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to want a bottle of Samsara perfume for Christmas?

66 replies

Mintyy · 02/12/2013 19:06

People hate it don't they!

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Housewife2010 · 03/12/2013 21:24

My 90s perfume was LouLou. I loved it so much - I would never wear it now.

SconeRhymesWithGone · 03/12/2013 21:26

I love it. Jasmine and sandalwood are two of my favorite scents, and it combines them very well. I use it carefully though; it is heady.

FuckyNell · 03/12/2013 21:30

I used to looooove samsara!! I'm currently wearing obsession. It's funny how many people have commented on it, remembering the smell but not how vintage it is. Marvellous.

VerySmallSqueak · 03/12/2013 21:32

I love Samsara.
I couldn't choose between that and Paris last time I had real perfume.
Paris did win,because I thought it was a year round perfume whereas I don't think I'd wear Samsara in the Summer.

VerySmallSqueak · 03/12/2013 21:38

My other 90's perfumes were Vanderbilt and Eau Dynamisante.

It's funny how smell is such an amazing memory trigger.

I can now smell Vanderbilt and picture myself on the bus with my ex zooming past on his motorbike with his new girlfriend riding pillion.I was wearing a red jumper with gold buttons on the sleeves.....

Still love the perfume.Still hate my ex.

bluebayou · 04/12/2013 20:46

I like Britany Spears perfumes . thing is they don"t last like Estee Lauder do .

I like estee lauder also as a lot of them are oil based so last longer . trouble is when I am in St Lucia , it is so very hot the fragrance just evaporates .

princessalbert · 04/12/2013 20:49

oh I love it.

Also Shalimar and Opium.

I am definitely stuck in the 80s! Xmas Grin

princessalbert · 04/12/2013 20:49

I buy Obsession for men for DH.

I have to smell him, so I choose his scent ;)

bunnymother · 04/12/2013 20:52

I love Samsara and have been wearing it since I was about 18, so, you know, only a few years Wink.

L'Instant by Guerlain s also delicious, and reminds me of my much loved and missed Grandma (she wore violet scent).

I only really wear Guerlain perfume - love it, and the history of the company. Their flagship store on Champs Élysées (my favourite summer perfume) is beautiful.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 04/12/2013 20:54

I loovvveee Samsara too! Grin I used to wear in all the time but haven't had any for years now. I need to put some on my Christmas list too! Smile

Rive Gauche smells like cat pee on me though! I definitely agree that not every person suits every perfume.

seb1 · 04/12/2013 21:01

So who remembers YSL Paris, also as students we all went through a LouLou phase.

comingintomyown · 04/12/2013 21:07

Not a fan but remember those 80's perfume fondly Anais Anais was another good one

Tilly333 · 04/12/2013 21:10

my Mum bought me a bottle a few years ago .... ugh! swopped it with an older woman at work for a much more up to date 'lighter' fragrance. Sorry Mintyy .... there are much nicer ones to choose from

kaytola · 04/12/2013 21:10

I wore LouLou and Vanderbilt in my 'youth'. Samsara is one of my favourites too. Are we all stuck in a time warp? Grin

Judybluey · 04/12/2013 21:16

I loved most scents from the 90's but one that really sticks in my mind is Fresco by Impulse..it reminds me of when I met my husband I would spray myself liberally then waltz off to the pub I bet I went thru 3 tins of the stuff every weekend. I would love to find some somewhere but all the new Impulse smells horrid Hmm

Madmammy83 · 04/12/2013 21:17

I think Chanel No. 5 smells like an old lady doused in cat's piss but that doesn't stop people buying it, so you go for your Samsara and you enjoy it.

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