Good luck with the new job! I work at home so I can wear anything. 😄 I'm afraid to wear anything strong to the office because a friend of mine came into my office once right before the pandemic and she had to run back to hers to get her inhaler because she's so sensitive to fragrance. Scared the hell out of me! I can't remember which one I was wearing, but I think it was a Le Labo. Excellent choices, Claire.
Thanks ❤️ I hope I will love it! I'm so happy to finally be a lecturer 😂 Ooh! That's not good! My dad has COPD and is very sensitive to fragrance, there's no way I'd wear something strong around him. I sprayed insolence when I last saw him and that caused a big coughing fit... I guess le labo fragrances are quite strong! Thanks for watching 🥰
Congratulations on your new job! I actually had an interview yesterday and although it was virtual I still sprayed my Estée Lauder Azuree and felt more confident as I was speaking.
Oh lovely choice, I hope it was a good one for you? ☺️ I feel like job interviews are really stressful because you get so little practice until it really matters and you really want the job. 😂
I love A Drop d'Issey. It's definitely on my wishlist. I think it's so easy to wear and comforting at the same time. I wish you all the best for your new job!
I actually wear any perfume at work, whether it’s date/night out/ work/clean perfume, I love them all :) (it also depends on the season, now I’m craving fresher/floral ones. I started to get into niche lately and enjoy testing a lot of different fragrances.) Congratulation to your new job!
Thank you! ❤️ I was very happy to get the job. Yes, I agree, if I'm going to be mostly on my own, for example using a microscope, then I don't consider my choice too much, but if I am meeting people, like on Thursday and Friday this week I went to a big meeting hosted by another organisation, then I will think a little bit deeper about what I choose to wear. 🥰
Marc Jacob’s was such a natural gardenia scent, just beautiful. I didn’t realise it was discontinued - I suppose Daisy replaced it 🤷🏻♀️. I don’t get many compliments on fragrance due to being a chronic under sprayer, but I did with that one. Good tip of wearing a fragrance whilst revising and then on the day itself. Thanks Claire and congratulations on your new job xx
Yes! I didn't see the love for it when I first got it but now I'm nearly through the bottle I am sad that it is nearly gone. When you compare it with what's around at a similar price point today, there is no comparison. I think you might be right about Daisy. I think MJ was released in what? 2001/2002 and Daisy came out in 2007 so that would make sense. Wearing the same fragrance for revising questions and answers really made me feel much more confident. Whether it's placebo or something real, I don't care 🤣 it worked! Thanks for the congratulations! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume I remember buying it blind because I had read that Claudia Winkleman (who I love) wore it at the time 😂 and I wasn’t disappointed. Actually I can’t be the only person who does that? Idk 🤷🏻♀️, I once bought a Floris soap - Rose Geranium, because apart from Chanel no 5, Marilyn Monroe supposedly wore the now discontinued scent. Anyway, I’m going off on a tangent now 😄. Scent does bring back memories and feelings, so there must be something in wearing it whilst revising or working. I’m going to try it and also recommend it to my daughter. Thank you x
@@paulauk9965 I think there are even certain types of scent that are supposed to be more effective in promoting recall, that's probably something to look into! Oh wow, I didn't realise that Marc Jacobs had celebrity fans. I know it was the fragrance that Charlotte in Lost in Translation has on her dressing table at the hotel, so I guess it's famous for that too and actually that's why I sought it out, because I was curious 🤷♀️ Marilyn would suit a rose geranium I think, she had hidden depths and a bit of a dark side.
Congrats on your new job Claire! The only ones in this video I’ve smelled are the Drop D’ Issey and RL Woman. I’m getting ready for work right now as I do every Saturday morning, and I always look forward to a video from you. 😊 My scent for today is Secret Gardenia by Miller Harris.
Dandy or not sounds so interesting and different ,I bet it’s lovely on the dry down,alluring fig also sounds lovely I love that Marc Jacob gave you a confidence and a good feeling for your interview ,we all need that little extra edge under a stressful situation Thanks for sharing Clare and have a fantastic weekend Hugs💚☘️💚
Thanks! I'm so relieved that I got the job 🤣 Dandy or not was a very successful swap! I don't think I would ever have bought it but those are sometimes the most interesting fragrances to get to know better 🙂 alluring fig is sweet and happy, perfect for spring 🌱 Have a fab week! 🥰 Hugs back!
Congratulations Claire first of all. Regarding the video, you have covered one of my most beloved scent profile, clean and work appropriate scents. I love Issey Miyake and is so work appropriate. 💐Adore Gris Dior (ex Gris Montagne), as well Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle. 💐And aww Boucheron, which i think is so much forgotten and should be talked much more about
Thank you 🥰 yes I totally agree! Where do we all spend so much of our time? It's at work! So we should concentrate on trying to find things that fit that we love! Thanks for watching! 🥰
Place Vendome is very easy going, I've been enjoying it ☺️ the Pharrell one is very different, if you've tried Commes des Garçons fragrances, it's a similar vibe! 🥰
Congrats on the new gig, their nostrils are in store for a treat! I could probably get away with more bold choices for work, but I err on the side of safe. We already have a cologne guy at work, arguably two, who spray at work in their offices, leaving trails in our extremely neutral air space (heavy climate control 19 floors up in a 50 year old building! ). I find them rather pleasant, but people talk....so I am very conscious lol.
🤣 yep, you don't want to be there person do you?! I shared an office with a lady who wore a heavy tobacco amber fragrance, it was fine but a little too much in summer. Anyway, people three offices down complained so she was spoken to 🤣 it's a really personal thing I guess, how much is too much? 🤷♀️ Have a good weekend 🥰
It is! Definitely not for everyone but I just think it's a refreshing change from the rest of my collection, it's something different occasionally 😊 Thanks for watching 🥰
Great video as always. Congratulations on the new job 🎉. I have just bought drop d’issey because of a great price (it’s currently £40 for 50ml at Boots) but I’ve not opened it yet because my collection (only 20) is too big so I’m saving it for when I’ve finished up one.
Thank you ❤️ Ooh that's a good deal! I got the 50ml giftset with the hand cream last year, that was also a good deal! I guess it's something lovely to look forward to when one of your older fragrances is gone 😊 thanks for watching, have a lovely Sunday 🥰
I don't mind wearing strong perfumes at work because strong perfumes in general are the ones I like but I tend to spray more lightly if the fragrance is considered too strong. I remember you mentioned in a previous video the Marc Jacobs fragrance was the one the heroine wore in the film list in translation.
Yes that is entirely the reason that I bought it 😂 I love that film! I think I do too really, I wear some really punchy ones but I just spray less and under a few layers so it doesn't project as much! 🥰
theres a few i didnt recognize but now i do, lovely selection! that Pharrell Williams Girl is quite interesting, first time i see it, even though i heard of it.. maybe u're the first to have talked about it on yt... happy weekend, cheers!
Well first up a big huge massive well done with the job. You do deserve it. Oh I'd love to offend people at work 😅. A Drop is a beautiful fragrance and you're right it does have that nice soft creaminess. It's a gorgeous one isn't it. A bit of lilac is always good. Wow and you're such an influencer 😉. Gris Dior, yes what an amazing one. It really works for all occasions and is a fab work one. I think you're right it defo is one thst everyone would love. The Ralph L sounds alright. I'm sure you always get compliments. Tuberose is always a winner. The Bucheron sounds very pleasant and easy. The Pharell one is really unique. It isn't always the easiest but yes it's definitely one that will make you stand out. Mabelles Lunar Dust is really blooming gorgeous. It is ideal for work and more subtle chilled situations isn't it. You're a big Miller Harris fan. Frothy milk and saffron sounds pleasant 😊. Dandy is really quite nice isn't it. Very easy going too. The leather is lovely. Very orangey on me. Alluring Fig is one of the few fig fragrances I like. I like the greeness and it's really rather fresh and likable. Well done to the MJ fragrance but clearly it was all you in the interview. How could u not get the job. I was always a Boss wearer at work. Great video
Lol I bet you would be well behaved unless provoked... Drop is actually quite strong, but it works for work I think 😊 gris is really likeable for sure. I really don't understand what people seem to love about the Ralph Lauren 😂 but yes, so many compliments that it made me reconsider my judgement on it. Did you see lunar dust etc is on Fragrantica?! I reviewed both of them 😊 I really worried the saffron would bother me but no, it's all good, phew! I've been loving Dandy! So different to the rest of my collection! I'm sure the vanilla in my Alluring Fig has amped up significantly since I first got it, it's almost more vanilla than fig now 🤷♀️ That Marc Jacobs is nearly gone, it's nice and easy but it's not worth the £100s people charge on eBay now. I think it's ridiculous what people are charging for it! Thanks for the congratulations! They mean a lot 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume well... I've never left reviews on Fragrantica, I tend to be very anonymous. But maybe I should for the indie brands. Honestly it's not easy to make a work fragrance video that's interesting but you definitely did it. Maybe you have the same magic with the MJ fragrance?
