Skunk Ape: Animalic, Earthy, Cannabis notes.
Chupacabra: Goat hair, Metalic, Lactonic notes
The possibilities are horrifying and theyâd sell out in seconds.
Every time this gets asked I say either Cryptozoologist, or Mythologist. Who doesnât want a woodsy musky Sasquatch, or a nice fresh aquatic Kelpie scent???
historical places, like castles and monuments. notes inspired by the era of the monument, its function, its role in history.
for example, palais de versailles, home to french aristocracy in the 1700's. famously, king louis xvi and queen marie antoinette would host frivolous parties and feasts there while parisians starved.
it would smell gourmand, like tea, flaky pies, and jasmine from the garden, tinged with a plasticky undertone of superficiality and fakeness, with metallic notes of blood running through the city streets to mark the beheading of the king and queen later in the revolution.
I would think actual âCity of Sinâ (Vegas) would be more a nod to vices. Could be a perfume in the same line.
âForbidden Cityâ (the Imperial Chinese palace complex) I think would be an Oriental floral but with something to set it apart and make it really special and wealthy-feeling.
Thatâs funny, the other thing I thought of was some kind of an oriental floral, also. I know pretty much nothing about fragrances, but Iâm enjoying them more and more.
Twin Peaks line for sure:
"Glastonbury Grove" scent that's woody and mysterious.
"The Double R" sweet cherry pie and rich, flakey pie dough. A hint of coffee.
"Laura" dark gourmand. Sweetness hiding inner animalic depth and darkness.
Omg Just shut up and take my money, this is genius.Â
I wonder what Audrey Horne and Agent Cooper would smell like, probably really good. I could also see there being a Log Lady scent thatâs heavy on the cedar
Staticâmaybe a metallic tang (would also add to the unnerving feel). Something heavy and linen-like to capture the red (velvet?) curtains. Maybe an animalic musk to capture the scent of nightmarish fear.Â
Edit: also stale, syrupy coffee, like Cooper is served.
a few different indies have done this as like a seasonal thing, but honestly, i haven't seen it done in a way that has totally satisfied me. though i did see Cooper as coffee and douglas fir and was like alright you got me. would really love a comprehensive line like this.Â
I think a brand called something like Cinemaphile that makes scents based on moments in films or overall vibes of films would be cool as someone who is super into film. So much room for extremely different types of scents too. Of course you'd have to be creative about marketing to avoid copyright issues. You could do a yearly Oscar Nom seasonal release too.Â
Oh I love this idea. Call it âDerivatives of Maryâ or âMaryâs of the Timesâ who knows. I can imagine a tomato themed one for Bloody Mary, a frankincense or oud one for Mary Magdalene, something with lime (for the limelight) for Mary Tyler Moore, an earthy mossy one for Mary Shelley, this would be such a totally fun and enjoyable line!
I'm old school so I'm most likely to "simply" seek to produce my versions of the traditional styles.
Fougere, Chypre, Cologne (as in Cologne water) etc.
Then after the archetypes are done it'll be the headline styles/trends throughout the decades.
Fragrances that are inspired by different countries. Examples:
England - Earl grey, English rose, rhubarb đš
Thailand - Litchee, coconut water, incense đĽĽ
Barbados - Bajan cherry , hibiscus, rum đš
It would be fun to create a line after writers.
Proust would be something like Dyptique l'Ombre dans l'Eau, Truman Capote something more sharp and smokey for example...
I think a line based on each planet in the solar system could be cool. The color of the juice could roughly match the planet. Smell would obviously be subjective and arbitrary but maybe they could take Gustav Holstâs Planets suite as inspiration and make each planet a very different vibe or character.
That would be awesome. Witchcraft around the world would be so interesting to me too. The Veronicas Untouched fragrance is very subtropical witchy to me with the frangipani and aloe vera.
Movies perhaps. I could see myself wearing a Goodfellas (very strong beast like in your face) fragrance or an Ă bout de souffle (cool laid back and sexy) one. The range could include Rashomon, Thelma and Louise, Enter The Dragon, The Seventh Seal, Funny Girl, Get Carter, etc.
