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Perfumes of your life

163 replies

mintich · 30/08/2021 15:03

I'm on a mission to collect all the scents that remind me of my life. Some are what i wore, and some just remind me of friends or are just scents I used to smell all the time
I'd love to hear what other people's are!
So far I have on my list

Tommy Girl
CK One
Clinique Happy
Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet
Marc Jacobs Daisy
Dior Addict
Angel
Chanel Chance
DKNY woman
Gucci Rush
Dolce and Gabanna Light Blue
Agent Provocateur
Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy
Britney Spears Fantasy
Stella
Ghost Sweetheart
Lancome La Vie est Belle
Emporium Armani White Diamonds
Givenchy L'Interdit
Paco Rabanne Lady Million

OP posts:
grapewine · 30/08/2021 15:08

Burberry Brit (plus the summer edition)
Lacoste
Anais Anais (hello teen years)
Mum wore Vanderbilt when I grew up so that reminds me of her

YummieMummyof3 · 30/08/2021 15:14

Mystique
Exclamation
Body shop white musk
Avon far away
Clinique Happy
Ghost
Channel no 5
Lamcome la vie est belle
Jo Mallone wild bluebell
Liz Earle no 15
Channel Gabrielle

mrsnec · 30/08/2021 15:20

Cerrutti 1881, Versace baby rose Jeans, Poem, Dior Dolce Vita, Sephora orange and vanilla, Gucci Rush and Gucci Envy, the Diesel one that looks like a milk bottle and Alien. Need a new one now!

ReggaetonLente · 30/08/2021 15:27

Lots of mine are the same as yours OP!

Britney Spears Fantasy when I was in the last years of school, experimenting with drinking and smoking and boys.

Emporio Armani White Diamonds when I had my first job in the City and was living in a shared house, out every night.

Chanel Gabrielle on my wedding day.

Lovely thread!

SheldonesqueTheBstard · 30/08/2021 15:31

Impulse. Jeunesse.
Body Shop White Musk.
Body shop Dewberry.
Anais anais.

L’air du temps.
Andron by Jovan.
Poison.
Chanel no 5.
Ck1.
Chanel no 5.
Nina Ricci Nina.
Chanel no 5.
Liz Earle no 1 and the flowery one.
Chanel no 5.
Clean (anything)
Chanel no 5.

Spot my signature smell. 😉

SheldonesqueTheBstard · 30/08/2021 15:34

Oops. Hermes 24 Faubourg in between the Nina and the Liz.

Mouthfulofquiz · 30/08/2021 15:34

I would love a bottle of Vivienne Westwood Libertine as it reminds me of a very particular time in my life - but it’s discontinued!
And maybe some OM from gap (again, no longer exists!)
And some Ck one

mintich · 30/08/2021 15:39

How could I forget Body Shop White Musk! I wonder if it still smells the same.
Same for Exclamation!

OP posts:
Derrymum123 · 30/08/2021 15:43

Contradiction,

Happy,
Cerrutti 1881,
Lost Cherry,
Good Girl,
Bon bon,
Noa.

Yiayoula · 30/08/2021 15:57

Great thread !

Avon Pretty Peach
Avon Moonwind
Yardley Caprice
Lentheric Tweed ( not my finest hour ! )
YSL Rive Gauche
Estée Lauder Youth Dew
Estée Lauder White Linen
Cacherel Anais Anais
Lancôme Miracle
Viktor and Rolf Flowerbomb
Gucci Envy
Jo Malone Orange Blossom

Currently working my way through a set of Penhaligon samples in search of a new favourite.

