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classic fresh floral that i've had my eye on for ages and when i had the chance to snag it duty free at the airport, i took it ofc. quite citrusy but doesn't have that element of cleaning supply citrus. the fir balsam rounds it out and gives it a bit more body than your typical citrus floral scent. and ofc the packaging is sooo fucking cute. longevity is kind of whatever but at the very least everything else about it makes me very happy.penhaligon's - querecus (lotion)
my go-to body lotion post-shower, it is quite thin in consistency so definitely better suited for seasons that are not too dry but the citrus overload is so nice. i don't quite get the base notes in the body lotion, there's mainly just lemon-lime-orange paired with white florals.
white florals with fruit again? groundbreaking. also purchased while transiting via metro lmao, my fragrance acquisitions have been so spontaneous as of late...this one has a mild metallic(?) tinge sometimes but i honestly don't mind it. musky jasmine scents will always get me. afterblow has so many sugary florals but as a gourmand hater it really wasn't my vibe, despite the cuter packaging for their signature scents.
veryyyy girly fruity floral. not super unique or remarkable but it's very good at what it does, which is being a safe inoffensive fragrance that says i am a girl who loves fruity florals. yummy and delicious fruits. beautiful florals.
latest addition to my body spray collection, pure wonder is a icy clean skin scent and carries a bit of a fruity note despite not really having fruit in it. perhaps frozen pears. and of course jasmine is there. i keep this in my car to liberally douse myself in in case i've forgotten to apply perfume before leaving home lol.
my favorite out of the liis scents, i think it's the combination of carrot and pear..? or rather the carrot is giving it a unique edge and the pear makes it fall into my fav category of skin scents. weak sillage as is typical of scents like these but it really is such a nice musk.
the epitome of clean girl scent. laundry-esque, which is /pos to me but may not be for everyone. very airy and light, but i do think this was the weakest of the liis scents. sequoia note was longest lasting out of everything but even then, it was not long. peach is quite faint but still detectable.
subtle soapy aquatic floral, almost smells like rose despite not having rose notes. reminds me a bit of melrose place, and not quite as watery aldehyde as ocean di gioia. very pleasant as well, probably my second favorite out of the liis scents, but i think i generally do like the liis genre of perfume as a whole.
if you look at the notes you will notice... that pink pepper x fruity florals dna just calls out to me like the green goblin mask every time. on the bright side i think lust in paradise has impressive longevity compared to many of her derivatives. she is similar i think to chloe and delina but a bit more youthful, and i think better suited for spring and summer. the peony note is killer for me, i really do love a peony.
almost smells like sparkling wine, the champagne note is very very bright. it almost feels.. fizzy? like sprite. the olfactory manifestation of the color pink. patchouli in the base isn't strong at all, which is /pos to me as someone who doesn't love patchouli. obviously has beautiful packaging and full size has gold flecks in the bottle which is insane.
tried this at haechan's rec. very strong citrusy punch from the grapefruit and the drydown almost immediately skips to the ambroxan and musk; i don't really get the watermelon or freesia heart notes. terrible longevity, it really barely exists after like 45 minutes to an hour, save for faint synthetic ambroxan musk. almost reminds me of glossier you's drydown. the scent itself is vaguely reminiscent of d&g's light blue.
the Essence of jasmine. which i love. i don't think it's going to be for everyone, but if you are jasminefucker69 like i am. then yes. there's almost like a savoury quality to it but not really? just an extremely photorealistic jasmine. pov you are in a field of fresh jasmine flowers <3
extremely uncharacteristic of a scent for me to try but oomtiktokinfluencer is always raving about it so i had to see what the hype was about. i do not love smelling like baked goods but if you do you will love this perfume. the almond + baked apple + puff pastry are at the forefront of this scent, and surprisingly enough i don't find the vanilla to be too cloying. drydown is mostly cinnamon. definitely not my kind of fragrance but it is one of the more tolerable gourmand sugary sweet scents imo.