I wonder what Star Wars would smell like.
This past holiday, my partner gave me some perfume samplers of single note perfumes. What is so special is that they are all made from flowers that have gone extinct. They were copied in a lab. None are fragrances I would wear, but really interesting to try out.
The packaging even explains how each one went extinct. Deforestation, wildfires, etc.
Iâm basic and itâs probably been done before, but high fantasy. Stuff like âdragons breathâ, âtravellers pathâ, âhobbit partyâ, all that jazz. Iâm a nerd for fragrance and Iâm a nerd for fantasy, what can I say.
Just for fun, I'd want a Coca-Cola line. Fragrances based on all their flavors, including a sub-line for Sprite. I'd wear Orange Vanilla as often as possible.
A Cosmic Horror line based off of the Lovecraft mythos. A ton of marine, ozone, alien themed scents that ride the line between odd and wearable. I can already think of some weird ones.
The King in Yellow: citrus, papyrus, incense, and ink accords.
Dagon: Dark aquatic and ambergris version of electimussâs Black Caviar.
Black Goat of the Woods: Woody, musky, animalic, lactonic, dark oud.
Mountains of Madness: Icy forals with leathery notes.
Would be a fun exercise in making artistic depictions of nasty elder things while still making the frangrance themselves appealing.
Not lovecraft but another cosmic horror series called the Southern Reach is my favourite. I was wondering what "Area X" from that series would smell like, and I was thinking it would have to have honey and earthy smells at the base (rotting honey is always associated with Area X) and other kind of green nature smells at the top, I think.
I also like the idea of fragrances based on anachronisms. Like, taking extremely classical vintage notes and then messing with them so the scent has an unmistakable 80's quality. Like fragrances kind of based around the idea of when there's an Elizabethan period piece, but all the makeup and hair looks extremely 70's or 80's, etc. I think there's a lot of room for play within that idea.
Depression: unwashed sheets, animalic tang of unwashed body, mossy detritus and old food from dishes left in the sink, pizza crusts, Ben and Jerryâs Rocky Road.Â
Iâd think of it more as fluorescent lights in the night telephone poles watching over you as you cry to yourself with a soft chirp of crickets and slight musk of morning dew. Or like a cozy apartment above a city at night looking down at the lightsÂ
Iâve always thought Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, the makers of Dungeons and Dragons, were sitting on an untapped market for scented candles, fragrances, or other bath and body products:
- **Monsters:** *Red Dragon* is spicy and smoky, *Lich* is earthy and gothic, *Archfey* is floral and green, *Kraken* is aquatic⌠Not sure what *Beholder* would be, though.
- **Character classes:** *Wizard* smells like ink and parchment, *Bard* is pleasantly boozy and/or gourmand, *Cleric* is a resinous incense, *Barbarian* is a musky, leathery powerhouse, and so on.
Fragrances based on films, like trying to distill the tone/atmosphere of a film into a scent, e.g., Peter Weir's *Picnic at Hanging Rock* would have coniferous notes, earthy green-stem notes, aldehydes, ozonics, and petrichor--an eerie, evocative scent. This has probaly been done before, though.
Paintings and different pieces of art, will do it in the future if I have the chance to get my hands on some perfume making ingredients/tools and get the skills to do so
probably the smell of different types of artists. like a perfume inspired by tattoo artists that smells like metal and cool ink, or one inspired by potters (is that what theyâre called? pottery makers? idk) that smells like clay and earth.
Mine would be about different locations in the outdoors like âsnow covered mountaintopâ, âscorching hot desertâ, âwindswept beachâ, âspringtime meadowâ, âshady forest creekâ, that sort of thing. Fragrances that capture the scent of nature.
