Favorite perfume

I'm sensitive to a lot of perfume so I wear essential oils sometimes. Spearmint, Wintergreen, Peppermint, and Pinetree are my favorites.

Lavender essential oil for me lately ._.

I'm revisiting my list

Okay so I currently own

Madmoiselle by Chanel
Le Perfume by Ellie Saab
Nicole by Nicole Miller

But since I am the dual of LSE's who love a good smelling person I look around for things that I like and may consider getting in the future
Those are

Daisy Fresh Blush by Marc Jacobs
And
Black Opium by YSL

Ugh turns out I smell the perfume and then in 15 minutes get nauseous and shower it off

this!

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I haven't been into perfume much, but the one time I got any it was this: https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...horia-253.html

Between it lasting all day if you spray just a little bit, and my hiatuses in wearing perfume at all (hearing various reasons not to, using scented lotion, etc.) it lasted quite a while. I even looked up to make sure I wasn't wearing some sort of goofy high schooler perfume and nope. Getting it was a great story since it was one of 3 perfumes at the mall that wasn't for old people and the other two were in a ladybug and a daisy bottle and smelled like different kinds of citrus, and then there's Euphoria by Calvin Klein™, and I was just like "That's more like what I'm looking for..." I ended up getting a lot of compliments on it so at least I can be glad I can wear the more "mature" and "sexy" perfumes easy. But I feel like if I got a new one I'd probably get a different one (I liked this one a lot but I want to try more, but still no fruity dish soap fragrances :shifty:).

Love how over-the-top the reviews on this site are:

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Originally Posted by Callisa'sBlueSky

Whenever I am in the mood for a darker fragrance I reach for Euphoria. I think the name is kind if ironic because to me Euphoria is a deep, dark and somewhat melancholic scent. But that is not to say that I don't love it, I truly do. It has a special place in my wardrobe for dark, damp days when I just want to wallow in the darker aspects of life. It is a bitter sweet symphony. It opens with very dark red berries, which lends this perfume the strange element of alternating between juicy sweet and immensely bitter. On my skin I do not get any of the lotus, only orchid. Not white or pink orchids, but I imagine them to be a bouquet of dark red and dark purple orchids. Then the mahogany makes it's appearance which is just a very beautiful. The entire scent feels somewhat gothic. I get the seductive aspect, but it is a different kind of seduction. It is the bitter pleasures of a forbidden seduction. I can imagine a beautiful gothic looking vampire lady pulling this scent off. I get deep reds and dark purples from Euphoria, a sweet yet bitter forlorn melancholy. This is a beautiful scent to wear during cold rainy days when you don't feel like a bright cheery perfume to contradict the weather. If you want a dark scent to suit your dreary day then reach for this. Perhaps there is some often overlooked euphoria in the darker, hidden aspects of life.

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Originally Posted by mimissecat

This has not been reformulated. It smells exactly like the rollerball I have from like... 10 years ago. So I really don't get what people are talking about. If it's been reformulated, it's definitely not the smell, might be the quality of it that's changed.

It's sexy and dominating, and it fits a woman with a masculine side perfectly. Or a very bossy woman. I like Forbidden Euphoria more, but this is also good. A big like from me.

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Originally Posted by aquarius_moon

If you’re considering buying Euphoria, don’t merely test it but wear it for a couple of hours before you decide. I, for one, was nearly misled by the opening, which seemed to promise such a gorgeous oriental that I thought, “Where has this retro beauty been all my life!” In less than fifteen minutes, I was thinking, “Hmm, maybe too retro after all, and common, and my actual 80s scents are far superior.” Soon after that, I was slouching my shoulders, hoping no one could smell me. Rather than retro, Euphoria became to me cheap and suffocating, and that way it stayed till the end, changing neither in character nor in volume. It didn’t so much progress as shed the mask.

For my own curiosity and so as to be informative rather than rude, I wish I could find the culprit among the notes, but I’m stumped. We all know that listed notes bear merely a poetic relationship with scents, but in this case, I can’t even begin to reconcile them. If I had to make my own list, I’d probably come up with something like ‘rose, carnation, patchouli,' and the rest of it I’d ascribe to imaginary notes I’d call 'molasses' and ‘Venus trap’ or other carnivorous plant. (Who knows if the copywriters thought along the same lines when they came up with ‘orchid.’)

Since I can’t discern what this perfume smells like, I’m lost in a flurry of unflattering clichés it brings to mind. My first impulse is to call it ‘the quintessential old lady scent.’ My second impulse is to call it ‘a perfume a streetwalker would refuse to wear on the grounds of it being too vulgar.’ To reconcile somewhat puzzling ideas of cheapness, vulgarity, and old ladies, I even came up with a story or two. In one, a young woman palms off an unwanted gift on a benign great aunt, and the unsuspecting old lady wears it out of sentimentality. In another, the old lady is a tragic former showgirl falling to dementia, this one to the tune of Lola, the character from the old Barry Manilow song.

