Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread - Page 861

Originally Posted by TorontoJK 

Well now I'm just going to feel compelled to visit the counter and reacquaint myself with Rocabar...just to see if I need it in my back pocket for future.  Personally, I enjoy wearing a scent for a long time, so that people associate it with me (not my natural scent, haha) and so it has got to be something that I feel really good in. It takes a lot for me to consider changing, and as you go through different stages of life, different scents seem appropriate.

I have bought acqua de parma for my father more than once - in my opinion it's a distinguished scent but stays grounded, and pretty masculine. It's what I think an older man who's done well for himself but isn't ostentatious should smell like.

That being said, it's amazing how different one scent can smell when applied to different bodies - I would never think that just because something works for me then it will work on everyone.

Originally Posted by Dan e gee 

I wear nothing else but Pehaligon's fragrances. Today I am wearing Quercos. I usually wear Blenheim/Quercus/ english fern in the mornings and Castile/Endymion/Hammam when out in the evenings.
My favourites are Blenheim, Quercus and Endymion

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent 

Why do you only wear Penhaligon's?
I've switched into Rouge Hermes for the evening.

Originally Posted by Dan e gee 

Simply because I like their fragrances. I also have a really good relationship with the manager of my local store in Islington.
He has always looked after me, so I repay him with my custom.
I love the shaving cream too.

Originally Posted by Thomas 

Well, today just felt like a Pour Monsieur day.
I'd read a comment from someone that chypres are kind of lonely scents - I'm not sure where he came up with that but I can certainly agree that a chypre such as PM doesn't really seek approval - or maybe there's a degree of grown-up self-sufficiency. Although if pressed to define 'approval-seeking' from a bottle of smelly liquid I run the risk of sounding really stupid.

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent 

That's fascinating! I've actually had a similar thought about chypres, although I've had in mind more classically feminine chypres. But I think the point stands either way. The philosopher Immanuel Kant described friendship as being subject to two opposing forces, love and respect. Love draws friends closer, but respect is important to help keep a proper distance. You should be close with your friends, but there's a limit. Chypres have always seemed to me like the respect part of the dynamic: they suggest a kind of distance that is not hostile, but just respectful.