I really love Olfactif. I recently subscribed to Perfumology, where you also get a curated set of 2.5ml samples each month. Also, not a subscription, but Ministry of Scent frequently puts together themed sample sets that you can purchase. Themes vary, but recently I purchased Best of Summer, and Best of Fig sample sets. I do most of my niche shopping through them
The thing you described about “I wish this upcharge was just built into the price” was taught to me in Marketing 101. Best practice for consumer satisfaction is to bundle charges as much as possible because people, like you, generally dislike paying more different costs even if the singular cost actually turns out to be more.
I know that makes sense from a marketing perspective, but I subscribe to scentbird specifically because it’s under $19.99 and like the option that I can choose a scent with an add on price if I really want but then usually pay less monthly and get what I pay for 😅
@@kateyingling-yo6vswhich is fair! I’m definitely not saying this is the case for everyone. But generally speaking, people tend to prefer one charge over a bunch of smaller charges, all else remaining equal.
I've been buying test kits from different houses like killian, skylar and byredo and I love them all...i haven't been able to hone in yet on what's my favorite but the journey is fun. All inspired by your Sunday scent videos so thank you!
I have been getting scentbox since February, I believe. I get the two travel sprays a month, and will flip between premium and platinum subs depending on what I want to get. I went with them because I do not like the atomizers that scentbird uses now. I absolutely love it because a) each scent comes in an atomizer each month, b) if you get one you do not like, you can exchange one per month. You return the one you do not like for free, and they will send you the next one in your line up. C) I’ve only recently (this year), been able to begin wearing perfumes without getting migraines, and scentbox has been a great way to try out perfumes. I have been looking for different sub services that offer different fragrances that I can’t get from scentbox so I’m very thankful for this video!! I know it’s a year old, but you mentioned ones I hadn’t heard or found myself! I did find a new one the other day that you didn’t mention - micro perfumes. Same sizes, roughly same prices, but a ton of different scents that I haven’t seen elsewhere. If I remember correctly, it’s not exactly a sub service, but one that allows you to buy travel sprays or decants whenever and have deals like buy two get one free. I have slept since I looked at it so I may be a bit fuzzy on the details. Lol
Hi Lauren! Okay, so I admit - I wasn't into perfumes too much. Then I watched your Scent Sundays and was instantly captivated by how you described fragrances. As an English major, I was so enamored lol. Also I'd love, if you could/had the desire, to see a review on dupes for big perfumes. I know you had a crazy experience with Dossier, texting you and being generally annoying. But I'm curious if places like Alt and Oakcha are decent places to buy dupes? I bought Mojave Ghost on your rec (due to the Ouai Leave-In), and I fell IN LOVE. However, I'm out now and can't bring myself to buy ANOTHER big bottle of the perfume. Thanks. You are legit the bestttttt
I tried finding some info on them as well and would love to hear Lauren’s feedback!! Also Dua is a brand I came across that does dupes and their own…they seem really popular and I would love to get more feedback about them!!
I’m not sure if they have the fragrance you desire and I know I’m a few months late lol but I’ve been buying from Alt. Fragrances for a while now and I know for a fact their dupes are very close to the real thing. The most recent of my purchases were the Alt Executive and the Bohemian Waters (Creed Aventus and Gypsy waters). These are the only two that I do have both of the originals and I compared the scents. The Creed was insanely close to the original and smelled amazing while the Gypsy waters smelled quite literally the exact same and I couldn’t be more happy with my purchase
I have a scentbox subscription and I really like it, they have the most selectioin out of all of the current ones I believe with over 1000 perfumes. They have 3 sub types which is basic, premium (which I do) and platinum. The fact scentbird costs $30 for daisy love is a rip off when I can get it with Scentbox for $21. They recently implemented that platinum tier and its min $30 a month but its for the baccarat and roja perfumes and at least you know up front when you will be getting charged. I recommend it! Just to add - with Scentbox if you don't like the scent you got for that month you can return it which you can't do with Scentbird or others I think.
Thanks for the info. Have you ever actually returned a fragrance to them, and if so, was the refund the actual amount you originally paid, or did they subtract shipping (or some other fee)? Again, thanks so much for the info. I love trying out new perfumes, however I'm blind and it's very difficult for me to try something out via a department store or some type of brick & mortar store as no one I know actually likes to experiment with new fragrances. I remember my mom telling me once she'd rather get a root canal than smell different perfumes. lol. 💗
@@kristipatterson9952 actually the return if you don't like it is more of an exchange I believe. If you needed to permanently return it. I don't know if they do that so you could you know try one and then if you decided you didn't like the subscription model or something then you could just cancel.
@@kristipatterson9952 I did a return recently for a scent I hated on me (Gris Charnel from BDK) You pick a new scent when you request the return. They send you a label to return the scent and send the new when they receive it. The process took about 2 weeks total but everything went smoothly for me.
I love scent box. I do wish they had more niche fragrances to choose from but I’m still new to perfume and find many to sample. I get two samples a month. If I find one on the platinum tier that I really want I just buy that one usually for 30 or 35 dollars, still a great deal. In addition to that you get credit for your purchases that add up quickly and soon I can buy a new sample of something for free. Loving it so far.
This video is the BEST. I just signed up for Scentbird and I was immediately disappointed. I will give it a few months. But now considering MaxAroma and Olfactif. THANK YOU! You have such a great way of explaining everything! 🥰
Really? I also just signed up for scentbird and lovvveee it, after having a terrible experience purchasing a sampler set from Sephora… that samples were so, so small and didn’t have a spray top/atomizer and my first scentbird purchase came today and the sample is huge comparatively, and because it’s not a dab on I can actually smell it. The dab one from Sephora I can’t smell at all, even after pouring it on my wrist to cover a few inches it just doesn’t smell to me at all. I was so surprised, and you get a coupon for a full-size bottle with the samples from Sephora but I feel like I have to go in store and try the spray bottles in order to even choose one!
I’ve been using scentbird off and on for years- way before I was even into fragrances. Back then- they were perfect for me and the 8ml samples I would use up every month (as intended) and I thought it was great. Now I’m more in the market for niche and just trying things. Loved this video and I think I’ll go for olfactive now and give scentbird a rest. (After I get my Kirke sample of course.)