If these descriptions reek subtly of sexism, it’s where Euphoria takes my mind. Far from being ‘too masculine’ or ‘power woman’ as some reviewers perceive it, to my nose it's grotesquely ‘feminine’ in the way a misogynist 19th century thinker might mean it. It's like a portrait of femininity seen as a sticky mess of neurotic emotions, carnal desires, and some base seductive cunning, with added strokes of decay, melancholy, and schmaltz. I don’t like this portrait, and I don’t like Euphoria. ‘Masculinity’ (in the most abstract sense, as opposite polarity) may be precisely what it lacks—some yang to cut through all the yin, balance the composition, and make it less one-dimensional in its attempt to woo the senses.

It goes without saying that these are just my (idiosyncratic?) impressions, and I hasten to add that I’m not on the hate-Calvin-Klein wagon. I like a number of the older releases and Beauty among the newer ones. The best I can say for Euphoria is that it doesn't smell 'chemical' or cause headaches.

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My favorite perfume is "Dunhil Desire" in red alcoholic its fragrance is very awesome I never use any other scent only use this

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Tom Ford's Black Orchid in the cooler months.

Gucci Pour Homme II and YSL's L'homme are my super-safe, summerish defaults. I struggle with warm weather scents since I prefer spicy, balsamic, and resinous notes.

In a perfect world, my summer fallback would be Aventus. I like the way it smells but oh do I hate the way it sells.

Teint De Neige by Lorenzo Villoresi
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...eige-5079.html
(the ultimate powder smell, wear it with leather and harsh eyeliner to confuse the enemy)

L'Amandiere by James Heeley
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...ere-13542.html
(green and white floral with some creamy almond, it captures the essence of spring well)

Death and Decay by Lush
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...cay-26630.html
(a funeral on a rainy day, as you're looking at the white flowers on the casket)

Aristocrat For Her by Ajmal
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...Her-50024.html
(playful, elegant, enchanting and feminine)

Blue Amber by Montale
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...mber-3759.html
(the sweet start is only there to play with you, before the scent sucks you in with a dark twist, it changes beautifully as time goes by)

1740 Marquis de Sade by Histoires de Parfums
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...Sade-8590.html
(I love the idea behind the fragrance house - creating scents based on historical figures and locations - Marquis de Sade is alarmingly sweet, comforting and warm, mixed with a lot of leather, immortelle and patchouli)

Biblioteca de Babel by Fueguia 1833
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...bel-16419.html
(this perfume is part of the collection dedicated to Jorge Luis Borges - the sweet smell of fragile brown pages one finds in a library book, wooden shelves, dusty tobacco and warm spices)

Womanity by Mugler
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...nity-8766.html
(a bizarre and controversial scent that punches you in the face, paired with strong longevity, and a sillage that will be smelled even 5 hours after you leaving the place in question - a very feminine mixture of savory (caviar) and sweet (fig) notes, that will hopefully disturb the peace in a completely harmless way)

It's not a perfume, but it should be, texas mountain laurel

For myself/guys: Polo Blue Sport, Ralph Lauren

Women: Coco Mademoiselle, Chanel

"Tsar Van Cleef & Arpels for men is a Woody Aromatic fragrance that was launched in 1989. Tsar Van Cleef & Arpels for men top notes are artemisia, coriander, lavender, green notes, neroli and bergamot; middle notes are carnation, juniper berries, tarragon, orris root, jasmine, caraway, lily-of-the-valley and rose; base notes are leather, sandalwood, tonka bean, amber, patchouli, musk, coconut, oakmoss and cedar."


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Death and decay but not the perfume

Juicy Couture Noir
Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue
Gilette men's deodorant
Carolina Herrera 212 Sexy

Donna Born in Roma Valentino
Flowerbomb Viktor&Rolf
Chloé (the rose one)
Good Girl Carolina Herrera
Mon Paris Intensément YSL
Amber Prada
Candy Prada

I really love the scent of Acqua di Santa Maria Novella Profumo. Never bought it but smelled a sample and it was heaven.

I bought Red Vanilla from Zara and it smells like La Vie est Belle. Amazing!!

currently I sport ocean surf speed stick. Sometimes i smell like my lavender peppermint hair conditioner or my basil shampoo bar. I didn't chooose either, but they're nice. I also smell like cocoa butter lotion cause i have dry fucking skin.

I used to wear Elige "Top notes are Lily, Peony, Freesia and Cyclamen; middle notes are Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Tuberose, Marigold and Mandarin Orange; base notes are Sandalwood, White Pepper, Patchouli, Mahogany and Orris Root."

