How many bottles of perfume do you own? - Page 5

NoelSeven · ‎03-09-2010

I don't wear perfume as much as I used to. I have Cashmire and Lola, but I prefer good roll-ons. I have a couple in the Grace line, a Lola in that form and an Estée Lauder set. Much less intrusive that way.

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shoekitty · ‎03-10-2010

Beach

Bath

Almost Bare

Dot

Tova nights, and BMS

and a few bottles in reserve of discontined GRASS, by Marc Jacobs..love it

“sometimes you have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on”….Bob Dylan

Burnsite · ‎03-10-2010

Hi, cherry, I am neglecting my summer standby, L'Occitane Lemon Verbena cologne, for something I got for Christmas, "Holland Park," a very fresh scent.

This won't sound good, but I would describe it as powerfully clean and almost soapy...but in the sultry days of summer, it feels clean and fresh.

It's a perfume, so more assertive than the Lemon Verbena, but I'm enjoying it. The co. is British, Royal Apothic, tiny bottle with a young Queen Elizabeth II on the label. I think my niece found it at Anthropologie.

ETA: I wear it at home and when going out but never, never at work. Too many people are sensitive to scent.

Suzy CurlyQ · ‎02-28-2014

It does seem that alot of people feel aggrivated when someone has a scent on. I think that sometimes it is intolerance. And then sometimes I feel it is a true reaction. I wonder, if you were to use only the perfumes that have actual real deal oils from plants would people have such negative feelings as some on this board? I would much rather smell a fragrance than someones "smells" if you know what I mean. And for me there was a time that I didn't wear perfumes but lately I am a perfume-aholic. I don't know why. I have maybe 35-40 perfumes but a few are just the sets of little ones. Smells right now help to relieve my stress.

"Life finds a way." --- Ian Malcom

debic · ‎09-02-2010

@Suzy CurlyQ wrote:
It does seem that alot of people feel aggrivated when someone has a scent on. I think that sometimes it is intolerance. And then sometimes I feel it is a true reaction. I wonder, if you were to use only the perfumes that have actual real deal oils from plants would people have such negative feelings as some on this board? I would much rather smell a fragrance than someones "smells" if you know what I mean. And for me there was a time that I didn't wear perfumes but lately I am a perfume-aholic. I don't know why. I have maybe 35-40 perfumes but a few are just the sets of little ones. Smells right now help to relieve my stress.

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Well I'm not fond of people who think if a little smells good a lot is better. Drowning yourself in it is offending.

I don't wear any as my husband thinks it smells like Black Flag.

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*Off The Deep End~A very short trip for some!*

Suzy CurlyQ · ‎02-28-2014

True that if you put too much on it can be offending to anyone and even to those of us who love smells. My point was that maybe a perfume that has all the best ingredients and not synthetics would solve alot of the allegic reactions that folks are having. I personally cannot tolerate Tresor or any Lancome perfumes and so I avoid those. But I don't feel that people who do wear perfumes are trying to harm anyone, quite the contrary, they are actually trying to bring little happy thoughts and feelings out and spread that around rather than the angry feelings that some have. So maybe think of that when someone has doused themselves - they just want to spread the happiness more.

"Life finds a way." --- Ian Malcom

Bayside · ‎02-11-2015

I find that some perfumes are a little too intense so I buy eau de toilettes instead. I have several. Love body balms also and find that they linger just as well.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@Burnsite wrote:
Hi, cherry, I am neglecting my summer standby, L'Occitane Lemon Verbena cologne, for something I got for Christmas, "Holland Park," a very fresh scent.

This won't sound good, but I would describe it as powerfully clean and almost soapy...but in the sultry days of summer, it feels clean and fresh.

It's a perfume, so more assertive than the Lemon Verbena, but I'm enjoying it. The co. is British, Royal Apothic, tiny bottle with a young Queen Elizabeth II on the label. I think my niece found it at Anthropologie.

ETA: I wear it at home and when going out but never, never at work. Too many people are sensitive to scent.

I have L'Occitane Cherry Blossom, and I like it very much. Its a quiet scent. I also love Penhaligion' blue bell. It has the soapy clean notes, as well as a bit of spice to it. It was one of Princess Di's favorites ,as well as the Queen, and the Queen mother. I use it sparingly. I also have another Di fragrance 24 faubourg. I have a few guerlain scents and a few by Dior. I love to smell nice and so far I have never had any negative remarks thrown at me.

Burnsite · ‎03-10-2010

Are you a blonde or very fair skinned, cherry? Ladies I've known who have loved Diorissima were all fair, with blonde or red hair.

The Guerlain scent "Le Heure Bleu" I was told once at a store, is also considered a scent for blondes. Since I am a brunette and love that perfume, I was a little miffed that a clerk in a Paris store refused to sell me any. (An American clerk would not be apt to veto a purchase!)

When I said I wished to buy the Guerlain scent, he said, "But no, mademoiselle, you must never wear nothing but carnation." He sold me then the best scent I have ever had, which I never saw again and couldn't repurchase. (It went out of business.)

I saw once on a perfume site that it was considered a cult classic by many perfume nuts. The same nose had invented some very famous scents of the 70s and 80s.

Spicy scents do smell best on me, so the perfume salesman was quite right. I now realize he was also getting rid of the discontinued now-a-cult perfume.

To this day, my compromise is spicy citrus florals such as Holland Park.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@Burnsite wrote:
Are you a blonde or very fair skinned, cherry? Ladies I've known who have loved Diorissima were all fair, with blonde or red hair.

The Guerlain scent "Le Heure Bleu" I was told once at a store, is also considered a scent for blondes. Since I am a brunette and love that perfume, I was a little miffed that a clerk in a Paris store refused to sell me any. (An American clerk would not be apt to veto a purchase!)

When I said I wished to buy the Guerlain scent, he said, "But no, mademoiselle, you must never wear nothing but carnation." He sold me then the best scent I have ever had, which promptly went out of business two years later. I saw once on a perfume site that it was considered a cult classic by many perfume nuts. The same nose had invented some very famous scents of the 70s and 80s.

Spicy scents do smell best on me, so he was quite right. My compromise is spicy citrus florals such as Holland Park.

Yes I am. I can't believe what a snooty sales clerk you found. i think you might like Penhaligon Blue bell. It has a spicy sort of carnation smell. Margaret Thatcher loved it. I buy what I like not what someone tells me to like