolder ones when I'm going out and softer ones for work and bed. I met up with Jon last Friday and wore Black Orchid, probably knocked him out 😂
@@dr.claire.perfume ohh that’s definitely a power house !!It will be interesting to see what everyone wears when we all meet up next year LOL I’m stressing just thinking about it 🤦♀️OMG and packing 😱
I think many people take getting a compliment toooo seriously. If you are in the grocery store & have on one out of a million perfumes on the market, OF COURSE you smell good,,, to SOMEBODY. The stores usually stink in general. Sometimes it's not that WHAT you have on actually is groudbreaking, it's the fact they picked up on you smelling better than the surroundings, or they noticed a scent at all. You walk in McDonalds wearing a $5 body mist from a drug store, you WILL get a compliment if anyone is in there. Straight facts!
Yes, if people smell pretty much anything it can be an improvement and so get a compliment for very little reason inherent to the fragrance itself. Also smelling something close up is almost a forensic way to smell fragrance. Things can smell very different after some wear time and through the air through projection from people's skin and clothing.
I absolutely Love the way you describe wearing less projecting scents! You explain this eloquently. Quite frankly, sometimes i wear perfume for my own little bubble and be in my own little world 😄
I love quieter scents generally as long as I can smell them on myself. I get self conscious if I’m projecting too much. Also, no matter how much I love a fragrance - if that’s all I can smell for 10 hours straight I’m going to be dead sick of it by the end of the day! Haha great video Claire x
Thank you! Yes, there's nothing worse than feeling worn out by your own fragrance 🤣 I totally understand not wanting to constantly be aware of it, the odd waft is much nicer ☺️ thanks for watching Cherie ❤️
Value is certainly the word! Most fragrances are somewhere in between anyway. But if I were to have my way, I would choose a quality whisper over a crude scream every time, regardless of the situation. Fantastic points here Claire, especially about the dupes. Very heavy handed on the musks and woody ambers. Loved the video!
Thank you! Yes, quality over quantity and projection for sure. Dupes often miss the point with what they are inspired by through heavy-handedness and trying to be louder than the original. Thanks for watching ❤️
I get a lot of compliments about my perfume, but I only wear them for personal satisfaction. Sometimes when people pay me compliments I can’t even smell the perfume myself. I wouldn’t deliberately choose a beast mode perfume and I think if it is overpowering for me I am unlikely to wear it. I like to enjoy my perfume. I am not sure I always need others to smell it, invariably they do. As for a skin scent, if I can smell it, I am happy. I don’t need others to as well. Sometimes the nuances are just as lovely as smelling it everywhere.
Yes! I think we are similar! I know what you mean! I wonder if I've oversprayed sometimes when people give me compliments from a few metres away 🤣 I don't tend to choose strong fragrances or skin scents in the main, more something in-between!
... there's a third category of fragrance that I absolutely love and wear most often: fragrances that project and have beautiful dry down on my skin. Givenchy Pi, Oscar de la Renta pour Lui, CK Obsession/Dark Obsession, Paco Rabanne pour homme and Lancome Poeme are ones I've been wearing most often. Strong enough to be noticed and really nice up close. Love your essay/editorial videos.
Thank you ❤️ I always wanted to try Pi! That one has me very intrigued 😊 yes those are the best type of fragrance, a nice middle ground and very alluring.
@@dr.claire.perfume My experience of wearing Pi is that it's very alluring, sensual and fresh. The sweet base is a soft, powdery sweet vanilla and not a rich Madagascar vanilla. And it's one of those scents that I don't mind if it gets into my clothes and lingers. If you ever get a chance try CK Dark Obsession for men and Armani Eau de Cedre. Dark Obsession is super rare, it would have sold better as a flanker to Pi rather than to Obsession. The Armani a slightly sweet, cypress/cedar black tea fragrance. Another Armani worth smelling is Code EDT for men. In the tall bottle, originally Black Code. The one with the Olive/Olive tree note. So good. It's nothing like the thick and cloying Code Absolu. Black Code is just smooth.
