I am 44 and in my early 20s I worked at Dillards. Every morning before the store opened (I worked in the back, cleaning/stocking) I would run to the counter to douse myself in Amarige. I was surrounded by fragrances but she was "the one"! I am 100% with you... Scent for me is memory. And I am a nostalgic nut.
You're absolutely right, most people seem to like a simple, generic, pleasant fragrance with not too much complexity to it. I own quite a few niche or at least unusual fragrances, but I get compliments when I wear Fantasy by Britney Spears, or Red Temptation by Zara, or Cloud by Ariana Grande. My niches are for me, not to please the crowd, because the crowd could not care less.
Hi Marielle! Absolutely. I wear the weird ones for my own enjoyment, and the mass appealing ones during social affairs. Cloud garners me many compliments also.
I blind bought Terracotta after hearing you speak about it and I absolutely love it! I've been wearing Still since it was released. Not my every day but it reminds me of an amazing time of my life and I'll always have it in my collection. I was 18 and had just spent a year working hard to save up for a 3 month trip to Brazil. I bought Still at the airport and then to my sheer delight I was bumped up to first class for the Auckland to Buenos Aires flight. I remember being doused in Still, drinking champagne, luxuriating in first class and feeling so grown up, so elegant and so excited for adult life to begin.
I truly appreciate the fact that your top 22 fragrances are not those that tend to be super popular i.e. Coco Mademoiselle, Flower Bomb, etc. Thank you for sharing!
I love this kind of videos, mine are: Nòmade, EDT Pure Musc NR Toy 2 Moschino Classique JPG Tease Crème Cloud VS Olympea(my marriage perfume😃) Scandal Edp Alien 😀 Lovely, SJP
You look like 30 years old 😍 Great video and I so agree about the thing you said about easy, nice smelling perfumes. I don't need a niche perfume that smells like a beaver.. No thanks 🤚 my top 10 right now Libre intense Sofia vergara sofia edp Swiss araben casablanca La Vie Est Belle qui Cheirosa 71 Flowerbomb edp Zara red temptation La belle Montblanc signature Burberry her edp
I love the pictures you paint when you talk about your fragrances it’s like we get to be ladybugs on the wall as you let us in to those brief moments❤️❤️ Si Intense was almost there for me it would have been #23 on my list, I love that one too! Thank you for another awesome list! Merry Christmas🎄🎁
Awww thank you. I hope the stories don't get tiring - I tend to repeat them. 🥴 Si Intense... whew baby! She is a bombshell! Love it. Merry Christmas, my friend! 🎅❄️🎄☃️
I knew Still and Amarige would be on the list😍😍. The former makes me so calm especially when it’s windy or raining😍😍. Love this list and the explanations albeit difficult🤩🤩. Stay gorgeous🥰🥰.
Thank you, Pinkie! I hadn't thought of Still as a comforting scent in inclement weather - I'll need to try it on such a day. Thanks for the idea! Big hugs to you! 💖💖💖
I just love the perfume bottle that you decanted JLo's Still into - so pretty! I read that decanting wasn't easy, and you could break the bottle while doing it. I would enjoy seeing a decant happen from start to finish. Thanks for your Fave list.
Thank you! 💖 Yes, trying to switch an entire bottle of fluid into another is tricky. If I remember correctly, I had my husband remove the atomizer components. There are videos on RUclips about decanting.
Such a great top ten and description/breakdown of why each made the cut! I was excited to watch this because you have such eclectic taste and are so open-minded when it comes to perfume (which I love) so I was curious to know what you would pick. Thé only fragrance i was sure would be in there was Still. 🙃 Really enjoyed your scent memory descriptions too like your mom and her leather coat, with the gum and 80’s fragrances. 👌🏼
I would absolutely love a top 100 ! Really enjoy all your reviews and the way you describe fragrances . I have added a ton of amazing frags to my collection based on your recommendation Merry Christmas Veronica 🎄
I Finally purchased (Still) and I love it. Im definitely getting a 100ml after I use up my 50ml. Im supposed to be on a no buy but anyway don’t judge me😅
I really appreciate that you have Still in your list and not purely high-end niche bottles or whatever’s trending at the moment. Still stands the test of time for me.
Ysatis & Coco will always make the list but Electimuss Mercurial Cashmere and YSL Libre are new comfort fragrances for me this year. Have a blessed Christmas, Veronica. Thanks for all the joy you bring throughout the year!😘
I’ve been watching and loving your videos for over a year now. Thank you so much for all of the reviews and recommendations! I don’t comment on RUclips but you feel like a friend after watching you for so long. We have very similar taste: I also love Black Orchid, Still, Alien, hoping to get Amarige. You’ve inspired me to do my own top 10 for life just for myself. I don’t have a HUGE collection (40 full size bottles and around 20 travel size) but I’m sure I’ll still find it hard to choose just 10. Thanks Veronica! Happy holidays and wishing you all the best in 2023.
Awww what a lovely comment! We ARE RUclips and fragrance friends! I have RUclips channels that I have watched for many years and feel the same. Good luck deciding your top ten - I find it so challenging! 😊 Merry Christmas 🎄☃️🎅❄️
@@VeronicaSays I love that we can have perfume friends. Other than my partner, k have no friends IRL who enjoy perfumes, so RUclips perfume friends really hit the spot. I had some fun with my partner and son and chose my top 10. I can’t rank them but here they are: 1. Panda (2017 edition)- Zoologist 2. Experimentum Crucis - ELDO 3. Arabians - Montale 4. Le Parfum - Lalique 5. Mauboussin - Mauboussin 6. World Power - Kenzo 7. Shuhrah woman - Rassasi 8. Le Bain - Joop! 9. Vanille Insensee - Atalier 10. Sacrifice (my Alien dupe) - Ajmal
Add me to the list of people who purchased Still based on your recommendation and I love it! I'm a huge fan of effervescent light florals. If you're into Still, EA My 5th Ave, Kensie Buttercup Babe, Nanette Leopore Enchanted Flora would be up your alley, and they are all super super affordable. Anyways, I always love watching and hearing your opinions, and look forward to your favourites lists. Happy holidays!
