Happy May Day, everyone! By request, today we have a follow-up to the sexy perfumes poll we did back in 2006. Your host today is Joe, so please, tell Joe what your favorite sexy fragrances are. And maybe Joe will tell us about his favorite sexy fragrances?
Bonus points for anybody that can think of a sexy perfume under $50, and extra bonus points if you can think of one under $25.
In case any of you don't know Joe, let me introduce you to Joe:
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Note: image is Day 280/365 - Bringing Sexy Back! by Tiago Ribeiro @ Marrocos at flickr; some rights reserved.
And here I am. Ahhh, that Derain thumbnail looks nice at twice the size. My name in lights! And for some reason, that main image just makes me think of the sexy lamp in “A Christmas Story” by Jean Shepherd. 😉
Thanks to Robin for letting me be the guinea pig for guest-hosting a lazy poll. I’ll try not to goof it up!
I’ve been thinking about my own favorite sexy fragrances and they include:
– Etat Libre d’Orange Vierges et Toreros (leather, animal notes, tuberose)
– Theo Fennell Scent edp (smelling a dab of this right now, actually)
– Parfumerie Generale Cuir d’Iris (rich, rich leather)
I’d say the common theme in these are leather and/or animalic accords. And I confess I have not ever deployed these for any amorous uses.
I’ll be in and out today and Sunday, but I definitely look forward to reading through the comments. Welcome, everybody!
I love “A Christmas Story”!
That lamp is *exactly* what I thought of too! I LOVE that movie and watch it every year. Good start Joe.
Yes, the leg lamp!
I immediately thought of the “Leg Lamp” prize…..that could go right next to the light up beer signs in the CEO’s man-cave…..a space I never willingly enter other than to toss in a sandwich now and again.
While I could not offer a Leg Lamp, I did have a Bustier Lampshade at one time. Pity, I could have sent it to you, had it not been used for this last year’s white elephant gift! Ha ha ha! Seriously, it was a horror to behold. The friend who got it for me actually apologized when she gave it to me.
egad, a bustier lamp? where in the world does one find such a thing? At Bordellos R Us ??? And do you have to pay for it or do they pay you to take it? lol
“Bordellos R Us” – ROTFL! :-)))
Dag nab it – i can’t believe I’ve been so busy and out of the house all day today and I now have to pack for my trip and can’t participate in this!! Oh the humanity. Or should I say ‘womanity’? ha Have a great week everybody – I’ll miss y’all!
Aww! Hope you have a great trip to Atlanta, RD, and do some great sniffing on our behalf (behalves? behalfs?).
“It’s a MAJOR AWARD!” 😉
It’s discontinued (and I have a healthy stash stocked up) but Fendi is one of my go-to scents when I want a sexy fragrance.
Ava Luxe perfume oils, Bohemian Rose and Nude Musk for example, sexy and under $25 a pop 🙂
All fragrances are sexy 😀
Ava Luxe is an incredible value and does nice oils; I haven’t tried those two. I’m still selfishly hoping she’ll bring back the EDP versions some day!
She’s brought back the parfum extraits, Joe. Which brings me to her Madame X. In her words: “A sexy oriental perfume that whispers secrets and promises of sensual delights.” Yes, indeedy.
Oh yes, Madame X is sexy, as well as Rasa. I hope she brings the latter back.
I just got a sample of Madame X and I’m not sure how I feel about it. I’ll need to try it again. I love many, but a sexy sandalwood-y one is Royal Parvati.
Hi Joe!
the first thing I thought was “hmmm, perfumes that make me FEEL sexy or perfumes that smell sexy to others when I wear them?” It’s different if you think about it for a while……
Scents that fuel my “I’m sexy and I do what I want” powers are things like JHaG Citizen Queen, OJ Tolu, Fifi Chachnil Edp, and Amouage Lyric Woman….of course I think I get ANTI-points for any and all of those….sigh…. Theo Fennell Scent (edt & edp) are both really nice but they don’t make me feel especially sexy….
Besides, I’ve been married for 24 years….so for purposes of Amore….a better bet is a plate of warm chocolate chip cookies…;-)
oh, I should mention that the CEO always says “mmmm” when I wear Mazzolari Alessandro….but then, that does smell bit ‘cookie-ish’
;-D
That one is on my “must try list”. Will look at first-in-fragrance whether they have it, hope there is no patchouli in it.
We know that you use your powers of “I’m sexy and I do what I want” ONLY for good, never evil. 😀
with power comes responsibility….
That’s why you’re the Empress. 😉
Citizen Queeeeeeeen!
Daisy, the bit about the cookies is hilarious and so true! My husband likes when I wear perfume, but the scent that turns him on the most is chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven. LOL!
Funnily enough, I just receive a sample of Tubereuse Ciminelle from TPC today……..oh yeah baby! Uber sexy! It is very unusual and incredibly femme fatale – I know when I simply love a perfume, because every 5 minutes I think “oh, just one more sniff” and have to ‘plump’ my t-shirt so that the odour rises and envelopes my senses!
The other all-time great sexy scent, in my opinion, is Germaine Cellier’s Bandit. It’s filthy, glorious and raunchily anarchical!
Hi Blimunda. I first tried Criminelle a couple weeks ago. It’s really something else. I love it. And I’ve probably stretched out quite a few t-shirts from over-“plumping.”
I never thought of doing that. I’ve just repeatedly been caught sticking my face down my shirt to smell myself. Obviously, it hasn’t shamed me enough to stop doing it.
lightly grasp the upper front of your shirt , vigorously flap in in and out from your chest and simultaneously exclaim “my goodness! it’s so WARM in here!” even better if you can get a nice exasperated tone in there too. Only other perfumistas will know what you are up to…..
HA! I did that just yesterday. Of course, it helps that my office is always around 80 degrees this time of year.
LMAO!!
yes, I always feel a little Scarlett O’Hara-ish when I’m faking heat to get a sniff of myself…..although, under no circumstances possible in this dimension would I ever utter : “fiddle-dee-dee” 😉
Maybe this will help us identify each other in public? That, or walking around with our wrists, arms, etc. glued to our noses…My sister and I were shopping together once and she kept hissing “Stop doing that!” every time I was trying to dientify the notes in the drydown of…well, whatever I’d spritzed on myself. Maybe we need some sort of secret signal so we can go shopping only with each other!
Blimunda and Joe, I’m WAY overdue to try that one. The wintergreen note intrigues me…
This was one I tried pretty late-in-the-day of my perfumista years. But I always had it on my list of ‘classic must trys’. I’m glad I waited actually, as I don’t think I’d have appreciated it back then. Now, I think it is a perfect perfumista scent – it ticks lots of boxes because it has a surprising, unusual opening that catches you off-guard, it changes a lot during the dry down and keeps you interested, and when it does settle down into the gorgeous turberose note it defies one’s expectations of tuberose! Robin’s review is spot-on – it’s definitely tuberose, and it is sexy, but it has a coldness and greenness that just shaves the edge off its lush overripeness!! It’s a full-out feminine floral, with a twist that only the Serge Lutens line could deliver. Cool bananas! Order yourself a sample! I reckon it would be a perfect scent for a hot summer’s night!
With that description, I can hardly NOT order a sample!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Leave a comment on the Tubereuse Criminelle review so I can read what you think of it, once you’ve sampled it !!!!!
Bandit of course. This is what got me started back in 1977 and it’s what I reach for most of the time, day/work, evening and tuxedo time.
Mmmmm – I’ve never smelled it on a man. I bet it is wonderful.
From my current rotation, I’d pick Amouage Epic Woman, SL Gris Clair, and Goutal Ninfeo Mio.
Epic Woman is truly beautiful. And, yes, sexy!
Epic woman–that was a toss up with Lyric….actually; I love almost every Amouage that’s crossed my path (I’m so easy) .
Easy, but not cheap. 😉
true that! I’ve given up any hope of garnering any cheap ‘n sexy points here today. Having said that—I’ll add by Kilian Rose Oud to my list of sexy scents….
Yes, agree to that!
I think Jub. 25 is sexier than either Lyric or Epic, but that’s because there’s something about it that reminds me of Femme.
Oh! I agree with this. Jubilation 25 is one of the most overtly sexy, womanly and beautiful perfumes I’ve had the pleasure to wear. Just gorgeous!
It’s very like Rochas Femme. I love Femme. You should try Fougere Bengale also.
That’s a PdE isn’t it? Thanks! It’s on the list.
Hey! Got a big bottle of Femme yesterday, love at first sniff, wore it to bed…
Best sexy scent to me is Helmut Lang….
Hey E! Congrats on the Femme! New or vintage. I’m not familiar with Helmut Lang (though now I’m wondering if you didn’t give me a sample a couple months ago!).
Femme should definitely be on the very sexy list.
Bummer…I’ve not tried Femme or Epic!
Email me at rappleyea11 at yahoo dot com, Dixie for some Femme. Daisy is in charge of the Epic. LOL!
yuppers! drop me a note at Daisyloo82 at gmail dot com and I can send you a sample of Epic woman —which is amazing btw 🙂
You guys are the bomb!
In the words of Luckyscent, elegant and seductive: Santal Noble and oh my, it is. I’m feeling very sexy right now wearing it, can’t stop smelling my arm. And even though LS is referring to the male species it matters not to me. It is deeply sensual.
I haven’t tried that Santal. Is it Profumum or MPG? PG?
It’s by MPG and was discontinued. When I called Aedes this week they told me MPG changed their mind and are now selling it again.
I have a young man-boy doing some heavy yard work for me today and am keeping my distance cause I don’t want to scare him 🙂
Oh my.
I think I’d agree – a sexy perfume is anything that makes YOU feel sexy.
Or… maybe… a perfume that makes your (potential) partner think you feel sexy.
Narcotic Venus is a sexy tuberose.
MFK Lumiere Noir Pour Femme is a sexy dark Rose.
Bois Violette is a nice feminine fragrance that makes me feel sexy.
