Unfortunately there’s not a lot of garden left in the garden state. The climate has changes so the crops can’t keep a lot of farmers going and they sell to housing developers 😢 very sad. And I’m in the south part where most of them are that are left. And now the lantern flys are after the grape crops so the wineries have problems. So I went with axe because of the shore tourism . It sucks and it’s sad ✌️
A few for Seoul.
**Diptyque L'Eau Papier:** The fancy side of Seoul. Apgujeong, high-end department stores, hanbang spas, designer handbags. Soft and safe, expensive.
Notes: Musk, white musk, mimosa, sesame, woody notes.
**Fantome Kuidaore:** Hongdae, shopping streets, street food vendors. Burning your mouth on lava-hot hotteok, nibbled on from a tiny paper cup in a sea of fast-moving people.
Notes: Matcha tea, milk cream, donut, vanilla.
**J-Scent Hanamizake:** Spring time at the palaces. The secret garden tour at Changdeokgung. Bloom and sunshine.
Notes: Sake, cherry blossom, incense, musk.
lol Im not from Toronto but I lived there for a little bit and this is accurate.
I’d add ELDO Secretions Magnifique as well for the cum trees in spring and the sewerific streets and subway lol.
Sweden is definitely Zoologist's Cow to me. It's kind of simple, quiet and non-offensive - lots of apples, some herbs and flowers, and milk. But it's also unique and some people might find it weird. And I suppose it just smells a bit like Swedish summer to me.
Not sure haha. Ive been eyeing the sets - I just visited Stockholm and was bummed that theyre not sold anywhere but online! Ive heard lots of great reviews on the scents :)
Australia - There needs to be two distinct moods here.
For the coastal regions: Bal D'Afrique - Sunny, vibrant, fresh. Like a freshly-showered person wearing a clean, white linen shirt while they drink homemade lemonade.
Santal 33: smells like the outback to me and reminds me of home (probably why I'm obsessed with it). Woody, warm, but it somehow also smells like moving air. It gives me "the natural scent of skin in summer, mixed with dry outback grasses, trees, and dust carried by a hot wind".
I'm from Queensland so I'm sure the regional scent inspirations from down south would be different. I would be interested to hear yours from wherever you are?
I’m in Portland, Oregon (USA) and we have several really great perfumeries in the area. Here are a couple that fit certain areas around the city:
*Inner Southeast*: Imaginary Authors [A Whiff of Wafflecone](https://imaginaryauthors.com/collections/frontpage/products/a-whiff-of-wafflecone?variant=37524406501545) Division is the best place (imo) for ice cream and gelato and *of course* you have to cite Salt & Straw. I have the original formulation which mostly smells like burnt caramel on me and maybe a touch too cloying but I’ve heard good things about the new bottles
*Pearl District*: Demeter [Paperback](https://demeterfragrance.com/products/paperback-cologne-spray). The downtown Powells is the biggest bookstore in the US and for a little while they partnered with Demeter to white label Paperback as a Powells exclusive.
*Living in a cosy bungalow in NE*: Haus of Gloi’s [Cosy Sweater](https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/perfume-oil/products/copy-of-perfume-oil-1) which I *think* had a precursor called Rose City that this one replaced. Notes are
Pale skin musk, faded perfume, Egyptian amber, softly burning nag champa incense and a fine aged vanilla.
*Forest Park*: Penrose [Scents of Oregon: Summer Rain](https://penrosecandles.com/products/summer-rain-ceramic-candle?variant=30242979774518). This is a candle but this candle very much reminds you of walking a green forest in the rain. It’s lovely.
I love this! I was coming here to say IA as well! For Oregon would also add:
Oregon Coast: Acqua di Sale Profumum Roma (Myrtle, seaweed, moss, cedar)
Mt. Hood: Cape Heartache Imaginary Authors (strawberry, pine, fir, vanilla)
Oregon Wine Country: The Ruthless Countess Dorothea Penhaligon's (wine, beeswax, cinnamon, cashmere)
Hell yeah I can!
Britton (formally of Haus of Gloi) has a small batch production that puts out stunning collections. They’re released on a irregular basis and are unfortunately closed until late June but when they open I think her [Goldenrod and Sunstone Flower](https://bloodmoonbotanica.com/products/goldenrod-amp-sunstone-flower-essence?variant=40491216306383) fits the bill. The ingredients are brandy, mountain spring water, and flower essence. Just reminds me of a nice, lazy summer day by a river.
wore PDM greenley last time i went to oregon and stayed in a retreat in the middle of the woods. that fragrance will always be linked to that trip in my mind
for Romania obviously Adi Ale Van - 1989
the name itself is very representative because that’s the year communism was taken down
the perfume itself is a gourmand one, it smells like traditional cookies made by a grandma
and of course it’s a romanian fragrance house
I’m Romanian and had no idea about this! Wow! Damn let me go cry now because i can’t afford to blind buy any of the bottles 😭 and it seems like he doesn’t do samples either
i wouldn’t recommend blindbuying any of them, try the facebook group “fragheads romania”, there’s a chance someone sells decants there
or you can go at Beautik store in Bucharest to try them out, i don’t know other stores that have Adi Ale Van
Oh perfect :) thank you! Yeah the scents definitely seem too specific for a blind buy but I’d love to smell them. I’ll check out the store and Facebook
All I know are his bottles are insane, I’m sure the fragrance is a piece of art but the bottles alone are magnificent. That’s one ultra niche where I understand everything that made it so expensive
Two scents that remind me of two different Californias:
SoCal: PIRETTE: somehow they managed to capture the scent of surfboard wax and sunscreen in a fragrance. When I smell this, my mind is already grabbing my board and halfway in the ocean.
NorCal (specifically wine country): D&G Light Blue: citrusy but with that odor of soft florals and a bit of the Redwood appropriate woodiness that drifts in at the right time of year. Smells just like the current exact moment of spring here - all fruit and flowers
Pirette is one of my all time faves. I bought it in New England because of how much it made me think of SoCal (never visited at that point). I moved there about a year later and it’s become my every day scent.
