Yes, its true. In high school I remember having English Leather, Jade East, and maybe one or 2 others but once my school days ended I never used any type of fragrance again.
Maybe it was allergies, because I suffered from all the usual types, and developing asthma was another reason, but I avoided even walking by the perfume counters in dept stores. I really could not take the smells.
Then about 4 yrs ago all my allergies suddenly vanished. As a lark I purchased a bottle of Geo F Trumpers Extract of West Indian Limes last summer and loved it. It wasn't long after when I discovered this place, and I have to say it was overwhelming. My knowledge begins and ends at zero when it comes to fragrance, but after visiting here and reading for the past 6 months I decided to register. I still know very little about any of this, but everyone here makes it very easy for someone like me to find what I like.
All my buys have been blind, not the best way to do it I know, but at 53 and after missing out on all this my entire life I do not feel I have the time to sample everything I would like to try. So I rely on what I read. If it turns out I do not like something, I sell it on ebay. So far I have not lost much because I have loved 80 percent of my blind buys, and the few I have sold have been almost full bottles.
A few that I wear and love are Trumpers Ajaccio Violets and Wild English Fern. Penhaligon's English Fern, Roger and Gallet Vetyver, Vetiver Extraordianaire, Art of Shaving Lemon, Knize Forest and Caron L'anarchiste.
I would like to find a couple of more for summer and would really appreciate any suggestions. And thanks to everyone here for showing me a world I was completely unaware of!
Maybe it was allergies, because I suffered from all the usual types, and developing asthma was another reason, but I avoided even walking by the perfume counters in dept stores. I really could not take the smells.
Then about 4 yrs ago all my allergies suddenly vanished. As a lark I purchased a bottle of Geo F Trumpers Extract of West Indian Limes last summer and loved it. It wasn't long after when I discovered this place, and I have to say it was overwhelming. My knowledge begins and ends at zero when it comes to fragrance, but after visiting here and reading for the past 6 months I decided to register. I still know very little about any of this, but everyone here makes it very easy for someone like me to find what I like.
All my buys have been blind, not the best way to do it I know, but at 53 and after missing out on all this my entire life I do not feel I have the time to sample everything I would like to try. So I rely on what I read. If it turns out I do not like something, I sell it on ebay. So far I have not lost much because I have loved 80 percent of my blind buys, and the few I have sold have been almost full bottles.
A few that I wear and love are Trumpers Ajaccio Violets and Wild English Fern. Penhaligon's English Fern, Roger and Gallet Vetyver, Vetiver Extraordianaire, Art of Shaving Lemon, Knize Forest and Caron L'anarchiste.
I would like to find a couple of more for summer and would really appreciate any suggestions. And thanks to everyone here for showing me a world I was completely unaware of!
The only thing I can recommend is for you to SAMPLE a whole slew of fragrances in order to find out what's really in your ballpark when it comes to fougeres,orientals, chypres, etc......
