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BMM10: 3/6 Games 17-20 (Ambre Sultan, Cool Water, Egoiste, Obsession, and more)

Poll Results: Which of these two fragrances would you most like to see advance? Select one from each group only.

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 19% (64)
    (Group A) Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan
  • 6% (20)
    (Group A) Calvin Klein Obsession
  • 11% (38)
    (Group B) Davidoff Cool Water
  • 14% (48)
    (Group B) Boucheron Jaipur Homme
  • 15% (50)
    (Group C) Dior Eau Sauvage
  • 7% (25)
    (Group C) Chanel Coromandel
  • 5% (18)
    (Group D) Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
  • 19% (65)
    (Group D) Chanel Egoiste
328 Total Votes  
post #1 of 20
3/5/10 at 10:57pm
Thread Starter 
Basenotes March Madness 2010

Games 17-20
(Round 1)
Poll ends March 7.

(2) Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan vs. (15) Calvin Klein Obsession
(7) Davidoff Cool Water vs. (10) Boucheron Jaipur Homme
(5) Christian Dior Eau Sauvage vs. (12) Chanel Coromandel
(7) Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet vs. (10) Chanel Egoiste

Most recent bracket:

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Poll will close in 24 hours, vote which fragrance you'd like to see advance to Round 2. Vote for one fragrance from each group only, voting for both is statistically the same as not voting at all.
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post #2 of 20
3/5/10 at 11:00pm
The Zeitgeist Sez...

Predictions:

(7) Tauer L'Air Du Desert Marocain def. (10) Creed Millesime Imperial
(3) Gucci Envy def. (14) Thierry Mugler B*Men
(5) Creed Bois du Portugal def. (12) Burberry London
(1) Yves Saint Laurent Kouros def. (16) Tom Ford Black Orchid

Standings:
Maximum Score Possible\t17
The Zeitgeist\t15

zliang\t17
an_oud_girl\t16
Asha\t15
flannelman\t15
timaru\t15
gupts\t15
wicozani\t15
DocmanCC\t14
rogalal\t14
mrcologneguy\t14
surreality\t13
mudassir\t13
TwoRoads\t13
Royal\t13
Buddy97\t13
the_good_life\t13
Furriner\t13
Bluesoul\t12
JaimeB\t12
veuve amiot\t12
Exquisitely Me\t12
telecaster\t12
jacona\t12
robpgmc\t12
kbe\t11
Roryj\t7


(The Zeitgeist is the "spirit of the time", and his picks are the picks of the majority in all rounds, as an experiment to see if the majority pick in every round is more likely to be correct than any individual's picks. In other words, "Is all of us smarter than one of us?")
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post #3 of 20
3/6/10 at 12:58am
Whoa, these are quite tough.
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post #4 of 20
3/6/10 at 2:59am
You've got to be kidding me - I know GIT is more approved but Cool Water behind by 100% ???
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post #5 of 20
3/6/10 at 3:06am
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Originally Posted by timaru View Post

You've got to be kidding me - I know GIT is more approved but Cool Water behind by 100% ???

Well, Blenheim Bouquet also disappoints me. I thought Egoiste's current reformulation doesn't live up the expectations.
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post #6 of 20
3/6/10 at 3:28am
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Originally Posted by zliang View Post

Well, Blenheim Bouquet also disappoints me. I thought Egoiste's current reformulation doesn't live up the expectations.

I also put my hopes in BB but rather because of personal preference than calculations.
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post #7 of 20
3/6/10 at 7:54am
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Originally Posted by timaru View Post

You've got to be kidding me - I know GIT is more approved but Cool Water behind by 100% ???

Looks like Cool Water decided to join the game!
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post #8 of 20
3/6/10 at 7:58am
Could Blenheim Bouquet be saved?
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post #9 of 20
3/6/10 at 8:02am
Wow. Eau Sauvage vs. Coromandel was the most difficult decision yet. I went with Coromandel even though ES is what I own.
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post #10 of 20
3/6/10 at 9:19am
I opted for Eau Sauvage over Coromandel, because the latter is not such an established classic yet, as well as very costly and thus probably less popular. Blenheim seemed a bit too left-field to win, if you're less Anglocentric than I am perfumewise ). I thought Cool Water would win hands down, though.
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post #11 of 20
3/6/10 at 10:39am
Obsession or Obsession for men? Similar in the previous round ..was it Envy or Envy for men. Complete names please. I am sure we have women voting here as well ... it would be better if candidates didn't get free votes.
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post #12 of 20
3/6/10 at 11:41am
C'mon Cool Water! I like you less than Jaipur, but I know you're more popular!
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post #13 of 20
3/6/10 at 1:14pm
I'm very surprised with the Cool Water & Jaipur match up.

I think the voting dynamic is different this year. Last year was an out and out popularity contest. This year voting seems restrained and contemplative.
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post #14 of 20
3/6/10 at 1:20pm
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I thought Jaipur would win because most people rave over the EdP, while cool water has been reformulated to a shadow of its former self...
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post #15 of 20
3/6/10 at 1:25pm
Now this is what I'm talking about! Finally, I feel comfortable participating in all 4 matchups, and feel strongly about all 4. Unfortunately it looks like Coromandel is going to lose due to it's lack of availability, because other than nostalgia, and perhaps influence I don't see any way that Coromandel and Eau Savage can be compared. I'm very surprised at the support for Egoiste, I've only recently been gifted with a decant of it, and IMO, there is simply nothing attractive about it, TBH it's actually sort of ghastly stuff. Acidic, musty rose, over pale sandalwood. Where's the complexity? Where's the smoothness? Apparently this is just my opinion though, Blenheim Bouquet is one of the fragrances I hold with the highest esteem, and I don't even particularly care for it. Oh well....
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post #16 of 20
3/6/10 at 3:37pm
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Originally Posted by mtgprox05 View Post

Now this is what I'm talking about! Finally, I feel comfortable participating in all 4 matchups, and feel strongly about all 4. Unfortunately it looks like Coromandel is going to lose due to it's lack of availability, because other than nostalgia, and perhaps influence I don't see any way that Coromandel and Eau Savage can be compared. I'm very surprised at the support for Egoiste, I've only recently been gifted with a decant of it, and IMO, there is simply nothing attractive about it, TBH it's actually sort of ghastly stuff. Acidic, musty rose, over pale sandalwood. Where's the complexity? Where's the smoothness? Apparently this is just my opinion though, Blenheim Bouquet is one of the fragrances I hold with the highest esteem, and I don't even particularly care for it. Oh well....



very nice post!

I'm sure some of the bad rating for CW is due to the constant annoying battle between it and GIT, but I dont want to be a bad loser. In the end I simply like this frag and consider the apparent outcome to be undeserved.
talking about everso for K!0, where's SirSlarty when one needs him
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post #17 of 20
3/6/10 at 4:21pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by zztopp View Post

Obsession or Obsession for men? Similar in the previous round ..was it Envy or Envy for men. Complete names please. I am sure we have women voting here as well ... it would be better if candidates didn't get free votes.

They're always either men's or unisex, so Obsession For Men and Envy For Men, not that I think it'd make a ton of difference in either of those two cases.
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post #18 of 20
3/6/10 at 4:22pm
Thread Starter 
And I've gotta admit, I'm a bit disappointed, I know Jaipur doesn't have that kind of a following so people are simple voting against Cool Water and it doesn't deserve that kind of treatment, IMO.
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post #19 of 20
3/6/10 at 4:39pm
I voted for Jaipur and Egoiste.
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post #20 of 20
3/6/10 at 10:20pm
Polls open until 10:57 PST!
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