You. Are. My. Sunshine. Thank you for being such an amazing friend.

I used to quickly make decisions about perfumes too without giving them proper wears. Lessons learned. I also have stopped judging performance too soon.

I blind bought a couple of middle eastern fragrances that i Immediately ejected out of my house due to the dirty Musk scent that just about knocked me down. So so regret the money i put into them even though they were less expensive than some designers. I have to get samples first or just go off of reviewers recommendations that more closely resemble my tastes/tolerances. Thank you for your honest opinions!

I agree with all your points. Many Middle Eastern fragrance have a musk that nauseates me. And I regret having redundant fragrances from buying all the reminds me of perfumes looking for something a little better smelling or performing when I already had a love. I’m so happy to see my two favorites collaborating together.😊

Oh my Gawd, every one of your uploads makes me feel like I’ve found my scented-soul-sista!❤😘👌👏👏👏

As a brand new baby to the fragrance community, this video and your channel in general is helping me keep my *obsession* with the hunt in check. And my fomo. It’s difficult to not get swept up in collecting and shopping. I appreciate your honesty and love your vibe! ❤

Yes I am so done trying to make perfumes “work” when you know it just doesn’t. Agree 💯

"I'm not a snob. My nose is." 🤣

Wow! Everything you discussed here is so on point. Thank you for this food for thought. Excellent video ❤ 😊

I love my collection, but I also fear that I’ve become obsessed with getting MORE. My FOMO is unreal. Sometimes I miss just having a couple signature scents. I know it stems from coming from a place of being financially unable to get what I want. Now that I can have it, I’ve gone off the rails. I am trying to learn to appreciate and use the beautiful scents I already have. It is a struggle for me.

So sweet. I love you.

you NAILED IT! We get caught up in BUYING and HAVING fragrance more than ENJOYING it. It's the CHASE! I feel a great song for that (I feel a video idea brewing) would be "Thank you. NEXT!" I'm sure that's been done, but it would make a cool short to just, like, unbox fragrances, sniff them, put them on the shelf, throw the box to the side and then open the next one...on and on. That's kind of what we do. "Thought I'd end up with LaBelle, but she wasn't a match. Did some videos about Cassablanca, now I just sit back and gag!"

Just discovered your channel via the link from scent siblings. Love both of your channels. You are both so genuine. My perfume regrets definitely align with yours especially with the dupes.

Yes!!! Lessons learned and adjustments made. Great video. Thanks for sharing 💙

There are a lot of reasons why dupes are a good idea, and using them to ascertain whether or not you want the OG is the best one I can think of. That's why I love oil perfumery. I think that continuing to dupe chase once you know you like the profile is natural and normal. I'll tell you a story about a sweater and a pair of pants one day.

Hi, thank you for this honest & heartfelt video ! I really enjoyed it ! I can relate to the 'perfume chase' ! I ike what you said about slowing down and really enjoying gettng to know a perfume & one's own scent profile & seeing if the two match... and allowing the time it takes. I also really like how you differentiate between other people / perfume reviewer's recommendations & one's personal preferences ! and how easy it is to be 'influenced' yet how important it is to listen to oneself about what we like ! Thank you again !

Hi Carmen! You made some great points! I definitely have a habit of trying fragrances that my favorite perfume friends love. Like you said, even if you don't have similar tastes. The back of my mind says if I like it then I'll be able to be more like them. It's ridiculous. And I love Julija, too! I'm so happy she's back! I felt like I had lost a close friend when she left.

OK I have to go watch Julija's video right now.. so excited!! But first just want to say that I was nodding along as you were talking about so many things… I definitely get influenced by videos.. well not to buy perfumes, but to buy samples of them. But even the samples are quite pricey and most of the time I would never pay for the full bottle anyway so why do I just want to smell it so bad?! I just did a video of my over 1000 samples! I could've purchased a lot of high-end bottles for the price of all those samples, (there's another regret I can add to my regrets video)! But then again how would I even know which bottle to buy if I hadn't sampled? and I do still make videos like "my top vanillas", stuff like that, but I've been heading more towards just fun videos like my funny perfume news series I've been doing, but they don't do nearly as well 🤷🏻‍♀️ it's a weird journey as a content creator, some days it's fun other days I'm not so sure! 🤪 Sorry to subject you to this Tamble Ramble of a comment! Believe it or not I had like 50 other things to say but I tried to keep it short 😅😅😂 Great video Carmen!! ❤

OMG a collab with you and Julija?!?! 😃😃😃🫶🏼😍✨ Yahoo!

Love this. Very interesting

I've done a lot of these things too so I feel you! Also I just subscribed to Julijas 💖

I too fell into the Khamrah trap. I don't hate it as much as you do, but I don't like it either due to that chemically undercurrent. It is a regret.

