Your top five favorite colognes for women are?

[BikeWriter]

Post your favorites. Inquiring minds want to know!

[KitchenWitch]

1. Opium

[AtomicKitten]

20. YES, I've been a big fan for 30 years.

obviously since I was 2.

I also love Giorgio.

[Susang]

21. I've worn that scent since it came out

One of the only perfumes that doesn't end up smelling like rancid bug spray when it reacts to my unique body chemistry. ;-)

[billyskank]

2. Merely clean will suffice for me

:)

[Katherine Brengle]

33. Amen! Let those pheromones shine through! n/t

[blondeatlast]

3. !. Gucci Rush, 2. Coco Madamoiselle (Chanel).

3. Angel by Thierry Mugler, 4. Coco by Chanel, 5. Cristalle by Chanel

[miss_american_pie]

4. Chanel No. 5

Shalimar, Narcisse, Anais Anais, Chloe

[BikeWriter]

7. Chanel No. 5 was one I recall my Mom using.

[flvegan]

9. Mine too.

[RumpusCat]

42. Mine as well... I don't think I could date a woman wearing No. 5

It would seem kinda... incesty. :scared:

[Babette]

45. Hubby bought my Chanel #5 since we had a tree in our yard...

Yes! There is a "Chanel #5" tree- the ylang ylang. We had them in our yard when I was growing up (on Guam, but they grow in Florida and Hawaii too). I told him many times of the wonderful smell wafting through the house when the tree was in bloom. After a vacation in Florida and a visit to the Fruit and Spice Farm (near Homestead- which I recommend) where he got to smell it, he bought me a bottle. Now it's my signature smell. He says I smell like ylang-ylang even when I haven't put it on!

[azmouse]

5. 1. Eternity Moments

2. Pleasures Intense
3. Hypnotic Poison
4. Jadore
5. Eternity Purple Orchid

[Bridget Burke]

6. 1) Narcisse Noir by Caron

2) Mitsouko by Guerlain

3) Paris by St Laurent (NOT Paris Hilton!)

4) Nahema by Guerlain

5) Hypnotic Poison by Dior

[flvegan]

8. Dolce & Gabbana was my favorite in the 90's

This one girl I was friends with wore it and it drove me keeee-razy!!! Now, for my own personal, ethical reasons, I appreciate it less. Still smells damn good, though.

[khashka]

10. 1) Cinnabar

2) Joy
3) Tea Rose
4) Opium
5) White Shoulders


But my real preference is soap and water - girls smell GOOD. Why gild the lily?

Khash.

[BikeWriter]

24. Ooh, my second wife used Cinnabar. I love it!

[khashka]

26. That's what my wife wore

It has sentimental connotations for me.


Khash.

[Polly Hennessey]

11. Perfumes

My favorite is L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain.

"One summer evening, Jacques Guerlain was overcome by intense turmoil. It was the suspended hour, the hour when the sky has lost its sun but not yet found its star. Eveything in nature is clothed in a blue light."

How about that --- wonder how many glasses of wine it took to be overcome by intense turmoil? Oh, those Paris nights.

[redwitch]

14. I adore that perfume- hard to find these days

It is yummy! Some other faves:

I like Giorgio (but only wear it in winter)
Jadore
Chanel #5
Tatiana

[SoCalDem]

12. Azuree, Cinnabar, Aliage, Beret, L'Air du Temps..n/t

[khashka]

27. Oh yes....

L'Air du Temps is quite enjoyable :)

Khash.

[supernova]

13. Chloe is good also

I love Channel No 5, classic.

I also like:

Opium

Anaïs, Anaïs is good sometimes.

Elizabether Taylor's original fragrance, Passion

Elizabeth Arden's Red Door.

[redqueen]

15. I love Tuscany.

If I wear perfume at all, it's that one.

[Beaverhausen]

16. Happy; Pleasures; Coco; Chanel #19; China Lily

[Patiod]

39. Happy, Pleasures, Shalimar, Samsara,

and one I can't find anymore, called Sherrer Jean Louis Scherrrer

I have three bottles on my sink right now - Shalimar, Happy and Pleasures, and between them, I'm set for any occasion

Shalimar seems particularly evocative to people - it reminds them of someone they know.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Shrimp, Ribeye, Leather, Book, Clam Chowder

Anything with perfume is a crime against humanity, and people with allergies, and it's just environmental bullshit.

