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Portia
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Hello Fellow Fumies,
At APJ we have a Saturday Question. Everyone gets to chime in with an answer, chat with other responders and it’s a fun event each week. Taking sides never means taking offence and everyone keeps it respectful and light, even though we can sometimes trawl the depths.
The idea is you’ll see it on the weekend or chime in through the week. Hopefully you will come back regularly and see if anyone has responded to your comment and you can reply to them. The aim is to generate real conversation and connection even though we are scattered around the globe.
Over 100 responses I will draw a Secret Scent Sample Pack (from my collection)
Last Weeks Winner: Only 65 comments last week.
eMail me at (portia underscore turbo at yahoo dot com dot au) with your address please
Saturday Question: What Brand Do You Have Most Fragrances From?
I know this Saturday Question can be looked at from a few different perspectives. No problem. Choose how you perceive the question and answer accordingly. You can talk most bottles including all your backups, most different fragrance names or you can include your samples & decants. There are other ways too. Please make sure you give us your answer motive as we as your answer.
My Answer:
I can answer both breadth of collection and number of bottles and decants with the same house. It far outstrips its nearest rival by dozens of bottles.
Guerlain
I have 5 boxes of most of the older collection and a complete drawer set aside for Shalimar. There are also around 20 of the modern gold/deep purple exclusives boxes that take up a whole shelf in the perfume room. Everything from a huge bee bottle of Cologne de Perfumer, through my vintage Shalimar, Mahora, Mitsouko and Vol de Nuits and on to the modern department store offerings Mon Guerlain, Dress Code and L’Homme Ideal. There are the set of Les Deserts d’Orient and Les Absolus d’Orient, Aqua allegories, EdC, Edt, EdP and extrait. There are always at least 3 in my current favourites tray and I reach for the brands products more than weekly.
There’s something about Guerlain. It’s historical memories of my Mum and her friends in Shalimar and my first Squirt Bitch job in a department store Guerlain was one of my brands. It’s own history and even now under the vast demystifying umbrella of LVMH they still often make fragrances head and shoulders above the rest. Not all of them are winners for me, in fact I’m finding more and more Guerlain is in complete disregard of its own legacy, yet I still can find things to love in their current selection and hopefully will always.
Guerlain for me as well. I envy your vast collection. I haven’t got any vintage,but I still love them all.
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Yay Matty,
The vast collection means that loads don’t get any love. I feel a bit guilty about that sometimes.
Portia xx
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I’m out of Shalimar. 😎
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My answer is more a fantasy one. If I could I would have the entire collection of Sonoma Scent Studio. And I am now experiencing deja Vu because I just left this comment on Undinas blog. But I would also want all St Clair Scents and 1000 Flowers because I adore the works of these talented perfumers. I would love every Berdoues Grand Cru collection bottles for the bottles. And I already have every Escada LE from 1994.
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Ok, fantasy always welcome here Brigitte.
What a bummer the SSS closed eh?
Portia xx
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Yes, and what a loss to the perfume community.
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and I feel as though I am out of synch with everyone because I have/chose to talk about very small indie/artisanal houses rather than the more mainstream ones.
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Talk about what pleases you😉
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If I were to count samples for my answer to this question, SSS would have been one of the mostly represented brands – large or small – in my collection.
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Amouage, Xerjoff, Parfum d Empire, Parfumerie Generale
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I have more Guerlains than any other house. I am not sure why, but maybe it’s the history, the early scents which combined naturals with synthetics. The backstory, like Vol de Nuit. The bottles, love them too.
And going to the Champs Elysees store just made my head spin.
Not sure about most recent releases tho. Eh.
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Jackie b, are you Canadian by any chance?
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No Kate I am a Perthian…we are bound to meet at a sniffy somwhere. Why do you ask?
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The Eh at the end. Such a Canadian thing to say/write. Oh yay, Perth! My uni days were spent at UWA and haunting the streets of Freo and Subi looking for the best coffee.
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SNAP JackieB,
Ahhhhh, Vol de Nuit! That propeller bottle. SO fabulous.