Love this video ❤

I think the diacovery of what damage aromachemicals like ambroxan, amberwood and iso e super can do to a perfectly nice fragrance was rhe biggest oh oh for me. That prompted a bit of a epiphany for me. It made me just slow down on blind buying and realise too that so many niche brands are just not ever going to please me. I guess perfume is a journey of discovery and we make mistakes and have regrets to learn from them.

Your regrets are WAY better than mine. I think I just rambled and said weird stuff. Still, I'm so happy that we did this, even from afar. Your kind words have rendered me speechless, and I ASSURE you that has NEVER happened before! I feel like all of my comments could have gone thusly: same. Same. SaMe. SAME. SAME!!!!!!!!! Let's do this again, please?

Amazing

Buenos dias Carmen, I share your regret with ordering samples. I had so many that I even forgot I ordered and had! I no longer do that. I may order an 8 mil of something and wear it. No more insane sampling in high numbers!

Carmen! Amazing video! I’m trying to think of some regrets right now and struggling. I think I’ve realized that my nose is snobbish too. I love a great steal/deal but I don’t like skimping on quality. So one regret would probably be to splurge on a lot of cheapies hoping to discover gems and then wondering what I’m going to do with all of them. The other issue is the climate I live in now isn’t the climate I’m originally from. So I spent money trying to find cheapies whose scent profiles would work and being frustrated. Going forward, I’ll probably have to invest in samples if the perfumes aren’t readily available to try in department stores. I’m no longer going to buy cheapies because I’m pretty sure I bought all the ones I was interested in. 🤷‍♀️

I have Perfume Regrets as a video idea in my big book of video ideas.. 😅 ..so I'm SO relating to all the things you are saying and reminiscing over all my own regrets .. like my TF decanter 🤦🏻‍♀️🥺

I feel like you have a pickier nose than mine. I like 99% of my blind buys. The only 1 I didn't test well enough was Carolina Herrera good girl the original. I actually like the supreme version way better because it's fruitier. Also that vetiver note in the original is A LOT for my nose and I love every perfume I come across. I'm not picky at all but that vetiver note did me in lol im going to try it again but I did that twice so far and I dont think it smells like all that on my skin, very sharp from the veriver. That's all I smell 😢 I like other perfumes with vetiver too but I'm just not sure about Carolina Herrera good girl. If anyone has any layering combos please leave them down below.

I did the same thing with BR! if I add up the $ I could have just purchased the original. 😅

Dude: we're ALL guilty of impulse buying before we've had a chance to really test properly. It's such a rush, and that feeling of desiring something is so intoxicating.

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I have the same issue with Khamrah, it’s sickening to my stomache, and missing all the spices of Angel share to my nose.

I totally understand the trauma iso e super gave you. I had a juliette has a gun « not a perfume » sample that opened in my drawer and made everything smell like toxic waste from a nuclear war. I can’t stand that note in anything. Even glossier « you », or dyptique « eau papier » repulses me now.

Too many too fast for me for sure. Also, in the interest of “saving money” I bought almost exclusively blind bought cheapies and dupes frequently. So many were misses and I could have waited, bought one or two I knew I wanted and spent less probably. I just got caught up in the excitement and getting a deal and the thrill of blind guys.

I am barely learning how to make a Conscious Perfume choice! After maybe 8 years, barely learning! That is my regret: taking so long to wake up!

So glad i didn't get Kamrah, and just keep ordering angel share samples😅, killian discovery box coming today, again...

Caramel Delight (Lira) is halfway down (use) and I have had it for years :)

My toxic habit is buying the travel size to save $$ but ending up with the full size anyways…ugh!

Oh dear Lord do not ever try The Ghost in the Shell, it is an aromachemical haters nightmare!! I actually had it in my wishlist but I'm even thinking the chemical vibe might bother me and it usually doesn't. 🤔

I am not in love with middle eastern perfumes too 😢😭😭😭 Some of them i do like though, like simpler smelling ones (choco musk, nebras, french coffee) and i dont like amber oud gold which i sold on mercari for too little amount tbh because i just wanted it out of my collection, and i am also selling shagaf oud which is my MOST HATED PERFUME i have ever smelled.... no ones bought it yet but i hope someone does. I also am meh about a lot too (khamrah is ok not amazing, casablanca also just ok to me, qaed al fursan i am waiting till summer to see if i would like it, and same with yara tous, al rehab dalal is also just ok. People said it smelled like caramel but to me it smells like just fresh florals) all these meh ones i have sitting in my closet to see if it would smell better to me. I dont dislike them enough to sell them at a loss like the other 2 i mentioned. But this has really made me stop buying middle eastern perfumes. I mean i consider anything i dont love a fail so I haven't blind bought any more middle eastern perfumes. And don't plan to. But i am happy for all the people that these perfumes work great for. I am just a simple perfume person and I know now I just like simple gourmand scents and i don't desire to smell "rich" either because it does not suit me, which is what a lot of reviewers describe middle eastern fragrances.

How many parfums did you have the most?🤩😍 I have many regrets😝many blind buys😔I won´t make no more blind buys🤩 thx very much for this topic and super video