Hi there! If only you knew how obsessed with dim sum I am!! 😂 I'm so glad you love Still, and thank you for the other recommendations! Merry Christmas! ☃️🎅🎄❄️
Aaaah! I spot the Timeless Tree journal, I love it so much. Jennifer Lopez fragrances to me are some of the best celebrity fragrances. Thinking about making Alien my signature scent because I don't associate it to anyone and I think it defines me to a tee. I LOVE this entire list.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hi Lara! Alien would be fabulous for you! You can totally rock it with your style and flair. I love that dang journal cover. It mesmerizes me! 🤩🤩🤩 JLo came to win the celebrity fragrance game!
I also fell in love with Burberry Her EDT this year. It has pretty good performance for an EDT and it has such a refreshing, tart, but delicate floralness. I’ve made a big dent in my bottle and almost wish I’d bought the biggest size.
I love this video! Great scents! My top ten is 1) Mon Guerlain 2) GIVENCY Hot couture edt & edp 3) Carolina Herrera very good girl 4) Delina 5) Chanel Mademoiselle intense 6) Kilian Princess 7) Versace Eros Pour Femme edt 8) Victorias Secret Bombshell 9) Miss Dior Blooming bouquet 10) Tiffany and Co Rose Gold Special mention to Ledda 22 orris. It’s brand new to me so I haven’t worn it long but I like it a lot!
Hi Linda! Woohoo! You have amazing taste 😁 I almost picked up Alien Goddess Intense in the recent Sephora fragrance sale but resisted the temptation. Maybe this coming summer.
When I just started venturing niche fragrances, I fell in love with TT Andromeda, it might be my favorite or my preference over my other faves like Lost Cherry, Delina and BR540, it might be the one I would pick if I can only have 1 in that deserted island. It is hard to pick just 10 for life. I appreciate and respect your list. 😊
I have hundreds of fragrances so it would be tough to choose just 10... but if there were a fire I would scoop up all my variations of Panthere de Cartier from 1986 (not to be confused with the current Cartier Panthere, which is nice enough, but a kitten by comparison). It's vintage (most of my collection is) and my very favorite of them all. BIG, of course, but smooth. Not sharp, doesn't singe the nose hairs off. It's an Amber Floral that I sometimes wear to bed when I really need a hug. Plus, the bottles are stupendous.
We literally have the same nose when it comes to fragrances as we revere most of the perfumes discussed . When I wear Narciso, I am constantly stopped and asked what I’m wearing ❤❤
A few months ago, I was looking to try an oud fragrance, and none of the stores near me have it in store. Not wanting to spend hundreds of dollars on a blind buy, I ended up ordering Swiss Arabian Shaghaf Oud. It has become my favorite cold weather scent and I wear it on the daily. It is my most complimented fragrance, and I am madly in love with the caramel that it dries down to the next day as well. For Summer, I love Ellis Brooklyn Salt. I love that tang it has. I love to layer it with Maison Margiela Beach Walk
Loved loved all your selections! Your collection is so impressive. I can definitely relate it was the hardest video for me to make as well I feel that the more the Collection grows the harder it becomes to pick just 10. You did amazing! Thank you for sharing 🥰🤗
Thank you soooo much! I share my skincare routine here on my other channel called Essential Veronica, check it out: ruclips.net/video/KVIXN7LzY_8/видео.html
@@VeronicaSays I'm not sure. It had a green box and it was just a generic gardenia/white floral perfume. Not too heady, very creamy. I wish I could remember!
Great List Veronica! I am looking forward to picking up Bond no 9 Chinatown. It reminds me of cherry Chicklets gum or those cherry certs candies back in the 80's. It is a beauty. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
This year I discovered Le Labo's Another 13. It immediately held me in its grip. Then, based on my love of that I purchased Thomas Kosmala's No. 4 Apres Lamore! Thanks for all your videos, Happy Holidays!!
I can’t tell you how excited I get when you post a new video! I’ve binge watched all of your stuff! You are the best and I really agree with you on so many! Merry Christmas Veronica!
I’m excited for this video. I’m not sure what I’d pick. That’s hard! A couple that come to mind first without thinking about seasons just the first are Milk, This is Her, cloud, Flowerbomb, Still (I picked it up cause of you and love it), and I gotta think more…haha!
I just found your channel & love your straight talk honest approach of sharing fragrances with us. Question, does STILL (by JLO) have a clean or dirty musk scent?
What a wonderful video Victoria!! The perfect way to end the year. My #1 perfume this year, and most years, is Arquiste Anima Dulcis. Definitely deserted island material!
I have just found your channel and I absolutely love how you describe each fragrance. You include all of the notes- from start to finish! Thank you. I have ordered Narsico.
Don't know how I missed this one! Your description of Saffron Lazuli made me want to go straight out and buy it! LOL Well, I love all your descriptions really. What a wonderful list...more for me to get my nose on....Also...I would LOVE to walk around NY (I've never been...but have always wanted to go..and one day I will!! )xx
Feliz Navidad to all! I was totally late to the madness but this year I discovered: TF Lost Cherry, Bitter Peach and Sintra. Wow! Also small indie brands such as Haus of Gloi with my favorite Tonka Bean and Tea Cakes. Loved your Black Orchid, Verónica. My boss complimented me on my aroma and it was BO! Adore... adore!!!
¡Feliz Navidad! 🎄🎅❄️ Black Orchid is stunner in my opinion. I have Tonka Bean and Tea Cakes too! Neat little fragrance. You got some beauties this year! 💖🥰🥳
Soleil Blanc is absolutely in my top ten for life. It is a masterpiece in my opinion. I couldn't live without it. Angels Share also makes my list. One of the most intoxicating fragrances I have ever stumbled on. 🥰 If it wasn't for YT, I would have never known about it. Others that make my list... Amarige. Chanel Chance. Aqua Allegoria Teazzurra. Profumi del Forte Roma Imperiale. Gucci Accenti, probably my favorite fragrance of life. Hard to come by anymore but if you can find it I recommend snatching a bottle for a reasonable price! It's the greatest Peach-forward perfume I've ever smelled. I've owned bottles since the mid-90's and I can't live without it.