Portia x
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Next city trip I am getting my nose on Vol de Nuit!!!!
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I think it’s Dior for me. A long love affair with Tendre Poison has me stockpiling when I can afford to, and that quest has probably led me to seeking out others. I’d like to get my hands on Midnight Poison at some stage.
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Hey Sue,
Yeah, I’m a stockpiler too. There’s a broad range of Miss Dior vintages here.
Portia xx
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I have a modern Miss Dior and a few older ones in minis that I’m planning to try over the next few months. I always think of you now when I see this one.
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Chanel and Vero I guess.
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Nice.
Funny Val, I thought it might have been Hermés for you
Portia xx
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I only have three full bottles of Hermès actually. It just feels like more. 😆
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Serge Lutens, Guerlain, Caron, Yves Rocher
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Hey morgana62,
Ahhhh, Serge! I do love my Serge as well.
Portia xx
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I must have at least 8 or so bottles of Serge’s in use now. My fave is discontinued: Douce Amere. Why do they do this?? I so look forward to your Sunday Scent Diary, it’s a must read before I make breakfast. Hugs dear Portia!
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Love these weekend talks, Portia 😊😉 I have a lot of Guerlain fragrances not as much as you though. My mother used to wear Guerlain make up and I loved to visit their counter during uni. Agree, hopefully Guerlain continue to sell fragrances which are interesting enough. 😘😘 Esperanza Have a fab weekend!
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A fellow Guerlain fan, yay!
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Hi there Esperanza,
So nice to see you.
Fingers crossed that the powers at LVMH let Guerlain continue more or less as we know them
Portia xx
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I envy your Guerlain collection Portia! My answer is Chanel. I became obsessed with the brand from an early age, love the history, and really love most all of the fragrances. I have the majority of the Exclusives (still working on getting a couple more in the future), and a collection of various No 5s, including vintages of No 5 and Coco. I even have a little sample of No 46. The only Chanel fragrance that does not suit me is Coco Mademoiselle. I gave away my bottle, and then purchased the Intense version which still doesn’t work for me.
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OOOOH Kathleen!
A sample of No 46. Tell me about it………
Portia xx
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I want to know too!!!!!!!!
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I purchased my sample from either STC or Perfumed Court several years ago and wish I had more! Per fragrantica, No 46 was Coco’s perfume that celebrated the end of the war and was launched the same year as its name might suggest. It’s similar but richer than No 5 to my nose. If any bottles are available, no doubt it’s out of my price range!
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I love Guerlain. But my vote will go for Uncle Serge Lutens. I don’t know when I unconsciously fallen love with the brand. The 1st one I sniffed from the brand was Amber Sultan. And immediately it captured me. Then FEA, Chergui and many more. Gradually it was engulfing me. Then I started collecting them. Reading about uncle Serge made me more interested about the brand. And I have realized that it is my favorite brand. I think I have about 21 bottles including bell jars and old formulations. Also few decants. I am always looking to get some vintage bottles from the brand. My most favorite from the house can be Borneo and Santal de Mysore.
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The secret is in general, old formulations. My three most worn are La Myrrhe, ISM, and LFdB. That is a huge collection you have. 😊
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La Myrrhe is an amazing scent !!
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Thank love. I do agree with you. Old formulation are the best. I do have all 3 you have mentioned. Love LM a lot. I have the new formulation. Also, I do regret that I got a chance to buy ISM the very 1st formulation(bell jar, the labeling on it was very different) and I missed it. It was sold out within a minute. I do like LFDB but I am lucky to have a decant of Rose de Nuit. And it is hauntingly beautiful..
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Actually I feel ISM is better now than it originally was, infinitely more wearable, jagged corners gone. It is the current ISM that I have worn every evening for a month. Totally in love. I have RdN but rarely wear it.
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I haven’t sniff the ISM old formulation so really can’t tell the difference. I am curious to know why you don’t wear RdN often? I also find some SLs are not for everyone like Serge Noire.