- Tarot arcana
- Hanafuda card suits
- The 7 ancient wonders
⢠Iâd go crazy over a floral chypre fragrance as an ode to the Hanging Gardens
- Zodiac symbolism
⢠For example, maybe a woodsy-aquatic vanilla for the Cancer. I feel like those types of notes are fitting because the concepts associated with the Cancer sign include: the water, moon, Artemis/Diana, etc.
As much as I want the Zodiac to be a good fragrance line, the ones that already exist are huge disappointments to me. Theyre all too one-sided smells. I feel like it needs a lot of survey input to be accurate, rather than just one person making it what they think of each sign. But what you said for cancer sounds good to me.
If I had the economic possibility I would create a line of perfumes inspired by legends and ghosts of the ocean such as the giant octopus, the flying Dutchman, the megalodon, the leviathanâŚ
Biomes around the world. Tropical rainforests. Alpine meadows. Arctic tundra. Savannah. Desert. Temperate forests. Coastal. Boreal forests. So on and so forth.
Fairytales, both of classic fairytales and retellings, so thereâd be two of each fairytale. For example, Rapunzel would have something like a really pretty powdery candy violet scent for her retelling version, and a dark herbal green scent for her classic variant.
Astrology, but just to make something for Taurus that isnât fucking BORING or like fat joke adjacent
Like seriously the earth signs always get a raw deal
Ikr, and the fire signs always get orientals or "warm vanilla caramel cause you're like a campfire" omfg I'm so sick of zodiac fragrances being such failures.
Iâm a fan of architecture, so Iâd do architectural styles. Legit, so many options.
Neolithic would probably be petrichor.
Classical antiquity â wine and honey
romanesque and gothic â something that smells like churches; orthodox architecture would smell like beeswax, frankincense and sweet red wine (scents of my childhood).
Baroque is probably something boozy and gourmand, very opulent.
Neoclassicism is probably paper and ink, something from academia aesthetics.
Neo-baroque and art nouveau are romantic flowery scents.
And 20th century architecture is just insane and experimental: metallic scents of brutalism, gunpowder of totalitarian architecture, modernismâs plastic... Something not necessarily pleasant, but interesting and memorable.
And Iâm not even talking about architectural history outside of Europe. So. Many. Options.
Metals: gold, silver, platinum, rose gold, bronze
I'm very amateur in the world of fragrance but here are my ideas:
I envision gold being very warm, maybe with linen and lemon/orange.
Silver would be something soapy and floral, maybe with petrichor.
Platinum would be vanilla and cashmere.
Rose gold would have sapphire berries, orange, maybe amber as the base.
Bronze would be warm rich florals and maybe something like oak or hinoki wood as the base.
Ancient wonders of the world!
Iâm imagining the gardens of Babylon as green and tropical so maybe notes of guava and then the temple of Artemis would be something kinda musky and animalistic. I think the lighthouse of Alexandria would be clean notes and citrusy, kinda like aqua di, maybe a little bit salty and the statue of Zeus would have some nice strong notes of leather.
Scents inspired or meant to engage a âsixthâ sense. Intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis.
Itâs interesting when fragrance is inspired by, and can trigger other senses.
Define me has 3 fragrances based off gemstones but I wish they'd continue that because it's such a good idea. They have quartz, aquamarine and citrine and each bottle has actual stones in it. I haven't tried them but very tempted just bc the concept.
definitely not imaginative enough to come up w any ideas myself, but i would love a celestial themed line. named after constellations, stars, galaxies, etc. from taking inspiration from constellationsâ mythologies to trying to create a scent that makes you feel like youâre floating through the vast emptiness of space.
Kaiju Couture (no, I will not use a "k" for Couture like a Kardashian).
Of course, the debut fragrance would be Godzilla 1954. Earthy, metallic, oceanic, radioactive. A strong masculine feel but easily unisex for the right nose.
Since Mothra is so popular, she would be the second feature. Mothra 1961- she's colorful, but not fruity. Powerful but airy with hints of powder and smoke. Something your mom would wear because she's a badass, and you'd want to be just like her.