I've never managed to smell any of those. My experience of male marketed fragrances is relatively limited. I always try the new ones that come out and I'm a lot more familiar with them than I once was. I guess I never knew any men who obviously wore fragrance 😱 which seems absolutely nuts! 🤣 I know a few fragrance obsessive men now though that I've met through doing RU-vid. They've taught me a lot. ☺️
@@dr.claire.perfume and I found your channel deciding if I wanted a bottle of Gucci's Memoire d'une Odeur. So good, glad I got it. I got into women's fragrances when I discovered Gucci Guilty Absolute and Lancome Poeme and realized I could totally pull them off. If it's well blended and smells good on you, rock it. Yeah, I would say quality/blend is important to me. Even when I wear something loud I want it to be smooth.
🌹I choose beast-mode fragrances, I love beast-mode fragraces, and for office and social occasions I spray only twice my beast mode in order NOT to offend anyone, but never want to buy skin scents, I feel fooled when I spend my hard earned money in a skin scent, I could have bought a scented body-cream it would make more sense🤷♀️
I think that's the way a lot of people feel actually! And yes spraying perfumes fewer times is a great way to moderate their strength and projection! 😘
Hi Claire! I work in a very small office, with just a few men/no women & altho I’m sensitive to overwhelming them I do wear both skin & louder scents as I love variety & tend to choose my scents based on the weather & my mood. Like you said, where you spray them makes all the difference! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the subject!
Yes me too, I wear louder ones to work, but spray they under clothing or spray much less. There are ways to moderate them and sometimes you just want to wear them because they are calling to you that day. Thanks for watching ❤️
I would naturally choose a skin scent. I grew up with a kind of "perfume etiquette." You spray into the air and then walk into it. That way you don't get a heavy concentration in one part of your anatomy, which distorts how the perfume is meant to be perceived. People should not smell you coming or, worse, you shouldn't fill a space with your perfume. It's like the height of bad manners, showing no concern for the comfort of others; some people may even be allergic to something in your scent or have breathing problems. It's rather like a demand for attention; imposing yourself on others in a competitive or authoritarian way. Too often I've been the victim of people wearing beast mode perfumes in a confined space. It's even possible that it contributed to my developing a sensitivity to certain scents to the extent of triggering allergic reactions. I can no longer wear perfumes that contain certain scents; i.e., patchouli is a big no-no. I have to check the notes of any perfume I'm thinking of buying and preferably get a sample beforehand. i think you can wear beast mode fragrances but you have to use common sense; judge your space. There's a big difference between being at an outdoor event and going to a crowded club. If people can smell you from 10 feet away, you have too much on.
Yes it's a balance isn't it? I see quite a lot of people on RU-vid say how they don't care and how they will wear what they want and how you shouldn't be afraid to offend people, but in reality that isn't life. You can't be like that for sure in work and why would anyone want to be like that? Just to get attention? I agree, it's unreasonable and bad manner and clearly even dangerous for some people in certain circumstances. You make an important point. Thanks for watching ❤️
Thanks Jackie 🥰 Yes, I love smelling something good on other people, someone I know wore noir de noir and it just smelt amazing on them, but I know if I wore it, it would probably bother me eventually!
Hi Claire. I do love that lingering quality of skin scents, the feeling that they come and go... and it's pretty funny to see how people are prone to get closer to you once they find out about it, to keep smelling it. I think that's very seductive!
Yes!! That's totally it isn't it?! They want to smell it again, check you out more! Find out what it is 😂 I love them too, watching people's curiosity is definitely part of that! Thanks for watching ❤️
Frederic Malle’s L’Eau d’Hiver is my favourite skin scent and Portrait of a Lady is my beast mode. I’m sensitive to aldehydes and find them unpleasant- such as Chanel 5 or Red Door; so wouldn’t want to work with someone wearing those.
