Guide Perfume Guide

[machineovercooked]

[GUIDE] The Looksmaxxing Perfume Guide ​

Everyone talks about makeup, bone structure, hair layering — but they completely ignore one of the most powerful looksmaxxing tools women have: scent. With none of that weird invisible pheromene shit
Scent works before you open your mouth. It lingers when you walk away. It builds memory. So let us smell unforgettable — without choking people out with drugstore sprays or smelling like a Sephora teen. Commence.

---

1. Scent = Passive Looksmaxxing​

Smelling good = being perceived as put-together, clean, soft, expensive. No one tells you this, but people will tolerate mid-tier looks if you smell high-tier.
Scent codes-

• Fresh = youth
• Warm = sensuality
• Cold = money
• Green = clarity
• Musk = intimacy

---

2. Drop the Trend Fragrances​

Everyone's wearing Ariana Grande Cloud. Everyone smells like sugar, detergent, and vanilla body spray. Drop that ASAP

---

3. Build Your Scent Identity​

Your scent should match your energy, not your outfit. You’re reinforcing your presence.
Example:
My current signature is Philosykos by Diptyque — green fig, with wood undertones. I got it after a sales associate offered it to me for free (the shop was closing down)
Soft Skin Musks (you just smell hot)

• Glossier You
• Narciso Rodriguez for Her
• Juliette Has a Gun – Not a Perfume

Warm Gourmands (sweet but adult)

• By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela
• YSL Black Opium

Cold Florals / French Aesthetic

• Diptyque Eau Rose
• Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
• Le Labo Neroli 36

Unisex Woods + Skin

• Le Labo Santal 33
• Escentric Molecules 01
• DS & Durga I Don’t Know What

---

4. How to Apply Like You Know What You’re Doing​

Do not:

• Spray wrists and smash them together
• Drench your collarbone in body mist

Do:

• Back of neck (for trail)
• Behind ears (for whispers)
• Hairbrush (brush through hair)
• Back of knees (heat rises = trail)
• Mist clothes (inside jacket, hem of scarf)

---

5. Layering = High-Level Looksmaxxing​

This is how you are more unique, as everybody can just buy a bottle
Rules:

• Match base notes (wood + wood, musk + musk)
• Layer oil → then perfume → then mist (optional)
• Apply body lotion first for grip

Try this layering stack:
Wood based perfume(on skin) + a drop of vanilla oil (wrists only) + clean cotton hair mist
= bright, creamy, warm-skinned

---

6. Smell Rich on a Budget​

You do not need Baccarat Rouge to be hot.
Tips:

• Buy decants (ScentSplit, eBay, Reddit)
• Use Vaseline as a perfume primer
• Zara dupes
• Hair perfume lasts longer than skin
• You only need ONE good scent. Not five mid ones.

---

Spoiler: Seasonal scent

7. Seasonal Scent Swaps (Optional)​

Your perfume should shift like your wardrobe.

Season	Notes
Spring	Green tea, fig, neroli
Summer	Coconut, salt, bergamot
Fall	Amber, smoke, cardamom
Winter	Leather, oud, incense

Heavy perfumes in heat = headache. Use seasonally or risk smelling like melted gum.

​

Reminder: Scent Doesn’t Replace Style​

Perfume amplifies what’s already there. But if you want to be perceived as “put together” without saying anything? This is your cheat code.
You could wear sweatpants, hair up, but if you smell unforgettable and carry yourself right, people will think positively about you

---

TL;DR​

• Smell is invisible beauty
• No trendy sprays. Get something intentional
• Spray where it matters, not just your neck
• Layer if you know what you’re doing
• Your scent = your signature
• Obviously wash yourself and shi, but get a neutral deodorant as u don't want ur dove to drown out ur curated scent
• Test them out! I might like one scent, u might find it repulsive! Free samples at most department stores

---

 

[Love]

investing in ts

 

[based god gigi]

fire hope u get contributor

 

[Deleted Member 38468]

glossier you is so good

 

[machineovercooked]

glossier you is so good

Righttt it smells so so good and is basic/not overpowering

 

[Dean]

[GUIDE] The Looksmaxxing Perfume Guide ​

Everyone talks about makeup, bone structure, hair layering — but they completely ignore one of the most powerful looksmaxxing tools women have: scent. With none of that weird invisible pheromene shit
Scent works before you open your mouth. It lingers when you walk away. It builds memory. So let us smell unforgettable — without choking people out with drugstore sprays or smelling like a Sephora teen. Commence.

