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

[SecretSpAD]

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!

Lancôme la vie est belle. I got loads of compliments when I first wore it, must work with my body chemistry, so it’s now the only one I wear

Mine would be Noble Leather by YSL. It only got released in 2013 and was discontinued a few years ago. I still have a tiny smidgen left which I use on very special occasions. When I do my husband always says how much he misses the fragrance on me. It reminds him of the weekend he took me away to propose. I feel like the best version of me when I wear it.

Chanel 19, but really I am not sure I could choose just one…

Had Love cosmetics not gone under decades ago, I would have worn "Love's Musky Jasmine Flower" cologne forever. However, they are no more. My other, although second favorite, is one I can't afford easily, Estee Lauder's Cinnabar. I adore that.

Laura Ashley No 1 (original formula.) Obviously it's discontinued, so...
Eau de Givenchy
Gucci Bloom is good, too.

I don't really want a single perfume for life, because it's a surefire way of prompting them to discontinue it.

D&G The One.

I also loved Gucci EdP II - gutted that it was discontinued.

@AintPageantMaterial

Ysatis de Givenchy

I have worn it for 30 years. It makes me feel 20 again.

That's mine too! I've been wearing it since I was 16 and I'm now 51. Tried a few others but always come back to Ysatis and always have some on my dressing table.

For night Chanel no 5
For day Burren Perfumery “Man of Aran” - think CK one x100.
Does anyone remember Climat by Lancome (70s-80s) would give my right arm for a bottle of that!

Diptique Philosykos

On the subject of storing discontinued perfumes, does anyone know realistically if you store in the box, keep wrapped and unopened, cool place, how long do you think a perfume would keep before being opened and not smelling right?

I have a couple of bottles of my favourite which is discontinued and wonder if to buy some more - as it is still out there.

I have never worn anything except no5 since forever.

DKNY Woman

Mademoiselle coco or Prada Amber

@ClarasZoo

I would love to be able to get ysatis- would take me back to the 80s!

Yes you can still buy it and it still smells the same. I normally get mine from Boots but you can also get it online

www.allbeauty.com/gg/en/5947-givenchy-ysatis-eau-de-toilette-spray-100ml

Angel by Mugler. Its a scent I've been wearing for 20 years now. However, I'm convinced they've changed the smell. I've bought 3 bottles online over lockdown and they've all lost that musky glamorous smell and are a tad synthetic. Popped to John Lewis to smell the tester and that didn't match the original either.

Hugo Boss Intense

Chanel Chance. It’s not a typical daytime perfume but both the scent and associated memories make me happy.
Lots of good recommendations on this thread that I fancy trying though!

Eternity by Calvin Klein. I just love it.

@BlackSwan

Chanel no 19. Reminds me of kissing dirty men in basement bars in my youth!!

WTF? It's such a clean fragrance.

oh, it's just the association, rather than the actual smell. I adore the smell but I used to spray it on my leather jacket before I went out, so I associate the smell with being young and smokey basement bars.

Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille.

I really wish benefit would bring back Carmella, my favourite perfume from my early 20s!

@SlipperFeet Sol De Janeiro - Cheirosa is remarkably like Carmella. I've mentioned it several times on perfume threads here. I miss it too, but this is a great substitute. www.lookfantastic.com/brands/sol-de-janeiro/fragrance.list

Acqua Di Parma Fico di Amalfi

Muller Alien

Guerlain L'heure Bleu or Chanel No 5.

Armani Si, love it!