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Perfume - just the one, or lots of choice?

Floss
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edited 23 June 2009 at 6:23AM in Health & beauty MoneySaving
Do you have one favourite scent that you wear every day for every occasion? Or do you have a few....or even as many as Selfridges' perfume department?

I'll start off the confession:

Armani - She - now worn everyday cos I think its gorgeous
Christian Dior - Dune - usually worn for evenings, smells of satsumas & reminds me of Christmas!
Christian Dior - Dolce Vita - light, used to be my everyday scent before the Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein - Truth - again a light scent, used to be an everyday perfume before the Armani took over!

To "support" these scents, I also have shower / bath gel in Dolce Vita, Dune & Truth, and body lotion for all 4.

Also, all 4 are kept in their original box on my dressing table (along with lots of clutter & dust!).

Before I settled on these I used to wear:
Aromatics by Clinique (reminded of this by Whatatwit!)
Amarige by Givenchy (stopped when I found out my ex-husband's new woman wore it :rolleyes:),
Glamorous by Ralph Lauren (was a 40th gift & was just too rich for me :o),
Anais Anais (my dad bought me my first bottle of this, when I was 17 :A), Paris by YSL (stopped when my ex-MiL decided she liked it & started wearing it! :p)
and the standard for girls of my generation - Charlie or Impulse spray when still at school! ;)

So come on....are you a single-scent poster or do you have a flurry of frgrances to choose from? :)
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  • I'd have hundreds if I could. At present B Spot from Benefit, but have Prada, Sunflowers, Green Tea, Cerutti 1881, Armani White, Clinique Happy, Pleasures and tons of others in the cabinet.

    I covet my next door neighbour's dressing table...over the last 15 years I have known her, she has collected practically every perfume she can. Her dressing table has a 3 foot extension shelf unit to store them in...if only my place had room to fit a dressing table in as well as a bed...(sigh)
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  • tara747
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    I hardly bother with perfume, it is my beauty blind spot. However, I have been bought the following:

    Lancome - Tresor
    CK One
    XS Pour Elle
    Christian Dior - Dune
    Iceberg - Twice
    Elizabeth Arden - Sunflowers

    I have others but can't remeber their names off the top of my head!
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  • Lobell
    Lobell Posts: 621 Forumite
    Lots!

    This time of year during the day, I love Jo Malone (Lime, Basil and Mandarin), Prescriptives 'Calyx' and Diptyque 'Philosykos'.

    For going out I love Tom Ford 'Black Orchid' and both La Prairie fragrances (Silver Rain and Midnight Rain). Bulgari 'Jasmin Noir' is nice too.
  • FelinePrincess
    FelinePrincess Posts: 1,385 Forumite
    I have:

    Elizabeth Arden - Red Door
    Escada - moon sparkle
    Escada - ocean lounge
    escada - sunset heat
    Escada - pacific paradise
    Dior - pure poison
    Dolce and gabbana - the one
    Anna sui - secret wish magic romance
    Chanel - cristalle
    cacharel - amor amor
    Davidoff - echo
    Harajuku lovers - music
    Harajuku lovers - angel
    Harajuku lovers - baby
    Paris hilton - the popular one in pink and black bottle
    Mochino - I love love
    Vera wang - princess
    Thiery Mugler - angel
    DKNY - the red one I think

    Thats all I can think of but I'm sure there is more! These days I only wear elizabeth arden red door for work and sometimes I wear one of the escada ones in the day when I remember, I don't really wear perfume much apart from for work but I d love buying them!

    Feline Princess
  • Amanita_2
    Amanita_2 Posts: 1,299 Forumite
    Just the one here- "First" by Van Cleef and Arples.

    I just love this but it is now getting very hard to find ( never was very easy) and I live in dread of it being discontinued.
  • whatatwit
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    I don't wear perfume for work, so I tend not to have lots.

    Currently in use.
    Clinique - Aromatics, I also use the body lotion in this.
    Paco Rabanne - Ultaviolet, I bought this as my favourite ice skater wears it and he smelt lovely, obviouslt he wears the man's version ;)

    I also have, but don't wear.
    Burberry - Weekend, gift from MIL
    Estee Lauder - White Linen, 21st gift
    Chanel - No5.
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  • ellies_angel
    ellies_angel Posts: 633 Forumite
    Armani - Code perfume
    Dior - Midnight Poison
    Nina Richie - the red apple one
    Estee Lauder - Pleasures and Pleasures delight
    Jo Malone - Pommegrannet Noir

    Love all these :rotfl:
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  • Oh yes - Hermes 'Le Jardin Apres le monsoon' or something like that - I know what it means and it's pretty evocative of the scent.
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  • FairyShazza
    FairyShazza Posts: 1,279 Forumite
    I admit I am a complete perfume !!!!! but I started getting over run with lots of half used bottles so I told myself I wasn't allowed to buy any until I used some up. At the moment I've got

    * Vera Wang Princess
    * Calvin Klein Euphoria
    * Kenzo Flower by Kenzo
    * Rush by Gucci

    so I think it's time for some new ones!

    My all time favourite is Jean Paul Gaultier Classique - my bottle has just run out and I NEED to get some more.

    Some other favourites include:

    * Acqua Di Gio
    * Paul Smith Rose
    * Dior Addict II

    I fancy getting a couple of perfumes I've not had before I really liked Vera Wang Rock Princess when I went in and smelt it at the weekend.

    I think a treat might be in order on payday and my birthday is coming up so I might ask for some perfume as a present.
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  • Mrs_Ryan
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    edited 22 June 2009 at 11:48PM
    I've got 4 perfumes that I wear for various occasions.

    Daytime/Work: Lacoste Touch of Pink (also have the deodorant and body lotion)
    CK1 - the first perfume I ever had and still the best!!!

    Night Time (non special occasions) : CK In2U

    Special Occasions: Thierry Mugler Angel (this is used extremely sparingly as I cant afford to replace it when it runs out!!!!)

    My first perfume was CK1, then Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl, (my mate still uses this and I still love the smell!!) I wore Cool Water for Women for years and years but now cant stand the smell of the stuff! Ultraviolet by Paco Rabanne - I only had one bottle of that then went off it!! Ted Baker for Women - I loved that stuff but then they changed it and I didnt like the new one so I stopped wearing it. I also love Vera Wang Princess - it was the first present OH bought me when we started going out! Will have to buy some more soon I think.
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