---

1. Scent = Passive Looksmaxxing​

Smelling good = being perceived as put-together, clean, soft, expensive. No one tells you this, but people will tolerate mid-tier looks if you smell high-tier.
Scent codes-

• Fresh = youth
• Warm = sensuality
• Cold = money
• Green = clarity
• Musk = intimacy

---

2. Drop the Trend Fragrances​

Everyone's wearing Ariana Grande Cloud. Everyone smells like sugar, detergent, and vanilla body spray. Drop that ASAP

---

3. Build Your Scent Identity​

Your scent should match your energy, not your outfit. You’re reinforcing your presence.
Example:
My current signature is Philosykos by Diptyque — green fig, with wood undertones. I got it after a sales associate offered it to me for free (the shop was closing down)
Soft Skin Musks (you just smell hot)

• Glossier You
• Narciso Rodriguez for Her
• Juliette Has a Gun – Not a Perfume

Warm Gourmands (sweet but adult)

• By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela
• YSL Black Opium

Cold Florals / French Aesthetic

• Diptyque Eau Rose
• Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
• Le Labo Neroli 36

Unisex Woods + Skin

• Le Labo Santal 33
• Escentric Molecules 01
• DS & Durga I Don’t Know What

---

4. How to Apply Like You Know What You’re Doing​

Do not:

• Spray wrists and smash them together
• Drench your collarbone in body mist

Do:

• Back of neck (for trail)
• Behind ears (for whispers)
• Hairbrush (brush through hair)
• Back of knees (heat rises = trail)
• Mist clothes (inside jacket, hem of scarf)

---

5. Layering = High-Level Looksmaxxing​

This is how you are more unique, as everybody can just buy a bottle
Rules:

• Match base notes (wood + wood, musk + musk)
• Layer oil → then perfume → then mist (optional)
• Apply body lotion first for grip

Try this layering stack:
Wood based perfume(on skin) + a drop of vanilla oil (wrists only) + clean cotton hair mist
= bright, creamy, warm-skinned

---

6. Smell Rich on a Budget​

You do not need Baccarat Rouge to be hot.
Tips:

• Buy decants (ScentSplit, eBay, Reddit)
• Use Vaseline as a perfume primer
• Zara dupes
• Hair perfume lasts longer than skin
• You only need ONE good scent. Not five mid ones.

---

Spoiler: Seasonal scent

7. Seasonal Scent Swaps (Optional)​

Your perfume should shift like your wardrobe.

Season	Notes
Spring	Green tea, fig, neroli
Summer	Coconut, salt, bergamot
Fall	Amber, smoke, cardamom
Winter	Leather, oud, incense

Heavy perfumes in heat = headache. Use seasonally or risk smelling like melted gum.

​

Reminder: Scent Doesn’t Replace Style​

Perfume amplifies what’s already there. But if you want to be perceived as “put together” without saying anything? This is your cheat code.
You could wear sweatpants, hair up, but if you smell unforgettable and carry yourself right, people will think positively about you

---

TL;DR​

• Smell is invisible beauty
• No trendy sprays. Get something intentional
• Spray where it matters, not just your neck
• Layer if you know what you’re doing
• Your scent = your signature
• Obviously wash yourself and shi, but get a neutral deodorant as u don't want ur dove to drown out ur curated scent
• Test them out! I might like one scent, u might find it repulsive! Free samples at most department stores

---

great thread @machineovercooked

i'm sure others will find this very helpful

 

[machineovercooked]

great thread @machineovercooked

i'm sure others will find this very helpful

Hooray!
Noticed x2

 

[Deleted Member 70402]

Really good thread! I loved it

 

[dearestmin]

[GUIDE] The Looksmaxxing Perfume Guide ​

Everyone talks about makeup, bone structure, hair layering — but they completely ignore one of the most powerful looksmaxxing tools women have: scent. With none of that weird invisible pheromene shit
Scent works before you open your mouth. It lingers when you walk away. It builds memory. So let us smell unforgettable — without choking people out with drugstore sprays or smelling like a Sephora teen. Commence.

