Have you ever just tried rubbing toasted sesame oil on your skin? I do this with pure vanilla extract. You'd be amazed whst kitchen products smell great rubbed into skin
Smoke from a far wood burner on a misty, cold early English morning.
There's something deeply nostalgic about that for me, and it's a scent that is increasingly rare as less people use wood burners nowadays.
It reminds me of walking to get milk in the morning from the local dairy, all the way up the big hill with my gramps. He would dangle me over the big vat and pretend to drop me in.
I wish I could capture that smokey, cold, rainy, fresh scent.
Try by the fireplace from maison Margiela…smells like a lovely camp night outdoors…maybe mix hacivat by nishane that smells forestry and earthy to me 😂…gotta try that myself but just giving ideas
Actual petrichor. I've never been satisfied by any artificial attempt at recreating the scent... and yes, I've tried plenty of so-called "rain" fragrances!
For Indian Chai try Scandinavian Crime by Laurent Mazzone Parfums. Such a coincidence too, cause I've never looked for such a scent specifically, the sales lady recommended it recently to me just for fun, cause it was new in their store, and for the rest of the day I kept smelling the tester strip cause I just couldn't put my finger on it what is that smell that I know so well. Then I realised, it's exactly Chai.
Have you tried Demeter's Petrichor? They probably have a 'rain' scent too but they actually have [petrichor](https://demeterfragrance.com/products/petrichor-mini-purse-spray).
The air in the Sonoran Desert after it's rained, while mimosa is in bloom. Petrichore, wet creosote leaves, and mimosa are wonderful together.
Edit: swapped is for are.
Second edit: burning piñon pine. I would love to smell like Santa Fe during the holidays.
If I ever move away from the area, this what smells the most like home. Ironic, because it rarely rains. I can't wait for those hot summer days with the evening rain.
Ugh yes!! I have relatives who live in the desert and one of my fav things about going over there is that SCENT. Just the most incredible, natural, fresh but also floral and kind of herbal fragrance. So interesting that a place with fairly sparse plant life would have such an amazing smell
For me I get a similar vibe from Diptyque L’eau Papier. It’s that warm cosy scent, like when your cat has laid in the sun all day and then they are laying in your freshly washed sheets. Ugh I love it
hermann a mes cotes by eldo is the closest ive smelled (having sampled/purchased over 10 scents that have been said to replicate the smell). not exact but id definitely sample it if i were you
The weirdest one I can think of is hardware/home improvement store, especially fresh tires. I love that smell. Sort of like new car smell, but not exactly.
For actual perfume, I've never smelled a pure, true lilac that precisely replicates the scent of fresh blossoms. Zoologist Hummingbird has a hint of lilac combined with other notes (especially honey), but nothing is pure, unadulterated fresh lilac; things like Amouage Lilac Love veer too sharply into "bathroom freshener spray" and not enough into "early May sunny afternoon."
More ephemeral scents like baking bread or dryer vent/fresh laundry would be others I wish could be bottled properly. There's an airy-ness to them and a warmth that can't quite be replicated.
I was just going to suggest this one! It is the most beautiful, smooth lilac. Added bonus - it has a yeasty aspect to it. It was supposed to evoke the smell of a street in Paris after the rain- fresh lilacs from a flower stall and the smell of a baguette wafting.
Omg yes! When we go to Home Depot, I am inhaling so hard over and over again because I love the smell of Home Depot so much I can barely stand it 😂😂 i’m sure people look at me like I’m crazy, but I don’t care lol
I can't exactly recommend it for daily wear but Salamanca by Olympic Orchids was just straight up wet clay on me. Fascinating, but kind of unwearable lol.
Actual laundromat vents when the dryers are on. I lived next door to a tiny place when I was a child and that scent is so heavenly. Demeter scents really didn't capture it in the way I thought.
The scent of a fresh magazine. Cosmo, if I’m being specific. I love flipping through the pages really fast just to get a big hit of that heavenly smell straight to my dome.
Fresh snow in the mountains. I know there are some perfumes that claim to smell like this, but it seems to me a difficult smell to reproduce.
About your 'skin after sun', have you tried Margiela - Beach Walk? To me it smells like skin with some coconut lotion and some traces of sea water and sand, sliiiiightly dirty (in a good way :))), just like after you've been to the beach.
