Hi all,
I know you get these threads all the time, but I'd like some recommendations for fragrances if you don't mind.
I am a 20-year-old college student looking for a fragrance that I can wear daily, but can also be used as a fragrance for going out and whatnot. I'd like a fragrance with good sillage and longevity, because what good is a fragrance if no one else can even notice it? Anyhow, I've ordered a few samples and have tried them, and will give my impressions so you can have an idea of what I'm looking for.
M7: A sweet,mysterious, and sensual fragrance. I like it, as it as an undefinable complexity and aura, but I don't think this would do very well as a daily fragrance. Would work for something like going on a date or something but I'd like something more versatile.
A*men: Very sweet and for lack of a better word, "delicious", fragrance. Love the rich, chocolaty dry down, but like the M7, it doesn't seem like a good all-around scent. The sillage and longevity of it are great though.
Green Irish Tweed: I really like this. To my unexperienced nose, it smells like the quintessential fragrance. Masculine yet delicate, and sensual yet fresh. Smells very well-made, and unfortunately, the price reflects that too, so any Creed fragrance is pretty much out of the picture for me.
Guerlain Vetiver: I'm ambivalent about this fragrance. I don't really find it particularly pleasant or appealing, but I know it's a supposed to be a classic and whatnot. Just doesn't really jive with me. Doesn't smell like a "typical" fragrance that a young man would wear. Maybe in the future.
Rive Gauche: I bought a bottle (or should I say, can) of this without trying it since it was so cheap, but it's not really something I'm too crazy about. It's too fresh and clean, and smells somewhat like shaving cream. I read that it gets a lot of compliments from women, but personally I don't even find the scent that sensual. Just too fresh, clean, straightforward, and even "metallic". I know there are a lot of Rive Gauche fan boys out there so I'll leave it at that.
Terre D'Hermes: A really pleasant fragrance. I like the citrusy notes in this one, but unfortunately I found that I had to spray a lot of it on to even notice it on myself. The scent is too light and fleeting (maybe as an inadvertent allusion to the light-footed messenger God Hermes?).
Also, I did try a few scents at a department store the last time I was at a mall. I was only there briefly so I only got to try Aqua di Gio and a few Polo scents. I can't really remembered what they smelled like, although I thought they were all pleasant fragrances. One of the cards that had fragrance applied to it had an excellent dry down that was somewhat fruity, musky, and woodsy, and had awesome sillage (I could still smell it two weeks later sitting on my desk from across the room). I don't remember what it was, but it could have been Polo Double Black. Maybe I should go back and try to find out.
I've also been searching the databases looking for fragrances that have descriptions that appeal to me, and I seem to be drawn to the descriptions of Versace Pour Homme, Chanel Egoiste, L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme, Armania Mania, and a few others I can't remember right now. I don't mind going with a mainstream scent (that's pretty much what I'm limited to anyways), and one that smells kind of like a "typical" fragrance (I'm assuming that based on the fact that I didn't really like Rive Gauche, and that I liked GIT and the ones I tried at the department store). And also, I might have to make this a blind buy, since the mall is a distance away and I don't have a car at college.
So based on what I wrote, any suggestions? Thanks!
I know you get these threads all the time, but I'd like some recommendations for fragrances if you don't mind.
I am a 20-year-old college student looking for a fragrance that I can wear daily, but can also be used as a fragrance for going out and whatnot. I'd like a fragrance with good sillage and longevity, because what good is a fragrance if no one else can even notice it? Anyhow, I've ordered a few samples and have tried them, and will give my impressions so you can have an idea of what I'm looking for.M7: A sweet,mysterious, and sensual fragrance. I like it, as it as an undefinable complexity and aura, but I don't think this would do very well as a daily fragrance. Would work for something like going on a date or something but I'd like something more versatile.
A*men: Very sweet and for lack of a better word, "delicious", fragrance. Love the rich, chocolaty dry down, but like the M7, it doesn't seem like a good all-around scent. The sillage and longevity of it are great though.
Green Irish Tweed: I really like this. To my unexperienced nose, it smells like the quintessential fragrance. Masculine yet delicate, and sensual yet fresh. Smells very well-made, and unfortunately, the price reflects that too, so any Creed fragrance is pretty much out of the picture for me.
Guerlain Vetiver: I'm ambivalent about this fragrance. I don't really find it particularly pleasant or appealing, but I know it's a supposed to be a classic and whatnot. Just doesn't really jive with me. Doesn't smell like a "typical" fragrance that a young man would wear. Maybe in the future.
Rive Gauche: I bought a bottle (or should I say, can) of this without trying it since it was so cheap, but it's not really something I'm too crazy about. It's too fresh and clean, and smells somewhat like shaving cream. I read that it gets a lot of compliments from women, but personally I don't even find the scent that sensual. Just too fresh, clean, straightforward, and even "metallic". I know there are a lot of Rive Gauche fan boys out there so I'll leave it at that.
Terre D'Hermes: A really pleasant fragrance. I like the citrusy notes in this one, but unfortunately I found that I had to spray a lot of it on to even notice it on myself. The scent is too light and fleeting (maybe as an inadvertent allusion to the light-footed messenger God Hermes?).
Also, I did try a few scents at a department store the last time I was at a mall. I was only there briefly so I only got to try Aqua di Gio and a few Polo scents. I can't really remembered what they smelled like, although I thought they were all pleasant fragrances. One of the cards that had fragrance applied to it had an excellent dry down that was somewhat fruity, musky, and woodsy, and had awesome sillage (I could still smell it two weeks later sitting on my desk from across the room). I don't remember what it was, but it could have been Polo Double Black. Maybe I should go back and try to find out.
I've also been searching the databases looking for fragrances that have descriptions that appeal to me, and I seem to be drawn to the descriptions of Versace Pour Homme, Chanel Egoiste, L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme, Armania Mania, and a few others I can't remember right now. I don't mind going with a mainstream scent (that's pretty much what I'm limited to anyways), and one that smells kind of like a "typical" fragrance (I'm assuming that based on the fact that I didn't really like Rive Gauche, and that I liked GIT and the ones I tried at the department store). And also, I might have to make this a blind buy, since the mall is a distance away and I don't have a car at college.
So based on what I wrote, any suggestions? Thanks!
