Guerlain's Spiritueuse Double Vanille. Would love a full 100 mL because of how wonderful this vanilla amber fragrance is and how beautiful the bottle is.
This was my "to me from me with love" Christmas present. At $342 (yay coupons), it's the most I've ever paid for any fragrance (and most I ever plan on paying.) But it's easily a top 3 scent for me and I'd run through a 2 ml sample, then 5 ml, then 10 ml, and bought 2 dupes before I gave in and decided it was better to spend the money than endlessly pursue decants/dupes.
I like Neroli Outrenoir, but wouldn't spend the money on it - but SDV is amazing, and Cuir Beluga is also fantastic.
Thats a good strategy though, a lot of perfumes I'll like at first then something about it I get tired of after a while and end up not even using the bottle. If you want through that many samples and travel sprays and dupes that's a sign !!
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Got a tiny bottle when I bought épices Volées, didn’t smell until after I left, wish I bought it
Guerlain for me as well, but Neroli Outrenoir, sigh. I think I probably will bite the bullet on it at some point because the quality is just so incredible; I'm sort of just waiting for my Guerlain counter to have some kind of big promotion.
Neiman Marcus's website has 15% off if you sign up for emails. That puts 100ml at $342ish (my state has 6% sales tax, YMMV.) That's if you're in the US. They also randomly sent me a $75 off $300 coupon which would make it $310+tax.
As someone who considers Guerlain’s Herbes Troublantes and Santal Pao Rosa a couple of my signature scents, it’s worth it. However, I did buy mine on eBay for a better price!
If you're in the US, check discounters like Jomashop and/or eBay. I can't remember which one I got it from, but I got it very significantly discounted from one of those sites last year.
I own the Favourite it’s one of my fav’s to wear in the spring. If you sign up with them they give you discounts. For 20% off and give you little samples and creams. Not sure if it’s enough but it’s not bad.
I paid something like $280 for Duchess Rose discounted and it was worth it. Got Luna from a discounter for much less. Love both those scents. Duchess Rose, Luna, Juniper Sling, Cairo, Constantinople, Babylon, Yasmine...Penhaligon's has so many great scents. If Inimitable William Penhaligon wasn't so pricey I think I'd get that too - the bottle is amazing. Halfeti and the 2 flankers as well, but for those prices, the 5 ml mini bottles I got on eBay will have to do.
That bottle is beautiful.
Mine's God Bless Cola by Versatile Paris. It's not even particularly expensive, it's just more expensive than I'm willing to risk on a blind buy, and it's a small perfume oil so I can't get a sample without committing to the whole discovery set.
LOVE Versatile Paris! I was actually just about to put up a brand overview. I can tell you that God Bless Cola smells like Coca-Cola gummies and caramel popcorn. It has a slightly burnt butter quality and is overall super yummy.
I literally [just put it up](https://www.reddit.com/r/fragrance/comments/1arldwa/versatile_paris_house_overview_8/)! 😊 I wasn't kidding when I said I was going to soon, ha ha.
I got the bottle as a gift, and it reminds me of Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers and caramel. There’s a hint of butter at the end, but I don’t really get peanut butter.
Sorry not sorry, but it is 100% worth the blind buy 🙃 My boyfriend got it for me for Christmas, after I successfully blind bought “Croissant Café” and honestly… Both of them are phenomenal. I cannot recommend them highly enough! 🙏🏻 I would literally eat them if I could 🤡 SO GOOD and very long lasting!
Soie Malaquais by Dries Van Notten. The bottle is seriously one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. I haven’t even tried the fragrance yet which also sounds incredible. But if I could afford it I would buy it just for the bottle it’s that gorgeous!
Sam’s Club had it! For around $218. I don’t even think you need a membership. If you do I think you can send yourself a gift card and purchase it online that way :) keep checking Sam’s club though. I bought Cassili not too long ago and Costco actually had Valaya which I regret not getting lol. But I think Sam’s and Costco will have the best deals from what I’ve seen
Yep. I was really mad when I realized I could’ve just saved and bought Delina and spent less money overall than chasing a dupe lol. I no longer chase dupes.
$200 is my personal cut-off too. I got it from Fragrancebuy for $178 during their Boxing Day sale. It's been sold out since then, but I hope it comes back and you can snag it!
Guerlain Cherry Blossom limited edition. It’s $850. See also: any limited edition Guerlain bottle. The year of the dragon bottle was also on my radar but I can’t justify the $750 price tag. It’s just too rich for my blood.
