Did you know that Madonna had her "Like A Prayer" album scented with Patchouli? The inside jacket of the vinyl album! Loved it!! Smelled like a Catholic church!
Tellin’ ya, that Shalimar EDT is for everyone. The cologne formulation too. The construction is perfection, and the smokey incense/vanilla combo is killah! Championship level fragrance for anyone who digs those notes.
Every version of Shalimar is different; the note breakdown is not the same. I wish that they would have gone over the differences, versus the brevity with which this was covered, but glad it was mentioned.
When I was in junior high, my mother bought me a bottle of Chanel 19, which I wore for a few years. Although you don’t see it all that often now, it’s still a classic to me.
@@ThePerfumeGuy yas, please, we need part 2! And I hope you will include an iconic ‘80s fragrance that no one is talking about: Parfum de Peau by Montana 1986. Iconic enough to appear in “Basic Instinct” 🖤
It's always nice to see Dahlia in your videos. You should do a part two. It feels like so many oldies but goodies were left off your list from yesterday and today. ~ Jenn
Also Samsara and Georgio. My mom always wore way too much Georgio, and smoked, and then chewed mint gum. Always turned my stomach! Apparently Georgio was banned in some restaurants!
I always enjoy listening in on you two! And I love ''grandma'' scents! Thank you, Dahlia for challenging that dismissive phrase! I still wear Estee Lauder's Azuree and Madame Rochas, just like my mum.
Definitely some big names here. I know it had to be tough to choose only one from each house when so many of the classic brands have released multiple powerhouse fragrances over the years. As far as others that I consider iconic, several come to mind: Opium, Poison, Miss Dior, Mitsouko, Vol de Nuit. I would even consider some of the Elizabeth Arden offerings such as Sunflowers and Red Door iconic because of their huge popularity back in the late 80s and eaarly 90s, even if you don't really hear anyone talk about them anymore. I can almost smell the JC Penney store just thinkiing about them. lol
Shalimar is just so good! It’s the only thing I wore from my early teens into my thirties-I still love it, but like to mix things up more these days. As you mentioned, Millesime Tonka is an incredible flanker, and I’m hoping it returns as part of the upcoming 100 year anniversary (along with all the other flankers).
Hopefully Guerlain doesn’t mess up the anniversary like Chanel did for No 5. That was just depressing that they didn’t do anything but an ugly repackage…
I would also add Eau de Rochas, it was quite emblematic in the 80's (at least in France), designed for women who didn't go along with opulent 80's scents. It was the fresh alternative. I also remember Montana's Parfum de Peau, I don't know it it was very popular but the bottle was emblematic when it came out. I bought it when I was around 15 years old and loved it, my friends though not so much, probably too "mature", lol...About Cacharel, I think that every French little girl got "Anais Anaïs" gifted at some point. Even the name Anaïs became a super popular name then.
I’m digging these videos about iconic fragrances. I feel like hypnotic poison by Dior and opium by ysl are definitely iconic. Ohh & jean Paul gaultier classique edt. Too many great ones.
I used to wear JPG Classique before I fell in love with the Dior Poisons years later. I have also loved a Chanel one, which smells a lot like Classique but forgot the name. The classics were so much better from the past. Nothing interests me lately.
Two fragrances that I really enjoyed wearing in my student days in the 1990s were Lace by Yardley and Amerige by Givenchy. Later on in the 2000s I got into Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf.
Oh Amarige. Man I have a great scent memory with Amarige. Because of that I gave a bottle of it to my mom. Loved the smell. Later almost 20 years later I gave my mom the original Michael Kors for Women because it reminded me of Amarige.
Like I said many times before, I'm an Angel girl, that'll always be my scent. But as a teenager, I loved Loulou. Now my mom has told me she still has an unopened bottle from the 90's. And I'm getting my hands on that one! Now to add for future video's two more iconic fragrances I loved when I was younger : Rive Gauche from YSL and Opium from YSL. In that day and age I also loved Rochas' Alchemy and Ralph Lauren's Lauren. But I don't know if I would consider those iconic.
Wow this took me back! In the 80s I was all about Paloma Picasso and Obsession. Youth Dew is my mom in the 70s. She was the quintessential Breck Girl meets Mary Tyler Moore and men adored her. She wore YD along with Estee and later Cabochon (?). What a fun video and it makes me want to revisit some of these.
First time I've heard someone articulate the bubblegumminess of Fracas! It's spellbinding. I had an editor who wore it and I told her, truthfully, that I was distracted by how good she smelled. That was when I fell in love with Fracas and *had* to have it. A favorite forever.
Today I am wearing Jean Patou Eau de Joy and loving it. Vintage bottle I got from eBay at a good price. I also wear Angel, and Explosive is deadly with a leathery oudh and amber layer. My 13 yo wears Shalimar and the 15 yo wears Cloud.