I know tgey charge way to much i unsubscribed but i think i might resubscribe i was unsubscribed for like 6 months ... i shoukd just buy a nice bottle of perfume ... i am a lady/woman and i like wearing mens and womens sents ....
I've tried Royalty Scents and loved it. They have a great selection. I liked the process, it was all so simple. Great customer service to. I only stopped because I had to many samples to get through. Once I use them up, I'll start again!
Had terrible experiences with Scentbird years ago. Maybe they're better now, but they've lost my trust & my money forever. When they moved warehouses, they got MONTHS behind on their orders, and did not update subscribers via email, nor did they have any info on their site about it. You had to email customer service, and, obviously, given the issues, it took over a week to hear back every time. I randomly got a refund for one of the months of the subscription with NO explanation (so like, I had no idea what month it was for or if I'd be getting the item I was supposed to be getting; did I need to change my queue, etc), and when my last order (after I had canceled the subscription) arrived months late, it was the WRONG stuff. I emailed customer service so many times, I gave them so many chances, but everything they could do wrong, they did. No, ma'am. No more. Not worth my money and my time.
I agree with you about Scentbird. I swear they used to water down the fragrances. It didn’t matter what fragrance I got it will disappear on me in like two hours. I hope things have changed and it seems they have but that is why I stopped using them.
They suck! Bad customer service, their offers are a ripoff, first they offered me a 2 scents for 25cad$ and next month they didnt even notify me and charged me with +50$ for 2 random (not commercial and very bad scents) when i asked for my money back (they could keep their fragances) they totally refused! For me, scentbird its a BIG SCAM!
@@buggy627 🤦♀️ based on my experience, that doesn't surprise me even a little bit. (LiveGlam once sent me a snail mail letter about a data breach, that I received a month too late to protect myself.)
Currently they are sending emails quick but my first order came broken, the sprayer didn’t work and it leaked and the price is more than it should be for the price per ounce on the cheaper purfumes
Girl you are too talented. You need like a PR manager or something. You need to get those partnerships and whatever it’s called where these companies start paying you!
This is the first time I’ve watched one of your videos. I clicked on it because I’ve been wanting to try a perfume subscription, and saw that you were going to go over the details of each subscription. And you did! You really know your perfumes and scents. I’m still not sure which one to try. I don’t believe that I’ve ever heard about OLFACTIF until now, but I’m now looking at either OLFACTIF or Scentbird as a subscription option. 🦋
Girl this is the ABSOLUTE BEST. Thank you for this video!! I needed to find out what subscription I wanted for my birthday and you just helped me out so much!!
I've subscribed to both Scentbird and Skylar in the past. I don't do either subscription anymore but I have been geting a lot of one off purchases from Scentbird recently. I think they're like $21 to buy something outside of the subscription. I just like it because I know it will be a spray and I can use it in the protective little cases as opposed to a travel sized I might get from Sephora or Ulta. For example, I love Coconut Grove from Skylar but hate that roller ball. Scentbird carries it now so I ordered one from there. When it gets low I will just decant the roller ball into it as well. So that's kind of how I use Scentbird these days. Olfactif sounds super interesting.
I was curious to see the reviews of other subscription services when I found your review. Thank you so much for your honest reviews. I’ve tried scentbox and olfactif before and have found your reviews of them to be spot on. Much appreciated of the additional insight given into the other subscriptions.
AWESOME video Lauren. I signed up a year ago to Olafactif because of you and really enjoy it. I’m truly not a fragrance/perfume aficionado, but it is fun to dabble. I seem to only like a few scents and really dislike others, so it’s good to have a bunch to try. Thanks for always being and doing you!
The decanter I purchased from is Surrender to Chance. I like that they have designer perfumes, niche perfumes, and indie perfume oils, so that I really have all my bases covered when I buy from them. They have curated sample packs, too, but I've never tried one of those.
Was hoping I'd see a comment about surrender to chance in here! I love them a lot - like you said they have a great diverse selection of scents and I definitely feel like their decant prices are fair for what you get. I've used them to sample very niche scents that I couldn't find samples of anywhere else before committing to a full size. Great customer service too!! Highly recommend.
Love how you lay out the pros and cons of Scent Bird. Never knew they had different prices depending on the scent. I currently have a Royalty Scents subscription and really enjoy their selections.
Even tho scent bird does have the add one for certain fragrances, I prefer it because most of what I want doesn’t have an additional price and then when I do find one I’ve been wanting to try I’d rather just pay an extra $5 for that specific scent than pay $5 more every month but that’s just me lol
I totally agree about Royalty Scents. They definitely have a range of fragrances. I saw some Banana Republic fragrances on there that I actually bought at Burlington for $25, but my last fragrance I got from them was Draco by Tiziana Terenzi. I definitely make sure I manage my queue so I don’t get sent whatever they decide to send if there’s nothing on my list that month.
idgi if its just me but sometimes I feel funny about using scentbird cuz my "favs" are obvious scentbird offerings (like once you get a hang of their catalog and get a hang about whats hyped in the overall fragrance community, you can pin who uses scentbird lol). that said I GOT THE DELINA AND DELINA EXCLUSIF THIS MONTH finally so I know what the hell people are talking about
I’ve had LuxSD for about a year and I’ve enjoyed it. I’m definitely ready to switch it up so your review had perfect timing for me. I just signed up for Olfactif and I’m so excited for the first box. BTW I tried your code and it said it was expired. I was still able to get 15% off my first order through the website.
I've tried samples and sets from BDK, MFK, Jovoy, Replica, Commodity, Sana Jardin, Oriza L. Legrand and Atelier Materi. I love samples and discovery sets 💙
I’ve been loving your Scent Sundays! It’s really got me interested in trying new perfumes. This was very helpful info to use as a guide. Thank you for sharing.
I decided to try scentbird a couple years ago, and out of the 2 or 3 months that I paid for and the two refills I bought in a perfume I already knew I loved, I received one perfume vial total, and no refund for the rest. I tried getting in contact but there was no way to reach them at the time except through a comment submission on their website (SKETCH). I don’t know how it is now and I haven’t watched the video yet, but I had a terrible experience and wouldn’t recommend them AND after my experience I saw countless terrible reviews from other customers who never got what they ordered or a refund either. They basically took my money and then (with exception of the one vial) I never heard from them again. So especially now that there are more options in this market, I’d say just go with them just in case. 🙃
And I’m not one to complain or write bad reviews, but that was pretty unconscionable, and if I can save anyone from having a similar experience by putting my experience out there… yeah I’ll do it
I wish i have known before i made the mistake to try scentbird 2 months ago! Im still mad at their customer service-way of doing business- BIG SCAMMERS!
