Perfume favourites and why?

Estée Lauder White Linen- I love the smell of Youth Dew but it didn’t smell good on me.
Everyday perfumes tend to be light -Guerlain’s Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic or Roger & Gallet Fleur de Figuier.
My favourite at the moment is Clinique’s Aromatics in Black. I love the scent and I like it because it’s not overpowering but I can still smell it on my skin even at the end of the day.

Gosh a lot of these sound very expensive/posh.
It's J'dore for me.. reminds me of when I met my OH
Previously White Musk (the body shop)
I also love DKNY Pure, for everyday use liked Little White Dress by Avon but they stopped doing it

Chanel no 19 for everyday. Shalimar for evening. Tom Ford Soleil Blanc for summer holidays.

Pomegranate Noir by Jo Malone or anything by Serge Lutens, Bronze Goddess for summer daytime.

My Queen by Alexander McQueen. Apparently stopped making it when he passed. I am so disappointed! I loved that one. I usually wear Chanel No5. Use the No5 deodorant as body spray.

I also love Jontue by Revlon but couldn't wear it. I said how much I loved the smell and got a ton at Christmas one year, then discovered I couldn't wear it!

I loved White Fire by Grossmith
See this below on internet.

picclick.co.uk/Rare-Full-Bottle-Of-1950s-Grossmith-White-Fire-263244132379.html www.stephanmatthews.com/2018/01/old-cottage-lavender-by-grossmith.html
Way back in 1957 I remember my gran had a bottle of White Fire perfume that she kept in a glass-fronted showcase. It was in a tiny dark red ribbed glass bottle, and it had a gold capped top. It was very very special. I loved the smell and I thought at the time it was the most expensive perfume in the world.

Chance by Chanel, Chanel madamoiselle but only for special occasions. I also love the strong ones, opium, black opium, obsession and clarins aromatic elixir, also estee lauder beautiful. I have also discovered again emporio armani, gorgeous!!

Anais Anais and Rive Gauche when I was in my twenties then Arpege (Lanvin) and Opium in the evening only as it was quite a heavy scent. I’ve gone back to an old favourite Blue Grass ( you couldnt get it for a while and I’d forgotten how much I liked it and have worn it ever since

Nannytrace.I hope your baby granddaughter remembers your fragrance. You must be really missing contact with her. Seeing her in photo’s or on a screen during lockdown is second best, not the same. I’m sure she will remember you.

My favourite is Magie Noir by Lancôme. I used to like D & G Feminine but that is sadly no more, don't think Magie Noir will be far behind as its getting harder to find. When I was young I used Bodyshop White Musk, if I smell it now it brings back memories.

Crafty granny it really is lovely isn’t it? I tend to pick it up in duty free for around £50 once or twice a year. I know duty free isn’t usually the cheapest place but I haven’t found it cheaper anywhere else!

I still love 5th Avenue perfume by Elizabeth Arden. It brings back such wonderful memories of people I knew in the past that are long gone. The smell is beautiful and subtle and I wear it everyday. X

Oh, do you remember when we could go into a department store, through the beauty section and have a test spray of a perfume!

I go in the large perfume departments I always ask if they have any free samples and have often been given two or three different little ones in tiny spray vials.

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