I loved perfume and cologne till ten years ago and spend lots of money on it,,JOy and Chanel 5 were heaven to me. THen suddenly I couldn’t stand it,,somebody told me older women wore too much because their sense of smell was bad but it seemed I got sensitive to it or something.
I love scented creams and lotions and bath wash.
But I found out the generic Paul Mitchell shampoo from those cut rate beauty places is as good as the real deal and that stuff is very expensive.
One thing I won’t get frugal about is good makeup,,but you can get samples and they are wonderful. My sister gets Estee and when sales happen, she sends me great samples.
Now that my hair fellout, I am saving scads of money on highlighting and haircuts,,
If you have a Marshall's store where you are, they always have lovely soaps, lotions etc at a discount here in the DC metro area -- in addition to the great bargains on clothes and housewares.