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How often do you wear perfume

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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. 😂

Mamie792 Sun 02-Jun-24 12:26:54

Funniest one - on the launch of Poison my friend forgot all her school girl French spelling and asked me why on earth would anyone buy a perfume smelling of fish . I had to remind her of the second s !

Midell Sun 02-Jun-24 12:27:18

Never

Babsbada Sun 02-Jun-24 12:27:27

Every day - it's part of the morning routine.

Gummie Sun 02-Jun-24 12:28:10

Every day. It's part of getting dressed for the day.

leeds22 Sun 02-Jun-24 12:32:56

Never - it makes me sneeze and my eyes water. I have to nearly run through the 'smelly' section in stores.
It doesn't mean I don't like the smell of perfume, just please not too much!

Annma Sun 02-Jun-24 12:38:38

I love perfume.My favourites are Flowerbomb,Aromatics by Clinique and a gorgeous Lady Danger by Juliette has a gun which was a present.I don’t feel dressed until I spray myself in the morning.

rocketship Sun 02-Jun-24 12:39:20

Never...... My daughter and a close gal pal are allergic to whatever is in most perfumes.
Many offices especially medical/dental ones, are scent free here in Canada. smile

Pantglas2 Sun 02-Jun-24 12:46:59

Popped to see a friend babysitting her 3 year old grandson round the corner from me yesterday afternoon and when it was time for me to go he came to give me a hug.

He said “ ooh you smell good!” I’ll definitely keep wearing it if that’s the effect I have on young men 😂

Roddi3363 Sun 02-Jun-24 12:47:45

Sadly no more as perfumes in most formats and makes irritate my skin since having cancer.

Missiseff Sun 02-Jun-24 12:52:13

Every day. Chanel Coco Mademoiselle, because life's too short not to

Missiseff Sun 02-Jun-24 12:54:15

Kartush

Never, my husband doesn’t like it.

Oo, that'd make me wear it all the more!

Happygirl79 Sun 02-Jun-24 12:59:56

I wear perfume every day

MissAdventure Sun 02-Jun-24 13:02:12

Maggiemaybe

Oh, blimey, I do hope you like it! shock

Do you think I could claim some sales commission?

I do like it. smile
It smells how I imagined it, but I've not put any on, yet.

Thank you!

Cateq Sun 02-Jun-24 13:07:15

It’s a must for me everyday, I wear the same perfume my mother wore so it’s a constant reminder of her.

Pacamac70 Sun 02-Jun-24 13:09:17

Everyday I don’t feel right with out a spray of something.

Cateq Sun 02-Jun-24 13:12:37

Aw Angel I love it as it reminds me of my Auntie Sadie, she always wore it.

Cateq Sun 02-Jun-24 13:16:51

The one perfume guaranteed to make me wheezy is Youth Dew by Estée Lauder. Going back to mid 1970’s one of the partners in the Accountancy firm when I first started work used to spray it like it was going out of fashion. Used to dread going into her office to get letters signed.

Mollietwoknees Sun 02-Jun-24 13:22:35

Always.
Portrait of a Lady, Black Afghano , Le Labo Santal my current obsessions.

Sennelier1 Sun 02-Jun-24 13:25:28

I always wear perfume, even buy it in a smaller version for travelling. Mine is Pure Poison, Dior. My grandchildren recognise me in their sleep 💝

WelshPoppy Sun 02-Jun-24 13:29:20

Never. Never found one I like.

maddyone Sun 02-Jun-24 13:30:28

Just put some on, Gucci Guilty (day)

oodles Sun 02-Jun-24 13:31:42

I love those little bottles of out perfumes. I f I take perfume out I will pop one of those into my bag, and if I go away on public transport I'll pop one in my bag. I like how it lasts that but longer being oil based
I do like perfume, and try and wear it if I'm going out, and sometimes when I'm at home.on my own. Of ones people have mentioned I'm afraid I don't like Anais Anais, I don't like Angel either, so I thought, then I asked someone who smelled lovely what she was wearing and it was Angel, the other person I kept smelling it on must just not have been a good fit for it.

TanaMa Sun 02-Jun-24 13:44:08

My late husband always bought me perfumes and loved me to wear it every day - so that's what I do, as a memory of him. I also love the smell of a man's cologne, which my husband also used. I still buy the perfumes he liked best and find it so nice when someone compliments me in my perfume.

Joseann Sun 02-Jun-24 13:45:28

Today, Cristalle by Chanel.
Though I've also got my eye on a bottle of Gabrielle to add to the collection.

nexus63 Sun 02-Jun-24 13:48:33

i have only been out twice in two months but i wear perfume everyday, charlie red, tweed or panache, old fashioned but i have been using these three since i was 18, my family know that i don't like anything else, i have tried others as freebie websites are always giving out samples.