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post #181 of 213
1/19/13 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by Quartz View Post

Body Kouros an incense fragrance ?? Some of you must not know what incense smells like. I made a small purchase of it based on the numerous mentions of it and find that it doesn't even smell remotely like incense. Avignon and Cardinal are at the top. Kouros is not, in my opinion, in the incense class.
Montale Full Incense is also right up there.

Could it be a fake bottle of Body Kouros?

I purchased onebottle of BK and it didn't have incense scents. But then I smelled a different one and it had it in the top notes. The questionale bottle smells like a sweet mess, like a baby wipe cleaned up spilled sweet water. It is a very odd scent. Nothing else that I have smelled like it. But the bottle of BK that had incense smelled stronger and better, the incense carried the scent.
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post #182 of 213
1/19/13 at 2:34pm
Sort of depends on your def on incense I suppose...

For me it means Frankincense...

So I lean towards Olibanum by Profumum, but I also like Avignon, Kyoto, and straight frankincense EO mixed with Frankincense resinoid and add in a little cetalox.

Paul Kiler

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post #183 of 213
1/19/13 at 2:48pm
Vintage Jacomo de Jacamo
Ungaro III
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post #184 of 213
1/19/13 at 2:53pm
For me:

Norma Kamali-Incense
Etro-Messe de Minuit

Sadly, NK is almost impossible for me to find.
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post #185 of 213
1/19/13 at 3:03pm
Avignon by Comme des Garçons is one of my favorites. As others have mentioned, there are many different styles of incense and many different incense fragrances. Avignon smells of old dusty Catholic churches and is based on the incense used in the Catholic church, which is primarily frankincnese and myrrh. Japanese incense, on the other hand, incorporates quite a few more ingredients (patchouli, amber, cedar, etc.) in addition to incense. It really depends on what you are looking for.
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post #186 of 213
1/19/13 at 3:10pm
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Originally Posted by Scentologist View Post

For straight up incense, Kyoto by CDG.

This. Straight up.
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post #187 of 213
1/19/13 at 3:41pm
There's already lots of good recommendations on this thread. I'm surprised Jaisalmer and Dzonghka have only been mentioned a couple of times. Those are two of my favorites (along with several that have been mentioned several times already). I would also throw Lorenzo Villoresi Incensi out there. The apple note in it is IMHO better handled than in the previously mentioned Wazamba, which is too sweet for me.
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post #188 of 213
1/19/13 at 3:54pm
Sorry for the doubled post...
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post #189 of 213
1/19/13 at 4:23pm
Incense Oud by Kilian
Epic Man
Jubilation XXV
LDDM
Portrait of a Lady

Samples on the way:
Wazamba
Arso by Profumum Roma
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post #190 of 213
1/19/13 at 7:10pm
Gucci Pour Homme (2003)
Interlude Man by Amouage. And so many others from Amouage. So good, but so pricey.
2 Man, by Comme des Garcons! And the excellent CdG Incense trio of Avignon, Jaisalmer and Kyoto. I have a bottle of 2 Man on the way and I'm quite excited about it.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, price wise:
Zirh Ikon. If you enjoy any of the scents mentioned above, and you see this one in the bargain bin, I recommend you snatch it up. I think I bought my 4.2 oz bottle at Marshall's for $10. The bottle is quite handsome too, featuring a very nice magnetic cap. Ikon is best when the weather is cold.

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Originally Posted by southerngardens View Post

Vintage Jacomo de Jacamo
Ungaro III

I don't know about Jacomo de Jacamo since I've never smelled it, but there's no incense in Ungaro III. I get woods and rose, and I enjoy it very much.
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post #191 of 213
2/15/13 at 9:01pm
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Originally Posted by nsamadi View Post

I had a bunch of incense fragrances in my wardrobe but I decided to minimize my collection, got rid of them all but Avignon. The only incense fragrance I need.

i say amen to that...
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post #192 of 213
2/16/13 at 2:52am
Memoir Man
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post #193 of 213
2/16/13 at 3:01am
I dislike Iso-E Super incenses such as Kyoto and Jaisalmer. In general I find Duchafour's incenses tiresome. I like Jacques Flori's approach to incense; Shaal Nur, Messe de Minuit, Opus IV...
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post #194 of 213
2/16/13 at 3:56am
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Originally Posted by gupts View Post

I thought that responses in this thread would mostly contain Amouage, as I think no one does Incense better than them.
It appears that a lot of fellow basenoters don't share my views :-(

I'll put in Opus VI by Amouage then...It smells like Indiana Jones opening a box of Incense in one of the ancient pyramids!
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post #195 of 213
2/16/13 at 4:06am
Bumping thus tread again and revisiting my post:

While my current wardrobe may lack any "proper" incense scent, I actually think back at my "used to own"-list and notice that I indeed owned a scent with good incense note. While no actual/predominant incense scent and, additionally, also a cheapie, Adidas Classic/Classic Blue had one of the best incense-based drydowns I ever tested.
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post #196 of 213
2/16/13 at 7:07am
I have a few in my collection from different houses but CdG Kyoto is my fav
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post #197 of 213
2/16/13 at 7:27am
I don't have it yet, but will buy it soon...Bleu de Chanel. Bam! Incensy grapefruit, so good!
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post #198 of 213
2/16/13 at 8:25am
these are all pretty incense like and are very nice:

