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Do you change your scent with the seasons?

Joy

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Do you change your scent? I do. In Spring I wear French Tulip or a lilac scent or a French Violette. In summer I wear Flower by Kenzie or a French Ocean scent. In fall and winter I go more spicy with a fresh lavender then Eau de Rochas first tried as an airline sample years ago.

Over to you. What scent do you like for spring? Do you make any other grooming changes?

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Latest reply was from Firecracker (Sharan)

Anonymous

I wear some here or there these days simply depending what I can tolerate. I have a lot of chemical sensitivities and scent intolerance.

Joy

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Yes, Jenna,I go easy on whatever I put on for that reason and wear no scent if going out among people. The lavender seems the most tolerable for others. The Eau de Rochas is the worst.

Bonnie

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Changing scents seasonally sounds fun, and I wish I could wear them but I have allergies. I start sniffing and sneezing even when seated next to someone in a theater.

nuancedream

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I tend to wear scent only in the fall, winter and spring. A scent like Miss Dior or Carolina Herrera Good Girl works well in cooler months while I switch over to Elie Saab Le Parfum in the spring, No fragrance in the summer because all it does is make me more attractive to a variety of stinging and biting insects.

Jaime

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Although I like some scents on others, I have never found one I like on me. If I did I think I would wear it every day of the year.

Anonymous

Joy, yes! I tolerate lavender mostly pretty well. I find natural essential oils are the most tolerable for me.

slim cat

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Lavender creams and lotions as well. Jo Malone as favorite for light fragrance- I’m too sensitive for strong perfume. Currently- Earl Grey and Cucumber- light, citrusy and with a nice lingering feel of bergamot.

Runcarla

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Unfortunately I am sensitive to perfumes, and opt for unscented in everything that provides that option - from personal care products to laundry soap. If someone uses a light hand with their scent, I can enjoy a bit of it vicariously.

My seasonal grooming switch up concerns my hair. In cold weather I tend to blow dry and straighten it, whereas in summer I let it air dry naturally curly.

MsMaven

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I am allergic to lavendar and increasingly to white flowers such as jasmine. If I go to a mall--rare these days--I skirt the cosmetics and fragrance counters and stay away from candle stores.

A couple of weeks ago I decided I should wear my Chanel #5 more often and as soon as I put it on, I realized it was a mistake. What happened? Had it changed over time? Had I changed?

Did some research. I thought Chanel used synthetic ingredients. True, but they also use jasmine and other natural flower scents. They claim that they haven't changed the ingredients, but wait, keep reading, they did dispense with civet, musk and another animal scent. I think those undertones were what made this perfume so attractive to me.

A perfumer acquaintance of my friend suggested L'Aimant as a similar substitute, but I looked and the ingredients include jasmine.

So for right now, until I can find a source of scent packets to try, I'm not using scent in any season.

Also, my bottle of Chanel #5 eau de cologne received as a gift a few years ago, now sells at $146 (3.4 oz. bottle) at Macy's!

Joy

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I wonder if lavender essential oil is a good choice. Essential oils seem so strong smelling.

Joy

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I am allergic to cigarette smoke, some cleaning solutions and cats, so I understand how awful allergies can be.

Minaminu

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MsMaven, a lot of perfumes replaced their ingredients due to stricter legal requirements (at least in Europe).

I used to change my scent, l'heure bleu by Guerlain in the winter and a rose scent by serge Lutens in the summer. Unfortunately I had to stop due to the chemicals, even a small amount was causing me headaches and other problems!

I replaced the scents with natural scented oil in the summer (weleda lemon oil, sandal oil, lavender oil...) and natural scented creams in the winter (weleda rose and a gifted cream with iris).

It's surprising to see how many people are also affected by the chemicals in the scent!

UmmLila (Lisa)

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I love perfume and fragrance. I do shift seasonally to a certain extent. L'eau D'hiver is my winter favorite, Dans Tes Bras and Jasmin 17 are a couple for all year, and Carnal Flower appeals most in summer.

Helena

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Although I don't wear it daily, I only use a Body Shop really light scented vanilla scent. I do love citrus scents too though!

Joy

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Minaminu, I am suprised at the number of people sensitive to scent too, but should not be. I have heard that people on chemo are sensitive to it and there are many. The addition of chemicals can cause problems.

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

I don't change my scent, and wear it daily. I have been wearing Kenzo Flower for about 25 years. I stopped briefly last year because I thought it was effecting my eczema and dermatitis, but it wasn't. Back on it went.

