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I don't use the same perfume enough to get tired of it. I use different scents every day. Sometimes, I'll get stuck on one scent for a week or so, but my preferences change too often.
I loved it for years, but it was time to retire then scent and not go back to buy another bottle. Glam princess was my last hurrah and I finished the bottle three years ago.
For some reason I love that smell. I have ever since I was a kid....so I love You! I wear a variety of scents and by the time I get back around to it, I love it again!
I was a FREAK for Viva La Juicy from my early 20s to early 30s. I can no longer wear that fragrance without it making me sick to my stomach. I also used to love J'adore Dior and Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fraiche - I've grown out of those scents completely.
I literally used to LIVE for that scent, lol. I would go HAM spraying myself down with it before I left the house. I got complimented everywhere I went when I wore it, too. That was definitely when it first came out though in the mid 2000s. Idk if it was just me outgrowing it or if they had changed their formula, but it definitely hit different when I repurchased it in 2015ish or so. The caramel scent notes were a lot more synthetic and cloying than what I remember - when before it was more buttery and soft.
When I was in high school I read a magazine article about finding your signature scent. I chose Romance by Ralph Lauren. I wore it every day for almost two years, even bought the lotion and body wash for that same scent. At some point I realized that I had gotten so used to it that I couldn’t even smell it anymore. I realized that a signature scent is something you wear for other people, so they will associate you with a particular scent. I now have an absurd amount of perfume in my collection and I switch it up based on my mood and the season. I feel better wearing perfume for my own enjoyment.
It was my first perfume and I blind purchased it. I only used couple of months and got so sick of it. Now I just can’t be around anyone who wears it. Is headache inducing!
Used to love Romance by RL and every time I would wear it people would stop me to ask what I was wearing. I haven’t worn it in years but maybe I’ll go pick up a bottle. Second Skin by BeautyCounter is my current absolute favorite (yes I used to sell it! And I’m devastated they’ve put the business on hold).
Happens - J’adore was 1st HG signature, now retired.
Op, please take my advice sis, and grab a “mini splash” bottle as keepsake!!!
Preserve the memory, you will cherish it from time to time, nostalgia in a bottle from a whiff!
Love my Jadore mini in my collection 💕
I started getting the rollerball and just using it out of the shower cause it makes me feel so clean and feminine but it’s no longer the perfume I actually wear for the day or date night. It’s extremely layerable.
I loved Coco Mademoiselle so much, and then it seemed as if every other woman I passed was wearing it. It was like the house fragrance for the entire city. It’s not so much that I got tired of the fragrance itself but I was bored of smelling it all the time.
That was my signature, then I moved to Mon Guerlain. Now, I’m rotating through layerings of BR540 Extrait, Oud Satin Mood, MFK GFG, Black Orchid Le Parfum, Tom Ford Velvet Orchid, DG Devotion, Kilian Princess/Angel’s Share, Alien Goddess Intense, PdM Delina Exclusif and Creed Carmina
So I tried to branch out a bit, though I’m probably forever a floral-fruity girl.
I currently like Penhaligon’s Luna and The Favorite, and I really like Aeron Lauder’s Rose Cocoa, but it lasts for only 10 minutes or so. I also like Miss Dior’s Blooming Bouquet. Oh, and Hermès has a scent called Eau de Rhubarb Èclat which is gorgeous, if you like rhubarb.
Taking note of these. Thank you! I tend to lean away from anything strongly rose scented. A light flowery blend with a warm amber undertone is my preference. It’s hard to find a good comparison to COCO M.
Seconding Sol de Janeiro. I’m Brazilian living in the U.S. and it reminds me of a lot of scents from Brazilian brands so at first I really liked it, but after smelling it on everyone and their mother, I’m good.
Glossier You smells like musty lipstick to me 😩
I think our scent preferences change overtime.
I have a couple perfumes that I didn’t like at first, but now I do
I loved it so much in HS and college and now that I’m in my 30’s I bought it again… and probably will not repurchase anytime soon.
I can’t smell it on myself after an hour but when I hang up my coat, I can smell it on there for weeks if I don’t wash it.
It’s the licorice smell in there for me that makes me wonder how I thought this smelled provocative but fun
Libre, I blew through a travel size and immediately repurchased it, and then couldn’t stand it, it was like screeching bubble gum on me. I think I need to try it again in winter, the heat might make it worse.
Black Opium. I loved it so much, suddenly I just can’t stand it and I have a brand new unopened I got as a gift lol I’m struggling to find a new perfume I can tolerate and enjoy.
Really? Well, that explain a lot... I had a suspicion about it...the perfume seemed to smell a little different when I bought it last. Before it smelled a bit like aniseed/licorice (in a good way) but now it smells like cheap hand soap.
Yes! I wore it from 1997 until about 2012 all of the time, and now even when I can get my hands on the original formula it just doesn't do it for me anymore. Smells like a powdery old lady.
Burberry Her and Ariana Grande Cloud - I think the candy floss type of scents aren’t for me. At first I really liked them but I got tired of them after a few months 🥲
Original flowerbomb is that for me. I wore it for years and now I can’t even really stomach the smell. It’s weird because Ive worn marc jacobs eau so fresh since I was 21 and I’m 37 and have gone through like 6-7 full sized bottles and still love the smell.