I don't wear perfume every day, but I want to learn more about it, so I have been really interested in these Sunday videos. This video is so helpful! I have considered these subscriptions but really wasn't sure what to make of them. Considering I only wear perfume occasionally, most of these probably won't work for me, and that is really good to learn. I think the curated box or directly purchasing a decant is probably my best option. Thanks for saving me some money!
This was an amazing video. I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this. I've recently starting getting into perfumes and colognes and I'm so excited to dive in!
I'm definitely looking at royalty scents for a couple of Tom Ford fragrances I'd like to try. Specifically the noir de noir. I'm good about remembering to cancel things, so I might do research and pick a few things up from them.
Great info! I've been getting Lux since last fall, and like it overall, but lately my boxes have been coming really late. One good thing about Lux is you get slightly bigger bottles....I may have to put this one on pause, and try one of these other companies!
Very helpful. Thank you. I knw this was two yrs ago, but its helpful because I just signed up with scent bird. I feel like its kind of a lot, but there's a lot of what I call luxury perfumes..Tryin to find a dupe to my fav one which is made by pinrose, there always out of stock for it (mystical misfit).
Hi Lauren, love your content and am only just getting into fragrance so I'm excited to backlog scent sundays! Just wanted to mention an indie brand that I've bought from in the past, dandy lions cosmetics. im not affiliated i just thought it would be nice to mention since i think a lot of their mattes are pretty unique tonally and i think youd like them! theyre pretty powdery and delicate but i find that it helps them blend better lol. have a good one!
I just got an order from Dandy Lions, and it came packed with a mini toothpick pride flag! It was SO CUTE! They have such a great selection of colorful mattes; I was able to find the exact shade I wanted (a charcoal gray with cool blurple undertones; ended up with Vex), and I couldn't resist picking up a few other items. They have a rose gold highlighter that is so textured & gorgeous.
I tried Olfactif based on your recommendation. Their Black Friday sale was bananas last year. I got samples of all the Juliette Has a Gun scents. I just wished they shipped outside of the US. 😞
I like Scentbird because I live in a small town in Mississippi and we have an Ulta but that’s it. And Ulta sells the more common brands so I don’t have anywhere close to me where I can smell all these different scents. Perfume is to expensive just to blind buy so without Scentbird or something like that I wouldn’t have been able to try most of the scents I have come to love.
Thanks for this video...looking for a perfume subscription for my daughter for Christmas..only knew of scentbird..but olfactif ❤sounds like a much better fit. The name is just not memorable.
I have thoughts lol. I have been trying royalty scents and really like it. The up charge thing is really off putting so the flat fee is a ++. The queue is easy to manage, you just drag them around so not sure if that changed recently or what. I like that there are a lot of niche perfumes my favorite influencers are recommending that I feel 8 mil is a good blind buy. I’m trying to expand my nose and a 8 mil gives me some time to adjust to the scent as I have noticed my opinion changes over time. They have some good ones I want to try and am quite pleased and having fun 🎉
Also Michael Mulal London has a 10$ subscription. Do you recommend anything from that house? I love skylar but the roller balls… whyyyyy??? Please change to spray 😆
Many perfume services don't ship outside of the US which severely limits the options. Skylar ships to Canada. I tried their scent club but I don't really like rollerballs and for some reason I found their fragrances too intense and they were giving me headaches. After years of waiting Scentbird now ships to Canada. So far I have gotten 2 perfumes from them - Confessions of a Rebel's Bite Me and Sanctuary's Red Panda. I love both of them. I also grabbed a set of cases in a recent sale so I'm covered there for a while.
Have you tried Lucky Scent? I’m intrigued by the Olfactif subscription. I enjoy unique fragrances, have you smelled Concrete by Comme des Garcons? I found a sample of it on Lucky Scent. You may also find some super unique fragrances by Villa of the Mysteries, some are scent profiles I’ve never smelled before.
Which one would you say is the best if I'm looking to build full size bottles in my collection when they're on sale? I'm wondering is the scentbird shop good?? Is it a lot cheaper kind of like the ipsy or the Fab fit fun shop
Your Scent Sundays have made me obsessed with finding new fragrances, and after this video I signed up for the Skylar subscription! Have you tried more from them since your last Skylar video? If so, can I beg you to make another?
Same here. I used to be subbed to Scentbird but once they raised their prices, I backed out. The last perfume I received from Scentbird that I really loved was Skylar's "Vanilla Sky", which was a recommendation from Lauren.
Thanks so much for this, Lauren! You really gave the important info and I appreciate the pros/cons. I’m back into fragrance again and have been considering a subscription vs. buying a bunch of discovery sets (I’ve had some luck with that, but I want to try specific ones). I still love trying samples via Twisted Lily, too, but I want to branch out and try some houses that they don’t carry.
I’ve started checking fragrance net to see if there are mini or travel sizes before paying the subscription price, every so often I find that I can buy the same amount for cheaper.
Didn’t think I would love the perfume content but I do lol. I’m currently obsessed with my mini of Killians Princess… I mean who doesn’t want to walk around all marshmallowy thinking they could eat themselves🤣🤣😂😂
Wondering if anyone knows of perfume boxes that are available in the EU? Would like to try out a bunch of new one fragrances before buying full sizes. PS not sure if all rollerballs work like this but I got one where its possible to not roll it on but place it on my wrist and push so the perfume comes out. I really hope my poor explanation makes sense
I have the Skylar and the Purple Lux from fragrancenet. I was wondering what the overall thoughts on that subscription service. I’ve tried some amazing niche scents, be it with a premium charge. My Montale for next month didn’t have an additional charge though? Odd.
Please do a review of Scentmagic! I see the logo in your background, but you didn't mention it. I just signed up with them and would love to hear your thoughts on them.
Any subscriptions that carry arabian perfumes? I specifically wanna try that genre but idk where i can test that out and im not near an Arabic marketplace
Hey Lauren, thanks this was helpful. I gave your name for scenbird yesterday. Question...Do any besides scent bird allow you to buy the 8 ml bottles? thanks!
