Ladies: Do you wear perfume, and if so, what kind?

[Flaxbee]

Just curious, mostly. Not wanting to get into a too-much-perfume-in-the-________________ (restaurant, airplane, elevator, etc.) kind of shout fest.

Just wondering. I have always liked Chanel No. 19, but haven't worn perfume in ages. I live in the south, now, and it seems humidity makes the perfume stronger, so I err on the side of nothing rather than too much scent.

Do you like citrus? Exotic/spicy? Floral? Woodsy?

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

1. I do, every once in awhile.

When I do, I wear Chloe'.

I actually stopped for quite awhile, when my mom was still alive. She had a bad lung condition, and couldn't be around any kind of perfume or cologne (not to mention smoke, fumes, odors, etc.).

I don't layer it on either; I hate that. I usually spray a little in the air and then walk through it, so there's only a hint of scent on me.

[Angel]

2. Only Obsession

It is all I've worn for almost 5 years now.

[Lil Missy]

3. I have several. I find a spritz on the shirt is not as strong, and lasts longer.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. You don't put it on pulse points?

Putting it on fabric is going to be hard on that fabric, but you don't get the nice sensation of having the scent fade. I like that, when I get a faint whiff of my own perfume - which I use very sparingly.

[Flaxbee]

7. yeah, I agree

It's nice to have it fade during the day ... and perfume is made to interact with body heat, etc., not fabric. So if it's put just on fabric, the full benefit of the scent is lost.

When I worked in NYC and rode the crowded subway every morning, I'd have sprayed Chanel No. 19 on my cleavage, and then I could just lower my head and inhale perfume rather than stinky subway odors on the way into work. Much nicer than the stale, urine-y odor of so many of the NYC subway cars. Not to mention the other riders' onion bagels, wildly stinky breakfast, leftover beer binge, etc., odors.

[Lil Missy]

8. Now that depends. If I have a lover and I'm going to make love, then I do put it on my pulse points.

But that is not my situation right now.

[Kool Kitty]

4. I wear Chloe, Shalimar, and

Emeraude. (But not all at the same time. I try not to be a little stinkpot.)

[blogslut]

9. I just love Emeraude

That is my favorite of all scents.

These days, I make my own perfume but I'll take a bottle of Emeraude as a gift - happily.

[Kool Kitty]

10. And it is getting harder and harder to find.

The only place that stocks it all the time is "The Vermont Country Store". I usually wind up getting it at the local CVS-they have had it in stock around the holidays.

[blogslut]

13. I know

The only place around here that carries it is frigging Wally World. They say the formula has changed from the original and that's sad. I guess my sniffer isn't very refined because it still smells the same to me - powdery and warm.

[zanne]

29. Isn't Emeraude an old "Avon" perfume?

I remember wearing "Tabu" and "Honeysuckle". (I still love Honeysuckle, but they don't make it anymore).

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

30. Coty. Along with L'Origon and L'Aiment - can get at Vermont Country Store

My mother-in-law wore L'Origon for years and years and years and I increasingly had a hard time finding it, but Vermont Country store stocked it. It smelled clovey to me. One of the first times I met her, we hugged and I said "you're baking a ham!" only she wasn't. :blush:

L'Aiment is awful - it smells like the inside of a rubber dolls head. I only know because one time they sent that by accident and I tried it. Blecch!

Emeraude smells almost identical to Shalimar to many people.

[zanne]

33. I remember Emeraude. Very nice. nt

[blogslut]

41. Emeraude was created in 1921 by Coty

Tabu was created in 1932 by Dana.

Honeysuckle was created by Avon in 1963.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Chanel No. 5

I don't feel properly dressed without it.

Tiffany for Men, too. It smells great on me. Men always end up sniffing me when I wear it. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but, hey, it happens.

[1]

14. marry me? i love chanel no. 5...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. I just might,

simply because you have - without question - the best name EVER on DU.

It's a great scent, isn't it? You have excellent taste...................

[1]

20. some say sights, some say sounds... for me, scents have always triggered my deep seated memories...

when i was but a sprout, the most beautiful woman i would ever encounter, one of my mom's friends, wore chanel no. 5. i was just a boy but she was the most incredible, wonderful, sexy woman ever. my ideal. then and now. i don't remember her name, i somewhat remember her looks, but every time i get that scent in my head my synapses explode, align and alight... and i react on like a dna level.

i don't know quite how to explain it... but it immediately gets my attention and interest. i tingle...

ha! i shouldn't be saying all of this!

blerg...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

42. Proust

He got a whiff of some cookies and was lost in reverie of things past.

They say hearing is the last sense to go, which may or may not be true, but I know for me, too, scent is the most powerful. Maybe because it's sometimes so elusive.

I am not at all surprised that Chanel No. 5 brings that woman back to you. It's such a distinctive, yet subtle, experience. I wore all sorts of perfumes until I hit a certain point in my life, and then it was only Chanel No. 5. It was as if I had finally earned it.

