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Ten most masculine niche scents

post #1 of 30
4/5/12 at 5:56pm
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Hello fellow BaseNoters!

I am working on a shopping list on niche scents.

Down here, the offering of such kind of fumes is quite limited. For instance, a local distributor sells some Creeds, but not Bois de Portugal; it also sells some Goutals, but not the most interesting ones, like the ones included in Les Orientalistes. The offering of Bond and JHaG is quite complete, but these are not akin to my tastes. Chanel sells its Les Exclusifs line, but except for Sycomore and Russian Leather, I find them too femenine.

So the question is which ten niche scents would you recommend as being the most masculine ones?

I am thinking of the following ones:

1. Villoresi's Incenso,
2. Sandalo,
3. Uomo
4. Spezie,

5. Creed's Bois de Portugal,

6. MPG's Parfum D'Habit
7. MPG's Santal Noble

8. Mazzolari Lui

But would like to add to the list something else by other Houses, like Parfumerie General, Parfums D'Empire or Patricia de Nicolai.

You must as well suggest others (and do aside the ones previously mentioned if you think they are not "ballsy" enough) provided complexity is one if the main characteristic of your suggestions.

Thanks in advanced!
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post #2 of 30
4/5/12 at 6:27pm
PdN's New York is probably one, but it's similar to Creed's BdP.
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post #3 of 30
4/5/12 at 6:45pm
Nos. 3, 5 and 7 on your list are all excellent. If you can get Tom Ford's line there, also try TF Extreme for Men.
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post #4 of 30
4/5/12 at 6:49pm
L'ombre Fauve by Parfumerie Generale
Coze by Parfumerie Generale
Cuir Ottoman by Parfum d'Empire (if you like leather)
New York by Parfums de Nicolai
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post #5 of 30
4/5/12 at 7:51pm
Kitana - Atelier Flou
Bois Du Portugal - Creed
Tabarome - Creed
Arome 3 Tradition - D'Orsay
Cardinal - Heeley
1828 - Histoires De Parfums
L'Eau De Caporal - L'Artisan Parfumeur
Arboretum - Le Prince Jardinier
Aoud Forest - Montale
Attar - Montale
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post #6 of 30
4/5/12 at 7:56pm
+1 on MPG's Parfum D'Habit, MPG's Santal Noble, Mazzolari Lui, Cuir Ottoman...I'll add

Knize Ten
Vetiver Extraordinaire
French Lover
Eau Des Iles
1740
Xerjoff Homme
Leather Oud
Fareb
Oud Cuir D'Arabie
Exhale
Or Black
Route Du Vetiver
Etro Vetiver
Cummings the Fragrance (or 2nd Cumming)
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post #7 of 30
4/5/12 at 7:57pm
MPG Santal Noble
HdP 1725 Casanova
Creed Aventus
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Knize Ten/Knize Ten Golden Edition
MDCI Invasion Barbare
Creed Bois du Portugal
Comme de Garcons Wonderwood
Divine L'homme de Coeur
Houbigant Fougere Royale (re-release)
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post #8 of 30
4/5/12 at 9:23pm
I second many of the ones suggested by previous posters. PdN New York used to be the reference, but note that Luca Turin claims it has been watered down by IFRA regulations - I haven't smelled the recent one. I know little of PdE or PG, but I greatly enjoyed the green masculine Eau de Gloire. In your list, I own, and love, Mazzolari Lui.

