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Your favorite Pepper?

post #1 of 35
3/6/06 at 3:43pm
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Some people like a fragrance where pepper (black, white, or pink) is dominant. If you do, vote for one; if you don't, the last option's for you.
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post #2 of 35
3/6/06 at 3:47pm
Frederic Malle Noir Epices rocks! I suspect that you will not get too many votes for the first three among those who have sizable collections and have tried many fragrances. They may have some pepper notes but are too sweet to be in this category.
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post #3 of 35
3/6/06 at 3:59pm
Went with the Azzaro Visit of course!!
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post #4 of 35
3/6/06 at 3:59pm
L'Artisan Navegar has nice black pepper and red pepper notes featured prominently... including, according to it's pyramid, the "'black diamond', the legendary black pepper of Malabar" at its heart.

That'd be my favorite...

-R
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post #5 of 35
3/6/06 at 4:32pm
I chose VISIT....However, I also enjoy Isfahan by Ormonde Jayne.
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post #6 of 35
3/6/06 at 4:52pm
Visit?
When I want cedar and incense I look to Visit (or Kyoto).
When I want pepper I turn to Piper Nigrum.
Both are nice, but calling Visit a pepper fragrance is like calling a pork chop a steak. Or something...

-Slim
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post #7 of 35
3/6/06 at 5:04pm
Escada Magnetism is a sultry, sexy pepper so my vote goes to this beauty.
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post #8 of 35
3/6/06 at 6:02pm
Frederic Malle Noir Epices is a very attractive fragrance with pepper
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post #9 of 35
3/6/06 at 6:14pm
Heritage
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post #10 of 35
3/6/06 at 10:23pm
Arpege has done it for me! Just velvety, sweet, full, and sensual! Gucci PH is good for a simpler understated mode, but when you want to turn up the volume. Arpege is it!
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post #11 of 35
3/6/06 at 10:34pm
I'm not too keen on pepper, which is why I'm not a big fan of Himalaya's drydown. However, Noir Epices has a really clean transparent pepper note. It's just a hint that doesn't overpower.
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post #12 of 35
3/6/06 at 10:37pm
Your list is missing the two pepperiest designer scents on the market, namely, Polo Sport Extreme and Oscar for Men.
Of the one's you've listed, I think only Piper Nigrum comes slightly close to them in the pepper stakes.

I think they're good, but my ladyfriend sneezes a lot when near them.
Renato
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post #13 of 35
3/6/06 at 11:10pm
Rose Poivrée for me!
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post #14 of 35
3/6/06 at 11:12pm
Just a bit off the "pepper" note, I was surprised at the similarity of the woody elements of Visit being similar to that in CKone Scene, with the added dimensionality of muguet and ginger really makes it a less linear and one-dimensional version of Visit.
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post #15 of 35
3/6/06 at 11:49pm
The whiplash that is Caron Coup de Fouet.
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post #16 of 35
3/7/06 at 1:31am
The pepper cologne I love the most in spring and summer is Jil Sander for man (1998). There is also mint and ivy in it and it is refreshing, spicy/peppery with an unobtrusive woody drydown.
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post #17 of 35
3/7/06 at 2:24am
It has to be Piper Nirum, as the fragrance completely constructed around pepper.

Honourable mention goes to D&G Pour Homme.
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post #18 of 35
3/7/06 at 3:47am
Quote:
Originally Posted by foetidus


Heritage

Yes, I second Heritage - pepper mollified by the familiar Guerlain note, very nice!

I have to add, that I favour both, Piper Nigrum and Epices Noir. I do not really get that
sharp pepper note there, but they are very special for other reasons. Also, they have
more sillage and lasting strength.

(I selected Villoresi before Heritage came to mind, if you want to correct my vote. I hardly know the other colognes mentioned above)
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post #19 of 35
3/7/06 at 4:19am
Maybe I`d suggest some strange peppery colognes, but anyway I`d choose:

Havana by Aramis as the most spicy pepper

Preparation Parfumee by Andree Putmann as good transparent pepper with some not overbaering aquatic properties (Zanzibar by van Cleef & Arpels is a tad less polite and unusual, maybe I`m too cruel to ginger note)

Or Noir by Pascal Morabito as the best leather pepper I`ve ever smell

Vetiver by Annick Goutal as the best vetiver pepper

And Piper Nigrum is the very best peppery cologne (pepper, citrus, herbs)
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post #20 of 35
3/7/06 at 5:04am
Caron's Poivre is definitely heads & shoulders above the rest. Heritage would follow.
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post #21 of 35
3/7/06 at 6:06am
JOOP! Rococo Homme.
If only it lasted more than some minutes...
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post #22 of 35
3/7/06 at 7:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Renato

Your list is missing the two pepperiest designer scents on the market, namely, Polo Sport Extreme and Oscar for Men.
Of the one's you've listed, I think only Piper Nigrum comes slightly close to them in the pepper stakes.

