Monday, January 3, 2011

My favorite fragrances of 2010

I wanted to do some sort of "end of the year favorites" post, and decided to do one about perfume instead of makeup. In 2010 I started branching out fragrance-wise, especially by trying fragrances from lots of indie companies. Until somewhat recently, I've worn Calvin Klein Eternity Summer (2007 edition) since January of '08. Now I've discovered some scents I like a lot better, and it tends to sit untouched.
Chance Eau Fraiche, by Chanel I decided to list this one first because it's my favorite perfume, hands down. My mom gave me a little sample vial of it that she got somewhere, and I fell in love. I wish it wasn't so damn expensive though! I bought this 1.7 oz size at Sephora ($65) when I got the Beauty Insider coupon in the mail last month that gave me $15 off, and I've worn it almost every day since. I really can't describe the scent any better than to call it a fresh floral, so see if you can find it next time you go to the mall! Celebration, by Latherati Soap Foundry I have been meaning to review Latherati since I first ordered, which I think was this summer... I find I have a hard time reviewing body product companies though. In short, I LOVE Latherati- best lip balm formula I've ever tried, and Julie is so thoughtful and accommodating. Even though I go to indie companies to find more unusual scents, my favorite from Latherati is Celebration, which is a fragrance I can imagine being widely sold in stores. To me it smells like the description- champagne and strawberries. I just ordered the body spray and it should be getting here in the next few days :D Dia de los Muertos, by Lethal Lathers I loved my soap sample of this so much that I bought the solid perfume. It's a very foody type scent. To me it smells like lemon meringue pie or lemon bars, but more perfume-y and wearable. If you've smelled BABW Vanilla Lemon, this is a similar scent. Vice, by Haus of Gloi This is another gourmand scent. My boyfriend hates foody scents, so I have this just as a shower scrub, which I'm almost out of! :O I once saw on VH1 this restaurant which is SO exclusive that it only has 12 seats. Imagine, if you will, such a place. Or that place in 30 Rock that Jack likes with the gold covered ice cream. Imagine them serving you the most delicious chocolate coffee dessert recipe known to man. This is what Vice smells like. I also love their scent Picaroon, and their LE for summer scents in Zazz and Insalata Nocturna. Marshmallow, by Urban Decay The picture I put is of the old packaging that I have, but it comes in cuter packaging now. This is a body powder that is extremely sparkly. It not only smells of marshmallow, but tastes like it too ;) I think $29 is a crazy high price, but honestly I will pay that much when I run out because this is the PERFECT marshmallow scent. It is exactly what I had been looking for, and is a million times better than any other marshmallow scented products I've tried. Lost at Sea, by One Hand Washes the Other I really don't know how to describe this one at all. According to the description it is mainly coconut and citrus fruit, with maybe some ozone type scent mixed in. All I can say is that I love it, and I feel like regardless of what your general fragrance preferences all, you'll probably like this. OHWTO is also a big winner in my book for the many other amazing fragrances- Salty Mariner and Grass Stain are stock scents, but amazing. Barista! is a custom scent similar to Haus of Gloi's Vice. Pumpkin Bread (discontinued, boo!) was my go-to scent during fall. Vanillime and Desolation Angel are awesome lime-y scents (pretty similar imo). Becca also has a scent called Pink Lady, which is a great dupe for... Pink Sugar, by Aquolina I had seen this scent duped by basically every indie bath company, and knew it was one of the top selling perfumes at Sephora, so when a Sephora opened at my local mall this summer it was the first one I tested. It is REALLY sweet, like spraying yourself with cotton candy, so it's definitely not for everyone. I love how the scent changes over time- on my skin it turns from a cotton candy scent into more of a sweet vanilla.
Have you tried any of these fragrances? Which are your favorites? I'm always looking to try new ones!

19 comments:

  1. I LOVE Chance Eau Fraiche but it's so damn expensive! I've been all out for a while. I'm a bit bummed because I don't normally wear fresh frangrances, and the two I like are either too expensive - the Chanel - or discontinued - Moschino L'eau Cheap and Chic. Waaah.

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  2. I love Latherati - I have a bunch of the roll on perfumes and a couple of lip balms. The scents are awesome, and the concept really appeals to me, since I'm a big reader.