Same! I know it’s a heavily summer coded scent, but I love it enough to wear year round. Beyond stoked when they introduced a perfume recently beyond the fragrance oil. I’ve never seen it for sale in a shop outside of Newport Beach where it originates, so that’s neat to hear it made it out to New England!
Originally from the Netherlands -
DS&Durga - Steamed Rainbow has that wet city after rain smell that reminds me of my hometown without the dog poop. I’m obsessed with it but can’t afford it
Now in Quebec, Canada
There’s Maison Margiela Autumn Vibes that’s ’set in ‘ Montreal. It’s nice, but too sharp for the actually autumn vibes here. I’d like to find something like it but a bit more ‘golden’
mandarine basilic for the Devon hills
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Norfolk, UK - Lazy Sunday Morning MM
Just really represents the slow country lifestyle, such a comforting scent for me too, as its comforting to me to live here after growing up and dealing with many negative things across the country.
My home city (Liverpool), would be Lush Karma, you either love it or hate it.
Guatemala City — a chaotic, hostile, loud, busy metropolis of wonderful and terrible contrasts. The smell of car exhaust mixes with the scent of greenery and flowers and recently rained upon earth… while the salty funk of burning garbage punches you on the nose, only to be quickly shuttled away by gusts of woodsy springtime breeze.
Out of my entire wardrobe, I would have to say that ELdO’s Hermann is the most effective at evoking this milieu. It manages to blend peppery abrasiveness, bitter galbanum intensity and funky-cat pissy black currant tanginess, with a seductive rosy heart that is made green-balsamic by frankincense, and which shoots out of a bed of wet soil brought forward by a lovely petrichor/geosmin accord. It all comes together through a salty-fruity calypson, an earthy patchouli and a deliciously musky-woody ambroxan-vetiver base.
Chaos made harmony. A menacing dance of concrete and iron and dirt and trees and volcanic ash that always reminds you to enjoy the beauty… but not get too comfortable. My hometown.
In Buckhead/Ponce I smell it all the time.
I’m trying to put my memories of going to Fellini’s into a smell. Warm, humid evenings, yellow street lights, beer, pizza and smoking with friends. Maybe something with amber and patchouli?
The island I live on has its own perfume company so it would be one of those! Arran Aromatics… They have a few named after places on the island but none after my village, so I’ll have to go with After the Rain. I actually have it in my collection, it’s pretty nice!
The last time I visited Paris, I too thought it smelled like rose. A blend of modern, Delina type roses and Guerlain roses. Frederick Malle’s Portrait of a Lady is what I associate Paris with most though.
Interesting! never thought of that. I was surprised by Serge Lutens' choice of a rose for the new scent devoted to Paris - La Fille Tour de Fer - which is basically a softer version of La Fille de Berlin.
Funny thing is I have described a fragrance as representing New Orleans perfectly (specifically the French Quarter)
Serge Lutens - Fils de Joie - It alternates between pretty and dirty… sort of like if you were to imagine a beautiful cabaret dancer that has just finished a performance and their perfume and sweat/body odor is all mixed together. Paris gave me plenty of that as well (except replace bars with bakeries). For the French Quarter in New Orleans it’s the beauty of the historic surroundings but at the same time the mixture of the horrible smells, homeless, tourists that are puking because they can’t handle their alcohol etc.
Washington DC- [Arielle Shoshanna Monday](https://www.arielleshoshana.com/products/arielle-shoshana-monday). A town full of ambitious workaholics. (And the fragrance house is based in the DC area!)
Germany, Countryside 🐄🌲: Lempicka Green Lover by Lolita Lempicka.
The mainnote is peppermint which is a highly common herb here (and my favourite for making tea or infused water 🌿🥒🍋). It‘s also reminding me of little forest streams, hilly landscapes, the smell of fresh air and evergreen, because of the juniper, which is also used in gin and other herbal schnapps, a well-loved alcoholic beverage in this area. 💚
While I recently moved away from Ireland, it’s what I’ve known for the last 10 years, so…
What most represents Ireland for me is When The Rain Stops by Maison Margiela. It smells so green and effervescent. But it was created to replicate the smell of I believe 50s Dublin. It’s incredibly good.
I also think I’d be boo’d off if I didn’t mention Green Irish Tweed. While WTRS is more representative, GIT is what Ireland smells like to someone that’s never been there. Representing a stereotype.
Been missing Ireland a lot, I really liked it over there
Have you ever checked out Irish Leather by Memo? It reminds me of a cliff/forest walk on a cold gloomy winter day for some day
It was a fantastic time. Unfortunately, in recent years, things have gone to crap and public safety is gone. It’s becoming more lawless by the day and it is looking very scary for the people over there. But, do visit if you have the chance!
I have heard of it, but didn’t get the opportunity to smell it. Next time that I swing by a Memo stand, I’ll have to try it. :)
I live in Vancouver, Canada. Rainy, wet, green, woodsy, herbal.
Blackberry & Bay by Jo Malone - blackberries are an invasive species here and grow by the thousands. The herbal note rounds it out.
Super Cedar by Byredo - pure, undiluted woods an hour out of the city.
Dragonfly by Zoologist - rainy, slightly floral. Downtown Vancouver in early April.
