There are too many of these types of womens fragrances to mention but I’ll start with a few. Poison by Christian Dior is one such classic. When it came out in the eighties it was all the rage but one whiff of that stultifying scent and you were like, “omigod, this is something for granny”. Take away her Joy perfume and give here this instead and she’ll completely forget her Joy, no pun intended. Poison is one of the strongest smelling perfumes around. I can’t imagine anyone buying anything beyond the eau de toillete.
It is such a punchy almost raunchy perfume, truly for the people whose olfactory senses have been impaired in some way. A whiff of this stuff and you think you’ve wandered into a brothel. It does not smell cheap but is certainly meant for the woman who wants to strut around leaving a veritable trail of overpowering scent in her wake. This type of woman will have on a flowing gown of some kind and definitely a head dress that will have feathers in it.
Fragrances don’t have to be overpowering to suggest matronliness. Ombre rose is one such fragrance that though not strong is powdery smelling to the extreme with a strong hint of rose. Another is Byzance. Some women swear by it and others like myself thinks its for the grandmas. The pretty round blue bottle is indeed a classy looking perfume bottle and it smells good on paper but on my skin it smell like old maid. The base note for this fragrance has some kind of a sour overlay that i find quite unattractive. Of course the queen of all grandma perfumes is the classic opium fragrance which in perfume form may qualify for the strongest perfumes ever made. It is one of the few perfumes that has sandalwood oil in its base and that among other fragrance ingredients gives it an over the top spicy smell. Unfortunately, there is no real opium in this concoction.
Chanel no 5 is the classic. No, in all honesty I like this no 1 womens fragrance. It is at once graceful and elegant, soft and sexy, yet strong. The problem is that my my grandmother wore it and so did my mother. The memories are there. I remind me so much of my grandma that I have to call it a grandma perfume.Among the top ten fragrances in the world I would not hesitate to wear it. It is so alluring except for the memories. As you may already know our sense of smell can pull distant memories up in a flash like none of our other senses can. This is why I can’t wear it.