As simple as that: Which fragrances did you wear most in 2014? Not need for elaborate statistics, I need your assessment and feeling.
I will do a sum up and include it as an addendum on the Best Of 2014 List to follow.
.jpg)
Monday, December 8, 2014
Poll: Your Most Worn Fragrances in 2014
In the interests of research (if you have been following the Best Seller and Best of/Top annual lists you know how historical archiving warms the cockles of my heart) I am throwing out a question to you, dear readers, today.
As simple as that: Which fragrances did you wear most in 2014? Not need for elaborate statistics, I need your assessment and feeling.
It could be something mainstream from Cartier (La Panthere launched this year) or Armani's Si (last year) or more researched, something from niche such as Aedes de Venustas Oeillet Bengale or Copal Azur or even artisanal such as Phi Rose de Kandahar by Andy Tauer...It could also be something older, such as Chanel Coco, which many readers rediscovered, or a celebrity perfume, or a natural oil, no shame in anything....Please divulge!
I will do a sum up and include it as an addendum on the Best Of 2014 List to follow.
As simple as that: Which fragrances did you wear most in 2014? Not need for elaborate statistics, I need your assessment and feeling.
I will do a sum up and include it as an addendum on the Best Of 2014 List to follow.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
This Month's Popular Posts on Perfume Shrine
-
No note in perfumery is more surprisingly carnal, creamier or contradicting than that of tuberose. The multi-petalled flower is a mix of flo... -
The flavor of verbena, lemony tart and yet with a slightly bitter, herbaceous edge to it, is incomparable when used in haute cuisine. It len... -
When testing fragrances, the average consumer is stumped when faced with the ubiquitous list of "fragrance notes" given out by the... -
.jpg)
Christian Dior has a stable of fragrances all tagged Poison , encased in similarly designed packaging and bottles (but in different colors),... -
The upcoming Lancome fragrance, La Vie Est Belle ( i.e. Life is Beautiful ), is exactly the kind of perfume we dedicated perfumephiles love... -
Some perfumes the minute you put them on feel like you've slipped into a pair of black satin slingbacks or a silk peignoir in ivory. Osc...
My most worn fragrance (since I started taking notes) is Diptyque Tam Dao, followed by L'Artisan Passage d'Enfer and Maison Martin Margiela [Untitled].
ReplyDeleteMine have been Bottega Veneta, Shalimar, and Imaginary Authors Memoirs of a Trespasser.
ReplyDeleteGuerlain Vetiver.
ReplyDeleteI have a new(1990s)bottle of this ready to go under the tree, as a Christmas present to myself! Yummy!
I don't repeat myself a lot (so many samples and decants) but I suppose I wore either A*Men Pure Coffee or A*Men Pure Malt at least twice a month, probably more like once a week.
ReplyDeletePhilosykos - but I'm new to fragrance and its the only one I've purchased. Everything else is still samples. :). Next year will be a better test for me I think!
ReplyDeleteThis year was a year of buying a lot of vintage Shalimar, so naturaly, I wore that but wore a lot of L'Heure de Nuit.
ReplyDeleteProbably a tie between Cabochard, Voleur des Roses & Halston Catalyst.
ReplyDeleteIt would be Chanel Bois des Iles, PG Indochine, Caron Montaigne and Hermes Jour d'Hermes Absolu.
ReplyDeleteCurious to se the results!
Regards, Nina
I am just going off of empty bottle liquid levels: Shalimar; Mitsouko; Youth Dew; Diva, Ungaro. Love your blog! Merry Christmas, Jeffrey
ReplyDeleteHermes L'Ambre des Merveilles, by quite a long way. After that, Dioressence, Bottega Veneta, Calyx, Laura Biagiotti's Roma and Piguet's Calypso got a lot of wear.
ReplyDeleteMadini Musk Pierre, Coromandel, Infusion d'Iris Absolue, and PdN Le Temps d'une Fete! These were my big four- iris for classes, le temps for making myself feel more social, and the other two for warmth at night.
ReplyDeletePS- I've loved your blog for ages. Thank you for maintaining it!
Infusion d'Iris as it's so easy to wear, Baiser Vole, lovely in warm weather, Lumiere Noire pour Femme has been the number one evening out perfume, then Feminite Du Bois and Cuir Fetiche as it got colder
ReplyDeleteTrayee, Dia, Shem-el-Nessim, Amour de Palazzo, Enslaved! Lately additional Iris Nazarena and Amorvero..
ReplyDeleteDefinetly Goutal. Grand Amour and almost as often Heure Exquise. When I get my hands on a bottle of Mon Parfum Cheri I imagine that will take first place.
ReplyDeleteI wear a lot of samples too, but most often I wear Givenchy Organza and L'Air du Desert Marocain.
