20 ICONIC/LEGENDARY Perfumes You HAVE to Smell!

[@nikiniki317]

Oh, vintage Samsara... my unforgettable & eternal love...

[@ouch110]

Same!

[@22Cochrane]

My favourite of all time! 😍😍

[@LLMoran617]

Have you ever read Wise Children by Angela Carter? The novel is about twin sisters Nora and Dora Chance, who can only be told apart because one wears Shalimar and the other wears Mitsouko. When I first read it as a teenager I was fascinated by the glamour of the two perfumes and it was part of what started me on a fragrance journey. I preferred Shalimar then, but now prefer Mitsouko. Both legends. Anyway, thanks for the video. (Samsara is Queen btw)

[@ouch110]

Oh wow that sounds so cool, I will look it up! Thanks.

[@greeysp4747]

i am loving that you are more active on your channel these days 😍 i really enjoy your videos

[@ouch110]

More to come!

[@Joss-Fragrance-Mixology]

"I'm gonna stand off camera and talk to myself about it for 10 minutes so you don't have to listen..." LOL😭I love your list, this was great❤❤❤

[@ouch110]

😁

[@ameerahalgohary]

I love that Loulou and Anaïs are on the list 😍

[@ameerahalgohary]

A millennial who loves 80s perfumes here 🙋🏻‍♀️😂

[@ouch110]

Yes! Rock those oldies.

[@hershiesdark4009]

I just got a decant of JGP Classique Essence de Parfum for women, and one spray was enough for me to add it to my wishlist. Hadn't believed in love at first smell until that moment ♡

[@ouch110]

Very nice! See? Legendary for a good reason!

[@meera2654]

i wish more people would embrace unique perfumes, imagine this is what was considered mainstream back in the day

[@dcjimr1]

Fantastic list! I still remember my sister wearing Anaïs Anaïs in the early 80s...I loved it.

[@ouch110]

Thank you! Yes Anais Anais is a classic!

[@debvw9740]

Great video! I worked for a trade show company in 1992 and at one of our beauty expos, Thierry Mugler introduced Angel. The tiny star was a give away. This formulation was absolutely gorgeous. Today, it is a mess. BTW - I wore Samsara is on my wedding day. It is just the most gorgeous smooth, smoky sandalwood ever. Beautiful is still a lovely perfume and not many perfumes today rival this floral - very definitely feminine.

[@ouch110]

Very cool! I remember that little star so clearly, I wonder if she still has it?

[@mariafernandabeyss]

I just love your sense of humor 🤣, you really made my day much better❤️

[@ouch110]

Oh thank you! hehe. We all need to smile at the moment. :)

[@laranunes6711]

Villagers with torchers is a good way to describe many YT comment threads. I always picture that Beauty and the Beast scene where the villagers go to destroy the Beast's castle xD

[@kateanarab5909]

Haha me too I always get that flashback :)

[@ouch110]

Yes, KILL THE BEAST!

[@mariaalmomani4280]

Love your list, u mentioned some of my all time favorites. I would also add L'heure Bleue by Guerlain, Organza by Givenchy and my love love love Prada Infusion D'Iris Absolue!!!

[@ouch110]

Thanks for sharing!! I really need to try and review L'heure Bleu

[@mariaalmomani4280]

@@ouch110 that would be wonderful if you could review it! Have a blissful day!

[@monamarlowe]

My favorite L'heure bleue!!

[@rustneversleeps7094]

loved this video. Mostly because it took me on a nostalgic journey, remembering the first time I smelled these fragrances, and the people who wore them. It brought to mind several not mentioned, Lancome Tresor, Kenzo Jungle, 24 Faubourg Hermès, and many, many, more... Thanks for th' trip! Awesome as usual.

[@ouch110]

Thanks so much! Tresor should be on this list for sure! It could go on and on forever haha.

[@graced.6711]

You HAVE TO do a part two of this!!! Pretty please!

[@marshacummins2727]

So proud of you 👍🏼 The humor is the best even now ...