I think they're good, but my ladyfriend sneezes a lot when near them.
Renato

Polo Sport Extreme! I love that one!

That'd be my second choice after Navegar.....

-Ronald
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post #23 of 35
3/7/06 at 7:07am
My Pepper Perfume Wardrobe includes:

(Vintage) Magie Noire - drydown is amazing
Givenchy III - base notes
Noir Epices - top notes black pepper
Miss Balmain - base notes
(Vintage) Replique - High class, elegant oriental with bushels of pepper (green and black)
Heritage - warm elegant
Tiffany for men
TBS Pink Pepper - very good true pink pepper which lasts

I have more but can't remember at the moment... will update. :
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post #24 of 35
3/7/06 at 7:41am
Voted for LV Piper Nigrum but could have voted for "other" for Caron Poivre.
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post #25 of 35
3/7/06 at 7:47am
Another 'other' for me. I vote for Coup de Fouet also.
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post #26 of 35
3/7/06 at 7:54am
Other: Clive Christian X
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post #27 of 35
3/7/06 at 7:59am
I voted Piper Nigrum but I also like the initial blast of pepper when you spray Ungaro III.
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post #28 of 35
3/7/06 at 8:43am
Préparation Parfumée (Andrée Putman, Olivia Giacobetti) is an amazing pepper-based scent ...

http://www.basenotes.net/ID26123433.html
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post #29 of 35
3/7/06 at 9:44am
YSL Opium pour Homme? surprised no one has said it yet
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post #30 of 35
3/7/06 at 10:32am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Concord

The whiplash that is Caron Coup de Fouet.


And...

The faceslap that is Caron Poivre!

(No list of "pepper" is complete without it.)

Griff
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post #31 of 35
3/7/06 at 11:46am
Gucci Pour Homme because of the amazing aroma.

Too bad it doesn`t last on me.
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post #32 of 35
3/7/06 at 11:50am
Antonio Puig's Quorum! 8-)
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post #33 of 35
3/7/06 at 12:12pm
Pepper is one of my favorite notes. Of the fragrances I have, my favorite peppers are:

Visit (would you like some pepper with your cedar and nutmeg?)
Gucci PH (on two separate occasions I have been asked how come I smell like black pepper when wearing Gucci PH)
Guerlain Vetiver and D&G PH (I don't get the much discussed tobacco from either of these, but do get a lot of pepper)
Bulgari PH Extreme (I don't get any tea, but a lot of peppery, woody musk)
Escada Magnetism (a less sharp, unsneezy pepper)
Guerlain Heritage (too much vanilla to really be my style, but also plenty of pepper)
Jil Sander for Men (seems at first to be a somewhat generic "fresh" scent, but actually has a very distinctive personality and a subtle peppery, woody, incensey drydown)
Burberry Touch (the pepper doesn't stand out to me, but the fragrance overall is a woody musk that I like a lot)

Body Shop Pink Pepper has been mentioned. I've only sampled it briefly, but it reminded me a lot of YSL Nu.

--Steve
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post #34 of 35
3/7/06 at 6:02pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by moon_fish

Maybe I`d suggest some strange peppery colognes, but anyway I`d choose:


Or Noir by Pascal Morabito as the best leather pepper I`ve ever smell

Do you mean OR Black? I have this and agree it's a great pepper scent. I looked these up online and OR Noir is the female counterpart to OR Black and has different notes listed.
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post #35 of 35
3/8/06 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by AZsmells

[quote author=moon_fish link=1141688605/15#18 date=1141733988]Maybe I`d suggest some strange peppery colognes, but anyway I`d choose:


Or Noir by Pascal Morabito as the best leather pepper I`ve ever smell

Do you mean OR Black? Â*I have this and agree it's a great pepper scent. Â*I looked these up online and OR Noir is the female counterpart to OR Black Â*and has different notes listed.[/quote]

Sorry! It`s Or Black, of course!!!
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