@@elisabeth400 I bought a load of testers for both of my teenage daughters and I mixed a load designer, niche and classics. They both chose one each. I just hope one of them follows my love for fragrances
Beautiful by Estee Lauder is iconic to me, as is White Linen. My mom bathed in those scents in the 1980's and early 90's. I occasionally wear Beautiful myself 😊
"Good girls don't smoke, dance the tango, or wear Shalimar". I really didn't know what aldehydes smell like until I smelled Picovaya Dama by Xerjoff, where aldehydes are amped up and the most dominant accord. I didn't get fizzy, zesty, effervescent champagne bubbles. That's what I almost get in the opening of Dior Eau Sauvage EDT. What I got was a strong, industrial strength cleaner irrigating my nostrils. Not good. I suppose aldehydes used in much smaller levels can do a lot for a composition. They're OK to my nose in Chanel No. 5. Hermés Equipage has an aldehyde note and it's great. I believe Penhaligon Sartorial has an aldehyde note. Great. I'm a dude, but I have a decant of Diorella coming, because I'm an Eau Sauvage fan. Never smelled Diorella but Edmond Roudnitska said it was "Eau Sauvage perfected". I bought Youth Dew for my girlfriend this winter. Also bought her the EDT of L'Interdit by Givenchy. Much different than the 1957 original I hear. But L'Interdit OG should be on this list. And Mitsouko and L'Heure Bleu, and Joy, and Vol de Nuit and maybe Arpege. But I guess not all can fit on a list of only 10.
Great video! More of the 2 of you together please, always fun to watch. I feel like Narciso Rodriguez is glaringly absent from this list - definitely worthy of iconic status and it doesn't break your one-per-brand rule.
Dalia's comments on fragrances she has the wearing experience history of definitely shows she is in the know to great lengths in some subtle nuances. And Dalia @17:00 mentions the Aramis Aftershave being so good. Aramis EDT happens to be my SOTD :) love it! But even though having a modest collection of After Shaves, I don´t have the Aramis after shave. Will have to look it up. Love Pinaud´s Clubman Special Reserve, which has similarities to Aramis EDT. Great guest as always, and great video! PS. From the past, iconic women's fragrance to my nose was YSL Opium Parfum, I mean late 80's version, in the red plastic bottle with golden/transparent cap and a see through off-center circle in the body. That stuff made me think for the first time that smells could have beauty just like music or paintings. Have started smelling women's fragrances systematically only relatively recently. From my limited sample space so far, the current ones that standout for me are Givenchy L'Interdit EDP, Dior J'Adore the alcohol free one, and Prada Candy.
The Aramis aftershave has 2 versions,one is a regular edt type aftershave,and the other is my favorite the balm,but both are exceptional aftershaves. If you like the EDT you won’t be disappointed.
❤hey you guys! I’ve been wearing Aromatics Elixir since the mid 90’s. I agree the scent is not the same. It’s a stunner & would get major compliments back in the day. Just beautiful! Fracas is another one I love!
My aunt wore YSL Rive Gauche. L'air du temps Nina Ricci, Madame Rochas and one from Van Cleef&Arpels (name escapes me) were the scents my mother wore in the 70s. I got a bottle of Kouros in the early 80s for Christmas from a family friend - and I hated it. She loved it and wore that and nothing else for the rest of her long life. I do love Kouros now.
My grandmother wore Youth Dew, my mom wore Le Must de Cartier and in the 80’s I wore Anais Anais and Lauren by Ralph Lauren, later moving on to Paloma Picasso and Opium.
You guys are so much fun to watch together. My mom still wears Shalimar and Opium to this date. The only 2 perfumes she's ever owned. While I can respect the OG Angel, I am really enjoying the new Angel Elixir. It smells so beautiful and sharp to me and has great performance. I really love it. Hate away lol
I was waiting for this! I hope one of my favorite is included! Diorismo is iconic it has a TBT for me my first perfume when it came out it was gifted to me by my mother when I was sixteen years old I carried two bottles when we came here in the USA until currently I still wear them from time to time and I received a lot of compliments on it! Thank you knowing that it was Iconic!👍👍👍
glad feminite du bois got a mention 🧡 I wore it in shiseido days and have tested some side by side with serge lutens and think they are pretty much the same 😊 was my signature for quite a while
I'm so here for this! Thank you! I love, love, love Guerlain's Shalimar and own a full bottle. I love everything about it including the gorgeous bottle. I agree that it's quite unisex. I tried Halston's Halston in my twenties and due to my under developed nose, couldn't appreciate it.
Great video you two! I still have several of those iconic fragrances that live in my collection along with much newer perfumes of today. The video was like a walk down memory lane and made me spray on the first one (Caleche) mentioned as I realized that even though I once was completely enthralled with it (as well as Kelly Caleche), I rarely wear either. However, I still wear several others on your list. Another iconic perfume I would like to mention is Lanvin’s Arpege, which I still have in the pure parfum version in the round bottle with the gold cap which is absolutely beautiful and still smells really good. Thank you for this extremely enjoyable video!
Bal a Versailles parfum! Beautiful ( well iconic for me as Bal A' Versailles was my first perfume love and sets the standard for all who follow - for example Bianchi's the Dark Side different yet sisters or better a great grandaughter ) Love this and so nice to see you with Dahlia... more please.
Oh wow !! Caleche is My mother in law’s signature scent . I’ve never heard anyone talking about it really , so glad you guys did ❤I noticed , at least on her , it Has this powdery dry down scent trail . Really beautiful and understated. I do see the similarity to Chanel no.5 - maybe it give off that same classic vibe . Anyway I do enjoy it on her . Thanks for sharing !!
