Regarding the "you put it on a card, not your wrist" is this: Putting it on the skin will automatically give it a more personified smell. Your human smell mixed with the perfume = person's scent Perfume on card = perfume's scent I think MatPat was trying to see if it was the perfume by itself doing all the "missing person" work, but didn't think to say it to us, or over think it in general.
Exactly! Test on the paper to find ones you like them on yourself to find the one that works best bc it will change on you. Got a men and women's sample the other day(different brands). I preferred to females despite normally wearing men's (I am a woman). Once I sprayed them on myself the women's began to smell like older lady vanilla and dead flowers the men's became less musky and more clean and fresh. One thing I can say is the women's lasted forever!
@@alexrusso6503ah thats bc colognes which are usually marketed towards men (although it is a perfume concentration and is not technically based on gender) it has less fragrance oils and a higher percentage of alcohol compared to perfumes.
“It’s hard to believe a perfume could bring someone to tears seconds after sniffing: Me with a perfume of Hand Sanitiser, Petrol and Onion: Are you challenging me
I’ve actually had experience with finding a smell that reminded me of a lost one. One of my grandparents (we simply called her “Grandma by the river”) passed away when I was young. One of my teachers recently had come back to a trip to Germany I believe, and one of the items she brought back was a bar of hotel hand soap that smelled EXACTLY like my Grandma by the river’s house!
my grandpa was an artist, he painted with oil paints, sooooo opening a bottle of linseed oil does it for me perfectly fine 😂 oiling my wood windows last summer was something
My mother-in-law was going through some stuff a few years ago after her grandma passed away, and found a bottle of cologne that belonged to her grandpa, who had been gone for like 25 years. She smelled it once and instantly started crying because it's exactly how she remembers it.
11:58 Proust's Madeleine (or Madeleine de Proust in French) is actually a pretty common expression in France, usually referring to something (color, smell, food, ...) triggering a memory, so it's not as obscure as it may seem
Although, I do take a bit of offense in having MatPat describing a madeleine as "bland". Sure, its taste can be a bit subtle, but it's not like it doesn't have any flavor :/ (especially those with orange blossom water)
11:36 I can't believe I was trying to take a break from studying for my French literature exam... only to find myself watching a video where they end up talking about Marcel Proust's "Du côté de chez Swann"
The human brain can pretty easily be tricked into mixing two different concepts, the flowery words they feed you plus the familiarity many feel tricks the brain into making mistaken conclusions
@@homerman76 "tricked into mixing two different concepts" That's not the direction my comment is going in. I am saying that even though triggered through scent, the memory of a perfume and the memory of a person are not memorable in the same way. And the reason for my comment was that the idea of perfumes and old acquaintances was planted in the participants by the guy doing the test -- Matt.
You should do a video on the replica line! The whole concept is it’s bringing up memories. With scents like beach walk, sailing day, by the fireplace, coffee break! I would love to see a video of you guessing what the memory is supposed to be!
Matpat, I just wanted to say thank you for making your theory videos. I went through a rough patch. Nobody's gonna see this comment anyway, so I'll be honest. I was going to commit suicide. But do you want to know what stopped me? It was your videos. They gave me something to look forward to in life, and I could never thank you enough for that. You've been my idol ever since I was little, and if I had one wish it would be to meet you irl.
Soooo overstated advertising aside, jasmine, bergamot, musk and sandalwood sounds like my *perfect ever* scent profiles all mixed together, I'd totally try this :)
"[...] cause spoiler alert. I've only dated four girls in my life, and two of them were in elementary school." I took this quote a bit too much out of context (2:10)
Recently, about a month or so ago, I randomly had a scent bring me right back to my childhood. I'm a mother myself now, and when my kid came up to me and wanted me to make her some soapy water because she wanted to go outside and blow some bubbles. So I went inside our kitchen, and pulled out some rather expensive dish soap that my husband bought and BAM! When I opened the bottle, it took me right back to childhood summers spent with my grandma in my grandparents' little vacation home. That was the exact brand that she used when she was washing dishes and making soapy water for me to use to blow bubbles with as a child. When I had sent my kid outside to do her thing, I immediately called my mom to tell her. My grandma died 20 years ago.. I still miss her
It always amuses me to hear what is in a lot of these perfumes - many of the fragrances are also HEAVILY used in (or originally from) tea. Even many of the florals are used in medicinal teas, traditionally. Just seems humorous to me.