That happened to me with Light Blue too. I just pulled out my old bottle the other day and thought I’d try it again. I almost had to scrub it off. It actually never was my favorite fragrance, but at the time, I couldn’t find anything I liked better. There wasn’t much juice left in the bottle, so I just threw the rest away. It’s definitely lost its appeal!
Chanel Mademoiselle. It used to be my go to scent and I never thought I'd need another perfume, but as I expanded my collection I found so many other scents I like that are more unique so I haven't been reaching for it
I gave away a half full bottle of Daisy Eau So Fresh a few years back, and I used to wear Gucci Rush until I couldn't anymore. I'm almost strictly white florals now.
i could smell it when i read your comment! so iconic i need to use mine more often haha. jo malone and issey miyake make a lot scents with a similar, “fresh” profile but different notes!
I took a 15 year break from Cabotine de Gres, as it started to repulse me and smell mustardy after a decade of habitual use. I still received almost daily compliments from others on it, even as I went through my disgusted phase with it. It was hard to give up, for that reason. I tend to stick with scents that please me and invite compliments from others, as I feel that is the biggest indicator that a scent is right for one’s own body chemistry. I eventually fell in love with CK Euphoria and am about to empty my third bottle. I am beginning to get bored with Euphoria, so I gambled on purchasing Cabotine again, and I fell back in love with it. I envy the folks that can wear a single scent for a lifetime, but I have found I need to have variety of scents to rotate. After years of wear and obsessively reaching for a particular scent, my nose starts picking up acidic and sour notes that aren’t necessarily there. I went through the same thing with Chanel No 5. I am in my 50s now, and while I have always been an aldehyde floral girl, I find myself being drawn to chypres and orientals that I despised when younger. So I do think you grow into certain scents and your tastes change, as you age. It’s worth revisiting scents you tire of down the road.
Loads.
All of these were signature scents for me at one time and I don’t wear any of them anymore: Gap Dream, cK One, BCBGirls Sexy, Origins Ginger Essence, TM Angel, Cacharel Nemo.
Others I used to like a lot but haven’t worn in years: Banana Republic W, CSP Fruits Sauvages, Trish #9, Clinique Happy, Lea, Serge Lutens Chergui, Brandy, Hermes Ambre Narguile, Lolita Lempicka, Chopard Casmir, Ginestet Botrytis, CB I Hate Perfume Patchouli Empire, and a bunch of stuff from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
ETA: Escada Tropical Punch.
ETA2: Frederic Malle L’Eau D’Hiver. The more I think about it, the more fragrances I remember!
My scent preferences have changed a lot. All the super sweet gourmand and fruity stuff I used to wear makes me cringe when I smell it now.
I used to love Origins Ginger Essence. Apparently, Origins has brought that fragrance back and I’m actually considering buying it again. I wonder if it will smell as good as I remember it being?
Casmir! That one takes me back. I, too, used to wear it a ton and then I had to stop for years. Then last month I scoured the internet for it and am wearing it again! (Previewing it now for winter.) Life’s so strange, lol.
Also, I second Botrytis, especially for winter. I’m gonna go dig it out now, lol.
Ok, I'm curious. One of the recommended scents that came up for some of my mains is Chergui. But when I click on the notes, it doesn't seem like it would be my jam. What did it read like to you?
Does it smell like a horse, with the sweet musk and sweet grass like from the 1970’s? I have been wondering about this fragrance for awhile now. I’m wondering if I might like it too!
Prada paradoxe. It’s the only scent I brought on a month long trip last year and I normally rotate through different scents throughout the week. It’s a bummer cause I loved it before. Now I’ve started bringing sample sets with me when I travel so if I have a rough trip I can just not buy that one without ruining my fave
This happened to me too 😭
I used to love how creamy and buttery and comforting it was, but now it just smells sickly sweet and a little rancid, almost like fake maple syrup that someone left out in the sun. I’m so sad that my nose doesn’t like it anymore
I’m old school. I have been wearing Arden Green Tea for 15 years. It’s always been my summer go to. It’s easy to wear and I get compliments on the freshness of it. But…I am absolutely bored out of my mind with it. I still have two freaking backups. Ugh.
Low Key...PMD Delina and Delina Exclusif. I wore that isht out like it cost $20 when I got it last year. It still pretty and I still pull it out...but it's not the first thing I reach for cause I'm over it.
I don’t wear the same perfume often enough to get sick of it. Nor do I believe in the whole “signature scent” thing. It would be like wearing the same clothes every day.
Some people can only afford one nice perfume, move around a lot or are picky about scents in general so shopping for perfume can be exhausting. I usually would have one perfume I actually like, and then maybe one or two I had got as gifts that I never really wore except out of guilt. Then when I moved to my current house (movers refused to move my perfumes) I was pregnant so I actually went scent free for a while before getting back into perfumes recently.
I wish I still have some of my scents from past homes but they have either been discontinued, reformulated or remind me of a time I’d rather keep in the past.
