SMELLING FRAGRANCE NOTES, WHAT STINKS & WHAT SMELLS AMAZING? SNIFFING NOTES WITH A PERFUMER!

[@ginam7084]

Wow, this must have been an amazing experience!! Absolutely love this video.

[@mariacollettlife]

It was SO FUN! 😊

[@damesaphira9790]

Benzoin is used in medicine. It is applied to skin to make tape and steri strips stick longer. It smells WONDERFUL and once you know it, you pick it up instantly in fragrances. More BENZOIN please. 😍🥰

[@mariacollettlife]

I agree!!!

[@tbear8839]

Yes!!!! I used to crack the tubes just to smell it when I worked in ICU 😂

[@msidiotbox2570]

I'm an RN and I love the smell. I instantly recognise it in fragrances.

[@damesaphira9790]

@@tbear8839 I did the same thing. I worked in OR and anytime we closed with steri-strips I would always ask for the benzoin. The circulating nurses figured me out and used to say "I will throw out a tube of benzoin but you can't spend the rest of the day sniffing it!"

[@alisalavine1052]

Maria, this is the best bit of content... EVER! I love learning the science behind fragrance. And now I have a new channel to watch too.😊💮🌺🌼🌸❤

[@mariacollettlife]

I'm so happy to hear that, I'm glad you found it informative and interesting. 😀

[@shuvanidev]

So much fun! I would love to go and smell and learn about them. One thing I would want to smell is all the different ambrox and amberwood materials because I have difficulty with them. I want to know which one is the culprit, haha! When I had my herb shop we carried essential oils and absolutes and I loved sniffing them all. I think the vanilla concrete was the most surprising because it didn't smell at all like "vanilla". I also love all the different kinds of frankincense/olibanums they all smell so different. And vetiver like beautiful dirt, oh and patchouli like earthy dirt. I have some real ambergris and this one to me smells piney for some reason : ) I never get salty from ambergris, it smells to me in fragrance like warm bedsheets or warm hair, "humanalic" (my own word :) ). And beeswax, yes, very animalic or I call it "beemalic", haha! Very fun and interesting video Maria, thanks and thanks also to Sunyata 🥰

[@mariacollettlife]

Thanks for sharing this! Very interesting 💕

[@greyhoundmama1085]

So glad for this video. Appreciate your take on what the notes smell like. The one I really dislike is jasmine but benzoin and coumarin sound right up my alley.😊

[@mariacollettlife]

I agree! Jasmine isn't everyone's favorite but benzoin and coumarin are FANTASTIC!

[@seasonferrell1364]

Thank you so much! Fun and new content. Very interesting!

[@mariacollettlife]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 💕

[@tbear8839]

This was fascinating. Thank you ladies ❤

[@mariacollettlife]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 💖

[@ichenk925]

Omg! What an amazing experience! Love the video! I always wanted to smell all the notes or shall we say „materials“ as we learned from the video 😅 Thank you Maria for doing this for all of us and thank you for sharing 😊🙏🏻❤️

[@mariacollettlife]

Thanks for watching!! 😀💕

[@sweetpeace5]

Fascinating❤Great content, Maria! I’m very intrigued by her fragrances 💖

[@mariacollettlife]

Glad you enjoyed! Her fragrances are fantastic. My faves are My Greek Lover, Black Bird and the new one, Ghost!

[@kellymadison5595]

I loved this! So fascinating

[@mariacollettlife]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@kellymadison5595]

@ you are so knowledgeable & entertaining to watch. Best wishes from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@MareX-lc4cf]

This was a great experience learning about the 👃smells … so excited, just ordered the samples!

[@mariacollettlife]

I hope you enjoy them!

[@snudder.s.m.l.5026]

That is so interesting that a beautiful perfume is made of not so good smelling ingredients and nice ingredients, and together they make miracles. Thank you so much too the kind lady fore giving us a little look indside the perfume makers world. Were you able to smell enything after this video. 😂 😁🤭 Big hugs from Denmark. 💝🌹🥰

[@mariacollettlife]

For some reason, smelling the single notes doesn’t make me lose my scent like smelling fragrances. 😀 it was so much fun.

