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Your favorite highly synthetic frags ?

post #1 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:16pm
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I was thinking about how some frags have a synthetic quality that ruins things, whereas in others it seems to be a necessary element to it. For me, this is true for Dunhill Desire (red) and Xeryus Rouge. On the other hand, Corduroy had a synthetic quality that just wouldn't stop bothering me. What are your favorites?
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post #2 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:27pm
Dunhill Pursuit has an incense note that I alternate between loving as beautiful dark smoke and hating as choking, stifling burnt plastic. Tommy Bahama Set Sail St. Barts also has a highly synthetic opening but it's still a pretty good summer alternative to VIW.
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post #3 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:27pm
Bulgari Acqua pour homme MARINE (calone galore, but I like it.)

Two more guilty pleasures:

Echo/Davidoff (metal aldehyde, and btw what the heck is living liquid air???)

Cerruti Image (synthetic just-about-everything)
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post #4 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:29pm
Vetiver Tonka has a synthetic quality that makes it work, it kind of amps up the dry smokiness of the vetiver.
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post #5 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:29pm
Thread Starter 
There's another one that just came to mind: ST Dupont's Signature for men. I thought it might work for me but that synthetic thing just wouldn't let it happen.
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post #6 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:32pm
CK Euphoria
for sure
alot of people dont like it but for some reason I do
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post #7 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:33pm
Terre D'hermes
CDG #3
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post #8 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:38pm
Comme des Garçons Synthetic Series. Seriously. I'm not just flexing my flair for the obvious or being sarcastic. Garage, Tar, Skai, and Dry Clean are my favorites in this series from the house I immediately associate with 'synthetic.' IMO Comme des Garçons is the industry leader in using synthetics to create unusual, innovative, daring, and enjoyable fragrances. I find many CdG scents challenging to wear but I appreciate them on their terms without looking to improve on them.
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post #9 of 30
3/5/09 at 9:46pm
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Sloan: Should I have said unintentionally synthetic? LOL.
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post #10 of 30
3/6/09 at 12:22am
Mugler Cologne
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post #11 of 30
3/6/09 at 2:22am
Ferre bergamotto marino , very synthetic but very nice
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post #12 of 30
3/6/09 at 2:35am
Burberry Brit
L'Eau Bleue d'Issey
CdG 3
CDG Avignon
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post #13 of 30
3/6/09 at 4:42am
I have no very little idea which notes are synthetic. I'd love to have more opportunity smell synthetics.
I'm guessing that Bulgari Black gets most of it's rubber effects from synthetics, yeah?
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post #14 of 30
3/6/09 at 5:17am
Anything by Francis Kurkjian. Almost all of his work is either an extremely synthetic masterpiece or at least extremely synthetic and controversial.
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post #15 of 30
3/6/09 at 5:32am
Versace Man Eau Fraîche (2006)
by Versace

My SotD! It's definately synthetic, it's not trying to pretend otherwise, it still garners compliments!
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post #16 of 30
3/6/09 at 5:34am
Oh and any CdG frag.

They have a "I'm HIGHLY synthetic and proud of it!" swagger to them
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post #17 of 30
3/6/09 at 6:09am
My SOTD - Scent Intense by Costume National.
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post #18 of 30
3/6/09 at 6:11am
Millesime Imperial by Creed.
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post #19 of 30
3/6/09 at 7:08am
Kenzo Amour and TF White Patchouli are 2 highly synthetic ones that I like alot.

Bulgari Black and Kenzo Vintage Edition Peace, I tried to like them, but ultimately I could not. Strange if you consider that Amour is not so far away from Black artistically.
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post #20 of 30
3/6/09 at 7:17am
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Originally Posted by Bigsly View Post

...For me, this is true for Dunhill Desire (red)...

For me too, I really love Desire. Im actually wearing it today. Very bright, fruity, and sweet, but with a bergamot edge and a mellow deep woodsiness underneath it all. Although I think it smells totally synthetic and engineered, Ive gotten endless compliments on it, and its my wifes fav on me. She always says it smells like Earl Grey Tea.
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post #21 of 30
3/6/09 at 7:18am
Well, obviously the all synthetic Escentric Molescules Escentric 01 is a showcase of Iso E Super, and I happen to like it a lot. Same with Hermes Poivre Samarcande. I don't know what the natural content of Elixir de Merveilles is - I assume not much - and it's favorite as well.

Whether or not something contains synthetics doesn't bother me - it's when something smells 'cheap', usually the result of inferior synthetics or low oil concentration that I'm bothered. I tend to assume that most fragrances I own and try have a large % of synthetics in them, and that naturals are the rarer ingredients.
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post #22 of 30
3/6/09 at 7:44am
-I've always liked the opening of Polo Black which has an interesting synthetic/ozon/mango note to me.
-Terre d'Hermes
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post #23 of 30
3/6/09 at 7:54am
L'eau par Kenzo. This is a synthetic blast of citrus and water freshness that has no peer in quality.
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post #24 of 30
3/6/09 at 8:21am
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Originally Posted by L'aventurier View Post

Anything by Francis Kurkjian.

When seeing the title of the thread, the first fragrance I thought of was Jean Paul Gaultier Le Mâle.
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post #25 of 30
3/6/09 at 8:56am
L Anarchiste
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post #26 of 30
3/6/09 at 9:02am
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Originally Posted by Astaroth View Post

When seeing the title of the thread, the first fragrance I thought of was Jean Paul Gaultier Le Mâle.

Exactly my thoughts
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post #27 of 30
3/6/09 at 9:22am
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CK Euphoria Intense one of best CK's in production frags
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post #28 of 30
3/6/09 at 10:31am
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Originally Posted by danho View Post

L'eau par Kenzo. This is a synthetic blast of citrus and water freshness that has no peer in quality.

Completely agree.
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post #29 of 30
3/6/09 at 10:41am
Fleur du Male. Smells so fake and at the same time so natural. I have not idea how FK did it.
Kenzo Power.
Narciso Rodriguez.

Hey! two by Francis Kurkjian
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post #30 of 30
3/6/09 at 10:51am
how can I forget the repulsive XS Black.
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