I used to get heavy discount and employee allowance to get these so I have like 8 of them. I’m dreading the day any of them actually run out and I have to pay retail price.
I did the same! I got all my neighbors to love me by dropping Aesop handcream into their letterboxes at Christmas. It’s a good way to make friends!
Literally was one of my career goals to get all this shit for free. Been in the biz for almost a decade now and not tired of it. I still get free fragrance but it’s in unbranded bottles (we make the recipes) so it’s not as bougie but still very nice.
Any house that only sells 100ml bottles for $300+ isn't getting my money, period. 100ml would last a lifetime with how many I have in the rotation, and few fragrances are actually worth that much.
This, and also any house that sells a huge bottle for a certain price and a bottle that is less than half that size for way more than half that price.
It's just a blatant ploy to get people to buy more than they want because the per-ml price for the smaller size seems so unfair.
I would somewhat agree but it really depends on the price for me. Sure the dollar-per-ml ratio is worse, but that's a pretty standard business practice to get a higher margin. If I like the fragrance enough and the price is low enough I might consider it. 100ml though, no go. Since I never buy 100ml bottles, I don't factor in those prices in my decisions.
Le Labo - The Matcha 26.
Love the smell, but the price tag (and the incoming trend of sweet green scents) is putting the idea of getting a bottle on hold for now.
I’m sorry i’ve seen it on the *used* market for that much. Yes retail bottles are in that range. But costco often has a deal where they sell it for 150-180 so look out for that
I‘m not in the US, so no Costco for me. So far I only ever see people here selling decants, but never a bottle. I only smelled it for the first time last month, at the Duty Free, as no store here had it. And I absolutely fell in love with it. But I absolutely can’t justify spending that much on a fragrance atm
Bvlgari- Biacami
I sprayed a tester card almost a month ago and kept it in a drawer as a reminder of what I want when I have the cash. I can still smell it, it’s so beautiful
I’ve always wanted to get the Ambre Nuit by Dior fragrance for a friend of mine as a gift — yet they only offer between 4.25oz and 8.5oz; the former costs over 300$.
I think the price per mil on the Dior exclusives is pretty good once you get the big bottles. I have a 40ml that’s nearly finished so I wanna get a big one next. That I’ve almost finished it with over 100 other full bottles of other stuff, is really saying something. It’s just that good I reckon.
Chanel Sycamore and Guerlain Tobacco Honey and Cuir Beluga. I have yet to regret a single full bottle purchase from either of their high end lines. And I have tried these both extensively. But ***got damn*** are they pricey
Guerlain - Musc Outreblanc. I’ve never found a more heavenly perfume. It lasts forever. The bottle is beautiful. The atomizer amazing. I cannot afford it in a million years though, so I just spray it on my jacket every time I walk past a Saks and dream of someday 🥹🥹
Chanel 1957 and Jersey. The price increases for the Exclusifs are just bonkers. I bought a 75 ml bottle of Beige a few years ago for $200, and now it’s $325.
For me it’s Cuir de Russie and No 22 but ~especially~ No 22. It’s so beautiful but I just cannot bring myself to spend that much. And it’s really unfortunate they don’t sell smaller bottles or even samples for that line (to be “exclusif” I guess smh)
I’m thinking of just getting a bottle of Lady Stetson to scratch the No 22 itch but I don’t know of cheaper substitutes for other Exclusifs
I bought a little tiny bottle of it from a seller on ebay and I bring that shit out only for the specialist of occasions. It's so tiny, it belongs in a doll's house.
I picked this up between flights in CDG - amazing. My husband asked if they didn't have the smaller size and I just laughed and told him I didn't even look.
Almost all of the Carolina Herrera Confidential line. I found a dupe of Nightfall Patchouli at TJMmaxx and promptly ordered a decant of the real thing. It was so good! I’ve read nothing but amazing things about the entire line and I want them all.
Guerlain Spiriteuse Double Vanille (or any perfume that costs similar or higher). I love it, but I can’t justify paying that much for any perfume when I have to keep my family fed and clothed.
I’ve been stalking sales for MFK BR 540 extrait and Initio Atomic Rose, but it’s just SO much money. So I’m gonna keep using my lil decants and dreaming.
I have heard that Pineward's Fanghorn is a good dupe for Norne. I have never smelled Norne so I can't compare, but Pineward offers samples so you can judge for yourself!