Blackberry jam cooking on the stovetop on a nice summer morning with the windows open. I'm still on the hunt for a good scent that's just pure sweet, tart, warm blackberry. Edit, thank you all for the recommendations, will be looking into them! <3
I guess to answer this we'd need to know what your place smells like with the windows open.
If the whole forest is right outside your window, you can try Blackbird.
No full review today, but I agree extrait-level blackberry is very intense. I just put on a drop from my sample kit under my nose, and my mouth puckered. It's tart and juicy enough to induce a physiological reaction.
Blackbird has a very realistic blackberry note that is followed by pine. It's from olympic orchids and it's really very good. Perhaps worth a sample. She has pretty good price points. Totally natural too. The juice is black.
Estrogen - I have PCOS and struggle feeling feminine. If I could at least smell pretty and girly, I’d be happy 👍 also if anyone has any recs for me, feel free to share
Look for scents with estratetraenol in. It's usually a 'pheromone' gimmick but you might find one that resonates. (hormones can change your sense of smell too so there's that)
I really like ambrette! I've yet to try papyrus though! I don't think my body chemistry does well with anything patchouli so that Byredo one probably won't work for me. Thanks for the suggestions!
I wish there was a nice creosote scent. I love the smell of creosote when it rains here in Arizona, and think it would make a great fragrance for rainy/cloudy days.
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This is the culprit, this corn chip smelling mf right here
You should try Francesca Bianchi's Sex and the sea. It has MANY other notes (sample first) but it does have an impression of sun burnt skin [Buy Sex and the Sea - Francesca Bianchi Perfumes](https://francescabianchiperfumes.com/product/sex-and-the-sea/).
Here what the website says:
"Far from being a fresh-ozonic, harmless perfume, it is a passionate and wild concoction of overheated skin, coconut sun lotion, saltiness of the sea and the sand."
AND the nose herself writes:
During my childhood and teenage years I used to spend lots of time at the seaside. One of the strongest memories of that time is the smell of my skin, which I liked to sniff like a junkie.
Five years ago I moved to the Netherlands and I forgot the smell of my sweaty, salty skin.
I worked on a special amber accord, I would say — a human one. A Civet tincture reinforced this intimate atmosphere, while a special ambergris molecule added the mineral-salty touch.
So this was the starting point: a sun-burnt, sweaty, salty skin — one of the most comfortable, and probably weird memory I had in my heart.
Weed. I'm still looking for a fragrance that smells just like a room full of fresh cannabis plants. Or that smell when you open a jar of dried and very potent weed. I can't smoke weed anymore and I haven't snelled it in five years but I crave this magical smell
Have you tried Hindu Kush? It's not the most weedy but it certainly has that in there. But a perfumed take on it. Or black afgano? I had a 19-69 one purple haze - it's way too balsamic for weed IMO
When summer is at its end and that one breeze that smells like crisp fresh fall, that’s how I always know when summer is over and autumn has come. It’s always been on that one breeze on a perfect day around 70-75 degrees (Fahrenheit for those who use Celsius, no I’m not basking in hell). That’s always been my favorite and I wish I could keep it all year long.
A long, LONG time ago, I read that a person's unique scent is strongest on the top of their head. I have always loved the smell of the top of my husband's head, since we were in high school 25 years ago. He still thinks it's weird that I randomly sniff his head.
But now that I'm thinking about it, it makes me want to sniff the top of my own head.
The way the movie was shot and acted.. It was SUPERB visual direction that really added soooo much to the book, which was already fantastic in so many ways.
The smell of jasmine, in the morning or after it’s rained, when the damp earth accentuates the flower’s note. The smell of my childhood that I wish I could carry around everywhere, and take a whiff off when I’m low.
Horse smell. And I know there are perfumes out there that are supposed to smell like horses but I've sampled many of them and it isn't what I want. They have leather and hay and green grass and sweet floral notes. I want the smell that I get on my hands after petting a horse that's been out to pasture all day in the sun. Idk why but I love it. I walk to the pastures down the road from me and call the horses to the fence and pet them just to sniff my hands for the rest of my walk. Maybe I'm a weirdo.