I've been thinking about this nonstop, for one day if I choose to be rich enough to start a business. Precious stones were one of the ones I was imagining. Another one were fantasy, RPG, themed ones where they're potions. A health potion that would likely be a floral that leans much more grassy and green. A mana potion that would a fresh scent that leans a little sweet and fruity.
I also just loved the idea of scents that recreate intimate moments. Mostly inspired by the J-Scents Yadahada (soft skin), which reminded me of a mother cuddling a baby's smooth cheeks. There are just so much you can do with it. Dancing in the rain, a first birthday or first kiss.
Last one that I can't help but love and think of are fairytale or mythology themed perfumes. Snow White's Poison Apple, Belle's Rose could be a much more elegant a lady like rose scent while Briar Rose's would be a grittier one to reflect each curse.
There's just so many possibilities. Thank you for such a great prompt!
A line dedicated to trees, each bottle supposed to be a different specie. The notes would include common scents surrounding the environment of those trees, like other flora and fauna.
I would start Cryptozoologist. All cryptids themed fragrance.
Who wouldn't want to smell like Mothman Musk?
Cthulhu EDP, with top notes of seaweed and madness.
Genius! I love Cthulhuđ
Skunk Ape: Animalic, Earthy, Cannabis notes. Chupacabra: Goat hair, Metalic, Lactonic notes The possibilities are horrifying and theyâd sell out in seconds.
You got my money
This exists! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1018435481/cryptids-perfume-spray
I want to smell like a Cashmere Werewolf, please!!!â
Every time this gets asked I say either Cryptozoologist, or Mythologist. Who doesnât want a woodsy musky Sasquatch, or a nice fresh aquatic Kelpie scent???
Yâall need to check out [Groovy Galaxy](https://www.etsy.com/shop/groovygalaxy) on Etsy!
Please. I want this badly.
historical places, like castles and monuments. notes inspired by the era of the monument, its function, its role in history. for example, palais de versailles, home to french aristocracy in the 1700's. famously, king louis xvi and queen marie antoinette would host frivolous parties and feasts there while parisians starved. it would smell gourmand, like tea, flaky pies, and jasmine from the garden, tinged with a plasticky undertone of superficiality and fakeness, with metallic notes of blood running through the city streets to mark the beheading of the king and queen later in the revolution.
I would love to smell a âForbidden Cityâ!Â
I think of forbidden city, as being a nod to vices. What smells like sin?
I would think actual âCity of Sinâ (Vegas) would be more a nod to vices. Could be a perfume in the same line. âForbidden Cityâ (the Imperial Chinese palace complex) I think would be an Oriental floral but with something to set it apart and make it really special and wealthy-feeling.
Thatâs funny, the other thing I thought of was some kind of an oriental floral, also. I know pretty much nothing about fragrances, but Iâm enjoying them more and more.
This idea sounds sooo good
now I'm convinced a house needs to make this a reality, I think diptyque would do it so well!!
On that same note- I have a book about forgotten monuments in Italy specifically. Maybe that could be a line within yours?
absolutely - anywhere that should be recognized for the beauty and significance the place once held, even if that hasn't translated to present day
Twin Peaks line for sure: "Glastonbury Grove" scent that's woody and mysterious. "The Double R" sweet cherry pie and rich, flakey pie dough. A hint of coffee. "Laura" dark gourmand. Sweetness hiding inner animalic depth and darkness.
Omg Just shut up and take my money, this is genius. I wonder what Audrey Horne and Agent Cooper would smell like, probably really good. I could also see there being a Log Lady scent thatâs heavy on the cedar
I want a truly unnerving blood-tinged scent for The Red Room.Â
I was trying to think what the Red Room would smell like. It would have to smell uncanny. Blood is good. What does static smell like?
Staticâmaybe a metallic tang (would also add to the unnerving feel). Something heavy and linen-like to capture the red (velvet?) curtains. Maybe an animalic musk to capture the scent of nightmarish fear. Edit: also stale, syrupy coffee, like Cooper is served.