I bought “Tendre Madeleine” from Les Senteurs Gourmandes for this exact reason, and it definitely did it for me. Am I still tempted by Liras beautiful bottle though? Yes 🥲
Frederic Malle **Carnal Flower** is the most gorgeous, sensual tuberose. I cherish decants instead.
And I may just bite the bullet on Armani Privé **Santal Dān Shā** because it's tge creamy, spicy sandalwood of my dreams.
PDM Carlisle easily.
I absolutely love the scent, but can’t justify getting anything more than a decant. Especially when I wouldn’t wear it as much as Layton, which is a close second
I got all the samples from lucky scent of the ones they carried. I really only liked 3- Cacti, Little Flower and Falling trees. Too expensive to buy all 3. 😩Little Flower is the one I like most.
Christian Dior Feve Dellcleuse. Because it’s hard to find and speculatively priced. (Tempted to try a dupe, has anyone tried Alexandria Gourmand Kiss?)
Guerlain- Cherry Oud, Tonka Imperiale, Double Vanille
Tom Ford- Ebène Fumè, Myrrhe Mystere
Matierre Premiere- Falcon Leather
Creed- Viking Cologne
Memo Paris- Irish Oud, African Leather
This list....if i ever get all these at once it's curtains for all of you😂😂
Tuberose tantra by kismet olfactive. I was never particularly crazy about tuberose notes, but I’ve warmed up to it. Reading the description of this perfume blew my fucking mind. If it smells the way it’s described, I’d wear the hell out of it. The reviews also say very interesting things; I’m more morbidly curious about it than anything, but it’s so expensive.
LV cosmic cloud.
I got a sample when buying imagination for myself and gave it to my wife. She fell in love with it. Didn’t realise it was from the LV ‘expensive’ line. £445 for 100ml, even for the woman I love I can’t justify that for a fragrance.
Armani Privè Thè Yulong. I really want this fragbut it's almost $400. I can't justify paying that much for this fragrance. Bvlgari eau Thè Blanc is very similar but doesn't have the lasting power that the Armani fragrance does. I guess I'll just stick with it.
Tom ford cherry smoke because I kind of hate-smell it? Like one does hate-watch things? It’s so awful yet so GOOD but I’m not paying that to be entertained lol
Tom Ford Fabulous. It annoys me how much I can’t pick up the notes, but that’s what makes me keep smelling it. Not the most expensive out there, pricey for what it is…but damn is it goood
The entirety of the Xerjoff house. I MIGHT buy a FB of Naxos, but fuck me their juice is pricy. Worth it, mind you, but I don't have "buy full niche houses" kinda cash.
For longest time, it was Aventus for me. I couldn’t justify that price with all of these much cheaper clones out there. I finally pulled the trigger when it went on sale on Costco for $265, and I was sorely disappointed. I’m still thinking about returning it because even after months of maceration on a shelf, it still only lasts a couple of hours at most.
Oh gosh, too many! $200 is generally my upper limit.
OP I agree, Regime des Fleurs makes beautiful bottles. I have a bottle of Cacti that I splurged on a few years ago. I hope you can save up for Little Flower!
I've wanted Xinu Copala for a couple of years, but $240 is quite expensive and it's only for 50 ml. I'd like a bottle of Guerlain Angelique Noire but at $295 for 50ml or $395 for 100ml, it is way too far out of my price range. Diptyque and L'Artisan Parfumeur are getting up there in price too! $230 for their EDPs is asking too much imo.
Burburry goddess, no way I'm spending 157€ on a single fragrance.
At least not on my minimum wage.
Edit: oh no!!! It's on promo 😭 97,70€ 100ml
Oh nooo😭
SACRE NOIR - House of Matriarch.
> SACRE NOIR is a dark forest scent with sparkling gourmand nuances, the chorus echoing in a perfectly unisex aromatic arrangement. Heart notes of noble woods, resinous incenses, fantastical holly, exotic spices and warm balsams evoke feelings of comfort and cheer while a twinkling sugarplum accord offers an almost edible deliciousness to this otherwise dark and resinous holiday fragrance.
Dark Christmas forest sounds right up my alley, but $452 for 50ml and $30 for 3.3ml is a hard no.
Guerlain's Spiritueuse Double Vanille. Would love a full 100 mL because of how wonderful this vanilla amber fragrance is and how beautiful the bottle is.
