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just me or do topnotes last AGES on clothes?

post #1 of 6
1/25/07 at 11:05pm
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Earlier tonight I applied Terre d'Hermes. HOURS later, i was in bed after coming back from a smoky bar and was amazed to be getting citrus whiffs from my body, which usually dissipate in less than an hour. I realized that for once, I had sprayed some on my shirt collar by accident and that, hours later, I could still smell those citrus topnotes.

Am I imagining this? Do topnotes really last longer on clothes as opposed to skin?
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1/26/07 at 12:06am
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Oh, I don't find that strange at all. Sometimes I put on a shirt I haven't worn for a week, and I can tell the scent I wore that day. I guess clothes retain scents better than your skin because your body heat makes them evaporate faster, but I'd like to hear some more authorized opinions about this.
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post #3 of 6
1/26/07 at 5:44pm
They do last longer on clothes, because cotton is more porous (less susceptible to convective mass transfer--where molecules are swept up by moving air--into your nose in some cases) and because your clothes are a lower temperature (less thermodynamic effect: the molecules don't evaporate off the surface as much). I'm a chemical engineer, btw.

That's why I think stores should have hot plates instead of scent strips, or that stupid booth thing at barney's for the Frederic Malle stuff.

Maybe I'll go design a cheap GC sniffing device or something.
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1/26/07 at 5:56pm
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Funny you should bring up Habit Rouge EdC as one of your Currrent Rotation choices Manos ... I started this AM with Aramis Tuscany, switched to Aramis Havana For Men late this afternoon. Then, after showering, decided impulsively to put on a chest spray and a half of Guerlain Habit Rouge EdC.

I have to admit it is really nice. Much more subtle than the first two of the day but still has a lot going for it. What is eminating from under my sweatshirt and softly up to my face is, after an hour on, definitely vanillic in character, with a backbone of a somewhat sharp mossy leather. Altogether a very pleasant ambiance wafting up and around. This one bears wearing often and 'watching' with an open nose for a drydown surprise or two after a relatively subdued begining.
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post #5 of 6
1/28/07 at 10:01am
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I have to admit it is really nice. Much more subtle than the first two of the day but still has a lot going for it. What is eminating from under my sweatshirt and softly up to my face is, after an hour on, definitely vanillic in character, with a backbone of a somewhat sharp mossy leather. Altogether a very pleasant ambiance wafting up and around. This one bears wearing often and 'watching' with an open nose for a drydown surprise or two after a relatively subdued begining.

Yeah, but I don't know about that topnote. I'm still wrestling with it. It's like a girl you fight with a lot, and then you discover that you have fallen in love with her.
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post #6 of 6
1/28/07 at 12:08pm
I agree about clothing retaining scent longer than skin, but I also find Terre d' Hermes to be particularly long-lasting anyway.
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