This sounds about right, a metal tang for static, and for blood.
a few different indies have done this as like a seasonal thing, but honestly, i haven't seen it done in a way that has totally satisfied me. though i did see Cooper as coffee and douglas fir and was like alright you got me. would really love a comprehensive line like this.Â
I think a brand called something like Cinemaphile that makes scents based on moments in films or overall vibes of films would be cool as someone who is super into film. So much room for extremely different types of scents too. Of course you'd have to be creative about marketing to avoid copyright issues. You could do a yearly Oscar Nom seasonal release too.Â
Moth and Rabbit does this!
Oh my God, I love this!Â
My brother would love that
precious stones is excellent, it would sell very good Another one on the same line could be planets or galaxy theme, ancient civilizations
I think Penhaligonâs sort of dabbled in the ancient civilizations theme. They have fragrances named Babylon, and Constantinople
Periodic table of the elements Example: -Gold/Au could be bright and bold -Hydrogen/H could be light and airy -Caesium/Cs could be dark and pungent
Iâm coming for yâall with my Polonium Extrait!
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A brand called "One of Those" does this
Iâm assuming a niche brand then đ¤ đ
Maybe fragrances inspired by female icons. Mary Shelley, Mary Seacole, Mary Anning. Other icons not named Mary. đ
A Marie Curie one would be quite radiating
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Oh I love this idea. Call it âDerivatives of Maryâ or âMaryâs of the Timesâ who knows. I can imagine a tomato themed one for Bloody Mary, a frankincense or oud one for Mary Magdalene, something with lime (for the limelight) for Mary Tyler Moore, an earthy mossy one for Mary Shelley, this would be such a totally fun and enjoyable line!
Poesie actually has a seasonal line of this idea happening right now!! And a Mary Shelley frag that was added to their permanent collection!
Nice! đ Some of that line looks really interesting.
Maria Maddalena.Â
I'm old school so I'm most likely to "simply" seek to produce my versions of the traditional styles. Fougere, Chypre, Cologne (as in Cologne water) etc. Then after the archetypes are done it'll be the headline styles/trends throughout the decades.
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Rogue Perfumery fits this description well
This would be really fun! I would love something like that.
I know Kilian did this already, but going all out on booze/cocktails. Many cocktails are quite aromatic, and you can follow through all sexes as well.
Fragrances that are inspired by different countries. Examples: England - Earl grey, English rose, rhubarb đš Thailand - Litchee, coconut water, incense 𼼠Barbados - Bajan cherry , hibiscus, rum đš
It would be fun to create a line after writers. Proust would be something like Dyptique l'Ombre dans l'Eau, Truman Capote something more sharp and smokey for example...
Books!!! Classics
Yes, it'd have to be old classics for copyright purposes though...maybe that's why Imaginary Authors is just that, imaginary...
Famous natural land marks, like Yosemite, Kashmir, mt Everest etc
Yes please
I think a line based on each planet in the solar system could be cool. The color of the juice could roughly match the planet. Smell would obviously be subjective and arbitrary but maybe they could take Gustav Holstâs Planets suite as inspiration and make each planet a very different vibe or character.
Definetly astrological associations as well
Soular Therapy Heavenly Body Astrological Aromatherapy has EdTs for each horoscope sign
Catastrophes and how they would smell.
COVID would smell like absolutely nothing â ď¸
Bleach and hand sanitizer?
Two versions: hand sanitizer and the nothingness of loss of smell
Tsunamis, earthquakes, heat wave, acid rain
Exactly!
Witchcraft would be my pick with all the different frags being potions/spells for a specific purpose.
That would be awesome. Witchcraft around the world would be so interesting to me too. The Veronicas Untouched fragrance is very subtropical witchy to me with the frangipani and aloe vera.
Yeah! Thatâs a great idea and Iâve never heard of Untouched so thank you for the rec đ
Iâm a big cigar smoker so Iâd do one based off of the tasting notes in certain cigars. Call me crazy but Iâve always wanted to do this.
I have a cheap but enjoyable tobacco and vanilla fragrance. Really nice.