Can you do a review or gray-net scent places? I tried 540 from Harrods and got water (almost certain), microperfumes (and got alcohol) and FragranceNet (and it was lovely) - but now I’m utterly confused about what it should smell like. Ugh :(
????Will max aroma decant fit in a scentbird case?? I have some spare cases left over and was wondering.. great video. I also like skylar and am a subscriber. I also like split scent!!!
The MaxAroma decant bottles will fit in Scentbird cases BUT the MA bottles are slightly shorter than Scentbird bottles. So you can put a MA bottle in a SB case but when you twist it up to spray it, there’s not much room to push down for the scent to spray out. The SB case kind of interferes with the spray because the MA bottle is shorter. I dunno if that made sense but I have both so I wanted to try it. So technically it works just not ideally. You could always use the SB case just to protect MA bottles but just take it out of the case to use it. Kinda defeats the purpose but it’d work. The Royalty Scents and Max Aroma bottles are the same size though so they can be used interchangeably. Just in case anyone was wondering.
I have had so many problems trying to cancel scentbird. Does scentbox let you cancel yourself or do you have to email someone to cancel for you. I am afraid to subscribe after the hassle with scentbird.
My ALL TIME FAVORITE SCENT is discontinued. It was Moon Sparkle by Escada. Ugh smells like heaven. But then again i dont know anything about perfumes and stuff. I dont even know what you mean by Niche when you say it😂 lol
I bought the Gwendolyn Paltrow This Candle Smells Like My Vagina candle through Heretic a couple months back-side note: would not recommend; a very underwhelming and even disappointing candle, branding aside-and they sent me one of their perfume samples in the package and I actually like,,, okay it makes me smell like a wet tree, kind of, but I kind of like it in a weird way and I am really interested in some of their other perfumes but also very afraid because I also don’t know if I actually do like it. I’m afraid of it. I’m afraid of them. I’m going to go see if anyone sells any sampler sets from them right now.
Do you know if there is a way to sample the Off-White Paperwork fragrances? I’m intrigued but don’t want to pull the trigger at that price point without smelling first.
I enjoy Scentbox the best and Scentbird second. Scentbird has really been upping their game lately! LUXsb was my worst experience. They sent me the wrong sample the first month and I could not get a reply from anyone in the chat or in e-mail to fix the situation. I also canceled right away after the extra month they make you stay on. I still haven't even received my second sample which was marked ready back on the 5th. Just, what a mess with LUXsb!
Just canceled Scentbird it was $38 a month and the sprayers were horrible. Also they won’t do anything to help if you can’t even use the product because of the faulty sprayers. The selection is subpar in my opinion for the price.
Thank you so much ..this was a great video. I am from Canada so it is nice to see that a lot of these subscription boxes ship outside of the US. An FYI, Olfactif code “laurenmae” has expired according to the website.
I'm very interested in trying Olfactif, but I'm not sure whether I should sign up for the 3- or 6-piece subscription...I do really love unisex fragrances but I'm wondering whether the men's scents tend to lean more overtly masculine or if they tend to be more unisex. Anyone have any input?
I was wondering if Lauren had tried this too. I’ve been subscribed for about 8 months. I really like it. It’s $15.95/month and each month they send a new cartridge. Really my only complaint is that the printing on the label wears off if it’s in my purse. I am mostly into classic houses like Guerlain and Hermes.
@@michellec9625 I didn’t even know they had an annual subscription. I would have saved money. I’m not sure I want to try enough other fragrances to make it worthwhile. I’ll have to look into it.
Oops I meant they send a new canister/outer thingy every month. That’s where the label wears off. You can pull out the cartridge and see what it is, the inner label is fine.
I feel like the Niche sub boxes are the only ones worth it because you can always go into a store and USUALLY be able to smell the popular designer fragrances. You cant do that with the niche fragrances.
I really love Olfactif. I recently subscribed to Perfumology, where you also get a curated set of 2.5ml samples each month. Also, not a subscription, but Ministry of Scent frequently puts together themed sample sets that you can purchase. Themes vary, but recently I purchased Best of Summer, and Best of Fig sample sets. I do most of my niche shopping through them
The thing you described about “I wish this upcharge was just built into the price” was taught to me in Marketing 101. Best practice for consumer satisfaction is to bundle charges as much as possible because people, like you, generally dislike paying more different costs even if the singular cost actually turns out to be more.
I know that makes sense from a marketing perspective, but I subscribe to scentbird specifically because it’s under $19.99 and like the option that I can choose a scent with an add on price if I really want but then usually pay less monthly and get what I pay for 😅
@@kateyingling-yo6vswhich is fair! I’m definitely not saying this is the case for everyone. But generally speaking, people tend to prefer one charge over a bunch of smaller charges, all else remaining equal.
I've been buying test kits from different houses like killian, skylar and byredo and I love them all...i haven't been able to hone in yet on what's my favorite but the journey is fun. All inspired by your Sunday scent videos so thank you!
@@Wifey.Wizard hello..I ordered a discovery kit directly from their website and I gotta report that I loved every fragrance!
@@kellyledgerwood8680from who’s?
I have been getting scentbox since February, I believe. I get the two travel sprays a month, and will flip between premium and platinum subs depending on what I want to get. I went with them because I do not like the atomizers that scentbird uses now. I absolutely love it because a) each scent comes in an atomizer each month, b) if you get one you do not like, you can exchange one per month. You return the one you do not like for free, and they will send you the next one in your line up. C) I’ve only recently (this year), been able to begin wearing perfumes without getting migraines, and scentbox has been a great way to try out perfumes.
