Special Scent?

raissyrais

I don't know if we've talked about this before, but for all you Knotties our there already married or about to get married: are you planning on wearing some sort of special perfume/scent for the wedding or do you stick with your regular everyday one? I feel like I want a brand new one just for the day of so that every time I smell it afterwards it'll remind me of that special day and I can reminisce happily. They do say that scent triggers the most memories.

So I was thinking of going classic and fresh with Ralph Lauren's Romance (my everyday perfume is Hypnotic Poison of Dior). I love everything vanilla or fruity, smells like cake or cream but I did wanna go different for the wedding day. And I don't want to have an overpowering scent the day of. What do you think? Any suggestions from the married ladies out there?

LittlePeachBlossom

It's a nice idea. I'd test out the perfume several times though to make sure it mixes well with your body chemistry. I think any perfume you wear that day will remind you of your wedding, despite how many times you've worn it before.

raissyrais

LittlePeachBlossom said:

It's a nice idea. I'd test out the perfume several times though to make sure it mixes well with your body chemistry. I think any perfume you wear that day will remind you of your wedding, despite how many times you've worn it before.

Yep I thought I'd do just that since I have a couple of months to go!

beharrington

This made me think: I don't think I put on any perfume on my wedding day.  I did make sure DH wore Polo Black because I love the way it smells on him but I'm fairly certain I wore nothing at all.

emmaaa

I've heard of people doing this. I just plan for FI and I  (I guess that's what he will do) will just wear our special perfume or cologne. I usually wear just a Bath and Body Work (Moonlight Path) for everyday wear and D&G Light Blue for special occasions. FI doesn't wear cologne except for special occasions and he wears either B&G Light Blue or Burberry Touch.

raissyrais

@emmaaa I know FI will stick to his own (Chrome United by Azzaro) since he's not a perfume fiend. I also get him all his perfumes as a present every year. The Romance by Ralph Lauren comes into a rollerball too so I won't have to buy a whole bottle!

emmaaa

Do it! Any chance to spoil yourself and buy some new and fancy perfume, is okay in my book!

novella1186

FI bought me my favorite type of Chanel perfume for Christmas last year (right after we got engaged) which I thought was incredibly sweet. I don't wear it often because it's so expensive but it is definitely going to be my "special scent" on our wedding day, especially since it was a gift from him  

I say go for it, if it's something that will be special for you. 

amelisha

If you don't wear the same one all the time like me, I don't see why not. Scent is a pretty powerful memory trigger. I only ver wear one thing though, so I'd not do it myself.

raissyrais

@novella1186 Ouuh now am curious, which one is it?

@amelisha That's the thing though I've been wearing the same one for three years and I don't mind it at all. I just wanted to maybe wear something new for the wedding to make it that extra special (if that makes any sense).

pinkcow13

I think that's a great idea! Scents tend to trigger really strong memories in me. Whenever I smell sweet pea by Bath and Body Works, it brings me back to my college days, since I used to wear that all the time back then.

This post reminded me that I need to buy new perfume. My every day perfume is Hot Couture by Givenchy, so I don't really want  to wear it on my wedding day. I was considering wearing Spring Flower by Creed, but Creed is pretty expensive. Another scent I'm thinking of is Chanel Coco Mademoiselle. I love that scent, and have not worn it much in the past, so I think it would be a great scent for the wedding day.

raissyrais

@pinkcow13 Yes Creed is quite expensive but you can splurge once in a while By the way I love Hot Couture. I have some problems with Chanel perfumes in general cause they remind me of scents for a more mature women in general (like my mum or grandma). But my sister wears Coco Mademoiselle and this one is a bit fresher. I also love Bonbon by Viktor and Rolf, it just came out I think.

JennyColada

I just wore my regular perfume. I contemplated buying a new scent (one that I'm thinking of buying anyway, so I was just using the wedding as an excuse really!), but I just got lazy and it was one of the first things crossed off the list as unimportant.

theartistformerlyknownas

I honestly can't remember if I put my perfume on or not (my "good" one is Armani Acqua Di Gioia). I know I brought it with me, but I think I forgot to put it on. I can't really smell it on myself after about 5 minutes anyway. :-/

novella1186

raissyrais said:

@novella1186 Ouuh now am curious, which one is it?

@amelisha That's the thing though I've been wearing the same one for three years and I don't mind it at all. I just wanted to maybe wear something new for the wedding to make it that extra special (if that makes any sense).

Mademoiselle. Same one my mom wore for special nights out when I was growing up. I've tried Chanel No. 5 but honestly to me it smells awful. 

beethery

All my perfume stuff depends on the weather. Hotter weather: lighter scent. Colder weather: heavier scent. I have a buuuuunch that I rotate.

novella1186

beethery said:

All my perfume stuff depends on the weather. Hotter weather: lighter scent. Colder weather: heavier scent. I have a buuuuunch that I rotate.

Oooh you are fancy!  

raissyrais

novella1186 said:

raissyrais said:

@novella1186 Ouuh now am curious, which one is it?

@amelisha That's the thing though I've been wearing the same one for three years and I don't mind it at all. I just wanted to maybe wear something new for the wedding to make it that extra special (if that makes any sense).

Mademoiselle. Same one my mom wore for special nights out when I was growing up. I've tried Chanel No. 5 but honestly to me it smells awful. 