Drop D’ Issey is perfection (I only need 2 sprays 😉 ) I agree it’s underrated! That Pharrell bottle is so cool, Claire I was just looking at the miller Harris scent ( I love sandalwood) sounds like a hit! You share so many beautiful fragrances!
Yes the Miller Harris is nice, really not a typical sandalwood. I've not smelt anything like it. The incense and saffron really differentiate it. I love drop d'issey ❤️ thanks for watching 🥰 have a fab weekend!
Comme de Garons has an incredible fragrance called Vogue 125. It's meant to smell like you're flipping through one of their Vogue magazines and I believe, if I'm remembering correctly, that is has a newspaper or magazine note. Something like that. I love it very much. It's a bit hard to find now and around $100 - $150 when found but I got my bottle years ago for around $50 I believe. It's a striking red colored bottle. It's so beautiful and I never hear anyone talking about. Definitely another hidden gem from Comme de Garcons!
I have tried a few CDG in store and I thought they were really interesting fragrances! When I was little, I absolutely loved the smell of glossy magazines so I can see that smell bringing back a nostalgic feeling for me, that likely means that I'd enjoy it I think!
Congratulations on the new job. That’s exciting! It’s always a balance isn’t it? I just try not to knock people over with my fragrance while still being in a happy perfume bubble.
Yep exactly. I think I wear some loud ones to work sometimes, but I hope that I don't overspray and bother anyone. I don't want to be bored with my fragrance choices when I have a collection of fragrances that I enjoy. 🥰 Thanks for the congratulations! I can't wait to start!
Well done on your new job. Keep moving onwards and upwards. Alluring Fig sounds like my cup of tea; I've been loving green fig recently and have found it to be so versatile.
Thank you! I was relieved to get it because my contract was ending in October! Sorry Kathy, I can never remember where people are, I have a feeling that you are not, but if you are in the UK, I'll send you some Alluring Fig with pleasure, please just contact me on my email address on the about page or on Instagram @bowccl either way, it's a pretty green vanilla fragrance overall, I don't think I enjoy it as much in really hot weather because it's quite sweet!
Love that you have Woman. One of the 1st perfumes I ever owned. Bought it from ULTA my 1st time. I bought it twice before GA My Way came out and they remind me of each other. Love both.
@@yahainHotPink cool! I think I only tried My Way when it first came out. I remember thinking of Earl Grey tea when I first sprayed it but I don't really remember the drydown, I will check it out again 👍
Congratulations on the new job Claire! 🎉 Excellent choices. I usually go for something like Gabrielle Chanel or on of the Chance line. A Miss Dior or Molecules 01+ Iris are also ones I love to wear. I work in an hospital and really go only once a month. 😅
Thanks! ❤️ I was really happy to get it! 🥰 Ooh yes! My friend wears Chance EDP and another wears the Eau Fraîche, they smell great. The Miss Dior line is very friendly too. I can imagine that it's nice to work from home most of the time, I think I get more done at home if I have all my files with me... Which I often don't 😂
Lucky you. I started really wearing fragrances when I left a job in a Healthcare setting. I would not have been comfortable being sniffed out by patients as I passed by the waiting room... A lot of our clientele had mental health issues, drug addiction, kind of impulsive... So I tried to look almost invisible. I rarely wore scents to work for years. And then started collecting like a mad woman...😂
Yeah I can understand that. You don't want to draw attention to yourself. I used to work in a police station and going downstairs and into custody used to absolutely terrify me... No way I'd be overspraying anything look at me and going there.
Congratulations on the new job 🎊💐 Ralph Lauren Woman is such a beautiful, elegant fragrance, such a shame they discontinued it. A perfect work fragrance in my opinion is Cartier Baiser Volé❤️ it is a floral which I love, it's non offensive, it gives me pretty girl vibes🤍🤍👑 Loooove your video ! I hope you're having a happy Sunday afternoon!
Yes!!! Baiser Volé is a stunner! So pretty 😍 I tried it in store a while back, so different! Cartier make some nice ones 😊 happy Sunday to you too and thanks for the congratulations 🥰
Great tip about wearing a scent when learning something and then again when trying to recall. Always something new to pick up from you Claire. Gris Dior and Alluring Fig are the only 2 I have from your list. In the middle of a heatwave here in South Australia, 39 C again today, so Tea Tonique will be scent of the day. 🥵🇦🇺
Ooh that's a really lovely one in the hot weather 👍 I have no idea whether the recall thing was just a comforting belief for me but I know it's supposed to be a thing, especially with particular scents, so I do think it helped in some way or another 😊 thanks for watching 🥰
I love the dark color of Alluring Fig now 💚 my son is wearing Le Beau Garden Paradise, which is a beautiful synthetic fig scent, and I spray AF (A.Fig) just to irritate him 😂 because he doesn’t want me to have the same scent profile as his sotd 😅 my fave work scent has been Une Vanille by Obvious, but I just emptied my travel.. right now, from my current tray, I have been wearing Chloe Santalum a lot, and Crayon Caramel Days 😊
Haha, gosh you are an uncool mum 🤣 I've been very intrigued by those Crayon fragrances, I think the marketing and presentation has got me! Is that Chloe from the Atelier range? I tried about 5 of those at the weekend. Of those I tried, I liked the narcissus most.
Congrats on the new job - I imagine you are excellent at what you do! This is a beautiful and eclectic group of bottles; I really enjoy Gris Dior especially this time of year 🌸☀️🌿
Thank you ❤️ haha, I'm not sure everyone would agree 😜 but I do try hard. I had an interesting week, I visited a drug discovery centre on Thursday and Friday, and Friday my new paper was published, I'm sure next week won't be so exciting 😂 I start my new job in late May. And yes Gris Dior is stunning in spring 👌
congratulations on your new job Most of the time I do try to wear a more floral light fruity and at times vanilla centered fragrance for work on the field.If am in the office then I try out new heavy fragrances if I have to.
Congratulations! 🎉 I love these suggestions. There are a few I don't usually hear about in "work" fragrance recommendations. This also doubles as recs for people who want "quieter" scents. I'll be getting a sample of A DROP for a friend with a sensitive nose. She loves similarly-scented body lotions, so it may be a good match.
Thank you! ❤️ Yes Drop seems to be popular one, I really dislike ambroxan often in fragrance but it's noticeable but not intrusive in that fragrance. I really enjoy it 😊
Congratulations, Claire! I enjoyed this clean fragrance video. I absolutely agree that one should wear a fragrance that’s a gentle whisper for work but one that you enjoy. Love that recommendation. I wear Le Labo Another 13 for work. Honestly, A13 is my signature fragrance. Though I love Le Labo Rose31 and Initio Musk therapy too for work.
I think I've only tried one le labo, I liked it, I will have to seek out the others! 13 got a lot of attention, it seemed like it was the signature scent du jour for a while there. I think it's still widely loved. 🥰
Hi Claire! I love Drop d’Issey -so fresh and light! I also wear Chanel Beige edp and Hermes Un Jardin A Cynthere edp to work, just a spray is nice. These three are subtle and “acceptable” for work! Thank you for a great video !
Chanel Beige is gorgeous 😍 I have the perfume oil dupe of that one. That's perfect for work! So clean and bright 😎 yes! Absolutely! Subtle and acceptable 👍
Congratulations again ❤❤ A drop d'issey is def a great, easy going one + i just love lilacs... A spring staple! I haven't tried anything from D'Orsay, this one sounds cool! I used to wear Philosykos by Diptyque as my office scent for years.. Great choices!
Thank you ❤️ I'll start in May ☺️ The D'orsay is really relaxed and woody, it's quite strong though so I have to be careful. 😂 Philosykos is a lovely choice 🥰
Thanks Liz! ❤️ I will start in late May, I'm a bit scared but hopefully it will be fine. 😊 Hope you've had a fab week! I was away at a meeting, it's been hectic, I'm happy to be home again! 🥰
It's a stunner! ❤️ Yes! I debated whether to put it in, but I thought I would as I paid £35 for my bottle of about 30ml so I thought that fulfilled the brief. They come up secondhand here quite a bit, but I know not everyone or in every country buys or can buy secondhand. It is pricey new for sure, and the 40ml seems to go in and out of stock too. Thanks for watching, have a lovely Sunday 🥰
@@user-bg9ws7ys4k you can get 10ml for £9 on eBay, 20ml for £15 or 40ml for £20. There may be other stores that sell it, but that was my first thought.
