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i know the answer is money, but i will never truly understand why flankers are made when they don't smell distinct from each other. i think edt & edp are similar, more so than edp & intense which at least has a vanilla note. edt also performs worse than both as i only get ~4 hours out of it & it turns into a skin scent halfway through. as of writing this, i have yet to try all the flankers (le parfum is on my list), but so far edp is still the clear winner.

this was love at first sniff when i tried the tester at sephora, but i wanted to wait until the weather got colder to finally test it out, & here i am now. it smells like apple & rum, very fresh, a little fruity but not too sweet, & definitely boozy. it also leans a bit masculine, but i don't personally mind. i got 9-10 hours out of it; the only bad thing about it is the projection is weak for it being so expensive (gotta sit next to me to smell). definitely getting a travel size/decant!

i will give poison girl edt credit for being the only poison i like so far (hypnotic poison smells like root beer, poison smells like burnt berries, & pure poison smells like dryer sheets), but i already have enough sweet florals in my collection to justify getting this one. more disappointingly, it becomes a skin scent 3 hours in, & i've had other edt, & even edc, that performs better than that. guess i'll see what poison edp has to offer!

libre intense smells similar except that they've added vanilla, & i personally think the lavender + vanilla is a bit too overwhelming for me. og libre is heavy on the lavender, which makes it more fresh, so i prefer this one. if you don't have a problem with the addition of vanilla, then libre & libre intense are too similar to justify having both, especially since they also perform the same.

i might just not be into the honey + orchid combination because it just doesn't do anything for me. velvet orchid smells like pretty much any "dark floral" out there. what's worse is that i don't get the longevity that others do: it disappears after a couple hours on me. black orchid may be polarizing, but the reason i own that one is because of its interesting scent profile (spicy truffle + vanilla) and its stellar performance.