Dahlia--- I LOVE your lipstick... Ok I love the list BUT... if you're going to pick ONE Dior feminine-marketed icon.... It's MISS DIOR... the FIRST fragrance Dior ever released and it's the PERFECT chypre... I have FIVE vintage extraits (one is from pre-1968) and you both would love it!! ❤
Another fantastic video. I work night shift and watching these videos you make is just so great and uplifting. You both have such a happy and positive energy and it really shows and inspires. I could listen for hours and never get tired of the stories and memories that can be shared here about all these classic fragrances. You both have a great friendship and that is wonderful. I have been collecting a lot of vintage fragrances for both men and women and I wear all of them. My grandmother wore Alyssa Ashley Musk for years growing up and it’s my greatest scent memory of her and it’s a classic. I wish she was still with us because she would love to have seen all the perfumes I have collected. Thanks and keep making great videos! Bless you both 🙏💜
Ashley (the girl you used to do videos with) did a video called "How to smell expensive" and she talked about Shalimar as being a "forbidden fragrance" in polite society
My favorite classics I enjoy due to the honorable women I've gleaned wisdom from include Estée Lauders' Beautiful, Chanels' Coco edt, Elizabeth Ardens' Red Door and YSLs' Opium. Great idea for video! Thx y'all!
I know limiting the list to only ten means some icons will be left off... So I'm just saying that I personally would add two more in the form of Obsession and Black Orchid. 💗
Funny story….When I was a young teenager in the 70s, my single uncle would buy my mom and I both a youth dew gift set every year for Christmas not knowing what else to get and probably a sales lady telling him how great it was. My mom and I hated that fragrance so much we would end up throwing them away as no one in our family or that we knew wanted it either. Lol still to think of that fragrance nauseates me but maybe I should take another sniff now that I’m an adult and appreciate fragrances much more. Thanks for the review You two!
Bonjour Sebastian, I broke my original bottle of Loulou by Cacharel, without spray... then i bought the new bottle in 1994. Still good today and so different from what we can find now a day 😭. I keep it preciously because it remind me so much good memory 🥰. Have a good day 😘
I loved bijan and two givenchy perfumes, ysatis and amarige. So many memories. In 2001 I wore nothing but Angel and had so many compliments and questions. Now I can’t decide what I like and wear good girl, good fortune by viktor rolf, light blue, jean Paul gaultier LE belle, and Angel nova. Love irresistible by givenchy as well. I kind of like Angel elixir
Another great video with Dalya! Shalimar is such a classic! It was my mom’s signature scent. Once she started wearing it, she never wore any other fragrance!
hands down ysl opium, nina ricci l'air du temps, joy jean patou, arpege lanvin, balmain vent vert should be on the list of iconic women perfumes of all time.
Love Dalya and her curls! Giving me Like a Prayer vibes. 😍 I owned-wore both Caleche and Kelly versions for years and have decluttered but that was a fantastic choice. The notes are 😂vaguely similar I suppose but I never thought of Caleche smelling like Chanel No. 5. I’d add to this list Caron Tabac Blond, Joy by Patou, Bal à Versailles, and while Fracas is probably the more iconic choice I prefer Bandit.
I’ve always felt that Lagerfeld Classic is the male version of Shalimar. How did you two leave out Tabu?! You should do an old-time celebrities fragrance list. Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion would have to make that list.
Thank you for another wonderful episode with you and Dalya! The Diorissimo segment just hits different as it was my mother's signature scent . It's hard to find here and now (PH) so these days she's using Yves Rocher Muguet instead. I used to find it so heady as a kid but in hindsight, it was surprisingly fresh, even in the tropical heat where waxy white florals are the stuff of migraines.
Shalimar is not an amber, it's an oriental. An amber must have vanilla, labdanum and benzoin, of which Shalimar only has vanilla. And even if it does have incense and opoponax, it doesn't smell resinous. The bergamot in the opening, and the vanilla, leather and civet in the dry down are what stand out the most. Regardless of classifications, though, it is absolutely gorgeous. I'm lucky because I never knew anyone growing up who wore it, so it doesn't have any kind of associations and it doesn't smell dated to me so I can comfortably wear it. PS. I own the Eau de Parfum and love it, but funnily enough I didn't really like the Eau de Toilette, so I suggest anyone interested in this fragrance, to try both concentrations and to allow it time to get to the dry down, because that's where the magic happens.
Youth dew is just glorious . I still wear it just all year round . Please make part 2❤❤❤ Rochas femme , cinnabar estee lauder , red door elizabeth arden and last but not least boucheron jaipur 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I also adore shalimar edt , it is just magnificent scent for eternity. My grandma always wore white linen estee lauder and my mom loves chanel no 5 , coco chanel and jean patou
So about 23 years ago I swore up and down that Tommy girl by Tommy Hilfiger was the best scent that came out during my middle school and high school years. No one ever ever talks about it but I truly adored it. Also Burberry Brit was my signature scent for the first half of my 20’s
A great Video …I really enjoyed it ! …I love a classic perfume ….I adore all of these fragrances some great memories with them …No5 will always be in my top 5 it’s a lifer for me …I fly through my bottles and repurchase it along with the body cream ! …
I am surprised Dana Tabu Vintage wasn't mentioned. Quite unique. Reminds me of flea markets with the unburnt Incense sticks. Its mostly the Civet and Benzoin mixture. Definitely worth wearing..
