Its the new obsession i am having. Ladies please share the best of ur experience. Also, did anybody use benefit fragnances?
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Still stuck on Michael Kors, Very Bali (amazing scent for the summer)...I have it and use it very sparingly lol
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^is it discontinued?
to the OP- i love armani diamonds
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I love Chanel **no5 **and **Alien **by Thierry Mugler for parties. Chloe is my current obsession 
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Chloe Narsis is it? I am hooked to miss dior. Amazingly fresh
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I very much love midnight fantasy I’m trying to find some others I like.
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^is it discontinued?
to the OP- i love armani diamonds
I'm not sure, I know it was limited addition and was sold out in a lot of places but i'm sure you'd be able to purchase it over the internet if you wanted.
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I love Alien, paid an arm for it but it’s a great winter scent.
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Gucci Guilty
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Disclaimer: I am not a female, but this thread caught my eye because I recently bought a number of perfumes for my mother and sister.
General terminology: "Eau De Parfum (EDp)" is more concentrated than "Eau De Toilette (EDT)".
Depending on your price range and preferred fragrance type, you can choose from plenty. Everyone perceives perfume differently, so the best idea is to sample and see which one "clicks" for you.
Chanel No.5 is perhaps the most famous. However, there is a number of variations in it. The Eau De Toilette and Eau De Parfum (The EDP is more concentrated and pricier) smell quite different from each other, and the "Eau Premier" version is different from both of them.
Personally, I would recommend the Eau De Parfum. It is quite pricey though, the 100ml EDP bottle can easily smash the US$200 mark where I live.
If you prefer the more oriental fragrances, YvesSaintLaurent has Opium, which is one of my favourites. I bought it for both Mom and my sister.
Again, Opium comes in both EDP and EDT concentrations, and they smell quite different. The EDP smells more pleasant to my nose at least, but once again, this is quite a pricey fragrance. A 90ml (3oz) bottle of the EDP is around US$150 where I live. An easy way to tell Opium apart in its concentrations is the colour of the cap; the EDT has a brown cap, the EDP has a golden cap. And don'e even bother with the Belle D'Opium (purple bottle) version....it's horrendous.
In the musky fragrances, CK Escape for women (EDP) and Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds (EDT) are both pretty good, and both are around the US$50 mark for 3.4oz (100ml).
Another all-time classic Mom has had since the 1980s is Poison by Dior. It has several variations now; the "Original" poison in the brownish bottle, there's "Pure Poison" in the white/pink bottle, Hypnotic poison is the red bottle and Midnight poison is blue.
Of these, Pure Poison, and the original are good. The original is flowery/fruity mix to my nose, and Pure Poison is predominantly floral. Hypnotic smells overpoweringly of vanilla, and midnight has a very "cold" top note. Should be around US$150 for a 100ml (3.4oz) bottle.
For flowery fragrances, CK Euphoria is also a very good option.
Also consider Magnifique by Lancome; it is probably by price/quantity the most expensive of the lot (75ml/2.5oz in the EDP concentration) costs about US$170 here, but it is quite difficult to find outside the ANZ region from what my friend in the USA told me...Magnifique is strongly flowery, and has a slight spice undertone. And it lasts LOOOONNG. I needed to almost scrub out the test spray from my wrist.
Tresor by Lancome is also very nice. Also consider Body Intense by Burberry. (both US$150+ for the 3oz bottles).
There's also Shalimar by Guerlain. It is very expensive, but well worth the money; The EDP and EDT both smell very nice. Do stay away from "Shalimar Parfum Initial" though, because it is very "powdery" and feels like powder blown into your nose.
From Marc Jacobs, both Lola and Daisy smell very nice.
There's also Elizabeth Arden's Red Door...
(I think I should stop now, I've written more about girls' perfumes than I have for male fragrances lol)
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^My favorite from your suggestions is Magnifique by Lancome.
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^My favorite from your suggestions is Magnifique by Lancome.
I like it too. I hunted down a bottle with some difficulty (for Mom); it sure does smell very nice and is one of the longest lasting perfumes I've come across. The lady at the shop sprayed my wrist instead of using a cardboard test blot, and it survived a couple of hand-washes before it was gone completely...
The only sticking point is the price...at least in Australia, it is priced very dearly when considering the quantity in the bottle (2.5oz for US$170).
I'll add a few more recommendations here that my sister told me about when I was talking to her earlier in the day...
Organza by Givenchy (somewhat woody, but quite floral on the top)
L'eau D'Issey by Issey Miyake
Dune by Christian Dior (floral); Mom has had this on and off since the early 90s.
Parisenne by YvesSaintLaurent (quite floral, slight musk) (The shorter, more squat bottle is the EDP). About US$165 for 3oz.
Elle by YSL (The darker bottle is the EDP); this one is a much "younger" fragrance than others from YSL (Paris/Parisienne/Opium) ; it has a nice mix of flower, fruit and spice. US$160 for 3oz in Melbourne.
