Which Once sample to try first
From Once there are 12 samples in our shop. A guide by the recorded data, with 8 samples shown.
From Once there are 12 samples in our shop. Here are 8 of them, each with the data that is on record for it. Nothing here is a verdict: the order is arbitrary and your skin decides.
The selection
Once Etherĭa
Once Etherĭa is on the list from Once. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. What reads as sweet on one person can read as dry on another.
Once Courield
No notes are on record for Once Courield from Once; the sample is the way to find out. Your own nose gets used to a scent quickly, so ask someone near you what they notice.
Once Lipsens
Once Lipsens is on the list from Once. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. Pay attention to what is still there by the evening, since that is the part you live with longest.
Once Braries
Once Braries, by Once, comes without a recorded note list on our pages. Wear it on more than one day before you make up your mind.
Once Handfidance
Once Handfidance by Once: no note list is on record with us, so the sample page sticks to name and house. Write down what you notice after a few minutes and again after lunch, and you will see how it moves.
Once Explosea
Once Explosea is on the list from Once. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. The opening is the loudest part and the shortest, so let it pass before deciding.
Once Exiro
For Once Exiro from Once we hold no notes; wear it and judge. Notice how close it stays to the skin and how much of it others pick up.
Once Josy
Once Josy is on the list from Once. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. Give it time to settle before you judge it.
Also in this selection: Once Hotis, Once Pherody, Once Lorev, Once Desight.
How to test them
Apply one or two sprays to clean skin, without other scented products nearby. Spray it on the inside of your wrist or elbow and do not rub. Try it once at home and once outdoors, since air and temperature change the impression. Keep the rest of the vial for a second and third try in other weather.
A decant of 2, 5 or 10 ml lets you wear it on several days before you decide about a full bottle. Give every sample its own day, and come back to the one you keep thinking about. Trying it as a sample first means your decision rests on wearing it, not on a description.
Where to go next
- Once samples
- all samples
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- find your scent
- how we fill your sample
- how to store perfume samples
- how to build a sample set
- how to test perfume on skin
Questions
How were these samples chosen?
By the tags and note lists on record for each perfume. Nothing was added from memory, the order is not a ranking, and perfumes without recorded notes are described without notes.
Which sizes do the samples come in?
Every sample comes as 2, 5 or 10 ml in a glass spray vial. The smallest is enough for a first impression, the larger ones for many wearings.
What is a decant?
Perfume moved from the original bottle into a smaller vial. Ours are filled by FragranceGems into glass spray vials and labelled by us, so you can wear a perfume before you decide on a bottle.
