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Like Monster, Vinland Saga, Steins Gate, Shiki, Elfen Lied and so on.

I don't mind how scary, dark, violent or tragic it might be as long as it's NOT sexual.

I also adore epic fights.

For reference, Monster is one of my favourite anime, I also like Vinland Saga and Tamino's music.

It's like I cannot enjoy or miss what I never had, you know?

Things like Sailor Moon might seem cute on the surface but keep remind me of how I don't have such a group of friends in real life, how pure hearted people can be so rare to find, how powers are not real and so on, how regular life is so boring compared to their wholesome reality and those epic fights.

As much as I love novelas like Teresa, Santa Diabla, The Usurper and any sort of revenge stories, I want to find something more simple, romantic and sweet.

Could you recommend any?

Would it be too much to ask for or too hard to find a telenovela that is mostly wholesome and sweet, despite how dramatic they tend to be?

The fragrances that I am drawn to are way over my budget and I'm not sure if they're even worth sampling.

For the longest time, I never worn perfume throughout my life, specifically because of this reason, I'm in my mid twenties and haven't worn perfume at all, I started experimenting with it last year or briefly sprayed some perfume from my mother when I was in middle school.

I keep reading about the artistry and chemistry behind perfume, the history of it and the trends that came over the years, yet it feels inaccessible for me at the same time.

It feels like a trap, seeing those interesting notes, unique notes then reading the reviews where nobody mentions them or writes that they're some bait, due to marketing reasons, you know, fantasy notes, very exotic fruits, flowers that don't produce any fragrance oil and so on.

It doesn't help that I feel very shy about sampling perfume in the store, because even if I'm curious, I don't want to bother the employees with my presence if I cannot even purchase a fragrance from their store, even if it's legal and free to do so, to simply walk in and smell them.

The comments that I keep reading on these apps don't feel encouraging either.

The close minded people calling women that like gourmands and scents like Viva La Juicy basic or even allude to slut shaming, the people saying that Sauvage is liked by macho men and other stereotypical bs, the people writing about how floral and vintage fragrances without any sweetness reminds them of a nursing home, how people comment on women wearing masculine scents and vice versa.

I even saw an influencer called Daniel René, calling vintage fragrances "Vieja coochies", vieja means old in Spanish and it threw me off even if he seemed funny and quirky at first, I didn't want to engage with his content ever since.

I have a few essential oil bottles but, I'm afraid that not even these might help me discern if these singular nose would be similar to what I would smell in an actual perfume.

For example, I love myrrh oil and sandalwood, they smell a bit sweet to me, but mysterious, calming at the same time, soothing, damp, kind of remind me of wood varnish or polish.

I also like the scent of freshly peeled oranges, nutmeg, cardamom,lemongrass, raspberries, freshly ground coffee beans, almond extrait, oat milk, the smell after the rain, the fresh and cold smell of winter, cinnamon, hazelnut flavoured desserts.

The scent of paint, lavender tea, lavender, turpentine, varnish to be very soothing and nostalgic, I also like the idea of perfume that smells like realistic flowers, especially stems because I love greenery, flower stems smell very beautiful but none of the perfumes I tried smelled like actual flowers, the same goes for a lot of fruity fragrances smelling like fruit candy instead of fruit.

Sometimes, I spray jasmine scented room spray on my clothes and that also smells calming.

I also like how fresh some masculine fragrances can be.

I don't like excessive sweetness, for example, I love the scent that fills the house after someone prepares dessert, but so many fragrances feel like extraits of that quality, it's overwhelming at times.

I don't want to trick myself like some of these people, to smell notes that aren't even there, to be tricked by poetic reviews that never speak about the actual notes, my nose doesn't know who Louis Vuitton or Coco Chanel are either, nor about Le Labo, Diptique or the rest.

How can I prevent myself from disatisfaction, overconsumption and disappointment?

Right now, I'm interested in some vintage fragrances as well as some artistic ones, like the vegetable, potager collection from L'artisan Perfumeur, fragrances that smell like various teas like the ones from State of Mind since I really like tea, and Zoologist, a bit of everything.

