Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread

delakingois · Dec 5, 2010

Thoughts on Encre Noire? I'm thinking of blindly buying an almost new one for 35 bucks, worth it?

willpower · Dec 5, 2010

Originally Posted by delakingois

Thoughts on Encre Noire? I'm thinking of blindly buying an almost new one for 35 bucks, worth it?

It's pretty dark and earthy. If you know the smell of Vetiver, this is the primary smell. It's nice and masculine, bottle worthy but you shouldn't buy blind, and $35 isn't an outstanding deal.

yooalreadyknow · Dec 5, 2010

Call it mainstream but I love YSL

taxgenius · Dec 5, 2010

Habit Rouge.

L'Incandescent · Dec 5, 2010

Originally Posted by delakingois

Thoughts on Encre Noire? I'm thinking of blindly buying an almost new one for 35 bucks, worth it?
Encre Noire isn't one of those generic fragrances that's designed to appeal to nearly everyone. It's very distinctive--very dark, earthy, and masculine. The vetiver note is very pronounced. And as the name suggests, it's also inky. If this would serve as your daily fragrance, I'd probably not buy it blind. But if you just want to add an interesting, distinctive fragrance to your lineup, I'd say go for it. $35 isn't the greatest deal in history, but it's not bad either.

Thomas · Dec 5, 2010

Chanel Antaeus for a chilly Sunday morning.

FWIW, I've been tempted to sample Encre Noir but never quite got around to it.

Chace · Dec 5, 2010

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent

Encre Noire isn't one of those generic fragrances that's designed to appeal to nearly everyone. It's very distinctive--very dark, earthy, and masculine. The vetiver note is very pronounced. And as the name suggests, it's also inky. If this would serve as your daily fragrance, I'd probably not buy it blind. But if you just want to add an interesting, distinctive fragrance to your lineup, I'd say go for it. $35 isn't the greatest deal in history, but it's not bad either.
I bought Encre Noir as a blind buy strictly on the advice of the people over at Basenotes. I wanted something fresh that was still distinctive. This is a great winter fragrance IMO.

Mandrake9072 · Dec 5, 2010

Givenchy Pi for this dreadfully cold Sunday.

Rambo · Dec 5, 2010

Trying out the new Diptyque Eau Duelle - very vanilla at the outset

L'Incandescent · Dec 5, 2010

Eau Parfumee au The Vert

Geoffrey Firmin · Dec 5, 2010

Aqua Di Parma for an overcast day in the ACT, and yes it will probably rain.(again)

willpower · Dec 6, 2010

'Twas a day for Bois du Portugal. It's so nice 8 hours later, unfortunately the first 8 hours are loud and powdery.

Thomas · Dec 6, 2010

Mr. Blass today. Wanted to let some time pass before jumping in again.

Master-Classter · Dec 6, 2010

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent

I'm going to be purchasing a new batch of samples soon, and Womanity was one of them I was considering. A lot of reviews mention the big sweet fig note. Is it similar at all to L'Artisan Premier Figuier?
I'd say it's an interesting one but I'm still on the fence about how wearable it is, even for women actually. At first I did get the fig notes, but now the third time smelling it I'm getting much more of a meaty salty set of notes. It's almost like an aquatic meets light floral of sorts. I wouldn't really compare it to any other fig frag at all. I think it's worth trying, but I'm not sold on the buying.

Originally Posted by willpower

It didn't for me at the first few wearings, but it's a grower.
Hmm, I guess we'll see. I've tried it twice now and so far I'm not getting much. Is it comparable to Riverside Drive? Today it's snowing like mad. I'd normally go warm but whatever, Rive Gauche PH just cause I felt like it.

L'Incandescent · Dec 6, 2010

Putain des Palaces today. As with some of the other ELdO's, this is growing on me the more I wear it. I'm finding the sweaty/animalic notes more prominent this time, which is a good thing, for me at least. The women's makeup note (the powdery stuff--foundation?) is there too, along with a sweetness that I have a hard time placing, but that's at least a little bit reminiscent of rice pudding.

I went ahead and bought a pretty large sample of Womanity. I'm excited to try it.

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