What's everyone's favorite cologne, eau de toilette, parfum?

[Tektonik]

My birthday and Christmas are going to come up, and I don't want any electronics or clothes this year, so I was thinking of asking for some pricey fragrance (particularly Jean Paul Gaultier, Le Male).

What's everyone's favorite?
Tip: don't say Acqua di Gio or you're a guido.

[Dangerously Amused]

1. Valentino. The original.

Very hard to find.

[bluesbassman]

3. I love that stuff!

Have a tiny little stash left that I break out for *ahem* special occassions. When that's gone,:( I guess I'll have to go back to the old stand-by::crazy:

[Dangerously Amused]

7. Same here, tiny little "special occasion" stash of Valentino. :D

Pssst. You can occasionally find some on eBay.

[mcctatas]

2. Anais Anais...

the only one I wear anymore...

[bluesbassman]

13. Oh Baby! The only thing you wear anymore?!?

I am your slave now!

[mcctatas]

15. ...

:spray:

It does get a little chilly during the WI winters;)

[carlyhippy]

47. I love that scent too

have worn it for years.

[EFerrari]

79. That's mine, too. It compliments the cigarettes without overwhelming.

lol

[Heidi]

4. Hai Karate. I can't resist a guy wearing Hai Karate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSr0B7cJQw

[Jade Fox]

48. I remember that commercial....

it's a riot!!

But I prefer Jade East.

[SeattleGirl]

5. Chloe

Love that fragrance!

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Can't remember if it's that one or Charlie

But one of those is my favorite on a woman. :)

[SeattleGirl]

12. Guess you'll have to go cruising in the perfume aisle then!

Or, you could invite a few DU wimmens over for a sample test. :evilgrin:

[Connonym]

6. Burberry Brit Red

Not really that pricey as fragrances go

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Grey Flannel

[Heidi]

9. This is a nice one.

:*

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Glad you think so

It was recommended to me years ago by a woman who was kinda "Sally" to my "Harry" — except I never ended up next to her in bed with an "oh. my. dog." look on my face. :)

She was also my fashion consultant once — helped me choose a couple of really nice suits.



Oh — :hug:

[trof]

35. Miz t.'s favorite on me.

[WinkyDink]

14. Shalimar. Period.

[Tektonik]

24. That's my mom's fav

[WinkyDink]

81. It's delicous, not a piercing smell. Some perfumes actually mess up my taste-buds!

[bigwillq]

16. Obsession

I've wore it for years.

[Lucy Goosey]

17. I'm kind of a fragrance junkie.

Current favourites:

Prada Infusion d'Iris
Estee Lauder Sensuous
Comme des Garcons Avignon

[lizziegrace]

18. Not overly expensive - Donna Karan's Cashmere

I just use Bath and Body Works Romance or Peace for ever day.

[PassingFair]

19. Niki de Saint Phalle.

A guy whose father owned a perfumery once gave me a bottle
because he said that of all the scents in his father's shop,
it reminded him of me.

I haven't stopped using it since. (Twenty + years ago....)

[ceile]

20. I could never pick just one

Perry Ellis 360
Dune
Burberry Touch
Fracas
Angel

[Shell Beau]

30. I love 360. It smells clean to me.

[flvegan]

21. Chanel Allure Pour Homme

For me, anyway. When I was in high school, my gf wore Colors (Benetton). Man, that smelled SO good. I also liked Dolce y Gabbana on her.

[LeftyMom]

38. Whatever it is you wear, it smells nice.

I smell like citrus shampoo, because I'm classy like that. :eyes:

[applegrove]

22. Anais Anais but I've never owned it and feel sorry for those with allergies..so I probably never

will.

[Tikki]

23. 45 years ago I started wearing this...

It is the only scent I have ever worn.

I love the smell of black cherry, though.


Tikki

[Felix Mala]

25. Escape... unless you're looking to attract men...

Then you'd want to go with Tommy...

[frogmarch]

26. My favorite scent was an Avon cheapie called

Hawaiian White Ginger, but it was discontinued ages ago. I preferred the sachet to the cologne, since the cologne didn't have quite the same scent as the sachet.

