I have an interesting mind but I want to smell like a slut to be totally honest. — Lady Gaga (see here)
So, if you had an interesting mind and wanted to smell like a slut, what perfume would you choose?
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Anything by Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian?
Nah, you can do better!
Those are for when one wants to smells cheap and trashy.
I’m not sure any of my perfumes say “interesting slut”… I see a few of them as seductive or alluring, but always on a more sophisticated level than slutty.
I think Vanille Absolument has something slutty about it, because of the sweetness, but it isn’t as come-hither cheap as the mass-market fruity florals 😀
Well, if LG’s FAME smells like a slut with an interesting mind, I want to smell like a prude with an atrophied brain…
While putting away samples this morning, I got a dab of Montale’s Black Aoud on my finger along with a bit of Velvet Flowers. Now to me, that’s interesting (though not slutty).
I like your new gravatar! (The old one was cute too.)
Thanks, Lys!
Mee too! This elephant is a sweetie.
🙂
This comment wins the thread!
Great comment and great new avatar.
🙂 x 2!
Best comment EVER!!!!
“So, if you had an interesting mind and wanted to smell like a slut, what perfume would you choose?” This made me laugh.
You know how they used to say that Caron made perfumes for wives and Guerlain for mistresses? It’s hard to describe any of the classic Guerlains as slutty but, maybe, Insolence? It’s in your face and doesn’t take itself seriously yet isn’t completely airheaded. So, maybe, that’s what I’d pick.
That’s the quote I had in my mind while reading the post (I think Gaia mentioned it not long ago). I wear a lot of Shalimar, Eau de Shalimar and L’Heure Bleue. That’s my kind of slutty (and hopefully with an interesting brain)!
Gee, I wear L’Heurre Bleu when I want to feel elegant and mysterious.
Oh, I suppose I’m a very old slut, way too old for the Paris Hilton thing… 😉
Lol! I can certainly imagine some glamorous mistress from a different era dripping in diamonds, furs and L’Heure Bleue and dazzling everyone with her scintillating conversation and quick wit. I wouldn’t choose it if I wanted to send out a clear “Looking for some meaningless fun tonight” signal.
Ah, now that’s the kind of mistress Guerlain must have had in mind!
I have kids to raise, that’s as far as I can go, lol…
Loved the elephant too!
Abyss, I had never heard that before in regards to Caron and Guerlain and now I am fascinated by it.
Dawnkana, a version of that quote appears in The Guide — can’t remember in which review, though. In LT/TS’s rendering, Guerlain is for cocottes (translated as “kept women”) and Caron is for duchesses. (I own a single Caron and a gazillion Guerlains, so I guess that indicates my place on the cocotte-duchess continuum.)
And I rembered this quote as saying Caron was reserved for the wife and Hermes for the mistress. Hmmm, well, maybe that’s just what my memory is doing to me these days….
I have two Carons and never wear them, come to think of it! Fleurs the Rocaille (my only extrait de parfum) bores the fife out of me, and Nocturnes is the one single frangrance my husband has ever complained about.
I’m remembering a quote from a gossipy book of many years ago… something about boudoirs soaked in Shalimar. I’d have to vote for Shalimar
Hello to another Marjorie!!!!
We are a rare breed, so I had to stop and say hiya!
(And I LOVE Shalimar, but I don’t think I’ve ever been described as slutty!)
I went to Paris a couple of years ago and stopped by the Guerlain store when they had the Jicky EdP. I picked up the sample bottle and was looking around for a scent strip when a young shopkeeper helpfully took it out of my hands and sprayed me a half dozen times around my neck. The ride back to the hotel on the Metro was, um, interesting. Most of the Jicky landed on my scarf and when I got back to my room I left it on the bed and went down to dinner. When I came back and opened the door, the image that immediately sprung into my head was “Paris bordello, 1900”.
Yeah, that’s an awful lot of civet to have on one’s person!
LOL!
Hypnotic Poison. A slut with good taste. (No pun).
I love HP, but I think I’m the only one who thinks of it as a comfort scent.
No, I do too. It’s a great winter bedtime scent.
I think of it as a comfort scent too, mainly b/c it has the aspects of a decadent too-rich dessert.
Lol! Loved this poll! I would wear Angel cause it makes me want to “eat” the girl who’s wearing! Some other gourmands would work either, but this is the first that came to my mind.
Angel works!
Angel is the bawd and Le Male the pimp.
🙂
Agent Provacateur (origianal) or Francis Kurkdjian, Luminiere Noir Le Soir.
I totally bought into the ridiculous ad copy of Etat Libre d’Orange’s Vraie Blonde: “Is she a real blonde? To know the answer one will have to wait. ” The fruity, almond-y mix works for me and, yes, I think it’s a little slutty.
ELDO’s Jasmin et Cigarette.
I love that perfume.
Good weekend to you all.
Second that!
High-Five! :))
Dior Diorama or Guerlain A.A. Pamplelune. Both were raised in Blue Blood families, but are sweaty, dirty, and a bit skanky at heart.
It wouldn’t be Lady GaGa new scent. That’s what I’ll wear when I want to read Tiger Beat while drinking Grape Faygo. It’s fun and pleasant, and even different enough…but what a total mismatch for the advertising campaign and packaging. I was hoping it would smell like raw meat. 🙂
I don’t think I read Tiger Beat even when I was in junior high school. I do recall beginning to read through the articles in the New Yorker. In fact I think the first non-movie review story I read was about a hole forming in the ozone, an early story about the global warning.
The way to develop an interesting mind is to learn interesting things. Fame is not one of them.
Gosh, I thought long and hard about posting this one. I decided that it came off snobby rather than witty, and decided NOT to post it. I guess I hit the post button by mistake.