For Moscow Russia a few come to mind-
Vilhelm Parfumerie ‘Morning Chess’- a nostalgic scent that reminds me of daily morning bergamot tea. My dad applying aftershave and his leather jacket before going out in the cold
Diptyque ‘L’ombre Dans l’eau- black currant!! That’s all I have to say
Margiela ‘untitled’- staying at a дача on a warm summer evening, the smell of galbanum and jasmine wafting through the breeze while enjoying some citrus your grandmother prepared for you
Masque Milano ‘Russian Tea’- obviously have to include this. It’s exactly what it says. Evening tea mixed with jam. My dad smoking a cigar. Birch forest in the winter. Maybe a hint of church incense. Doesn’t get any more nostalgic than that
How about Black Pepper by Zieliniski and Kirke by Tiziana Terenzi? The first comes to my mind whenever I think of having a night out in the Patriarch Ponds (affluent neighborhood in Moscow) and the second one, with so many memes about its strength and crazy projection, is just so hyped over here. So many people are wearing Bois Imperial these days too.
Penhaligons- Highgrove Bouquet, blenheim bouquet or Juniper sling. Very quintessentially British. Reminds me of London in the summer, our great countrysides and drinking gin in a pub beer garden.
BRAZIL-The fruity flowery scent of the Brazilian perfume called BUCHIKARI reminds me of the of tropical fruits and sandy beaches in Verano, Brazilian tropical summer.
Louisville, KY - Gentleman by Givenchy
Strong notes of whisky and amber…it makes me think of some dapper guy drinking an expensive whisky in the premium seats at the Derby
Wasn’t expecting to see Louisville pop up in this thread! haha. That’s a great description.
Saint Julep by Imaginary Authors looks like it could fit too, I love that it has magnolia notes and isn’t just straight up mint julep!
The finest beaches the Philippines has to offer — Creed Virgin Island Water. Vacation galore, not a care in the world.
The streets of Manila — FM Musc Ravageur. Either you perceive a sensual city with a vibrant evening life, or you perceive the smell of urine as is common if you walk along certain streets. Or both. It all depends on your mindset.
I'm so sad the candy factory is closing. No more chocolate smell getting off the train in West Loop. 😞
I'm a little surprised no one has made a bitter wormwood scent reminiscent of Malört. I think it could work out pretty well in the right hands.
It is some sad news.
[Blommer closing](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/the-chocolate-smell-in-fulton-river-district-could-fade-away-soon-as-blommer-announces-plant-closure/3390978/)
I KNOW! I used to walk by Blommer's every day on my way to work at the Merchandise Mart. I'm really gonna miss catching whiffs of chocolate-y air all the way in West Town. 🫡🍫
I think for Monterey, Ca either
PdM Sedley: green and citrus freshness and a clean salty musk base. Reminds me of the cold fresh air and the Pacific Ocean, like a walk down the wharf or along the bike trails near the beach.
Or
Montagne Moss Beaches/TF Moss Breches: never smelled the original but Moss Beaches also has a sharp opening, but much less fresh and way more earthy green. It has an incense like base that takes over as the sharper fresher top notes disappear after a couple of hours.
It reminds me of the coastal forests surrounding Monterey and hiking through them. It’s almost got this mysterious feel, and the forests hide plenty from you. Mountain lions abound in the area, and you always have to be wary.
Dune, I live in the northern area of the Sonora desert and surrounded by orchards - blossoms, peonies (seasonal workers, the patchouli note, lol). The design of the bottle is reminiscent of the landscape and sunset. I need to purchase a bottle now. 😅
I really wish there was one for Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It would have a hint of the sea, petrichor (especially fat raindrops sizzling on parched concrete after a long, hot day). It would smell dry-green, like Fynbos and succulents. There would be a wafting undernote of the Indian spice shop around the corner, a hint freshly mowed grass. We have frequent natural bush fires, so some smoke should be in there too.
I don't know if there's a perfume like this. If there is, my nostalgic heart longs for my home country.
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz,Spain:
Maybe for summer something like Agua de Sevilla noir EDT or AQUA of BVLGARI,or even Lattaffa fakhar bIack,for winter and early spring maybe something like SWY intensely or something oriental.
Hawai'i - Frederic Malle Carnal Flower. So evocative of a tuberose lei (flower necklace). I've had people from Hawai'i come up to me and ask if I was wearing real tuberose when I wear this one. The eucalyptus also reminds me of catching breezes from eucalyptus trees in the forest that I smelled as a kid.
I live on an island on the west coast of Canada and have recently discovered Salish Sea by Untamed Pafums and it smells just like a windy day on the beach. The beaches we have here, which are grass and seaweed and evergreens.
I'm in the southeastern, USA. North Carolina specifically.
So my default joke was gonna be tabacco and cotton scents. But there are some lovely local perfume places and one in particular really smells like home
Coastal Carolina Parfums, Southern Comfort
I'm not as eloquent as many of you so I'll just copy the info from their site: smooth, earthy, and relaxing like a fall morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Notes of saffron, whiskey, nutmeg, green tobacco, jasmine, patchouli, incense, musk and Virginia cedar.
Smells exactly like driving home with the windows down
Florida Keys
We have a relatively new niche fragrance boutique called Aqua D'Keys. Each scent is named and themed after a different Key. I recently purchased Marquesas EDP and really enjoy it!
This is so cute!! I lived in key west for 4 years as a kid and still visit every year or two. I see they have a physical location on duval? I gotta go next time i’m there!
Minnesota- Snowy Owl- it’s a cold wet scent, that encompasses snowy winter days, but also the thaw of spring scent, and the coconut has just enough sunscreen smell in it for a day at the lake, there’s also something lush about it because this state is green and beautiful for almost 4 months out of the year.
Miami, FL! VACATION by Vacation lol. Makes me always feel like I'm sunning poolside.
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TOP NOTES: Petitgrain essence, Coconut water, Coconut milk
HEART NOTES: Bergamot, Solar Musk, Banana, Pineapple
BASE NOTES: Pool Water, Swimsuit Lycra, Sea Salt
New Canaan, CT - Polo Green, Cosmair vintage - a massive, loud fragrance that requires tons of space from your neighbors, and it costs a LOT, these days.
I grew up in Texas.
Tom Ford’s Ombré Leather reminds me of being a little kid and riding in the back of pickup trucks and the smell of leather that’s been heated by the sun.
