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Have your fragrance prefs changed?This is a discussion thread · 21 replies KMS: There's an interesting article on fragrance in the September Allure. The author claims that younger women are drawn toward light, shower-fresh scents, while women of - ahem - a certain age are more drawn toward heavier, more overtly sensual fragrances. One possible reason for this, according to the article, is that younger women have a more sensitive sense of smell. The article also opines that younger women may not be as comfortable with their sexuality. Uh, whatever.For my part, in my teens and early-mid 20s I was drawn more toward florals and powdery scents (Anais Anais, Oscar de la Renta, Liz Claibourne, etc.). In my late 20s and early 30s I started gravitating toward base-note-heavy fragrances, particularly musks and vanillas (Kiehl's musk, Perfect Veil, etc.). Now, in my mid 30s, I'm all about deep, rich, incense-like fragrances like Glow Sandalwood and Geisha Noire. The light, fresh scents do nothing for me anymore - witness my lack of enthusiasm for the Clean line, after having tried it. The scents I loved in my 20s now repel me. The closest I get to a clean floral now is Geisha Blanche, but it's a very rich scent as well. Has anyone stayed true to a particular fragrance or fragrance type for years on end? If not, how have your fragrance preferences changed over the years? -KMS
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Trilby: [nq:1]Has anyone stayed true to a particular fragrance or fragrance type for years on end? If not, how have your fragrance preferences changed over the years? -KMS[/nq]I've stayed faithful to floral bouquets. I've never cared for single-note florals, and while I enjoy sandalwood or musk, I've never worn heavy, animalic fragrances. I've always hated orientals like Shalimar, Opium, Poison, etc. I liked Love's Lemon Fresh when I was a teenager, when there was a huge craze for lemon scented products. I still like uncomplicated, foodie scents during the day or for an evening at home. But when I go out, I wear real perfume, not vanilla extract. I think it's a way of signalling to myself that I'm not in the kitchen cooking dinner! This is when I get out the floral bouquets. Some of my favorites have been around for decades. I've been wearing Rive Gauche since 1972, Fidji since 1974, and Jean Louis Scherrer since 1981. Priscilla (Email Removed) "Here comes the most beautiful woman in puppetland!"
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MoonFancy: [nq:1]Has anyone stayed true to a particular fragrance or fragrance type for years on end? If not, how have your fragrance preferences changed over the years?[/nq]Fun thread! I have always been a foodie. With the exception of the Lily of the Valley cologne the Easter Bunny used to leave me, my tastes have always leaned toward foodie scents. I wore Max Factor's Strawberry Splash all through high school. I still wear strawberry. I also had a coconut musk that I loved. And a chocolate lip gloss that was so strongly-scented that most people thought it was a perfume rather than my lip gloss. I also used to wear vanilla extract right out of Mama's pantry because I loved the way it smelled but could never find a vanilla perfume. Now, of course, there are many vanilla perfumes that don't turn your skin brown like the vanilla extract does! I thought my scent preferences had finally matured somewhat when I fell in love with Opium. It seemed so much more grown-up than my food scents. But then I realized it was the cinnamon in Opium that had me so enthralled. I do wear some florals and "fresh" scents. I love BBW's Water Blossom Ivy, which is not foodie, and I like Demeter's Laundromat, which is more fresh and clean. But a look at the huge wicker basket I have filled with scent tells me I am still a foodie. Off the top of my head: Mandarin Mango, Blueberry, Caramel, Ginger-Lime, Honey Almond, Brownie, Blackberry, Angel Food, Strawberry, Sugar Cookie, Gingerbread, Pear, Tangerine Spice, Cucumber, Orange-Clove, Spiced Tea, Peach, Butterscotch, Creme Brulee, Coconut, Watermelon, Hazelnut, Banana Cream Pie, Cinnamon... And that's not even counting the food-scented body butters, lotions, and shower gels. I guess my preferences haven't changed that much since I was a teenager! I'm a die-hard foodie. Beckie
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Frayed: Does anyone attribute this to a change in (female) hormones? Karen == "I think people are getting carried away with balsamics" Bobby Flay
