If you were only allowed to have ONE perfume for life which would it be and why?

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As title says really. I think mine would be Halfeti because it’s the only one I’ve ever had compliments on.

Chanel Chance EDT not the EDP.

Maison Margiela By the Fireplace, because I cannot get enough of the smell. I’m like a cat with catnip with it!
Also it’s one of the few perfumes that I can actually smell on myself after about half an hour or so.

Chanel: Coco Mademoiselle or if funds were tight, Aldi: No 3 Pomegranate

Well as Laura Mercier Verbena Infusion has been discontinued, it would have to be Chanel Chance Eau Tendre.

Lancôme Idole

Right now I'm wearing Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia and I love it but if I had to pick one I'd pick anais anais - brings back such lovely memories of my youth.

Estee Lauder Knowing. It's been my signature scent for 30 years and people always ask me what I am wearing. I wear it because I love the smell, but I also like that it is rather unusual (or just old?) and people compliment me on it and ask what it is.

Flower Bomb by Viktor and Rolfe. I’ve never found anything else that I liked more. It makes me happy.

Oh I can’t pick just one! I love a great fragrance. But I do return again and again to Portrait of a Lady from Frederick Malle.

Penhaligons Luna.

Sorry OP, I hate Halfeti.

Roger&Gallet fig flowers one .

Following with interest because my favourites are Dolce and G Light blue (too summery for everyday, all year). And Dior Addict (navy bottle). It’s gorgeous but quite sexy evening or corporate feeling

Dior Dolce Vita

Eternity. I've worn it for years and love it.

At one time it would have been Opium but it has been wrecked. Mitsouko now I think.

Chanel Coco Mademoiselle. It’s taken me a long time to settle on a favourite but this is all I will ever wear now. I love it.

Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver

Joy. The one by Jean Patou. Sadly it's not made any more but I have a large jar of body cream that I'm hoping will last until I no longer care what I or anyone else smells like. I reckon I can do it. Using it every other day works, and I am quite old. Ok, very old 😁

Eternity gets my vote too. Clean soapy fresh smell. Have worn it for 25 years.

I would have said the same until recently. I got a bottle for Christmas, having not had any for a while, and it just doesn't smell the same on me any more . I'm guessing it's a perimenopausal hormonal thing. My second favourite is Escape, so I'll have to see if that still suits me. I do have a bottle of l'Occitane Néroli & Orchidée atm, which is lovely.

Has anyone else found a perfume they used to love no longer smells the same on them?

Chanel Misia. Light enough for the day but complex enough for the evening.

Acqua di Parma, Blu Mediterraneo, Arancia di Capri. It's a lovely fresh, clean, invigorating scent that reminds me of Italy. It's suitable for every occasion. It is expensive but it lasts a good while before I need to spritz again. I buy the hand and body lotion too. My favourite used to be Dolce and Gabbana's Light Blue but Acqua di Parma is a cut above.

Yes, I used to love No 5, but after having my first child, I smelled like a hotel bathroom, fake and overly chemical. I was really sad, it smelled lovely on everyone else but not me. Hormones have a lot to answer for.

If it had to be one and one only, it would be Le Labo The Matcha 26. Just love.

Portrait of a lady, such a unique smell and gets lots of comments