I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love perfume. But I’m also very picky. I don’t like scents that are too heavy or that don’t blend well with my body chemistry. I have to test a scent in the store at least two or three times before I decide to buy it. So you can understand why I have such a small collection, but hopefully it will be growing as I start to test more scents. Here’s my current collection:
My favorite scent is Kenzo Amour (the one that looks like a modern art swan). It’s a powder/musk scent that is sort of sweet but at the same time isn’t too heavy, so I can wear it in all kinds of weather. The bottle was a big part of the scent’s initial appeal. It was designed by Karim Rashid (you may know him as the designer of the Kone vacuum) and the the three different sizes come in pink, white, and orange. I love this perfume (and the bottle) so much that I’m seriously considering buying all three sizes so I can display them 
. This scent is available at Sephora.
Marc Jacob’s Daisy is (obviously) the bottle with the rubber daisies on the cap. According to sephora.com, the notes are “Strawberry, Violet Leaves, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Gardenia, Violet Petals, Jasmine Petals, Musk, Vanilla, White Woods”. It sounds like it would be overly fruity, but it’s actually rather refined. I think a scent that manages to be both youthful and sophisticated is sure to be a classic. This scent is available also available at Sephora.
The funky blue and orange bottle in the back center is Moschino’s I Love Love. This is one of my favorite summer scents. From the bottle, it smells very similar to Dolce and Gabbana’s Light Blue. However, I Love Love blends much better with my chemistry and has more spunk once it’s actually on my skin. Unfortunately, I think this spicy, fun scent has been discontinued 
. I hope I can scoop up one last bottle before they all disappear.
The dark blue bottle with the gold nob on top is Dior Addict, which is a little too heavy for daytime, but great and romantic for night. This is another power, musk scent that Sephora classifies as an oriental. This scent is definitely reserved for nights when I’m feeling especially bold.
The round silver and green bottle is Donna Karan’s Be Delicious. This smells a little like apples but is more complex than you might expect. This one is my boyfriends favorite. It’s very fresh but not too sweet and makes a great everyday scent. Another plus is that it seems to be a universally compatible scent, so I would recommend it to just about everybody.
The final bottle, the pink one in the center, is Burberry’s Tender Touch. This was the first ‘fancy’ perfume (see: not Bath and Body Works Body Splash) that I ever bought. I was about 14 and I bought it because it made me feel more grown up. This scent is a little too heavy and mature for me, so I don’t really wear it now. It is a musky, intense floral. I still like the way it smells, but it just isn’t age appropriate. I think I need to find somebody that this works on so I can have an excuse to buy something new, and an empty spot to put it in
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