Hi fellow fragrance lovers,
I’ve been into fragrances for the 4/5 months and have been able to get a few discovery sets. I’m looking for recommendations for which discovery sets are worth exploring. I’m looking for something that provides a varied array of fragrance profiles. I’ve tried the following brands. For some of these I’ve tried the full discovery set or have tried a considerable amount of their offerings
Essential Parfums - I liked Divine Vanille the most from this
Obvious Parfums -Malfa Walls is my favourite
Etat Libre D’Orange - You or Someone Like Yiu (although I found the discovery set a little disappointing)
Nosu - Sain No More is my favourite
Iggy Woo - wasn’t really a fan of many of these
Heretic - was slightly disappointed by these. They weren’t as edgy as the names suggested
Maison Margiela - absolute classics, love Jazz Club, Autumn Vibes, By the Fireplace
Phlur- favourites were Apricot Privee (discontinued) and Tangerine Boy. Also love Vanilla Skin body mist and some other of their body mist line
Discotheque - Baise Moi on the Dance Floor is my favourite
D’Annam- Pomelo Oolong and Spring Festival
Fugazzi - I ended up buying a bottle of the Fugazzi x BTSO bottle but think it’s way too cloying now. I find a lot of their fragrances are quite loud and brash
Lore - surprisingly loved Lovely and a Little Twisted the most but Disfruta is lovely too
Tsu Lange Yor- Sage’s Rose is my signature winter scent and has my heart
I’ve have one or two samples of the following from Atelier Des Ors
Bibbi
19-69
Liberty London
Sana Jardin
D’Orsay extrait line
I don’t feel like I’ve for certain found my house yet so I want to keep exploring. Another of my favourite houses is Dries Van Noten- I only have one of their perfumes but think I’m leaning on getting a discovery set from them. I’m not much of a “clean laundry” /musk type of fraghead, I’d prefer bolder interesting scents. I love warm incense fragrances and want to find more incense fragrances centred around myrrh and labdanum rather than just frankincense. I like florals (especially warm rose, osmanthus, tuberose) some green fragrances (smell of cucumber, mint, grass) and fruity fragrances (plum, raspberry, strawberry)
Would like some suggestions of fun discovery sets available in the uk
EDIT: forgot to add that I don’t haven’t really connected to Diptique or Byredo as houses