Orris Noir by OJ is a gorgeous dark iris.
Now, the guys at work loved Bvlgari Omnia on me. One guy even went and bought it for his wife! I quit wearing it…to work.
Uhhh, yeah. No fair wearing “sexy” to work.
Dixie: totally agree with you on Narcotic Venus and the MFK Lumiere p Femme. Both really well done and what I like to call “Va-Va-VOOM scents.”
I second the MFK Lumiere Noir. I’m saving my sample for a special occasion (one involving expensive food and wine, I think – it’s that kind of scent…)
Mine is in my precious decants box!
Well, it’s already been mentioned above – but Citizen Queen is my go-to Gettin’ Some Action scent. I made the mistake of testing it at work and spent the morning blushing; I find it seriously sexxaaay. Other fragrances employed in pursuit of GSA: Bal a Versailles, although The CEO doesn’t care for it until I’ve had it on for about an hour, Voile de Fleur, Houbigant Quelques Fleurs Royale, because it smells like the bed the morning after, and… um… (whispers confession) Marc Jacobs Daisy. Because The CEO really, really likes that one, and sometimes out of the pure goodness of my heart, I like to make him happy.
Slightly off topic, but not far off: I have a sample of i Profumo di Firenze Miele Rosa that smells to me of a morning-after bed, if someone’s been wearing a rose perfume the night before. (AnnS, did you send me that? It’s very interesting. I don’t know that I’m brave enough to wear it out somewhere, but it was certainly intriguing.)
Oh, I forgot one: MFK Lumiere Noire Pour Femme. Dixie’s right. That one is like Citizen Queen doing the naughty tango in black lace.
LOL…the naughty tango…
I would bet cash-money on Miele Rosa coming from Ann–that’s one of her fave roses.
I can’t help but laugh every time you mention your CEO thinking Daisy is sexy…..for some reason I find it highly entertaining….. **smirk**
I think it’s funny too – and I have to admit it’s probably my fault for wearing no perfume, but using only B&BW Freesia on the honeymoon. Yep. My fault.
Morning-after bed 🙂 love it! Thanx, Mals, I just put my order through @ LS and now I see I should have have waited.
Hi Mals! (Late to this super fun party!) Yes, that was me – Miele Rosa. Sexy? I think I need to retest that! I think it smells like a wild sunny field surrounded by naturalized gallica roses – but hey, maybe you *are* a gal who likes wild fields? With honey.
Mmm, cheap-sexy perfumes? I really love the dry-down of Attar Bazaar’s Sherif. It starts out pretty soapy, but dries down to this warm, deep, resiny skin scent that’s just a little bit animalic. There’s something so tactile about dabbing on oils, which I think is sexy. I think this is about 8 dollars a dram or something.
Segue, my 16 month old found my sample of Sonoma Scent Studio’s Tabac Aurea, which I was keeping by my bed. Her little hand smells like fruity pipe tobacco now.
I love dabbing. And Tabac Aurea.
LOL–the littlest perfumista yet! And she’s started with the good stuff! A word of advice—-start her college fund AND her perfume fund NOW!
So cute! And Daisy isn’t kidding – they develop a taste for the good stuff quickly. My little one still likes Old Spice body wash but his big brother loves Jubilation XXV and has made off with at least three Amouage samples and a Serge Lutens, I think.
yes, the “migration of the bottles” we experience that phenomena around my house too….it’s a MOST mysterious thing…luckily I’ve discovered the magic words….spoken loudly at the bottom of the stairs “I wonder where the [insert awol frag. name] could have gotten to…?” and within moments the missing bottle magically reappears in the cabinet! amazing, really. 😉
I’ve resorted to storing (her) favorite bottles behind piles of sweaters in my closet. I’ll have to find a new hiding spot for the summer, though, because it gets roasting hot in there during the hot months.
That is really funny, Boo. Maybe you should consider a locking cabinet like I have. It is an old gentleman’s wardrobe that stays cool and dark. I like making 5-10ml samples of things for the older kids to take home with them. To stay on topic, my 18yo son finds Chergui very sexy and has requested a sample for his girlfriend. He also gave her little decants of Epic and Lyric for V-day.
Oh, I’ve given both girls (14 and 5) decants of things, but they blast right through them and want more. 5 has demanded her own little bottle of Etro Anice, which I have not yet acquired, and 14 keeps thieving my Miller et Bertaux #3. Between her and the samples I’ve sent people, I’d say we’ve blown through 2/3 of a bottle in a year.
It’s hard to choose a scent for seduction when your target- ahem, the object of your intentions- might just say, “ehw, that stinks”. Better to wear a scent that your love-interest associates with you and likes, or at least has never objected to.
Remember when we got such a conversation going on the topic of “dame perfumes”? Most of those are sexy to my mind, because they say “I wear perfume to please myself, and I’m not a little kid”.
GG: Yes, it’s a must to choose a scent for seduction wisely, that’s for sure. And imagine the issues if the object of your desire hates the idea of fragrance altogether! I definitely wear fragrance for myself; if someone compliments me, that’s just icing.
Exactly. I think Ubar has to qualify as “sexy” at my house because it made my SO say “That doesn’t make me want to vomit.” Thanks a bunch, dude! I wore Amazing Grace to my wedding for the same reason.
That said, I think the Amouages are all sexy – or is it that they just feel and smell FABULOUS? I tend to think of vanilla smokes or tobaccos as pretty sexy, too – Back to Black? 31 Rue Cambon?
Femme, Je Reviens extrait and Bal a Versailles. Sadly, I no longer wear any of them… one too many reformulations. Sigh….
True historical fact – I once had a Count appreciatively recognize Bal a Versailles on me.
Oh, and I think I get bonus points for the Femme, which can be had for $30-ish at the discounters!
Ooooh. Did he kiss your hand or anything??
We waltzed! (the good ole days – :-D)
WOW!!
Wow!
yeah, double wow!
WOW about the Count, Rappleyea. I recently bought a fb of Bal A Versailles on ebay. I can’t resist its sexiness
Hehehehee – good luck with it!
oh, this wasn’t my first adventure into sex appeal:) I found a charming little bottle for 8$ @ Marshalls – that was it. Had to have, close to my bosoms which led to evil bay.
Awesome! I just received my first little bottle but I haven’t worn it outside of the house yet. It kind of makes me blush. 🙂
so this paragon of sexy womanhood is Rochas Femme ? is it an edt or edp? I took a look at ebay and saw lots of edt hanging around….then I went to basenotes and read some reviews—not a lot of love for the Femme over there! In fact some quite derogatory remarks! :-O
Daisy – I think we’re still talking about Bal a Versailles. You’d probably like an older Femme. When they last reformulated and took out the oak moss (or most of it) they added cumin. One of your favorite notes, I know.
well, that’s what I get for scrolling too fast!
I do love Bal a Versailles in extrait—-got a bottle of edt and can’t stand it!! go figure!
Daisy, I can share a bit of vintage Femme EDC with you if you haven’t tried it. To me it’s more a comfort scent than overtly sexy, but it lasts and lasts and just smells so nice to me. It’s hard to describe — a very warm chypre is what I’d call it.
Thanks Joe! That would be lovely….after reading reviews, I’m a little scared (what if it smells like…..BANDAIDS? hahahhaa ok, maybe no bandaids…) 😉
I’m still a little afraid of Rochas Femme, too. Maybe I’ll slowly work myself up to it from Bal a Versailles.
Three wows
i would say Timbuktu
Timbuktu is one of my favorites, Ami.
Hello everyone! ♥
My husband says Beyond Love by Kilian is his pick for me when it comes to sexy perfumes.
I pick APOM Pour Femme by Maison Francis Kurkdjian and Gucci Eau de Parfum as my go to sexy scents.
Great topic Joe!
~Dawn
p.s. It’s the Gucci in that big heavy square glass bottle with the glass circle top and the juice is very dark brown.
You can find this perfume for under $40.00 through online discounters and on Ebay.
Tuberose is getting a lot of votes here (Beyond Love, Tuberose Criminelle, Voile de Fleur, Fracas).
Narcotic Venus, too.
Dawnkana: I can’t take credit for the topic… I’m just sort of “thread-sitting” 🙂 I agree that Beyond Love is a really well-done tuberose among so many tuberose fragrances.
I honestly can’t think of anything that I would consider sexy on myself… what does that say about me? But on someone else, the latest one to make me swoon is FM Noir Epices. And I’ve always had a soft spot for Polo, regardless of who wears it. Male, female, iguana–I’ll follow you around all day if you have it on.
I love smelling something on someone else that makes me dizzy – a really cute guy came in my office wearing a shirt that had 3-day-old Armani Mania and cigarette smoke infused in it and my co-worker and I were all over it – What are you wearing? You smell amazing! lol He just laughed at us.
Are you referring to the green bottle? oh, so sexy. I want to walk right into him and breathe.
I used to swoon when my housemate’s boyfriend walked in doused in Drakkar Noir. (Of course, that might have been just his baseball-playing thighs. But I don’t think so.)
You must be getting ready for a hot Saturday night, judging from your comments.
You know, I wasn’t planning on it. But maybe I’ll change my mind. The CEO has taken our daughter to her track meet, so he’s not home now. Otherwise, I might be inspired to go and haul him into the bedroom by his polo shirt.
MAN, it’s tough being sexy when you are married and have kids around all the time.
No kidding. I have the same memories Drakkar Noir and Polo Green. I’ve tried them on my husband but it isn’t the same – they belong to a different time and person. However, he smells great in Feuilles de Tabac and Coromandel.
we’ll know for sure if she reaches for the “Gettin Busy Citizen Queen”
😉
ahhhh, I remember the Saturday mornings, Mals, in the bathroom, with the wee ones outside the door, knocking, frantically for ‘me’ to hurry up! They assumed Daddy was outside in the garden, pruning and weeding.
Mals, this is unbelievable but my DH was a baseball player and still wears Drakkar Noir and it STILL makes me swoon! 🙂
Awwwwww. That’s sweet.
