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QuickSilver

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Do you hate people wearing cologne or perfume.. Do YOU wear it... sometimes... regularly? Do you have a favorite brand? Do you like men in cologne, but not women or visa versa? Do you think people wearing heavy cologne are rude?

I never wore cologne... however now I find myself liking to put it on.. Especially if it's a scent I enjoy. Just found a new one I love.. Daisy Dreams by Marc Jacobs.. very spring like... very light and fresh.. I also enjoy that old classic L'Air Du Temps by Nina Ricci. Which I think is more wintery. I don't take a bath in it, but I do give myself a light spritz..


How about you?
 

I rarely wear it. But sometimes in the summer it can be refreshing. I like one that smells sort of lemony. Can't recall the name of it. My S.O. generally doesn't like perfume and he doesn't wear cologne which is fine by me.
 
I love Shalimar, by Guerlain, my signature scent for years. Difficult to buy unless you shop online which I don't. Also love White Shoulders. Like men's cologne if subtle and not too sweet.
 

I've worn a splash of Dioressence on my throat every day since my mid thirties.
It's a bit hard to track down but I don't like any other spray perfume.

I've never had anyone complain and occasionally someone asks what it is because they like it.
 
I can only occasionally wear a tiny bit of natural essential oil like Sandalwood or musk now, as I seem to have developed allergies to the regular ones. I notice I never smell perfume on public transit or anywhere anymore for that matter and workplaces have discouraged their use mainly because of allergic reactions. Some of them are lovely, but I get terrible headaches from the artificial ingredients.

I tried all the usual perfumes when I was growing up, and we'd get my dad Old Spice for Christmas every year, which he wore occasionally. I could wear and loved Windsong by Prince Machievelli and Blue Grass which are hard to find now.
 
Many people are sensitive to even the slightest fragrance. I was at the supermarket a month or so ago and a woman was fanning me with a sales paper... which I think indicated she was fanning my fragrance in the other direction. Now mind you I wear very little.. was I being rude? Or was she? I just turned and gave her a dirty look. What was I supposed to do? Apologize for stinking up her air?
 
QuickSilver said:
Many people are sensitive to even the slightest fragrance. I was at the supermarket a month or so ago and a woman was fanning me with a sales paper... which I think indicated she was fanning my fragrance in the other direction. Now mind you I wear very little.. was I being rude? Or was she? I just turned and gave her a dirty look. What was I supposed to do? Apologize for stinking up her air?
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I understand exactly, but I don't like to be rude. After all, it's not the wearer's fault that I'm allergic. More than one whiff of most perfumes and I'll get an immediate raging sinus headache. I stay as far away as I can from anyone wearing any kind of scent.
 
QS, That is so funny, she must have hated the smell of your perfume, but I think she was going too far and being very rude.

Some perfumes can actually make you feel sick physically, we don't know what they put in them. Whale parts, fish guts, all kinds of stuff. And the chemistry of the perfume on certain individuals can create a bad combination. A male friend of mine was wearing what he thought was a nice cologne but it actually made me feel nauseous.

Around here nobody wears perfume much anymore, at least I never smell it on people when I go out. Imagine what it would be like at a fancy dress-up party with all the different perfumes competing with each other. Poor noses - and do men really like it, I wonder?
 
Shalimar said:
Cookie, I saw ads for wind song online recently, so it is still available.
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Shalimar, thanks, I know it's out there but I'm such a slow-poke about ordering stuff online. I want to get some, but would be around $30.00 for a little bottle. Maybe a birthday present to myself sometime. And then, can I still wear it or will it make me sick? so many buts buts...... why is everything so hard..... LOL
 
The vast majority of people seem to know not to wear perfumes on planes. I think I've smelled it on someone once. However, some will put on scented hand lotion which is almost as bad, at least for my sinuses.
 
Wanna know how much I like Daisy Dreams? $96 worth... 100ml. I know... I'm crazy... However, I got a free tote.. a free umbrella and a purple hyacinth plant.. I'm still crazy... I know. For that price they should have come and planted the hyacinth in my yard
 
I once won a 4 bottles of different colognes at a store promotion. They were very nice, but I couldn't wear them. What to do with them? You can put a few drops into the last laundry rinse of sheets and towels and they come out smelling pretty good. I eventually threw them out.
 
Shalimar said:
I love Shalimar, by Guerlain, my signature scent for years. Difficult to buy unless you shop online which I don't. Also love White Shoulders. Like men's cologne if subtle and not too sweet.
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My mom used to wear Shalimar when I was a child, her favourite fragrance. You reminded me of that and in looking it up, I came across the following story behind the fragrance. It's really very romantic if it's true. I might even buy a bottle of it for my mom for Mother's Day this year.

Shalimar was created by Jacques Guerlain in 1925, as a tribute to the legendary love story between Emperor SHAHJAHAN and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Before he became emperor his name was Prince Khurram. According to the legend, twenty- year-old Prince Khurram met a young girl, named Arjumand Banu at the bazaar where her family worked. Mesmerized by her beauty, after becoming emperor, he made her his wife as Mumtaz Mahal, meaning the "Jewel of the Palace". After the wedding ,the prince and Mumtaz were inseparable, in war and in peace. She had given 13 children to Shahjahan and died during the birth of their 14th child at the age of 39. Her death devastated Shah Jahan and had built Taj Mahal in memory of his wife and their undying love. Shalimar is named after ‘The Gardens of Shalimar’.It was Mumtaz’s favorite garden. Shalimar is one of the best selling perfumes ever and its magic is undeniable.
 
Never wore much perfume or cologne, if anything used to use a light after shower spray, something citrusy...I remember having one called Pears that was nice. My mother used to wear Lily of the Valley, and my oldest sister wore Tabu a lot, those were okay. My father wore Old Spice, Canoe or Fabrege (sp?). My husband has a bottle of Old Spice on the shelf for many years now that I bought him, he's not interested in wearing a scent either.

Every now and then in public, I'll smell a woman who has very strong perfume. I don't care for it, but wouldn't make a big deal about it, that's her choice. Now...if I had to live with her, it might be another story, lol. Strong scents bother me too as I get older, even switched out a face cream because the scent suddenly was making me sneeze.
 
I don’t wear perfume/cologne much. I like some scented lotions or light body sprays sometimes.

I don’t mind a light fragrance on men, always liked Old Spice.

Back in the day I liked Emeraude and Tigress. When I was a kid one of my aunts was an Avon Lady, but as an adult I found their scents too overpowering.
 
I wear fragrance, have worn the same one for at least seven or so years now, always a nice word spoken so far, but, I have fanned the air when others occupied my space with foul smelling scents or when they have on so much, you feel yourself choking and you just can barely catch your breath. A little goes a long way, I find some people seem not to understand this and leave the house with a funnel cloud following them. :D I'm sure, I've likely done that a time or too myself in the past, but, mostly I spritz in walk into it, mostly.
 

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