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  • What Perfume Has Defined Your Life?

  • Posted by Anna on February 5, 2011 at 12:05PM
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  • I can be walking past a perfume counter in Macy's, catch the sweet scent of Bulgarian rose and almond wafting through the air and be immediately transported to my sophomore year in college when anything and everything was a possibility and I wore the scent Hanae Mori like it were going out of style. That, my friends, was a good year.

  • We all have those perfumes, don’t we? You know, the ones that defined a period of our life and every time we smell it are reminded of that vacation in Paris, the summer at the beach or even high school?

  • When I asked my coworker Audrey which perfumes defined her life, she told me about these:

  • "Anais Anais, $40: All of my friends wore this classic Cacharel fragrance in high school and while we were sorely lacking in originality, we made up for it by having fun lip synching to the Bangles' 'Walk Like an Egyptian' and dancing like those hot girls in Robert Palmer's 'Addicted to Love' video.

  • Chanel Cristalle, $94: The fresh flowery notes of my beloved Cristalle buoyed me all through college. It was such a part of me that when I saw my former flame a few years ago he asked whether I still wore it. (The answer was 'no,' but I was flattered that he remembered it.) I can't remember much about the classes, but I do remember Cristalle, 'Vogue-ing' along with Madonna and drooling over Sebastian Bach every time 'I Remember You' played on MTV. (That was tuition well spent.)

  • Yves Saint Laurent Beauty YSL Paris Eau de Toilette, $62: This has been my signature scent for going on 16 years. I wear it every day (even if I don't leave the house) and it's such a part of me that my kids ask me to spray it on their pillows when I'm going to be away for work. When I first glommed on to it, the MACARENA was all the rage. Now THAT is a long time to be faithful to a fragrance."

  • So tell me, do different scents transport you to a different place and time? Which perfume holds the strongest memories for you?

    • Member Comments

    Your Comment:

    • Pre-marriage: Arpege by Lanvin (jasmine, orange blossom, romantic). Early marriage: Balmain's Jolie Madame (chypre and sophisticated.) Middle marriage: Michael by Michael Kors (I smell violets in there). Late marriage (i.e., 40+ years): Fiori di Capri (carnation, lily of the valley, sandalwood).

      by Lucida Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 07:38AM Report as inappropriate

    • I've worn two - Obsession and Opium for years. Yeah, that makes me old school but those are the ones that I identify with. Oh, and Angel. Those are the perfumes that seemed to work with my chemistry and got attention for me. I still wear all of them.

      by Baybay912 Friday, February 4, 2011 at 07:32PM Report as inappropriate

    • My favorite scent is Christian Dior's 'Poison'. It was always worn by my Mother and for that reason, it is my favorite scent. For mt personal wear, I have two favorites: 1. Burberry Weekend and 2. Halloween by J. Del Pozo. Both of these have a very unique smell. I love them!

      by auston_l_messerandujo Friday, February 4, 2011 at 06:36PM Report as inappropriate

    • I have spent the majority of my life wearing Barneys New York Rue du Te. However, I have a few other scents that played major roles in my life. Angel, I wore that for about 10 years and wore it to all the bars and clubs all those years thru my twenties. I also found my husband and a new favorite fragrance in my later twenti...

      by felicia_rogan Friday, February 4, 2011 at 05:38PM Report as inappropriate

    • Sweet honesty from Avon was my childhood scent. I was big into Vanilla fields for a while, but the big scent for me right now is LaVanilla Vanilla Coconut.

      by stephanie_duffy_truschel Friday, February 4, 2011 at 05:04PM Report as inappropriate

    • Oh wow do I love this topic! I'm 43 (a YOUNG 43!!)so I have a few key scents thru the times. In the late 80's when I was 21 ish I had just moved into my 1st apt with my boyfriend Derric...I wore Eternity by Calvin Klein and he loved it as much as I did! We were together 4 years and when we broke up he said he'd never forge...

      by CinnaBlaze Friday, February 4, 2011 at 03:46PM Report as inappropriate

    • The Benetton (sp?) original fragrance and Exclamation by Coty take me back to my early high school days... I went to three different high schools (military BRAT) and every time I swithced schools, I witched perfumes. For my last 2 years of high school, I wore Beautiful by Estee Lauder. I still wear that one today. Someth...

      by brewnette Friday, February 4, 2011 at 10:02AM Report as inappropriate

    • Victoria's Secret "Angel" takes me back to good times when I had my first apartment and just turned 18, was freshly in love. The other one that stands out is Christian Dior's "Hypnotic Poison"..This is really that perfume for me..My best friend started wearing it in freshman year of high school and I INSTANTLY LOVED it and ...

      by girlblushes Friday, February 4, 2011 at 05:47AM Report as inappropriate

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