The feminine list is longer. I am into the classics. Joy, Mitsouko, L’Heure Blue, Chamade, Rive Gauche, Cuir de Russe, Opium, Ysatis, Ma Griffe, L’air du Temps, Chanel 19, Madame Rochas, Femme, Miss Dior, Cabouchard, Je Reviens, Sortilege, Chloe, Charlie, Azuree, Aliage, Coco, Babe, Jovan White Musk…so many are lost, reformulated or discontinued. I guess the unisex list is next.
We didn't shoot a unisex list. We will revisit at a later time since In in France now. But we have shot a few other videos so those should hit my channel before we get to connect and shoot another video! :)
Had to go find my Shalimar and Youth Dew. Went with Shalimar this evening, but Youth Dew will be in the rotation soon. My personal iconic fragrances are Femme, Boucheron, and Coco. The old versions. And may I say that the videos you do together never fail to make me laugh. If anyone hasn't seen the video about the vintage fragrances from the storage locker, you are so missing out!
Sebastian's grandma's bathroom will be on everyone's mind henceforth 😂 Amouage, Rive Gauche, Opium, Poison, Addict, Trésor, Insolence, D&G the original (red cap), Chloé (original)
I wore Halston by Halston almost exclusively in the 80s. The "new" Halston is NOT the same- something is missing. Does anyone know what the deal is? I havent worn fragrance since the early 90s due to allergies but, boy, Halston was the best fragrance of all time for me. Full transparency- I also liked Youth Dew by Estee Lauder!
Seriously try it on your skin and walk outdoors, particularly in the spring. it’s glorious. The edp. ‘Eau Premiere’ and ‘L’eau’ are nice versions of it too.
ANGEL by Thierry Mugler is my number one perfume in the whole world 🌎. ANGEL is distinctive, you can immediately recognize it, yet it smells differently on every person wearing it. ANGEL is unique, definitely ICONIC and it's My Signature fragrance ❤️❤️❤️.
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You two genuinely have wonderful ‘best friends’chemistry. Love how you make each other giggle and smile like naughty school kids up to no good.
Completely agree.
Did you know that Madonna had her "Like A Prayer" album scented with Patchouli? The inside jacket of the vinyl album! Loved it!! Smelled like a Catholic church!
WHOA? I didn't know and i had that album! :)
Great list...I would add Obsession, Eternity, Giorgio, Poison, Opium, Ck one.
Chanel Coco Mademoiselle has to be on the list. I am a guy and I personally wear the Intense version
Tellin’ ya, that Shalimar EDT is for everyone. The cologne formulation too. The construction is perfection, and the smokey incense/vanilla combo is killah! Championship level fragrance for anyone who digs those notes.
YES!!
Every version of Shalimar is different; the note breakdown is not the same. I wish that they would have gone over the differences, versus the brevity with which this was covered, but glad it was mentioned.
When I was in junior high, my mother bought me a bottle of Chanel 19, which I wore for a few years. Although you don’t see it all that often now, it’s still a classic to me.
Missed: Poison, Opium, Obsession
Yep, yep, yep. Unfortunately can't fit more than 10 in a 10 list! Perhaps on part 2! :)
@@ThePerfumeGuy yas, please, we need part 2!
And I hope you will include an iconic ‘80s fragrance that no one is talking about: Parfum de Peau by Montana 1986. Iconic enough to appear in “Basic Instinct” 🖤
Lancome's Tresor is another great classic. My maternal grandmother, mother, and mother-in-law wore it in the past.
I can see this for sure.
Fun fact, my mom was at Studio 54 that night!!! She has photos of all kinds of celebrities from back then.
WOW
It's always nice to see Dahlia in your videos. You should do a part two. It feels like so many oldies but goodies were left off your list from yesterday and today. ~ Jenn
Also Samsara and Georgio. My mom always wore way too much Georgio, and smoked, and then chewed mint gum. Always turned my stomach! Apparently Georgio was banned in some restaurants!
I wore Lou Lou back in 87 loved it with anais anais 😆🔥
Just got a bottle but have not worn it yet.
Dior Poison, YSL Opium, Jean Paul Gaultier Le Classique, Chloe Eau De Parfum, Nina Ricci L’Air Du Temps, and Cacharel Anais Anais. 😊
I always enjoy listening in on you two! And I love ''grandma'' scents! Thank you, Dahlia for challenging that dismissive phrase! I still wear Estee Lauder's Azuree and Madame Rochas, just like my mum.