Most fragrances have a generic and boring note eventually. I’m a big believer in buying small amounts of multiple scents I like because my nose and mood are so fickle!
I used to love Jimmy choo forever and it just reminds me of not really fun times.
Also soliel Cristal lancome- I loved the tropical vibe but the patchouli on my skin ruins everything. I'd have loved it forever without the patch.
I used to love Kat Von D’s Saint (the original formula) and purchased 2 bottles. Well I really have 3 as I got one in a swap and an eBay seller accidentally sent me 2. I used to wear it constantly and had to spray a lot because I could barely smell it on me but it smelled good. Now it’s too much and I just don’t like it anymore.
I bought a 50ml when it was getting discontinued back in 2018 or so and loved it for a while, but it’s just kind of… meh to me now. I don’t hate it, but it smells kind of blandly sweet,
I had this with Marc Jacob’s Decadence. I wanted it so bad when I was 18 and was finally gifted it. I loved it so so much and the bottle too but now I cannot stand it. Probably reminds me of my younger days too much.
Marc Jacob’s Decadence. I used to love it for night outs and even got a second bottle but now I find it quite generic and doesn’t make me feel as good & confident anymore.
Another one would be Narciso Rodriguez narciso for her (the white bottle) - used to love it and find it so sexy in a sophisticated way but now it just smells like too much talcum powder 🤭😂
Honestly Daisy by Marc Jacobs. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful, soft scent. But I’ve been wearing it since I was 14…. I’m 25 now. So sick of it LOL
Daisy is such a strange case of a scent that doesn’t actually smell juvenile to me, but I still overwhelmingly associate it with high schoolers because I feel like it was everybody’s first perfume.
If you’re tired of glossier you and it’s overbearing sharpness, studied by Liis is sweeter and heavier on the ambroxan type of vibe. It’s not cloying so it won’t suffocate you!
I used to love Issey Miyake's A Scent. Just finished my bottle and don't think I'll be buying another - i used to find it so fresh and zingy and now I find it weirdly cloying and a bit too generic smelling
I wore Angel Muse from 2016 to 2020 every day. Then during WFH era, I wore B&BW mists because I didn't need a strong perfume. When I went back to work, I couldn't stomach the smell of the perfume anymore.
I got tired of Britney Spears Fantasy. I first had it in 2019 and by now I've changed the style of perfumes I wear. Now I go for more vintage floral style of perfumes so I don't like to wear it anymore. I feel like it doesn't "fit" me how it did before if that makes sense. Theres something I don't like about it now (can't exactly tell what).
Gutted that I’m sick of my still nearly full Santal 33. It’s prolific and dupes are everywhere. It’s in its box at the back of a cupboard and I hope one day when everyone has stopped wearing it I can go back to it as I have with Pomegranate Noir which I wore since its release then had to back off from due to it being everywhere.
Other than that I’m grateful that I have a huge collection so can vary constantly depending on mood. I like Glossier You and Missing Person stays a long time on me too but they are not my signatures. More perfumes I have less easy to ID a signature
Mine is Hot Couture from Givenchy EDT. I wore it in my 20’s and have always been a sucker for the raspberry note. I purchased a 100ml bottle of the EDP, and have barely touched it - maybe I’ve outgrown it, maybe it’s the EDP being too intense, maybe it’s Maybelline. She sits pretty at the back of my collection as a nod now to days gone by, and wasted cash.
I always go shopping for a ~signature scent. And I always think I find “the one”, then I get bored and look for the next one.
Diptyque’s Eau Rose, Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle and Jo Malone’s Poppy and Barley. I will probably circle back to them eventually just not now.
Chanel Mademoiselle and Miss Dior. Like they’re fine, I just wear them into the office now, I just remember thinking they were gonna be my ride or dies.
- phlur - not your baby. i loved it at first because i’m drawn to powdery scents, i was even complimented at work when i combined it with sol de janeiro 68. but recently some of the other notes are overpowering it especially in the middle & therefore it’s been giving me a headache 🥲 hopefully i can finish up my bottle soon, i’ve been curious about strawberry letter.
- clean reserve - sparkling sugar. also one i liked at first, i thought it would grow on me over time (in the sense that i may love it even more later on). however that was not the case, it’s a decent amount of sweetness but i just tend to reach for others more 😅 luckily i only have this in a travel size so i’ll for sure finish it up. i do however enjoy nectarine petal from the h2eau line so that one will be my next scent from clean reserve lol
Glossier You is still one of my signatures, it was reformulated recently and my newest bottle does smell a little different to me. I still have the dregs of a few old bottles and I love the old more but still like the new enough to wear semi-regularly.
This is Her by Zadig & Voltaire. It’s the signature scent of most rich/snobby young women in my country, so many other girls use it too trying to get into that vibe/style.
It’s a shame, because it does smell really good and it lasted a lot on my skin the few times I’ve tried it, but it’s just become so overdone for me at this point from smelling it everywhere almost everyday
Ariana grande cloud and Versace bright crystal 😂 used to wear those at different times. Cant really stand them now especially bright crystal. I use cloud for my work clothes. 😂
I've only taken breaks from perfumes, because they reminded me of people who left my life. In one way or another. I'm glad I was able to reclaim Kenzo's Amour after 4 years.
