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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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Doximama2 · 12/04/2026 19:39

i love Luna by Penhaligons, get lots of compliments about it!

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 12/04/2026 19:45

Friction by FCUK.

Fatandknowit · 12/04/2026 19:49

I can tell you which one I love but have only ever had comments like "Someone's been cleaning!" or worse - a relative saying I smell like their hotel cleaning products...

fuming considering the cost of it! To be fair, these comments are usually followed up by "No, it's nice. Fresh!" But I don't want to smell like a hotel lift or have that be the first thought that people get from me 🙈

Tom Ford Eau de Soleil Blanc.

LydiaFunnyGums · 12/04/2026 19:56

Pallisers · 11/04/2026 18:17

Back in the day I'd get compliments on YSL Rive Gauche and Estee Lauder Pleasures - but I don't like them anymore. I think they've changed the formula.

I do get compliments on jo malone English pear and freesia which is what I wear everyday.

I used to love Rive Gauche back in the 1990s. Bought a bottle 2 or 3 years ago and OMFG it stank. WTF did they do to it? Why are perfume makers hell bent on reformulating beautiful fragrances and completely ruining them?

cubistqueen · 12/04/2026 19:56

Mumbai Noise by Byredo is my absolute favourite and is “my” scent. I do get compliments on that as it is amazing. I also love samsara, shalimar, coco, commodity book and underneath the stars and jazz club by Maison margiela Replica.
I love the smell of their Beach Walk too but it lasts about 20 seconds on me.
my ex husband grew up in Mumbai and most of the compliments I get when I’m wearing it is from my mother in law 😂

yikesss · 12/04/2026 20:00

Lost cherry but its a dupe cause im a povvo. Still get compliments 😂 i pair with super drug cherry almond body wash i think it was about 80p last time I stocked up!

2026IsMyYear · 12/04/2026 20:01

CalicoCaterina · 12/04/2026 19:08

Dipytique Eau Capitale is my favourite perfume, not sure about the number of compliments I get on it, one or two a week I guess, it is all I wear. I use the hair mist when I'm going to work and have a little solid one. I save the eau de parfum for when I am not at work as I'd hate to be the person with the overly strong perfume.

I adore this too & also use the hair mist as perfume for day & the proper peefume for night. It regularly gets compliments too!

Hogglehedge · 12/04/2026 20:03

Society of alchemists Amythest and Amber
Armarni code
Dolce and gabana light blue

Redragtoabull · 12/04/2026 20:04

I have lots of mid range perfume, Coco M, Chance etc but someone always compliments me when I wear Chloe, the original. Love that scent

PenelopeAsks · 12/04/2026 20:06

Do Son by Diptyque.

Sueandthegoldfish · 12/04/2026 20:07

Traditional Chanel No 5 for me, although I always have Amarige (Givenchy) and Paris (YSL) on the dressing table too..
My current daily wear is either Fragonard Figuier Fleur, which is now discontinued, or Roger et Gallet’s Fleur de Figuier… both very similar 🙄

Ladygardenerinderby · 12/04/2026 20:23

Anything by Tom Ford especially black orchid but I love a good strong sultry fragrance but they are not everyone’s cuppa . La vie est belle for something daytime

OchreReader · 12/04/2026 20:29

Chanel Allure always gets compliments when I wear it.

Teabag37 · 12/04/2026 20:32

Jo's Rhubarb (x zara) discontinued but was Fabulous !

TubeScreamer · 12/04/2026 20:40

Chanel no 5

JaneyDC · 12/04/2026 20:42

Redragtoabull · 12/04/2026 20:04

I have lots of mid range perfume, Coco M, Chance etc but someone always compliments me when I wear Chloe, the original. Love that scent

We have the same taste in perfumes! Someone walked past me yesterday wearing Chloe, I nearly chased after her to tell her she smelled lovely!

minnowonthesay · 12/04/2026 20:45

PrincessHoneysuckle · 11/04/2026 19:11

Delina by Parfums de Marly
Portrait of a Lady by Fredrick Malle
Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel

All of these plus Guidance by Amouage

PhoebeBuffay1234 · 12/04/2026 20:54

MyEasterBonnet · 12/04/2026 19:01

Does anyone use any of those dupe brands? My algorithm has been shouting them all at me since I’ve been posting on here about perfume.

My SIL has ‘The Essence Vault’ Creed Love in White dupe. She also has the original and says the dupe is amazing. I’m extremely sensitive to perfumes and even I can wear it, so much so, I’ve ordered some for myself.

Advocodo · 12/04/2026 20:57

White Tea by Elizabeth Arden. Loved it for years. Get many compliments when I wear it.

Rumplestiltz · 12/04/2026 21:00

Insolence by guerlain for compliments but my fave is shalimar or the old samsara. There was a talcum musky rose by miller and Harris maybe a decade ago which was sublime, but I think it was a limited edition for m and s. I bought a miller and Harris taster/tester set which included lumierre doree and others hoping to find something similar but none of them did much for me.
intrigued by the Zara london that has cropped up here.

TedLassosMoustache · 12/04/2026 21:08

I got a sample of Cedar Chic by Carolina Herrera, and it is stunning. Advertised as the fragrance equivalent of a crisp white shirt. But there’s a great dupe by Bujairami and I honestly can’t tell them apart, so I wear that all the time now!

mcmuffin22 · 12/04/2026 21:08

YouOKHun · 11/04/2026 18:10

The one I’m always asked about is Molecule 01. Some people can’t smell it at all but I’ve been stopped in the street and asked what it is (with a compliment, not “what on earth is that smell?!”).

I notice this too. A few people I know can smell it instantly. Others not at all. They all describe it differently. I really like wearing it.

tinyladybird · 12/04/2026 21:13

My most complimented is Lidls suddenly glamour (or something like that - Chanel Mademoiselle dupe)

Aside from that, Chanel Coco Noir

DiscoBelle · 12/04/2026 21:15

SliceofTosst · 11/04/2026 16:57

CK Escape.

Been wearing for years and get compliments all the time.

Same here!
I wear lots of different scents, and this is the only one that whenever I wear it, someone will stop me and ask what I’m wearing because it smells so lovely and fresh.
Never get that when I’m wearing Chanel 🤣

HotSoupBowl · 12/04/2026 21:15

Miss Dior Essence is just gorgeous.

used to love alien but I can’t bear it now. I don’t know what happened!

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