Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread - Page 893

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent 


1 Million, to me at least, is really a young person's scent. (It's like Le Male that way.) It's big and loud and sweet and spicy and unsubtle. If you're planning to wear it to work or to any kind of environment where you need to maintain some standard of formality, then I don't think this is the scent for you. On the other hand, if you're looking for something to wear more informally and that will probably be popular with the ladies, then I think 1 Million is a good choice. Although another thing to consider is that 1 Million is very popular, so you're going to smell like lots of other people. Not sure how important a consideration that is for you.
Pre-shower: Dana Tabu. Reached into my box of scents I never wear again and fished this one out. It's an old-fashioned amber with a strong animalic, civety dimension.
SOTD: L'Artisan Al Oudh.

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent 

Here are some scents that, in my opinion at least, satisfy the following criteria: they are smooth, have better projection and longevity that YSL L'Homme but aren't too strong, are warm and spicy (since I'm guessing you like that vibe from 1 Million), and are a bit more formal or "classy" than 1 Million.
1. Rocabar by Hermes. Warm and spicy, like the smell of vanilla floating through a coniferous forest. There's a striking note at the top that I experience as somewhat like dill, but that others describe as like melon. Very pleasant scent.
2. Chergui by Serge Lutens. This one's more expensive. It's quite sweet and balmy, with tobacco and honey notes. It's a little too sweet for my own taste, but if you like 1 Million, then I think there's a chance you'd like this.
3. Moss Breches by Tom Ford. This is discontinued, but you can still find it if you're persistent. Again, sweet and spicy, with more emphasis on the spicy than the Rocabar and Chergui. This is among my favorites.
I'm sure there are lots of others that I'm not thinking of right now too, but those three jumped to mind immediately.
EDIT: Also Back to Black, which was my SOTD for yesterday. Sweet honey and tobacco scent.

Originally Posted by Baron 

If you want something sweet and smooth, and very unique, classy, high quality, and also very easy find and cheap and despite all that something you're unlikely to smell on other people very often, try Caron The 3rd Man.

Originally Posted by Baron 

^^^
It's very easy to find online. I don't know about stores but maybe someone else knows what department stores carry Caron men's scents.

Originally Posted by Maquis 

Two days of vintage Vol de Nuit. (Does anyone else get Jicket-y vanilla civet in the opening and then a l'Heure Bleu/Mitsouko almond-y note? My wife says she doesn't get the almond in any of those, so I'm wondering if I'm just off..) I really, really like this stuff...

Thanks to the suggestions of L'Inc and others, I finally broke down and bought a FB of Knize Ten yesterday, and wore it today. It seemed appropriate for a windy fall day in NYC (and a trip to the new FDR Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island...)—sweet, leathery, machine oil.

I'm still looking for that perfect leather fragrance, so I ordered a decant of Kolnisch Juchten, as well as vintage Tabac Blond. (I hope I don't like the Tabac Blond—I can't afford a habit like that!) I also sniffed Bel-Ami again at the Hermes counter at B'dales yesterday, hoping that it would have the leather that I want. While I did like it, I didn't get a whole lot of leather...