I would wear Fragile or almost anything by JPG. All his perfumes are ever so slightly immoral and wanton.
totally agree! JPG makes me think of high-class French courtesans. For me it would probably be Classique.
Oops, I recently gave a bottle to my 72-yr-old mother! She’ll either be appalled or flattered, and I really don’t want to know which…
Ooh I am glad someone else sees it same way and it’s not just my dirty mind 🙂 How can some perfumers make such a chaste tuberose, and he makes the same flower so slutty?
And I think a 72 year old wearing JPG is a very tongue in cheek combination, I would think of this woman as a bit mischievous and enjoying her life
I am seriously cracking up here, as I’m picturing myself as a 72 year old skank slut wafting around in high heels with a walking stick, in clouds of Fragile. Just utterly fabulous! And it sure beats some of the alternatives. Thank you for that:-D
Fragile! What a classy slut it would smell like! 🙂
The male line smells like a worehouse. I love them. Gaultier2 either!
I love these ideas and woo, but Gaga’s scent is getting a slating in the perfumista world, isn’t it? I honestly don’t think we’re the target market. I think it’s been made for 14-19 year old girls. So if I’m ever feeling utterly teenage, I’ll… well I’ll probably reach for my daughter’s Hello Kitty eat, if I’m honest.
Now speaking as a woman who hopes she is interesting and has certainly had her slutty moments (aw hey, come on, who hasn’t had the odd one or two?) I favour a full-bore approach to slutty perfuming: Miller Harris L’Air de Rien. Musks, oak moss, a little bit of vanilla… this smells like warm skin after a night in the sack. And interestingly, spritzing vs dabbing it on gives different results.
And if you really want something that says ‘woo hoo! I’m available!’ you can never go too far wrong with Bal a Versailles. Though it has been known to make chaps’ eyes water if applied with a heavy hand. 😀
I can’t remember what the brand was, but I distinctly remember a vanilla-musk that always got a dude’s attention. That’s what I used wear in college when I wore perfume more for others than for myself.
Isn’t it interesting, how L’air de Rien differs spritzed vs dabbed? I ordered a little dabbing sample online – adored it. Saw a tester when I was in Barcelona earlier this year, and sprayed with abandon – wanted to claw my skin off. I still love it dabbed from my sample, but now I know I’ll never need to buy a FB – that is just too much, the spray-effect, whoooo boy.
Kouros
Yes!
I was just going to say that! Kouros is baaaaaaaaad….
I find it interesting that so many people here associate vanilla based scents with sluttiness. I think of vanilla either as gourmond, or comfort.
Me too, usually.
I think the reason many associate vanilla as “slutty”, is due to it being over-applied by many cheap and trashy girls.
Hello dearest perfume friends!
Today I’m luxuriating in new Histoires de Parfums, Music-Hall Le Parfum. My exclusive-looking samples arrived yesterday.
This week I bough a bottle or Rose Anonyme from Atelier Cologne and got some nice complimentary samples with my purchase.
I really enjoyed Swapmeet this week. My suggestion is organizing it every quarter or at least every half a year.
In one week I return to university. On my blog I started debating on what perfume will be good for this new beginning. You can join with your suggestions.
I have no idea what perfume I could call “slutty” but probably an ELd’O scent would do the trick.
Hi Lucas, what samples did you get? By the way, although Sephora’s is now selling Atelier Cologne, they are only available online 🙁 … same with the L’Artisan and Tokyo Milk Dark lines. I’ll only speak for the mall-Sephora in NJ…I’ll have to check out the ones in NYC when I pass by them.
The samples I got are Lubin Idole (in edt), Kilian Amber Oud and Histoires de Parfums Rosam (gorgeous).
I’ve heard about that Sephora only sells those niches online. And that’s bad, especially when one has a Sephora nearby.
But I’m really glad that you will be getting decant of Rose Anonyme too! And your Seville a l’Aube – do you know when it will arrive?
LuckyScent mentioned that they expect to receive their shipment early next week and that they will be shipping them out right away…methinks I’ll probably get it by end of next week / early the following week. I have a few swap obligations to fulfill — I had already received 4 packages but I am waiting until after my swap partners receive theirs before opening them.
I agree with you on your suggestion of additional swapmeets!
So you should have your bottle by the end of September or right at the beginning of October. Good, very good!
So how did you do at NST swapmeet. I didn’t have much luck because there were not many people who agreed to send worldwide but I got myself one extremely good swap.
Guess it? I will be getting a 10ml of discontinued Iris Pallida!
I had a very successful swapmeet result! This list is prpbably not complete — Rose Anonyme 10mL, Iris Pallida 10mL, Ambre Sultan 5mL, Cristalle 5mL, Cologne du Maghreb 5mL, Tea for Two, Dune, OJ Taire (sp?). Thank you swap partners!
You will soon be receiving a “I-felt-sorry-for-Lucas-because-he-lives-far-from-other-Swappers” Perfume Sample package from Texas. Hope you like it! I agree, Swap was amazing and may I just say my children are loving all of the extras my Canadian Swap Buddy sent us? Enough so that my 10-yr-old ran off to write a thank you note without being asked!
I’m gonna love it!
Great that you’ve got extras that made your children happy. That’s double joy 🙂
I fly into Newark at 4:00; I’m looking for the link so I can see what time it starts. I’d LOVE to be there!
I enjoyed reading the swap meet posts but I chickened out and didn’t take part. I came close but everyone had such good stuff and I didn’t have much to offer. Maybe next time.
Yeah, I’m sure next time will be even better.