My list of butch niche frags:
Knize Ten (elegant, but butch, ambery leather)
Tauer Air du desert marocain (dry, incensy, woody)
Le Labo Patchouli 24 (explosion at chemical factory)
Etat Libre d'Orange Rien (bitter leather)
Etat Libre d'Orange Je suis un homme (classical citrus-woods-leather-resins)
Kurkdjian Absolue pour le soir (musky leathery)
Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan (musky dirty)
Tauer Lonestar Memories (phenolic woody)
Dior Leather oud (as per name)
Goutal Sables (helichrysum)

cacio
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post #9 of 30
4/6/12 at 10:21am
Guerlain's Derby and Mouchoir de Monsieur...at a niche price point
L'Artisan's L'eau du Navigateur
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post #10 of 30
4/6/12 at 10:46am
Eau d`Italie Bois du Ombrie
Penhaligon`s Douro
Tom Ford Italian Cypress
Serge Lutens Chène
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post #11 of 30
4/6/12 at 1:27pm
PDN - Patchouli Homme
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post #12 of 30
4/6/12 at 2:06pm
Ysl rive gauche
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post #13 of 30
4/6/12 at 2:11pm
I second, among others:

Bois Du Portugal - Creed
Tabarome - Creed
Knize Ten
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post #14 of 30
4/6/12 at 2:52pm
CdG Wonderwood...it smells like wood...I don't think girls want to smell like wood.
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post #15 of 30
4/6/12 at 3:19pm
Amouage - Epic
Creed - Bois du Portugal
MDCI - Invasion Barabare
Knize Ten
Guerlain - Derby
Frederic Malle - French Lover
Odori - Tobacco
Guerlain - Dandy
PDN - New York
Tom Ford - Tuscan Leather
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post #16 of 30
4/6/12 at 4:39pm
I will add:

Hermes - Rocabar
Mazzolari - Lui
Mark Birley
Houbigant - Fougere Royale
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post #17 of 30
4/6/12 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by alfarom View Post

+1 on MPG's Parfum D'Habit, MPG's Santal Noble, Mazzolari Lui, Cuir Ottoman...I'll add

Knize Ten
Vetiver Extraordinaire
French Lover
Eau Des Iles
1740
Xerjoff Homme
Leather Oud
Fareb
Oud Cuir D'Arabie
Exhale
Or Black
Route Du Vetiver
Etro Vetiver
Cummings the Fragrance (or 2nd Cumming)

Question: is it possible to get Or Black from anyone besides the perfumer?
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post #18 of 30
4/6/12 at 6:36pm
i will limit it to 6 if we talk about something i like very much, and would have a hard time imagining on a woman:

parfum d'habit
jardin du nil
eau du iles
oud cuir d'arabie
bois d'orage
vetiver extraordinaire
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post #19 of 30
4/6/12 at 6:45pm
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Originally Posted by BurgundyMarsh View Post

Question: is it possible to get Or Black from anyone besides the perfumer?

It pops up now and then on ebay and on the sales thread here. I haven't found a reliable place online to purchase it.
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post #20 of 30
4/7/12 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by A. Homme View Post

PdN's New York is probably one, but it's similar to Creed's BdP.

Better than BdP imo. But wearable for women too I think.
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post #21 of 30
4/7/12 at 7:40am
I'll add Odori Tabacco. It's Pure Havane for those with chest hair.
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post #22 of 30
4/7/12 at 9:22am
Knize-Ten
Creed-Green Irish Tweed
Creed-Bois du Portugal
Puredistance-M
PdN-New York
MDCI-Invasion Barbare
Guerlain-Derby
HdP-1740 Marquis De Sade
Creed-Tabarome
Amouage-Epic man
Chanel-Sycomore
Tom Ford- Tuscan Leather
Mazzolari-Lui
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post #23 of 30
4/7/12 at 10:23am
Thread Starter 
Thanks to you all for your replies! I will take some time and tally all answers, that way we will have an extensive list of niche scents considered masculine at the time my question was posted.

Thanks again to you all!
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post #24 of 30
4/7/12 at 1:05pm
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Here they are, the most masculines as per the felow BNoters who kindly replied to my post.

Bois Du Portugal is considered the most manly. Next to it are Knize Ten, New York, Derby and Invastion Barbare, Tabarome, Mazzolari Lui.