---

1. Scent = Passive Looksmaxxing​

Smelling good = being perceived as put-together, clean, soft, expensive. No one tells you this, but people will tolerate mid-tier looks if you smell high-tier.
Scent codes-

• Fresh = youth
• Warm = sensuality
• Cold = money
• Green = clarity
• Musk = intimacy

---

2. Drop the Trend Fragrances​

Everyone's wearing Ariana Grande Cloud. Everyone smells like sugar, detergent, and vanilla body spray. Drop that ASAP

---

3. Build Your Scent Identity​

Your scent should match your energy, not your outfit. You’re reinforcing your presence.
Example:
My current signature is Philosykos by Diptyque — green fig, with wood undertones. I got it after a sales associate offered it to me for free (the shop was closing down)
Soft Skin Musks (you just smell hot)

• Glossier You
• Narciso Rodriguez for Her
• Juliette Has a Gun – Not a Perfume

Warm Gourmands (sweet but adult)

• By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela
• YSL Black Opium

Cold Florals / French Aesthetic

• Diptyque Eau Rose
• Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
• Le Labo Neroli 36

Unisex Woods + Skin

• Le Labo Santal 33
• Escentric Molecules 01
• DS & Durga I Don’t Know What

---

4. How to Apply Like You Know What You’re Doing​

Do not:

• Spray wrists and smash them together
• Drench your collarbone in body mist

Do:

• Back of neck (for trail)
• Behind ears (for whispers)
• Hairbrush (brush through hair)
• Back of knees (heat rises = trail)
• Mist clothes (inside jacket, hem of scarf)

---

5. Layering = High-Level Looksmaxxing​

This is how you are more unique, as everybody can just buy a bottle
Rules:

• Match base notes (wood + wood, musk + musk)
• Layer oil → then perfume → then mist (optional)
• Apply body lotion first for grip

Try this layering stack:
Wood based perfume(on skin) + a drop of vanilla oil (wrists only) + clean cotton hair mist
= bright, creamy, warm-skinned

---

6. Smell Rich on a Budget​

You do not need Baccarat Rouge to be hot.
Tips:

• Buy decants (ScentSplit, eBay, Reddit)
• Use Vaseline as a perfume primer
• Zara dupes
• Hair perfume lasts longer than skin
• You only need ONE good scent. Not five mid ones.

---

Spoiler: Seasonal scent

7. Seasonal Scent Swaps (Optional)​

Your perfume should shift like your wardrobe.

Season	Notes
Spring	Green tea, fig, neroli
Summer	Coconut, salt, bergamot
Fall	Amber, smoke, cardamom
Winter	Leather, oud, incense

Heavy perfumes in heat = headache. Use seasonally or risk smelling like melted gum.

​

Reminder: Scent Doesn’t Replace Style​

Perfume amplifies what’s already there. But if you want to be perceived as “put together” without saying anything? This is your cheat code.
You could wear sweatpants, hair up, but if you smell unforgettable and carry yourself right, people will think positively about you

---

TL;DR​

• Smell is invisible beauty
• No trendy sprays. Get something intentional
• Spray where it matters, not just your neck
• Layer if you know what you’re doing
• Your scent = your signature
• Obviously wash yourself and shi, but get a neutral deodorant as u don't want ur dove to drown out ur curated scent
• Test them out! I might like one scent, u might find it repulsive! Free samples at most department stores

---

Underrated scent make-or-break is making sure all your products are on theme for sure. All my products have floral notes.

Study on different fragrance notes and their perceived correlation to a variety of personality traits was a very interesting read (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8233629/).

Highly recommend Jo Malone to anyone who's starting out. Some of the absolute best scents all-around, pretty unisex, and not super long lasting (so you can experiment more with them without consequences). My signature scent is Velvet Rose & Oud.

Good post.

