I don't think we've done this in awhile, and the board membership keeps morphing, so I thought it'd be fun to pause and take stock. We all get so caught up sometimes in the "the latest thing" that I think it's good to remember those scents which are the very foundation of our love of scent.

I'll start. My top 10, in no particular order:

Chanel Cuir de Russie parfum
Lanvin Scandal parfum
Weil Secret de Venus Zibeline oil
Guerlain Mitsouko
Guerlain Vol de Nuit
Hermes Eau des Merveilles
Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque
Etro Shaal Nur
Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur (I'm questioning this one a bit....)
Molinard Habanita parfum

There. I know as soon as I click "send" something else I can't live without will occur to me. But here's this morning's story, and I'm sticking to it.

Who's next???

PS Every time I tried to post this, it failed on me and timed out. But somehow the header for the post made it to the board, while the body of the message didn't. I've asked a mod to delete those phantom headers. Sorry for the confusion!

I'll play. :-)

1. Chanel no. 5 in all its wonderful permutations, but particularly EDP
2. JPG Classique EDP
3. Mariella Burani
4. Kenzo Flower in any form, but lovin' the parfum lately
5. Bond no. 9 Chinatown
6. Castelbajac
7. Sheherazade
8. VS Basic Instinct
9. Organza Indecence
10. Mary Kay Tribute

Timely - as I've just realized mine has shifted a bit.
I've moved into a new oriental/leather phase, away from the chypres.
Right now I think it looks something like this:

Vol de Nuit Guerlain
Le Baiser du Dragon Cartier
Bandit Piguet
Nahema Guerlain
Cuir Ottoman (I think I could survive on this alone) Parfums d'Empire
Coromandel Chanel
Vetiver Oriental Serge Lutens
Gomma Etro
Bal a Versailles Jean Desprez
Gold Amouage

ok Ill play. heres mine , this month lol, in no particular order as well:

opium
sdv zibeline and chinchilla
guet apen
mitsouko
arpege
tabac blond
ormondejayne for women
chanel bois des illes
original rive gauche
balmain ivoire
lanvin scandal
toujours moi parfum corday
vintage coty chypre
avon bird or paradise pure parfum or oil (no kidding)
guerlain guerlinade
l'instant
dior addict

oops forgot one that i adore but is discontinued:

goutal neroli

Sure I'll play!

No particular order:

Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque
Caron Tabac Blond
Caron Aimez-Moi
Guerlain Shalimar
Guerlain Heritage
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan
Chanel Coromandel
Parfum d'Empire Cuir Ottoman
Profumum Patchouly
Malle Musc Ravageur

No fair, Glamorama, that's way more than 10!!! LOL. If we're just going to list as many as we want willy-nilly, then I add Coty Chypre and Corday Toujours Moi to MY list, too!! ;-D

And Diva, again and again we prove we are polar opposites in the world of fragrance!

oh did it say 10, i got carried away. really? you think we are polar opposites? or were you kidding? i think you were kidding lol .

No, silly, YOU'RE not my opposite! You and Besotted are my TWINS. ALTODIVA is my opposite!

shoot and here i thought you thought i was a DIVA lol lol. i should not be on the computer with this or my ebay buying or selling. ive been fluey for over 8 days and got knows what ive been doing. reading everything wrong... lol

Ok, as of this very minute:

Coco
Fleurs d'Oranger
Musk Ravageur
Rive Gauche
Light Blue
Opium
Marc Jacobs
Ambre Extreme

and I'll think I'l leave it at that

As of this very second in no particular order:

Bois des Iles
Coco Mademoiselle
Un Lys
Jaila
24 Faubourg
Champs Elysees
RL Romance
VS Halo
Amariage d' Amour (but I'm out - need more)
Hanae Mori

Oh, how can a list be "of all time" and yet feel "just this minute"? Eternal paradox of the perfume lover...

Here's mine:

Chanel Cuir de Russie
Patou 1000
Guerlain Jicky
Guerlain Sous le Vent
Rochas Femme (vintage)
Frédéric Malle Le Parfum de Thérèse
Dior Diorling (vintage)
Coty Chypre (discontinued)
Lanvin My Sin (discontinued)
Serge Lutens Un Lys (or Fleurs d'Oranger? Tubéreuse Criminelle?)