Next time, go ahead and list what you have. The worst thing that can happen is that you won’t get any takers. Do you have some samples you no longer need or something you can decant? Maybe you have something you like and wear but you realize you will probably never use the whole bottle. I have swapped away FBs for a bunch of samples or a few decants, and I don’t insist on an exact dollar-for-dollar trade. I don’t mind swapping down (trading a bottle for something of less monetary value) if it means trading something I don’t want for something I do want or am interested in trying.
Great advice. I have found that posting Wish Lists is also helpful. I may have something I did not list for swap but it may trigger a conversation that may result in a swap 🙂
Good ideas. Thanks.
My “slutty” perfumes: Something with lots of natural, indolic jasmine like Lush Lust or Eau de Joy, or a the big loud aldehydic rosy noise of Broadway Nite, or its even trashier little sister Putain de Palaces.
The Lush perfumes with natural jasmine smell to me uncannily like a seriously unclean mouth! I think the balance between indole, which is pleasant to me, and skatole, which IS NOT, is tipped HEAVILY toward the skatole direction. Am I crazy or does anyone else find them this distasteful?
yes i have the same reaction to lush perfumes with jasmine. Lush is one brand i’ve been repelled by regularly
I’m glad I’m not the only one. Lush is the only place I’ve come across this.
I’ll second Broadway Nite for slutty.
Oh, how did I forget Lust? That one is a sexy, slutty, dominatrix. I sampled it with a light spritz to one wrist as I was leaving Macys. Then it formed a cloud around my head and filled up the car as it drove me home.
This description makes me want to try it!
The only potentially slutty thing about Putain des Palaces is how you choose to tell someone the name when asked.
But, after a recent visit to Paris, where great perfume wafted past dozens of times per day, from the guy point of view, I’d say the sexy(not necessarily slutty) part is wearing the good-to-great perfume and letting the sillage do its work.
If it’s good, it’s good, and it’ll make you as bad as you care to be.
Excellent observation!
Yep.
Yes!! Lush Lust is my slutty perfume par excellence! I think of it as jasmine skank candy. I loooooove it. 🙂
She looks like Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner, doesn’t she?
Lumiere Noire Pour Femme. That’s the sluttiest to me.
Putain de Palaces was my first thought also, though it does not smell that slutty to me. My choices, when I want to be “eaten up” are Boudoir and Hypnotic Poison, so I guess they are my slutty ones. Ambre Sultan is said to smell like a lady’s umm… intimate body parts, so that could be slutty as well…
Kingdom could also be one, but I think the word slutty suggest a more “in your face” interpretation, and Kingdom’s cumin only reads slutty to the more sophisticated nose, IMHO. Haha!
Musc Ravageur
This, too, is my go-to slutty fragrance. If I had a go-to slutty fragrance.
(Just trying desperately hard to fit in).
Absolutely! That was my first pick.
Two more: Dans tes Bras and Noir de Noir.
Dans Tes Bras definitely smells dirty, post-coital to me. Good thought!
Slutty? I may go with L’Artisan Seville a l’Aube, but it could be because I’m deep into reading The Perfume Lover and well….just read the book. I seriously love the scent (but not because of its sluttiness) and I am impatiently waiting for the FB to arrive from LuckyScent (no affiliation).
Oh and I also want to mention that I just bought a ticket to the Chandler Burr & Sumit Bhasin lecture on “Design and Structure in Olfactory Art” at Museum of Art & Design in NYC on 11/15. Even if i don’t end up going, the ticket was only $15 plus a $1.52 service fee. For additional info, click on the link in the NST on Twitter section found near the upper right of this web page (on my monitor, it is 3 pages down).
Perhaps some of you will be there as well?
Have fun at this lecture. I wish I could be there with you.
Adding Le Labo Rose 31.
Oh boy, I just got a sample of this from Barneys. I hope my collection is not trending slutty….
I seriously need to try more Le Labo. I’m in love with Iris 39, should discover more. But they’re not available in Poland and buying from their site generates crucial shipping costs…
Sorry to hear about the shipping costs, Lucasai.
I have not smelled the Iris 39. I like the Rose 31 on other people (not me) and Santal 33 which to my nose smells of woody, sappy, green and figgy. Weird but wonderful.
At the moment I’m sorry too, but I’ll find my way to try them.
Maybe when you go on your trip to London next year….I’m sure you’ll do your research to see where they are available 🙂
Definitely. I will be going to London next year in the summer, will plan it few months earlier. And not only I’ll do a research where can I go to find what I’m looking for but I’ll also try to find my own perfume guide around the city 🙂
Hey Lucasai,
We are going to London this coming April. I have never been and looking very forward to it. I don’t really know which shops to check out but I see always see mentions of Harrods and Ormonde Jayne.
I’m sure you will be in perfume sniffing heaven in London. 🙂
~D
Dawnkana, Harrods and Ormonde Jayne will be definitely on my list of places to visit. As far as I know Les Senteurs is also worth visiting for olfactory experiences.
Lucas, I may be in London too in August but it all depends if I can work in 1-2 days of work at one of our offices in London.
We’ll see how things develop but who knows, maybe we’ll pair for a stroll around London perfumeries.
Oh no! Not “slutty” persay, but uber sexy to my nose.
I totally get the sluttiness in some of these suggestions, but others… I’m afraid I may have been walking around with no idea of the message I was projecting!
LOL…and now I’m off to the library to fulfill the “interesting brain” part of today’s topic 🙂
Don’t worry.
I think Dominika above (towards the top of this thread/post said it best…)
“I’m not sure any of my perfumes say “interesting slut”… I see a few of them as seductive or alluring, but always on a more sophisticated level than slutty.”
Yes, definitely; I’m hoping I veer toward “seductive” and “alluring” most of the time!
