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Is there such a thing as a mini-scent selection for tweens?

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RubaiyatOfAnyone · 04/11/2025 19:48

My 12 year old is interested in perfumes and i’d love to get her a selection of minis for christmas to help her try out different ones.

The trouble is i’ve never worn scent and know nothing about it. I’ve seen Marc Jacobs recommended here as liked by younger teens, is there a trial selection of these? Or anything else that might be a good idea for this age group?

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Thingamebobwotsit · 04/11/2025 19:52

Watching with interest. Managed to find a nice set in Boots last Christmas. But not "brands" aa such

user7638490 · 04/11/2025 19:57

Go to space Nk, they have lots like this at the moment

BlackGrape · 04/11/2025 21:15

look for Discovery sets on perfume and beauty websites

Offredismysister · 04/11/2025 21:19

Cult beauty have a perfume stocking for £30. It includes a few vanilla scents & they seem popular with tweens at the moment.

IDontHateRainbows · 04/11/2025 21:24

Sol de janeiro do a set of the body sprays, or kayali do a sweet obsessions set. Both popular brands with that age group

EvelynBeatrice · 04/11/2025 21:27

Sol de Janeiro is the ‘in’ thing.

Another option with minis is Next. Next do multipacks of minis of their perfumes and body sprays , many of which are lovely. My nieces love Next Paradise and Sparkle.

poppinpink · 04/11/2025 21:34

I saw a set of arianna grande miniature perfumes in boots.

Verite1 · 04/11/2025 22:28

Yep - sol de janiero is the popular one amongst tweens. You can get 4 or 5 pack. Dont buy full price - you can always get at least 20% off if you wait. They smell far too sweet for me but that’s why they are good for tweens/young teens.

SomethingElse73 · 04/11/2025 22:38

I’m thinking of getting this perfume discovery set from Hollister for DD14

https://www.hollisterco.com/shop/uk/p/hollister-perfume-discovery-kit-55954330-1005?categoryId=85743&faceout=prod&seq=01

RubaiyatOfAnyone · 05/11/2025 00:33

Thank you all. I have been madly googling all of your suggestions. At the moment i think the Sol de Janiero and the Next discovery boxes sound perfect for a broad range but sweet/child friendly.

@SomethingElse73 I really like the look of the Hollister set too - maybe next birthday…

@sequin2000 that company looks great, but i don’t know any of the perfumes they are dupes of so can’t judge which ones to get! Have bookmarked for the future in case this continues to be of interest to DD.

this has been so interesting looking at all these. Thank you all for the website recommendations, i never would have found all of these possibilities!

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EvelynBeatrice · 05/11/2025 10:18

Don’t assume they’ll love sweet sickly scents. My middle one was a budding ‘parfumista ‘ and spent all her hoarded holiday and birthday money on a sophisticated and painstakingly selected Givenchy scent in the Guerlein concession in Epcot Florida! She always liked expensive perfume 🙄😁

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