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I don’t like it. 😩
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I have oodles of Serge but am not into their acronyms. What is ISM and LFdB? Thanks.
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Iris Silver Mist.
La Fille de Berlin. 😊
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Ah, thank you. I have La Fille and LOVE it. I also love Sa Majeste. I have a sample of Iris Silver Mist but am not a fan for a full bottle.
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Hey there Evan,
Serge is amazing. I have quite a few here too. Including a couple of the older, now unavailable, Palais Royal export bottles that a haven’t even opened because they’re so special to me.
Portia xx
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I feel very fortunate to have the answer be Amouage because I was able to get so many of the, now discontinued, attars (oils) by hosting a huge split of them. When I started the split I never guessed they would be discontinued since they were even more popular than the EdP in the UAE. Now the problem is I tend to hoard them instead of enjoying them since I know how hard it is to get them (some are still available in Oman). Fortunately, I love so many of the EdP and always look forward to Mr Chong’s newest releases so, I think Amouage will remain at the top for the years to come.
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Oh my gosh. Use them. What on earth is the point of hoarding? Made to be worn. Alternatively send them to me. Gone is gone, does it matter? Opinions my own ! xxxx
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Thanks for reminding me not to hoard, Val xoxoxox
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OMG.. I do love the Attars. They are awesome. I would say treasure them. I have very small amount of Tahani and Al Mas. One of the fellow members from FB group (Australian Fragrance Network) gave me. And I am so thankful to her. I love them. You are lucky and I envy you.. 😊
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WOW Dubaiscents,
that is a wonderful story.
I love that your sharing made your life even more bountiful.
Use them, don’t use them. Sometimes the joy is in having as much as wearing.
Portia x
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Dior. I have half a dozen of the more recent Privee collection–hurrah for the 40ml bottles–and some Encens Mythique, but otherwise it’s all vintage, with another half dozen or so just of Miss Diors of various sizes and concentrations, and then bits and pieces across the history. Chanel is the runner up–again the numbers are nudged upwards by a few vintage treasures–with Lutens a close third at ten.
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How freaking good are the 40ml bottles Crikey? I’m thinking to buy a shitload of them in May.
Portia xx
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I must say Dior takes the nr 1 medal in my collection. I have several designers and vintage old batches, plus some of the collection prive. Also another house i love and i own most of their offerings, is Costume National 👌🏻 Love them bottles a lot ❤️
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Hi there Alen,
That you love Costume National makes me really happy. I love the bottles and their fragrances too. Currently I only have So Nude and 21 in my collection but my eyes are peeled for some more if the timing and price are right.
Portia xx
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Costume National Soul and Scent Intense are amazing, definitely give them a try👍🏻👍🏻 And on the Scent intense fragrance you can have the limited edition bottles, black with gold or red, they look gorgeous ❤️❤️
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Guerlain, Chanel and Vero.Perfumo for me.
No matter which one I reach for, I smell amazing
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I wish I owned one Vero! Good choices.
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We have quite some similar tastes. ❤️
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That is a fairly perfect triumvirate Tena,
I could easily live out my days with these three houses.
OOOH! That’s a REALLY good question too. Expect to see it in the future.
Portia xx
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Probably BPAL if you count imps. For normal bottles I would guess Guerlain. I do have a lot of different Habits Rouges and G. vintages. Dior is probably close behind.
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I have a small collection compared to most perfume people. If I count last year’s miniature bottles, the answer would be Hermès, since I also own Voyages and Ambre des Merveilles. But then there’s Guerlain now represented with AA Pamplelune, AA Mandarine Basilic and Chamade edp. And most tested would be SL. But it also comes down to what is available, Dior privee line is not available here, with the 40 ml bottles it is my favourite lineup now and I would have treated myself to more of those if I had easier access to those bottles (and samples).
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Love your choices for Guerlain Ingeborg, such bright, springlike fragrances.
