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What is your fav perfume and which one have you received the most compliments?

273 replies

Archangelb26 · 11/04/2026 14:47

I have used Alien by Thierry Mugler and get a lot of compliments when I use that perfume. I am currently wearing Kenzo and just received one compliment.

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Amiacoolorwarmcolour · 15/04/2026 06:13

Girlking · 13/04/2026 17:54

Gucci by Gucci was my absolute favourite perfume but sadly discontinued 😔
I wear Gucci Bloom parfum now and get a lot of compliments when I wear it

I loved Gucci back in the day. It’s a shame they stopped making it.

Amiacoolorwarmcolour · 15/04/2026 06:16

I bought a cheap perfume from Lidl after my friend swore by it. I think it resembled Channel.
I wore it for work and got more compliments than I ever have from wearing expensive perfumes.
I don’t usually shop in Lidl but might have to go and try and find it again.

MintSnail · 15/04/2026 09:16

Lo Labo, 13. I got it as a sample in an M&S xmas beauty calendar and have just started using it, everyone is commenting on it. I looked it up and it's £300 for a normal sized bottle!!

We should all be buying Zara fragrance to support Jo Malone!

Karistyleaftea · 15/04/2026 19:28

@Amiacoolorwarmcolour Suddenly Madame Glamour is the one you want, I believe!

IndieRocknRoll · 15/04/2026 19:59

Archangelb26 · 11/04/2026 14:47

I have used Alien by Thierry Mugler and get a lot of compliments when I use that perfume. I am currently wearing Kenzo and just received one compliment.

Same re alien and also ditto Angel.
They are both quite strong and distinctive but quite divisive. You’ll get a million people popping up on here to tell you how it gives them a migraine, makes them feel sick etc etc 🤣

Openthecurtainsforgsake · 15/04/2026 20:21

Been wearing Sisley’s Eau du Soir for about 20 years. Can’t smell it at all now. But I remember the way I felt the first time I smelled it. Sometimes I feel like a change ..

goingtotown · 15/04/2026 21:00

MyNamedoesntWork · 12/04/2026 15:44

L’eau d’Issey by Issey Myake

Love this

Amiacoolorwarmcolour · 16/04/2026 06:36

Karistyleaftea thank you.

mcmuffin22 · 16/04/2026 10:52

MintSnail · 15/04/2026 09:16

Lo Labo, 13. I got it as a sample in an M&S xmas beauty calendar and have just started using it, everyone is commenting on it. I looked it up and it's £300 for a normal sized bottle!!

We should all be buying Zara fragrance to support Jo Malone!

Eden perfume does a lovely vegan dupe of this and much cheaper. It is probably the only perfume I get compliments on😄

Mary46 · 16/04/2026 12:32

I wear Coach floral love zara ones too. But finding scents not long lasting now

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 16/04/2026 15:07

Karistyleaftea · 15/04/2026 19:28

@Amiacoolorwarmcolour Suddenly Madame Glamour is the one you want, I believe!

Not their latest - Wind Breaker? Grin Seriously, who thought that was a good call?

Karistyleaftea · 16/04/2026 15:35

Wind chaser - not marketing's finest !

fragrancefriend · 16/04/2026 17:56

I adore perfumes, my favourite is Le Labo Another 13 but I only wear it at weekends because it’s so expensive. I wear Le Labo The Noir in Autumn & winter mild days. I wear Van Cleef & Arpels-Oud Blanc on really cold winter days. I wear Jo Malone-Wood Sage & Sea Salt on hot Summer Days & Chloe Nomade is my work perfume. I would say Wood Sage & Sea Salt is my most complimented.

ImGoneUnderground · 18/04/2026 00:06

Nanda66 · 11/04/2026 18:47

Chanel no 5 - men always comment on it.
Black Sugar by Korres - an impulse buy in Greece, a gorgeous summer scent.

I still love Chanel 5, also Elizabeth Arden Red Door, always get compliments, plus the older Guerlain Mitsuko & Shalimar.
Personal choices, thanks goodness we are all different!! No right or wrong!

Florrieboo · 18/04/2026 07:13

I am wearing Phlur Cherry Stem today and have had so many compliments from my friends and my DH. It is notorious for not lasting long but it is going strong 7 hours after I applied it.

HardyFox · 22/04/2026 16:46

Very late to the party but just wanted to say that Prescriptives were taken over by Clinique and Calyx is still on sale, same perfume but now called Clinique Calyx.
My personal current favourites are Vanilla Powder and the original Miss Dior and Diorama, mostly complimented on Diorama.

notarunner · 22/04/2026 18:46

Angels Share is my favourite. I've never been complimented on it but DH accidentally doused himself in it one morning before work as he was half asleep and he said he got complimented by 3 different women on how amazing he smelled 😂

The perfume I've been complemented on most is a cheapy - Al Rehab Choco Musk (and more recently, the Marshmallow version). A woman stopped in me in Sainsbury's just the other day to ask what I was wearing.

Ohjoyohbliss · 23/04/2026 21:42

NoMoreUsernamesAnymore · 12/04/2026 18:08

Dean Street by Ouai.

Do you like it?

NoMoreUsernamesAnymore · 23/04/2026 22:40

Ohjoyohbliss · 23/04/2026 21:42

Do you like it?

I love it. It's light but has depth to it. Really unique. I wear it most days and I've had many compliments. I use all the Dean St products; shampoo, conditioner, body wash and the perfume. If they did Dean St in a deodorant, i'd use that too.

KatharinaRosalie · 24/04/2026 06:32

I have to add another one, if you like very sweet gourmand milky perfumes like Bianco Latte. Lataffa Eclaire smells similar but better (Bianco Latte had an odd burnt note I can't stand) for a fraction of the price and longeivity is something else. I sprayed it in the bathroom and could still smell it there 3 days later.

XelaM · 24/04/2026 06:33

Delina (Perfums de Marly)

DeftGoldHedgehog · 24/04/2026 06:55

I've gone back to CK One recently and I like CK Be as well. Also have a tiny bottle of Chloë.

Used to wear Chloë Narcisse and the pink Eau de Dali back in the day and those were the two people commented on.

heartsinvisiblefury · Today 16:47

SoInLuv · 14/04/2026 23:49

Givenchy- "L'Interdit" the original one ♥️ lots of compliments and I can smell it from miles on other people too!

Same - I love this perfume!

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