I actually hate Chanel No. 5 with a fiery passion! 

@lolo883 I don't know how true it is but I've heard before that the best way to know a perfume really works with your PH is when you can't smell any of it but everybody else can!

raissyrais

novella1186 said:

beethery said:

All my perfume stuff depends on the weather. Hotter weather: lighter scent. Colder weather: heavier scent. I have a buuuuunch that I rotate.

Oooh you are fancy!  

Lol ya what do you mean by "buuuuuuuunch"?

jynxiie

I just got a new perfume for that exact reason.
I ended up going on Prada Candy since I like the really sweet scents.

pinkcow13

raissyrais said:

@pinkcow13 Yes Creed is quite expensive but you can splurge once in a while By the way I love Hot Couture. I have some problems with Chanel perfumes in general cause they remind me of scents for a more mature women in general (like my mum or grandma). But my sister wears Coco Mademoiselle and this one is a bit fresher. I also love Bonbon by Viktor and Rolf, it just came out I think.

That's what I was thinking - I should splurge on the fancy perfume for my wedding/honeymoon Yea, Coco Mademoiselle is the only Chanel scent I really like. Any other Chanel is too mature for my taste. Totally reminds me of my mom - who loves Chanel lol. Oh, I think I smelled Bonbon, it smells really amazing. 

raissyrais

jynxiie said:

I just got a new perfume for that exact reason.
I ended up going on Prada Candy since I like the really sweet scents.

Glad to know I'm not the only one then! And your wedding is SO soon!!

larrygaga

I don't wear perfume. I don't even own a fancy kind!!! I never had money for that kind of thing, and now that I do I work in a place where I'm not allowed to wear it. lol

FI sometimes wears cologne to fancy events, and I wouldn't want him to change it for the wedding! I would want him to smell the way he always does. 

Now I'm thinking twice about perfume. I wouldn't even know how to start finding a kind to wear.

falsara

Wow a lot of you ladies are so fancy with your perfumes
I've always been Bath and Body works girl and I always go for the fresh nature scent stuff, especially since I only have one perfume at a time.

I lIke the idea of a special scent just for your wedding and then when you have special nights with your then H, after the wedding you can wear it and up all the feels.

JennyColada

I'm really big on the Chanel Chance, and that would have been the one that I bought!

abbyj700

JennyColada said:

I just wore my regular perfume. I contemplated buying a new scent (one that I'm thinking of buying anyway, so I was just using the wedding as an excuse really!), but I just got lazy and it was one of the first things crossed off the list as unimportant.

Yeah...I'm assuming I'll pack one I really like for when I get dressed...and then have way too many other things to do to remember  something so small! 

raissyrais

@larrygaga It was hard for me too at first to find something I liked but I realised that as soon as there was a certain common denominator in perfumes, I would end up loving it. For me it's apricot, vanilla, cream, marshmallow, bitter almond, crisp green apple and a tinge of wood. Basically I like to smell like a massive vanilla sponge cake with vanilla buttercream frosting lol. I don't like anything flowery or powdery. Now if you know some things that you like to smell in general (not bacon!!!) then you can start there

@falsara Yes that's where I'm going with this!

ETD I swear to God I cannot spell for shit.

chibiyui

I get bored with perfume, so I rotate it bunches. I used to wear Twilight Woods (Bath and body works all the time) then I started wearing Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. My kick lately has been Miskatonic  University by Black Pheonix Alchemy Lab. (Although today I put on Bordello and it's making me all sneeezy, so that was a bad idea.) 

I think for my wedding I wore an Elizabeth Arden perfume, but I can't remember.

beethery

raissyrais said:

novella1186 said:

beethery said:

All my perfume stuff depends on the weather. Hotter weather: lighter scent. Colder weather: heavier scent. I have a buuuuunch that I rotate.

Oooh you are fancy!  

Lol ya what do you mean by "buuuuuuuunch"?

I mean a bunch lol

Versace: Yellow Diamond, Crystal Noir

Michael Kors: Michael Kors (I like redundancy lol)

Jo Malone: Pomegranate Noir, Red Roses, Nectarine Blossom & Honey

Ralph Lauren: Hot

Shalimar (you have to put that shit on like an hour before you leave so it can mellow and you will only smell like a former prostitute instead of a current one. Don't judge me, I like smelling like a retired prostitute.)

Tom Ford: Black Orchid

I have a bunch of samples of other ones but I can't remember the names. It's weird, I have all of these, but I only wear perfume maybe 2-3 times a month, if that. If I'm trying to be fancy, I wear perfume.

Oh also, I'm about to buy Feminin Pluriel by Maison Francis Kurkdijan in the next couple months. I think it'll be nice for winter.

mrsb53

My DH (fiance at the time) got me Escada Born in Paradise for my birthday this year, so I decided to wear it at the wedding. It was a nice choice

raissyrais

@beethery Yes I got the "bunch" part, just wanted to know what you by "bunch" as in the number of bottles you have :P  But jeez woman YOU IS FANCY. Shalimar will always remind me of my childhood as my mum would wear it sometimes. I agree about the mellowing part, but you end up smelling like a very expensive former prostitute more than a cheap one if you ask me!

@mrsb53 Congrats on just getting married Escada seems to have more of those fruity scents don't they? I remember having a bottle of Moon Sparkle and it smelled like fresh crushed thyme with peach puree.