Should I get Knize 10

[dopey]

I feel like adding something new. The reviews re CdG Red Sequoia made it interesting but it might be too similar to Timbuktu.
All the love for Idole makes it tempting, too, but I don't want to start buying Rubinacci.

Knize 10 seems like an easy choice as it is a classic that lines up well with my preferences.

I like Guerlain and Chanel among the large companies because I generally trust their QC, but I otherwise prefer smaller shops - I especially like TDC and L'Artisan as businesses and would be curious if there are similar Houses to consider (Bond annoys me, but PdNicolai should probably be on my list)
Anything else I should consider?

Or just get the Knize.

 

[Philosoph]

I had to resort to google to decode this. Am I doomed?

 

[Thomas]

Hmmm. How do you like being smothered by a ton of powdery flowers? If that's your idea of a good time, then I can heartily recommend it. It's one of only a handful of scrubbers in my book, but it's been a few years since I last tried it. I understand it changes to a bitter leather over time, but I cannot vouch for that.

Dane will tell you it's brilliant, as does Turin. But my advice: get a sample first.

 

[Baron]

I love it but it's on the perfumey side so proceed with caution. It was an aquired taste. Now PdN New York is in my top 3 if not my clear #1. Can't recommend it enough.

 

[Maharlika]

Knize Ten is a a very dry/woody classic fragrance. One of my favorites and if you can find it, buy it!

 

[Dane]

I love K10...I have an older bottle, so I can't vouch on if it has changed any, but I don't get what Thomas gets. I get leather and amber.

ps - Sequoia doesn't smell anything like Timbuktu.

 

[dopey]

It is encouraging that few people seem to agree about Knize 10, but enough of the descriptions make me nervous. I should try it first, and while I know I can find a bottle, a real sample may be harder to come by. In any event, I find small samples not that helpful. My assessing apparatus is not that quick out of the gate - I kneed to own something and put it through a few wearings before I really form an opinion.

The comment about Sequoia is encouraging. Maybe I jump on that (and also need a Timbuktu refill - my wife has appropriated it and wears it all the time).

 

[Rambo]

Definitely find a sample. Thought that I smelled like I'd spent significant time in a nursing home after wearing it for a few hours. YMMV

 

[MetroStyles]

It's clear you can Re-knize a good scent when you whiff it. Kudos!

 

[bullethead]

A poster on Badger & Blade is selling 1 oz K10 decants for 22 bucks.

I picked one up and as much as I wanted to like K10-it doesn't work on me.

 

[william]

Originally Posted by Philosoph

I had to resort to google to decode this. Am I doomed?

lol

I had no idea what it meant either..

 

[dopey]

What Luca Turin has to say about Knize 10

As Alphonse Allais put it, "As time passes, one
meets fewer and fewer people who knew Napo-
leon." Knize Ten, like the sole veteran of the
Grande ArmÃ

e who lived long enough to be
photographed, must feel terribly lonely these days,
for it is the only survivor of the androgynous,
reckless, dandified twenties leathers. Its elder by
five years, Tabac Blond (1919), recently died a
death at the hands of IFRA regulations and Caron
perfumer Richard Fraysse, and if you look around
there are no pre-WWII leathers left standing:
Kobako, Shocking and no doubt many others, all
gone. (Cuir de Russie does not count in this
context, because it is primarily a stupendous iris
floral with a leather accent.) Knize Ten was
composed by François Coty and Vincent Roubert,
respectively the man who invented all of
perfumery and the man who did Iris Gris. For a
long period Ten was out of stock, the firm did not
know when it would come back, etc. and I feared
the worst. I cannot vouch for the exact resem-
blance of today's formula to the original. What I
can say is (a) it smells wonderful, with all the
proper requisites of a leather, including smoky
and amber notes firmly in place, (b) contains a
splendid strawberry top note, which, by a classic
piece of perfumery misdirection, kisses you on
the lips just as you focus on the dry, dark
background, (c) goes on forever in a completely
civilized manner, and (d) does not cost the earth.
Let me put it simply: everyone should own this
perfume, because there is only one like it.

 

[Thomas]

For some reason you have me interested again in K10. I am tempted to seek out a bottle.

I do remember asking Rach whether he thought Knize Ten smells similar to Bandit (as I did), and he thought they were fairly similiar. Which means little actually, because in perfumery the devil is in the details.

 

[dopey]

If I pick one up (not sure I will), I'd be glad to fill some bottles for you.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by dopey

If I pick one up (not sure I will), I'd be glad to fill some bottles for you.

Very kind of you dopey, and I would be glad to reciprocate.

As it turns out, I have a decant of K10 en route to me so I can re-evaluate.