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HMan
Doften Savant
Perris Monte Carlo - Oud Imperial
Lovely cool weather scent, there's no funk or stink in this oud, it's just the woody aspects, and it smells like stepping into an ancient wood building.
I get the dark woody oud and a leafy patchouli. Together it reminds me of the smell of a cedar lined cigar box, only darker, richer and with a hint of mystery.
Absolutely top notch if you love this kind of thing like I do.
I didn't actually plan to get this yet, Vetiver Java was what I wanted first, but I found it at a price I couldn't pass up, and got a mini of au The Vert thrown in for free.
It really pays to spend a few extra minutes on Google and go deeper than page one when searching for fragrance bargains.
Lovely cool weather scent, there's no funk or stink in this oud, it's just the woody aspects, and it smells like stepping into an ancient wood building.
I get the dark woody oud and a leafy patchouli. Together it reminds me of the smell of a cedar lined cigar box, only darker, richer and with a hint of mystery.
Absolutely top notch if you love this kind of thing like I do.
I didn't actually plan to get this yet, Vetiver Java was what I wanted first, but I found it at a price I couldn't pass up, and got a mini of au The Vert thrown in for free.
It really pays to spend a few extra minutes on Google and go deeper than page one when searching for fragrance bargains.
HMan
Doften Savant
Well someone sold me on this one, and knowing it's been discontinued and more scarce on recent searches, I pulled the trigger.
Classic green, just the way I like it, @GlazedBoker already gave a great review, so not a lot to add, but being a lover of the greens, the tricky thing is finding classic leaning one's that don't make me smell like I should be living in a retirement home. This has all that classic greenness while feeling just modern enough to not need to start drawing on my pension.
BTW, Glazed, if you like this, you might enjoy the Gucci Guilty pour Homme EdP listed above, it's got a lot of the same vibe but a little richer for cooler months. You do have to be careful with that line, a lot of them are less than stellar, but the EdP stood out for me.
This is one of my favs
HMan
Doften Savant
HMan
Doften Savant
Caron - Le 3eme Homme de Caron
Very quirky, but delightful spicy fougere. the rich lemony opening and clove that runs straight through from beginning to end help distinguish this one. I love the playful, yet mature idiosyncratic nature of this fragrance, great for a fall evening, or celebrating your wife's 58th birthday
Very quirky, but delightful spicy fougere. the rich lemony opening and clove that runs straight through from beginning to end help distinguish this one. I love the playful, yet mature idiosyncratic nature of this fragrance, great for a fall evening, or celebrating your wife's 58th birthday
dkeester
"TSC's Master of Bourbon"
No, it is the current formulation.
HMan
Doften Savant
Etat Libre d'Orange - The Afternoon of a Faun
I saw a favorite reviewer put this on his fall favorites list, and having been looking for some good fall scents this really caught my eye. Being inspired by a ballet doesn't hurt, but being a masculine, earthy chypre was was really got me, especially when I saw some comparisons to a favorite from the house Eloge du Traitre.
Compositionally the unique thing here is it has immortelle, and one of my favorite fall fragrances, Fougere Bengal has it, and it works so well this time of year, giving that rich honey like depth, but without being honey, which I truly hate as a note. Immortelle can give what people call a 'curry' note. Now I've made a lot of curry in my time, it doesn't smell like that to me, but I get it.
After a sheer rose opening, I mostly get the immortelle and a soapy accord, which really is exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for, and with just enough depth to feel right for the colder months.
I couldn't resist when I found my new favorite grey market seller offering it at a good discount, and it afforded the opportunity to pick up some samples, so I'll have sampled pretty much everything I've wanted to try from the house.
I saw a favorite reviewer put this on his fall favorites list, and having been looking for some good fall scents this really caught my eye. Being inspired by a ballet doesn't hurt, but being a masculine, earthy chypre was was really got me, especially when I saw some comparisons to a favorite from the house Eloge du Traitre.
Compositionally the unique thing here is it has immortelle, and one of my favorite fall fragrances, Fougere Bengal has it, and it works so well this time of year, giving that rich honey like depth, but without being honey, which I truly hate as a note. Immortelle can give what people call a 'curry' note. Now I've made a lot of curry in my time, it doesn't smell like that to me, but I get it.
After a sheer rose opening, I mostly get the immortelle and a soapy accord, which really is exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for, and with just enough depth to feel right for the colder months.
