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grannyactivist Sat 25-May-24 10:58:30

Yesterday we went out for dinner (actually it was street food, eaten in a shelter on the seafront 😂) and to celebrate the occasion I spritzed on a bit of perfume. Similarly my husband used an expensive aftershave (usually he only bothers for weddings and funerals).

Anyway, it got me thinking. It takes me a couple of years to get through a bottle of perfume, I’ve got lots of it (mostly gifts from family and friends) and it’s all good stuff. So I have decided that (if I can remember) I’m going to wear perfume every day!!

Today I’m in my scruffy painting smock, but if this was smellyvision you would smelling Jo Malone’s Pear and Freesia. 😂

MissAdventure Wed 29-May-24 17:36:28

Name.
Not make!!

MissAdventure Wed 29-May-24 17:35:53

Rarely these days, but I do love someone passing by in a cloud of glorious scent. smile

I used to be able to make what people were wearing, too, but I'm not up to date with perfumes now.

Ali23 Wed 29-May-24 17:30:04

I don’t wear perfume. It often makes me cough! I use a lovely snelling moisturiser instead. Cheaper and it doesn’t make me cough 😊

Vintagewhine Wed 29-May-24 17:19:43

I wear Chanel no 5 most days. I just love how it smells on me and I've used it for years. Tried others but always come back to it. In the 70s I wore Vent Vert by Balmain but I think it was discontinued a long time ago.

Chocolatelovinggran Wed 29-May-24 16:54:38

Almost every day. I like Rive Gauche and Coco Mademoiselle but my current love is Tom Ford's Velvet Orchid.
One friend wore the same fragrance always. So much did we associate it with her that one of my children once said "Auntie J's here !" on a holiday ferry, noticing it on someone nearby.

Labradora Wed 29-May-24 16:14:33

Everyday. It's one of the great pleasures of my life.
I use a mid-range perfume from the Fragonard range all the time as a sort of body spray but I have also the classic fragrances like L'Air du Temps , Oscar de la Renta and Miss Dior for serious use.
As others have said , I feel undressed without it.

M0nica Wed 29-May-24 15:17:58

Wasn't Marilyn Monroe who, when asked what she wore in bed answered 'Chanel No 5'

Mamma66 Wed 29-May-24 03:46:51

I wear Chanel No 5 everyday. Partly because I like it and partly out of nostalgia as my late mother and grandmother also wore it. I have had some pretty difficult health issues and have found that a spritz of perfume always makes me feel better.

Georgesgran Wed 29-May-24 00:52:41

My Obsession is now gifted (Christmas, Birthday and Mother’s Day) from the DDs Daddima.
I think I’ve worn it from 1985 when it first came out. I’ve had dalliances with Jo Malone a few years ago, but just CK now and every day. Over the years, they’ve dropped all the ‘trimmings’ but last Christmas the DDs found gifts sets with body lotion and shower gel from Chemist Direct. They always do some research and pay around £25 a bottle. I think I paid more than that myself last Century!

Redhead56 Wed 29-May-24 00:16:26

Viktor and Rolf Flower bomb everyday a little spray going out I have the small travel spray for my hand bag. I love this perfume it lasts me about 6 months.

welbeck Wed 29-May-24 00:05:31

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FindingNemo15 Sat 25-May-24 23:08:56

Every time I go out of the door - YSL Rive Gauche.

avitorl Sat 25-May-24 22:07:30

I haven't worn perfume for many years now and don't think I know anyone who does unless it's so subtle as to be unnoticeable .

Tenko Sat 25-May-24 21:55:16

I wear perfume most days . My daytime one is oud rose by a local company. It’s a roll on oil and lasts ages.
My other perfumes are all Jo Malone . Pomegranate noir , tuberose and Angelica , and dark amber and ginger lily .
The only time I don’t wear perfume is on holiday because it attract the mossies .

Daddima Sat 25-May-24 21:46:55

Georgesgran

Every day - CK Obsession. I get through 3 bottles a year.

I’ve just bought a bottle on a special offer from Chemist Direct, I haven’t seen it for years. I wear perfume every day, usually Agent Provocateur, but the Obsession will be a wee change.

Doodledog Sat 25-May-24 20:41:50

I don't wear it in the house, but I always do when I go out and when I'm on a Zoom/Teams call. I'm not sure why, but maybe it makes me remember I'm 'on stage' in a similar way to being at work.

harrigran Sat 25-May-24 20:40:59

Every day. I wear perfume according to my mood and the weather, anything from Molton Brown to Jo Malone and a recent addition a Dior perfume from the private collection.

BlueBelle Sat 25-May-24 20:35:36

Every day it goes on with light make up and earrings even if
m not going anywhere and just cleaning the house

TerriBull Sat 25-May-24 20:21:01

JamesandJon - that as well, Aqua Manda, loved it, earlier teens, Youth Dew a bit later on, maybe when a Saturday job kicked in, the smell always evokes that time in my life if I catch a waft of it now.

JamesandJon33 Sat 25-May-24 20:10:22

Terribull I never did. It was Aqua Manda in my day

Primrose53 Sat 25-May-24 19:24:07

I wear perfume every day in or out. I like Clarins Eau Dynamisante, Calvin Klein Euphoria and also CK Euphoria Gold. Sometimes I just have a squirt of some cheap Avon stuff I bought to make up an order but it’s light and fresh.

Marthjolly1 Sat 25-May-24 19:00:34

Everyday, it's part of getting dressed. My daily is Calvin Klein Euphoria. For special days I have one I buy on line from a French perfumier, Fragonard. I visited their place when I was on holiday in South of France some years ago. Its gorgeous

Visgir1 Sat 25-May-24 18:59:16

We really are a fragrant lot on GN, how lovely. 💐

TerriBull Sat 25-May-24 18:55:54

Ah "Youth Dew" the epitome of sophistication when I was a teenager, the female equivalent of Brut, the perfume we danced around our handbags to when out top ranking grin

Esmay Sat 25-May-24 18:33:08

I love expensive Oud based scents and don't wear them everyday .
My favourite is Halfeti .
Otherwise Shalimar is an old favourite .
It smells of lavender and talcum powder .
I like Diorissimo in Spring as it has a light fresh scent .
In the Autumn I love Knowing - to me it's Autumnal , rich and amber smelling .
At Christmas , I might wear something that reminds me of spices .
I can never recall whether it's Red Door or Red .
Normally, after a bath I spray an affordable cologne - Yardley or Marks and Spencers are nice .