I can't wear anything "sharp" smelling, so many popular name brand perfumes are out. Eternity, Beautiful, Liz Claiborne, Clinique Happy, Tommy Girl, and many of these that have been super popular over the years literally make me ill, and burn my nose.
I used to have a teacher in school who wore Liz Claiborne, and I would get nauseated in her classroom.
I have to stick with two kinds...musky ones like musk, amber, or patchouli based, or ones that are more "dessert" sweet smelling. If there is any sharpness to the scent at all like when you walk into the perfume section of a fancy department store-I can't wear it...or sit in a room with you for very long if you wear a lot of it.
My favorites:
Tutti Dolci Chocolate Fondue-discontinued
Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar
Bath and Body Works Chocolate Amber
Plain ol' hippie patchouli oil
For everyday...I normally don't wear perfume. I use scented body washes and the coordinating body lotions. My current fave is Forever Frosting-I smell like cake batter.