Wedding day perfume?

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Hi everyone! I am getting married in June and have been thinking about what perfume to wear. I’d like something light, sweet and vanilla-y I think, but I don’t want to smell like a cupcake. Has anybody come across anything like this? I’m not a big perfume person, the only one I own at the moment is Le Labo The Noir 29 which I love but is quite unisex and earthy, I think I’d like something a little more feminine for my wedding day.

What perfume did you wear on your wedding day? Did you buy a special one or just use one you already had?

I wore Fucking Fabulous by Tom Ford - it’s one of my my favourites. I’ve recently been wearing his Vanille Fatale scent. It’s vanilla but definitely not cupcake.

Try Jo Malone perfumes.

I wore my absolute favourite - Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Eau de Parfum (stunning beautiful classic timeless bottle too for wedding pics and a vintage colour Parfum)

Others that are simply classic, bridal, classic with hints of vanilla hues

Elie Saab Le Parfum Bridal Eau de Parfum

La Collection Privee Christian Dior - Vanilla

Chloe Atelier de Fleurs Vanilla Planifolia Eau de Parfum

Tom Ford Eau De Soleil Eau de Toilette Spray or Eau de Parfum (this another favourite .. beautiful golden bottle , smells like a St Tropez or Portofino holiday (honeymoon) so this could be fantastic to create a ‘memory scent’ of a wedding and a honeymoon beautiful scent/memory)

Estée Lauder Beautiful Belle Eau de Parfum

Does it have an aquatic smell?

I didn't wear anything. Perfume attracts wasps in the day and mozzies in the evening.

Chanel 19

I wore Oscar de la renta, it's quite light and floral. My husband to be bought it for me for the Christmas before our wedding. I still wear it now 32yrs later.

Emporio Armani She

I wore Sui Dreams by Anna Sui. Top note vanilla. It doubled as my ‘something blue’. Also coincidentally the bottle design has lotus flowers which were my bouquet flowers.

I wore Jo Malone Cardamom one. It's a gorgeous softly spicy scent that reminds me of balmy summer evenings. Really surprised, as I'm not a fan of anything else JM that I've smelled previously

I tried to avoid the cliche of JM, but trying perfumes now is such hard work unless you travel to a big city. And then it's tricky smelling loads of perfumes in one go because I go nose blind

I had a lovely Vera Wang one. It was perfectly wedding-y.

I couldn’t even tell you what perfume I wore on my wedding day, would just have been the one I wore around that time which would have been either Eternity or Escape!

Exactly the same here. They are still my staple favourites. I've got some L'Occitane Neroli and Orchid perfume at the moment which is gorgeous though. I think that would be lovely for a wedding day.

Thank you for all the replies everyone, it’s been lovely reading your wedding day memories and I now have a long list to take to selfridges next weekend and have a sniff!

I wore Beautiful because Estée Lauder’s marketing team told everyone in the nineties that was the wedding fragrance 😂

the smell still immediately transports me but your thread reminds me I haven’t smelt it for years so need to seek it out!

I wore Beautiful by Estee Lauder & had numerous people commenting on it. Lovely smell and it lasts all day.

That's a nice one.

Imo OP you want something that will stick around in future so a chanel (I went for mademoiselle). Don't go for a flanker or anything too trendy.

Romance by Ralph Lauren, I’d had it before and realised the day before I had none left and my friend went and bought it for me!

A friend had a consultation at Jo Malone and chose Scarlet Poppy perfume with Wild Bluebell body cream.

i wore coco mademoiselle on my wedding day.... i love it but it is expensive. i did debate wearing lacoste touch of pink as it was my favourite when we met and the first purfume DH bought me as a gift. but i dont wear it often now as my tastes have changed when it comes to fragrannces... i was 19 when i met him. was 30 when we married. my bridesmaids were passing it around as if it were a cheap dupe 😂😂😂

Jo Malone has no staying power on me at all.

The new Burberry one is gorgeous, vanilla y but not overlay sweet. Some vanilla ones give me a headache.

Try Lancôme idole nectar

No it doesn't.
It is unlike anything else I usually wear, and goes against everything I like.
But I love it, and have worn it for years.
Ultimate classic imo, that lasts forever.

Oooh I’ve been wanting to try this one!

I wear this one at the moment.

OP, I would also highly recommend Fragonard perfumes.

They do a variety of test sets:

https://www.fragonard.com/en-int/women-s-collection/miniatures-soleil-collection-p-1615.htm Grain de Soleil is floral and vanilla.

https://www.fragonard.com/en-int/women-s-collection/woman-set-p-2643.htm

is another set - will have a dig through the options now to see if there's something that sounds like it would smell how you want.

I wore YSL Paris, I wanted something that wasn't going to clash with the scent of my bouquet which was mainly roses.