I think this is where I’m struggling to come up with ideas–what is the distinction between slutty and sexy? For me, slutty *isn’t* truly sexy. Slutty is easy, showing too much skin, whale-tail, tramp-stamp, follow-the-leader “attractive,” without substance. I think the scents that would fit this definition wouldn’t attract me–too simple, too obvious, and too cheap!
To me, sexy perfume usually has to be subtle. Slutty perfume is not subtle. Someone here said Tabu, and I think that’s nearly the reference for slutty perfume.
But, again, don’t think a perfume alone can make someone seem sexy or slutty or anything! Probably should have put that as a disclaimer in the post above. Tabu, worn in the right way, could be prim & proper.
Oh Lord! We all wore Tabu (and its sister scent Ambush along with Youth Dew) in jr. high – mid-60’s. What a precocious group of girls we were! 😉
When I think back about how MUCH perfume I wore, I am astounded. I had a splash bottle of Coriander, and I put on LOADS.
And then, to complicate things further, we’re thinking about slutty perfumes for someone with an interesting mind. *head explodes*
The interesting-mind requirement is why I went for Femme; it’s not in the least subtle and in fact smells overtly raunchy, but there’s something about a chypre that says brains to me. It’s skanky (in the perfumista sense and in the general-usage sense), but not vapid.
(“It” being Femme, and not the chypre category in general.)
Yeah. I think I’m thinking that *interesting slut* is an oxymoron for me. Having a really hard time rectifying the two ideas! I think I’m happy settling for an interesting bombshell! Or interesting seductress. Or interesting sex Goddess. 🙂
I don’t think perfume alone can send that message, so I wouldn’t worry.
Oh man, this is MY TOPIC! As a five-footer with a childish face, I have many raunchy perfumes that were bought for the express purpose of broadcasting “THIS PERSON IS ABOVE THE LEGAL AGE OF CONSENT IN ALL FIFTY STATES PLUS PEURTO RICO.” These slutty, slutty perfumes include MAC MV3, the original Prada (a heavy-handed tool of seduction if there ever was one), Kate Walsh Boyfriend, Gorilla Perfumes Vanillary, and Shalimar (of course!) Warm, sweet perfumes (without fruit or flowers) is a pretty safe formula for me.
That’s a good list but just what do you wear when you’re traveling internationally? 🙂
As far as I know, the U.S. has some of the highest ages of consent in the world! I know that the age of consent in Mexico City is actually TWELVE. Anyway, the answer is Eau de Airplane Alcohol. Flying makes me nervous!!
Hi Ari,
Off topic. I just now discovered your blog and I really like it.
I don’t like flying much either. I have to pop a couple of Ativan pills before I get on a flight. They help take the edge off.
A couple of years ago we were on a trip in South America and we were on 11 flights in 13 days. I was pretty cured of my fear of flying at that time. lol
~D
Thank you so much, Dawnkana! I’m so happy to hear you like Scents of Self. I hope to see you over there!
Wow. That is just not how you spell “Puerto Rico”. Sorry, y’all.
There is a difference, is there not, between “I want to be slutty” and “I am already slutty”? I’m still figuring out what that means, scent wise, but I think they’d be different things. I want to be… for me would be Voleur des Roses, Fifi Chachnil, Angel. I am already would be the original Bulgari Omnia, or Dune, or Fleur du Male.
Yes, there is a difference. To me it lies in the amount of effort given.
I’m not familiar with most of your list, but I agree with Dune. It has that salty, warm skin quality that says, “I just had sex an hour ago…” but then it has a light, airy, refined quality that adds, “…upstairs, with my husband, in our bed. For extra fun we left the blinds open.”
Oh no!! I’ve been wearing Dune to work all week! And I’m a middle school teacher! Didn’t mean to project that I’ve got an active sex life! Ha!
Marjorie Rose, ever since you mentioned wearing Dune and getting compliments, I’ve been on the hunt for a bottle. Only Macy’s around here has it and they are stingy with samples. So what did I do? I got 2 bottles via the swapmeet. If I like it, great, if not, they go on my swap list next time!
Oh, I hope you like it! I’ve been having so much fun wearing it the past few weeks! But, as you say, it could be easily swapped, if you decide it’s not for you. Let me know what you think! 🙂
Fleur du Male would be a good fragrance for a modern slut boy! 🙂
I wear it sometimes, and I’m a woman. It feels much more transgressive than most scents I borrow from the men’s counter.
That’s why it was discontinued! 🙁
Men don’t like too much trangressive stuff. Enjoy your bottle 😉
So agree re Fleur du Male. It smells like an orange-blossomier, more honey’d Kouros to me.
Hey, I liked your blog too much! Cheers!
The original Omnia is one of my favorites, and I wear it pretty regularly.. I never thought of it as an “I am slutty” scent. Sounds like I have some things to live up to.. lol
But I’ve been wearing Angel lately too.. so I both am, and want to be.. heh
I don’t feel slutty in Omnia, either. But I *do* find it to be a bit of a man-magnet! I have one male friend who never fails to mention how he likes it whenever I wear it!
I wore a heavy dose of Serge Lutens Rousse the other night before going to a bar with some friends and I felt quite naughty so somehow it became a slutty scent for the evening… Maybe more sexy than slutty, but oh well.
Now there are some popular mainstream scents for men that I think smell so very slutty. Any time I smell Armani’s Aqua Di Gio or any of it’s copycats, I gag a little. It reminds me of crowded, smoky bars during college.
For sure, the ultimate slutty perfume must be Tabu. Didn’t the originator say to a member of his staff, “give me a perfume for a puta(whore)?”
Totally agree!
