The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

[The Chai]

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To me the lapel shape is similar to these from Henry Poole, the folks who made the first dinner jacket. (For what it’s worth, this image was used for years as “the gold standard” on the Black Tie Guide.) Not trying to influence anyone, just making an observation.

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Or the Parisian cran necker

 

[SirGrotius]

Once black-tie events start opening up again, do you all have any fragrance tips? Any go-to colognes, or notes to hit/avoid?

 

[The Chai]

Once black-tie events start opening up again, do you all have any fragrance tips? Any go-to colognes, or notes to hit/avoid?

What's your budget, favourite type of scent...etc? I personally like Santa Maria Novella Acqua di Cuba for 'that' special old world events..bit pricey and hard to fine though...it's a musky tobacco scent

Acqua di Parma Colonia for something standard but one of my all time favourite scents...smells like orange peels

On the cheaper side I quite like Versace dreamer (hard to find - smells like gin tobacco) and L'Occitane Cade (dry wood) and standard L'Occitane (lavender)...

If I'm feeling ballsy....Habanita Molinard...think french cigarettes scented with geranium + dads really old and musky smelling but favourite overcoat + a dominatrixes dungeon with aged leather whips and you start to get an idea. Probably the strongest scent I have with massive projection, most overpowering and lasts the longest...

There are many others but really depends on what scents you like, your appetite for adventure and how much you want to dish out.

 

[SirGrotius]

Excellent tips and enticing descriptions! Budget is not a huge deal, as I consider fragrances low-cost purchases compared to my suits and shirting! I picked up a couple Celine Haute Parfumerie fragrances recently, Black Tie and Reptile, which I'm finding extraordinary and will check out yours as well.

 

[The Chai]

Excellent tips and enticing descriptions! Budget is not a huge deal, as I consider fragrances low-cost purchases compared to my suits and shirting! I picked up a couple Celine Haute Parfumerie fragrances recently, Black Tie and Reptile, which I'm finding extraordinary and will check out yours as well.

Yeah I have many more frangrances to recommend but the ones above are my personal favourites for black tie

 

[lordsuperb]

Yeah I'm gonna ask for a remake I think

What constitutes a remake? There's nothing inherently wrong with the jacket.

 

[The Chai]

What constitutes a remake? There's nothing inherently wrong with the jacket.

The lapel shape wasn't what I specified...I thought I could live with something different but if I'm being honest with myself I don't really like it

 

[Concordia]

More of a Tautz lapel, no? Which has some surviving relatives in France.

Not my first choice, but cream-colored jackets are already a little off-center.

 

[Krish the Fish]

I wear Creed GIT whenever I wear a fragrance (used to be daily occurrence but when work dictates you’re in a hospital and in issued scrubs daily, I don’t wear anything). I wouldn’t wear a different fragrance for black tie versus any other scenario, though that might be a product of the one I chose (can dress it up or down)

 

[lordsuperb]

Once black-tie events start opening up again, do you all have any fragrance tips? Any go-to colognes, or notes to hit/avoid?

Creed Viking / MFK Grand Soir

 

[upr_crust]

What's your budget, favourite type of scent...etc? I personally like Santa Maria Novella Acqua di Cuba for 'that' special old world events..bit pricey and hard to fine though...it's a musky tobacco scent

Acqua di Parma Colonia for something standard but one of my all time favourite scents...smells like orange peels

On the cheaper side I quite like Versace dreamer (hard to find - smells like gin tobacco) and L'Occitane Cade (dry wood) and standard L'Occitane (lavender)...

If I'm feeling ballsy....Habanita Molinard...think french cigarettes scented with geranium + dads really old and musky smelling but favourite overcoat + a dominatrixes dungeon with aged leather whips and you start to get an idea. Probably the strongest scent I have with massive projection, most overpowering and lasts the longest...

There are many others but really depends on what scents you like, your appetite for adventure and how much you want to dish out.

My medicine cabinet is dominated by British scents - Trumpers, Floris, and Penhaligon's. For everyday usage, I wear, usually at least once a week, Trumper's Skye, and, in order to work my way through a very old bottle, Wellington. In Floris, I wear Floris Elite in the cooler months, and grander occasions, and Cefiro (not strictly a men's cologne, but there it is) for warmer months, as it's light, but long-lasting. In Penhaligon's, for special occasions, I wear Eau Sans Pareil, or L'Esprit de Roi - for more ordinary times, Hamman Bouquet (a base of fern), or Douro (with a lavender base), or an occasion in the dead of winter, I wear LP No. 9, a scent reminiscent of church incense that I use in tiny amounts, due to its strength.

Outliers in the collection are a very old bottle of Patou pour Homme (very heavy), and a bottle of Bernard Lalande, which hasn't been made in a quarter century at least, which I save for the grandest occasions, as it's a deep scent, and long lasting, and of which I am nursing the last droplets.

 

[Andy57]

In Floris, I wear Floris Elite in the cooler months, and grander occasions, and Cefiro (not strictly a men's cologne, but there it is) for warmer months, as it's light, but long-lasting.

I used to wear No.89 until it got difficult to get in the U.S in the '90s and I didn't get over to London much in those days. So I switched to Elite, which I've worn ever since. I have several Penhaligon's fragrances, but almost never wear them. I wear Elite year-round and for all occasions.

 

[Big A]

Once black-tie events start opening up again, do you all have any fragrance tips? Any go-to colognes, or notes to hit/avoid?

Creed Aventus. Speed Stick.

 

[The Chai]

Update - tailor agreed to a remake at nominal cost

 

[brax]

Axe. Because women can’t resist it.