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The best fragrance Names of all time

post #1 of 45
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Hello, I´m posting this one... I don´t know if it was posted in the past. I would like to ask you frangrance addicted which are the best well names of fragrances of all time. I´m refering to the most appealing name, the names that has more to do with the smell inside the bottle.



Thanks ...........
post #2 of 45
Let's see...

Bois du Portugal
Passage d'Enfer
Navegar
La Chasse aux Papillons
Drole de Rose
Mechant Loup
Voleur de Roses
Muscs Koublai Khan
Chergui
Fumerie Turque
Dilmun
Jaipur
Kouros
Antaeus
Samsara
L'heure Bleue
Habit Rouge
Mitsouko
Jardins de Bagatelle
Eau Sauvage
Fahrenheit
post #3 of 45
Idole is quite a good name, with it's voodoo overtones etc.
post #4 of 45
Mandragore
Un Jardin sur le Nil
Quel Amour!
En Passant
Envy
Ce Soir ou Jamais
Live Jazz
Cuiron
Songes
post #5 of 45
Passage d'Enfer
Mechant Loup
Voleur de Roses
post #6 of 45
nu: short, sexy & french

OPIUM

CHAMPAGNE: now called Yvresse

BODY: once I have been asked what was the smell that i am using & I replied with a confident : ' it is only my body'
& that was true ..it was only BODY KOUROS.

Ange au Demon

AIR

EGOISTE

Trouble
post #7 of 45
Some unique and unusual names:

Musc Ravageur
No.5 (simple and cryptic)
Piper Nigrum (funky name)
Erolfa
Imperial (Creed)
Koublai Khan
Daim Blond
Timbuktu
Dzing!
Poison
Flowerbomb
Kouros
post #8 of 45
L'Heure Bleue
post #9 of 45
Obsession
Egoiste
Muscs Koublai Khan
Eau du Fier
Voleur de Roses
Mechant Loup
Bel Ami
Escape
Magie Noir
Nuit de Noel
Old Spice
Zagorsk
etc. etc.
post #10 of 45
I've always loved the name L'Après L'Ondée.
post #11 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by tigrushka

L'Heure Bleue

That might as well be my favorite, and let's not forget Vol de Nuit.
post #12 of 45
Scandal
Bandit
L'Ombre dans L'Eau
Coup de Fouet
Suivez-Moi Jeune Homme
post #13 of 45
Old Spice
Eau Savage Extreme
Aqua
Brut
post #14 of 45
IN LOVE AGAIN

VICE VERSA

Bois d'Argent

Guerrilla

Night Flight

Ambre Sultan

Rahät Loukoum

Plui d'ete

Feu Santal

The' Marakesh

Mille et Une Roses / 2000 Et Une Rose

Ô Oui!
post #15 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by Concord

Suivez-Moi Jeune Homme

This one takes the cake! Never heard of it before, tell me more!
post #16 of 45
Silver Mountain Water is a beautiful name...
post #17 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by tigrushka

This one takes the cake! Never heard of it before, tell me more!

It was named in an an old article by Susan Irvine about perfume names through the ages. I think it was a 30's perfume. That's all I know. I'd love a bottle though.

And tariq, you named the three YSL candles/room sprays! How I miss Feu de Santal.
post #18 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xen

Silver Mountain Water is a beautiful name...

A friend of mine bought it solely because of its name, without trying it first! Luckily he liked it a lot when he started using it.
post #19 of 45
Fragonard has a fragrance called Suivez-Moi, but without the Jeune Homme part

http://fr.fragonard.com/@en-us/shop/2/32/dept.asp
post #20 of 45
Eternity &
Obsession - these both had to be taken, and Calvin was the fastest, the latter juice has the added bonus of being great as well.

Vol de Nuit (and Joop!´s english namesake nightflight)

Acier Aluminium - Sounds very intriguing although I´m not sure what they mean, steel-aluminun?

Ambre Canelle - very often stuff just sounds better in french, lovely language even though it´s´main representatives sometimes aren´t .

Safari - One of my all time favourite frags and both name, bottle and concept corresponds amazingly with the juice. The print ads with Bridget Hall and that adorable lion cub didn´t exactly suck either.

Rive Gauche - stylish name, stylish scent, stylish bottle.

And not a fragrance name but a line from the lacoste red campaign:

Style on skin - I´ve always thought the responsible copywriter should get an award, it´s just such a fantastic tagline, simple and so efficient.

MMM
post #21 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by Concord


And tariq, you named the three YSL candles/room sprays! How I miss Feu de Santal.

I miss it too Concord, this trio is perfect for every mood, i wish if YSL Beaute would bring it back again , it was launched in 1998 for Yves's 60th birthday.