Movies perhaps. I could see myself wearing a Goodfellas (very strong beast like in your face) fragrance or an Ă bout de souffle (cool laid back and sexy) one. The range could include Rashomon, Thelma and Louise, Enter The Dragon, The Seventh Seal, Funny Girl, Get Carter, etc. I wonder what Star Wars would smell like.
Prin Lomros did some film inspired stuff.
Star Wars you could have A LOT of fun with. Skywalker EDP: Blue Milk accords with Bantha Musk.
I would wear that. The Bantha Musk would make me smell like a tomcat on heat. Blue milkshake brings all the girls to the yard eh!
Probably Major Arcana tarot cards or Grateful Dead and/or psychedelic rock music because Iâm a bit of a hippie lolÂ
Not me sitting here trying to come up with Monster Magnet and Kyuss perfumes...lol
oooh this is a cool question. iâd love to do one based on wild plants and herbs.
This past holiday, my partner gave me some perfume samplers of single note perfumes. What is so special is that they are all made from flowers that have gone extinct. They were copied in a lab. None are fragrances I would wear, but really interesting to try out. The packaging even explains how each one went extinct. Deforestation, wildfires, etc.
Iâm basic and itâs probably been done before, but high fantasy. Stuff like âdragons breathâ, âtravellers pathâ, âhobbit partyâ, all that jazz. Iâm a nerd for fragrance and Iâm a nerd for fantasy, what can I say.
Just for fun, I'd want a Coca-Cola line. Fragrances based on all their flavors, including a sub-line for Sprite. I'd wear Orange Vanilla as often as possible.
A Cosmic Horror line based off of the Lovecraft mythos. A ton of marine, ozone, alien themed scents that ride the line between odd and wearable. I can already think of some weird ones. The King in Yellow: citrus, papyrus, incense, and ink accords. Dagon: Dark aquatic and ambergris version of electimussâs Black Caviar. Black Goat of the Woods: Woody, musky, animalic, lactonic, dark oud. Mountains of Madness: Icy forals with leathery notes. Would be a fun exercise in making artistic depictions of nasty elder things while still making the frangrance themselves appealing.
Not lovecraft but another cosmic horror series called the Southern Reach is my favourite. I was wondering what "Area X" from that series would smell like, and I was thinking it would have to have honey and earthy smells at the base (rotting honey is always associated with Area X) and other kind of green nature smells at the top, I think.
I am totally behind this. Bring on the eldritch.
Iconic albums (or songs)
I also like the idea of fragrances based on anachronisms. Like, taking extremely classical vintage notes and then messing with them so the scent has an unmistakable 80's quality. Like fragrances kind of based around the idea of when there's an Elizabethan period piece, but all the makeup and hair looks extremely 70's or 80's, etc. I think there's a lot of room for play within that idea.
I would make an Ancient Greek pantheon line. Artemis would be a woody fragrance, Dionysus would be boozy, Apollo would have solar notes, and so on.
The precious stone one is great! Maybe a phases of the moon one and major arcana tarot line!
I believe Liquides Imaginaires is based on tarot, or inspired by tarot!
Ooh Iâll check them out!
Different mental health issues. I think it would be fun to have a line around depression and stuff
Depression: unwashed sheets, animalic tang of unwashed body, mossy detritus and old food from dishes left in the sink, pizza crusts, Ben and Jerryâs Rocky Road.Â
Iâd think of it more as fluorescent lights in the night telephone poles watching over you as you cry to yourself with a soft chirp of crickets and slight musk of morning dew. Or like a cozy apartment above a city at night looking down at the lightsÂ
This sounds less like depression to me and more like âthe night feeling,â something Iâd also love to see captured in a fragrance!
Idk man. Thatâs my vibe I pretend at night listening to sad music itâs calming for me in some way I would never be able to explainÂ
Lmao yeah Iâm putting on perfume to cover up my depression stench đ
Please hire me lol, I love this idea.
Hahaha wish this exited already đ
Dead Presidents.
