Can I suggest Shi by Alfred Sung? I absolutely loooooooooooooooooooove the scent. I get complimented on how nice I smell everyday. :) My mom just bought me some more for Christmas!!!!!! Happy happy day!

Allison

Thanks! OK, here's the plan. I go to the MALL (ugh) and get them one that is readily available. THEN, for a "just for the heck of it" spring gift-don't we ALL need to feel special the ENTIRE year- I'm going to select from the list I've copied and give her another one! I MAY select one for myself as well!;)

For Girls - Pure by Alfred Sung
For Guys - Michael (for Men) by Michael Kors

I absolutely LOVE Hugo for Men. It smells sooooo good!

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Steeltrap, you are my hero! :) I am so glad I can find Creed somewhere here in the States...I thought after I left Europe, I lost my chance to have it for a while. Spring Flower is my favorite. I tried to PM you a while ago, but your box was filled. :)

Justamom--there's no Neiman's in your area? I'm actually surprised. Best of luck with the gifts--I'm a "peeper" too and my mom works hard to surprise me, and she always does! (the fact that I go to school 1500 miles from home helps out though)

The closest Neiman's is 2 1/2 hours away!!! :( (Maybe its for the best;) )

Once again, thanks everyone for the GREAT suggestions!

Right now I like Shi, Marc Jacobs, BLV and Panthere Leger.

You can purchase Creed fragrances online at www.aedes.com. They sell samples also.

I just spent an entire day seaching for fragrances for Christmas. Now, much $ later, I have just purchased:

For two great aunts:
St. John's by Marie Gray (I have this one as well)
Created by Marie Gray in 1994, St. John is a luxurious, oriental, floral fragrance. This feminine scent contains a blend of flowers of the orient combined with honeysuckly, jasmine and gardenia, with lower notes of amber, apricot, sandalwood, and musk. St. John is recommended for romantic occasions.

and
Oscar De La Renta (old school I know, but so is she)

For myself:
Champs-Elysees (one of my favorites)
GUERLAIN created CHAMPS ELYSEES in 1996. It is the result of the following top fragrance Notes: bergamot, jasmine and orange. The middle notes are: peach, freesia and lemon and the base of the fragrance is: rose amber and musk. CHAMPS ELYSEES is recommended for casual use.

and, one I'm taking a risk on by buying without ever smelling it on myself (but I love gardenia so, here it goes):
Marc Jacobs for women
Marc Jacobs interprets Gardenia. Blend: Floral. Notes: Gardenia, Wild Muguet, Skin Musk, Cedar, Ginger. Style: A blend that is lush and watery at once.

For that special guy:
Swiss Army
SWISS ARMY designed SWISS ARMY in 1998. Its fragrant nature explores essences of mint, bergamot and lavender. Blended with notes of ylang-ylang, moss and cedar, SWISS ARMY is a casual fragrance.

Others I'm smelling this weekend (if the counter is not TOO crowded) based on some recommendations:
J. McClintock
Trish M. #3, #9
Chanel #19
Jaipur Saphir

Shelacious-I have some Oscar and though I don't wear it as often as before, I still love it. The problem for me was spending so much time outdoors. Oscar attracted BEES like I was HONEY!!!

My fragrance of the moment is Allure-LOVE it. I also have Beautiful, Lauren and Halston sitting around. Its funny when someone walks up and says how they love the "old" fragrances.

Is Chanel 19 the NEW one? I heard it was really a wonderful scent.(the new one)

edited-I guess I'm going to have to get out there and "smell" Shi.
A lot of you have mentioned it.

Ooooooh, this is one of my favorite subjects!

For us ladies, I absolutely love Cerruti 1881. That stuff is heaven! So is Jean-Paul Gaultier (plus, the bottle is really cute--I always save all my perfume bottles because they make nice little knick-knacks). And for you, justamom, I would suggest Dalissime by Salvador Dali--it comes in an awesome bottle, too, especially if you happen to like art. ;)

For men...oy, that's tough because I think a lot of men's fragrances smell the same! But I do like Le Male by Jean-Paul Gaultier, and also Joop! because that's my boyfriend's top pick and it smells really good on him.

Happy perfume shopping! :)

I may be too late, but I still want to play! :)

For girls... I don't like Very Sexy much. I like Pink. I also like Cool Water, Lucky You, and Glow.

For guys... I love Blue. I was at Kaufmann's one day shopping for my dad and one of the associates randomly walked over to me and had me judge it. A woman was interested in buying it for her son and I guess she wanted a same age opinion. :) I think it's great. Curve is good too.

Women's stuff, i'm very picky, I like fruity, light scent. Clinique Happy. VS Pear Glace or Strawberries and Champagne. So Pink from the Gap. I actually prefer lighter body sprays for the most part over actual perfume.

For guys, I absolutely love Acqua Di Gio, borderline obsession. My boy wears it, and the smell drives me crazy. It's so comforting to me, it just reminds me of him (dorky, yes, but he's gone for a few weeks, so i'm entitled). I was actually in Kaufmann's today (regional department store for those of you who haven't heard of it) and got two of those sample cards sprayed with it that those psycho dept. store people shove at you. I didn't know what to do with them, I wanted to transfer the scent to something else. So I put them in my pillowcase so when I go to bed it'll smell like him.

I also like Coolwater, but that just reminds me of high school. I'm also very picky about guys stuff. I did smell a new Hugo Boss scent today, not sure what it's called though, that I liked.

Walking through the department store perfume and cologne sections is quite a scary experience this time of year! People coming at you from every angle. They make sooooooooo much money off that stuff.

Ralph Lauren Romance and Aqua Di Gio are my favorites that I've used. For a bit less money, Abercrombie (regular, not Woods) is another favorite of mine.

Aqua Di Gio was the one fragrance I remember being mentioned repeatedly for men last year. Gee, I'm getting so confused!
I STILL haven't picked one up for them! Boy are they gonna DIE when I hit the counters! A fragrance is so personal (not to mention EXPENSIVE) I hate to make a mistake. I love it when the "finer" dept. stores hand out those little samples, but the best one we have here is Dillards and they sure aren't giving ANY thing away. A special "thanks" to the guys who chimed in. Its nice to know what scent you all find appealing. Thank goodness I still have Monday. Tuesday wil be too busy for me to shop!

for girls--lolita lempicka and berberry