Every time I put it on, it's special all over again.

Thanks for the lovely little confession. I'll tell no one ..................

[emilyg]

11. Sometimes.

Shalimar. Beautiful.

[elleng]

12. Wore perfume every day, since high school (I think.)

Switched from day to day.

When working, wore something every day, and discovered I'm a light, airy floral, so have been with Nina Ricci, and went with her new ones as they came along. (Gave up l'air du temps ages ago.)

Retired now, hoping to establish a 'life,' so only use perfume when seeing my kids (who comment, Mom, that smells like YOU!) Premier Jour/Nina Ricci is it at the moment.

Wrists, always.

[mcctatas]

15. I have been wearing the exact same perfume every day since

high school (with occasional flirtations with Lauren and Colors by Benneton)

[EFerrari]

19. I switched to AnaisAnais about ten years ago. Love it.

[VenusRising]

17. After years of trying many different perfumes I have finally settled on one.

I absolutely LOVE Mackie for Women. I also get a lot of compliments on it, too. I wear it sparingly anymore, because it's difficult to find. My last bottle was a birthday gift from my husband, and he had to order off the internet.



Introduced by the design house of Bob Mackie in 1991, MACKIE by Bob Mackie for women is a flowery fragrance sprinkled with fruity notes. This sweet and sexy feminine scent possesses a blend of pineapple, raspberry and peach, accompanied by rose, jasmine, musk and sandalwood.

[Withywindle]

18. I wear a lot of blended-essential-oil type scents

from this company:

http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/


I can spend hours on the site just reading all the descriptions. It's like a goth J. Peterman catalog.

I like woodsy, incensy, light/dark scents best, with a hint of musk. My favorites currently are Dee, Ulalume, Black Forest, Sophia, and, er, Arkham and R'lyeh. (Yes, they have a whole line inspired by Lovecraft.)

I have to go for the more "dry" scents, because some of the florals tend to turn to baby powder on me, which is a smell I just can't stand.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

21. Patchouli all the way

Y'know, people scoff at me as being flower child-y and stuck in the '60s, but I never go out without being accosted by girls asking why I smell so good and men waggling their eyebrows suggestively. I suspect it's just the ultimate sex smell. :)

[REP]

22. What day?

Must de Cartier
Delices de Cartier
Brasier du Dragon
Angel
Insolence
Coco Mademoiselle
Vivara
The au Blanc
Fendi Palazzo
Nuits de Hadrien
...and others

[travelingtypist]

23. Red.

Earthy I guess it's called. Been wearing it for 15 years maybe.

[GalleryGod]

24. On Behalf of My Not-So-Secret-Anymore DU Honey:

That would be:

DOLCE & GABANNA'S "THE ONE"
:bounce: drives G.G. CRAZY!:bounce:

[Eurobabe]

49. So, GG are you cheating on me? I was "crushing" you

in November. :cry:

Remember Zakes? Thanksgiving? I am distraught.

[GalleryGod]

51. Eurobabe! Eurobabe, Mi Amore ! Ti Amo!

A thousand pardons, Mi Senora bellisima!

[Eurobabe]

53. Carlo, you're killing me.

:rofl:

[GalleryGod]

56. Anna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mi amore! Do you have the grapes, Anna?

:toast:

[Eurobabe]

57. No but I have the olives and the vino.

:spray:

[GalleryGod]

58. Salami? Shall I bring some and Really Sharp Provolone!

:bounce: :party: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Eurobabe]

59. Only if it is Italian Salami

from the Reading Terminal Market. I can't smuggle meat into the country.

[GalleryGod]

60. Mi' Amore,Anna! I'm leaving NOW!

CIAO,BELLA!

[Inspired]

25. Falling in Love, Amazing Grace and Baby Grace.

All by Philosophy. They are wonderful scents.

[malta blue]

26. I love perfume, and I am one of the pulse pointers...

I have a variety, but Chanel cristal is a fave, as well as a citrus scent made by la prairie. I aslo wear essential oils, like rose, once in a while. Heck, I've rubbed a vanilla bean on the insides of my wrist before.

Yeah, I love perfume!!!!!!!

[Callalily]

27. Rarely! n/t

[zanne]

28. Never in the spring/summer.

It attracts bugs; especially bees.

[Dinger]

31. YSL: Opium

I'm addicted.:)

[Bunny]

37. Me too. I love the body cream, I think it smells better than the perfume.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

32. One of life's small tragedies is when a beloved perfume disappears forever.

I just loved Orange Blossom by Henri Bendel and then it disappeared, never to found again, even on the intertubes.

My sister-in-law loved the original "Victoria" at Victoria's Secret and it also appears to be gone forever.

Vermont Country Store stocks a lot of older perfumes that were once very popular. It's fun to read the descriptions.