Definitely some big names here. I know it had to be tough to choose only one from each house when so many of the classic brands have released multiple powerhouse fragrances over the years. As far as others that I consider iconic, several come to mind: Opium, Poison, Miss Dior, Mitsouko, Vol de Nuit. I would even consider some of the Elizabeth Arden offerings such as Sunflowers and Red Door iconic because of their huge popularity back in the late 80s and eaarly 90s, even if you don't really hear anyone talk about them anymore. I can almost smell the JC Penney store just thinkiing about them. lol
My mom still wears Opium to this date
Shalimar is just so good! It’s the only thing I wore from my early teens into my thirties-I still love it, but like to mix things up more these days. As you mentioned, Millesime Tonka is an incredible flanker, and I’m hoping it returns as part of the upcoming 100 year anniversary (along with all the other flankers).
Hopefully Guerlain doesn’t mess up the anniversary like Chanel did for No 5. That was just depressing that they didn’t do anything but an ugly repackage…
Shalimar is so gorgeous, mitsouko as well.. both are so beautiful they make me want to cry
I thought Rochas Femme was going to be in there somewhere. So many Iconic ones.
I adore this
The Lagerfeld Chloe! I miss it. White Shoulders was my Mom in the 70's. White Linen was everywhere. Van Cleef & Arpels First, a forgotten icon.
I would also add Eau de Rochas, it was quite emblematic in the 80's (at least in France), designed for women who didn't go along with opulent 80's scents. It was the fresh alternative. I also remember Montana's Parfum de Peau, I don't know it it was very popular but the bottle was emblematic when it came out. I bought it when I was around 15 years old and loved it, my friends though not so much, probably too "mature", lol...About Cacharel, I think that every French little girl got "Anais Anaïs" gifted at some point. Even the name Anaïs became a super popular name then.
I’m digging these videos about iconic fragrances. I feel like hypnotic poison by Dior and opium by ysl are definitely iconic. Ohh & jean Paul gaultier classique edt. Too many great ones.
I used to wear JPG Classique before I fell in love with the Dior Poisons years later. I have also loved a Chanel one, which smells a lot like Classique but forgot the name. The classics were so much better from the past. Nothing interests me lately.
My dad wears only the vintage AROMATICS ELIXIR and he is in a bad mood, if he can't get it 😂❤
Two fragrances that I really enjoyed wearing in my student days in the 1990s were Lace by Yardley and Amerige by Givenchy. Later on in the 2000s I got into Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf.
Oh Amarige. Man I have a great scent memory with Amarige. Because of that I gave a bottle of it to my mom. Loved the smell. Later almost 20 years later I gave my mom the original Michael Kors for Women because it reminded me of Amarige.
I loved amarige and ysatis. So many memories.
Like I said many times before, I'm an Angel girl, that'll always be my scent. But as a teenager, I loved Loulou. Now my mom has told me she still has an unopened bottle from the 90's. And I'm getting my hands on that one! Now to add for future video's two more iconic fragrances I loved when I was younger : Rive Gauche from YSL and Opium from YSL. In that day and age I also loved Rochas' Alchemy and Ralph Lauren's Lauren. But I don't know if I would consider those iconic.
Wow this took me back! In the 80s I was all about Paloma Picasso and Obsession. Youth Dew is my mom in the 70s. She was the quintessential Breck Girl meets Mary Tyler Moore and men adored her. She wore YD along with Estee and later Cabochon (?). What a fun video and it makes me want to revisit some of these.
I used to like Paloma Picasso too. It's a classy lady's fragrance.
Your mom sounds iconic
First time I've heard someone articulate the bubblegumminess of Fracas! It's spellbinding. I had an editor who wore it and I told her, truthfully, that I was distracted by how good she smelled. That was when I fell in love with Fracas and *had* to have it. A favorite forever.
Oh yes for sure. It's such a bubblegum scent to me. I don't know why. I put my nose to it and instantly that is what I get. Tuberose Bubblegum! :)
I still wear Francas. I used to have Bandit too.
Today I am wearing Jean Patou Eau de Joy and loving it. Vintage bottle I got from eBay at a good price.
I also wear Angel, and Explosive is deadly with a leathery oudh and amber layer.
My 13 yo wears Shalimar and the 15 yo wears Cloud.
I have Angel and love wearing it.
13 yo wears Shalimar?? Wow, she has a good taste!
@@elisabeth400 I bought a load of testers for both of my teenage daughters and I mixed a load designer, niche and classics. They both chose one each. I just hope one of them follows my love for fragrances
@@elisabeth400 she's just pinched my Bal a Versailles! Literally minutes ago!
Beautiful by Estee Lauder is iconic to me, as is White Linen. My mom bathed in those scents in the 1980's and early 90's. I occasionally wear Beautiful myself 😊
Thanks for sharing!!
I loved those two as well in the 80s.
I'm loving this video. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️
Fun video! I read somewhere Courtney Love wears Fracas too.
You two together... PURE PLEASURE ❤
"Good girls don't smoke, dance the tango, or wear Shalimar".
I really didn't know what aldehydes smell like until I smelled Picovaya Dama by Xerjoff, where aldehydes are amped up and the most dominant accord. I didn't get fizzy, zesty, effervescent champagne bubbles. That's what I almost get in the opening of Dior Eau Sauvage EDT. What I got was a strong, industrial strength cleaner irrigating my nostrils. Not good. I suppose aldehydes used in much smaller levels can do a lot for a composition. They're OK to my nose in Chanel No. 5. Hermés Equipage has an aldehyde note and it's great. I believe Penhaligon Sartorial has an aldehyde note. Great.
