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?

Body shop white musk & dewberry- teenage years
CK Eternity- got married wearing
Harajuku lovers- Baby and love
Mm- Beach walk
Lush- American cream, Sakura, Karma & Big, every day scents.
Agent provocateur- agent provocateur
Charlotte Tilbury- Scent of a dream.

Butterbean- you'll have to trawl eBay I'm afraid. But it's so worth it. I wore Obsession from about 1987-1997 and then left it...I smelled it again about 10 years ago and thought "eh??" Then realised it had been reformulated. Got one from eBay and it was like time travel. The minute I opened it.

I agree with MissB's "clean" scents and would add anything with iris as a note, lovely and soapy. Prada Infusions Iris is wonderful (and the perfume parlour version of it lasts longer and is about a fiver!)

So many old skool fragrances I'd forgotten about! I thought this was just the fragrances you've worn for yrs and still wear otherwise could have definitely reached 10! I lived in Ck One and D&G light blue, plus Opium for nights out in the 90s.

I forget who is after a rose perfume but after searching high and low for the perfect rose, this is my fave, called Rrose: www.ellisbrooklyn.com/products/rrose-eau-de-parfum

Sorry Obsession, not Opium!!

It really is like time travel in a bottle for me too Whales - I rediscovered the original at my parents place on christmas!

Oh I like this list.

I have certain perfumes I like for different occassions.

1. Viktor Rolf Flowerbomb
2. Chanel no. 5
3. Issey Miyake
4. Chanel Coco Mademoiselle
5. Hugo Boss Woman
6. D&G Light Blue

Oooh I love this list! I'm going to have to go through and work out what else I'd like based on others lists!

I wear
Chanel No 19 (absolute number one favourite)
JM Wood Sage & Sea Salt (very verrrry close second)
JM Blackberry & Bay
Diptyque Philosykos

I remember smelling the white NR perfume a few years ago and taking a photo of it because I liked it and intended to buy it (never did!)

Perfume Parlour needs to reopen - I made the mistake of buying the roll on oils in various scents but didn't get on with them, so need to buy some smaller sprays!

A lot of my mine are discontinued!

Gucci Eau de Gucci
Estée Lauder/Tom Ford Youth Dew Amber Nude
Chanel No5
Chanel Cuir de Russie
Penhaligon Elizabethan Rose (original not recent one)
Le Labo Tonka 25
Body Shop Ananya
Givenchy Aqua Allegoria Rosa Magnifica
Cacharel Anais Anais
Penhaligon Halfetti

Sisley's Eau de Soir and Jean Patou's Joy. I get a lot of compliments, particularly with Eau de Soir.

That's all I've got. I used to wear more scents (1980's Eau de Givenchy, YSL Paris, Falph Lauren Polo), but when certain things were banned from perfumes, they were discontinued, or changed so drastically, I couldn't wear them anymore. The above 2, I've worn for over 30 years. They are favourites. Expensive, but for me, worth every penny.

Not many Guerlain perfumes here. Not many of the old ones even at the airports now.
Guerlain Mitsouko - very exotic, quite sweet. But not unpleasant for others. I think I'll get some.
Ye Gods, it's 240 quid at John Lewis. .........might explain it's limited outlets!

@MissBattleaxe Brilliant, thank you. Once the shops open I know what to try before they all start smelling the same!

Sorry, Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Rosa Magnifica!

I love perfume. I go round all the shops in January and snaffle all the gift sets with body lotion and shower gel and miniatures, I have about 20 on the go at once and another 20 under the bed waiting to be opened..... Yes, I have a problem, but I smell lovely....

Not many of my absolute favourites have been mentioned, apart from Mugler's Angel and Alien - but the newest one, Aura, is so gorgeous, in the funkiest green bottle.

Channel no5, absolutely classic - never in the sale..... Will save up my Boots points

Gucci - I love guilty, but would get daily compliments when I wore bamboo. I thought it had a slight washing up liquid undertone - but loved it anyway....

Yardley - just pure flowers and so British. Gift sets only £5 in the new year sale. My favourite is lilly of the Valley, lavender next.

Anna sui - sui dreams. Lovely for the spring. And jasper conran - woman. I am wearing it now, its like a sexy lemon merengue pie. Nightshade is also delicious, but I save that for autumn when it makes me feel like a cougar

I am really looking forward to opening my Good Girl as well, in its wicked bottle shaped like a shoe

And all you Jo malone officiaonados - oh, that3my dream. But in the meantime, I kid you not, the Aldi knockoffs are superb and you get a set of 5 miniatures for £15 at Christmas. The pomegranate one is so autumnal, like a bonfire....