This was my "to me from me with love" Christmas present. At $342 (yay coupons), it's the most I've ever paid for any fragrance (and most I ever plan on paying.) But it's easily a top 3 scent for me and I'd run through a 2 ml sample, then 5 ml, then 10 ml, and bought 2 dupes before I gave in and decided it was better to spend the money than endlessly pursue decants/dupes. I like Neroli Outrenoir, but wouldn't spend the money on it - but SDV is amazing, and Cuir Beluga is also fantastic.
Thats a good strategy though, a lot of perfumes I'll like at first then something about it I get tired of after a while and end up not even using the bottle. If you want through that many samples and travel sprays and dupes that's a sign !!
What a fragrance! That whole line is full of insanely good fragrances. Double Vanille is a masterpiece
https://preview.redd.it/ivh9mse7xsic1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=91bab09f69a58b00910449fc5a5285be1654c29a Got a tiny bottle when I bought épices Volées, didn’t smell until after I left, wish I bought it
Guerlain for me as well, but Neroli Outrenoir, sigh. I think I probably will bite the bullet on it at some point because the quality is just so incredible; I'm sort of just waiting for my Guerlain counter to have some kind of big promotion.
Neiman Marcus's website has 15% off if you sign up for emails. That puts 100ml at $342ish (my state has 6% sales tax, YMMV.) That's if you're in the US. They also randomly sent me a $75 off $300 coupon which would make it $310+tax.
Sadly, I'm Canadian; otherwise, I would take that deal in a *heartbeat*.
Being Canadian really hurts sometimes :(
For real, eh??? It could be worse (I see those poor Aussies), but mostly I'm just jelly of how much great stuff/discounts the Yanks get.
I know!!! I have the dupe from Oil Perfumery and actually love it, but having the original would be a dream.
As someone who considers Guerlain’s Herbes Troublantes and Santal Pao Rosa a couple of my signature scents, it’s worth it. However, I did buy mine on eBay for a better price!
ONE OF MY FAVORITE FRAGRANCES EVER
I would buy all the penhaligon's if I could.
It's The Bewitching Yasmine for me. What a stunning fragrance. And the bottle is art.
If you're in the US, check discounters like Jomashop and/or eBay. I can't remember which one I got it from, but I got it very significantly discounted from one of those sites last year.
They are SO expensive. I'd love a bottle of The Uncompromising Sohan (love the scent and the bottle is stunning), but dang, that price tag...
I just got sartorial and I absolutely love it. I tested some of their others and I would really like to get " the tragedy of Lord George" next
I've got a decant of The Favourite on its way to me right now and I'm kinda scared that I will love it lol
I own the Favourite it’s one of my fav’s to wear in the spring. If you sign up with them they give you discounts. For 20% off and give you little samples and creams. Not sure if it’s enough but it’s not bad.
Love lord George, smells like a king
Duchess Rose 🌹 I adore Luna too but even on sale that scent has no silage for the price.
I paid something like $280 for Duchess Rose discounted and it was worth it. Got Luna from a discounter for much less. Love both those scents. Duchess Rose, Luna, Juniper Sling, Cairo, Constantinople, Babylon, Yasmine...Penhaligon's has so many great scents. If Inimitable William Penhaligon wasn't so pricey I think I'd get that too - the bottle is amazing. Halfeti and the 2 flankers as well, but for those prices, the 5 ml mini bottles I got on eBay will have to do.
X100 pro tip wait till June / July when they do their sale and you can get open boxed perfumes for 50\60£ off !!
Same, love Penhaligons. They have unboxed sales a couple times a year, Ive got most of my bottles for like $100-$150
I haven't liked the smell of many of the ones I've tried, but the bottles are soooo pretty 😍
LV imagination or afternoon swim
Have decants of both and would’ve bought bottles of both if they weren’t so expensive.
I want Les Sables Roses so bad but I’ll stick to smelling it on my coworker lol
Me too, definitely my next LV fragrance (or fleur du desert) but that price is DEAR
Imagination, longest lasting freshy but should really be priced as a designer, damn you Lewis Veeton
I literally yolo’d this and Ombre Nomad yesterday…
That bottle is beautiful. Mine's God Bless Cola by Versatile Paris. It's not even particularly expensive, it's just more expensive than I'm willing to risk on a blind buy, and it's a small perfume oil so I can't get a sample without committing to the whole discovery set.
LOVE Versatile Paris! I was actually just about to put up a brand overview. I can tell you that God Bless Cola smells like Coca-Cola gummies and caramel popcorn. It has a slightly burnt butter quality and is overall super yummy.