[redwitch]

19. All my men wear English Leather

or they wear nothing at all. :P

[redwitch]

30. c'mon, that was funny!

please Rabrrrrrr, don't be mad at me. please, pretty please. :loveya:

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. Why would I be mad at you?

I thought it was funny as well! I just didn't comment on it. I haven't heard -- or even thought of -- that old advertising phrase in years.

:7

[redwitch]

36. whew!

:P I thought you were ticked at perfume wearers in general, and in no mood to joke about it. I was askeered. :scared:

[BikeWriter]

38. Okay, but some of them smell divine!

[LaurenG]

18. Nautica

Or nothing.

[Susang]

22. Opium, Chanel Cristalle, Gucci Envy, Zen by Shiseido, Patchouli by Fresh

[seemunkee]

23. Dove, coconut sun tan lotion, sea salt spray,nothing at all

and whatever that smell is on the back of the neck on a sunny day.

I hate perfume/cologne

[SiobhanClancy]

25. Must de Cartier,Guerlain AA Winter Delice,Caron Nuit de Noel,Opium,Samsara

I really love Orientals:)

[TroubleMan]

28. My wife wears Curve, and it smells great.

Very unique smelling perfume.

[MissMarple]

29. Youth Dew and the new Youth Dew Amber Nude by Tom Ford, Cinema by

Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel No.5, and Gucci. Pleasures is good, too, my daughter wears it, so much so that her friends think of her when anyone else wears it.

[nytemare]

31. Shi, Dolce Red, White Diamonds.

That is all.

[Cats Against Frist]

32. If you're talking about "brand name" items

I would say that my favorites are:

Hypnotic Poison (fucking awesome)
Noa
Opium
Baby Doll
Amarige

Since you didn't ask, my top five for men are:

Herrera
Herrera Ginger
Joop
Cool Water
WCW Nitro (just kidding)

But, above all these, I like the blended perfume oils from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab: Asphodel, Lanaudum and Dirty.

[MaggieSwanson]

37. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab

that is one cool site. Thank you for the recommendation.
http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/welcome.html

My favorite commercial scents are

Shalimar
Opium
Coco Chanel

[Patiod]

40. Herrera is my S.O.'s favorite

Smells wonderful

[Bunny]

35. 1. Opium

2. Opium
3. Opium
4. Shalimar
5 Opium

[Patiod]

41. A great book for anyone who loves perfume

"The Emperor of Scent" by Chandler Burr.

It looks as if we have some serious perfume mavens around here, so you might appreciate this.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007NLUZO/qid=1141843201/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-1931208-1899915?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

[yellowdogintexas]

43. Just one: "Je Reviens" by Worth, an old old classic scent

which I acquired a passion for when my aunt sent me a French Perfume sample pack from Germany

I am not sure it is even made any more, but it was the only perfume/cologne I ever wore that NEVER made me get a headache or sneeze.

[jus_the_facts]

44. Liz Claiborne.....my one an only scent.....

[chookie]

46. Ivoire Balmain

Pheromones with high class

[reyd reid reed]

47. Aromatics Elixir

That's it. The only one I'll buy and the only one I'll wear.

[Missy Vixen]

48. I can only comment on mine

1. Caswell & Massey Lavender Mist. I wear this every day.
2. Demeter Cinnamon Toast
3. Annick Goutal's Petite Cherie
4. Annick Goutal's La Violette (DH REALLY likes this scent)
5. Bare Escentuals' Perfect White Dress

If I was ever going to wear another scent, it would be Chanel No. 5.

My favorite guy scents are Cool Water and DH's Old Spice deodorant ;-).

I learned several years ago that the best (and only,) places to wear perfume on the body is behind the knees and in the crooks of the elbows. In other words, one smells nice, but it's not detectable unless another person is fairly close to me.

Julie