This year I fell in love with YSL Babycat, For me it is a hug in a bottle that I could wear every day and I dont get tired of, which is a first for me.
Egad! Never heard that word before. You're still a teacher! Great list Veronica. I bought Still on your recommendation and it is lovely, a perfect easy reach. Well done for coming up with a top ten - I couldn't do that and I have a tiny collection compared to you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family 🎄🥂💖
I love "egad" - it makes me laugh everytime I hear it or see it in writing 😂 It was definitely hard to put this list together. Thanks for watching! Merry Christmas 🎄🎅☃️❄️
I love Chinatown. My mother had some sachets in her drawer that smelled just like it so it reminds me of my mom. I can’t figure out who made those sachets but it’s so funny that so many years later a perfume would come out that smells just like them
Your description of your mum really hit home. Mine passed when I was 23, but I always recall her Nivea cream, certain elegant French perfumes that she had as miniatures ,yet I do not know what they were but gosh; they were beautiful. Certain earlier Dior and Chanel scents were similar but not quite them. I’m 60 now and am on this scent hunt to get that, olfactory memory in a bottle. I smelled Cartier Carat and that would have been something she would have loved, so I purchased it and mix it with Coco Noir. It’s a mix of the two of us ❤️❤ Juicy fruit, Shalimar mix is reminiscent as well and my heart for your memory ❤️. Stani xx
Hi Stani, oh wow. I love the combination of scents to represent you and your mom. It's amazing how much a single sniff of a memorable scent can transport us in time. Blessings to you and Happy New Year 🎊🥰🥳💖
This list is awesome. Your Top 10, are so close to mine. If I have to choose just one that is a favorite for the year, I would got for D&G The Only One Intense. It's not a new release, but it is new to me, and I feel really bad, that I have slept on it for such a long time. Opens up like JPG Classique, and dries down like Alien. You cannot do any better in my book!
Hi there! 💖 And woohoo!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I think The Only One Intense is FANTASTIC. Soooo wonderful year round and especially in summer when you want a "lush" fragrance for the heat. 👏👏👏
This was so amazing to watch My picks would be Gris Dior Casablanca Terracotta Hot couture Penhaligons Artemisia Eternity Insolence I didn’t pick any discontinued ones as that’s not a fair pick for life Hugs ❤
Happy Holidays! Love Black Orchid. It was a go to winter scent before I really got into perfumes. Great picks for your top ten. I sampled Soleil Blanc and it didn't move me but Soleil Brulant...goodness...that is definitely in my top 10. Well the dupe, not the OG, which lasted 8 minutes on me.
8 mins? Oh no! Which dupe did you pick up? Also, have you tried Black Orchid the parfum version in the gold bottle? I picked it up after filming this video and WOW! It's amazing! Happy Holidays 💖💖💖
@@VeronicaSays I originally got Dua's version of Soleil Brulant, but ended up getting 100ml bottle from Alexandria. I sampled the Black Orchid Parfum a long time ago. It has a strong rum note that at the time I didn't care for. However, I really like boozy scents now and need to try it again. Thanks for the reminder.
Whenever I see Still I think of you! Lovely scent. me too I don't need a "groundbreaking" perfume. for instance Cashmere Vanilla Jasmine by Victoria's Secret is forever my favorite perfume of life
Vele sounds interesting. The notes sound amazing. I love a green fragrance. Herbae by L'occtiane is really nice. And thats green green. To add some fruit sounds nice. Coconut!?
Vele is very interesting in a sea of sweet gourmands flooding the market lately (and I love those, too!). L'Occitane's green leaning fragrances are pretty awesome.
My top 10 are in this order Amarige, Alien, Hugo Deep Red, Michael by MK, L'eau d'Issey, Ghost Deep Night, Initio Musk Therapy, Versace Crystal Noir, YSL Black Opium, YSL Libre L'Absolu Platinum.💖💖💖
Alien, Narciso (I will be testing Bulgari instead of this), Angel’s Share and Chinatown are my babies too:) And also I’ve just discovered What About Pop, Marfa and Rolling in Love which are all great in 2022. Besides, Shalimar and Samsara will always be irreplaceable for me❤
@@VeronicaSays Yes, I’ve got vintage Samsara of 30 ml. in red bottle🤭🥰 I haven’t tested the reformulated one yet but the reviews made me scared that’s why I use it in dribs and drabs😅🙈
I knew Still, would be on there, but I was a bit scared Alien would not make it; she was right out the gate. She will always be with me also. You look lovely and your top ten is tops.
My most recent purchase was Mancera Hindu Kush. I've mentioned this to so many people lol. But its extremely sexy, attractive and edgy. I couldn't do a top ten. Well maybe I could but like you I feel so loyal to some of my girls that I cant choose yet. Some days I'm fruity floral and others I'm musky and woody. Maybe its because I'm a Gemini idk I just can't choose. But that Mancera is trying to get my into the number one spot.
I am 44 and in my early 20s I worked at Dillards. Every morning before the store opened (I worked in the back, cleaning/stocking) I would run to the counter to douse myself in Amarige. I was surrounded by fragrances but she was "the one"!
I am 100% with you... Scent for me is memory. And I am a nostalgic nut.
I love this story! 💖 Thanks for sharing! I can see the entire scene in my mind's eye! 🥰🥰🥰
Me too i could visualize the whole thing …time to find amarige just to complete the pic
Love that memory
I’d definitely watch a top 100 👍Great video. Have a Lovely Christmas. ❤
Awww thank you, Mrs. Cook! Merry Christmas to you and yours. ❄️🎅🎄
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You're absolutely right, most people seem to like a simple, generic, pleasant fragrance with not too much complexity to it. I own quite a few niche or at least unusual fragrances, but I get compliments when I wear Fantasy by Britney Spears, or Red Temptation by Zara, or Cloud by Ariana Grande.
My niches are for me, not to please the crowd, because the crowd could not care less.