Actually the Lady Gaga comment that women don’t “need to smell, you know, interesting” sounds like it’s reflecting what the Coty execs told her when she said she wanted to make a “blood and semen” perfume. Like, “Okay Lady Gaga, we know you’re … interesting, but women just don’t want to smell … interesting. You can have an interesting mind without needing to smell interesting.” Pretty sure they talked her out of interesting early on.
Yeah, I can almost hear the conversation!
Rochas Femme, either vintage or newer.
That is all.
(Okay, so my first choice would probably be Lanvin Scandal, if it weren’t all but unfindable.)
I’ve been wearing my sample of Femme the past couple of days, and it’s really winning me over! The first time I tried it, when the weather was hotter, I felt like I smelled like a taco. But these past few days–it just smells pretty and womanly to me!
Ha! I can see how you might get the taco aroma, especially if the taco were topped with a fruity salsa. (And if you consider one of the Urban Dictionary’s definitions of “taco,” well, let’s just say Femme is very much at home in this poll.) Glad to hear it worked out for you in the end, though.
Oh no. Is “taco” a sexual reference I don’t know? (There are many, I admit!)
I’m not sure how much I can elaborate without running afoul of NST commenting policies, but — yes. (I only know this because of my time on an alt-weekly editorial staff.)
LOL! I wasn’t really expecting you to elaborate! I could always google it, if I’m feeling brave! . . . eep.
LOL…I think that would best be googled 🙂
EN JOY Jean Patou Paris eau de parfum is my go-to “going out” perfume. I adore it for date night with my husband as well as parties and important evening events. It makes me feel sexy!
I cast my vote for Rubj by Vero Kern.
I second!
Rubj EdP gives the impression you’ve just had so much sex you couldn’t possibly be wanting more! I love it!
Love this description!
My, that’s a difficult question to answer, particularly because I can’t say what a slut is. Have you ever noticed that there is no corresponding term for a man?
Agree w/ mikeperez below — men can be sluts!
Aqua Velvet After Shave.
Lol! And Acqua di Gio by this point too!
Actually, my husband’s 20 something daughters refer to men of the sleep around variety as ‘man whores’. They seem quite serious about it too. It’s rather interesting to observe that the double standard that once existed seems to be blurring a bit. They are so funny when they get going on the whole thing, makes me feel young AND old all at the same time!
Holly, I was thinking “man whores” too but was too polite to post it myself. I’ve only heard it used cheekily.
Gosh Lys, I’m glad you’re not around when they are kvetching about their latest dates, but you are missing out on a lot of giggles. Hope I wasn’t impolite in posting, thought a forum discussing “slutty” perfumes wouldn’t be the wrong place to bring it up. All in fun!
Yikes – I’m sorry! No I didn’t think your post was impolite at all, I thought it was hilarious (and thoughtful too!) and not at all off-color.
Sometimes I’m really bad with tone in my comments – by “too polite,” I meant I didn’t trust my first instinct and stopped myself from commenting yesterday when I saw Cornlily’s post. Ironically, instead my reply to your comment today was bad with tone – no offense intended 😛
Definitely Rose 31 by Le Labo. I will also add one that hasn’t been mentioned: Tribute (attar) by Amouage.
Oh and Cornlily – I know many guys (myself included) who use the word slut to describe a man also. 🙂
My slutty perfume is Body Kouros, it kind of makes me horny (tmi?) But if I want to feel really trashy I put on Paco Rabanne One Million.
Mike, I keep hearing there’s a big difference in quality between the current batch of Tribute and the earlier one. Do you know if this is the case?
re: LG’s Fame: mangoes and sunflowers could not make me feel slutty or interesting if I was rolling naked in them at the Louvre…
LOL!
Comic image! Made my day!
Ah, slutty fragrances, well definately Bal a Versailles, the original Giorgio, Prada, La Nuit by Paco Rabanne, Tabu, for sure. My all time favorite of which I just received a decant of the original formulation perfume, Jicky. It has, along with the known notes, civit. Yes, that dirty little civit!! We all need to be slutty at some time or another and I am a grandmother!!!
Saw a weird French movie recently that took place in a turn of the century bordello (I don’t particularly recommend it). All the prostitutes wore cologne (it was imperative they smell good) and the only one mentioned by name was Jicky.
Perhaps the screen writer knew Jicky was a turn of the century perfume.
I love La Nuit, wore it in college. Such fun memories….
Tom Fords Blaco orchid! It’s my sluttiest scent, by far. I love it but wear it seldom, cause of instant slut happening. Can’t wear it to work, or out with the kids.
I feel like an amusement park when wearing Au Masculin by Lolita Lempicka, like a toy to be used.
Hello Moore! Seems like I haven’t “seen” you for a while! Hope you’ve been doing well. And cute new gravatar, although I’ll always have a soft-spot for the Van Gogh!
And I would love any man I’m with to feel like an amusement park! Such fun! 🙂
LOL! Thanks Marjorie. Your gravatar picture is marvelous. I do love sights and specialy sunset; between trees, it’s even more beautiful. Do you want my old gravatar? You can use it (as if I had rights over it, lol). I still love it, but I needed a change and opted for this Ummagumma’s cover (Pink Floyd). Music and perfumes are two of my passions! I’m immersed in music this weekend. Discovering some new artists, you know, like a child with any new stuff to play!
I’m really missing some old members like Daisy and Julia.
Hah, sometime ago a friend of mine described him as a “kid fun” and inspired me in this poll.
Cheap woman, cheap perfume. I’m having a hard time thinking of slutty perfumes. Perhaps Bal a Versailles. But that’s sexy skank more than slutty. The same goes for Rochas Femme. Thinking back, the biggest slut I ever knew wore Lauren by Ralph Lauren but that’s not really a slutty scent. I’ll keep thinking…
Some women in this job gain much more money than we could ever imagine! Some of them pay their studies doing that.