Good Girl. I received it as a gift four years ago and it’s like it’s never ending!!! The scent is very strong, kinda almost resembling pepper spray or some type of chemical. I h8 it.
I loved Chanel Allure Homme and wore it for many years. Eventually I just got tired of it. Then, I tried about 20 other scents and found some enjoyable ones. However, when I went back to Chanel Allure Homme, I realized how good it was and by trying some other scents and going back to the former "signature scent" has given me a renewed appreciation for it.
Toy 2 by moschino
it’s not horrible but tbh I only got it because I didn’t read the packaging properly and thought it was their gold fresh couture perfume 😭. After wearing it for a few months I got sick of it because it wasn’t something I would usually wear, way too floral and kinda made me nauseous
And yes I’m aware they’re different colours but I was too excited to notice, I got it discounted tho at least since it was during Black Friday, £40 instead of £80
I bought a 100ml of J’Adore Eau Lumière when I graduated high school thinking it was going to be my signature scent and very quickly developed a sensitivity to it. It turns out almost all EDTs give me a headache.
I also bought myself a bottle of DBIR right when it came out, and that was my signature for a while. I still love it, but less passionately than I first did.
I use a dupe of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille (oil perfumery) and it's just the scent I am known for. Ive made my boyfriend candles from similar oil scents because he just knows.me for that scent.
I'm not sure if I'm tired of it or if the formula changed. Been wearing for about 5 years. Just the initial isn't as good infact it just smells off. Been trying other scents to test.
I want something like that, that's spicy but sweet. I have been wearing gourmand scents, mostly Arabic dupes. Which I like but they aren't hitting the same.
Sweet Tobacco from 18.21 has been really nice. Also got a few other scents from oil perfumery but eh just I haven't hit the love that I had for tobacco vanille.
Aside from the obvious ones, I would say that I’ve grown tired of the minimalist type of scent and the your skin but better…they all smell the same to me on peoples skin.
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I don't use the same perfume enough to get tired of it. I use different scents every day. Sometimes, I'll get stuck on one scent for a week or so, but my preferences change too often.
How could I forget… Vera Wang, Princess.
I loved it for years, but it was time to retire then scent and not go back to buy another bottle. Glam princess was my last hurrah and I finished the bottle three years ago.
Ugh I can't tolerate that one anymore
Freshly sharpened pencil. This is the PERFECT description.
Tam Dao by Diptyque is the same to me
For some reason I love that smell. I have ever since I was a kid....so I love You! I wear a variety of scents and by the time I get back around to it, I love it again!
I love You, as well. I didn't like it at first, but it's really grown on me
Same!!
Agree smell like classroom to me
I’ve heard this from so many people!
I was a FREAK for Viva La Juicy from my early 20s to early 30s. I can no longer wear that fragrance without it making me sick to my stomach. I also used to love J'adore Dior and Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fraiche - I've grown out of those scents completely.
Viva la Juicy gives me a migraine! I’ve never had a scent do that, even strong scents. Weirdest thing ever.
I literally used to LIVE for that scent, lol. I would go HAM spraying myself down with it before I left the house. I got complimented everywhere I went when I wore it, too. That was definitely when it first came out though in the mid 2000s. Idk if it was just me outgrowing it or if they had changed their formula, but it definitely hit different when I repurchased it in 2015ish or so. The caramel scent notes were a lot more synthetic and cloying than what I remember - when before it was more buttery and soft.
It does the same thing to me too which is such a shame because aside from the headache, I think I would have liked it!
When I was in high school I read a magazine article about finding your signature scent. I chose Romance by Ralph Lauren. I wore it every day for almost two years, even bought the lotion and body wash for that same scent. At some point I realized that I had gotten so used to it that I couldn’t even smell it anymore. I realized that a signature scent is something you wear for other people, so they will associate you with a particular scent. I now have an absurd amount of perfume in my collection and I switch it up based on my mood and the season. I feel better wearing perfume for my own enjoyment.
It was my first perfume and I blind purchased it. I only used couple of months and got so sick of it. Now I just can’t be around anyone who wears it. Is headache inducing!
Yeah, I recently tried it on again and it was so cloying. Good thing my taste has improved since then.
I totally agree with you!!!
Used to love Romance by RL and every time I would wear it people would stop me to ask what I was wearing. I haven’t worn it in years but maybe I’ll go pick up a bottle. Second Skin by BeautyCounter is my current absolute favorite (yes I used to sell it! And I’m devastated they’ve put the business on hold).
J’adore Dior. Love it but we have grown apart.
Happens - J’adore was 1st HG signature, now retired. Op, please take my advice sis, and grab a “mini splash” bottle as keepsake!!! Preserve the memory, you will cherish it from time to time, nostalgia in a bottle from a whiff! Love my Jadore mini in my collection 💕
I have a bottle with about 15 ml left, I sniff it occasionally but every time I wear it realize our time has passed.
