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The top 3 best fragrance houses in your opinion

post #1 of 144
4/1/10 at 7:41pm
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Some frag houses surpass the others in style, class, quality, customer service, and whatever else you can think of. Name 3 of the best fragrance houses in your eyes, be it designer or niche.

1.Creed
2.Thierry Mugler
3.Yves St Laruant
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post #2 of 144
4/1/10 at 8:07pm
1. Chanel
2. Hermes
3. Guerlain

IMHO
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post #3 of 144
4/1/10 at 8:12pm
1. Thierry Mugler (obviously)
2. Creed
3. Yves Saint Laurent
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post #4 of 144
4/1/10 at 9:09pm
1. Creed
2. Tommy Bahama
3. Miller Harris

YSL too.. I just thought to myself how basically everyone of their mens frags were HUGE hits.
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post #5 of 144
4/1/10 at 9:09pm
1. Yves Saint Laurent
2. Chanel
3. Tie: Creed & Hermes
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post #6 of 144
4/1/10 at 9:12pm
My top three favorites,...

Comme des Garcons
Frederic Malle
Serge Lutens

...in no particular order.
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post #7 of 144
4/1/10 at 9:16pm
Yves Saint Laurent (no contest)
Guerlain
Caron
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post #8 of 144
4/1/10 at 10:19pm
Every house (more or less) has a fragrance that I like and others I really dislike so
I say all of them
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post #9 of 144
4/1/10 at 10:38pm
Serge Lutens
Yves Saint Laurent
Chanel
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post #10 of 144
4/1/10 at 10:45pm
Guerlain
Parfums de Nicolaï
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier
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post #11 of 144
4/1/10 at 10:45pm
Galimard
Yves St. Laurent
Creed
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post #12 of 144
4/1/10 at 11:05pm
For members new and unfamiliar with men's scents:

Guerlain
Caron
Hermes/Dior (tie)

Those give a grounding in the classics. After those a person's nose has a good idea about likes and dislikes and is "educated" for lack of a better term. After those are familiar the drama of:

L'Artisan Parfumeur
Diptyque
Givenchy/YSL/MPG (tie)

Makes them my 3 best for this thread.
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post #13 of 144
4/1/10 at 11:10pm
01 Yves Saint Laurent (easily)
02 Chanel
03 Caron
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post #14 of 144
4/1/10 at 11:29pm
GUERLAIN
Maitre Parfumer et Gantier
Caron
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post #15 of 144
4/1/10 at 11:45pm
I don't know about the best, but three I've been wearing a lot lately are Guerlain, PDN and Chanel.
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post #16 of 144
4/1/10 at 11:48pm
Guerlain
Givenchy
YSL

Oh, heck, I can't commit...
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post #17 of 144
4/2/10 at 12:25am
Since this is in the Male fragrance forum,
I will rate the houses slanted to how great their masculine/unisex scents are,
disregarding the greatness of Chanel & Guerlain's feminines.

A Top-3 in terms of overall level of taste across the range, scent quality, and range across many genres:

1. Creed
2. Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier
3. Caron
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post #18 of 144
4/2/10 at 12:30am
I don't think there's "the best 3" houses, but I think that in general, YSL, Chanel, Guerlain and Creed make some pretty good stuff. This doesn't mean everyone else suck.
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post #19 of 144
4/2/10 at 1:12am
So far/for now:

Amouage
Creed
YSL
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post #20 of 144
4/2/10 at 1:14am
What is wrong with you people?!
I see too few mentioning Dior!!!

1) Dior
2) Dior
3) Dior
4) Chanel
5) Givenchy
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post #21 of 144
4/2/10 at 1:17am
YSL
Penhaligons
surprisingly, Loewe
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post #22 of 144
4/2/10 at 1:18am
Guerlain
Mona di Orio
Tom Ford
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post #23 of 144
4/2/10 at 1:30am
At the moment, there are only two houses which I really love: Tauer and Frapin.
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post #24 of 144
4/2/10 at 1:40am
Creed, Chanel, and Victoria's Secret
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post #25 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:22am
Dior
Yves Saint Laurent
Kenzo
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post #26 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:37am
Creed
CHANEL
Eau d`Italie
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post #27 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:46am
YSL
Serge Lutens
-undecided-
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post #28 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:58am
Parfumerie Generale
Tom ford Private Blends
Serge Lutens
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post #29 of 144
4/2/10 at 3:06am
-Dior
-YSL
-Chanel
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post #30 of 144
4/2/10 at 3:09am
Creed.
Penhaligon's.
Serge Lutens.
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post #31 of 144
4/2/10 at 3:10am
My three would be:

YSL
Penhaligon's
MPG
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post #32 of 144
4/2/10 at 3:12am
Guerlain
Chanel
Nobody in particular.
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post #33 of 144
4/2/10 at 4:29am
  • Zgb
  • offline
  • Gender:
in no particular order

YSL
Givenchy
Chanel
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post #34 of 144
4/2/10 at 5:09am
1: YSL
2:Caron
3:Chanel
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post #35 of 144
4/2/10 at 5:09am
Guerlain
Caron
Czech & Speake

