What's your favorite perfume/scent to wear?

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I hate perfumes/deodorants and can't even endure standing by a person who wears some, especially in vehicles/public transport where the smell will nauseate me as hell. If I'm smelly and need a quick fix I use baby powder. I also have a cream deodorant without fragrance which is effective for a week if you wear it right after washing yourself.

I find a lot of scents too strong for me, but I like the Warm Vanilla Sugar (or something like that), Japanese Cherry Blossom, and Sea Island Cotton from Bath and Body Works. I don't find them overwhelming.

Rose perfume - have you tried Rose by Paul Smith or Atlas Mountain Rose from The Body Shop? These two are non-powdery, I'd call them a diluted watery rose, somewhat cold and good for summer. Warmer rose - kind of jam-my, preserve type sweeter rose is Rose Absolute by Yves Rocher. This one smells awesome on a big warm jumper, but is very old-fashioned and sweet, so might not be your thing.
Sadly there is nothing like a fragrance of a wild dog rose, which is just pure heaven.

I'd like to see a more feminine scent based on vetiver or sandalwood. I quite like a hint of cinnamon too, a little bit of jasmine. I'm currently trying out single scents from the Library of Fragrance, they have scents like Play-doh and Fresh Tennis Balls (I think it's discontinued now)

I'm a massive sniffer and have been all my life. Herbs, flowers, leaves, fruit - it's always a pleasure to smell them

I've always liked Chanel No 5, Obsession, and Giorgio's Red. Less expensive stuff I like are some things from Bath and Body Works. I don't really wear perfumes too much or if I do, it's just the tiniest amount.

Honeysuckle or camp-fire

I LOVE the smell of a good campfire. I enjoy smelling it in my hair for as long as polite society will permit. Yum. It's one of my favorite things about camping.




Those all sound worth checking out. I don't have a lot of faith/respect for Body Shop as perfumers, but they've been known to surprise me every once in a while. I fell head over heels for a rich dark vanilla they did many winters ago.

Carolina Herrera's VIP original mostly, or Sarah Jessica Parkers Lovely, but Gloria Vanderbilt is another I had bought, and its a bit strong but works.

I haven't worn any in a long time. My favorite brand is a German brand called 4711.

i can't stand the scent of women's deodorant. it all smells like baby powder and cheap perfume to me. yuck.
i find men's deodorant to have a more sensible smell a lot of the time. i guess i like smelling "like a man".

^I like the classic "old spice" deodorant and aftershave smell.

I like perfume that smells like oranges and some other fruit scents and flower scents and sophisticated I-don't-know-what scents, but I never wear perfume. Or rarely. I just don't bother. As long as I've showered, with soap and water, properly (and I always do), that's good enough for me.

I don't really like designer perfume--it's too flowery and flouncy. I prefer botanicals, especially pear-scented or citrus-scented perfume to name brands.

I love floral, fruit, or just "clean" scents (like beach-scented stuff or fresh laundry). I can't stand "sweet" smells, though, like honey or chocolate perfume. I also really hate fall scents because they make me sneeze!

I prefer body sprays to perfumes. I got a great one last week at Bath and Body Works called "Coconut Mint" and I like it a lot. It smells really nice but not too strong.

Lavender or patchouli oils are my preference. There is a really nice lotion that I like that has patchouli and something (it smells like almonds). I also like a patchouli and orange bath mix. I find it calms me.

Elie Saab le Parfum (original, orange colour), for when I want orange/neroli brightness

Guerlain mon Guerlain for socializing type situations (seems to be very comforting).

Jean Paul Gaultier Classique edp for general comforting scent.

Dior Hypnotic Poison for general comforting scent, especially suited to winter.

My all-time fave, Diorissimo, has been significantly messed around with (reformulated) to the point I can smell a fecal note in it now, so unfortunately, that no longer is on the list. However, if it were still true to the original, that would trump all others.