I couldn't resist when I found my new favorite grey market seller offering it at a good discount, and it afforded the opportunity to pick up some samples, so I'll have sampled pretty much everything I've wanted to try from the house.
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Gonna try for their Dune/Spice inspired one? That one sounds like a great rose!
HMan
Doften Savant
I should try that one, but don't have a sample, ....yet.
That's in their pricey line, so I've kind of avoided it so far.
HMan
Doften Savant
Perris Monte Carlo - Vetiver Java
I kept finding myself craving this one, especially in evenings when I'm relaxing.
Not for everyone this is very stark, but at the same time shimmering, hard but at the same time contemplative.
A light bright vetiver, but vetiver can also have a dark patchouli like facet, that comes out beautifully in this one, and is what really made me love it.
PMC some how manages to create a sheerness that's not overpowering with their offerings, even when they steer into darker territory.
Anyway, they had an offer with a large travel size sample of Neroli Mediterraneo for free with a purchase. That's a scent that anyone can appreciate, it's like a couple of my favorites, Lorenzon Villoresi Umo, and Le Gallion Cologne Nocturne, a great year round amber cologne.
They also give 2 samples with each order, but there were three I was hoping to try, so I just added the third as a note, and they were nice enough to send it. So lots of fun sampling ahead!
I kept finding myself craving this one, especially in evenings when I'm relaxing.
Not for everyone this is very stark, but at the same time shimmering, hard but at the same time contemplative.
A light bright vetiver, but vetiver can also have a dark patchouli like facet, that comes out beautifully in this one, and is what really made me love it.
PMC some how manages to create a sheerness that's not overpowering with their offerings, even when they steer into darker territory.
Anyway, they had an offer with a large travel size sample of Neroli Mediterraneo for free with a purchase. That's a scent that anyone can appreciate, it's like a couple of my favorites, Lorenzon Villoresi Umo, and Le Gallion Cologne Nocturne, a great year round amber cologne.
They also give 2 samples with each order, but there were three I was hoping to try, so I just added the third as a note, and they were nice enough to send it. So lots of fun sampling ahead!
Burberry Hero eau de toilette. The large 150ml tester for under $50. Nothing extraordinary nor intriguing. Just a solid everyday wear work or office scent. A quick blast of citrus at the top with a dash of bitter Juniper. With the Cedar, it melds into a lightly sweet wood scent that almost feels as if it had cardamom in it but, it’s not listed as an ingredient at all. I get no black pepper off of my skin anywhere during the wearing. Solid if you can get it hugely discounted. Retail? Stay away. Now, Azzaro Pour Homme L’ eau is a different thing altogether. A modern fresh throwback to the 80’s & early 90’s aromatic fougeres that really brings something different. The OG is a throwback as well with a rough masculinity that harkens back to that era of perfumery. This one though reigns in that opening harshness of Pour Homme’s buttery opening of basil, lavender and juniper berries (almost Tuscany Per Uomo by Aramis) and infuses it with yuzu, grapefruit and lemon and keeping some of the originals facets with the musk, patchouli and woods. Just a fresher version that is very pleasant though not overly strong not long lasting. Still beautiful nonetheless for mere pennies on the dollar. Highly recommended.
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HMan
Doften Savant
Etat Libre d'Orange - Exit the King
Rose, aldehydes, and soap.
This was an insta love for me with the sample, I'd been looking at soapy scents all summer, but for me this is the King of them all, of course you have to be OK with rose, this a sweet rose, reminiscent of rose water, which I personally really love and find to be masculine in a old school classy way. The rose doesn't last super long, and after that it's a dirty soap which is just perfect, not so clean as to be boring but not so dirty as to revive side eye from passers by.
I'm not a signature scent kind of person, but can see myself wearing this a lot because it's wearable, interesting but can also fly under the radar, I mean, it's soap, 'Hey Cole, did you just wash your hands?'
Rose, aldehydes, and soap.
This was an insta love for me with the sample, I'd been looking at soapy scents all summer, but for me this is the King of them all, of course you have to be OK with rose, this a sweet rose, reminiscent of rose water, which I personally really love and find to be masculine in a old school classy way. The rose doesn't last super long, and after that it's a dirty soap which is just perfect, not so clean as to be boring but not so dirty as to revive side eye from passers by.
I'm not a signature scent kind of person, but can see myself wearing this a lot because it's wearable, interesting but can also fly under the radar, I mean, it's soap, 'Hey Cole, did you just wash your hands?'
Well, this came in today. Find out soon enough if it comes close to the Original.
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Superb frag!