I'm a dude, but I have a decant of Diorella coming, because I'm an Eau Sauvage fan. Never smelled Diorella but Edmond Roudnitska said it was "Eau Sauvage perfected".
I bought Youth Dew for my girlfriend this winter. Also bought her the EDT of L'Interdit by Givenchy. Much different than the 1957 original I hear. But L'Interdit OG should be on this list. And Mitsouko and L'Heure Bleu, and Joy, and Vol de Nuit and maybe Arpege. But I guess not all can fit on a list of only 10.
I bought Eau Sauvage for my dad when I was in France and I still wear Diorella. Lancome O, the green one, is similar but Diorella is the Queen.
Great video! More of the 2 of you together please, always fun to watch. I feel like Narciso Rodriguez is glaringly absent from this list - definitely worthy of iconic status and it doesn't break your one-per-brand rule.
Should have
Jean Patou Joy the best ever women perfume created in 1933
Jean Patou 1000
Dalia's comments on fragrances she has the wearing experience history of definitely shows she is in the know to great lengths in some subtle nuances.
And Dalia @17:00 mentions the Aramis Aftershave being so good. Aramis EDT happens to be my SOTD :) love it! But even though having a modest collection of After Shaves, I don´t have the Aramis after shave. Will have to look it up. Love Pinaud´s Clubman Special Reserve, which has similarities to Aramis EDT.
Great guest as always, and great video!
PS. From the past, iconic women's fragrance to my nose was YSL Opium Parfum, I mean late 80's version, in the red plastic bottle with golden/transparent cap and a see through off-center circle in the body. That stuff made me think for the first time that smells could have beauty just like music or paintings.
Have started smelling women's fragrances systematically only relatively recently. From my limited sample space so far, the current ones that standout for me are Givenchy L'Interdit EDP, Dior J'Adore the alcohol free one, and Prada Candy.
The Aramis aftershave has 2 versions,one is a regular edt type aftershave,and
the other is my favorite the balm,but both are exceptional aftershaves.
If you like the EDT you won’t be disappointed.
I think of Hermes 24 Faubourg and Joy by Jean Patou and Bette Davis firing up a cig and the sillage cuts thru the cig smoke.
❤hey you guys! I’ve been wearing Aromatics Elixir since the mid 90’s. I agree the scent is not the same. It’s a stunner & would get major compliments back in the day. Just beautiful! Fracas is another one I love!
Aeromatics elixir is wonderful.
My aunt wore YSL Rive Gauche. L'air du temps Nina Ricci, Madame Rochas and one from Van Cleef&Arpels (name escapes me) were the scents my mother wore in the 70s. I got a bottle of Kouros in the early 80s for Christmas from a family friend - and I hated it. She loved it and wore that and nothing else for the rest of her long life. I do love Kouros now.
My grandmother wore Youth Dew, my mom wore Le Must de Cartier and in the 80’s I wore Anais Anais and Lauren by Ralph Lauren, later moving on to Paloma Picasso and Opium.
I nearly forgot about Lauren! Loved it along with Tuxedo!
LOVE Angel and Aromatics Elixir/Aramis! I would add YSL Rive Gauche, RL Lauren, Chanel 19.
White Diamonds, CK One, Chloe Narcisse, Avon Far Away
Opium by YSL is also iconic.
Thank you for the vídeo with Dahlia- shalimar loulou, Youth Dew - have you mentioned Arpege, xFemme de rochas or Lair de temps ?
You guys are so much fun to watch together. My mom still wears Shalimar and Opium to this date. The only 2 perfumes she's ever owned. While I can respect the OG Angel, I am really enjoying the new Angel Elixir. It smells so beautiful and sharp to me and has great performance. I really love it. Hate away lol
More collabs and videos like this please! Loved both the masculine and feminine videos.
I was waiting for this! I hope one of my favorite is included! Diorismo is iconic it has a TBT for me my first perfume when it came out it was gifted to me by my mother when I was sixteen years old I carried two bottles when we came here in the USA until currently I still wear them from time to time and I received a lot of compliments on it! Thank you knowing that it was Iconic!👍👍👍
glad feminite du bois got a mention 🧡 I wore it in shiseido days and have tested some side by side with serge lutens and think they are pretty much the same 😊 was my signature for quite a while
I absolutely love beautiful fragrances!!! My favorite is Gucci Guilty.
I'm so here for this! Thank you! I love, love, love Guerlain's Shalimar and own a full bottle. I love everything about it including the gorgeous bottle. I agree that it's quite unisex. I tried Halston's Halston in my twenties and due to my under developed nose, couldn't appreciate it.
Hi sebastian, I love feminite du bois, I have the Shiseido release but I prefer the first Lutens one, I find it to be woodier....
Great video you two! I still have several of those iconic fragrances that live in my collection along with much newer perfumes of today. The video was like a walk down memory lane and made me spray on the first one (Caleche) mentioned as I realized that even though I once was completely enthralled with it (as well as Kelly Caleche), I rarely wear either. However, I still wear several others on your list. Another iconic perfume I would like to mention is Lanvin’s Arpege, which I still have in the pure parfum version in the round bottle with the gold cap which is absolutely beautiful and still smells really good. Thank you for this extremely enjoyable video!
