Favourite perfumes #3

[dee_mc]

I purchased Jazz Club, Maison Margiela, from Duty Free the other day and I don’t like it. I feel like it has no staying power at all. It’s so faint even after first sprays. It was a bit of an impulse buy as the fragrance I planned to get (Oud Immortal, Byredo) was out of stock.

In my experience Byredo scents have very poor staying power too.

 

[Crumpet41]

It's weird what personal skin chemistry does: Magic Energy was pure beachy bananas and Calm Bliss was the one with the toilet cleaner drydown on me, even though testing on paper i also had the "oooof, this is a bit bathroom-y" thought about Magic Energy. Tbh, it's one of the reasons I'm fascinated by fragrance: the way a fragrance can change between people and from paper to skin.

I couldn’t agree more about how different fragrance can be on paper / on different skin . I recently gave my mum a perfume that smelled awful on me but on mum it was lovely. You’d think given we share the same dna it would have been the same on mum.

 

[Hope96]

Wearing Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers today affordable and cheerful!

 

[George01]

The JM English Pear & Freesia came today, AMAZING what a fab free gift!

 

[maytoseptember]

Tried some of the Kayali perfumes yesterday and am now obsessed with the Vanilla Oud, didnt spray it on me though, anyone know if they're worth the money?

I have Vanilla 28 which has decent staying power.

Tell you what though - and this may have been obvious to everyone but me - the dark purple juice is a bugger on light coloured clothes. I decided to have a quick spray just as I was leaving the house last week. Brand new white t shirt. Looked down at myself an hour or so later to see tiny splotches all over me. Washed out, thankfully.

Yeah, I know I should spray before getting dressed, but my life usually doesn’t work out like that

 

[maytoseptember]

I agree! I remember when most brands did 30ml sizes, and I’d choose that over a 50ml more often than not. Now you can’t get some fragrances in anything other than 100ml (looking at you, Liberty).

Diptyque do a nice pick-your-own set of 5 x 10ml slim bottles which are brilliant for travel. I also have a Jo Loves 10ml permanently in my handbag.

 

[Onepotatotwopotato]

My kayali rock sugar arrived from vinted. It's basically silk santal layered with toy 2 bubblegum in my opinion! Nice though

 

[griftalo]

Both my parcels with perfume in came today! Will report back with opinion tomorrow

 

[RandomAlpaca22]

So I was in Kiko over the weekend browsing make up and saw they are now doing perfumes - and they all smell so good?!

If anyone has a kiko store near them I would highly recommend giving them a sniff, and not badly priced either. Can't comment on the longevity, but I'm going to buy this one for my birthday next month as it was just gorgeous

 

[Mamacita]

I purchased Jazz Club, Maison Margiela, from Duty Free the other day and I don’t like it. I feel like it has no staying power at all. It’s so faint even after first sprays. It was a bit of an impulse buy as the fragrance I planned to get (Oud Immortal, Byredo) was out of stock.

Oh nah I hate this one, smells like old furniture to me. I find Maison margiela mostly have terrible staying power. Byredo too.

 

[SqualorVictoria]

The testers in my local Boots are locked away for that reason

 

[orange club biscuit]

You can also order individual samples from eg fragrance samples UK, small aromas etc. Just look for the notes you like and order a few.

Fragrantica website/app is good for looking for similar perfumes to ones you like and notes

Thank you so much for this tip, I found a few I think I might like and ordered the dupes yesterday on Noted Aromas in sample size so I can try them all out. And they arrived this afternoon! So efficient
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Also going to try Le Labo 13 after all these comments too. Thank you all so much for the tips

 

[Blonde_moment]

Tried a tester of YSL Libre Flowers & Flames and immediately ordered a bottle. I have the original EDP and the Le Parfum versions, but for me this one is the best. I’m not normally a huge floral fan, but there’s something about it that’s so addictive. It has a warmer smell, less soapy than the others - I’m a gourmand fan so I like that about it. It’s not a gourmand fragrance at all, but it just has this rich, slightly spicy warmth about it. It’s also longer lasting on me than other versions with better sillage.

 

[RandomAlpaca22]

My partner went to Monaco last weekend on business and he brought me back a fresh bottle of Chanel Chance Eau Vive I want to be buried in this scent hahaha

 

[GalaxyGirl70]

@call.me.coco the Tom Ford White Patchouli is a gorgeous "clean" every day scent, I wear it to work loads. Not overly floral at all.

 

[xoxogossip_girl]

If anyone is a floral street fan or wants to try TK MAXX has a great selection atm. 10.99 EUR for the 10ml or a set of three for 27.99. I already have wonderland peony and ylang espresso but picked up neon rose.
Great stocking stuffer or secret santas too!

 

[GalaxyGirl70]

I got a sample of the Victoria Beckham San Ysidro Drive which I finally got around to trying today. It was actually really nice and clean smelling so I looked up the price thinking it might be nice to treat myself sometime. £170! Maybe I might have to wait a while.

It's worth the money, I have grown to like it more and more and have had several people ask what I'm wearing. The bottles look good too! I can spray a tiny amount and still smell it on myself 8 hours later.

 

[sushimama]

I really like soleil blanc but longevity on me was rubbish at that price. I actually find Paco Rabanne olympea reminds me of it quite a lot and Is much cheaper so I will probably get that for the summer

I loveeee Olympea, my mum gifted it to me when it came out and it was the only perfume I wore for 5 years. Now I'm trying to change it and find something else I would love as much but it's really hard haha. And it lasts such a long time, you can't go wrong!

 

[princessmaire80]

So I bought the Charlotte Tilbury perfume- I went to the CT counter and tried out the one I liked. It was absolutely amazing and I fell in love with it so bought it there and then. It smells really unique but in a nice way. It was £130- not the most I’ve ever spent on a perfume, but definitely up there! Although I felt it was worth it, it’s gorge.

 

[Crumpet41]

I find all of the Replica perfumes lack in longevity which is a shame as really nice scents.

They are also expensive given the lack of projection/longevity . I cant justify £50+ for a perfume that I can only smell on me for 10 minutes.