Congratulations on the new job! Interesting choices! I have been trying to find Woman for a good price for a while now. It’s not available in the stores around here anymore. I have been wearing Beautiful Belle by Ester Lauder a lot lately, including work. You might like it because it has a light suede dry down plus a martzipan accord. I love white florals. I have never heard of that lovely Marc Jacobs one before. It sounds a little like Michael by Michael Kors. Best wishes!
Thank you! Yes! I think you're right! Another person said they had smelt both fragrances and she thought it was similar to Michael Kors. I haven't smelt that unfortunately so I can't comment but the notes seem similar. Yes, it was hard for me to find Woman until I looked online and then it seemed to be available in a few places, no trace of woman intense though! I will got to try Beautiful Belle, my coworker wears Beautiful to the office, so I wonder how similar they smell? Have a fab week 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume to my nose Beautiful is a little old school because it has aldehydes, and so Beautiful Belle is kind of like a more modern take on it, plus the suede and marzipan note.
I'll have to check out Girl by Pharrell. Sounds nice! Have you ever tried Calvin Klein's CKIN2U for her? It's a really nice and refreshing sweet citrusy fragrance. Another underrated gem IMO. I adore it! I did hear it was reformulated and the latest formula isn't the same. Luckily my bottle is about five years old now so I'm covered but I do wonder about the difference. I also don't know how accurate the reformulation story is. Anyway, do let me know if you've tried it! I value your opinion. ❤❤
Hello Dr. Claire, congratulations on your new job 😊 Alluring fig is so pretty. I almost got rid of it but I let it sit. Came back after 6 months and I love it.
Thank you ❤️ wow, yes alluring fig is lovely but very sweet. I feel like originally the fig was much greener and over the years the vanilla has amped up as it's matured.
Peau Santal is delightful. I tend to wear it in the evening/at bedtime as it's more of a skin scent. I just got a travel spray of Nothing but Sea and Sky by Une Nuit Nomade and am wearing it today. It's a beautiful sandalwood fragrance. Have you tried it? Alluring Fig sounds nice. I haven't heard many people talk about it so good to hear your views. Have a lovely weekend Claire 💐 Spring has finally sprung in Norfolk 🪻🌷
I haven't tried any Une Nuit Nomade but I am very curious 🧐 as in general, I think they are quite loved on YT, but I also know that they pay relatively high link commission so I want to try them for myself 😂 I do absolutely love sandalwood though so that one sounds like a winner! Alluring fig is lovely but you do have to be prepared for a green vanilla. It's quite simple but easy to wear. I bet Norfolk looks beautiful, the spring bulbs always look fab in the pretty villages. I don't even have daffodils yet 🤷♀️
@@dr.claire.perfume yay! Yes, loving it, can't wait to wear it in summer. It has a lot of similar notes to Still Life in Rio which I love and have only an 8ml of. Same perfumer, Dora Baghriche 🍋
@@ems_h.eartnotes that's really interesting! I have tried that one, I have a sample. I remember it being a warm citrus, so I guess yes, they are similar!
@@dr.claire.perfume SLIR stays more juicy citrus with the sweetness from that bit of coconut/rum and Lemon Dulci goes more aromatic in the drydown but other than that they have a lot in common
@@ems_h.eartnotes oh I'm confusing it with Still Life which is the warmer spicier one, yes I tried in somewhere... I don't remember if it was New York or Rio?! I remember much preferring it to the original.
Hi Claire. Congrats on the new job!🎉🎉🎉 I'm not a huge fan of Glossier You... I bought a 10ml of Missing Person by mistake at Sephora (it was next to Not Your Baby, the one I wanted). I like it OK and wear it to work... We have a strict, no scent policy. I rarely wear fragrances when I go... A Drop is too beastmode on me to wear at work...😳 I wear light all natural oils sometimes from a local organic all natural company. They are very close to skin. I wear a little bit of Musk 12 or lighter freshies from Clean (ex: Linen).
Thank you ❤️ I think by the end of Glossier You I was done with it. I noticed the soapiness with it and I was done. I enjoyed it to begin with though! Wow, I can't imagine a no scent policy. I don't think most places I've worked really care about fragrance, but I've shared an office with someone who constantly wore super loud fragrances and it was unpleasant 😂 it felt like an assault on senses every single day. Musk 12 is a great choice! Have a fab week! 🥰
It's a sneaky one. I think it's the ambroxan that pushes it, ironically I don't mind it here, a lot of the time I really don't enjoy ambroxan. The fragrance is quite body moisturiser like though. Thanks for watching 🥰
My favourite private joke is imagining wearing Francesca Bianchi's 'Under My Skin' to a job interview. For you, or those who have never had the pleasure, let me describe it for you. It's the most excruciatingly obvious, ahem, 'post coital' smell you can imagine 😅. Picture what Shalimar might smell like after you've gotten the leg over mid summer (a particularly gymnastic and creative session). There is no way I could inhale this fragrance on a total stranger whilst looking them in the eye and NOT feel great embarrassment creep up on me. I couldn't keep a straight face, that's for sure. It's THAT obvious as a fragrance. Bianchi is the go-to house for fragrances that celebrate post-coital afterglow. I laugh to imagine a scenario where I'm wearing it to a job interview and deliberately looking my interviewer in the eye the whole time because I KNOW what they'd be thinking despite their fancy business talk. I also laugh imagining someone wearing it to Tesco at 2pm in the afternoon. To an afternoon tea at church, and so on. There are so many inappropriate fragrances to wear to work. Thanks Claire for your charming, inspiring recommendations here. Glad to have found a new channel here on 'frag com', introducing me to new things and keeping me out of the gutter, fresh as a daisy and pure as the driven snow. For now, thanks to your good influence, the office remains a 'safe space' free from my provocative experiments with molecular compounds and other olfactory transgressions. 👍 😆😇
Lol, I definitely need to try some Francesca Bianchi, that one, sticky fingers, the dark side and the new one that I can't remember the name of 🤦♀️ they all really sound so interesting! Would you recommend any others? 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume There's one with 'Sea' in the name which is awful, avoid. I'm an evil imp, only really wanting you to conduct many varied social experiments with 'Under My Skin' 😂😆. The Dark Side is another like it or hate it offering from Bianchi. For a very rare and specific mood, it's another one that will work (ie; when you want to feel aggressively challenged or indeed, DO the aggressive challenging). In other words, it's not for running into Waitrose to grab a bunch of new season asparagus and a bottle of elderflower cordial, ahem. I think Bianchi is a walking 'dare', a one-stop shop for inappropriately intimate, intensely awkward olfactory experiments. She's clearly into naughty things (I keep seeing Halston's perfumer serenely sitting with him then suddenly burying her nose into an item of inspiration which he'd bought to their meeting: his lover's used jockstrap). I have a special place in my heart for such a perfumer as Bianchi, despite only having one full bottle of her fragrances (I stopped buying samples last year in order to start scrutinising and buying full bottles of the samples I liked-- I too have a spreadsheet to study🤓 🕵♀). I too need to experience more from Bianchi. Maybe a really smart, articulate and creatively expressed review of her output is what I need to look for online too...🤓 PS= I love the idea of Imaginary Authors and there's a definite place for the brand in the market, only...something goes wrong for me when it comes to their actual products. Which is a shame as their concept and marketing execution is sensational. I'd say the exact same thing about Zoologist.
Yes I agree with what I've tried from Zoologist. Nothing has grabbed me so far, but I think I've only tried three. Imaginary authors are intriguing but again haven't made me jump up and buy either. 🤷♀️
@@dr.claire.perfume Zoologist as an entity, (their marketing in its entirety) ought to be studied as part of psychology degrees all around the world. Look how astonishingly easy it is to control and trick people simply through the power of suggestion and other very clever creative things. My personal take is this: If the concept of the house and its charming packaging were never ever in existence EVER, and you just had plain bottles containing Zoologist fragrances with names that had, again, NOTHING to do with the concept itself then I ask you: how would these fragrances be received by people? How would they stand up? People have been so hypnotised by the marketing that even thinking clearly enough to answer the question I asked would be difficult for many. There is no way that most of Zoologist fragrances would be liked if they were proposed as options free from gimmick and suggestive themes. I've never read anybody express a similar assessment online but I'll stand by my conviction here. I mean no personal offense to anybody who genuinely loves the fragrances by the brand of course. I just think it's worthwhile for people to say what they mean, especially if they feel intimidated by their peer group and fear a goofy online skirmish as a result of going against trendy, majority opinion but say their piece anyway.