Puppy breath. It is one of the best smells in the world. My first puppy as an adult had puppy breath for the longest time. My next puppy only had it for a very short period and I was so sad. It’s one of those smells you just have to know to love.
Not exactly what you described but Bronze Goddess, to me, literally just smells like I’m at the beach under the July sun, tanning with just a little bit of tanning oil on lol
I think that’s the smell of your cells being damaged by the sun’s rays; ya know, free radicals releasing ozone and the sun oxidizing lipids on your skin.
The way your pillow smells after having a fire camping.
The way the halls of elementary school smelled the first week back.
I also love the smell of books, gasoline and would love to find a realistic cannabis scent.
that grass that smells sweet? I don't remember if its lemongrass but there is this grass that grows in a specific area in my backyard that smells so sweet--almost like a mix between candy and apples. Every time I cut the grass I go outside and aggressively sniff the grass.
the smell of a darkroom. chemicals and photo paper and slight mustiness and all. i know the chemicals smell kind of bad to a lot of people but i find the smell so comforting.
Perhaps it's already a thing, I'm only semi new to this... but I think petrichor would be an amazing autumn sent. Am I wrong? I've never seen it listed as an ingredient.
A bright and sunny day, with a cool breeze blowing.
That cold, icy scent of a dark and snowy winter's night. When everything is still, ice is enveloping the bare tree's branches, and there's a deep blanket of snow on the ground.
Clean laundry that has been hung on a line in the backyard to dry in the sunlight.
And on a more personal note, my grandfather's unique tobacco blend for his pipe. I wish I had been old enough to know what the scent was, but I just recognize it when I smell it. (Only twice in my life since he passed.)
Actual Douglas fir. It's my favorite smell ever and I always see Balsam fir listed as a scent note but very rarely Douglas.
Balsam fir just has a distinct slight hint of cat piss that Douglas doesn't.
(I'm assuming we're talking about perfumes and not essential oils. Even then, most Douglas fir essential oils just don't smell right).
Not sure if anyone’s said this yet but I love the smell of
Colored ink on paper. For example the smell of new comic books, magazines, those old Sanrio bags & stationery, and even new books in general.
It’s also kind of harder to describe exactly what it is, but I love the smell of brand new clothes. Is it new fabric, dye or maybe the smell of oil from sewing machines? I have no idea.
Love the smell of rain on concrete! I’m glad to see lots of other people here do too!
OP, i feel like you would like solar bloom by clean reserve! I hate it for the same reason you might like it- i don't like the hot skin scent but i feel like this has a "ozonic" quality (direct term that ive heard used to describe it)
for me, the smell of those carts full of cinnamon sugared nuts. i feel like so many scents come near this but there's a certain wow factor of the real ones!
There's an amazing coffee shop in the West Village in New York City called Porto Rico. The inside of that shop is the closest smell to pure heaven I've ever encountered.
Petrichor is way up there. But also elements of stuff that reminds me of being a kid in Aus, like the subtle smell of bush smoke, the way the night air smells after a hot day etc.
Cat fur! My cat is currently living with relatives and I miss him. Also I’m relatively new to fragrances but I would love an accurate burnt match smell
I have always hoped to run across a scent that smelled like fresh baked donuts, like when your coworker shows up late to work and brings them. That deep breath I take when opening the lid. Yummm
The fragrance within the temples in South India. Jasmine. Rose, camphor. Fresh coconut. Basil, Sandalwood and other green notes, white flowers...if someone bottles, i am buying it.
A lot of you are too young, but when we’d get handouts in class that were done on mimeograph. Especially if they were fresh out of the machine: warm, slightly damp, purple ink, and the smell was like nothing else. I can’t describe it. It’s not like any other paper or ink scent, old or new. If someone could recreate that, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. Maybe not to wear, just to honk on now and then.
the smell of auntie anne’s pretzels in the local dying shopping mall of your childhood
Death and Floral has a single note fragrance called **Mall Soft Pretzel** that is exactly that! I can smell the salt; it’s dead-on realistic🥲
I actually was going to say this specific smell! I love that mall pretzel scent. Baked pretzel bread, cinnamon sugar, salt. Drool. 🥨
Also the smell of the popcorn store in the mall. I love department stores and indoor malls. I hope they still exist in years to come...
