It can be simple enough - as in what was the first perfume (or eau de toilette or scent) that you ever wore. Maybe a quick squirt of ma's finest?

Or one you remember that your mum or sis or aunt wore when you were in your first stages of girlhood.

These days there is much more choice, though I still remember that saying from Marilyn Monroe when asked what she wore in bed...... Why Chanel Number 5 of course

hugs


Pauline xxx
This post was edited by Pauline Smith at September 22, 2015 5:52 PM BST

This is going to sound really really poncy but my first boyfriend bought me a bottle of Caleche! it is fabulous! very feminine and really lasts!

I have no idea of the name it was in a fancy bottle on Mother's dressing table

Old Spice

My dad's Old Spice

Like many I am allergic to many scents, so nothing smells good to me.

( lol Mel)... my first and still is Yves Saint Laurent 'Paris by night'

Back in the mid to late 80's, when I realised that I wasn't just playing at this, I spent about half a week's wages on a bottle of "Anais Anais"
I suppose when my mum found it hidden at the back of my sock drawer, she must have thought that I had a girlfriend at the time. The fact that I had long hair and pierced ears still didn't give her a clue and so I played along with her. Now when ever I smell "Anais Anais", I always think of my mum, which is also why I have never bought it since!

first perfume i brought myself was opium, but remember my mums youth dew from my childhood. It probably sounds funny but with a big family of smokers and mostly females it was the smell off fags and perfume that wafted around the house non stop growing up and i love it still
This post was edited by madam sin at September 23, 2015 8:50 PM BST

A really cheap one that was on my mum's dressing table xxx

"Mark Vardy is for Men!" Who amongst you knows this advertising slogan from the early 1960's? A pretty powerful aftershave that I delighted in splashing all over me whether I had shaved or not; so much so that a girl-friend accused me of trying to 'queer her pitch'! Disappointingly it didn't stay on the market very long - I think it was a bit ahead of its time - so I had to transfer to the ubiquitous Old Spice .

Since going 24/7 I have used 'Narciso' (in the 80 quid a bottle range) but worth every penny; I am frequently stopped in the street or in shops to be asked what it is. Highly recommended. x x

cerruti 1881 was the first one I bought

When I realised I needed to have a perfume as part of my life, I bought lots of testers and tried them. I settled on "Modern Muse" and I still wear it today. I love it.

I loved Anais Anais i think because it was my mams fav, but bought a bottle of Lou,Lou for a girlfriend who dumped me b4 i gave it to her so used it, still like the smell of it but have a bottle of channel at the moment cant beat a classic.

First I tried was a chanel no??? (not 5) but the one I first bought for myself was Daisy I just love it!!
This post was edited by katherine rose green at October 2, 2015 10:47 AM BST