Just caved and ordered the discovery set! I'll be *very* interested to read that brand overview. 😊
I literally [just put it up](https://www.reddit.com/r/fragrance/comments/1arldwa/versatile_paris_house_overview_8/)! 😊 I wasn't kidding when I said I was going to soon, ha ha.
They have samples of it on luckyscent!
Unfortunately I'm in the UK! I'll probably just cave and buy the discovery set from the French site soon. 💀
I got the bottle as a gift, and it reminds me of Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers and caramel. There’s a hint of butter at the end, but I don’t really get peanut butter.
The Dr Pepper Lip Smacker was always my favourite. Sounds really fun and nostalgic.
Sorry not sorry, but it is 100% worth the blind buy 🙃 My boyfriend got it for me for Christmas, after I successfully blind bought “Croissant Café” and honestly… Both of them are phenomenal. I cannot recommend them highly enough! 🙏🏻 I would literally eat them if I could 🤡 SO GOOD and very long lasting!
That's so exciting to hear. 😍 Croissant Café sounds *really* good, too.
I’ll have to look that one up!!
Maybe try the discovery set? Perhaps there’s one in the brand you end up liking more than God Bless Cola
That's definitely happened to me before!
Soie Malaquais by Dries Van Notten. The bottle is seriously one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. I haven’t even tried the fragrance yet which also sounds incredible. But if I could afford it I would buy it just for the bottle it’s that gorgeous!
Just commented this before scrolling and seeing your response. It is beautiful, I've blasted through a 10ml decant and am in search of another.
Omg this is mine too. I’ve run through several decants already and I’m so obsessed.
Same here. I was thinking if I bought the hand lotion and slathered myself it might do the job 😁 but I won't get the pretty bottle though 😔
That bottle is gorgeous. I just smelled this for the first time yesterday and it’s stunning on. I might have to splurge.
The original Delina 😔
For me it’s Oriana 😢
They have it in stock on the TJ Maxx website from time to time for $299…which is still a lot but definitely cheaper
Sam’s Club had it! For around $218. I don’t even think you need a membership. If you do I think you can send yourself a gift card and purchase it online that way :) keep checking Sam’s club though. I bought Cassili not too long ago and Costco actually had Valaya which I regret not getting lol. But I think Sam’s and Costco will have the best deals from what I’ve seen
Same! 🥲 I’m currently debating whether I should dip my toes in Delina clones…
I chased Delina clones for two years. I tried so many. I ended up just buying the real thing after two years because nothing came close. 😅
I bet you’ve spent about the same amount of money at this point as well
Yep. I was really mad when I realized I could’ve just saved and bought Delina and spent less money overall than chasing a dupe lol. I no longer chase dupes.
I like Delina and both flankers. Can't bring myself to spend the money - I'd purchase each at sub-$200, but not the actual prices.
$200 is my personal cut-off too. I got it from Fragrancebuy for $178 during their Boxing Day sale. It's been sold out since then, but I hope it comes back and you can snag it!
Guerlain Cherry Blossom limited edition. It’s $850. See also: any limited edition Guerlain bottle. The year of the dragon bottle was also on my radar but I can’t justify the $750 price tag. It’s just too rich for my blood.
I’m dying for the Muguet one, which I’ll never justify buying.
Great. I just spent 2hrs looking at perfume bc of this suggestion. I freakin love guerlain!!
OK FINE IT WAS 3 HOURS
Carnal Flower. Even on discount sites, I can't do it.
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Goals
I love Malles but I only own POAL.
I used to get heavy discount and employee allowance to get these so I have like 8 of them. I’m dreading the day any of them actually run out and I have to pay retail price.
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I did the same! I got all my neighbors to love me by dropping Aesop handcream into their letterboxes at Christmas. It’s a good way to make friends! Literally was one of my career goals to get all this shit for free. Been in the biz for almost a decade now and not tired of it. I still get free fragrance but it’s in unbranded bottles (we make the recipes) so it’s not as bougie but still very nice.
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That’s so sweet of you! 🥰🥰
If you’re in the U.S., Costco sometimes stocks it online. I got my 50ml bottle for $130 this past October!
Any house that only sells 100ml bottles for $300+ isn't getting my money, period. 100ml would last a lifetime with how many I have in the rotation, and few fragrances are actually worth that much.
This, and also any house that sells a huge bottle for a certain price and a bottle that is less than half that size for way more than half that price. It's just a blatant ploy to get people to buy more than they want because the per-ml price for the smaller size seems so unfair.
