What's your favorite fragrance for evenings out?
Right now, I’ve been loving Tom Ford Amber Absolute… not that evenings are really OUT these days, lol!
— Christine
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I have two that I love, both of which are discontinued!! Penhaligon’s Eau sans Pareil, which is a wonderful Christmassy raspberry jam smell, and the original Marni perfume which is much more spicy and woody. I smelled it in Vogue in 2013 and fell in love!
Sisley Eau du Soir. The name says it all, really! And it’s such a different fragrance – doesn’t smell like 20 other perfumes on the market – and to my nose, it sort of smells like an elegant grunge girl, if that makes any sense at all.
It depends on the longevity I’m going for honestly. I’m a huge scent person so I tend to match my scent to whether I’m dressing more feminine/classic or more soft-modern-goth/blacks.
I’ve been in love with Beachwalk from the Replica line by Maison Margiela for years, and I find pairing it with Acqua do Gioia elevates it and makes it last longer than four hours.
I also always recommend and get compliments on Polo Black when it’s cold out – there’s something about a chill in the air that really brings out the best of the scent.
My other current favorite is by an Indie brand Madam Scoldioli. I highly recommend the solid scent balms she sells, and the spray lasts forever in my hair – so I pair the parfums/colognes from them that way. The Oracle line is my absolute favorite with notes of fig, spices, and musk blended together. I nearly always receive compliments when I’m wearing it too. It’s one of the few options of fig fragrances I’ve found that don’t pair it with a harsh citrus.
Tom Ford Black Orchid
There’s a Portuguese saying about perfume when it’s very strong, we say “it walks into the room before you [show your face]”!
In my head, my perfume sort of falls into two categories: “Here I am, I have arrived, part the sea ’cause I’m coming!” and the other one, more cool and sedate, “I don’t want to be seen but I still want to smell nice”. For an evening out I would typically go for something on the stronger side and I always decide on the spot. They are all favourites and I just put on whatever I feel like wearing there an then.
I only buy perfume I love, if I’m gifted sth I don’t particularly enjoy I put it on to do random things like take the rubbish out and walk the dog or stay home… I saw the price of perfume recently -reeeeally looked at it- and the way it’s gone up in one year, I’ll be using regular soap as my perfume du jour (& night)… I almost keeled over when I saw them prices! I wonder if I can build a stash of perfume now and keep it in stock for the next 20 years-ish, would it hold?
P.S. I’m thinking of a nickname to register here… Obviously there’s another one, the original! ahha! Maybe I’ll call myself Andrea the second! 😉 Haha! I won’t, I promise, I’ll think of sth more suitable.
I got really into indie perfumes this year but Jo Malone Vetiver and Golden Vanilla is still my favourite for evenings out! It’s a very rich, sultry scent.
Not that I am spending too many night out on events (even concerts and musicals I attend at the matinees), but I went back to my old love Versace Crystal Noir.
Depends on my mood and where it is that I’m planning on going to! When I’m feeling very deep and Goth, Avon x Christian LaCroix Absynthe. When I want to feel sexy or feminine, YSL Black Opium Nuit Blanche. When I need to feel powerful, Tom Ford Black Orchid.
Winter rotation
Hermès L’Ambre des Merveilles – gorgeous ambre, not too sweet, goes with everything, smells expensive, perfect for layering
Hermès Kelly Calèche – the soft insides of very expensive well used leather bag. A soft, faintly floral feminine leather with a little lemon
Neela Vermeire – Bombay Bling! – sweet milky rice and cardamom
Zoologist Bee – beeswax, honeycomb, laced with honeyed incense
That’s a really hard one to answer because I have so many perfumes and I like to rotate them all. Probably for an evening out (which is still very special at the moment having been released from lock down), I would choose either Laura Tonatto’s Rose perfume (if I feel like a rosy scent) or an Elizabeth and James perfume (not sure of the name now).
I always fall back on my Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue original formula. They have other variations on it and I am afraid to try them because I will want them all.
I love Tom Ford Cafe Rose and Jo Malone’s Rose and Oud, Myrrh and Tonka (alone or mixed). I tend to wear warmer, spicier fragrances as super fruity/citrusy notes smell like pine sol on my skin. I also love Jimmy Choo Fever.