I have been looking for different sub services that offer different fragrances that I can’t get from scentbox so I’m very thankful for this video!! I know it’s a year old, but you mentioned ones I hadn’t heard or found myself! I did find a new one the other day that you didn’t mention - micro perfumes. Same sizes, roughly same prices, but a ton of different scents that I haven’t seen elsewhere. If I remember correctly, it’s not exactly a sub service, but one that allows you to buy travel sprays or decants whenever and have deals like buy two get one free. I have slept since I looked at it so I may be a bit fuzzy on the details. Lol
Hi Lauren! Okay, so I admit - I wasn't into perfumes too much. Then I watched your Scent Sundays and was instantly captivated by how you described fragrances. As an English major, I was so enamored lol. Also I'd love, if you could/had the desire, to see a review on dupes for big perfumes. I know you had a crazy experience with Dossier, texting you and being generally annoying. But I'm curious if places like Alt and Oakcha are decent places to buy dupes? I bought Mojave Ghost on your rec (due to the Ouai Leave-In), and I fell IN LOVE. However, I'm out now and can't bring myself to buy ANOTHER big bottle of the perfume. Thanks. You are legit the bestttttt
I tried finding some info on them as well and would love to hear Lauren’s feedback!! Also Dua is a brand I came across that does dupes and their own…they seem really popular and I would love to get more feedback about them!!
I have the oakcha version of manage ghost and I swear it’s identical and the longevity is INSANE
@@Goldie9899 Ohhhhh Dua? I've never heard of them but sooooo interested! I'd like to get more feedback about them, too!
@@anyadeering ahhhhh mkay so i might have just made an oakcha purchase on this rec! Thank you so much!!
I’m not sure if they have the fragrance you desire and I know I’m a few months late lol but I’ve been buying from Alt. Fragrances for a while now and I know for a fact their dupes are very close to the real thing. The most recent of my purchases were the Alt Executive and the Bohemian Waters (Creed Aventus and Gypsy waters). These are the only two that I do have both of the originals and I compared the scents. The Creed was insanely close to the original and smelled amazing while the Gypsy waters smelled quite literally the exact same and I couldn’t be more happy with my purchase
I have a scentbox subscription and I really like it, they have the most selectioin out of all of the current ones I believe with over 1000 perfumes. They have 3 sub types which is basic, premium (which I do) and platinum. The fact scentbird costs $30 for daisy love is a rip off when I can get it with Scentbox for $21. They recently implemented that platinum tier and its min $30 a month but its for the baccarat and roja perfumes and at least you know up front when you will be getting charged. I recommend it! Just to add - with Scentbox if you don't like the scent you got for that month you can return it which you can't do with Scentbird or others I think.
Thanks for the info. Have you ever actually returned a fragrance to them, and if so, was the refund the actual amount you originally paid, or did they subtract shipping (or some other fee)? Again, thanks so much for the info. I love trying out new perfumes, however I'm blind and it's very difficult for me to try something out via a department store or some type of brick & mortar store as no one I know actually likes to experiment with new fragrances. I remember my mom telling me once she'd rather get a root canal than smell different perfumes. lol. 💗
@@kristipatterson9952 actually the return if you don't like it is more of an exchange I believe. If you needed to permanently return it. I don't know if they do that so you could you know try one and then if you decided you didn't like the subscription model or something then you could just cancel.
@@Its_me_Teri_b That makes total sense. Thanks so much for responding!!! 💗
@@kristipatterson9952 I did a return recently for a scent I hated on me (Gris Charnel from BDK) You pick a new scent when you request the return. They send you a label to return the scent and send the new when they receive it. The process took about 2 weeks total but everything went smoothly for me.
I love scent box. I do wish they had more niche fragrances to choose from but I’m still new to perfume and find many to sample. I get two samples a month. If I find one on the platinum tier that I really want I just buy that one usually for 30 or 35 dollars, still a great deal. In addition to that you get credit for your purchases that add up quickly and soon I can buy a new sample of something for free. Loving it so far.
This video is the BEST. I just signed up for Scentbird and I was immediately disappointed. I will give it a few months. But now considering MaxAroma and Olfactif. THANK YOU! You have such a great way of explaining everything! 🥰
Really? I also just signed up for scentbird and lovvveee it, after having a terrible experience purchasing a sampler set from Sephora… that samples were so, so small and didn’t have a spray top/atomizer and my first scentbird purchase came today and the sample is huge comparatively, and because it’s not a dab on I can actually smell it. The dab one from Sephora I can’t smell at all, even after pouring it on my wrist to cover a few inches it just doesn’t smell to me at all. I was so surprised, and you get a coupon for a full-size bottle with the samples from Sephora but I feel like I have to go in store and try the spray bottles in order to even choose one!
I’ve been using scentbird off and on for years- way before I was even into fragrances. Back then- they were perfect for me and the 8ml samples I would use up every month (as intended) and I thought it was great. Now I’m more in the market for niche and just trying things. Loved this video and I think I’ll go for olfactive now and give scentbird a rest. (After I get my Kirke sample of course.)
Come on scent bird, how is Daisy considered luxury?
I know tgey charge way to much i unsubscribed but i think i might resubscribe i was unsubscribed for like 6 months ... i shoukd just buy a nice bottle of perfume ... i am a lady/woman and i like wearing mens and womens sents ....
I can buy it at cvs lol not even in the locked cabinet either it's in the little display near the checkout
But is smells good :)
Royalty Scents is the most reasonably priced. Scentbird is a rip-off
I've tried Royalty Scents and loved it. They have a great selection. I liked the process, it was all so simple. Great customer service to. I only stopped because I had to many samples to get through. Once I use them up, I'll start again!
Im with them too...but im just collecting perfumes atm
Had terrible experiences with Scentbird years ago. Maybe they're better now, but they've lost my trust & my money forever. When they moved warehouses, they got MONTHS behind on their orders, and did not update subscribers via email, nor did they have any info on their site about it. You had to email customer service, and, obviously, given the issues, it took over a week to hear back every time. I randomly got a refund for one of the months of the subscription with NO explanation (so like, I had no idea what month it was for or if I'd be getting the item I was supposed to be getting; did I need to change my queue, etc), and when my last order (after I had canceled the subscription) arrived months late, it was the WRONG stuff. I emailed customer service so many times, I gave them so many chances, but everything they could do wrong, they did. No, ma'am. No more. Not worth my money and my time.
I agree with you about Scentbird. I swear they used to water down the fragrances. It didn’t matter what fragrance I got it will disappear on me in like two hours. I hope things have changed and it seems they have but that is why I stopped using them.
They also had a data breach I was a part of. They didn’t even let anyone know
They suck! Bad customer service, their offers are a ripoff, first they offered me a 2 scents for 25cad$ and next month they didnt even notify me and charged me with +50$ for 2 random (not commercial and very bad scents) when i asked for my money back (they could keep their fragances) they totally refused! For me, scentbird its a BIG SCAM!