Funny this sexy-ness thing! We perceive it in so many different ways…
Among the sexy ones, albeit different types of sexy-ness, I guess:
Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur
The Different Company Jasmin de Nuit
Frederic Malle Iris Poudre
Tom Ford Black Ocrhid (although I don’t wear this one)
Serge Lutens Chergui
I can think of many others, but these came to mind first. I like Amouage Lyric Woman and Epic Woman, and I can see Lyric as a “sexy” perfume, but Epic is fairly fresh on me, with a bright geranium note. While very complex, I don’t find it sexy exactly.
Sneaky Pie: I also really like Musc Ravageur and Black Orchid and could see both of them being very sexy. I think that’s my favorite musk, though Kiehl’s Original is great as well.
Ooh, me too. Musc Ravageur and Keihl’s Musk were in my first big package. I love them both, but I like Musc Rav better on me and Keihl’s on someone else. Very sexy.
I love Musc Ravageur!
It doesn’t let me edit… I wanted to add that on a guy I find Coromandel very sexy (and, yes, Frederic Malle Noir Epices is amazing on a man and horrible on me 🙁
Hmmmm, the perfume I get the most general reaction from is L’Air du DM – makes both men and women swoony. I also got a big reaction from a waitress around MAC Africanimal, which is quite sexy, actually. And I am perfectly happy to get reactions from either gender – sexy is sexy. To be truthful, I haven’t really had a lot on the action front since ramping up my perfume habit, so can’t really attest to what turns other people on, although one of the l’Air swoons came from a lust object.
I think Joy parfum is very sexy, maybe because I feel very Female in it. Same with l’Heure Bleue and Secrete Datura.
I recently tried Amaranthigh (thanks, Ann!) and felt very sexy in that one, and a full bottle should be coming my way soon.
Joe I am so with you on that Vierges et Toreros – makes me want to put on a leather corset and release my inner dominatrix. It is amazingly naughty and so alluring. I can imagine getting too hot and sweaty and just letting that one bloom all over the place, leaving a trail of helpless olfactory victims.
Whew! Tama, ELdO should employ you to write copy. One needs to break out the folding fan after a description like that. I like “helpless olfactory victims.”
I agree Joe! Also – “one of the lust objects”. Loved that one, Tama!
Oops! “A lust object”.
lol – I think El’DO has it covered just fine, but thanks!
er, ELd’O
Phew! 🙂
Am i the only one who has no clue what it means for something to smell sexy? For me, i have only ever thought of sexiness as some sort of visual stimulus. Can someone explain to me how to interpret sexiness in the world of perfume?
I think, in very simple terms, it’s a scent that suggests, “C’mon over here and smell me!” Sexy scents *tend to be* warm smells – could be floral, could be woods or incense or amber or musk. They can suggest the warmth of skin, the smoothness of satin sheets or the luxury of a velvet robe.
(Now, don’t go fussing at me when I say “cool” scents aren’t sexy. I didn’t say that. I said tend to be warm. Really, I mean a scent that pulls up thoughts of other pleasures of the senses would count. So if your, oh, let’s say, Osmanthe Yunnan makes you think of a lover sipping spilled morning-tea-in-bed from your bare stomach – well, then never mind that it’s a quiet, circumspect fragrance. It’s made you feel sexy. If Cristalle, which I think of as a “cool” scent, makes you think of the sensual pleasure of a sprinkle of cool water on a hot day, or the feeling of crisp grass under your bare feet, or the wonderful feeling that you are the Most Powerful Person on the Planet – well, then, that’s sexy too.)
MALS, yes yes yes to both the OY & Cristalle images!!
Whew. I myself don’t get “sexy” out of either one, but it was an exercise in imagination.
LOL @ Mals “sipping tea in bed from your bare stomach.”
Ive never experienced this, but mals, now i want to.
🙂
Do I detect a start on the next Nov. writers’ story??
mals, your description is so cool and sexy : D
That is a huge question! Scent plays a large part in human sexuality, just like in the animal kingdom. It will be interesting to see what kinds of answers you get.
For me, if I catch a whiff of someone, perfumed or not, and it makes all my various glands go haywire and my knees a bit weak, then they smell sexy to me. And, like I say, it can be their own personal aroma, or the smell of their perfume. And if I get to embrace them and have some of that scent rub off on me for a couple of hours, so much the better.
When I think *I* smell sexy, that perfume is giving me an extra boost of confidence, or making me feel like I want to purr, or making me feel irresistible, whether it has that effect on others or not. It’s all about how it makes me feel.
Agreed. One of the sexiest scents in the world is my husbands underarms after he has been running around all day. He thinks its weird but I will just sit next to him and stick my nose in his armpit. I told him that means that we are compatible on the most basest of levels. I’ve recent purchased a fb of FM Carnal Flower and while wearing it I felt like I smelled so delicious that someone might be offended by the amount of sex that I was giving off. That is sexy!
And I totally get this underarm thing. One of the biggest motivators that gets me to the gym with DH is I get to smell him all hot and sweaty! And yes, I remember reading somewhere that smell is a very true test of total compatibility! FM Carnal Flower makes me feel very womanly and confident and that makes me sexy imho.
But as far as DH is concerned nothing will ever replace Lancome’s Vintage Magie Noir. That’s his fave on me and the one I goto when I want to seduce him.
Does anyone know of anything that is similar to Magie Noir?
IMO, there is (sadly) nothing like the old Magie Noire. You’re not the only person to have romantic adventures in it. (Um, no, that wasn’t me. And to be honest, I find it witchy and beautiful and eerie rather than “sexy.”) Ormonde Jayne Woman might be kinda sorta close, but OJW is a lot less… dangerous-smelling?
That someone might be offended that you smell so sexy is so true. I sometimes find super-sexy scents, esp. tuberose like Fracas and CF, a little disconcerting in non-sexy situations. Those two are like catnip to me and I mostly wear them at home. It almost seems like sharing too much out in public to me. I find musks and skin scents extremely sexy as well, but it is more about projecting a healthy, sexy attitude in general than the explicit sensuality of some perfumes.
There is a study that documents that mens’ underarm sweat has a calming effect on women. This study apparently took the dirty smell out of the sweat and had women smell a variety of different things unlabeled. It makes sense that your mate’s scent would be most comforting and alluring. Just more fun when science documents what we already know by experience.
I heard/read somewhere in the past few years that if you like the natural smelling funk of your partner – be it breath, armpit, general BO – then you are more biologically compatible as mates. This study indicated that our use of masking products like deoderant, etc, is a hinderance to long term successful match ups between people. Like if we all went all smelly to meet people we’d do better then when we hide it. Now I love my husbands funk – in moderate doses, lol! But his feet? Now that is another matter entirely!!!
I’ve only experienced the underarm thing with one man in my life, and as he owned and worked with horses, his own scent was always mixed with that of horses, hay and the outdoors as well. A potent combination! 😉
Holy cow – I would have never left him alone!!
Hi Rictor: The simplest way for me to describe it might be that it’s often for me just part of the entire package — someone attractive walks into a room and part of their allure *might* include the way they smell, either fragrance/perfume, or their own personal fragrance (varying combinations of soap, shampoo, sweat). Or, in the case of a lover, maybe just that intimate, unique smell of his or her hair or skin… something that you feel only you know when you are close enough.
so is it possible for olfactory sexiness to overwhelm physical sexiness for someone who may not be as attractive??
oh, absolutely! It is very subtle – I have been completely attracted to men who are not necessarily good-looking, but just have that “je ne sais quoi”, which is often just related to compatible pheromones. And I will also meet men who are wickedly good-looking, and not remotely sexy, for the same reason. All the senses are brought into play where attraction is concerned.
Just echoing your point that all the senses come into play — visual, olfactory, auditory… Just listen to the radio and you’ll hear some announcers with killer sexy voices. I used to have such a crush on NPR’s Noah Adams based solely on his voice, then one day I saw a picture of this weedy guy with stringy blond hair, and I was utterly disappointed. He was supposed to be tall, dark, and handsome, dammit!
And the intellect, of course, can be the sexiest organ of all.
Oh, YES.
And the opposite is true for relationships and breaks ups – I had a horrifyingly bad breakup in the late 90s with one particular guy who I was madly in love with – for months after that I couldn’t smell the aroma of Flex shampoo or Sebastian’s Molding Mud without wanting to cry and feeling sick to my stomach. Scent is a very powerful emotional tool.
Joe, huge thanks for pitching in as a weekend host! I always appreciate your comments and look forward to following this sexy weekend poll.
Personally, rich, animalic vintage scents like Vintage Lanvin My Sin make ME purr. However, like Daisy, I find guys’ noses are tuned differently. From that perspective, the $24.99 15-ml mini I found on ebay that qualifies as a cheap thrill 😉
I’m also hoping that Killian’s Pure Oudh and Rose Oudh will show up in travel sizes so that I can add those two stunners to my arsenal.
ooops – the 24-ml mini was Balenciaga Paris!
Balenciaga Paris is so well done; nice that you got a mini. I’ve really got to get a few drops of vintage My Sin — everyone talks about how downright carnal it is!
Hey Joe! I have some vintage My Sin. Come see me on MUA. I’m givemesomescents.
I always think of Jubilation 25 and Bandit as quite sexy in a confident-woman-with-a-wicked-glint-in-her eyes sort of way. I adore both of these.
For the lingerie and marabou mules brand of sexy I agree with Amaranthine.
And, funnily enough, men seem to always respond well to NR For Her. Not sure if the price qualifies it for the bonus points but it’s definitely an easy to get, mainstream option.
Abyss: I can totally see rocking Amaranthine in lingerie and marabou mules… though pajama pants and a t-shirt work just fine for me. Amaranthine to me is a very sensuous fragrance.
Must… suppress… mental image of Joe in marabou slippers… Not.. working…
LOL!
