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Mossy, woody, green forest fragrance

post #1 of 23
1/13/07 at 4:13am
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I am missing a fragrance like this in my collection. I love the mossy lavender in Creeds Royal Scottish Lavender. Like the herbal pine combo in Polo Green and Rocabar. Like the woodyness in Gucci Rush, Rochas Lui and Blenheim Bouquet. I like resinous and balsamic scents. Is there a fresh forest fragrance out there with moss, wood and lavender that doesn´t smell dated? What are your favourites/recomendations? Do I mean a forest of leaves or of pine and fir? I can´t decide but I´m leaning more towards the fir theme. I´ve tried quite a few of both chypres and fougeres to find something since this is kind of a combo of the two cathegoeries but I am out of ideas. How do I go about smelling like a forest? Anyone?

/ Tobbe
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post #2 of 23
1/13/07 at 6:13am
Fou d'Absinthe
Yatagan
Vermeil
Bowling Green
Duc de Vervins

these were suggestions from a thread I had that asked for scents with a pine/fir dominant note.
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post #3 of 23
1/13/07 at 6:50am
You might want to try Creed's Epicea. It's a pine forest in a bottle.
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post #4 of 23
1/13/07 at 7:29am
I second Creeds Epicea. It's as piney as it can get. Fou d'Absinthe also, a bit green, spicy , piney.
Or maybe something in the vetiver direction? Lot's of choice there!
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post #5 of 23
1/13/07 at 8:10am
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THIS IS THE WEIRDEST THING!!!!!!!

I have Epicea, got a decant of it several months ago. Tried it and thought it smelled way too spicy, like an overload of clove, too harsh and too sharp.
I saw what you read and tried som on my wrist and this time it´s great. Much more smooth, a clear pine note with a freshness to it that almost feels lke smelling green tea from a can. Yes, it´s still spicy but I can´t wiat to see where this is going...

I had the Bowling Green but traded it because of the drydown. Too musky and a little body odour-like. The initial citrus was also almost too strong. But the heart notes were very nice, thats for sure. Grassy, piney and woody!

Yatagan was a bit too earthy for me but I will give this one another chance too. The celery note is very interesting but might not be for me.
It would be really nice to hear whet it is you like about these fragrances. That way I learn something and can easier distinguish notes I like in the future.
Will try the other ones you recommended. Thanks everyone and I am open too more suggestions.
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post #6 of 23
1/13/07 at 8:56am
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Like vetivers like LV Vetiver and MPG Racine, sure! But in a forest fragrance the key note is crisp, bright moss, not too earthy. Not too much citrus in the top notes either. Wet leaves, wood... forest.
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post #7 of 23
1/13/07 at 9:03am
Two more that just came to mind with a sort of "lumberjack" quality are MPG Parfum d'habit and Versace Versus Uomo. I like the Epicea better than both, but they're pretty neat.
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post #8 of 23
1/13/07 at 9:11am
Tundra - Profumum is interesting but expensive. Smells of wet leaves, dirt, forest.

L'Occitane Vetyver maybe.
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post #9 of 23
1/13/07 at 9:45am
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Originally Posted by Tobbe

THIS IS THE WEIRDEST THING!!!!!!!

I have Epicea, got a decant of it several months ago. Tried it and thought it smelled way too spicy, like an overload of clove, too harsh and too sharp.
I saw what you read and tried som on my wrist and this time it´s great. Much more smooth, a clear pine note with a freshness to it that almost feels lke smelling green tea from a can. Yes, it´s still spicy but I can´t wiat to see where this is going...

I had the Bowling Green but traded it because of the drydown. Too musky and a little body odour-like. The initial citrus was also almost too strong. But the heart notes were very nice, thats for sure. Grassy, piney and woody!

Yatagan was a bit too earthy for me but I will give this one another chance too. The celery note is very interesting but might not be for me.
It would be really nice to hear whet it is you like about these fragrances. That way I learn something and can easier distinguish notes I like in the future.
Will try the other ones you recommended. Thanks everyone and I am open too more suggestions.

Epicea has a strong spice note which ruins it for me. I think it is mainly the cardomon which irritates me.

