My Complicated Relationship with Florals

Especially when they are white, and/or aqueous, fruity, fresh and green...

I have several perfumes as such, so I technically like them. But wearing them I feel depressed, and I mean really depressed.

That's becoming such a struggle for me, because if I am to eliminate certain perfumes from my wardrobe, or use them less, I'm only left with 3-5 orientals and chypres which I'm an all time fan of.

Here goes my list of sad perfumes (some of them really good which makes it all the more sad):

Original Formula

Avon Today

Eden Classics Le Jardin

Reformulated

I guess a discontinued rare find nowadays...

Avon Rare Pearls

These are the ones I can think of. Florentyna by Marks & Spencer, Anais Anais by Cacharel (original formula) and Chloe by Chloe (original) are the ones I have to be respectively careful with. The patchouli note in Anais Anais thankfully makes it rather more comfortable for me than depressing. And for Chloe, I need especially the right mood which seems to come ever so rarely. I don't seem to get on so well with Dior's Poison either. I guess I love tuberose in oil form or in Versace's Blonde, which is utterly divine for me.

Other than that, I have problems with fragrances centered around the musk note (like Avon's Soft Musk, TBS White Musk, or Narciso Rodrigues for Her) despite I like musk in Indian attars.

I will never be the person for "fruity", "citrusy-fresh" or "candy" fragrances on the other hand.

Give me spicy orientals, like pre-reformulation Opium and Youth Dew. Give me YSL's original Nu, Dana's Tabu, Reminiscence's Patchouli and Montale's Patchouli Leaves. And as for a chypre, I will always love Clinique's Aromatics Elixir.

I know my time has come to try and buy more niche fragrances. I am open to suggestions.