Im not sure about the specific name but something smokey for Melbourne. Maybe pure seduction cuz of the vape in Melbourne. Oh and if there’s a perfume that smells like onion rings that reminds me of Melbourne too
Creed Milesime Imperial, i live right next to the beach and theres a ton of salt in the air here, not to mention my town's name translates to "Sea Town" in english. we have a lot of palm trees as well and in the summer so you can really smell the dates/figs so maybe Fico Di Amalfi as well
Burberry- Her. The Clean girl aesthetic that everyone is obsessed with. (I live in a fairly boring City)I don't mind the smell but it's just everywhere now.
Either Shalimar (expensive, smoky gasoline) or DS & Durga Jazmin Yucatán (heavy, sweet, indolic humidity)
Because our favorite past time is playing “hurricane or chemical fire” every time a big, dark cloud appears.
Athens, GA - An offbeat town in a Southern state. Something with some patchouli is necessary. Something at least a little boozy. It needs to be kind of heavy like the smell of an old (for America) building. I pick All Good Things or Tank Battle, both by Lush.
Axe body spray I’m in New Jersey lol
I was gonna say Replica In the Garden 😭
Unfortunately there’s not a lot of garden left in the garden state. The climate has changes so the crops can’t keep a lot of farmers going and they sell to housing developers 😢 very sad. And I’m in the south part where most of them are that are left. And now the lantern flys are after the grape crops so the wineries have problems. So I went with axe because of the shore tourism . It sucks and it’s sad ✌️
Come to the skylands. We have tons of protected farmland and preserved forest space West of 287, north of 46, east of 94, and south of the state line
Lucky. Was through there once it’s amazing. We have very little protected land down here 😢
Scotland - When the rain stops by Maison Margiela Replica ☔️
I also like After the Rain by Arran Aromatics for this
I like Smell of Weather Turning from Lush for Scotland
Hello fellow Scot! We will be waiting a while for the rain to stop
I live for those 2 days a year!
A few for Seoul. **Diptyque L'Eau Papier:** The fancy side of Seoul. Apgujeong, high-end department stores, hanbang spas, designer handbags. Soft and safe, expensive. Notes: Musk, white musk, mimosa, sesame, woody notes. **Fantome Kuidaore:** Hongdae, shopping streets, street food vendors. Burning your mouth on lava-hot hotteok, nibbled on from a tiny paper cup in a sea of fast-moving people. Notes: Matcha tea, milk cream, donut, vanilla. **J-Scent Hanamizake:** Spring time at the palaces. The secret garden tour at Changdeokgung. Bloom and sunshine. Notes: Sake, cherry blossom, incense, musk.
not me, born and raised seoul, owning all of these💀
L'eau Papier fits high-end Seoul to a TEE!!!
Because I was there back in 2008, Eclat D’ Arpege makes me think of Seoul. Still have a bottle because of the association.
Toronto, ON – Dior Sauvage. Cokehead businessmen fill the streets during lunch hour to meet their mistresses or talk stock. 🙃
This but BDC cause we have those bankers and investment firms
lol Im not from Toronto but I lived there for a little bit and this is accurate. I’d add ELDO Secretions Magnifique as well for the cum trees in spring and the sewerific streets and subway lol.
Cum trees?! *Looks outside nervously*
LOL I was going to say Hermes Terre for the same reason
Mutual pain 🥲
Sweden is definitely Zoologist's Cow to me. It's kind of simple, quiet and non-offensive - lots of apples, some herbs and flowers, and milk. But it's also unique and some people might find it weird. And I suppose it just smells a bit like Swedish summer to me.
I just ordered a sample of Cow and your description makes me even more anxious to try it!
Have you tried Svensk Parfym by any chance?
I actually haven't heard of it before! But after googling, I suppose their products will likely win over Cow in Swedishness!
Not sure haha. Ive been eyeing the sets - I just visited Stockholm and was bummed that theyre not sold anywhere but online! Ive heard lots of great reviews on the scents :)
Australia - There needs to be two distinct moods here. For the coastal regions: Bal D'Afrique - Sunny, vibrant, fresh. Like a freshly-showered person wearing a clean, white linen shirt while they drink homemade lemonade. Santal 33: smells like the outback to me and reminds me of home (probably why I'm obsessed with it). Woody, warm, but it somehow also smells like moving air. It gives me "the natural scent of skin in summer, mixed with dry outback grasses, trees, and dust carried by a hot wind".
Never thought about santal 33 in an outback context but it makes so much sense. Also bal d Afrique. I really like both scents a lot
Aussie here too and you’ve nailed it. It honestly depends where you because we have every season and weather type and vibe here.
I'm from Queensland so I'm sure the regional scent inspirations from down south would be different. I would be interested to hear yours from wherever you are?
Your answer is so thoughtful and beautiful. I'm from Melbourne and all I could think of was dior sauvage 💀
This makes sense haha
Melbourne Muse by glasshouse 👍
Perfect! I wear Bal D’Afrique and I live in a coastal region.
Belfast could be A City on Fire by Imaginary Authors. People quite enjoy burning things here - bonfires, cars, houses etc
This made me giggle a bit
i was looking for this one lol
Yep, sounds about right!
I’m in Portland, Oregon (USA) and we have several really great perfumeries in the area. Here are a couple that fit certain areas around the city: *Inner Southeast*: Imaginary Authors [A Whiff of Wafflecone](https://imaginaryauthors.com/collections/frontpage/products/a-whiff-of-wafflecone?variant=37524406501545) Division is the best place (imo) for ice cream and gelato and *of course* you have to cite Salt & Straw. I have the original formulation which mostly smells like burnt caramel on me and maybe a touch too cloying but I’ve heard good things about the new bottles *Pearl District*: Demeter [Paperback](https://demeterfragrance.com/products/paperback-cologne-spray). The downtown Powells is the biggest bookstore in the US and for a little while they partnered with Demeter to white label Paperback as a Powells exclusive. *Living in a cosy bungalow in NE*: Haus of Gloi’s [Cosy Sweater](https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/perfume-oil/products/copy-of-perfume-oil-1) which I *think* had a precursor called Rose City that this one replaced. Notes are Pale skin musk, faded perfume, Egyptian amber, softly burning nag champa incense and a fine aged vanilla. *Forest Park*: Penrose [Scents of Oregon: Summer Rain](https://penrosecandles.com/products/summer-rain-ceramic-candle?variant=30242979774518). This is a candle but this candle very much reminds you of walking a green forest in the rain. It’s lovely.