 

[loloisa]

Also, buy dupes from Arabian perfume shops. They are cheaper and even longer lasting

 

[Garce]

Personally recommendations from my taste most are not budget friendly (perfume is my biggest hobby I have a collection of about 60 perfumes) :

Summer : creed love in white for summer (not budget friendly)
Dolce and gabanna light blue intense
White tea Elizabeth Arden
Chanel chance eau fraiche
Soleil blanc Tom Ford

Spring : bdk impadia
chambre 52 orencie
La tulipe byredo
une fleur de Cassie Frederic Malle
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Rosa Verde

Winter : Chanel beige designer line
Montale roses musk
parfum de Marley valaya exclusif
Bianco latte , oriana (for the very gourmand scent lovers)
Roses on ice killian

Fall : xerjoff lira
Sacred wood killian
Versace crystal noir
Amber intrigue Tom ford
Wood on fire montale

 

[bimbodoll]

Extra note: Vaseline before spraying perfume to help scent stick. Spray wrists, neck, behind the ears, inner elbows, and back of the kneees

 

[Garce]

Extra note: Vaseline before spraying perfume to help scent stick. Spray wrists, neck, behind the ears, inner elbows, and back of the kneees

Also oil perfume before Spray Will make it last better , it all starts from the shower.
Dont shower with soap that wont fit your scent , and use neutral body Cream , after that Apply a bit of vaseline , perfume oil and then spray.
Will last all day with a good fragrance

 

[bimbodoll]

Also oil perfume before Spray Will make it last better , it all starts from the shower.
Dont shower with soap that wont fit your scent , and use neutral body Cream , after that Apply a bit of vaseline , perfume oil and then spray.
Will last all day with a good fragrance

You know ball

 

[h0tpinkglittermissile]

[GUIDE] The Looksmaxxing Perfume Guide ​

Everyone talks about makeup, bone structure, hair layering — but they completely ignore one of the most powerful looksmaxxing tools women have: scent. With none of that weird invisible pheromene shit
Scent works before you open your mouth. It lingers when you walk away. It builds memory. So let us smell unforgettable — without choking people out with drugstore sprays or smelling like a Sephora teen. Commence.

---

1. Scent = Passive Looksmaxxing​

Smelling good = being perceived as put-together, clean, soft, expensive. No one tells you this, but people will tolerate mid-tier looks if you smell high-tier.
Scent codes-

• Fresh = youth
• Warm = sensuality
• Cold = money
• Green = clarity
• Musk = intimacy

---

2. Drop the Trend Fragrances​

Everyone's wearing Ariana Grande Cloud. Everyone smells like sugar, detergent, and vanilla body spray. Drop that ASAP

---

3. Build Your Scent Identity​

Your scent should match your energy, not your outfit. You’re reinforcing your presence.
Example:
My current signature is Philosykos by Diptyque — green fig, with wood undertones. I got it after a sales associate offered it to me for free (the shop was closing down)
Soft Skin Musks (you just smell hot)

• Glossier You
• Narciso Rodriguez for Her
• Juliette Has a Gun – Not a Perfume

Warm Gourmands (sweet but adult)

• By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela
• YSL Black Opium

Cold Florals / French Aesthetic

• Diptyque Eau Rose
• Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
• Le Labo Neroli 36

Unisex Woods + Skin

• Le Labo Santal 33
• Escentric Molecules 01
• DS & Durga I Don’t Know What

---

4. How to Apply Like You Know What You’re Doing​

Do not:

• Spray wrists and smash them together
• Drench your collarbone in body mist

Do:

• Back of neck (for trail)
• Behind ears (for whispers)
• Hairbrush (brush through hair)
• Back of knees (heat rises = trail)
• Mist clothes (inside jacket, hem of scarf)

---

5. Layering = High-Level Looksmaxxing​

This is how you are more unique, as everybody can just buy a bottle
Rules:

• Match base notes (wood + wood, musk + musk)
• Layer oil → then perfume → then mist (optional)
• Apply body lotion first for grip

Try this layering stack:
Wood based perfume(on skin) + a drop of vanilla oil (wrists only) + clean cotton hair mist
= bright, creamy, warm-skinned

---

6. Smell Rich on a Budget​

You do not need Baccarat Rouge to be hot.
Tips:

• Buy decants (ScentSplit, eBay, Reddit)
• Use Vaseline as a perfume primer
• Zara dupes
• Hair perfume lasts longer than skin
• You only need ONE good scent. Not five mid ones.

---

Spoiler: Seasonal scent

7. Seasonal Scent Swaps (Optional)​

Your perfume should shift like your wardrobe.

Season	Notes
Spring	Green tea, fig, neroli
Summer	Coconut, salt, bergamot
Fall	Amber, smoke, cardamom
Winter	Leather, oud, incense

Heavy perfumes in heat = headache. Use seasonally or risk smelling like melted gum.