My husband's favorite scent on me is cooking vanilla, including Mexican vanilla. I like it too, so that's what I wear now. :-)

I've received nice perfumes as gifts, but I always go back to cooking vanilla. :shrug:

[Sentath]

42. Its still available from time to time, but...

PLEASE be careful wearing it out to confined spaces. It makes me sneeze worse than Aspen, which I thought was awful.

Lovely stuff, but not around me ( :

[frogmarch]

43. Oh, wow, I hadn't thought of

the possibility of something like that happening. Thanks for the allergy alert, and for letting me know the scent is still available now and then.

[Roon]

27. Chanel 5

My Grandmother has been wearing it for decades. I can always tell she is about to go out because I can smell it. When I smell it on other people I automatically think of my Grandmother.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

53. I ain't your Grandmother,

but I started wearing Chanel No. 5 about twenty-five years ago, and I get nothing but compliments whenever I'm outed.

Same thing happens when I wear Tiffany for Men, which smells really good on me - I'm a girl.

[Roon]

60. I like liz taylor's passion for men

that would be what I would wear if I wore cologne.

[tismyself]

64. Chanel No. 5 here too

I like essential oils, pine, wood, grass - but No.5 is the only perfume I own!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

65. It's so classic

It took me years of playing with lots of scents and then I finally settled into Chanel No.5, which really feels just right.

You have great taste, tis, and welcome to DU! :hi:

[tismyself]

74. thanks!

I really wanted to like Shalimar, but somehow it wasn't me.

No. 5 it is then! What else goes with the little black dress, the pumps, the pearls?

:donut:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

76. I grew into the pearls,

which I'd long avoided, just as I grew into the Chanel No. 5. They do seem to go together.

And, best of all, they feel great!

[tismyself]

77. yeah - it's weird isn't it?

I'm either in blue jeans and a t-shirt (I mean a pack of 10 for $5 at K Mart t-shirts) or dressed to have tea with the queen. Not much in between. No. 5 goes well with the jeans and the t-shirt thing too!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

80. Pssssssst

So do the pearls...........

:toast:

[Lucian]

28. I must be a guido.

I love Acqua di Gio.

[ZeitGuy]

45. I've worn it for years...but Cool Water's my default, now.

[MissMillie]

29. Joop (for men)

love it

[PVnRT]

31. I wear Aspen, myself

[ThePowerofWill]

78. Myself as well.

I love walking around smelling like i shit a christmas tree. The last remark is an ode to a lady i dated some years back. When i would wear it she would swear i smelled like i shit a Douglas fir lol! Better than swampass, that not so fresh smell manual labor types like me tend to reek of if we don't wear something.

[Tektonik]

32. I went out today and got my sister's birthday present,

a gift box of Jean Paul Gaultier's Ma Dame.

Hopefully she likes it, and if not, the bottle is cool as hell. :P

[pitohui]

33. please no fragrance

if there's anything worse than artificial fragrance it's artificial fragrance on a man

just use a better anti-perspirant and go on w. your day

people who give smells for important gifts should be hung from their toes and then drawn and quartered in the public forum, but since you are actually ASKING for such a gift...then i don't know what to say

here is a clue, fragrance is not a gift that people want to get, it's a gift that people give when their imaginations lock up, how did you get the idea to WANT a fragrance?

i'm really curious, i can't imagine any situation in which it would be a good thing to give or to get

have you ever seen anyone happy to get fragrance? why do you think you will be the exception?

some posts just have to be gags i guess, this one boggles my tiny brain

[blockhead]

55. wow,

[Tektonik]

67. .

:rofl:

[Tektonik]

68. Well when I live 2,000 miles away from someone,

I have to find a gift small enough to send in the mail, and fuck gift cards, I may as well not get anything for my sister in the first place.

Some people actually LIKE fragrance (like my sister, and myself), especially good quality ones that do last all day.

I wanted to get something for her that she would not bother buying for herself anymore because of the price and the fact she has 4 kids.

If she doesn't like it, she can always return it and use the cash. :P

[auntAgonist]

71. ....

:applause:

[auntAgonist]

70. I'm very happy when my husband buys my favourite fragrance

for me for a birthday or Christmas. :shrug: I don't usually indulge in stuff for myself and fragrance is a 'luxury' item.