1\tBois Du Portugal -\t6 mentions
2\tKnize Ten - 5
3\tNew York - 4
4\tDerby - 3
5\tInvasion Barbare - 3
6\tTabarome - 3
7\tLui - 3

These ones got two mentions each (in alphabetical order)

8\tEau Des Iles
9\tEpic
10\t1740
11\tFougere Royale
12\tFrench Lover
13\tGreen Irish Tweed
14\tOud Cuir D'Arabie
15\tParfum D'Habit
16\tSantal Noble
17\tTabbaco
18\tTuscan Leather
19\tVetiver Extraordinaire
20\tWonderwood

These have only one mention each (also in alphabetical order).

21\t1725
22\t1828
23\tAbsolue pour le soir
24\tAoud Forest
25\tArboretum
26\tArome 3 Tradition
27\tAttar
28\tBois d'Orage
29\tBois du Ombrie
30\tCardinal
31\tChène
32\tCoze
33\tCreed Aventus
34\tCuir Ottoman
35\tCummings the Fragrance
36\tDandy
37\tDior Leather oud
38\tDouro
39\tEtro Vetiver
40\tExhale
41\tFareb
42\tItalian Cypress
43\tJardin du Mil
44\tJe suis un homme
45\tKitana
46\tL' Air du desert marocain
47\tL'Aur du Navigateur
48\tL'Eau De Caporal
49\tL'homme de Coeur
50\tL'ombre Fauve
51\tLe Labo Patchouli 24
52\tLeather Oud
53\tLonestar Memories
54\tM
55\tMark Birley
56\tMouchoir de Monsieur
57\tMuscs Koublai Khan
58\tOr Black
59\tPatchouli Homme
60\tRien
61\tRoute Du Vetiver
62\tSables
63\tSandalo
64\tSpezie
65\tSycomore
66\tTabbaco
67\tUomo
68\tXerjoff Homme
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post #25 of 30
4/7/12 at 1:30pm
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Originally Posted by BurgundyMarsh View Post

Question: is it possible to get Or Black from anyone besides the perfumer?

I got both the vintage and the current from the marketplace...
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post #26 of 30
4/7/12 at 2:38pm
Puredistance M
Xerjoff Homme
Xerjoff Richwood
Creed Vintage Tabarome
Invasion Barbare MDCI
Absolue pour le soir MFK
Turtle Vetiver Exercise 1 Les Nez
Black Aoud Montale
1740 Histoires de Parfums
Oud Luban Aftelier Perfumes
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post #27 of 30
4/7/12 at 4:24pm
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Originally Posted by cologne connoisseur View Post

If you can get Tom Ford's line there, also try TF Extreme for Men.

I don't understand this...In Style magazine named this one of the top 10 men scents too (most were the usual designer ones..as somewhat expected)...man this stuff just comes across as a floral powdery incense bomb that just seems too feminine. Hrmm ill put it into open testing next week but thats my take on it anyway.
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post #28 of 30
4/7/12 at 5:42pm
Frank Los Angeles 2, my first niche bottle and sort of a best-kept secret fragrance. I don't see it mentioned a lot. Definitely masculine.
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post #29 of 30
4/8/12 at 1:54am
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Originally Posted by My_pep_pep View Post

Frank Los Angeles 2, my first niche bottle and sort of a best-kept secret fragrance. I don't see it mentioned a lot. Definitely masculine.

I agree. A great masculine scent.
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post #30 of 30
4/8/12 at 6:39am
Off the top of my head and without looking at the other responses these are the 10 most masculine niche fragrances I can think of. By the way, this kind of fragrance works well on any woman, especially very feminine types, who might want to lift up the assertive side their persona with a masculine contrasting element. It's like adding a black leather biker jacket or a kick ass tattoo onto your self that comes off at the end of the day.

1. Dior Leather Oud
2. Parfum d' Habit
3. Mazzolari Lui
4. Lonestar Memoires
5. Patchouli 24
6. SMN Nostalgia
7. Slumberhouse Vikt
8. Mona di Orio Cuir
9. Knize Ten
10. Or Black
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