Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

AIBU How many bottles of perfume do you own?

247 replies

Alicewond · 07/04/2019 02:17

After reading another thread it made me wonder? And do you consider which one to wear or like me grab the nearest one? I have a lot but tbh I don’t have a favourite. Gifts for birthday, Christmas, valentines. They all smell lovely but it’s always the nearest which gets used!

OP posts:
BertrandRussell · 07/04/2019 07:57

I. White Linen. I’ve worn it for 25 years. I’ve tried others, but always come back to it.

Hassled · 07/04/2019 08:00

Five, which I tend to rotate. I'm a bit bored of them all though - I love buying perfume, but it takes so long for me to get through a bottle. Maybe samples is the way to go.

NoArmaniNoPunani · 07/04/2019 08:01

I've got carolina herrera the shoe shaped one, narcisso Rodriguez in the red bottle, 2 Tom Fords the black one and the purple one, tiffany one and prada ambree which i think has been discontinued

InDubiousBattle · 07/04/2019 08:04

15, but some are just cheap Next/Body Shop ones. I like Very Irresistible for going out and use probably DKNY Be Delicious most. Clinique Happy is a nice everyday scent.

Grosserygangrule · 07/04/2019 08:06

I have about 6, although only wear the jimmy choo one everyday. One dh got me which is vile but I haven’t chucked and the others I tend to wear on nights out at random

candlefloozy · 07/04/2019 08:09

Three. One for work. Two for any other times

Disturbedone · 07/04/2019 08:09

I have about 10 maybe.... I don't wear them all the time but I do actually look and think about which one I feel like on the day.
They all range in price and quality from high end to Body shop.
My absolute favourite is D&G 3 although my Avon 'luck' is a close second...
I also wear Chanel's chance au fraiche, one in a ladybird bottle, echo by davidoff(I use this sparingly as it was discontinued some years ago) so! And random fruity ones :)

longwayoff · 07/04/2019 08:09

Two. They deteriorate so quickly is pointless having more. Slightly 'off' scent is horrible.

BurningTheToast · 07/04/2019 08:12

Three or four full-size and a load of tiny samples that I'll probably never wear.

Clinique Aromatics in the winter, Diorissimo in the summer, Clarins Eau Dynamisante day-to-day.

I also have a very elderly bottle of Calvin Klein Obsession. Back in the early 90s I used to love that and it suited me, but now I'd never wear it.

SammySamSam09 · 07/04/2019 08:13

Kilian for best and my good old faithful Gucci for every day wear. I didn't buy the Kilian it was a gift from my dh after I feel in love with it in Selfridges recently.

Pimmsypimms · 07/04/2019 08:13

I probably have 6 or 7 at the moment but I only really wear 2.
Next Cashmere in the day time and Elie Saab Le Parfum (which is my absolute fave!) for when I go out.

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 07/04/2019 08:14

I have none! My skin is so sensitive that I've found most just make it itch and other things so gave up.

PhalangeReginaPhalange · 07/04/2019 08:21

About four bottles, 2 nice ones 2 cheap ones but still nice fresh scent Smile

GuineaPiglet345 · 07/04/2019 08:23

None, they’re migrane inducing.

I’ve had to leave a restaurant and go home before because someone at the next table was wearing so much perfume it made me so ill I was seeing stars and wretching. 🤮

If I’m more than arms length from you and I can smell your perfume then you’re wearing too much.

Clockworkprincess · 07/04/2019 08:27

I have about eight. Paco raban black excess which I've been wearing for years, molton brown rosa absolute and lily of the valley, my mums last bottle of perfume ma griffe and next pink. I have a few cheap ones that i use for work and things like that. Just makes me feel like i don't smell of toddlers 😂😂

Beebumble2 · 07/04/2019 08:28

About 10, a recent boost from Christmas and a Birthday. Wore Chanel No5 last night and am luxuriating in the lingering perfume.
My every day favourite is Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue. Recent presents were Tiffany and Dior’s Joy.
The Tiffany is a bit light and reminds me of something else, I haven’t opened the Joy.
I keep all my perfumes in their box and in the dark so they don’t deteriorate.

Crunchymum · 07/04/2019 08:29
GottenGottenGotten · 07/04/2019 08:30

I think I would be able to find 2, maybe 3 bottles of perfume.

I never wear it though.

dudsville · 07/04/2019 08:32

I have one. I've worn it for about 20 years. Every now and then I try something different but I always return to my old standard. One bottle lasts about a year and a half. I wear it nearly daily.

Shelbybear · 07/04/2019 08:33

I've got 10 that I can think of, most were gifts. Some of them aren't ones I love as someone else picked them so I would wear to work.

Most are ones I love. If I'm going out I like a stronger perfume so it lasts. I do like getting new ones though that I haven't had as I'm really bad for sticking to the same 5/6 perfumes.

Bouchie · 07/04/2019 08:35

none. never worn any ( except some body shop stuff as a teen!) I see perfume as quite old fashioned. Not sure why as have nothing against it.

whiteroseredrose · 07/04/2019 08:35

I used to wear Allure by Chanel. I like the smell of most of Chanel perfumes tbh.

In recent years I've become more aware of animal testing and am becoming vegan so I use an Eden one that smells a bit like it.

hazandduck · 07/04/2019 08:35

I have probably same as you, OP, 25-30, I am a serious perfume addict! I love everything about them, the bottles, the ideas they sell, the adverts, the different houses and history so many represent. Geeky, I know. But everyone has their little things they enjoy. Fragrance is mine.

I do have about 3 that are what people call ‘my smell.’ Chance, Coco Mademoiselle and Eternity Moment CK.

I feel naked without it, and always have a think of what perfume matches my outfit! I love guessing what people are wearing and usually get it right.

I also always use the same moisturiser (Johnsons’ baby bedtime cream) and have had comments all my life that I smell nice, even just on my shampoo. It is my thing lol. I am positively drowning in chemicals! My niece (5) in particular always wants big, long cuddles and takes deep sniffs and says how nice I smell.

I’m sorry to the people who I probably drive mad wafting about 😬

BlackSatinDancer · 07/04/2019 08:36

I have 7:
Dior's Dune - my favourite used for special occasions as 100ml is very expensive;
Escape by Calvin Klein - I wear this most of the time;
Eternity by Calvin Klein - I wear this to Spiritualist church Grin;
Robert Cavalli - occasional evening wear;
Alysa Ashley's Musk - very occasional day wear;
White Musk by Jovan - very occasional summer day wear;
Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden - worn on summer days.

I don't leave home without wearing perfume.

SerenDippitty · 07/04/2019 08:37

I’ve got a bottle of Lacoste inspiration which I was given as a gift and which fortunately I like. I only wear it for going out though. Otherwise a shower and bit of body lotion is enough. That said, I got some L’Occitane Terre de Lumiere shower gel from DH which smells so gorgeous that I had to go into the shop and try out the perfume and might just treat myself.....