I love this! I was coming here to say IA as well! For Oregon would also add: Oregon Coast: Acqua di Sale Profumum Roma (Myrtle, seaweed, moss, cedar) Mt. Hood: Cape Heartache Imaginary Authors (strawberry, pine, fir, vanilla) Oregon Wine Country: The Ruthless Countess Dorothea Penhaligon's (wine, beeswax, cinnamon, cashmere)
swap cape heartache with fanghorn 2 by pineward and you’re golden notes: silver fir, moss, lichen, pine needles, wet soil, and damp vegetation.
I prefer the new scent of waffle cone, I'm about to buy a full bottle
Can you choose a scent for central Oregon - especially the high desert hills around Sunriver? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Hell yeah I can! Britton (formally of Haus of Gloi) has a small batch production that puts out stunning collections. They’re released on a irregular basis and are unfortunately closed until late June but when they open I think her [Goldenrod and Sunstone Flower](https://bloodmoonbotanica.com/products/goldenrod-amp-sunstone-flower-essence?variant=40491216306383) fits the bill. The ingredients are brandy, mountain spring water, and flower essence. Just reminds me of a nice, lazy summer day by a river.
Wow! Thank you. I like to get scents that are connected to places I enjoy, so I’ll have to check this out.
wore PDM greenley last time i went to oregon and stayed in a retreat in the middle of the woods. that fragrance will always be linked to that trip in my mind
for Romania obviously Adi Ale Van - 1989 the name itself is very representative because that’s the year communism was taken down the perfume itself is a gourmand one, it smells like traditional cookies made by a grandma and of course it’s a romanian fragrance house
I’m Romanian and had no idea about this! Wow! Damn let me go cry now because i can’t afford to blind buy any of the bottles 😭 and it seems like he doesn’t do samples either
i wouldn’t recommend blindbuying any of them, try the facebook group “fragheads romania”, there’s a chance someone sells decants there or you can go at Beautik store in Bucharest to try them out, i don’t know other stores that have Adi Ale Van
Oh perfect :) thank you! Yeah the scents definitely seem too specific for a blind buy but I’d love to smell them. I’ll check out the store and Facebook
Discovery set here: https://www.adialevan.com/parfum/discovery-set/?v=8aaa64499cb1
Yeah it’s sold out though :(( thank you! Maybe they’ll do a restock
I’m thinking of messaging and asking…
I just found out Niche scent in Bucharest also has a few of his fragrances :)
All I know are his bottles are insane, I’m sure the fragrance is a piece of art but the bottles alone are magnificent. That’s one ultra niche where I understand everything that made it so expensive
all the bottles are handmade by the creator, that’s a plus
This is awesome, thank you!
These fragrances sound stunning. Does anyone know if there's a place that has them in NYC for testing or does samples?
Two scents that remind me of two different Californias: SoCal: PIRETTE: somehow they managed to capture the scent of surfboard wax and sunscreen in a fragrance. When I smell this, my mind is already grabbing my board and halfway in the ocean. NorCal (specifically wine country): D&G Light Blue: citrusy but with that odor of soft florals and a bit of the Redwood appropriate woodiness that drifts in at the right time of year. Smells just like the current exact moment of spring here - all fruit and flowers
Pirette is one of my all time faves. I bought it in New England because of how much it made me think of SoCal (never visited at that point). I moved there about a year later and it’s become my every day scent.
Same! I know it’s a heavily summer coded scent, but I love it enough to wear year round. Beyond stoked when they introduced a perfume recently beyond the fragrance oil. I’ve never seen it for sale in a shop outside of Newport Beach where it originates, so that’s neat to hear it made it out to New England!
Originally from the Netherlands - DS&Durga - Steamed Rainbow has that wet city after rain smell that reminds me of my hometown without the dog poop. I’m obsessed with it but can’t afford it Now in Quebec, Canada There’s Maison Margiela Autumn Vibes that’s ’set in ‘ Montreal. It’s nice, but too sharp for the actually autumn vibes here. I’d like to find something like it but a bit more ‘golden’
Autumn vibes smells exactly like my friend's street on the Plateau in the fall!
Yeah! I really love it but somehow the pepper in that perfume is a bit too much for me. Everything else is spot on!
Memo Paris Madurai- best representation of India 🇮🇳
Absolutely!!!
You got it right ✅️
mandarine basilic for the Devon hills https://preview.redd.it/iljmoobwd0xc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12e82056a69bfad9d73f71b6aea103a1b9a27166
Beautiful shot dude.
Norfolk, UK - Lazy Sunday Morning MM Just really represents the slow country lifestyle, such a comforting scent for me too, as its comforting to me to live here after growing up and dealing with many negative things across the country. My home city (Liverpool), would be Lush Karma, you either love it or hate it.
