My perfumes: full-sized

I just watched YouTuber KathleenLights' perfumes video, where she lists and describes all of the perfumes she currently has, and it inspired me to do the same. I will be sticking to just the full-sized perfumes that I have in this post, as Kathleen stuck to her full-sized perfumes in her vlog.

Vera Wang Princess - As a teen, I spotted this perfume in a magazine's spring giveaways calendar and instantly knew I wanted to win it more than I wanted anything else.  I sent the magazine an entry email, begging them to choose me for the giveaway. My pleas must have worked, as I won it! Sadly, the perfume has gone bad, despite my keeping it in my fridge for the last 2 years, but I still have it. The bottle is shaped like a heart-cut jewel, the cap is a gold crown inset with purple stones, and the perfume is lilac-colored. It even comes with a removable, wearable ring! No perfume more *me* has ever existed. This is my favorite perfume ever, due mostly to the packaging. It also smelled very nice, with notes of flowers I like and chocolate. There have been several other Princess perfumes with different themes, but I haven't ever felt motivated to try them out (the pink one with the silver crown cap comes closest). I may repurchase VW Princess if I come across it in Marshall's or something for a good price.



Animale Chaleur d'Animale - This was a gift from one of my uncles and aunts when I was in high school. The smell was a good mix of citrus, floral and metallic, and it made me feel grown up. The cylindrical bottle has a giraffe-spotted cap and an attached metal manacle with a short dangling chain, due to its animal theme (I think the name means Animal Heat). Probably not the most appropriate for a young girl, but oh well. I think I still have this but should find out how to get rid of it, since it's gone bad. I believe this perfume has been discontinued.



J. Del Pozo Halloween - This is a medium-sized perfume that was part of a gift set that my uncles had given my grandma. It's purple, so I got it when she passed away. I don't know what happened to the lotion and body wash, but I don't use perfumed stuff like that anyway. This is floral and very cloying. It's in my house somewhere; I last used it to spray down my doorway in hopes that would keep bugs from coming into my house. I'm not sure why it's called Halloween; there's nothing Halloween-y about it. I'm going to get rid of it since I'm pretty sure it's gone bad. I think this perfume is discontinued as well.



Cartier Baiser Vole - My dad gave me this perfume. It was a perfume that my grandmother's older sisters wore, and she would "borrow" it from them as a girl. My grandaunt had asked my dad to buy this for her and the bottle arrived after he left for Mexico, so he bought another in person and gave the online purchased perfume to my sister, then bought me one as well so we could both have this nostalgic family perfume. The bottle is very classy and rounded, but unfortunately this perfume just smells metallic on me. I still use it every so often when I want to wear something that is fancy and clean but not floral or citrusy. There are a thousand versions of this but I think I have the original one. The name means "stolen kiss", which, hello, consent.



Clinique My Happy: Cocoa and Cashmere - I think these are supposed to be spinoffs of Clinique's iconic Happy (my favorite Clinique scent). I got this one because it was purple and I wanted to get a free gift with purchase. It smells nice but is not really the type of scent I like (and unfortunately it doesn't smell like chocolate). I need to try this more. I do like the bottle, very slim and elegant and a lovely shade of purple. It feels small for the price, but perfume is expensive so it probably technically isn't.



Bebe Bebe Starlet - I bought this one at Marshall's because the bottle is purple and shaped like a heart, my perfume weakness. It's cute and smells nice and was a decent price. I have 3 other Bebe heart perfumes, the mini versions that came as a trio. The star charm on mine doesn't have rhinestones. I think this perfume is technically discontinued as well, due to Bebe being a very 2000s brand.



Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream Twinkle - Few other perfumes after VW Princess have made my heart beat the way this and its purple sisters did. As I am not made of money, I couldn't buy them all, so I chose this one because the bottle is the cutest (I had a coupon code). It smells really nice, although if I spray it at close range on my arm it smells like cat pee, at least initially. But I think the cat pee smell is avoided if I spray, delay, walk away. Does anyone know why all of the Daisy perfumes have such similar names? It's confusing. This perfume was limited edition so it's no longer available through Ulta or Sephora or even the Marc Jacobs website, sniff.


Yves Rocher Apricot - I completely forgot about this one because I keep in the fridge to keep it from going bad, as it's such a season-specific scent. This is a really nice smelling apricot perfume that was a gift from my aunt a few years back. It's such a great summery scent, and it's from a natural brand. Unfortunately this perfume is discontinued.