Yes you mentioned that you finished it last year and replaced it with something Santal from Miller Harris, but I was wondering why you didn’t simply repurchase it, you seemed to really enjoy it!
Oh! Well one, I just want to try something else, and two, I noticed that it was a bit soapy and that made me enjoy it a little less towards the end. I still did really like it though and the price point is good too!
I think telling people they could get away with a scent in a fragrance free workplace is kinda messed up. I love wearing fragrance, but I’m also at the doctor at least once a week… theres always someone wearing something way too loud that exacerbates migraines and breathing symptoms , it’s really unfortunate, even doctors are wearing strong fragrances, it’s not cool. There may be a really good reason a workplace has that rule . I wish more people would just spray 2 sprays , not 20 + like a lot of people seem to think is normal now.. things like gris Dior are incredibly strong imo.
Yes I agree if it's a hard rule. But I think it depends on the context, for sure healthcare settings, if they are fragrance free, there often going to be a reason, but in a normal office, sometimes the official rule is simply an easier way of putting "don't wear something loud" that is more enforceable for case of issues with people wearing something obnoxious as there is zero debate. I think you can be considerate and still enjoy your own fragrance at work. I generally spray my perfume under clothing layers, so most of the time, unless I deliberately choose it, which I do sometimes, no one can smell it but me, especially in a huge lab. I used to work with someone who wore a really strong fragrance to the office and we just talked to her and she stopped. There were no official rules on fragrance wearing, but she was fine with it. I suggested Gris Dior as a confidence boosting fragrance, much like Coco mademoiselle is, I'd never sit in an office and wear that one, it's too loud, but I think Gris Dior is not that potent with one or two sprays, it's something that I wear when I am giving a lecture or a seminar. ☺️ Thanks for watching 🥰
Hey do you know I’ve been looking into Place Vendome by Boucheron past week? I own Elie saab le Parfum so I Guess if they are that similarI should not blind buy it? What do you think? Would that be redundant?
Despite the notes being similar, I don't think they have the same feel at all. Place Vendome is more of a skin scent and is much lighter and airier overall. The honey is sweetness rather than anything very definite. The musk is also prominent in Place Vendome. I do not think it's redundant but just warn you that if you like strong fragrances, Place Vendome is not strong! ☺️
I haven't tried Diorissimo, but I thought that was LOTV and quite green, it's also quite an old fragrance, whereas drop feels very modern, so I would assume that they aren't similar, but I clearly don't know as I haven't tried it! 😂
Another one that I've found that everyone loves is Bouquet Encore, l'orchestre parfums, but that is maybe less work and more play? I love that one too 😊
Yeah I can totally understand that. Ambroxan gets to me in so many perfumes, but it seems like the ones that really bother me with ambroxan are PDM and BDK. 🤷♀️
Yes, I didn't appreciate it when I first got it a few years ago, but now I'm nearly through the half bottle I bought, I see how good it really is. It's long lasting and just so different to other things I have. 🥰
I have never paid over £45 for any fragrance as I mostly buy fragrances secondhand. I guess it depends on your interpretation of affordable, but there are ways of obtaining fragrances more cheaply than retail and I would wholeheartedly recommend secondhand. My Gris Dior cost £40 including delivery for example. I think you can find some really stunning and affordable fragrances that way. Thanks for watching 🥰
I work from home but still like to wear lighter, less obtrusive fragrances while I work. I have been absolutely loving 4711 Acqua Colonia Pomelo & Sea Salt 🩷
Ooh! I tried a Pomelo fragrance on Wednesday and absolutely loved it, it was Jo Loves Pomelo. I bet I would love that 4711 too! 😊 Thanks for the suggestion 🥰
Hi beautiful Claire ❣️ I loved this video idea❤ Gris Dior is on my list now 🩷 Personally I prefer loud, obnoxious fragrances that entice my coworkers to keep AWAY!!! Jp jp 😂
Haha 😂 I work in an office that is pretty empty most of the time, I only really see people in the lab, so I can be as loud as I want some of the time 🙊 Gris Dior is worth trying, it's a fab choice of you like suede. 😊
finally somebody with different, not generic list !!! braavo
🤣 thank you! 🥰
Good luck with the new job! I work at home so I can wear anything. 😄 I'm afraid to wear anything strong to the office because a friend of mine came into my office once right before the pandemic and she had to run back to hers to get her inhaler because she's so sensitive to fragrance. Scared the hell out of me! I can't remember which one I was wearing, but I think it was a Le Labo. Excellent choices, Claire.
Thanks ❤️ I hope I will love it! I'm so happy to finally be a lecturer 😂
Ooh! That's not good! My dad has COPD and is very sensitive to fragrance, there's no way I'd wear something strong around him. I sprayed insolence when I last saw him and that caused a big coughing fit... I guess le labo fragrances are quite strong! Thanks for watching 🥰
Congratulations on your new job! I actually had an interview yesterday and although it was virtual I still sprayed my Estée Lauder Azuree and felt more confident as I was speaking.
Oh lovely choice, I hope it was a good one for you? ☺️ I feel like job interviews are really stressful because you get so little practice until it really matters and you really want the job. 😂
Oh this is a TRUE lover of fragrance right here. Good luck with all future job hunting and ongoing career success and professional transition.
Congratulations on your new job Claire 🎉
Thank you! ❤️ I'm excited! 🥰
I love A Drop d'Issey. It's definitely on my wishlist. I think it's so easy to wear and comforting at the same time.
I wish you all the best for your new job!
Thank you! ❤️ Oh drop is definitely one of my current work favourites. I love how different it is! 🥰
I wore Eternity Intense by Calvin Klein to two job interviews and received two offers. 🤷♀️ it had to be the perfume lol
That's a good hit rate! 🙂 And I'm sure you were the more important common denominator there! 😂
Nope - you got the offers because of your skills 🙌
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I actually wear any perfume at work, whether it’s date/night out/ work/clean perfume, I love them all :) (it also depends on the season, now I’m craving fresher/floral ones. I started to get into niche lately and enjoy testing a lot of different fragrances.) Congratulation to your new job!
Thank you! ❤️ I was very happy to get the job.
Yes, I agree, if I'm going to be mostly on my own, for example using a microscope, then I don't consider my choice too much, but if I am meeting people, like on Thursday and Friday this week I went to a big meeting hosted by another organisation, then I will think a little bit deeper about what I choose to wear. 🥰
Marc Jacob’s was such a natural gardenia scent, just beautiful. I didn’t realise it was discontinued - I suppose Daisy replaced it 🤷🏻♀️. I don’t get many compliments on fragrance due to being a chronic under sprayer, but I did with that one.
Good tip of wearing a fragrance whilst revising and then on the day itself. Thanks Claire and congratulations on your new job xx
Yes! I didn't see the love for it when I first got it but now I'm nearly through the bottle I am sad that it is nearly gone. When you compare it with what's around at a similar price point today, there is no comparison. I think you might be right about Daisy. I think MJ was released in what? 2001/2002 and Daisy came out in 2007 so that would make sense.
Wearing the same fragrance for revising questions and answers really made me feel much more confident. Whether it's placebo or something real, I don't care 🤣 it worked! Thanks for the congratulations! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume I remember buying it blind because I had read that Claudia Winkleman (who I love) wore it at the time 😂
and I wasn’t disappointed.
Actually I can’t be the only person who does that? Idk 🤷🏻♀️, I once bought a Floris soap - Rose Geranium, because apart from Chanel no 5, Marilyn Monroe supposedly wore the now discontinued scent. Anyway, I’m going off on a tangent now 😄.
Scent does bring back memories and feelings, so there must be something in wearing it whilst revising or working. I’m going to try it and also recommend it to my daughter. Thank you x
@@paulauk9965 I think there are even certain types of scent that are supposed to be more effective in promoting recall, that's probably something to look into!
Oh wow, I didn't realise that Marc Jacobs had celebrity fans. I know it was the fragrance that Charlotte in Lost in Translation has on her dressing table at the hotel, so I guess it's famous for that too and actually that's why I sought it out, because I was curious 🤷♀️
Marilyn would suit a rose geranium I think, she had hidden depths and a bit of a dark side.
@@dr.claire.perfume oh I will definitely look into that, thank you! Yes I like to think there was much more to Marilyn than met the eye.