Echo

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I am still trying to find "the one" and have concluded that perhaps there isn't one magic fragrance I can wear all the time. Right now I switch between White Suede and Rose Prick, although I sometimes wear Toabacco Vanille and Oud Wood in the cooler weather. Tom Ford has three new rose fragrances out that I want to try, but I haven't been to a store that has them available to test yet.

I enjoy changing my fragrance depending on the season, the day and the event. Additionally, I become anosmic to a fragrance I wear daily, and fragrance, IMO, is as much for the enjoyment of the wearer as for anyone else. Indeed, I use a light hand in application so I cannot be noticed outside my bubble of personal space.

Anonymous

Joy, I am intolerant of tons of scents, chemicals etc, even faint ones, I have autoimmune reactions and allergies but for me, a light dab or two of organic pure essential oils cut with a carrier oil, end up perfectly tolerable and not too strong at all. You might try it.

In another life I used to love Tresor, L’air du temps, and White Linen.

Kate

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I have chronic migraine—49 years & counting—and chemical sensitivities, so I avoid perfumes and buy unscented products across all categories where they are available. It can be tough negotiating the artificially scented world.

JAileen

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I don’t wear any, other than what my toiletries smell like.

Sally

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I change periodically but not seasonally. I am using Body Shops ‘Japanese Blossom’ at the moment but I used to interchange between ‘Sunflowers’ and ‘poeme’

bella

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I only like floral scents on me and wear them year round. For my fabric softener, though, I change it seasonally! I like spicy vanilla in the winter but switch to the ocean or mountain fresh fragrances in the summer Am I the only one?

Ginger

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I have a bit of a perfume collection (20+ bottles plus samples and decants) and usually wear something different every day. Mostly warmer woody/spicy notes on cooler days, and realistic florals/green/conifer wood notes when it's hot. I don't use heavy citrus since they fade quickly, and I don't like "pink florals" like rose or peony. Surprisingly I do like white florals; I enjoy the fresh creaminess.

I got into perfumes because I was smelling things I really disliked on other people. Unfortunately I haven't identified what specifically bothers me! But perfume counters in department stores seem to have a number of these. I think they're mostly very artificial florals?? I haven't dug that deep.

In the perfume community I've seen confusion between what is an irritant and what is a true allergy. An irritant irritates nasal passages, throat, mouth, etc. An allergy goes further and triggers an over-reaction of the body's defense systems.

For example, I've sampled two Chloé scents and both gave me a scratchy sore throat within 15 minutes. Guerlain Samsara did the same, though it took several hours to come on. (No other Guerlain has done so; I own Shalimar, L'Heure Bleu, and Mitsouko among others.) And other scents, like some pink florals, and the mystery smells on other people, cause itchiness in my nose. I don't think any of those are allergens, but they irritate my nasal passages.

CarolS

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My mom has fragrance sensitivities and my workplace is scent free (or it was when I was last in it almost two years ago!), so I am on team scent-free. I sometimes diffuse essential oils at home or dab them on myself.

Joy

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Thank you for your replies. I have learned a lot from them. Bella, I have not used fabric softener for years. I use dryer balls when I use the dryer. Ginger, it sounds like you have given this a lot of thought.

LaPed

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I love the idea of being a signature-scent person like Angie, but the reality is that I’m restless and crave change and variety, so I inevitably end up switching from season to season.

Eliza

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I love the idea of a light, fresh perfume.Yet for folks with sensitivities, scents can ruin a day. I have bad reactions to many of them, but am capable of enjoying a light amount of a very few. Not sure what the difference is. Musk seems to make my throat close, others can make for watery eyes or a migraine. I am most comfortable avoiding wearing scents and find it interesting how many folks report difficulties when exposed to them. It is especially a challenge in confined spaces.

Style Fan

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Unfortunately, fragrance irritates my skin and gives me migraines. When I could wear perfume, I wore Colours by Benetton, Femme du Bois by Shiseido and Opium by Yves Saint Laurent.

madeline

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Being retired has opened up fragrance for me. My workplace was fragrance free. I am currently wearing Diptyque:
Fleur d Peau for a light fragrance and Shadow on the Water for a heavier one.
When the weather warms up here in the Northeast US, I’ll switch to a very light citrus based fragrance-or bergamot. I’ve been enjoying everyone’s posts!

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