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Looking for: Marzipan drenched in vanilla, ambre and incense fragrance.

post #1 of 25
1/4/10 at 3:47pm
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I guess the question is; can do? I can picture a little old lady with a shopping bag screaming; where's the marzipan edp? After instantly enjoying Aomassai with it's burnt caramel and licorice I thought perhaps there is a marzipan fragrance out there. So, if it is, please enlighten me.
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post #2 of 25
1/4/10 at 3:59pm
1725 Casanova by Histoire de Parfums smells like marzipan to me.

Top Notes: bergamot, citrus grapefruit, liquorice
Heart Notes : lavender, star anise
Base Notes : vanilla almond, sandalwood, cedar, amber
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post #3 of 25
1/4/10 at 4:02pm
Volcano by Lomani has the smell of Marzipan
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post #4 of 25
1/4/10 at 6:43pm
how about Blue Sugar? 1881 is marzipan but more of a fresh top notes - don't think that is what you are looking for....
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post #5 of 25
1/5/10 at 10:52am
I suddenly found myself thinking of Arabie by Serge Lutens...
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post #6 of 25
1/5/10 at 12:31pm
Isn't there a Santa Maria Novella fragrance that is marzipan? I think it is Muschio Oro. It is supposed to be musk, but I have read that people smell pistacios, which I think is in marzipan.
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post #7 of 25
1/5/10 at 12:53pm
Louve (Serge Lutens)?
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post #8 of 25
1/5/10 at 2:21pm
Profumum's Antico Caruso will at least get you to Jordan Almonds if not all the way to marzipan.
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post #9 of 25
1/5/10 at 3:16pm
I love the smell of marzipan, but do you really want to smell like it?
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post #10 of 25
1/5/10 at 3:21pm
Aoud Gourmet by Micallef ! Notes of sugar, marzipan, honey, spice, patchouli, cedar, cypriol, amber, sandalwood, cashmeran, musks. Thank you Luckyscent !

Maybe Chia by Farmacia SS. Annunziata dal 1561.Notes of almond, orange, rose, candyfloss, hazelnut, vanilla, amber, musk.

Also Maybe People Of The Labyrinth Luctor Et Emergo
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post #11 of 25
1/5/10 at 3:52pm
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Originally Posted by DesGrieux View Post

Louve (Serge Lutens)?

That's the puppy.
Also try: Dior Hypnotic Poison, PotL Luctor et Emergo, Profumum Confetto, Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum, Calypso St Barth Léa (listed in order of marzipan -> vanilla dominant)


Honestly, N_Tesla, marzipan is easier to come by than almond sans sucre. I tried to find a true bitter almond scent before, and had to wade through quite a lot of marzipan to get there.
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post #12 of 25
1/5/10 at 3:53pm
I remember LT talking about Love By Kilian that he described as vanilla meringue.
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post #13 of 25
1/5/10 at 4:07pm
Endymion by Penhaligon's partially fits into the concept, yet minus the marzipan
I also second Cerutti Black 1881 has also most of this notes, yet less vanilla
maybe even Black Suede Touch by Avon, a strange, yet lush powdery-leathery gourmand, with a slight soapy marzipan note in the beginning (I don't know whether the "soapy marzipan" concept ever exists, maybe with the exception of almond and/or walnut-smelling soaps and cosmetics, but this is precisely how this smells to me), completed by a decidedly vanillic-musky-ambery drydown.
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post #14 of 25
1/5/10 at 6:50pm
When I read your description N_Tesla the first fragrance I thought of is the hard-to-afford Mon Precieux Nectar by Guerlain. But since that one's difficult get a hold of at an affordable price, I'd go with Louve by Serge Lutens. However you must like cherry notes, because this one has a very persistent cherry accord in the top notes.
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post #15 of 25
1/5/10 at 7:35pm
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mikeperez23; Love cherry accord so, looks good to me! Besides I don't have 6000 Euros in the fragrance budget just now.



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Originally Posted by mikeperez23 View Post

When I read your description N_Tesla the first fragrance I thought of is the hard-to-afford Mon Precieux Nectar by Guerlain. But since that one's difficult get a hold of at an affordable price, I'd go with Louve by Serge Lutens. However you must like cherry notes, because this one has a very persistent cherry accord in the top notes.
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post #16 of 25
1/6/10 at 4:07am
Regarding the Hypnotic Poison, its my GFs signature and I dont find a Marzipan note, just really heavy on vanilla.

Considering that good marzipan is purely made of almonds and rose water (sugar, maybe vanilla aroma as well) that might be a point to start. Rose and cherry might lead to that specific smell so louve sounds like a good idea.
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post #17 of 25
1/6/10 at 8:16am
Hermèssence Ambre Narguilé .. yum ++
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post #18 of 25
1/6/10 at 8:24am
Gospodin Tesla, I hope you wrote a Basenotes fragrance brief for your idea!
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post #19 of 25
1/6/10 at 8:33am
There's plenty of other things going on in both these frags but I get a strong marzipan/almond pastry note in both Piguet's Baghari and Arpege vintage extrait. You might also try Ambre de Cabochard.
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post #20 of 25
1/6/10 at 8:46am
Tesla, it's not what you're looking for but if it's almond and vanilla you seek, with some other less sweet notes, but mainly Marzipan(almond+sugar) and vanilla, try Kiehl's Forest Rain. Seriously.
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post #21 of 25
1/6/10 at 9:12am
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Originally Posted by timaru View Post

Regarding the Hypnotic Poison, its my GFs signature and I dont find a Marzipan note, just really heavy on vanilla.

Seems as though almond/marzipan is one of those notes that is interpreted differently from person to person. What I call marzipan/Amaretto, others call "Play-Do". What others call almond, I call vanilla. (The latter is why I haven't suggested Mandorlo di Sicilia or Vanille Amande or Amande Sucrée... all pure vanilla to me.) Maybe it's one of those things going on?
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post #22 of 25
1/6/10 at 2:39pm
Serge Lutens "Rahät Loukoum" (Marzipan, cherry but no ambre)
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post #23 of 25
1/6/10 at 9:14pm
NTesla: Hypnotic poison is a good place to start with its almondy opening. (it becomes more vanillic with time.) Also, someone I was out with once thought that L'Heure bleue smelled of marzipan.
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post #24 of 25
1/7/10 at 9:12am
Another vote for Micallef's Aoud Gourmet. Marzipan and honey with a growl of oud.
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post #25 of 25
1/19/10 at 1:55pm
Hey N_Tesla. I'm intersted to hear what you tried and your thoughts on those. The idea you were looking for is appealing to me.
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