Hi Marielle! Absolutely. I wear the weird ones for my own enjoyment, and the mass appealing ones during social affairs. Cloud garners me many compliments also.
I blind bought Terracotta after hearing you speak about it and I absolutely love it! I've been wearing Still since it was released. Not my every day but it reminds me of an amazing time of my life and I'll always have it in my collection. I was 18 and had just spent a year working hard to save up for a 3 month trip to Brazil. I bought Still at the airport and then to my sheer delight I was bumped up to first class for the Auckland to Buenos Aires flight. I remember being doused in Still, drinking champagne, luxuriating in first class and feeling so grown up, so elegant and so excited for adult life to begin.
Hi Hannah! Wow! What a fantastic memory of Still on your first class flight! That's awesome 🥰🥰🥰 I'm so glad you love Terracotta! Woohoo! 💖
I truly appreciate the fact that your top 22 fragrances are not those that tend to be super popular i.e. Coco Mademoiselle, Flower Bomb, etc. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Brenda! 🥰 I like some of those too, but definitely have other faves. Thanks for watching. 💖💖💖
I love this kind of videos, mine are:
Nòmade, EDT
Pure Musc NR
Toy 2 Moschino
Classique JPG
Tease Crème Cloud VS
Olympea(my marriage perfume😃)
Scandal Edp
Alien 😀
Lovely, SJP
Thank you so much! 🥰💖 And thanks for sharing your top choices!
i just purchased aa 95% bottle of Saffron Lazuli for 80$ and I couldn't we happierrr
You are lucky! And I'm so glad you love it! It's my scent of the day. Amazing fragrance! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You look like 30 years old 😍 Great video and I so agree about the thing you said about easy, nice smelling perfumes. I don't need a niche perfume that smells like a beaver.. No thanks 🤚 my top 10 right now
Libre intense
Sofia vergara sofia edp
Swiss araben casablanca
La Vie Est Belle qui
Cheirosa 71
Flowerbomb edp
Zara red temptation
La belle
Montblanc signature
Burberry her edp
Thank you so much! LMBO at the beaver comment 😂😂😂 Your list is fabulous - thank you for sharing! 💖💖💖
I love the pictures you paint when you talk about your fragrances it’s like we get to be ladybugs on the wall as you let us in to those brief moments❤️❤️ Si Intense was almost there for me it would have been #23 on my list, I love that one too! Thank you for another awesome list! Merry Christmas🎄🎁
Awww thank you. I hope the stories don't get tiring - I tend to repeat them. 🥴 Si Intense... whew baby! She is a bombshell! Love it. Merry Christmas, my friend! 🎅❄️🎄☃️
I knew Still and Amarige would be on the list😍😍. The former makes me so calm especially when it’s windy or raining😍😍. Love this list and the explanations albeit difficult🤩🤩. Stay gorgeous🥰🥰.
Thank you, Pinkie! I hadn't thought of Still as a comforting scent in inclement weather - I'll need to try it on such a day. Thanks for the idea! Big hugs to you! 💖💖💖
Love this! Top 10 for life is definitely not enough! 20 is much better! 😉 Thank you, Veronica!
Thank you Christen! With my obsession, I probably need 100. 😁😁😁
I just love the perfume bottle that you decanted JLo's Still into - so pretty! I read that decanting wasn't easy, and you could break the bottle while doing it. I would enjoy seeing a decant happen from start to finish. Thanks for your Fave list.
Thank you! 💖 Yes, trying to switch an entire bottle of fluid into another is tricky. If I remember correctly, I had my husband remove the atomizer components. There are videos on RUclips about decanting.
I’m so happy Terracotta made the list ,that would make my list also !! I actually loved it INSTANTLY ❤and now on my second bottle
Yes!!! 🙌🙌🙌 We share this love. 💖💖💖
Such a great top ten and description/breakdown of why each made the cut! I was excited to watch this because you have such eclectic taste and are so open-minded when it comes to perfume (which I love) so I was curious to know what you would pick. Thé only fragrance i was sure would be in there was Still. 🙃
Really enjoyed your scent memory descriptions too like your mom and her leather coat, with the gum and 80’s fragrances. 👌🏼
Hi gorgeous! Awww thank you. 😊 Glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate my all-over-the-board taste in fragrances! 💖💖💖
What a well-rounded and unique list! I commend you for narrowing it down - no easy task! 🥰❤️
Thank you, Brooke! It was NOT an easy task! 😁 But fun to think through.
I would absolutely love a top 100 ! Really enjoy all your reviews and the way you describe fragrances . I have added a ton of amazing frags to my collection based on your recommendation
Merry Christmas Veronica 🎄
Hi Paula! 🥰 Aw that is so heartwarming to hear! Thanks so much for sharing this and thank you for supporting the channel. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅❄️☃️
I Finally purchased (Still) and I love it. Im definitely getting a 100ml after I use up my 50ml. Im supposed to be on a no buy but anyway don’t judge me😅
Woohoo! 🥰🥰🥰 No judgment here, my friend! ✨️
My favorite Narciso is also the white cube; it’s gorgeous!
Hi Raquel! Yessss it is! 🥰🥰🥰
I really appreciate that you have Still in your list and not purely high-end niche bottles or whatever’s trending at the moment. Still stands the test of time for me.
@m.h.1593 thank you! Love Still. 🥰💖
Yes!!!! Narcisso is it! I love love love this list 🤗 it has a bit of everything and never boring! Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄✨
Thank you, my darling Sunny! Narciso is THAT GIRL. Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄☃️❄️
Nice. I literally gave my mother Narciso this Christmas 🥰
Good perfumes never get boring 😊
Amen! 👏👏👏
Ysatis & Coco will always make the list but Electimuss Mercurial Cashmere and YSL Libre are new comfort fragrances for me this year. Have a blessed Christmas, Veronica. Thanks for all the joy you bring throughout the year!😘
Thank you, my dear Christie! You are so sweet. Ooooh Mercurial Cashmere is FABULOUS. Merry Christmas 🎅🎄☃️❄️
Hey girl, I knew Still would have to be on this list! We just like what we like ❤ hope you had a lovely Christmas by the way 💘💘💘
Of course! She's my ride or die. 😁 We did have a lovely Christmas - hope you and your girls did too! 💖💖
I’ve been watching and loving your videos for over a year now. Thank you so much for all of the reviews and recommendations! I don’t comment on RUclips but you feel like a friend after watching you for so long.