By the way, I was wearing Britney spears Fantasy when I last saw my mum, she liked it so much she got some for herself. I read Britney made more money from perfume than music. It smells lush!!!

Chamade-Guerlain
Boudoir- Viv Westwood
Molecule O1
Twilly-Hermes
Byredo- Biblioteque
Byredo- Gypsy Water
Noir- Tom Ford
Chanel no 19

A mix of my favourites over the years:

YSL mon Paris
NINA RICCI les belles di Ricci
MARC JACOBS daisy
FEBERGE addiction
AVON far and away
VERA WANG princess
DIOR addict
BRITNEY SPEARS curious
CHARLIE red
Those have been my favourites but there are loads of others I have tried and loved.
But my number 1 favourite and the one I ask for every birthday Is CERRUTTI 1881

@rabbitwoman
Oh I'd forgotten about Anna sui dreams. I used to love that one too!

I love this thread! Whenever I go on a cruise I spend each night trying a different tester from the perfume shop and then buy my favourite one or two at the end (especially if we go to Gibraltar - tax free with an additional 12% off usually!).

My all time favourites are:

Vera Wang - the original
Jean Paul Gaultier - Classique
Chanel No. 5
Miss Dior Cherie
Viktor & Rolf - Bonbon
Ralf Lauren - Romance
Dolce & Gabbana - The Only One
Chloe - Nomade
Chanel - Allure
CKOne - takes me straight back to being 16!

Sorry, not sure what happened to my nice paragraphs and list there!

In no particular order:
Coco Mademoiselle
Givency Si
Opium - original one
Ester Lauder -youth dew

Givency - Red
Estee Lauder- beautiful
Rhianna- Nude
Paco Rabanne - Olympia
Chanel - Chance
Issey Miyake - Eau d'Issue - original from years ago.

Samsara by Geurlain - can't wear it any more reminds me of my late sister. Too emotional - winter

Myrrh & Tonka by Jo Malone

• winter

Serge Noir by Serge Luytens - winter

Grey Vetiver - Tom Ford - daily

Organza by Givenchy - wore it daily in my 20's

1. maison margiela replica by the fireplace (I'm obsessed with this it just smells so comforting)
2. Penhaligons Halfeti (my favourite!)
3. Penhaligons Vaara (love this so unusual)
4. Penhaligons Malabah
5. Penhaligons clandestine Clara
6. Penhaligons Lothair (I'm having a bit of a love affair with Penhaligons at the mo)
7. jo malone myrhh and tonka
8. jo malone pomegranate noir
9. Tom Ford black orchid
10. Laura mercier ambre vanille eau de toilette I could go on and on I'm obsessed with perfume. I love quite masculine smelling fragrances generally although there are a few exeptions

Gucci- Envy (all time favourite, much missed)
Gucci- Eau de Gucci
Gucci- Rush (when I first met the Mr)
Gucci- Bamboo
Gucci- Guilty
Body Shop- White Musk (early teens)
Lancome- Hypnose
Dior- Addict
Hugo Boss- Deep Red (uni)
Chanel no 5 (me Grandma wore it and it reminds me of her)

What a lovely thread... I've only ever worn four or five perfumes in my life really...body shop Dewberry, Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers, I'eau d'issey miyake (most of my adult life and now when I even try and wear anything else the kids don't like it) , Rose by Paul Smith and Marc Jacobs Rain which I absolutely love best but which doesn't last well on me at all.

I have had a look at 4160 Tuesday and I like the sound of Ealing Green. Will check it out when they reopen for sure.
Also JM white sage and sea salt. I tend to like things that smell clean and 'Green' if you see what I mean. Anyone have any recommendations?

Anthilda - Cerruti 1881 is a firm favourite of mine, wore it when I met my husband and I buy it every so often as a nostalgic reminder. Still love it.

Green:
Chanel 19
Chanel Cristalle (Yardley Jade is almost identical but obvs cheap as chips- I am in Cristalle this morning, and sure, I won't need a respray unlike Jade, but hey, Jade cost me £7.99!)
Liz Earle n1.
Jacomo Silences
Balmain Vent Vert
4160 Ealing Green
Fidji - old version if you can get it, but the cheapo new formulation isn't bad.
My Greens are still packed away in my summer box but those are my favourites off the top of my head.

Oh, and get Perfume Parlour's version of any Jo Malone. Lasts longer because not mainly water.

I have the Seasalt woody thingy and all the lime basil wotsits and they're great. Likewise Superdrug bloom range do a lime mandarin for about £4.