Lazy Sunday Fun ( 20 Fragrant Questions )

[lyravega]

A friend sent me these the other day. Thought it would be fun to share here, and have some fun together. What do you say?

1. What was the first perfume you ever purchased?
2. What got you into fragrances?
3. What is your signature perfume?
4. What are 3 of your favorite houses?
5. What are your favorite fragrance notes?
6. What has been your worst blind buy?
7. What has been your best blind buy?
8. What is your most recent perfume purchase?
9. What is your favorite fragrance in your collection?
10. What is your dream fragrance?
11. What fragrance/cologne do you like on your significant other?
12. What is your favorite lazy day fragrance?
13. What is your pick me up fragrance?
14. What is your favorite spring/summer perfume?
15. What is your favorite fall/winter perfume?
16. What perfumes are you currently lusting over?
17. If you had your own fragrance released into the industry, which one of your fragrances would it resemble/what it would be like?
18. If you could collaborate with anyone from the fragrance community, who would it be and why?
19. What is your next fragrance purchase?
20. What was your most dramatic fragrance buying experience?

[pocketvenus]

1. What was the first perfume you ever purchased? cK One
   
2. What got you into fragrances? I've always loved scents. I have a box full of essential oils as well and have spent a stupid amount of money on Japanese incense. But I started studying perfumes and sampling them widely when I found places that ship samples of hard-to-find perfumes like Luckyscent. That was maybe a two or three years ago?
   
3. What is your signature perfume? I don't have one, I can't commit!
   
4. What are 3 of your favorite houses? This is really really tough. There are a lot of great houses. For myself personally (so not necessarily what I would consider the best, just what I like) it's Roja Dove, Papillon Artisan Fragrances and Frédéric Malle.
   
5. What are your favorite fragrance notes? Vetiver, labdanum, castoreum, leather, smoke, liquors, cardamom
   
6. What has been your worst blind buy? I never blind buy! I'm so, so picky.
   
7. What has been your best blind buy? n/a
   
8. What is your most recent perfume purchase? Malle's Noire Epices? I'm not sure...
   
9. What is your favorite fragrance in your collection? They are all special in their own way 🙂
   
10. What is your dream fragrance? Anything that surprizes and delights me, that makes me see (smell?) a note in a totally different way.
    
11. What fragrance/cologne do you like on your significant other? He doesn't like wearing fragrances! It's okay, I wear enough for the both of us LOL.
    
12. What is your favorite lazy day fragrance? L'Artisan Parfumeur's Timbuktu, Mono di Orio's Vanille or 4160 Tuesday's Sleep Knot. Although I tend not to have many lazy days.
    
13. What is your pick me up fragrance? CdG's Original.
    
14. What is your favorite spring/summer perfume? Spring calls for something gentle, like Malle's Angeliques Sous La Pluie or something green and chill, like L'Artisan P's Dzongkha. For the summer, I wear 4160 Tuesday's Ealing Green to cut through the sweltering heat.
    
15. What is your favorite fall/winter perfume? I find myself turning to Etat Libre d'Orange's Fat Electrician these frigid days. For fall, Papillon's Anubis is suitably smoky.
    
16. What perfumes are you currently lusting over? Pure Distance's M. Everything by Parfums Dusita.
    
17. If you had your own fragrance released into the industry, which one of your fragrances would it resemble/what it would be like? I'm not sure.... probably a leather.
    
18. If you could collaborate with anyone from the fragrance community, who would it be and why? OMG. This is so hard. Maybe Frédéric Malle. Or noses like Bertrand Duchaufour, Liz Moores, Roja Dove, Montri Umavijani.... If we extend this to people who have passed away.... even harder!!! But I do think out of all these people, Moores strikes me as the kindest, the most gracious, so perhaps her.
    
19. What is your next fragrance purchase? I'm not sure... but am thinking about the L'Artisan Parfumeur Travel Set.
    
20. What was your most dramatic fragrance buying experience? I bought a perfume for a dear friend from overseas when she came to visit me. It was so lovely to buy her something so special.
    

Thanks for posting these questions @lyravega! My fave 20 questions thread ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[angel7594]

Fun topic @lyravega!!

1 First pefume purchased...hmmm, I think Love’s Baby Soft when I was a teen lol.

2 I became very interested in fragrances because of my mom. She had Dior Poison and some other lovely ones that intrigued me growing up.

