Fav perfumes past or present

Givenchy Organza is lovely - found it through one of those scrape-off perfume testers in the Sunday Times magazine - remeber those?

Loved Estee Lauder when young.
Now it`s CKin2u and DKNY.

I wear perfume every day and it depends on how I want to feel.

Shalimar by Guerlain in my absolute favourite and my go to perfume if I want to feel confident.

I love Angel by Mugler - its top nots are chocolate and vailla - what's not to like? LOL

For day to day I like Obsession by Calvin Kline, Coco by Chanel and Emporio Armani .

I have been using Opium for years, but in my 20s/30s I loved Femme, Cabochard, Mitsouko and Quadrille. When I didn't have much money I liked Aqua Manda, something called L.A. and Vanderbilt.

My favourite is Chanel No5, it has got very expensive but DH is happy to buy it for Birthday and Christmas as he likes it as well. I also like Yardleys Lavender for everyday. Years ago I tried several of the Avon perfumes and liked quite a few, soft musk was a particular favourite.

I was a great fan of Aqua Manda too - and the good mews is it is still available!

www.amazon.co.uk/Aqua-Manda-Spray-100-ml/dp/B00GP046N6?tag=gransnetforum-21

Personally I loved a Worth perfume called Fleurs Fraiches, which sadly is no longer abtainable as far as I can tell...

In the early 70s I loved Kiku and Xanadu and I think there was an Avon cream perfume called Rapture or something similar.
These days definitely Opium

This is a nice thread. I had forgotten all about L’aimant, L’air du Temp and Avon Pretty Peach. This is bringing back lots of memories. My mum would buy Pretty Peach for me and I loved the bottle with the peach on top. Also Pretty Peach Soap on a Rope!
I use Chanel 5 dusting powder every day. Just love it.

AM and PM, Mary Quant. Wow, memories of early 70s.

I love Fendi but don't often see it these days. I think it is available on line.

I haven't found a modern perfume that I'm really keen on because, in my opinion, they usually have a very heavy, artificial smell. Like ayse, I quite like L'air du Temps.

My favourite used to be Apple Blossom - I think it was Helena Rubenstein.

I also like Youth Dew - on other people - it smells awful on me.

I LOVED Tender Poison. It was a very green smelling perfume. Discontinued years ago and I've never found one since that I liked as much.

I used to love Tramp (weird name for a perfume) and Charlie. When I got married I wore Coty L'Aimant which I can't stand now and for years I wore Anais Anais which I also dislike now as it is too sweet.

My mother, when she wears perfume, wears L'Air du Temps. But the scent I associate with her the most is Oil of Olay, because that's the moisturizer she uses.

I don't wear perfume as we're not allowed at work. Having worked in health care for many years, we aren't allowed to wear it in the hospital either.

Pomegranate noir most of the time but like most of the Serge Luten perfumes too.
I wear lighter perfumes during the day and in the summer, one of favourite summer scent is Bronze Goddess.

Chanel No. 5 , Cristalle, Miss Dior. One poster put that they always liked Tweed. My late Mother-in-Law always wore this and I thought it was the worst smell ever. Took me months to discover that the smell was from the Scotch she was addicted to!!

I only wear Angel and I am frequently complimented on it. I guess it just suits me.

I wore ‘L’air du Temps’ at my wedding in 1974. I have a bottle of it out here in Spain with the iconic bird stopper.

A friends wears ‘Ysatis’ as her signature scent.

I like too many to stick to just one!

Je Reviens, still love it but haven't had any for ages.

Amarige is an old favourite which I still like.

Cabotine is lovely, light and fresh, but haven't seen any for ages.

I really dislike anything over sweet, heavy or musky.
Have been known to use dh's aftershaves! - presents which he only uses once in a blue moon. Nice and light and fresh.

If you're talking way back, when early/mid teens I loved Hartnell's In Love.

For my 70th birthday a friend bought me a bottle of perfume called "Tank" - I don't know what that says about how she sees me??

Just the same as joelsnan.

I had to stop wearing Youth Dew as DH said all hi patients were it and it reminded him of being at work.

For a long time, 25 years maybe, my sons bought me 'Charlie' (blue); it's still sold here so I have a bottle in a cool drawer as an everyday, light perfume.

Then, I asked a friend the name of the fragrance she was wearing and she said, 'Gucci "Rush"'. And generously bought me some for my birthday a month later.

From then on, my son or daughter in law has bought it for Christmas or birthday and I still love it.

I also like 'Anais Anais'.
And there's a new one out called 'O Linda' which is quite flowery. I don't like anything musky.

Mum used to wear 'Rive Gauche' and 'Emeraud'

Reading about Chanel No.5 - I bought myself a bottle of that en route from New Zealand to the UK. Lovely.

I was a teenaged Avon Lady (sounds like a confession! ) and Topaz was my favourite then.

Started off with Ambergris, Patchouli and Musk.

Then graduated to Tramp, Aqua Manda and Babe. Then Rive Gauche.

Then onto Chanels 5 and Coco, Youth Dew, Eternity, Obsession.

Now? I can't find one strong enough. I've tried Boudoir, Tom Ford, Opium etc but they're not quite hitting the spot.

I'm using Goldigga at the moment. £5!.

Chanel 5 is still my favourite.

For my auntie, it was always Blue Grass and Tweed; for my mother Je Reviens and L'Aimant. I thought JR smelled of cats'pee.

My partner bought me a bottle of Chanel no 19, when I was about 20. He was working hard and saving to buy a Les Paul guitar, so receiving Chanel perfume was a complete surprise.
It seemed impossibly glamorous.

I have worn it ever since, despite the fact that there have been occasions when buying it was a struggle and a bottle had to last a loooong time.

My mother also wore Tweed and my grandmother wore something by Elizabeth Arden (possibly Blue Grass).

Mum always wore Tweed and my German granny (Oma) wore 4711. That being as daring as she was prepared to be!