Bedtime perfume … it’s a thing right?

[Chloefairydust]

So in conversation with a friend I told her I was nearly out of bedtime perfume. And she looks at me like I have two heads 🤔

so basically I have an expensive perfume I wear in the day, and a cheaper Avon one to wear to bed. My reasoning is I like to smell good for my boyfriend when I get into bed, so I shower, apply my face creams, body lotion, and then a quick spritz of bedtime perfume. So tell me I’m not crazy here? Bedtime perfume is totally a thing right?

Note - this friend thinks bedtime perfume is crazy, but thinks it’s totally normal her dad has never seen her mum without a full face of makeup ( they have been married 30+ years and I’m convinced her mum is actually a stepford wife 🤣)

@Chloefairydust what's the cheap perfume and what is the expensive daytime one ?
I like perfume. Though Pomegranates Noir and Angel make me heave.

I don't wear perfume at all so its definitely not a thing for me!

I always thought perfume was invented when people washed bodies & clothes far less, to basically cover bad smells.... it doesnt seem all that necessary when we are all clean.

OP do you work in the marketing department of Chanel or something?

“So guys how can we sell more perfume to people?
I’ve got an idea - maybe we can convince them that putting on perfume at bedtime is a good idea!”

I quite like perfumes and wear one most days but the thought of perfume at bedtime just gives me a headache.

I wear it at bedtime. Usually just a soft vanilla type or clean soapy one

It's a thing for me!

Are you from the 1950's OP?

My friend does it. She also wears sexy PJs every single night without fail 10+ years into her relationship.

I couldn't do it, the thought of it alone gives me a migrane. It's not good for you to be surrounded by artificial smells all the time.

YABU for sexy time.

That sounds interesting.
Link, please?

100 years of feminism and this is what we get...

That's disgusting, who wants to go to bed smelling of a chemical fragrance? I hate perfume.

No, I hate perfume but drink wine by the bucket

Barely manage to brush my teeth before falling into bed exhausted so definitely not a thing for me...

I'm guessing OP doesn't have a a small child sneaking into bed with her every night.

Not a thing I'm afraid. I'd hate to have a strong perfume smell. Irritate my nose anyway. Body lotion is enough

Mind you an early boyfriend/girlfriend relationship may be more usual.

One of the ladies I used to care for when I first qualified as a nurse had a spray of perfume before bed because she used to say 'you'll never know who you'll meet in your dreams'.

Never heard of such a thing

I have an after shower perfume (I shower in the evenings).

I have also started to pop a quick spray of Replicas ‘bubble bath’ on my pillow and dressing gown at night as it’s a great source of invoking comfort in me and it makes me feel clean and warm from the smell.

there is a lot in certain smells triggering emotional responses!

nerrsnerr that'a lovely post ,she sounds sweet .
More to the point I was about to post something and your post made me change my mind .If someone who has to depend on a carer can be sweet tempered then the least I can do is say nothing if I can't say something nice .

I put deodorant and a light spray of my perfume on after every shower or bath, whatever time it is.

I don't spray perfume at any other time.

I find that this way I have a light, barely discernible waft of scent about me at all times, rather than being unbearably drenched in perfume when leaving the house.

I use one scent, rather than mixing them up.

Though I'm mostly smiling at the whole bedtime routine - I crawl into bed exhausted, as do most people I expect, I shower in the morning to try to wake me up!

This is hilarious, perfume at bedtime signals sexy time 🤣

I wear perfume to bed & absolutely love it when dh gives himself a quick fresh spritz of his cologne

I'm another who wears perfume in bed.

Didn't Marilyn Munroe say the only thing she wore in bed was Chanel No 5

I do sometimes but I don't have a special perfume for it. I have about 8 or 9 that I wear regularly & lots are cologne style scents & if I'm fresh out of the shower I'll often have a small spray.
I adore good perfume, its definitely one of my luxuries.
I also absolutely love the smell of my husbands aftershave. One of my favourite smells in the world is his smell at the end of the day when i can smell his skin with a faint background of his aftershave!

The things you read on MN. Lost me at bedtime perfume, then the fact it's avon. The shower will do