My signature scent is Diptyque L’Eau des Sens. I ordered some candles as gifts and received a sample of the perfume. I’ve been hooked since! Highly recommend!

I highly recommend checking out the Frederic Malle perfumes. They are incredibly luxurious and artfully done. Once you go Frederic Malle, honestly you don’t need anything else. The New York Times and Vanity Fair have both written extensive profiles about the brand, which lets perfumiers run wild with scents without the constraints of commercial markets and budgets. So they are expensive, but they are also incredible glimpses into the creative minds of their makers. I love “Dans tes bras” and “L’eau d’hiver”, though “Carnal Flower” is one of their best sellers for a reason. Skip the department store brands… you won’t regret it. (Tip: third party perfume sites sell tiny tiny vials for you to trial the scent before you commit to the larger size. )

Le Labo scents seem so unique and memorable upon the first smell, I was so drawn to santal 33 about 8 years ago, and continues to be one of my favorites. Sample packs of their signature/popular scents are a great way to check them out as a reasonable price!

Tom Ford Ombré Leather!!! Makes me feel beautiful! Light florals have always been my favorite but there is something special about this fragrance.

Julia… You check out St Rose… https://www.st-rose.com/
clean fragrance and beautiful crafted, thank me later! But the trail pack to figure your fav!

I’ve never had a signature scent, either, but in 2018 my husband and I took an anniversary trip to France and while in Paris I decided I was an adult and needed a scent. The moment I walked into Officine Universelle Buly 1803, I felt transported. It’s a water-based perfume that adapts to a person’s individual scent, so it “reads” differently on every person. I found my perfect scent there, but was swayed by my husband to get a different one. Forever regret that decision. I had every intention to travel to Paris again in 2020, but… we all know what happened. Hoping that 2022 is my year, and I’m absolutely coming back with the correct scent!!

https://www.buly1803.com/

My mom has had a signature scent (Paloma Picasso) and a signature sound (tinkling bangle bracelets) for 40+ years. She tried to change her perfume when I was little and I cried the first time I smelled her. Scent memory/association is just so strong.

Coco Mademoiselle is definitely my signature scent! I get compliments on it all the time.

I’m sensitive and particular to a lot of scents, and with personal and home fragrance tend to gravitate to sweet and smoky, vanilla bourbon tobacco types of scents.
I love “vanilla woods” by “The Seven Virtues”, and in the winter I like to occasionally wear Replica’s “By the Fireplace” (although sometimes I worry it’s too literal and obvious!). A past colleague had a great scent that I wish I could remember. I have a feeling it might be YSL Black Opium. Let us know what you pick!

My Mum always wore “Youth Dew” by Estee Lauder and everytime I smell it I think of her. I find I “taste” the perfume, especially very intense blends and it does not taste like it smells lol so I used to wear “Coco” by Chanel which I love, but now I am on the hunt for something that is more an essential oil that does not convert to a bitter taste in my mouth. I’m a bit weird I guess :)

Allure by Chanel for as long as I can remember. ❤️

Love Spell!! ???? I laughed soooo hard when I read that. Remember the glass flower stem bottles??! Also, developing a bit of a crush on your sister Victoria. Leaving you her own perfume bottles, arranging EXTREMELY thoughtful, creative, sentimental birthday dates for her lady? I mean, c’mon now. She’s a catch. ????

I have been wearing Calandre by paco rabanne for 42 years. I love it because it’s not too overwhelming. Unfortunately, I don’t wear it as much as I would like as it seems many of my friends are asthmatic or very sensitive to scents.

Ange ou Demon le Secret by Givenchy is the one my kids would recognize, but I am also loving Kim Kardasians Crystal Gardenia.

Julia, I think you might like the brand Jo Malone! They have a whole counter at my Nordstrom. Their Wood Sage & Sea Salt scent is great, and you can buy smaller bottles and layer them.

Santal Carmin Atelier Cologne

I could never have one scent but I have a few I can never let go of. Once I set foot in Jo Malone for the first time I found a few scents in two categories: lightweight summer scents and spicy woodsy, winter scents. In the summer it’s Orange Blossom, Blackberry and Bay. My winter scents are English Oak and Hazelnut and Dark Amber & Ginger Lily Cologne Intense.
I guess that’s four signature scents but I couldn’t live without them.
Also, buying perfume as a souvenir in a new city and wearing it right away is so much fun. I got Le Labo Santal 33 in Paris and whenever I put it on, I’m right back there.