[@Anna-vz5tn]

My first perfume ever when I was a teenager was Anais Anais. Second was CK One (very briefly), then Opium (in the 90s). Those 3 will always have a place in my heart. I would add Calvin Klein Obsession to this list, I know many ppl hate on the current formulatin but I somehow love that plasticky note.

[@ouch110]

You wore the greats!!

[@laranunes6711]

I absolutely loved this video, Tom. I adore many of the frags you mentioned and those that I don't love, I respect. For No 5 I would recommend smelling the parfum (extrait) as it is more faithful to Ernest Beaux's creation than the EDP, which is an 80's recreation of the original by Jacques Polge. Opium is nothing short of amazing. I have a bottle from the early-mid 90s and one pre-2009 but I also love the current one, it's more centered around Myrrh as opposed to the spices. I had a mini bottle of Angel in secondary school!! My mum gave it to me, I imagine it must have been a gift with purchase. Loved it back then but I couldn't afford a full bottle of it.

[@ouch110]

Oh that sounds cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@estellesmith26]

Fabulous list! ! Lou Lou. was my first ever fragrance which I bought when I was 17, and was my signature scent for years . So many memories of my youth in the 80s! I still have a bottle in my collection and will never stop loving it. I would have also included Bulgari Black, hypnotic poison, Le Male, and Tresor.

[@ouch110]

Hypnotic poison yes! I think that the original is more legendary though. :) Le Male...definitely!

[@bronniem5884]

Opium was the first perfume I brought as a teenager in 1987 - loved it!

[@ouch110]

Kudos to you for wearing opium as a teenager. YES!!!!

[@dollytheatre4078]

I would also place on this list a legendary perfume by Sophia Grosjman, JAIPUR BOUCHERON released in 1994 for women(how I wish you could review that one) ,along with Poeme Lancome and Organza by Givenchy, both huge hits of the 90s. Like you said the 90s were the golden age of perfumery. Amarige is that fragrance I can never stop having in my collection. Yvresse by ysl was another one from the 90s that I loved, you did a great review on that one, and the list could go on and on, but I'll just leave it there. So glad when you upload.

[@ouch110]

Oh gosh Poeme, so so beautiful too. I also still have Yvresse...just amazing!

[@deanskibinski]

OMG, I loved this entire list; so many amazing fragrances from my youth, including my very first perfume, Poison (followed quickly by Opium), AND LouLou! I'd forgotten how much I loved that one! I'll have to go and smell Amarige, because I never have; my Ropion for Givenchy was Ysatis. :-)

[@demaupin]

Oooh Ysatis... What a treasure. And it seems to be very stable; every little bottle I've found from the 80s has been picture perfect, even after all these years. Not all florals have survived quite so well (looking at you, all those beautiful Ombre Rose bottles that have turned to acetone.)

[@deanskibinski]

@@demaupin oooooh, you shouldn't have told me that; now I'm going to have to hunt down a vintage bottle! It was, yes, SUCH a treasure!

[@ouch110]

Thanks!! I love the legendary oldies.

[@berliner724]

I'm one of those who have just recently started my fragrance journey so I really liked this video.

[@juliagrafperfumes136]

I loved sniffing at my mom's bottle of Loulou back in the day, even as a young kid I thought it smelled magical. It was in the original bottle too! I recently sniffed it again at a drugstore and I couldn't believe how strong it was. I don't think I could wear it now, it's absolutely beast mode though!

[@ouch110]

It's definitely a crazy one, perfect for when you wanna just be a badass and say...I am wearing a MONSTER!

[@elnina7]

This video was screaming to be filmed..was just wondering who was going to cover it. So glad Ouch110 did! The list is near perfect..love it, TQ!

[@ouch110]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@petunia23d98]

Fantastic list! The only scent I would add is Giorgio. It was everywhere during the mid eighties in the US. Not sure if was as popular in other parts of the world back then? Vintage Samsara is the most beautiful sandalwood. 😊

[@ouch110]

Ya know that is one I still have not tried. I bet I have smelt it unknowingly but...I so need to review it!

[@chickenmarsala2367]

Great video ❤️❤️❤️ I am revisiting so older CKs and love the clean and refreshing smells of CK One, Eternity, and Truth. Very nice for a spring day, crisp morning or sunny day.

