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post #1 of 8
10/11/09 at 7:10am
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I was on the vacation in Corsica and had opportunity to be in a cypress forest, if I can say so - it was the area where I was surrounded exclusively by the cypress trees. I have to say it was fantastic smell and since then I wish I had a similar fragrance. Any recommendations? A true cypress tree smell?
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post #2 of 8
10/11/09 at 7:36am
Creed Cypres Musc is one of the most beautiful I've sniffed- think it's listed as a masculine but I wear it and swoon over myself. It's green, slightly dirty and smells sort of like passionate sex on the damp loamy ground under a forest of pine trees

Halston Z-14 is drop dead sexy but a tad too masculine for me, but I love it on a man

Tom Ford Private Blend Italian Cypress is another one I have wanted to sniff.
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post #3 of 8
10/11/09 at 7:41am
Acqua di Parma Cipresso di Toscana
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post #4 of 8
10/12/09 at 3:52pm
Annick Goutal-Eau D'Hadrien is intense lemon and cypress. Just be sure it's the EDP as the EDT is pretty disappointing.
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post #5 of 8
10/12/09 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by Alicka61 View Post

I was on the vacation in Corsica and had opportunity to be in a cypress forest, if I can say so - it was the area where I was surrounded exclusively by the cypress trees. I have to say it was fantastic smell and since then I wish I had a similar fragrance. Any recommendations? A true cypress tree smell?

Alicka61! Did you love Corsica? that one place I want to see (and smell). I don't have a cypress recommendation, but I do have a fragrance that was inspired by Corsica, according to the perfumer. It is Stephanie de Saint-Aignan's Li Altarelli. It is a lovely lemon-herbal fragrance. Here are the listed notes: Lemon, Galbanum, Lavender, Floral Violet, Marine Notes, Everlasting Flowers from Corsica.

Best wishes with your search!
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post #6 of 8
10/13/09 at 8:17am
I love any discussion of coniferous scents!
The hands-down favorite in this category, as has been said, is Cypres-Musc by Creed. This is a stunning, dry, haunting scent.
Encre Noir has some cypress buried amidst the lovely vetiver, and is quite interesting.
Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo Tuscan Cypress is a pretty good evocation of the cypress note.
Fragonard's Cyprien is an acquatic take on the cypress theme.
Crown Perfume's Buckingham does a cool, dry rendition of the cypress note.
Comme des Garcon's (Monocle) HInoki is uber-dry and combines hinoki wood with cypress. As dry as a gin martini.
Here's one that's not well known: Ankh by Scents of Time. This is a very nice scent with a good cypress note.
I've heard that Lancome's Balafre has a nice cypress note, but I haven't tried it.
Finally, Essenzia di Zegna is an excellent Mediterranean-style scent with a bit of cypress.
I'll invite you to check out the Coneheads social group, which has a thread devoted to cypress. We are always looking for new members Cheers, ody

http://community.basenotes.net/group...scussionid=198
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post #7 of 8
10/13/09 at 8:22am
I own Halston Z-14 (which is almost a copy of Tom Ford's Italian Cypress) and Eau de Baux from L'Occitane. That's a vanilla/cypress/incense scent.
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post #8 of 8
10/13/09 at 8:43am
I also vote for L'Occitane Eau des Baux, though there's quite a bit of incense on top of the cypress note.
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