“Hello Joe” (in my sexy Gwen Verdon voice from “Damn Yankees”–if you haven’t seen it, netflix it–her Lola is tops for sexy, especially in a pair of black lace capri pants–she is definetly wearing Bandit)
But for me, I go with Malle’s Une Rose when I want someone to break a sweat. I wish I could find the body lotion I picked up at a hippie shop many moons ago–orange/spice/and a little patch. Used to make my wacky Frenchman swoon and pitch and woo.
Do I get a points for suggesting that Yves Rocher’s Voile d’Ambre is a great low cost sexy scent? The amber body lotion is wonderful–alone or as a base for other scents. Love it!!
Une Rose gets my vote, too!
Jepster: I’ve not seen “Damn Yankees,” but Gwen Verdon was a hell of a dancer. I agree that Une Rose is especially lush and boozy. So many good fragrances being mentioned here today!
YES! Voile d’Ambre smells to me the most like… well, sex!
Perfumes I find very sexy because they are complex and haunting and beautiful are Le parfum de Thérèse and Diorella ( vintage extrait). Over on Grain de Musc there is this beautiful review of Thérèse .
In another vein but also very sexy in my opinion are Heure Exquise and Songes by Goutal. There are too many beautiful perfumes!
austenfan: There really *are* too many beautiful perfumes, aren’t there! So we should never bemoan the state of perfumery. Ha! Thérèse is a beautiful perfume; Malle is well represented here today with Noir Epices and Une Rose being previously mentioned. I’d also add that there’s a sexy vibe in the base notes of Une Fleur de Cassie.
I think L’Artisan’s L’Eau du Navigateur is sexy. The first time I smelled that I was like, swooon!! A little smoky, a little leathery … Love it.
I also think La Maison de la Vanille’s Vanille Noire du Mexique is sexy. It’s got this deep richness to it (though my bottle has turned!).
That La Maison is the only fragrance my non-perfume loving boyfriend (he often gets migraines and scent is often a trigger for him : ( ) has bought for me. I had a bottle already and wanted a backup so the fact he bought it means it at least doesn’t give him a headache! Thats’ the most I can hope for. I do think guys love the vanilla/foody type fragrances, in general.
I’m glad he can tolerate that one! I like it because it’s a bit darker than the others of that line. Yes, guys do seem fond of the vanilla, don’t they?
That Vanilla Noir du Mexique is downright carnal! That’s another one I can’t wear to work anymore!
Jill & Odonata: That Vanille Noire de Mexique is a terrific rich, dark vanilla; I like it for layering because it’s less expensive than something like SDV. I also really like L’Eau du Navigateur and haven’t worn it in a long time — I may need to correct that soon. Thanks for the reminder.
Yes! I only smelled this once at Barney’s, but it still haunts me. You have just inspired me to visit the store again and get some for my boyfriend.
By the way, I was referencing L’eau Navigateur.
Lumière Noire is sexy to me, as is Rochas Femme. Fifi feels flirty to me sometimes, sexy other times.
Elizabeth: Lumière & Femme are both popular today if anyone’s taking notes or using this thread for advice purposes!
Lumière Noire is sexy to me, as is Rochas Femme. Fifi feels flirty to me sometimes, sexy other times.
Hi Joe: you’re doing a terrific job! 🙂
Hmmm, what makes me feel sexy and/or received comments from others:
-Epic Woman!!
-Both Jubilations
-LTd’UF
-31 RC
-Eau Premiere
– A Taste of Heaven
-Body Shop White Musk
-GAP Earth (long discontinued and no longer available…sigh…)
For some reason, my partner absolutely loves H&M by CDG on me. And I get a little hot under the collar when he wears SL Fille en Aiguilles (it doesn’t have the same effect when I wear it…)
;)wink wink giggle giggle blush;)
M: Thanks for the vote of confidence!
It’s funny that your SO is crazy for H&M/CdG and you love Fille en Aiguilles on him — they’re not exactly alike, but both seem to have a sort of pine-forest/balsamic vibe (at least to me). You’ve made me curious about the long-gone Gap Earth; I’ve never heard it mentioned.
Sexy? OJ Woman and OJ Man; AG Songes and Passion EDP;,TF Cuir Amethyst; SL Daim Blonde; Bulgari Black; and three (maybe all) of Andy Tauer: Maroc pour Elle, L’air du Desert Morocain, Rose Chypree
cindyn: Those are some nice choices. I think the Tauers are all incredible and I’ve developed a recent fondness for Le Maroc pour Elle.
I can’t believe I’ve gone this long without ever laying a nostril on Maroc Pour Elle…..I’ve got a sample on it’s way to me right now (all praise Luckyscent) ….and now I’m even more anxious to get it!! I wish the PO made deliveries on Sundays!! I’m going to be watching the mailbox like a hawk on Monday….
Daisy – I’m with you in that lonely boat holding probably the only two people on the planet who haven’t smelled Maroc Pour Elle.
And speaking of boats…. I’m going to need one any minute now! Four inches (!) of rain yesterday, and four more predicted today! Seriously…. that’s ark weather!
tell you what…after I get a sniff of it–I can pass the sample on to you, Tauer fragrances are pretty immediate for me–either I love it and have to have it or I don’t like it at all and pass. I don’t know how I never knew it was a rose fragrance!
Hmmm… if you’re expecting “a rose fragrance”, you’ll be surprised. That’s not the first note that comes to mind. I get more dark jasmine over a mysterious base that’s best described by Ann as “hippie vibe” (in a good way). I need to go look up a list of notes. It’s some combination of woods and spices, but I wouldn’t call it hippie patchouli at all. So unusual, really. Andy is a genius.
No no… we are three.
We are legion.
Rapple: yes, get to building that ark. I watched “the race” yesterday and couldn’t believe all the mud. Poor poor ladies in their hats and finery! LOL
and speaking of the hats….I know it’s a huge Derby tradition to wear elaborate headdress to the race…but in my opinion the VERY large chapeaux are rude —it’s clear they infringe on your seating-neighbors’ personal space! I saw one woman’s ridiculously large hat bumping another person and all I could think was that I’d rip the damn thing right off her head and stomp it……accidentally of course….
I agree. If your millinery could put out the eyes of your companions, it’s time to rethink your choice. One woman’s hat looked to be about the diameter of a small coffee table.
Most of the ladies wearing those extreme hats are either in boxes or in the big fancy rooms – not jammed in the stands with the ordinary fans.
I want that one, too. I’m waiting impatiently for my sample which is held up with a back ordered item. Argh!
I am with you on Songes and Black! Great scents and very sexy!
Great lists, some I’ve tried but many i haven’t.
When i want to feel ‘all that’, I’ll reach for my Nahema parfum.
What is the phrase, ‘if you can’t stand the heat…”
Great suggestion, and one I wear!
baykat: Nahema parfum is an amazing fragrance. I could see it turning up the heat in any situation, but really I just find it beautiful, like a jewel.
My vote for sexiest perfume would be for Fifi Chachnil. It smells flirtatious and giggly and just naughty enough to me. It helps that my husband loves it too. I also think L’Arte di Gucci is sexy but in a less flirtatious and more seductive kind of way.
For the other way around, I love it when my husband wears Sycamore.
I love Fifi, too! I just got some a few weeks ago, and have been marveling at the playful sexiness of it. The other perfumes I findv super sexy are nothing like Fifi, though. Tubereuse Criminelle, Tauer Lonestar Memories, OJ Man… So anymore, but those are at the top right now. Tubereuse Criminelle will probably always be at the top of that list, though!
sharviss: I’ve never tried Fifi, but thanks for mentioning Sycomore. It’s nice to hear about some fragrances that women find sexy on a man. Sycomore is one of the top vetivers in my pantheon.
Sharviss has hit the nail right on the head–Fifi is smoky, sexy in a naughty, laughing over her shoulder at you sort of way. Now I know what to send you in exchange for a sample of that vintage Femme Edc.
To me it’s girly but it’s such a smoky fragrance that it’s hard to say how it’s going to translate on a guy….might be pretty good!
What a great topic! I’m so interested to see what everyone else considers sexy, both for feeling it themselves and for attracting others, which are very different things! Unfortunately, my BF gets migraines and often scent causes them, so he’d much rather I not wear perfume at all : (. He can deal with vanillas and other stuff that isn’t too powerful, but scent is certainly not the way to his heart. For me, I think SDV makes me feel saucy – the vanilla is cozy, but it’s so boozy.
And in terms of smells on others that I find sexy, when my BF wears anything at all (I’ve given him a few bottles), I get excited just because I know he doesn’t really care to wear it ,so he’s doing it just for me. I bought a bottle of L’Occitane Hysope I found on sale at Anthropologie many years ago when I wasn’t dating anyone (it’s pretty manly and at that time, I wouldn’t have considered wearing a guy’s cologne) just because it was so darned sexy and I eventually wanted to give it to someone to wear! Of course, it looks like that is long discontinued.
odonata: It’s really a shame about your boyfriend’s migraines, but at least you’ve found a way to accommodate him with lighter vanilla scents. I have never heard of Hysope, but it sounds great.
It is too bad – he didn’t used to get them often but has been getting them more lately. So I due all my sampling before work and sniff in the car on the way!
Fun!
Sexy all depends. I personally feel all sultry and sexy when I wear rich incenses (Bois d’Armenie, Andy Warhol Silver Factory), heavy, woody-civety vintage scents in parfum strength (Bois des Iles, Narcisse Noir, My Sin) or really uber-gorgeous, un-butch leathers (Daim Blond, Diorling, Tabac Blond – the dominatrix in me, clearly). I seem to get the most comments from red-blooded men when I’m wearing voluptuous florals — Le Parfum de Therese, Joy or ‘1000″, Donna Karan Gold edp, vintage l’Air du Temps and Dior Addict are sure-fire. (Go figger.)
