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| Blends of floral and citrus-based fragrances are recommended for casual and daywear. Spicy, woody or warm amber-based fragrances are traditionally favorites for evening and special occasions. |
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| FAVORITES RE: RYAN |
AIMEE |
04/08/07 10:59 AM |
NOT RATED
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| MESSAGE BY AIMEE |
| Ryan, how funny that you should ask about my favorites because I have very eclectic taste in scent and I have been on a lifelong quest all of my 47 years for "the perfect one." I just love the idea of a signature scent that permeates one's clothes and sort of becomes one with you when you wear it. Having said that, admidst my many bottles, which I don't dare count, I have some that take front and center on the dressing table. They are: Tom Ford's Black Orchid, Narciso Rodrieguez, Jo Malone's Blue Agava & Cacao, also her Vintage Gardenia, Must de Cartier, Le Baiser du Dragon, Trish McEvoy's Blackberry & Vanilla Musk, the great Shalimar, 24 Faubourg, Gianfranco Ferre, Bois des Isles, Cuir de Russie, and of course Opium. I also have a love/hate relationship with Chanel No. 5. (See my posting there.) I have great appreciation for many others but there are fragrances I love to smell on other people but do not want to wear. My mother used to call me "Parts per billion" because of how I can detect notes in fragrances. It is both a blessing and a curse. I enjoy fragrance immensely but if there is one thing in a parfum that I do not enjoy, it kills the experience for me. I generally enjoy spice that has a clean quality to it. The ones I've named I favor depending on my mood, the season and whether we are talking day or evening--but I do mix it up unexpectedly and wear what some would consider a winter scent whenever I feel like it. I am not a fragrance snob. I do love fragrances made in the fine old French tradition, but when a saleslady once said to me that a parfum has to be made in France to smell good, I said, "Nonsense. I was made in America and there is nothing wrong with me." What's more Italian designers have some beautiful fragrances. My mother wore Estee's pure fragrance spray and she smelled gorgeous in it. I would wear it too, but it makes me cry. (I posted the story of my mom's Estee on that fragrance board.) I don't like watery, "anemic" sorts of scents or loud florals--they give me a headache. For instance, I appreciate Fracas, but cannot wear it. I am guaranteed a headache in 10 minutes flat. For some years I wore Samsara and nothing else, and received compliments left and right, but I no longer enjoy it myself. Another tibdit: Scents that fall into the Chypre category tend to be very unbecoming on me. So...you asked! What are some of your faves? |
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