perfumes, which is top of your list

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dh usually buys me a bottle for xmas, I have chanel mademoiselle, Ralph lauren romance and shalimar but I have no idea what to get this year, had a smell of the new D&G the one?? but that reminded me of a calvin klein fragrance.

Would you trust your DH/DP to make their own judgement and buy a bottle or do you always tell them which one you would prefer.

has anyone tried any of the Roberto Cavelli??? perfumes

eau de cartier. 'tis delicious will never buy another perfume again.

rofl @ Cod's chick-magnet DH

You have to have a day perfume and an evening perfume otherwise you'll end up smelling like one of those overpowering women at the school gates, the ones you just walk past and you can taste their perfume

Eternity Summer is too light for evening and Gucci black is to heavy for daytime.

My Mum wears Chanel No.5, personally I find it too heavy/overpowering for daytime.

I'm trying to find a nice daytime one for winter but all the ones I try just seem to be either too floral or smell like toilet duck !

i love a couple of the casherel ones.. amor amor, and promisse. Lovely

l'eau d'issey. light, not flowery or sticky or sicky or sneeze-inducing.

I am wearing prada at the moment,am a perfume whore and will change at a whim!
I wear chanel no 5 aswell but my friend said it smells a bit grannyish....bitch!

I have ghost-the fragrance (the one in blue bottle)

I recently bought davidoff cool water for women.

Also an evening one I have is dior pure poison.

JPG
Issaye miake (sp?
Gucci rush mmm mmm

Chance by Chanel for me,my one and only

I like jasmine by Anouk Goutal.

'eau de kids tea 'I think with a hint of 'I didn't get a fecking shower today'.

Seriously tho either Issay Maake or Cabotine.

Casmir by Chopard

Dh bought me some ages ago and I was hooked.
Right bugger to get hold of though.

My one and only...

Estee Lauder's White Linen.

I will wear others, L'Air du Temps, Fleur de Fleurs, etc, but I absolutely love White Linen.

Reminds me of my wedding day, and of my mother.

Paul Smith Extreme

I'm a perfume junkie, but over the last few months have found just a whiff of most of them, either on other people or when I do the testers, give me a raging headache.

It used to be just a few did this to me but now I have to be so so careful.

I can get away with spraying CK 1 on my back or round my tummy (don't laugh) and I'll be alright and I like to have a faint whiff of something nice about me. But if I put any on my wrists or neck or where I'm going to get a noseful on a regular basis throughout the day, I know I'll end up with a raging headache.

Anyone know the particular chemicals that cause this?

I use Armani She and Narcisso Rodriguez.
Usually Armani for daytime and Narcisso for evening.

And I loved one Versace did called Etherel but they stopped making it.

Chanel Allure and Guerlain Mitsouko when I fancy a change

i love the sound of jo malone perfumes, all fruity sounding but don't know where to go to try one as my local boots don't do it. anyone tried any of hers?
currently use miss dior cherie and its yummy!

Oh bobobobs, am dying to try JM's orange blossom. Sounds delicious!

I wear Eau De Givenchy.I first smelt it when I came out in the early eighties and I had a saturday job in Boots. I have worn it ever since

I too chop and change my perfumes to suit my mood / hormonal state.. Current fave is the new Hugo Boss one ('Femme'). DH tends to like flowery light ones and I like more full-on smells. We compromise by me giving him three testers I like to choose which one he'd like to buy me - such fun for him . I would have a signature scent if I could afford something really unusual and expensive (deffo agree on the Jo Malone stuff - doesn't she do a fig one?) but in the absence of big bucks I like changing and having different perfumes to associate with different points in my life. My first perfume was Lou Lou and my dad bought it for me on holiday - still makes me happy if I smell it .

Dolce Vita by Dior is my absolute favourite.