My Perfume Collection

Hello and welcome back to Cloud Belle :) Thank you to all the new readers, I have all my gratitude to point towards Essie for that! I had a major fan girl moment the other night when Estee from +essiebutton replied to my tweet, as she is without a doubt my favourite youtuber and blogger.

Onto the matter at hand though - my perfume collection. I realise I do not have the most extensive collection but I think it is more important to have a smaller assortment of scents that you really love and would be happy to wear day in day out to all kinds of occasions. Plus perfume after being opened for a while begins to lose its original scent and go bad so having hundreds at the same time seems to make no sense to me. 

In terms of how I store my perfume, I like to keep them on a small tray which I have in my bathroom just below the window ledge. Top tip of the week - keeping perfume out of direct sunlight helps to maintain the scent for longer. So whilst I am always tempted to have them out on my dresser to have as items of décor, I would rather have them in a more discreet place and preserve their smell.

So in no particular order here is my perfume collection - small disclaimer before hand as I'm sure any blogger has said in the past, I suck at describing scents, but I will try my best!

1) DKNY Be Delicious - this is my oldest perfume and probably my favourite, I would classify this as my 'signature scent' if we want to become all pretentious up in here! Clearly the overriding scent in this perfume is apple, and so it is very fresh. What is so great about this one is that I believe it could be worn by all ages, I have used this perfume since being about 14/15 but my mum also loves to wear this perfume. 

2) Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift - if you know anything about me is that I am a huge Swiftie! So I clearly have a biased opinion towards this perfume, however saying that I do also genuinely think this is a lovely scent. To me this is a very 'warm' scent, but definitely it is also very sweet, as the overall smell is vanilla. The bottle is quite simple and the price tag is also not outrageous, at around the £20 mark this is a good starter perfume for young girls.

3) Miss Dior Cherie - a classically, sophisticated, girly scent that I want to have in my life forever! The perfect scent for when you want to feel extra special, I wear this for formal occasions and almost always get complemented on it. A floral perfume but not at all granny ish, this is as far from old and boring as it gets. And can we take a moment to talk about the bottle, the simple yet classy design looks and feels so luxurious to look at and wear.

4) See by Chloe - a very unique perfume and to be the perfect example of how smell can connect to memories. I first smelled this perfume when I was in New York last year and every time we went past a department store I would cover myself in this stuff and now whenever I wear this perfume it reminds me of my time in New York. Given how unusual the scent is I cheated as conferred with some higher sources and so I can tell you that the notes are apple blossom, jasmine and sandalwood. 

5) Daisy Marc Jacobs Eau So Fresh - this is the kind of perfume that I feel in every friendship group you will find at least 3 girls who wear Daisy Marc Jacobs. There is a reason for this, and that is because it smells good on everyone! I love the original but personally prefer the eau so fresh version better. Obviously a very floral scent which I think works perfectly for both day to day wear but also for nights out and more formal occasions. 

6) Ted Baker Ted's Sweet Treat in Cate - out of all my perfumes this is the most different scent that I have, whilst I usually stick to the floral, sweet scents this is rich and woody. Due to this I prefer this more in the winter as it maybe a bit heavy for sunny summer days, though saying that it doesn't present much of an issue when I live in England! Without wanting to put people off, I would say this has almost a manly scent to it, in a similar way to something like Abercrombie and Fitch's perfume in Fierce. So actually for that reason it is quite a sexy scent and definitely one that people will notice, in a good way I promise!

That concludes my run down of my perfume collection as it stands in summer 2014. Perfume is the type of thing I rarely buy myself but absolutely love to receive as a gift, so I doubt this collection will see any additions until at least Christmas time.

I hope you have enjoyed this post, and will maybe go give one of these perfumes a sniff next time you are wandering past a beauty hall, which if you are anything like me won't be that far in the future! B xxx