We have very similar taste: I also love Black Orchid, Still, Alien, hoping to get Amarige.
You’ve inspired me to do my own top 10 for life just for myself. I don’t have a HUGE collection (40 full size bottles and around 20 travel size) but I’m sure I’ll still find it hard to choose just 10.
Thanks Veronica! Happy holidays and wishing you all the best in 2023.
Awww what a lovely comment! We ARE RUclips and fragrance friends! I have RUclips channels that I have watched for many years and feel the same. Good luck deciding your top ten - I find it so challenging! 😊 Merry Christmas 🎄☃️🎅❄️
@@VeronicaSays I love that we can have perfume friends. Other than my partner, k have no friends IRL who enjoy perfumes, so RUclips perfume friends really hit the spot.
I had some fun with my partner and son and chose my top 10. I can’t rank them but here they are:
1. Panda (2017 edition)- Zoologist
2. Experimentum Crucis - ELDO
3. Arabians - Montale
4. Le Parfum - Lalique
5. Mauboussin - Mauboussin
6. World Power - Kenzo
7. Shuhrah woman - Rassasi
8. Le Bain - Joop!
9. Vanille Insensee - Atalier
10. Sacrifice (my Alien dupe) - Ajmal
@@saharv2689 Hi Sahar! RUclips perfume friends are the best! We can obsess together. 🤣 That's quite a lovely top ten list. Thanks for sharing!
Add me to the list of people who purchased Still based on your recommendation and I love it! I'm a huge fan of effervescent light florals. If you're into Still, EA My 5th Ave, Kensie Buttercup Babe, Nanette Leopore Enchanted Flora would be up your alley, and they are all super super affordable. Anyways, I always love watching and hearing your opinions, and look forward to your favourites lists. Happy holidays!
Hi there! If only you knew how obsessed with dim sum I am!! 😂 I'm so glad you love Still, and thank you for the other recommendations! Merry Christmas! ☃️🎅🎄❄️
Aaaah! I spot the Timeless Tree journal, I love it so much. Jennifer Lopez fragrances to me are some of the best celebrity fragrances. Thinking about making Alien my signature scent because I don't associate it to anyone and I think it defines me to a tee. I LOVE this entire list.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hi Lara! Alien would be fabulous for you! You can totally rock it with your style and flair. I love that dang journal cover. It mesmerizes me! 🤩🤩🤩 JLo came to win the celebrity fragrance game!
I also fell in love with Burberry Her EDT this year. It has pretty good performance for an EDT and it has such a refreshing, tart, but delicate floralness. I’ve made a big dent in my bottle and almost wish I’d bought the biggest size.
Hi Faith! Me too! I was wishing I had purchased a 100 ml bottle. It's tart but also super juicy. Love it! 💖💖💖
Love that one too!
I love this video! Great scents!
My top ten is
1) Mon Guerlain
2) GIVENCY Hot couture edt & edp
3) Carolina Herrera very good girl
4) Delina
5) Chanel Mademoiselle intense
6) Kilian Princess
7) Versace Eros Pour Femme edt
8) Victorias Secret Bombshell
9) Miss Dior Blooming bouquet
10) Tiffany and Co Rose Gold
Special mention to Ledda 22 orris. It’s brand new to me so I haven’t worn it long but I like it a lot!
Wonderful list! Lots of beauties on here! 💖🥰 Ledda's Orris 22 is super lovely. I'm glad I have a bottle. 💯
Omg! Hot Couture is amazing!!! I always have a back up bottle ❤
That color looks great on you!
Thank you so much! 💖💖💖
Oh Amarige wow that brings back memories. It’s one of those scents if you’ve smelled it you will always remember.
That is absolutely right! It's in a class of its own. 🙌🙌🙌
One of my top 10 that makes my list every year (I think ) is Dior Addict. This year I quite a few new additions. Great list Vee! ❤️😍
Ah yes! What a fabulous one to have in your top ten. A beauty! 🥰 Thank you, dear! Merry Christmas ☃️🎄🎅❄️
Great list and I share your feelings about Alien and Narciso. This year I would add Alien Goddess Intense, Libre Intense, and L'interdit Rouge.
Hi Linda! Woohoo! You have amazing taste 😁 I almost picked up Alien Goddess Intense in the recent Sephora fragrance sale but resisted the temptation. Maybe this coming summer.
When I just started venturing niche fragrances, I fell in love with TT Andromeda, it might be my favorite or my preference over my other faves like Lost Cherry, Delina and BR540, it might be the one I would pick if I can only have 1 in that deserted island. It is hard to pick just 10 for life. I appreciate and respect your list. 😊
Thank you, Marie! Andromeda sounds like a fabulous choice for a deserted island. 💖
I have hundreds of fragrances so it would be tough to choose just 10... but if there were a fire I would scoop up all my variations of Panthere de Cartier from 1986 (not to be confused with the current Cartier Panthere, which is nice enough, but a kitten by comparison). It's vintage (most of my collection is) and my very favorite of them all. BIG, of course, but smooth. Not sharp, doesn't singe the nose hairs off. It's an Amber Floral that I sometimes wear to bed when I really need a hug. Plus, the bottles are stupendous.
