I've always been averse to male fragrance. Previously I'd only ever owned some Stetson (circa 1985), and some Old Spice, both gifts from my grandmother. I never actually wore them because I thought they smelled too strongly.
Last year a friend of mine took to wearing YSL's M7, and I thought it smelled just delicious. It reminded me of cedar, frankincense and myrrh, mixed with the smell of burning charcoal, like you get in an Orthodox church. It completely changed my mind on male frags.
After reading on basenotes and ordering over a dozen samples my collection has grown to four scents that I'm very happy with:
M7
MPG's Santal Noble
Creed's GIT
Gucci Pour Homme
Of these my faves are GPH and the Santal Noble.
When I first smelled Santal Noble it sent me into a reverie of vivid recollections from childhood: marching out into the cold woods to cut down an eastern red cedar for Christmas, the smell of stacked fresh cut wood for the fireplace, my grandfather tending the wood stove, my mother's cedar chest with her wedding dress and all those old photos and letters. It was amazing, like a mind-altering drug! Some days I think it smells like a pencil, but most I'm loving it.
GPH again invokes the burning of frankincense & myrrh, with the pepper accord smelling more like gunpowder and burning charcoal to my nose, only more literally than the M7.
So, it would seem I like the woods and incense. Anyone care to recommend other frags based on my current picks?
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orgetorix
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Last year a friend of mine took to wearing YSL's M7, and I thought it smelled just delicious. It reminded me of cedar, frankincense and myrrh, mixed with the smell of burning charcoal, like you get in an Orthodox church. It completely changed my mind on male frags.
After reading on basenotes and ordering over a dozen samples my collection has grown to four scents that I'm very happy with:
M7
MPG's Santal Noble
Creed's GIT
Gucci Pour Homme
Of these my faves are GPH and the Santal Noble.
When I first smelled Santal Noble it sent me into a reverie of vivid recollections from childhood: marching out into the cold woods to cut down an eastern red cedar for Christmas, the smell of stacked fresh cut wood for the fireplace, my grandfather tending the wood stove, my mother's cedar chest with her wedding dress and all those old photos and letters. It was amazing, like a mind-altering drug! Some days I think it smells like a pencil, but most I'm loving it.
GPH again invokes the burning of frankincense & myrrh, with the pepper accord smelling more like gunpowder and burning charcoal to my nose, only more literally than the M7.
So, it would seem I like the woods and incense. Anyone care to recommend other frags based on my current picks?
--
orgetorix
INGIRVMIMVSNOCTEETCONSVMIMVRIGNI