I've heard l'eau d'hiver recommended a few times, it sounds stunning. I also find Chanel no5 a little off-putting. I associate it with my mum getting ready to go out and me not wanting to hug her because if her smell as a child. Thanks for watching ❤️
I find on my skin even beast mode fragrances don't last, but maybe I'm not an oversprayer😉. I think it varies on my mood and how I'm feeling on the day. If I'm heading out on the town beast mode can make you feel charged & dressed up for the night (which is something I do rarely now😂). I wear light fragrances mostly at home but sometimes I need a wake me up blast with a beast mode frag🤣😂 to motivate me
Yes beast mode fragrances are for particular moods aren't they? Perhaps more often moods than for situations? I also don't go out on the town much so yes, it's more of a get up and go and face the world kind of mood more than anything else! Thanks for watching ❤️
I live for beast mode fragrances (Montale Vanille Absolu, ect), and I love to smell other people's fragrances (if they are nice)😉. I also don't like skin scents as, if I am so close to the person anyway, I'd prefer to smell their clean skin instead (talking about an intimate encounter here). Lastly, I also feel that there's a time and a place for beast mode fragrances. Therefore I don't use them when I go to a meeting, for example, just out of consideration for others.
Yes I think that's it entirely really. There's definitely a time and place for them. I don't wear black orchid to work, but I do wear it if I go out and I'm with people that enjoy it. I also like to smell other people's fragrances, sometimes they feel quite addictive and I just want to keep sniffing! 😂 Thanks for watching ❤️
I love a bit of both depending on my mood, who I'm around and what I'm doing but I tend to choose a beast mode fragrance when I'm out just because I enjoy smelling my fragrance but I do not like certain beast mode fragrances, I find them offensive example Oud Isphan over-sprayed is a lot too handle, my sister's signature scent lol! Tfs a fantastic video
I agree with you on Rolling in Love. The dupe I have is a very nice scent, but it's so much stronger than RIL that I can only handle one or two sprays and it doesn't have that subtle, sensual quality that the Kilian does. Loved your take on this video. I don't tend to like very strong fragrances on me, probably because of my sensory issues. I like to get wafts of my own fragrance but I don't like my perfume to be the only thing I can smell (and taste), it just annoys me. Some things I won't even spray on my neck cuz its too near my nose. I have to be in a baddie mood to wear a strong fragrance 😂 As you know I work in a clothes shop. Throughout the day I will smell loads of different perfumes on customers, the perfumes we sell that people test all day (not my style), food that people think is ok to bring in, people with BO (yeah not everyone makes sure they are cleam before they try clothes on). Sometimes I can even smell the glue used in shoe manufacturing and the "vegan leather" ie plastic, and plastic packaging. Sometimes even what people have washed their clothes with I can smell and it overwhelms me! Oh and weed, that's something I can always smell if someone has smoked a joint or has it on them (usually blokes that are being forced to come clothes shopping with their partners). Anyway not sure where that essay came from. Skinscents for me 👍
I also really get that vegan leather / packaging smell around the shoes and accessories sections. It sometimes makes me feel a little I'll actually, it's quite solventy, but actually much more pleasant than a lot of the rest of the smells you've described there! 😝 I bet it's sensory overload sometimes. BO is something I really struggle with, if I smell it on the bus, I just move right away if I can. And yes, I would never, for example, spray a Mancera or montale or Elie Saab le parfum near my face, it would just be unpleasant. Elsewhere on me can be ok with certain montale / Manceras.
@@dr.claire.perfume its made me vomit before now when unpacking footwear, I am so sensitive to it. I sometimes think I will go back to wearing reuseable masks as a bad smell barrier. 😂 Ugh bad smells on the bus are the worst. But sometimes I just feel really sad for people and wonder why it is that they are not taking care of their hygiene (says me who has not washed her hair for days)
Yes I wonder that too, especially with older people, but I also move 😂 and you actually sometimes washing your hair when you are ill can make you feel quite refreshed, other times you wonder how anyone has the energy to ever wash their hair and can't even contemplate it, I assume you are feeling the latter?
