Hi everyone,
First post - have read some of the very extensive reviews and thought I'd get some expert advice from you all!
I'm looking for something that may or may not be a very specific type of fragrance, perhaps best described by just giving some imagery/descriptions -
I'm after something that's woody, but of a snappier variety rather than a thick, sappy, forest, dirty smell - still with alot of 'depth' (as in not a 'sharp'/thin smell necessarily). Think the smell of bark, but in a fresh dry/baked environment so without the heady/wet/dirty smell that you get with bark - does that make sense? Like the 'dry' component of a sawdust/woodshop. Wouldn't be averse to it having a tinge of something else aswell so it doesn't have to match exactly with this description - perhaps also a coffee/baked smell in the base?
I bought D&G's the one based on an initial smell and a description of the notes - I like the idea of ginger and coffee notes but I find The One to too 'sweet', I feel like the interesting/intriguing bitter edge of those smells has been rounded off too much in that fragrances. It just doesn't have enough 'kick' and seems to smell just like this low-lying general sweet/orangey smell that is kind of frustrating - like it needs to just have a bit more 'something'? (apologies if this is confusing)
I tried Terre d'Hermes which I've seen touted a couple times - I liked it, but it was almost a little too dirty, as in it had more of the 'wet'/sappy component of the bark/woodsy environment I decribed above.
Any suggestions much appreciated!
First post - have read some of the very extensive reviews and thought I'd get some expert advice from you all!
I'm looking for something that may or may not be a very specific type of fragrance, perhaps best described by just giving some imagery/descriptions -
I'm after something that's woody, but of a snappier variety rather than a thick, sappy, forest, dirty smell - still with alot of 'depth' (as in not a 'sharp'/thin smell necessarily). Think the smell of bark, but in a fresh dry/baked environment so without the heady/wet/dirty smell that you get with bark - does that make sense? Like the 'dry' component of a sawdust/woodshop. Wouldn't be averse to it having a tinge of something else aswell so it doesn't have to match exactly with this description - perhaps also a coffee/baked smell in the base?
I bought D&G's the one based on an initial smell and a description of the notes - I like the idea of ginger and coffee notes but I find The One to too 'sweet', I feel like the interesting/intriguing bitter edge of those smells has been rounded off too much in that fragrances. It just doesn't have enough 'kick' and seems to smell just like this low-lying general sweet/orangey smell that is kind of frustrating - like it needs to just have a bit more 'something'? (apologies if this is confusing)
I tried Terre d'Hermes which I've seen touted a couple times - I liked it, but it was almost a little too dirty, as in it had more of the 'wet'/sappy component of the bark/woodsy environment I decribed above.
Any suggestions much appreciated!
