Creator's quest for petrichor perfume from @cemetary

The creator documents her quest to find a perfume that smells like petrichor (rain on hot concrete). She visits a Le Labo store to test the highly recommended Baie 19 fragrance, provides a review explaining why it's not what she's looking for, and then gets a recommendation for another store, which she announces will be in a part two video. She concludes by asking her audience for their own recommendations.

Creator: @cemetary on TikTok

Video format

Vlog

Video outline

  1. State niche, sensory goal
  2. Test and reject popular option
  3. Tease next attempt
  4. Solicit audience recommendations

Narrative framework

The Niche Quest

Narrative framework logic

A multi-part journey documenting the search for a highly specific, 'perfect' item, where the first attempt fails, creating a cliffhanger and soliciting audience participation to drive engagement and series loyalty.

Topics: Beauty, Lifestyle

Concepts: Quest Recap, Review, Value Vlog

Formats: Vlog

Elements: Voiceover, Text Overlay, Image Overlay, 360 Camera

Account types: Personal Brand

Transcript excerpt

I'm on the hunt for a perfume that smells like rain and not just any rain. Rain on hot concrete. I'm looking for something that has a heavy soil note that kind of smells like rain on desert sand. That specific scent is called petrichor. But the problem is that so many fragrances claim that they smell like petrichor, but end up smelling nothing like it. I have seeing bad by Lay Labo be recommended a lot. So I went over there to give it a try instead of blind buying. My first impression is that it smelled very much like patchoulian musk, but was severely lacking any dampness at all. It also smelled very crisp and clean, but there was like no grit to it, which was pretty disappointing. The very kind workers there told me to go to Stell in New York to to find more photo realistic petrichor fragrances. So that will be in my part good. If you guys have any recommendations, please let me know. I'm genuinely so desperate.

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