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BMM10: 3/30 The Final Spritz, Tauer L'Air Du Desert Marocain vs. Serge Lutens Chergui

Poll Results: Please vote for Basenotes March Madness 2010 Champion.

 
  • 51% (81)
    Tauer L'Air Du Desert Marocain
  • 48% (75)
    Serge Lutens Chergui
156 Total Votes  
post #1 of 76
3/29/10 at 9:13pm
Thread Starter 
Basenotes March Madness 2010

Game 64, The Final Spritz
Poll ends March 31.

(7) Tauer L'Air Du Desert Marocain vs. (12) Serge Lutens Chergui

Most recent bracket:

(Click bracket for full size.)


Poll will close in 24 hours, please vote for the Basenotes March Madness 2010 Champion.


The Zeitgeist Sez...

Standings:
Maximum Score Possible 161
zliang 116
gupts 106
timaru 104
DocmanCC 101
Asha 88
veuve amiot 83
TwoRoads 82
robpgmc 82
wicozani 81
the_good_life 78
mrcologneguy 77
flannelman 71
surreality 66
The Zeitgeist 63
Buddy97 63
an_oud_girl 63
Bluesoul 55
telecaster 53
kbe 52
Royal 52
Furriner 50
rogalal 48
mudassir 47
Exquisitely Me 42
Roryj 42
JaimeB 40
jacona 32
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post #2 of 76
3/29/10 at 9:22pm
I'm going to have to test these both again before voting. I'm actually just posting to say THANK YOU to the voters who have seen to it that no Guerlain made it to the finals!

Nothing against Guerlain but they had their fair share and then some of winning last year.
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post #3 of 76
3/29/10 at 9:54pm
Pretty cool that it's 7th and 12th seeds in the final. I regret that I'm not all that comfortable picking one over the other. Hope it goes as close as the Vetiver v. Egoiste round.
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post #4 of 76
3/29/10 at 10:14pm
I've got to give my support to the little guy. Go Andy Tauer!!!! Not to mention I like the scent better, and I chose it as the winner of my bracket, but it also appeals to my current distaste for the corporate.
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post #5 of 76
3/29/10 at 10:17pm
Such a hard question! However, I have the answer already :d Chergui!!!
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post #6 of 76
3/29/10 at 10:24pm
Man I really dislike Chergui with a passion
would much rather wear LDDM
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post #7 of 76
3/29/10 at 10:28pm
Marocain smells like concentrated Chergui with liquid plastic. Go Serge!
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post #8 of 76
3/29/10 at 10:38pm
Each are excellent fragrances IMO.
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post #9 of 76
3/29/10 at 10:54pm
Own and enjoy both. This is a really difficult one. Chergui by the narrowest of margins.
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post #10 of 76
3/30/10 at 2:39am
Lair, all the way...

looking good, in the end

I guess congrats to zliang, very good job on the predictions !
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post #11 of 76
3/30/10 at 6:02am
If this was the old version of Chergui, then it would be closer in my mind. However, L'Air for me. More of a year round scent, but then again, it does not reach the heights that the old Chergui would have.
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post #12 of 76
3/30/10 at 7:29am
L'Air for sure. Gotta love that dry, rocky spice.
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post #13 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:25am
Go Chergui!
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post #14 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by timaru View Post

Lair, all the way...
looking good, in the end
I guess congrats to zliang, very good job on the predictions !

Thanks, timaru, but it's too early to say who the winner is. Chergui is closing in the gap now.
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post #15 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:53am
This is a disturbingly tough choice. Two of my absolute faves. I need to think about it some more.....
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post #16 of 76
3/30/10 at 3:46pm
As much as the recent video interview with Andy, made me truly love him, he appears to be such a kind and gentle person, I can't hide the fact, that for me personally I have grown to find L'Air du Desert Marocain to be overrated and ultimately fail at being a functional fragrance. It is, IMO, a beautiful fragrant portrait, it would be more at home in a museum of art, than on human skin. Now, on the completely opposite end of the spectrum, I vehemently disagree with anyone claiming Chergui to be overrated. It wasn't love at first sniff, I actually was bored/indifferent my first sampling. But the second sampling it bowled me over. IMO, as close to fragrance perfection as I've smelled.
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post #17 of 76
3/30/10 at 4:39pm
what's goin on?
wasn't lair like 10 votes ahead?
once again, tough match and a worthy final
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post #18 of 76
3/30/10 at 4:43pm
I'm not going to vote until the last 20 or 30 minutes. I urge others who can to do the same. (Hehehe.)
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post #19 of 76
3/30/10 at 4:51pm
From Andy Tauer today:
Dear Rob
I thank you, and I have to make a confession: The last days and weeks were
so absorbing and energy eating that I hardly ever followed the March Madness
competition (that I find a cool idea).
Thus, today, I checked for a minute, trying to find out where I (my air
du...) got and I realized that I got up there. Wow. This IS amazing. One of
these days, I have to find out what it is that makes people love the Air du
desert marocain so much... Until then: I try to find my way ;-)
I wish you a lovely day
Andy