The bottles ARE amazing on the Panthere line - some real effort went into making them! Thanks for weighing in with your most precious fragrance! 💖💖💖
We literally have the same nose when it comes to fragrances as we revere most of the perfumes discussed . When I wear Narciso, I am constantly stopped and asked what I’m wearing ❤❤
Hi Nicole! Yes! Such a unique and beautiful one! Glad we have similar taste - that's always helpful when it comes to listening to reviewers on YT 🥰💖😍
A few months ago, I was looking to try an oud fragrance, and none of the stores near me have it in store. Not wanting to spend hundreds of dollars on a blind buy, I ended up ordering Swiss Arabian Shaghaf Oud. It has become my favorite cold weather scent and I wear it on the daily. It is my most complimented fragrance, and I am madly in love with the caramel that it dries down to the next day as well. For Summer, I love Ellis Brooklyn Salt. I love that tang it has. I love to layer it with Maison Margiela Beach Walk
Shaghaf Oud is lovely! A great rose-oud combo. I hadn't thought of layering Beach Walk with Salt - what a great idea! 💖💖💖
Loved loved all your selections! Your collection is so impressive. I can definitely relate it was the hardest video for me to make as well I feel that the more the Collection grows the harder it becomes to pick just 10.
You did amazing! Thank you for sharing 🥰🤗
Awww thank you! Did you post a top ten? Let me go look! Merry Christmas, gorgeous! 🎅🎄☃️❄️
Veronica I can’t believe your age, you look amazing❣️I need to know your skin routine 🥰
Thank you soooo much! I share my skincare routine here on my other channel called Essential Veronica, check it out: ruclips.net/video/KVIXN7LzY_8/видео.html
I just recently added Terracota to my collection and how you describe it is so true. It reminds me of a perfume from my childhood called Gardenia.
Awesome! Which Gardenia? I'm so curious!
@@VeronicaSays I'm not sure. It had a green box and it was just a generic gardenia/white floral perfume. Not too heady, very creamy. I wish I could remember!
Thats elizaneth taylors gardenia
Elizabeth taylors gardenia was lovely
Great List Veronica! I am looking forward to picking up Bond no 9 Chinatown. It reminds me of cherry Chicklets gum or those cherry certs candies back in the 80's. It is a beauty. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Thank you, Laurel! 🥰 Cherry chiclets? Oh what a fun association! Thanks for sharing this. Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄❄️☃️
Finally someone else that likes Xerjoff Shunkoin. No one talks about this fragrance and I love it. Really interesting and fun scent profile.
I absolutely ADORE Shunkoin! One of the BEST! 💖💖💖
TOP 10 FOR LIFE!!!!! IM HERE FOR IT!!!!!!
Yessss! Would love to hear yours!
@@VeronicaSays ME has puesto a pensar. Imma do the list. I think I did one 2 years ago. It will e fun to see what my nose says now. Lol
This was a whole bunch of fun and I LOVE your choices and the stories behind them (the mom story especially ❤). Merry Christmas, gorgeous!!!🎄🎅🏼🎄
Thank yoouuuu! The nostalgia is just as important as the scent in some cases. 💖 Merry Christmas 🎄🎅☃️❄️
This year I discovered Le Labo's Another 13. It immediately held me in its grip. Then, based on my love of that I purchased Thomas Kosmala's No. 4 Apres Lamore!
Thanks for all your videos, Happy Holidays!!
Hi Debra! I'm one of the unfortunate souls that can't really smell Another 13. 😩 I wish. Everyone loves it. Happy Holidays! ❄️🎅🎄☃️
I can’t tell you how excited I get when you post a new video! I’ve binge watched all of your stuff! You are the best and I really agree with you on so many! Merry Christmas Veronica!
Awww thank you soooo much 🥺🥺🥺 You are so sweet. Merry Christmas ❄️🎅🎄☃️
Love this list, a lot of variation and good ones! ❤
Thank you, beautiful Rose! 🥰🥰🥰
I’m excited for this video. I’m not sure what I’d pick. That’s hard! A couple that come to mind first without thinking about seasons just the first are Milk, This is Her, cloud, Flowerbomb, Still (I picked it up cause of you and love it), and I gotta think more…haha!
Hey Kara! 💖 Girl - awesome list of classic lovelies. Glad you enjoy Still! 🥳🥳🥳
I just found your channel & love your straight talk honest approach of sharing fragrances with us. Question, does STILL (by JLO) have a clean or dirty musk scent?
Hi Jenette! 💖 Thank you VERY much! I would consider Still a very clean smell overall.
What a wonderful video Victoria!! The perfect way to end the year. My #1 perfume this year, and most years, is Arquiste Anima Dulcis. Definitely deserted island material!
Hi Kate! Thank you soooo much and thanks for sharing your top pick! 💖💖💖
@@VeronicaSays 😀💕
I have just found your channel and I absolutely love how you describe each fragrance. You include all of the notes- from start to finish! Thank you. I have ordered Narsico.
Thank you so much! I am so glad you're enjoying the channel. Narciso is amazing! 💖🤩🥰🥳
Don't know how I missed this one! Your description of Saffron Lazuli made me want to go straight out and buy it! LOL Well, I love all your descriptions really. What a wonderful list...more for me to get my nose on....Also...I would LOVE to walk around NY (I've never been...but have always wanted to go..and one day I will!! )xx
I hope you get to travel to NYC soon! There's really no place like it. And I hope you get to try Saffron Lazuli also. It's really special to me. 💖🥰💖🙌
Feliz Navidad to all! I was totally late to the madness but this year I discovered: TF Lost Cherry, Bitter Peach and Sintra. Wow! Also small indie brands such as Haus of Gloi with my favorite Tonka Bean and Tea Cakes. Loved your Black Orchid, Verónica. My boss complimented me on my aroma and it was BO! Adore... adore!!!
¡Feliz Navidad! 🎄🎅❄️ Black Orchid is stunner in my opinion. I have Tonka Bean and Tea Cakes too! Neat little fragrance. You got some beauties this year! 💖🥰🥳
I would love a top 100. I've enjoyed watching your videos this year and wish you even more success!❤🙏
Awwww thank you soooo much! 💖💖💖 Merry Christmas 🎄🎅❄️☃️
@Veronica Says Thank you, and Merry Christmas 🎄 🎅 🧑🎄!
Omg you have some amazing videos lined up. Can’t wait! 😊
Thank you, my friend! I appreciate YOU! 🙏🙏🙏
Great list, Veronica! Love Chinatown too 💕
And, love walking around NYC…so fun to visit!
