Despite being a female, I’m not too into your typical floral scents like rose and lavender. You’re aghast, I’m sure. So it’s not especially easy for me to find fragrant products that I really like. I usually go for citrus or other fruits, more earthy plants like tea tree and eucalyptus, or those that are common to eat like vanilla, cinnamon, etc.
And I’m guessing my preferred scent profile isn’t very common, as it seems that the scented items I find I like aren’t usually sold for very long. This would point to the need to stock up whenever I find something I’m really fond of, right? Except not only are some items, like perfumes, expensive for buying multiples at a time, but this has also burned me in the past. It turns out, some bath and body products (such as Bath & Body Works’ Be Enchanted, which I love) contain something that I’m apparently pretty allergic to. The problem is, which ingredient I’m allergic to, or what products contain said ingredient and will eventually have me sneezing and cursing while trying to look through incredibly itchy, watery, and painful eyes is not apparent.
So alas, even when I find a lotion or perfume or what-have-you that I really like, and it’s on sale so that I can buy several of them,… it’s not until after I’ve gotten home and used the item a couple times that I find out the wonderful smell is actually going to do me dirty. Then I have to give away the beautiful-smelling products to someone else whose body isn’t going to go crazy over… whatever the hell it is that mine doesn’t like.
And this is why a perfume that I love (even though it does have some florals) – Poppy by Coach – is sitting on my dresser close to empty but seldom touched. I love the bright, playful smell of Poppy, it doesn’t cause my face to explode nasty liquids, and it’s in a pretty yet not expensive little decanter. And of course Coach stopped making it so I’ve only been using it for special occasions – for years.
For this particular product though, Chat GPT just told me that there may be an alternative – a possible knockoff fragrance on Amazon called Catch for Women. I’ve put it in my shopping cart and am hoping for the best. Wish me luck.