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post #1 of 10
5/8/07 at 8:41am
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hello

i got a female friend who is looking for a perfume. She doesn't have any fragrance yet. She's 22 years old and she told me that she loves the smell of the woods and grasses when she is riding her horse through the forests. She wants much nature in her fragrance, but it should not be super-fresh. It should be a bit warm, but not very sweet. Do you have any suggestions? I don't know female fragrances!
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post #2 of 10
5/8/07 at 10:02am
She could sample the following:

Balmain Vent Vert
Lentheric Tweed PdT
Chanel No.19 EDT
Clinique Aromatics Elixir (especially in the body wash / lotion)
TBS Japanese Musk
Ava Luxe Green Grass of Home (look under vintage)
Jo Malone Black Vetyver Cafe
Jean Couturier Coriandre
Ava Luxe Ingenue
Dior Dioressence
Shiseido Zen (classic black bottle)
Parlux Animale for women
Halston Halston for Women
Guerlain Mitsouko EDT
Dior Diorella
Gres Cabotine
Carven Intrigue
Penhaligons Bluebell
Guerlain Vetiver / Vetiver Eau Glacee
Cerruti Image Woman
Rochas Mystere
Ava Luxe Midnight Violet
Ava Luxe Johri
Paloma Picasso EDT
Carven Ma Griffe
Guerlain Chant d'Aromes
Dior Tendre Poison
Demeter Grass
Jacomo Parfum Rare / Coeur de (?)

She is bound to find at least one that fits / suits and helps her begin to discover what else works for her....

I heartily recommend she try Gres Cabotine first, along with TBS Japanese Musk, Balmain Vent Vert and then work her way from there.

Good Luck & Happy Sniffing!
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post #3 of 10
5/8/07 at 6:51pm
she should try Bond Central Park or Bond Gramercy Park or Lauder Aliage or Floris Seringa
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post #4 of 10
5/8/07 at 10:25pm
Barbier des Isles by Comptoir Sud Pacifique...

The scent of lush green woodlands in the South pacific Isles.

Heres the link in the directory:
http://www.basenotes.net/ID26120166.html
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post #5 of 10
5/9/07 at 1:38pm
I love the smell of grass and woods, too.

The scents I know that evoke these natural scents for me are:

-Aqua Allegoria Mentafollia (minty dry leaves)
-Demeter Wet Garden (wet grass)
-Mitsouko EDT (mossy trees)
-Dune by Dior (wood)
-Bvlgari Eau The Vert (a complex green tea)

Good luck!
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post #6 of 10
5/9/07 at 2:47pm
Un Bois Sépia by Serge Lutens. natural elegance. tweed.


http://www.salons-shiseido.com/angla...arfums-eb4.htm
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post #7 of 10
5/9/07 at 3:06pm
I like Nanadebary Green for summer. Nice fresh, natural, dewy, slightly spicy, and pretty.
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post #8 of 10
6/2/07 at 11:43pm
miss dior maybe? or mitsouko
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post #9 of 10
6/3/07 at 4:41am
Hermes Amazone, in older formulations if possible!
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post #10 of 10
6/3/07 at 4:47am
I have to agree on Mitsouko and also Aromatics Elexir.I have thing for nature smells like soil,grass and woods,and I love the mentioned scents Another scent she might wanna try is Demeter's "Dirt".Not very long lasting,though.
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