Yes, Lauren was so clean and vibrant it used to make me think of a strong eau de cologne – definitely the polar opposite of a slutty perfume.
You know, I think that these days everyone can wear every style as you are not really defined by your perfume choice any more. It’s probably an old-fashioned view now, dating from the times when “tarts” wore fragrance bombs to attract customers and to cover up BO. “Nice” girls didn’t wear any perfume, or just innocent soliflores. Nowadays we want to be as slutty as hell one moment, and the next want to smell like a little fresh daisy!
I would pick Bandit. For me, sluttiness is less about the negative connotation and more about a woman who takes full ownership of her pleasure and gets around because she _wants_ to. Using that definition, Bandit is the perfect take-no-prisoners fragrance.
Agree on the Bandit, she’s a Babe In Total Control Of Herself, as the saying goes….. and she’s one of my all-time favorites.
Everytime I have worn M7 specially if blended with gaultier 2 body lotion I could have Been a real slut if I wished , due to amount of proposals that is.. LOL
WOW! This is a lust bomb!
Funny, lust and slut are anagrams.
ROTFL!
Love this topic! Slutty would be Giorgio, Design by Paul Sebastien, Vesace Versus (red cap). All in your face, sweet cloying scents that seem to require cheap heels and a cigarette, plus sirens wailing on the street outside. Sexy requires the ability to turn on someone’s brain as well and Shalimar, Bal a Versailles, L’Heure Bleue, Samsara, My Sin, Arpege, vintage Emeraude, Femme, Rubj (Angela’s description of ‘ravished ballerina’ is spot-on) all speak of a woman who knows what she wants on all fronts and is not afraid to go after it, whether it be a man or a job and that is sexy.
Okay, FragrantWitch, the mention of Design has really piqued my curiousity. I see bargain-priced bottles of that stuff at TJMaxx and Marshalls all the time, but I think this is the first time I’ve seen anyone on a perfume blog mention it. What does the darned stuff smell like? (I see from Basenotes that it came out in 1985, which provides a bit of a clue — but then, I seem to remember The Guide opining that it smelled like shampoo. There seems not to be a consensus among the reviews on Basenotes.)
It smells Giorgio-esque, if you can imagine that. It is definitely a scent of the 80’s, brash opening that calms to a sweet floral musk. It is also similar to the original red cap Dolce and Gabbana pour Femme which I wore the heck out of at the same time. It was many moons ago whilst waitressing and used to get loads of compliments on it. It is probably no coincidence that I was nineteen and feeling fairly ‘friendly’. ;-)It was cheap then so I have no idea has the juice has fared now that it is probably cheaper!
Interesting! For whatever reason, I never would have pegged it as a Giorgio type. Thanks for saving me $9.99, because my curiosity was bound to get the better of me someday.
Great choices, Fragrantwitch!
I wish I knew what her idea of slutty is, because I’m waaay out of her demographic. To me, slutty is strong/loud, worn in abundance, and easily affordable and accessible. Back in the dark ages, Tabu worked double duty in high school – It could cover a number of sins like cigarette/other smoke, liquor fumes, and your companion’s over-powering men’s ‘cologne’. Add some concealer over the hickey’s on your neck, spray some Binaca, and viola, you could (fairly) safely proclaim innocence behind a solid wall of impenetrable fragrance.
Tabu was always just too much for me, but I did wear Intimate edt. I could have sworn she wasn’t *quite* as slutty, but a recent chance encounter with the perfume oil proved me oh-SO-wrong, lol!
Sounds like you thoroughly enjoyed your high-school years. 🙂
LOL! Just reporting what I saw. 😉
I have several ideas when it comes to SEXY perfumes but SLUTTY just makes me think of porn stars and/or sex workers and strippers. I’ve read and been told that most sex workers/strippers/porn stars smell like vanilla — sweeeeeeet candy vanilla — mega vanilla.
I agree with you thoughts on “slutty”…. raunchy, cheap strippers etc. All the slutty girls in my neighborhood just wear cheap-o candy vanilla scents, like BS Fantasy.
My “going clubbing” perfum is Bulgari Black because it’s both slutty and tough to me. Pretty much the opposite from a candy/gourmand.
Oh, I’ve often thought that Black would be AWESOME for a club! That hint of rubber or metal really would be great mixed with the vibe! I feel that way in MJ Bang, too! (Unfortunately, I tend to go to bed too early to properly join that crowd!)
Clubbing has never been my thing, but Black is my go-to fragrance for barbecues and sports events.
Gucci Rush and Dior Addict.
Gucci Rush is definitely slutty.
🙂
I agree with Dior Addict being rather tawdry
Moment of silence for that slutty chypre, The Party in Manhattan, which no longer seems to be available. Vero Profumo Onda is pretty dirty, too, but perhaps such expensive perfumes can’t truly be called slutty?
I was wondering about that too, since I tend to equate ‘cheap’ with ‘slutty’ in this context. Not necessarily bad at all, but definitely inexpensive. Kinda like, if it weren’t so over applied it might not even be called slutty!
Slutty perfumes demand overapplication, LOL!
Sex appeal by Jovan musk !
Yes.
Who is it who always refers to Tocade as “That Slut Tocade”?
I’d have to go with Bal a Versailles; if I’m not careful when applying it, you could be forgiven for thinking that I just left my room at the No Tell Motel.
Pretty sure that this was invented by the lovely March over at the Posse. And if not her, the equally lovely Musette.
It was Mals, and I giggle every time I see that!