Thank you, Donna! NYC is the best! 🥳🥳🥳
Looove Amarige since 90s!!! So happy someone remembered it!
It's a beauty! 💖💖💖
I DARE you to do a TOP 100. It’d be you best-viewed video of all-time. I guarantee! WHO’S WITH ME?????
Haha! It would also be 3 hours long so no one would watch it 😩😩😩 I'll do it if you do it! 😄
@@VeronicaSays do. eet. 💃
@@ScentSiblingsDotCA 😂😂😂
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I would watch! ❤
Soleil Blanc is absolutely in my top ten for life. It is a masterpiece in my opinion. I couldn't live without it. Angels Share also makes my list. One of the most intoxicating fragrances I have ever stumbled on. 🥰 If it wasn't for YT, I would have never known about it. Others that make my list... Amarige. Chanel Chance. Aqua Allegoria Teazzurra. Profumi del Forte Roma Imperiale. Gucci Accenti, probably my favorite fragrance of life. Hard to come by anymore but if you can find it I recommend snatching a bottle for a reasonable price! It's the greatest Peach-forward perfume I've ever smelled. I've owned bottles since the mid-90's and I can't live without it.
Great selections! 💖🥰 I agree on a few of these. And yes, these videos introduce us to soooo many different fragrances we would never have heard of!
This year I fell in love with YSL Babycat, For me it is a hug in a bottle that I could wear every day and I dont get tired of, which is a first for me.
Wonderful! The reviews on Babycat are amazing! 💖💖💖
Egad! Never heard that word before. You're still a teacher! Great list Veronica. I bought Still on your recommendation and it is lovely, a perfect easy reach. Well done for coming up with a top ten - I couldn't do that and I have a tiny collection compared to you.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family 🎄🥂💖
I love "egad" - it makes me laugh everytime I hear it or see it in writing 😂 It was definitely hard to put this list together. Thanks for watching! Merry Christmas 🎄🎅☃️❄️
Peace and blessings. My scent of the day is Narcisco. Its just beautiful. Hands down a classic.
Yessss! If you know, you KNOW. Peace and blessings to you! 💖💖💖
@@VeronicaSays Thank you.
I love Chinatown. My mother had some sachets in her drawer that smelled just like it so it reminds me of my mom. I can’t figure out who made those sachets but it’s so funny that so many years later a perfume would come out that smells just like them
Awwww that's such a lovely memory! 💖 Chinatown is awesome. 🔥🔥🔥
Love ❤️ it too but I can’t buy it it’s to expensive but I love ❤️ it !!!
Thank you for acknowledging Still by Jennifer Lopez n it’s a lifer for me too🙏🏿😊🤩🙌🏿
Hi Charlet! Yesssss! 💖 soooo lovely!
Hi Veronica Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎄🎄
I’m with you I don’t need groundbreaking every single time!
Hi Lisa! 💖 Thank you and Merry Christmas to you too! 🎅☃️❄️🎄 Yes, not everything needs to be groundbreaking all the time. 🤷♀️
You ARE the epitome of LOYAL, Veronica. That’s the first characteristic I think of when I think of you. ❤️
Awww thank you. 💖💖💖
Hola Veronica, we love your list❣️❣️❣️
Thank you! 💖💖💖
Your description of your mum really hit home. Mine passed when I was 23, but I always recall her Nivea cream, certain elegant French perfumes that she had as miniatures ,yet I do not know what they were but gosh; they were beautiful. Certain earlier Dior and Chanel scents were similar but not quite them. I’m 60 now and am on this scent hunt to get that, olfactory memory in a bottle. I smelled Cartier Carat and that would have been something she would have loved, so I purchased it and mix it with Coco Noir. It’s a mix of the two of us ❤️❤ Juicy fruit, Shalimar mix is reminiscent as well and my heart for your memory ❤️. Stani xx
Hi Stani, oh wow. I love the combination of scents to represent you and your mom. It's amazing how much a single sniff of a memorable scent can transport us in time. Blessings to you and Happy New Year 🎊🥰🥳💖
@@VeronicaSays 🙏🏻🧡🎉🥳
Your makeup here is absolutely stunning. STUNNING.
Awww thank you soooo much! 🥰💖🥰
This list is awesome. Your Top 10, are so close to mine. If I have to choose just one that is a favorite for the year, I would got for D&G The Only One Intense. It's not a new release, but it is new to me, and I feel really bad, that I have slept on it for such a long time. Opens up like JPG Classique, and dries down like Alien. You cannot do any better in my book!
Hi there! 💖 And woohoo!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I think The Only One Intense is FANTASTIC. Soooo wonderful year round and especially in summer when you want a "lush" fragrance for the heat. 👏👏👏
Hey beautiful! 👋🏽💕 yessss! Chinatown is not a fan favorite but I love it😉 I love that it’s a floral with that spicy cardamon with slight creaminess 👍🏼
Hiiiiii Denise! 💖 Yes! I don't understand the dislike for it but I can't get enough. It's just as you described. Soooo good! Merry Christmas 🎅🎄❄️☃️
This was so amazing to watch
My picks would be
Gris Dior
Casablanca
Terracotta
Hot couture
Penhaligons Artemisia
Eternity
Insolence
I didn’t pick any discontinued ones as that’s not a fair pick for life
Hugs ❤
Ooooooh! Great list. But if you could pick discontinued ones, which would you choose???
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want ginger and want by Dsquared
Alien Essence absolue and
Organza indecence
@@frances181253 oh yes! 👍👍👍
Geesh! This is definitely a hard one 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 So ready to hear!! 🥰❤️🙌😅
Hi lovely! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅☃️❄️
I like your practicality and approach
Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏
Happy Holidays! Love Black Orchid. It was a go to winter scent before I really got into perfumes. Great picks for your top ten. I sampled Soleil Blanc and it didn't move me but Soleil Brulant...goodness...that is definitely in my top 10. Well the dupe, not the OG, which lasted 8 minutes on me.
