I Stole This $78 Perfume From a Friend 3 Years Ago, and It's Become My Signature

Despite the fact that my apartment is filled to the gills with beauty paraphernalia, there's nothing that gets my adrenaline pumping like immersing myself in someone else's product terrain (I attack my friends' medicine cabinets with vengeance and take a detailed stock of any vanity I see), whether it belongs to a fellow beauty editor, family member, or someone I follow on Instagram. I just love getting out of my own beauty-obsessed mind and crawling into someone else's to see what they're currently using and loving. 

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I actually met one of my closest friends, Kaitlyn McLintock (whose wonderful content you have probably read here on WWW!), back when we were both writing for another publication, and while she sadly moved to Austin about one year ago, we were pretty inseparable when we were both living in L.A. Not surprisingly, you could find me rummaging through her beauty-stuffed studio on any given Friday, pre-night out, finding a variety of new things to fall in love with. You probably already know where this is headed based on the title of this piece, but one Friday night, I just so happened to spritz a certain Nest fragrance I found atop her vanity, and I practically had a conniption over how positively yummy it was. So being the fabulous friend that I am, I promptly stole it (partly as a joke but also very intent on keeping it forever), and eventually, Kaitlyn gave up asking for it back. The rest is history! Despite my obsession with perfumes and the fact that I seem to have a new favorite every other week, this particular Nest fragrance (you'll have to read all the way until the end for the big reveal) has become a forever signature of mine. Of course, Nest makes a slew of fabulous perfumes, so I'm ranking all of the brand's other best sellers below. Keep scrolling!

#9: Golden Nectar

#8: Midnight Fleur

#7: Citrine

#6: Indigo 

#5: Dahlia Vines

#4: Sunkissed Hibiscus

#3: Wisteria Blue

#2: Black Tulip

#1: Wild Poppy

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Beauty Director

Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing for over four years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie andBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor. She considers her day-to-day beauty aesthetic very low-maintenance and relies on staples like clear brow serum (from Kimiko!), Lawless's Lip Plumping Mask in Cherry Vanilla, and an eyelash curler. For special occasions or days when she's taking more meetings or has an event, she'll wear anything and everything from Charlotte Tilbury (the foundations are game-changing), some shimmer on her lids (Stila and Róen do it best), and a few coats of the best mascara-type product on earth, Surratt's Noir Lash Tint.