I think there is a distinct 'moist' note in Rabanne's Black XS, which I've been wearing frequently lately. Chandler Burr doesn't seem to think so. In his Black XS review (link below), Burr writes:
'Black XS uses (...) Norlimbanol (1-(2,2,6-trimethyl-cyclohexyl)-3-hexanol), which by itself is one of the most amazing scents around, a genius molecule that should be worth its weight in gold; Norlimbanol gives you, quite simply, the smell of extreme dryness, absolute desiccation, and if when you smell it, you'll understand that instantlythe molecule is, by itself, a multi-sensory Disney ride.'
So, then, what exactly constitutes a 'wet' fragrance note? I decided to go quantitative. A search on the Basenotes male fragrance discussion board over the last 2 months brought in 40 different mentions of 'wet' notes:
Wet and sweet cedar
Wet animal
Wet aquatic scent
Wet banana/fruit salad
Wet beach
Wet bricks
Wet cardboard
Wet cat fart
Wet cement
Wet cigars
Wet cloud
Wet cotton pads
Wet day in New England
Wet day in October
Wet dog
Wet earth
Wet fig leaves
Wet forest
Wet fur
Wet gardens
Wet hay
Wet leather
Wet leaves
Wet limestone
Wet linen
Wet lychee
Wet newspapers
Wet paper
Wet pavement
Wet rose
Wet roses
Wet soil
Wet spicy otherworldly smell of the jungle in the Phillipines
Wet stinky animal smell
Wet streets
Wet underneath something
Wet warmth
Wet white wood
Wet wind of a desert rainstorm
Wet woods
That's an astonishing figure when you consider that 'sweet' and 'dry' are the more commonly used words to describe the smell of a fragrance. What do you think? What exactly constitutes a 'wet' fragrance note and when does something smell wet?
http://www.chandlerburr.com/newsite/...meprevious.php
'Black XS uses (...) Norlimbanol (1-(2,2,6-trimethyl-cyclohexyl)-3-hexanol), which by itself is one of the most amazing scents around, a genius molecule that should be worth its weight in gold; Norlimbanol gives you, quite simply, the smell of extreme dryness, absolute desiccation, and if when you smell it, you'll understand that instantlythe molecule is, by itself, a multi-sensory Disney ride.'
So, then, what exactly constitutes a 'wet' fragrance note? I decided to go quantitative. A search on the Basenotes male fragrance discussion board over the last 2 months brought in 40 different mentions of 'wet' notes:
Wet and sweet cedar
Wet animal
Wet aquatic scent
Wet banana/fruit salad
Wet beach
Wet bricks
Wet cardboard
Wet cat fart
Wet cement
Wet cigars
Wet cloud
Wet cotton pads
Wet day in New England
Wet day in October
Wet dog
Wet earth
Wet fig leaves
Wet forest
Wet fur
Wet gardens
Wet hay
Wet leather
Wet leaves
Wet limestone
Wet linen
Wet lychee
Wet newspapers
Wet paper
Wet pavement
Wet rose
Wet roses
Wet soil
Wet spicy otherworldly smell of the jungle in the Phillipines
Wet stinky animal smell
Wet streets
Wet underneath something
Wet warmth
Wet white wood
Wet wind of a desert rainstorm
Wet woods
That's an astonishing figure when you consider that 'sweet' and 'dry' are the more commonly used words to describe the smell of a fragrance. What do you think? What exactly constitutes a 'wet' fragrance note and when does something smell wet?
http://www.chandlerburr.com/newsite/...meprevious.php
