>>>>Sniff 'n' Speak Saturday, Nov. 3>>>Spicy

Oooh goody. I like my spices.

I love spicy scents,so will defenitely join in Will have a hard time decide which one to wear,though...

Always loved my husband in Old Spice - still we are old fogeys now!

Has it been a month already...jeez, how time flies, huh?

Spicy fragrances are easy for me - think it's going to be my sample of L'Homme Sage by Divine that I've been saving for a special occasion. This gets lots of love on the mens board and I'm curious to see what all the buzz is about.

Me too, Annem (well, MY husband, of course...and the Old Spice, not the fogeydom!!) and welcomewelcome!!

Morning everyone!
Found an old Miss Worth parfum of mums today and it smelled pretty spicy from the bottle so I thought I'd wear it and chime in for the sniff and speak
What is everyone else wearing today?

No surprises here: Comme des Garçons EdP for me!

Forgot to add the notes: Cardamom Oil, Coriander Oil, Geranium Oil, Nutmeg Oil, Cinnamon Bark Oil, Clovebud, Labdanum essence, Styrax, Cedarwood, Cut Hay, Olibanum essence, Black Pepper, Sandalwood, Rose, Honey

Fendi - Theorema

Much loved and sadly discontinued scent. Warm and almost voluptuous
Perfect for autumn, perfect for this day and my mood.

Notes from Fendi itself:

Top: Thai Shamouti, Eglantine, California Tangelos
Heart: Jasmine petals, Afghan spices, Cinnamon, Pink peppers, Osmanthus
Base: Spicy dust, Musk, Heart of Macassar, Sweet cream, Amber, Gaiac wood, Mysore sandalwood

Estée Lauder's Cinnabar.

Notes according to osMoz:

Top note : Orange, Mandarin, Clove

Middle note : Rose, Cinnamom, Carnation, Jasmine

Base note : Patchouli, Incense, Sandalwood, Vanilla

Heavy stuff!

It's Ambre Russe for me today! I've enjoyed this sample since I got it about a year ago. Definitely plenty of spices here, but also that boozy note that works so well with the amber. For some reason I also get a little bit of raisins from the entire mix. Really a special scent!

I've got two fun ones for today's spicy Sniff n' Speak!

Lorenzo Villoresi's Spezie, with many thanks to my dear brother MikePerez for enabling me to discover this gorgeous one (though my credit cards aren't speaking to Mike at the moment )

Top Notes
Coriander, Cardamom, Laurel
Middle Notes
Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cumin
Base Notes
Tomato Leaves, Rosemary, Sage

Spezie is deep, intense and very, very warm. I feel like I radiate heat when I wear this.

Then, despite the name, my other great spicy scent for today is Fresh Index Patchouli Pure.

Top Notes
Ginger, Bergamot, Orange
Middle Notes
Patchouli, Cinnamon, Pimento Berry
Base Notes
Vanilla, Amber, Tonka, Musk

Patchouli Pure is delightful, quite spicy, sweet without being cloying and is actually light enough to wear in much warmer weather too, which surprised me. Two winners!!!

The weirdly wonderful Madini Ambargris.
Supposed to contain beach-harvested ambergris, but I don't know what that smells like.
At any rate, it is completely lost in the spices here, of which there are many, a veritable masala of sweetness, plus dried figs and dates, and incense.
This juice is dark brown, almost tarry in consistency. One drop is enough to project and last for hours.
The memory lingers in my subconscious, I am readily able to recall this scent months later. One night, I awoke, dreaming of Ambargris, only to sniff my wrists, and there was nothing there.
This is a renegade version of Serge Luten Ambre Sultan or Arabie, Dona Karan Black Cashmere, or Divine L'Homme Sage. She is not authorized to claim her relation to these scents, because she is the black sheep of the family. She stands in a cobblestone alley, among the baskets of spice and the crowded vendor stalls, beckoning to you from underneath her black burkha. What will you find there? Great beauty, or a hag? Only you will be able to judge. Come hither.

The Different Company Rose Poivree

Damascus Rose, rose bay, pepper, coriander and vetiver.

Ambre Russe for me also.

thought I might just as well post in the ladies room, since so many Bners are wearing it today.(,wink to Taolady)

I have to be in the mood to wear this one,but it's so blended well. Boozy, sweet and warm.

Brotha G, rum 'n raisins!, exactely what I thought too!

Being the Queen is not always fun: making sure the laws are being executed, the craftsmen are happy, there is enough water in this arid country and the people are not forgetful about their history. The sun has not been merciful this year, will the harvests last? Appointments, travels, mockery... And him, the King from the faraway land, whose ring reads "This will pass too", what a joke! Loads of precious jewels with their facets sparkling in the light were supposed to dim his vision, and what did I get? Entrapment, that's it! Now the whole world knows that my legs are far from His standards of perfect, being not much different from my mom's and many other women's?! Damn water! And our last feast so masterfully prepared by his best chefs --- what was it? cardamom, pepper, cloves, fennel, saffron, nutmeg? That heartburn I got was the worst ever known, let me tell you, no wonder it woke me up in the middle of the night and just a drop of water would put it out, seems like.... Water again, damn it! And my heart is still burning, burning....



