Finding Your Signature Scent - Is Scentbird worth it?

Short answer? No. It’s honestly cheaper and better to just get as many perfume samples as you can from your local department store, and figure out from that bunch what it is you like. But tbh, I am a hypocrite here, because my signature scent -James by Rosie Jane- I did find through Scentbird. But ultimately, the price point just isn’t worth it for the amount of perfume you get, and the choices are very limited.

Some advice if you’re looking for your signature scent. Go haul some samples and smell everything, see what it is you like. I like citrus, patchouli and light musk. My sweet tooth does not extend to fragrances so I am NOT a gourmand girl (scents that smell like baked goods), but I’ve heard that scientifically men like vanilla, if that information is helpful to you. To me, strong vanilla fragrances remind me of Victoria’s Secret body spray in the HS girls locker room. That’s honestly the fun thing about perfume, that because of strong scent memory you can have strong opinions or relationships to a smell the second it’s sprayed. Opinions you’ve never thought about until you make a face and think ‘god, that smells like my grandma/a sally beauty supply/burnt rubber’.

Other scent profiles include deep musk, which can either skew old lady or rich MILF depending on how they’re done, who they’re for, and who’s wearing them. There’s also an entire family of fragrances that reads like clean laundry, if radiating freshness is the ultimate goal.

The point is, you don’t have to pay money for what stores will give you for free. Unless you live in the boonies, its probably easier to just drive to Macy’s, or Nordstrom, and have ‘em load you up.