Signature scent: giving up the forest for one tree

When I decided to get into this hobby, it was for the reason of a quest. I am the sort of girl who likes things with expiration dates and final curtain calls, and from the very beginning, I'd decided that this hobby would culminate with my finding and deciding on a signature scent. In other words, I do not want to collect forever... only until I find that one fragrance that would be worth my giving up a forest for one tree.

So where am I in this quest? And what fragrances could make it to the 'maybe, quite possibly' list?

Rasasi's Shuhrah pour femme EDP. Skanky oud, aromatic sage, white floral magic and a fresh bergamot opening. Shuhrah could be the one to take my breath away for always.

Carolina Herrera EDP by Carolina Herrera. A foxtrot of tuberose and jasmine that calls to all that is feminine, soft and lovely within me. CH might be 'vintage' but it has the makings of a Grace Kelly that will live on forever.

YSL Opium EDP. Balsamic powder with warmth, resinous depth and spicy sultriness. What complaint could you heap on Opium that it has not already received and vanquished?

Ajmal's Musk Silk Supreme EDP. Have you ever encountered a perfume with three notes where all three are dominant, yet completely unified? Silk supreme satisfies my need for a musk with an edge, could she be the one?

Although I own and enjoy wearing these four beauties, they don't quite do it for me, well not one of them encompasses all my fire and desire, and so the search will go on. Perhaps what I will find at the end of the rainbow is that I am not the one perfume kind of woman. But I will enjoy the endeavour and keep smelling as I climb these fragrance hills.

And what about you, do you have a signature scent? Are you on the hunt for one? Are there fragrances that you're considering? Will the concept of a signature scent ever be something that you will consider? Do share in the comments section, I enjoy reading your thoughts almost as much as I enjoy penning mine. Bon Week-end 🎈

Last updated 09/16/2023 - 07:01 AM

Elysium 2 years ago

Dear @Lieselotte, A question I've never asked myself... I've always loved perfumes, I remember secretly wearing my sister's, Armani woman was the first. Then I started buying Cacharel pH, Drakkar, and Krizia Uomo with my own money. So I used the same perfume until it ran out, and then changed. Then I started a sort of seasonal rotation, alternating a couple of perfumes, and this created a small collection since I bought new ones without having finished the old ones. I kept them in their box, in the closet. When I no longer had enough space, I bought a bookcase just for the perfumes, which grew day after day, until today, with more than 1,500 pieces. I don't have my signature perfume, I like to change depending on the mood, the time, and the occasion. More than a perfume, I have identified the genres that attract me the most I think it's an obsession, if I see a perfume that I don't know, I can't resist and I have to smell it. If not expensive, I take it, live it, and write of it!

Exciter76 2 years ago

I really enjoy your articles. I feel like the questions you've been posing encourage me to do some introspection. I consider certain scents my signature, but I feel like 'signature' is a relative term. When I was younger, it was the perfume that I wore compulsively, like playing a song on repeat. Eventually, I'd get tired of that signature and move on to something else. Today, 'signature' means a scents that I adore above most others in my collection but am not exclusively tied to, if that makes any sense. I require too much variety to be monogamous to one scent.

Tzapan 2 years ago

I love Rasasi Ajmal and Lattafa!
Yves Saint Laurent Opium edp 2009
is brilliant,so close to the 1978 edp
No I don't seem to need a signature fragrance. I think we got so polarised us people nowadays that it seems inadequate to us to hold one signature fragrance. Instead we can have five or seven signature scents, lol.

ScentToolbox 2 years ago

This was a great read! I am currently on the hunt for my signature but the more I sample and collect the more I am leaning towards wanting a handful of signatures to fit different moments and vibes rather than 1 fragrance that I'm known for.
That being said, I will never stop believing that there exists a fragrance out there that is so damn good to me that everything else will pale in comparison forever. Until the day I discover this unicorn or exhaust myself trying I am content with having a playbook of unique fragrances that accentuate different vibes for me.

Ringtale 2 years ago

Oh what a nice read! I'm also 'collecting' not to collect, but to find that ONE perfume that is 'me' and would please me all the way and will be my signature.
BUT...
I can wear one perfume one day and think: "Yes THIS is IT!" and next day wear another and feel the same about that one....
So....I will be satisfied when having one to three 'signatures', depending on mood, occasion and season maybe...
My biggest fear is that I will always have the feeling that there must be something out there that is even more lovely, more fitting, more 'me', even when I would have decidedon one to three signatures....

Ringtale 2 years ago

Last sentence should be: Decided on (not decidedon)..Couldn't edit...

Signature scent: giving up the forest for one tree

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