I really like a fragrance called Amazing Grace. I use it in a lotion, so it’s not overwhelming or too strong. Just light and clean and wonderful.

I tend to use one fragrance for years, then my body chemistry changes and I stop for a year, then poke about until I find another fragrance, or it falls into my lap. I used to use Happy all the time, then stopped until I found Amazing Grace in the ladies room at Nordstrom’s, where a bottle was on the counter by the sink. I tried it and fell in love.

Enjoying the Ombré scent from Madewell. Give it a try!

Jo Malone , honeysuckle davana. I sometimes mix it with fresia . I love that you can create your signature scent. It last all day long . It’s on the pricier side for me. But worth every penny.

I’ve always loved smoky-sweet scents (think Flower by Kenzo or Prada Candy) and realised that the mix of Amber and Benzoin is what gets me! The site Fragrantica has been so great at helping me figure out what I like.

Also, when I went to Egypt a couple of years ago, I ended up buying oils from a local nomadic family. They sat me down for over an hour, asking me to close my eyes and smell this and that and after that presented me with a bottle and said “this is your perfect scent”. And they were spot on!! I absolutely love the smell and am already freaking out about what I’m going to do when the bottle is finished!

Maison Francis Kurkdjian baccarat 540 is the one for me. If you don’t wash your clothes, the perfume stays on them forever. It is a mesmerizing scent.

I don’t know that I have a signature scent as an adult ( though I own and love Jo Malone’s English Pear and Freesia). But in high school I wore Tea Rose religiously and in college I alternated between VS Rapture and Jessica McClintock (my husband still associates rose with me). I would def sample Jo Malone’s scents-she has so many good ones!! Good luck!!

My signature scent is Creed Aventus. This brand has some of the highest quality fragrances I’ve seen and the company been around for 250+ years. Check them out in Salt Lake City at Nordstrom Fashion Place!

My number one scent is Diptyque Eau Duelle, which is a rich, complex scent with vanilla. But, it’s nothing like your typical vanilla smells, which I normally hate. My two runner ups are Tom Ford Black Orchid and Hermès Merveillles, which are rich, deep scents with some spice. I kind of use an anology and liken it to Norah Jones voice/sound, that rich, almost raspy voice. The scents are like that as they are sensuous, deep and just envelop you. People think of them as winter/fall scents, but I wear them year round.

Elizabeth and James! I rotate between scents in their Nirvana line based on season and what I’m feeling. Not overpowering, and feels earthy and natural.

I’d like to encourage everyone to be aware of those around them (yeah, not really relevant now, but something to think about post-pandemic) and be careful with perfumes. I don’t wear perfume because when I was a teenager, my mom broke her nose (our 80-pound Golden Retriever accidentally ran into her just as she bent down to pick something up off the ground) and developed an extreme sensitivity to smells after that. A whiff of someone’s too-strong perfume would cause her to be sick for days. This has faded some over the years, but when it was at its worst, there were times that she’d have to avoid certain activities if she knew that heavily-perfumed folks were likely to be in attendance. Now I have a neuro-atypical husband who is sensitive to smells as well (a common trait for people on the Autism spectrum), and so we’re a no perfume and no scented candles household.

I started my perfume hunt a few years ago after reading a memoir I loved that is about perfume- “Coming to My Senses” by Alyssa Harad. In the process I’ve discovered my signature is more a specific note than a specific brand-it has to have rose in it. Realizing that was a big lightbulb moment for me. I used to feel like being girly/feminine was a bad thing (lingering brainwashing that men would like women who “aren’t like other girls”). I always avoided floral perfumes because they felt too girly. Then I was in a candle shop with a friend who picked up a rose-scented candle that smelled “girly” to me and said “this one smells like you.” Cue cheesy discovery moment of realizing that I can be feminine without having to be the damsel in distress. Now my current favorite perfume is Raw Silk and Red Roses by 4160 Tuesdays.

I had to comment on this because mine is perhaps an unusual choice, Cannabis SANTAL by Fresh. I have worn it for years and always get compliments from people. Originally it was marketed as a men’s fragrance, I believe, but Sephora sells as a women’s fragrance.

I have tried lots of different fragrances over the years after loving how they smelled on other people only to not like them on myself. I know fragrances interact with your body chemistry and they can smell differently on each person. I am glad I finally found one I love. Good luck on your quest.