baby's first lactonic scent...musky and powdery, a bit reminiscent of diptyque l'eau papier. i don't love it but it's not bad. i think the frankincense might be the off note for me, but it is a pleasant jasmine vanilla otherwise, with a faintly milky backdrop. the cocoa also makes it slightly more dessert-esque that i personally like but i imagine this would be very fitting for people who love a slightly lactonic gourmand. quite strong as well.
a classic fruity floral, sometimes this pulls a little too sweet but generally a safe choice imo. it's really versatile and i like this one the most out of the famous chanel fragrances, i think no. 5 and coco mademoiselle both skew more powdery and cloying... old lady scents etc etc. i prefer the edt over the edp even though the difference is quite miniscule, i just think the edt is slightly fruitier while the edp is sharper in terms of the florals, but both drydown to a floral musk. overall just a very uncomplicated fruity floral for summer or spring. this doesn't last the longest, but i still get decent wear out of it.2. ouai - melrose place
ouai successfully suckered me in with the beautiful fruity floral fragrances in their products... first the heat protectant spray (rue st. honore), and then their dry shampoo (melrose place). i honestly can't speak to the efficacy of the dry shampoo i feel like i have yet to find any dry shampoo that truly works for me but this smells sooo nice and does an okay job. i will truly forgive anything as long as it smells nice and is not actively making my skin/hair/etc worse... i love the freesia rose peony trifecta in addition to jasmine my beloved, it's a very airy floral blend that i would also consider a safe choice. longevity again isn't amazing, but it's a good fresh out the shower scent. used to be my go-to.
the largest sized fragrance in my collection to date--it was gifted to me and i was obsessed with it at one point but ummm now i have 100ml and no idea what to do with all of it i literally use it as room spray at this point...i think i liked it at the time for the white florals and brightness, it's an extremely fresh scent. but overtime it's gotten a little too sharp and powdery for me, the drydown skews more cleaning product-y than i initially remember... :'( always a sad day when you fall out of love with ur perfumes. and are stuck with 100ml of it. maybe i'll fall in love with it again someday... who could say.
it girl scent, one of my first niche fragrances... she is That Girl! i honestly don't remember if i got this before ningning revealed she wore it or after.. maybe it was at the same time perhaps i subconsciously gravitated towards it despite not having smelled it in person before acquiring it.. i just knew it was going to be good. and it was! can't really even begin to describe how it smells but this is very amber + violet heavy, which is really really nice... the little peek of magnolia makes it the perfect balance of woody and floral To Me... like it's just so distinctive and a really effortlessly cool girl fragrance to me.5. juliette has a gun - pear inc
so fucking sad i lost this omg.. the very fragrance that put me on to pear scents i miss her dearly. i do think jhag is kind of fucked up for making their travel sizes 7ml instead of the normal 10ml for the same price as other travel sized scents like way to be stingy as fuck...but this is one of my favorite perfumes from them nonetheless. extremely simple, but that's the charm of it imo. i think it's pretty suitable for any season due to the drydown being primarily musk--i honestly would love to repurchase this in the near future.
immediately after discovering my newfound love for pear my beloved chloe put me on to ocean di gioia, which is acqua di gioia's lesser known cousin. it's marketed as an aquatic scent, which it is, but i find that the fruity florals come through pretty strongly. undeniably a summer scent, the sparkling pear and citruses make the opening sooo pleasant to me. the longetivity on this isn't bad tbh, if sprayed on my clothes i can smell it for days.7. maison francis kurkdjian - amyris femme
bought this as a little milestone gift to myself... this is another scent that i fell in love with at the counter but don't reach for as much because it's pretty strong and leans more mature. the opening notes are quite citrusy, though not as citrusy as mfk's 724 which literally smells like sprite to me, and the drydown is balmy, mostly from the vetiver. i think amryis femme is best suited for winter/spring as the blend of iris and amyris with the woody notes can get a bit much if you're very active. this is probably my most woody floral to date, i tend to stay away from fragrances that lean too woody but mfk's blend makes it work.