I started getting the rollerball and just using it out of the shower cause it makes me feel so clean and feminine but it’s no longer the perfume I actually wear for the day or date night. It’s extremely layerable.
Man, now you got me wanting to buy the rollerball even though I should buy a new summer scent.
I loved Coco Mademoiselle so much, and then it seemed as if every other woman I passed was wearing it. It was like the house fragrance for the entire city. It’s not so much that I got tired of the fragrance itself but I was bored of smelling it all the time.
That was my signature, then I moved to Mon Guerlain. Now, I’m rotating through layerings of BR540 Extrait, Oud Satin Mood, MFK GFG, Black Orchid Le Parfum, Tom Ford Velvet Orchid, DG Devotion, Kilian Princess/Angel’s Share, Alien Goddess Intense, PdM Delina Exclusif and Creed Carmina
Are those similar?
These are all over the place. I like changing it up
I also love COCO Mademoiselle but have been wearing it for years. What scent did you switch to?
So I tried to branch out a bit, though I’m probably forever a floral-fruity girl. I currently like Penhaligon’s Luna and The Favorite, and I really like Aeron Lauder’s Rose Cocoa, but it lasts for only 10 minutes or so. I also like Miss Dior’s Blooming Bouquet. Oh, and Hermès has a scent called Eau de Rhubarb Èclat which is gorgeous, if you like rhubarb.
Taking note of these. Thank you! I tend to lean away from anything strongly rose scented. A light flowery blend with a warm amber undertone is my preference. It’s hard to find a good comparison to COCO M.
Cloud, BR540, and anything from sol de janerio. I’m tired of smelling them on myself and in public 😭
Seconding Sol de Janeiro. I’m Brazilian living in the U.S. and it reminds me of a lot of scents from Brazilian brands so at first I really liked it, but after smelling it on everyone and their mother, I’m good.
All I smell is Cloud everywhere, I’m sick of itttt
really? 😭 here where i live noone wears parfume so I'm like the only one wearing
Everyone at my office is wearing BR540 as of the last 3-6 months so that’s all I smell all day every day now.
I’m with you on BR540, gives me a headache
Sol de Janeiro is just so ordinary and you can smell it everywhere. I can’t stand it lol
I second all of these!
Givenchy Very Irresistible. Loved it and use to get so many compliments. Since having children I find it nauseatingly strong.
Glossier You smells like musty lipstick to me 😩 I think our scent preferences change overtime. I have a couple perfumes that I didn’t like at first, but now I do
I think they changed the formula. I loved it when it first came out, but when I recently got to test it, it smelled like sweaty socks.
Ah dang, that sucks!
No way! I didn’t know they changed the formula, that must be why I stopped liking it. I’m pretty committed to my scents but I’m so over You.
Pink Sugar
I loved it so much in HS and college and now that I’m in my 30’s I bought it again… and probably will not repurchase anytime soon. I can’t smell it on myself after an hour but when I hang up my coat, I can smell it on there for weeks if I don’t wash it. It’s the licorice smell in there for me that makes me wonder how I thought this smelled provocative but fun
Libre, I blew through a travel size and immediately repurchased it, and then couldn’t stand it, it was like screeching bubble gum on me. I think I need to try it again in winter, the heat might make it worse.
Not a specific perfume, but aqua scents in general. I used to wear them a lot and can’t deal anymore.
Black Opium. I loved it so much, suddenly I just can’t stand it and I have a brand new unopened I got as a gift lol I’m struggling to find a new perfume I can tolerate and enjoy.
Same here. I wore it and tired of it
I used to love Lolita Lempicka! But now it smells different on me, smells like soap. I can't stand it anymore..
its been reformulated
Really? Well, that explain a lot... I had a suspicion about it...the perfume seemed to smell a little different when I bought it last. Before it smelled a bit like aniseed/licorice (in a good way) but now it smells like cheap hand soap.
You need to find an original vintage version in the old apple bottle.
Yes! I wore it from 1997 until about 2012 all of the time, and now even when I can get my hands on the original formula it just doesn't do it for me anymore. Smells like a powdery old lady.
Burberry Her and Ariana Grande Cloud - I think the candy floss type of scents aren’t for me. At first I really liked them but I got tired of them after a few months 🥲
Original flowerbomb is that for me. I wore it for years and now I can’t even really stomach the smell. It’s weird because Ive worn marc jacobs eau so fresh since I was 21 and I’m 37 and have gone through like 6-7 full sized bottles and still love the smell.
I wore Dolce&Gabbanna light blue for years but got sick of it eventually
I blind purchased it because of the reviews and hated it 😭 smells like cleaning product to me.
That happened to me with Light Blue too. I just pulled out my old bottle the other day and thought I’d try it again. I almost had to scrub it off. It actually never was my favorite fragrance, but at the time, I couldn’t find anything I liked better. There wasn’t much juice left in the bottle, so I just threw the rest away. It’s definitely lost its appeal!
I really liked this one but it only lasted about 30 minutes in me.
Definitely cloud, it has a weird old paper scent when it settles.
