Favourite Scents

[Madalene Laurae]

I wore a lavender and acacia from Bath and Bodyworks for a while but the sprayer stopped working so I have to get another bottle. I also have a bottle of Tea Rose. It reminds me of my mom.

 

[nyx]

I'm obsessed with white tea and ginger body spray, lotion, etc. from Bath and Body works. The only problem is that they only sell it twice a year during their semi-annual sales. So I have to stock up to make it last until the next one. It's got a light, clean, semi-exotic smell, but without the musk odor that most exotic scents have. Plus it's never too strong because it's a body spray rather than a perfume.

 

[VargasBaby]

I've always been partial to Jasmine and Vanilla. Though I went through a Green Tea phase for a while there too. Bath & Body works has a lovely light Jasmine and Vanilla in their "Sensual" body line.

I generally try to steet clear of heavy scents. I LOVE a good musk though for going out, but it's hard to find one that really fits my chemistry so I try to steer towards lighter ones.

I used to wear honeysuckle a lot on my teens.

 

[nyx]

I have a friend who loves heavy, sweet, musky scents, but for some reason it turns my nose off. [huh] I know they last longer and can be a very sensual scent, but I've always been drawn to light scents. The heaviest I've ever worn is straight sandalwood oil in my younger years.

 

[VargasBaby]

Oils...wow. I havent worn an oil in a good long while. I loved then when I did wear them, but eventaully was put off by how strong they were initially when applied. I loved that they lasted for so long though.

I have a tendency to 'eat up' scents, so normal perfumes generally dont last too long on me. Hence the J&V from B&B. I get the body lotion and it works nicely. Not too strong, but lasts a while.

I do enjoy Pleasures and Happy from time totime though for a little pick me up.

 

[Miss 1940's]

My favorite perfume is Amarige by Givenchy.Its A classic scent.especially good when you spay it on love letters.

 

[deelovely]

I am a perfume freak!lol I must have about 20 different ones. My all time favorites though are Euphoria by Calvin Klein and Chanel Coco Mademoiselle! I get the most compliments on these as well!

 

[ShrinkingViolet]

I'm not sure how it smells, as I haven't got around to trying it yet (so many things to try) but Yardley has a perfume called April Violets that looks very pretty and is definitely vintage. They also seem to have some old ads on their webpage.

http://www.yardleylondon.co.uk/home.html

April Violets is lovely, very Victorian, floral and pretty. It only lasts for an hour or so, though. I mostly use it for spritzing on a handkerchief.
The BEST violet scent in my opinion is Borsari Violetta di Parma. It dates from 1870 but unfortunately the bottle they use now is totally unvintagey!

 

[Inara]

favorite perfume

Chantilly, all the way. It's the only commercially-produced brand I wear, though I do like single-note fragrance oils on occasion.

I originally discovered it when my great-grandmother died (for some reason, I ended up with all of her perfume and cologne bottles).

 

[deadpandiva]

I love all of the Escada spring scents. I love the latest by Cartier. I forget the name. Clarins has a really great clean smelling one that I love also.

 

[nyx]

I love all of the Escada spring scents. I love the latest by Cartier. I forget the name. Clarins has a really great clean smelling one that I love also.

I love Escada's scents too. It's really the only "real" perfume I buy, since I usually just stick to the Bath and Body Works sprays

 

[lyburnum]

I love my L'Eau D'Issey by Issey Miyake. I've been using it about 2 years now and have never found anything I like quite as much.

 

[Kittenwithawhip]

I buy one or two new perfumes a year, but I keep coming back to a variety of Amber Paste I bought at an arts fair years ago. I just bought a new bottle of it a month ago. The stuff lasts for years and never goes rancid. I tired a cheap version I found at whole foods and threw it out after two wearings because of it's bizarre chemical aftereffects. I'll stick to the real thing from now on.

I get a lot of comments on it because it's not something that you ever come across anywhere else, it doesn't smell like anything else. A romantic, spicy, woodsy, vanilla, creamy combination. That's the best I can do!

It reminds me of Irena's perfume, Lalage, in Cat People.

"It's hard to describe. It's not like flowers exactly. It's - it's like something warm and living."

"Irena's perfume, strong, sweet."

 

[Fancy Mouse]

On a whim, I just bought a miniature of L'Air du Temps, and while the scent itself doesn't really strike me, the tiny bottle is gorgeous and looks great on my dressing table.

 

[SarahLouise]

I really like Coco Mademoiselle but I seem to smell it everywhere I go. Also at least two girls at work wear it so I'm reluctant to smell like everyone else!

 

[pennycarrol]

My favourite perfume is L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain... I also love Rousse by Serge Lutens, Chanel n¬?5, L'Eau d'Issey by Issey Miyake......

 

[Pinkie]

I always wear J'adore by Christian Dior and for very special occasions I wear Quelques Fleur by Houbigant. Dita Von Teese mentioned it in her book and I bought a small sample bottle to try it and I love it!!

 

[ITG]

For our 1st anniversary, my husband got me delices de Cartier...a very lovely frangrance.

One of my favorites is Viktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb.

 

[CanadaDoll]

Happy anniversary ITG!!!:eusa_clap


What does Delices smell like? I've heard about it, not that I need a new perfume

 

[ITG]

It has a nice floral, fruitee scent. (I'm not into musky type perfumes.)

Some of my other favs are Poeme, Rapture, Princess by Vera Wang, White Gardenia(Elizabeth Taylor).