You may remember someone who not too long ago was a frequent poster around here. Peerless storyteller, avid supporter of Comme des Garcons. Ring a bell? Geez, there are so many new guys around here half of y'all probably don't even know who I'm talking about. If you don't, you ought to go back and search the forums for some of his crazy tales.
And for those that know, yup, I met with Indie Guy! It was a really great time. When I got to Indie Guy's (Ted) apartment he had his whole 100+ bottle collection laid out nicely on a counter top. Bottles upon beautiful bottles of scents, many of which I'd never tried before! We focused on the Comme des Garcons, because that is his favorite line and a line that I hadn't explored much. Off the top of my head, he had the entire Incense Series, Sequoia, Skai, Dry Clean, Vetivveru, Odeur 53, Odeur 71, CDG 2, and CDG 2 Man. It was awesome to try them! I'm still tinkering with the generous samples that he made me, and so far I'm loving the ones that lean towards the woody/spicy end of the spectrum. The other ones are more of an aquired taste, so we'll see if they grow on me.
Another good thing that happened is that I remembered how much I like Body Kouros! What a warm, comforting scent. I'm definately going to pick that one up.
Ok, so my collection is pretty lame especially compared to Ted's, but I did introduce him to some Serge Lutens scents a long with a few other assorted scents. He seemed to like but not love the Serge Lutens scents I showed him. SL's though, like CDG's, can be pretty hard to appreciate at first and need some time, so not loving upon first sniff is understandable.
Oh, and we did all this sniffing over frosty glasses of Coffee Stout. I'm not sure if smelling it cleared my palate or not, but it sure was some good beer!
The other phase of the meeting that was really cool was checking out some of his creations. For those of you that know Ted, you might remember that he ordered some perfumerie kits. At the time he was more or less tinkering around, but since he's developed some skills! He let me smell some of his creations and they were actually really good, haha maybe other than Yo-yo one. There was one in particular (the one that was inspired by the CDG incense) that I would definately like to have in my drobe! Not only did he show me his creations, but he showed me the kit. It was ridiculous! There were well over 100 (I have no idea how many) real aromachemicals that are just like what are used to make the scents that we all wear. Some smelled really weird on their own, wheareas others almost smelled like complete scents in and of themselves! Needless to say, when it was all said and done, my nose was completely dead.
Another cool thing about the night was that we could actually talk scent! The only other people I've ever done that with are store owners, and that is obviously different though it can sometimes be enriching also. But something about just talking scents man to man was totally refreshing and felt great. Definately not something I can usually do.
All in all, it was an awesome time. Ted is a great guy, and was fun to talk to and share the smelling experience with. I don't know if you're reading this Ted, but if you are, maybe you can make an honorary post on this thread just to say what's up?
I encourage you guys to make an effort to meet with other Basenoters because it's a great experience especially if the people you're usually with aren't scent enthusiasts.
Thanks Ted!
And for those that know, yup, I met with Indie Guy! It was a really great time. When I got to Indie Guy's (Ted) apartment he had his whole 100+ bottle collection laid out nicely on a counter top. Bottles upon beautiful bottles of scents, many of which I'd never tried before! We focused on the Comme des Garcons, because that is his favorite line and a line that I hadn't explored much. Off the top of my head, he had the entire Incense Series, Sequoia, Skai, Dry Clean, Vetivveru, Odeur 53, Odeur 71, CDG 2, and CDG 2 Man. It was awesome to try them! I'm still tinkering with the generous samples that he made me, and so far I'm loving the ones that lean towards the woody/spicy end of the spectrum. The other ones are more of an aquired taste, so we'll see if they grow on me.
Another good thing that happened is that I remembered how much I like Body Kouros! What a warm, comforting scent. I'm definately going to pick that one up.
Ok, so my collection is pretty lame especially compared to Ted's, but I did introduce him to some Serge Lutens scents a long with a few other assorted scents. He seemed to like but not love the Serge Lutens scents I showed him. SL's though, like CDG's, can be pretty hard to appreciate at first and need some time, so not loving upon first sniff is understandable.
Oh, and we did all this sniffing over frosty glasses of Coffee Stout. I'm not sure if smelling it cleared my palate or not, but it sure was some good beer!
The other phase of the meeting that was really cool was checking out some of his creations. For those of you that know Ted, you might remember that he ordered some perfumerie kits. At the time he was more or less tinkering around, but since he's developed some skills! He let me smell some of his creations and they were actually really good, haha maybe other than Yo-yo one. There was one in particular (the one that was inspired by the CDG incense) that I would definately like to have in my drobe! Not only did he show me his creations, but he showed me the kit. It was ridiculous! There were well over 100 (I have no idea how many) real aromachemicals that are just like what are used to make the scents that we all wear. Some smelled really weird on their own, wheareas others almost smelled like complete scents in and of themselves! Needless to say, when it was all said and done, my nose was completely dead.
Another cool thing about the night was that we could actually talk scent! The only other people I've ever done that with are store owners, and that is obviously different though it can sometimes be enriching also. But something about just talking scents man to man was totally refreshing and felt great. Definately not something I can usually do.
All in all, it was an awesome time. Ted is a great guy, and was fun to talk to and share the smelling experience with. I don't know if you're reading this Ted, but if you are, maybe you can make an honorary post on this thread just to say what's up?
I encourage you guys to make an effort to meet with other Basenoters because it's a great experience especially if the people you're usually with aren't scent enthusiasts.
Thanks Ted!
I've never talked to any basenoters, but I'm sure I might find several friends here.