@@buggy627 🤦♀️ based on my experience, that doesn't surprise me even a little bit. (LiveGlam once sent me a snail mail letter about a data breach, that I received a month too late to protect myself.)
Currently they are sending emails quick but my first order came broken, the sprayer didn’t work and it leaked and the price is more than it should be for the price per ounce on the cheaper purfumes
Girl you are too talented. You need like a PR manager or something. You need to get those partnerships and whatever it’s called where these companies start paying you!
Is she did that she could not give honest opinion on the subscription services
This is the first time I’ve watched one of your videos. I clicked on it because I’ve been wanting to try a perfume subscription, and saw that you were going to go over the details of each subscription. And you did! You really know your perfumes and scents. I’m still not sure which one to try. I don’t believe that I’ve ever heard about OLFACTIF until now, but I’m now looking at either OLFACTIF or Scentbird as a subscription option. 🦋
Girl this is the ABSOLUTE BEST.
Thank you for this video!!
I needed to find out what subscription I wanted for my birthday and you just helped me out so much!!
I've subscribed to both Scentbird and Skylar in the past. I don't do either subscription anymore but I have been geting a lot of one off purchases from Scentbird recently. I think they're like $21 to buy something outside of the subscription. I just like it because I know it will be a spray and I can use it in the protective little cases as opposed to a travel sized I might get from Sephora or Ulta. For example, I love Coconut Grove from Skylar but hate that roller ball. Scentbird carries it now so I ordered one from there. When it gets low I will just decant the roller ball into it as well. So that's kind of how I use Scentbird these days. Olfactif sounds super interesting.
I was curious to see the reviews of other subscription services when I found your review. Thank you so much for your honest reviews. I’ve tried scentbox and olfactif before and have found your reviews of them to be spot on. Much appreciated of the additional insight given into the other subscriptions.
AWESOME video Lauren. I signed up a year ago to Olafactif because of you and really enjoy it. I’m truly not a fragrance/perfume aficionado, but it is fun to dabble. I seem to only like a few scents and really dislike others, so it’s good to have a bunch to try. Thanks for always being and doing you!
The decanter I purchased from is Surrender to Chance. I like that they have designer perfumes, niche perfumes, and indie perfume oils, so that I really have all my bases covered when I buy from them. They have curated sample packs, too, but I've never tried one of those.
Was hoping I'd see a comment about surrender to chance in here! I love them a lot - like you said they have a great diverse selection of scents and I definitely feel like their decant prices are fair for what you get. I've used them to sample very niche scents that I couldn't find samples of anywhere else before committing to a full size. Great customer service too!! Highly recommend.
Love how you lay out the pros and cons of Scent Bird. Never knew they had different prices depending on the scent. I currently have a Royalty Scents subscription and really enjoy their selections.
Even tho scent bird does have the add one for certain fragrances, I prefer it because most of what I want doesn’t have an additional price and then when I do find one I’ve been wanting to try I’d rather just pay an extra $5 for that specific scent than pay $5 more every month but that’s just me lol
Olfactif looks perfect for me! Even the cards, with the info and thespace to take notes, is exactly how I would love to sample scents.
As soon as I saw skylars July scent I thought of you immediately. It’s not my normal type of scent but I think I might get it still.
I totally agree about Royalty Scents. They definitely have a range of fragrances. I saw some Banana Republic fragrances on there that I actually bought at Burlington for $25, but my last fragrance I got from them was Draco by Tiziana Terenzi. I definitely make sure I manage my queue so I don’t get sent whatever they decide to send if there’s nothing on my list that month.
This is exactly the video I was looking for.. thanks for spending the time to do this review!
I was just resigning up to Scentbird but held off. Omg what perfect ti I got this is for me. Thank you
idgi if its just me but sometimes I feel funny about using scentbird cuz my "favs" are obvious scentbird offerings (like once you get a hang of their catalog and get a hang about whats hyped in the overall fragrance community, you can pin who uses scentbird lol). that said I GOT THE DELINA AND DELINA EXCLUSIF THIS MONTH finally so I know what the hell people are talking about
Have you considered doing an Olfactif review? I would really enjoy you reviewing the curation from them each month.
I’ve had LuxSD for about a year and I’ve enjoyed it. I’m definitely ready to switch it up so your review had perfect timing for me. I just signed up for Olfactif and I’m so excited for the first box.
BTW I tried your code and it said it was expired. I was still able to get 15% off my first order through the website.
Yes, I've been on LUX too, for the last year, but am interested in trying something else.
I've tried samples and sets from BDK, MFK, Jovoy, Replica, Commodity, Sana Jardin, Oriza L. Legrand and Atelier Materi. I love samples and discovery sets 💙
This was ever so helpful.
You're the best, Lauren!!!
💜💜💜💜
I’ve been loving your Scent Sundays! It’s really got me interested in trying new perfumes. This was very helpful info to use as a guide. Thank you for sharing.
I decided to try scentbird a couple years ago, and out of the 2 or 3 months that I paid for and the two refills I bought in a perfume I already knew I loved, I received one perfume vial total, and no refund for the rest. I tried getting in contact but there was no way to reach them at the time except through a comment submission on their website (SKETCH). I don’t know how it is now and I haven’t watched the video yet, but I had a terrible experience and wouldn’t recommend them AND after my experience I saw countless terrible reviews from other customers who never got what they ordered or a refund either. They basically took my money and then (with exception of the one vial) I never heard from them again.
So especially now that there are more options in this market, I’d say just go with them just in case. 🙃
And I’m not one to complain or write bad reviews, but that was pretty unconscionable, and if I can save anyone from having a similar experience by putting my experience out there… yeah I’ll do it
I wish i have known before i made the mistake to try scentbird 2 months ago! Im still mad at their customer service-way of doing business- BIG SCAMMERS!
I don't wear perfume every day, but I want to learn more about it, so I have been really interested in these Sunday videos. This video is so helpful! I have considered these subscriptions but really wasn't sure what to make of them. Considering I only wear perfume occasionally, most of these probably won't work for me, and that is really good to learn. I think the curated box or directly purchasing a decant is probably my best option. Thanks for saving me some money!
This was an amazing video. I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this. I've recently starting getting into perfumes and colognes and I'm so excited to dive in!
