Your life in perfumes

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Kiku (eek!)
Rive Gauche
Anais Anais
Chanel 19
Jo Malone Rose
Diptyque vetyver.
The future - who knows?

You?

corach - does the d&g have a red top? (The original one)....
I'm hoping you say yes as I might have something

Yes. It's a clear bottle with gold trim and nozzle and a bright red/scarlet plastic cap and the box is bright red and velvety. The smell is quite strong and "wintery". I adore it but you can't buy it anywhere now. Not sure why they decided to relaunch it as the new one is meh in comparison.

Goya Entice
Mornay Sandalwood
Max Factor Primitif & Exotique
Dana Tabu
Revlon Intimate
Worth Je Reviens
Chanel No5
Miss Dior
Jean D'Albret Eccusson
Rochas Femme
Arpege
Madame Rochas
Eau Dynamisante
Acqua Di Parma Iris Nobile
Now still with No5, Arpege & Femme, yet to find a modern one to love & the years of searching is still ongoing for one that smells exactly like fresh freesias.

Midnight
Ma Griffe
Je Reviens
Chanel No.5
Rive Gauche
Ysatis
O de Lancome
Champs-Elysees

Love this thread - so many perfumes I'd forgotten about. Can't believe I've been through so many over the years.

I think I had a bottle of Charlie when I was little, then
Impulse sprays x 100
Dewberry
So..?
Exclamation
Green Tea
LouLou
Tresor
Amarige
CKOne
VW Boudoir
Kate by Kate Moss
JLo Glow
DKNY Be Delicious (green but also had little set of pink)
Gucci II
Euphoria
Philosophy Falling In Love (all time favourite but discontinued in UK)

Just got a bottle of Dahlia Divin which the woman in Boots was most insistent I'd like. I was edging towards Armani Si but she persuaded me.

I'm no perfume expert but would love to know what these scents have in common (or at least the more recent ones). Some popular ones smell rank to me, hated Anais Anais and Angel. Recently sniffed Chance and it smelt of dog poo - although apparently that's a thing? I like fruity smells I think - the Philosophy one smells of blackberry leaves and the DD has a top note of plum although I didn't realise when smelling it.

Poster who asked about fresh freesias, try 'Floret' by Antonia's Flowers, available in SpaceNK.

Avon Honesty? Was in a white ballerina.
Charlie from my Nana.
4711
Then teenage
Body Shop Ananya
Giorgio Beverly Hills
Poison
20s
Paloma Picasso
Desperately wanted Coco but was too expensive. Now I could buy it I don't love it.
Elizabeth Arden Green Tea - gift meh
Worth Je Reviens
Cashmere Mist
Roma - never did take to that.
Ferragamo - ambivalent (gift)
Angel
30s post small children.
Youth Dew Amber Nude- LOVED discontinued natch.
Caleche
Fidji - still can't make my mind up
40s
Jasmin Noir
Musc Ravageur
Dark Heart of Old Havana (4160 Tuesdays)
I have a lot of 4160 Tuesdays, PROPER SCENT that changes and develops differently in different people. Something for everyone I think.
I would tell you my favourite one but you all might buy it and then I would be devastated.

I need a daytime office scent. (Ignores mountains of perfumes) I think full on scents and struggle to pick something for daytime that makes me love it as much as my dark full on ones.

First perfume as a young girl: Exclamation (felt so grown up)

Impulse O2/body shop ananya as a teen (my dad was right that ananya was wrong on me)

Chloe Innocence (late teens early twenties)

Champagne by Yves Saint Laurent (half a bottle given to me,could never have afforded it otherwise in my early twenties, crushed when the makers of Champagne the booze sued them under copyright law) Yvresse was not a good alternative.

Bulgari Black the day I got married aged 29 (love this, smells of London in a storm), im running a bottle down on special occasions only. V distinct scent.

Davidoff Cool water woman and Lacoste Inspiration for holidays in the last decade.