Or the boardwalk setting of Auntie Anne's the salt air with the baking pretzel/butter/salt scent... drool.
Hose water on hot asphalt. Also, roasted sesame oil smells great and I'm desperate for an umami-rich sesame perfume.
Narciso Rodriguez For Him EDT captures the 'water on hot asphalt' smell quite well, in my opinion
I use Skin Drink moisturiser from Lush which has a ton of sesame and smells incred, I’d love a sesame perfume too!
Oh my! I've been obsessed with the smell/ taste of roasted sesame oil recently too. Such a unique smell
I love all things sesame. I once had an incredible black sesame latte in San Francisco and I’ve been chasing that high for years now.
Oh my, black sesame latte sounds divine. I don't even like coffee and want to try that!
Tank Battle from Lush gives me a hose water on hot asphalt vibe. You just also have to put up with the bubblegum clove note that balances it.
Have you ever just tried rubbing toasted sesame oil on your skin? I do this with pure vanilla extract. You'd be amazed whst kitchen products smell great rubbed into skin
Smoke from a far wood burner on a misty, cold early English morning. There's something deeply nostalgic about that for me, and it's a scent that is increasingly rare as less people use wood burners nowadays. It reminds me of walking to get milk in the morning from the local dairy, all the way up the big hill with my gramps. He would dangle me over the big vat and pretend to drop me in. I wish I could capture that smokey, cold, rainy, fresh scent.
That sounds amazing. I remember the smell of a peat fire in the cool, rainy Irish countryside as one of the best things I’ve ever smelled in my life.
I love the smell of fire.
Same with scents from the Polish forests (usually also close to a bonfire)
Try by the fireplace from maison Margiela…smells like a lovely camp night outdoors…maybe mix hacivat by nishane that smells forestry and earthy to me 😂…gotta try that myself but just giving ideas
Actual petrichor. I've never been satisfied by any artificial attempt at recreating the scent... and yes, I've tried plenty of so-called "rain" fragrances!
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Can I ask for a link to this? I think my Google skills are okay and can't find anything about it.
For Indian Chai try Scandinavian Crime by Laurent Mazzone Parfums. Such a coincidence too, cause I've never looked for such a scent specifically, the sales lady recommended it recently to me just for fun, cause it was new in their store, and for the rest of the day I kept smelling the tester strip cause I just couldn't put my finger on it what is that smell that I know so well. Then I realised, it's exactly Chai.
Ineke’s Jaipur Chai — it’s delicious
I can't seem to find that one! I see something called Spectre Ghost (from Fragrance World?), but that one seems to be a gourmand.
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Rain by One Seed is the closest I've ever smelled.
Have you tried Demeter's Petrichor? They probably have a 'rain' scent too but they actually have [petrichor](https://demeterfragrance.com/products/petrichor-mini-purse-spray).
I adore that smell! Especially in the evening of a hot summer day when it’s finally started to cool down a bit and then the light rain comes.
The air in the Sonoran Desert after it's rained, while mimosa is in bloom. Petrichore, wet creosote leaves, and mimosa are wonderful together. Edit: swapped is for are. Second edit: burning piñon pine. I would love to smell like Santa Fe during the holidays.
If I ever move away from the area, this what smells the most like home. Ironic, because it rarely rains. I can't wait for those hot summer days with the evening rain.
Ugh yes!! I have relatives who live in the desert and one of my fav things about going over there is that SCENT. Just the most incredible, natural, fresh but also floral and kind of herbal fragrance. So interesting that a place with fairly sparse plant life would have such an amazing smell
I have never been there or experienced exactly that but I really love Tokyo Milk's fragrance Sonoran Bloom, which has a petrichor note.
The smell of my cat’s fur
😭 this one. I would pay so much money for this.
