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Which perfume always gets you a compliment?

190 replies

OutComeTheWolves · 10/07/2018 18:33

I love perfume & seem to spend a lot of my disposable income on it. Either cheapies from next & Zara or more expensive brands 2nd hand on eBay. Yet no one ever comments on how nice I smell. I like to think this is because I tend to use quite fresh/citrusy scents which aren't too strong rather than people just don't like how I smell.

So just out of curiosity, do you have a perfume that people always notice or comment positively on?

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MrToadHasSwallowedHisNoustache · 10/07/2018 21:57

I always get complimented when I wear Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline, it's my favourite and get a waft of it throughout the day too

SophSoph92 · 10/07/2018 22:00

Georgio Armani Si ❤️

ProperLavs · 10/07/2018 22:01

Many al rehab perfume oil, cheap as chips. Choco musk in particular gets me loads of compliments whenever I wear it. Countless people have asked me to write the name down for them.

Agapi · 10/07/2018 22:12

Interesting question! I buy lots of different ones throughout the year...mostly nice branded ones. My husband has only ever commented on Chloe and Si by Giorgio Armani. Funnily enough no one ever mentions the perfume....I honestly do not smell it on me after first whiff.

MissVanjie · 10/07/2018 22:19

Hawaiian tropics folden paradise body spray

Primark rose oud stuff

Anything guerlain proper gets ppl going (i have insolence atm and always get ‘mmm you smell like parma violets’)

ElfrideSwancourt · 10/07/2018 22:22

I've had loads of compliments for my (perfume parlour dupe) Pomegranate Noir- I smile and say thank you and never admit it's a knockoff Grin

LegArmpits · 10/07/2018 22:39

Twilight from Lush
Fahrenheit Grin

Eve · 10/07/2018 22:44

I have worn the same perfume for 20 years, amariage givinchy.

It’s the only one I ever get comments on despite trying others.

Any recommendations perfume experts for something to change/update to.

IwankaTramp · 11/07/2018 00:01

Arpege or Caleche.

Fuckthisforfun · 11/07/2018 00:06

I like pretty heady perfumes the ones I get most comments on
Guerlain - My Insolence
4160 Tuesdays-what I did on my holidays
Shay & blue-blood orange.
Jo malone - myrrh and Tonka

I change my perfume regularly, probs my a different one every day so people don't go noseblind to me.

LivingtheLifeofBoris · 11/07/2018 00:18

I own and buy a lot of perfumes and aftershaves but don't recall the last time anyone complimented any of them. So disappointing for someone so scent-obsessed!

DSister usually says that I smell like "me" when I'm wearing Terre d'Hermès and DH likes CB I Hate Perfume Burning Leaves but that's as good as it gets.

verite · 11/07/2018 00:27

Issey Miyake. I tend to wear it during the day as it is so light. I wear others during the evening but hardly ever get compliments on them. Maybe I should just wear issey all the time!

verite · 11/07/2018 00:27

In fact someone complimented me on it today!

Carrotshelpuseeinthedark · 11/07/2018 00:29

properlavs Angel is one of those fragrances that smell fantastic or awful. On my best friend it smells fantastic on me awful. I like paco rabanne olympea. The one I get comments on is sweetheat by ghost but some find it too sweet on them. OP trying using a matching body lotion and layer the fragrance and also using a perfume version instead if the eau de toilette.

Carrotshelpuseeinthedark · 11/07/2018 00:35

yogagirl do you know that Lidl glamour is a copy of coco mademoiselle? I have used it and althou doesn't last as long is pretty close to the originalSmile

VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 11/07/2018 00:45

following with interest!

FortyFacedFuckers · 11/07/2018 00:56

Black opuim here too, got so many compliments that 3 of the people in my office now wear it too!

Menarefrommarsitwouldseem · 11/07/2018 01:10

Chanel No 5, chanel chance and coco. All chanel really. mademoiselle also.

Thierry Mugler Womanity (discontinued sob)

ProperLavs · 11/07/2018 06:51

That's interesting re Angel- to me it smells like sweat and urine.

If someone is wearing it near me I have to walk away BUT maybe I am only noticing those who can't wear it!

Timeandtune · 11/07/2018 07:00

Strangers come up to me in the street when I am wearing La Vie Est Belle by Lancôme.

julesmumoftwins · 11/07/2018 07:03

Mine are: Clinique Aromatics (I’ve had so many men ask me what it is and where they can get it from), O de Lancôme (have been told I smell delicious like a spa!), La Perla (women often ask what it is), Daisy Marc Jacobs and Coco Mademoiselle.

littletike · 11/07/2018 07:14

Angel here too - I think it's one of those fragrances you either love or hate as it's so distinctive like marmite 😁

Also Coco Chanel, Coco mademoiselle

MessyBun247 · 11/07/2018 07:45

I can’t stand Angel but adore Alien. The woman at the Boots perfume counter said customers only seem to love one or the other, never both. The new Aura one is more like Alien and I love it.

GoodFortuneAttendThee · 11/07/2018 08:37

Love Mugler Aura, but feel very self conscious wearing it.

Argeles · 11/07/2018 08:42

Chanel Allure. I think it’s the most heavenly fragrance, and I’m always complimented on it.

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