​

Reminder: Scent Doesn’t Replace Style​

Perfume amplifies what’s already there. But if you want to be perceived as “put together” without saying anything? This is your cheat code.
You could wear sweatpants, hair up, but if you smell unforgettable and carry yourself right, people will think positively about you

---

TL;DR​

• Smell is invisible beauty
• No trendy sprays. Get something intentional
• Spray where it matters, not just your neck
• Layer if you know what you’re doing
• Your scent = your signature
• Obviously wash yourself and shi, but get a neutral deodorant as u don't want ur dove to drown out ur curated scent
• Test them out! I might like one scent, u might find it repulsive! Free samples at most department stores

---

Needed this tyyy

 

[jessicaballs123]

[GUIDE] The Looksmaxxing Perfume Guide ​

Everyone talks about makeup, bone structure, hair layering — but they completely ignore one of the most powerful looksmaxxing tools women have: scent. With none of that weird invisible pheromene shit
Scent works before you open your mouth. It lingers when you walk away. It builds memory. So let us smell unforgettable — without choking people out with drugstore sprays or smelling like a Sephora teen. Commence.

---

1. Scent = Passive Looksmaxxing​

Smelling good = being perceived as put-together, clean, soft, expensive. No one tells you this, but people will tolerate mid-tier looks if you smell high-tier.
Scent codes-

• Fresh = youth
• Warm = sensuality
• Cold = money
• Green = clarity
• Musk = intimacy

---

2. Drop the Trend Fragrances​

Everyone's wearing Ariana Grande Cloud. Everyone smells like sugar, detergent, and vanilla body spray. Drop that ASAP

---

3. Build Your Scent Identity​

Your scent should match your energy, not your outfit. You’re reinforcing your presence.
Example:
My current signature is Philosykos by Diptyque — green fig, with wood undertones. I got it after a sales associate offered it to me for free (the shop was closing down)
Soft Skin Musks (you just smell hot)

• Glossier You
• Narciso Rodriguez for Her
• Juliette Has a Gun – Not a Perfume

Warm Gourmands (sweet but adult)

• By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela
• YSL Black Opium

Cold Florals / French Aesthetic

• Diptyque Eau Rose
• Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
• Le Labo Neroli 36

Unisex Woods + Skin

• Le Labo Santal 33
• Escentric Molecules 01
• DS & Durga I Don’t Know What

---

4. How to Apply Like You Know What You’re Doing​

Do not:

• Spray wrists and smash them together
• Drench your collarbone in body mist

Do:

• Back of neck (for trail)
• Behind ears (for whispers)
• Hairbrush (brush through hair)
• Back of knees (heat rises = trail)
• Mist clothes (inside jacket, hem of scarf)

---

5. Layering = High-Level Looksmaxxing​

This is how you are more unique, as everybody can just buy a bottle
Rules:

• Match base notes (wood + wood, musk + musk)
• Layer oil → then perfume → then mist (optional)
• Apply body lotion first for grip

Try this layering stack:
Wood based perfume(on skin) + a drop of vanilla oil (wrists only) + clean cotton hair mist
= bright, creamy, warm-skinned

---

6. Smell Rich on a Budget​

You do not need Baccarat Rouge to be hot.
Tips:

• Buy decants (ScentSplit, eBay, Reddit)
• Use Vaseline as a perfume primer
• Zara dupes
• Hair perfume lasts longer than skin
• You only need ONE good scent. Not five mid ones.

---

Spoiler: Seasonal scent

7. Seasonal Scent Swaps (Optional)​

Your perfume should shift like your wardrobe.

Season	Notes
Spring	Green tea, fig, neroli
Summer	Coconut, salt, bergamot
Fall	Amber, smoke, cardamom
Winter	Leather, oud, incense

Heavy perfumes in heat = headache. Use seasonally or risk smelling like melted gum.

