Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume Review
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Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume is a musky & skin scents fragrance (clean musks and "your skin but better" scents) from Juliette Has a Gun, marketed as unisex. Juliette Has a Gun is a niche house.
$34.00 on Amazon (price as of 2026-11-03; prices change — check Amazon for the current price)
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Based on 67 Reddit owner comments (39 with a clear rating) · Top 66% of tracked fragrances by overall score
Is Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume worth it?
Owners are often disappointed: 3.2/5 overall from 39 rated owner comments, with an average owner rating of 3.8★. Owners talk most about fresh & clean (11 mentions).
Who it suits
- You want fresh & clean: 8 owner comments praise it.
- You want compliments: 4 owner comments praise it.
- You want mass appeal: 3 owner comments praise it.
- Office: the occasion owners mention most (2 comments).
Who should skip it
- Synthetic / harsh matters to you: 4 owner comments raise it as a downside.
- Mass appeal matters to you: 3 owner comments raise it as a downside.
- Projection matters to you: 2 owner comments raise it as a downside.
Longevity, projection and compliments
| What owners report | Positive | Negative | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longevityi | 0 say it lasts well | 1 say it fades fast | 2.7 |
| Projectioni | 1 say it projects well | 2 call it weak or a skin scent | 3.0 |
| Complimentsi | 4 report compliments | 0 report none | 3.0 |
Counts of owner comments that describe this fragrance's performance on their own skin. "Not rated" means no owner described it.
When owners wear it
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Number of owner comments mentioning each season or occasion alongside this fragrance (positive or negative).
What Reddit owners say
3/5 Fresh & cleanSynthetic / harsh“"Juliette Has A Gun Not a Perfume consists of a single ingredient: Cetalox (also known as Ambroxan or C16 H28 O).”
5/5“JHAG Not a Perfume tickles my throat.”
4/5“It's definitely not a perfume for me. I have some political thoughts about this that would probably end up being 30 pages long. Ain't nobody got time for that. Cheers to the people that this is marketed to and will enjoy it.”
5/5 Fresh & clean“Not a perfume, Superdose, Pear Inc, Vanilla Vibes.”
1/5 Compliments“Sometimes I'll mix it with Juliette Has a Gun ‘not a perfume' but that's about it lol.”
+62 more owner comments
3/5 Synthetic / harsh“The only note in Not A Perfume is Cetalox, a synthetic molecule that is meant to mimic ambergris. Lots of people are anosmic to it. It is also easy to go in and out of noseblindness with it as well. I have never been able to smell anything but rubbing alcohol from this fragrance. My wife loves it.”
1/5“I had high hopes for Goldfield & Banks, but was underwhelmed with everything but Sunset Hour. Every JHAG scent I have tried is awful. I got a discovery set and hate all of them - especially Not a Perfume, Banana Rush, and Miami Shake. Just one note and bad.”
4/5“Not a perfume but the eos vanilla cashmere lotion smells like yogurt on me 😭 I want to like it so badly”
2/5 Synthetic / harsh“I tried it on skin again, and finally realized what I don't love about it - the scratchy synthetic ambroxan/cetalox accord just underneath the rice warmth. It's like if Juliette Has A Gun's Not a Perfume had rice powder added.”
5/5“Without a Trace by Fine'ry is pretty similar and I feel it lasts a while on me. Longer than MP. I'm also obsessed with JHAG Not A Perfume. The first time I tried it, I smelled nothing. Tried it again a few days later and fell in love”
2/5 ProjectionUnique“you're not alone, it's so headache inducing to me too. i got a sample of “not a perfume” and it smells like straight up chemicals to me, i don't get the “natural skin scent” at all. i couldn't eat while wearing it. my husband loved it on me though, it smells so differently to different people”
5/5“It's a Lelabo Another 13 dupe but it smells more than Not a Perfume than the actual inspiration. It's the best of both worlds actually. I used to own both Not a Perfume and Another 13 but settled for Montagne's version, a staple in my collection.”
