Scent/Fragrance of the Day thread

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

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yeah it is nice. i dont know if it is just me or the dry down makes it subtle and sort of disappear. maybe it is just me. i dont smell it anymore because of continual scent. so i tend to put on more later. but this may turn into the soo much sillage fault that so many people do around the office.
i wish there was a way to find out if i have just enough sillage without having to ask anyone. smell some coffe?


mine is just angel. (eau de parfum). (sample

) didnt say any liquer. but it is so rad. i guess liqueur is similar.

I think it's you. Angel is a sillage monster from beginning to end, IME.

AdP Colonia Intensa. Tenacious little scent.

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent

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I think it's you. Angel is a sillage monster from beginning to end, IME.

Agreed...no need to reapply (or even apply anything else the following day frankly).

Guerlain Vetiver tonight

Originally Posted by L'Incandescent

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I just love this one! I'm surprised at your description of the open as a melon note. To me it's a very soft, fuzzy scent that's livened up by a touch of violet. I'm guessing that it's the cashmeran that you're smelling as soapy.

It was a destinct honeydew melon scent. Maybe it is a scent/memory flashback because honeydew melon is commonly served in Taiwan. I wonder if it is the musk in the base that reads as melon to me? In any case the soapiness has mutated to a "fresh sandalwood". I'm going to keep it in the rotation for a while, so we'll see.

The problem I always have with violet is I didn't grow up around it and don't have a solid sense of it. In the SF area my "home scents" are marine, sage, cedar, fir, pine, oak, lavender, thyme, rosemary, ecalyptus, rose, fruit tree blossoms, etc. Violet is in short supply.

Anyone have any experience with Polo Double Black? I've been looking at picking it up, but it seems that it doesn't last that long. Still worth it?

Someone recommend me a 'summery' fragrance. My selection of campfire/'unwashed hooha' frags may not go over well on hot and humid days.

Originally Posted by L.R.

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Anyone have any experience with Polo Double Black? I've been looking at picking it up, but it seems that it doesn't last that long. Still worth it?
Gross.

Originally Posted by TintoTerra

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Someone recommend me a 'summery' fragrance. My selection of campfire/'unwashed hooha' frags may not go over well on hot and humid days.
$$$ - Heeley Verveine $$ - Chanel Pour Monsieur or Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte $ - Caldey Island Lavender

Originally Posted by L.R.

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Anyone have any experience with Polo Double Black? I've been looking at picking it up, but it seems that it doesn't last that long. Still worth it?

It's not awful but I prefer Polo Green myself.

Originally Posted by TintoTerra

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Someone recommend me a 'summery' fragrance. My selection of campfire/'unwashed hooha' frags may not go over well on hot and humid days.

YSL Live Jazz is not bad and quite inexpensive. Actually, I've got perhaps a dozen in the rotation that would work. Aramis New West and Tuscany. Signoricci, Eau Sauvage, Pour Monsieur. Mugler Cologne is also good, as is the Chanel Cologne, among others. And then there are the Bay Rums.

Originally Posted by TintoTerra

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Someone recommend me a 'summery' fragrance. My selection of campfire/'unwashed hooha' frags may not go over well on hot and humid days.
Agree with Dane on the Heeley Vervine. I didn't find it to have that much staying power though. Rach loves New West. T-Rex and I like Live Jazz. I'd throw Mechant Loup out there as a nighttime summer frag.

Originally Posted by Thomas

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YSL Live Jazz is not bad and quite inexpensive. Actually, I've got perhaps a dozen in the rotation that would work. Aramis New West and Tuscany. Signoricci, Eau Sauvage, Pour Monsieur. Mugler Cologne is also good, as is the Chanel Cologne, among others. And then there are the Bay Rums.

Originally Posted by Rambo

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Agree with Dane on the Heeley Vervine. I didn't find it to have that much staying power though. Rach loves New West. T-Rex and I like Live Jazz. I'd throw Mechant Loup out there as a nighttime summer frag.
+1000 Great suggestions.

Today - ELdO Tom of Finland. This one is definitely getting split. LOVE this.

Today continues a trend I started in February: wearing each one of the bottles, no repeats, through March. Since it was cool outside I thought it safe to wear a scent I don't much go for: Guerlain Heritage. In particular, it's nice but there's that ginger note that lends a brassy tone that just gets louder throughout the day. At the moment, though, it's very well-behaved.

Originally Posted by Rambo

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Agree with Dane on the Heeley Vervine. I didn't find it to have that much staying power though. Rach loves New West. T-Rex and I like Live Jazz. I'd throw Mechant Loup out there as a nighttime summer frag.

I think it's T who loves New West. My summer frag is Eau de lalique!

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

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I think it's T who loves New West. My summer frag is Eau de lalique!

...and Jicky. Sometimes layered, especially on days featuring long subway rides.