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The only new scent I can think of is Maison Margiela On a Date. I have a lot of favourite scents but they don’t date from this passing year. And, alas, when I am tempted to add yet another new fragrance, I’m always reminded of that “dictum” from Hubert de Givenchy (though I don’t know why I let it affect me so much, but there you have it – it’s not unlike the tyranny of my Apple watch!)
Lancôme La Vie Est Belle (actually finished my bottle a couple months ago); Le Monde Gourmande Le Soda Pop (smells like Coca Cola, and it’s AMAZING); and, a very recent fave, Room 1015 Cherry Punk (this one grew on me and my husband loves when I wear it as well).
Tom Ford Noir de Noir, Fenty, This is Her from Zadig & Voltaire, D&G The One, By The Fireplace and Lazy Sunday Morning from MMM.
This is Her is my most-worn fragrance this year. I don’t know how they managed to make a perfume that’s simultaneously comforting and cold, but it’s fantastic!
Looking at the year in total, Izzy Miyake’s L’Eau de Izzy would be the most used. I wear it pretty much all year round but especially love it for spring and summer. I also wore a lot of my Joy this year. I have a couple of backup bottles and while they haven’t changed scent, I don’t want them to go bad so wearing them more. Just for everyday, I like Tokyo Rose Tainted Love and recently, Tom Ford Lost Cherry, although I really hate the name.
Oh, how to choose just a few! Well, there’s L’envol de Cartier, which I love for colder weather. Lancôme La Vie Est Belle Eau de Parfum for all year ’round! And I’ve recently been pulling out REPLICA Jazz Club, which I also enjoy a lot.
Valentino Voce Viva and Elizabeth & James Black Nirvana
There are my favourite everyday perfumes such as Clinique’s Aronmatics, EL’s White Linen and Cimmaron to my ‘best’ perfumes of D & G’s The One, Bottega Veneta’s Knot and YSL’s Y.
I rotate perfumes constantly but 2 of my favorites this year are
Juliette Has a Gun “Not a Perfume “ and when I want something warmer Guerlain “Terracotta” …
Noteworthy perfume number 057 and Memoire candle lit evening
I became definitely obsessed with CLEAN Reserve SKIN, but oddly I started liking in the fast past year Tom Ford Ombre Leather… not necessarily for wearing, but for smelling
Dior Addict. Sadly, according to Dior they are reformulating once again. This will be the fourth flanker in 22 years. Big sigh, many tears
Prada Candy is what I wear almost exclusively and I have repeatedly been told I smell amazing (trust me–it’s the fragrance not me 🙂 )
My favorite fragrances of 2023 in alphabetical order by designer:
• Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere
• Dior Addict
• Givenchy L’Interdit Rouge
• Guerlain Jicky
• Guerlain Shalimar EDT and EDP
• Versace Crystal Noir EDT
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I am still very much in love with Gold knight by Kilian and L’ombre dans l’eau (eau de parfum) by Diptyque.
I reached for Zadig & Voltaire This is Her (and then when it ran empty, the Zara Fields at Night dupe) almost every warm day and night this year—which is most days and nights, since I live in the American South.
I also loved Commodity Gold enough to spring for a full bottle when I ran out of my 10ml sample—which says a lot, since I’ve (embarrassingly) accumulated far more perfumes than I will ever get through.
A less-worn, but no-less-favorite, new-to-me perfume was Afnan Amberythme; it’s a warm amber-saffron-spice that smells amazing but is just a bit too heavy/spicy for the warm climate here.
Clearly I need some clarification….do these questions about 2023 products apply to NEW products released in 2023 or is it a question about our own personal favourites worn/used in the past year? I guess I thought these questions were for “new” releases but clearly, I’m the only one who seems to have interpreted it this way….
Honestly, it’s whatever you want to answer. 🙂
Thanks, Christine. As I said in a few of these question threads, I’ve purchased so little in 2023 (mostly replenishing products I use up) that I didn’t feel I could actually “take part”.
Exactly why I felt like it should be what you felt it meant to you 😀
Probably For Strange Women’s November in the Temperate Deciduous Forest: “Lapsang Souchong tea brewing on a wood-burning stove. Fallen leaves nestle into the earth and mushrooms sprout across thee damp forest floor. A chord of resins create a sweet aura reminiscent of the air after a cool, rainy morning.”
Estee lauder Pleasure, Georgio Armani My Way and Givenchy Irresistible.