gaiac 10 is a tokyo exclusive from le labo and it's one of those fragrances that seems to be quite polarizing. to me it's a very clean wood scent, subtle and skin-scent adjacent if not for the indolic hit of cedar-gaiac. some people get a meaty bbq smell but i personally haven't had that experience; i could see the savouriness of the gaiac leaning into that scent for others though. it does turn a little soapy for me but not in a bad way... it's just a very interesting scent overall, almost incense-like due to the olibanum but not in an overly spiced way. the projection is pretty terrible but the longevity is decent, i like the simple musk drydown. if i loved it more i'd probably be more upset about the price tag not agreeing with my budgeting sensibilities lol.
honestly wasn't sure where to stick this as i first got a travel size ages ago and then recently acquired the full size last month… one of the scents of all time, thé vanille is The vanilla perfume for guys who hate (stereotypical ubersweet gourmand) vanilla perfume. it's a green, clean smelling vanilla that leans a bit mineral. the earthy notes from the orris and cardamom complement the clean green tea so nicely, and the drydown is a mellow spiced vanilla. i know i've made it exceedingly clear how much i hate spicy notes but thé vanille almost feels like a skin scent with how inoffensive it is. just a very perfectly balanced and complex scent overall with decent longevity as well, i reach for this one a lot.
MY IDEAL CITRUS/ORANGE/MANDARIN PERFUME she is the wave she is the moment. i decidedly do not like most spicy/woody notes but the star anise is really lowkey and works so beautiful with the rest of the scent layers... literally my number one summer scent of all time she is so perfect to me. it's not an overly realistic "plant"-y orange scent that smells too green, nor does it veer into smelling like cleaning product (which i don't automatically hate, but not what i usually look for in perfume). the drydown is strong on the vetiver, but not in a cloying overbearing way... decent longevity as well, i love smelling this on myself hours after initial application.
i got this first not knowing about the existence of delina la rosee, which i later smelled and immediately was besotted by... but regular delina is good too. it's quite strong, definitely a winter scent for me and not something i would go heavy on the application. i definitely prefer la roseé's more watery, aquatic lean; it's like delina's younger sister. it just skews more fresh and wearable for me, while delina itself is a more mature rose scent with a creamy musk drydown. the incense note is probably what's making it not as good as la roseé in my personal ranking, but it's still a solid feminine rose-forward pretty girl scent.
theeee skin scent of skin scents TO ME. another 13 has that je ne sais quoi. literally the ideal pear tinged skin scent, complex in a way that's hard to describe in words. one of those extremely polarizing scents, i know quite a few people who are anosmic to it and to them i can only say i am so sorry u cannot be smelling what i am smelling. it's in the same family of "true" skin scents as juliette has a gun not a perfume and escentric molecules 01 due to the prominent cetalox and iso e super. i'm obsessed with smelling this on my clothes and myself after a whole day of wearing it... the longevity is quite nice and the subtle amber musky drydown is a dream.