[@alisonfoster6300]

Great video. I love LouLou and I would add Fracas to the list

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

Great list! There are a few I would add...but, the two that come to mind most immediately are L' Air du Temps by Nina Ricci. So feminine and beautiful.... Also Mitsouko.... Both legendary.... 😊

[@jenniferlatifa1314]

The king has spoken!

[@ouch110]

Haha!!!

[@itsyourgirlac346]

You’re definitely my favorite perfumes youtuber ! Thanks for posting more☺️

[@itsyourgirlac346]

Btw French is my first language and you said Anais right😉

[@ouch110]

Wow, thank you!

[@rafaelaviviani1169]

Good,good, good!! I would add Paris by YSL.👌

[@susanmenn5016]

YES!! A favorite of mine for years!

[@ouch110]

Good choice!

[@pamandrzejak1143]

Know and have smelled most of these. Love love love some of these like the Guerlains. Have to try Lulu and the Gaultiers and Amarige. You forgot the one that was a sensation in 1985-Giorgio. That was a sensation.

[@ouch110]

This is one I am still yet to try!

[@StelmaDesigns]

I wore Mitsouko at my wedding, hahaha! I've been married 29 years and still it's my all time favorite perfume in my very large collection. Loved this video!

[@truthseeker3773]

Brilliant. Spot on ground breaking classics!

[@ouch110]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@NatasaZW]

Yes to a video on Ropion perfumes 💘

[@ouch110]

Coming soon!

[@shuvanidev]

As always, spot on Thomas. I found myself nodding with each one you mentioned, and I for one would not mind an all day long video on classic and legendary fragrances :) I wore a white floral on my wedding day - Tatiana Diane von Furstenberg, the year after it was released. It was my favorite fragrance of that era.

[@CocoPebz]

I just love a trip down Fragrance Lane #Nostalgia These are indeed Legendary, I won't lie, Flowerbomb caught me off guard. When you mentioned it I was shocked lol... Thought you'd think it to be "generic" But this is a damn Good List 🔥🔥

[@ouch110]

Hehe thanks!!!I hope you are enjoying your Faun sample. woo!

[@mw8404]

Baccarat Rouge is definitely MFKs best seller... at least in Australia. I swear everyone at the department stores here smells like it. I’m not a fan of sweet smells or MFK’s releases in his own brand, and smelling it EVERYWHERE makes it worse 🙈 great list, I’ve heard of most of these but I haven’t smelled all of them. Definitely have some strong memories of my aunt and her Poison... if I could add two more to your list , I’d add Narciso Rodriguez For Her and the Dior J’Adore (that ad campaign is seared into my memory forever!). Maybe not favourites for some but definitely “iconic”

[@rossanajoubert4881]

Opium! That was my best back in the 80, love it! Lulu too and later poison....delicious!

[@ouch110]

So good!

[@stephanier2690]

“Think of shoulder pads” I giggled way too much when I heard that.

[@ouch110]

Haha, loulou just brings that to my mind everytime I smell it!

[@amyzan]

I used to wear Samsara in the 80’s, oh, it was so stunning then...

[@ouch110]

Absolutely!

[@shannonbrowe3870]

You are wonderful at what you do! Always put a smile on me, And so glad iam not the only one who has problems with some of the names w/ some names 😅 lol

[@Gitanarosa]

I’m happy I have 7 of these. These are divine!!

[@asahedelund5155]

I have seven of these iconic fragrances (that is if the edt version of Chanel no 5 counts) and my all time favourite is LouLou!! 😍 But it is funny, because I don't think it is bombastic at all??! I think it is just so soft, romantic, warm and beautiful, and a bit mysterious and sensual. It makes me feel safe... funny how different you can read fragrances! I love your precious Samsara, too, but it is a newer friend of mine, so unfortunately I never knew the older versions. But maybe that is a good thing for me, so I don't have to be sad...

[@claumagenta]

Haha I can't believe how vintage I am. I got 13 perfumes from the list and I am still in love with some of them but I wear new fragrances as well,. Thanks I really enjoy your videos x

[@ouch110]

That is awesome! You have good taste hehe.

