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Good post there, Daisycom.
I have mid-brown hair and olive green eyes and always figured I was an autumn, but turns out I'm actually winter. I need rich, jewel tones and black, not rusts and khakis (although I can wear these a little). Pastels are my worst.
As for pink, I found shocking pink (or Schiaparelli pink) suits me pretty well, but pale pink is death to my complexion.
I'm not big on florials either (not the girly ones anyway) though I can handle some of the fruities/florientals.

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Originally Posted by Kotori GREAT THREAD!
No, I don't think this is something everyone knows, although your thought did give me a chuckle, as I was thinking it out loud to my husband while reading your post, just before I read your off the top of your head comment!
The association between scent and color is part of a broader range of cross-sensual associations, which is a condition known as synesthesia. I have often wondered if I am not a mild synesthete myself because of my strong associations between my perfumes, the weather, and the clothing I select. I cannot abide wearing, for example, Mitsouko with a light pink sweater. That fits better with Sui Dreams, or with Valentino V. I also have fragrances reserved for rainy days, quite literally. Does anyone else have this problem with getting ready in the morning?
If anyone would like to know more about synesthesia, which is common to musicians, perfumers, and many other types of artists, there is a useful chapter on it in a book called Brains that Work a Little Bit Differently by Bragdon and Gamon. That said, I think it very possible that perfumers and perfume marketers take into account their personal synesthetic associations when choosing how to package a perfume product.
Here are some of my personal associations:
Grass Green- Bvlgari Eau Parfumee
Sky Blue- L'Instant de Guerlain
Shiny Black (like Licorice)-Shalimar
Terracotta Orange-Mitsouko
Violet/Purple- Kenzo Flower EDT
Celery Green-Mandarine Tout Simplement
Cocoa Brown- Angel Innocent
Sui Dreams- Cotton Candy Pink
Dark Burgundy (like an old leather couch)-Tabarome
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Yeah! Another person like me! OH. MY. GOSH.
I was just describing this to someone a few days ago on a beauty forum and she basically called me weird, but I have certain fragrances that I won't wear with certain colours. More than that, all my life I have associated colours with all kinds of things (eg days of the week - Monday is orange, Tuesday is blue etc), I have been doing this since I can remember and I always thought I was a bit strange!! I even have colour associations for months, holidays and different countries (eg February is purple, May is white, Easter is yellow, Indonesia is green). I'm going to look for that book because it finally means I'm not so strange after all!!!! Thank you!

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Originally Posted by ozkat OH. MY. GOSH.
I was just describing this to someone a few days ago on a beauty forum and she basically called me weird, but I have certain fragrances that I won't wear with certain colours. More than that, all my life I have associated colours with all kinds of things (eg days of the week - Monday is orange, Tuesday is blue etc), I have been doing this since I can remember and I always thought I was a bit strange!! I even have colour associations for months, holidays and different countries (eg February is purple, May is white, Easter is yellow, Indonesia is green). I'm going to look for that book because it finally means I'm not so strange after all!!!! Thank you! So glad that something I learned about in a college music class could help you out! While you're looking around for a book, here's a website that might help!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
Happy research!

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I certainly associate some scents with colours, others with mental images.
Roma, to my nose, is an apricot colour.
Nirmala is a bright orange/turquoise
Cristobal is a soft taupe.
Diorissimo is pure white.
Feminite du Bois is burgundy red.
Eau Sauvage is a mossy green.

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Originally Posted by ozkat More than that, all my life I have associated colours with all kinds of things (eg days of the week - Monday is orange, Tuesday is blue etc), I have been doing this since I can remember and I always thought I was a bit strange!! I'm strange, too I've been doing this since I was a child. My Monday was yellow, Tuesday brown, Wednesday blue, Thursday and Friday red, Saturday grey and Sunday gold. See, I still remember it without hesitation, these associations have to be strongly imprinted somewhere in the brain I had colors for numbers and for names. Now I have colors for perfumes

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Originally Posted by Riccigirl I'm strange, too I've been doing this since I was a child. My Monday was yellow, Tuesday brown, Wednesday blue, Thursday and Friday red, Saturday grey and Sunday gold. See, I still remember it without hesitation, these associations have to be strongly imprinted somewhere in the brain I had colors for numbers and for names. Now I have colors for perfumes Riccigirl I was so amazed to read that it's a real neurological condition (like left-handedness), I've hardly stopped thinking about it since I discovered its name! I'm so happy to learn that there are other people like me

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OK..for me Mondays always been steel gray, Tuesdays light brown, Wednesdays blue, Thursdays yellow, Fridays black, Saturdays orange and Sundays a sparkling silver-white. I thought I was the only one who did that. Started as a very young child, probably 7 or so and kept those images all this time.

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I realize I also use colors when describing a perfume to someone... Some people understand what I'm saying (but are probably not always imagining the same notes), some don't.

Me: "It started with sweet, reddish orange fruit, but now I'm detecting some light yellow flowers and a green note, you know, not those fresh bright green, but the dark velvety green, that caresses the inside of the nose, and the base seems to be a sweet ambery liquid, I'd say the drydown will be a very dark brown, powdery one, what do you think?"
The-poor-human-I'm-talking-to: *blinks confusedly*


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Originally Posted by Riccigirl Black Cashmere - fluffy black seen through foggy haze of dark grey
Champs-Elysées - blinding white with flashes of yellow and gold
Angel - golden brown, like honey or caramel
Alien - dark velvety green with light brown color of fresh wood
Oh! de Moschino - dusty creamy white with an almost unnoticeable green tint
Bvlgari Black - dark, asphalty brown, like old motor oil
Fracas - white, peach and rich orange-red, swirling into one another
Anais Anais - light grey with dark peachy splotches
Hypnotic Poison - very dark grey, almost black, with streaks of vanilla yellow
Eau Torride by Givenchy - cloudy greenish yellow with a residue at the bottom brown as crispy autumn leaves
and my beloved Lanvin Arpege - no color yet, I only see the golden brown color of the liquid... anybody has a color associated with Arpege? Riccigirl I love your colors! splotches and streaks and residues, swirls and unnoticeable tints! Great descriptions all!

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This is still interesting!
Come to think of it...
Although I've never had color associations with days of the week, I do have color associations with months of the year... Jan-lt. blue, Feb. lavender, March lt. green, april bright green, may white... etc.
And I have color associations with subjects. I had problems buying folders for school when I was a kid, because the colors of the folders had to match the subject. I hated when I was forced to buy an orange folder, because I had no subject-related color associations with orange.
I was wondering, does anyone here have other types of associations to color or scent, such as music? For example, I have heard that Mozart always heard the key of F as lavender... Also, some of the people in the world with the greatest eidedic memories (photographic memories) have interesting visual associations and sound associations that aid in their memory processes.