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What Fragrance Did You Use Today?
- Thread starter GearNoir
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I need deets on this one my friend - if nothing else - one of the coolest bottles out there!
It’s a solid Parfums de Marly Layton clone. There are frags that I could bring myself to spend that much on a bottle for, but when the clone is this good I’m happy with going the inexpensive route.
I’m the same way - there are a few that I would want that are really $ or just because I want to have one with a particular brand - but when you get find a fantastic scent at a really good price and it makes you happy - save the $!
HMan
Doften Savant
Etat Libre d'Orange - The Afternoon of a Faun
Green, rose, earthy immortelle, soapy, retro chypre. This has a lightness to it, even with a heavy base of immortelle, I'm guessing there's some sort of aldehyde giving it that space.
This is a really good alternative for a clean type of scent, the little bit of retro-ness and the sparking syrupy effect give it a unique edge.
Green, rose, earthy immortelle, soapy, retro chypre. This has a lightness to it, even with a heavy base of immortelle, I'm guessing there's some sort of aldehyde giving it that space.
This is a really good alternative for a clean type of scent, the little bit of retro-ness and the sparking syrupy effect give it a unique edge.
HMan
Doften Savant
Creed, and Perfumes d'Marly amongst others are brands I hardly pay attention to at all, due to the poor (IMHO) value proposition, there are so many great designer and niche houses selling fabulous frags at half the price.
You are always the trailblazer for frags in our TSC family! Nicely done Cole!
HMan
Doften Savant
Well I'm still recovering from the poopy vibe of that Miller Harris I blind bought, so maybe went a bit too far off piste there.
Well I always admire your collection - no matter what you chose to wear. I’m surprised though - blind buys are the best way to get fragrances
I have never heard a description of a faulty clothes dryer.. I remember smelling that not dried completely smell I think once. It was not a scent I liked. So you are saying the frag smells like almost spoiled laundry ??
HMan
Doften Savant
I'd use the word musty, in Finland everyone dries there clothes on a rack, and when I first started dating my wife, her clothes had that smell, maybe that's the attraction.
Anyway, it's lovely stuff, even if the description is a bit odd. A lot of old school patchoulis had that effect. Patchouli is one of the more polarizing scents, as a main player, people either love it (me) or hate it (Nurse Dave). But it's actually in the base of most perfumes, you just don't notice it, it acts as a fixative, helping to extend the life of the fragrance and give depth.
Thank you for the reply I appreciate it a lot....
HMan
Doften Savant
Le Galion - Special for Gentlemen
Vintage style amber fougere that's just made for a winter's day. The lavender opening strongly aromatic, almost sticky, and with supporting amber notes, cinnamon, and castoreum, there's a real substance to the fragrance, that. warms the spirts and gives one the true feeling of being a gentleman even on the darkest and dreariest of days.
Vintage style amber fougere that's just made for a winter's day. The lavender opening strongly aromatic, almost sticky, and with supporting amber notes, cinnamon, and castoreum, there's a real substance to the fragrance, that. warms the spirts and gives one the true feeling of being a gentleman even on the darkest and dreariest of days.