And what I think is sexy on a man? Anything good-smelling that shows he’s got some personal style: Yes to Lonestar Memories, interesting oudhs, hip retro stuff (vintage Guerlain Vetiver); No to the Unforgiven Cologne by Sean John his last girlfriend — or worse, his mother — gave him five Christmases ago. 😉
Vintage L’air du temps is the only perfume of mine that my husband has complimented me on. Everything else, according to him, is musty prunes and old ladies. My tastes are totally at odds with his 😉
lilybug: Musty prunes!! Could that be the plum in Guerlain Parure, perhaps? In any case, he’s missing out, but at least he likes L’Air du Temps.
Hi Robin. This is kind of fun, isn’t it?
Your selections really run the gamut and include some great fragrances. Interesting about the big bold florals, but I myself notice that those are the ones I notice on others in public, so maybe it’s natural that they elicit comment or attention. DK Gold could be like catnip I think. I agree with you on leather scents being somehow quite sexy; I’ve really had the urge to revisit Daim Blond lately. I need to get a sample.
I just smelled Bois D’Armenie for the first time because our Neiman’s just got all the extra Guerlains! I fear for my credit card….But I was quite taken with it: I had some Derby on my wrist, too, but I kept going back to the Bois D’Armenie. I felt like it was a take on Shalimar without the citrus up top, but boy would I like to own a bottle of that! I think I shall soon….
Jared – did you also try the Angelique Noir?
I did not, I was a bit in shock to see them present, so I certainly missed a few. But next time I’m there I shall try it!
P.S. And another one the men comment on a LOT: Une Rose Chypree. How could I forget? And I feel sexy in it, too, I must say. 😉
It is hard NOT to feel sexy and decadent in URC! Just selecting the bottle makes my pulse race a little bit. I like to dab it like a vintage Guerlain extrait.
I have to agree with you on Un Rose Chypre!
Fragrances I think are sexy? Mmmm, I think SL Arabie, PdE Ambre Russe and SSS Incense Pure. JM Pomegranate Noir also attracts positive attention from my husband!
Cheap(ish) thrills- I always get comments when wearing Arpege which is not expensive when buying from on line discounters. I guess the classics can’t be beaten!
I recently found a bottle of Arpege for $15 and I didn’t buy it because I had not yet tried my sample. Joe has been sitting on my shoulder recently reminding me of how many beautiful things I have at home and has prevented me from bringing home several impulse purchases over the past couple of weeks. I was prompted to try my sample and I like it very much. I’m now trying to develop the discipline to use up the whole sample (wear at least 2-3 times) before buying more. My husband certainly finds that appealing!
Can Joe have that influence on me? LOL! The perfume industry would be out of business if we all had to finish our perfume samples before buying another scent!!!!
Here’s a question! How long would it take you to finish all your perfume samples? What about all your perfume? A couple lifetimes at least!
Yeah, that’s the thing. I have so many I haven’t tried yet that I could go for months wearing a different one every day – and that’s just the 1-2ml sample vials that seem to breed in my purse. I know my decants and full bottles are up to no good in there because it seems more crowded every time I open it. I’m sure I have exceeded my perfume/life expectancy but I’m still discovering so many things I think I need. Thank goodness (and Daisy) I’ve discovered splits and decants. Now I just need to get it through my thick, impulsive head that 10ml is probably more than I need in many cases. There are only a few perfumes that I use frequently enough to drain a full bottle.
Julia: I’m happy to take credit if I provided the motivation for you to enjoy what you have instead of greedily acquiring — but thank goodness you’re doing as I say and not as I do! I’m ratcheting back though, out of necessity.
Dixie: Even if I were to wear two sample vials a day I think I could scent myself for almost a year without touching a bottle. Ugh… I think that made me get a little sick and *sound* a little sick!
Don’t feel too bad. I can go well over a year without wearing the same thing twice. :O
I clearly need to send you more vials. Oh, as a matter of fact, I dropped something in the mail today! Muwahahaha! 😀
Oh goody, I love surprises! 🙂
redscorpio: I can see Arabie being sexy, and the kind of thing I’d want to smell on someone else’s skin at close range. Arpege is such a classic, but I’m totally unfamiliar with it. So many perfumes…
I have some vintage Arpege to share too Joe. You too Julia! Come see me on MUA. I’m givemesomescents.
I have no idea if I smell seductive to anyone else while wearing these, but Incense Rose and Bandit make me feel wildly sexy — Incense Rose in a lolling-on-silken-pillows-in-the-harem way, Bandit in a stilettoed-dominatrix way.
You’re right about Incense Rose….
i totally agree on Bandit, hot as hell, but i need to be careful with the amount, tends to give me a headache
Hmmmm sexy vs sensual as-in-makes- you -feel-good…on a man Lonestar Memories would be the sexiest thing on Earth to me, but I wonder if any has ever made it to Australia. I also think Of Musk K K as a sexy man’s ‘fume. And I loved the old Brut, someone mentioned it a couple of days ago, but that may have been a ‘hormones gone wild’ thing!
My personal ‘make ME feel sexy” is firstly and eternally Mitsouko.
Then the heavy honey’d white florals, (among) my favs now are Fleur Nocturne, Songes, Carnal Flower, Amereuse, Divine. I used to love and have hunted down old Fidgi and Capricci.
Tube Crim is one of my desert island frags because the liniment note transports me back to my jockette athletics days, but I think its the tuberose that makes many of my favs ‘sexy’! Fracas I find intellectual for some reason (!?)
The leathers are sexy too, Jolie Madame and Cabochard my favs.
Then there’s the coconut and vanilla sweet lushness thing that always makes you think hot summer night, (I used to find the old Must de Cartier very sexy) and whatever it is about hot summer nights….I finally caved on Tihota , it seems like it will be the ultimate hot night frag (wish I was 20 yrs younger!!)
Oh, I forgot Lonestar-that is without a doubt one of the sexiest perfumes. Along with URC-Andy is very sexy. And of course, another of my favs-Cabochard which I wear a lot -addicting and so inexpensive.
I would love to have some vintage.
Winifrieda: I really need to dig out my sample of Lonestar and try it again. It’s gotten a few mentions today. I have to admit that I would really like to smell Muscs KK on someone else just to see what that’s like. It’s still a bit too “ripe” for me to enjoy on myself, though I find it fascinating and thus would be curious about how others wear it. Great list of lush florals and your description of Criminelle!
I totally agree with Robin R: whenever I wear Donna Karan Gold edp, a certain man I know ALWAYS compliments me and calls it sexy! He also loves FM Lys Mediterranee, so I see a theme here. I don’t know why but I think of Kenzo Flower as sexy, maybe it’s the feminine powdery nature of it?
foe: I think both those lily scents — DK and Malle — are so nice! Lys Med would be my choice, but DK is such an affordable alternative. I can see how that big, beautiful sillage would garner compliments for you from the guys.
Interesting topic. I suppose sexiness comes from confidence. In that respect, I guess whatever makes you confident and makes you feel good in your own skin is sexy. My whole collection could be downright sexy, but some fragrances make me feel better than others. Perhaps the less intellectual they are the better. Animalics and leathers do seem to be a go-to, as do white flowers. I’ve had my a few experiences that rang the sexy bell: I smelled my Iris 39 on a partner and had a WOW moment. Another time I caught whiffs of my Jicky extrait wafting toward me with that rich civet, and it was perfect. Kouros was usually my go-to scent for up-to-no-good, but Oud 27 also got some compliments, and that stuff is raunchy and civet-loaded. And I can’t forget my wearing of Fracas on hot summer nights. Perfection. Oh, and I can’t forget MKK!
Hey Jared: I’m so glad you mentioned Kouros. I used to wear that regularly “back in the day” (I kind of blush at the thought of it… good lord!) and I find it very brash now but still über-sexy. That civet!!! I’d also love to smell Iris 39 on a partner; it’s one of my current infatuations.
I kind of don’t get the big deal about Kouros. I mean, sure, it’s got a lot of musk in it, but I really don’t see it as something edgy. It has that delightful smell of a public restroom, but other than that…I really don’t pick out the civet in there. Of course, I’ve never worn it out in public, really, so maybe I should give it a test run. It’s just not one that makes me feel that sense of confidence, so I don’t know. Love it, but when to wear it???
Jared – I am desperate to smell Fracas on a man. On my man, but it is too feminine for him. I find it unbearably sexy and to think of it on a man gives me shivers. I tried to get my male SA friend from Neiman’s to wear it for me while I was out there one night, but Muguet Blanc was the most he would do. MB smelled great on him, but it is so icy clean I find it more pretty than sexy.
I love Burberry Touch for Men. Whenever I smell BTFM, I get transformed to someone not really safe to be out there (or is it the guys who are not safe?) Lol =p I find it simply irresistible.
I also find the smell of doctors very sexy – you know that clean-almost-bordering-on-being squeaky-clean smell? Awesome.
I get a lot of compliments when Im wearing EL Pleasures, Burberry London and lately Lacoste Pour Femme. =)
Older men (at least those around me) seem to dig the musky-vanilla-ey scents (is there such a thing? =S) while those of my age group seem to dig lighter ones like Eclat D’arpege.
Shelley: It’s nice that you recognize the fragrances that get you compliments; that really feels good once in awhile, I think!
The doctor comment is funny to me! 😀 Have you ever found any fragrance that somewhat captures the things you find sexy about the doctor’s office?
Oops. Looks like my comment got filtered. =p
The best way I can describe that clean-almost-bordering-on-squeaky-clean smell is someone who just showered (using only regular bath soap!), splashed a teensy bit of baby cologne then headed off to the hospital and started doing pre-Op work, just before a major surgery. Is there any fragrance that comes close to smelling like that? if there is, please tell me. =)
Yes Joe, it feels great to get compliments once in awhile. 😉
*Btw, great “thread-sitting”!
I believe that the collection of sexy scents include all Cartier Declarations including the new Cologne, Eau De Rochas Pour Homme, Dunhill Desire, Givenchy Play Intense, Grabazzi (the sexiest scent of all time), ST Dupont Signature Pour Homme EDP, Realm For Men, DK Men, Miller Harris Feuilles De Tabac, Body Kouros, Gendarme, Bond No. 9 Hot Always, and Malle’s Bigarade Concentree, and Vetiver Extrodinaire. A friend of a friend of mine said that women love when men wear vetiver scents. I also love Patchouli and mint.
eckerd: I’m woefully unfamiliar with so many on your list! Interesting about the vetiver, and there are so many great ones, including FM Vetiver Extraordinaire, as you mentioned.