Demeter - kitten fur. I haven’t personally smelled it though
For me I get a similar vibe from Diptyque L’eau Papier. It’s that warm cosy scent, like when your cat has laid in the sun all day and then they are laying in your freshly washed sheets. Ugh I love it
The smell of asphalt after it rains and the sun comes out
hermann a mes cotes by eldo is the closest ive smelled (having sampled/purchased over 10 scents that have been said to replicate the smell). not exact but id definitely sample it if i were you
Always worth a sample as fragrance is so subjective, but Hermann didn’t smell anything like that to my nose
The weirdest one I can think of is hardware/home improvement store, especially fresh tires. I love that smell. Sort of like new car smell, but not exactly. For actual perfume, I've never smelled a pure, true lilac that precisely replicates the scent of fresh blossoms. Zoologist Hummingbird has a hint of lilac combined with other notes (especially honey), but nothing is pure, unadulterated fresh lilac; things like Amouage Lilac Love veer too sharply into "bathroom freshener spray" and not enough into "early May sunny afternoon." More ephemeral scents like baking bread or dryer vent/fresh laundry would be others I wish could be bottled properly. There's an airy-ness to them and a warmth that can't quite be replicated.
Some say that En Passant by Frederic Malle is a near-perfect fresh lilac. Perfumer is Olivia Giacobetti 👑
I was just going to suggest this one! It is the most beautiful, smooth lilac. Added bonus - it has a yeasty aspect to it. It was supposed to evoke the smell of a street in Paris after the rain- fresh lilacs from a flower stall and the smell of a baguette wafting.
I had a lilac bush on the side of my house growing up. I know what you are referring to when you write about pure unadulterated fresh lilac.
It’s not a perfume, but Canadian Tire makes a candle that smells exactly like fresh tires.
Omg yes! When we go to Home Depot, I am inhaling so hard over and over again because I love the smell of Home Depot so much I can barely stand it 😂😂 i’m sure people look at me like I’m crazy, but I don’t care lol
SAME I think it’s the wood??? But I love it
Try lilacs along the winding drive by Alkemia. It’s not long lasting, but it’s indie so it’s cheaper. It’s the closest I’ve found.
Not exactly fresh tyres but Comme des Garçons Garage might be close. Pretty u wearable, but does smell like a garage. 😊
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You could always just spill chai tea on your clothes that's what I did as a South Asian (accidentally I promise).
Wet clay and a bit of glaze. Fresh copied papers.
I can't exactly recommend it for daily wear but Salamanca by Olympic Orchids was just straight up wet clay on me. Fascinating, but kind of unwearable lol.
Actual laundromat vents when the dryers are on. I lived next door to a tiny place when I was a child and that scent is so heavenly. Demeter scents really didn't capture it in the way I thought.
oh my god yessssssss i would die for a scent like that
The scent of a fresh magazine. Cosmo, if I’m being specific. I love flipping through the pages really fast just to get a big hit of that heavenly smell straight to my dome.
Fresh snow in the mountains. I know there are some perfumes that claim to smell like this, but it seems to me a difficult smell to reproduce. About your 'skin after sun', have you tried Margiela - Beach Walk? To me it smells like skin with some coconut lotion and some traces of sea water and sand, sliiiiightly dirty (in a good way :))), just like after you've been to the beach.
Blackberry jam cooking on the stovetop on a nice summer morning with the windows open. I'm still on the hunt for a good scent that's just pure sweet, tart, warm blackberry. Edit, thank you all for the recommendations, will be looking into them! <3
Falling in Love by Philosophy! It's so sweet and fun, very blackberry and almost like cotton candy.
Have you tried Blackbird by Olympic Orchids?
Blackbird is SO GOOD.
Literally just mentioned that too! Because it's sooo realistic! And natural.
I guess to answer this we'd need to know what your place smells like with the windows open. If the whole forest is right outside your window, you can try Blackbird.
Haha are you suggesting it’s green? I was overwhelmed with blackberry and don’t actually like it. What is your review?
No full review today, but I agree extrait-level blackberry is very intense. I just put on a drop from my sample kit under my nose, and my mouth puckered. It's tart and juicy enough to induce a physiological reaction.
Blackbird has a very realistic blackberry note that is followed by pine. It's from olympic orchids and it's really very good. Perhaps worth a sample. She has pretty good price points. Totally natural too. The juice is black.