You should have had 2 unlabeled bottles and done this test. Have one a bath and body works smell and the other Missing Person. That way you could see if any of them made the testers remember someone.
Hearing the words "Missing Person" on a theory channel creates an immediate concern that the theory is Fnaf related (or at least some sort of indie horror game) 😂
Missed opportunity to have everyone put the perfume on! Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't some of them mix with your smell to create something more unique to you? Could have been nice to see everyone get that unique take, maybe even use each other's smells to see if it has the effect. But I also know that no one wants to put smelly things on their body that will then be there all day so I get it lol.
Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young How come I'm never able to identify where it's coming from? I'd make a candle out of it if I ever found it Try to sell it, never sell out of it, I'd probably only sell one. Stressed Out - 21 Pilots
I find wine interesting as someone with no sense of smell because they all taste similar to me. Even ones that are supposed to be sweet are just very dry. I tried some wine on a trip to Italy at a fancy wine-tasting event (I wasn't the one who came up with the itinerary), and it was still the same taste that I find rather nasty. I don't know what to make of this. Food Theory idea maybe?
"Taste" in actuality is heavily influenced by your sense of smell, so your inability to tell the difference in taste makes A LOT of sense and is completely normal!
My only question to this is: does spraying it on your own skin make the difference? Because that's the biggest difference between how Team Theorist smelled the perfume and the TikToks. Also, I wonder if it isn’t supposed to remind you of a person who's worn a similar perfume, but to remind you of a person's actual scent. A scent that is supposed to able to be brought out by a particular perfume that smells like nothing to you but smells attractive to someone else (or so I've been told, I can't confirm). If these are things worth looking into, I think they'd make cool follow up videos.
To be fair I automatically don't trust anything Michaela says and specifically don't buy things I see from her. All she does is do what a brand tells her for money. She's not the only one it's the whole community.
i was so sad when he said the inside jokes with Stephanie were lame- i know it's a joke- but it really is the small things that keep a relationship thriving
Hey Matt! Great Video! I am a perfume enthusiast and will be attending a perfumery school in the fall to become a perfumer, and I think there are a few biases here. Firstly, it seems like you viewed the fragrances almost entirely from a chemical perspective (save for the mentions of memories) and focused your analysis through that lens. I think including the other, equally important side of fragrances in potential future videos on the subject would be helpful. Art. The process of making a fragrance is not dissimilar to that of making a painting. Aroma chemicals act as our paint and the skin our canvas. Secondly, in a similar vein, fragrances are meant to be worn on skin and are constructed to interact with the chemistry of your skin. Wearing the fragrance very well could change the results, as some ingredients carry vastly different smells on different skins. Despite my criticism, I am exceedingly happy to see you discuss fragrances and I really hope to see more! I hope my words here were helpful!
I used to work in a professional perfume shop and every scent is gonna smell a little different on every person, and the best way to smell test a “skin scent” like this one is to put a very light amount on your wrist and let it sit for a minute or so before smelling it. It shouldn’t be applied heavily at all, and when first sprayed it will be much stronger than it’s meant to sit during the day
I don't know why MatPat focused so much on romantic love here, the perfume just says it reminds you of someone you love and miss, so actually bringing the up the grandma is exactly the sort of thing it's meant to do. It was never meant to bring up an ex for someone happily in love with someone at present
Yes omg i've been looking for this comment! Seems like the obvious implication, right? Like why would you want to smell your ex? That's probably not the kind of emotional you'd willingly experience from a perfume.
The “Stinky Cards” still kind of exist at places like bath and body works because they have cards for you to spray scents on, and then see how it smells.
my grandma used to wear the same chanel number five, it really started to freak me out when all of the popular girls in seventh grade wore the same chanel number five.
I saw these TikToks and my brain IMMEDIATELY went to the movie "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" and after watching this I'm still side eyeing the perfume creator.
@@josephineandan Imagine being so unliterate that the only way to support your argument is by using a meaningless, lifeless emoji. Go get a job, or better yet, go outside. Anything is better than this reply.
@@josephineandan Do you spam this brainless emoji at any factual information you see? Are you not able to comprehend, or better yet, handle facts? Answer back, please, I wanna see you face some factual info.