Another good one from Dior is J'Adore; the best version of that would be the "Essence de Parfum", but that one is eye-wateringly pricey (US$175 for 1.1oz in Australia). That said, the EsDP is very concentrated, and it should last a fair while.
Silver Rain by La Prarie is also very nice, but I dont recommend it as such. It's sold in the EDP concentration for a higher price than Dior sell their EsDP concentrations at. Not good.
And of course, being a boy, the name Bvlgari is never far from my mind either. From them, there's one I would recommend without a hiccup, "Rose Essentiale" . Comes in either EDT or EDP concentration (EDP bottles have a gold neck and cap, EDTs have only the cap golden). Rose Essentialle is floral on the top, and fades to a very pleasant sandalwood. Can go up to US$210 for 3.4oz bottles here.
Finally, there's Chanel No. 22...it's only sold at Chanel Boutiques, being part of their "exclusives" range. Smells absolutely gorgeous, and the bottle size is gigantic. 6.8oz (200ml) for US$330 or thereabouts.
All prices I mention are street-level prices in Australian department stores. Prices at Macys/Nordstrom etc in USA are likely to be much lower, because we do get smacked with hefty markups here.
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White diamonds is over rated
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I like it too. I hunted down a bottle with some difficulty (for Mom); it sure does smell very nice and is one of the longest lasting perfumes I've come across. The lady at the shop sprayed my wrist instead of using a cardboard test blot, and it survived a couple of hand-washes before it was gone completely...
The only sticking point is the price...at least in Australia, it is priced very dearly when considering the quantity in the bottle (2.5oz for US$170).
I'll add a few more recommendations here that my sister told me about when I was talking to her earlier in the day...
Organza by Givenchy (somewhat woody, but quite floral on the top)
L'eau D'Issey by Issey Miyake
Dune by Christian Dior (floral); Mom has had this on and off since the early 90s.
Parisenne by YvesSaintLaurent (quite floral, slight musk) (The shorter, more squat bottle is the EDP). About US$165 for 3oz.
Elle by YSL (The darker bottle is the EDP); this one is a much "younger" fragrance than others from YSL (Paris/Parisienne/Opium) ; it has a nice mix of flower, fruit and spice. US$160 for 3oz in Melbourne.
Another good one from Dior is J'Adore; the best version of that would be the "Essence de Parfum", but that one is eye-wateringly pricey (US$175 for 1.1oz in Australia). That said, the EsDP is very concentrated, and it should last a fair while.
Silver Rain by La Prarie is also very nice, but I dont recommend it as such. It's sold in the EDP concentration for a higher price than Dior sell their EsDP concentrations at. Not good.
And of course, being a boy, the name Bvlgari is never far from my mind either. From them, there's one I would recommend without a hiccup, "Rose Essentiale" . Comes in either EDT or EDP concentration (EDP bottles have a gold neck and cap, EDTs have only the cap golden). Rose Essentialle is floral on the top, and fades to a very pleasant sandalwood. Can go up to US$210 for 3.4oz bottles here.
Finally, there's Chanel No. 22...it's only sold at Chanel Boutiques, being part of their "exclusives" range. Smells absolutely gorgeous, and the bottle size is gigantic. 6.8oz (200ml) for US$330 or thereabouts.
All prices I mention are street-level prices in Australian department stores. Prices at Macys/Nordstrom etc in USA are likely to be much lower, because we do get smacked with hefty markups here.
I've heard a lot of good things about YSL perfumes, looking fwd to trying some soon. You seem like you work at a perfume factory by the sounds of it! lol you're very knowledgable about women's perfumes for a guy :)
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Poison by Christian Dior is nice.
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Current Favourites:
Versace - Bright Crystals
Gucci - Guilty
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All-time favourites:
Forever and Ever by Dior (it was limited edition but you can pick it up at duty free's at the airport if you ever travel)
Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf
both of these smell heavenly and are amazing. The bottle for Flowerbomb is gorgeous too.
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^ Totally agree with Flowerbomb. I loooovvveeeeee that stuff.
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^Flowerbomb smells delicious! Jimmy choo has a similar scent and I actually like it better than flower bomb..andddd it’s cheaper!
JIMMY CHOO JIMMY CHOO : Shop Women | Sephora
Some of my other favorites are Alien by Thierry Mugler, Euphoria by Calvin Klein, Light Blue by D&G and Gucci Rush<3
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^ Totally agree with Flowerbomb. I loooovvveeeeee that stuff.
I have tried it, and it is indeed a very nice fragrance...
Eau Mega by V&R is also quite nice
V&R is quite pricey...FlowerBomb can be US$200 for a 3.4oz EDP bottle...
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You seem like you work at a perfume factory by the sounds of it! lol you're very knowledgable about women's perfumes for a guy
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Lol my friends drag me with them sometimes when buying perfumes...I have plenty in my own closet (guys' perfumes of course!):D