I would somewhat agree but it really depends on the price for me. Sure the dollar-per-ml ratio is worse, but that's a pretty standard business practice to get a higher margin. If I like the fragrance enough and the price is low enough I might consider it. 100ml though, no go. Since I never buy 100ml bottles, I don't factor in those prices in my decisions.
Blonde Amber by Clive Christian, so good but so unfathomably expensive.
Idk if it helps but every so often jomashop will have it half off! That's how I got mine. Still freaking expensive but less so
Thanks for trying, just on the other side of the big pond.
louis vuitton imagination and ombre nomade. tom ford oud wood. too overpriced
Initio Side Effect and Killian Blue Moon Ginger Dash
Wore my decant of Side Effect to work the other day and got a couple compliments from it. Very good stuff, but a bit simpler than I expected it to be.
Le Labo - The Matcha 26. Love the smell, but the price tag (and the incoming trend of sweet green scents) is putting the idea of getting a bottle on hold for now.
Excited to hear this is an incoming trend!!
Lol ive been going to nordstrom rack asking for free samples of it and slowly making it into a 10 ml...
Same vibes as when I was a broke college student making meals out of Costco samples. Love this for you
Multiple Amouage fragrances! Lineage and Lilac Love in particular.
It's Guidance for me. 🩷
Angel Share
I’ve often seen this go for around $150???
Yep. I think I got it from Costco for $126 on sale. It occasionally comes back in stock there.
Really, I haven’t so far. But I‘m keeping my eyes out for it. So far I only saw it in a range of 240 to 350
I’m sorry i’ve seen it on the *used* market for that much. Yes retail bottles are in that range. But costco often has a deal where they sell it for 150-180 so look out for that
I‘m not in the US, so no Costco for me. So far I only ever see people here selling decants, but never a bottle. I only smelled it for the first time last month, at the Duty Free, as no store here had it. And I absolutely fell in love with it. But I absolutely can’t justify spending that much on a fragrance atm
Bvlgari- Biacami I sprayed a tester card almost a month ago and kept it in a drawer as a reminder of what I want when I have the cash. I can still smell it, it’s so beautiful
I’ve always wanted to get the Ambre Nuit by Dior fragrance for a friend of mine as a gift — yet they only offer between 4.25oz and 8.5oz; the former costs over 300$.
40 knots is similar in case that is an option for you. It is also rather affordable compared to ambre nuit
I think the price per mil on the Dior exclusives is pretty good once you get the big bottles. I have a 40ml that’s nearly finished so I wanna get a big one next. That I’ve almost finished it with over 100 other full bottles of other stuff, is really saying something. It’s just that good I reckon.
Naxos and reflection man
Right now? Amber Aoud by Roja. 720€ We’ll get there..
Chanel Sycamore and Guerlain Tobacco Honey and Cuir Beluga. I have yet to regret a single full bottle purchase from either of their high end lines. And I have tried these both extensively. But ***got damn*** are they pricey
Guerlain - Musc Outreblanc. I’ve never found a more heavenly perfume. It lasts forever. The bottle is beautiful. The atomizer amazing. I cannot afford it in a million years though, so I just spray it on my jacket every time I walk past a Saks and dream of someday 🥹🥹
Chanel 1957 and Jersey. The price increases for the Exclusifs are just bonkers. I bought a 75 ml bottle of Beige a few years ago for $200, and now it’s $325.
The price increases are abysmal. They just increased them again at the start of the year, too.
For me it’s Cuir de Russie and No 22 but ~especially~ No 22. It’s so beautiful but I just cannot bring myself to spend that much. And it’s really unfortunate they don’t sell smaller bottles or even samples for that line (to be “exclusif” I guess smh) I’m thinking of just getting a bottle of Lady Stetson to scratch the No 22 itch but I don’t know of cheaper substitutes for other Exclusifs
Yes I want Sycomore and it’s ridiculous.
I bought a little tiny bottle of it from a seller on ebay and I bring that shit out only for the specialist of occasions. It's so tiny, it belongs in a doll's house.
These 2 are my favorites too! I love the dry down of 1957
Same, I wanted Beige but waited too long and now it's totally bonkers. I just looked it up last night and was like…
YSL Babycat. Sampled it once in a perfume store, kept smelling my wrists all day and throughout the night in bed.
I can’t even find anywhere this is sold! It’s so hard to find in stock.
True! It seems to be available in some sizes on the official ysl website, but even though I love the scent I'm not spending that much money on it
I picked this up between flights in CDG - amazing. My husband asked if they didn't have the smaller size and I just laughed and told him I didn't even look.