Yes I think that's the case for most people, well certainly for me, there are times when you want to be smelt and times when you don't or don't need to be. 🥰
Working in a hospital, I used to be very conscious about which perfumes I would put on. But working from home now, I can sport Black Orchid with my leggings and not worry about a thing! 🤣 Between the two, I think beast mode would bother me but I also hate it when people can’t smell me so… I don’t know! 🤣 Overspray the skin scent or one spray of the beast mode perfume? Can’t decide! Very interesting video Claire, as usual! 👌🏻 ❤️
Haha, I pretty much agree with this sentiment! Fragrance nakedness 🙊 with skin scents when you want to be smelt is sometimes not the vibe you want. I can imagine being a nurse is pretty restrictive fragrance wise! Thanks for watching Julie 😊
I guess ‘for life’ I might choose beast mode frags & then use care in my placement techniques to scale them down when needed. But I’d def miss my softer notes for outdoor rec days/gym/bedtime😢 …don’t make me pick!😂
I was so happy to see a new video from you Claire! Yay! My opinion is pick your scent based on the environment, situation, temperature and mood. I don't ever need my fragrances to fill a room or make it so that I can't enjoy eating food (some scents are so strong one feels like one can taste them). I do like to be able to smell the fragrance I put on for a 5 - 6 hours. Quality sometimes effects expectations too. I don't expect a body spray to last long or cost much. I expect to get more from perfumes that cost $$$. I don't expect strong projection but longevity close to my skin is nice. - Jenn
Yes I am so disappointed if I try something and it doesn't last very long, lost cherry by Tom ford was one in particular that was incredibly disappointing. Same, I think you adjust your expectations on quality and longevity with price point. It's what makes reviewing fragrances so hard because your point of view somewhat depends on what you are used to spending on fragrance. Also many people get certain fragrances through PR which means they have less of an expectation with how good or bad they expect them to be for the price. I hope you are having a great weekend 😘
Loved that you did this tag too, Claire! If I wear a loud fragrance out, I wait until it's almost dried down. I don't know, I'm a fairly introverted person so maybe I don't want to be noticed? Softer scents make me feel like I have a superhero suit under my clothes that no-one knows about except me. When I smell another person's fragrance, I like a quick waft of it and then I want it away from me so I can smell my own. Is that selfish?🤔 I wonder if other fragrance wearers feel that way?
Hi Christie! I totally get that! Unless you can't get enough of that person in other ways, a quick waft is all you need. You are likely going to enjoy your smell more as you're the one that's chosen it 😉 definitely not selfish 🙂 "like a superhero" is a fab description. It's again a secretive feeling isn't it? Thanks for watching ❤️
Skin scent for sure. Gypsy water is my guilty pleasure. They have it in lotion and hair perfume also. I might try them if this love affair continues. ❤️ Ty Claire🙏 it's always nice to see you ✨
I just tried two byredo fragrances (not including gypsy water) and I am curious to try more. They seem loved ☺️ additional products for layering can really enhance your enjoyment of a fragrance can't they? I only have one hair mist but it feels unbelievably luxurious to use it ☺️
Hi Claire I go back and forth between beast modes and skin scents I think my age has something to do with what I prefer 🤣 when I was much younger I wanted the world to smell me now my hormones get annoyed with certain fragrances I did read many articles on it and I clearly understand why it happens! I now prefer skin scents so a fragrance like Scandal by night which I would have loved in my 20’s somehow makes me sick 🥴 you hit so many points! Smell is such a touchy subject but always fun! Enjoyed spending my morning with you! 🤗✨
Yes, I think youth makes you a little more brash, but actually also when you are younger, your nose is a little more sensitive I think and maybe certain types of loud fragrance you can't tolerate as much. I understand with the sweet ones. I had a juicy couture fragrance and I literally could not wait for it to be done. I have no clue why I put myself through it and didn't just declutter it 🤣 thanks for watching ❤️
Yes I think this is basically how I am too. I do overspray ones like l'eau d'issey florale which is likely why there is so little left after I've had it for less than a year with quite a sizeable perfume collection. Thanks for watching ❤️
Hi my Cambridgeshire neighbour! I agree with everything you said and, like you, I'd go for a skin scent if I absolutely had to choose one or the other for ever. I definitely wear fragrance for myself and my mood but it is so lovely when someone compliments one's fragrance isn't it. Most of us like something in between skin scent and beast mode most of the time I agree. I feel sorry for people who are sensitive to fragrance and easily get headaches - must be horrible if you're working with people who wear beast mode fragrances.
Yes, I don't think there are many people who want one or the other. And actually, as I get older, and compliments for other things decrease 🤣 I love getting compliments for my fragrance! I do think different cultures approach fragrance very differently and something that might be strong here isn't elsewhere and vice versa and that might be why in an office of people from all around the world, some people are more sensitive than others. I don't think most people would say anything unless it was actually causing them physical difficulty but it's such a difficult conversation to have with someone.