Looking for a new one now, Shiseido Energising Fragrance is on my birthday list as its said to be close to Chloe Innocence, an old favourite.

Forgot these:
Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden, which became rank, really nice at first then like petrol.

Oh yes, I remember Sweet Honesty from Avon. A lovely, powdery smell.

Exclamation age 12
charlie age 13
Lots of fakes from the market! 14-16
16-20 Diesel and Britney Spears

26-28 (now) currently alternate gucci rush, alien, coco chanel mademoiselle, Angel and I wear soap and glory for bed

Early teens: Body Shop White Musk
Late Teens: CK1 and Polo Sport
20's onwards: Chanel Allure

I am officially a perfume monogamist!

Dewberry.
Isphan from Yves Rocher.
Sun, Moon and Stars.
Chanel Allure.
Amour amour was my wedding perfume
Coco Chanel
Chloe

Ghost- sweetheart
DKNY- pure

what a lovely thread!
I used to pinch my mum's 'Babe'
Had a gift set of Le Jardin in early teens.
Boyfriend bought me Chloe for 18th birthday.
White Musk and Dewberry from Body Shop at Uni.
Issey Myake when I met my husband
Cerrutti 1881 career and motherhood
Channel Allure and Channel no. 5 into my 40's ...
now, back to White Musk, I love it and husband and kids often comment on it :)

Anais Anais
Lumiere de Rochas
CK1
Angel
Nowt for ages, Angel being like some kind of aversion therapy
Currently just Clarins Eau Ressourcante, or Flora Botanica for posh

Proud to have avoided Poison, you virtually needed a gas mark at the school disco not to be asphyxiated by the rancid stuff.

Always liked, but never had, Obsession, though. Might get some for retro fun

Up to 15 - Anais Anais & L'Air du Temps
At 16 - Beautiful
At 18 - Montana par Montana, Jardin de Bagatelles - Guerlain, Paris - YSL.

In 20s - Eternity, Society by Burberry's, Joseph, Ysatis, Fendi, Hermes, Eau Dynamisante.

Later Aqua di Gio - Armani, Champagne - YSL, Chance - Chanel, Bulgari.

Now - Floris and Penhaligons - rose, jasmine or lily of the valley, Fleur de Vigne - Caudalie, Thé Vert - Roger & Gallet, 4711 - Muelhens, Gardenia Tuberose - Estee Lauder

This thread has made me very happy. i love listening to people talk about perfume.

United colours of Benetton
LouLou
Sun, moon & Stars
Chloe Narcisse
Hugo boss woman
Chanel Chance
Hugo Boss Orange

oh yes forgot about Je Reviens early 00s

Exclamation, so?,body shop moonflower
Hypnotic Poison, J'Adore
Dior Addict
Body Shop Tobacco Flower (I miss this!)
Clinique Happy, pomegranate noir
Dior Me, Dior Me Not, La Feu D'Issey, Paul Smith Woman
Lush Karma, Stella
Body Shop Moroccan Rose
Armani White
Agent Provacateur Maitresse
Lots of BPal perfumes
Daisy
Bvlgari Jasmin Noir
Lush Sikkim Girls
Bvlgari Omnia Jade
Chanel no 5 eau premiere

Oh I forgot Philosophy Living Grace, it was the only thing I could stand when DD was a baby.

4711 and equivalents
L'air du Temps
Vanilla Perfume oil from Body Shop
Tocade
Tommy Girl
Sonia Rykiel
Escada Sport Country Weekend
Champs Elysees
Belle de Minuit
Nina Ricci by
Eau D'issey
Flower by Kenzo
CK: Truth
Clinique: Simply
Alexander McQueen: Kingdom
Kenzo: 5.40 pm in Madagascar
L'artisan: Dzing
And an absolute tidalwave since then..

Forgot Philosophy: Baby Grace from around the bottom of my list.