Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread - Page 856

Ahhh, yes, that's a damn good question, my friend - my wife looked at all my stuff a couple of days ago and asked me if I thought I could exhaust all of my perfumes if I stopped buying and just wore the ones I have now. I don't think I could. So, in your question you are showing my inherent irrationality of my purchasing decision.

Oh dear heavens no. There's no way I could finish off the herd if I never bought another scent again.

But then again, the 80/20 principle comes into play (and yes it holds true in my own usage) so I am pretty sure to use up at least some of the scents I currently own. For instance, I was recently astonished to learn that I made a serious dent in my first bottle of Antaeus. I may have used as much as 30 ml or so out of the 100ml bottle. Since it's original formula and the current product kind of disappoints by comparison, I doubt I'll ever be able to find more once this is gone. Same with Pour Monsieur, except that I was offered some jumbo bottles and thought - when will I ever see those again? So I jumped and bought all I could. Also, the PM is old stock, and since oakmoss is now restricted, they're unlikely to be made that way again and certainly not at the price I paid.

But I think today I'm on board with single bottles being adequate.

60 F, mixed weather (overcast/sunny). So FM - Musc Ravageur it is. Really great juice. Still going strong (though obviously not much projection aymore) after 20 hours.

I bought some Terre d'Hermès today, and I am one very happy motherfucker.

Did you buy the edt or the parfum?

EDT. It smells nice.

You like it, or do you prefer the parfum?

I think both formulations are very good, though I probably have a slight preference for the parfum. I was just curious which one you got since you seemed so happy about your purchase.

That's fair enough -- I tried both at Barney's, and liked the EDT better on my skin after a couple of minutes. I don't know a whole lot, but I am, like you said, very happy with the purchase.

I puffy-heart Terre d'Hermes in the EdT version. To me, the parfum version doesn't have the sharpness that I enjoy in the EdT. On that note, when I went to Barneys this week I tried Eccentric Molecules 01 because I read that all it contained was Iso E Super, which Terre d'Hermes was claimed to contain over 50% of the aromatic ingredients. Well, the 01 certainly did have that peppery quality that is powerfully evident in Terre. Also, hands-down I get the most compliments when I wear Terre d'Hermes than any other scent.

Today: speak of the devil (JCE): Voyage d'Hermes Parfum. I brought Vetiver Tonka to work with me, just in case the Voyage disappears on me.

^^ That's very interesting, it's exactly that sharpness that I dislike somewhat in the edt. Sometimes I don't mind it, but other days it grates on me a bit.

Pre-shower: Encens et Bubblegum
SOTD: Noel au Balcon. This is probably my favorite ELDO, though others are very close.

For anyone who is curious, I found 4 of the perfumes I was looking for at Fragrancenet.com and they're running 20% off right now.

Guerlain - Vetiver

Thanks, Homie!

What did you get?

Thanks man!

I'm wearing Bond No 9-Hampton.