For clarification I do not want to smell
like Dame Maggie Smith (although I bet she smells lovely) or a scone.
I have a sometimes grim job in a grim part of the world interacting with sometimes grim people and I’d like to be able to put my nose down my top in private and smell something that makes everything a bit better.
No idea about perfumes. Perfume people scare me. Going to JL next week and would like to have a sniff of maximum 5 perfumes and buy one of them.
Do not want anything remotely sexy, rude, obnoxious, syrupy girlie flowers, loud antibacterial sunshine or clean sheets in the rain I just mowed my lawn in a long dress bullshit.
Anything that fits the bill?
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I’d like a perfume that makes me feel like Dame Maggie Smith is offering me a scone and telling me kindly that I’m doing a great job and everything’s going to be OK.
Stoechas · 10/02/2023 16:23
beachcitygirl · 10/02/2023 18:04
@LaTangerina
Nope. Me too.
I have a terrible relationship with my mother & to quote lorelie Gilmore at her finest, I can tell
When my mother is in a room because it stinks of guilt & Chanel no 5
UWhatNow · 10/02/2023 16:44
An oldy but my Estée Lauder Beautiful still gets compliments wherever I go.
Nocutenamesleft · 10/02/2023 18:22
My fave and I absolutely adore it is Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum. Oops.
Tirednest · 10/02/2023 16:46
Diptyque Orpheon. Smells like someone wearing a musky perfume is pouring you a gin and tonic in a smoky jazz club, then when they leave they leave behind the smell of warm, cozy, clean cashmere.
Tirednest · 10/02/2023 16:46
Diptyque Orpheon. Smells like someone wearing a musky perfume is pouring you a gin and tonic in a smoky jazz club, then when they leave they leave behind the smell of warm, cozy, clean cashmere.
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Neverplayleapfrogwithmrpipes · 10/02/2023 19:00
Try Shalimar. It exudes old school class.
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