I’m not a big wearer of Bal a Versailles, but I’ve seen enough people who garnered… comments on it that questioned whether or not they’d recently had sex that makes me think Bal a Versailles could certainly qualify as “slutty”.
My favorite slutty scents are both by Jean Desprez; Sheherazade (aldehyde/spicy chypre) or Bal a Versailles. I have both of them in vintage extrait concentration and there is no mistaking they are out for fun and totally in control. Of the two, I probably prefer the skanky civet notes in BaV.
“So, if you had an interesting mind and wanted to smell like a slut, what perfume would you choose?”
Hmmm…. that is a very interesting question. I am having a hard time deciding, as I associate “slutty” with “cheap” and “trashy”. Or it could be, because I tend to keep it classy, albeit with sexiness underneath.
So, on that note the “sluttiest” perfume I own and wear would be Thierry Mugler Alien. Big, bold, creamy jasmine with salty musk and warm cashmeran. Ironically, everyone comments on how elegant and sophisticated it smells on me.
I get similarly odd reactions to Fracas, which I almost mentioned in this poll because to me it’s very, um, suggestive. But every time I wear it, people remark on how “fresh” and “clean” it smells. Weird.
Emily Fracas smells paradoxically fresh on me, it has that mint up top and I think on some skin it has a very open, spacious quality.
Wow, that is weird. Who knew Fracas smelled “fresh” and “clean”?
Though, I am glad people perceive my “slutty” perfume as elegant and sophisticated. I consider Alien sexy and confident over slutty, anyway 🙂
Enjoying this post, and was getting ready to write Gucci Rush, but behemot beat me to it!
Remember this classic from The Guide: “This is not a fragrance for office, theatre or fine dining; it announces its sloppy good mood for miles about, and woe to anyone in the vicinity who planned on using his sense of smell for anything else.”
An interesting slut.
Bandit. Musc Ravageur. Tubereuse Criminelle. Phwooooaaaar!
I have a small sample of Civetone, and that’s probably what I would call slutty. It’s repugnant and magnetic at the same time.
Ada, that sounds like it might a lot like Brent Leonesio’s Untitled No. 8 that he did for Luckyscent. I love it layered over No. 5, Diorama and sometimes Diorling, but I seem to be the only one. Each time a profer an anointed wrist,I’m met with an instant recoil and an appraising stare trying to assess my mental competence. This perfume stuff is tricky business, especially when Eau de Poop enters the scene!
I’ve got a question that’s a bit off-topic, if I may:
I’m making my way through an Amouge women’s sample set, and I am really loving Memoir. I can’t imagine spending that much on a bottle, however.
What’s a cheaper alternative?
I BIG LOVE Memoir, and I haven’t found its equivalent in any other scent (although a few have had moments that remind me of its loveliness). I was able to buy my bottle on ebay for less expensive than usual. It was a partially used bottle from an estate sale, I believe. So, that might be an option. I also reassure myself that it’s such a beautiful, strong scent, that my bottle will likely last me for MANY years to come!
Oh, that’s what I needed to hear… some enabling 😀 Have you tried the men’s version? I might have to make my way through the men’s sample set as well, just to make sure this is the version I prefer before I blow so much money on it…
I thought for a moment that it reminded me a bit of Feminite du Bois, or at least how I remember FdB when I sampled it awhile back. But you’re right that there’s nothing quite like it.
And it’s strange that I like it so much, because nothing else from Amouge has really worked for me so far.
But hey, the 100 ml bottle is a bargain compared to the smaller 50 ml size, and it would last the rest of my life and probably make for a few fabulous swaps. Maybe I’ll treat myself at Christmas.
Yes. That 100 mL bottle is practically a steal! 😉
Far be it from me to prevent enabling, but you could check out Caron’s Parfum Sacre before OR after you get the Memoir. 🙂
It’s sharper, not as deeply rich, but a lovely incense perfume, especially in more concentration.
I sampled Parfum Sacre a few weeks ago, and loved it. i really want a decant. You’re right that it’s not as deep as Memoir, but it has the same really cozy feel to it 🙂
This is going to be expensive, but it feels good. I’ve been sampling a lot, but it’s been a long time since I really got excited about a perfume.
My personal ‘slut’ fragrance is Daphne! But then Addict is in the running too, only it doesn’t suggest an interesting mind like Daphne does… Oh, and another may be Dzing. I find Cuir Ottoman very sexy, but it couldn’t possibly be called slutty.
Oh yes – Daphne is an intellectual party girl.
Oh there are lots of those…
But the one fragrance that makes me feel truly super slutty (any gender slut!) when I wear it is Gaultier2.
Must be the overdose of musk on what could be thought of as a cheap smelling base.
I love it!
lol
Others have already suggested my choices: Bal a Versailles and Femme, both of which I wore for years and never realized they were considered skanky (pre-blogs, heck, pre-internet!). Either my skin eats skank or my nose doesn’t perceive it.
Hi, couldn’t resist the topic since Smell is the base of Attraction in my view, and a ” slut status ” equals ultimate attraction; a “slut smell” is the laudest call without saying a word. One doesnt even have to look, only pass by. Anyway, this topic is endless. The “slutiest” parfum for me currently is Rubj, no doubts! To confirm that i went to my sample to apply : yes, absolutely!
Actually the whole line is facsinating and definitely carries obvious tones of high-class courtesan; including Onda and Kiki. I read them all as cultural references to courtesans of different eras; Onda is a Egyptian temple priestess, who served Isis , you know. Rubj in that regard could be a hetaera, etc.
…cannot comment on Mito thoguh, IT very well could be the hetaera, or may be a Roman Matrona, very slutty indeed.