I'm definitely looking at royalty scents for a couple of Tom Ford fragrances I'd like to try. Specifically the noir de noir. I'm good about remembering to cancel things, so I might do research and pick a few things up from them.
Great info! I've been getting Lux since last fall, and like it overall, but lately my boxes have been coming really late. One good thing about Lux is you get slightly bigger bottles....I may have to put this one on pause, and try one of these other companies!
Very helpful. Thank you. I knw this was two yrs ago, but its helpful because I just signed up with scent bird. I feel like its kind of a lot, but there's a lot of what I call luxury perfumes..Tryin to find a dupe to my fav one which is made by pinrose, there always out of stock for it (mystical misfit).
This is such a good video idea!
Skylar is in Sephora , it’s listed under their clean scents like their skincare 😀 they have all the Skylar scents
Hi Lauren, love your content and am only just getting into fragrance so I'm excited to backlog scent sundays! Just wanted to mention an indie brand that I've bought from in the past, dandy lions cosmetics. im not affiliated i just thought it would be nice to mention since i think a lot of their mattes are pretty unique tonally and i think youd like them! theyre pretty powdery and delicate but i find that it helps them blend better lol. have a good one!
I just got an order from Dandy Lions, and it came packed with a mini toothpick pride flag! It was SO CUTE! They have such a great selection of colorful mattes; I was able to find the exact shade I wanted (a charcoal gray with cool blurple undertones; ended up with Vex), and I couldn't resist picking up a few other items. They have a rose gold highlighter that is so textured & gorgeous.
I tried Olfactif based on your recommendation. Their Black Friday sale was bananas last year. I got samples of all the Juliette Has a Gun scents. I just wished they shipped outside of the US. 😞
I’ve been wanting to join them and after reading this…I’m so excited for this coming year lol!!
I like Scentbird because I live in a small town in Mississippi and we have an Ulta but that’s it. And Ulta sells the more common brands so I don’t have anywhere close to me where I can smell all these different scents. Perfume is to expensive just to blind buy so without Scentbird or something like that I wouldn’t have been able to try most of the scents I have come to love.
This video was super helpful! Thank you for the detailed explanations
Thank you so much what a great video I've been so curious about this but don't have the time to dig into all of them
Thanks for this video...looking for a perfume subscription for my daughter for Christmas..only knew of scentbird..but olfactif ❤sounds like a much better fit. The name is just not memorable.
I'm allergic to most perfumes so I love the skylar scent club since I don't react to ANY of their scents and I can get to try variety !
I had to put Lush Lust into a couple of ziplock bags. That stuff is insane jasmine.
I have thoughts lol. I have been trying royalty scents and really like it. The up charge thing is really off putting so the flat fee is a ++. The queue is easy to manage, you just drag them around so not sure if that changed recently or what. I like that there are a lot of niche perfumes my favorite influencers are recommending that I feel 8 mil is a good blind buy. I’m trying to expand my nose and a 8 mil gives me some time to adjust to the scent as I have noticed my opinion changes over time. They have some good ones I want to try and am quite pleased and having fun 🎉
Also Michael Mulal London has a 10$ subscription. Do you recommend anything from that house? I love skylar but the roller balls… whyyyyy??? Please change to spray 😆
I’m not really into perfumes but your videos make me want to try something new… I was wondering if any of these boxes have international shipping…?
Many perfume services don't ship outside of the US which severely limits the options. Skylar ships to Canada. I tried their scent club but I don't really like rollerballs and for some reason I found their fragrances too intense and they were giving me headaches. After years of waiting Scentbird now ships to Canada. So far I have gotten 2 perfumes from them - Confessions of a Rebel's Bite Me and Sanctuary's Red Panda. I love both of them. I also grabbed a set of cases in a recent sale so I'm covered there for a while.
Have you tried Lucky Scent? I’m intrigued by the Olfactif subscription. I enjoy unique fragrances, have you smelled Concrete by Comme des Garcons? I found a sample of it on Lucky Scent. You may also find some super unique fragrances by Villa of the Mysteries, some are scent profiles I’ve never smelled before.
Which one would you say is the best if I'm looking to build full size bottles in my collection when they're on sale? I'm wondering is the scentbird shop good?? Is it a lot cheaper kind of like the ipsy or the Fab fit fun shop
I’m subscribed to Scentbird and have been enjoying it. What are your favorite scents from Rag & Bone and/or Heretic that you’ve tried?
Im thinking of trying Maxed out by 4160 Tuesdays, ever tried that one? Need opinions on great niche perfumes too, love oud, coffee, aromatics etc.
Your Scent Sundays have made me obsessed with finding new fragrances, and after this video I signed up for the Skylar subscription! Have you tried more from them since your last Skylar video? If so, can I beg you to make another?
I've had scentbird and scentbox and have ended up buying full bottles. Just canceled both as trying to cut back!
Same here. I used to be subbed to Scentbird but once they raised their prices, I backed out. The last perfume I received from Scentbird that I really loved was Skylar's "Vanilla Sky", which was a recommendation from Lauren.
Thanks so much for this, Lauren! You really gave the important info and I appreciate the pros/cons. I’m back into fragrance again and have been considering a subscription vs. buying a bunch of discovery sets (I’ve had some luck with that, but I want to try specific ones). I still love trying samples via Twisted Lily, too, but I want to branch out and try some houses that they don’t carry.
I benefit from these subscriptions by buying scents that people got and didn't like on Poshmark :)
I think I must benefit too from these subscriptions as I tend to buy off depop. 😁
I’ve started checking fragrance net to see if there are mini or travel sizes before paying the subscription price, every so often I find that I can buy the same amount for cheaper.
Didn’t think I would love the perfume content but I do lol. I’m currently obsessed with my mini of Killians Princess… I mean who doesn’t want to walk around all marshmallowy thinking they could eat themselves🤣🤣😂😂
That's my favorite!
How difficult was it to cancel the ones that you cancelled? that's something that I've had trouble with with various subscription boxes
Wondering if anyone knows of perfume boxes that are available in the EU? Would like to try out a bunch of new one fragrances before buying full sizes. PS not sure if all rollerballs work like this but I got one where its possible to not roll it on but place it on my wrist and push so the perfume comes out. I really hope my poor explanation makes sense
I have the Skylar and the Purple Lux from fragrancenet. I was wondering what the overall thoughts on that subscription service. I’ve tried some amazing niche scents, be it with a premium charge. My Montale for next month didn’t have an additional charge though? Odd.