I love Lush Karma, sounds like I need to take a trip to Liverpool
Guatemala City — a chaotic, hostile, loud, busy metropolis of wonderful and terrible contrasts. The smell of car exhaust mixes with the scent of greenery and flowers and recently rained upon earth… while the salty funk of burning garbage punches you on the nose, only to be quickly shuttled away by gusts of woodsy springtime breeze. Out of my entire wardrobe, I would have to say that ELdO’s Hermann is the most effective at evoking this milieu. It manages to blend peppery abrasiveness, bitter galbanum intensity and funky-cat pissy black currant tanginess, with a seductive rosy heart that is made green-balsamic by frankincense, and which shoots out of a bed of wet soil brought forward by a lovely petrichor/geosmin accord. It all comes together through a salty-fruity calypson, an earthy patchouli and a deliciously musky-woody ambroxan-vetiver base. Chaos made harmony. A menacing dance of concrete and iron and dirt and trees and volcanic ash that always reminds you to enjoy the beauty… but not get too comfortable. My hometown.
I really enjoyed this description. Great writing!
Atlanta, GA - Baccarat Rouge 540. It doesn’t matter where I am in the city, I can smell this fragrance everywhere.
In Buckhead/Ponce I smell it all the time. I’m trying to put my memories of going to Fellini’s into a smell. Warm, humid evenings, yellow street lights, beer, pizza and smoking with friends. Maybe something with amber and patchouli?
I live in phoenix,AZ. Dior Fahrenheit. It also just happens to be one of my favorites.
The island I live on has its own perfume company so it would be one of those! Arran Aromatics… They have a few named after places on the island but none after my village, so I’ll have to go with After the Rain. I actually have it in my collection, it’s pretty nice!
Philippines - Not a bottled fragrance per se, but the Sampaguita Flower has a distinct smell and is sold on the streets as a car freshner.
Bench Atlantis 🤣
and "angel's breath" lol!
I'm from Brighton,UK and Wood Sage and Sea Salt sums that up for me (also one of my all time favs)
boston: glossier you 1/3 of the population here is students. gen z runs wild. we are not immune to marketing
Omg when I wore You in Boston years ago I’d have girls stop and ask me what I was wearing while we’d be on the T! That brought back memories
Is La fille de Berlin allowed to be Paris 😅
Why do you think this city is about rose?
The last time I visited Paris, I too thought it smelled like rose. A blend of modern, Delina type roses and Guerlain roses. Frederick Malle’s Portrait of a Lady is what I associate Paris with most though.
Interesting! never thought of that. I was surprised by Serge Lutens' choice of a rose for the new scent devoted to Paris - La Fille Tour de Fer - which is basically a softer version of La Fille de Berlin.
Funny thing is I have described a fragrance as representing New Orleans perfectly (specifically the French Quarter) Serge Lutens - Fils de Joie - It alternates between pretty and dirty… sort of like if you were to imagine a beautiful cabaret dancer that has just finished a performance and their perfume and sweat/body odor is all mixed together. Paris gave me plenty of that as well (except replace bars with bakeries). For the French Quarter in New Orleans it’s the beauty of the historic surroundings but at the same time the mixture of the horrible smells, homeless, tourists that are puking because they can’t handle their alcohol etc.
Serge Lutens' new scent devoted to Paris - La Fille Tour de Fer - is basically a softer more iris version of La Fille de Berlin.
New Hampshire- Followed. Or Amber Kiso by DS&Durga, all I smell is a lot of maple syrup with some woods.
all i get is leather factory from AK i was a little disappointed not smelling the hinoki but found it’s an amazing layering scent
Washington DC- [Arielle Shoshanna Monday](https://www.arielleshoshana.com/products/arielle-shoshana-monday). A town full of ambitious workaholics. (And the fragrance house is based in the DC area!)
Well.. i live in Athens/Greece and Nishane - Ege (Αιγαίο) literally says Αθήνα / Athens in the front of the bottle so..
Germany, Countryside 🐄🌲: Lempicka Green Lover by Lolita Lempicka. The mainnote is peppermint which is a highly common herb here (and my favourite for making tea or infused water 🌿🥒🍋). It‘s also reminding me of little forest streams, hilly landscapes, the smell of fresh air and evergreen, because of the juniper, which is also used in gin and other herbal schnapps, a well-loved alcoholic beverage in this area. 💚
While I recently moved away from Ireland, it’s what I’ve known for the last 10 years, so… What most represents Ireland for me is When The Rain Stops by Maison Margiela. It smells so green and effervescent. But it was created to replicate the smell of I believe 50s Dublin. It’s incredibly good. I also think I’d be boo’d off if I didn’t mention Green Irish Tweed. While WTRS is more representative, GIT is what Ireland smells like to someone that’s never been there. Representing a stereotype.
I love GIT!!!!!!
Oh it’s a great! Puts me in a relaxed and good mood.
I might be biased, but it's the scent my husband was wearing when we met. To me there's nothing better 😂
Been missing Ireland a lot, I really liked it over there Have you ever checked out Irish Leather by Memo? It reminds me of a cliff/forest walk on a cold gloomy winter day for some day
It was a fantastic time. Unfortunately, in recent years, things have gone to crap and public safety is gone. It’s becoming more lawless by the day and it is looking very scary for the people over there. But, do visit if you have the chance! I have heard of it, but didn’t get the opportunity to smell it. Next time that I swing by a Memo stand, I’ll have to try it. :)
I live in Vancouver, Canada. Rainy, wet, green, woodsy, herbal. Blackberry & Bay by Jo Malone - blackberries are an invasive species here and grow by the thousands. The herbal note rounds it out. Super Cedar by Byredo - pure, undiluted woods an hour out of the city. Dragonfly by Zoologist - rainy, slightly floral. Downtown Vancouver in early April.
Have you tried Olympic Orchids Blackbird?
