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Which fragrances do you notice to leave the best sillage path?

post #1 of 33
7/23/10 at 1:38pm
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Meaning, out of everything you've tried/owned/own/wear/whatever.. Which one, or which few do you notice to leave a scent trail. Not necessarily a projection beast, but something that has fantastic sillage, to the point where it rises off of your skin into the air, and stays in that path for a while. Sometimes it's hard to figure this one out on your own because of olfactory fatigue, when you've got those notes in your nasal passages it may be hard to figure out what rooms or areas the fragrance may be in.. so it's good if you get comments about it. Stuff along the lines of "Were you just in the kitchen, cause I can smell your Grey Vetiver?" Ya know? LOL

So which of these do this for you? A bit of a difficult question really if you don't know for sure, I can say that I do notice this to be the case with Terre d'Hermes. So +1 to TdH.
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post #2 of 33
7/23/10 at 2:41pm
Original Santal is my sillage monster. L'Instant Pour Homme is pretty good, too. Vintage Tabarôme does nicely - just about perfect level. Pure Coffee is nice.
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post #3 of 33
7/23/10 at 2:41pm
Orphee
Gengis Khan
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post #4 of 33
7/23/10 at 3:28pm
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Originally Posted by Redneck Perfumisto View Post

Original Santal is my sillage monster..

haha... that came first to my mind too.

wearing it right now as a matter of fact. a great Friday-night, yay-the-week-is-over, celebration frag.
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post #5 of 33
7/23/10 at 3:33pm
Original Polo.
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post #6 of 33
7/23/10 at 3:53pm
Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce, Diesel Only the Brave, And Chanel Platinum Egoiste.
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post #7 of 33
7/23/10 at 4:26pm
1881/Cerruti
Le No. 3 Homme de Caron
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post #8 of 33
7/23/10 at 5:41pm
Black Aoud. Nice trail of rose and musk, people comment (nicely). Terre d'Hermes is also good, so a +1 there.
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post #9 of 33
7/23/10 at 5:51pm
Clive Christian 'C' has perfect sillage.
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post #10 of 33
7/23/10 at 5:57pm
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Originally Posted by TalkingMuffin View Post

haha... that came first to my mind too.

wearing it right now as a matter of fact. a great Friday-night, yay-the-week-is-over, celebration frag.

I pulled mine out of the fridge to test something - and it worked. I dabbed it on as liquid in ONE spot instead of spraying. I'm still getting excellent sillage, but more fruitiness, sweetness and overall complexity. Short version - wear it like an EDP or parfum. In fact, that's exactly how i wear Guerlain Homme EDP Intense, and it comes across very similarly in terms of retaining complexity and keeping sillage under control. And it just goes to prove one more instance where application makes all the difference in an enjoyable experience.

Ahhhhhhh. The old OS is back.
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post #11 of 33
7/23/10 at 10:23pm
Silver Mountain Water (Creed) left at least a 7 meter/20 ft. trail (possibly double!) as remarked by a co-worker one morning as I walked through an outdoor parking lot. I applied it, sparingly, about 20 minutes earlier. Not bad sillage for that anecdotal story.

Sillage, I would reckon, is affected by not only the fragrance, but usually inconsistent factors like barometric pressure, humidity, skin temperature, etc.
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post #12 of 33
7/23/10 at 10:29pm
Bogart PH. Can't get it off my skin with sandpaper!
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post #13 of 33
7/23/10 at 10:33pm
Primarily fragrances that have leather, wood, spice, gourmand, or tobacco notes.
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post #14 of 33
7/24/10 at 2:00am
Tabac Blond, L'Heure Bleue (EdP), Habanita, Black Aoud...
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post #15 of 33
7/24/10 at 2:43am
Van Cleef Arpels pour Homme - it literally fills up each room I enter into
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post #16 of 33
7/24/10 at 3:14am
fahrenheit
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post #17 of 33
7/24/10 at 3:57am
Blue Amber-Montale
Angelique Encens-Creed
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post #18 of 33
7/24/10 at 4:12am
Caron's L'Anarchiste and Eav Des bavx are sillage masterpieces.
The sillage they leave is of their entire composition, not a particular section of them. GIT equally as sophisticated and compelling, but not as strong as the other two.