3 My signature perfume at this time is Jo Malone English Oak and Hazelnut.

4 My three favorite perfume houses: Chanel, Dior, Jo Malone.

5 Favorite notes.... hmmm, so many- and I am drawing a blank at the moment. 😄

6 Worst blind buy... Angel by Thierry Mugler, smelled absolutely horrid on me.

7 Best blind buy... Alien by Thierry Mugler. So unique and mysteriously beautiful. I love it.

8 Most recent purchase: Dior J’Adore

9 Favorite fragrance in my collection: Chanel N 5 Eau Premiere

10 Dream fragrance: Something with a combo of marshmallow, lavender, vanilla. BBW had a line out with these notes during the holidays and it is heavenly. And, I am very picky so I was quite impressed. I would want it in eau de parfum form!!

11 Stetson cologne for my guy lololol!! 

12 lazy day fragrance: Dior J’Adore

13 Pick me up fragrance: Pinrose Secret Genius

14 favorite Spring/ Summer fragrance: Chanel N 5

15 favorite Fall/ Winter fragrance: Jo Malone English Oak and Hazelnut

16 fragrance I am lusting over... Carolina Herrera Good Girl... smells amazing, and I adore the high heel bottle design. This will likely be my next fragrance purchase! ❤️

[lyravega]

You are cheating, @angel7594  ! Some answers are missing! You, naughty girl, you!  ( No worries, I'll probably do the same. 😄 )

Mmmmm, Alien! One of my all time faves! My love! My heart! My alien soul! 😉

Haha! Samesies on Angel! Ugh... That one is really terrible on me, too. 

And, Jo Malone English Oak and Hazelnut is one of very few JM's I like! Very nice.

[angel7594]

Hahaha @lyravega!!! yeah I kinda bailed on the last few questions....I err... got hungry 😬 ❤️

[alexasteph]

What was the first perfume you ever purchased? - Oh, probably something from Victoria Secret. If I were to guess I'd say it was the EDT version of Love Spell.

What got you into fragrances? - Hm, I don't really know. It was just another beauty related area to explore I suppose.

What is your signature perfume? - Lancome La Vie Est Belle I'd say.

What are 3 of your favorite houses? - Atelier Cologne, Elizabeth and James, Pinrose.

What are your favorite fragrance notes? - Patchouli, white florals, mandarin, sandalwood.

What has been your worst blind buy? - It was a Michael Kors one... Coral maybe? I don't even think they make it anymore. 

What has been your best blind buy? - YSL Mon Paris I think. I try not to blind buy fragrances too much if I can avoid it. The MK one was blind and bad so I learned from that haha.

What is your most recent perfume purchase? - Amazing Grace Ballet Rose

What is your favorite fragrance in your collection? - La Vie Est Belle, but I do feel bad for my others! Hahahaha. I can't be the only one who feels bad for their other products when they say something else is their favorite. I just like it because it's appropriate year round in any situation. I never have to question it.

What is your dream fragrance? - Ooh, I don't know! Maybe something with a nice subtle musk and white florals.

What fragrance/cologne do you like on your significant other? - I've always liked Polo Blue, but I also like Acqua Di Gio.

What is your favorite lazy day fragrance? - Pinrose Pillowtalk Poet.

What is your pick me up fragrance? - Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine. 

What is your favorite spring/summer perfume? - Pinrose Wild Child.

What is your favorite fall/winter perfume? - Elizabeth and James Nirvana Bourbon.

What perfumes are you currently lusting over? - The new Atelier one! Iris Rebelle. 

If you had your own fragrance released into the industry, which one of your fragrances would it resemble/what it would be like? - Hm, I don't even know haha. I'd want it to be more unique than generic, and I like how Pinrose is very much note based to combine and layer. So I'd probably like doing something along those lines.

If you could collaborate with anyone from the fragrance community, who would it be and why? - Juicy Couture probably haha. Only because I like most of their fragrances already but they have room to expand and I wouldn't feel like I'm adding just another fragrance that's the exact same. 

What is your next fragrance purchase? - Probably that Atelier one, but I'd like to try it first. 

What was your most dramatic fragrance buying experience? - Dramatic? Most of my purchases of anything are pretty drama free so I don't really have an answer. 

[lyravega]

Haha, @alexasteph , "dramatic" question made me go "huh?!" ! 

What kind of drama is going on in the world of perfumes that I am not aware of?! 😄

I've never been one for citrusy scents much, but mmmm Orange Sanguine is so yummy! It plays so well with other scents, too. 

I am so curious about that new AC! 

[alexasteph]

@lyravega Yeah, my local Sephora doesn’t carry many Atelier in store so I’m not sure when I’ll be able to try it. I’d be surprised if they carried that one. I’m hoping some reviews will start popping up soon!