Bigarade Concentree *does* have a chewy “something” to it and is quite sexy for what’s basically an eau. I find Guerlain’s Cologne du 68 manages the same near impossible feat.
I have a few sexy scents I love to wear. The original Fendi or Magie Noire. I also like Jicky in extrait, I love love that stuff….
For cheap sexy, I like Estee Lauder’s Azuree-it smells very “niche” and is $38 dollars u.s…. it’s a great chypre/leather/moss scent with excellent staying power.
I also think Alexander McQueen’s Kingdom is excellent–but I’m sure it’s very pricey now.
I need to find some Azuree to try. I’m a bit on the fence with some of those mossy scents, but it sounds great.
I got a few samples of Kingdom on ebay not long ago and there was some around. I need to test it again, but it seemed pretty nice.
I’m looking forward to seeing you soon!
Hi Tama!
I can bring a sample on the 22nd if you’d like, let me know….. I also have Bandit if you’d like to try it.
Can’t wait to meet up with you, it will be so much fun 🙂
Jicky in extrait is AWESOME! There is something raw about it. I’m glad I got my Kingdom when it was dirt cheap-it’s ridiculous now.
But now I’m going to have to resniff Azuree….I love anything with Moss. I adore Aliage-but that’s not on my list of sexy scents…
Azuree has a nice leather note-but it’s not harsh like Bandit (I like Bandit). Azuree has a little brown sugar impression too, but it’s not sweet, and that phase is very short. Aliage has more green citrus and a cypress drydown to me…..
Dixie & Smokeytoes: I’ll need to do a side-by-side of Azuree and Aliage. I think both are great, but I’m pretty sure I enjoy Aliage more just because it’s more green and vibrant (but no, not especially sexy).
Well, not sure I’ve ever thought of myself as sexy, and I only like a small handful of the animalic scents. Guess it’s just not in the cards for me. I think that if you were to ask my husband, he’d probably say the sexiest smell for him would be me sans any applied scents (the devoted partner that he is). If I had to choose, it would probably be Del Rae’s Amoureuse.
Amoureuse is on my list for sure!
Another vote for Amoureuse, it’s pure decadent sex in a bottle!
Operafan: Amoureuse is a great fragrance, and even the name is sexy!
My sexy scents…
M7 by YSL
Kiehls Original Musk
Chemistry by Clinique
I have a friend that hugs me way too long whenever I wear
Odeur 73 by CdG (she says it reminds her of the scent of a former lover)
And the one I find sexy from the latest releases…
DKNY men (the new version of course)
Hi, kaos.geo. Did you mean Odeur 53 or Odeur 71? I’m curious about both of them but have never tried them.
I’d really love to have some Kiehl’s Original Musk, but I recently got a big bottle of my other favorite musk, Musc Ravageur, so I’m mostly set on the musk side of things. I’ll have to try DKNY Men also.
Sorry I meant 71!
Musc Ravageur I have only smelled on paper, not on my skin… but it certainly is strong!
The DKNY is deceptively simple but, as Clinique’s Chemistry (who I believe is not called like that without a reason) can be very sexy if your skin works with it. 😉
The fragrance by Hard Candy is insanely sexy. It smells sweet at first, and then it just dirty and addictive with tobacco.
Hi sunshine808: I think tobacco in anything makes it a little sexy and sensuous.
absolutely–I love a bit of tobacco leaf and smoke in a fragrance.
Sexy, to me = confidance. Chanel’s Allure Sensuelle garnered me many compliments in my single days, but since the great Love of My Life isn’t fond of strong scents, I take a more subtle approach now. for cheap thrills, Body Shop’s Moroccan Rose (shower gel and body lotion) is very, very nice and makes me feel very sexy after a long day. And I may be in love with Balenciaga’s Paris – feminine, interesting, unexpected – the impact I’d like to think I have!
And on a man…anything Hermes!
You got that right! My boyfriend wears Terre and it’s awesome on him!!!
maggiecat: Do you have a favorite Hermès for a man? I definitely love Terre d’Hermès and think it’s super sexy, but falls into that category of “clean sexy.”
I whole-heartedly agree with maggiecat’s comment. Hermes on a man is scrumptious.
Terre d’Hermes is certainly attractive on a man, but it’s Jardin sur Nil that makes me what to bury my face in his chest…
Jeez! I love Sur de Nil…mmmmm. It just blends really well with the skin
Wow, there is so much variation here! Here are some of my favorites that have been known to make me feel sexy:
FM Une Rose
TDC Rose Poivree
Penhaligon’s Amaranthine
Saffron James Nani
FM Carnal Flower
PG L’Oiseau de Nuit
Niki de Saint-Phalle
Narcisse Noir
Boucheron (original one for women)
encouraged by all this sexy perfume talk—I grabbed my decant of Amaranthighs and had a few spritzes……J walks thru a few minutes later and says: “what did you spray? it smells like you reeeeelly need to take a shower!” harumpffff. rotten kid. 🙁
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Ouch! There’s no tenderness in her honesty!
no kiddin! I’m starting to rethink this whole “teach honesty” thing….
I need to retest Amaranthigh again – haven’t tried it since the four days I wore it in December. I liked it but I thought it would be even nicer in warm weather. I don’t know why I haven’t gotten it out. I should.
And I don’t get anything out of it other than tropical flowers and warm skin. No naughty, just comfortable and attractive.
Right. I find Amaranthine to be sexy, but not naughty. Very appealing, yes! It’s strange – I find myself craving it. And my decant is all gone, boo hoo. Time to consider a bottle!
Haunani, try it on a hot day if you haven’t already. That’s when it become provocative…at least to me.
I don’t know if it really smelled “naughty” —she just thought it smelled “unclean” … I get a lot of a “steamed rice” note from Amaranthine .
Ohhh, I love Niki de Saint-Phalle, Narcisse Noir and Boucheron, all three are great!
For men, I’d choose Fendi’s Life Essence. Hubby and I both share it.
Haunani: Rose Poivree for sure! It’s still one of the wildest scents I own and I can’t stop smelling it when I put some on. I really love civet… which reminds me that no one has mentioned the lush, civetty Amouage Ubar!
Ubar is really lovely, and I find that I like a bit of civet myself. (Parfum Sacre, Climat, Emeraude…) I suppose it just smells “warm” to me, not raunchy.
Joe – Have you tried Armani Prive Bois d’Encens? I associate it with Rose Poivree because it has a very similar black peper/animalic note. I really wanted both of these to work on me but they just don’t. I think it is mostly the pepper that isn’t working because I like and wear many civety perfumes. Jicky extrait is high on my list of sexy perfumes.
Julia, I haven’t tried that one. The only Armani Privé I’ve sampled is Cuir Amethyste. I know Bois d’Encens gets a lot of love.
I think if I ever found a man wearing Le Labo Patchouli 24 I would get right on the back of his motorcycle and ride off into the sunset with him!
Calypso: I’d call that a ringing endorsement!
well, that just put a romance novel cover type picture in my head!
LIke several previous commenters, I’d have to say my husband possesses the sexiest smell; specifically, his face when he’s in need of a shave. For some reason, when there’s a bit of facial hair his skin takes on a deliciously pungent (but not quite dirty) scent that I can’t get enough of. I guess that the hair provides a transport route for the natural oils in the skin, but whatever it is, it drives me crazy : )
Many moons ago I had a lover who smelled naturally like new-mown hay…well he didn’t exactly ‘smell’ of it, but gradually his personal environment would take on this sweet hay note. Seemingly so strange…but then years later I read that the author H.G. Wells was irresistible to women because he naturally smelt like hay and honey…there is no doubt that men can naturally have a sweeter musky scent than women, I think we are more on the civet end of the spectrum!
Actually its funny, how I like that sour pungent drydown in say Pamplelune, it seems to echo the good feeling at the end of the day when you’ve worked up a bit of a sweat outdoors , its a connection with the animal in us…
Winifrieda,
I love that you say, “the animal within.” I’m always reminding myself and others that the human is an animal… it makes much of our behavior much less mysterious!
And Joe,
It’s interesting to think that being biologically compatible (as attraction to aroma indicates) would lead to emotional compatibility; or maybe it’s just that our lovers and husbands smell so good to us, we put up with whatever they dish out ; )
The CEO, when he’s just a little bit sweaty, smells great.
Dee: You and Winifrieda others have alluded to something I also find true: often a lover’s natural skin just smells so wonderfully sexy, comforting, and familiar. I guess I also believe in that “animal” connection that makes it so and the fact that we’re naturally more attracted to the smells of some people over the smells of others.
Ah, missed all the fun today. The more I think about it, the more I realize that sexy frags to me tend to be the big sillage monsters. As mals noted, they tend to be warm, and they tend to be scents that blend into my skin well and that insist on being owned. Until it went all sweet on me, RL Safari was a definitely sexy scent. Amarige Mimosa (one of the harvest editions) is another, and I think A Travers le Miroir is quickly becoming another. I know there are more, but that’s all I can think of after a fun, but very long and tiring day..
As for men…. it’s all tied up in those daydreamy teenage years, when I spent hours poring over magazines and imagining my grown-up life (alas, nothing like it turned out). A common scent strip back then was the original Calvin (in the black bottle), and the model in the ad was just gorgeous. So to this day, Calvin or anything close to it, still makes me weak in the knees.
Hey Boojum… the thread’s still going, so you didn’t quite miss out. I definitely hope you got some great food today though! I’m still envious.
You know, I finally tried Safari the other day — it’s great and reminds me a lot of No. 19 (one of my faves, but much more pricey!). It’s hard to imagine it going too sweet, but it’s a bummer that happens to you. And I can see that Givenchy Amarige Harvest Mimosa being sexy; I’d still love to get my hands on some of that.