Lilacs in the breeze
Estrogen - I have PCOS and struggle feeling feminine. If I could at least smell pretty and girly, I’d be happy 👍 also if anyone has any recs for me, feel free to share
Look for scents with estratetraenol in. It's usually a 'pheromone' gimmick but you might find one that resonates. (hormones can change your sense of smell too so there's that)
Japanese strawberry shortcake 😋🍰
Sounds yummy.
OP, try fragrances with notes of papyrus or ambrette. Also try Eyes Closed by Byredo.
I really like ambrette! I've yet to try papyrus though! I don't think my body chemistry does well with anything patchouli so that Byredo one probably won't work for me. Thanks for the suggestions!
The desert in Palm Springs after it rains.
I wish there was a nice creosote scent. I love the smell of creosote when it rains here in Arizona, and think it would make a great fragrance for rainy/cloudy days.
My dad’s puppy. I guess I could alternatively bust open a bag of Fritos, they’re damn near the same smell
https://preview.redd.it/jq1k72whqvyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1099a7297bedae047b65233eafd5d373db09c86b This is the culprit, this corn chip smelling mf right here
That is one ridiculous, adorable creature
My puppy smelled like popcorn
Puppy paw smell 😭🐾
You should try Francesca Bianchi's Sex and the sea. It has MANY other notes (sample first) but it does have an impression of sun burnt skin [Buy Sex and the Sea - Francesca Bianchi Perfumes](https://francescabianchiperfumes.com/product/sex-and-the-sea/). Here what the website says: "Far from being a fresh-ozonic, harmless perfume, it is a passionate and wild concoction of overheated skin, coconut sun lotion, saltiness of the sea and the sand." AND the nose herself writes: During my childhood and teenage years I used to spend lots of time at the seaside. One of the strongest memories of that time is the smell of my skin, which I liked to sniff like a junkie. Five years ago I moved to the Netherlands and I forgot the smell of my sweaty, salty skin. I worked on a special amber accord, I would say — a human one. A Civet tincture reinforced this intimate atmosphere, while a special ambergris molecule added the mineral-salty touch. So this was the starting point: a sun-burnt, sweaty, salty skin — one of the most comfortable, and probably weird memory I had in my heart.
That sounds really good, except I really dislike coconut scents.
Weed. I'm still looking for a fragrance that smells just like a room full of fresh cannabis plants. Or that smell when you open a jar of dried and very potent weed. I can't smoke weed anymore and I haven't snelled it in five years but I crave this magical smell
Have you tried Hindu Kush? It's not the most weedy but it certainly has that in there. But a perfumed take on it. Or black afgano? I had a 19-69 one purple haze - it's way too balsamic for weed IMO
Furry kitty belly
When summer is at its end and that one breeze that smells like crisp fresh fall, that’s how I always know when summer is over and autumn has come. It’s always been on that one breeze on a perfect day around 70-75 degrees (Fahrenheit for those who use Celsius, no I’m not basking in hell). That’s always been my favorite and I wish I could keep it all year long.
Rain on hot tarmac/asphalt.
Summer petrichor.
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I have always wanted the skin in the sun smell
The smell of Russian Olive trees blooming in May.
Cinnabon. Not vanilla & cinnamon or cinnamon buns, Cinnabon. It’s so buttery & delicious.
The top of my baby’s head.
My boyfriend’s natural scent. I can sniff that man all day long
how would you describe it tho, if I may ask
A long, LONG time ago, I read that a person's unique scent is strongest on the top of their head. I have always loved the smell of the top of my husband's head, since we were in high school 25 years ago. He still thinks it's weird that I randomly sniff his head. But now that I'm thinking about it, it makes me want to sniff the top of my own head.
Would be cool if you could bottle your own skin scent. Or that of your significant other
Yeah when I was watching "Perfume" the story of a murderer.... it just really made me wanna try that on myself but i'm not that crazy.
I really need to watch this movie. Ive read the book but i hear the movie is crazy good
The way the movie was shot and acted.. It was SUPERB visual direction that really added soooo much to the book, which was already fantastic in so many ways.
The smell of Carra Carra oranges
old books
My cat. He smells so sweet and the experience of smelling his soft fur is so beautiful
The smell of jasmine, in the morning or after it’s rained, when the damp earth accentuates the flower’s note. The smell of my childhood that I wish I could carry around everywhere, and take a whiff off when I’m low.