Portia xx
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Pre-LVMH era Guerlain for me, as well. No one comes close although Caron is technically a runner-up with five or six bottles. Guerlain is a rare perfume dynasty that had three gifted perfumers who created dozens (!) of beautiful scents. I remember this vintage ad where it reads: “One great perfume is a rare thing, two great perfumes is even rarer, three is exceptional, eight is Guerlain” which sounds like a bold statement but it’s absolutely true, at least for me.
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WOW! Good ad copy Diana. i never saw that ad.
Portia xx
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I might post it in my IG stories so that you could see it 😉
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If we’re talking about FBs then it would be ELO, but if decants count then it would be Fancy Dior, which cost me about the same as the former!
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What is ELO? As I looked at that, I thought I missed one in my list. I have a lot of ELDO. Are we thinking of the same thing?
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Yes indeed, or even ELdO to be all fussily grammatical. Oddly enough, have fallen off sniffing the latest offerings of this brand.
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Yeah, they seem to have lost their way a little bit AnnieA, al the modern fruity things are way too accessible. Where’s the fun and the challenge?
Portia xx
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Like Secretions Magnifiques …which really smells amazing on my skin.
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I haven’t counted but based on shelf space, it would be Guerlain, Caron, Penhaligon’s Annick Goutal, Serge Lutens or Tauer.
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So happy to see Annick Goutal up there in your top 5 Gina.
Portia xx
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I went into my spreadsheet to be scientific. And only counted manufacturer sprays of at least 10ml. Nicolai was the winner with 11, followed by Lolita Lempicka and Goutal tied at 8. I have 12 Sonoma Scent Studio perfumes but many are only 5 ml travel sprays, so if I created different criteria SSS would be the winner!
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12 SSS of any size would be a dream for me. I’ve got five and I’m so happy to have them.
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Woo Hoo Nicolai is an excellent house.
I can’t help but wonder how different Guerlain would be if they had let Patricia take the reins. Serves them right for being sexist beasts.
Portia xx
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I am jealous of your 12 😉
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If only I had been able to buy at least 17ml of each….
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In my fantasy I have 30 ml bottles of the entire line 😃
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For sheer number of variety, TRNP. Hands down. Each scent has its own very distinct personality.
As for 50ml and over, Guerlain, followed by Chanel. I am less impressed with Chanel these days. If they ever stop Cristalle and/or 19, they have lost me as a customer for life.
In my late teens, it was Dior and Lauder. I bought anything and everything from them. Followed by Lancome. Then Lancome lost me as 1999 approached. Well, all the big houses became scarily aromatic and aquatic and sheer focused.
But two I am very keen to own more of are Lutens and ELdO.
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WOW Kate,
I bet Teone will be thrilled to read that.
One day you’ll come to Sydney and we’ll sit down over some tea and smell our way through my Serge Lutens collection. I think there’s around 35 of them here. Plus most of the ELdOs.
Portia xx
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That would be lovely. Thank you. X
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What???? 35?? I am speechless 😂.
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Again, my ignorance of acronyms: What is TNRP?
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Gina, it isn’t ignorance. At all. Teone Reinthal Natural Perfume. I use TRNP for short, and Teone has recently started using it on labels etc.
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Thank you! I haven’t tried any from that house. I must be missing out bigtime. Sounds awesome.
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Gina, are you in Australia?
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I’m thinking it’s Narciso Rodriguez out in front with Dior a close second. I think. Then Guerlain and Annick Goutal. I’m too tired to overthink anything today after about two hours sleep last night.
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Excellent choice Cassieflower,
Narciso Rodriguez does beautiful fragrances.
Portia x
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Cassieflower, why no good sleep, darling? Worrisome, indeed. 😕
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Oh it’s been an ongoing problem for the past few years. I have a few good nights occasionally but most of the time I wake up after a couple of hours and cannot get back to sleep. I think I need someone to knock me on the head with a hammer😃
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That is hard yakka, cassieflower. I bet doctors now scratch their head in not knowing how to help, right?
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Tom Ford. Most of his recent releases have been underwhelming, but he released so many of my all time favourites during the early years.
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Hey j.d.
