@thenoteswithvictoria: Have you ever wondered why you can smell something in a perfume that isn’t listed as a fragrance note? Why do some people smell one thing in a perfume and other people don’t? If you’re curious, here’s Perfume 101 on exactly that. ##perfume##fragrance##perfumetok##educational##perfume101
i have no idea why but i get an incense scent from libre intense which is in my rotation and I've asked multiple people if they also get the same smell they all said no
2026-09-09 22:23:54
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Mystical Abigail :
Is this why sandalwood and vanilla can sometimes smell creamy or milky?
2026-09-02 17:59:45
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JosepppScents :
Yup !! Like my new room 1015 wasabi klub smells like tropical fruit that i Love ( Kalamansi )
2026-08-24 18:57:11
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Riley Craig :
Muted waves smells like it is mostly tobacco to me, even though it says nothing about tobacco in the breakdown
2026-09-05 22:33:39
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Wepa! :
I definitely think this is something that should be talked about more in the fragrance community. I’m not a professional collector by any means I’m still a rookie but I’ve realized that whatever aroma chemicals they use to recreate the smell of passion fruit come across as cat urine to me.
And mind you, I live in Puerto Rico. Passion fruit literally grows in my backyard. I smell it all the time, I eat it, and the natural fruit has never given me that impression. But unfortunately, whatever they use to replicate that note in fragrances smells exactly like urine to my nose.
The same thing happened to me with the new cherry version of La Vie Est Belle. Everyone seemed to love it, and I genuinely wanted to love it too, but all I can smell is cat urine.
2026-08-26 02:46:10
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goatknuckles :
I had to watch this 3 times to take in all this info. 🤯. Would love to see you and Neil deGrasse Tyson have a conversation.
2026-08-24 20:13:21
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winterbear ♡ :
Omg yes! so i wasnt crazy when i said Givenchy red smells like play doh!
2026-08-27 00:39:13
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Andiswa Madlala :
Guidance, I smell rooibos tea🫠
2026-08-25 17:46:17
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ArtsyEvans :
Bianco Latte smells like straight playdough to me 😬
2026-08-27 15:21:10
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aaronpaulbeauty :
So cool! I first smelled play-doh when I initially tried Hypnotic Poison, but the more time I spent with it, I began to be able to pick up on the notes that were creating that smell. Now I don’t smell play-doh at all when I wear it.
2026-08-26 07:33:37
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Quan :
Victoria, the woman who makes scents make sense
2026-08-25 02:07:48
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mia :
I have a bottle of Sorce Snow Moon Magic...and it just smells like an enchanted...basement? I guess I could say it's under the same umbrella of petrichor?
2026-08-25 21:13:26
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Mistress of Chaos :
I love how you said you didn’t want to bore us with the chemistry and most people then would think you were going to skip over it, but no. You meant you were going to present the chemistry but not make it boring!!!!! Perfection!
2026-08-25 00:50:13
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arrie :
I get popcorn often
2026-08-25 11:46:35
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Mary Castillo 🌈 gen x nj :
great info! also your makeup looks amazing ❤️
2026-09-01 02:49:18
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StalkStephanie :
Loving your Potter mug!!!
2026-08-25 10:46:44
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Certified Fresh | Fragrance :
The professor is in
2026-08-25 17:28:28
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Heartedly / حسان :
I smell strooong pineapple in Euphoria calvin klein
2026-08-24 21:36:00
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Jana :
this is so interesting!
2026-08-25 14:26:49
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Will :
for me spice bomb dark leather drys down to the smell of cigarettes, not in a bad way though
2026-08-24 20:11:15
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Common80’sGirlsName :
This explains the old lady smell I pick up in some perfumes and they never have the same notes listed.
2026-08-25 21:58:56
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Dustyyyyyy :
Phantom coconut all over the shop. 😂 And my love/hate relationship with the white floral/grape candy methyl anthranilate link.
2026-08-26 03:12:48
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Brellium :
It also has to do with your previous experiences. Take tomato for example. It’s often presented as green and aquatic. A perfumer might take some of the same ingredients they might use for fig. But because they aren’t going for fig, they wouldn’t list it, but since your nose has smelled those things as fig before, it picks up fig. I experience this a lot with sharp fruits like raspberry and rhubarb, where they smell like something else.
2026-08-29 16:43:43
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herpderp87 :
You could also say that you ARE "just imagining it" because all of this is in our heads, really. Super interesting series as always!
2026-08-24 19:48:23
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Sherlyn :
This is fascinating!! Thanks for the perfume info! 💕🥰💕
2026-08-24 19:22:20
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