Over the years, we discussed whether the longevity maters and our ideal perfume tenacity. Some perfumes seem to disappear almost before we finish applying them, while others stay with us all day and sometimes well into the next one. Whether you enjoy that kind of persistence or find it occasionally overwhelming, most of us probably have at least a few perfumes in our collections whose staying power stands out from the rest.
Saturday Question #298:
What Are the Longest-Lasting Perfumes In Your Collection?
For those specific perfumes, do you consider it a benefit or something you tolerate?
My Answer
As with most of my recent questions, this one came to me as I was experiencing the topic. I woke up the next morning after a Mother’s Day celebration and realized that I could still smell Amouage Gold, which I had applied around 2 PM the previous day. And it was still wonderful.
I think most of my favorite Amouage perfumes easily last overnight on my skin and at least several days on a pillowcase. I always enjoy them and don’t remember ever getting that “the perfume wears you” feeling that I sometimes get even from less tenacious perfumes hours into wearing them.
How about you?
Undina's Looking Glass 
Interssting Undina,
I have a few, one of which is Amouage Gold Woman, mine is the extrait. Eternal.
DIOR Leather Oud, Nuit d’Issey, Pierre Guillaume Ambre Ceruleen and Piguet Bandit all live long beyond the 24 hours. There are a few more but I can’t think.
Portia xx
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usually the only perfumes that last endlessly on me are samples that I don’t like 😂. I think Jungle l’Elephant is long lasting, but I usually only wear it in the evening so perhaps it’s the same longevity but just still there in the morning. I seem to recall SJP Covet lingering, too.
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I’m getting on a bit now but all the 80’s heavy hitters have the tenacity of superglue.
Vintage Poison stays put after bathing, vintage Opium can linger for months in clothing, Obsession ditto.
EL PC Amber Ylang Ylang is a pleasure to wake up to as is Dune.
My application of scent is minimal these days. My preference is for subtlety rather than a beasty. I leave that to the boys who prize noise & nuclear colognes
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Think I’m in the same boat as alityke-I tend to use less now. I prefer the subtlety and almost elusive like quality of certain fragrances. Things that linger: A La Nuit, Daim Blond, Galop,Poivre and Coup de Fouet, and Shalimar parfum.
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Roos & Roos Oud Vibration is probably my biggest lingerer. I don’t mind ones that I can still smell the next day if I go to bed without showering, but I don’t really like when perfumes last on clothes through the washer and dryer and morph into something I don’t always recognize. Sometimes a particular note that I don’t notice while wearing a fragrance will blast its monotone after laundry, and I can’t be sure what the culprit is!
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Interesting topic! I love heavy hitters, the original Fendi, Magie Noire, Opium (extrait), Aromatics Elixir, and Angel all are so strong but enjoyable if I apply only spritz.
I used to wear LL Iris 39, Bergamotte 22, and Rose 31 but they give the vibe “pedal to the metal” for the entire journey, I think it’s become a bit too “Muchy Much” as my friend Tama used to say. They work better for my nose if a spritz is mixed in with a pump of unscented body lotion.
My favorite fleeting perfume is Antonia’s Flowers’ Tiempe Passate. It only lasts a few hours but it’s so compelling and soft. It has that magical ‘it’ quality that reminds me of a favorite childhood place.
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Great question, Undina! Interlude Man by Amouage and Velvet Orchid by Tom Ford have always had amazing longevity. I can’t help but feel their presence the next day. Fortunately, I love both of them immensely.
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I agree with the longevity of Amouage Gold Woman. My latest very long-lasting fragrance is Sonnet No. 1 parfum, from 4160 Tuesdays. And it’s beautiful!
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I would say Amouage Memoir and Shalimar EDP, especially vintage Shalimar parfum, are the most longlasting of the perfumes I own. Zoologist T Rex is also very longlasting. I tried it on my skin a couple of years ago and it took 2 days for it to finally go away, even after a shower! Lutens’ fragrances also linger a good long time. I ended up selling La Fille de Berlin because it was such a loud beast on my skin. I like more subtle scents now.
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Mine is Patchouli Intense by Nicolai. I only need one spray of it, and I’m set for the day. It came as a surprise, because you wouldn’t associate the house with loud fragrances, but it does have intense in the name, so perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a shock.
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