Would be very interesting to hear the other’s views on that; or may be even a separate topic to explore: historical references & images we get from different parfums.
Wanted to add that I’m a silent participant here, regularly reading and enjoying reviews, especially Angela & Robin.
Seriously considered but at the end chickened out of the recent swap mania . Will participate next time; when the weather is bad and there is nothing to do but to sit in front of the computer.
Interesting comments, Salamandra! I haven’t spent much time with Rubj, but Onda would definitely suit a courtesan!
Absolue pour le Soir, maybe, in terms of swanky.
To be honest, I’m not quite sure what sluts wear nowadays. Maybe one of those Victoria’s Secret things that come in plastic bottles and advertise where they shop?
I did NOT say swanky, I said skanky!! Damn you autocorrect!
LOL! I was wondering about the “swanky”. ;0
Both adjectives apply to Absolue Pour le Soir! 😀
Sluts, these days, definitely wear the trash from Victoria’s Secret.
Mmm hmmm
I think a sexy perfume is Fracas (dark and hypnotic), and a slutty perfume is Chloe Narcisse (sweet and cheap).
That said, cab drivers and doormen DO seem to always compliment Fracas…
As I said in reply to ChocolatEyes, I considered nominating Fracas for this poll, too. But, like you, I think it’s firmly in sexy (not slutty) territory — though based on the reactions I get from people, you’d think it’s in some bizarre corner of dryer-sheet territory.
Maybe the parfum is a little slutty?
It’s funny – I have a friend who borrowed my fracas once and she later asked me what that ‘fruity, light’ scent was I’d given her!!! No clue how people’s perception can be so different.
Off topic, of course, but just wanted to say yesterday was my birthday! As presents I was given some beautiful jewellery – but – I also bought myself the 50ml bottle of Osmanthus Interdite. The only shop that stocks PdE in the country (as far as I know) is discontinuing the range. I have Amber Russe and have been dithering for about 2 years on Cuir de Ottoman – which they now no longer have. I have also been considering Yuzu Fou for the hottest summer days, but they only have the 100ml bottle which is a bit spendy. Decisions, decisions, decisions…
Happy birthday, Merlin! Congratulations on the Osmanthus Interdite.
(and congrats on the jewelry, too!)
Thank you! I got a silver-ball pendant that opens, apparently modeled on an 18th century piece that people used to fill with something aromatic! I was thinking of looking for a piece of amber to put in… now I have it filled with swarovski beads that glint a little through the spaces:)
Oh, happy b-day, and congrats on your new bottle!
Thank you! I do like osmanthus very much. I have Evening Edged in Gold which I adore but its too rich to use daily, or in the heat. Someone I bought a half bottle of Cinema from, in the US, included a tiny vial of Osmanthus Yunnan in the parcel. I found it a little dry, and too fleeting. Its also not available in South Africa. So I’v been toying with the idea of getting Flora for a while, but although its pretty, its also a little dull. I figured it was time to invest in the PdE!
Its always embarrassing to see how long my comments go on for…sorry to always be so talkative!
No worries – that’s what we are here for, Merlin!
Yes, your talkativeness gives me a chance to enjoy vicariously your excellent presents and osmanthus! Happy Birthday Merlin!
LOL!
Happy Birthday, Merlin! Enjoy your Osmanthus Interdite; it’s lovely. PdE is one of my favorite lines. Have you sampled Azemour or Wazamba?
Unfortunately the shop here never got Azemour in so I have not tried it. But I find orange blossom a difficult note in its more indolic aspects so I am not too stressed about it! Wazazamba smells very masculine on me, though at times I do enjoy the bracing pine…
Joining to wish you a happy birthday, Merlin! Jewelry and a perfume! These are great gifts! I love jewelry specially artistc gems.
Thanks Vincent – yes, I like most things artsy!
I think Poison is a slut. This weekend I self experimented with a very heavy dose of Back to Black, felt slightly slutty.
I guess Poison could be considered slutty. Oddly, it reminds me of my maternal grandmother…. she bathed in Poison!
I always perceived it as unwearably slutty, thinking about it, I should smell it again! Allure Sensuelle comes across rather cheap than sexy because it’s trying so hard, in comparison Poison would be a grand dame.
That’s a great suggestion – Back to Black should seem slutty, shouldn’t it, with the Amy Winehouse connection and her sort of retro-slutty “persona”?
Different Company’s Jasmine de Nuit is pretty, but it sure does say, “Hey, Sailor!” I find jasmine in general can get all Mae West.
In the drugstore yesterday I tried a spritz of the Lady G. perfume to see about its inky aspect, but it just came out grey, so I forgot about it. An hour later I sniffed my hand and thought it was okay. If I HAD to buy a drugstore fragrance this would be it. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, but far from a pan…
For me it will be Alien by Thierry Mugler. Very “notice me” scent.
Yay, another vote for Alien!
Vintage Dioressence. I don’t know if that’s high-class slut or just average slut, but I think it’s pretty slutty… with an interesting mind.
Dioressence, you just read my toughts, I was thinking of it as we’ll as of other fragrances. For me it’s more sexy in a classy way even though it has that old fashioned note, old fashioned in a good way of course.
I’m a huge addict of Dior Addict I have to say. I know it’s trashy for many, but I accidentally managed to associate it with something not so slutty, but still feel turned on when I smell it and wear it.
When it comes to men fragrances it is Kouros and Obsession, can’t guarantee my good behaviour when someone smells of these
Btw, do you know anything in a sort of Dioressence? These newest Dior’s versions are bland and I would love to have either the vintage one (but how to get a real vintage?) or something that smells similar to it.
Rochas Femme and Paco Rabanne La Nuit.