[@snudder.s.m.l.5026]

@mariacollettlife Yes it was werry interesting. It must be amazing to make a beautiful perfume 😀 Ohh yes I do understand, I thought it was the same as if you smelled a lot of different perfumes. I enjoyed your video. 💝 🥰👍

[@bebright123]

What a cool experience!

[@CraftySheryl]

This was super interesting!

[@pamelabrown8467]

I mean stinky smelly perfume video 🙌🏽🤩

[@mariacollettlife]

🤣🤣🤣

[@StelmaDesigns]

This was great! I have a small perfumers kit I bought a while back but I haven't smelled all the vials yet. It really is fun to do and helps so much with understanding some notes. As you point out, often the notes smell a lot different than what you expect. Thank you!

[@mariacollettlife]

It really does help to know what you are smelling! 😀

[@danielleshadlow891]

I love this and thinking about fragrances as songs with notes and chords(accords) and how they sound or smell combined. It puts the artistry back into the chemistry.

[@mariacollettlife]

Totally!!

[@BGalwah1]

This is really awesome! So fun!

[@mariacollettlife]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@PacificNWGrl]

This is so interesting! You need to put together an exploration kit for us!

[@mariacollettlife]

That's a very cool idea!

[@PacificNWGrl]

@@mariacollettlifeI think so too!

[@tarak2915]

This was fun! I think a lot of fragrance lovers would find this a fascinating experience. It's so interesting how different the ingredients smell on their own and how a note you love can be offensive in it's starting form.

[@mariacollettlife]

I totally agree, it is wild how the ingredients smell different in their raw form.

[@sweetpeace5]

I’m completely anosmic to all JHAG fragrances (also Bacarat 540) What a wild experience!

[@mariacollettlife]

I'm not anosmic but there is something in JHAG perfumes that don't agree with me.

[@adabunny5212]

such an interesting video, I wonder if places offer "courses" for this where you come over and they let you smell some materials

[@mariacollettlife]

I know Meleg perfumes was doing a course in the summer. Experimental perfumes does some stuff like that as well.

[@msidiotbox2570]

I own vetiver "oil" that is like grainy molasses. I thought something was wrong with it (although the smell was fine). Thank you, Maria, for showing us that bottle of vetiver absolute-especially how thick it was!

[@NinjaBooKitty]

OMG please ship Untamed to the US!!!!

[@untamedperfumes]

We do indeed ship to the US!

[@NinjaBooKitty]

@@untamedperfumes Ooooo I didn't know that changed! Running to the web site now! 😻😻

[@Mandalaaxo]

Sunyata gives so much cool aunt vibes! I don't drink anymore, but I love boozy notes! Why do they smell so good?

[@mariacollettlife]

I don't know but totally agree, love a boozy note. Seriously, Sunyata is TOTALLY COOL!

[@alexandralacerda492]

Super interesting

[@mariacollettlife]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@pamelabrown8467]

Thanks for sharing this sinking video

[@1002000300001]

I really enjoyed finding out how I don’t know anything about this stuff !!! 😅

[@daniaa099]

I thought ambergris would be salty too Marie . Interesting and entertaining video ❤

[@mariacollettlife]

I was totally shocked!

[@glitterngratitude3901]

I’d love to know where someone starting out that wants to play with making my own scents can buy ingredients such as accords, natural notes etc? I loved this video thanks so much!

[@untamedperfumes]

Perfumer's Apprentice in the US has great starter kits of both natural and aroma molecules/synthetics.

[@BGalwah1]

You can do poop just not BO 😅😂I’m dying 😂

[@mariacollettlife]

It’s true…I take poop any day over BO! 😜😫🤣

[@DaVincisAlchemyst]

Well you know what I always say, “Keep Calm Stink Pretty” 😉

[@Ronbug4444]

You mentioned some flower notes are only synthetic. Why can't they extract the oils from all flowers like they can with roses? I have yet to find anything that smells like the Southern Magnolia in my yard, and I've smelled almost everything suggested to me. -Ronnie

[@mariacollettlife]

It’s possible that they could but it would be so costly that no one would be able to afford the fragrance. The amount of flowers needed would make it thousands of dollars. It’s very rare that there is real rose in fragrance for the same reason. I also think some florals are harder to replicate.