5/5 Fresh & cleanMass appeal“I love fragrance and I'm an 80s girl so I'm used to of strong ones but a coworker wore Not a Perfume and it was so strong to me it hurt the inside of my nose. I didn't complain because I know I still have some payback karma from my 1980s Poison, but I would not call that a light, office safe fragrance. I would think Elizabeth Arden Green Tea is very safe. I have Roger and Gallet Osmanthus and that is very fresh and light. Mostly citrus apricot with a light woody dry down.”
4/5 SweetnessFresh & clean“Not a perfume but Femmenina has amazing vanilla hair and body mists— knitted vanilla and rich vanilla especially.”
4/5 Fresh & clean“I also wanted to recommend another recent find of mine, though it's not a perfume—Native Coconut & Vanilla Scrub.”
4/5 Mass appealUnique“I sprayed myself in the morning and its 2pm where I live and I can smell it on myself despite it being a mist, not a perfume per se.”
2/5 Mass appeal“I remember Not A Perfume being on the “safe list” my allergist gave me after I was done with all of my testing.”
4/5 Fresh & clean“I am a true hater of Not a Perfume. It smells so bad on me and that's very sad. Clean woody musky? Totally my jam. Not a Perfume? Gives absolute ballsack on my skin. That said, one fragrance that gives what NAP promised is Le Musc et La Peau. It's so clean and smooth and woody-musky-lovely.”
5/5“JHAG Not a Perfume and Vanilla Woods both do this weird stench on my skin. Both smell so good in the bottle and if you spray into the air but once they hit my skin YIKES. And the smell will not come off no matter what I do. If only my favorite fragrances could muster the commitment to last that long but nope.”
2/5 Mass appeal“I'm completely anosmic to these - they literally don't smell like anything. It's really strange actually! I'm also anosmic to JHAG Not a Perfume and I'm so glad I tested these all first before buying. Tldr no, not a safe blind buy”
4/5“I wore mineral milk with not a perfume yesterday and it was so nice I think I will repeat again today. Last bit of sunshine where I live and day off work doing errands.”
4/5“Not a perfume, Juliet has a gun. Friend came by and the smell stuck to everything including my cat, lol. Genuinely addictive and lasts even through the wash. snatched it up asap once I asked what it was. It's also not complex so it pairs with pretty much any other scent I wear”
4/5 SweetnessFresh & clean“For me it's the perfect “clean girl”/not a perfume type perfume.”
4/5 Projection“Even though I wear tame perfumes like light musks from Narciso Rodriguez and Not a perfume by JHAG.”
3/5“juliette has a gun pear inc, juliette has a gun not a perfume, versace crystal noir, and le labo lavande 31 are my most complimented perfumes as of late. last week i wore lavande 31 and got two compliments within minutes of each other, several hours after applying. it's honestly not even a favorite of mine but others seem to really like it on me so i keep it in the rotation.”
4/5 Fresh & clean“So far I've been turning to BBW Infinite Radiance FFM & Pastel Skies FFM a lot, as well as JHAG Pear Inc & Not a Perfume. I like how fresh I feel when I wear them ✨”
5/5 Mass appeal“Nothing is truly blind buy safe imo, but I think if you like marshmallow fragrances (specifically Ellis Brooklyn Marshmallows) you'll probably like Mochi Milk. I love “your skin but better” scents like JHAG Not a Perfume and Angel Dust by Fugazzi so I thought I'd like Xtra Milk but it just smelled like straight up rubbing alcohol on me. Definitely wouldn't blind by.”
4/5“Im going to give it another sniff, I may be confusing it with Not a Perfume (I bought her both). Both are great scents!”
5/5“I don't usually buy anything that smells like this, but I have tried Not a Perfume and Baccarat rouge. I liked both but they weren't a favorite.”
3/5 Value“Yes I got their discovery set recently and they all smelled cheap and chemically to me. I was so disappointed because the Not a Perfume smelled soo good on my coworker when I first smelled it 5-6 years ago.”
4/5 Unique“Do you wear Not a Perfume on its own or layer it? If you layer it, what with? I bought a 5ml decant to try it out with different things, but so far I've only found one perfume I really like it with. On its own it smells like almost nothing to me except alcohol adjacent chemicals.”
5/5“Unfortunately, I'm anosmic to Not A Perfume. I sampled it once and got absolutely nothing from it. I do love Ode to Dullness, though. It's a personal favorite.”