Bal a Versailles parfum! Beautiful ( well iconic for me as Bal A' Versailles was my first perfume love and sets the standard for all who follow - for example Bianchi's the Dark Side different yet sisters or better a great grandaughter ) Love this and so nice to see you with Dahlia... more please.
Youth Dew was the starter perfume for so many women I know, but in the blue bottle. Opium!
Oh wow !! Caleche is My mother in law’s signature scent . I’ve never heard anyone talking about it really , so glad you guys did ❤I noticed , at least on her , it Has this powdery dry down scent trail . Really beautiful and understated. I do see the similarity to Chanel no.5 - maybe it give off that same classic vibe . Anyway I do enjoy it on her . Thanks for sharing !!
Dahlia--- I LOVE your lipstick...
Ok I love the list BUT... if you're going to pick ONE Dior feminine-marketed icon.... It's MISS DIOR... the FIRST fragrance Dior ever released and it's the PERFECT chypre... I have FIVE vintage extraits (one is from pre-1968) and you both would love it!! ❤
Very interesting.....what about Opium....I loved that scent...they have copies but nothing like the original scent .
For some reason I never got into Youth Dew and Aromatics, but both were all the rage amongst my university friends in the early to mid 1990s.
Angel is forever the best fragrance. My all time fav
Another fantastic video. I work night shift and watching these videos you make is just so great and uplifting. You both have such a happy and positive energy and it really shows and inspires. I could listen for hours and never get tired of the stories and memories that can be shared here about all these classic fragrances. You both have a great friendship and that is wonderful. I have been collecting a lot of vintage fragrances for both men and women and I wear all of them. My grandmother wore Alyssa Ashley Musk for years growing up and it’s my greatest scent memory of her and it’s a classic. I wish she was still with us because she would love to have seen all the perfumes I have collected. Thanks and keep making great videos! Bless you both 🙏💜
White Diamonds gotta be on the list 😊
Ashley (the girl you used to do videos with) did a video called "How to smell expensive" and she talked about Shalimar as being a "forbidden fragrance" in polite society
My favorite classics I enjoy due to the honorable women I've gleaned wisdom from include Estée Lauders' Beautiful, Chanels' Coco edt, Elizabeth Ardens' Red Door and YSLs' Opium. Great idea for video! Thx y'all!
Miss Dior Originale
Love you guys! I love all those iconic fragrances.
I know limiting the list to only ten means some icons will be left off... So I'm just saying that I personally would add two more in the form of Obsession and Black Orchid. 💗
I’d really like to hear your opinions on Lolita Lempicka
Lolita Lempicka is fabulous 😍.
Funny story….When I was a young teenager in the 70s, my single uncle would buy my mom and I both a youth dew gift set every year for Christmas not knowing what else to get and probably a sales lady telling him how great it was. My mom and I hated that fragrance so much we would end up throwing them away as no one in our family or that we knew wanted it either. Lol still to think of that fragrance nauseates me but maybe I should take another sniff now that I’m an adult and appreciate fragrances much more. Thanks for the review You two!
Bonjour Sebastian,
I broke my original bottle of Loulou by Cacharel, without spray... then i bought the new bottle in 1994. Still good today and so different from what we can find now a day 😭. I keep it preciously because it remind me so much good memory 🥰.
Have a good day 😘
Opium for sure. I've worn almost all of these. I loved the old Aromatics too. Great list!
I loved bijan and two givenchy perfumes, ysatis and amarige. So many memories. In 2001 I wore nothing but Angel and had so many compliments and questions. Now I can’t decide what I like and wear good girl, good fortune by viktor rolf, light blue, jean Paul gaultier LE belle, and Angel nova. Love irresistible by givenchy as well. I kind of like Angel elixir
All hail Shalimar! ❤
I wore Caleche throughout the 80s and 90s and I love it. One really iconic fragrance I still adore is Arpege
Love angel from this series.. I would also include Lancome Tresor❤
I love you guys together ❤️
Another great video with Dalya! Shalimar is such a classic! It was my mom’s signature scent. Once she started wearing it, she never wore any other fragrance!
hands down ysl opium, nina ricci l'air du temps, joy jean patou, arpege lanvin, balmain vent vert should be on the list of iconic women perfumes of all time.
Love Dalya and her curls! Giving me Like a Prayer vibes. 😍 I owned-wore both Caleche and Kelly versions for years and have decluttered but that was a fantastic choice. The notes are 😂vaguely similar I suppose but I never thought of Caleche smelling like Chanel No. 5. I’d add to this list Caron Tabac Blond, Joy by Patou, Bal à Versailles, and while Fracas is probably the more iconic choice I prefer Bandit.
I’ve always felt that Lagerfeld Classic is the male version of Shalimar. How did you two leave out Tabu?! You should do an old-time celebrities fragrance list. Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion would have to make that list.
Opium, Poison an L'air Du Temps are three classic iconic perfumes that I love.
Thank you for another wonderful episode with you and Dalya! The Diorissimo segment just hits different as it was my mother's signature scent . It's hard to find here and now (PH) so these days she's using Yves Rocher Muguet instead. I used to find it so heady as a kid but in hindsight, it was surprisingly fresh, even in the tropical heat where waxy white florals are the stuff of migraines.
