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Timbuktu and Red Vetyver too similar?

post #1 of 18
3/17/12 at 7:39pm
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I am looking to expand my young wardrobe and interested in both scents. Are they very different and I just cant tell from my sample? Anyone rotate both in their arensal? I do not own Terre, but do wear LOTMD if that helps.

Thanks in advance for the advice.
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post #2 of 18
3/17/12 at 8:27pm
Haven't used one after the other, but have both and to me from what I can remember, they are different enough to own both.
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post #3 of 18
3/17/12 at 8:30pm
Can I ask out of extreme curiosity what LOTMD is? Sorry can't help since I haven't smelled Red Vetyver but Timbuktu's always been just alright to me.
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post #4 of 18
3/17/12 at 8:56pm
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Originally Posted by icanzapyou View Post

Can I ask out of extreme curiosity what LOTMD is? Sorry can't help since I haven't smelled Red Vetyver but Timbuktu's always been just alright to me.

my bad on the abbreviation - L'Air du Desert Marocain
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post #5 of 18
3/17/12 at 9:17pm
The have a few similar notes to me, but are still different at the same time
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post #6 of 18
3/18/12 at 3:04am
They are not similar to me.
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post #7 of 18
3/18/12 at 3:34am
Not similar to me either...
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post #8 of 18
3/18/12 at 3:57am
I think they're pretty different. I've started to put my vials of samples into small spray vials. I think you get a more accurate feel for the juice when it's sprayed than when it's dabbed.
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post #9 of 18
3/18/12 at 8:26am
Not even remotely.
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post #10 of 18
3/18/12 at 8:56am
Red Vetyver is similar to Terre D'Hermes, nothing like Timbuktu
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post #11 of 18
3/18/12 at 10:00am
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Thanks for the help.

I do find the scents get bigger and more vibrant once I get the full bottle. (sometimes, not for the better)
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post #12 of 18
3/18/12 at 11:10am
The only fragrance I've so far come across that's very close to Timbuktu is Comme des Garçons Kyoto (also by Bertrand Duchaufour).
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post #13 of 18
3/18/12 at 2:15pm
Red Vetyver is similar to CdG's Sequoia. Not Timbuktu.
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post #14 of 18
3/18/12 at 4:50pm
Nope!
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post #15 of 18
3/19/12 at 12:39am
Haha, I don't know of anything I'd call 'similar' to Timbuktu. Not that it's 'untouchable' or 'perfect'--just nothing else quite like it.

Red Vetyver on the other hand is VERY similar to Terre d'Hermes.
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post #16 of 18
3/19/12 at 1:40am
Not similar.
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post #17 of 18
3/19/12 at 9:09am
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Originally Posted by andylama View Post

Haha, I don't know of anything I'd call 'similar' to Timbuktu. Not that it's 'untouchable' or 'perfect'--just nothing else quite like it.

Truly, I do suggest spraying Timbuktu and CdG Kyoto side by side. The similarity will be right there, smiling at you.
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post #18 of 18
3/19/12 at 9:38am
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Originally Posted by onethinline View Post

Truly, I do suggest spraying Timbuktu and CdG Kyoto side by side. The similarity will be right there, smiling at you.

I earnestly wonder what you're picking up on. I smelled Kyoto very recently, and didn't notice any similarity at all...except to the rest of CdG's incense series. Oh well, I guess I also sometimes pick up on a note similarity that others don't get.
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