S o t D, Thursday, 26 March 2009  

Bulgari pour homme SOIR

Miller Harris L'Air de Rien

Rochas Man, a decant

One more day in

Hugo XY

before I switch things up again.

I get an interesting Mugler like "S" note in the heart of this.. yes, an abstract but enjoyable interpretation of semen. Sweet but a bit musky. I'd like to think this was placed there intentionally by the perfumer to tie into the "XY" man concept.

Le Labo Rose 31

L'Artisan Passage D'Enfer

A tribute to the fallen USA L'Artisan boutiques.

seen as how it's 1:30 am here in florida... some of you wonderful people are awakening to greet your day while I have just gotten home from work... at this time, after a long day toiling to please the 800 people that ate at my restaurant today, I am going to be wearing an American Original.
Beer, by Budweiser...
It is not a well constructed fragrance, and it is extremely linear, but right now the aroma of its finely tuned hop accord and generous barley base is exactly what I need to get a good night's sleep... I'll try and update once the sun comes up

Shiseido Feminite du Bois~~

Gucci - Gucci Envy pour Homme

Antaeus - Chanel

Dior Homme

Derby (the golden box packaging).

Juice is different a bit from the original.
The oomph is to die for. How could they discontinue this!

Guerlain Vetiver (vintage edt)

Puig Quorum (vintage)

Bois d'Encens

ETRO
Sandalo

My SOTD is Guerlain Vetiver.

SotD Dior Homme Cologne.
SotE Dior Homme Intense

Hermès Bel Ami

Chinatown

Platinum Égoïste pour Homme (Chanel)

L'artisan- Timbuktu

Divine L'Être Aimé

A pretty decent variation on the Angel theme. But ultimately pointless and joyless. I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd have like. Strictly for the hardcore Angel fan.

YSL Body Kouros

Thanks to a very generous sample from Sloan_8013.

Minotaure - Paloma Picasso

Amouage Jubilation XXV

Hermes Rocabar

Invasion Barbare - MDCI

Dior Homme Intense, deo stick, and a/s moisturizer

Harvana for Men as SotD. Warm and sunny predicted yet again.

L'Artisan Voleur de Roses
A nice match for a rainy spring day, cold but full of promise, magnolia blossoms ready to bloom and roses not unimaginably far behind.

Lorenzo Villoresi Spezie

Maybe, just maybe spring will actaully come and stay awhile here at Stately Somerville Manor. I finally get to take a breath after three long, busy, rewarding days at work. Today I wanted something weird and so I turned to one of the samples that Chaya made up for me on my recent visit to her Den of Scented Delights:

Kenzo Jungle L'Elephant

Y'know how we say we want more movies that take risks or music that doesn't sound like anything else or perfume that is willing to take risks? Very often we say these things but it seems that these artistic efforts that live up to our desires never seem to stick around for long. Today's example is 1996's Kenzo Jungle L'Elephant. This was one of a pair of scents created by Dominique Ropion in this time period and both of them stand out from my impression of Kenzo as a standard designer of solid scents that don't necessarily push the envelope. At least back in the mid-90's the line took a chance and tried to do that and of course they both are discontinued. L'Elephant is full of the spices I love and while most scents would just stop there L'Elephant continues to accelerate seemingly adding every note in the perfumer's arsenal and somehow making it work for me. From the top this blows in on a stiff breeze laden with cardamom, cumin and clove. There is a hint of citrus but it is so fleeting it took my third sniff of this to convince myself it was there. No, the beginning of this is the cool lemon fresh of cardamom, the depth of cumin, and the heat of clove and it works wonderfully on me. If you are cumin or clove averse the beginning of this will be tough for you, let me ask you to be patient beacause as much as I like the top this one just gets better as it develops. The heart starts with a ripe floral mix of ylang-ylang and heliotrope; the contrapuntal beat is provided by anise and this is full-on licorice which in contrast to the sweet floral makes beautiful music. The note list again lists mango as a note but this time I can't convince myself that it's there. This heart smells like a chai tea as the spices are still there but way in the background. Just as I think things are on the verge of getting too busy in comes more in the form of vanilla and amber and these add to the richness of this scent. The development of this just kept piling on so much I was beginning to feel like the olfactory equivalent of M. Creosote and fearing the one thin mint note which would cause my nose to explode. Let me close this with a warning, this scent is not for everyone it has all of the subtlety of a jackhammer at times and then at other times it rewards you with subtle surprises as these notes interact and create different landscapes to explore with your nose. If you're not into trying weird things, stay away. On the other hand if you're a scent adventurer strap on your pith helmet and head into the Jungle and hunt up some L'Elephant.

Have a Thrifty Thursday everyone.

Creed's Millesime Imperial. Two days in a row for this. Finally, I am enjoying this nearly as much as last summer, so I reached for it again today.

Happy birthday (again), Brielle and ajmc! I'm pleading gremlins in the birthday notifier, but any excuse to continue the celebration!

Jock With Scents, you smell particularly wonderful (to me) today.

My SoTD is L'Artisan Tea for Two with a spritz of Dzongkha on one elbow for no good reason.

Tea for Two Notes: Ginger, cinnamon, green anise, honey, vanilla.

Dzongkha Notes: Lichee, cardamom, peony, iris, tea Leaves, incense.

Creed Love in Black

Ambra Aurea (Profumum)

Balle de Match....PdN

Rock Crystal
by Olivier Durbano

I smell like salt crystals, it's quite a work of art!

Greyland Montale

Quand Vient la Pluie (I'm enamored by this one!)

Arpège - Lanvin

Dior Homme......thats what i get when i am away from home and only have two perfumes with me.

Creed Green Irish Tweed