[hedgehog]

44. Try this site to see if they stock your old favorite:

http://www.irmashorell.net


Bakir, Chantilly, Chanel #5, Tabu: I buy tiny bottles and change from day to day.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

46. They didn't, but very interesting site - thanks! nt.

[lizziegrace]

34. Cashmere by Donna Karan

I seem to keep coming back to this fragrance. It's too intense for every day, so I also wear some Bath & Body Works body mists.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. Pheromone by Marilyn Miglin.

It's kind of obscure and hard to find, but it's a nice subtle scent.

[Captain Hilts]

36. No. nt

[MissMillie]

38. not every day

but if I put it on for a work day, I wear Charlie.

For more special events I wear either Dulce y Gabana or Christian Dior's Dune

[graywarrior]

39. No

I hates it.

[CBR]

40. Hugo for Women...

[DeepBlueC]

43. I wear several..Ma Griffe, Alfred Sung, Sean John

Ma Griffe, Alfred Sung I have worn for some time, Jessica McClintock I have but have not used for a while. My new favorite is Unforgivable Woman by Sean John. The name seemed rather a stupid choice but I later learned that he had started out with a man's scent Unforgivable (still questionable) but it is an intoxicating (to me) and complex scent and it comes in a very beautiful classic bottle. My mother sent me a sampler and I rolled my eyes when I saw it but I tried it and loved it. I actually wear it at home just to perk myself up. Clearly it boosts dopamine levels in me.

[PeaceNikki]

45. Me and AlCzervik are scent sisters.

We both wear Prescriptives Calyx cuz it and we rule.

[tigereye]

47. citrus verbena scent from L'Occitane

it's the only scent I like.

[Flaxbee]

50. I love L'Occitane's

products!

LOVE THEM!

[tigereye]

71. beautiful, earth friendly and natural - with lovely scents...

[azmouse]

48. I love perfume. If you want a light scent for the warm weather try

Pure White Linen or Pleasures Exotic by Estee Lauder
or
Eternity Moment by Calvin Klein

I have about 15 different perfumes ranging from spicy, vanilla scents in the winter to light florals for the summer. It's rare that I don't put on at least a light squirt of perfume each day.

[Eurobabe]

52. D&G "The ONE" Oriental Floral

Second fav: Ralph by RL
Third fav: DKNY Red (apple)

Men's?

Strictly PRIVATE by Baldessarini, sorry peeps you can't get this in the USA.

[GalleryGod]

54. Unless someone Really,Really,Really, Special Smuggles it into the Country

for you!
:yourock: :rofl: :yourock: :yourock:

[Eurobabe]

55. Best fragrance sites known to womankind....

www.ozmos.com
www.basenotes.com

[La Lioness Priyanka]

61. i either wear angel or michael kors but only if i am going out..

i dont wear any to work cos lots of my coworkers have allergies

[Tikki]

62. TABU...the perfume is hard to find....

so I most often wear the TABU cologne....


Tikki

[bicentennial_baby]

63. Victoria's Secret Dream Angels - Heavenly

Or as Sniffa calls it, "Stripper Juice" :rofl:

[Avalux]

64. Light Blue (Dolce and Gabanna)

I love this stuff:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml;jsessionid=KELIKNWNKLVY2CV0KQRRPIQ?id=P12420&categoryId=C17900

[Justyce]

65. Me too, I love it - it's so clean. nt

[Lyric]

66. Nope. I use scented lotions and bath gels, though.

Two of them--B&BW "Japanese Cherry Blossom" if I'm going out, and B&BW "Wild Honeysuckle" for everyday. I also have some "Enchanted Orchid," but I only have the gel left, so I haven't used it in a while.

[applegrove]

67. I love Anais Anais but never had a chance to buy it. I was convinced by someone

wise that wearing perfume is cruel to those who are allergic to perfumes. Since my job usually deals with dealing with the public the odds that I come across somebody with such sensitivity is really high. So I don't wear perfume. I've always wanted a bottle of anais anais and I may buy one. But just for me to smell.

[Missy Vixen]

68. Lavender or Petite Cherie

Lavender. Mmm. I wear this in the daytime, mostly in the fall and winter. (I'm allergic to bee stings; it's good to not attract them.)

Petite Cherie smells like vanilla, peach, musk rose and freshly cut grass.

I used to work for a woman that once told me the only appropriate places to wear perfume was the backs of the knees and the crooks of the elbows. It's perfect -- you smell nice without being overpowering.

[ceile]

69. I am a perfume whore

I hardly where the same one from day to day. Currently, I wear:
360 Black
360 Blue
Addidas Move
Lucky You
Miss Boucheron
Fracas (only on very special occassions)
Bill Blass

[Mugu]

70. My ladyfriend knows that if she uses anything scented

call, don't come over. If she has been in a Pier-1 or Bed, Bathe, and Beyond take a shower before coming over.

[Eyerish]

72. COCO by Chanel...

I always get complimented on it too, must work the best with my body chemistry. I used to wear Mademoiselle in my early 20's, but now it's strictly COCO. Can't wear it during the week though, too many co-workers with allergies I guess.