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The best fragrance/perfume for each season.

Jerome

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What scents and perfumes do you consider as especially apt to each season? I'd be looking forward to everyones suggestions!

Off the top of my head, as an example, I'd say:

Winter/Spring: Blenheim Bouquet. I like this very much, its my all-rounder.

Summer: Aqua di Parma, and also: Trumper's West Indian Extract of Limes.

Autunm: Knize 10. This is perfect for late fall/early winter, its deep woden/musky tones make one feel cozy
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What are your favs?
 

Mandrake9072

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Originally Posted by Jerome
What scents and perfumes do you consider as especially apt to each season? I'd be looking forward to everyones suggestions!

Off the top of my head, as an example, I'd say:

Winter/Spring: Blenheim Bouquet. I like this very much, its my all-rounder.

Summer: Aqua di Parma, and also: Trumper's West Indian Extract of Limes.

Autunm: Knize 10. This is perfect for late fall/early winter, its deep woden/musky tones make one feel cozy
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What are your favs?


Winter Day: Givenchy Pi
Winter Evening: YSL - L'homme

Spring Day: Terre D'hermes
Spring Night: ???

Summer Day: YSL - Live Jazz
Summer Night: ???

Have a rather small wardrobe, so not as versatile.
 

Thomas

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Not much to offer here...

Cool Spring morning - Ogallala Bay Rum
Cooler Spring morning - Burt's Bees Bay Rum
Foggy Spring morning - George Trumper's Bay Rum
Warm Spring day - Guerlain Vetiver
Warm Spring Evening - Pasha de Cartier

Summer daytime - New West
Summer Evening - Maestro (Chang)
Humid Summer day - SCS Bay Rum with a Twist
Summer (romantic) - Herrera for Men
Summer (weekend) - Chanel Platinum Egoiste
Summer (business wear) - Signoricci / Eau Sauvage / Acqua di Parma

Early fall daytime - John Varvatos
Early fall evening - HL Cuiron
First cold snap - Hermes Bel Ami
Halloween - Ungaro III
Visiting the relatives - C&S No. 88
Visiting those relatives - Dzing!
Short-visit guaranteed - Trumper's Curzon

Winter, feeling comfortable - Chanel Pour Monsieur
By the fireplace - Chanel Antaeus
Company Christmas party - PdN New York
Christmas - Hermes Rocabar
After-Christmas - Caron Yatagan

After all that you'd hardly expect it to take me 5 minutes to pick a damn bottle in the morning.
 

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For Summer: Eau Sauvage, Aqua di Parma, Bvlgari Acqua, Bond No.9 Nouveau Bowery, Romeo Gigli's Sud Est, Jean Pascal pour Homme, L'Artisan's Voleur de Roses, Creed's Feuille Verte and Bois du Portugal, Chanel pour Monsieur, Frederic Malle's French Lover, Laura Biagotti's Roma, Carthusia de Profumi's L'uomo, Lorenzo Villoresi's Uomo, Montale's Soleil de Capri. Serge Lutens' Borneo 1851, MPG's Santal Noble.

For Fall/Winter: Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque, Cuir Mauresque, Frederic Malle's Noir Epices, Vetiver Extraordinaire, Montale's Steam Aoud, Black Aoud, Czech and Speake's Cuba and No.88. Profumum's Pathcouli, Dorissima's Narziss, MPG's Parfum D' Habit Caron's Yatagan ( although can also be a summer scent ). Norma Kamali's Incense, Chanel's Anateus, Christian Dior's Jules, Czech and Speake's No. 88.

These would be what I would wear from my fragrance collection.
 

Thomas

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Originally Posted by Maharlika
For Summer: Eau Sauvage, Aqua di Parma, Bvlgari Acqua, Bond No.9 Nouveau Bowery, Romeo Gigli's Sud Est, Jean Pascal pour Homme, L'Artisan's Voleur de Roses, Creed's Feuille Verte and Bois du Portugal, Chanel pour Monsieur, Frederic Malle's French Lover, Laura Biagotti's Roma, Carthusia de Profumi's L'uomo, Lorenzo Villoresi's Uomo, Montale's Soleil de Capri. Serge Lutens' Borneo 1851, MPG's Santal Noble.

For Fall/Winter: Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque, Cuir Mauresque, Frederic Malle's Noir Epices, Vetiver Extraordinaire, Montale's Steam Aoud, Black Aoud, Czech and Speake's Cuba and No.88. Profumum's Pathcouli, Dorissima's Narziss, MPG's Parfum D' Habit Caron's Yatagan ( although can also be a summer scent ). Norma Kamali's Incense, Chanel's Anateus, Christian Dior's Jules, Czech and Speake's No. 88.

These would be what I would wear from my fragrance collection.


Not all at the same time I hope?!?
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james_timothy

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Originally Posted by Thomas
Halloween - Ungaro III

Would you care to elaborate?

I see a basenote comment to the
effect that it smells like the inside of Dracula's coffin...
 

Omar1223

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in the summer time during the day i love wearing polo blue. its def one of my favorites
 

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Originally Posted by sbbbjm
winter - burberry london!
Perfect for your impersonation of a Christmas tree...I still like it though!
 

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Winter-Kouros
Spring-Kouros
Summer-Kouros
Fall-Kouros
 

Sesame Seed

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Originally Posted by westinghouse
Winter-Kouros
Spring-Kouros
Summer-Kouros
Fall-Kouros


Mmm... there's nothing like the smell of an old man's colon, all year round.
 

rach2jlc

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I'll list more "categories" than specific scents...

Summer: classic eau de cologne, or a strong BITTER citrus (with grapefruit, bitter orange, etc.)
Fall: Sandalwood, amber, resinous scents that aren't "heavy" but still warm. If you have the cojones, this is when your civet scents work well (IMHO)
Winter: Spice and woods and depth... maybe vanilla/tonka/musk... heavier, thicker scents, orientals.
Spring: Male florals, rose, iris, lavender, jasmine.
 

westinghouse

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Originally Posted by Sesame Seed
Mmm... there's nothing like the smell of an old man's colon, all year round.

We "old men" are glad you kids feel that way...
 

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