8 mins? Oh no! Which dupe did you pick up? Also, have you tried Black Orchid the parfum version in the gold bottle? I picked it up after filming this video and WOW! It's amazing! Happy Holidays 💖💖💖
@@VeronicaSays I originally got Dua's version of Soleil Brulant, but ended up getting 100ml bottle from Alexandria. I sampled the Black Orchid Parfum a long time ago. It has a strong rum note that at the time I didn't care for. However, I really like boozy scents now and need to try it again. Thanks for the reminder.
Can't wait to hear your picks beautiful!
Thank you for watching, my dear! 💖💖💖
You have a great fragrance collection. I'm always writing down the fragrances that you talk about. Happy holidays to you, and your family ❤️
Thank you, Lisa! 💖 Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎅❄️🎄☃️
That’s it. I’m getting Shunkoin. You’ve convinced me. ❤. This was such a great video. ❤🎉
I hope you love it, Jackie! (Or at least kinda sorta enjoy it 😂)
Whenever I see Still I think of you! Lovely scent. me too I don't need a "groundbreaking" perfume. for instance Cashmere Vanilla Jasmine by Victoria's Secret is forever my favorite perfume of life
Awww how sweet! I agree with you! Victoria's Secret makes great fragrances. 👍👍👍
Your lighting looks amazing!!! You did an amazing job choosing your fragrances. I’m still stuck on the first 5 🤣🤣
Thank you, Jessie! 💖 I'm fiddling with a few new things. 😁 Going to listen to your VMs this morning. Merry Christmas 🎅❄️🎄☃️
Vele is my all time fave summer scent!! I also have shonkuin and looove it!
Hi Monica! 💖🥰 Oh my goodness! Two absolute beauties! 👍👍👍
Feliz navidad cariño.
I enjoy watching you videos and peaceful demeanor.
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¡Hola Bella! 💖 Muchas Gracias y Felicidades! Merry Christmas 🎄🎅❄️☃️
I have been wanting JLo stuff. Maybe I will take the plunge on Still.
She's worth a shot - you can usually find a small bottle for less than $20.
I did enjoy. Thank you for sharing. I have some of the same scents.
Thank you so much! 💖💖💖
Vele sounds interesting. The notes sound amazing. I love a green fragrance. Herbae by L'occtiane is really nice. And thats green green. To add some fruit sounds nice. Coconut!?
Vele is very interesting in a sea of sweet gourmands flooding the market lately (and I love those, too!). L'Occitane's green leaning fragrances are pretty awesome.
Thank you for posting. Yes Soleil Blanc is inviting:) Merry Christmas!
Thanks for watching! Soleil Blanc is a complete winner, in my book. Merry Christmas to you, also! 🎄🎅
Top of my list is Jewel by Alfred Sung. Such a delicate feminine floral fragrance.
Hi Carol! 💖 Yes, I know many people who love Jewel 🎅❄️🎄☃️
My top 10 are in this order Amarige, Alien, Hugo Deep Red, Michael by MK, L'eau d'Issey, Ghost Deep Night, Initio Musk Therapy, Versace Crystal Noir, YSL Black Opium, YSL Libre L'Absolu Platinum.💖💖💖
Amazing list! 🥰🥰🥰 Finally someone else who loves Amarige, Alien, and Michael along with me. 💖
@@VeronicaSays 💘💘
My fave fragrance of the year has to be Tom Ford Ebene Fume. I finally got a full bottle and I’m thrilled
Hi Yvonne! Oh really? I've never smelled it but would love to. Thanks for sharing! 🥰
Alien, Narciso (I will be testing Bulgari instead of this), Angel’s Share and Chinatown are my babies too:) And also I’ve just discovered What About Pop, Marfa and Rolling in Love which are all great in 2022. Besides, Shalimar and Samsara will always be irreplaceable for me❤
Sounds like we have very similar tastes in fragrance! Do you have a vintage Samsara or a newer one? My newer one didn't work out too well for me. 🫣
@@VeronicaSays Yes, I’ve got vintage Samsara of 30 ml. in red bottle🤭🥰 I haven’t tested the reformulated one yet but the reviews made me scared that’s why I use it in dribs and drabs😅🙈
Still is a gorgeous fragrance. It's amazing how simple but magnetic it is. My husband loves it on me.
Yes! This ⬆️ 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It’s a great idea to look back to your last years videos and see which ones changed, which ones stayed the same.
It surely is! And interesting how tastes change (or stay the same). 💖💖💖
I really enjoy Chinatown too. 😍Probably my favorite Bond perfume, besides Broadway Nite.
I love it! Super good. 🥰🥰🥰
Love the Suit Caddy in the background. I have one myself.
We love it! 💖
This year I fell in love with Diptyque's Eau Duelle edp
Ah yes! It's a lovely one, for sure! 💖
Great taste! Different scents, that are NOT hyped up, like this very much 😍
Hi Esther! 💖 Thank you soooo much! Glad you enjoyed the list. 🥰
I love Miami Glow. Always have I put the fragrance oil into the perfume and now it lasts much longer.
That's wonderful! Thank you for sharing! 💖🥰
I loveeee alien it's definitely not for everyone! But who wants to be like everyone else
Exactly! To each their own, and Alien is for US! 😊😊😊
I knew Still, would be on there, but I was a bit scared Alien would not make it; she was right out the gate. She will always be with me also. You look lovely and your top ten is tops.
Yesssss, Sharri! Still and Alien are those it girls for me. 💖 Glad you enjoyed the video! Merry Christmas! 🎄☃️🎅❄️
Cracked up when you said smelling like an abstract piece of art. Thank you 😊
Hey Sara! 😁😁😁 Haha, yes. It's totally fine to smell just "nice."
My most recent purchase was Mancera Hindu Kush. I've mentioned this to so many people lol. But its extremely sexy, attractive and edgy. I couldn't do a top ten. Well maybe I could but like you I feel so loyal to some of my girls that I cant choose yet. Some days I'm fruity floral and others I'm musky and woody. Maybe its because I'm a Gemini idk I just can't choose. But that Mancera is trying to get my into the number one spot.
Nothing wrong with THAT! Hindu Kush is a STUNNER. Excellent contender! 💖💖💖