A scent.
I’ve always loved the idea of having a fragrance that people associate with me. I’m sure you know people who always smell the same, or associate a smell with someone. I have wonderful memories of my mom and dad getting gussied up at night to go out, and my mom coming downstairs, all pretty and stuff and smelling so wonderfully of Coco Chanel. And my wonderful Nana, who also always smelled so delicious of her fragrance, I think it was Ysatis, by Yves St Laurent. She was a layering gal – she had the soap, the moisturizer, the talc and the perfume, all laid out for her to use. There was a also a woman at my old job who smells sooo good, but keeps it a secret as to what she is wearing, because her signature scent is so sacred to her, she doesn’t want people smelling like her.
Me? I can’t seem to commit to one fragrance. In the 80’s, people would have unfortunately associated Poison with me (public apology, I bathed in it, and I smoked, I smelled awful). When I turned 16 and turned my life around, I symbolically turned to Happy by Clinique, convinced that by wearing something that sounded and smelled so positive, it would have to infect me with good energy. At university, if you walked past me (and most of the other students there) you would get a whiff of patchouli and Pantene. After graduation, I went and worked for Club Monaco. It was the 90’s, cleanliness and minimalism reigned, and I once again turned to Clinique, this time wearing Aromatics Elixir – a very clean, crisp fragrance, which apparently also KILLS allergy sufferers as I was asked to not wear it to work because it irritated one co-worker so much.
When I entered the public service and started making some coin, I spoiled myself with Jo Malone fragrances, which I still love, but they are really a waste of money for me because the perfume seems to fall off of my skin and just does not stick at all.
My current love is Chanel no. 19, and I’ve been wearing this for a few years now. I love it, love walking into my closet and smelling it off of my clothes. I also love it when I go out and night and hug the girls goodbye and they take a big inhale and tell me how pretty I smell.
What’s your signature fragrance? How did you discover it?
6 comments:
Lauren bt Ralph Lauren..I can't let it go and have been wearing it since High School. Sadly they don't make it anymore and I am on my very last drop.....
Jen - I'm pretty sure you'll still be able to find it online or at that fragrance store at St. Laurent. They have absolutely everything including Cache which I used to love when I was young, but doesn't exist anymore except in this store and online. They won't let me test it in the store, so I don't know if it's the same or if I'm the same and I don't want to spend the money until I know. During the 9 years I lived in scent-free Halifax,I had to give up the whole scent thing. But I'm looking.
My signature scent is nothing. I found that out by breaking into hives after trying every perfume out there. Sad, eh?
I've been looking for a good perfume that is environmentally and ethically sound (ie. not derived from animal sources or tested on animals).
Guess I'll try the Body Shop but I'm not sure how long those perfumes last on the body.
My scent is... Whatever cologne my BH is wearing. I should probably just admit that I keep buying him cologne so that I can steal it and wear it myself. Love that stuff.
This is awesomee
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