So .. I guess you haven't seen my expression of pleasure when he gifts me with something I truly want.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

34. Eau de Turd Blossom is a big seller for Christmas in Freeperland

[ornotna]

36. Fahrenheit n/t

[DS1]

37. I'm still working through a bottle of Preferred Stock I got in 1990

My mother sent it to me in bootcamp. :crazy:

[ScreamingMeemie]

62. ROFL

I have a bottle of MrG's (from the 90's) in the medicine cabinet. When you run out, let me know and I'll send it. ;)

[GCP]

39. Fidgi by Guy Laroche

Very hard to find nowadays.

[tigereye]

40. I have lemon verbena spray from L'Occitane

it smells heavenly.


Otherwise, I like sandalwood.

[Midlodemocrat]

41. I absolutely LOVE colognes. Just got the new Donna Karan

and some more Allure.

For my husband, I adore grey flannel. I like Old Spice as well.

[ZeitGuy]

44. Cool Water by Davidoff for men. Chanel Coco Mademoiselle for women.

[Jade Fox]

46. Jontue', another Avon cheapy. Lately: Opium

[moriah]

49. I use Bath and Body Work's Juniper Breeze.

My sister's favorite is Poison.

[carlyhippy]

50. 2 of them, and they are nearly impossible to get....1970's Blue Jeans perfume and 1980's Xia Xian

I still have some of the blue jeans powder, it's not the same as the stuff out now made by versace, it's a completely different scent, it was made by Shulton in the 70's

[Inspired]

51. Amazing Grace, Baby Grace and Falling in Love...all from Philosophy

They are fabulous scents.

[QMPMom]

52. Michael by Michael Kors. Black Orchid by Tom Ford is a close second.

[LeftyFingerPop]

54. Black by Kenneth Cole, Joop, Ultra Violet.

I love cologne and use it everyday. I think a man should smell good and there is nothing wrong with a little fragrance.

[reyd reid reed]

56. Aromatics Elixir

by Clinique.

All I ever wear.

[begin_within]

57. I think the women's cologne "Opium" smells great.

[Dinger]

58. Opium, YSL

All I ever wear

[Bunny]

72. Me too!

[madeline_con]

59. Fidji, Channel 19, First , Joy, Chloe. n/t

[GCP]

61. You're the only other person who's heard of Fidgi!

It seems like nobody's ever heard of it. I love it!

[Runcible Spoon]

63. Monyette. I love it because it's formulated as an essential oil blend, NO ALCOHOL

"Monyette Paris is warm floral scent based on the luxurious French Polynesia lifestyle. The perfume is an essential oil inspired with Tahitian gardenia, French Muguet du bois and Island Vanilla Orchid.This intoxicating perfume oil melts into your skin and mixes effortlessly with your bodies’ natural chemistry. It's unique floral properties are said to have an aphrodisiac effect"

Everyone who gets close enough to smell it tells me it's absolutely delicious. The scent notes change subtely over time. All time favorite, and I've tried a lot!

http://www.monyetteparis.com/

[La Lioness Priyanka]

66. angel. kors

[auntAgonist]

69. Ysatis by Givenchy and Journey by Mary Kay. I've worn

both fragrances for years. (not together of course :eyesroll:

Ysatis when going out for a special occasion and Journey for more casual days.

aA

[annunakigohome]

73. I don't like perfume; it's toxic to me. Essential oil: ylang ylang is for me

or sandalwood, perhaps. But something natural.

I have seen requests that people avoid fragrance in a public setting. People may be allergic or chemically-sensitive. I have smelled one woman's fragrance that smells like bug spray!

[MrCoffee]

75. No cologne for men, but I'm wild for Bill Blass Nude on women.

[Scarlett17]

82. Pleasures by Estee Lauder

It's the one thing I splurge on. I've been wearing it for about 10 years & I get a lot of compliments on it.

[harmonicon]

83. smoking and bourbon

[FloridaJudy]

84. Chant d'Aromes by Guerlain

You can't find it in this country any more, alas. Thyme's "Goldleaf" comes pretty close though.

[ThatsMyBarack]

85. My dad used to use Drakkar Noir every day.

I don't know if he still does, though.

[Dr Fate]

86. Lifebuoy soap. n/t

n/t

[MrScorpio]

87. Obsession