We all have scent that make us feel joyous, sexy, happy, etc... the list goes on. But what scent(s) continually put you in a good mood even if the day feels like it's going south really fast, you're about to lose it or whatever for that matter that might be occurring in your life?

I have had many a day where I think things are looking up and then I get into some stupid mood and then wonder why I acted/said or did something to just make myself look like a jerk or an unfeeling bastard for that matter.

But what scent(s) for you pulls you out of that moment? What special one(s) do this for you?

I have noticed lately that Eau Parfumee Au The Verte Extreme Bulgari really helps me to get out of a funky mood even if I'm going through a funky mood on a particular day. I'm wearing it today and I get whiffs of it and it gives me this sort of inner calm/peace. Maybe it's the fact that it's a tea scent and tea scents to me evoke feelings of calmness, peace.


What are scent(s) for you that pull you together when you feel like all hell is breaking loose in your life?

Rochas Monsieur Concentree (original formula)
L'Artisan Fou d'Absinthe
i Profumi di Firenze Brezza di Mare
i Profumi di Firenze Agrumi di Sicilia

Avon's Sweet Honesty, believe it or not.

And Ralph Lauren Blue, which I am wearing today.

And to a lesser extent, despite its name: Clinique's Happy.

You know, Elle, I have to admit that Happy for Men Clinique really does put me in a good mood too when I think things are going awry around me. Or when they are not and I want to feel peppy and good.

It is a scent that truly does what it says. I love the men's version. I know the name sounds outright silly, I agree!

Honestly, I don't like 'feel good' scents.

Chanel No. 22 always cheers me up. :-)

Youth Dew and steady as she goes...

And I think Kelly Calèche is being groomed for the task. It's definitely a positive-smellng upbeat scent to my nose.

I like your honesty, Mary. At least you tell it like it is

I find Clarins En Ensolleiante to be very cheery. It's citrusy and powdery both at the same time.

I'm considering Infusion d'Iris Prada to be another one for me here. To me, it's so light like an Eau de Cologne and then powdery with great longevity. To me it's a cheery scent.

Light Blue
Shalimar
Nocturnes
Healing Garden Mandarintherapy
Sueded Musk
Vanille Cannelle

Citus, and musk are usually my feel good scents.

Montaigne edp and Plus Que Jamais are cheerful, sunny fragrances, to me.

Perfume is a great way of self-medicating for me, there are all sorts of situations where I reach for fragrance to enhance my mood.

Clair de Musc makes me feel pretty and youthful when I am feeling a little drab.

I find Yvresse to be fizzy, giggly and uplifting - almost as good as a glass of champagne.

Ambre Narguile, Imperial Opoponax and Cocoon are fragrances I reach for if I need to feel cosseted.

Coco or Noir Epices if I'm feeling fragile and need olfactory armour.

Cuir de Russie (Chanel), Iris Poudre, No 22, and Ivoire are top choices if I need to feel efficient and put together.

Origins' Ginger Essence and Penhaligon's English Fern leave me calm and refreshed.

Pink Sugar works as a "feel good" fragrance for me, of course, but any fragrance I love makes me feel better. I would not wear anything that did not make me feel happy, inspired, or uplifted.

I like Pink Sugar in the winter, when sweet fragrances are a comfort.

i usually can not decide if it is the scent that makes me happy or that wonderful things happened or i felt carefree when i was wearing that scent.

hence for a long time it was escada rockin' rio

long long ago RL safari

D&G BY woman

i guess DKNY-fresh and happy

miss dior cherie-giggly and childish happy

calm and happy acqua di gio lately

maybe light blue

guerlain vetiver-safe and happy ( because it was my dad's signature scent )
cristalle lately- grown up and happy

i guess wearing perfumes makes me happy

I've been wearing Jo Malone White Jasmine and Mint. Perhaps it's because it reminds me of time spent in Vermont this summer, visiting our son, but it has become a real "feel good" fragrance to me.

Also Ete en Douce, by L'Artisan.

There are others, but those two come to mind, immediately.

Gourmand ambers seem to have an uplifting effect on my mood, like an oasis of comfort, felicity, beauty and satisfaction just to be there. Ambres Russe and Narguilé fit the bill.

Well, every scent I love makes me "feel good"...but they aren't touted as "feel good" fragrances.
Truthfully, I don't normally like any fragrance that is supposed to be all uplifting and sunny and happy. I find a lot of those have high citrus notes, aquatic notes, lots of fruit and white florals...and they make me feel bitchy when I wear them.
*shrug*
One scent that does come to mind, though, as one of my happy scents...is Extravagance d'Amarige, with its effervescent green opening and flip-flopping dry-down which is both cool and powdery and also warm and cuddly. It's a scent of contradictions and it moves all over the place...and keeps me guessing and highly entertained.