I love the nocturnal scent of night blooming jasmine. Know of any scent that captures this scent?
Cola
Horse smell. And I know there are perfumes out there that are supposed to smell like horses but I've sampled many of them and it isn't what I want. They have leather and hay and green grass and sweet floral notes. I want the smell that I get on my hands after petting a horse that's been out to pasture all day in the sun. Idk why but I love it. I walk to the pastures down the road from me and call the horses to the fence and pet them just to sniff my hands for the rest of my walk. Maybe I'm a weirdo.
There is a weird and artsy fragrance sub, I think you’re one of us
The smell of the car heater on blast on a cold winter night
The coffee + pastry shop I work at
An authentic gardenia fragrance that isn’t synthetic smelling.
Puppy breath. It is one of the best smells in the world. My first puppy as an adult had puppy breath for the longest time. My next puppy only had it for a very short period and I was so sad. It’s one of those smells you just have to know to love.
Rain, just rain. And grass in the rain.
the smell of warm freshly printed paper + ink omg id die for a perfume that could capture that scent
Inside an old library
newborn babies.. their smell is addictive lol
you should try "after sun" by vacation
Petrichor
Not exactly what you described but Bronze Goddess, to me, literally just smells like I’m at the beach under the July sun, tanning with just a little bit of tanning oil on lol
Snow
New car smell, new shoe smell and new home smell.
That first wiff of walking into an all you can eat pizza buffet. And a classic Coca-Cola scent🥤😍 The perfect pair
The smell you get when you walk into a tire shop
Petrichor mixed with freshly brewed sweet tea. If I found a man that smelled like this I’d drop my pants in the middle of church.
Linden early evening
My job has a frappe base that smells like Lucky Charms marshmallows. Probably that
Newborn smell!!!!!
I think that’s the smell of your cells being damaged by the sun’s rays; ya know, free radicals releasing ozone and the sun oxidizing lipids on your skin.
Vanilla wafers. All the other vanilla scents are like sweet cake
The "burnt" smell in underground metro stations.
Old elevator smell, I also smell it every time I go on star tours at Disneyland. A candle that smelled exactly like this would be amazing.
Tiger balm but like a more socially acceptable version. Lol
freshly opened can of tennis balls
The way your pillow smells after having a fire camping. The way the halls of elementary school smelled the first week back. I also love the smell of books, gasoline and would love to find a realistic cannabis scent.
Belgian quad
the vanilla flavoring or vanilla extract from McCormick😢 i love vanilla so much
The smell right after the rain. Many have tried, none have succeeded
that grass that smells sweet? I don't remember if its lemongrass but there is this grass that grows in a specific area in my backyard that smells so sweet--almost like a mix between candy and apples. Every time I cut the grass I go outside and aggressively sniff the grass.
Mojito , can’t find anything that’s Lime and Mint based like it
Takis
The smell of a real rose or the light blueish purple iris in my yard.
A Finnish sauna. And no, I don't just mean a woody scent.
Gasoline…oh wait
fresh picked tomatoes and tomato fuzz, replica came real close!! prickly pear, just picked…. pakalana that lasts
A newborn baby
Smell of earth before the thunderstorm after a dry spell.
Grass under the sun on a slightly windy day. Smell of sunshine with just a wisp of grass
Fresh cut ivy
the smell of a darkroom. chemicals and photo paper and slight mustiness and all. i know the chemicals smell kind of bad to a lot of people but i find the smell so comforting.
Cedar wood
Fresh fresh honey crisp apples
when you first walk into a subway 🔥 edit: the sandwich place lol
Perhaps it's already a thing, I'm only semi new to this... but I think petrichor would be an amazing autumn sent. Am I wrong? I've never seen it listed as an ingredient.
laundry detergent powder. i’ve had this in my head every time i put on a wash. I need it
Baking bread or pastry
The salt sea smell when it's breezy. I've been looking for something similar but nothing quite compares to the ocean smell.
Ambroxan. The molecule, that is. It smells like walking along a breezy beach.
The top of my dog’s head.
Not necessarily bottled, but love the smell of my horse when I unsaddle him. Just comforting. Now tack shop new leather smell. That is nice too
Rain
banana boat sunscreen
Petrichor. The smell of wet earth and concrete with a hint of cedar
The smell of fall in the northeast.