[@Saramariahelena]

So interesting🤓 But you forgot the Sandalwood 😅

[@NinjaBooKitty]

Ok I have a weird enjoyment of skunk smell. Like, not right up in my face. but at a distance. Kind of like what a lot of weed smells like these days. But I prefer the skunk and not the pot. When others go 'Eww omg!' I'm like, 'Huh..I kind of like it'. 😹😹

[@alisalavine1052]

I've heard in the past that it's not uncommon for someone to enjoy skunk musk. I am NOT one of those people. I wonder if it's genetic.

[@mariacollettlife]

I totally can relate! 🤣

[@NinjaBooKitty]

@@alisalavine1052 What a weird comment. You think there's something wrong with me?

[@alisalavine1052]

Yeah, not a weird comment. I think you just don't understand the comment. I was just remarking that it's relatively common for people not to mind skunk musk. And then I was wondering if some people have a gene that makes them somewhat immune to skunk. If that's true then I definitely didn't get that gene.😂

[@AS-mq1hr]

Same!!!!

[@lisabafundo4355]

"I don't mind poop smell" LMAO!!! Maria!🤣 a little bit of stink makes it better😆 my God, so hilarious😅 i agree, Frankincense smells like Jesus! and, i love it.🥰❤

[@stevenkettlewell1618]

"I kinda wanna smell the barnyard".... "I like poop".... "Beaver butt" Great exploration of scents..... :)

[@mariacollettlife]

🤣🤣🤣

[@christinelecher1406]

Please ask her, "WHAT CAUSES THE PICLE JUICE SMELL??!" because it's absolutely not Sandalwood. I love sandalwood and most of the offending fragrances do not have Sandalwood in the composition. HELP?!!!! 😫🙏🏼

[@strongguy1231]

This is amazing. Just a video suggestion. How about you go on the street and do smell test on random women's wrists and guess what perfume they wear? Just thought this would add more credibility for the video showing your skills

[@mariacollettlife]

That’s a very cool idea!!

[@BLARG09]

I wish I could find the musk that smells like dirty old moldy dish clothes to me.

[@mariacollettlife]

🤣🤣🤣

[@christinelecher1406]

You're rarely going to find a fragrance made of natural ingredients. In fact, you're rarely going to find a fragrance made with ANY natural ingredients. Probably more than 85% are not containing ANY natural ingredients and I'm very surprised that most Fragrance KZbinrs don't know this and think it's only the Middle Eastern fragrances, or inexpensive fragrances that use synthetics and chemicals to create fragrances. Amouage uses naturals in their fragrances and it probably costs more to make a bottle of Amouage perfume with a few natural ingredients in it, than what they charge for the fragrance. Besides being extremely expensive, there are a lot of issues with allergens and interactions. Those issues don't arise with chemical compounds. Moreover, it is very time consuming and expensive to ensure natural ingredients are harvested safely and ethically. It's just so much easier, more convenient, cheaper, less risky and honestly, you can get the exact scent you want without having to cross your fingers and hope nothing goes wrong during the extraction process, or during the mixing process, or during the bottling process... You can spend your time worrying about your recipe and not your ingredients. By the way, can you tell I want to be a perfumer??? 🩷🤟🏼

[@mariacollettlife]

Well I totally agree with you. Sunyata and I ah e talked about that before. People think that natural is better but often they cause all sort is allergies! They also don’t always smell “better”. I fine that like Sunyata, a lot of the indie and some of the niche use some naturals in their fragrance 😀

[@sweetpeace5]

Maria you would love Khadlaj Empire Victor in the First Edition-oud barnyard-it’s amazing & amps up the newer edition (which is an airy lemony vanilla caramel) beautifully💛🤍💛🤍

[@mariacollettlife]

sounds amazing!

[@jaana3634]

Rasasi Ashaar Pour Femme is something that's just driving me crazy, I can't even imagine recommending it to anyone else but you Maria! That first Empire Victor sound's so 🤤🤤too...