​

Reminder: Scent Doesn’t Replace Style​

Perfume amplifies what’s already there. But if you want to be perceived as “put together” without saying anything? This is your cheat code.
You could wear sweatpants, hair up, but if you smell unforgettable and carry yourself right, people will think positively about you

---

TL;DR​

• Smell is invisible beauty
• No trendy sprays. Get something intentional
• Spray where it matters, not just your neck
• Layer if you know what you’re doing
• Your scent = your signature
• Obviously wash yourself and shi, but get a neutral deodorant as u don't want ur dove to drown out ur curated scent
• Test them out! I might like one scent, u might find it repulsive! Free samples at most department stores

---

yes but putting vaseline before perfume is biggest cope

 

[90averagness82dimorphism]

Don't wear it I need to smell deez hoez

 

[adeshpraa]

[GUIDE] The Looksmaxxing Perfume Guide ​

Everyone talks about makeup, bone structure, hair layering — but they completely ignore one of the most powerful looksmaxxing tools women have: scent. With none of that weird invisible pheromene shit
Scent works before you open your mouth. It lingers when you walk away. It builds memory. So let us smell unforgettable — without choking people out with drugstore sprays or smelling like a Sephora teen. Commence.

---

1. Scent = Passive Looksmaxxing​

Smelling good = being perceived as put-together, clean, soft, expensive. No one tells you this, but people will tolerate mid-tier looks if you smell high-tier.
Scent codes-

• Fresh = youth
• Warm = sensuality
• Cold = money
• Green = clarity
• Musk = intimacy

---

2. Drop the Trend Fragrances​

Everyone's wearing Ariana Grande Cloud. Everyone smells like sugar, detergent, and vanilla body spray. Drop that ASAP

---

3. Build Your Scent Identity​

Your scent should match your energy, not your outfit. You’re reinforcing your presence.
Example:
My current signature is Philosykos by Diptyque — green fig, with wood undertones. I got it after a sales associate offered it to me for free (the shop was closing down)
Soft Skin Musks (you just smell hot)

• Glossier You
• Narciso Rodriguez for Her
• Juliette Has a Gun – Not a Perfume

Warm Gourmands (sweet but adult)

• By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela
• YSL Black Opium

Cold Florals / French Aesthetic

• Diptyque Eau Rose
• Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
• Le Labo Neroli 36

Unisex Woods + Skin

• Le Labo Santal 33
• Escentric Molecules 01
• DS & Durga I Don’t Know What

---

4. How to Apply Like You Know What You’re Doing​

Do not:

• Spray wrists and smash them together
• Drench your collarbone in body mist

Do:

• Back of neck (for trail)
• Behind ears (for whispers)
• Hairbrush (brush through hair)
• Back of knees (heat rises = trail)
• Mist clothes (inside jacket, hem of scarf)

---

5. Layering = High-Level Looksmaxxing​

This is how you are more unique, as everybody can just buy a bottle
Rules:

• Match base notes (wood + wood, musk + musk)
• Layer oil → then perfume → then mist (optional)
• Apply body lotion first for grip

Try this layering stack:
Wood based perfume(on skin) + a drop of vanilla oil (wrists only) + clean cotton hair mist
= bright, creamy, warm-skinned

---

6. Smell Rich on a Budget​

You do not need Baccarat Rouge to be hot.
Tips:

• Buy decants (ScentSplit, eBay, Reddit)
• Use Vaseline as a perfume primer
• Zara dupes
• Hair perfume lasts longer than skin
• You only need ONE good scent. Not five mid ones.

---

Spoiler: Seasonal scent

7. Seasonal Scent Swaps (Optional)​

Your perfume should shift like your wardrobe.

Season	Notes
Spring	Green tea, fig, neroli
Summer	Coconut, salt, bergamot
Fall	Amber, smoke, cardamom
Winter	Leather, oud, incense

Heavy perfumes in heat = headache. Use seasonally or risk smelling like melted gum.

​

Reminder: Scent Doesn’t Replace Style​

Perfume amplifies what’s already there. But if you want to be perceived as “put together” without saying anything? This is your cheat code.
You could wear sweatpants, hair up, but if you smell unforgettable and carry yourself right, people will think positively about you

---

TL;DR​

• Smell is invisible beauty
• No trendy sprays. Get something intentional
• Spray where it matters, not just your neck
• Layer if you know what you’re doing
• Your scent = your signature
• Obviously wash yourself and shi, but get a neutral deodorant as u don't want ur dove to drown out ur curated scent
• Test them out! I might like one scent, u might find it repulsive! Free samples at most department stores

---

as man ysl libre is GENUINELY breathtaking

 

[yasycat]

Also, buy dupes from Arabian perfume shops. They are cheaper and even longer lasting

al rehab choco musk is the actual best arabian perfume especially for gourmand girlsss layer with victorias secret bare vanilla body mist and eos vanilla cashmere body lotion literally smell like a brownie its so good

 

[daviss..]