personal ranking: welcome to my world > spicy = salty & sweet > thirsty = i'm unhappy > 'til we meet againi like wtmw so much, like way more than i expected to but maybe that's because i didn't have any expectations to begin with. something about it sounds so dreamy majestic and almost cinematic. a bit jurassic world soundtrack-esque, also kind of like when a new planet debuts in star wars or something...coruscant intro theme song type beat. um spicy was good. To Me. i know everyone and their dog has been comparing it to itzy but it is actually fairly reminiscent of f(x)'s sound pre-4walls imo. like i can definitely see a bit of hot summer's dna in this song. it does get slightly repetitive, maybe they could've left a post-chorus out but honestly i don't mind it. it's not among the best of aespa's titles but it's definitely not the worst either (fwiw my tt ranking is: next level > illusion > savage > black mamba > spicy > girls. illusion is essentially a title TO ME... i still remain of the opinion they should've made it the title instead of girls). ok this ranking makes it seem like i don't even like it that much but i DO i just think their other titles are better. i think production on salty & sweet sounds a little hollow(?) and kind of low budget but in spite of that i still love the song... i love heavy synth and minor keys thats my fucking problem etc. also that bridge + the adlibs at the end...<3 thirsty and i'm unhappy are fine, 'til we meet again really had me hoping the music box intro would sustain throughout the song or at least re-appear periodically but it just gave way to Basic Ballad Acoustic Guitar Chords which made me kind of madge but it's fine ig. as established i am not one of god's ballad lovers. and that is okay. overall it was an okay mini, i think savage ep remains untouchable in their discography though.
personal ranking: unforgiven > eve = fire in the belly > everything else >> fearnoti love noise music so i knew i would like unforgiven as soon as i heard the teasers. seriously obsessed with the vaguely latin-esque accent chaewon adopts in this song and antifragile, like it kind of reminds me of how winter sounded in savage lmfao. something about girls with blunt bangs and bobs + random foreign accents. i also really liked how punchy yunjin's first verse was. i wanted to like eve SO much. when i heard the teaser i was literally so excited bc i'm a sucker for that jersey club sound, but i feel like i definitely set my expectations too high...overall i think the verse instrumentals are kind of incongruous with the chorus & topline, and the boom boom lyrics were kind like ? What. but it's still among the more enjoyable songs on the album to me. i kind of have the same issue with fire in the belly, where the verses and chorus feel disjointed, but i love latin soccer anthem sounding songs so bad it's unreal... literally hashtag latinas do it better etc. as balladhater69 you already know but if there's one thing that instantly turns me off even more than being a ballad, it's a "dedicated to fandom" ballad, bonus negative(?) points if the fandom name is somewhere in the title or the lyrics. i know this is the opportunity for the more ambitious/songwriting-inclined members to flex their lyricism or whatever but it is seriously just soo snoozefest boring to me 90% of the time. i do realize im not the target audience though so umm well... i do be skipping this song every time without fail. (8/4 edit: i am so sick of eve... but i do have to admit the rina sawayama remix was good. like if i were not so tired of the song i would be streaming this remix nonstop)
personal ranking: KNOCK (SOTY) > i don't wanna know > don't be a jerk > line by line >> like a starknock seriously soty for me. like idk i think it's also in part thanks to the transcendent choreo (she's a dancer she dances!!) but it's just sooo perfect to me—the audiovisual experience from watching her stage performances is truly enjoyable on another level. guy who spent like 15 minutes of a call with beloved ash just watching chaeyeon - knock live performance videos on youtube together. "i don't wanna know" is literally the balenciaga runway phonk song that i've been waiting for in kpop all this time. ITS SO GOOD i love noise i love music that makes me feel kind of nervous. the instrumentals go on for quite a while, so much that i almost thought this was an entirely instrumental song.
personal ranking: hypnosis > lips = next page = blue blood > i am = kitsch = not your girl = cherish > heroine = mine >> shine with mei love the vaguely arabic(?) influenced songs so much, hypnosis and blue blood are really at the top for me. but sometimes u feel like listening to cute light peppy songs so lips and next page satisfy that mood as well. and it's not that i dislike i am or kitsch, i just feel like their other titles/promotional b-sides are comparatively better. like eleven/take it + love dive/royal + after like/my satisfaction have all been perfect single/b-side combinations to me!! kitsch has grown on me but i also feel like it is somewhat of a conditioned sm-stan response to songs that have wildly disjointed chorus/verses. not your girl sounds sooo much like sistar. it works! SORRY I HATE BALLADS x834923... ik this is their vocal flexing moment but i do not care for it.. overall decent album with a lot of versatile, enjoyable NEW b-sides, the only miss with me was shine with me but again. that is my problem.