Thanks Claire for this video :) great subject, I guess we need both in our life... one of the last scent I smelled was PG Intime Extime and I thought "what a great skinscent this is!" not meant to impress from miles but a reward for those who gets close enough :)
Ooh I just looked this up! The notes sounds like something right up my street! Wow, I'd love to smell that one! And yes I agree, it sounds like it being quieter would suit it. ❤️
I have to admit Sometimes I have asked people what they are wearing so that i don’t buy it, seeing how unpleasantly strong the fragrance is. That’s how I knew not to buy Twilli Eau Poivé.
Yes some places are just a little inappropriate aren't they, but it's entirely personal preference, it is absolutely lovely to be in your own scent bubble and enjoy that warm feeling of the fragrance around you! 🥰
I must admit that if I were forced to choose between skin scent and beast mode…I’d have to go with skin scent…because there is less of a chance of offending someone , more occasions which are suitable for softer fragrances and most importantly, I want to smell my own fragrance and be in my scent bubble regardless of whether anyone else is able to detect it or not 😉
Yes! Wearing fragrance for you and your enjoyment should always be the primary reason for doing it. ☺️ And yes, unintentionally offending anyone is something I live in mortal fear of 🤣 so British! 😂 Thanks for watching ❤️
Hi Claire! Wonderfully thought-out video as always! My ideal perfume projects 2-3 feet away from my skin but I still enjoy both beast mode and skin scents. I think if I had to pick one or the other for the rest of my days I would pick the former, not because I need the compliments but because my sister would never stop telling me I'd wasted my money on weak perfumes 😆
As a chemist, do you know what certain aroma chemicals contribute to "beast mode" perfumes or how they work to make it "beast mode"... idk if that question makes sense LOL 😆 I know you talked about notes but just always been curious which chemicals are used and how it works
I believe it might be either ambroxan or iso-e-super or both! I'm sure there are many more aside from these two that enhance the performance of a fragrance.
I am actually a cell biologist but I should probably make a video on this at some point. Many long lasting fragrances have ambroxan or other similar derivatives, but don't actually acknowledge it. I think many people find this incredibly frustrating because quite a lot of people are incredibly sensitive to ambroxan and alike. It can give people headaches, make them feel like they are suffocating and just generally put them off wearing particular fragrances.
Love the thumbnail 🙂 well Dr what are reading on trains then 🤣. Yea I would probably lean towards the skin scents. Rolling in Love is special because it is the way it is. I guess like you say it shows that fragrance can be very intimate and special not for one to wipe out a football stadium full. I agree it just wouldn't suit being very strong and in your face. It wouldn't invoke what it is supposed to. I've worked in a office that was full of massive fragrances, yea it was a bit too much. Can be hard to work with all that. I think it was a fab discussion mate as always
This is why I asked you to make it, cos I thought you'd do a better job of it than me 😉 haha I was always reading hot stuff on the way to work, and usually when I had no intention of doing so 😂 this is why my sister in law told me not to bother with 50 shades 🤣 I actually think I appreciate stronger fragrances much more than I used to, but certainly there are many it just wouldn't suit where the softness is just part of it. Well the tobacco and amber lady may have relented, but the Shalimar lady is still at it, at least it's not sweat. I've had to deal with offices of foisty clothes and sweat before so this is an improvement 👌
@@dr.claire.perfume yes sweat and BO is something I've had to deal with working with the public in my office. Was not a pleasure. Shalimar is a lot tho all day every day. Yea stronger is mood isn't it and in this weather its much easier. Haha 😂 well Claire it wouldn't surprise me, I guess it makes the journey go quicker
@@scentedsnowdrops yes Shalimar gets to me after a while... In fact, not long 🤣 If I smell sweat on the bus though I just move immediately. My tolerance level for bad smells has decreased massively over the years.
