The Budget Fashionista

Smelling great is part of being beautiful, right? But perfume prices can be truly outrageous—so if you love a nice fragrance, what’s your go-to product for less?

I haven’t always been a fan of perfume, but a dab of perfume oil (The Body Shop used to make a great lilac one) is my favorite way to go, and is often much cheaper than buying a mass-marketed, celeb- or designer-endorsed perfume counter fragrance.

I love the scents by Origins. In the Spring I wear Spring Fever, in the summer I wear Ginger w/ a Twist and in the Fall/Winter I wear Ginger. All of the scents are reasonable priced. They are very clean and fresh smelling and also have bath and body products that go w/ the perfumes.

ok. this might sound weird to you but i love the smell of baby cologne! if that bottle of perfume is all gone, i use baby cologne til i can find another bottle. they just smell so refreshing! =D

Bath & Body Works used to have a really great line of bath products with the scent White Cherry Blossom, but they discontinued it. They’re going to introduce a new scent called Blushing Cherry Blossom (something along the lines of that) and it’s going to smell similar to the White Cherry Blossom.

I like the bath and body works products- but I also like this new body spray from Dove.

In the summer, scented powder.  And if I’m out of that...baby powder!  As long as you don’t have a baby of your own (so you don’t smell the same!), it’s great...cheap, good when it’s hot, and something about it makes my husband want to nuzzle my neck.