Perfumer, Olivier Polge says, "The comet is a strong symbol for Chanel, and I’m thinking in particular of the Comète necklace from the 1932 High Jewellery Collection"
I can't give Chypre Mousse a bad rating as much as I want to. Chypre Mousse has nothing to do with its namesake evoking "Cyprus Moss," an early 20th to mid 20th Century concept pioneered by Coty of woods over sumptuous oakmoss. The instant fragrance, to me, is a rip off of 70s/80s powerhouse fragrances such as Boss Number One and Givenchy Gentleman. If you enjoy those types of fragrances, then Chypre Mousse will surely be up your alley.
Rip off of Caron Pour Un Homme at a much higher price. That being said, not bad, but not great. Virtually identical in notes and structure.
I'll start by saying that Musk Cologne is a well-made fragrance in its own right, but just not something I enjoy that much when there are many more affordable and more interesting fragrances in this genre. Musk Cologne seeks to re-create an 18th or 19th Century eau de cologne with a natural musk base. It does that, kind of. The opening is a blasé melange of tangerine and other citruses that gives way, rather quickly, to a white floral heart, which in my opinion, makes the overall composition too sweet. This cloying sweetness persists throughout, and this is what ruins Musk Cologne for me. The base has a touch of natural musk, which is observable...
Mongolian Mriga is a great fragrance for people who love barnyard ouds, but not something that I would wear. The opening is a powerful punch of natural musk and oud that reminds more of diesel fuel and birch tar. There isn't a whole lot of development here, but the fumes drydown to a barnyard oud with some woods and bit of the natural musk remaining. Mongolian Mriga is extremely strong -- one drop is really all you need.
MEM was disappointing to me though there is not really anything wrong with it. All I got was fruity opening of peach followed by some white florals and a generic powder/musk drydown with some of the peach/florals poking through. Not much to write home about here.
This 2023 L'Artisan Parfumeur scent by Antoine Maisondieu reflects the side of that house that I like the most, although it is not common across its offerings: deep, unctuous scents. I thought at first that A Fleur de pêche was also from the Explosion d'émotions line, in which I love "Rappelle-toi"--a woody musk featuring tropical gardenia+, wears like the musky hug of a fresh tropical bouquet--but it is not. Rappelle-toi is by Bernard Duchaufour. A Fleur de pêche by Maisondieu is also notably unisex, through the patchouli / jasmin accord. The name of the perfume is a pun on the expression "A fleur de peau," "sensitive," or even "thin-skinned," but the...
Nice, all-purpose ‘gents’ mix of a gently spiced tobacco-woody with a certain briskness about it provided by the bergamot and herbal notes. A bit of a throwback to the day when several perfumes aimed at the men’s market had this well-groomed broad spectrum of notes. An underlying humid mustiness that slowly reveals itself as artemisia is a plus, but this falls more in the ranks of the serviceable and well-executed rather than the exciting. Little by way of ‘oud’ about it. However, I must temper my lukewarm response – a result perhaps of my constant grazing at the buffet table of perfumery – with a more enthusiastic one by someone else. A...
Sometimes it pays to take a punt. Among the conveyor-belt parade of niche aspirants entering the market, it can be difficult to tell who’ll come up with some kind of goods after all the effort expended on branding and bluster. I decided to try some of La Closerie des Parfums ‘ouds’ because, refreshingly, they don’t lay any claims to including the ingredient in their notes’ lists. This suggested a certain confidence upon entering an overcrowded space and that merited having a try. So, to Oud Safran, which turned out to be surprisingly good. From an enticing gasoline-fumes kind of start of bracing factory leather imbued with rose and a bit of...
L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme has a pretty confusing version history, with 4 core versions that I'm aware of. [*]The original 2004 version has neither EDT nor EDP in its name [*]The EDT from 2016 [*]The EDP from 2015 [*]The Eau Extreme from 2005 Now it's not explicitly clear if the new ones map directly to the old ones (2004 -> EDT, Eau Extreme -> EDP), or if the new ones are new formulations that are not supposed to map 1:1 to either the 2004 or the Eau Extreme. Fragrantica lists smoke as a note in both the new ones and not the old ones, but that could totally be illusory. Me personally, I bought the following sample from...
Hello guys, which is the better fragrance as a signature scent? Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme vs Armani Code Parfum Also which one has better performance overall? Talking about 2023-2024 batches of both.
I’m hoping someone could offer some insight on a few specific materials. I have a formula for a specific scent and have all but a few of the materials that are only being used in trace amounts. I am evaluating a sample of the completed formula against what I’ve made with the materials I currently own and can smell that the overall framework is there but it is certainly missing a vital and powerful element. This element seems to permeate through the top notes and base notes and seems to contribute greatly to both the longevity and diffusiveness. I’m trying to narrow down what the main culprit for that missing piece of the puzzle could be. I am...
..........who would have thought? "The new A*Men Fantasm promises a true amber aromatic gourmand, offering the ultimate "masculine pleasure" with an intensely sensual and additive composition captured in a black signature bottle decorated with a silver star." https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Mugler-Angel-Fantasm-A-Men-Fantasm-20390.html Cheers, Renato
Looks interesting but any opinions?
Anyone try the new Oud for Greatness Neo? How does it compare to the original?
A while back I grew curious and ordered a sample of ELdO's secretions. It obviously wasn't pretty (clearly not meant to be) or even wearable (for me certainly) but the heavy iodine dose stayed with me, both literally and figuratively. I stupidly skin tested it and it took me hours to get clear of it, and here I am 2 years later still recalling that heavy, brackish iodine blast the minute I opened my first vial of scentenal. Which had the emotional impact of seeing someone from your past that you reeeeally didn't like and couldn't get out of your life inexplicably sitting in your living room. Is this because I am smelling a chemical component of...
So I've inadvertently discovered the secret of every 80s splash on scent ever created and I need your help with some ideas to finish it off. I like the smell of neroli but for some reason, I associate the smell with toilet fresheners (no idea why). So I tried to dirty up the neroli with a bit of patchouli..too dirty, so I wanted to add a bit of sweetness with some rose. I know rose goes well with violet, so in that went too. Boom, literally every powdery 80s male splash on fragrance you can think of! Think Brut - that slightly green, atomic powdery fragrance that all 80s men's splash on fragrances seemed to smell like. So just for fun, I leaned in to...
Hello 👋 I had this silly idea to make a tanghulu candied orchid fragrance. I'm a bit stumped about the sugary, ever so slightly caramelized exterior of tanghulu in terms of recreating the smell. I'm considering using bran eo Ethyl Maltol Methyl furanone But these smell way to much like brown Caramel. Tanghulu is not fully Caramelized and has a bit of a raw sugar scent to it. I searched through odor index for sugar, and none give a raw sugar scent. Most are caramelized, burnt, or contain florals. I also found a sugar accord recipe but I don't like it because of its use of vanillin
From the NYTimes 5/19/24 Trending scents By Callie Holtermann Reporter on the Styles desk There’s something going on with the way teenage boys smell. It’s become a cliché for adolescents to douse themselves in Axe body spray at the first sign of puberty. But lately, teen and even tween boys with money to spare are growing obsessed with designer fragrances that cost hundreds of dollars. Ask a teenager why he wants a $200 bottle of cologne, and he might tell you he’s “smellmaxxing,” a term for enhancing one’s musk that is spreading on social media. “I started seeing a lot of videos on TikTok and thought, I don’t want to miss out,” said...
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