Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread

[L'Incandescent]

Tobacco Oud today. This is my first time wearing it, and I'm really impressed. This, along with the recent Plum Japonais, is a return to the aesthetic of the first batch of Private Blends. The name is quite accurate: there are prominent tobacco and oud notes. It's also sweetened by some labdanum, which is present right at the top, and tonka in the base. I think a lot of you guys would be interested in this.

 

[rossoz]

Tobacco Oud today. This is my first time wearing it, and I'm really impressed. This, along with the recent Plum Japonais, is a return to the aesthetic of the first batch of Private Blends. The name is quite accurate: there are prominent tobacco and oud notes. It's also sweetened by some labdanum, which is present right at the top, and tonka in the base. I think a lot of you guys would be interested in this.

L,

Some time ago you recommended Armani's Acqua Di Gio for me. My GF bought me the body spray for my birthday.

I love it for evening wear. Got any similar recommendations?

Thank you

 

[HORNS]

Just went to Bergdorf Goodman and smelled the whole JAR line. It's quite the presentation to sit down and smell all of them. They have a bottle of "vintage" Golconda as well as a current one that has apparently been altered an imperceptible way due to IFRA regulations. I'm wearing each on my wrists and they are beautiful - spicy carnation.

 

[L'Incandescent]



L,

Some time ago you recommended Armani's Acqua Di Gio for me.  My GF bought me the body spray for my birthday.

I love it for evening wear.  Got any similar recommendations?

Thank you

Keeping with things that are pretty easy to find and that should have wide appeal, I'd suggest trying Bleu de Chanel and YSL L'Homme.
Two that are a little bit less easily found that I'd recommend are Malaise of the 1970s by Etat Libre d'Orange and Colonia by Acqua di Parma.

 

[James1051]

I decided to give my colleagues at work a break today, having clubbed them with Knize Ten yesterday.

Just at the end of the work day, I applied Fougere Bengale, and cautiously.

Starts as a barbershop frag, and l like those. Good. About 10m later, WHOA! Immortelle tobacco and a funky, pissy, sweaty note have completely displaced the barbers!
That sweaty/pissy note IDs itself as cumin, and there's some curry in there too. I don't like those notes a little bit; or so I think. Slowly, they get more interesting. Is it me? or the frag?what the? I have no idea what to make of this.

At the 2.5 hr mark, the frag evolves again, heading to vanilla + oak moss territory, with the immortelle and curry in the background. Sounds bad, right? Nope. Its great.

this guy Corticchiato know his stuff!

 

[California Dreamer]

Fougere Bengale really is a challenging scent. I bought a full tester at a sale once because the price was ridiculous. I don't mind it, but I think it would not be good for the office.

Today I went for a sample of HdP 1725. I quite like this, but I think it was a bit lacking in complexity; I mostly got vanilla from it.

 

[James1051]

Fougere Bengale really is a challenging scent. I bought a full tester at a sale once because the price was ridiculous. I don't mind it, but I think it would not be good for the office.

You are right about that! I doubt I would buy it, interesting though it is.

 

[mkarim]



Keeping with things that are pretty easy to find and that should have wide appeal, I'd suggest trying Bleu de Chanel and YSL L'Homme.

I've tried both and they're decent. I'm currently trying samples of creed Bois du Portugal, SMW and Aventus.

 

[kulata]

Montale Black Aoud today

 

[California Dreamer]



Montale Black Aoud today

Good? I just missed buying a bottle of that on eBay today because I forgot to put a snipe in.

Himalaya sample today. Meh.

 

[California Dreamer]



You are right about that! I doubt I would buy it, interesting though it is.

I think my full bottle was $10, so I didn't worry about it.

 

[rossoz]

Keeping with things that are pretty easy to find and that should have wide appeal, I'd suggest trying Bleu de Chanel and YSL L'Homme.
Two that are a little bit less easily found that I'd recommend are Malaise of the 1970s by Etat Libre d'Orange and Colonia by Acqua di Parma.

L,

Just picked up Bleu de Chanel at Nordstrom.

Thanks,

 

[Baron]



Good? I just missed buying a bottle of that on eBay today because I forgot to put a snipe in...

It has a lot of fans but I found it too heavy and sweet. It's a big, sweet powdery rose with a strong undercurrent of oud, very much in the house style. If you're familiar with the other montales in the oud line and like them, you'll probably like this one too. The only one among those I really love is the Oudh Cuir Arabie.

 

[LEgoiste]

Narciso Rodriguez for Him EDP Intense

 

[James1051]

Fleur d'Oranger this morning
This afternoon, I'm switching to Thundra