Ann has made that comparison as well. I have to sort of look at it sideways to get there, just because I’ve only recently tried No. 19, whereas Safari was my signature scent for many years (before I discovered the wider world of niche). In that sense, it’s a good thing it turned too sweet, or I would have missed out on all these great scents. I started out just looking for a suitable replacement. I’m not sure what it is, but I’m extra-sensitive to sweet now, both in smell and taste. It’s a little crazy; I always had a major sweet tooth, and now I actively seek out the lowest sugar options, not for health reasons, but for taste.
Oh, and on that Amarige… you know where to find me! Yes, I love it, yes, it was LE… but honestly, I’m not going to wear it often enough to use an entire bottle any time soon. If I wore nothing else, that bottle would last me an entire year.
After an hour or two, Safari goes too sweet on me as well. Sad. It’s a nice little thing.
I have two additions-TF Noir de Noir and Black Orchid. I’ve been on a kick with his fragrances lately…..
I still haven’t tried the TFBO sample sent to me recently, but the edt version, Voile de Fleur, definitely fits the bill as well… but only when the weather is just right.
TF Black Orchid in hot weather—-it turned sickly sweet on me in the winter , I think in hot humid weather it’d probably KILL me …..I think I’ve mentioned in the past that TF and I are not good friends so no one should be put off his fragrances by my coughing or nose holding….. and truthfully, I’ve only tried a few…
You’ve got to put Black Orchid on and then go run some errands and things. Your sillage will captivate passersby, I guarantee you. 😉 It’s not meant for close quarters until it’s dried down for a long while. Actually, I’m amazed at how much I love it.
I really love Voile de Fleur and find it an interesting combo of Femme Fatale and cozy comfort.
The original BkOrc had this weird dirt-cucumber-chocolate vibe which, in juxtaposition with the white flowers, just nauseated me. I hear the drydown is fabulous, but I never made it to that.
I think the Champaca is pretty sexy – it is so subtle.
I think Black Orchid and Champaca are both to die for in their own ways. Tama, thanks for the Champaca sample — it’s addictive!
Boojum, if I had to guess, I’d say BO might end up way too sweet for you. I need to test my Voile de Fleur sample some more.
Tama-The TF Oud Wood smelled amazing on you too!
Thanks – I haven’t discovered how a find finds it on me, though – that will be interesting!
I mean, how a man finds it – fingers faster than brain.
I’m late for the discussion, but Diabolo Rose always makes me feel like I should be the femme fatale in some spy movie. Habanita does something similar, but the alter ego it conjures is a bit more brash and in a mood to kick ass rather than seduce most of the time.
And this may seem an odd one, but I get a sneaky sexy edge in FM’s Vetiver Extraordinaire. While its overall concept may be of a cool, dry forest, some combination of the salty vetiver, citrus, and musk gives me an impression of very clean, androgynous sweat. It’s relatively subtle and intimate, the sort of thing you’d have to basically press your nose against someone to smell, and the incongruity of smelling it when no one is near me never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I’ve tried to find other vetiver frags with the same quality, but I’ve yet to have any luck.
rziest: I really love the way you describe VE and I have the urge to pull out my sample soon and test it some more. Salty vetiver sounds great.
I’m not familiar with Diabolo Rose.
seems I saw something about it in the Sniffa mag. the other day—it might be brand new? (shiny black top??) Now I’m going to have to go looking to find out more.
nobody is mentioning the pure animalic sex in a bottle that are FM’s une fleur de cassie and ELDO’s sécrétions magnifiques? Both too blatantly over the top to be worn outside the boudoir and/or to be mentioned here? I felt hugely embarrassed walking down the street after spraying on FdC the first time – the second time too 😉
Haha. Hi, Bee. I mentioned Fleur de Cassie in a reply above about the Malle line… I will happily be embarrassed with you in public wearing that one. I think it’s a masterpiece.
However, for Sécrétions Magnifique, you are mostly on your own 😉 (though I will readily admit I have a VERY strange fascination with it).
hmm, I didn’t say I like ELDO’s SM! and, well, in my opinion FdC is what the sillage of an infamous walk of shame should smell like, but not really my cup of tea (I am otherwise a FM fan)
I like “Lust” perfume oil from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. The notes listed are: red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang and myrrh.
That sounds good! I have yet to dive into the BPAL universe.
Heh, speaking of BPAL; one of the very few “imps” I have lying about is simply called “O”. A Pauline Réage reference, if I’m not mistaken…
I think mainly that the scent you’re wearing is what makes you feel sexy – and this then has a suitable “knock-on” effect on the opposite sex.
But sometimes scents themselves can foster a more direct response, as I recently found with Molinard’s Teck.
I was just out of the shower after tennis, and freshly scented with Teck, which I hadn’t worn in a long time. One of the mothers at my daughter’s school (early thirties, blonde and a very yummy mummy) came over to my car to ask me something. When I lowered the window she literally SWOONED. I’ve never seen such a visceral reaction to a scent before. (In fact, I didn’t realise women could swoon at all outside of the American Deep South.)
She immediately demanded to know the name of my scent so that she could buy it for her new boyfriend. Now, I regularly use her as a sounding board (should that be “smelling board”?) for scents, so over the past couple of years she has sampled dozens of scents on my arms and the backs of my hands. None have ever had that effect on her.
A couple of weeks later I was wearing Teck whilst at a gig and my date (forty-something, also blonde and yummy) spent a goodly portion of the night nuzzling my neck and telling me how good I smelled.
Now I have gotten the (very) rare compliment before on my scents – specifically for Feuilles de Tabac, Fahrenheit Absolute, Kouros Fraîcheur and Avignon – but no scent has ever caused such PHYSICAL reactions in women.
Best of all, Teck is quite inexpensive.
Other scents I find sexy, though haven’t had comments on, include Jicky EdT, Eau d’Hermes, Kouros, Jaisalmar, and Yatagan.
In fact, I would LOVE to smell any of them on a woman. I think that would be stunningly sexy!
JanAlways: It’s interesting what will induce a reaction. I’ve never heard of Teck, let alone sampled it, but now I’d like to. Many Molinard fragrances seem to be crazy inexpensive. I agree that Kouros & Yatagan can be sexy — both are pretty animalic.
I turned 62 a few days ago: I don’t do sexy any longer. LOL! *But*, in the past, the sexiest perfume I ever wore was Coty Wild Musk Oil. Very cheap, very effective. 🙂
Happy belated birthday Bela! And I’ve listened to your translations – any woman that sounds that good speaking French is sexy!
Happy Birthday to you ! (imagine really good singing here) 🙂
Sexy never stops!! You can be sexy to the grave….
Oh, and Joyeux Anniversaire!
Happy belated birthday, Bela! I wonder if Coty Wild Musk Oil is still as nice (or effective!). It’s great to find cheap perfume thrills anytime.
Thank you, all! You’re too kind. 🙂
Actually, I really enjoy not having to be anything in particular these days, although I dislike being made to feel invisible, which seems to be happening more and more.
Ouch! I hear you on the invisible. I’m also a “woman of a certain age”.
Oh, this is just what I needed! Got ready to go on date night recently with my hubby and realized I didn’t have anything sexy to wear. Finally went “subtly sexy” with Bois des Iles.
The sexiest ones I have in my arsenal are Narciso Rodriguez for Her, Bulgari Jasmin Noir and SSS Champagne de Bois, but maybe they are too mild? Can’t wait to try some of the recs here.
I’m a fan of subtlety and simplicity myself… I often find them sexier than “hit you over the head with a club” sexy. NR for Her is lovely, I think!
Prudie: Nice that this thread has given you lots of ideas for your next “date night.” I’m almost sad that it’s given me even *more* things to put on my “need to try” list. I remember liking NR for Her… I’ve got a sample around here somewhere.
If you can’t find it… I have a FB. Funny in a way that it comes up on a sexy perfumes poll, when I bought it to have something easy to wear to the office on the days I don’t have time to think about what to wear. 😀 Some scents are just universally appropriate.
I like NR for Her though I wish I could get a better sniff of it. I’m mostly anosmic to it and have trouble detecting where I’ve sprayed it after it is dry – even on paper. I think it is a nice skin scent and I find those sexy in a familiar, comfortable way. I like Coty’s (not so) Wild Musk Oil, too.
Favorite sexy powerhouses: L’Arte di Gucci, FM Carnal Flower and Therese, Roja Dove Enslaved, SL Sarrasins, OJ Tolu, Bandit, AG Songes, Tabac Blond, CdG Daphne, Divine edp and Divine L’Inspiratrice.
Favorite sexy/subtle: Amaranthine, Attrape Coeur, Chanel Cuir de Russie extrait and Coco extrait, OJ Ta’if, Rosine Une Folie de Rose.
Sexy on a man: Lubin Vetiver, Caswell-Massey Jockey Club (for that old-school, barbershop vibe…)
Sexy/weird: Etro Magot
Sexy under $50: Agent Provocateur Strip (if you can find it)
Sexy under $25: Tocade (of course!)
And now I have to go off and find a bottle of Citizen Queen!
Oh! check to see if b-glowing is still having 20% off—they carry JHaG.
Will check that, thanks Daisy! …Another stone for your pin!!
sorry, I just checked the discount coupon—it no longer works. Darn it.
Luscious Cargo has 15% off JHaG but their shipping is kind of high (IMO) but if you are determined to have a FB right now—the Luscious code is DELKEIKO and it’s only good for 3 days
🙂 (I want that enabler’s stone dag nab it!)
I’ll jump in and enable a little more. Marcy at Luscious Cargo is very nice and they have free shipping over $25 through the end of May with the code SPRINGSHIP. 🙂
unfortunately , Luscious cargo only allows one code per order….believe me, I try every code imaginable when shopping! 🙁
Gilty: Great list; several I haven’t tried. I could see Sarrasins being very sexy — that jasmine and leather combo. Plus, the color is super sexy, right?
