It seems like I am back where I started.
On the one hand it seems like Â*love the smell of heavy woody orientals - from the first impression on the strip, to how it smells right on the skin - but to actually wear one I find the sillage typically heavy or innapropriate/ill-fitting and often just kind of gross in many contexts. Right now I don't think I could bear to wear anything with vanilla or tonka.
I see now why from my very first EdT (Obsession) onwards, I bounced from heavy scent to heavy scent (Safari, Egoiste) - until I found L'eau d'Issey. That was the first one I could actually use.
Then I tried Sander for Men yesterday and that feeling of freshness - that is really what I'm looking for. I like woody scents, but I want something that's also fresh and clean - something that makes one feel refreshed thoughout the day. That was the appeal of Issey too as I recall.
So I am ready to admit the lost cause of this direction, backtrack and start over.
Things that might be pointing in the right direction:
Sander
L'Instant de Guerlain
"Fresh" things that didn't work on wearing:
Happy
Aqua di Roma
Himalaya
As far as fresh woody scents go, what should I be looking at besides the above?
As far as citrus notes go I like yuzu and grapefruit, but not orange.
On the one hand it seems like Â*love the smell of heavy woody orientals - from the first impression on the strip, to how it smells right on the skin - but to actually wear one I find the sillage typically heavy or innapropriate/ill-fitting and often just kind of gross in many contexts. Right now I don't think I could bear to wear anything with vanilla or tonka.
I see now why from my very first EdT (Obsession) onwards, I bounced from heavy scent to heavy scent (Safari, Egoiste) - until I found L'eau d'Issey. That was the first one I could actually use.
Then I tried Sander for Men yesterday and that feeling of freshness - that is really what I'm looking for. I like woody scents, but I want something that's also fresh and clean - something that makes one feel refreshed thoughout the day. That was the appeal of Issey too as I recall.
So I am ready to admit the lost cause of this direction, backtrack and start over.
Things that might be pointing in the right direction:
Sander
L'Instant de Guerlain
"Fresh" things that didn't work on wearing:
Happy
Aqua di Roma
Himalaya
As far as fresh woody scents go, what should I be looking at besides the above?
As far as citrus notes go I like yuzu and grapefruit, but not orange.
