Perfume history ?

[kerstina]

What is your perfume history . Can you share the main perfumes in your life ? I tend to be faithful to one perfume at any particular time and wear it all the time so if I smell a perfume it reminds me of a time/ stage in my life . Often struggle to find perfumes I really love . Starting wearing white musk in my teens . Moved onto Coco, Joop, love affair with Jean Paul gaultier Classiquestarted mid twenties when DP bought it for me first Christmas we were dating wore it for over twenty years ! During that time I also wore Cashmir, Hypnotic Poison ,Angel ( but never really liked it that much!) Euphoria . Finally found my latest favourite and think it will be for a while - Poison Girl . Please share your perfume history and let me know if you can suggest any others I would like .

At 15 I wore Charlie Girl and Aqua Manda.
Givenchy III at university because I had a generous flat mate who used to let me use hers.

Diorella - the first perfume DH bought me and the one I wore on our wedding day. Sadly changed beyond recognition now.

Body Shop Rose - all I could tolerate when pregnant.

Polo Sport Woman when the DCs were younger.

Now I wear Chanel Coco, Dior J'adore, Laura Mercier La Lune, Lancome O and L'Occitane Verbena depending on the occasion.

Best, you've just reminded me about pregnancy. I couldn't stand to wear any of my existing perfumes.
I was however obsessed with tropical scents. I used to hunt down everything that smelled tropical, shower gel, hand wash, cleaning products and cheap body sprays in neon plastic bottles. I have spent 9 months stinking of a pina colada!

[Grin] crab

crab YY to O2 - couldn't remember tjr name but loved it at school

Teens- ckone which I HATE now (my bro bought me a huge duty free bottle a few years ago and couldn't bear it!)
Twenties was always Tresor by Lancôme
Thirties (didn't wear when kids were babies as hate babies heads smelling of anything other than them) Estée Lauder beautiful and la vie eat belle by Lancôme
Forties (now just!) have just bought Marc Jacobs vogue after sniffing it in vogue ! Love love love it!!

Marc Jacobs decadence I mean !!

Wish we had an edit post function. Google tells me that Paco, paco rabanne was the silver can perfume I had in 6th form.

Mango, Dewberry and White Musk from Body Shop
Exclamation
Paris by YSL was my first 'true' love
Eternity
Tresor
Byzance
Samsara
New West
Amarige
Coco (still my fave)
Escape
jean Paul Gaultier
XS pour Elle
CK One
CK be
Some blue scent from the Body Shop
LIght Blue
Kenzo Flower
Beautiful
Clinique Happy
Serge Luten's tabac blonde
An unusual one by Shisiedo that I've forgotten the name of
Jo Malone: Blue Agava and Cacao, Pomegranate Noir, Sea salt and something
Stella
Miss Dior
Chanel Allure and Allure Sensuelle (sp?)

I'm sure there's more!

Oh yes...

Dune

First scent I ever remember was LouLou my mum used to wear, which I used to wear to secondary school.

Then Impulse in a green/yellow bottle which everyone seemed to have at the time!

Once I was late teens some that I loved were
Estée Lauder Pleasures
D&G light Blue
CKOne

Went onto some sweeter scents in my 20s
Emporio Armani She
Nina Ricci something I can't remember!

Others I have had which I remember which I assume means I've liked them!
Ghost
DKNY in a tall white bottle
Euphoria
J'adore
Paco Rabanne ultraviolet

Currently wearing Black Opium which I love but I need a lighter scent for summer now. Need to go shopping!

Oh and I had YSL Parisian, that is a lovely perfume too!

Started wearing Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger.

Went to Flora and Flora Gardenia by Gucci in my late teens/early 20s.

Have worn that ever since, but Dahlia Divin by Givenchy and J'Adore by Dior are my go-tos now. I also like Daisy by Marc Jacobs in the warmer months (whereas I can't wear J'Adore because it's suffocating in the heat).

