I posted on the Men's Fragrance Discussion about a Marks & Spencer collection I'd recently bought but no replies so was hoping for better luck here.
A few exceptions aside, non-designer/niche frags don't seem to merit much attention on Basenotes. One of my favourites is Rapport (formerly by Dana, then Shulton, now Eden Classics), which used to be widely available in UK Boots stores and is still around - yet not a single review on the Basenotes directory, nor any mention of it in the Community forums other than my own entries. I suppose Rapport occupies similar territory to something like Mandate - i.e. not a cheapy fragrance but without the prestige afforded to 'designer' product.
My question - aside from anyone's opinion of the Marks & Spencer trio of Isis, Harvard and Wood Spice (or Rapport for that matter) - was would department store/non-designer branding dissuade people from investigating further?
A few exceptions aside, non-designer/niche frags don't seem to merit much attention on Basenotes. One of my favourites is Rapport (formerly by Dana, then Shulton, now Eden Classics), which used to be widely available in UK Boots stores and is still around - yet not a single review on the Basenotes directory, nor any mention of it in the Community forums other than my own entries. I suppose Rapport occupies similar territory to something like Mandate - i.e. not a cheapy fragrance but without the prestige afforded to 'designer' product.
My question - aside from anyone's opinion of the Marks & Spencer trio of Isis, Harvard and Wood Spice (or Rapport for that matter) - was would department store/non-designer branding dissuade people from investigating further?