[@Floydwellian]

I smelled Chanel no. 5 at the department store and didn't care for it, and I only own one of these (Opium) (love it in cold weather) and I own cheap dupes of four (Light Blue, Angel, Chanel no. 5 & Flowerbomb) (the only dupe I like is Light Blue). Am I a bad, stupid girl?... BTW GREAT VIDEO, TOM! I would have added Mitsouko but as you said, one could indefinitely add to this list. Today I'm thinking "now why didn't he put Avon's Wind Song on the list?" but I'm sure it's only because I'm wearing it right now, plus maybe Wind Song wasn't the the popular cheapie in England that it was back in the day in the U.S.... ok, STAY SAFE! and no more coughing!! 🤭 😷 💗

[@ouch110]

Haha, "am I a bad stupid girl?" bless ya. Oh windsong, I see it pop up all the time but have never tried it! coughcough.

[@Floydwellian]

@@ouch110 oops, Wind Song is by Prince Matchabelli. My bad. And on the body spray it says made in UK, filled in UAE. Hmm.... I know - not relevant, hahaha.

[@MsSummer225]

Completely agree about Aventus and MFK BR540...everywhere!

[@ouch110]

We've already deja'd this vu right? Just stop with the Aventus BR540 haha.

[@BerlineMaja]

Oh yes....EL Beautiful was my wedding scent. Thank you for ths beautyful overview! It made me choose my YOUTH DEW for today!

[@ouch110]

You are so welcome!

[@OscarLopez-cu7xg]

Amazing video i really enjoy it

[@ouch110]

You are so kind, glad you enjoyed it!

[@apartirdelos50s32]

Love Love Love your videos! And I Love SAMSARA 😍 and Poison ❤️

[@ThePamelaJordan]

Really enjoy your entrance/intro. That's pretty much me! Awesome list ... I learn so much when I watch your videos.

[@ouch110]

Glad you like them Pam FAM! :)

[@lunabella1812]

Great list 👍 as a Loulou age group girl I would add Calvin Klein Obsession and YSL Kouros von 80s

[@perfumesdopedro]

Love your selection! For me, 4711,Chanel 5, Shalimar, Opium, Poison, CKOne, La vie Est Belle are the most important❤️

[@ouch110]

:)

[@evildead2002]

Awesome vid! I always thought Santal 33 was a copy of Tam Dao by Diptyque 🧐 it’s definitely way more popular. I’ll have to re-smell them.

[@demaupin]

That's so fascinating! I adore Tam Dao, and the only reason I don't have a bottle is my pocketboook, and to me it has that old books smell, with a certain gentle sweetness (not sweet like caramel; sweet like the slightly vanilla-y, musty spine of old books.) Santal 33, on the other hand, I have no ability to be totally objective about, because it smells to me exactly like the Moroccan leather pieces being sold in outdoor markets in the mediterranean during the 80s, when I was a child. To me it smells drier, bolder, more straightforward, but I wonder how much of that is the association. Neither, of course, has anything really to do with the smell of mysore sandalwood, but Tam Dao seems to have more of a yielding quality to it that can be found in sandalwood. I'd live to hear your opinion if you decide to revisit them side by side!

[@ouch110]

I don't think they are very similar. Santal doesn't really smell like sandalwood but tam dao does!

[@EnglishProfStyle]

This was amazing!! I absolutely loved every second.

[@aromafromheaven]

What a wonderful video

[@elisafuentes8425]

So glad to see you!

[@annabelle8214]

I've just started on my fragrance journey and you're enthusiasm makes me want to try everything you love! I especially can't wait to try Zoologist, I've got samples of your top 5 in my shopping cart rn and as soon as I get paid those babies are mine 😍😍

[@matheya]

I know most of these but own only one - Cacharel ,Anais Anais. :)) And it's a flanker. I want to add more 90's fragrances to my arsenal ! Most new frags are just another version of Vanilla . ( I don't shop niche ) . Good old 90's ....

[@ouch110]

Thanks for sharing!! The 90's was my fave time for perfumery.