That was pleasant. But it's not worth it to me now to buy cologne. Gotta keep the lights on and buy my textbooks. I'm glad about this thread. I forgot how much I enjoyed that perfume. You couldn't smell the patchouli.

YSL Black Opium
Tocca Cleopatra
Prada Candy
Right now I’m wearing Philosophy Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere. Idk if I like it.

This is not my personal favorite but everyone else likes it:

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Jazz Club
Mont Blanc Legend Spirit
Eau Fraiche
Ombre Nomade

I love Lavendar, make my own skin butters, etc. always scented with organic lavendar essential oil.

I love musk though, a lovely any sex (man or woman) musk scent is heady and very sexy.

As for perfume, I have a very old Obsession, which I love, but it's too much to deal with the aroma usually.

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What does Obsession perfume smell like?


Addictive and long lasting, Obsession sets a sexy, provocative mood with a unique blend of heady, spicy, woody and floral notes on a sweet, seductive base of oriental vanilla and amber.

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This is my most favorite: Oscar by Oscar De La Renta though I don't have any right now.

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What does Oscar de la Renta perfume smell like?

Description. Oscar is the first perfume by Oscar de la Renta and is a classic, floral, slightly sharp perfume of aromatic notes of lavender, rosemary and carnation, with sweet, powdery, and musky base notes.

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My main perfume is Coco Chanel mademoiselle. Husband loves it, too. I also really love the smell of Vera Wang Princess, and so does he. I like floral, but husband thinks it smells like old lady. I’ve worn Kate spade bloom and coach poppy because when I get excited for spring, I want spring like scents. Mademoiselle doesn’t jive with helping lore feel spring like, ok? :p

i love going to the perfume section and trying them all out, but eventually I run out of space. So I use my kids as testers. Lmao.

anyway. I liked one last time I went to Ulta and now I can’t remember what it was.

but I read some about victor Rolfs flower bomb and I really want to try it. I just can’t find it in a store anywhere around here to test it. I thought about buying a small purse spray of it online :shrug:

I also really like jasmine, rose, and lavender scents. I spray lavender body spray on myself and hair before bed every night because it’s suppose to be relaxing and help people fall to sleep. I guess it’s one of my ‘nightly rituals’.

I also really liked Lancôme’s La Vie Es Belle in stores. But it’s just so HEAVY. I think it might be more like a fall/winter scent. Or evening. But it seems more fall/winter scent to me. Idk. It’s just a lot. I didn’t like it nearly as much after I bought it and started wearing it , which is weird because I was totally addicted when I smelled it in the store.

I. Current favourites:

Heeley - L'Amandiere's fresh, green florals and creamy almond for the spring
Heeley - Cardinal for feeling like a (sanctimonious) saint, wrapped in soft linen, possibly exorcised by the fumes of myrrh
Houbigant - Quelques Fleurs l'Original for feeling like a vintage porcelain doll that might be possessed
Demeter Fragrance Library - Funeral Home for feeling like a vintage porcelain doll that's most definitely possessed, and has been buried for 15 years (this one can be tricky to use, I've been trying to layer it with white florals)
Alkemia Perfumes - Evil Temptress (carnation with dark spices and leather)


II. A few perfumes I can't wait to put my hands on:

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab - The Chapel Perfume Oil (black incense, bitter wine, brimstone, bile, and blood)

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You come to a building that seems to have been hastily erected from splintered wood, stone, and plaster. Flickering light from within sparkles out through blood-tinged chunks of glass that have been wedged into the arch entrance. You push open the thick velvet curtain that covers the mouth of the building and look inside. The chapel is small and cramped, and the air is thick with heavy incense, bitter wine, sulphur, and the coppery scent of blood. A massive stained glass window is set against the back wall, glowing brightly.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab - Pulcinella & Teresina Perfume Oil (labdanum, cedar, teak and red rose)

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Your eyes are drawn to a gilded miniature stage whose sign reads: “All Praises to the Lord of Misrule!” Upon the platform, a sneering wooden jester waltzes with a hollow-eyed and bleeding wooden maiden, while a wooden devil floats above them.

Poesie - We Shall Be Monsters (bitter almond + black licorice, graveyard dirt tinged with blood, the green bite of galbanum, forbidden manuscripts)

“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.” The Monster’s plea for a bride Does longing have a shape or a scent? It is born when we are, and it follows us to the grave.

Solstice Scents - Scrying Smoke (Natural and Meditative Melting Frankincense Resin, Frankincense Smoke, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Cedar, Petigrain, Vetiver, Labdanum)

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@VeryMuchPyretta Your queefs are my favorite perfume.