I also liked some old samples that my mother owns like Vanderbilt from Gloria Vanderbilt, Toujours L'Aimant, which is a dupe or L'Aimant from Coty that no longer exists, Madam Charrier, Chanel No5, Opera from Sospiro.

Again, (putting Opera aside) there's something about these fragrances that reminds me of varnish and wood polish which I like and find relaxing.

The Toujours L'Aimant has a quality that some might call indolic, which I was surprised that I found appealing.

The fragrances that I am drawn to are way over my budget and I'm not sure if they're even worth sampling.

For the longest time, I never worn perfume throughout my life, specifically because of this reason, I'm in my mid twenties and haven't worn perfume at all, I started experimenting with it last year or briefly sprayed some perfume from my mother when I was in middle school.

I keep reading about the artistry and chemistry behind perfume, the history of it and the trends that came over the years, yet it feels inaccessible for me at the same time.

It feels like a trap, seeing those interesting notes, unique notes then reading the reviews where nobody mentions them or writes that they're some bait, due to marketing reasons, you know, fantasy notes, very exotic fruits, flowers that don't produce any fragrance oil and so on.

It doesn't help that I feel very shy about sampling perfume in the store, because even if I'm curious, I don't want to bother the employees with my presence if I cannot even purchase a fragrance from their store, even if it's legal and free to do so, to simply walk in and smell them.

The comments that I keep reading on these apps don't feel encouraging either.

The close minded people calling women that like gourmands and scents like Viva La Juicy basic or even allude to slut shaming, the people saying that Sauvage is liked by macho men and other stereotypical bs, the people writing about how floral and vintage fragrances without any sweetness reminds them of a nursing home, how people comment on women wearing masculine scents and vice versa.

I even saw an influencer called Daniel René, calling vintage fragrances "Vieja coochies", vieja means old in Spanish and it threw me off even if he seemed funny and quirky at first, I didn't want to engage with his content ever since.

I have a few essential oil bottles but, I'm afraid that not even these might help me discern if these singular nose would be similar to what I would smell in an actual perfume.

For example, I love myrrh oil and sandalwood, they smell a bit sweet to me, but mysterious, calming at the same time, soothing, damp, kind of remind me of wood varnish or polish.

I also like the scent of freshly peeled oranges, nutmeg, cardamom,lemongrass, raspberries, freshly ground coffee beans, almond extrait, oat milk, the smell after the rain, the fresh and cold smell of winter, cinnamon, hazelnut flavoured desserts.

The scent of paint, lavender tea, lavender, turpentine, varnish to be very soothing and nostalgic, I also like the idea of perfume that smells like realistic flowers, especially stems because I love greenery, flower stems smell very beautiful but none of the perfumes I tried smelled like actual flowers, the same goes for a lot of fruity fragrances smelling like fruit candy instead of fruit.

Sometimes, I spray jasmine scented room spray on my clothes and that also smells calming.

I also like how fresh some masculine fragrances can be.

I don't like excessive sweetness, for example, I love the scent that fills the house after someone prepares dessert, but so many fragrances feel like extraits of that quality, it's overwhelming at times.

I don't want to trick myself like some of these people, to smell notes that aren't even there, to be tricked by poetic reviews that never speak about the actual notes, my nose doesn't know who Louis Vuitton or Coco Chanel are either, nor about Le Labo, Diptique or the rest.

How can I prevent myself from disatisfaction, overconsumption and disappointment?

Right now, I'm interested in some vintage fragrances as well as some artistic ones, like the vegetable, potager collection from L'artisan Perfumeur, fragrances that smell like various teas like the ones from State of Mind since I really like tea, and Zoologist, a bit of everything.

I also liked some old samples that my mother owns like Vanderbilt from Gloria Vanderbilt, Toujours L'Aimant, which is a dupe or L'Aimant from Coty that no longer exists, Madam Charrier, Chanel No5, Opera from Sospiro.

Again, (putting Opera aside) there's something about these fragrances that reminds me of varnish and wood polish which I like and find relaxing.

The Toujours L'Aimant has a quality that some might call indolic, which I was surprised that I found appealing.