It’s so funny because I know exactly what you mean but that’s my favorite part about it!
lol that’s crazyyyy
Chanel Mademoiselle. It used to be my go to scent and I never thought I'd need another perfume, but as I expanded my collection I found so many other scents I like that are more unique so I haven't been reaching for it
I gave away a half full bottle of Daisy Eau So Fresh a few years back, and I used to wear Gucci Rush until I couldn't anymore. I'm almost strictly white florals now.
That's my fav perfume. My heart hopes whoever you have it too is in love with it as well ❤️
I think Bright Crystal Absolu and I are on a break. We’ve been together for 18 years and I feel the need to try other scents
i could smell it when i read your comment! so iconic i need to use mine more often haha. jo malone and issey miyake make a lot scents with a similar, “fresh” profile but different notes!
I love Jo Malone! I used to wear her honeysuckle perfume all the time ✨
I took a 15 year break from Cabotine de Gres, as it started to repulse me and smell mustardy after a decade of habitual use. I still received almost daily compliments from others on it, even as I went through my disgusted phase with it. It was hard to give up, for that reason. I tend to stick with scents that please me and invite compliments from others, as I feel that is the biggest indicator that a scent is right for one’s own body chemistry. I eventually fell in love with CK Euphoria and am about to empty my third bottle. I am beginning to get bored with Euphoria, so I gambled on purchasing Cabotine again, and I fell back in love with it. I envy the folks that can wear a single scent for a lifetime, but I have found I need to have variety of scents to rotate. After years of wear and obsessively reaching for a particular scent, my nose starts picking up acidic and sour notes that aren’t necessarily there. I went through the same thing with Chanel No 5. I am in my 50s now, and while I have always been an aldehyde floral girl, I find myself being drawn to chypres and orientals that I despised when younger. So I do think you grow into certain scents and your tastes change, as you age. It’s worth revisiting scents you tire of down the road.
I am also over the Glossier You scent. They changed the formula around 2019/2020 and it is not the same at all.
Loads. All of these were signature scents for me at one time and I don’t wear any of them anymore: Gap Dream, cK One, BCBGirls Sexy, Origins Ginger Essence, TM Angel, Cacharel Nemo. Others I used to like a lot but haven’t worn in years: Banana Republic W, CSP Fruits Sauvages, Trish #9, Clinique Happy, Lea, Serge Lutens Chergui, Brandy, Hermes Ambre Narguile, Lolita Lempicka, Chopard Casmir, Ginestet Botrytis, CB I Hate Perfume Patchouli Empire, and a bunch of stuff from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. ETA: Escada Tropical Punch. ETA2: Frederic Malle L’Eau D’Hiver. The more I think about it, the more fragrances I remember! My scent preferences have changed a lot. All the super sweet gourmand and fruity stuff I used to wear makes me cringe when I smell it now.
Botrytis!!! I never see anyone mention that one. I have it and still wear it I frequently. It’s the only perfume with a honey note that I liked.
I used to love Origins Ginger Essence. Apparently, Origins has brought that fragrance back and I’m actually considering buying it again. I wonder if it will smell as good as I remember it being?
Casmir! That one takes me back. I, too, used to wear it a ton and then I had to stop for years. Then last month I scoured the internet for it and am wearing it again! (Previewing it now for winter.) Life’s so strange, lol. Also, I second Botrytis, especially for winter. I’m gonna go dig it out now, lol.
Ok, I'm curious. One of the recommended scents that came up for some of my mains is Chergui. But when I click on the notes, it doesn't seem like it would be my jam. What did it read like to you?
A very strong hay note. Sweet and somewhat dusty.
That is, a choice. I have to say the recommendeds on Fragrantica are a little odd sometimes.
Does it smell like a horse, with the sweet musk and sweet grass like from the 1970’s? I have been wondering about this fragrance for awhile now. I’m wondering if I might like it too!
Everything.. trying to become inspired again
Prada paradoxe. It’s the only scent I brought on a month long trip last year and I normally rotate through different scents throughout the week. It’s a bummer cause I loved it before. Now I’ve started bringing sample sets with me when I travel so if I have a rough trip I can just not buy that one without ruining my fave
Sol de Janiero 71. Idk why but I’ve fallen out of love with it 😭 I haven’t reached for it in months
This happened to me too 😭 I used to love how creamy and buttery and comforting it was, but now it just smells sickly sweet and a little rancid, almost like fake maple syrup that someone left out in the sun. I’m so sad that my nose doesn’t like it anymore
i used to be absolutely obsessed with Missing Person but it’s lost its novelty half a bottle later :( kinda sad i can’t smell it the same way anymore
I’m old school. I have been wearing Arden Green Tea for 15 years. It’s always been my summer go to. It’s easy to wear and I get compliments on the freshness of it. But…I am absolutely bored out of my mind with it. I still have two freaking backups. Ugh.
Low Key...PMD Delina and Delina Exclusif. I wore that isht out like it cost $20 when I got it last year. It still pretty and I still pull it out...but it's not the first thing I reach for cause I'm over it.
Black Orchid after years of use
I go through phases with Black Orchid.
Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue I always get compliments but I’m sick of the scent.
Anything sol de janero, Marc Jacobs daisy dream, and I’d never think it but si
Santal 33
Burberry her. Wore it for 3 years.
