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Some time give Le Labo Patchouli 24 a sniff. If you found the Black uninteresting, I'd be curious to see if the Le Labo (made by the same "nose" and somewhat related to each other) would more spark your interest. It's really a unique one...
Yeah, I have a love/hate thing with Turin, though it's been some time since I read anything of his, so I'm really not an "expert" in his work.
I like Turin's writing very much for his discretion. When he hates something - the review is just long enough so you know he hates it - no beating a dead horse. When he loves something - he goes on for pages why scent X is so great. But yeah, there's a bias (hello - Chanel PE one star - WTF?) and he doesn't always give a scent his full attention (Amber Absolute a subset of YDAN - WTF?), but he's all we have at the moment. BTW - if you've not read the Emperor of Scent, track that one down. It's a great read.
I like Turin's writing very much for his discretion. When he hates something - the review is just long enough so you know he hates it - no beating a dead horse. When he loves something - he goes on for pages why scent X is so great.
Yeah, I need to read more of his stuff... I admit a bias for his bias. lol I just get turned off too much by fragrance reviews in general... scent is so ephemeral that aside from notes and the "nose" who made it... I think it best to sniff on one's own.
That one is by Chandler Burr, about Turin.
That comment has some validity - first and foremost, one should read Turin's reviews because they are enjoyable. Second, they often contain lots of information about things other than what the perfume smells like- bits about how it came to be, how it was changed, the industry, the arts - whatever. Third, while his opinions are subjective, he is pretty precise when he does describe things and, as mentioned above, he has a gift for clarity. One way to think about it is that if he describes something that is there, it is there. But if he omits something, it doesn't mean it isn't there. It may just mean he didn't care about it, even though you might. I suspect, rach2jlc, that someone like you would get a lot more out of his Guide than I do. That is because he does a very good job (I think) of linking scents to each other, to their perfumers and to their time. The better a mental library you have, the more you will appreciate those comments. Perhaps I am just a fanboy, but coming across him was like coming across a rare genius. You know it when you see it and he seems head and shoulders above most not just in this genre, but in others too.
Angel today, I must say my tastes have changed alot, years ago I thought this was the greatest..
Any of you guys tried \tL'artisan Mure et Musc Extreme ? The description of smelling like blueberry pie has me a bit intrigued... Going to have to see about a sample of this one.
Any of you guys tried \tL'artisan Mure et Musc Extreme ?
^It's a neat one and I used to have a bottle, but DEFINITELY sample it first. It's sweet and fruity, but very musky (as the name implies). It is a hard scent to describe and not entirely unpleasant, but it isn't everybody's cup of tea. I don't know about the blueberry pie comparison, but in any case, it does have a certain gourmandy sweetness to it. You have to ask yourself... do I want to smell like musky, sugary fruit?