Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread

[L'Incandescent]

I've had a great week and a half for fragrances! I recently got new supplies of two of my favorites: Bois des Iles and Santal Blush. And just last night I ordered a bottle of MPG George Sand, which is not easy to find.

Bois des Iles today.

 

[HORNS]



I've had a great week and a half for fragrances! I recently got new supplies of two of my favorites: Bois des Iles and Santal Blush. And just last night I ordered a bottle of MPG George Sand, which is not easy to find.
Bois des Iles today.

I just looked this (MPG George Sand) up and find it fascinating. Is this a blind buy?

 

[L'Incandescent]



I just looked this (MPG George Sand) up and find it fascinating. Is this a blind buy?

Rambo sent me a 1 ml sample of this, completely out of the blue. It was love at first smell. As a first approximation of what it's like, I'd say that it's in the ballpark of YSL Opium--the feminine one, not the masculine. But it's rounder and a bit lower-pitched that that. Also, there's a fair bit of patchouli, which is what really takes this scent over the top, IMO. (I like patchouli, but I'm not a huge fan of the note. But it works absolutely perfectly in this scent.) After one day of wearing it as my SOTD, I knew I had to get a bottle. It was a limited release, though, so it's not easy to find a bottle. As soon as I found one, I jumped on it.

I should add that there's another fragrance called George Sand by Histoire de Parfums, but that one is completely different from the MPG.

 

[HORNS]

^ Thanks, homie.

 

[HORNS]

I combined my homemade/bespoke scent with some Oud 27 today with the intention of making the dry down more deep and rich. Right now, I like the cedar-floral component of the one I made with Yosh but the tea rose is just too evident at the end. In my limited experience and poor language in applying metaphors to smell, tea rose is a fresher scent and is lasting a lot longer than I expected in the perfume so that's why I need a darker balance.

 

[L'Incandescent]

Are you going to continue fine-tuning your bespoke scent with the perfumer, or is what you have going to be the final product?

 

[HORNS]

I'm going to take it slow and do some layering and then see if there's any combination that brings more depth to the scent. To me there's something missing - a warmth. I'm ordering 4 ml of ambergris right now . . .

 

[tps16]

Yesterday, No. 19
Today, Egoiste.
HORNS, it's great learning about your bespoke perfume experience. Can't wait to read more.

 

[HORNS]

Forgive me if it's one of you guys who have bid on this, but here's a 2.5 oz bottle of Chanel Sycomore that is ending in 6 hours and has one bid for $90 . . .

Chanel Sycomore

. . . maybe a 5 ml decant for me if you win it? A little bone thrown to the finder, and all that? Maybe?

 

[Thomas]



Forgive me if it's one of you guys who have bid on this, but here's a 2.5 oz bottle of Chanel Sycomore that is ending in 6 hours and has one bid for $90 . . .
Chanel Sycomore
. . . maybe a 5 ml decant for me if you win it? A little bone thrown to the finder, and all that? Maybe?

I'd avoid. Chanels are notoriously counterfeited on ebay. I mean, ridiculously, preposterously, counterfeited.

...but if you're interested, I could probably shake the e-tree and see what falls out.

 

[HORNS]



I'd avoid. Chanels are notoriously counterfeited on ebay. I mean, ridiculously, preposterously, counterfeited.
...but if you're interested, I could probably shake the e-tree and see what falls out.

Sorry for my naive post then! Seriously, I didn't know that the Chanel scents are such a hot item that they would foster such a counterfeit industry. Well, on second thought, maybe I should have known. I thought that, since it was just one person selling one bottle, that it would be legit. I don't know.

 

[L'Incandescent]

There are established e-bay sellers with good reputations that I'd buy Chanel from, but this person has practically no track record.

HORNS, have you considered just getting a small sample from Luckyscent, Perfumed Court, Aedes, or Raffy?

 

[HORNS]



There are established e-bay sellers with good reputations that I'd buy Chanel from, but this person has practically no track record.
HORNS, have you considered just getting a small sample from Luckyscent, Perfumed Court, Aedes, or Raffy?

Yeah, Perfume Court actually has a good deal on 5, 8, and 15 ml decants of Sycomore.


Thanks for your input, guys!

 

[Thomas]



Sorry for my naive post then! Seriously, I didn't know that the Chanel scents are such a hot item that they would foster such a counterfeit industry. Well, on second thought, maybe I should have known. I thought that, since it was just one person selling one bottle, that it would be legit. I don't know.

That used to be a good gamble: partial bottles used to be a reasonably safe bet, probably a couple of years ago. Nowadays I'm not so trusting on that front. But, yeah: Creed and Chanel are the two worst buys off ebay, and nearly anything vintage. There are a few well-known scammers who buy empty vintage bottles (yes, on ebay) and then refill them with whatever, and then use the disclaimer that they have No Idea how this should smell, it's been Sealed for Eleventy-Thousand years, and the transaction is Entirely At Buyer's Risk.

I love those people.

 

[L'Incandescent]

Santal Blush today.

EDIT: Got a compliment from an attractive lady on the Santal Blush.