To wear the same perfume as my sister?

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She wears CKIN2U and it smells fantastic on her. I really love the way it smells and tried some today. I've never had so many people tell me I smell nice!

(and it's not like I usually stink, I typically wear www.<a class="break-all" href="https://amazon.co.uk/Giorgio-Armani-Emporio-Diamonds-Parfum/dp/B000WZP864)?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-am-i-being-unreasonable-3725067-To-wear-the-same-perfume-as-my-sister" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.co.uk/Giorgio-Armani-Emporio-Diamonds-Parfum/dp/B000WZP864)

I feel a bit weird about it and I'm not sure why. Is it weird? Obviously if we were going out together I'd wear my usual.

If it is, any recommendations for a perfume similar to CKIN2U?

Since she chops and changes I think it's OK. If she had a signature scent then I'd e.g. only wear it to work and not around family or joint friends. Other people will associate the scent with her, even if it's not conscious (I realised this when a person I use to work with walked into my office and I knew it was him before he spoke because of his aftershave. And yet if you'd asked me before then if he wore aftershave I'd have said 'no idea').

DH told me I smelt like his Mum when we first met, haven’t used Ysatis since!
Don’t mind smelling like my sister though, she is a very fragrant individual,

Have you asked her?

Asked her for permission to wear a perfume that many many other women will wear @SkaraBrae? Why on earth would anyone think that they may give someone else permission to wear a perfume, or anything else for that matter?

How ridiculous.

this wouldnt bother me at all. Perfumes often dont even smell the same on different people

My mother always ask what perfume I use because she wants to buy some too. I always lie. She often copies my clothes and I don’t mind that at all, but perfume is quite a personal, sensual thing and I just don’t want to smell like my 70 yr old mother!

Hundreds of people will.be wearing a mass market scent like that! I can't see that your sister would bothered at all.

I wouldn't mind my sister wearing the same perfume as me but I didn't like it when my mil wanted to and wore something different after that.

DH told me I smelt like his Mum when we first met, haven’t used Ysatis since! Don’t mind smelling like my sister though, she is a very fragrant individual,

My two friends, who were room-mates and shared everything, used to wear the same perfume. The boyfriend of one was weirded out because they smelled the same. He wanted to hug the other one.

NOOO OP don't do it!!!!

Perfume so hugely personal. Don't you often smell a stranger's perfume or aftershave and instantly think of someone you know who wears it?

One of my friends starting wearing my signature scent and I was not pleased. It's a real faux pas, and people kept referring to me when she wore it.

Is this a joke thread? No one can be that much of an over-thinker surely? Of course it doesn’t matter! Why on earth would it matter?

I dont expect anyone else will notice
I wouldn't notice, but loads of people do notice and can identify what perfume someone's wearing.

Why not just ask your sister? Otherwise you'll keep feeling weird, whatever people on MN say about it.

As CointreauVersial said, it will probably smell different on you, due to your different body chemistry and you said DSis chops and changes so I wouldn't give it a second thought.

SkaraBrae you're being a bit precious. The obvious answer is to have a unique perfume made just for you. It may cost a few thousand but never again will you have to recoil with horror when you meet someone wearing the same perfume.

I get you, OP, my MIL started wearing a perfume I love and have worn for years, so I stopped wearing it. Can’t really explain why, but it felt odd.

SilverySurfer I know I am being precious! I guess it comes from years of being the 2nd daughter (by a year) and never having anything of mine...

Also both my grandmothers wore their perfume for decades- I grew up associating perfumes with specific people.

As I said before I know it's irrational but it would wind me up.

many of us can't tell one artificial pong from another. Just keep it down, no-one further than kissing distance should be able to smell it.

Your DS doesn't sound like she's wedded to a signature scent if she changes it often. It might be polite to ask but I wouldn't expect her to mind. If she does, just wait till her next change and then it won't matter.

@mencken, I only use a bit. I can't stand really strong perfume.

SkaraBrae I want to know which perfume you wear now

The obvious answer to this dilemma is to join the Perfumista threads, OP, then you can join us in wearing a different perfume every day and not have to worry about nicking someone's 'signature' scent!

Obviously if we were going out together I'd wear my usual.

What?!! Why? I doubt she'd even notice because she'd be nose blind to her scent, and even if she did so what? Thousands of people will be wearing the same perfume, and at least the two of you wouldn't clash.