The deal includes licenses for Mercedes-Benz perfume and swimwear brand, Vilebrequin.
From Amouage: "A protruding depth of Patchouli (molecular distillation) and smoky Cypriol (essence) confuses the senses. Instead of a top note, a wide variety of woods appear, foreboding a deep evolution. An exquisitely rich Oud Assam (essence) dances in unison with a leathery Madagascar Vanilla (absolute), while Ambrarome, birch, castoreum and Guiac Wood leave dark sillage imprints on the skin, blending in an endless finale." To me its a nice smelling thing that's somewhat addicting. The opening is a bit harsh but only for a minute. Otherwise its a scratchy patchouli with smoky Cypriol. Soon an almost rubbery oud note appears which is sweetened ever...
There's a sense in which an amber soliflore is just an amber soliflore, and which amber soliflore you gravitate towards is really about minor calibrations in the overall profile. Of all the ambers I've tried, Ambre 114 is, to me, the "Platonic" amber - maybe not the most exciting, but as good an all-arounder as you're likely to find. Having been around the block with a lot of wilder ambers, the relative calmness and versatility of Ambre 114 has its appeal. (For those seeking modern slickness, there's Grand Soir, and those craving niche-y excitement can seek out full-throated ambers like Ambre Loup or Amber Kiso.) Others might point to Ambre Sultan,...
It's both comforting and mouth-watering, and in my mind a gorgeous citrus chypre. No sinus blast furnace of spice, no leaden cloy of "Worn by Everyone"... This is light, doesn't have to announce itself, What you smell after the first five minutes is basically what you left with till drydown, just lightening out from an arms length scent to a close proximity scent over its duration. Classy & classic, masculine without screaming "Smell me, I am a man"... This just lays on you and says, "Yes. Yes, you are just who you are... and that's enough." This reminds me that fragrances and smelling potions since the beginning of times were made to do just that: smell...
Orange blossom and neroli try to give a smiling face on the pretty but downcast Infusion d'Iris. It doesn't work. Infusion wins out, leading to one of the most confused and repellant drydowns I've smelled in ages.
It starts a bit waxy, but not green or fresh. It dries down to warm, sweet, almost overripe decaying gardenia leaning tuberose due to its soft powder and fleshy, buttery scent. No coconut in sight, so it's not as tropical as some other white florals, but very realistic and creamy, and without any stems or greenery.
Gardenia and Ylang-ylang. The gardenia and ylang-ylang are well balanced - quite the feat since I find that ylang-ylang tends to dominate most of the scents I've had with that note. Other notes, particularly the licorice (which only appeared sometimes on my skin), are in service of these two florals. Between hours 1 - 2 is a note that goes burnt rubber or mildew on my skin. Thankfully, that's not a permanent feature during the wear. The drydown is ok. An "airy" gardenia on a base of modern aromachemicals. There are parts of this I like a lot. I can see Caissa was carefully constructed. But I don't love it, and the heart keeps me from...
Harrods pour homme is an excellent gentleman's fragrance, traditional and barbershop like in its development, starts citrusy with lime being the stand out top note, however the opening is also enveloped in a spicy woody feel, if bois du Portugal and maybe guerlain heritage had a baby it would smell a bit like this, the usual Roja quality is here in abundance and each note feels suspended in the air, you can really pick out the notes in the composition, the vetiver never feels overdone like the patchouli, they just sing soapy harmonious tunes together, sometimes I catch the geranium giving a minty touch which is very clever and well orchestrated, performance...
Guerlain Homme Eau de Parfum by Guerlain (2009) was originally called Guerlain Homme Intense (2009), and was released as something of a planned capitulation to predicted criticism of the previous year's Guerlain Homme (2008) being too weak. By 2016. Guerlain Homme Intense was quietly repackaged in the "Listerine" bottle as Guerlain Homme Eau de Parfum, while all the other varieties save for Guerlain Homme L'Eau Boisée (2012) were discontinued, including the original eau de toilette that launched the line; by the end of this switcheroo, the up-market EdP was the pillar as it always should have been. It's not really Guerlain's fault per se, as they were just...
