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Suggestions: Melancholy fragrance

post #1 of 33
9/3/10 at 10:52am
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Now that it's fall, I'm leaning more towards my melancholy fragrances (Apres l'ondee, l'heure bleue, N'aimez que moi)

Does anyone have any reqs for similar scents that envoke this feeling? i'm sure this question has been asked before, but here it is again.
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post #2 of 33
9/3/10 at 12:59pm
Mitsouko can have that vibe for me. Also Feminite du Bois, for some reason. And definitely Sienne l'Hiver, a quintessential autumn fragrance with its smoke, stone, and chestnuts.
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post #3 of 33
9/3/10 at 1:23pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks Twitchy, Sienne looks promising :-)
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post #4 of 33
9/3/10 at 2:44pm
Vol de Nuit
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post #5 of 33
9/3/10 at 2:45pm
+1 Vol de Nuit !
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post #6 of 33
9/3/10 at 3:06pm
Cologne Blanche by Christian Dior
Domenico Caraceni by Domenico Caraceni
Voleur de Roses by L' Artisan Parfumeur
Hiris by Hermes
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post #7 of 33
9/3/10 at 4:13pm
Yes, L'Heure Bleu evokes that feeling in me. So does Songes.
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post #8 of 33
9/3/10 at 5:20pm
Caron Or et Noir ~ Roses, geranium, lilac, carnation, oak moss, amber.
I found this classy-depressing.
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post #9 of 33
9/3/10 at 9:14pm
For me it's Hermès Un Jardin après la Mousson - although that one doesn't really work for fall (perhaps hurricane season, though!).

For fall, my melancholy scent is probably Hinoki. Not sure why, but it hits me as really appropriate late in the fall when the leaves are all down and the sky is staying gray, and it's just cold and wet. +
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post #10 of 33
9/3/10 at 10:19pm
I always read these threads with interest, as I've never associated a scent with melancholy. I must be missing a gene or something! Love several of the scents mentioned. Sienne l'Hiver is a work of art, for example.
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post #11 of 33
9/3/10 at 11:06pm
L'Heure Bleue certainly is #1 in this category, but many iris scents have that feel, too.

My faves include AG Heure Exquise, Hermès Hiris, TDC Bois d'Iris and SL Iris Silver Mist.
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post #12 of 33
9/3/10 at 11:19pm
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Originally Posted by Haunani View Post

I always read these threads with interest, as I've never associated a scent with melancholy. I must be missing a gene or something! Love several of the scents mentioned. Sienne l'Hiver is a work of art, for example.

Me ,too!Naimez que moi and Apres l'ondee ,i believe are so thin,airy floral scents!I like them!They don't remind me of anything melancholic!!!
May be it's the mood of seeing things or the phase we are going through that relates our fragrance wearing to something
It's a very personal case what sensation or feeling a fragrance wearing gives us!!!Sometimes we are connecting a special event of our lives to a perfume!!!That is so understanding
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post #13 of 33
9/4/10 at 2:22am
The saddest fragrance I know is Frederic Malle's En Passant, but for me, it's a spring fragrance rather than a fall one.
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post #14 of 33
9/4/10 at 2:52am
To some extent C&S No. 88.
I usually wear it as a calming scent but at times, I've experienced that it makes me sad.
No olfactory memories attached to it.
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post #15 of 33
9/4/10 at 7:58am
Tom Ford's Velvet Gardenia has that effect on me, definitely a scent for a damp autumn day l think.
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post #16 of 33
9/4/10 at 9:15am
Thread Starter 
I keep seeing sienne l'hiver, can anyone give a description of htis?
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post #17 of 33
9/4/10 at 10:16am
Magie Noir
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post #18 of 33
9/4/10 at 4:56pm
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Originally Posted by Sugandaraja View Post

The saddest fragrance I know is Frederic Malle's En Passant, but for me, it's a spring fragrance rather than a fall one.