Absolutely 💯
Aright Claire bring out the spring selections, hopefully this would encourage spring to come to the UK on time this year!😩💁🏽♀️
Yeah I have no idea what's happened. March seems even colder so far... I can't wait for spring now. 😊
Congratulations on your new job Claire, New Year, New Changes!
Yes! I am really happy to have got it ☺️ thanks for the congratulations 🥰
Congrats on your new job Claire!
The only ones in this video I’ve smelled are the Drop D’ Issey and RL Woman.
I’m getting ready for work right now as I do every Saturday morning, and I always look forward to a video from you. 😊
My scent for today is Secret Gardenia by Miller Harris.
Thank you ❤️ Ooh that's a lovely one! Miller Harris have some really beautiful fragrances. 😊 I hope work isn't too stressful! 🥰
Dandy or not sounds so interesting and different ,I bet it’s lovely on the dry down,alluring fig also sounds lovely
I love that Marc Jacob gave you a confidence and a good feeling for your interview ,we all need that little extra edge under a stressful situation
Thanks for sharing Clare and have a fantastic weekend
Hugs💚☘️💚
Thanks! I'm so relieved that I got the job 🤣 Dandy or not was a very successful swap! I don't think I would ever have bought it but those are sometimes the most interesting fragrances to get to know better 🙂 alluring fig is sweet and happy, perfect for spring 🌱
Have a fab week! 🥰 Hugs back!
Gris dior is such a perfect fragrance and I definitely think it can work for any occasion,I wore it exclusively in Paris
It's stunning! Something to remember your trip by too. 🥰
Congratulations Claire first of all. Regarding the video, you have covered one of my most beloved scent profile, clean and work appropriate scents. I love Issey Miyake and is so work appropriate. 💐Adore Gris Dior (ex Gris Montagne), as well Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle. 💐And aww Boucheron, which i think is so much forgotten and should be talked much more about
Thank you 🥰 yes I totally agree! Where do we all spend so much of our time? It's at work! So we should concentrate on trying to find things that fit that we love! Thanks for watching! 🥰
Yay! I have Place Vendome. It's not very common. The Pharrel one sounds very interesting too.
Place Vendome is very easy going, I've been enjoying it ☺️ the Pharrell one is very different, if you've tried Commes des Garçons fragrances, it's a similar vibe! 🥰
Congrats on the new gig, their nostrils are in store for a treat! I could probably get away with more bold choices for work, but I err on the side of safe. We already have a cologne guy at work, arguably two, who spray at work in their offices, leaving trails in our extremely neutral air space (heavy climate control 19 floors up in a 50 year old building! ). I find them rather pleasant, but people talk....so I am very conscious lol.
🤣 yep, you don't want to be there person do you?! I shared an office with a lady who wore a heavy tobacco amber fragrance, it was fine but a little too much in summer. Anyway, people three offices down complained so she was spoken to 🤣 it's a really personal thing I guess, how much is too much? 🤷♀️ Have a good weekend 🥰
I have that Pharrell Williams perfume. Bought it years ago for very little money. Cool and different fragrance
It is! Definitely not for everyone but I just think it's a refreshing change from the rest of my collection, it's something different occasionally 😊 Thanks for watching 🥰
Great video as always. Congratulations on the new job 🎉. I have just bought drop d’issey because of a great price (it’s currently £40 for 50ml at Boots) but I’ve not opened it yet because my collection (only 20) is too big so I’m saving it for when I’ve finished up one.
Thank you ❤️ Ooh that's a good deal! I got the 50ml giftset with the hand cream last year, that was also a good deal! I guess it's something lovely to look forward to when one of your older fragrances is gone 😊 thanks for watching, have a lovely Sunday 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume yes, it’s an incentive to use one up 😊
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I don't mind wearing strong perfumes at work because strong perfumes in general are the ones I like but I tend to spray more lightly if the fragrance is considered too strong. I remember you mentioned in a previous video the Marc Jacobs fragrance was the one the heroine wore in the film list in translation.
Yes that is entirely the reason that I bought it 😂 I love that film!
I think I do too really, I wear some really punchy ones but I just spray less and under a few layers so it doesn't project as much! 🥰
theres a few i didnt recognize but now i do, lovely selection! that Pharrell Williams Girl is quite interesting, first time i see it, even though i heard of it.. maybe u're the first to have talked about it on yt... happy weekend, cheers!
The Pharrell Williams is a steal for the pricepoint. It's not for everyone though. I love that they marketed it as unisex. Thanks for watching 🥰
Well first up a big huge massive well done with the job. You do deserve it. Oh I'd love to offend people at work 😅.
A Drop is a beautiful fragrance and you're right it does have that nice soft creaminess. It's a gorgeous one isn't it. A bit of lilac is always good. Wow and you're such an influencer 😉.
Gris Dior, yes what an amazing one. It really works for all occasions and is a fab work one. I think you're right it defo is one thst everyone would love.
The Ralph L sounds alright. I'm sure you always get compliments. Tuberose is always a winner.
The Bucheron sounds very pleasant and easy. The Pharell one is really unique. It isn't always the easiest but yes it's definitely one that will make you stand out.
Mabelles Lunar Dust is really blooming gorgeous. It is ideal for work and more subtle chilled situations isn't it.
You're a big Miller Harris fan. Frothy milk and saffron sounds pleasant 😊.
Dandy is really quite nice isn't it. Very easy going too. The leather is lovely. Very orangey on me.
Alluring Fig is one of the few fig fragrances I like. I like the greeness and it's really rather fresh and likable.
Well done to the MJ fragrance but clearly it was all you in the interview. How could u not get the job.
I was always a Boss wearer at work.
Great video
Lol I bet you would be well behaved unless provoked...
Drop is actually quite strong, but it works for work I think 😊 gris is really likeable for sure.
I really don't understand what people seem to love about the Ralph Lauren 😂 but yes, so many compliments that it made me reconsider my judgement on it.
Did you see lunar dust etc is on Fragrantica?! I reviewed both of them 😊
I really worried the saffron would bother me but no, it's all good, phew!
I've been loving Dandy! So different to the rest of my collection! I'm sure the vanilla in my Alluring Fig has amped up significantly since I first got it, it's almost more vanilla than fig now 🤷♀️
That Marc Jacobs is nearly gone, it's nice and easy but it's not worth the £100s people charge on eBay now. I think it's ridiculous what people are charging for it!
Thanks for the congratulations! They mean a lot 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume well... I've never left reviews on Fragrantica, I tend to be very anonymous. But maybe I should for the indie brands.
Honestly it's not easy to make a work fragrance video that's interesting but you definitely did it. Maybe you have the same magic with the MJ fragrance?
Yes you should for the indie ones, people appreciate an opinion when no one else has given one ☺️
Hi Claire ❤ I believe Gris Dior and all endless similar perfumes ( 😂 ) are perfect for the work environment 😊
Yes! Bottega Veneta too and probably also Rogue ☺️ and many more! Have a lovely week 🥰
Drop D’ Issey is perfection (I only need 2 sprays 😉 ) I agree it’s underrated! That Pharrell bottle is so cool, Claire I was just looking at the miller Harris scent ( I love sandalwood) sounds like a hit! You share so many beautiful fragrances!
Yes the Miller Harris is nice, really not a typical sandalwood. I've not smelt anything like it. The incense and saffron really differentiate it. I love drop d'issey ❤️ thanks for watching 🥰 have a fab weekend!
Comme de Garons has an incredible fragrance called Vogue 125. It's meant to smell like you're flipping through one of their Vogue magazines and I believe, if I'm remembering correctly, that is has a newspaper or magazine note. Something like that. I love it very much. It's a bit hard to find now and around $100 - $150 when found but I got my bottle years ago for around $50 I believe. It's a striking red colored bottle. It's so beautiful and I never hear anyone talking about. Definitely another hidden gem from Comme de Garcons!
I have tried a few CDG in store and I thought they were really interesting fragrances! When I was little, I absolutely loved the smell of glossy magazines so I can see that smell bringing back a nostalgic feeling for me, that likely means that I'd enjoy it I think!
Congratulations on the new job. That’s exciting! It’s always a balance isn’t it? I just try not to knock people over with my fragrance while still being in a happy perfume bubble.
Yep exactly. I think I wear some loud ones to work sometimes, but I hope that I don't overspray and bother anyone. I don't want to be bored with my fragrance choices when I have a collection of fragrances that I enjoy. 🥰 Thanks for the congratulations! I can't wait to start!