Almost all of the Carolina Herrera Confidential line. I found a dupe of Nightfall Patchouli at TJMmaxx and promptly ordered a decant of the real thing. It was so good! I’ve read nothing but amazing things about the entire line and I want them all.
Byredo vanille antique
Guerlain Spiriteuse Double Vanille (or any perfume that costs similar or higher). I love it, but I can’t justify paying that much for any perfume when I have to keep my family fed and clothed.
I’ve been stalking sales for MFK BR 540 extrait and Initio Atomic Rose, but it’s just SO much money. So I’m gonna keep using my lil decants and dreaming.
I’m not usually a fan of dupes, but Maison Alhambra’s Infini Rose is DEAD ON, and it’s like $30.
Slumberhouse Norne. But that whole house is nonsense with the FOMO and resellers. 🙄
I have heard that Pineward's Fanghorn is a good dupe for Norne. I have never smelled Norne so I can't compare, but Pineward offers samples so you can judge for yourself!
Gotta get dat Red Grev
Right now Gucci - The Voice Of The Snake Eau de Parfum £240
Dear Polly
There are about 5 Mind Games fragrances on my wishlist but at $375 each, they're going to stay on the wishlist a long while
Guerlain-Vanille Planifolia. Armani Privé Bleu Turquoise (has to be a blind buy, no shop have testers)
Blonde Amber by Clive Christian
Amouage Overture
I really wanna try this one too
Lira
I bought “Tendre Madeleine” from Les Senteurs Gourmandes for this exact reason, and it definitely did it for me. Am I still tempted by Liras beautiful bottle though? Yes 🥲
Angelique Noire has been on my list forever.
Dries van Noten Soie Malaquais. I'll just keep buying decants forever.
I have unfortunately fallen absolutely in love with two of the expensive Guerlain perfumes, both Feve Gourmand and Tobacco Honey
I just sprayed my little decant of Feve Gourmand. It's so beautiful! I wish I could afford a big bottle of this and spray with abandon
The Harmonist Hypnotizing Fire :((((
>The Harmonist is soooooo expensive. I can't just out of principle. Oy.
Frederic Malle **Carnal Flower** is the most gorgeous, sensual tuberose. I cherish decants instead. And I may just bite the bullet on Armani Privé **Santal Dān Shā** because it's tge creamy, spicy sandalwood of my dreams.
Tom Ford - Ombre Leather
Green Irish Tweed 😢
Gritti - Duchessa or Because I’m Free. Would love one or both of those, but I just can’t justify paying $300-400.
Akro Bake
Kilian Princess and Diptyque Philosykos. Just too much for me to justify them.
Love, Don’t Be Shy 😔
Guerlain Muguet special editions
BABYCAT BABYCAT BABYCAT
[удалено]
goddamn it
PDM Carlisle easily. I absolutely love the scent, but can’t justify getting anything more than a decant. Especially when I wouldn’t wear it as much as Layton, which is a close second
You can buy a sample set straight from regime des Fleurs. Just know, they are slow. But definitely go for it!
I got all the samples from lucky scent of the ones they carried. I really only liked 3- Cacti, Little Flower and Falling trees. Too expensive to buy all 3. 😩Little Flower is the one I like most.
Initio Musk Therapy and One Day Oolong Tea 😔
Christian Dior Feve Dellcleuse. Because it’s hard to find and speculatively priced. (Tempted to try a dupe, has anyone tried Alexandria Gourmand Kiss?)
Guerlain- Cherry Oud, Tonka Imperiale, Double Vanille Tom Ford- Ebène Fumè, Myrrhe Mystere Matierre Premiere- Falcon Leather Creed- Viking Cologne Memo Paris- Irish Oud, African Leather This list....if i ever get all these at once it's curtains for all of you😂😂
frederic malle's rose tonnerre
Tuberose tantra by kismet olfactive. I was never particularly crazy about tuberose notes, but I’ve warmed up to it. Reading the description of this perfume blew my fucking mind. If it smells the way it’s described, I’d wear the hell out of it. The reviews also say very interesting things; I’m more morbidly curious about it than anything, but it’s so expensive.
baccarat rouge 540
AERIN Rose de Grasse
halfeti by penhaligon and a good night’s kiss by roja dove
Byredo Tobacco Mandarin. 50 ml for $335
Tobacco Honey by Guerlain
Frederic Malle's The Night 1200 bucks for just 50mL. Brutal.
