Your Nose Knows- Perfume Post

 Last week I was at the mall and decided to make a quick stop at Pottery Barn.  I had some Christmas money with me and decided I would get a quince scented candle.  MY FAVORITE CANDLE OF ALL TIME!!!!!-QUINCE!!  As I made my way straight to the candle shelving, I noticed the packaging had changed.  I began making my way around the shelves to find my quince candle.  GONE!  I found the closest sale clerk and asked about the quince candle.  Her reply, "it has been discontinued."  I said, "Well of course it has, just like every food, perfume and candle I love."  The lady looked a little stressed at my reaction and I don't think she knew how to respond.  Another customer said, "Well, no store carries my favorite perfume and I have to order it on line."  I was STEAMED!!!!!!!!!!!!  It had been replaced with tomato vine scent!  It is horrible, but I guess a lot of people get excited over the scent of a tomato vine. Another new scent was Gray Moss- GROSS, but I guess Gray Moss is appealing to some folks.  I went over to the clearance shelves.  AND there it was,  the last quince candle I would ever have.  It was sitting among the old, rejected, ugly, dusty, stinky items that no one would ever want.  Story of my life!  What does that say about me?  I guess I LOVE foods and scents that most all other people HATE!!!!!!!!!!  BUT,  I LOVE my taste, even if I am the only one on earth that likes it. 

SOOOOOOO....take my perfume favorites with a "grain of salt."  Ha!  Consider the source!

 I am obsessed with perfume!  I could smell of perfumes for hours.  I am always looking for a good scent.  I wear perfume everyday!  I have loved perfume ever since I was in high school.  I think I first started wearing perfume in the 10th grade.  My first fragrance was Estee Lauder Private Collection.  I STILL LOVE IT!!!!!!!!  They have a new Private Collection that I do NOT like, which came out within the last year or so.

The above fragrance in Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!  I just got it last weekend.  The longer I wear it the better it gets.  The fragrance goes on very spicy and woodsy, but as it settles it changes for the better.  It is a very green and clean scent.

 Here is my bathroom cabinet full of my favorite scents.

 I get the MOST compliments on Happy in Bloom.  It only comes out once or twice a year and each store gets a small amount of them.  When they are gone, they are gone.  It comes out in January and they sometimes get a few of them at Mother's Day.  It is clean, fresh and flowery.  It never gets too sweet.  I wear this one more than any other.

 Light Blue is very popular and smells so clean and fresh with a hint of apple.  Love this in the Summer!

 My favorite Fruity scent:  Victoria Secret Bombshell.  I get lots of compliments on this too, but it only lasts about an hour...fades very very quickly.

 I got the Chanel Madamoiselle for Christmas.  It is spicy and sweet, but smells so good.  My girls LOVE to smell it.  It is more of a heavy, winter scent

 I wear Banana Republic Wildbloom from time to time.  I don't think I will ever purchase it again, but it does smell great and I have enjoyed it.

 STRONG BOLD FLOWERS describes Michael Kors.  Steve does not like it too much and my mother thinks it is horrible.  I actually like it....good to wear when Steve is away hunting. Ha!

 Best EVER scent that was discontinued- Escada Tropical Punch.  Yep smells like Hawaiin Punch.  A great fruit scent and never gets to sweet.  I do not like the cotton candy scent that a lot of fruity perfumes have.  I LOVE cotton candy but don't want to smell like it!

I began wearing Pleasures in my early twenties and I always have a bottle in my cabinet.

I spend a lot of time reading reviews about perfumes before I buy them.  I also spend too much time at the fragrance counters and Sephora.  I wish I had a job dealing with perfumes.

I want to hear from YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!  What perfume do you LOVE?  What perfumes do you hate?