Yeah, I think a LOT of perfumistas would agree with you. I have liked a few of his recent releases and if Popped Cherry had been a bit more reasonably priced I would have shopped.
Portia xx
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I have heard good things about Lost Cherry but the price…ouch!
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Chanel. The rest of my small hoard is from all over the place.
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Lovely Ingrid,
CHANEL is so yummy.
Portia x
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Chanel takes it for me with 8 bottles not including backups. No 19, No 5, Bois des Iles, Allure, Coromandel, Misia, 31 Rue Cambon, and Cristalle. What can I say, they make perfumes that smell great to me!
Hiram Green might have become my favorite over time, I have all but Hyde and if there were more in the collection, they would probably take 1st place.
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Dying to own a Hiram Green. I have a small bottle of Shangri La but they are too pricey for me. I won’t pay retail. I would buy used from someone.
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I’m helping Hiram out in Milan at the Esxence in a couple of weeks. I am so looking forward to finally meeting him. His work is incredible. I think Hyde is sold out. xxx
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That’s so exciting!
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Oh that sounds like fun! I love almost everyone of his perfumes and own all but Moonbloom: my person loathes it.
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CHANEL is getting a lot of love here today Gigi,
As they should. I love their stuff too.
Portia xx
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It seems to be a tie between Chanel and Fragonard. Chanel, vecause, well, Chanel. Fragonard has lovely, reasonably priced scents that I truly enjoy.
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Hey MaggieCat,
A couple of my friends wear Amilie by Fragonard. It’s gorgeous.
Portia xx
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I think it is Christian Dior in my case. Overall, I feel Christian Dior has the most storied perfume history, even greater than Chanel, Guerlain etc. Lot of classics in both masculine and feminine releases.
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Interesting that you feel that way Fazal. There certainly are some lovely stories behind the DIOR fragrances.
Portia x
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I have a huge perfume oil collection! Nocturne Alchemy is the House I have the most bottles from, followed by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
As for multiple bottles of a perfume (and many flankers), Shalimar is the winner in that category. I will always think of you, Portia, when I wear this magnificent queen!
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Woo Hoo! Shalimar! It definitely is a magnificent queen. I can imagine you swanning around in a cloud of it Erica,
Portia xx
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For simplicity’s sake, I’m only going to count bottles here. Over the years I’ve acquired loads of samples and decants from various houses and counting them might misrepresent my own tastes.
There’s lots of houses that I have three or four from, but my outright winners would be:
Chanel (Allure Homme, Allure Homme Sport, Pour Monsieur, Gentleman’s Cologne, Pour Monsieur Vintage, Pour Monsieur After Shave, Number 19, Anraeus, Egoiste)
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Guerlain (L’Instant, L’Instant Extreme, Homme, Jicky x 2, Mitsouko, L’Heure Bleue, Habit Rouge, Vetiver, Ode)
Clearly these numbers have been bolstered by my vintage collecting, but I don’t often buy vintage that I wouldn’t wear, so I guess they count.
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CHANEL & Guerlain Greg,
Beautiful. I love them both too.
Portia xx
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With a glorious collection like that, Greg, who could possibly want more?!? I am having a Pink Elephant On Parade moment just contemplating the ones you mentioned.
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My two biggest housea are BPAL, which makes sense as that was the gateway to other perfumes and Sucreabeille which is a really nice little indie house that’s both playful and creative.
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It is either Chanel or YSL… I don’t know the actual numbers, too scared to count them all 😛
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One day you can get Morrigan and Me to do the grand count.
Portia xx
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I have at 10+ (maybe 20+) FB of each of the following: Chanel, Guerlain, Hermes, Atelier Cologne, Prada, Mugler and Jo Malone.
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Hey Hajusuuri,
What an interesting line up of houses, even they themselves are quite divergent tastewise.
Portia xx
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Late to comment because holiday! A week on Tenerife, one of the Spanish Canary islands. Gorgeous hotel, food, view and best of all wonderful company (my husband).