Scents that leave good sillage that don't smell as compelling or sophisticated, but still leave nice sillage from my drobe are Tobacco Vanille, Bogart Pour Homme, Pure Coffee, Pure malt, Fierce.

Platinum Egoiste and SMW leave fairly strong, sharp/cool and sophisticated sillage.
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post #19 of 33
7/24/10 at 7:05am
^ Yes - GIT has some of the best sillage out there. Platinum Egoiste nice too.
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post #20 of 33
7/24/10 at 7:24am
Knize Ten- lasting power, warmth, exquisite ingredients, persistent yet discreet path, surprising and complex evolution
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post #21 of 33
7/24/10 at 7:32am
Angel for women opens the door in front of its owner.
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post #22 of 33
7/24/10 at 10:47am
L' Artisan's Patchouli Patch and Tauer's L' air du desert Maroccain. Aramis and Armani Code also are pretty good with sillage.
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post #23 of 33
7/24/10 at 5:32pm
Sonoma Scent Studio's Tabac Aurea leaves a trail that is divine, as opposed to having huge sillage.
Auguste's Esprit de Cuir is another that trails.
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post #24 of 33
7/24/10 at 8:01pm
I notice everybody mentions sillage as a positive which, within reason, it surely can be. Sillage in excess can be a serious negative, imho, and my main concern is not to overdo it, as opposed to going completely unnoticed which, while not really desired, I rather can live with.
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post #25 of 33
7/24/10 at 8:10pm
Creed Green Irish Tweed. Platinum Egoiste is killer as well...go easy with it.
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post #26 of 33
7/24/10 at 8:16pm
Bois du Portugal is the sillage winner for me. Go slowly with it, or it'll knock out anyone around you.
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post #27 of 33
7/24/10 at 9:13pm
Guerlain Homme Intense (EdP) is awesome in leaving a scent trail
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post #28 of 33
7/24/10 at 9:23pm
I agree with many of the posts above. I will add one that hasn't been mentioned: Black Orchid by Tom Ford.
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post #29 of 33
7/25/10 at 6:16am
Animale Animale for Men can through some sillage. I've sprayed some on one forearm and within minutes I was drowning in chocolate. So much so that I decided against buying the fragrance...It was just too much sillage at the time.
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post #30 of 33
7/25/10 at 7:49am
While I do like it if other people get the occasional whiff of my cologne when they are within a foot or two away from me, I actually prefer not to leave a trail of scent behind me like Pepe le Pew. I do enjoy catching that lovely sillage from a woman as much as any other man but somehow find it somewhat unbecoming of a gentleman to flaunt his scent to that same extent. It's just too dandified, imo. But to each his own, huh?

So off the top of my head, my best sillage nominations go to:

Rush by Gucci (women)
Organza by Givenchy
Dior Homme by Dior
24, Faubourg by Hermes
31 rue Cambon by Hermes
Tabac Aurea by Sonoma Scent Studio
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post #31 of 33
7/25/10 at 8:07am
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I agree with Diamond Flame and Addict. I too do not want something that stays up in the air too long after I pass by, nor do i want it to project so far from the sillage path either. Projection in general is good though, but sillage is a bit more tricky. I think it's good if you can figure out how to control it.
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post #32 of 33
7/25/10 at 2:52pm
Joop Homme - I would have to say. In a crowd of many many people the sillage of Joop with tap you on the shoulder and let you know it is present. I find the only other fragrance to do this is Angel for women.

Fahrenheit 32 is the same it leaves a trail of scent in the air after you pass by. It does not hang heavy like Joop but 32 does linger.
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post #33 of 33
7/25/10 at 3:32pm
Black Aoud
New Haarlem
Platinum Egoiste
A*Men
Tobacco Vanille
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