Unfortunately I keep thinking of Feuille Verte which is not helpful as it is out of production.
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post #10 of 23
1/13/07 at 11:12am
Have your tried Pino Silvestre or Acqua Brava? Sometimes the bearer of the magic chord is just an ordinary cheap drugstore scent that we ignore out of prejudice.
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post #11 of 23
1/13/07 at 11:32am
What about Versace Green Jeans?
Another not-extremely-succesful blind buy for me,it smells rather synthetic,it is not the most appropriate fragrance to attract the opposite sex,but hey,it may at least worth a try
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post #12 of 23
1/13/07 at 11:43am
Diesel Green Masculine
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post #13 of 23
1/13/07 at 6:48pm
Nino Cerruti Pour Homme
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post #14 of 23
1/13/07 at 6:50pm
The best green fragrance i've smelled so far is Aramis Devin. Green, mossy, earthy. Someone likened it to a cross between CK Obsession and Gucci Nobile.
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post #15 of 23
1/14/07 at 1:26am
Musgo Real Oak Moss.
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post #16 of 23
1/14/07 at 5:05am
Serge Lutin's Chene is pure pine resin in a bottle. I was way overwhelmed by it. It was like cutting a green pine log open and rubbing my neck with it.

Rick
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post #17 of 23
1/14/07 at 5:06am
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Parfum d´Habit was strange to me.Powdery-sour smell and something of a green pea carachter to it. Powdery is not for me, reminds me of cheek blush. I know it´s one of the most loved green fragrances but I have trouble seeing the green in it. The coumarine-hay thing is there, absolutely, but I wanted something else. I know I´m in the minority here...
Pino Silvestre is a fun classic. Too strong though. I need something a bit more mellow that has a cosy feeling to it. A happy, outdoors fragrance remeniscent of a mossy forest with an unsharp freshness to it. I was hoping for this in Greenergy but got something that was too sweet anf a bit cloying. Besides it had a tiny bit of candy to it that was weird and didn´t go together well. The grassy bit in it was nice though.
Versace Green Jeans was a bit mainstream to me. A little citrus, some pine and a feel of kitches spices. And a bit of a "fatty" feel to it, like the grease you wipe off from the kitchen ventilation. Strage, it never wowed me.

Fou d
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post #18 of 23
1/14/07 at 5:08am
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By the way; does anyone besides me like these kind of fragrances or am I stuck in an embassasing eighties phase while the rest are all in to powdery, sweet and gourmand scents?
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post #19 of 23
1/14/07 at 5:11am
I love chypres and classic fougeres.
I haven't tried it but there is a frag called Knize forest. Maybe someone else can comment?
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post #20 of 23
1/14/07 at 5:27am
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Originally Posted by hirch_duckfinder

I love chypres and classic fougeres.
I haven't tried it but there is a frag called Knize forest. Maybe someone else can comment?

I tried Knize Forest a few months ago and found it to be quite a pleasant experience - a light (but substantial) mossy herbal fragrance, with woody undertones. Personally, I can't remember too much about it but I found it more enjoyable to wear than Baime, Virgillo, Eau Noire and Sud Est. However, at the end of the day, it wasn't really me (I think someone over 40 would be able to pull this one off with style). Knize Forest is a pretty good offering from this house and, IMHO, a lot better than Knize Ten.
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post #21 of 23
1/14/07 at 5:27am
If you get a chance try Greenbrier- the original not the new one.


Rick
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post #22 of 23
1/14/07 at 5:27am
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Nino Cerruti Pour Homme

Yes. And Fair Play (Cerruti, also). I find this (fair play) to be mossy and earthy in the middle. Drying down in fine style to a wonderful woodsy and green finish.

Good luck in finding some!!
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post #23 of 23
1/14/07 at 8:21am
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Originally Posted by Tobbe

I am missing a fragrance like this in my collection. I love the mossy lavender in Creeds Royal Scottish Lavender. Like the herbal pine combo in Polo Green and Rocabar. Like the woodyness in Gucci Rush, Rochas Lui and Blenheim Bouquet. I like resinous and balsamic scents. Is there a fresh forest fragrance out there with moss, wood and lavender that doesn´t smell dated? What are your favourites/recomendations? Do I mean a forest of leaves or of pine and fir? I can´t decide but I´m leaning more towards the fir theme. I´ve tried quite a few of both chypres and fougeres to find something since this is kind of a combo of the two cathegoeries but I am out of ideas. How do I go about smelling like a forest? Anyone?

/ Tobbe

Tobbe,

I recommend you try Pino Silvestre and Guerlain's Winter Delice. I think they are both rather foresty.

Also, there are two perfumes in my collection that fit your descriptions perfectly:
Bois d'Hiver, a woody, coniferous and slightly spicy and citrusy with a sweet and warm base of fir absolute (it's less sharp than most coniferous oils are)
http://ayalamoriel.com/perfumes.cfm?...&product_id=25
http://www.basenotes.net/ID26126871.html

and Rainforest - a green, foresty chypre, with notes of juniper and black spruce, violet leaf and a base of moss and damp earth notes.
http://ayalamoriel.com/perfumes.cfm?...&product_id=46
http://www.basenotes.net/ID26125783.html

If you PM me or email ayala@ayalamoriel.com I will be more than happy than send you these to samples!

All the best in your search,

Ayala
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