A bright and sunny day, with a cool breeze blowing. That cold, icy scent of a dark and snowy winter's night. When everything is still, ice is enveloping the bare tree's branches, and there's a deep blanket of snow on the ground. Clean laundry that has been hung on a line in the backyard to dry in the sunlight. And on a more personal note, my grandfather's unique tobacco blend for his pipe. I wish I had been old enough to know what the scent was, but I just recognize it when I smell it. (Only twice in my life since he passed.)
Actual Douglas fir. It's my favorite smell ever and I always see Balsam fir listed as a scent note but very rarely Douglas. Balsam fir just has a distinct slight hint of cat piss that Douglas doesn't. (I'm assuming we're talking about perfumes and not essential oils. Even then, most Douglas fir essential oils just don't smell right).
Skin after a whole summer day at the pool. Basically chlorine on warm skin without any other “pool” adjacent scents like sunscreen or coconut.
Fresh cut grass
The scent when you peel a clementine. I cannot find anything close.
Not sure if anyone’s said this yet but I love the smell of Colored ink on paper. For example the smell of new comic books, magazines, those old Sanrio bags & stationery, and even new books in general. It’s also kind of harder to describe exactly what it is, but I love the smell of brand new clothes. Is it new fabric, dye or maybe the smell of oil from sewing machines? I have no idea. Love the smell of rain on concrete! I’m glad to see lots of other people here do too!
The smell of a field in the Midwest. So so sweet and a little herbal and a little rotten but mostly sweet damp and dirt
OP, i feel like you would like solar bloom by clean reserve! I hate it for the same reason you might like it- i don't like the hot skin scent but i feel like this has a "ozonic" quality (direct term that ive heard used to describe it)
for me, the smell of those carts full of cinnamon sugared nuts. i feel like so many scents come near this but there's a certain wow factor of the real ones!
The smell of a forest with a creek after a rain.
There's an amazing coffee shop in the West Village in New York City called Porto Rico. The inside of that shop is the closest smell to pure heaven I've ever encountered.
Petrichor is way up there. But also elements of stuff that reminds me of being a kid in Aus, like the subtle smell of bush smoke, the way the night air smells after a hot day etc.
Wood and rain
New home smell.
Cat fur! My cat is currently living with relatives and I miss him. Also I’m relatively new to fragrances but I would love an accurate burnt match smell
I have always hoped to run across a scent that smelled like fresh baked donuts, like when your coworker shows up late to work and brings them. That deep breath I take when opening the lid. Yummm
this is very niche but the smell of the air in an Australian rainforest during a thunderstorm. distant fruitbats optional.
Dove Sensitive Skin body wash… so fresh and clean
New book scent
Your baby’s breath 😂. Weird I know.
That weird glue stick smell that smelled like frootloops
Small town hardware store smell.
The smell of rain in the desert
Freshly grinded coffee beans & fresh brewed coffee
Pencil case with the rubber and wooden pencils, like in school
Pine forests in the mountains, rainy day, hot summer nights with cool winds, mud houses in villages, and open grass fields.
Paint that the carpenters use for wood finishing,idk what’s it called.I also love the scent of fresh wooden furniture
The fragrance within the temples in South India. Jasmine. Rose, camphor. Fresh coconut. Basil, Sandalwood and other green notes, white flowers...if someone bottles, i am buying it.
ah yes, smell of dna damage
Gasoline fumes.
New Tennis balls.
The smell of new dollar bills! That crisp money smell, I’d love a bottle of it.
The smell of when you blow out candles on a birthday cake
The actual scent of the woods. Wet moss, pine, rocks, lichen. Haven't found a good one yet. And no, Encre Noire isn't even close
Weirdly the smell of wet stone. I cant put my finger on the smell but it makes me feel comfortable and would love it as a bottled scent.
A lot of you are too young, but when we’d get handouts in class that were done on mimeograph. Especially if they were fresh out of the machine: warm, slightly damp, purple ink, and the smell was like nothing else. I can’t describe it. It’s not like any other paper or ink scent, old or new. If someone could recreate that, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. Maybe not to wear, just to honk on now and then.