What is your signature scent?

I LOVE the scent of plum & raspberry I first mixed it at Garden Botanika. It brings out the soothing & sensual side of me.

Patchouli. everyone knows i've been there.

i've learned how to wear it so its now overpowering, and apparantly it is a complete compliment to my body chemistry due to the compliments i get with it, people actually seemed surprised sometimes, lol..

i use kiss my face pathcouli shower wash/lotion also. its scented nicely also, not heavy.

I'm a patchouli girl too...Where I used to work, people would know I was in the building (large building!) because they could smell my patchouli.

I also love amber, and that is becoming as much of a signature scent as patchouli...I love the deep, rich earthiness of both...

Right now I would have to say Amber. Just bought some Krshna Amber online and made a solid perfume with jojoba and beeswax. Love it. Getting ready to try other ambers and mixing them together.

I'd have to say jasmine and jasmine based scents work really well on me. Not too sweet.
Certain verbena/citrus scents like Aqui de Parma and creamy vanillas such as the ones by Compitor d' Sud all flatter my chemistry and theres one I adore by Annik Goutal--but I'm not telling because everyone goes crazy for it and it's mine, mine, mine! Once a friend gave me a tiny bottle of a sicilian lemon perfume from the region and the scent was sheer heaven--it's all gone now and I don't know what it was or how to get more--I'd love to know!!!

My signature scent for 20 odd years would have to be Clinique Aromatics Elixir. This scent reacts with my body chemisty in such a way that I have had girlfriends ask what it was, buy it, and then be disappointed that it was not the same on them.

I have men and women come up to me all the time after a long day ant work and tell me how good I smell. Once an 18 year old boy (i was 48 at the time) followed me around Tower Records for about 15-20 minutes working up the never to ask me what it was so he could get it for his girlriend.

I make my own scents mostly citus and grassey scents. but I have never gotten any responces like what I get with Elixir.

i've worn rose oil for years. i've now added a touch of vanilla to the mix.

"What is your signature scent?"

Cardamom in my hair.

~Sophia

I'm definitely a patchouli girl, have been since I was 14 (in 1973). Instead of using the straight oil as I used to when I was in my teens & early twenties, I soften it a bit with sandalwood & vanilla or floral notes in the spring & summer (a little rose & jasmine). I also add grain alcohol and up it in an atomizer or spay bottle rather than use the oil straight. the scent still lasts a long time and isn't overpowering like the oil can be.

My current favorite is Frankincense, Cardamon, a bit of Cepes or Oud (for muskiness) and amber...

Mine was -until it was discontinued (this seems to happen to me all the time!) - Laura Ashley No. 1 I've never had so many compliments about how I smell as when I wore this. This is a description...

"Laura Ashley No. 1 is a subtle, delicate scent that reverberates with the essence of white flowers narcissus, jasmine, orchid, and gardenia."

...but it actually smelled more subtle and light than this sounds, flowery but not sweet or powdery like so many floral perfumes, a bit more like a fresh and softly scented English garden. I still yearn after this perfume (and actually wrote the company about it, and apparently I'm not alone in wanting it to return...I have no idea why they don't bring it back, unless one of the ingredients became particularly expensive). Sadly, the word is that even sealed bottles that can still be bought online have lost most of their top notes so aren't worth the high prices being asked. Sigh....

I've created 4 scents to work at various times.

Ginger + Lime (the current favorite)
a spicy fig + cardamom + nutmeg
Orange + vanilla + almond
and a floral rose and amber mix.

it just occured to me that most are in the yummy-that-smells-delicious category.

I tend to love amber and sandle wood, but have been using a lot of patchouili, orenge, and ginger.
I find that amber is a smell that I get a lot of complaments (from pretty men), where as patchouli just seems to let people know that "I've been here" (kind of like a big cat marking it's territory.) The orange and ginger make people want to smell me and taste me... almost like a cookie or cup of tea. I like the thought of being considered sweat enough to eat!

I have a perfume from Oshadi called "Perfection". It is sandlewood, rose, lavender, and jasmine. It is the same perfume my beloved step-mother wears, and whenever I put it on I feel absolutely uplifted. It has good associations for me.

The one I wear when I want to delight the sniffers of others is Aura Cacia's orange and patchouli spray. I dislike straight patchouli, but the orange cuts it down nicely. I was wearing this once and a male friend (who is very clean-cut and non-hippie) told me I smelled fantastic.

I adore Cola. I have a pure cola oil that's just like a freshly popped soda, and L'Aromarine has a divine Cola cologne that's great, too. Balenciaga had a mens cologne that's been out of circulation for quite some time now, it was out of this world, the perfect walk in the woods.

I've been wearing Tuscany per Donna by Estee Lauder for years. It's really one of my favorite scents- I usually get compliments when I wear it, and I like that hardly anyone else wears it, so it's not common. :)
I always worry that they'll discontinue it one of these days and then my nose will be miserable, lol

I wore Hanae Mori or Chanel No. 5 for years and I still love both of them, but my go to now is a mixed blend of Philosophy's Amazing Grace & Baby Grace. It's a really nice feeling to get a hug from someone and be told" you smell soooooo good". Makes me think I have found my "signature scent".