Please do a review of Scentmagic! I see the logo in your background, but you didn't mention it. I just signed up with them and would love to hear your thoughts on them.
Do you know which one I could join since I want to try Byron perfumes, or even Benigna or commodity?
Any subscriptions that carry arabian perfumes? I specifically wanna try that genre but idk where i can test that out and im not near an Arabic marketplace
Hey Lauren, thanks this was helpful. I gave your name for scenbird yesterday. Question...Do any besides scent bird allow you to buy the 8 ml bottles? thanks!
Which one is the Woody Vanilla? I love perfumes with vanilla scents within them
I need to get my hands on that burnt hot dog skin scent, asap!
Can you do a review or gray-net scent places? I tried 540 from Harrods and got water (almost certain), microperfumes (and got alcohol) and FragranceNet (and it was lovely) - but now I’m utterly confused about what it should smell like. Ugh :(
Yay I was hoping you'd do this!!
????Will max aroma decant fit in a scentbird case?? I have some spare cases left over and was wondering.. great video. I also like skylar and am a subscriber. I also like split scent!!!
The MaxAroma decant bottles will fit in Scentbird cases BUT the MA bottles are slightly shorter than Scentbird bottles. So you can put a MA bottle in a SB case but when you twist it up to spray it, there’s not much room to push down for the scent to spray out. The SB case kind of interferes with the spray because the MA bottle is shorter. I dunno if that made sense but I have both so I wanted to try it. So technically it works just not ideally. You could always use the SB case just to protect MA bottles but just take it out of the case to use it. Kinda defeats the purpose but it’d work. The Royalty Scents and Max Aroma bottles are the same size though so they can be used interchangeably. Just in case anyone was wondering.
@@amberdawn8128 that was extremely helpful and I get what you are saying perfectly. Thank you for the help!!!!
@@ericaw7207 No problem! You’re very welcome! I’m glad you were able to make sense of my somewhat wacky description! ☺️
I have had so many problems trying to cancel scentbird. Does scentbox let you cancel yourself or do you have to email someone to cancel for you. I am afraid to subscribe after the hassle with scentbird.
My ALL TIME FAVORITE SCENT is discontinued. It was Moon Sparkle by Escada. Ugh smells like heaven. But then again i dont know anything about perfumes and stuff. I dont even know what you mean by Niche when you say it😂 lol
Oh good! I forgot to comment that I would want to see this but I definitely do!
Oh my Yensa has a new Super Silk serum Foundation ❤️
Your Olfactiv code didn’t work for me :( but I subscribed, thank you for this incredibly thorough review!!
I bought the Gwendolyn Paltrow This Candle Smells Like My Vagina candle through Heretic a couple months back-side note: would not recommend; a very underwhelming and even disappointing candle, branding aside-and they sent me one of their perfume samples in the package and I actually like,,, okay it makes me smell like a wet tree, kind of, but I kind of like it in a weird way and I am really interested in some of their other perfumes but also very afraid because I also don’t know if I actually do like it. I’m afraid of it. I’m afraid of them. I’m going to go see if anyone sells any sampler sets from them right now.
Seriously? They have a candle called that? Wow, just wow. lol
Your comment reminded me of a scene from God Loves an Idiot on Netflix, I think, only the candle had a potent aroma. lol
Do you know if there is a way to sample the Off-White Paperwork fragrances? I’m intrigued but don’t want to pull the trigger at that price point without smelling first.
I enjoy Scentbox the best and Scentbird second. Scentbird has really been upping their game lately! LUXsb was my worst experience. They sent me the wrong sample the first month and I could not get a reply from anyone in the chat or in e-mail to fix the situation. I also canceled right away after the extra month they make you stay on. I still haven't even received my second sample which was marked ready back on the 5th. Just, what a mess with LUXsb!
Just canceled Scentbird it was $38 a month and the sprayers were horrible. Also they won’t do anything to help if you can’t even use the product because of the faulty sprayers. The selection is subpar in my opinion for the price.
I love this video! I am Into niche perfumes so I know what I’m gonna sign up for :-) thank you so much
Thank you so much ..this was a great video. I am from Canada so it is nice to see that a lot of these subscription boxes ship outside of the US. An FYI, Olfactif code “laurenmae” has expired according to the website.
I'm very interested in trying Olfactif, but I'm not sure whether I should sign up for the 3- or 6-piece subscription...I do really love unisex fragrances but I'm wondering whether the men's scents tend to lean more overtly masculine or if they tend to be more unisex. Anyone have any input?
I hope Skylar makes a full size of Gilded Woods.
It’s at Sephora in their Clean fragrances 😀
Do any of them have Van Cleef & Arpel - Precious Oud?
Which one had the Clive Christian again?
I just signed up with your link for SB & olfactive
Have u tried scentbirds candles i cant seem to find a review on them
Amazing video. Thank you ❤
Good effort and good info, thanks
great video, thank you! you are absolutelly stunning btw, slay
You can pronounce Kirke just like Nike! She’s a sorceress in Greek mythology (Homer‘s Odyssey).
what about fragrancenet sub?
I was wondering if Lauren had tried this too. I’ve been subscribed for about 8 months. I really like it. It’s $15.95/month and each month they send a new cartridge. Really my only complaint is that the printing on the label wears off if it’s in my purse. I am mostly into classic houses like Guerlain and Hermes.
I’ve gotten it for 3 months now and it’s great. I did the annual so each month came out to $9 and some change.
@@michellec9625 I didn’t even know they had an annual subscription. I would have saved money. I’m not sure I want to try enough other fragrances to make it worthwhile. I’ll have to look into it.
Oops I meant they send a new canister/outer thingy every month. That’s where the label wears off. You can pull out the cartridge and see what it is, the inner label is fine.
Does anyone know how to stop the scntbird subscription??? I have tried everything... plz help would be much appreciated
Than you so much. So many options!
Damn I’ve never been this early!
Thank you for this!!!
I love this video idea!
I feel like the Niche sub boxes are the only ones worth it because you can always go into a store and USUALLY be able to smell the popular designer fragrances. You cant do that with the niche fragrances.
I finally smelled something with fig and I was like OH this is what Lauren likes lol