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post #1 of 18
3/30/10 at 3:24pm
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Here is something to think about. If you had the creative freedom to make your own cologne what notes would it have?


My ideal:

Top:Mandarin
Middle: Leather notes
Base: Tobacco and wood notes

This frag would be very mature and strong but that mandarin would blend in it to tone it down and give it a sweet , fresh and pleasant smell at the same time that you could use all year round.
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post #2 of 18
3/30/10 at 3:30pm
If I were going to make my own fragrance, I would probably work on it for years. And then, when it was similar to Armani Eau Pour Homme, I would realize it was a wasted effort on my part.
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post #3 of 18
3/30/10 at 3:35pm
Great post. Mine would be:

Top: Jasmine
Middle: Leather
Base: Amber and Musk
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post #4 of 18
3/30/10 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by moss1310 View Post

Great post. Mine would be:

Top: Jasmine
Middle: Leather
Base: Amber and Musk

That would be an interesting scent, and a real challenge in some ways to keep the jasmine on the top and the leather above the amber/musk...
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post #5 of 18
3/30/10 at 4:11pm
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Originally Posted by moss1310 View Post

Great post. Mine would be:

Top: Jasmine
Middle: Leather
Base: Amber and Musk

Thank you very much sir
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post #6 of 18
3/30/10 at 4:16pm
Top: Cardamom, Chocolate, Rum, a little Pepper
Middle: Nutmeg, Vanilla, Palm Wood, Cinnamon, Praline,
Base: Cedar, Bamboo, Black Leather, Gasoline (or Petroleum)

or better yet.. Fahrenheit + Ambergris
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post #7 of 18
3/30/10 at 4:22pm
My perfect fragrance would be a perfect eau de cologne with natural ingredients and a little longevity. It would have bergamot, neroli, lime, orange blossom, musk, and rosemary.
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post #8 of 18
3/30/10 at 4:32pm
I like spices and rose mixed with patchouli and tobacco with maybe an incense/cedar resiny flavour in there.

Or... I'd like the darkness of Black Orchid with a rich dark rose underpinned by the rich woods of Cartier Santos with the sweet seductive luxury of fine sandalwood oils in there. All combined with an exotic spicy edge of cardomum with a hint (and I do mean a hint) of cumin.
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post #9 of 18
3/30/10 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by HDS1963 View Post

I like spices and rose mixed with patchouli and tobacco with maybe an incense/cedar resiny flavour in there.


Sounds good.
Id like to throw in musk as well.


A cross between New york, Musc Ravageur, Lair du Desert and Avignon
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post #10 of 18
3/30/10 at 4:50pm
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Originally Posted by timaru View Post

Sounds good.
Id like to throw in musk as well.


A cross between New york, Musc Ravageur, Lair du Desert and Avignon

I agree - as long as it's an authentic musk not some of the bloody awful synthetic musks you get today.
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post #11 of 18
3/30/10 at 6:28pm
Based on the notes I like the most, something including the best combination of the following or just a group of them (since basenotes are prominent, as per the notes mentioned): vervaine, patchouly, musk, tobacco, cinnamon, juniper, vetiver, sandalwood, amber, benzoine/vanilla, oakmoss, cedar and jasmine.

Based on fragrance - styles, smething very traditional in spirit, powdery yet masculine, with good longevity (6 to 8 hours), very complex but with limited sillage.
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post #12 of 18
3/30/10 at 8:43pm
Interesting Thread

I would go with:

Top Notes: Vanilla, Lavender
Middle Notes: Bergamot, Vetiver
Base Notes: Sandalwood, Ambergris


a woody vanila fragrance... I would call it "Eau de Bois du Adesor"
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post #13 of 18
3/31/10 at 12:54am
Anything chypre, with lots of citrus, Mediterranean herbs and a stronger, woody-musky-ambery drydown
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post #14 of 18
3/31/10 at 2:22am
mine

Top Notes: Bergamot, mandarin, basil, majoram & coriander
Middle Notes: Artemisia, petitgrain, patchouli, cinamon, vetiver & oakmoss
Base Notes: Labdanum, leather, tobacco, castoreum, amber & cedar
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post #15 of 18
3/31/10 at 3:09am
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Originally Posted by ruffin View Post

mine

Top Notes: Bergamot, mandarin, basil, majoram & coriander
Middle Notes: Artemisia, petitgrain, patchouli, cinamon, vetiver & oakmoss
Base Notes: Labdanum, leather, tobacco, castoreum, amber & cedar


These are wonderful notes, ruffin! I am pretty sure that I would purchase your composition!
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post #16 of 18
3/31/10 at 8:09am
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Originally Posted by SillageMonger View Post

These are wonderful notes, ruffin! I am pretty sure that I would purchase your composition!

SM this is my dream..really, strong, wonderful & unique of composition to bring back a powerhouse into current market in new millenium era....
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post #17 of 18
3/31/10 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by HDS1963 View Post

I like spices and rose mixed with patchouli and tobacco with maybe an incense/cedar resiny flavour in there.

Or... I'd like the darkness of Black Orchid with a rich dark rose underpinned by the rich woods of Cartier Santos with the sweet seductive luxury of fine sandalwood oils in there. All combined with an exotic spicy edge of cardomum with a hint (and I do mean a hint) of cumin.

can you come be my personal perfumier?
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post #18 of 18
3/31/10 at 9:32am
Pretty much most of whats in my wardrobe ... principle notes of chocolate , vanilla , rum , cinnamon , sweet pepper and ginger maybe with a big ole dollop of something animallic in the rear
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