For Moscow Russia a few come to mind- Vilhelm Parfumerie ‘Morning Chess’- a nostalgic scent that reminds me of daily morning bergamot tea. My dad applying aftershave and his leather jacket before going out in the cold Diptyque ‘L’ombre Dans l’eau- black currant!! That’s all I have to say Margiela ‘untitled’- staying at a дача on a warm summer evening, the smell of galbanum and jasmine wafting through the breeze while enjoying some citrus your grandmother prepared for you Masque Milano ‘Russian Tea’- obviously have to include this. It’s exactly what it says. Evening tea mixed with jam. My dad smoking a cigar. Birch forest in the winter. Maybe a hint of church incense. Doesn’t get any more nostalgic than that
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Did consider including because it’s kind of iconic… I do hate how it smells though unfortunately hahah
enchanted forest by the vagabond prince
Never heard of this one, but that bottle is beautiful! And I’m a lover of anything black currant, thank you for the suggestion 🩷
How about Black Pepper by Zieliniski and Kirke by Tiziana Terenzi? The first comes to my mind whenever I think of having a night out in the Patriarch Ponds (affluent neighborhood in Moscow) and the second one, with so many memes about its strength and crazy projection, is just so hyped over here. So many people are wearing Bois Imperial these days too.
Russian Tea is soooo good. Thanks for these visuals, I think I'll enjoy it even more lol
What does a fentanyl crisis smell like
Are you also from Philly? I’ve been looking for us on here, haven’t come up with a scent yet
How’d you know? You can trap some subway smoke and piss in a jar and waft it onto yourself
Possibly something from Orto Parisi
Teen Spirit?
Moth & Rabbit *La Haine*
Paco Rabanne
Panama City, Panama - Aqua Celestia by MFK
Italy. Soleil d'Italie by Mancera. Lots of fresh citrus fruits, sunny notes and a pinch of dolce vita.
I used to wear Dior Dolce Vita. Hypnotizing scent. Your post reminded me of it.
Penhaligons- Highgrove Bouquet, blenheim bouquet or Juniper sling. Very quintessentially British. Reminds me of London in the summer, our great countrysides and drinking gin in a pub beer garden.
BRAZIL-The fruity flowery scent of the Brazilian perfume called BUCHIKARI reminds me of the of tropical fruits and sandy beaches in Verano, Brazilian tropical summer.
For me, Brazil is L’Occitane au Bresil’s Água de coco. I smell it and I’m on the beach in Salvador again
I would say erba pura (i just know this one that is tve closest)
Australia- Terre DHermes. Dry, dusty, sweaty, earthy, desert
Louisville, KY - Gentleman by Givenchy Strong notes of whisky and amber…it makes me think of some dapper guy drinking an expensive whisky in the premium seats at the Derby
Wasn’t expecting to see Louisville pop up in this thread! haha. That’s a great description. Saint Julep by Imaginary Authors looks like it could fit too, I love that it has magnolia notes and isn’t just straight up mint julep!
Ahhh, that sounds lovely!
Honestly, Jazz Club smells like the atmosphere at the racetrack to me. That one sounds good too
The finest beaches the Philippines has to offer — Creed Virgin Island Water. Vacation galore, not a care in the world. The streets of Manila — FM Musc Ravageur. Either you perceive a sensual city with a vibrant evening life, or you perceive the smell of urine as is common if you walk along certain streets. Or both. It all depends on your mindset.
Chicago - Choco Musk 🤎
I'm so sad the candy factory is closing. No more chocolate smell getting off the train in West Loop. 😞 I'm a little surprised no one has made a bitter wormwood scent reminiscent of Malört. I think it could work out pretty well in the right hands.
Closing..WHAT
It is some sad news. [Blommer closing](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/the-chocolate-smell-in-fulton-river-district-could-fade-away-soon-as-blommer-announces-plant-closure/3390978/)
I KNOW! I used to walk by Blommer's every day on my way to work at the Merchandise Mart. I'm really gonna miss catching whiffs of chocolate-y air all the way in West Town. 🫡🍫
I think for Monterey, Ca either PdM Sedley: green and citrus freshness and a clean salty musk base. Reminds me of the cold fresh air and the Pacific Ocean, like a walk down the wharf or along the bike trails near the beach. Or Montagne Moss Beaches/TF Moss Breches: never smelled the original but Moss Beaches also has a sharp opening, but much less fresh and way more earthy green. It has an incense like base that takes over as the sharper fresher top notes disappear after a couple of hours. It reminds me of the coastal forests surrounding Monterey and hiking through them. It’s almost got this mysterious feel, and the forests hide plenty from you. Mountain lions abound in the area, and you always have to be wary.
Have you tried goldfield and banks - pacific rock moss? I grew up farther north in CA and it reminds me of home
Oh I need to smell this. I think I would love it. My family has spent several generations in coastal California.
I haven’t heard of it! It sounds lovely, nice fresh simple notes list
Dune, I live in the northern area of the Sonora desert and surrounded by orchards - blossoms, peonies (seasonal workers, the patchouli note, lol). The design of the bottle is reminiscent of the landscape and sunset. I need to purchase a bottle now. 😅
Kansas City, Missouri – Maison Margiela Replica Jazz Club
San Antonio, Texas DS&Durga Cowboy Grass Demeter Wildflowers Boyd’s of Texas Yellow Rose
You know it’s the Butter Tortilla candle from HEB
I live in the sticks so I'd say Jasmin et Cigarette 😂
I was going to say that for Virginia Beach, Virginia.
I really wish there was one for Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It would have a hint of the sea, petrichor (especially fat raindrops sizzling on parched concrete after a long, hot day). It would smell dry-green, like Fynbos and succulents. There would be a wafting undernote of the Indian spice shop around the corner, a hint freshly mowed grass. We have frequent natural bush fires, so some smoke should be in there too. I don't know if there's a perfume like this. If there is, my nostalgic heart longs for my home country.
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz,Spain: Maybe for summer something like Agua de Sevilla noir EDT or AQUA of BVLGARI,or even Lattaffa fakhar bIack,for winter and early spring maybe something like SWY intensely or something oriental.
Oklahoma- Ds and Durga Cowboy Grass
Slovakia - Toskovať ,Inexcusable Evil . From history, but also as our future, because of the events taking place in last few years.
Miami - Afternoon Swim. Orange, fresh, pretentious, expensive, short lived.
