Which Raconteur sample to try first

15 perfumes by Raconteur are listed with us as samples. This guide walks through 8 of them using only what is on record: names, concentrations, note lists and tags. Read it as a map, not as a top list.

The selection

Raconteur Foul Play

Raconteur Foul Play is on the list from Raconteur. 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.

Raconteur Lemonade Grenade

Raconteur Lemonade Grenade is on the list from Raconteur. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. Try it on a normal day, not only on a special one, to see whether it fits your routine.

Raconteur Moonlite's Dance

For Raconteur Moonlite's Dance from Raconteur we hold no notes; wear it and judge. Give it time to settle before you judge it.

Raconteur Lord Lamington

Raconteur Lord Lamington is on the list from Raconteur. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. Notes on a list are a map, and what you notice on your own skin is the territory.

Raconteur Salt Rose Mutiny

No notes are on record for Raconteur Salt Rose Mutiny from Raconteur; 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.

Raconteur Daintree Rain Tea

Raconteur Daintree Rain Tea by Raconteur: no note list is on record with us, so the sample page sticks to name and house. One wearing shows a mood, several wearings show the perfume.

Raconteur No-Tell Motel

Raconteur No-Tell Motel is on the list from Raconteur. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. Smell it right after applying and again later in the day, because the first minutes rarely tell the whole story.

Raconteur Cloud 9 Juice

Raconteur Cloud 9 Juice, by Raconteur, comes without a recorded note list on our pages. Clothes hold a scent differently from skin, which makes a scarf or sleeve a useful second test.

Also in this selection: Raconteur Namedrops, Raconteur Dirty Gold Digger, Raconteur Pavlova Kasanova, Raconteur Buckley’s Chance, Raconteur Ms. Macadamia, Raconteur Religious Guilt Spritz, Raconteur Killr Vanillr.

How to test them

Use it the way you would use a full bottle, on a normal day. 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. Apply one or two sprays to clean skin, without other scented products nearby.

With 2, 5 or 10 ml in a glass spray vial you can find out how it behaves on your skin, at your own pace. Give every sample its own day, and come back to the one you keep thinking about. A sample is the sensible first step: a perfume on paper and a perfume on skin are rarely the same thing.

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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.