[@naturopathicobsessedrenee5515]

This list is completely on point👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@carriechildress5032]

Great list! Love your reviews! You always bring a smile to my day. ❤️🌹🌸

[@susanmenn5016]

About time I get around to seeing this. Off work today, so I can. YAY! Am glad to see that quite a few of these perfumes I have owned at one time or another. Poison, Lou Lou, Samsara, Anais Anais, Beautiful, Amarige, La Vie est Belle, and Light Blue. As for CK One, I've never owned a bottle myself but used to borrow some of my room mate's when I was in college. My mom had Shalimar and Chanel #5 back in the days when I was a kid.

[@ouch110]

You love the icons!! :)

[@xandria-themelanatedphoeni2476]

Love vids like this! Tucking in…🍿 Oh! I’ve never linked my Fragrantica. I’m Dressed&Scented 😉 😙💜

[@cynthiamclellan6745]

Very classy list🥂

[@thatsistertheywritesongsab196]

I love Opium. Not Black Opium not whatever Opium just Opium. Its so beautiful. Heavy, spicy..... how can One not Love it ?! And Angel is the Queen Gourmands. No matter what anyone says. She threw Chanel No.5 off her Throne in France 1998. Everyone wanted Her. The first of its kind. If someone likes it or not, its Perfume History, and was the beginning of the Era for all Gourmands we know today. So f the Haters. And LouLou was my Signature for the last 7 Years. We are born the same Year. So yeah....it had to be:)

[@ouch110]

Haha F all the haters!

[@begoodtoyourself9591]

So cliche but I wore beautiful by Estée Lauder for wedding 👰 in 2005 !! 😅😅 I Have the Opium fragrance, love it 🥰 and so different to my other fragrances . 👍

[@ouch110]

I don't think it's cliche, it was made for that purpose so...good on ya!

[@timme2844]

If 2020 were a perfume which one would say it would be? Im going with Bandit bwahaha!!! Another great post! TY!!

[@ouch110]

Good question! will answer in my q&a

[@marshacummins2727]

Amarige men love it Good wedding fragrance Ultimate in femininity Easy on the trigger ladies

[@dldjacobs]

Love this video! Great idea and great list! I have many and have a few more to acquire! I also like to stalk people’s Fragrantica shelves.

[@ouch110]

Hehe it's fun isn't it? You can really get a good feel for someones taste instantly. :)

[@evabrunson8413]

Thank you for another great review.

[@ouch110]

My pleasure!

[@seilanemsei]

Got the Faun sample this week. Sooo delightful. Very impressed. The opening is light and fresh but not cold or citric or aquatic, unsual. It smells very natural, like a walk in the woods after the rain in a Spring day. I wore it to bed last night. I want a full bottle. Top of the Christmas list. 😘

[@ouch110]

Amazing thank you!!!! :)

[@elliemm557]

Amarige!! Oh, I love my Amarige. 😍

[@ruthannemackinnon588]

Oh my Estee Lauder Beautiful wafted down the halls of my high school that haunts my dreams & scarred my soul forever

[@whatwouldjudydo_]

I only had samsara back in the day, on your list. Oh & beautiful for 2mins but was too sweet & swapped a friend for Magie noir which i loved! Wish I could remember what perfume I wore for my wedding but I wore pink eyeshadow and short hair . 1982 lol…

[@heidicarrein2073]

Samsara vintage is my signature since 1989. Not the only one I wear, about 100 bottles going on but I always return to this one when I want to smell like myself. Searching for vintage EDT all the time and stock up. Worth the investment for sure! Have/had the most of the others and they all are so different and special, Flowerbomb and La vie est belle never got to me. I hardly smell anything except sugar. Very nostalgic choice but at least at those days fragrances were different and not a copy of...

[@ee-linyong6732]

I have a mini Angel by Thierry Mugler. It is really cute. Very strong perfume.

[@ouch110]

Yes it is!

[@thuyly9652]

Thank you so much for your KZbin channel. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 you are so hilarious 😂.

[@ouch110]

You are so welcome

[@marisolsantana5449]

I love your videos content! You dont post just to post🤭😝 i always learn and learn more from your recommendations😁🤩

[@ouch110]

I appreciate that! :)

[@nothinglikethesun6215]

Great list! Love your humor!

