Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread

rach2jlc · Dec 1, 2008

YSL Cinema for me today, Tom Ford's last fragrance project at YSL before he left in 2004. This one is a weird one... vanilla and woods in the base, but a dry flower and almond in the top notes. It's not exactly masculine, but hardly feminine either. It's a weird, subtle, woody, almost smokey and bitter fragrance that nevertheless is strangely compelling...

Shakermaker · Dec 1, 2008

Hi. I'm new to the fragrance game and I went out yesterday to pick up some samples to try. Today I'm wearing Bigarade Concentree by Frederic Malle which I picked up at Barneys. I like it very much so far. It's supposed to be a bitter orange scent which I get, however it also reminds me of gin and tonic....I find this interesting.

designprofessor · Dec 1, 2008

Originally Posted by Shakermaker

Hi. I'm new to the fragrance game and I went out yesterday to pick up some samples to try. Today I'm wearing Bigarade Concentree by Frederic Malle which I picked up at Barneys. I like it very much so far. It's supposed to be a bitter orange scent which I get, however it also reminds me of gin and tonic....I find this interesting.

Funny review of Bigarade on Basenotes: "Cab driver eats an orange."
I own it as well and like it. Turns to a soft floral after a while on me, complete opposite of the opening whammy.

For me today - L'Artisan, Tea for Two, paired with a navy chalk stripe suit and a cold morning.

dopey · Dec 1, 2008

Originally Posted by dopey

I tried to remedy the error with an application of Derby, which is quite similar to Douro. So far, it is going o.k.

An observation about Douro/Derby: I have noticed that the Penhaligon's scents I use are non-temporal in that they tend to stay within a very narrow range from the moment you put them on until they fade away. Douro, for example always smells like Douro; same with Blenheim Bouquet. Derby goes through a phase, especially in the opening, where it is very much like Douro - I suspect that is the classic chypre accord - and then changes into something else, something more reminiscent of Habit Rouge and perhaps generic Guerlainish.

English Fern, while it stays within a narrow band, does shift a bit more than the pther two Penahaligon's scents I mentioned.

Today, Blemnhein Bouquet.

FlyingLotus · Dec 1, 2008

CDG 2man today,
Love it - kinda sweet & woodsy.

unko · Dec 1, 2008

Gris Clair by Serge Lutens for me today

Thomas · Dec 2, 2008

Richard James EdT today. It's nice in a bland, Prince Charles kind of way. feh!

dopey · Dec 2, 2008

TDC Sel de Vetiver

rach2jlc · Dec 2, 2008

Tom Ford White Patchouli again today. I've been sampling this one for about a week, and though I hate to use superlatives, it just might be the best patchouli-based scent I've ever smelled. I just wish it weren't so expensive.

FlyingLotus · Dec 2, 2008

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

Tom Ford White Patchouli again today. I've been sampling this one for about a week, and though I hate to use superlatives, it just might be the best patchouli-based scent I've ever smelled. I just wish it weren't so expensive.

I'm curious about that one, so far I have come to the conclusion I'm not a fan of patchouli.. but id still like to sample it as the other Tom Ford's I have tried are pretty incredible. I have to find new homes for my Euphoria, Ice Men, and Angel though as the patchouli makes me feel nauseous.

loveswatching · Dec 2, 2008

GIT by Creed

designprofessor · Dec 3, 2008

Jo Malone's Pomegranate Noir mixed with Wild Fig /Cassis and a brown pinstripe suit

Thomas · Dec 3, 2008

Malle's Angelique Sous la Pluie for an unseasonably warm December day. I could have left the jacket at home.

rach2jlc · Dec 3, 2008

Originally Posted by designprofessor

Jo Malone's Pomegranate Noir mixed with Wild Fig /Cassis and a brown pinstripe suit
Hey, me too! Except, I layered the Malone with the musky HL EdC, giving it an interesting pomegranate/musk/lavender accord.

Originally Posted by Thomas

Malle's Angelique Sous la Pluie for an unseasonably warm December day. I could have left the jacket at home.
Never tried that Malle, but I've heard good things. I've got some Lipstick Rose coming in a swap... but I'm not sure what I'm getting myself into with that one (haha).

dopey · Dec 3, 2008

Guerlain's Mouchoir de Monsieur

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