5/5“Juliette has a gun - not a perfume! It's my favourite and I work in a strict zero scent policy and never got complaints when wearing this”
5/5“I got a sample of JHAG Not A Perfume and couldn't smell anything. Tried again and fell in love.”
5/5 Fresh & cleanEveryday“Tried out my Initio Musk Therapy sample and I'm in love! It's such a beautiful clean musk, creamy, not overly floral or soapy. I'm anosmic to some white musks (I thought JHAG Not a Perfume was a joke because I smelled nothing on the paper) and others smell metallic to me. I'm so happy this one works! I am waiting on a middle eastern dupe of it now, if it's as good as the reviews say it will be my daily driver”
5/5 Compliments“Lattafa Peace and Love, JHAG Not a Perfume, and Rayhaan Jungle Vibe have gotten me compliments from strangers recently, and my guaranteed compliment getter is always Super Milk hair conditioner. I actually stopped wearing it because I felt like it was overshadowing my perfumes!”
2/5 ProjectionFresh & clean“I bought White Evening blind buy , I'm not that impressed but it is growing on me. It is a skin scent ,not a perfume . It basically makes your skin smell a little better than normal. It is hard to describe ..pencil shavings is the top note along with closed store that is clean as the second note .Can not tell if it creates a bubble or a trail and I doubt that but it is very safe to wear inside a car with a lot of people ..maybe that is its only use I can find.”
5/5 Everyday“I was so obsessed with it that she gave me her bottle to wear in like junior high and I went through a phase of wearing it every day 😂 it is so not a perfume for 12 year olds!”
1/5“I tried it recently for the first time and hated it as well. I sprayed you by glossier and jhag not a perfume and the combo reminded me of what I smelled like after playing a soccer game. It was a combination of the outdoors, sweat and bug spray.”
Not rated (no clear sentiment) SweetnessFresh & clean“Valaya , Valaya Exclusif, Meliora, Cassili,Missing Person, Dama Bianca, Love-O-Matic, Wulong Cha, Clean Warm Cotton, La Mar, El Sireno, Rosario, Agua de Santos, Bal d'Afrique, Blanche, La Tulipe, Philosykos, Fleur de Peau, L'eau Papier, Car”
Dupes and similar fragrances
- Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume vs Le Labo Another 13: 3 comments compare Le Labo Another 13 with it (limited evidence).
- Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume vs Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540: 2 comments compare Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 with it (limited evidence).
- Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume vs Phlur Missing Person: 2 comments compare Phlur Missing Person with it (limited evidence).
Clone houses named next to Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume in "dupe/clone" comments: Dossier (4), Oakcha (3).
Alternatives in the same family
- Narciso Rodriguez For Her — 3.2 from 16 owner comments
- Phlur Missing Person — 3.4 from 67 owner comments
- Glossier Glossier You — 3.4 from 109 owner comments
Where to buy
Sold by Amazon.com when we checked on 2026-11-03. The seller on a listing can change, so confirm "Sold by" before you buy. Price varies — check Amazon for the current price. Parfume.io is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
FAQ
How long does Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume last?
In the Reddit owner comments we analysed, 0 owners said it lasts well and 1 said it fades quickly. Longevity varies with skin, climate and concentration.
What season is Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume best for?
Owners mention fall most often (1 comment).
Does Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume get compliments?
4 owner comments in our sample report compliments while wearing it.
Can I buy Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume on Amazon safely?
When we checked on 2026-11-03, the listing we link was sold by Amazon.com. Sellers can change, so check "Sold by" at checkout.
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Details
| Brand | Juliette Has a Gun (Niche) |
| Fragrance family | Musky & Skin Scents |
| Marketed for | unisex |
| Amazon listing | Verified 2026-11-03: sold by Amazon.com (ASIN B07B3XQZ42) |
| Reddit evidence | 67 owner comments, 277 mentions in total across r/fragrance, r/FemFragLab and related subreddits |
| Last updated | 2026-11-03 |
Family and "marketed for" follow the brand's positioning and common fragrance references; flankers (Intense, Elixir, Parfum editions) are tracked separately or excluded.