[@ouch110]

Thanks so much!

[@lindalou8120]

Opium in its heyday could part the Red Sea lol....loved Opium and Loulou....hate Chanel No 5 too, it should have stayed back in the 20th Century lol

[@thatsistertheywritesongsab196]

LouLou was my signature the last 7 years. I just love it.

[@ouch110]

Haha I agree, I think it can still kinda part the red sea. :)

[@EJ-rn6we]

"Just be quiet" 😂 🤣

[@ouch110]

Haha.

[@beckydavis7451]

LOL Department shores, I remember those!

[@ouch110]

haha.

[@patriciat5323]

Hi Thomas. Im just watching a bunch of your video reviews. I used to wear Jicki and also Mitsuko ...sorry I think i spelled them both wrong. You know what I mean though. From guerlain. Beautiful! Cant stand Channel 5 but mostly bad scent memories ruined it for me. I remember the original Opium! It was my mother in laws signature scent. Her car, house everything smelled of Opium. ❤Samsara was my signature scent for years. Im very curious about Santal 33

[@bernadettehynes-cafferkey3917]

Opium 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@mako6335]

Wow! Anais Anais is my first floral fragrance. I have been wearing citrus fragrances only before the encounter. I thank my friend, Iranian lady for giving me the samples of fragrances she had collected as a gift.

[@Allegorria]

Thank you for this legendary list. I am the one who likes to wear Amarige from time to time)

[@ouch110]

You are so welcome!

[@christieo1761]

100 percent agree with your choices. Be bold and wear that LouLou! At least around the house (not around the birds though). :). I would add Chanel's Coco for me. But like you said, we could add and add and add...

[@ouch110]

Good call! Yes there could be many many more!

[@jodhamster]

Old fashioned or not, if it smells good, it smells good, & I’m gonna wear it!

[@isherwoody]

Have most of them but not Jicky or Beautiful (I have smelled them though) Amarige used to be my sig. Surprised Portrait of a Lady didn't make the cut as I think it's the iconic Rose perfume. Glad I'm not the only one who dislikes Baccarat Rouge and it's million dupes 😁

[@ouch110]

Portrait is definitely something that could be on this list...there are many others!

[@OmegaGrandus]

I have Lou Lou and it was love at first sniff! I'm quite young, so I think it's not about age. And like you, I'm afraid of it 🤣 Maybe because I work in a partly office environment. In my alone time tho, it's like a drug 🤪

[@ouch110]

It's definitely special, but not for the faint hearted. There is nothing like it.

[@isusestecalea921]

Good list!

[@ouch110]

Thanks!

[@gediminaskontrimas7992]

After this review my fragrances addiction intensified :)

[@ouch110]

I'm an evil enabler. hehe

[@lambofGod886]

Great video. Have you smelled one of Dominique Ropion's early creations, and a cheapie - Lace by Yardley? Ooh, it's lovely x

[@ouch110]

Not yet! I'll have to hunt it down!

[@annabelle8214]

I am literally ordering samples as you speak 😁😁

[@davidthom7127]

I understand this is YOUR list. In my opinion there are quite a few minor fragrances in comparison to the likes of Aramis, Old Spice or Brut.

[@GiLl2De]

I own or have owned 12 on this list. I associate some like samsara or lou lou so strongly with certain times of my life I would never go back to them. Others feel more timeless to me...Does that make sense or is it just me?! AND - shock horror - I’ve never smelled aventus😳 well not knowingly anyway!!!

[@ouch110]

It makes sense, some perfumes are like time capsules and we don't always want to go back to a certain time. I know I have some for sure. :)

[@Gaptoothedredheadeds]

Beautiful list

[@ouch110]

Glad you think so!

[@edytaobrebska2731]

a Great and a fair list :)

[@ouch110]

Thanks!

[@sardonicsophisticate3974]

Great list!

[@ouch110]

Thanks!

[@ergastiripetra1209]

I have watched this one over 4 time 😇😇😇

[@ouch110]

Wow haha.