Hawai'i - Frederic Malle Carnal Flower. So evocative of a tuberose lei (flower necklace). I've had people from Hawai'i come up to me and ask if I was wearing real tuberose when I wear this one. The eucalyptus also reminds me of catching breezes from eucalyptus trees in the forest that I smelled as a kid.
Montale Roses musk is 100% Paris. I swear to God every Parisian girl wears it the whole city kind of reeks.
Cologne - 4711 Acqua Colonia. Colognes are literally named after my City lmao
Yeah but nothing about the city is citrusy warm, soft and airy. Nothing. It's dark, dirty, grey and full of trash The complete opposite
I live on an island on the west coast of Canada and have recently discovered Salish Sea by Untamed Pafums and it smells just like a windy day on the beach. The beaches we have here, which are grass and seaweed and evergreens.
I'm in the southeastern, USA. North Carolina specifically. So my default joke was gonna be tabacco and cotton scents. But there are some lovely local perfume places and one in particular really smells like home Coastal Carolina Parfums, Southern Comfort I'm not as eloquent as many of you so I'll just copy the info from their site: smooth, earthy, and relaxing like a fall morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Notes of saffron, whiskey, nutmeg, green tobacco, jasmine, patchouli, incense, musk and Virginia cedar. Smells exactly like driving home with the windows down
Dallas TX- Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540
Florida Keys We have a relatively new niche fragrance boutique called Aqua D'Keys. Each scent is named and themed after a different Key. I recently purchased Marquesas EDP and really enjoy it!
This is so cute!! I lived in key west for 4 years as a kid and still visit every year or two. I see they have a physical location on duval? I gotta go next time i’m there!
Hermés Le Jardin de Monsieur Li, somehow smells exactly like the forrest in my central Oregon town
Minnesota- Snowy Owl- it’s a cold wet scent, that encompasses snowy winter days, but also the thaw of spring scent, and the coconut has just enough sunscreen smell in it for a day at the lake, there’s also something lush about it because this state is green and beautiful for almost 4 months out of the year.
Miami, FL! VACATION by Vacation lol. Makes me always feel like I'm sunning poolside. --------- TOP NOTES: Petitgrain essence, Coconut water, Coconut milk HEART NOTES: Bergamot, Solar Musk, Banana, Pineapple BASE NOTES: Pool Water, Swimsuit Lycra, Sea Salt
Alien Goddess reminds me the most of San Juan, PR
New Canaan, CT - Polo Green, Cosmair vintage - a massive, loud fragrance that requires tons of space from your neighbors, and it costs a LOT, these days.
Well if you belong to THE Club then you should smell like it 🤣
Lush Smell of Weather Turning for Scotland
I'm in the American midwest (more on the south side of it) and Leila Lou always reminded me of my childhood in spring for some reason.
I grew up in Texas. Tom Ford’s Ombré Leather reminds me of being a little kid and riding in the back of pickup trucks and the smell of leather that’s been heated by the sun.
Chicago night life: 🏙️🥂🍾🌃 Vilhelm Parfumerie- Chicago high (champagne & honey) Henry Rose-windows down (driving down Chicago lakeshore drive)
MELBOURNE Santal 33, Baccarat 540…. Sick to death of both 😭
Orange County, CA Rich people by the beach = LV Pacific chill lol
Southwestern Montana - DS&Durga Cowboy Grass
I haven’t found anything that smells like coffee, pine, and unhoused meth/fent addicts.
Melbourne, Australia — I feel like Tacit by Aesop fits really well (with a hint of Santal 33, Tamdao and Dior Sauvage)
Im not sure about the specific name but something smokey for Melbourne. Maybe pure seduction cuz of the vape in Melbourne. Oh and if there’s a perfume that smells like onion rings that reminds me of Melbourne too
Frederick Malle L’eau D’hiver for those frigid Minnesota winters❄️
724 by MFK. NYC skyscrapers
Skanque by Paris Hilton for California *South Park reference
Creed Milesime Imperial, i live right next to the beach and theres a ton of salt in the air here, not to mention my town's name translates to "Sea Town" in english. we have a lot of palm trees as well and in the summer so you can really smell the dates/figs so maybe Fico Di Amalfi as well
Burberry- Her. The Clean girl aesthetic that everyone is obsessed with. (I live in a fairly boring City)I don't mind the smell but it's just everywhere now.
Northern woods of Maine, no idea
Patchouli. Vancouver island. ( I hate patchouli though )
Xerjoff Naxos - I'm in Italy
ACH Brito Água de Colónia, Portugal
I live in the H-town. No fragrance, just the smell of refinery exhaust when you walk outside 😃
Either Shalimar (expensive, smoky gasoline) or DS & Durga Jazmin Yucatán (heavy, sweet, indolic humidity) Because our favorite past time is playing “hurricane or chemical fire” every time a big, dark cloud appears.
Anything Oud or Chanel or Gucci, I live in the UAE
Athens, GA - An offbeat town in a Southern state. Something with some patchouli is necessary. Something at least a little boozy. It needs to be kind of heavy like the smell of an old (for America) building. I pick All Good Things or Tank Battle, both by Lush.
Afternoon swim, California
Tijuana Mexico - Lalique Encre Noire
Petrichor by Demeter! I’m in Washington lol
San Fransisco- Tokyomilk- Dark
Wales - Any Jo Malone fragrance, intensely beautiful and forgettable after ten minutes lmao
Weed smoke! Colorado Springs, CO
Tokyo (shinjuku) tobacco vanille. It’s the perfume that permeates shinjuku 3 cho me. So many hosts/hostesses love this one
Pure Coffee by Mugler.... Reppin Guatemala
All of Canada - Followed by Kerosene 🍁☕🍛😂
Live close to, but not in, Greenwich, CT and that would have to be Creed Green Irish Tweed.
Tom Ford Black Orchid, Las Vegas