Come on guys, Mr. Tauer is one of us! A Basenotes reader! And one heck of a nice guy, I might add. Winning this would make him feel good. I don't think the same can be said of Serge Lutens, or Shiseido, right? Support small business!
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post #20 of 76
3/30/10 at 5:23pm
Yes, go andy, go!!!
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post #21 of 76
3/30/10 at 5:52pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by robpmgc View Post

From Andy Tauer today:
Dear Rob
I thank you, and I have to make a confession: The last days and weeks were
so absorbing and energy eating that I hardly ever followed the March Madness
competition (that I find a cool idea).
Thus, today, I checked for a minute, trying to find out where I (my air
du...) got and I realized that I got up there. Wow. This IS amazing. One of
these days, I have to find out what it is that makes people love the Air du
desert marocain so much... Until then: I try to find my way ;-)
I wish you a lovely day
Andy

Come on guys, Mr. Tauer is one of us! A Basenotes reader! And one heck of a nice guy, I might add. Winning this would make him feel good. I don't think the same can be said of Serge Lutens, or Shiseido, right? Support small business!

Ok, I concede. That man is just such a stand up nice guy. You're right it WOULD mean the world to him. So, even though I voted against it, GO L'AIR!
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post #22 of 76
3/30/10 at 6:46pm
OMG! That was a tough decision. Both are special to me in their own way. Chergui is my one and only Bell Jar fragrance and I cherish my decant of LDDM given to me by a special friend. I have such happy memories of wearing both of them ...

LDDM it is ...
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post #23 of 76
3/30/10 at 7:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by robpmgc View Post

From Andy Tauer today:
Dear Rob
I thank you, and I have to make a confession: The last days and weeks were
so absorbing and energy eating that I hardly ever followed the March Madness
competition (that I find a cool idea).
Thus, today, I checked for a minute, trying to find out where I (my air
du...) got and I realized that I got up there. Wow. This IS amazing. One of
these days, I have to find out what it is that makes people love the Air du
desert marocain so much... Until then: I try to find my way ;-)
I wish you a lovely day
Andy

Come on guys, Mr. Tauer is one of us! A Basenotes reader! And one heck of a nice guy, I might add. Winning this would make him feel good. I don't think the same can be said of Serge Lutens, or Shiseido, right? Support small business!

+1

Couldn't have said this better myself.

Go Andy!
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post #24 of 76
3/30/10 at 8:24pm
Thread Starter 
That's too cool, I love that Andy found out about this, I mentioned it to him when LDDM arrived in the Fragrant Four. There's less than an hour to go and Chergui has a 3-vote lead!

EDIT: Make that a 2-vote lead since I started writing this! 51-49 after 100 votes!

EDIT 2: All tied up! 51-51!
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post #25 of 76
3/30/10 at 8:32pm
L'Air for me too...
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post #26 of 76
3/30/10 at 8:36pm
Tauer might be a nice guy and while I am not the biggest Lutens fan I find Chergui to be much coherent and better put together (with better materials) than LDDM. But since this is not a vote for whos a nice guy (Lutens might be cold and aloof), Chergui gets my vote.
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post #27 of 76
3/30/10 at 8:55pm
Looks like there's a little under 20 minutes left, and they're within two votes. I haven't voted yet!
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post #28 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:01pm
Thread Starter 
13 minutes left, 54-51 Chergui.
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post #29 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:03pm
Looks like about 10 minutes left, and I voted. 54-52 Chergui.

Come on all you late voters!
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post #30 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:04pm
Bluesoul, is this the competition with the greatest number of voters?
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post #31 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:11pm
Thread Starter 
There were a few last year with 130+. The polls not closing when they should has really made some things difficult, accurate scoring being the main one. Two minutes left and LDDM trails by two.
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post #32 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:14pm
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Originally Posted by bluesoul View Post

There were a few last year with 130+. The polls not closing when they should has really made some things difficult, accurate scoring being the main one. Two minutes left and LDDM trails by two.

Thanks Bluesoul, now go do laundry before closing this poll.
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post #33 of 76
3/30/10 at 9:15pm
Chergui, of course!
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post #34 of 76
3/30/10 at 10:03pm
Wow, it's a great round showing both are worthy to be in the final.
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post #35 of 76
3/30/10 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by zliang View Post

Wow, it's a great round showing both are worthy to be in the final.

It was like Ali-Frazier
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post #36 of 76
3/30/10 at 10:22pm
Late vote for Chergui
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post #37 of 76
3/30/10 at 11:16pm
After some deliberation I decided to vote for Chergui. It really is beautiful in the fall - sublime even.
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post #38 of 76
3/30/10 at 11:54pm
Now, Chergui jumps on my test list.
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post #39 of 76
3/31/10 at 1:47am
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Originally Posted by DustB View Post

Thanks Bluesoul, now go do laundry before closing this poll.