HELIOTROPE
AVIGNON
JAISALMER
KYOTO
BLACK TOURMALINE
OUD SHAMASH
INCENSE OUD
KINSKI
TANOKE
LET ME PLAY THE LION
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post #199 of 213
2/16/13 at 4:26pm
Kouros/La Nuit
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post #200 of 213
2/16/13 at 9:29pm
Aedes de Venustas (L'Artisan for AdV)
Timbuktu (L'Artisan)
L'Air du Desert Marocain (Tauer) - (a must-have, if you don't mind tons of vanilla)
Greyland (Montale)
Standard (Comme des Garcons/Artek)

Aedes is the most versatile/wearable incense in my wardrobe, and probably my all-around favorite (in my top 10 of any genre) I hope like hell that they keep making it.

Timbuktu is the most sophisticated, but less versatile, as it has a very formal vibe about it.

Standard is the most antiseptically stark, and unlike many other incenses, it is not musty, woodsy, smoky or sweaty--this is almost a 'resin soliflore'. There's nothing better when you want to smell like an android, fresh from the factory. I love it.
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post #201 of 213
2/20/13 at 8:09am
I'll have to add Montale Full Incense to the list.
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post #202 of 213
2/20/13 at 8:39am
Memoir Man for me
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post #203 of 213
2/20/13 at 12:38pm
Wow .. no mention of BOIS d’ASCÈSE from Naomi Goodsir yet! Likely because many haven't sampled it yet but a fantastic woody/incense and by far my favorite "incense" fragrance at the moment.
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post #204 of 213
2/20/13 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by ziffy321 View Post

Wow .. no mention of BOIS d’ASCÈSE from Naomi Goodsir yet! Likely because many haven't sampled it yet but a fantastic woody/incense and by far my favorite "incense" fragrance at the moment.

Not so much incense as barbarian camp fire!
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post #205 of 213
2/20/13 at 4:20pm
Armani Prive - Bois d'Encens
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post #206 of 213
2/20/13 at 4:54pm
Avignon
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post #207 of 213
2/20/13 at 5:32pm
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Originally Posted by Quartz View Post

Body Kouros an incense fragrance ?? Some of you must not know what incense smells like. I made a small purchase of it based on the numerous mentions of it and find that it doesn't even smell remotely like incense. Avignon and Cardinal are at the top.

The problem occurs because of the loose term "incense"

To some people, "Incense" means:


If this is what you want, in it's raw state, try CDG's Kyoto. If you want this in it's raw and smoldering state simultaneously, try Amouage's Interlude man.


To others, it means a specific flavor of common incense cones or sticks:

If unburned Rose Incense is what you want, try Czech & Speake's No. 88
There are countless others which smell like a specific type of incense.


To others, "incense" means pure frankincense, in it's raw state:


If this is what you're seeking in it's raw state, try CDG's Avignon or Heeley Cardinal. Or Tauer's Incense Extreme if you want a little more natural and barely smoldering version of real frankincense.

I think in most western european and north american countries, "Incense" means a stick or cone of resin, scented with any number of materials. Whereas in other parts of the catholic or muslim world, it means "Frankincense".
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post #208 of 213
3/1/13 at 12:06am
Are their any fragrances with a prominent (though not necessarily dominate) frankincense note that are wearable everyday/in warmer weather? Most of the ones I could find seem to be super heavy/thick. The closest one that seemed to be mentioned is Bleu de Chanel. Is that close or a different type of incense?
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post #209 of 213
3/1/13 at 12:10am
Love the incense in my bottle of Amber Absolute... it's good stuff...
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post #210 of 213
3/1/13 at 12:19am
Another vote for Bois D'Encens.
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post #211 of 213
3/1/13 at 12:46am
From what I own as a full bottle, the winner is LDDM by A.tauer
From Samples: Dzongkha, Tibuktu and Jubilation XXV.
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post #212 of 213
3/1/13 at 1:29am
DULLAH, Thanks for clearing this up so nicely. For me, incense has always meant frankincense but reading through this thread, I began to realize that the associations to the term are all over the place. Toward the beginning of the thread, Halo addressed this issue as well. I don't have any incense frags, but now I know what to look for.
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post #213 of 213
3/1/13 at 3:20am
My preference for incense fragrances is definitely for the burning oriental (Indian/Tibetan/Japanese) sort. I got a sample of Dzongkha because of the specific Bhutanese incense associations. Not bad as a fragrance but it misses the tone of Bhutanese incense (I'm burning some now) by miles. Unlit, Bhutanese/tibetan incense has a real animal funk and lit it retains that, adding the campfire scent of juniper, coffee beans, sometimes saffron, sandalwood and other warm, spicy natural aromatics. Dzongkha is essentially a cold, wet experience. What smoke there is has a mentholated cool and it dries down to a nice, clean, Iris floral.

On my list to try:

Bois d'Ascese (for the smoke)
Kyoto (because Avignon is a picture-perfect olfactory replica of a Greek church)
Amouage Tribute
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