ReplyDeleteIn the city of sin
ReplyDeleteEncens et lavande
My London baby, Pierre de Velay No. 23
Encens Mythique
WEN 613 treatment oil :-)
Plus the usual suspects and some new loves...
Amouage Epic Woman
ReplyDeleteAmouage Lyric Woman
April Aromatics Bohemian Spice
Parfumerie Generale Un Crime Exotique
Nez a Nez Marron Chic
...were mainly my top five. Wore Epic Woman a lot!
Will be interested in reading your summary report, Helg.
Lentheric's Shanghai
ReplyDeleteGuerlain's Parure
Musk rose oil and dragon's blood from the health food store
No. 7, Chanel
Je Reviens, Worth
Pour Monsieur, Chanel
Chanel Coco Noir Parfum
ReplyDeleteChanel Bois des Isles
Chanel No. 19 Poudre
Serge Lutens L'Orphaline and
La Fille de Berlin
Imaginary Authors Yesterday Haze
Hiram Green Moon Bloom
Tom Ford Fleur de Chine, Velvet Orchid and Santal
Andy Taur Phi and Miriam
Vero Perfumo Rozy and Rubj
Comme des Garsons Philosykos, Do Son and Tam Dao
Jicky in EDT and EDP
ReplyDeleteMitsouko in EDP
Champs Elysee EDT
Goutal Eau de Camille.. sad when this bottle is over .
YSL Rive Gauche
Lastly .. Dior Forever and Ever ... such a big bottle I bought (duty free) and just want to use it up. Will not re-purchase.
PHI, rose 31, ambre nuit, rose barbare & bois d'ascese. obviously a year of loving the rose!
ReplyDeletesandipants
Molecule 01 Escentric Molecules and close second - the year is not over - Atkinsons Fashion Decree.
ReplyDeleteIt seems variety will be the only discernible trend here ...
Hermes-Un Jardin en Mediterranee; Gentiane Blanche
ReplyDeleteGuerlain-Eau de Fleurs Cedrat, Voyage London
Cartier-Le Panthere Eau Legere
Balenciaga-Quadrille
Habit rouge (Guerlain), L'Artisan's Timbuktu, L'Air de Rien (Miller Harris). The one I've been longing for all year is L'Air du Desrt marocain (Tauer), but my samples are now completely finished and my purse too flat.
ReplyDelete1. Serge Lutens Chergui
ReplyDelete2. D'Orsay Tilleul
3. Chanel Cristalle EDT
Mitsouko just edges it. Close runners are 5 O'clock au Gingembre and, erm, Star Trek Pon Farr.
ReplyDelete(I'm not joking about the Star Trek. It's no classic, but it's a pleasantly inoffensive thing for days when I want to smell nice but not challenging. And it cost £5!)
This year was a very Guerlain year for me, I got some vintage Shalimar, some older versions of it (the Mexican vanilla one) and AA Limon Verde plus Santal Royal. I very much enjoyed but haven't managed to buy yet Andy Tauer's Sotto La Luna
ReplyDeleteMariaA
Hey There,
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these questions. Would you be terribly offended if I asked the same question at APJ?
Here are my most reached for..
Shalimar by Guerlain
Fleur de Male by Gaultier
Coco by CHANEL
Mohur by Neela vermeire
Liberte by Cacharel
Portia xx
Off the top of my head, I'd go with Vamp a NY because I kept wearing that during warmer months. Otherwise, I have several in circulation so nothing stands out much.
ReplyDeleteAs a general rule though warm, woody, oriental and gourmandy stuff.
Shalimar Guerlain
ReplyDeleteMitsouko Guerlain
Fleurs d'Oranger Serge Lutens
Sel de Vetiver Different Company
EAu d'Orange Verte Hermes
In the winter months, I wore Barkhane and Coromandel. During the summer it was Cristalle and R&G Jean Marie Farina.
ReplyDeleteI am in a wam climate almost all year, so I tend towards the lighter fragrances:
ReplyDeleteBulgary Eau Parfume au The Vert
Frederic Malle Angeliques sous la pluie
Ungaro Diva
Cartier Eau de Cartier
DelRae Mythique and Bois de Paradis
First place belongs to PHI Une Rose de Kandahar, then Habit Rouge and Knize Ten. And lately the Rose Flash from Andy Tauer is gaining much prominence in my daily perfume ritual.
ReplyDeleteOrmonde Jayne Ta'if, Loukhoum, Cantabelle by Galimard and Womanity. Quite a jumble.
ReplyDeleteJo Malone Backberry and Bay, Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles, by Kilian Rose Oud.