I have a few little of FdS at the bottom of the bottle ...sniffing it from time to time...they're great for personal use as well not only for the room.. so unique juices..
post #22 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by Concord

It was named in an an old article by Susan Irvine about perfume names through the ages. I think it was a 30's perfume. That's all I know. I'd love a bottle though.

OK, thanks!
post #23 of 45
Messe de Minuit!
post #24 of 45
Vibrational Remedy
post #25 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by pluran

Vibrational Remedy

From who is this?
post #26 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by Luca30

From who is this?

Vibrational Remedy - Made by Tony & Tina 2003
post #27 of 45
Francesco Smalto- Fullchoke
post #28 of 45
Well, I have to repeat some of the suggestions that have been made, as they are, well, right . I love abstract names that are almost as transporting in themselves as the frags promise to be ..

L'Ombre dans l'Eau
Apres l'Ondee
L'Heure Bleue
Voleur de Roses
Ce Soir ou Jamais
L'Eau de Navagateur
La Chasse au Papillons
Passage d'Enfer

(and yes, I do think Guerlain and L'Artisan do well on the naming front ... )

I'm sure I'll be thinking of more all day ...
post #29 of 45
Un Jardin Sur de Nil
post #30 of 45
Le Dandy
post #31 of 45
Ok I actually like:

Flowerbomb
Agent Provocateur
Maharajah
Mihime
Ambre Sultan
Crystal Flowers
Tuberose Criminelle
post #32 of 45
Parfum Sacre
Passage d'Enfer
Coup de Fouet
L'Ombre dans L'Eau
Vol de Nuit
En Avion
Messe de Minuit
Femme
Sublime
Rive Gauche
Voleur de Roses
Musc Ravageur
Ce Soir ou Jamais
Après L'Ondée
Eau Lente
post #33 of 45
In addition to the many great names already listed, I would add:

Feminite du Bois
post #34 of 45
flowerbomb
musc ravageur-come on, how can you pass up ravishing musk?
l'eau d'hiver-it DOES smell like winter...
voleur de roses
bois d'argent
allure-that it does.
egoiste
the dreamer
l'air de temps
post #35 of 45
Azzaro Visit! It's just so uhm inviting!
post #36 of 45
Antaeus as beautifull as the scent


laurent
post #37 of 45
You've all posted such good ones already. Wish I'd thoght of plenty of those.

Iquitos. I love the name. Don't know what it means, but the sound is good enough for me. Keeps me wondering who would think to name a scent with that sound and then who up the management chain approved the decision.

I've got to wear it more often so that someone out there will ask what I'm wearing and I'll get to say the word instead of all this talking to myself with it.
--Chris
post #38 of 45
Kouros
post #39 of 45
Minotaure
Pino Silvestre
L'Anarchiste
post #40 of 45
features of a perfect man:

Dreamer
l'anarchiste
l'egoiste
bandit
eau sauvage extreme
insense (givenchy) (in english-madman)

if you love poetry:

voleur de roses
tea for two
passage d'enfer
vol de nuit
Après L'Ondée
L'Ombre dans l'Eau
L'Heure Bleue
La Chasse au Papillons or The style in play (lacoste)
Kрасная Москва (ru. The Red Moscow)
post #41 of 45
Guerlain's Après L'ondée is such a beautiful name for a beautiful perfume. The English translation of Après L'ondée is: "After the Rain Shower".
post #42 of 45
Eau Sauvage
Egoïste
Antaeus
Vol de Nuit
Poison
Opium
post #43 of 45
Angeliques Sous La Pluie(2000)
(Angeliques (Angles) Under The Rain
Jean-Claude Ellena/
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle

Lipstick Rose (2000
Ralf Schwieger
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle

Bel Ami (1986)
(Beautiful Friend)
Hermès

Celle Que Mon Coeur Aime (1925)
Houbigant
(That Which My Heart Likes)

Mon Peche (1925)
(My Sin)
Lanvin

Stardust (1998)
Llewelyn

L'Air du Temps
Nina Ricci (1948)
(Air of Time)

Old Spice (1937)
Shulton
post #44 of 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by DustB

You've all posted such good ones already. Wish I'd thoght of plenty of those.

Iquitos. I love the name. Don't know what it means, but the sound is good enough for me. Keeps me wondering who would think to name a scent with that sound and then who up the management chain approved the decision.

I've got to wear it more often so that someone out there will ask what I'm wearing and I'll get to say the word instead of all this talking to myself with it.
--Chris

Iquitos is a river port town on the upper reaches of the Amazon in Peru.
post #45 of 45
I bet "vomit" even sounds good in French. Most of my favorite names are French and I don't even know what they mean. Two English ones that I like are:
Opium - Just daring to name a mass market product after an illicit narcotic.
Agent Provocateur - Provocative?!
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