I've always worn florals, and I still prefer them over all other things. I love to smell like a garden, especially if there are herbs mixed in with the flowers and if it smells wet, like it's just rained. I started out with Wylde Ivy years and years ago and slowly explored other houses and started developing a better idea of what does and doesn't work with my skin chemistry. But I never strayed far from my comfort zone, and when I did, it rarely worked, like Devil's Millhopper from Solstice Scents, which I waited for months to get and which has been the great disappointment of my perfume life. It smells so terrible on me that I can't sniff it more than a couple of times before immediately having to scrub it off.

And then I discovered Villa Diodati from Poesie and it changed me. I am obsessed with it. It's not at all the sort of thing I would normally wear, so I only bought a sample, and I've worn it so many times and will absolutely be full sizing it eventually. I want more scents like it, or at least more that make me feel the way wearing it makes me feel. Like a witch in the woods, but also somehow like a fancy lady in an old Victorian house where there are fires in the fireplaces and tea brewing in the kitchen. I don't even like tea, but it's a vibe, you know. I also got Myself Invisible from Poesie and I love that too, although it's a different vibe. I think it's maybe the ink note that smells so sharp to my nose, but a pleasant kind of sharpness that I really like.

My only hard nos are gourmands that are very sweet, strong vanilla (Villa Diodati has vanilla but I don't really smell it), and I try to steer clear of white musk if it's a dominant note because it makes me smell like an old grandma who is too enthusiastic about hugging you at church. I don't love sandalwood, but I'm not as firmly against it as the other things I mentioned. I would prefer things that still lean feminine, nothing too masculine.

I love florals, as previously stated, herbal notes, aquatics, and green fragrances. And dirt, whatever that falls under. I also enjoy a good smoky note from time to time.

I'm not overly particular about what else the vibe of the fragrance conjures, because I'm trying to expand my horizons and try some things I might not normally gravitate to.

I know they're controversial in this sub now, but another scent I've loved that isn't typical for me is Dead Is Better from Sixteen92, if that helps at all. Thank you in advance for any suggestions!