Cloud Gazer

Fresh laundry in your dream house. Addictive. Saying this about a fresh aldahyde floral might seem wrong, but there is almost a yummy quality to it once it sets. The longevety is mid, but it's a fresh scent by h&m, it's not like these notes could truly cling to my clothes like i want them too (a bit better than the longevity of modern minimalist, which is sorely lacking) Sure hope they don't discontinue this one, it's a gem. I hear it's a dupe for acne studios so...

This is H&Ms best perfume yet, and its a limited edition😭 i smelled it at the store and was obsessed. It smells very clean, not in a citrusy or cleaning product way, more in a detergent type of way. Very soft laundy scent, with violets and musk. If you like this type of scent this is a very safe blind buy for the price!!!!

A beautiful, citrus-flower bar soap EDT that happens to be a solid, long lasting scent, especially on clothes. I just got it (blind bought online based on notes and affordability) and received two compliments within an hour! I love it! Super affordable, yet smells like other expensive aldehydic perfumes.

Bought based on reviews, 12usd for 30ml. If you want Acne Studios please do yourself a favor and try this first. It's a bit sweeter and smells jus like clean laundry. For the price, no brainer. Thanks to whomever discovered that connection.

If anyone has a bottle of Cloud Gazer that didn’t work out for them and they’d consider selling, I’d be happy to buy it. Please send me a message if interested!

This fulfills all my dryer sheet dreams. Thinking about stocking up on this limited edition because Ive been looking for the perfect dryer sheet scent.

I passionately hate all scented products in my household. My laundry detergents are always unscented, I don’t use fabric softeners, and everything needs to be for sensitive skin only. But ironically, I love the washing powder note in perfumes, and the clean linen smell is one of my favourites. So when I was waiting in line at H&M and accidentally smelled this, I was blown away. H&M would be the last place I’d expect to find a perfume with this DNA, but here it was. I couldn’t get it out of my mind, so a few days later I returned to the store to buy it. Some compare it to Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle, and I completely agree. I haven’t worn the Frédéric Malle version, and I’m sure there’s more sophistication and nuance to it (there just has to be for the price!). But they are very, very close. If you love aldehydes as much as I do, this H&M perfume is a must.

Another new aldehyde fragrance from H&M is Silk Stone edp which supposedly is a dupe for Byredo Blanche (I don’t have Blanche so idk). Difference is that Cloud Gazer smells like a laundry detergent, whilst Silk Stone smells more like a soap and elegant (because magnolia). It’s not on fragrantica yet. If aldehydes and magnolia are your thing, you’ll love it. I was surprised how strong and long lasting it is, I didn’t expect that from h&m. Also, another new one from H&M, Soft Blur edp, reminds me of Bon Parfumeur 103, it’s a tiaré bomb (with tuberose). Very long lasting too and this one I love!

I have a little crush on Acne Studios FM but the price for a travel size was holding me back. Saw this marked as a dupe so bought with my next H&M order. This is VERY soapy & sweet, in deed a dupe to ASFM but smells a bit like Love-O-Matic too and a bit of Marseille thrown in as well. For the price it’s a safe blind buy but you do really have to love aldehydes.

I'm enjoying this in the current heatwave we are experiencing. It's a fresh clean laundry style perfume but with a touch of sweetness. It has a slight warmth to it and decent longevity. I'm layering it with modern minimalist which is very cooling and refreshing with no warmth but has no longevity. Great affordable freshie.

The opening is spot on - and it’s a good way to sample acne studio to see if you like it but, it’s fleeting and quickly diverts from the opening away from acne studios to something else. Alas this will not do for me as a replacement but I’d use it to freshen fabrics.

It opens up with this slightly oily green violet smell. Smells a little like some kind of cleaning product at first. Luckily, this oily note (which I think is actually a cheap aldehyde note, as I've smelt it in several very cheap fragrances) goes away. What is left is a musky aldehyde. The very, very basic smell of newly washed laundry that has been hung outside to dry. It's clean, inoffensive, a bit boring, but an easy to wear daytime perfume. If I spray enough on, there's also a cloud of slightly powdery, very slightly sweet violet. If you enjoy a detergent/dryer sheet scent, then this is a good, cheap option. I think I'll try to layer this with something woody and see if it can become more interesting. Lasting powder is more like a body mist though.

Clean, light, soft yet fresh. Smells like laundry and bar soap. Initial spray doesn't give me any sweetness - just fresh softness. After a little while comes the aldehydes and mandarin, but to me they linger in the background. Aquatic and ethereal. But a bit too synthetic and the opening is way too harsh and chemical.

Extremely sweet - the dominant impression is of sugar rock candy and pink cotton candy. Fresh laundry wafts in the background. This feels too childlike for me, but I can see why others would like it.

Sadly, this was very disappointing. I thought it would be a safe blind buy because I like clean, fresh laundry scents, but this is way too sweet and almost syrupy. Not my style at all. Cloying and nausea-inducing if you are sensitive to scents like me. Too bad, because the bottle was cute, especially the Armani-esque cap.

disgusting!!! Kill me now!!! Seriously tho went out of my way to buy this, they sent the wrong perfume, had to order it again, finally gets here, spray it, and IT SMELLS LIKE A PUBLIC BATHROOM. Was hoping praying and shaking with excitement that this was the dupe of Acne Studios others have suggested. I know better but couldn’t resist my foolish impulse to blind buy. Immediately no, it smells exactly like some common commercial cleaning/disinfectant or soap/air freshener that I immediately recognize from using public bathrooms. TRAGIC!!!!!!

Whoever discovered and recommended this as an Acne Studios for Frederic Malle dupe... how the heck did you make this connection and why are you SO spot on? They are unmistakably similar scent profiles. This just lacks the oomph of its far more expensive counterpart. Acne has a much more pronounced aldehydic quality with longer staying power. Cloud Gazer is a powdery and sweet burst which immediately softens and becomes an intimate sillage. Pick your poison...

Anyone a fan of Acne Studios perfume, but don’t want to pay $300 for a 1.7 oz? Cloud Gazer from H&M is your answer!!! I am blown away at how similar this $15 scent smells!! The laundry soap layer smells 💯 exactly like Acne Studios. That smell is my most favorite part of AS and you seem to lose some of it in the dry down. Cloud Gazer seems to hold onto it even through the dry down! Absolutely love it!! 😍

It smells like a communal laundry room. A mix of many, too many, different fabric softeners. Something about it makes my nose scrunch up with discomfort.

I really want to try this since I’ve heard it smells clean & powdery love those smells 🤍