My husband and I have been together for almost 10 years. I totally understand the idea of relationship inside jokes. Our roommates get confused when the two of us are laughing over what seems like nothing lol
I want more! You tested the scent on stinky cards. However, scents typically react when sprayed on our skin as they mix with our pheromones. I want to know if your team had different memories after spraying on their skin and smelling their skin at the different scent release intervals.
Im so happy you mention Chantilly, my adopted mom was obsessed with it, she was born in the 30s. If any of us got a bottle for her she would cry and say it was too expensive.
The placebo effect shows that sometimes the human brain doesn't really know how to work and fills in info that isn't really there which ngl I feel can be used for VR games.
13:00 i actually notixed this: manu times i smell random sents i Always have a Memory.. and while sometimes i can't really recall It bwcause i'm stupida i KNOW that i've smelled It once before haha
When I heard the pitch, my mind immediately went to “granny scent”. After all, it is the most likely candidate for someone to miss - childhood memories of the grandparents’ house are usually positive, which cannot always be said about exes. This perfume works like a horoscope!
This perfume is just the result of someone finding the chemical equation to the Pokemon move attract made into a smell so you can wear it around your ex and get them back
Steph is like, that's my man with his "stink cards" ❤😂❤😂 My Nonna got the biggest, most expensive bottle of Estée Lauder: Beautiful for every Christmas I can remember. She'd buy it, give it to my Pop, and he'd wrap it with that year's "bling" ❤ It was so cute!
12:05 I love that what you called a "inside joke" is a real saying in france you will say that something is your "madeleine de proust" when it bring a lot of memory
Missing Person Perfume- honestly my first thought was that there were all sorts of varieties that smell like different missing persons (before they went missing, obviously)
The perception of scent is wildly variable. I don't care for commercial perfumes or cologne because the alcohol carrier contaminates the scent profile way too much for me, but I sometimes buy the less diluted oils from places like Black Phoenix or Conjure Oils. I had one from BPAL that was from their 'Chaos Theory' line where every bottle was a unique mystery blend, and I swear it smelled like pot roast. Black pepper, thyme, bay leaf, the whole thing. I sold it to someone else and they just waxed rhapsodic about how wonderful it was to them and apparently nary a mention of pot roast... I wish them the joy of it. I'm just glad I moved it... Incidentally, your 'old lady' scent will be the jasmine and musk. Some musks (usually white musk, but 'skin musk' as well) often read as baby powder to the nose, especially the synthetics.
I wonder how much the scent changes when you put it on your skin. It’s known that putting perfume on yourself Vs a piece of paper smells differently and that’s because of your natural scent being mixed with the Perfume. And in a lot of the TikTok videos they put it on themselves and wave their arms to dry the perfume. So maybe when it’s mixed with your natural scent it might actually remind you of someone.
I have one quibble with the testing in this episode. Using the "cards" might be removing the perfume/skin reaction that might be a factor in the intended scent. Body chemistry is a big unsung aspect of perfumes.
Style theory idea: (Since you’ve talked about Sonic on all channels already except this one) What would Sonic’s shoes be made from to let him run that fast running for that amount of miles/not wearing out (Because he’s been wearing those shoes for FOREVER)
I used to go to a perfume shop with my mother, I would go around spraying all the perfumes on what you call stinky cards, and then you would have an abomination of smell. It’s what I used to make my mother move on from the store to another shop in the mall.
Naming a perfume is a placebo effect is to add different smells and saying it will smell like someone, that person will trick their mind into rationalizing who they want to remember.
I have had a scent make me want to cry after smelling it. I found a candle that smells just like the attic of my Nana's old house. She moved after my grandpa died, and she died over a year ago, so the instant hit of such a familiar scent of a place I spent so much of my childhood in made me want to cry.
If I had to guess, the smell of the perfume just brings to mind missing someone, and if you miss your ex most, great, it works as advertised. But if you miss a different loved one most, then you’ll fill in the blanks of the vague smell with someone else.
Yay! Love this new channel, I've always had trouble understanding style and Matt and the team break it down in a way I can grasp, even if I still don't understand😂
Matpat comes up with to strangest thing and ends up making them work. I am going to give him my props because I could never make a channel like this work.
I got this perfume in a sampler set for my birthday… it was my absolute favorite. I thought missing person just sounded cool. I didn’t know about all of this marketing until now