Like everyone else, my Top 10 list continually evolves...but I'm happy to list the top ten for my brain right now:
1. L'Artisan L'ete en douce
2. The Pink Room Parfum No. 1
3. Calypso St. Barth Jala (new)
4. Sage Pearl
5. Frederic Malle En Passant
6. Bond No. 9 Park Avenue
7. Susanne Lang Midnight Orchid
8. Jean Patou Sublime
9. Jean Patou EnJoy
10. Chanel Bois des Iles parfum

This is very HARD!!

I hesitate to put 10 down because some of the bottom ones could be replaced or I'll think of some later that I like better soooooo..

OPIUM
Guet-Apen
SL Fleur d'Oranger
Un Lys
MITSOUKO
Anne Pliska
LV Donna
Dior Addict
Metallica
MPG Ambre Precieux

1. Caron N'Aimez Que Moi
2. Guerlain Apres L'Ondee
3. Caron Or et Noir
4. Christian Dior Diorissimo
5. Robert Piguet Fracas
6. Les Parfums de Rosine Ecume de Rose
7. Caron Tabac Blond
8. Guerlain Shalimar
9. Bond No. 9 Chinatown
10. L'Artisan La Chasse aux Papillons

1. Coty Ambre Antique
2. Chanel No. 19
3. Shiseido Feminite du Bois
4. Guerlain Apres L'Ondee
5. Guerlain Habit Rouge
6. Chanel Egoiste
7. Hermes Rocabar
8. Caron Nuit de Noel
9. Serge Lutens' Cuir Mauresque
10. Annick Goutal's Folavril

1. Montana Parfum de peau
2. Rochas Femme
3. Bulgari Green tea
4. Chanel 19
5. Acqua di Genova
6. Nina Ricci Nina (the original)
7. Guerlain Mitsouko
8. Christian Dior Diorella
9. Ungaro Diva
10. Caron Infini

sorry Im ignoring the 10 rule. I forgot SHALIMAR PARFUM VINTAGE!!!!!

In no particular order.....


Angelique Encens
L'Artisan - Fleur d'Oranger
L'Artisan - The Pour Un Ete
Caron Nuit de Noel (vintage)
Bois Des Iles ( EDT and Parfum)
Motia Attar (A natural Jasmine and Sandalwood attar)
Perfect Kiss (Creative Scentualization)
L Lolita Lempicka
Cuir Ottoman
Bvlgari Parfumee Au Blanc

Me, too! I forgot Cristalle EDP!

Guerlain Jicky
Guerlain With Love (2003 LE)
Hermes Ambre Narguile
L'Artisan Dzing!
L'Artisan La Chasse aux Papillons
Jo Malone Black Vetyver Cafe
Donna Karan Black Cashmere
Rochas Femme
Nanadebary Green
Demeter Wet Garden (will I be banished for putting a Demeter on a top ten list?)

1. Chanel Bois des Iles EdT
2. Les Parfums de Rosine La Coupe d'Or
3. Guerlain Attrape Coeur/Guet Apens
4. Caron Poivre
5. Les Parfums de Rosine Rosa Flamenca
6. Serge Lutens Mandarine-Mandarin
7. Cartier Delices
8. Caron Violette Precieuse
9. Les Parfums de Rosine Un Zest de Rose
10. Guerlain Plus Que Jamais


I don't own FBs of all these but one day hopefully I will!

The ones I can't imagine my life without are:

1. Le Feu

2. Escada Collection

3. Cinnabar

4. Le Roy Soleil

5. Addict Eau Fraiche

6. Dolce&Gabbana Classic

7. Extravagance

8. Black Cashmere

9. Adidas Woman

10. Gaiac

I think the order is somehow important, too :)

Two of them are a little bit neglected now but they used to be very important so I had to put them on this list.

Great to see these lists.

