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Powdery perfume

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toucaninjapan · 20/03/2023 06:32

Can anyone recommend a perfume with strong powdery notes?
I have googled powdery perfumes and Guerlain's Insolence looks promising, however there's no place nearby where I could go check the actual smell and I'm kinda reluctant to order it without trying... Does anyone have it?

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Gherkingreen · 20/03/2023 19:54

Narciso Rodriguez (pink square bottle) is a grown up baby powder/Johnson's lotion scent - I was surprised how much I loved it as not my usual vibe, but it's absolutely gorgeous.
However, it didn't last on my skin at all, so didn't repeat buy.

TattiePants · 20/03/2023 20:06

You could also look at Jil Sander ‘Sun’ which is very reasonably priced.

AbsolutePixels · 20/03/2023 22:32

J Lo Glow, cheap and so, so powdery.

Socrateswasrightaboutvoting · 20/03/2023 22:46

Following

Boogismyname · 20/03/2023 22:56

Gloria vanderbilt by Gloria Vanderbilt.
Vogue by Milton Lloyd (no 5 dupe)

Boogismyname · 20/03/2023 22:57

L'aimant by Coty

mimiarm7 · 20/03/2023 23:01

Another vote for Shalimar.

maddy68 · 20/03/2023 23:06

Not sure if it's even made but Vanderbilt perfume always reminded me of beautiful talcum powder

LordEmsworth · 20/03/2023 23:10

Shalimar literally makes me think of my nanna's pressed powder on her dressing table. In a good way...

HBGKC · 20/03/2023 23:18

Sorry for being dense, but... what does 'powder' smell like..?!
(I wear Guerlain's Mitsouko, which I LOVE. Would anyone describe that as powdery..?)

jazzybelle · 20/03/2023 23:45

Tiffany Intense

Miss Dior Originale

PeacefulPottering · 20/03/2023 23:56

Cerrutti 1881 is my go to powdery but clean smell and it LASTS!
I bought the Dove dupe from perfume parlor years ago and the first one was amazing, really clean,strong . I bought it again and was nothing like the first one. As a lover of powdery/clean scents I triedthe original Jlo Glow and never saw the race reviews?
Cerrutti is the only one I go back to .

TizerorFizz · 21/03/2023 00:05

@HBGKC Mitsouko. Not entirely powdery as it has spicy notes. I wear it too. Guerlain is a perfume house and has great perfumes and I think Naheema is closer to being this description. Annick Goutal is also good at these perfumes. They are the opposite of fresh and lively. They should be long lasting and often associated with rose and vanilla! Miss Dior and Chloe are powdery.

Some of the perfumes mentioned by posters are synthetic cheap scents.

HBGKC · 21/03/2023 07:23

Thank you Daffodil

SuffolkBargeWoman · 21/03/2023 07:32

Valentino Valentina Poudre

evilharpy · 21/03/2023 07:38

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Ghost.

VenAqui · 21/03/2023 07:45

The original Miss Dior

LifesABotch · 21/03/2023 08:00

Chanel No. 5

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 21/03/2023 08:27

Please don’t buy anything without smelling it first, and not just once.

One person’s beautiful powdery perfume is another’s headache in a bottle.

Whiskeypowers · 21/03/2023 09:34

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 21/03/2023 08:27

Please don’t buy anything without smelling it first, and not just once.

One person’s beautiful powdery perfume is another’s headache in a bottle.

So true
Chanel no5 smells like drain cleaner on my skin 😞

SkisThePianist · 21/03/2023 09:35

The original Ghost fragrance in the slim pale blue bottle might work - it's not all heady like some powdery fragrances can be

toucaninjapan · 21/03/2023 10:59

Thank you so much everyone! Flowers
I have looked for places where I can purchase perfume samples, there's a couple of websites, but none of them has Insolence for example that is #1 on my list so far. 😩
I could go to one of the shopping malls that have some of the brands mentioned here (Dior, Chanel, Guerlain etc.), but I'm not sure they'd have lots of perfume choices available (if any). Not many Japanese wear perfume (as it's sort of impolite towards others who might not like the smell or be allergic to it), the best choice of perfumes I've ever seen here was in the duty free zone of one of the international airports, but I don't have any plans to travel soon.
I might have to risk ordering without smelling the perfume first after all and just hope I'll like it. I mean if I like all the separate notes in the perfume, there's a big chance I'll love it all mixed together in one scent, right?Hmm

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So1invictus · 21/03/2023 11:27

toucaninjapan · 21/03/2023 10:59

Thank you so much everyone! Flowers
I have looked for places where I can purchase perfume samples, there's a couple of websites, but none of them has Insolence for example that is #1 on my list so far. 😩
I could go to one of the shopping malls that have some of the brands mentioned here (Dior, Chanel, Guerlain etc.), but I'm not sure they'd have lots of perfume choices available (if any). Not many Japanese wear perfume (as it's sort of impolite towards others who might not like the smell or be allergic to it), the best choice of perfumes I've ever seen here was in the duty free zone of one of the international airports, but I don't have any plans to travel soon.
I might have to risk ordering without smelling the perfume first after all and just hope I'll like it. I mean if I like all the separate notes in the perfume, there's a big chance I'll love it all mixed together in one scent, right?Hmm

Have you tried:
Notion
Scent Samples UK

There are some brilliant EU based sample sites but not sure how post Brexit postage would work there.

Worth a look though:
Nose.fr
Aus Liebe Zum Duft
There's a Dutch one as well whose name escapes me
La Violetta in Italy.

toucaninjapan · 21/03/2023 11:42

Thank you @So1invictus for your suggestions! It looks like the French website is the only one that ships to Japan, but no Guerlain there. 😭

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