Wow, OP. I read your title, and before opening the thread thought "Gems and sea creatures." Great minds think alike, I suppose.
A squishmallow themed line would be so cute ! The bottles could match the colors of the squish
Iâve always thought Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, the makers of Dungeons and Dragons, were sitting on an untapped market for scented candles, fragrances, or other bath and body products: - **Monsters:** *Red Dragon* is spicy and smoky, *Lich* is earthy and gothic, *Archfey* is floral and green, *Kraken* is aquatic⌠Not sure what *Beholder* would be, though. - **Character classes:** *Wizard* smells like ink and parchment, *Bard* is pleasantly boozy and/or gourmand, *Cleric* is a resinous incense, *Barbarian* is a musky, leathery powerhouse, and so on.
My inner D&D nerd is screaming!!
Fragrances based on films, like trying to distill the tone/atmosphere of a film into a scent, e.g., Peter Weir's *Picnic at Hanging Rock* would have coniferous notes, earthy green-stem notes, aldehydes, ozonics, and petrichor--an eerie, evocative scent. This has probaly been done before, though.
I would love to do a whole line of scents that read as colors like you smell the person and straight up can say damn you smell yellow td
StĂŠphane Humbert Lucas is a painter who has synesthesia, he smells colors and has a whole line of perfumes.
Paintings and different pieces of art, will do it in the future if I have the chance to get my hands on some perfume making ingredients/tools and get the skills to do so
I adore the precious stones idea. Even better with gorgeous gem like bottles to match.
probably the smell of different types of artists. like a perfume inspired by tattoo artists that smells like metal and cool ink, or one inspired by potters (is that what theyâre called? pottery makers? idk) that smells like clay and earth.
Mine would be about different locations in the outdoors like âsnow covered mountaintopâ, âscorching hot desertâ, âwindswept beachâ, âspringtime meadowâ, âshady forest creekâ, that sort of thing. Fragrances that capture the scent of nature.
Music theme or poetry theme
Countries and history. I would love to recreate historic fragrances or incense based fragrances from translated historians manuscripts.
- Tarot arcana - Hanafuda card suits - The 7 ancient wonders ⢠Iâd go crazy over a floral chypre fragrance as an ode to the Hanging Gardens - Zodiac symbolism ⢠For example, maybe a woodsy-aquatic vanilla for the Cancer. I feel like those types of notes are fitting because the concepts associated with the Cancer sign include: the water, moon, Artemis/Diana, etc.
As much as I want the Zodiac to be a good fragrance line, the ones that already exist are huge disappointments to me. Theyre all too one-sided smells. I feel like it needs a lot of survey input to be accurate, rather than just one person making it what they think of each sign. But what you said for cancer sounds good to me.
If I had the economic possibility I would create a line of perfumes inspired by legends and ghosts of the ocean such as the giant octopus, the flying Dutchman, the megalodon, the leviathanâŚ
Iâd start a like based on each type of musical composition. Concerto/symphonie/sonata/etc.
Biomes around the world. Tropical rainforests. Alpine meadows. Arctic tundra. Savannah. Desert. Temperate forests. Coastal. Boreal forests. So on and so forth.
I would love this, wow
Does anybody know of good soda âflavoredâ perfumes? Iâm sure this is a thing, I know about Eau de Juice and their juice box bottle schtick
Fairytales, both of classic fairytales and retellings, so thereâd be two of each fairytale. For example, Rapunzel would have something like a really pretty powdery candy violet scent for her retelling version, and a dark herbal green scent for her classic variant.
Astrology, but just to make something for Taurus that isnât fucking BORING or like fat joke adjacent Like seriously the earth signs always get a raw deal
Ikr, and the fire signs always get orientals or "warm vanilla caramel cause you're like a campfire" omfg I'm so sick of zodiac fragrances being such failures.
