Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › MFD Archive › Already bought-- Not a fan of grapefruit. Which Terre D'Hermes shoud I buy : EDT or Parfume ?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Already bought-- Not a fan of grapefruit. Which Terre D'Hermes shoud I buy : EDT or Parfume ?

post #1 of 22
10/26/11 at 9:48am
Thread Starter 
Terre D'Hermes seems like a great fragrance for hot weather.

I am going to visite Hermès Boutique at Siam Paragon to try it.

By the way, I read that it has really sharp grapefruit top note, but I am not a fan of grapefruit.

Which Terre D'Hermes shoud I buy : EDT or Perfume ?

I will use it as one of my office scents. Anyone know if Duty-Free area at Suwannabhumi International Airport has it.
Reply
Reply

Features on Basenotes

Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
post #2 of 22
10/26/11 at 9:50am
Parfum. It is mostly orange with little to no grapefruit. The EDT has the sharp grapefruit topnote.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 22
10/26/11 at 9:55am
Perfume
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 22
10/26/11 at 10:40am
I agree with the others... Parfum.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 22
10/26/11 at 10:49am
I have both and agree that the parfum is the better scent. Both have an orangey accord, even grapefruit is apparent. However, in the dry down I get more woody notes with the edt. Try each on different wrists and decide would be my suggestion.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 22
10/26/11 at 10:53am
The perfume is less citrus-dominated
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 22
10/26/11 at 1:01pm
Go with the parfum.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 22
10/26/11 at 2:03pm
edp smells more like oranges, i really liked it tho cant say the same for the people around me
but il get a bottle anyways..
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 22
10/26/11 at 3:54pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks, I am going to try both Terre D'Hermes this weekend and decide which one I prefere.
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 22
10/26/11 at 9:57pm
Parfum! Lasts longer, smells better!
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 22
10/26/11 at 10:27pm
Why get either if you don't like grapefruit?

I'd go with Byredo's Fantastic Man instead, it replaces the grapefruit with bergamot, but is otherwise quite similar in profile to TdH.
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 22
10/26/11 at 10:30pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

Why get either if you don't like grapefruit?

+1

There's so much good stuff out there, don't compromise.
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 22
10/26/11 at 10:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

Why get either if you don't like grapefruit?


LOL very good point !
Reply
Reply
post #14 of 22
10/26/11 at 10:52pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

Why get either if you don't like grapefruit?

This is what I was thinking. If there is something you are not into, there are plenty of alternatives. I can't say it makes much sense to get a seemingly great fragrance that you don't love.
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 22
10/26/11 at 11:12pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

Why get either if you don't like grapefruit?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cannon View Post

This is what I was thinking. If there is something you are not into, there are plenty of alternatives. I can't say it makes much sense to get a seemingly great fragrance that you don't love.

+1 ...
Reply
Reply
post #16 of 22
10/26/11 at 11:28pm
Parfum.
Reply
Reply
post #17 of 22
10/27/11 at 2:02am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cannon View Post

This is what I was thinking. If there is something you are not into, there are plenty of alternatives. I can't say it makes much sense to get a seemingly great fragrance that you don't love.

You have the point.

I have not smell any natural grapefruit yet. I have drunk concentrated grapefruit juice and I do not like the smell since it was really sour & sharp.

By the way, I am too bored to waiting for the flood at home so I went to Hermès Boutique at Siam Paragon in Bangkok (26-27 km from home) to test both EDT & Parfume. I found that I like them both, but I prefer the parfume.

Conclusion I don't like artificial grapefruit smell in concentrated grapefruit juice, but I found natural grapefruit smells very pleasant to my nose.

Is it possible to like natural smell of something, but do not like the artificial one ?

I wear Terre D'Hermès Pure Parfume right now and I love it.

If I did not test it, I won't know that I only do not like the artificial smell of concentrated grapefruit juice, not the natural grapfruit itself.


Reply
Reply
post #18 of 22
10/27/11 at 2:41am
The funny thing is that the grapefruit smell in grapefruit juice is natural, while the grapefruit in TdH is likely mostly artificial, as real grapefruit has a tendency to sour on the skin.
Reply
Reply
post #19 of 22
10/27/11 at 2:44am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

The funny thing is that the grapefruit smell in grapefruit juice is natural, while the grapefruit in TdH is likely mostly artificial, as real grapefruit has a tendency to sour on the skin.

Oh...I see.
Reply
Reply
post #20 of 22
10/27/11 at 2:50am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wit_Siamese View Post

Oh...I see.

The important thing is that you like it. And natural smells are usually different than real smells when it comes to fruit (grapes are nothing like artificial grape candies or sprays, same for banana, orange, apple, etc.) so it is very possible to not like a real scent but like the perfume ingredient version.

Hope it stays enjoyable all the way through.
Reply
Reply
post #21 of 22
10/27/11 at 3:12am
Pure Parfum , pure masterpiece.
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 22
10/27/11 at 3:15am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cannon View Post

The important thing is that you like it. And natural smells are usually different than real smells when it comes to fruit (grapes are nothing like artificial grape candies or sprays, same for banana, orange, apple, etc.) so it is very possible to not like a real scent but like the perfume ingredient version.

Hope it stays enjoyable all the way through.

Thanks, there are so many knowelegde about perfume that I need to learn.


Quote:
Originally Posted by blackened View Post

Pure Parfum , pure masterpiece.

Thanks, I just bought that today.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: MFD Archive

Features on Basenotes

Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › MFD Archive › Already bought-- Not a fan of grapefruit. Which Terre D'Hermes shoud I buy : EDT or Parfume ?