So, has Bluesoul finished his laundry? : )
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post #40 of 76
3/31/10 at 1:56am
Omg what a nail biting final! I had voted earlier for Chergui when it was trailing by 7 and now?
I recall the first day I wore Chergui, thinking : "Wow, this stuff smells expensive and high quality!" And I remember a young woman leaning ever closer towards me throughout the train ride home. A well deserved top spot IMO.
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post #41 of 76
3/31/10 at 2:01am
My loyalty lies with Tauer!
Only 1 point in it so far!
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post #42 of 76
3/31/10 at 2:25am
Mexican Wave for Chergui (something like this)
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post #43 of 76
3/31/10 at 3:27am
Good morning, could we, before we close this incredibly even and worty final, maybe make an annoucement for it on the womens board and let them make the decision we obviously couldnt male ourselves?
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post #44 of 76
3/31/10 at 4:46am
Ahh, too bad some people are too late in voting.
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post #45 of 76
3/31/10 at 7:37am
I need some help. Was the final score Chergui 54 L'Air 52 at 12:13AM EST?
Based on the way I read the posts that was the score with 10 minutes to go.
Can't write this up until I know what the final score was.
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post #46 of 76
3/31/10 at 7:41am
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post #47 of 76
3/31/10 at 7:45am
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Originally Posted by Somerville Metro Man View Post

I need some help. Was the final score Chergui 54 L'Air 52 at 12:13AM EST?
Based on the way I read the posts that was the score with 10 minutes to go.
Can't write this up until I know what the final score was.

SMM, this is correct. I kept refreshing from 12:11AM EST - 12:21AM EST and it was still the same score, LDDM down by 2; Chergui winning with 54.
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post #48 of 76
3/31/10 at 8:01am
Both of the finalist are unisex. it shows ladies affected in voting, and men perfumes didn't have equal chance. but it was great generally.
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post #49 of 76
3/31/10 at 8:05am
If Chergui can go all the way, then so can Butler. Go Butler!
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post #50 of 76
3/31/10 at 8:20am
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Originally Posted by ChrisW View Post

SMM, this is correct. I kept refreshing from 12:11AM EST - 12:21AM EST and it was still the same score, LDDM down by 2; Chergui winning with 54.


Thank you now I can go write.
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post #51 of 76
3/31/10 at 8:41am
Thread Starter 
Sorry Mark, I was asleep, and I had a post lined up but apparently didn't hit submit, yes the final was 54-52 Chergui.
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post #52 of 76
3/31/10 at 2:37pm
When I ordered my LDDM, the card that was included by Andy Tauer was a very nice touch indeed, in a world where perfumiers regard themselves as above mere mortals.

Having tried them both, my vote goes for LDDM as I find most of Lutens creations a touch on the medicinal side, scent wise. No doubt this next remark will get me pilloried, but I think that both scents are somewhat of the "Emperor's New Clothes" variety. They're good, but not great.
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post #53 of 76
3/31/10 at 10:05pm
So who won the bracket?
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post #54 of 76
3/31/10 at 11:14pm
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Originally Posted by Asha View Post

So who won the bracket?

I've been waiting for the decision as well.
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post #55 of 76
3/31/10 at 11:23pm
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Originally Posted by zliang View Post

I've been waiting for the decision as well.

Isn't it you, who's won unless someone in the top spots had picked up Chergui........
I'll hold on the congratulations until results are officially announced :-)
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post #56 of 76
3/31/10 at 11:50pm
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Originally Posted by gupts View Post

Isn't it you, who's won unless someone in the top spots had picked up Chergui........
I'll hold on the congratulations until results are officially announced :-)

That's why I've been reloading this page since yesterday. : )
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post #57 of 76
4/1/10 at 3:33am
Relax, z, you've won. According to the master spreadsheet you had both LDDM and Chergui as the final two. You've have gained 32 points no matter who won. You were on top coming into this last game so you'll remain on top no matter what anyone else gained.

I'm anxious for the awards show and closing ceremonies. Daniel's a couple days behind but that's understandable.
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post #58 of 76
4/1/10 at 7:45am
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Originally Posted by DocmanCC View Post

Relax, z, you've won. According to the master spreadsheet you had both LDDM and Chergui as the final two. You've have gained 32 points no matter who won. You were on top coming into this last game so you'll remain on top no matter what anyone else gained.

I'm anxious for the awards show and closing ceremonies. Daniel's a couple days behind but that's understandable.

Thanks, Doc. I also completely understand the delay. I've been looking for the link to the master spreadsheet. Looking at it, only two brackets have Chergui as the winner, i.e., veuve amiot and mrcologneguy. So, they'd get 32 additional points each resulting in the final points of 115 and 109, respectively. That means I only have 1 point lead. Wow, that's too close!
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post #59 of 76
4/1/10 at 8:12am
PS: I hope it isn't April fools.
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post #60 of 76
4/1/10 at 9:02am
But wouldn't you get 32 points as well?
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