I have a sizable collection of frags which I call "pick-me-ups." For example: Chergui, Catalyst, That Man, Mûre et Musc Extrême, Happy for Men, Nemo, Eau Sauvage, Gaultier² etc. If I'm not going to wear one of those many frags in my collection, then I'll wear a formal frag for business or a "moose on the loose" frag for sheer carnality.
Recently I acquired a bottle of Méchant Loup. I love its notes and the fact that it wears so close to my skin. (I don't always have to have major sillage going on.) I can certainly see why others rave about ML -- it's a very intimate fragrance, IMHO. (Not romantic, necessarily, but intimate.)
All that aside, it triggers sadness in me. I don't know why, as it's supposed to be warm and rich -- all nuts and leaves and honey. Still, for some odd reason -- and I can't put my finger on this -- it just makes me want to go on a long autumn cry.
Maybe I just think of ML as an autumnal frag and I always get a little "down" come autumn every year. Perhaps it reminds me of my best friend. (He committed suicide in January.) Maybe it just triggers something deep in the primal part of my brain, or dredges up a sad childhood memory. Again, I don't know why, but it never fails to make me melancholy and pensive.
Whatever the case, it's up on the chopping block now. I love its notes so much (and that's saying a lot, given that I am not usually a huge fan of the gourmand variety). I just don't want to deal with the melancholia it induces in me.
Has a fragrance -- any fragrance -- ever affected you this inexplicable way?
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Recently I acquired a bottle of Méchant Loup. I love its notes and the fact that it wears so close to my skin. (I don't always have to have major sillage going on.) I can certainly see why others rave about ML -- it's a very intimate fragrance, IMHO. (Not romantic, necessarily, but intimate.)
All that aside, it triggers sadness in me. I don't know why, as it's supposed to be warm and rich -- all nuts and leaves and honey. Still, for some odd reason -- and I can't put my finger on this -- it just makes me want to go on a long autumn cry.
Maybe I just think of ML as an autumnal frag and I always get a little "down" come autumn every year. Perhaps it reminds me of my best friend. (He committed suicide in January.) Maybe it just triggers something deep in the primal part of my brain, or dredges up a sad childhood memory. Again, I don't know why, but it never fails to make me melancholy and pensive.
Whatever the case, it's up on the chopping block now. I love its notes so much (and that's saying a lot, given that I am not usually a huge fan of the gourmand variety). I just don't want to deal with the melancholia it induces in me.
Has a fragrance -- any fragrance -- ever affected you this inexplicable way?
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MY CURRENT SALE THREAD: http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=200065