Parfum de Peau -- haven't seen you around much lately! Good to see you.
Glam -- Pipe down, now! That's enough outta you!
Quarry -- No, you won't be banished for a Demeter. I might snicker up my sleeve a little, but that's because I'm a pompous ###### who's never even smelled a Demeter scent!! LOL. Seriously, everything that moves YOU belongs on the list -- brands be damned!

ok one more but its a great one, i know im nuts. BELLE DE RAUCH PARFUM!!!

Féminité du Bois by Shiseido
Nombre Noir by Shiseido
Bois et Fruits by Serge Lutens
Tubéreuse Criminelle by Serge Lutens
Santal de Mysore by Serge Lutens
Fleurs d 'Oranger by Serge Lutens
Un Lys by Serge Lutens
Fleurs d 'Oranger by Serge Lutens
Musc Ravageur by Frederic Malle
Rose Barbare by Guerlain

Keep 'em coming!
Merolik, I've never heard of (nor smelled) a couple on yours!
Uella, nice list, as usual.
Glam, I said PIPE DOWN NOW!! That's enough! Give someone else a chance, will ya? ;-)

Who's next?

oh god I forgot to mention.... lol just kidding rubs.....:)

Vol de Nuit has been and will always be my #1
Chanel No, 19
Bandit
Chanel No. 5 vint. Cologne
Chamade
Passage d'Enfer
Palais Jamais
Bal a Versailles
Iris Nobile
Fracas

Boudoir
Femme de Rochas
Luciano Soprani Donna
Habanita
Must de Cartier
Le Baiser du Dragon
LB Venezia
Hot Couture
Hypnotic Poison
Tea for Two

Okay, I'll play...

Chanel 5
Anne Pliska
L'Artisan Fleur d'Oranger
Opium
Angel
Halston
Hove Louis Quartorze
D&G Light Blue
Jeffery Dame Wanderlust
Cerruti Image

I could go on and on, but I've reached my limit.

Awright , spring edition a little bit of everything on mine , never any rhyme or reason ...

Champs Elysees -Guerlain
Lily of the Valley- Yardley
Donna - LV
Chloe - Lagerfeld
LHB- Guerlain
Ivoire - Balmain
#19 - Chanel
Pure Poison - Dior
Sung - Alfred Sung
Cabotine -Gres

I'll jump in with my list:

#5
Opium
Rive Gauche original
Angelique Encens
Anne Pliska
Feminite de Bois
Mary Kay Premonition
Ambre Sultan
George Sand
Dzing!

and one more, a whole series - CdG Incense series

Ruby, you are baaad. ;-)

Don't I have a single Scent Twin on this board? I guess Victoria's the closest, but she hasn't chimed in yet. I see I have lots of opposites!

These are my top 10 and include some discontinued ones but only of I still have enough to wear. There are also some new additions. Theya re in no particular order.

Ciel d'Ete by L.T. Piver
A'Noush by Parfums Donelian
Chicane by Jacomo
Cabaret by Ayala Moriel
prana by dsh
Jicky by Guerlain
La Parisienne by Holzman & Stephanie
Misuki by Holzman & Stephanie
Misouko by Guerlain
Sublime by Jean Patou
Jardanel by Jean Desprez
1000 by Jean Patou

Oh, honey, don't cha wanna go slummin'? I could mail you some WG. Nobody would hafta know. It's gotta good rep on the streets, ya know. I'd luv to be the one to corrupt ya. Whatcha 'fraid of? Fraid you might likey? <quarryschool@earthlink.net>

1. Guerlain Vol de Nuit
2. Piguet Fracas
3. Goutal Grand Amour
4. EL Spellbound
5. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji
6. Lanvin Arpege
7. Evyan White Shoulders
8. Lanvin My Sin
9. Chanel No. 5
10. YSL Y

This gets harder all the time as my collection grows. I tried to pick things that I think smell good on me. I'm kind of all over the board with my choices--I don't think I have a scent twin, but maybe some first cousins.

Le Baiser Du Dragon

Prada Intense & Prada

Samsara

Euphoria

Gloria by Cacharel

Lolita Lempika

Hypnotic Poison

Realm by Realm

Hanae Mori

Narciso Rodriques EDT & Keil's Musk





Whoops! Sorry, I don't know what happened to the edit function.

At the time of this writing?

