babygirl

I can’t explain this scent to people. I need to stop telling them there’s a motor oil note because they get weirded out. So did i. I received it as a gift sample in 2024 and was shocked that i was loved it. The motor oil, to me, isn’t shouting but is recognizable if you’re looking for it, or you’re around motor oil frequently this may just smell familiar for reasons you can’t figure out (so far this has happened with two of my friends when i have simply said “smell this”). it’s also clean motor oil, not “dirty mechanic shop and greasy hands” and it’s surprising that clean motor oil smells *cozy* and *good*

This was a perfume i hunted desperately during the shop’s hiatus. i had unhinged ideas about learning perfumery to attempt to recreate it.

For me it hits with a comfy scent of peanut butter, vetiver, and motor oil. I didn’t pick up that it was peanut butter until someone pointed it out; iirc in 2024 that wasn’t listed in the notes. i get no marshmallow, leather, or cedar but i know if they were gone it wouldn’t smell right. it may just be my nose but i think they’re kinda filling out the scent and harmonizing instead of being in the lead.

This is what i wear out when i want to feel empowered but soothe myself.

just a note: i got a bottle immediately after MO reopened in 2025, and it wasn’t as strong as the 2024 version. Ashe was really helpful with my questions about that and said she’s making a slight strength and aging time adjustment because she suspects the new base, which includes IPM instead of only alcohol, changed this one a bit.

I don’t find it to be an overpowering scent even at full strength, i usually wear 3 sprays. i’ve never had anyone comment on it but to me it smells very noticeable so i've got no idea what the scent bubble is like! it also lasts a long time! once, washing a shirt in cold water didn’t entirely remove the scent. oops. made me question if the shirt got clean, though it smelled fresh otherwise (and it certainly did not before washing lol) so i ran it again and it was then de-fragranced. i haven’t had that happen again but i wash everything else in warm water. If you spray a hoodie or something you don’t wash every wear, you’ll absolutely get a whiff of babygirl days or weeks later.

i should probably shut up about this one now but i have a lot of feelings about it!!

I genuinely wasn’t sure about this one when I got it. The vetiver and motor oil is so strong that I was scared off for a week or two. But I put babygirl on this week and I can’t put into words how glad I am. Once the vetiver and motor oil temper, it becomes an infinitely wearable, grounding scent. More masc than I would say low masc, but still beautiful. Smooth, rich, like borrowing someone’s leather jacket and it’s still warm from their body. And then you carry them with you throughout the day. I felt confident and anchored wearing this at a high-stress work event.

This is such a weird combination of concepts, but it's addictive; it's not a fragrance that exists simply to flex about how it's unique and high concept (even though it is!), because it also smells so genuinely GOOD. To me, it's motor oil, nutty-woody-creamy smoothness, and clean laundry - something about it reminds me of Stuffkin a little bit. I don't immediately clock the nuttiness as peanut butter nor do I get the sweetness as marshmallow, so I definitely think this would work even for a gourmand hater.
The motor oil is identifyable, but it blends into the other notes slowly as time goes on and the creamy-nutty sweetness makes it more feminine than I imagined this to be from the description and the picture. The woodiness is more sawdusty than it is smooth/polished. The scent bubble is amazing - it's not a shy skin scent at all.
(If you're debating whether or not to sample this one, I'd absolutely recommend that you just go for it! I've never smelled anything quite like this, and the artistry is just chefs kiss.)

I am an amateur when it comes to perfumery but I am learning more everyday! I ordered this because I was very curious about the motor oil smell. I really enjoy Snif's Dead Dinosaur, with its gasoline accord, so Babygirl seemed right up my alley.

It's a beautiful fragrance, guys. Truly I love it. The initial spray is a bit overwhelming. It's all oil and peanut butter. The peanut butter overtakes the oil smell and its creamy and strong. As sudden as it comes on it vanishes. Poof. The peanut butter smell runs away and a fresh burst of cedar and leather takes its place. This part is heavenly. The oil is still there but for me the cedar is the true heart of the bottle. It's got serious staying power too! One spray and I could still smell the ghost of cedar on my wrist the next morning.

This is a mega-cozy scent. Something about the vetiver and marshmallow smells nut-like, like sweetened peanut butter to me. I think the motor oil might play a role in that too, though I'm not too good at ID-ing it (I did have a car drive by me recently, and in the exhaust I was like "HEY. This reminds me of babygirl!!"). Combined with the warm, fuzzy texture the scent has, it results in a very cozy and blanket-like scent. Very comforting and slightly nostalgic.