I'm new. I ended up here after reading about creed GIT, and I've now bought a few samples from theperfumedcourt and need advise on what to try next based on my preferences so far. (My current theory is it's a light musk I'm looking for.)
Here's what I got from theperfumedcourt, in order of how I liked them:
Love 'em:
Like 'em at least a little:
Bad (on me):
I have a hard time isolating ingredients, but my current theory is that it's the musk in MI/SMW that makes them smell so good up close to my skin. And I'd like to try a cologne that would double up on that musk note.
I've seen a couple musk threads on here, but I don't have any idea which of those many musks might resemble the tone of the musk in MI/SMW. Any thoughts?
I was considering "CK be" since it was listed as a relatively light and clean musk, but I don't know for sure if that's even what I'm looking for.
Here's what I got from theperfumedcourt, in order of how I liked them:
Love 'em:
- creed MI: Love it, I smiled every time I caught a whif. I think I could do without the mellon, but even so this is a keeper. My favorite part is how it smells right up close next to my skin.
- creed SMW: Love it too, it's almost too light and crisp and fruity by itself, but combined with MI I really like it. This one also has much of that nice smell up close that MI has for me.
Like 'em at least a little:
- creed Erolfa / Himalaya: These have some of the traits I liked from MI/SMW, but not as much, and they have a little dustier tone to them maybe (?)
- creed GIT: I was disappointed, it was very weak and I couldn't detect any distinct personality in it (before buying, I was sure this would be my favorite.. not sure how it rated so low)
- creed REL / AA / BdP: All nice fragrances, nice quality, but not something I would wear. I think the spice in all of these is what made me not want to wear them.
Bad (on me):
- sean john unforgivable: Awful on me, unfortunately. People say it's a ripoff of MI, and I can see a bit of similarity, but sadly something in the ingredient combo smells quite literally like urine on me. It's really bad so this one is very much off the list. Too bad, since I had hopes for a "cheap MI".
- sean john I am king: No urine smell at least, but it really didn't do much for me. I had heard it was an SMW clone, and again I can see some similarites, but it's really nowhere close to SMW on me.
- I haven't had the chance to try unforgivable platinum, but based on the other two sean johns, I'm not sure I should even bother.
I have a hard time isolating ingredients, but my current theory is that it's the musk in MI/SMW that makes them smell so good up close to my skin. And I'd like to try a cologne that would double up on that musk note.
I've seen a couple musk threads on here, but I don't have any idea which of those many musks might resemble the tone of the musk in MI/SMW. Any thoughts?
I was considering "CK be" since it was listed as a relatively light and clean musk, but I don't know for sure if that's even what I'm looking for.