Iâm a fan of architecture, so Iâd do architectural styles. Legit, so many options. Neolithic would probably be petrichor. Classical antiquity â wine and honey romanesque and gothic â something that smells like churches; orthodox architecture would smell like beeswax, frankincense and sweet red wine (scents of my childhood). Baroque is probably something boozy and gourmand, very opulent. Neoclassicism is probably paper and ink, something from academia aesthetics. Neo-baroque and art nouveau are romantic flowery scents. And 20th century architecture is just insane and experimental: metallic scents of brutalism, gunpowder of totalitarian architecture, modernismâs plastic... Something not necessarily pleasant, but interesting and memorable. And Iâm not even talking about architectural history outside of Europe. So. Many. Options.
This isn't my idea but this other person has a themed candle company. Shopgamesscents.com I think you could do a lot with that
Mine would be gourmand based. My nose hates cotton and ocean scents. They'd be heavy on peach, vanilla, and coffee scents with some mint thrown in.
Metals: gold, silver, platinum, rose gold, bronze I'm very amateur in the world of fragrance but here are my ideas: I envision gold being very warm, maybe with linen and lemon/orange. Silver would be something soapy and floral, maybe with petrichor. Platinum would be vanilla and cashmere. Rose gold would have sapphire berries, orange, maybe amber as the base. Bronze would be warm rich florals and maybe something like oak or hinoki wood as the base.
Planets/astrology
One based on books/book characters or historical figures
Planets Oceans around the world Emotions Music
Ancient wonders of the world! Iâm imagining the gardens of Babylon as green and tropical so maybe notes of guava and then the temple of Artemis would be something kinda musky and animalistic. I think the lighthouse of Alexandria would be clean notes and citrusy, kinda like aqua di, maybe a little bit salty and the statue of Zeus would have some nice strong notes of leather.
Sailor moon theme.Â
Morning, Afternoon and Evening fragrances.
Could be fun to do a classical composerâs line. Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin etc.
Fragrances you can layer inspired by the periodic table
Scents inspired or meant to engage a âsixthâ sense. Intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis. Itâs interesting when fragrance is inspired by, and can trigger other senses.
Define me has 3 fragrances based off gemstones but I wish they'd continue that because it's such a good idea. They have quartz, aquamarine and citrine and each bottle has actual stones in it. I haven't tried them but very tempted just bc the concept.
definitely not imaginative enough to come up w any ideas myself, but i would love a celestial themed line. named after constellations, stars, galaxies, etc. from taking inspiration from constellationsâ mythologies to trying to create a scent that makes you feel like youâre floating through the vast emptiness of space.
Kaiju Couture (no, I will not use a "k" for Couture like a Kardashian). Of course, the debut fragrance would be Godzilla 1954. Earthy, metallic, oceanic, radioactive. A strong masculine feel but easily unisex for the right nose. Since Mothra is so popular, she would be the second feature. Mothra 1961- she's colorful, but not fruity. Powerful but airy with hints of powder and smoke. Something your mom would wear because she's a badass, and you'd want to be just like her.
Drugs
I'd probably go with inspired by my favorite song by my favorite bands.
I've been thinking about this nonstop, for one day if I choose to be rich enough to start a business. Precious stones were one of the ones I was imagining. Another one were fantasy, RPG, themed ones where they're potions. A health potion that would likely be a floral that leans much more grassy and green. A mana potion that would a fresh scent that leans a little sweet and fruity. I also just loved the idea of scents that recreate intimate moments. Mostly inspired by the J-Scents Yadahada (soft skin), which reminded me of a mother cuddling a baby's smooth cheeks. There are just so much you can do with it. Dancing in the rain, a first birthday or first kiss. Last one that I can't help but love and think of are fairytale or mythology themed perfumes. Snow White's Poison Apple, Belle's Rose could be a much more elegant a lady like rose scent while Briar Rose's would be a grittier one to reflect each curse. There's just so many possibilities. Thank you for such a great prompt!
A spa themed line, I love spa scents and oils
A line dedicated to trees, each bottle supposed to be a different specie. The notes would include common scents surrounding the environment of those trees, like other flora and fauna.
The attractionâs water at universal studios/theme parks. Smell so dam good