Wearing Patrick Mauboussin Histoire d'Eau (2002 version Topaze, as opposed to 2003 Amethyste that I have never tried), with the notes of
Top: green mandarin;
Heart: cardamom, pepper, nutmeg;
Base: leather, musk, amber.
and feeling like the Queen of Sheba. It is enveloping, it is wonderfully bitter without a single drop of vanilla, it is mesmerizing. It is my best discovery of the year 2007, and (who doubted!) I am too late to the party -- discontinued because of the flaws in the bottle design -- the sphere shaped vessel with the fragrance just would not stay attached to the plastic column case, Mr. Baschmakoff! It is simple in the beginning -- bitter citrus with the hint of prunes and spices, a boatload of them where the pepper lasts until the very end -- animalic, raw, sensual with insense (jatamanasi too! ), old woods, "right" musk. No flowers. Out of more known fragrances it reminds me of Arabie, Opium and Black Cashmere. I wish it were known better, as there are no reviews of it in the Directory. Still available at many online e-tailers in 40 and 75 ml bottles, but is becoming increasingly hard to find. Need a sample? You know what to do!

Ah, I should have known in advance! ..scent twin with my Dragon sister Riannon in Fendi's Theorema today.

It was a beautiful, warm fall day, so DH and I decided to make a day trip to near Switzerland. The glory of fall, all gold, red, yellow, rust, sung in unison with the creamy spiciness of Theorema. It's simply perfect for cooler weather. Initially, what I get most ist nutmeg, then it's so seamlessly blended that all notes come together in a feast for the nose. Released in 1998 (if I remember well), but IMO it could easily be part of the newest niche scent lines.

Alexander McQueen Kingdom.
For some reason the citrus opening of this scent escapes me entirely, but I get the ginger and cumin, rose and jasmin, and precious woods. So often described as dirty, I find that little bit of sex elevates what may have been prim to elegant.

Funny, Pellen, because every time I've tried Kingdom, I've got little other than musty lemons. Skin chemistry's a funny thing, eh?

I'm trying Poivre, having spent a while mooching around Harrod's Haute Parfumerie. This is unmistakeably Caron - a rich, spicy scent, all carnation, leather and clove. It's as though En Avion grew up and got an attitude. I like it a lot, though the spicy notes faded faster than I'd hoped, leaving a smoother and rather well-behaved vanillic base. I think the fact I found myself sweating in a nylon jacket on a crowded tube train didn't help the longevity much. Applied to the torso, this would doubtless last a fair few hours longer.

Glad to see you're enjoying Spezie and Patchouli Pure Comdiva - your credit cards and I have been speaking while you're asleep...

Me I'm absolutely delighted to participate in anything spicy - this is perhaps my FAVORITE category of fragrances.

Calvin by Calvin Klein
A discontinued gem - this fougere is just the perfect moss scent, with a spicy undercurrent. I wore this when I was in my late teens and a new sample (thanks bbobkc) has me swimming in olfactory memories. The great thing about Calvin is that it has that smooth, classy & tenacious drydown that (like Heritage EdP, or other mens classics) you keep smelling almost 10-12 hours after you've applied it. This is my favorite Calvin Klein mens scent.

L' Homme Sage by Divine
Wonderful. Not much more more say...it's amazing. Try this.

Poivre Piquant by L'Artisan Parfumeur
Noone really talks a lot about the spicy L'Artisan scents - especially PP. The top notes are reminiscent of LouLou by Cacherel. Maybe it's the anise (which I normally do not like, but in LL its wonderful) or maybe it's the pepper in PP reminds me of the tiare flower notes in LL. What follows afterward is honey, milk and then light smoke. Both soft and burning - simultaneously. Yeah, I know...strange, huh? Love this stuff.

That one is my favourite of the Les Epices de la Passion trio! I love scents in which qualities contradict each other and PP does perfectly the cool, soothing milk vs. hot, burning pepper thing.

GREAT writing/review Chris....if I hadn't already tried it I would want to!


Is it too late? Is it too late?? ANOTHER great piece of evocative writing.

I tell you - BaseNotes is THE place.

The Different Company, Rose Poivree

Ferocious. Rose Poivree bears a striking resemblance to my natural scent following an extended sweat session between the sheets with a few rose petals scattered about. I am a big fan of well done civet notes and my favorite nose, Jean Claude Ellena, delivers civet in spades creating a full-on carnal piece in Rose Poivree. The scent comes roaring out of the bottle in a haze pepper and spices eventually settling into a steady erotic hum of rose,civet, and vetiver. Arousal in a bottle. Taps into my primal beast. I like that.

Sprays:5
Longevity:8-10 hours
Sillage: Low to moderate, yet driven by body temperature in a direct realationship
RIYL:Kingdom, Opone, Rose 31, spicy rose scents, civet.

Speaking of L'AP Les Epices de la Passion, I ended up wearing Safran Troublant as my SotE.
Masterfully blended in pure Giacobetti style, ST is a rather linear scent with three dominating notes: saffron, roses and sandalwood. The spicy food nature of saffron is beautifully balanced by the red roses, none of the two overpowering the other.
Anybody tried layering all three, Poivre Piquant, Safran Troublant and Piment Brulant? The result is amazing

Layering all three, huh? I might try this soon...

I think Safran Troublant reminds me mostly of the smell of paella (a Cuban dish that features lots of shellfish, bell peppers and well...saffron). For a few minutes its almost a little too foody on me, but then it does that Giacobetti signature minimalist thing and transforms into something much more substantial.

I know - I am waaaaay late to the party.

Right before I left for vacation I wore Parfumerie Generale's Un Crime Exotique.

Notes (Luckyscent): Chinese Osmanthus, Gingerbread, Tea, Star Anise, Mate Absolute, Vanilla Sugar, South Sea Island Sandalwood.

I wore this the first time in the summer. Sadly, in the heat it developed what I could only describe as a vomit note that refused to go away.

When I wore it recently, the chill in the air improved this fragrance greatly.

It smells like Russian Tea (tea with orange, cinnamon, cloves). Or potpourri.

And if you layer this with Moea oil, you can smell like a Yankee Candle shop