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Any Maestrale edp users out there?

post #1 of 7
8/24/10 at 8:32am
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Digging through my mountain of samples (yeah, I'm bored) and came across a vial of Maestrale edp I probably got from Luckyscent a while back. I really kinda like it after sampling it on my arm (at work). It has a kind of creaminess that reminds me a bit of Costume National Homme, only more masculine. Anyone have any experience with this or have sampled it?
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post #2 of 7
8/24/10 at 1:40pm
i did sample it once and liked it very much. incredible take on fresher scents. can very safely say theres not many scents out there which is quite like it..
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post #3 of 7
8/24/10 at 3:50pm
You can not go wrong with this fragrance. It was in my top five for a while. I no longer have this one as I tend to run through fragrances quickly

I bought Maestrale because Jock w/ Scents (if I remember correctly), rated it as his top fragrance -- a few years ago. Be advised that the Luckyscent description kind of refers to it as an oceanic, salt water scent and I never really saw that side of it. It did smell sort of a driftwood drying on the beach maybe, but not oceanic. In fact it reminded me more of a meadow or garden scene in scent more. It is very dry and aromatic woods and spices with a strange rhubarb note. It is very uplifting. I have been contemplating springing for another bottle of it lately. It is very good in summer.
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post #4 of 7
8/24/10 at 3:54pm
Wow this sounds great! Hopefully I'll get to give this one a try. I'll probably get a sample off Luckyscent if I can
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post #5 of 7
8/24/10 at 5:12pm
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Thanks for the opinions. There are 2 not so favorable reviews from pretty reliable reviewers in the Basenotes directory but I still can't stop smelling my arm when I apply this. Most of the reviews on the LuckyScent are favorable though. ( I know, it's all up to the individual ).

Price is a bit steep but what the heck, my birthday is coming up ...
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post #6 of 7
8/25/10 at 12:35am
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Originally Posted by Buzzlepuff

Be advised that the Luckyscent description kind of refers to it as an oceanic, salt water scent and I never really saw that side of it.

Me neither.

Maestrale is a nice, spicy, summer scent; nevertheless I am not a huge fan of it. Its pretty aromatic at first (I dont really like it) and its drydown is not extremely alluring to me, as well; but for the people who like cedar it might be pretty good choice.

I wore it last Saturday (I have a sample, not a bottle). It was around 35°C outside. On that occasion, Maestrale convinced me that it can easily endure very high temperature.
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post #7 of 7
8/25/10 at 12:54am
I like it, but I can see how it might be cedar overload for some.
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