My Fall Scent Story
As the cooler weather befalls us, it comes time to put away our flip flops, retire our coral nail polishes and stow away our spring/summer fragrances. Personally I wrap up my Marc Jacobs Lola and my Amazing Grace in summer scarves and put them in a shoe box under my bed.
I’m not going to lie, one of the main reasons I love fall, in addition to the cute clothing, is all of the fragrance options I have. I love the musky, heavier options I have going into the colder months.
My personal faves:
Burberry Classic and Rive Gauche by YSL.
I actually smelled Burberry Classic for the fist time in January 2010. I was at a seminar in France and my roommate for the week was this cool French girl who worked for Guerlain. The first thing I said to her after “nice to meet you,” was “What fragrance are you wearing?”
She pulled it out of her travel bag and let me take a whiff. It had the perfect mix of sweet and musky. To me it almost bordered on a men’s fragrance.
“May I?” I asked pointing the bottle towards my neck.
“Sure!”
I sprayed it on myself and two days later, at the duty free shop at Charles de Gaulle I purchased a bottle. It’s been almost a year, and I’m down to my last few droplets!
Now Rive Gauche is not for everyone. A lot of my friends think it smells like old ladies. I think this fragrance is very feminine and embodies being a woman. At first spray it smells floral with a hint of rose. The fragrance finishes smelling very powdery but not overpowering. Whenever I spray this fragrance on I feel very sexy and extremely womanly — almost like I should be sitting in front of a vanity wearing pearls and a silk negligee a la a Bette Davis.
What are your favorite Fall/Winter scents??
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