Perfumes of your life

[mintich]

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

Impulse body spray
Charlie Red body spray ('posh', stolen from my older sister)
Body Shop Dewberry perfume
Anais Anais
CK One
Nina Ricci - something that smelled like tomatoes
Nothing during student / skint early working years
Nassomato Narcotic Venus
Diptyque Eau Capitale
Jo Malone - various
Chanel No. 5

Avon - various
White Musk Body Shop
Loulou
Obsession
Poison
L'eau d"Issy
Chanel number 5
Various dyptique perfumes
Flowers of Capri
Acqua Palma

Gran smelled of Pond's cold cream and Yardley lavender.
Mum uses Coco.
Aunt used Anais Anais and Jo Malone Lime, Basil and Mandarin.
A good friend used Aqua di Gio.
I loved all of these but my all time favourites were:
Rive Gauche
Samsara
Chanel No. 5
Cinema

Also forgot Tweed and impulse sprays!

@SheldonesqueTheBstard yes that’s it! Givenchy!

Poison. Still wear it now.

I must smell Ralph Lauren Romance again, as I'm sure a lot of friends wore that too.

Poison
Obsession
Lou Lou
Eden
Dune
Amirage
Jean Paul Gaultier
Venezia
Cristalle

Lulu
Gucci Envy (I LOVED this)
Chloe Love Story (wore on my wedding day)
Anais Anais
DKNY Be Delicious Blossom
Avon Far Away
Calvin Klein Eternity
Armani Black Diamond
Armani Remix (lilac one)
Coco Chanel
Philosophy Grace

It was ananya not dewberry and I’ve just gone back about 32 years. Amazing.

So! The original one as a teen
Lou Lou
Ralph by Ralph Lauren
Ghost Deep Night
Armani She
Chanel No.5
Next Cashmere

Also I had a perfume that I need help remembering. It was very pale pink perfume in a clear glass bottle. It was the early 2000s. I keep thinking Romance but that isn't it. Any ideas?

Great thread! For me, in rough order:

Body shop - some kind of purple/berry smell. My god I loved it. Can anyone recall a name? Circa 1994/95?

Nina Ricci les belles de Rocci

Tommy Girl

Ralph by Ralph Lauren

Davidoff Cool Water women

D&G Light Blue

Lacoste Pink

DKNY Apple

Chanel Chance

Chanel Coco

I'm stuck on these two Chanel's now. In my mid 30's.

I throw in some Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess and Clarins Eau de Jardin in summer, and a v expensive Le Labo Tonka through Christmas/winter.

Poison. Still wear it now.

I discovered Poison in 2012 at the Dior counter and have worn it ever since.
I think I was a babe in arms when it was popular so when I wear it my friends don't recognise it but everyone my mums age comment that they remember it.

One even said I stink of poison
Rude.

Le belle de ricci reminds me of being sixteen.

It was So de la Renta! The perfume wasn't pink, the box was.

I have worn Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass for 50 years!

Ones I toyed with occasionally:-

Clinique Aromatics Elixr
Anais Anais
Windsong
Quelques Fleurs

Always returned to Blue Grass though. 😁

I’m currently wearing white musk. From an original 90s bottle (the oil so it hasn’t deteriorated with age)

Mine are:

White musk
Anais anais
Fendi
Paloma Picasso
Sunflowers
Chanel chance
Nuxe prodigieux

I always fall back on the Paloma Picasso though

Body shop - some kind of purple/berry smell. My god I loved it. Can anyone recall a name? Circa 1994/95?

Probably dewberry?

Amazon (still wear)
Fidji
Choc de Cardin (still wear, vintages are cheap on ebay)
Eau Folle (Guy Laroche I think)
Fendi (still eeking out a bottle of this)
Shalimar
Beautiful
Ultra Violet
Extravagance d'Amarige
The Guerlain 'Double Vanille' one
L'Heure Bleue (still wear - although the newer bottles are a disappointment)
Chanel No 5 (started to love this in my 50s)
Ormonde Woman (although I've just bought a new bottle and its a shadow of its former self)
Bond No 9 Eau de New York

Body shop - some kind of purple/berry smell. My god I loved it. Can anyone recall a name? Circa 1994/95?
Ananya? I'm surprised this isn't on anyone's list, I remember it being so popular

I definitely had a bottle of anais anais but I can't remember the scents at all

Child:
4711
Mitsouko
Chloe

Teen:
Paloma Picasso (in retrospect, way too heavy)
Giorgio Beverly Hills
Knowing

20's:
CK Escape / Eternity /One
Allure
Gianfranco Ferre Gieffeffe
Angel
Tresor
Issey Miyake
John Paul Gaultier
Envy
Coco mademoiselle
Agent Provocateur
Gucci Rush

30's:
Caron Tabac Blond
Chanel No19
Chanel Bois Des Iles

40's:
Chanel 1932
Houbigant - Quelques Fleurs
Veronique Gabai

Anais anais (I’m so old that I was gifted a sample in a shop when it came out when I was a teen and I longed for a bottle
Rive gauche
Body shop white musk
Yardley Pure Silk
Eau Doree Puig
Fidgi by Guy Laroche
Byzance by Rochas
Cerrutti 1881
Pretty & True Love Elizabeth Arden
Sensuous noir and Modern Muse Estee Lauder
Dior Homme Cologne
Nuxe Le Matin de possibles ......

Ooh! Trying to think in order of using / age - the 80s definitely had some strong scents. Anyone remember Georgio Beverly Hills?! It absolutely stank - I’m sure I read somewhere that it was banned from certain LA restaurants. My ex SIL used to wear it and it would honestly give me a headache within 30 mins.

Eau de Metal - Paco Rabbane
Rive Gauche
Poison
Halston
Cacherel
Paloma Picasso
Madam Rochas
Tom Ford - Neroli Portofino

Aramis new west
i tracked down a bottle on ebay from cairo a few years ago...cost me £160...now worth about £300...!!

Love this thread, brings down the memory lane!

Body Shop -can't remember the name, but definitely used too much of it!
Tommy Girl
CK One
Jean Paul Gaultier (Classique? whatever it was when it first came out)
Kenzo Flowers
Ralph Lauren Romance (a fave for a long time)
Lancome Hypnose
Paco Rabanne Black XS
Vera Wang Lovestruck
Burberry Brit

This is what I can remember in a rough order. At the moment I'm not really using anything (I have one unopened, Burberry Touch) but I'm looking for a new perfume. I had a nice bodywash at a hotel few years back, like lime/ mandarin which I really liked. trying to decide if I like enough Acqua di parma