To an extent, every fragrance I wear is a 'feel good' scent, because I don't wear it if it doesn't make me happy. Occasionally I will wear one that isn't right for that moment, but I layer over it as soon as I can then. I try to pick something each day that lifts or enhances me...and to an extent extends my presence.

Dolce Vita does it for me!

Angel
Pink Sugar
Pleasures Delight
Light Blue
Hypnose

I like all of these, too. Don't know Pleasures Delight and Hypnose, yet.

Cristobal never fails to make me happy.
I also love the feeling of joy when I wear Fleur d'Oranger (Fragonard),
Joop Le Bain and Un Jour se Leve (Yves Rocher.)
The bubbliest, happiest of them all is Yvresse.

Paris, Yvresse and Libertine......all three put some spring in my step.

-Noelle

Champs forever and always , the tinned peach thing it has going on is just pure childhood fun , sparkly , light and air headed , love what it does for my grim self.

I'd have to go with Un Bois Vanille, Carnal Flower and Tubereuse Criminelle(reminds me of a great vacation we took). Almost all of

my perfumes give me some degree of pleasure, but these stand out.

I'm a 'sort of choose a perfume in rapport with how I feel' type. I think a happy bright cheery perfume when I am feeling blue would just wind me up. I would more choose a perfume to layer on the feeling. Is that crazy? I mean if I'm feeling down in the dumps I'll put on some Leonard Cohen and deep thoughtful perfume like Lyric Rain by SIP.

I put Chergui Serge Lutens this early evening and I think this now falls into my "Feel Good" scents. It's been a long time since I have worn it. I'm in bliss now... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Me too, one the Origins' Ginger line - never fails to make me a bit more calm and relaxed.

GAWD I love Chergui!!

'fumes that are especially mood lifting for me are:

Diptyque Oyedo
Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte
Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum
Serge Lutens Fleurs d'Oranger
Frederic Malle Parfum de Therese
FM Carnal Flower
FM Vetiver Extraordinaire
Annick Goutal Neroli
Annick Goutal Le Chevrefeuille** (this is #1 happy scent)
Les Parfums Rosine Un Zeste de Rose
Miller Harris Bourbon Geranium** (this is #2 happy scent)

Rufus, Les Nuits D'Hadrien and Fidji are my infallible 'picker uppers.' They possess light but not insipid hearts.

I agree with you about Au te Vert. I can still remember the first time I tried it. I wasn't yet a perfume freak, and was just casually testing at Ulta3. I thought the bottle was interesting (it was the Extreme version), sprayed some on...and I would have spent my last fifty bucks on it. It's so ephermeral that now I use it as a sort of tonic, spray lots of it on my clothing, mostly when I'm alone. It never fails to lift my mood.

The citruses in general do this for me; Un Jardin Sur le Nil does, the dry chypres do, too. Never the sweets though. Interesting.

Hmmm, interesting how all the ones that popped into my head are women's fragrances -- but truly, they are the ones that I consider, "feel good" scents.


Miss Dior Cherie

Coco Mademoiselle

Michael (Women's)

Joop! Femme

Prada (Women's)

212 Sexy

This summer, White Linen has been my favorite pick-me-up scent. All those fizzy aldehydes, probably.

Yay on the Yvresse and Un Zest for "happy-making" feel-good.

For "calm-making" feel-good, Tam Dao and Bois des Iles.

This is rather early to say but I'm putting the new EDP version of Gendarme as a "feel good" scent. Thank God I sprayed some on my skin to really take this scent in. It's mighty gorgeous in this much more "extreme" version.

I agree, Tam Dao Diptyque is a very good, calming, feel good scent. It makes me think of San Francisco for some reason. Had a great time there with Phil a few years back. I want to go back again in the near future.

the "cocoa smell" in Palmer's

vintage Detchema

Fracas ( it's that dry-down, i tell ya)

For me which perfume makes me happy partly depends on which time of year. Just now it is Serge Lutens' Fleur d'Oranger and Miller Harris coeur d'été. In the coldest part of winter I like perfumes that invokes the feeling from a warm summer, like Kenzo's Flower in the red "le perfum" bottle and Diptyque's Philosykos. And then always Dolce Vita, Chanel no 5, and musks (the ultimate musk I do not have. just now Kiehl's must do). Drops from the little bottle of neroli oil from Tunisia that I have always makes me feel very good!