If you could only wear one perfume for the rest of your life.....

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What would it be?

For me, Jo Malone's lime, basil and mandarin. I smell it and it immediately takes me back to hot summer holidays in the Caribbean.....

However. If I started this thread in the winter I'd say chanel coco

Which just demonstrates the impossibility of just choosing one perfume forever, doesn't it!

Only because it would be available again

Victor& Rolf - Rock & Rose
Calvin Klein Sheer Beauty Essence

If not any of the following
Lacoste touch of pink
Davidoff Cool Water
Versace Bright Crystal

Mugler Angel

I find it works well with my skin and lasts all day.

Chanel No. 5.

Calvin Klein Beauty

Chanel No 5

[quote Gatekeeper]@Puffalicious , I used to work with a woman many years ago that wore a perfume by Charles of The Ritz...it smelled like vomit to me[/quote]

Yes Calyx Prescritives . I didn't know you could still buy it . Beautiful. Molecule 01 is my fave but for summer Estee Lauders Bronze Goddess is just a holiday in a bottle .

Diesel fuel for life 100%

Guerlain Mitsouko. I've worn it for years and just love it

Romance by Ralph Lauren

One of my absolute favourites.

Clarins Eau Dynamisante

I wish I could smell this thread ☹️😂

Pacco Rabanne Olympea

I also love Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy for work perfume

Used to love JPG Classique X before they discontinued it

Carnal flower

Lush Lust until I had to boycott Lush. Louboutin Bikini Questa Serra (costs a bomb, smells divine).

If I really had to pick one it would be Baby Doll by Yves St Laurent, which I'm snapping up whenever I see it as it's getting harder to find. If not that, then maybe YSL Parisienne.

If I could go back in time to 2003 and buy a van load, then Summer Moon by Ghost. I was gutted when I finished mine and went to buy another to find out that it was a limited edition and Never To Be Seen Again.

Hermes 24 Faubourg. Utterly gorgeous.

This thread has also made me remember one I wouldn’t go for again. I loved Giorgio Beverly Hills as a very young teen in the 80’s - could not imagine me ever wearing it again now.

White Patchouli by Tom Ford

[quote YouHaveNoAuthorityHereJackie]@MrsCatE Jo Malone basil & neroli smells just like Neroli Portofino, I can’t distinguish them. Unfortunately both have equally crappy staying power on me, but the Jo Malone is cheaper.[/quote]
I disagree, they’re different! Neroli is so much softer, lbm makes me feel sick now, I used to love it. The perfume parlour dupe of neroli is identical if the TF is out of budget.

For winter it is always Dior J’adore L’or. Summer is Dior Escale a Portofino.
Then I got (over) sprayed by an assistant with Gris Dior. Oh my - my new scent. Will probably let this be the only purchase as it’s rather pricey. But hey, after the year and a bit we’ve had, why not?

I really couldn't limit myself to one perfume forever. I find that if I wear the same scent every day, then I stop noticing it on myself. It is so lovely to change my scent with the seasons, the occasion and my mood. Also my tastes change. A couple of years back Frederick Malle's En Passant was my favourite perfume. I like it now but rarely reach for it. A few years back I absolutely loved Liz Earle No 1 and Calyx Prescriptives, but no longer like them. I'm currently going through a big Miller Harris Forage collection phase and have just discovered Penhaligons. I wouldn't want to wear a gloriously fresh citrus holiday scent in the Winter or a cosy cold weather scent like Miller Harris' L'Air de Rien in the Summer. (I even have a favourite wet Spring/Summer day scent - Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca!). If you wear the same scent every day, you can't associate them with special memories.

Tom Ford's 'Fucking Fabulous'or 'Bitter Peach.' Or Killian's 'Back To Black'- either the real things or the perfume parlour dupe. I can't decide!!! I wear fucking fabulous most days, but bitter peach is amazing and back to black is just sex and lust in a bottle to my husband, so I can't give that one up!

When I was a teen, it was Davidoff cool water. I can't smell that now without remembering bars and puke and drama.

I've changed my mind about what I'd wear forever (I've been thinking about this!)

Oribe Côte d'Azur

Smells incredible but so hard to get hold of!!