# Scent taste and descriptive language

Chapter 07 | Captured 24 September 2026

## Finding

“Smells like cookies” tells people something a list of perfume notes cannot. But the same sweetness can feel comforting to one person and too young for another.

## Conversations

People use food, familiar places and everyday comparisons to describe fragrance. Those descriptions reveal both the attraction and the reasons someone might decide a scent is not for them.

Counterpoint: Cereal/cookie can mean comfort to one person and social unsuitability to another. The failed-open 59 thread's indexed excerpt reports minty versus vanilla readings and a change after dry-down; keep that one provisional.

## Recommendation for the Sol de Janeiro launch

Ask creators what each EDP reminds them of, how it changes on their skin and where they would wear it. Use vivid comparisons alongside the approved fragrance notes, and leave room for different tastes.

## Limits

Mist sensory associations are a brand baseline only, not new EDP formulas, perfumer intent or verified notes. The 59 source is search-excerpt-only. Current mist/brand discussion does not substantiate future EDP performance or exact new-product demand.

## Current sizing

Overlapping sets: do not add these rows. Ahrefs estimated UK monthly Google searches, latest-known 12-month average.

- 08_gourmand_vanilla / original_mapped_set: 32,180; 234 keywords; not_full_relevance_audited
- 08_floral / original_mapped_set: 11,530; 111 keywords; not_full_relevance_audited
- 08_fresh_skin_clean / original_mapped_set: 3,350; 76 keywords; not_full_relevance_audited
- 08_coconut_solar / original_mapped_set: 6,670; 168 keywords; not_full_relevance_audited
- 08_notes_explained / broad_notes_lookup: 2,340; 9 keywords; accepted_intent_partition
- 08_notes_explained / note_specific_discovery: 1,640; 42 keywords; accepted_intent_partition
- 08_notes_explained / notes_navigation_tool: 770; 11 keywords; accepted_intent_partition
- 08_notes_explained / notes_structure_education: 900; 18 keywords; accepted_intent_partition
- 08_notes_explained / product_notes_lookup: 330; 15 keywords; accepted_intent_partition

## Exact selected quotations

Hi guys, I bought the Sol De Janeiro 71 and I’m absolutely in love with the smell. However, I know it is tooth achingly sweet and cloying to some people. I’m trying to look for an affordable perfume with similar notes but is sensual and less child-like? I love the salted caramel and macadamia notes the most. Please help!🩷🩷

https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1f5zhz8
Posted 2024-08-31

I like it, never understood the burning hatred some people have for it! But to me it smells just like a freshly-opened box of Golden Grahams cereal. Not a problem, it’s nostalgic and comforting, but I save it for wearing at home when I’m not really going anywhere cause I don’t wanna smell like cereal lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1u6yvr9/comment/os11yb4/
Posted 2026-06-16

## Source conversations

- [Sharing my (finally organized and displayed) collection](https://www.reddit.com/r/FemFragLab/comments/1lxhzzj)
- [Are the “sol de janeiro” actually worth it?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/11ohgeq)
- [Sol De Janeiro Body Spray...](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sephora/comments/18wgukk)
- [Am I alone in this?](https://www.reddit.com/r/fragrance/comments/1g7jeon)
- [Can I wear Pink Sugar at 21 years old?](https://www.reddit.com/r/FemFragLab/comments/1dspke7)
- [Sol de janeiro fragrance 59 perfume mist](https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1cdjquq)
- [More sophisticated and sensual SDJ 71?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1f5zhz8)
- [Sol De Janeiro doesn't smell good? 😭😭😭](https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1et2ijd)
- [Looking for a New, Sweet Perfume](https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1sn959m/looking_for_a_new_sweet_perfume/)
- [Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 71 is over-hated; not overrated!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1u6yvr9/sol_de_janeiro_cheirosa_71_is_overhated_not/)
- [Looking for a nutty creamy, sweet & salty perfume](https://www.reddit.com/r/Perfumes/comments/1clyeti)
- [Which Sol de Janeiro projects the most? Torn between 76 and 59.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FemFragLab/comments/1v84my8/which_sol_de_janeiro_projects_the_most_torn/)
- [These body mists are the fragrance equivalent of junk food](https://www.reddit.com/r/SoldeJaneiro/comments/1nvasdq)
- [Are Sol De Janeiro products worth the money?](https://www.reddit.com/r/FemFragLab/comments/1e7gbwl/are_sol_de_janeiro_products_worth_the_money/)