What is your perfume?

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beth6395

Cathlete
I absolutely love perfume I do not leave my house without it here is what is in my cupboard.

Very Sexy - Victorias Secret
So In Love - Victorias Secret
Happy Heart - Clinique

I just purchased this weekend - Sheseido- energizing Fragrance and Hypnotic Poison-Christian Dior

Hinting for Vera Wang for my birthday

beth6395
 
I can't stand most perfumes and hate it when I have to sit next to someone at a performance who has soaked herself in something. I really get physically ill. I think that new one by Sarah Jessica Parker--LOVELY--is especially loathesome. I put some on my wrist to see if I liked it, and the smell drove me crazy for the rest of the day.

Sorry for the rant, but that being said, I do like some fragrances: Amazing Grace, Maui Rain, and Chanel #5. Everything else just seems to make me nauseous after I wear it for a short time.
 
Most perfume smells really really bad on my skin. If the perfume has any musky scents in it, or too much floral, it is amplified on my skin and smells horrible. Therefore, I stick with clean smells. My favorites are Baby by Bobbi Brown and Clean (I don't know who makes this, but I get it at Sephora). Clean is my favorite though. It makes you smell like you just got out of the shower.
 
I am bothered by perfumes so I wear them rarely. When I do, it's Happy by Clinique.

Sparrow

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow - what a ride!’ — Peter Sage
 
I use scented lotions instead of perfumes. I love Fresh Milk & Philosophy's Amazing Grace. In the summer I use Body Drench--I've been using it for about 20 years & never get tired of the powdery, coconutty scent.
 
>I can't stand most perfumes and hate it when I have to sit
>next to someone at a performance who has soaked herself in
>something.

I agree!

I rarely use scent, but when I do, I have some essential-oil-based scents that I like, usually vanilla (like "Bourbon Vanilla" from Beauty Without Cruelty) or "Peace" perfume oil (roll on) from Flower Solutions. I picked up some "Frankincense and myrrh" roll-on from Eau de Zum (in jojoba oil and vitamin E base), and discovered that it's very hard not to roll on too much. I have to just touch the roll to one writs (not even roll it) and spread that little bit to the other wrist and pulse points on my neck. Even then, it's stronger than I thought, so I'm getting rid of it!

I used to love an essential oil based scent called "Shalimar" (there's a perfume by the same name, but this is something different). A very light scent, and I've been told (in intimate situations) how good it smells to the opposite sex as well.

My take on scent is that no one but you should smell it, unless they are really, really close! They shouldn't be able to smell it from 10 feel away...or know that you passed through a room 10 minutes earlier by the scent trail you left.
 
>I can't stand most perfumes and hate it when I have to sit
>next to someone at a performance who has soaked herself in
>something. I really get physically ill. I think that new one
>by Sarah Jessica Parker--LOVELY--is especially loathesome. I
>put some on my wrist to see if I liked it, and the smell drove
>me crazy for the rest of the day.
>
>Sorry for the rant, but that being said, I do like some
>fragrances: Amazing Grace, Maui Rain, and Chanel #5.
>Everything else just seems to make me nauseous after I wear it
>for a short time.


I agree! When I was younger I used to wear Chloe and Oscar de la Renta but I can't stand it anymore. The smell of perfume gives me a headache. I'm like you in that I can't stand to sit in proximity to anyone wearing it. Last week DH and I took the folks to a fancy French restaurant and just after the appetizers a couple was seated next to us and the smell of her perfume made us nauseous. It was all we could do to get through the rest of our meal. Her perfume literally overpowered the smell of our very good, VERY expensive meal and ruined our evening. The restaurant was packed so moving to another table was not an option.

I always wonder why women use so much perfume? Is it that they just can't smell it on themselves?

I avoid the perfume ladies in department stores like the plague--LOL!

Michele
 
I have allergies to scents also. Major headache issues. I found Lancome's Aromacalm to be wonderful and then they discontinued it x(
 
Anna Sui (which I discovered on the Cathe road trip last year, so it gives me happy memories too :) ) and Eau de Soir by Sisley.

Lorrie
 
I'm not much of a perfume person. I go more for scented lotions. In fact, my new fave is Grins and Giggle Oatmeal lotion - yep it's for babies but that's my life now:)
 
I like perfumes but only the muskier varieties. I actually prefer to wear men's cologne - I bought my SO Escada last year and I wear it more than he does. lol Right now I am going back and forth between Escada (for women) and Calvin Klein Truth.

My PERSONAL pet peeve in the perfume arena are the scents that smell like Kotex. Like, what is up with that????? Am I the only person who notices this?? You can apparently buy it in both a male and female version because several people in my office use this stuff and when they are within 20 feet of my office (not even in my site line) I start thinking I am in the feminine hygiene aisle at the grocery store! Ick!

Marie
 
>I agree! When I was younger I used to wear Chloe and Oscar de
>la Renta but I can't stand it anymore. The smell of perfume
>gives me a headache.

LOL...most perfumes gives me a headache too. I still like Oscar and Lancome's Tresor ...neither of which ever give me a headache. I have a ton of perfumes, but those are the only two I can wear without having to take a shower within a hour after putting them on;)

Robin
 
None for me, thank you. I prefer the scent of basis soap and water. Most scents also give me a headache!
 
"I'm not much of a perfume person. I go more for scented lotions. In fact, my new fave is Grins and Giggle Oatmeal lotion - yep it's for babies but that's my life now "

The Oatmeal is my favorite too! However, I just bathe my babes in the bath gel and smell their heads all night!

For me:
1st choice is Very Irresistable by Givenchy
2nd choice is Oui by Lancome

I do not try new scents out too often because I get sick from the smell. If I were to set out to perfume shop more often, I am sure I would fall in love with many you ladies have mentioned.
 
Hi Laura -

Where do you get this Body Drench stuff? Sounds like something I would like.

Thanks,
Diane
 
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