Well done on your new job. Keep moving onwards and upwards.
Alluring Fig sounds like my cup of tea; I've been loving green fig recently and have found it to be so versatile.
Thank you! I was relieved to get it because my contract was ending in October!
Sorry Kathy, I can never remember where people are, I have a feeling that you are not, but if you are in the UK, I'll send you some Alluring Fig with pleasure, please just contact me on my email address on the about page or on Instagram @bowccl either way, it's a pretty green vanilla fragrance overall, I don't think I enjoy it as much in really hot weather because it's quite sweet!
@@dr.claire.perfume Yes I'm in London. Will message you 🫶
Aah cool, no problem 🥰
Love that you have Woman. One of the 1st perfumes I ever owned. Bought it from ULTA my 1st time. I bought it twice before GA My Way came out and they remind me of each other. Love both.
Ooh that's interesting 🤔 I will have to go retry My Way! 🙂
@@dr.claire.perfume 😘 My Way is the sophisticated version of Woman. Definitely related to each other.
@@yahainHotPink cool! I think I only tried My Way when it first came out. I remember thinking of Earl Grey tea when I first sprayed it but I don't really remember the drydown, I will check it out again 👍
@@dr.claire.perfume Yayyy!! 😄 And thanks for the reply.
No worries! 🙂
Congratulations on the new job Claire! 🎉 Excellent choices. I usually go for something like Gabrielle Chanel or on of the Chance line. A Miss Dior or Molecules 01+ Iris are also ones I love to wear. I work in an hospital and really go only once a month. 😅
Thanks! ❤️ I was really happy to get it! 🥰 Ooh yes! My friend wears Chance EDP and another wears the Eau Fraîche, they smell great. The Miss Dior line is very friendly too. I can imagine that it's nice to work from home most of the time, I think I get more done at home if I have all my files with me... Which I often don't 😂
Lucky you. I started really wearing fragrances when I left a job in a Healthcare setting. I would not have been comfortable being sniffed out by patients as I passed by the waiting room... A lot of our clientele had mental health issues, drug addiction, kind of impulsive... So I tried to look almost invisible. I rarely wore scents to work for years. And then started collecting like a mad woman...😂
Yeah I can understand that. You don't want to draw attention to yourself. I used to work in a police station and going downstairs and into custody used to absolutely terrify me... No way I'd be overspraying anything look at me and going there.
Congratulations on the new job 🎊💐 Ralph Lauren Woman is such a beautiful, elegant fragrance, such a shame they discontinued it. A perfect work fragrance in my opinion is Cartier Baiser Volé❤️ it is a floral which I love, it's non offensive, it gives me pretty girl vibes🤍🤍👑 Loooove your video ! I hope you're having a happy Sunday afternoon!
Yes!!! Baiser Volé is a stunner! So pretty 😍 I tried it in store a while back, so different! Cartier make some nice ones 😊 happy Sunday to you too and thanks for the congratulations 🥰
Great tip about wearing a scent when learning something and then again when trying to recall. Always something new to pick up from you Claire. Gris Dior and Alluring Fig are the only 2 I have from your list. In the middle of a heatwave here in South Australia, 39 C again today, so Tea Tonique will be scent of the day. 🥵🇦🇺
Ooh that's a really lovely one in the hot weather 👍 I have no idea whether the recall thing was just a comforting belief for me but I know it's supposed to be a thing, especially with particular scents, so I do think it helped in some way or another 😊 thanks for watching 🥰
I love the dark color of Alluring Fig now 💚 my son is wearing Le Beau Garden Paradise, which is a beautiful synthetic fig scent, and I spray AF (A.Fig) just to irritate him 😂 because he doesn’t want me to have the same scent profile as his sotd 😅 my fave work scent has been Une Vanille by Obvious, but I just emptied my travel.. right now, from my current tray, I have been wearing Chloe Santalum a lot, and Crayon Caramel Days 😊
Haha, gosh you are an uncool mum 🤣 I've been very intrigued by those Crayon fragrances, I think the marketing and presentation has got me! Is that Chloe from the Atelier range? I tried about 5 of those at the weekend. Of those I tried, I liked the narcissus most.
In this summer heat, my affordable cheapie is Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Summer
Ooh I've tried Green Tea but not Green Tea Summer! How is it different? 😊
@@dr.claire.perfume No idea as I haven’t tried the OG. I hear Summer is more citrusy and green
Aah ok, the OG is just green tea to begin with but it goes musky and less bright quickly unfortunately.
Congrats on the new job - I imagine you are excellent at what you do! This is a beautiful and eclectic group of bottles; I really enjoy Gris Dior especially this time of year 🌸☀️🌿
Thank you ❤️ haha, I'm not sure everyone would agree 😜 but I do try hard. I had an interesting week, I visited a drug discovery centre on Thursday and Friday, and Friday my new paper was published, I'm sure next week won't be so exciting 😂 I start my new job in late May. And yes Gris Dior is stunning in spring 👌
@@dr.claire.perfume wow you did have a big week. That’s fantastic! Well done!
Thank you ☺️
congratulations on your new job
Most of the time I do try to wear a more floral light fruity and at times vanilla centered fragrance for work on the field.If am in the office then I try out new heavy fragrances if I have to.
That's interesting, do you meet clients when you are out of the office? Light floral fruity and vanillas sound perfect 🥰
Congratulations! 🎉
I love these suggestions. There are a few I don't usually hear about in "work" fragrance recommendations. This also doubles as recs for people who want "quieter" scents. I'll be getting a sample of A DROP for a friend with a sensitive nose. She loves similarly-scented body lotions, so it may be a good match.
Thank you! ❤️ Yes Drop seems to be popular one, I really dislike ambroxan often in fragrance but it's noticeable but not intrusive in that fragrance. I really enjoy it 😊
Hi Claire! Gris Dior and Coco Mademoiselle are great confidence boosters ❤❤
For sure!! These are my "I need to be presentable and appear like I know what I'm doing" fragrances. 🤣
I can recommend Wood Sage And Sea Salt from Jo Malone.
Thank you! I think Meghan Markle is said to love that one 🥰
Congratulations on your new job 🎊 🎉
Thank you 🥰
Congratulations, Claire! I enjoyed this clean fragrance video. I absolutely agree that one should wear a fragrance that’s a gentle whisper for work but one that you enjoy. Love that recommendation. I wear Le Labo Another 13 for work. Honestly, A13 is my signature fragrance. Though I love Le Labo Rose31 and Initio Musk therapy too for work.
I think I've only tried one le labo, I liked it, I will have to seek out the others! 13 got a lot of attention, it seemed like it was the signature scent du jour for a while there. I think it's still widely loved. 🥰
Hi Claire! I love Drop d’Issey -so fresh and light! I also wear Chanel Beige edp and Hermes Un Jardin A Cynthere edp to work, just a spray is nice. These three are subtle and “acceptable” for work! Thank you for a great video !
Chanel Beige is gorgeous 😍 I have the perfume oil dupe of that one. That's perfect for work! So clean and bright 😎 yes! Absolutely! Subtle and acceptable 👍
Oh my! Marc Jacobs was my signature scent in my early 20s. Went through so many bottles and I’m holding on to a few sprays in my last bottle.
Wow, I never realised that it was so loved but a few people have said how much they adored that one 🥰
Hey Claire, you know I love the top 10😅❤
Don't we all 🤣
Congratulations on your new job! Some lovely picks here ❤
Thank you ❤️ I was so relieved to get it, my job was ending in October so it's nice not to have to worry about that anymore. 🥰
Hi Claire, leau dissey is kinda beast mode to me😅. I like the packaging too!
Yeah, it's deceiving isn't it? I sometimes think it's gone and then I move and I can smell it strongly again. 😂
Congratulations on the new job. 🎉
Thanks ❤️ I'm looking forward to starting in May ☺️
@@dr.claire.perfume Cheers to you!
Thank you 🥰
Congratulations again ❤❤
A drop d'issey is def a great, easy going one + i just love lilacs... A spring staple!
I haven't tried anything from D'Orsay, this one sounds cool!
I used to wear Philosykos by Diptyque as my office scent for years..
Great choices!
Thank you ❤️ I'll start in May ☺️
The D'orsay is really relaxed and woody, it's quite strong though so I have to be careful. 😂
Philosykos is a lovely choice 🥰
This sounds nice. Just love lists from perfume channels. 😄😄
Sorry 🤣 it's definitely a thing!
@@dr.claire.perfume Lists make it fun to follow and to keep track. Makeup channels and Beauty channels do lists often and it is fun.