ReplyDeleteChanel Cristalle EDT
ReplyDeletePdN Rose Oud EDP
PdN Eau Soleil EDT
Tom Ford Black Violet EDP
Shalimar Ode a la Vanille EDP
House of Matriarch OM
Guerlain Attrape-Coeur EDP
No. 5 EdT
ReplyDeleteCoco EdP
No. 5 body oil
Diptyque L'Ombre Dans L'Eau EdT
Bottega Veneta, Tawaf, Jubilation, Ubar, Fantasia de Fleurs in no particular order
ReplyDeleteIsabella from up North
This year I've reached most for:
ReplyDeleteMitsouko, Daphne, Absolue Pour le Soir, Iris Ganache, Encens Mythique d'Orient, Traversee du Bosphore, Bas de Soie, Fille de Berlin, Like This and Fleur de Chine. (Lou)
Going by my notes, it's Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile, followed by Annick Goutal's Un Matin D'Orage. In the summer it was mostly Eau de Rochas, Cristalle and more Goutals - Neroli and Eau du Sud.
ReplyDeletePortia,
ReplyDeleteyou're very welcome to repeat this on Australian Perfume Junkies! Thanks for adding your contribution here. And so please tweet me the link when you're done so I can RT :-)
Memoirs of a Trespasser, Ragbha, Kalemat, and lots of samples/decants.
ReplyDeleteShalimar, Ninfeo Mio, Narciso(new), N°5, Mitsouko, Absolue pour le soir, Onda, Rubj, anything Mona, La nuit and Shalimar again!
ReplyDeleteDiptyque Geranium Odorata, Estee Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia, Dior Diorissimo
ReplyDeleteI've just been through my perfume timeline on Fragrantica and, bearing in mind that just like a few others here I have tons of samples and decants, it seems my most worn perfumes of 2014 are Vivienne Westwood Let It Rock, Yves Rocher Voile d'Ambre, Molinard Habanita l'Esprit and Britney Spears In Control Curious. Eclectic, LOL!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great poll, can't wait to see the results! My most worn this year would have to be
ReplyDeleteEau des Merveilles
Chanel no 19
Bottega veneta
Bois des Iles
24 Faubourg
On working days I've reached for First by Van Cleef & Arpels and Annick Goutal's L'eau d'Hadrien (Oh Adrian).
ReplyDeleteWhen there's no work in sight, it was Frederic Malle's L'eau d'Hiver, Boucheron by Boucheron or Organza by Givenchy.
Special occasions were Chanel's 31 Rue Cambon and Creed's Angelique Encens.
This year I wore a lot of:
ReplyDeleteAndy Tauer L'Air du Desert Marocain
Ellie D Noir
AG Eau de Charlotte
Jo Malone Vanilla & Anise
Slumberhouse Pear & Olive, and
Parfums de Rosine Poussiere de Rose.
Great poll!
ReplyDeleteMost worn spring/summer:Jour de Fete(love it,even though it disappears all too quickly!),Bel Respiro,Rubj voile d'extrait,
Autumn/winter Iris poutré,Portait of a Lady,La Danza dele Libellule,Nuit de Noel
spring: brin de reglisse, private collection (the old one) and mandragore
ReplyDeletecolder weather: chanel 19, scherrer, cabochard and matin d'orage (the body cream)
love these polls!
My most worn this year were:
ReplyDeleteIncense Rose / Andy Tauer
Geranium Oderata / Diptyque
Santal 33 / Le Labo
I think my most worn fragrance was Jicky EDP, probably followed by Shalimar and Terracotta, so I have clearly been on a Guerlain kick this year!
ReplyDeleteI've worn a LOT of samples, but my most worn fragrances would I think be Jour d'Hermes, Roberto Cavalli Oro, Agent Provocateur L'Agent, Mauboissin Histoire d'Eau, Traversee du Bosphore, and Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay. The latter two are favorites of my nephews, who clearly have excellent taste.
ReplyDeleteThese three have been in highest rotation: Hermes' Un Jardin en Mediterranee in summer, Serge Luten's Jeux de Peau in winter (if someone can tell me how to pronounce it I will be eternally grateful); and Bvlgari Black whenever. I also recently won Strange Invisible Perfume's Scorpio, which really grew on me and have worn every day since receiving it. Great question!
ReplyDeleteAhhh I am a lover of all and loyal to none, based on my most worn scents this year...