Every now and then I still get a whiff of Tommy Girl on someone else and it makes me nostalgic. Almost tempted to buy myself a bottle again.

Dame Diaz - I am sure you will remember a few more like I just have! Cabochard (I think it was called) and Cabotine. Also Le Dix (bit too sweet if I am honest and Ivorie (lovely and strong.)

Rush and rush 2 as well and JPG the summer one.

Bal a Versailles - cannot believe no one else thought of it!!!

Jean Paul Gaultier - Classique. At 16
Estee Lauder- Beyond Paradise. At 17.
Clinique - Aromatics Elixer. At 18.
Prada - Amber. At 19.
A few others in early twenties such as Harajuku girls, CK in2u and Amore Amore.
Post DS Marc Jacobs Daisy and the beloved Prada Amber.
Now at 31 YSL Black Opium that DP bought me. Not quite my usual taste but growing on me. First perfume a man has ever bought me tbh.

Prada Amber will always be a favourite.

Deathraystare- your list is fabulous!

The HR was just called Courant. I am currently watching a mini on ebay! The Black Rose was Goya and often turns up on ebay. (I am after Goya Gardenia to add to my perfume memory box)

Can I invite all of you perfumistas over to our Scarf of a Thousand Scents thread? We smell lovely and will make you spend a small fortune

Thanks Vintage (am blushing now!) at first I thought there would only be a few but I remembered a fab chemist near where I used to work and I was in there buying old favourites quite regularly. It was only when it closed down I was told he was dealing in drugs! Er...not only the legit ones!!!

Yes, Vintage thanks for info Goya of course! I miss the Courant one though whether I would still like it or not I am not sure.

I do lurk on the scarf of a thousand scents!

I also had one called Sortilege Le Galion but which was the perfume and which was the make (I bet Vintage knows!) I know not.

And a lovely one called or by Azzuro. Very citrussy if I remember correctly.

I have just remembered one called Dinner by Bobo in a dropper bottle. Very strong and soemthing called Twirly and girly or something. I used to look at the perfume on Make up Alley and absolutely had to have these for some reason.

In order:
Fuzzy peach, white musk, Tribe (all very sweet and teenagey!)
Jean Paul Gaultier
Calvin Klein Eternity
D & G Light Blue
Armani She
Estee Lauder Modern Muse
Prada Infusion d'Iris

Here we go...

Childhood:
4711, Boots Sandalwood Cologne (plus my Mum's Aqua Manda)
Teens/early 20s:
Eau de Gres, Eau de Rochas, O de Lancome, Opium, Cabochard
Mid 20s-30s:
Coco Chanel, Choc (Cardin), Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca and Pamplune, DKNY, Nu (YSL), Ultima II Sheer Scent.
Mid 30s-40s:
Eau du Sud and Les Nuits d'Hadrien (Annick Goutal), Lyn Harris: Le Cologne and La Rose, Ninfeo Mio (L'Artisan Parfumeur), Ambre (L'Occitane)
Now: thanks to Vintage and pals on the Perfumistas thread, this list has exploded, as I discover the delights of samples and vintage bottles, so to pick a few favourites:
Sahara Noir (Tom Ford), Youth Dew, Femme (Rochas) Paloma Picasso, L'Heure Bleue, Empreinte (Courreges), plus loads from 4160 Tuesdays including Shazam!, Who Knew? Babylon Sunset, The Great Randello.

MrsCocoa, you just reminded me... I do love a good Sandalwood scent. There was a perfume called Sand & Sable I bought on holiday in America as a teen. I used to love that. Kiehl's makes a sandalwood roll-on one (it might be discontinued) that reminded me of it.

Raindrop I thing the Sand a& sable is by Coty. Never tried it but was lusting after it.

Mrs Cocoa - I remember Empreinte (Courreges) had forgotten to add Paloma Picasso and Youth Dew! Oh and 4711 - always a favourite when one gets sweaty or frazzled!

Deathraystare, you should get it. It's a lovely perfume. I might get some. It's really inexpensive too!