Hi everyone, I have an opportunity to buy a 75ml Donna Karan DK for around $120. I checked on Ebay and they're going for $400+ - so it's quite a bargain. BUT!! Unfortunately I've never smelled this when it was abundantly available and all I know is that it's highly rated and extremely scarce (hence the Ebay fleecing!), so if I decide to pull the trigger, it will be a 100% blind buy. Still, $120 is $120 and I wanted some genuine opinions from anyone who's familiar with this perfume: [*]Is the hype real and the scent is really THAT great? Or is it just purely based on it's status as a long-discontinued scarce perfume? [*]What other perfume is it...
Hi folks! I'm looking to invest in a nice niche fragrance for the warmer summer months. What's your number 1, go to summer niche fragrance?
can ambergris chunk be melted and mixed in perfume in its liquid form?
Just want to vent about this awful redesign and perhaps someone with some control over it reads this forum. What was once a neatly organized and veritable tome of information, basically THE essential online reference book for natural materials is now a frustrating mess. Allegedly it is "cleaner" because it is "web 2.0", but in reality there is a ton more clutter, scrolling , and wasted clicking to access what was only yesterday readily accessible. What shame. Here are the problems: Everything takes up too much space and is way too big: Every single product page is now 4x larger. The "purchase" section has ballooned in size. Pages have gigantic images and...
Do you ever get that "too much perfume, but nothing to wear" feeling? Like whatever you do try doesn't hit the spot, but after washing off and wearing a couple things, any new scent just blends in and you've lost the chance for the single scent experience? Last night I was home alone (--no one to disturb with nocturnal perfume testing), and I got out strips, and just started going wild testing anything and everything that came to mind. It was kind of like being in a Jovoy perfume emporium all by myself--sniffing everything. And then re-sniffing. And again. Then this morning, I was able to see how the strips had weathered the night. The big winners: Vintage...
This topic came up as a tangent in another thread, but I think it's interesting enough to start a separate thread for, so here it goes: If you look at your wardrobe and categorise your scents into seasons (arbitrarily and subjectively, according to your own associations), what does that look like? Doe your fragrance season preference align with your season preference? Does it matter if you live somewhere with strong seasons or not? How does humidity factor into it? Do you have particularly strong feelings about which perfumes are associated with which season, or is it difficult to classify some scents? In short, many questions! I'll kick off, I live in a...
https://basenotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fredericmalle.jpg It has been reported that Frédéric Malle is leaving his Editions de Parfums brand which he founded in 2000. The brand was revolutionary at the time for putting the names of the perfumers front and centre on the bottle, where before then, many people had no idea who make the fragrances they loved. More : https://basenotes.com/perfume-news/frederic-malle-is-leaving-editions-de-parfums/
L'instant guerlain pour homme EDT batch code 2007 or Déclaration d'un soir? which is the more masculine, mature and versatile and the better choice?
Tell me it isn't so! Can it be that long since I owned this beauty??? I'm pleasantly surprised how intact and similar this is today compared to the bottle I had in the late 90's. I really can't find any differences. I'm really looking forward to wearing this during the heat. Glad to know it survived the lyral and Lilial ban too. Performance ? I wore two sprays on my neck before my gym workout which was brutal and usually my fragrances don't last after a workout but PE is still going strong. You just can't go wrong with Chanel and Dior.
In my quest to find a low key clean smelling office fragrance some of you have mentioned Chanel Eau de Cologne as something I may enjoy. Consensus seems to be its one of the better if not best quality products in it's genre with the drawback being poor longevity and high price. Don't mind the longevity issue because a few extra sprays at lunchtime won't break the bank so just trying to decide if its worth the $500 price tag. I realize as with anything its ultimately up to me to decide the value of it but was hoping for thoughts from those of you who have tried it or own it. And any retailers you would trust to buy from or better off going directly to Chanel...
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