[GUIDE] The Looksmaxxing Perfume Guide ​

Everyone talks about makeup, bone structure, hair layering — but they completely ignore one of the most powerful looksmaxxing tools women have: scent. With none of that weird invisible pheromene shit
Scent works before you open your mouth. It lingers when you walk away. It builds memory. So let us smell unforgettable — without choking people out with drugstore sprays or smelling like a Sephora teen. Commence.

---

1. Scent = Passive Looksmaxxing​

Smelling good = being perceived as put-together, clean, soft, expensive. No one tells you this, but people will tolerate mid-tier looks if you smell high-tier.
Scent codes-

• Fresh = youth
• Warm = sensuality
• Cold = money
• Green = clarity
• Musk = intimacy

---

2. Drop the Trend Fragrances​

Everyone's wearing Ariana Grande Cloud. Everyone smells like sugar, detergent, and vanilla body spray. Drop that ASAP

---

3. Build Your Scent Identity​

Your scent should match your energy, not your outfit. You’re reinforcing your presence.
Example:
My current signature is Philosykos by Diptyque — green fig, with wood undertones. I got it after a sales associate offered it to me for free (the shop was closing down)
Soft Skin Musks (you just smell hot)

• Glossier You
• Narciso Rodriguez for Her
• Juliette Has a Gun – Not a Perfume

Warm Gourmands (sweet but adult)

• By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela
• YSL Black Opium

Cold Florals / French Aesthetic

• Diptyque Eau Rose
• Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
• Le Labo Neroli 36

Unisex Woods + Skin

• Le Labo Santal 33
• Escentric Molecules 01
• DS & Durga I Don’t Know What

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4. How to Apply Like You Know What You’re Doing​

Do not:

• Spray wrists and smash them together
• Drench your collarbone in body mist

Do:

• Back of neck (for trail)
• Behind ears (for whispers)
• Hairbrush (brush through hair)
• Back of knees (heat rises = trail)
• Mist clothes (inside jacket, hem of scarf)

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5. Layering = High-Level Looksmaxxing​

This is how you are more unique, as everybody can just buy a bottle
Rules:

• Match base notes (wood + wood, musk + musk)
• Layer oil → then perfume → then mist (optional)
• Apply body lotion first for grip

Try this layering stack:
Wood based perfume(on skin) + a drop of vanilla oil (wrists only) + clean cotton hair mist
= bright, creamy, warm-skinned

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6. Smell Rich on a Budget​

You do not need Baccarat Rouge to be hot.
Tips:

• Buy decants (ScentSplit, eBay, Reddit)
• Use Vaseline as a perfume primer
• Zara dupes
• Hair perfume lasts longer than skin
• You only need ONE good scent. Not five mid ones.

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Spoiler: Seasonal scent

7. Seasonal Scent Swaps (Optional)​

Your perfume should shift like your wardrobe.

Season	Notes
Spring	Green tea, fig, neroli
Summer	Coconut, salt, bergamot
Fall	Amber, smoke, cardamom
Winter	Leather, oud, incense

Heavy perfumes in heat = headache. Use seasonally or risk smelling like melted gum.

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Reminder: Scent Doesn’t Replace Style​

Perfume amplifies what’s already there. But if you want to be perceived as “put together” without saying anything? This is your cheat code.
You could wear sweatpants, hair up, but if you smell unforgettable and carry yourself right, people will think positively about you

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TL;DR​

• Smell is invisible beauty
• No trendy sprays. Get something intentional
• Spray where it matters, not just your neck
• Layer if you know what you’re doing
• Your scent = your signature
• Obviously wash yourself and shi, but get a neutral deodorant as u don't want ur dove to drown out ur curated scent
• Test them out! I might like one scent, u might find it repulsive! Free samples at most department stores

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they changed glossier yous formula sadly but still a very nice scent and not very different just not as strong

 

[Almighty Sigma Wolf]

Green = clarity

I love smelling green

 

[Kaligula567]

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