Your Signature Scent

[GasolineRainbow]

I was just thinking something to make them forget I was the cygnet in the nest for a few hours

Not familiar with that expression. Is it like being the black sheep or bad egg? I can't imagine you being that.

I love many perfumes, but it's rare that I find one and think, oh, that's so me! Stella fits my personality quite well, I believe. It's pleasant and innoffensive in any environment (work, leisure, summer, winter) without being too light and bland. There's a complexity to it, a darkness if you will. And it's also quite serene. Er, at least that's how I like to think of myself as. Also, I love the scent of roses, and this is my favorite rendition I've found so far.

Another favorite fragrance note is incense, but I have yet to find a incense-based perfume that really suits me. They are either too sweet, too sharp, too strong. I'm like Goldilocks.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Thanks

Just a reference to The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Anderson??), who was actually a swan (cygnet=baby swan). I am the New Age-y, liberal, feminist, bleeding-heart optimist in your basic fundamentalist family. You know those drill baby drill people you saw on TV? I'm related to them My mother writes a Christmas letter in which she refers to me as 'the do-gooder' She is still trying to figure out where she went wrong

The good news is, since 'the change' she can no longer smell my Poison & doesn't complain about it anymore

 

[GasolineRainbow]

My mother writes a Christmas letter in which she refers to me as 'the do-gooder' She is still trying to figure out where she went wrong

Morticia: Wednesday, look at all of the other children, their freckles, their bright little eyes, their eager, friendly smiles. Help them.

Addams Family Values (1993)

 

[Milada]

^ Ahahaha, if you check the "Inspiration" Thread here, you'll see how inspired I am by Wednesday and Morticia. They're my heroes.

 

[b9409]

I have a collection over 40 scents, and it is really hard to pick one.

I am extremely promiscuous about scents, and I am shameless about that. I guess I never want to stick a certain persona on me for a long time. That said, I know in my heart that my signature scent, if I had to pick one, would be Alexander McQueen's Kingdom. It is a women's scent, but I do not believe in gender in fragrance.

It is the sluttiest scent in the world actually, but i love its gothic, indecent and unapologetic aura. It is extremely dark, sinful and menacing.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Goodness ... now I really want to smell it

 

[b9409]

Some say that it smells like the unwashed private parts of a woman... I disagree, but that is it's reputation, if I have to be honest. A lot of cumin in its mix.

I think it smells like sex. Just... sex.

 

[GasolineRainbow]

Kingdom is discontinued because it was a commercial failure and too costly to keep producing without much profit. It's relatively easy to find online and in discount stores though. I wanted to like it, but I thought it smelled awful. It does smell very human sweat and - oh my goodness. Vivienne Westwood Boudoir also tries to recreate the smell of sex, as does Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan, though I've never sampled that one. I think it's the dominant cumin that does it, but I'm not a cumin fan. It reminds me too much of curry.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ I don't know that cumin would evoke anything but Mexican food for me

But I am sold on pasha's evocative descriptions

 

[hfhommes]

Are you of Russian/Eastern European descent, by any chance?

No.

Well....my dad's mom is white, IDK from where though.

 

[tangerine]

Kingdom is discontinued because it was a commercial failure and too costly to keep producing without much profit. It's relatively easy to find online and in discount stores though. I wanted to like it, but I thought it smelled awful. It does smell very human sweat and - oh my goodness. Vivienne Westwood Boudoir also tries to recreate the smell of sex, as does Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan, though I've never sampled that one. I think it's the dominant cumin that does it, but I'm not a cumin fan. It reminds me too much of curry.

Now I'm curious to try Kingdom, too.

I've tried Boudoir, but it has too much syrupy floral going on for me to enjoy the naughty bits.

I love Muscs Koublaï Khan, but have never found it to be the enfant terrible of its reputation; to me it's a beautiful, slightly floral musk. Most people will disagree with me on this.

For straight-up, pedal-to-the-metal, all-you-can-eat cumin, I haven't found anything that comes close to Diptyque's L'Autre, which was briefed to be an olfactory reconstruction of a Damascan souq. However, the curry sweat aspect of it is overwhelming to me and I can't wear it.

 

[LetThemEatCake]

I like to blend Carnal Flower with Noir Epices as my signature scent, but after having a field day at the Tom Ford Beauty Collection counter yesterday I may just have to become obsessed with these.

 

[Milada]

No.

Well....my dad's mom is white, IDK from where though.

Ah gotcha. It's just such a "Russian" scent to me. My hometown has massive amounts of Eastern European immigration.

 

[b9409]

Kingdom is discontinued because it was a commercial failure and too costly to keep producing without much profit. It's relatively easy to find online and in discount stores though. I wanted to like it, but I thought it smelled awful. It does smell very human sweat and - oh my goodness. Vivienne Westwood Boudoir also tries to recreate the smell of sex, as does Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan, though I've never sampled that one. I think it's the dominant cumin that does it, but I'm not a cumin fan. It reminds me too much of curry.

Kingdom was, and is, amazing.

It was such a ballsy release- something that nobody in 'the commercial designer release universe' would even dare to even think about/imagine putting together. And it is truly indecent. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kingdom.

When you open the box, some line of poetry pops, which proclaims; 'pierce my heart again...' I mean; how can you NOT fall in love then and there. That is McQueen right there, in a bottle. It is so gothic, heart-wrenching and sweaty, it is truly sublime.

This is the image of the bottle:

It is the cut of a heart, covered in mirrored-chrome. Even the bottle is a work of art. I was lucky to find three large bottles online for cheap and bought all. Now I am sad that I will run out, so I use them very very carefully. Plus, I do not want to overuse them, and get bored - a habit of mine I detest the most.

Other signatures would be Ungaro III, Must de Cartier pour Homme, YSL Opium pour Homme, and YSL m7. The f-ing m7 is also being discontinued I hear. I hate this world - I really do.

Other than those, I really love Gucci Eau de Parfum (the whiskey colored original one with Natalia Vodianova ad campaign), Versace Dreamer, Crystal Noir, Black Orchid and Black Orchid Viole de Fleur, and Narciso Rodriguez for him. L'instant de Guerlain pour Homme is also on the rise.

I rarely try extremely expensive creations, because since I have so many scents, I just experiment with layering nowadays. Some great mixes I discovered. I feel like I smell like no one else - probably just a delusion. But I get tons of compliments.

 

[Florecita86]

My signature scent right now is Paul Smith Floral

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Ah, pasha ... You make me want to love a scent the way you love Kingdom. And I do love that poetry pops out of the box

 

[MulletProof]

I wore kingdom for a relatively long time and I never EVER got the sex/private parts/indecent smell.. that´s just crazy!, it must be some kind of association thing, it reminded me of wood and flowers quite honestly, not more or less. I got many compliments when I used it, and I don´t really think it was because I was turning everyone on.. it just smelled.. nice?.
I was upset when they stopped carrying it in my local store.. finally I know the reason why. sad.. I´d keep buying it if it was still easily available.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Our own chemistry makes scents vary so much. I had a friend in college with whom I associate Opium, and it smelled great on her. On me ... Conjure the worst & most garish, cheap-smelling drugstore scent imaginable ... that is Opium on me.

 

[b9409]

I also never get a 'bad' body odor from Kingdom.

But something human, and warm - taht is why i call it sweaty.

However, this is its reputation among its haters: that human odor stench. Weird.

 

[JessicaYorkin]

Bois d'Argent by Christian Dior, Gypsy Water by Byredo Parfum, Balmain scents and Chloe's newer fragrance