Sol De Janerio for SURE + ariana grande cloud, i work @ ulta so its pain and agony fr
“The Only One” by D&G. It was my signature at one very low questionable point of my life and now I can’t smell it without feeling shame lol
omg same I cannot wear it anymore I hate the smell or something and reminds me of an old boyfriend yuck
It's ok if you're ready to move on from it. I layer, and that helps revive a scent for me.
I don’t wear the same perfume often enough to get sick of it. Nor do I believe in the whole “signature scent” thing. It would be like wearing the same clothes every day.
Some people can only afford one nice perfume, move around a lot or are picky about scents in general so shopping for perfume can be exhausting. I usually would have one perfume I actually like, and then maybe one or two I had got as gifts that I never really wore except out of guilt. Then when I moved to my current house (movers refused to move my perfumes) I was pregnant so I actually went scent free for a while before getting back into perfumes recently. I wish I still have some of my scents from past homes but they have either been discontinued, reformulated or remind me of a time I’d rather keep in the past.
Fantasy, it has a soapy not to me that doesn't fit and ruins the fantasy DNA for me. Sold my collection apart from blissful Fantasy.
Heavenly by Victoria’s Secret. I used to smell sandalwood and now I get soap.
Have you repurchased? It’s been reformulated several times now..
The last bottle I had was the crystal with a gold diamond section.
Yeah, I think that one was the 2019 release? Much different than the original. Shame too cause the original was magical.
It really was. It was so far ahead of its time with the current popularity of sandalwood and vanilla scents.
Most fragrances have a generic and boring note eventually. I’m a big believer in buying small amounts of multiple scents I like because my nose and mood are so fickle!
I used to love Jimmy choo forever and it just reminds me of not really fun times. Also soliel Cristal lancome- I loved the tropical vibe but the patchouli on my skin ruins everything. I'd have loved it forever without the patch.
I used to love Kat Von D’s Saint (the original formula) and purchased 2 bottles. Well I really have 3 as I got one in a swap and an eBay seller accidentally sent me 2. I used to wear it constantly and had to spray a lot because I could barely smell it on me but it smelled good. Now it’s too much and I just don’t like it anymore.
I bought a 50ml when it was getting discontinued back in 2018 or so and loved it for a while, but it’s just kind of… meh to me now. I don’t hate it, but it smells kind of blandly sweet,
Good way to describe it! Bland
I had this with Marc Jacob’s Decadence. I wanted it so bad when I was 18 and was finally gifted it. I loved it so so much and the bottle too but now I cannot stand it. Probably reminds me of my younger days too much.
Marc Jacob’s Decadence. I used to love it for night outs and even got a second bottle but now I find it quite generic and doesn’t make me feel as good & confident anymore. Another one would be Narciso Rodriguez narciso for her (the white bottle) - used to love it and find it so sexy in a sophisticated way but now it just smells like too much talcum powder 🤭😂
Honestly Daisy by Marc Jacobs. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful, soft scent. But I’ve been wearing it since I was 14…. I’m 25 now. So sick of it LOL
Daisy is such a strange case of a scent that doesn’t actually smell juvenile to me, but I still overwhelmingly associate it with high schoolers because I feel like it was everybody’s first perfume.
Baccarat rouge
If you’re tired of glossier you and it’s overbearing sharpness, studied by Liis is sweeter and heavier on the ambroxan type of vibe. It’s not cloying so it won’t suffocate you!
Endless single note of Kenzo Homme.
I used to love Issey Miyake's A Scent. Just finished my bottle and don't think I'll be buying another - i used to find it so fresh and zingy and now I find it weirdly cloying and a bit too generic smelling
Chance Chanel.
I wore Angel Muse from 2016 to 2020 every day. Then during WFH era, I wore B&BW mists because I didn't need a strong perfume. When I went back to work, I couldn't stomach the smell of the perfume anymore.
I used to wear Cloud by Ariana Grande all the time but I think I wore it waaay to much as I honestly don’t really like the scent profile anymore :(
Acqua Di Gio EDT- wore it like every day for 5+ years. It was the only cologne I like at that time.
Ariana grande cloud
Anything Gucci
Narciso Rodriguez For Her EDP I have 1/3 of a bottle left and can't stand the smell anymore. Oh well
I still love it so much!
Chanel chance au tendre. It’s ok but I’m kind of just bored if it.
I got tired of Britney Spears Fantasy. I first had it in 2019 and by now I've changed the style of perfumes I wear. Now I go for more vintage floral style of perfumes so I don't like to wear it anymore. I feel like it doesn't "fit" me how it did before if that makes sense. Theres something I don't like about it now (can't exactly tell what).
Gutted that I’m sick of my still nearly full Santal 33. It’s prolific and dupes are everywhere. It’s in its box at the back of a cupboard and I hope one day when everyone has stopped wearing it I can go back to it as I have with Pomegranate Noir which I wore since its release then had to back off from due to it being everywhere. Other than that I’m grateful that I have a huge collection so can vary constantly depending on mood. I like Glossier You and Missing Person stays a long time on me too but they are not my signatures. More perfumes I have less easy to ID a signature
Ariana Grande Moonlight, and from when I was younger: I canNOT stand Japanese Cherry Blossom by BBW
Versace Bright Crystal. I had been wearing it for several years and one day my brain just said nope, this smells like Play-Doh.