No, I agree, I think sadly it's usually a situation where they need to be told in as nice a way as possible but that is very, very awkward. My mum is always saying how older people neglect their ears and elbows, she's clearly been traumatised at the sight of some of those areas and it's stayed with her 😂
I have 3 bottles of sheik al sheishuk it's so good but I don't think it's super strong on my skin... body chemistry plays a major part... It does leave a massive trail... Fragrance is so subjective
Yes, I think the cinnamon and caramel/general sweetness bit at the beginning is harsh and strong for me and always makes me feel like it is very loud, but actually when I took it to work and smelt it on other people, it was in fact the powdery rose part that projected massively, not that bit 🙃 so yes, I agree, it's sometimes not what you experience most intensely when you are wearing it, but other parts of the fragrance that other people may smell most. It's also how and wear you spray etc. Also I made a video partially around so called skin chemistry if you are interested 🙂
I consider myself an introvert too but I prefer beast mode fragrances. I also like wearing high heels every day but I have noticed that over the years even fragrances that are considered strong don't project that much on me and I've been wondering why since I don't have dry skin. Maybe it has to do with growing older. Do you think that hormones may influence the projection of a fragrance?
Yes, I have also felt that. I wasn't sure whether it was just reformulations with me, but Alien seems much less nuclear than it used to on me, maybe I just got used to the smell of it? I have noticed that spraying a mist on clothing as well as skin seems to make them project much more, but that's not always practical. I also don't have dry skin so hormonal changes could be a thing affecting how much you smell them perhaps? Or even just other non hormonal related changes in your sense of smell as you get older? I'm not sure! 🥰
Hello claire im here watching I like both beastmode and skin scent I agree with raspberry and pineapple note works well with beastmode fragrance, have you tried elie saan GON shine? The first time i smell it i immediately smelled the pineapple in there and its so beautiful, but when i was using it more often i cannot detect it like the first time i smelled it, then i stopped using it for a long time then when i revisit it again i get the pineapple it so beautiful 💛🍍
Yes! I remember trying it back in 2020! It smells like syrupy pineapple. Very sweet and also quite rich and floral I think? 🤔 I'm not sure I entirely remember, is it discontinued now?
No, it's a good one! I like it, just in certain situations... I think I bought it before you recommended it so don't worry, you aren't to blame, if indeed anyone is 😂
I really liked how you compared a skin scent to reading a book in public with cover hidden. 👌🏼 What an amazing analysis and breakdown of Al the factors that go into a fragrance being a skin scent or a loud scent! Love your use of GIFs too 😂🥰 We need to know what fragrance it was that gave everyone a headache in the office?! Do you know what it was? I do find skin scents sexy. And I do think loud fragrances can be too much in small cramped spaces. I worry sometimes that with wearing so much fragrance, we go anosmic to a lot of the notes and general strength of the fragrance and walk around thinking we smell great but really it’s overpowering. 🫠 If I had to pick one type of fragrance for the rest of my life it would probably be closer to a skin scent tbh. I want to be able to smell myself, but I also don’t want to feel suffocated or like all I can smell is what I’m wearing for hours and hours (sometimes I do, but not every day). I want to get wafts of my scent all day. Excellent video, as always, Claire!
Thanks Charlotte ❤️ I did ask my colleague what the fragrance was but she only told me that she wears two and layers them, they are single note fragrances of tobacco and amber, I assume from the Middle East because that is where she is from and probably why she didn't tell me the name of it because I might not have heard of it. It honestly smelt beautiful and I could always smell her before I ever saw her and I could know she was in the building by just getting in the lift 🤣 I think I have the same worries with strong fragrances. I sometimes wear ameer Al Oudh Intense Oud and entirely stop smelling it, but I know that is so strong to other people. Feel free to do the tag if you want to, maybe you've done something like this already though? 🙂
Haha,The look on your eyes will give it away if you are reading a filthy book. I guess that if you wear a skinscent. Maybe no one would really understand why you give away a certain aura.
Oh yea those middle eastern ones are not shy! The worst thing tho, the ones that overspray the beastmodes... becomes like the fragrance carry the person instead of the way it should be. There is a time and place for everything. If I only could choose one type to wear, I would go for skinscent.
To me this is the biggest issue with fragrance: most of skin scents are actually perfumes with bad projection and poor longevity. I think longevity is what defines a true skin scent.
Some of the accidental ones indeed perhaps! The intended skin scent ones again sometimes but definitely not always... Alien Eau extraordinaire had crazy longevity but did not really project. L'eau d'issey florale was quite short lived in most weather conditions but not all. I think there's a bit of mix of longevities 😊
