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post #1 of 37
1/5/11 at 5:55pm
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We tend to be drawn to a certain frag group more than others and some less than others. Put down your favorite and least favorite fragrance group down just for the heck of it.

Favorite: woody and orientals

Least favorite: Fougères and chypre
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post #2 of 37
1/5/11 at 5:57pm
Favorite: also woody orientals

Least Favorite: Gourmands....I can see the appeal, but the only one I ever wear is Rochas man. the others are just too sweet, and they smeel fake to me.
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post #3 of 37
1/5/11 at 5:59pm
Never met a fougere I liked ...
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post #4 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:00pm
Favorite: Gourmand and Oriental
Least favorite: Floral and Chypre
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post #5 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:01pm
In my mind the more official sounding "families," "categories," "varieties," or "types" of fragrances don't make much difference, and in fact I really can't mentally hold onto "oriental," "fougere," "woody," too well. So my categories are quite informal.

My favorites are vetivers and florals. My least favorite is gourmand and other sweet types.
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post #6 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:03pm
Love them all but lately I noticed I am not craving for citrus and aquatic scents.
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post #7 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:06pm
My least favorite: florals. To be specific TUBEROSE MONSTERS! I like some florals a good deal, actually.

I like most categories, actually.

It isn't the category that matters as much as the construction.
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post #8 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:13pm
Favorite: Vetiver / Chypre

Least favorite: Gourmand / Floral
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post #9 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:18pm
Fav: Gourmand. Yum!

Lease: Aquatic. Yuck!
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post #10 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:30pm
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Favorite: Orientals, Florals, Boozy scents in general

Dislike: Leathers, Aquatics, Gourmands
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post #11 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:50pm
Like: Aromatic Fougeres, Florals, Sweet Spicy Orientals, Incense, Citrus & Some Aquatics

Dislike: Rooty vetivers, Tar, Most leathers

On The Fence: Gourmands (Like coffee and chocolate, run away from curries)
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post #12 of 37
1/5/11 at 6:59pm
Like almost everything except heavy sweet florals.
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post #13 of 37
1/5/11 at 8:41pm
Favorite: Orientals

Least Favorite: Aquatics and anything described as light/ethereal/transparent
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post #14 of 37
1/5/11 at 8:48pm
(Let me add that I don't like tuberose much either, even though I like floral scents.)
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post #15 of 37
1/5/11 at 8:49pm
Favourite: Woody Aromatic, Oriental Woody, Oriental Spicy
Least favourites: Aquatic, Woody Floral Musk
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post #16 of 37
1/5/11 at 11:48pm
Favorite: Orientals (and all sub-categories)

Least favorite: Gourmands
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post #17 of 37
1/5/11 at 11:58pm
Gourmands! I usually can't take the teasing though, I spray them directly into my mouth.
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post #18 of 37
1/6/11 at 12:10am
I like almost everything except sweet floral scents and gourmands
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post #19 of 37
1/6/11 at 12:13am
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Originally Posted by pirop View Post

I like almost everything except sweet floral scents and gourmands

I also am not a floral guy either.
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post #20 of 37
1/6/11 at 12:55am
Highly favored: Woody orientals.
Least favored: Gourmand. I tried a very popular Mugler fragrance at Macy's a few weeks ago and I smelled like extreme circus cotton candy.

Martin
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post #21 of 37
1/6/11 at 1:02am
Most favorite: chypres, fougeres, and woody orientals

Least favorite: gourmands and aquatics
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post #22 of 37
1/6/11 at 1:38am
Interesting. I thought many people here favored the sweet stuff.
favorite: stuff listed as fougeres, chypres, woody spicies and woody floral musks
least favorite: gourmand

love: cypress juniper tar patchouli woods resins
disturbed unless perfect: amber, vanilla, synthetic tops
loathe: heady bouquets, froot, burnt sugar, insipid stuff
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post #23 of 37
1/6/11 at 2:06am
Dislikes: Fougeres and Aquatics

Favorites: Chypres, Orientals, Woods, Gourmands, Spice, Floral

Least liked notes: Cumin, Clove
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post #24 of 37
1/6/11 at 3:09am
The only thing I truly cannot stand, even when well-done, is aquatics. Gourmand can be nice, if executed with subtlety, but I rarely like them as I find them. Beyond that, anything can be paradise. Notes I do not like are immortelle, "ozone", "white musk," vanillin, overdosed ionones, dihydromyrcenol, muguet, and iso-e-super, but it is indeed always a matter of dosage.
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post #25 of 37
1/6/11 at 3:35am
Favourites: Woody, spicy, oriental.
Least favourites: Aquatic, citrus, floral, aromatic.
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post #26 of 37
1/6/11 at 3:55am
Love most except for those fruity, bubble gum synthetics that you tend to find in cheap corner store scents.
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post #27 of 37
1/6/11 at 4:01am
Quote:
Originally Posted by pirop View Post

I like almost everything except sweet floral scents and gourmands

Me, too. I'm also not into aquatics. I'm more a dry woods and vetiver kind of guy.
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post #28 of 37
1/6/11 at 4:09am
Favorites: Sweet Longlasting, no matter wich family, only need to be long lasting and sweet.

Least Favorite: Dry, Sharp, Chypre, and everything that is not sweet.
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post #29 of 37
1/6/11 at 4:55am
Favorites: chypres, citrus, aromatic fougères and orientals
Least favorite: fruity florals and aquatics (actually I don't own any aquatic)
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post #30 of 37
1/6/11 at 9:29am
Probably think gourmands are my least favorite, even though my exposure has been rather limited in that I haven't even found them to be interesting sounding enough to even seek to sniff out.
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post #31 of 37
1/6/11 at 9:41am
Favorites: Woody, spicy, oriental
Least: Vetitvers
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post #32 of 37
1/6/11 at 9:51am
Favourite: Oriental, woody and sweet including some gourmands.
Least: most fragrances with the word "sport" in them.
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post #33 of 37
1/6/11 at 5:29pm
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Favourite - woods/woody orientals
Least favourite - Florals
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post #34 of 37
1/6/11 at 6:09pm
Favorites: If you look at my wardrobe, you will see I have a mix of everything. But I tend to like the "difficult" scents from each category.
Least: You won't find a lot of green florals, fougeres, citrus and aquatics.
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post #35 of 37
1/6/11 at 6:19pm
Like: Orientals, Leathers, Woods, Spices
Dislikes: Sweet Floral and Fruits
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post #36 of 37
1/6/11 at 9:04pm
Musky floral spicy is my most fave.

Sharp green is my least fave.
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post #37 of 37
1/6/11 at 9:11pm
Favorite - Fougères, chypres, woods, and a few quality orientals

Least - Gourmands and other various heavily sweet orientals being made today that usually smell fairly ridiculous on others.
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