#anyway I'm considering another body spray rn bc I have a gift cord (whole reason I bought dirty & guardians in the first place)

[baravaggio]

how do you like lush perfumes? noticed you have a couple on your shelf (not to be creepy hahaha) i had no idea they made perfumes!

yeah lush have been in the perfume game for a long time! my feelings on lush fragrances are mixed - they're very hit or miss to me, and are a bit rough around the edges to the point where I don't always think they're worth the price. I really like the ones I do have though and think they deliver good quality for price.

the ones I've tried that I didn't like were vanillary, sun, and sikkim girls. the first two didn't work with my skin chemistry at all, maybe because they were both solids, but vanillary literally smelled like pissed on urinal cake and beer on my skin (devastating for 15 year old me). sikkim girls was just very heavy & mature for me at that age, it was so strong that I remember quarantining it to its own wood box because spraying it once made my room smell like it for ages. I don't have the perfume anymore (wish I did! the original gorilla perfume bottles were cute) but the box STILL smells like it nearly 15 years later, lmao.

currently I have the dirty EDP and guardian of the forest body spray, really like them both! I get more longevity & sillage out of the body spray, but (slightly) more complexity out of the EDP. dirty is a herbal spearminty & slightly masculine scent, simple but really refreshing, can't wait to wear it in summer! guardian of the forest is, well...coniferous & vegetal, has almost a health foods store vibe to it in a good way, a little cucumber & a little petrichor, like produce shelves that are being misted. lovely oakmoss drydown that's so comforting (kind of reminds me of sultana of soap, my favorite soap of theirs). I'm pleasantly surprised at how long lasting it is! the EDP ran $55 and the body spray ran $40, so I think for the (relatively minimal) price difference it really just depends on what you want to get out of the experience.

there's a couple EDPs I'd like to try - the smell of weather turning, the smell of freedom, and tank battle have been on my wish list since I was a teenager - but unfortunately they don't seem to sell the perfumes in their perfume vault in smaller 30 ml sizes. if I try any more lush scents it'll probably be from their body spray catalog, because I've been pleasantly surprised by the longevity/sillage you get at that price point.

anyway...their scents are all so different, I would definitely recommend trying before you buy, and trying on skin. the way their perfumes are made means your mileage may vary depending on skin chemistry - even if you already like their signature soap/bath bomb scents that they also sell as perfumes (e.g. lust, karma), I personally wouldn't blind buy or base purchasing decisions off a tester strip.