@@yahainHotPink yes, you're right, I love makeup videos too and often take inspo from them 😊
Oh I already know I’m going to enjoy this!
Thanks Sunny! 🥰
Love this topic Claire! Congratulations on your new job!! These all sound lovely ❤
Thank you! 🥰
Congratulations on your new job!!!
Thank you! ❤️ It's going well 🥰
I loved the video. Congratulations again on your new job 🎉🎉🎉 watching you on tv is so different than on my phone. Your eyes are gorgeous 💜
Thanks Liz! ❤️ I will start in late May, I'm a bit scared but hopefully it will be fine. 😊 Hope you've had a fab week! I was away at a meeting, it's been hectic, I'm happy to be home again! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume there’s no place like home 💜
@@Naturallyliz41 definitely 🥰
Gris Dior is becoming a favourite but I don’t want to love it that much bcuz it’s very expensive 😢
Thank you for all your recommendations 🌸👍
It's a stunner! ❤️ Yes! I debated whether to put it in, but I thought I would as I paid £35 for my bottle of about 30ml so I thought that fulfilled the brief. They come up secondhand here quite a bit, but I know not everyone or in every country buys or can buy secondhand. It is pricey new for sure, and the 40ml seems to go in and out of stock too. Thanks for watching, have a lovely Sunday 🥰
I enjoyed your video. The Farrell one looks interesting. ❤
Thank you! I think it's well worth finding for £12, it's a bargain! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfumecould you let me know where in the uk I could order or buy in store in London area the Pharrell perfume?
@@user-bg9ws7ys4k you can get 10ml for £9 on eBay, 20ml for £15 or 40ml for £20. There may be other stores that sell it, but that was my first thought.
@@dr.claire.perfume thank you very much🤩
@@user-bg9ws7ys4k no worries!
Hey Claire. It took me a while to get Gris Dior but once I got it I loved it. Woman sounds really nice and so does Boucheron Place Vendome
Me too! It was a sample from Lizzie that persuaded me that I would enjoy it. 😊
Congratulations on the new job! Interesting choices! I have been trying to find Woman for a good price for a while now. It’s not available in the stores around here anymore. I have been wearing Beautiful Belle by Ester Lauder a lot lately, including work. You might like it because it has a light suede dry down plus a martzipan accord. I love white florals. I have never heard of that lovely Marc Jacobs one before. It sounds a little like Michael by Michael Kors. Best wishes!
Thank you! Yes! I think you're right! Another person said they had smelt both fragrances and she thought it was similar to Michael Kors. I haven't smelt that unfortunately so I can't comment but the notes seem similar.
Yes, it was hard for me to find Woman until I looked online and then it seemed to be available in a few places, no trace of woman intense though! I will got to try Beautiful Belle, my coworker wears Beautiful to the office, so I wonder how similar they smell? Have a fab week 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume to my nose Beautiful is a little old school because it has aldehydes, and so Beautiful Belle is kind of like a more modern take on it, plus the suede and marzipan note.
Sounds beautiful ❤️
I'll have to check out Girl by Pharrell. Sounds nice!
Have you ever tried Calvin Klein's CKIN2U for her? It's a really nice and refreshing sweet citrusy fragrance. Another underrated gem IMO. I adore it! I did hear it was reformulated and the latest formula isn't the same. Luckily my bottle is about five years old now so I'm covered but I do wonder about the difference. I also don't know how accurate the reformulation story is. Anyway, do let me know if you've tried it! I value your opinion. ❤❤
Yes! I had two bottles with a hugely different experience! One I loved and one I really disliked! It was so weird! I guess it was reformulation... 🥰
Hello Dr. Claire, congratulations on your new job 😊 Alluring fig is so pretty. I almost got rid of it but I let it sit. Came back after 6 months and I love it.
Thank you ❤️ wow, yes alluring fig is lovely but very sweet. I feel like originally the fig was much greener and over the years the vanilla has amped up as it's matured.
Peau Santal is delightful. I tend to wear it in the evening/at bedtime as it's more of a skin scent. I just got a travel spray of Nothing but Sea and Sky by Une Nuit Nomade and am wearing it today. It's a beautiful sandalwood fragrance. Have you tried it?
Alluring Fig sounds nice. I haven't heard many people talk about it so good to hear your views.
Have a lovely weekend Claire 💐 Spring has finally sprung in Norfolk 🪻🌷
I haven't tried any Une Nuit Nomade but I am very curious 🧐 as in general, I think they are quite loved on YT, but I also know that they pay relatively high link commission so I want to try them for myself 😂 I do absolutely love sandalwood though so that one sounds like a winner!
Alluring fig is lovely but you do have to be prepared for a green vanilla. It's quite simple but easy to wear.
I bet Norfolk looks beautiful, the spring bulbs always look fab in the pretty villages. I don't even have daffodils yet 🤷♀️
I'm so glad you're enjoying Dandy or Not! Makes me so happy. Lovely selection of fragrances here ❤❤
Yes! I really like it! I find it really relaxing 😎 thank you! I hope lemon dulci is enjoying its new home too 😊
@@dr.claire.perfume yay! Yes, loving it, can't wait to wear it in summer. It has a lot of similar notes to Still Life in Rio which I love and have only an 8ml of. Same perfumer, Dora Baghriche 🍋
@@ems_h.eartnotes that's really interesting! I have tried that one, I have a sample. I remember it being a warm citrus, so I guess yes, they are similar!
@@dr.claire.perfume SLIR stays more juicy citrus with the sweetness from that bit of coconut/rum and Lemon Dulci goes more aromatic in the drydown but other than that they have a lot in common
@@ems_h.eartnotes oh I'm confusing it with Still Life which is the warmer spicier one, yes I tried in somewhere... I don't remember if it was New York or Rio?! I remember much preferring it to the original.
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Thank you! ❤️
Good recommendations!
Thank you 🥰
Congratulations on new work 1:08
Thank you! I was really happy to get it! 😊
Great recs! 💯
Thank you 🥰
Hi Claire. Congrats on the new job!🎉🎉🎉
I'm not a huge fan of Glossier You... I bought a 10ml of Missing Person by mistake at Sephora (it was next to Not Your Baby, the one I wanted). I like it OK and wear it to work... We have a strict, no scent policy. I rarely wear fragrances when I go... A Drop is too beastmode on me to wear at work...😳
I wear light all natural oils sometimes from a local organic all natural company. They are very close to skin. I wear a little bit of Musk 12 or lighter freshies from Clean (ex: Linen).
Thank you ❤️ I think by the end of Glossier You I was done with it. I noticed the soapiness with it and I was done. I enjoyed it to begin with though!
Wow, I can't imagine a no scent policy. I don't think most places I've worked really care about fragrance, but I've shared an office with someone who constantly wore super loud fragrances and it was unpleasant 😂 it felt like an assault on senses every single day.
Musk 12 is a great choice! Have a fab week! 🥰
Great selection, Claire! I have a few of those fragrances in my collection & I used to own a bottle of Boucheron 😉
Thank you! ❤️ Ooh was it subject to a ruthless declutter? 😂
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Morning Frances ❤️
Thanks for sharing
Thank you 😊
The Issey Miyake is quite strong actually. I gave it to my mom
It's a sneaky one. I think it's the ambroxan that pushes it, ironically I don't mind it here, a lot of the time I really don't enjoy ambroxan. The fragrance is quite body moisturiser like though. Thanks for watching 🥰
Congratulations on new job. Great choices. 🌸
Thank you 🥰
Congratulations on your new job!
