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Is having three perfumes greedy?

210 replies

CrotchBurn · 30/01/2021 08:56

How many perfumes do you have? Normally I have one day perfume and one going out perfume (which is seriously underused at the moment).

Now I'm about to buy a new bottle of my usual perfume but I also want to try another one - I cant help but feel kind of greedy though?

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rookiemere · 30/01/2021 09:23

I've got around 6. Weirdly I've been wearing a lot more perfume in lockdown- when it would make more sense to focus on hair, makeup and clothes for wfh.

KimKsButt · 30/01/2021 09:23

Wow I’ve never heard Chance described as basic bitch or for little girls. As much as I love it I’m pretty sure my daughter (15) would think it a “lady” perfume and not for her!!

tocketytickety · 30/01/2021 09:24

Of course not. Why would it be greedy? It's not as if there's a set number of perfume bottles for each person and you're buying up other people's. Buy as many as you want and can afford. There's a lot to go round.

I usually have 1 or 2 because those are what I like and have for years. I don't pay much attention to perfume otherwise.

peak2021 · 30/01/2021 09:24

As long as none are wasted, three bottles lasting three times longer is perfectly fine.

ree348 · 30/01/2021 09:25

@CrotchBurn do it! And Chanel Chance is one of my faves!

CakeRequired · 30/01/2021 09:25

I have lots from birthdays, Christmas etc. Never wear the damn things. They sit in drawers being wasted. Grin

LadyPenelope68 · 30/01/2021 09:28

@YippieKayakOtherBuckets
It was Chanel, he’s clearly a little boy with exceptional taste 😁

tocketytickety · 30/01/2021 09:29

Oh and TINAAQ! ⚡👮‍♀️🚨

Grin
MarthasGinYard · 30/01/2021 09:30

Chance tendre is my day perfume

I actually don't like Chance original

Enjoy OP nowt wrong with lining up a few perfume faves in troubled times.

BarbedBloom · 30/01/2021 09:30

Well I have a huda perfume for day and Narcisco Rodriguez for evening, which I use sparingly as it is expensive. I also have a ton of dupe perfumes from the Perfume Parlor. Treat yourself. I don't see it as greedy at all.

Iknowwhatudidlastsummer · 30/01/2021 09:32

I have one perfume because I prefer to stick with my perfume, but greedy?

As long as you can afford it, go for whatever makes you happy!

I have a rather large amount of handbags, and I change bags sometimes twice or 3 times a day Grin I am not greedy, I like bags!

africansassenach · 30/01/2021 09:32

About 21. I don't feel greedy at all.

Fluffyandsilly · 30/01/2021 09:36

I’ve got about 6 on the go.
Treat yourself! It’s not “greedy” at all. We have to take little pleasures where we can in current times.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 30/01/2021 09:42

go for it. Though you lost me at “basic bitch”.
If you want to try new scents I’d recommend perfume parlour. Fraction of the price, so even if you dislike it (hello Molecule) no big deal.
I wear scent everyday, especially during lockdown when it lifted my mood.

Womencanlift · 30/01/2021 09:42

Several here too. Two for daily use that I alternate, one for evening (also Chance) and then one I kept in my gym locker for when I got ready after a workout.

Barely been used in the last year. Maybe I should put some on even if it’s just for home

MaryShelley1818 · 30/01/2021 09:45

I currently have 10 I'm using :)

MrsSmith2021 · 30/01/2021 09:46

About 7. I don’t like wearing the same one every day.

listsandbudgets · 30/01/2021 09:46

I've got 5 I think though 2 of them are sample sized.

As everyone else has said there's not much pleasure to be had at the moment. I've got spare cash because I've cancelled my monthly bus pass, I'm not.eating out and there are no tips to cinema etc. So I'm indulging myself in expensive shower gels and face washes.

Go for it OP, we've got to support whats left of the economy after all. Think of it as your civic duty!!

YippieKayakOtherBuckets · 30/01/2021 09:46

OP didn’t say that she thought Chance was basic. She was quoting the snobby reviewers on Fragrantica, Basenotes etc.

Timeandtune · 30/01/2021 09:46

I have two - summer and winter. I wear O De Lancôme from April to September and La Vie est Belle from October onwards.

CrotchBurn · 30/01/2021 09:51

ORDERED!!!!

I'm so excited to smell Chance. This is my life now 😂

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ZaraW · 30/01/2021 09:51

YABU. I doubt anyone would care.

MrsDThomas · 30/01/2021 09:53

I have 9 open. I don’t buy expensive ones. Can’t justify the price. I buy FM and Next ones.

justlonelystars · 30/01/2021 09:53

I have 12 or 13 bottles of jo malone, some Thierry Mulger and a Chanel bottle. So three is fine!

Londontown12 · 30/01/2021 09:57

I usually have quiet a few ! I love perfume it’s a treat so go for it !
Just recently thou I have stuck to one La Belle by Jean Paul Gautier whenever I wear it I get compliments everytime so I like to think this is now my signature perfume x