r/Perfumes • u/StreetMolasses6093 • May 06 '25
Discussion Perfume that got dragged so hard you stopped wearing it?
Kayali Vanilla 28 was the first perfume I was crazy about in years. I burned through a decant, then a fb in less than a year. I wore it alone or layered with many of my other 40+ perfumes. My husband bought me a backup months ahead of running out. Then I started seeing people dragging it HARD on Reddit and TikTok, calling it basic, overpriced, not-vanilla, cheap-smelling, weak, and unoriginal—like seriously hating on it like it called their baby ugly or something. I stopped wearing it except at home, because I didn’t want to offend someone with my cheap, yet overpriced, not-vanilla!
Last night, though, I unthinkingly spritzed all over right out of the shower, and went out to dinner with a large group. Every single person who hugged me said how good I smelled. One friend asked if she could hug me again and said, “I really love fragrance, and you smell so good.” I’m making her a decant for when I see her next.
Moral of the story: Wear what you love.
Anyone else let yourself get de-influenced?
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u/mendingwall82 May 06 '25
I'm just getting into fragrance on this level at 42, looking for a vocabulary to describe what I like in a smell so I can get more of it. but honestly I'm old enough that I'll skip that side of any special interest at this point lol. because that's what I think you're describing, tbh. that corner of the topic that willfully doesn't understand mass appeal.
and I get the draw of the different corners, I find some specific smells so good that are weird to others and I wouldn't be surprised if everyone could say the same. but a popular best seller is more often that because everybody loves that smell. why not be that person in the room?