Greetings fellow aficionados/aficionadas,
I'm a new member (as of today), though I have been enjoying the reviews by more experienced noses, particularly Naed_Nitram's dispatches from Palamede, for quite a while now. I've actually made a few happy new purchases based on what I've read on this site.
As the weather heats up, I need something for summer. Trouble is, all of my favorites are winter-y; I've never had particularly good luck with scents appropriate for summer.
I'm a female, but I generally wear men's fragrances. I'm no youngster, either, at 39, and find most modern women's scents too fruity and girlish.
This winter I've been wearing timid walk-through mists of Guerlain's Derby, still love it. One of the few women's scents I like is Miss Dior, another is Fendi. I used to love Joy for it's stinky undernote, but either mine has gone "off" or it's just too flowery for me now. I have worn vetivers in summers past (Guerlain, Azzaro), but lost my taste for them, too. They usually seem too light to me, a far cry from the dark and stanky vetiver essential oils.
I like dark and stanky (as in skunky), don't care for citrus, love grassy, haven't much stomach for sweet, I like florals more sharp than sweet. An exception is my passion for Kouros- it's sweetish, but a nasty sort of sweet I found addictive for more than a year.
My frustration sometimes drives me to single essential oils- geranium, ylang-ylang (one with bite), and of course vetiver. I love evergreens. I like very sharp and green lavenders, but not by itself.
Many thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to wade through my lengthy post and give me some suggestions to break my summer scent losing streak.
I'm a new member (as of today), though I have been enjoying the reviews by more experienced noses, particularly Naed_Nitram's dispatches from Palamede, for quite a while now. I've actually made a few happy new purchases based on what I've read on this site.
As the weather heats up, I need something for summer. Trouble is, all of my favorites are winter-y; I've never had particularly good luck with scents appropriate for summer.
I'm a female, but I generally wear men's fragrances. I'm no youngster, either, at 39, and find most modern women's scents too fruity and girlish.
This winter I've been wearing timid walk-through mists of Guerlain's Derby, still love it. One of the few women's scents I like is Miss Dior, another is Fendi. I used to love Joy for it's stinky undernote, but either mine has gone "off" or it's just too flowery for me now. I have worn vetivers in summers past (Guerlain, Azzaro), but lost my taste for them, too. They usually seem too light to me, a far cry from the dark and stanky vetiver essential oils.
I like dark and stanky (as in skunky), don't care for citrus, love grassy, haven't much stomach for sweet, I like florals more sharp than sweet. An exception is my passion for Kouros- it's sweetish, but a nasty sort of sweet I found addictive for more than a year.
My frustration sometimes drives me to single essential oils- geranium, ylang-ylang (one with bite), and of course vetiver. I love evergreens. I like very sharp and green lavenders, but not by itself.
Many thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to wade through my lengthy post and give me some suggestions to break my summer scent losing streak.
