Slinky@kinkslinks

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What's your absolute favorite note in a fragrance?

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Is there a singular note you see in a fragrance that will immediately pique your interest?

For me, it's always Lily of the Valley! Since it's a flower that can't be extracted from, I feel every fragrance with it is slightly different each time, and I love that!

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  1. Old Leaves@oldleaves

    Osmanthus and rhubarb are my current obsessions. Do you have a favorite lily of the valley fragrance?

    1. Slinky@kinkslinks

      Rhubarb is such an interesting note, it can really change a fragrance note pyramid (usually for the better!) I got to try Aura Mugler (EDT) and I LOVE the rhubarb in it! It's SO hard to just pick one LOTV fragrance since all the ones I own are so different...I will always love all iterations of Diorissimo, but for something more modern, I recently fell in love with Inflorescence. I am always happy to try more LOTV centric fragrances!

    2. papiermacheheart

      I’m into osmanthus at the moment, too—any great discoveries?

  2. Ivana@ivana

    Oud+rose+saffron combinations. Sandalwood. And during summer it would definitely be fig.

    1. Slinky@kinkslinks

      I'm definitely a newer fan of fig. I have always loved heavy green leaning notes, and fig delivers on the heavy green!

    2. DGS@leatherfriction

      Completely agree with all of this

  3. Kelnag@kelnag

    So hard to pick, but never realized how many I have contain magnolia. Luv lily of the valley too

    1. Slinky@kinkslinks

      I'm also a big fan of magnolia! I would love to find a fragrance that magnolia is the main star!

  4. Curlyhen@curlyhen

    Mimosa (just love those little yellow puffs) and rhubarb.

    1. Slinky@kinkslinks

      Mimosa is such a beautiful note, discovered how much I really loved it in The Favourite and L'Eau Papier, also noticed it's in Eden too!

  5. papiermacheheart

    Hay will ALWAYS get my attention! Underappreciated and underused 😢 my inner child (born & raised in a rural farming area) yearns for it!

    1. Slinky@kinkslinks

      Unfortunately I noticed I have nothing with that note! Do you have a favorite fragrance with a hay note?

    2. papiermacheheart

      Replying to @kinkslinks

      Serge Lutens Chergui is my favorite in cold weather—people describe it as tobacco sometimes, but it’s hay. Dusita Erawan is a beautiful herbal hay that dries down to a soft vanilla, and St Clair Scents First Cut is like being outside in a hayfield that borders wild meadows.

    3. Slinky@kinkslinks

      Replying to @papiermacheheart

      I'll have to sample chergui once it cools down here, I am super familiar of tobacco as a note since I live around a ton of tobacco farms!

  6. the other fella@the_other_fella

    Patchouli and Saffron

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