What Type of Perfume Are You Most Drawn To?

I’m a fruity scents kind of girl when it comes to fragrances—I like to smell like a fresh nectarine or a ripe grapefruit with slight hint of honeysuckle for some extra sweetness. How about you? Are you a floral lover? Are you into spicy oriental fragrances? Do clean scents make you happy?

Do your best to describe the kind of fragrances you usually gravitate toward. Some suggestions (other than the ones I already named):
Vanilla-y scents
Light, powdery fragrances
Bright florals
Rich musky ones
Dessert-like scents

Any of those sound like what you tend to go for? Do you mix up the type you wear depending on the situation? Do you go for something lighter in the summer? Have you never thought about it before and now your brain is going to explode? Speak up.

Oh, here’s something useful: Check out the perfumes that turn men on—and off.

German Import: Talbot Runhof

Bavarian fashion is much better represented by eveningwear designers Johnny Talbot (an American expat) and Adrian Runhof than Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno. The Munich-based duo, in town to show Resort (they sell at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue), told me that they’re weathering the recession pretty well. “We are the least expensive brand on the most expensive floor—and that’s a good position to be in,” Talbot explained. What they call “the Gubelmann effect” isn’t hurting, either. The blonde candle maven is a fan and has been spreading the word.

—Laird Borrelli-Persson

From Vogue magazine June 2009.