Perfume Lovers

[DazedEmma]

Can anyone suggest a really nice perfume? Or a few? I have been wearing Princess by Vera Wang for the last 12 months and really want a new fragrance?

P.s - I can still wear perfume, right? I'm such a clueless first timer haha

do you know what, i went to debenhams today and checked a few of these recommendations out and they're lovely!! Spoilt for choice! I've got some testers, I quite liked Lovely by SJP too...

thanks girls x

oh testers Nice!

Sparkletastic, I'm using Marc Jacobs Basil, and it's divine. It comes in a big bottle, with a separate smaller one and a funnel to decant and a screw-on spray top. Great fun!

It's a lovely light smell, but not terribly long lasting.

I adore 'Ghost'- the original one

shame there is not scratch & sniff on MN - this would be gorgeous

I tried lovely by SJP but after about 10 mins it smelt like the kind of soap my granmother used to smell of!

"lovely" and SJP is an oxymoron to me

My x gave me that lovely and it was disgusting. Not just, 'not to my taste' but it was actually really horrible. It smelt like chemicals. I sniffed a different one in Boots because I couldn't believe it was supposed to be that awful. It was also vile.

Really baffling how she came up with that and thought, hmm!!

I want to suggest my perfume, but I can't, 'cos it's mine!

doesn't anyone else feel all possessive about their perfume?

I wear the same one as my mum and it's quite unusual. I once nearly stalked followed someone in the street because they were wearing 'our' perfume.

It must be something posh like Patou or a guerlain one......

ooh, you're right, greenelizabeth!

are you a perfume expert?

Am no perfume expert but I love my Chanel Allure.

Where do you go to try the more exotic perfumes? Boots, john lewis etc stock some, but where do you go to find a more off the beaten track one? I am a perfume novice too!!

Big city department stores, bunting.

I am a country bumpkin I know

ILB - L'Artisan Perfumer, Diptyque, Space Nk all good.

I loved Aveda Chakras - till they discontinued them

I like Prescriptives Calyx

Eau Dynamisante by Clarins

Escentric Molecule is quite radical but I like it.

so am I these days, bunting, I live off my memories!

harpo - it wasnt that range that had scents like "grass" and "dirt" was it??? Frasers in Edinburgh used to sell it IIRC

no, it wasn't, peedoff

and you won't get me to tell... Greenelizabeth was on the right lines though

i like Chanel Chance in summer.

Demeter - that's the range I was thinking of. Just googled.

I wear Coco by Chanel and love it. Always makes me feel elegant. Strange how scent can affect mood, isn't it?

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Oh GreenElizabeth - I miss Eau de Givenchy as well - bought up some old stock from E-bay when it was discontinued but all gone now therefore taking notes from this thread

Marc Jacobs cucumber splash is lovely btw(bought it for my sister)

Oh thanks MrsMuddle (if you ever read this!)- v useful info on Marc Jacobs. I think I will treat myself to the Basil Splash as soon as budget allows . Feared it wouldn't be that long-lasting though - that's one of the things that makes Jo Malone stuff worth it IMO. I have Daisy by Marc Jacobs too - lovely but needs top up in afternoon. My Jo Malones currently in use are Blue Agave and Cacao and Pomegranate Noire but I always have a bottle of Armani She / Lui / Her wotsit on the go too as it strangely reminds me of Body Shop White Musk but more grown-up. Azuree Soleil (Tom Ford for Estee Lauder) is my holiday scent - lushy coconut / suntan lotion / tropical flowers type vibe....