Most of my adult life I have worn Clinique Aromatics Elixir as a daily scent. I liked how it interacts differently with each persons body chemistry and it’s light and uncomplicated. When a friend liked it on me and purchased some, she remarked that it smelled different on her! Early on I fell in love with the Guerlain perfumes when my father would bring them home from a duty free port. Shalimar has always been my formal scent, so mysterious and sexy. What intrigued me about Guerlain scents is they all have a story of who they were created for. Even the designs of the bottles have their own meaning and story. This makes these beautiful fragrances extra special.

I’m in love with Tiffany & Co. Parfum. Also, D&G Light Blue is a summertime favorite

I LOVE Coco Mademoiselle INTENSE. The “intense” part is important because it has an amber scent layered into it. Based on some of the candles you liked this past Fall, I think you’d like this one, too! It’s not sweet, it’s not floral, it doesn’t smell like soap. It’s warm, and interesting.

I have been wearing Carolina Herrera 212 Original for over 22 years. It’s light and airy doesn’t over power the space. I get compliments all the time, I get stopped and asked what are you wearing “ you smell so good” all the time, it’s quite the compliment because it comes from young people to mature adults. I’m so sad because they are not making it any longer, it’s getting difficult to find. Over the past year I have been in search of a new signature scent. I have not been very successful.

Have you heard of scentbird? I got a subscription for my husband as a Christmas gift a year ago and he loved being able to try out each scent for about a month. 9 months in he found one he loved -and I love it on him!

I clicked over to this post so fast, because I am firm believer in a signature scent – and then I saw my name in the first sentence, haha! Recently I’ve been wearing Glossier You (which smells different on everyone), and Lucy compliments me with every hug. I think of a signature scent as personal as a home’s sig scent (like what is your go-to candle?), and could talk about scent notes all day long.

My partner and I have very different tastes but I wanted to have something he would like, so one year I marched him around Sephora on my birthday and he went for a Commodity roller set. Now I am obsessed too. He likes comforting, musky vanilla type scents which their Wool really nails; it’s light, not sweet and I don’t hate it on date night. I lean earthier and I want to BATHE in their Moss and Orris scents. I wore Bergamot daily for a while. They really layer beautifully, too. Only minor complaint is they don’t seem to wear that long, but when I go to put things away I can always smell them so who knows.

Also? Bleu de Chanel is my power lady work scent and I get compliments on it all the time. Highly recommend sampling the men’s section too and actually wearing a few to see how they work on you throughout the day, you might be surprised. I’ve found that some scents really change after hours of wear time and Bleu is one of these for me.

I also love Ineke Ruhland out of San Francisco, great sample sets that I love for gifting.

Have fun!

I’ve worn Margot Eleana’s Dead Sexy since 2014. We were actually on a camping trip in the Davis Mountains State Park and took a road trip to the little towns in West Texas. We popped in the Gage Hotel in Marathon, and they had a display. I smelled Dead Sexy and loved it. However, they were out of that scent so I couldn’t purchase it. We went back home, and I really forgot about it. In 2014 we were in San Francisco, and I popped in a shop. They carried Margot Elena and as soon as I smelled Dead Sexy, I knew it was my scent. I’ve been wearing it since, and people always tell me how good I smell. I mailed it to a friend for her birthday a while back and she said it was like I packaged up myself and mailed it to her. That’s when you really know your scent. Margot Elena has many scents, but this one with notes of deep vanilla, exotic wood, white orchid, and ebony is perfect for me.

Anais Anais, for many, many years. (I’m really showing my age).
My go to for the last 10 years or so is Light Blue. I am always complemented, and still smile when I catch the fragrance on a scarf or cardigan, that had been recently worn.

I have never had one particular scent but more like 5 that I really like. A couple years ago my 6 grandchildren were leaving to live in Germany for a few years. It was the saddest parting EVER. As they were about to walk out the door I told them to wait a minute and I got two old cloths and sprayed them both with my favorite perfume at the time (Live Color Fully) and I gave them to them. They absolutely loved them and mentioned them to me several times. Just this past week my daughter came back for a short visit and brought with her one of the cloths with the request for me to “make it smell like grandma again.” I still love this perfume and although they think of it as “grandma” it’s just a really nice scent and I often get asked what I’m wearing.