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25 scents beginners should sample for reference

post #1 of 11
11/17/07 at 1:08pm
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Regardless of whether you actually like the scents, if a nose virgin asked you to compose for them an introductory reference library of samples, which 25 women's fragrances would you choose to demonstrate the depth/breadth/constellation of notes available in perfumery?

Here are the ones I thought of:
Bond No. 9 New Haarlem
Borsari Violetta di Parma
Boucheron Femme
Chanel No. 5
" No. 19
" Coco Mademoiselle
Hanae Mori Butterfly
Demeter Wet Garden
Diptyque L'Ombre dans L'Eau
Donna Karan Black Cashmere
Frederic Malle En Passant
Gendarme Carrierre
Guerlain Jicky
" Mitsouko
Hermes Hiris
L'Artisan Dzing!
" La Chasse aux Papillons
L'Occitane Green Tea
Shiseido Feminite du Bois
Thymes Fig Leaf & Cassis (or Jo Malone Wild Fig & Cassis)
Prada
Rochas Femme
Serge Lutens Un Lys
Stella Rose Absolute
Thierry Mugler Angel
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post #2 of 11
11/17/07 at 2:52pm
Wow thanks for the list... I think I have only smelled about 5 of them! I'll have to bookmark this and start ticking the perfumes once I've smelled them
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post #3 of 11
11/17/07 at 9:29pm
Paloma Picasso
Blue Amber
Avignon
White Oud
Bois Farine
Un Lys
Bluebell
Kai
L'Heure Bleu
Opium and Cinnabar
A La Nuit
Musc Ravageur
Fracas
Oxygene
Pur Desir de Gardenia
Rose from Bulgaria or Elizabethan Rose
Violetta di Parma
Bandit
Carnal Flower
Chanel #5. and 19
Montale's White Musk or SL Clair de Musc
Philosykos
Paris
Hypnotic Poison
Chinatown
Genvieve
Angel
L' eau D'Issey
Light Blue
Tabu
Calyx


Oh for heaven's sake. I can't do this.

Mimosa Pour Moi
La Chase aux Papillons --- yes
Silver Mountain Water
Gendarme
Geir
Mitsouko --- just don't buy it blind.
Pink Sugar
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post #4 of 11
11/17/07 at 9:42pm
Jicky, Shalimar, Mitsouko, Vol de Nuit, Tabac Blond, Poivre, Chanel no.5, L'air du Temps, Joy, Youth Dew, Angel
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post #5 of 11
11/17/07 at 10:10pm
Shalimar
Mitsouko
L'Heure Bleue
Narcisse Noire
Farnesiana
No. 5
Sa Majeste La Rose
Shocking
Samsara
Fracas
Cabochard
Arpege
Jolie Madame
Vent Vert
Joy
Femme
Angel
Something with a pronounced tea note
A Sandalwood scent
Rive Gauche
Youth Dew
Diorissimo
Paloma Picasso
Caleche
Some uber-musk
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post #6 of 11
11/18/07 at 2:00am
I would add Habanita.
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post #7 of 11
11/18/07 at 2:34am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zibeline View Post

Shalimar
Something with a pronounced tea note

Like something from Bvlgari?
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post #8 of 11
11/18/07 at 4:43pm
I bet that's the kind of fragrance she means. I had their Verte Extreme at the beginning of my basenotes time-- I lost it. To this day, I can't imagine what happened to it.
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post #9 of 11
11/18/07 at 5:12pm
wow more frags for my "to try" list! Quarry, you are such an enabler -- and I mean that in the best possible way! Also thanks to Shycat and Zibeline for their newbie frag addiction enabling.
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post #10 of 11
11/18/07 at 7:09pm
Keeping it down to 25 is hard!

Etiquette Bleue
Parfum Sacre
Mitsouko
Jicky
Tabac Blond
Habanita
Cuir de Russie (Chanel)
Diorissimo
Hiris
En Passant
Le Parfum de Therese
Angelique Encens
Fleurissimo
Fraicheur Muskissime
Vent Vert
Philosykos
Fracas
Musc Ravageur
Chanel No. 5
Bal a Versailles
Joy
Ambre Precieux
Iris Silver Mist
Sa Majeste la Rose
Feminite du Bois
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post #11 of 11
11/21/07 at 4:22am
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Oh goody goody- LISTS!! I'm a newbie here, and wow if there was ever a site to help me develop my nose this is it! Thanks for all the suggestions
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