Thank you 🥰 I'm looking forward to it! 😊
My favourite private joke is imagining wearing Francesca Bianchi's 'Under My Skin' to a job interview. For you, or those who have never had the pleasure, let me describe it for you. It's the most excruciatingly obvious, ahem, 'post coital' smell you can imagine 😅. Picture what Shalimar might smell like after you've gotten the leg over mid summer (a particularly gymnastic and creative session). There is no way I could inhale this fragrance on a total stranger whilst looking them in the eye and NOT feel great embarrassment creep up on me. I couldn't keep a straight face, that's for sure. It's THAT obvious as a fragrance. Bianchi is the go-to house for fragrances that celebrate post-coital afterglow. I laugh to imagine a scenario where I'm wearing it to a job interview and deliberately looking my interviewer in the eye the whole time because I KNOW what they'd be thinking despite their fancy business talk. I also laugh imagining someone wearing it to Tesco at 2pm in the afternoon. To an afternoon tea at church, and so on. There are so many inappropriate fragrances to wear to work. Thanks Claire for your charming, inspiring recommendations here. Glad to have found a new channel here on 'frag com', introducing me to new things and keeping me out of the gutter, fresh as a daisy and pure as the driven snow. For now, thanks to your good influence, the office remains a 'safe space' free from my provocative experiments with molecular compounds and other olfactory transgressions. 👍 😆😇
Lol, I definitely need to try some Francesca Bianchi, that one, sticky fingers, the dark side and the new one that I can't remember the name of 🤦♀️ they all really sound so interesting! Would you recommend any others? 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume There's one with 'Sea' in the name which is awful, avoid. I'm an evil imp, only really wanting you to conduct many varied social experiments with 'Under My Skin' 😂😆. The Dark Side is another like it or hate it offering from Bianchi. For a very rare and specific mood, it's another one that will work (ie; when you want to feel aggressively challenged or indeed, DO the aggressive challenging). In other words, it's not for running into Waitrose to grab a bunch of new season asparagus and a bottle of elderflower cordial, ahem. I think Bianchi is a walking 'dare', a one-stop shop for inappropriately intimate, intensely awkward olfactory experiments. She's clearly into naughty things (I keep seeing Halston's perfumer serenely sitting with him then suddenly burying her nose into an item of inspiration which he'd bought to their meeting: his lover's used jockstrap). I have a special place in my heart for such a perfumer as Bianchi, despite only having one full bottle of her fragrances (I stopped buying samples last year in order to start scrutinising and buying full bottles of the samples I liked-- I too have a spreadsheet to study🤓 🕵♀). I too need to experience more from Bianchi. Maybe a really smart, articulate and creatively expressed review of her output is what I need to look for online too...🤓 PS= I love the idea of Imaginary Authors and there's a definite place for the brand in the market, only...something goes wrong for me when it comes to their actual products. Which is a shame as their concept and marketing execution is sensational. I'd say the exact same thing about Zoologist.
Yes I agree with what I've tried from Zoologist. Nothing has grabbed me so far, but I think I've only tried three. Imaginary authors are intriguing but again haven't made me jump up and buy either. 🤷♀️
@@dr.claire.perfume Zoologist as an entity, (their marketing in its entirety) ought to be studied as part of psychology degrees all around the world. Look how astonishingly easy it is to control and trick people simply through the power of suggestion and other very clever creative things. My personal take is this: If the concept of the house and its charming packaging were never ever in existence EVER, and you just had plain bottles containing Zoologist fragrances with names that had, again, NOTHING to do with the concept itself then I ask you: how would these fragrances be received by people? How would they stand up? People have been so hypnotised by the marketing that even thinking clearly enough to answer the question I asked would be difficult for many. There is no way that most of Zoologist fragrances would be liked if they were proposed as options free from gimmick and suggestive themes. I've never read anybody express a similar assessment online but I'll stand by my conviction here. I mean no personal offense to anybody who genuinely loves the fragrances by the brand of course. I just think it's worthwhile for people to say what they mean, especially if they feel intimidated by their peer group and fear a goofy online skirmish as a result of going against trendy, majority opinion but say their piece anyway.
I remember Marc Jacobs 😊
I was going to buy that or Michael Kors and I chose Michael Kors. I wonder what I’d choose today 🤔
I always wondered about the Michael Kors too, that and the Kim Kardashian fragrances are famous for their use of gardenia. 🥰
I love Glossier You for the office!
I finished mine last year, but yes, it worked well for me too 😊 and it's very affordable and long lasting. 👍
Yes you mentioned that you finished it last year and replaced it with something Santal from Miller Harris, but I was wondering why you didn’t simply repurchase it, you seemed to really enjoy it!
I find it long lasting on clothes (it lasts for days) but not on my skin!
Oh! Well one, I just want to try something else, and two, I noticed that it was a bit soapy and that made me enjoy it a little less towards the end. I still did really like it though and the price point is good too!
I think telling people they could get away with a scent in a fragrance free workplace is kinda messed up. I love wearing fragrance, but I’m also at the doctor at least once a week… theres always someone wearing something way too loud that exacerbates migraines and breathing symptoms , it’s really unfortunate, even doctors are wearing strong fragrances, it’s not cool. There may be a really good reason a workplace has that rule .
I wish more people would just spray 2 sprays , not 20 + like a lot of people seem to think is normal now.. things like gris Dior are incredibly strong imo.
Yes I agree if it's a hard rule. But I think it depends on the context, for sure healthcare settings, if they are fragrance free, there often going to be a reason, but in a normal office, sometimes the official rule is simply an easier way of putting "don't wear something loud" that is more enforceable for case of issues with people wearing something obnoxious as there is zero debate. I think you can be considerate and still enjoy your own fragrance at work. I generally spray my perfume under clothing layers, so most of the time, unless I deliberately choose it, which I do sometimes, no one can smell it but me, especially in a huge lab.
I used to work with someone who wore a really strong fragrance to the office and we just talked to her and she stopped. There were no official rules on fragrance wearing, but she was fine with it.
I suggested Gris Dior as a confidence boosting fragrance, much like Coco mademoiselle is, I'd never sit in an office and wear that one, it's too loud, but I think Gris Dior is not that potent with one or two sprays, it's something that I wear when I am giving a lecture or a seminar. ☺️ Thanks for watching 🥰
Curious about all the options I have to get on nose on them!
Yes! ❤️ Have a lovely week 🥰
4:03 Gris Dior is ❤ 4:27
It's a stunner! 😍
How unique you are, my beautiful soul, it is a pleasure to be with you.
Thanks Bilal! Hope you've had a good day. 😊
@@dr.claire.perfumemy love Yes, it is a beautiful day. I feel happy as I remember your unique, beautiful soul and smile....
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Hey do you know I’ve been looking into Place Vendome by Boucheron past week? I own Elie saab le Parfum so I Guess if they are that similarI should not blind buy it? What do you think? Would that be redundant?
Despite the notes being similar, I don't think they have the same feel at all. Place Vendome is more of a skin scent and is much lighter and airier overall. The honey is sweetness rather than anything very definite. The musk is also prominent in Place Vendome. I do not think it's redundant but just warn you that if you like strong fragrances, Place Vendome is not strong! ☺️
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Do you think Drop smells similar to Diorissimo?
I haven't tried Diorissimo, but I thought that was LOTV and quite green, it's also quite an old fragrance, whereas drop feels very modern, so I would assume that they aren't similar, but I clearly don't know as I haven't tried it! 😂
Gris Dior is a yyyyup. 😄
Another one that I've found that everyone loves is Bouquet Encore, l'orchestre parfums, but that is maybe less work and more play? I love that one too 😊
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Hey Maude! 🙂
Bring it on beautiful lady❤
Thank you 😊 hope you are well! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume I am! Loved the video.
Thank you! 🥰
Drop D'Issey to me is quite loud. Something in it headache inducing ....
Lilac? Anise? Ambroxan? 🤔
@@dr.claire.perfume might be the ambroxan. I also get this from lily of the valley
Yeah I can totally understand that. Ambroxan gets to me in so many perfumes, but it seems like the ones that really bother me with ambroxan are PDM and BDK. 🤷♀️
MJ was gorgeous. 😢
Yes, I didn't appreciate it when I first got it a few years ago, but now I'm nearly through the half bottle I bought, I see how good it really is. It's long lasting and just so different to other things I have. 🥰
There is NOTHING affordable about some of the fragrances you mention in this video-which are well above £100.
I have never paid over £45 for any fragrance as I mostly buy fragrances secondhand. I guess it depends on your interpretation of affordable, but there are ways of obtaining fragrances more cheaply than retail and I would wholeheartedly recommend secondhand. My Gris Dior cost £40 including delivery for example. I think you can find some really stunning and affordable fragrances that way. Thanks for watching 🥰
I work from home but still like to wear lighter, less obtrusive fragrances while I work. I have been absolutely loving 4711 Acqua Colonia Pomelo & Sea Salt 🩷
Ooh! I tried a Pomelo fragrance on Wednesday and absolutely loved it, it was Jo Loves Pomelo. I bet I would love that 4711 too! 😊 Thanks for the suggestion 🥰
Beautiful!
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Hi beautiful Claire ❣️
I loved this video idea❤ Gris Dior is on my list now 🩷
Personally I prefer loud, obnoxious fragrances that entice my coworkers to keep AWAY!!! Jp jp 😂
Haha 😂 I work in an office that is pretty empty most of the time, I only really see people in the lab, so I can be as loud as I want some of the time 🙊
Gris Dior is worth trying, it's a fab choice of you like suede. 😊