Perfumes you've worn down the years

25Avalon

A Toi by Atkinson was my favourite at 18 and for several years until it was sadly no longer available. Tried several since but none I liked as much.

I'm glad someone else remembers it 25Avalon, it was beautiful. Where mum got it from I don't know, dad always bought her Evening in Paris,a little blue bottle with a silver stopper.

Ohh yes Charlie in the 70s, Anais Anais in the 80s, and also Ô De Lancôme and Eau Fraiche by Elizabeth Arden

As I've got older I cannot tolerate strong perfume anymore and need to use the light floral or citrus ones
- current "posh perfume" is Chanel Cristalle eau Vert
- everyday is body shop Green Tea, Woods of Windsor Rose and also gone back to the Eau Fraiche

Oh my, a real trip down memory lane! Kiku, Aqua Manda, L’Air du Temps, Cabochard (I love it), Paris by YSL.... I have at least 15 bottles on the go, from Gucci to YSL, Jo Malone to Clinique.
I find it hard to name an absolute favourite because it all depends on how I feel on any one day ?

Madam Rochas, White Linen, Aqua Allegoria -Mandarin and Basilica, Clinique Aromatics in Black, I love perfume, but it’s a luxury.

I’ve just remembered another - Coty Emeraude. And Avon did one called Roses, Roses, which I really liked. Sunflowers always reminds me of a Lake Garda holiday.

L’Aimant, Tweed, Rive gauche, l’air du temps, Blue grass, Samsara, a host of others I can’t remember but now Jo Loves Green Orange and Coriander. The worst I ever had was Davidoff Cool Water Woman. DH wore Cool Water which I loved, so he bought me their female version and it was dire!

My favourite is L’Air de Temp by Nina richie had it bought for me years ago and used it ever since

I woreTabu in the 70s found it on a girlie hol in Spain and fell in love with it..and also Brut for men for a time was popular in my circle of friends..then went onto Oscar de la Renta..very expensive at the time..
Now it's Calvin Klein's Beauty,also Ralph Lauren's Romance and Versace's Vanitsas..spray it on cushions and throws..

In the 70s it was Tweed, Charlie, or Jovan Musk oil.

Yes I remember it Fanny. And briefly wore it.
When I was little I remember Mum wore (on high days and holidays) Black Rose by Goya which came in a tiny bottle with a dark red top, also Evening in Paris which I’m sure you could get in Woollies and became Soir de Paris. Granny wore (also only occasionally) 4711.

Eternity or most of Moschino

Has anyone mentioned Blase?
That was an early teenage favourite, first bought for me by my aunty

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SachaMac look at these!
Aren’t they a strange idea? They certainly had some very creative people there.
I love them though

I remember L'Aimant from many years ago!
I liked Elizabeth Taylor White Diamond for some years.
Now it's Ralph Lauren Romance.
I'm not a perfume connoisseur so I can't even remember them all, as long as I own one I like.

12/aquamanda. 14/khadeen. 19/chanel19. 20s/ cabochon .30s/armani. Cabotine. 40s/Elizabeth Arden 5th avenue and beautiful. 50s/j'adore.and now? Chanel crystals eau verge Cinema/ la vie Est Belle.
Lots of cheapos in between though! Charlie! Gingham. Avon various ones.
I did perfume parties in 80sfor JeanPierreSand which was genuine french larfum at an absolute fraction of big names And undiscernable from originals!made a fortune happy days!

Haha yes my Nanna & mum used to order perfumes in novelty shaped bottles from the Avon book. My mum loved Elegance and Lily of the Valley. I believe some of the old Avon bottles are quite collectable now!

Diorissimo, Quelques fleurs (made by company with a name like Houbiguant), White linen. Until DH 'discovered' Jo Malone while sleuthing round John Lewis one Christmas. He thinks I use an entire bottle in a year and does not know that the company has been sold. So I have a drawerful, of which my winter favourite is mimosa and something.

By the way, I never think of myself as 'wearing' scent, I 'use' it. Perhaps one for pedants' corner?

I’ve gone down a vintage Avon rabbit hole.
Remember these?

My very first perfumes/scents were Sea Jade or Bond Street by Yardey. When I started work I treated myself to a bottle of Stevie B which I really loved, sadly no longer available. I also liked Cachet, Charlie, Aqua Manda and Tramp. My sister always had Mary Quants Havoc in the silver bottle.. Later I moved on to headier perfumes like Opium and Poison.
Now my all time favourites are Coco Chanel Dior's J’adore, Givenchy’s Organza or Lancôme’s La Vie Est Belle. I do like to try new or different fragrances, I like some of the Marc Jacobs and Jimmy Choo perfumes. I had a bottle of Michael Kors Sparkling Blush for Christmas which is very nice, hadn’t tried it before. So many to choose from now, we’re spoilt for choice but I still love my old favourites.

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White linen but Estée Lauder for years. When I was really young I used to wear eau de cologne. Someone once bought me some Chanel number 5 but I thought it was vile and chucked it away. I’ve always liked sandalwood, especially in oil burners but it is not so easy to get here.

Edit: Eternity (Calvin Klein)

Chocolatelovinggran I know that if I ever get to smell the heady mix of Eternal and Marlboro lights, I’ll be back to the early 90s with my bestie! Bless her, she stank of the stuff!
I actually can’t even remember what I wore at the time; it was probably pointless!

Fanny, that Pretty Peach picture has brought back even more memories. How I loved twisting off the peaches top to get at that cream in the little basket. And the powder puff and clouds of peachy talc…though I dare say it did my young lungs no favours.

I am wearing Ysatis at the moment, Casdon. I agree about a scent being associated with a person. I have a good friend who wore Chloe Narcisse, and one whiff of it, and she's there, in my mind.