But in opposite to DULLAH I have made my list with fragrances marketed towards women in mind too. Both Guerlain and Caron are on the list because of their unisex "female" fragrances.
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post #36 of 144
4/2/10 at 5:11am
Ysl
dior
chanel
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post #37 of 144
4/2/10 at 5:20am
Creed
MPG
Amouage
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post #38 of 144
4/2/10 at 5:42am
Mugler
Rochas
YSL
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post #39 of 144
4/2/10 at 7:16am
There are a lot of houses I've seen mentioned that I've yet the opportunity to try, but of the ones I have had the privelege of trying;

Serge Lutens
Creed
EdP Frederic Malle (Dominic Ropion, in particular)
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post #40 of 144
4/2/10 at 8:38am
1. Traditional scents made by Guerlain
2. ?
3. ?

Traditional scents made by Molinard, Fragonard, Galimard and Caron are almost unknown to me.

Designer's come after these.
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post #41 of 144
4/2/10 at 9:11am
Hard to say which are the best (I love'em all!), but my favorites are (in no particular order):

Guerlain, Givenchy, Chanel, Caron, Christian Dior, Yves St. Laurent, Creed, Hermes, Jacques Fath, Jean Patou, Oscar de la Renta.........(and so on and so forth)............
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post #42 of 144
4/2/10 at 9:25am
1. Geo F. Trumper (just to be different, but really, a great house)
2. YSL
3. Caron
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post #43 of 144
4/2/10 at 10:13am
Amouge
Tom Ford
Montale

Chanel
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post #44 of 144
4/2/10 at 10:13am
Sorry I can't do 3. There are no best IMO. But houses I respect for their consistency, vision & execution:

Dior
Creed
Chanel
Serge Lutens
YSL
Hstoires de Parfums
Sonoma Scent Studio
L'Artisan Parfumeurs
Frederic Malle

Guerlain dropped out of the list as I feel they rely too much on past glories; SDV being their last decent offering.
There are other houses but I have yet to get better acquainted with incl. Amouage, PdN, MPG, etc.
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post #45 of 144
4/2/10 at 10:17am
Quote:
Originally Posted by sirsmellzalot View Post

There are a lot of houses I've seen mentioned that I've yet the opportunity to try, but of the ones I have had the privelege of trying;

Serge Lutens
Creed
EdP Frederic Malle (Dominic Ropion, in particular)

Quite surprised Penhaligon's weren't in your list. You seemed to really like 'em not long ago?
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post #46 of 144
4/2/10 at 10:55am
Serge Lutens
Guerlain
Amouage
(Honorable Mentions: Chanel, Dior, Malle, PG)
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post #47 of 144
4/2/10 at 11:57am
1 - Creed
2 - Caron
3 - Hermes

honorable mention: Guerlain, Tom Ford Private Collection, Yves Saint Laurent
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post #48 of 144
4/2/10 at 12:01pm
  • Knize
  • Caron
  • Geo F Trumper
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post #49 of 144
4/2/10 at 12:57pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidBond007 View Post

Some frag houses surpass the others in style, class, quality, customer service, and whatever else you can think of. Name 3 of the best fragrance houses in your eyes, be it designer or niche.

1.Creed
2.Thierry Mugler
3.Yves St Laruant

MPG
Dior
Chanel
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post #50 of 144
4/2/10 at 1:50pm
YSL
YSL
YSL
Tom Ford private collection
Montale
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post #51 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:10pm
1. Bond No. 9
2. Chanel
3. ?

I've yet to really go through the niche houses, its definitey subject to change.
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post #52 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:12pm
MALLE
Chanel
Hermes (the Hermessence collection)
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post #53 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:40pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by grm215 View Post

1. Bond No. 9
2. Chanel
3. ?

I've yet to really go through the niche houses, its definitey subject to change.

Very surprised at Bond no. 9! Their fragrances seem to copy over houses, although the longevity seems to be improved!
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post #54 of 144
4/2/10 at 2:50pm
1) Thierry Mugler
2) Burberry
3) Escada
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post #55 of 144
4/2/10 at 7:28pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by boosh View Post

Very surprised at Bond no. 9! Their fragrances seem to copy over houses, although the longevity seems to be improved!

I think "improved" is the operative word. For example, I really tried to like GIT before I ever heard of Bond, but it just wasn't my thing. Chez bond, on the other hand, I loved immediately.
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post #56 of 144
4/2/10 at 7:45pm
Guerlain
Penhaligon's
Hermes
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post #57 of 144
4/2/10 at 8:27pm
YSL
Annick Goutal
Guerlain
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post #58 of 144
4/3/10 at 2:10pm
1) Serge Lutens
2) Amouage
3) Penhaligons
3A) Parfumerie Generale
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post #59 of 144
4/3/10 at 2:16pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by boosh View Post

Creed
MPG
Amouage

Here, too, but I'd shift the order to

Amouage
MPG
Creed

:P
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post #60 of 144
4/3/10 at 3:41pm
Creed
Guerlain
Czech & Speake
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