Growing Up

[sunshine202]

My first perfume at 13 was Davidoff cool water and the light blue bottle of RALPH. In high school I went through a sweet scent phase, I believe it was pink sugar. Now most of my fragrances have notes of bergamot, rose, vetiver, sambac and surprisingly OUD!!!!!!! OUD reminds me of a geriatric lady from church that carried mints and chocolate in her purse, that always had a bread crumb on her lip. Oops I just described my grandma! Now I like only a small note of it in my fragrance. OMG am I geriatric now? How have your fragrances matured over time? Do you remember your first scent?

[Anonymous]

My mother always got me a new ed hardy perfume every Christmas when I was in middle school. I can’t remember the names but the one was from the love and luck line and I remember one of the main ingredients was vodka and for some reason that always made me gag a little lol! It smelt amazing I know they still sell the scent but no longer in Canada.

[sunshine202]

Ed hardy. Wow I haven't heard that brand in a long time! What are you using now?

[GingerMelody]

As a teen, I always wore Happy by Clinique and feel that citrus scent really suited my personality. In my twenties, I found a limited edition perfume by Givenchy, Cedre d'hiver, and that started me on more interesting and Woody scents. I love cedar and sandalwood. Now some faves are Penhaligan's Opus, Diptyque's Tam Dao, and, surprisingly, Jo Malone's Dark Amber and Ginger Lily.

[sunshine202]

Sandalwood is another fave note of mine. My sephora doesn't carry the Jo Malone brand in store. Only high end department stores which are far distance wise for me. I wish 100 or 250 perk points offered samples of brand. I have been wanting to indulge in the fragrances offered by this brand.

[pocketvenus]

@GingerMelody 

I remember Happy 🙂 I also love cedar, even just on its own!

[Samtian]

My first scents were Exclamation and M by Mariah. I'm not sure my scents have changed much over time, I like to try almost anything and everything. I guess instead of sweet I prefer spicy scents.

[sunshine202]

Agreed. I find that sweet scents give me a headache or make me feel lightheaded.

[pocketvenus]

Great question!!! My first scent was Lancome's Miracle which, at the time, smelled ultra-femme to me. It was sweet, light and inoffensive - and now, instead of femme, it smells very girlish to me. I could never wear this today!

The other fragrance I liked was Gwen Stefani's/LAMB's L which is now discontinued. It was in your face, unapologetically gaudy and very synthetic smelling. Thinking back, it was a pretty good one for a teenager to wear LOL. Remembering it is kind of like looking at old photos of the crazy makeup/hair/fashion looks you did when you were young and smiling/cringing at yourself 😛

Today I love really challenging or strange fragrances or anything that hearkens back to vintage times. I'll try any chypre. Anything that reminds me of a great cocktail. Super smoky, spicy, metallic or animalistic fragrances - scents that would have made me recoil in disgust as a teen. Definitely enjoy some ouds, one of my favourites being the ultra-pungent Pearl Oud by Kilian.