ReplyDeleteI started the year with Lanvin Eclat d Arpege, strayed to D&G Femme and Black, from there I went to Bahrain Eshraq by Asgharali. I moved to Blvgari, Jasmin Noir, and Omnia. As things started to warm up I moved to Narciso Rodriquez Essence, Cheap and Chic Moschino, even little Inner Grace...For the Summer I was in Eternity Summer circa 2005, Prada Infusion De Fluer D'Oranger and Angel Schlesser Femme. Had Ana Sui Secret Wish and a Flight of Fancy. But back to Bahrain I went with Qalb Al Muheet by Asgharali. the Summer was Eau Des Minimes cologne with some Versace Versence mixed in. As I end the year, I have been in Love with Madly Kenzo, Mon Jasmin Noir, Si Lolita, and GIRL Pharrell Williams!
Diptyque:Oyedo
ReplyDeleteAnnick Goutal: Nimfeo Mio
Hermes: Vetiver /tonka Hermessence
I wore Guerlain Eau Imperiale, AG Nuit Etoilee, and Piguet's Calypso. I save Tawaf for special occasions :)
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, and thank you for hours of great reading!
Carole
Greenwitch, Black Violet, Chanel 19, Ma Griffe, and Infusion d'Iris (not in order).
ReplyDeleteAdP Colonia Oud
ReplyDeleteLaura Biagiotto Roma
Songes
Profumi del Forte Roma Imperiale and By Night White
Yvresse
PdN Maharanih Intense
and its new but getting lots of love- Vero Profumo Mito V d'E.
Lynley
Like most other commenters, I don't stick to one scent. My top 5 in order mosy frequently worn this year are:
ReplyDeleteShalimar eau legere (yellow juice)
Ava Luxe Mousse de Chine
DSH Bois du Chocolat oil layered with CdG Kyoto
Etro Dianthus
Biehl EO03
Wow, this is tough; Mitsouko, vintage Shalimar, Shalimar Parfum Initial, Tom Ford Violet Blond, Chanel 19 Poudre, DSH perfumes, passport a Paris, Kate Walsh Boyfriend (I know...men always comment on this one, lol)' Julia
ReplyDeleteMy most worn fragrances this year were:
ReplyDeleteParfums de Nicolai New York
Tauer Perfumes L'Air du Desert Marocain
Guerlain Mitsouko
Serge Lutens Borneo 1834
Hello
ReplyDeleteMost worn this year have been;
Chanel Bois des Iles
Diptique Philosykos
Lalique Encre Noire
Ormonde Jayne Woman
And from (multiple!) samples;
FM Vetiver Extraordinaire
FM L'Eau d'Hiver
Tauer L'Air du Desert Morocain
Parfums MDCI Promesse de l'aube Piguet Baghari
Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio
FM Iris Poudre
Great to see what everyone else has been enjoying!
in no particular order, i have most worn:
ReplyDeletecoty chypre (vintage)
shalimar edp (both vintage & contemporary)
tom ford sahara noir
tom ford black orchid
prada infusion d'iris
ralph lauren safari (vintage late 80s/early 90s)
arpege edp
niki de saint-phalle edp (vintage)
annick goutal madragore
tokyomilk excess
caron narcisse noir
amouage lyric woman (last drops from my 2012 wedding bottle, alors)
annick goutal encens flamboyant (for hair)
andy tauer incense rose
andy tauer l'air du desert marocain
frederic malle carnal flower
serge lutens chergui (when the husband hasn't borrowed it)
donna karan gold
various oil blends from black phoenix alchemy lab
My most frequently worn daytime scent was Sideris. It's not that it's the most beautiful thing I own (I have some Amouage and also some gorgeous vintage Guerlains) but it's the most wearable for my informal lifestyle in Northern California. It also seems to work well with the natural landscape here, and I walk a lot so that is important to me.
ReplyDeleteMy most frequently worn nighttime scent was Seville a L'Aube, because is such a great sleep scent, calming and gorgeous (also my husband enjoys it).
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete1. Calèche soie de parfume (pre 2014 reformulation?
ReplyDelete2. Teint de neige edt
3. Venezia (Biagiotti) vintage
Cartier La Panthère
ReplyDeleteChanel No.5
Serge Lutens La Vierge de Fer
Serge Lutens De Profundis
Serge Lutens Laine de verre
L'Artisan Parfumeur Oeillet Sauvage
Emma
So fun! Here are some of my most worn this year:
ReplyDeleteSerge Lutens Fille de Berlin
Prada Candy
CdG Avignon
PdN Le Temps D'Une Fete
Chanel beige
Vintage Balmain Ivoire
I'm new to your blog, and I love it! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteA Rather Novel Collection - Five o'clock at Belvoir Castle
Ralph Lauren - Notorious
Tokyomilk - 03 Eden
John Varvatos Vintage (love this one but it's been too warm here in San Diego to wear it much - the combo of man fragrance on a lady + hot weather has been too weird.)
And my new one, Tokyomilk Dark Bittersweet, which I only just bought but have been favoring lately.