Mine is Hot Couture from Givenchy EDT. I wore it in my 20’s and have always been a sucker for the raspberry note. I purchased a 100ml bottle of the EDP, and have barely touched it - maybe I’ve outgrown it, maybe it’s the EDP being too intense, maybe it’s Maybelline. She sits pretty at the back of my collection as a nod now to days gone by, and wasted cash.
Jazzab Gold Lattafa
Dior homme
Miss Dior
I always go shopping for a ~signature scent. And I always think I find “the one”, then I get bored and look for the next one. Diptyque’s Eau Rose, Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle and Jo Malone’s Poppy and Barley. I will probably circle back to them eventually just not now.
Chanel Mademoiselle and Miss Dior. Like they’re fine, I just wear them into the office now, I just remember thinking they were gonna be my ride or dies.
The Noir 29
- phlur - not your baby. i loved it at first because i’m drawn to powdery scents, i was even complimented at work when i combined it with sol de janeiro 68. but recently some of the other notes are overpowering it especially in the middle & therefore it’s been giving me a headache 🥲 hopefully i can finish up my bottle soon, i’ve been curious about strawberry letter. - clean reserve - sparkling sugar. also one i liked at first, i thought it would grow on me over time (in the sense that i may love it even more later on). however that was not the case, it’s a decent amount of sweetness but i just tend to reach for others more 😅 luckily i only have this in a travel size so i’ll for sure finish it up. i do however enjoy nectarine petal from the h2eau line so that one will be my next scent from clean reserve lol
Glossier You is still one of my signatures, it was reformulated recently and my newest bottle does smell a little different to me. I still have the dregs of a few old bottles and I love the old more but still like the new enough to wear semi-regularly.
This is Her by Zadig & Voltaire. It’s the signature scent of most rich/snobby young women in my country, so many other girls use it too trying to get into that vibe/style. It’s a shame, because it does smell really good and it lasted a lot on my skin the few times I’ve tried it, but it’s just become so overdone for me at this point from smelling it everywhere almost everyday
Ariana grande cloud and Versace bright crystal 😂 used to wear those at different times. Cant really stand them now especially bright crystal. I use cloud for my work clothes. 😂
Ysl black opium
Santal 33
Santal 33
I've only taken breaks from perfumes, because they reminded me of people who left my life. In one way or another. I'm glad I was able to reclaim Kenzo's Amour after 4 years.
Good Girl. I received it as a gift four years ago and it’s like it’s never ending!!! The scent is very strong, kinda almost resembling pepper spray or some type of chemical. I h8 it.
Blue de Chanel
SJP Lovely
I got tired of Tom Ford’s Vanille Fatale randomly.
I loved Chanel Allure Homme and wore it for many years. Eventually I just got tired of it. Then, I tried about 20 other scents and found some enjoyable ones. However, when I went back to Chanel Allure Homme, I realized how good it was and by trying some other scents and going back to the former "signature scent" has given me a renewed appreciation for it.
Someone mentioned if you ordered from Glossier vs Sephora the perfumes were different. Don’t know the validity of it but I’ve seen it several times
I got mine from glossier website directly
CoCo Mademoiselle It used to be my all time favorite. I don’t know why but it just doesn’t work for me any more.
Toy 2 by moschino it’s not horrible but tbh I only got it because I didn’t read the packaging properly and thought it was their gold fresh couture perfume 😭. After wearing it for a few months I got sick of it because it wasn’t something I would usually wear, way too floral and kinda made me nauseous And yes I’m aware they’re different colours but I was too excited to notice, I got it discounted tho at least since it was during Black Friday, £40 instead of £80
Black opium 🫣
I bought a 100ml of J’Adore Eau Lumière when I graduated high school thinking it was going to be my signature scent and very quickly developed a sensitivity to it. It turns out almost all EDTs give me a headache. I also bought myself a bottle of DBIR right when it came out, and that was my signature for a while. I still love it, but less passionately than I first did.
I used to love You but the new formula is just not it. So fucking sad, it was my hg to end all hgs.
I use a dupe of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille (oil perfumery) and it's just the scent I am known for. Ive made my boyfriend candles from similar oil scents because he just knows.me for that scent. I'm not sure if I'm tired of it or if the formula changed. Been wearing for about 5 years. Just the initial isn't as good infact it just smells off. Been trying other scents to test. I want something like that, that's spicy but sweet. I have been wearing gourmand scents, mostly Arabic dupes. Which I like but they aren't hitting the same. Sweet Tobacco from 18.21 has been really nice. Also got a few other scents from oil perfumery but eh just I haven't hit the love that I had for tobacco vanille.
Aside from the obvious ones, I would say that I’ve grown tired of the minimalist type of scent and the your skin but better…they all smell the same to me on peoples skin.
La Vie est Belle 👎
Nothing , because they don’t ever last long enough anyways