A powdery smell is another to skip, as these kinds of fragrances "tend to appear old-fashioned," [Elizabeth] Kosich says.
"Violet and lilac floral notes in particular can skew powdery, conjuring up images of yesteryear. Known as a particularly 'powdery' fragrance, Chanel No. 5 is known to many as the classic 'old lady' scent," she notes.
— Read more in 7 Perfume Scents That Age You, Experts Say at BestLife.
Wow, what a terrible article! Funny they tell you at the end to wear what you like after they’ve told you all the scents to avoid. What if you like those?!
I thought it was funny! Carnation for the win 🙂
Yeah, what’s wrong with carnation perfumes? Poor carnations lol.
I agree with you 100%, therabbitsflower.
The best advice I found is to ignore follow other people’s bad advice, especially when it is tinged with ageism, and wear whatever you want.
It is sad that there must be some people who take the advice of articles like this.
Yep!
And I don’t think young people are reading this sort of thing anyway.
Does Giorgio Beverly Hills still exist? Where does that author live?
Very unpleasant article indeed! Some of the fragrances mentioned I am not aware are still available, which makes mentioning them all the more odd.
Well, that was a bucketload of bilgewater. You’re not supposed to wear anything with rose, carnation, patchouli, powder (including violet), wood, or musk? There go about 90% of fragrances. And they “age” you? As if getting older is some sort of hideous curse — as if you’re just supposed to pretend to be young, or die, one or the other.
The writer thinks that patchouli is a flowery scent, which tells us everything we need to know about their level of expertise. How dispiriting to realize that people read this kind of thing and take it seriously.
It’s not even internally consistent – don’t wear carnation perfumes because they will age you, but another variation of carnation will come along and it will be OK to wear that!
It’s hard to write well about perfume, but it’s sure easy to write poorly about it!
So what’s left? I say, while sampling Lauder’s Legacy collection. I guess they think if it doesn’t smell edible, don’t wear it.
Thanks for this set of wonderful comments! All those impressionable readers who follow the article’s advice will simply leave a larger supply of “old-fashioned” fragrances for the rest of us.