SHALIMAR

L'HEURE BLEUE

KOUROS

PHER'OMONE

Chanel CUIR DE RUSSIE

CIELENGA

Rochas FEMME (new)

Chanel No. 19

VARON DANDY

BAL A VERSAILLES


Not sure what these reveal about me... other than the fact that the most recent fragrance dates to 1980 (KOUROS) Anyway, these above fragrances will likely go down as my favorites of all time, with perhaps a shuffle here or there, and a few very worthy honorable mentions. Orientals, chypres figure prominently... three fougeres. Even though PHEROMONE has bbeen called a green, I read it personally as more of an Aromatic Fougere.

Oh, I see some have cheated a wee bit and added more than 10! So I'll add a couple more;



DUNE (femmes)

Evyan WHITE SHOULDERS

Caron YATAGAN

Estee Lauder ALIAGE

the brilliant-but-discontinued SOUS LES BUIS



and Myrurgia MAJA... a masterpiece that can be got for a song.

I've made a couple of changes that probably reflect that it's been "winter" here and I can wear a few that I feel are too heavy in the 90% humidity and 90 degree heat of summer:

Jicky
Joy
Nuit de Noel
Caron Voeu de Noel parfum (discontinued)
Caleche
Doblis
Plus Que Jamais
Le Dix
Rive Gauche (vintage parfum)
Ma Griffe

I notice I'm living in nostagia land. I would love to find something new that moved me!

and here my top10 for the winter :-) :

Chergui
L`ombre fauve (PG)
Thundra (Profumum)
Chanel No5
Confetto (Profumum)
Patchouly (Mazzolari)
Fleur de Citronnier
Musc ravageur (FM)
Must de Cartier
Opium (only the pure perfume)

24 Faubourg
Cartier Panthere
Helmut Lang
L'eau de L'Artisan
Lanvin Arpege
LV Musk
Boudoir
Yvresse
Parfum Sacre
Feminite du Bois

Right now in no order:
Anne Pliska
Musc Ravageur
L
Delices
Shalimar
Angelique Encens
Coromandel
Flowerbomb
Prada Intense
Addict
Ambre Sultan
Ambre Passion
It's hard to stop at ten, I have so many more.

My Top 10 of ALL time:


Chanel No.19
Chanel No.5
Opium
Coco
Angel
Mitsouko
Eau de Merveilles
Beautiful
Bond No.9 Chinatown (recently)

my 10, well, of all times:

Poison
Eternity
Angel
Dali Laguna
Les belles de Ricci Liberty fizz
L'heure bleu
Rahat loukum
TBS White musk
Michael
Body by Victoria
JLo Glow
Stella

My ten right now is different, adding

JPG Le fleur du male
SJP Lovely
Ck Truth
Black orchid
Be delicious

In no particular order:-

Cristobal (EDP or EDT)

Roma

Diorella

Rive Gauche

Nirmala

Casaque

Un Lys Mediterrane (Malle) or Iris Poudre?

Le Parfum de Therese

Feminite du Bois or Cinnabar?

Un Jour se Leve (Yves Rocher)

These three I own:
L'Artisan Mimosa pour Moi
Frederic Malle En Passant
Jo Malone Verbena of Provence

these are still on the expanding wish list
Serge Lutens Fleurs d"Oranger
Frederic Malle Carnal Flower
L'Artisan La Chasse aux Papillons
Rosine Rosa Flamenca
Rosine Zest de Rose

What the heck. However, I don't have all-time - I only have now. And I don't have 10...

In rotation:
Chanel Antaeus
L'Artisan Patchouli Patch
Aramis New West
Ungaro III

Fond memories:
Polo Ralph Lauren (green bottle)
Giorgio BH for Men
Chanel Platinum Egoiste
Herrera for Men

Those are the ones that matter or once mattered.

Mitsouko (Guerlain)
Venezia (Laura Biagiotti)
Roma (Laura Biagiotti)
Anne Pliska
Laura Ashley No. 1
Wild Fig & Cassis (Jo Malone)
Blv Notte (Bvlgari)
Ginger Essence (Origins)
Eau de Campagne (Sisley)
Eau des Merveilles (Hermes)
Euphoria (Calvin Klein)