10 Fragrances for Life

[JMAngel1]

There's a popular Youtube video called the above and I thought it would be fun for us to list our all time favourite perfumes.
I was thinking about this as I was going through a memory and found an old diary from 10 years ago of my favourite perfumes and it hasn't changed much at all!
I also would love to read everyone's lists as with lockdown, I'm really missing smelling new fragrances in department stores - spring is usually a big launch time and I can easily lose an hour immersed in the fragrance halls! Instead I'll go down a Fragantica rabbit hole!!

So my !ist is as follows

1. NR for her EDT - my absolute favourite. all year round
2. D&G Light Blue Intense. S/S
3. Tom Ford Neroli Portafino. S/S
4. Chanel Chance. S/S
5. Stella McCartney Stella. Summer
6. Agent Provacateur Maitresse Spring
7. Floral Street Ylang Ylang Espresso A/W
8. Replica By the Fireplace A/W
9. Gucci Rush A/W

10. Nina Ricci Bella S/S

A fragrance I'm dying to smell as it featured in so many of the YT videos is Marly Delina - does anyone have this and if so, do you think I would like it based on my list?

Also perfume parlour do a dupe for the discontinued Jo Malone Verbenas of Provence, a lovely lemony fragrance.

I haven't bought perfume for years, so am definitely not In The Know. Can someone tell me, does roll on perfume oil last well? I would rather use that than spray, I think.

Ooh @avoiding I'd be interested in that. Any idea what it's called?

Yes it does, I think it lasts longer @penfolds5

Monotheme do some lovely citrus scents. M&S stock some but online too. I have Bergamotta. Around £25.

I only have 2 that I really love.
Burberry - Original/London
Charlie - Silver

Oh I love this

Hermes rhubarb
Hermes twilly
Hermes pomelo
Commes Des garçons no 2
Channel no 19
Trussardi Donna
I love a brand called ffern their new spring fragrance is amazing
Anything by Haekles

@LadyEloise
I'm not sure that PP do Eau d'Hadrien, no.
I got mine from eBay.de and my Goutal Eau du Sud. (Also a citrus, but a sharper lime note as well )

@IndieTara

I think if you just search ‘verbena’ it should come up. It has one those silly PP names like verbenezee of provenzee 😆

I’m a bit late to the party but I couldn’t resist joining in this thread...

1. Chanel - Coco Mademoiselle
2. Jimmy Choo - Jimmy Choo
3. Chanel - Chance
4. Hermes - Eau des Merveilles
5. Jean Paul Gaultier - La Belle
6. Calvin Klein - CK One
7. DKNY - Be Tempted eau so blush
8. Tiffany - Sheer
9. Boss - Ma Vie Pour Femme
10. Gucci - Bamboo

White musk - Body shop
Joop
Coco Chanel
Hypnotic Poison
Poison girl
Black opium
Jean paul Gaultier- classique
Givenchy organza
Lancôme la vie est Belle
And my all time favourite is Jean paul gaultier la Belle

@rainbowsandrage
Oh my goodnes Eau des Marveilles - I'm having a flashback. It's such a stunning fresg orange complex scent - the drydown is gorgeous. I'm adding it to my Lockdown ending smelling spree! Thanks for the reminder.

You are so welcome!

This thread is making me realise that even though I have absolute HGs that I could wear year after year, it's still important to define time by trying new scents - otherwise all the years could just roll into decades if I only wore NR in A/W and Neroli Portofino in S/S.

I battle with this vs having signature scents so that my DDs will always be reminded of me when I'm gone. sorry, that got a bit maudlin

@TheCanterburyWhales thanks for the Prada Infusion d'Iris recommendation. I read a few reviews and decided I would risk buying blind (something I would never normally do, but realistically I am not going to be in Selfridges or JL anytime soon). Arrived earlier today and I really like it.

My all time favourite is Calyx by Prescriptives. Was then made by Clinique, now sadly no longer made. Am truly heartbroken.

Laura Ashley - No 1 (original version)
Givenchy- Eau de Givenchy
Gucci - Bloom
Sisley - Eau de Sisley 1
Elizabeth Arden - Blue Grass
Issey Miyake - l'Eau d'Issey
Yves Rocher - Verveine
Yardley - Lily of the Valley
YSL - Paris
Creed - Fantasía de Fleurs

I'd also like to give honorable mentions to
Cabotine de Grès and Nina Ricci - L'Air du Temps, as I wore both of those a lot in my younger days. (I thought it was going to be difficult to find as many as ten...)

There's an orange blossom one I really like, but I don't remember its name.

I mostly like citrusy florals.

Gucci Flora Glorious Tuberose is good, too. And I'm surprised I haven’t any more rose-based ones.

OP I know what you mean, I flit between a signature scent and wearing different ones. My faves are Chanel Cristalle and 19, Stella L.I.L.Y now discontinued and Gucci Envy also discontinued but a dupe on Perfume Parlour is very good.

@ladykuga you san buy Calyx in the States still so not completely discontinued.

Just discovered Jenny Glow that do Jo Malone inspired scents at a fraction of the price. Ordered pear and freesia edp for £7 so fingers crossed.

Calyx is still sold on Amazon . It's one of my favourites too and I've worn it for years. There's nothing else like it .

@Greenpop21 The Jennyow Jo Malone dupes are excellent.

I don’t like many JM fragrances, but I do really like Wood Sage and Seasalt and the dupe of that is fantastic. Absolutely spot on.

Jenny Glow!

Thanks. I’ve bitten the bullet and ordered it. The perfume threads on here have been enlightening. It used to be what Boots had in store. I always find perfume counters a bit intimidating.