personal ranking: back to the city > giddy > everything elseas oomf in law put it, giddy is like if a really good song was mid. i don't know what it is about kep1er/their creative direction/agency/whatever because they do technically have all the basic components for a relatively decent gg (charismatic visual center sxt, decent vocalist(s)?, solid dancers) but uhhhh i have not been particularly impressed by anything they've come out with since last summer. their best release title-wise to me is still up! (2022) and b-side-wise, mvsk (2021). nothing they have done since has come even close to touching those; the summer beach pool party girls just wanna have fun vibes were immaculate, and mvsk was so good i almost wish it was the title instead of wa-da-da. but to be fair wa-da-da was an earworm eventually for me so i don't even dislike it. anyway i love the concept art for lovestruck! and back to the city is honestly a pretty good b-side. i feel like everything else is really whatever tho.
really solid mini tbh, i love the layering in nevertheless so much, really wish they did this as the promotional bside instead of enchanted night. eunoia is good, i like the light airy feeling it gives, almost whimsical/fairy-like. lionheart is also good! everything else was listenable but mildly forgettable. but overall i enjoyed it. i can usually trust billlie to deliver a decent crop of songs.
personal ranking: nevertheless = eunoia > lionheart > everything else
personal ranking: killshot > none of my business > psychic lover > bratty >>> cakei'm not sure who in their a&r team they pissed off in the past 3 years but my god my poor girls. like i don't even think sneakers was that bad in retrospect, i feel like it was a combination of the lack of cohesive direction + maximalist concept poorly executed + clown lyrics that made it feel worse than it actually was. i mean it definitely wasn't good either but. you know. it wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. and i actually really enjoyed cheshire as a song, but i found that it almost had the opposite problem where the creative direction was a little too boring/toned down... like the song literally has alice in wonderland reference in the title for free but the fact that they didn't lean into that angle and instead had mostly neutrals/minimalist styling was like... why :( anyway, onto cake.................well it certainly was a song. at least ryujin looks reallllllly hot rn [weibo face holding back tears emoji]. i think i like the killshot stage itself with the symbolism and choreo slightly more than the actual song but overall it's good! guy who loves killer/killing/sos/danger concepts.... surprisingly i think none of my business is also up there depsite the mid-tempo-ness, though i do think it gets somewhat repetitive. psychic lover gives me crazy throwback pop-rock vibes.
personal ranking: do not touch > behind the curtain >> funny valentine > everything else > marshmallow > bouquetdo not touch is my fav song off the mini, it is soooo catchy and fun and i kept looping it otw to work this week. marshmallow is kind of exactly what i expected to hear from a misamo subunit, as well as bouquet which is essentially ummm slow-tempo ballad adjacent song without too much vocal exertion. funny valentine is quite cute.
think we should abolish ship names and go back to the tumblr days when all the ship tags were like “otp: [quote of something they said to each other]”
— cait 🦋 (@rodrigoswifts) January 17, 2021
no. 20
"it's exactly what jaemin hates"
no. 19
"he's a very unique friend"
no. 18
"he's like a puppy"
no. 17
"jeno knows it best"
no. 16
"he matches me well"
no. 15
"it's just... really comfortable"
no. 14
"my name is jeno"
no. 13
"but jaemin doesn't like milk"
no. 12
"jaemin knows me so well"
no. 11
"honey, look here"
no. 10
"i'm jaemin you're jeno"
no. 9
"i love you, jeno-ya"
no. 8
"you had no choice but me"
no. 7
"drink less coffee"
no. 6
"we have our own world that belongs to us"
no. 5
"jeno is mine"
no. 4
"then i will give myself to him"
no. 3
"we both are just one body"
"then when we die, we die together?"
no. 2
"i just know you"
no. 1
"stop liking me"
"you liked me first"