    And Vice... om nom nom. Love, love, love that scent. :-D

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  3. Aaah I love perfume! My favorite commercial perfume is Glow by J.Lo.
    If you like indie perfume you hould check out Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, Possets, Violette Market and GoodJudy. They sell perfume oils and I'm completely in love with them xDD

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  4. mmmmm pink sugaaaaaaa. My mom worked somewhere that made bath stuff and one of the scents was pink sugar with a bit of peppermint and spearmint and holycrap it smelled amazing! Even more candy-like because of the mint. Take a pack of gum and sniff it with your perfume. You'll want to eat it. And then get mad at yourself cuz you licked the perfume sprayer :)

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  5. I just recently discovered OHWTO and I love all the fragrances I have gotten so far. I think Yuzu and Sugar Skulls are my favorite so far.

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  6. The Haus of Gloi thingy is SO darn cute! I like Chance as well... I used to work at a perfume counter and it used to get so confusing because the different coloured bottles smell different. I think the green one is the nice one though (and normally I hate Chanel perfume... and Chanel most things...)

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  7. Man, I really must try Houses of Gloi.. Looks like you have some great fragrances there!

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  8. I haven't tried any of these fragrances. I am a TMTM fan. But the Latherati stuff sounds and looks great!

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  9. I love flower things! But my favorite is Astor Place by Bond no 9, Velvet Tuberose (BB&W), and pure linen by estee lauder

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  10. I've been lusting over Aquolina for a long time, but as much as I LOVE sweet scents, I'm afraid to get sick of it...

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  11. Om nom nom I LOVE Vice by Haus of Gloi. I also love Twice is Nice or whatever it's called :D

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  12. @Robyn: That's why I decided to go for it when I had the $15 off coupon... I don't think I'll ever be able to get it at a cheaper price than that.

    @Dee: I'm a big reader as well, I liked when she had the contest to think of an autumn scent from a book. Such a cute theme for a shop!

    @Teipu: Thanks for the recs, I've heard of BPAL but none of those others!

    @KittenMittens: I don't chew gum... haha. I have some OHWTO Spearmint lip butter though... experiment time :D

    @Darling Girl: I need to try Sugar Skulls!

    @Cydonian: Oh my god, that would give me the most terrible headaches. Yeah, I don't like how there are 3 or 4 different Chance perfumes and they don't have which type it is except in the tiny letters at the bottom. You can barely see it!

    @Makeup Zombie: I can't believe you haven't! :O I like their bubbling scrubs the best, it's so cool to watch it get all foamy 8)

    @The Peach: I made an order from TMTM but all the scents were too "dark" for me if that makes sense... I'm not really sure what the word I'm looking for is. Apparently I like leather based scents a lot less than I thought I did... :P

    @Y: ooh, I haven't heard of any of those!

    @Gaby: It is easy to get sick of imo, I only wear it once in a while. There are lots of cheap roll-ons and such of it at the Sephora website though so you don't have to go all out on the whole perfume.

    @SilhouetteScreams: That's one of the 3 or 4 only permanent scents I haven't tried, I definitely want to next time.

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  13. Yay, perfume! I just gave a bunch of dupe makeup samples to a friend, and she's giving me some perfume samples in exchange, so this post is serendipitous. :) I haven't tried HoG's Vice yet, but I need to. And now I've got a bunch of others to try, too. Thanks for the rundown!

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  14. Yeah! I love the Chanel perfume. I agree that it is so damn expensive. Lucky for me my boss works part time at macy's so she was able to use her 20% discount and pick me up a bottle of the Coco Chanel. Love it. It was my Mom's Xmas present and I just love how it smells. I just can't justify buying myself a bottle...yet! I have heard about House of Goi, this makes me want to try it!

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  15. I haven't tried any of these, but this was a cool post! =)

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  16. Thanks for sharing your favorites!:D

    That body powder line from Urban Decay is great!;D

    Happy New Year!:D

    ***** Marie *****
    allthingsmarie.com

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  17. Heather, I nominated you for a Beauty Blogger Award. I've been really loving reading your blog. :-)

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  18. I love Chanel... Like most perfumistas, I feel like I can justify the cost because it's something that's going to last me for quite a while and really will just average out to pennies a day. ;) Chanel No 5 eau Premiere is one of my favorites, but I always seem to come back to Chance (the green one, not one of the other flankers). I may end up buying it as I get ready for spring... You should also check out Cristalle EDT (not the EDP), it's a great green scent.

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