Need a new perfume - fast.

Having worked in a nursing home when I was younger I must admit I do associate lavender with old folks as they used a heavy lavender scent on the bedding etc (apparently it masks the scent of urine - or so the matron told me at the time!)

If you can please try on a new perfume, my mum bought me a bottle of very expensive Chanel perfume years ago that I had been lusting after having smelled it on someone else. I put it on and it smelled like cat pee!! So my beautiful Christmas present ended up going home with my mum and she smelled fabulous!!

I love Cabochard by Gres. Definitely not old ladyish but, alas, I can't wear it because it gives me a hot flush.

My favourite perfume for summer is Bronze Goddess by Estee Lauder.
I use to wear Pomegranate Noir in the winter but it seems to have changed unless it is my skin.

Jo Malone for me too, but perfumes often smell different on others, so I wouldn't recommend a particular one.

Kitty, why don't you take yourself into a department store and try some.

My grandchildren like my Diorissimo. They haven’t said anything about ‘old lady smell’ yet...

I've never heard of nonenal what on earth is that. Nothing good by the sound of it ?

Eau de Merveilles is lovely, so distinctive Terri. I also like Armani Si Intense and my new one is Zara Powdery Magnolia which is quite a light summery one.

My husband loved the smell of aromatics I used to wear it it the mid eighties, I love sensuous by Estée Lauder

I don't like citrus perfumes either.
They irritate my nostrils.

End of term usually means well meant gifts, anything with the word tea in the title, whether it be soap, candle or sent. But most of all, I dislike the ‘summer perfumes’, acid based ones, they smell like cat’s pee on me after about half an hour.

I had miss Dior once, and nobody ever said I smelled nice. Ever!

Kitty the original Miss Dior or Chanel No 19. Both are lovely.
I used to love Balmain Jolie Madame but they don’t make it any more ?

Dior’s Dolce Vita - I wear that as that’s what Gchildren make life - sweet ❤️

SpringyChicken

Rub yourself all over with a Haribo. You'll definitely not smell like old lady then. Or perhaps Trésor by Lancôme?

Oh I loathe Trésor. I remember my DD bringing home a small bottle when she worked on the perfume counters in House of Fraser many moons ago. It was the most 'old lady' perfume I'd ever come across ?

Definitely agree with Haribo, though, to appeal to the kids ?

I must confess that I also like Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue. It’s a bit Lilley of the Valley and has been out for years, so probably old ladyish!

I love lavender.
It'll make you feel good, too.

Oh!

Back in fashion.
Along with lace collars and corsets!

callistemon dgd said 'its ok - its lavender

SpringyChicken

Rub yourself all over with a Haribo. You'll definitely not smell like old lady then. Or perhaps Trésor by Lancôme?

Haribo perfume should hit the spot ?

Ok j52 that must be the answer.

I wanted a perfume that my dgc always associated with me but not if it smells old lady ish. That is not the memory I want then to have - cos, obviously, I'm not!!

J52

In the summer I wear Clarins Eau des Jardins. In the winter Dior Joy. But Kitty you couldn’t wear the same as me. ??

I like that too, or a Jo Malone perfume. However that one is lavender and amber; but lavender is an old lady thing isn't it!

L'Occitane Verbena is citrussy and summery.

Always wear Chanel No 5. Not overwhelming. Love it or hate it. I love it. So does my grandson. “ nan you always smell nice”

Rub yourself all over with a Haribo. You'll definitely not smell like old lady then. Or perhaps Trésor by Lancôme?

In the summer I wear Clarins Eau des Jardins. In the winter Dior Joy. But Kitty you couldn’t wear the same as me. ??

Aromatics is the oldest Clinique perfume - it goes back to the early 1970s. If you like it why not look at more modern Clinique fragrances?

I hope it isn't nonenal... ?