Only Mine

I found Oakcha on Instagram a couple months ago. I kept seeing ads about Praise the perfume and Viral vanilla. I really wanted to smell nice without spending a load of money, so I kept it in the back of my mind.

One day after about 2 months of seeing the ads, I thought it was time to spend some time researching. I explored the website and they obviously sell dupes of brand perfumes, so that was intriguing. Another thing that made me decide to buy was their reviews. Holy sh*t, hundreds of mostly positive reviews on EVERY bottle they had, I was sold.

I ended up going to my local drug store and Sephora trying to find some perfumes that resonated with me. I took a bunch of samples home and went to see if they had it on their website. I made sure my selection was perfect. I got the free mystery fragrance, got a bit of a discount, then CAD $300 later, I bought 6 fragrances.

I want to start off by saying SHIPPING TIME SUCKED. I waited 3 weeks which was extremely annoying.

I advise you to not spray all of the perfumes you get in your bedroom. (Unless it’s like 1 or 2). The smell lingered for 4 days and triggered my asthma T-T Spray them in a garage or in a ventilated area. If you do spray the perfume and it stinks up the space, I sprayed some vinegar and water mixture on my carpet and left it for a couple hours. It worked well!

DON'T judge too quickly! It took about a week to gradually use every perfume and analyze it. When I sprayed them all at once it jumbled my nose and I…

Smells nice and I am happy with my order BUT... it's does not smell exactly like the hypnotic poison. People saying it smells exact clearly do not own the original, because I do and I did a side by side comparison and the oakcha version has a rosey floral note that the original hypnotic poison does not. A little disappointing and I wish that they didn't add the rose note to it... but it still smells very nice and has that vanilla almond smell to it that makes it sort of resemble the hypnotic poison perfume.

The first thing I wanted to say is on the website the packaging looked a little cheap and uninspired (to me at least). However, in real life, it's actually very nice. It comes in a matching pink box with a magnetic flap and the bottle is secured inside with some sturdy black foam like material.

On the scent, I have had 2 dior's hypnotic poison bottles over the years and it has been the only smell that felt "me." I usually have a hard time picking a fragrance...

I have been quite hesitant to repurchase dior though due to the high price. I am no longer at a point in my life where I wanna "splurge" a lot. So I started looking for new perfumes.

I remembered oakcha from instagram ads and wanted to see what they have. Some reviews have been discouraging saying the perfumes smell cheap and alcohol-y (which is probably why I've been putting it off for so long). Eventually, I decided to look up if oakcha has something similar to dior's hypnotic poison, and they did!

I am happy to inform that the smell is spot on. Oakcha feels a little more concentrated from the bottle cap, which is not a bad thing at all actually! The spray nozzle really dispenses a lot if you keep pressing, and it is very satisfying to use (whereas with dior and other designer perfumes, it gives you a small "sneeze" and you have to keep reapplying). Like I mentioned, oakcha scent feels stronger so you really only need maybe half a full spray. It lasts a long time too! It really does! With dior, I felt like I…