Most bottles: Annick Goutal, Chanel, Vero, Hiram Green, April Aromatics.
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Hamamelis! Sounds DIVINE! A week there would be just the tonic. Enjoy! ❤
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Thank you! We both were in need of a real break and so far it is proving to be just that.
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Joy! You even sound refreshed. Make sure you do this more regularly. Xx
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Excellent advice!
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Woo Hoo Hamamelis! Enjoy your vacation.
Love that Annick Goutal is your #1. I love that house too.
Portia xx
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I was stumped for an answer, as I have a handful of of bottles of several houses’ scents, but then I realized I have the Atelier Cologne Advent calendar, and that has 24 sample sizes! So that’s the most I have from one house. And I have it because … Advent! I love Advent calendars.
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My dream is to get a Diptyque advent calendar. I don’t think I’d ever open it. 😂
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Hey OH,
I LOVE Advent calendars too. My mate Alive gave me the L’Occitane one 2 years ago and I used EVERYTHING in it except a couple of moisturisers that I gave to GFs. Loved every day of it.
That Atelier one looked so good last year,.
Portia xx
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I’m pretty sure that for full bottles it’s a close race between Chanel, Ineke, and Parfum d’Empire. Too lazy for an actual count. I try really hard to keep my bottle purchases to a minimum due to my fickle nature. I have to have finished a small decant before I’m allowed to buy a bottle (with a few bargain and LE exceptions).
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Oops, and I left out my SOIVHOLE collection because the bottles are such a reasonable size they don’t take up a ton of room.
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OOO Ineke!!! yes, love those too! Both the fragrances and the bottles! How many do you have? We have two in my house but I would not mind a dresser of all of them…how exquisite would that look?
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Super late reply, but I have all of the Library Collection and 3 from the Alphabet Collection (Gilded Lily, Evening Edged in Gold, and Derring Do). Keep meaning to grab Field notes from Paris, too.
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Still building my collection slowly but surely. Right now it would be a tie between Hermes and Jo Malone followed by l‘Artisan.
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I have only one scent from each house, but three small bottles of No.19 vintage parfum and a sample of EdeT. I have Vero Mito VdeE and my new Mito extrait. Otherwise, one Puredistance, one Dior, one FM, one SL, one AG. I go for the smorgasbord approach! Although I never thought of it that way.
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I bet you’re enjoying your collection even more than many of us with dozens of bottles from the same brand 🙂
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Thanks! I have had so many samples over the years, but every FB I have is a deep love. Doesn’t matter whether I reach for Antonia or vintage Diorissimo or Néroli – I will be checking my wrist at intervals and smiling inside, because whatever I wear that day, it moves me and gives me joy!
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My top are Chanel – there are so many good ones to choose from – Parfum d’Empire, somewhat to my surprise, and Neela Vermeire. I own almost all of hers. If I start that way, smaller houses like Slumberhouse and Hiram Green and Papillon have a very good showing too. And Naomi Goodsir.
Oh and plenty of Serge too, but only two or three that I actively wear.
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Plus thanks for the goodies, Portia, which arrived this week! It’s been crazy busy so I haven’t been on line to say thanks!
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L’Artisan for me. One lonely bottle of Mure et Musc bought while on holidays in Italy years ago and now I’ve got a neat little bunch of delightful and amazing scents, like Al Oudh and Dzing! And Timbuktu and Voluer Roses.. and Vanille Absolument… and, and 😆
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I hear you Melanie,
There are quite a few L’Artisans around here too. Excellent house. So much variety and all so beautifully created.
Portia xx
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It’s the Italians for me, Profumum Roma and Farmacia SS Annunziata
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Guerlain is the leader of the pack for me too. I adore so many. Guerlain scents work well with my skin chemistry. And they are easy to find and not too expensive, perfect for me.
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Hands down – Jo Malone for me, no matter how I count, full bottles only or include decants and samples. The reasons are simple: it was my first … not mainstream brand, and they have those reasonably-sized bottles. I still like it and wear a lot of their scents though I’m tired of endless limited editions.
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