Definitely! That deep purple does add to the sexiness…
Strip really is pretty and comfortable. And I looooove L’Arte. Wouldn’t have called them sexy as such, but I’d be very happy wearing them.
I find the rose/tobacco/vanilla combo of Strip really sexy…but that said, I know what you mean by comfortable. It is that, too.
My first response to the term “sexy perfumes” was a perfume I wouldn’t wear to a business meeting unless I were, say, a porn star. I only recently found one of these scents (I’m a newbie). I tried Amaranthine in the winter and thought it was interesting enough. But then I retested it on a recent 90 degree day and WHOA–it was like a different scent! It needed heat to activate the skank. So, now I’m on the lookout for more of these! A sample of Rose Poivree is on the way to my house. And i’ve made notes from comments here. Thanks for this timely post!
Suzy Q: I look forward to spraying on some Amaranthine on a day (or night) when the weather is really warm. I can imagine it really blooming in a big way. As I said above, I find it incredibly sensuous.
Maybe that’s why it wasn’t coming across to me as sultry – I was testing it in chilly wet weather. I’m gettin’ that decant out this afternoon, after I get home from work.
Like Rictor, I’m having a hard time deciding what “sexy” in perfume is, anyway. I can’t seem to separate it very well from the person, which makes me declaring anything *I* own sexy a bit… presumptuous, almost. And the single scent that personifies sexiness for me just *may* have had something to do with my feelings for the girl who wore it. (Versace Crystal Noir, by the way)
Others I consider sexy: Mona di Orio Jabu (fleshy neroli & some unwashed human deep in its heart – very sensuous), Chergui (in a very take charge kinda way), Dark Amber & Ginger Lily (in a hot date & dancing kinda way).
Hi there, Zeezee. Jabu is really amazing and voluptuous and I will thank you again for introducing me to it. I totally agree that Dark Amber & Ginger Lily is really nice also.
By the way, I was assessing the marabou slippers from a purely theoretical, not personal, perspective! 😉
Oh phooey. I maintain no wardrobe is complete without a feather boa and/or marabou slippers. Pink ones, for preference.
Glad you’re still enjoying the Jabu! Glad you signed up at all for that one, first splits are nerve-wrecking. 🙂
They certainly are! Especially if you’re foolish enough to start with a pricey one. 😀 My first was Lyric Woman, and poor Daisy had to hold my hand through the whooooooooole thing.
And you did awesome.
Yes you did perfectly in a tense splitting situation! 🙂 Of course I used my split up right away and was forced to then buy a FB…ah well, that’s the way it goes when you start sniffing spendy stuff.
This is a fun poll. Here are my suggestions:
Divine by Divine – high heels and plunging cleavage
Molinard de Molinard – driving 1950s convertible wearing head scarf and sunglasses
Magie Noire – take no prisoners assertive
OJ Woman – earthy and mysterious
Narciso for Her – mainstream soft sexy
And proving the unexpectedness of the art of scentual seduction – the hubby LOVES when I wear PdN Sacrebleu!
I’m glad (and a little surprised) to see someone mention Magie Noir. I love it, but so many people dismiss it as an “old-lady” fragrance (a label I detest). I am partial toward orientals, and I love Shalimar and, especially, Vol de Nuit, but they can become a little overwhelming. Magie Noir has that oriental sultriness without being too heavy or cloying.
On my husband, I love Eau Sauvage. When he wears it, I just want to keep my nose buried in his neck. I just got a sample of Annick Goutal Sables, and I liked it so well on him I had to order a bottle.
I really can’t say what he thinks is sexy on me, as he seems to be slightly anosmic toward perfume. Usually, all he says is “that smells nice” or some such. When we were dating in college, one of the few scents he could distinguish on me was Pheromone. He also commented favorably on Amouage Gold Woman. Alas, I only bought a sample vial; I haven’t been willing yet to loosen the purse strings enough for a bottle.
Now truth be told, I only apply about a dew drop’s worth of Magie Noire and let it settle for an hour or so. But that dry down’s hard to beat if you’re an fan of Orientals.
Great descriptions, reminds me of Thelma and Louise–the convertible. N for Her always gets mentioned, I must try this! And the Divine. Thank you for yet MORE suggestions. I’m on sensory overload. This was an amazing post.
Hey ScentRed. Nice list… Sacrebleu is a wonderful fragrance. I’ll have to read up a little on that Molinard — and you’ve reminded me that I think Molinard Nirmala has a really sexy, musky base too, and it is so inexpensive! I’ve considered buying some for awhile.
Sorry about bumping you below ScentRed, Joe. This was an amazing journey into sexiness….my list is growing-there’s not much you haven’t tried.
Hey Joe! Thank you for hosting this weekend! You’ve done an AWESOMe job! “CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!”
Well thanks, Dixie! I feel like all I’ve had to do is chatter on with all you great people, as usual! And I’ll definitely be contacting you on MUA.
Ditto this, Joe! You’re a natural. I’m impressed by the number of fragrances you’ve tried.
I agree! Great job, Joe!
Geisha Noire by Aroma M, also a very good price point…
Luccia: That’s another one I need to try sometime.
How could I forget this one?! This one is wonderful!!!
Hello sexxxytimes,
Well when my hubby comes home from a long day’s work and
he smells of metal, sweat and his workclothes (he’s an electrition) I think that is his
most sexy smell.
When he’s clean from ‘the s**t, shower , shave’ then I love Burberry London on him after he’s worn it for a couple hours.
And for me what I adore is just a touch of Fracas and also I’m really diggin Black Phoenix’s A.L. Bath Oil in Ocean’s of love and a Million kisses (Orange Blossom and Honey)
Fresh’s Cannibis Rose Body Cream gets me goin like crazy, it doesn’t have quite as much patch’ in it and is more smooth than the actual perfume.
But what the hubby goes GAGA for (don’t cringe!) is C.K. Euphoria and he calls it lovingly “EuWHOREia” cause it makes him go nuts. If I want him to want me all I gotta do is put that on. AHA 🙂
I swear I’ve gotten so many compliments from men on that one, I live in the Pacific Northwest and it really does smell nice in the cold weather.
Have a good Monday everybody, stay sexxxy <3
Tamara: I really like Burberry London. I’m not sure I’d recognize CK Euphoria, but your experience shows why it is and was so popular.
Great poll! I’ve really enjoyed reading everyone’s ideas. Sexy is so subjective, and it does of course depend on the person. But some scents that smell sexy to me:
Eau Sauvage
Mitsouko (in drydown especially)
Elixir des Merveilles
Musc Ravageur
Attrape Coeur
There’s a great blog post by India Knight where she describes Musc Ravageur as the “olfactory equivalent of lucky pants”. So I suppose I’m not alone on that one.
Hi Capillary: Everything about “sexy” is really subjective, isn’t it. I’m a fan of the sexiness of Musc Rav. I also really love Attrape, Mitsouko, and Merveilles, though I don’t find them sexy per se — it would depend who’s wearing it and how they wear it, I suppose. On someone attractive, almost any scent could be deemed sexy.
Hands down sexiest perfume I own is Lancome’s Magie Noire. I swear, it’s such a come hither scent that it grabs people by the nose and brings ’em into my orbit. 😉
Bogsc: Magie Noire has been mentioned a lot in this poll! I have a sample vial somewhere that I need to try again, but I have a feeling that one would be really nice sprayed to experience the full effect.
Joe,
Not only is the Molinard stuff cheap, but when I bought my bottle of Teck from Molinard’s web site, the full bottle was half price – and they threw in a second full-sized bottle free of charge!
Factor in those reactions it elicited, and you can see how I might be rather partial to it…
All of my perfume makes me feel sexy BUT my boyfriend will barely let me leave the house when I wear Boomslang by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab…. He’s all about it. Boomslang is a blend of indonesian oils, cocoa, ho wood, and rice milk and it’s 25$! bonus points! It’s so comforting and sultry. Probably the best BPAL I’ve tried too.
I love rice milk fragrances…that sounds great.
Wow – REALLY late for this fun party!!! And congrats, Joe, on your first guest host spot!
I have a whole lot of perfume, but rarely do I think of it in terms of really being sexy. Here is my short and sweet list:
Bal a Versailles.
I have worn it for years. I always kind of sneaked around in it hoping that no one would call me granny. Until one day a very healthy man kind of indicated how much he liked it while we were in a compromising situation. What? After that, I started to see Bal in a whole other light . It may be those notoriously skanky base notes that sometimes I really just don’t notice. I often wonder if I am anosmic to skank, lol.
And my husband really likes Maroc Pour Elle and Coromandel in the way drydown – so obviously he likes soft patchouli.
I personally think that Alahine and Fifi Chachnil are very sexy. Alahine b/c it has that amazing tension between light and juicy sweet and dark and smokey. And sexy is all about that tension!
Joe is now off duty, LOL…but great picks!
Well, late to the party. And Joe, welcome on your firs host post. Sexy perfume, well as a rational Dutch girl I have no idea. I use perfume while I feel fine with it, and it is ofcourse a plus when my husband likes it (and mostly he does). I could imagine that Bal a Versailles would be a sexy scent, and for a man I could imagine a scent from Gaultier (le male) or Wolfgang Joop (the orange bottle). Joop is more sporty. But I think it al depends on the person who wears it, it must suit.
Agree…anything can be sexy — or not! — on the right person with the right attitude.
My sexiest perfumes are Parfums Delrae Amoureuse, Narcotic Venus and Amouage Jubiliation 25.
I can’t think of who makes Narcotic Venus? I know I should know but it won’t come to me…
Nasomatto. I think it’s a good one.
I’m also a little late to this one, but wanted to add my favs. They’re fragrances that make me feel sexy but also smell pretty sexy to others judging by the compliments I get when I wear them.
Tom Ford Black Orchid
Vivienne Westwood Boudoir
Annick Goutal Songes
Fifi Chachnil (this one seems to pop up a lot among commenters)