I did get a sort of interesting melancholic reaction to this one as well. And I agree - spring. Which shouldn't seem sad, but yet it did to me, too.
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post #19 of 33
9/4/10 at 8:10pm
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Originally Posted by BayKAT View Post

I keep seeing sienne l'hiver, can anyone give a description of htis?

More info here: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/220306-Sienne-L-hiver
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post #20 of 33
9/4/10 at 8:32pm
This is an interesting concept. I do think of some scents as moody and sad, like a Ravel piano piece.
One that always feels like this to me is Niki de Saint Phalle.
Rive Gauche feels like autumnal fog, and solitude.
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post #21 of 33
9/4/10 at 10:19pm


The olfactory equivalent of a Paul Gauguin painting.
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post #22 of 33
9/5/10 at 5:08am
My choices for self imposed melancholy are Apres l'Ondee- it has that feeling when you know your heart is going to break, and Chanel Bois des Iles- the alleged history of its creation/inspiration is a story of tragic love, it just feels distant & sad somehow.

And...now I want Vol de Nuit....
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post #23 of 33
9/5/10 at 6:23am
SL Incens et Lavande
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post #24 of 33
9/5/10 at 6:26am
If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend you check out Le Dix from Balenciaga VINTAGE. I can only speak for the extrait, but I await a vintage EdT bottle soon It's the first and so far only time I can really appreciate violets (in a dark and dusty kind here).
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post #25 of 33
9/5/10 at 8:30am
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Originally Posted by Larimar View Post

If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend you check out Le Dix from Balenciaga VINTAGE. I can only speak for the extrait, but I await a vintage EdT bottle soon It's the first and so far only time I can really appreciate violets (in a dark and dusty kind here).

I agree with this.

Only i would also suggest that you try most of the many violet scents available and then choose what you liked best. Violet is one of the notes that evoke that feeling of melancholy to many people.

The feeling could also be created by smelling a scent from your personal past, something that your mother wore for example, that would make a close connection to the past.

Balenciaga's Le Dix (in any concentration) is of course a great scent, and a good alternative to search for that feeling, i also think Guerlain's Parure evokes that as well.

cheers
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post #26 of 33
9/5/10 at 9:11am
Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore by Chanel
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post #27 of 33
9/5/10 at 3:45pm
I find Serge Lutens Gris Clair to be a bit melancholic, and I think it is a scent that works in well in both fall/spring. I may be alone on this one, but to me this excellent lavender is a bit cold and smoky.
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post #28 of 33
9/7/10 at 10:24am
[QUOTE=castorpollux;1924075]I agree with this.

[B]Balenciaga's Le Dix is of course a great scent, and a good alternative to search for that feeling, i also think Guerlain's Parure evokes that as well.

Both have a bittersweet melancholy to me. If you can find an old bottle of Coty Chypre, there is a very primal melancholy to it that is quite exquisite.
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post #29 of 33
9/7/10 at 11:30am
Another vote for Mitsouko. It evokes an autumnal melancholy feeling in me.
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post #30 of 33
9/9/10 at 10:21pm
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The olfactory equivalent of a Paul Gauguin painting.

Douce Amere, melancholic? I find it to be more playful even if a bit surprising-not sheer "joyful" but not melancholic....
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post #31 of 33
9/10/10 at 11:40pm
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Originally Posted by calero View Post

I find Serge Lutens Gris Clair to be a bit melancholic, and I think it is a scent that works in well in both fall/spring. I may be alone on this one, but to me this excellent lavender is a bit cold and smoky.

You're not, I was going to write Gris Clair, too! I find it very meditative. That reminds me, Dzongkha is a bit melancholy, too.
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post #32 of 33
9/11/10 at 1:10am




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These are Melancholy for me
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post #33 of 33
9/14/10 at 6:09am
guerlain l'instant magic, starts happy and very soon takes a melancholy twist.
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