perfumes that changed your mind on a note!

so, there’s a whole host of notes that, for me, are nearly an automatic no. won’t even bother trying because i know it won’t work for me — anise is a huge one, and most smoke notes, and— until now, pine! pine was never a note i likes or even bothered with, because it usually smells like pine-sol or christmas and i’m not into either.

but i’ve found a singular exception, and now i want to know what perfumes have been your exceptions! what note was your hard no, and what fragrance made you change your mind (even if only for that one)?

personally, i’ve been on a sample spree which y’all will get a review post about in the next few days once i give everything a real shot and jot it all down and i was super pleasantly surprised by a free bonus sample that was thrown into my alkemia order: lost highways! the pine note in it is gorgeous and the perfume itself is super wearable, clean, and i’m tempted to snag a full bottle because i like it so much. it’s the first time i’ve found a pine note that i not only like, but absolutely love.