Shalimar is not an amber, it's an oriental. An amber must have vanilla, labdanum and benzoin, of which Shalimar only has vanilla. And even if it does have incense and opoponax, it doesn't smell resinous. The bergamot in the opening, and the vanilla, leather and civet in the dry down are what stand out the most. Regardless of classifications, though, it is absolutely gorgeous. I'm lucky because I never knew anyone growing up who wore it, so it doesn't have any kind of associations and it doesn't smell dated to me so I can comfortably wear it. PS. I own the Eau de Parfum and love it, but funnily enough I didn't really like the Eau de Toilette, so I suggest anyone interested in this fragrance, to try both concentrations and to allow it time to get to the dry down, because that's where the magic happens.
U should refrain from calling perfumes oriental.
But the Cologne is THE BEST Shalimar! Still get it at CVS but it’s being discontinued 😢
Youth dew is just glorious . I still wear it just all year round . Please make part 2❤❤❤
Rochas femme , cinnabar estee lauder , red door elizabeth arden and last but not least boucheron jaipur 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I also adore shalimar edt , it is just magnificent scent for eternity. My grandma always wore white linen estee lauder and my mom loves chanel no 5 , coco chanel and jean patou
So about 23 years ago I swore up and down that Tommy girl by Tommy Hilfiger was the best scent that came out during my middle school and high school years. No one ever ever talks about it but I truly adored it. Also Burberry Brit was my signature scent for the first half of my 20’s
A great Video …I really enjoyed it ! …I love a classic perfume ….I adore all of these fragrances some great memories with them …No5 will always be in my top 5 it’s a lifer for me …I fly through my bottles and repurchase it along with the body cream ! …
I am surprised Dana Tabu Vintage wasn't mentioned. Quite unique. Reminds me of flea markets with the unburnt Incense sticks. Its mostly the Civet and Benzoin mixture.
Definitely worth wearing..
The feminine list is longer. I am into the classics. Joy, Mitsouko, L’Heure Blue, Chamade, Rive Gauche, Cuir de Russe, Opium, Ysatis, Ma Griffe, L’air du Temps, Chanel 19, Madame Rochas, Femme, Miss Dior, Cabouchard, Je Reviens, Sortilege, Chloe, Charlie, Azuree, Aliage, Coco, Babe, Jovan White Musk…so many are lost, reformulated or discontinued. I guess the unisex list is next.
We didn't shoot a unisex list. We will revisit at a later time since In in France now. But we have shot a few other videos so those should hit my channel before we get to connect and shoot another video! :)
You hit a lot of my faves. Ma Griffe haven’t heard that name in years.
Beverly Hills Giorgio is iconic I think. Haven't smelled it but I keep seeing that yellow box with stripes.
I am requesting a Masque Milano house overview! ❤ pretty please 🥺
Had to go find my Shalimar and Youth Dew. Went with Shalimar this evening, but Youth Dew will be in the rotation soon. My personal iconic fragrances are Femme, Boucheron, and Coco. The old versions. And may I say that the videos you do together never fail to make me laugh. If anyone hasn't seen the video about the vintage fragrances from the storage locker, you are so missing out!
Sebastian's grandma's bathroom will be on everyone's mind henceforth 😂
Amouage, Rive Gauche, Opium, Poison, Addict, Trésor, Insolence, D&G the original (red cap), Chloé (original)
Youth Dew is my mom's scent, and my grandma used Chanel. No. 5 and Maderas Del Oriente (a bottle that had 2 sticks in it)
Wonderful 🎉
Dying to try Fracas!!!
I think a Calvin Klein needs to be in this list 😍 obsession or escape ❤️❤️
@@sk_abstract_art yes , I still own a bottle of escape , I don’t wear it but I do smell it 😊
@@sk_abstract_art yes. Still strong , probably one and only that smells the same from back in the day
I wore Halston by Halston almost exclusively in the 80s. The "new" Halston is NOT the same- something is missing. Does anyone know what the deal is? I havent worn fragrance since the early 90s due to allergies but, boy, Halston was the best fragrance of all time for me. Full transparency- I also liked Youth Dew by Estee Lauder!
Angel, my love. Angel is the queen of all of these. Wearing Angel now and smelling so great. Lovely video Sebastian. Keep making these videos.
Wow, thank you
I respect NO.5 and no doubt it is one of the most iconic fragrances if not THE most iconic but I can't stand the scent
Seriously try it on your skin and walk outdoors, particularly in the spring. it’s glorious. The edp. ‘Eau Premiere’ and ‘L’eau’ are nice versions of it too.
ANGEL by Thierry Mugler is my number one perfume in the whole world 🌎. ANGEL is distinctive, you can immediately recognize it, yet it smells differently on every person wearing it. ANGEL is unique, definitely ICONIC and it's My Signature fragrance ❤️❤️❤️.
Boudoir by Vivienne Westwood is iconic
L'air du Temps by Nina Ricci
Arpege by Lanvin
Femme by Rochas
Poison
Miss Dior Originale
Ombre Rose by Jean Charles Brosseau