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AJ: Mine have not changed. For years I couldn't wear any perfume at all I could bear Jean Nate lemon splash but anything else, no matter how gorgeous it smelled on others, made me sick when I wore it. At some point in the early 1980s I smelled a strip of Hermes in Vanity Fair, ordered it, and had the first scent I could ever wear without feeling ill.Since then I have changed from the basic Hermes (now Hermes Rouge) to 24 Faubourg. I can also wear CSP Motu, the Musc one, and Pamplemousse, as well as the Bvlgari Green. But, by and large, the scents I can deal with are few and far between. Makes me kind of sad! AJ
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Heather and Joe: [nq:1]I have always been a foodie.[/nq]Me too. I do like to alternate with green tea, verbena or gardenia fragrances, but mostly for hotter days. Pregnancies helped weed out those fragances which, even now I can't stand (Demeter Cucumber, Loccitane Lotus Flower, etc come to mind) though at the time of purchase, I loved and even raved about them here or elsewhere. So now I'm left with a ton of food based fragrances and about 4 or 5 nonfood ones, the ones that passed muster with me. Heather http://www.faceonline.com
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the Wicked Witch: [nq:1]There's an interesting article on fragrance in the September Allure. The author claims that younger women are drawn toward light, ... particular fragrance or fragrance type for years on end? If not, how have your fragrance preferences changed over the years?[/nq]I saw the article too, but all I could think was I must be an anomaly because I started liking and wearing Opium when I was about 18 (right at the start of college) and it's still a favorite, and I still love to wear it. Probably one reason I still love it is that it reminds me of that time, which was a lot of fun for me, first taste of freedom and city life, etc. A bit later on, I also glommed onto Allure when it first came out and have worn it since, still wear it often. Not a light scent either but it's always felt like "me" even when I was younger. I never really liked "light, fresh, clean" scents, not that they're offensive, they're just kind of, I dunno, boring to me I guess. I've never felt like I had a bionic nose or anything so maybe that's part of it - maybe stronger scents appeal because my nose isn't too sensitive. But I'd prefer warm, spicy and/or sweet scents over clean, fresh scents any day, and that's not a change that's increased with time, I've always been drawn to those. If anything, I'm more open-minded (open-nosed?) about fragrances than I used to be and more likely to give a scent that isn't my usual thing a chance - but even so, it's not very often I smell one that's out of character that actually appeals to me. the Wicked Witch
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Maurey Lancaster: I am happy to take on all comers and I swing back and forth depending on mood, not on age.For example, right now I'm all over Estee Lauder perfumes... the new Beyond Paradise is a real favorite. Also liking Pleasures Summer Frost and the regular Pleasures too. I have my clean musks, like Cristal de Musc and my heavy musks Musc Sauvage (Frederic Malle) And I love foodie scents too have almost all the Vanille versions from CSP, plus lots of fruity ones. My only dislike is really single note floral fragrances... not me. Otherwise, I'm easy! Maurey (remove "no junk" from my address to email me) "Home is within me. I carry everyone and everything I am with me wherever I go" ~Suheir Hammad, Palestinian/US poet
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S. Gupta X-no-archive: yesNo, I don't think so. I still like strong, heady scents such as orientals. Light, fresh scents are still boring to me. Shalini (Remove (a) from address) Shalini Gupta
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kayper: [nq:1]Has anyone stayed true to a particular fragrance or fragrance type for years on end? If not, how have your fragrance preferences changed over the years?[/nq]I've been loyal to breezy florals with a hint of green most of my life, but I'm becoming accustomed to sweeter, spicier scents. But only since joining here. I had to be coaxed out of my box and I'm now quite happy with heavier, more sultry scents in cold weather.
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