le parfum.

Sunday, 26 February 2012

I have never really been a 'perfume' type of girl. I'm not a big fan of many of the popular scents on the market and quite frankly the thought of paying £30+ on a glorified bottle of scented water terrifies me. Its no secret that today's perfume market is a consumerism playground of overpriced, celebrity endorsed bottles at extortionate prices, but sometimes it is seriously hard to resist those brightly coloured bottles and enticing advertisements however much your mind knows they are complete rip offs!

I actually only own 3 full sized perfumes (the other is Britney Spears Fantasy from my tween obsession with her!), and a fair few mini/tester sizes which I seem to accumulate over time from work or as Christmas presents. Here are my 3 favourite scents...

Joop! Thrill, Paco Robanne Lady Million, Ghost Deep Night

Joop! Thrill was actually given to me at work as a Christmas present, and with its gaudy pink packaging and sweet scent it was an instant hit! I wont attempt to identify the heart or base notes in these fragrances for fear of completely embarrassing myself with my lack of perfume knowledge, but I do know this is a lovely, strong floral scent, which is also reasonably cheap (£15 for 50ml) so is most definitely a favourite with me!

The small moon shaped bottle in the picture is in fact a small 10ml version of Ghost Deep Night which was previously my all time favourite perfume! Its a strong, night time scent which I have millions of sample sizes of from Boots Christmas gift sets!

Out of the three, Paco Robanne Lady Million is an outright favourite for me but at £30 for 30ml it is also the least cost efficient for my bank balance, so this is saved only for the most special of occasions. The smell however is to die for, strong and luxurious but still light enough to wear during the day.

After a little googling I have discovered all my favourite scents are actually floral scents- apparently I'm a floral sort of girl!

An honourable mention also goes to my Boots Natural Collection Vanilla Spray which is the perfect light, soft scent to wear on days when I just cannot justify wasting a £2 squirt of perfume but want to smell sweet. And for only £3 in Boots this is a lovely everyday scent!

What's your all time favourite perfume?!

14 comments :

  1. I adore Lady Million, and Ghost is really nice too. I love Harajuku G, although I love Armani Code and eau des Jardins, G is so affordable it has to be my favourite! I too am a big fan of body sprays, I use Ted Baker, Soap & Glory and Victoria's Secret spritzers on a daily basis :)

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    1. Ohhh they all sound amazing! I need to get a few more bodys sprays, i love 'em! xx

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  2. Lady Million is one of my favourites too!
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  3. I love perfumes! I went through a stage of having over 20 to choose from!!!! My current favourite is Vera Wang - Princess. xx

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    1. Haha ohh im quite jealous of your collection ahha! xx

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  4. The vanilla body spray is really lovely, I agree! I adore a Lancome perfume but I think it costs £60 for 30ml, and I already stole my nearly-empty one from my mum! x

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    1. Blimey that is expensive, but sounds lovely! I adore the body spray! xx

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  5. I looove ghost deep night, it's so muksy and sophisticated. Also love the natural collection vanilla spray, it's so lovely. On a side note, I loved the opening of this post, you have such an amazing way with words - you should definately persue that! xxx

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    1. Ghost was my fav for sooo long haha, i love it!
      And thankyou so much for this comment, made my day :')) xx

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  6. Love this post! I'm currently obsessed with Princess by Vera Wang!

    :)
    xx

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  7. Rihanna's perfume is my all time fav ;)

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