Kitty2019 · 30/08/2021 16:04

YSL Paris
Ck Eternity
Angel
Ghost Darkest Night
Jil Sander
Serge Lutens Datura Noir
Jo Malone Amber
Alien
Hypnotic Poison
Velvet Orchid
Black Orchid
Laya
Tom Ford Noir de Noir
Tom Ford Fucking Fabulous
Creed Avensus
Tom Gord Lost Cherry
Ellie Saab Tonka Bean
Tom Ford Vanille Fatale

loopylindi · 30/08/2021 16:04

1881, Body Shop White Musk, Beyonce, but my fav at the mo is called My Story and I got it from Lidls. it's lovely and lasts well on me

isthismylifenow · 30/08/2021 16:05

Anais anais
Moon drops
Dune
Exclamation!

Men's range:
Faranheit
Safari
Brut Smile
Original Old Spice (reminds me of my Grandad)

freedompeaches · 30/08/2021 16:27

Oh I love this thread!

Cerruti 1881
Britney fantasy
Paco rabanne ultraviolet (😍)
Moschino cheap & chic
Dior addict
Hanae Mori butterfly - wedding perfume
Good girl gone bad - my signature scent, I think

DelphiniumBlue · 30/08/2021 16:32

Femme
Rive Gauche
Chanel 5
j'adore Dior
Bright Crystal
Charlie

Spodge · 30/08/2021 16:38

Rive Gauche
Opium
Samsara
Anais Anais
Poison (a friend wore that)
Gianni Versace
White Linen

Also, on the men:
Old Spice
Kouros
Aramis

Gatekeeper · 30/08/2021 16:47

Dating from 1975 to now

Hartnell in Love
Tramp
Revlon Moondrops
Cachet
Fidgi
O de Lancome
Rive gauche
J' Ai Ose
magie Norie
Ted by Ted Lapidus
Envol
Metalle
Paris
Karma
Palomo Picasso
5th avenue
Isabella Rossalini Manifesto
Amazone
Eau de Cartier
Lacoste Woman
Sisley Soir D'oreint
and back to O de Lancome...1981 to 2021
Mont Blanc presence d'une femme

ZednotZee · 30/08/2021 16:49

I just bought my friend a 100ml bottle of Cerruti for her birthday, she said it rinded her of Ibiza 1998 Smile

Franticbutterfly · 30/08/2021 17:28

So!
Sunfowers - Elizabeth Arden
Romance - Ralph Lauren
Deep Red - Hugo Boss
Stella - Stella Macartney
DKNY edt
Roberto Carvalli Eau de parfume - RC (Wedding - wish I'd chosen something else tbh)
Mon Guerlain - Guerlain
Blood oranges - Shay and Blue
Bronze Goddess - Estée Lauder
La Vie est Belle - Lancôme
Libre - YSL

I've had, and currently use, many others, but have only listed the ones that I've used a lot or at a significant time in my life.

Pallisers · 30/08/2021 17:38

Body Shop White Musk
Anais Anais (still wear this)
Rive Gauche
Estee Lauder Cinnabar stolen from my sister
Paris for my wedding
Pleasures by Estee Lauder
L'eau Dissay

Hoolihan · 30/08/2021 17:45

Rive Gauche (grandmother and mother wore this)
Body Shop White Musk
Eternity
Dune
CK One
Sun Delight by Jil Sander

And Lynx Africa still gives me a bit of a reminiscent thrill 😂

ActonSquirrel · 30/08/2021 17:48

Clinique Happy.
Lancome Hypnose.
Angel

grapewine · 30/08/2021 17:49

Makes me strangely nostalgic to see others mention Anais Anais Grin

Formaldeheidi · 30/08/2021 17:55

Impulse (the Spice Girls one anybody?! Although my favourite was o2)
Charlie but I hated the smell and only wore it because my friends did.
Body Shop White Musk - still love it
Body Shop Tobacco Flower
Body Shop Cherry Blossom (this makes me feel sick now actually)
Estée Lauder Beyond Paradise
Hugo pour homme aftershave
Penhaligons Victorian Posy

Right now I am scentless and looking…

Formaldeheidi · 30/08/2021 17:56

I’m still waiting (impatiently) to be old enough for Chanel no5