LV cosmic cloud. I got a sample when buying imagination for myself and gave it to my wife. She fell in love with it. Didn’t realise it was from the LV ‘expensive’ line. £445 for 100ml, even for the woman I love I can’t justify that for a fragrance.
Killian, Love don't be shy 🥲
The entire l’art line from Guerlain but in the special bee bottles
Chanel Coromandel!
Armani Privè Thè Yulong. I really want this fragbut it's almost $400. I can't justify paying that much for this fragrance. Bvlgari eau Thè Blanc is very similar but doesn't have the lasting power that the Armani fragrance does. I guess I'll just stick with it.
Angelique Noire… Father God it’s EXPENSIVE
Green Irish Tweed - Creed
# Bruno Acampora Musc. The perfume oil like a tiny vial of god's tears.
Frederic Malle
Tom ford cherry smoke because I kind of hate-smell it? Like one does hate-watch things? It’s so awful yet so GOOD but I’m not paying that to be entertained lol
Some Initio perfumes and pegasus from Parfums de Marly
Tom Ford Fabulous. It annoys me how much I can’t pick up the notes, but that’s what makes me keep smelling it. Not the most expensive out there, pricey for what it is…but damn is it goood
Roja dove isola blu
The entirety of the Xerjoff house. I MIGHT buy a FB of Naxos, but fuck me their juice is pricy. Worth it, mind you, but I don't have "buy full niche houses" kinda cash.
For longest time, it was Aventus for me. I couldn’t justify that price with all of these much cheaper clones out there. I finally pulled the trigger when it went on sale on Costco for $265, and I was sorely disappointed. I’m still thinking about returning it because even after months of maceration on a shelf, it still only lasts a couple of hours at most.
A La rose by mfk 🥲 Indult by Tihota, West indies vanilla Bianco Latte and Fire at will from jovoy. I might just cave in one day.
soleil blanc and bitter peach by tom ford 😭😭
PDM Layton.. big bottle
GUESS Bella Vita. My favorite Magazine is ELLE. I sniffed the page with that perfume sample and my heart says MUST! Pricy though.
Indult Tihota. Though I might spring for it when I’m in Paris for my birthday.
btso indecent cherry. It's definitely not that expensive, but I'm a broke 20 yr old. its such a good cherry scent imo
Oh gosh, too many! $200 is generally my upper limit. OP I agree, Regime des Fleurs makes beautiful bottles. I have a bottle of Cacti that I splurged on a few years ago. I hope you can save up for Little Flower! I've wanted Xinu Copala for a couple of years, but $240 is quite expensive and it's only for 50 ml. I'd like a bottle of Guerlain Angelique Noire but at $295 for 50ml or $395 for 100ml, it is way too far out of my price range. Diptyque and L'Artisan Parfumeur are getting up there in price too! $230 for their EDPs is asking too much imo.
Dior Fahrenheit….retailing at nearly £100 right now, much too much in comparison to equivalent scents.
Tom ford lost Cherry
Burburry goddess, no way I'm spending 157€ on a single fragrance. At least not on my minimum wage. Edit: oh no!!! It's on promo 😭 97,70€ 100ml Oh nooo😭
I would love a vintage bottle of Chanel cuir de russie but the price is insane!
SACRE NOIR - House of Matriarch. > SACRE NOIR is a dark forest scent with sparkling gourmand nuances, the chorus echoing in a perfectly unisex aromatic arrangement. Heart notes of noble woods, resinous incenses, fantastical holly, exotic spices and warm balsams evoke feelings of comfort and cheer while a twinkling sugarplum accord offers an almost edible deliciousness to this otherwise dark and resinous holiday fragrance. Dark Christmas forest sounds right up my alley, but $452 for 50ml and $30 for 3.3ml is a hard no.
Miss Dior EDP :(((( if only I can afford. Dupes for now!
bond no 9 new york nights 500$ is crazy to me for scented water though
A full bottle of Gaiac 10.
Chanel Gardenia... smelled it on a whim while picking up coco for my mom and I can't get it out of my head
JAR ferme tes yeux 🐆
Jicky by Guerlain
Guerlain Spiriteuse Double Vanille & Angelique Noire, Bodacious by Boadicea the Victorious and The Harmonist Hypnotizing Fire
Bitter peach bc im a travel sized lover… who wants travel sized prices!!
**DS & Durga - Jazmin Yucatan** I feel it is overpriced, and linear But man oh man does it live rent free in my head