Pick it! 1st date scent!

M7. It will knock her curls off!

You want your personality to shine, not your fragrance! And you want to be abel to taste and smell the food, not the gourmand scent you're wearing.... so I'd suggest something light and close to the skin from your collection... hope it's a great date!

I'm in Santemon's camp. A light scent that your date will just catch whiffs of. You want your date paying attention to you and not thinking "What's that smell and how quickly can I get away from it?" Better to have your date leaning in to try and get a sniff of "that great scent".

I think Mechant Loup would be the ticket. A nice hazelnut and honey that smells delicious, has the right sillage for a date, and isn't overpowering or a proejction monster.

Mechant Loup

It's not in the L'Artisan Charmer Trio because it scares people off

Creed MI is the obvious choice.

I think Chez Bond would be a great choice. Its not too heavy or too light. Women seem to like it as well.

Chez Bond lightly applied sounds good.

Original Vetiver, just a hunch.

Don't wear Black Orchid, way to drag queen. But, I like the idea of a gourmand to get the sexy vibe thing going. What about New Haarlem? You will be sending out the message: drink me.

Black Orchid
Black Aoud
CDG 2 man
Tea For Two

I'd pick something between these...

I picked Bleeker Street because it is awesome. Black Aoud would have been great but you don't have it. I have not tried Rose Musk but it sounds wonderful.

Agreed - gourmand is memorable, and if you hit the right one under the right circumstances....mmmm. The question is what you want, and what you think she wants.

Light, inoffensive scents are good choices if your goal is simply not to offend. I also agree with what has been said about keeping the focus on each other and not on the scent. But bear in mind that a stylist may judge better on this than most. So... uncommon is probably good. She probably gets more Acqua di Gio than she would like. The L'Artisan might be a good choice in that respect. But you have a lot of good ones, so I doubt that you'll miss by much if any. I'm curious what you have worn into the stylist's in the past, because if there is any chance that you've already impressed her with something, that could influence the choice.

I agree with Mike if you go Creed - save Himalaya for a later date! The only risk with MI might be coming off too Wall Street. That's the way it smells to me. I also saw from your latest wardrobe picture that you have (I think) VIW. One of my favorite SAs loves that on her husband and on herself. It could be a good "I want to hang around this guy a lot" scent. On a good beach, everybody can be themselves, too.

Be careful with something you're not familiar with applying. Too much or too little is a mistake I generally make when I try to impress with something new to the wardrobe. I think too much is the greatest danger here.

But then again, if you think she just wants to rip your clothes off, and you're not shy to that possibility, then gourmand may be just the ticket!

If that's a picture of you in your Avatar (which I loooove), you definitely need Musc Ravageur !

I picked Mechant Loup!

Whatever you wear make sure you like it, cos chances are if things go well, she'll be wanting you to wear it often

Hm . . . I wonder why samplermike's reply doesn't surprise me?

My psychic powers are returning at last!!!

Aw, to hell with it, I'll be a Creedhead as well, and pick Himalaya.

I don't think a gourmand or a heavy oriental is a good choice for a restaurant--you don't want to compete with dessert.

I confess I've never even heard of Cereus # 7 let alone smelled it. Neither have I sampled Montale Roses Musk nor Tann Rokka Signature/Kisu. Ditto for Il Profumo Chocolat Amere but I'm familiar with others in that line. Perhaps you can give us some quick reviews?

Anyway, best of luck!

" There is no cure for love, except to love even more. "---French proverb.

Mario

Hmmm...You kinda have to have an idea of what the heavy hitters of your wardrobe are, as far as relating to going on a date, and what a girl will react to. It all depends on what you would want to convey. I would think that something like Chez Bond or GIT would definately convey class/status and something like MI or SMW would give off that Creed "house" drydown that is very sensual and appealing.

But here lies the problem: You don't want to put on a fragrance, and think and expect it to work wonders like, say, in the scenario with Matt Damon in Ocean's 13, because in that case it very often is self defeating. Whatever you chose, just put it on and don't think about it anymore...because it is NOT that important, and the two of you will have a great time and she'll love the way you smell. That being said, Chez Bond or GIT would both be great choices, with myself slightly favoring GIT applied about an hour before meeting.

I think Millesime Imperial would be a great choice. It straddles the line between being "safe" and being dazzling. It just smells amazing, no other qualities need be worried about. I think of Paul_G and his Hooters waitress story every time. MI just has a technicolor radiance and a mouthwatering effect on women.

Then after the first date, it's safe to take a few chances with something like Mechant Loup-- I've had several women go ga-ga over it, while only a few didn't like it.

A lot of your choices I haven't smelled, but I'd pick MI anyway. Good luck-- let us know how it turns out!

After I read your comments I looked at his wardrobe and immediately thought about one of those Demeters.

Of course, those would probably only work if it was a short date.

Oh, and not "Dirt!"

Dior Homme

I was totally going to suggest a light Creed or Bond. Gourmands can often be too overpowering and say too much about you before you've even opened your mouth. I recently smelled Lolita Lempicke on someone at an Italian restaurant and I could barely enjoy my food. I think you've made a very wise decision, especially in the heat of Florida!!! Good luck

My obvious choice would be to choose something not so obvious like New Haarlem.

Congrats jrd4t!

Congratulations! And it's great that you want to see each other again. That's what it's all about.

Now that's interesting - real data, and fresh, too. I'll break out my sample of MI and give it a try on the wife this week. I think it's smart that you went with something that you both like and are familiar with, and kept it low-key ("...not even thought of...").

Point of curiosity - from your point of view - was it easy to pick MI from the thread responses, or did you have to do some mental grinding to extract that choice?

A good choice indeed. I was going to recommend MI or Cereus #7 - the latter being perhaps a bit more distant and 'professional' smelling (whatever that means).

don´t choose an aggresiv or cloying fragrance...something nice & smooth...I would choose M. Imperial...it is fresh and (sweet-woody)

Congrats to you and to your partner, who date a basenoter*!

*From an encyclopedia: Basenoter is a word which is used to describe a person with great artistic taste in perfumes!