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How does this lineup sound? (sample suggestions)

post #1 of 4
8/15/05 at 5:29pm
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I'm going to order 2 packs of samples (14 total) from Aedes.

Here's what I was thinking:

LV Piper Nigrum
LV Yerbamate
CSP Palm
CSP Paradise
MPG Baime (my vial of this spilled! )
L'A Passage d'Enfer
L'A Dzing!
P's Blenheim Bouquet
MPG Santal Noble
MPG Secret Melange
Etro Palais Jamais
Creed ZMP
Creed SMW (to confirm my suspicions that my bottle is bad)
SL Vetyver Oriental

Substitutes:
Creed Santal Imperial
Etro Lemon Sorbet
MPG Grain de Plaisir (I love Baime so much I feel I should try this)

Is there anything I shouldn't fool with? What would you replace that with?
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post #2 of 4
8/15/05 at 6:05pm
All good choices except you should know ... the CSP Palm and Paradise are women's fragrances. I didn't know this when I sampled all three from that group (turquoise also). I wound up ordering Palm because I liked it so much. But when I got it, right on the front it says "womens". I still like it, but if the rest of the line is like Palm, it's very weak. I use it now more as a body spray because the scent disappears quickly.

Personally, from your list, I didn't like Secret Melange (strange drydown), and Creed ZMP and Etro Lemon Sorbet are extremely short lived, but nice smelling.

Can't tell you what to substitue because I've ordered over 100 sample vials from Aedes and there's no guarantee my taste is the same as yours.

Good Luck!
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post #3 of 4
8/15/05 at 7:22pm
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It's good to know I'm not the only one who is interested in just ordering vials and smelling them...

I guessed that Palm and Paradise were womens based on the bottle design, but I didn't know they were short lived.

Can you come up with two others that you really like that I could get a sample of from Aedes? (Im still interested in the ZMP and Lemon Sorbet) They don't have to be anything in particular, this is a learning experience
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post #4 of 4
8/16/05 at 5:12am
Well, as a result of sampling from Aedes, I wound up purchasing from them:
SL - Daim Blond
SL - Datura Noir
Carthusia - Mediterraneo
Creed - Royal Delight
L'Artisan - Dzing!
L'Artisan - Timbuktu

I also liked (from sample) but haven't bought yet:

Etro - Heliotrope
LV - Uomo
MPG - Santal Noble
SL - Arabie

I think you should also experience SMN Nostalgia. I bought it, but not from Aedes. It's sooo different.

Have fun!
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