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Mirror, mirror on the wall... who is the civietiest of them all?

post #1 of 79
6/23/12 at 9:57am
Thread Starter 
Hello guys!
I like alot skanky perfumes!
In particular perfumes with a prominent note of civet!
Of course I don´t like to smell just like a Civet!
But I do like skanky perfumes with a big civet note!
Can you guys help me with your take on the civet note?
Thank you!
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post #2 of 79
6/23/12 at 10:04am
The note can be fecal and unpleasant or musky and good to smell as part of a frag depending how it is blended into a scent.

It's good in leather Oud and their is lots of it but its smoothly mixed in with the leather,oud and honey.
C&S Cuba has it but it does come across as fecal in the top notes.
Givenchy Gentleman (new formulation) has a bit in the basenotes which is good as it gives the scent that muskyness.

So far I love the note in leather Oud.
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post #3 of 79
6/23/12 at 10:07am
As mentioned above, it's blended well in Leather Oud and bearable.
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post #4 of 79
6/23/12 at 10:14am
Here are a bunch of successful civet bombs you might want to check...

Jicky
Citrus Paradisi
Gold Man
Mouchoir De Monsieur
Shalimar (pre LVMH)
Bal A Versailles (EDC)
Petroleum
Leather Oud
Intrigant Patchouli
Ungaro II
Rien
MKK
Revolution by Lisa Kirk
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post #5 of 79
6/23/12 at 10:47am
From what I've read so far, Kurkdjian's Absolue pour le soir seems to be quite civet-loaden (skanky in any case), though I don't know the scent and would appreciate if other members could chime in.
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post #6 of 79
6/23/12 at 11:01am
Alfarom's list is excellent. I would add

Davidoff Zino

and among frags I don't care for, lots of YSLs

YSL pH
Kouros
Rive Gauche pH
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post #7 of 79
6/23/12 at 11:27am
Muscs Koublai Khan and Jicky.
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post #8 of 79
6/23/12 at 11:39am
Mouchoir de Monsieur
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post #9 of 79
6/23/12 at 12:03pm
I second the recommendations for Dior Leather Oud and MKK.
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post #10 of 79
6/23/12 at 12:13pm
Guerlain's Jicky and Mouchoir de Monsieur.

Two of my favorites!
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post #11 of 79
6/23/12 at 12:37pm
Iquitos is a beautiful mix of civet and rose.
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post #12 of 79
6/23/12 at 1:02pm
Dior Jules has a good portion of civet (plus leather)
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post #13 of 79
6/23/12 at 1:11pm
Muscs Koublai Khan has an incredible amount of civet in it. Bal a Versailles has a ton of it as well, as do my very old Shalimars. Kouros has a ton as well.

It's very well-blended in my Jicky and MdM bottles, but contributes this plush effect that's just hypnotizing. Pure love.
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post #14 of 79
6/23/12 at 1:13pm
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Originally Posted by alfarom View Post

Here are a bunch of successful civet bombs you might want to check...

Jicky
Citrus Paradisi
Gold Man
Mouchoir De Monsieur
Shalimar (pre LVMH)
Bal A Versailles (EDC)
Petroleum
Leather Oud
Intrigant Patchouli
Ungaro II
Rien
MKK
Revolution by Lisa Kirk

Ooooh, I need to try all these...maybe even some civet coffee...well, I don't know if I can go that far.
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post #15 of 79
6/23/12 at 1:30pm
Good- Kouros, Leather Oud, Guerlain MdM

Too much- Serge Lutens MKK
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post #16 of 79
6/23/12 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by heperd View Post

Good- Kouros, Leather Oud, Guerlain MdM

Too much- Serge Lutens MKK

Sometimes too much is just right!
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post #17 of 79
6/23/12 at 2:25pm
Thanks for this thred as I don't like the skanky stuff
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post #18 of 79
6/23/12 at 2:44pm
Thread Starter 
Hello guys!
Thank you for the input!
Im going to Paris soon!
I'll try all of them on my trip!
Any other to try?
Thank you!
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post #19 of 79
6/23/12 at 3:41pm
L'Artisan Al Oudh... is feeling a little left out.
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post #20 of 79
6/23/12 at 5:16pm
I like civet quite alot.

Guerlain Heritage EDP, Ungaro II, Zino Davidoff, YSL pour Homme Haute Concentree ( perhaps ? I am not totally sure) are among the few I like.
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post #21 of 79
6/23/12 at 5:18pm
Ubar by Amouage . Nice bit of civet - y skank going on . I love it .
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post #22 of 79
6/23/12 at 5:22pm
Nuit noir from mona di orio is a civet bomb
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post #23 of 79
6/23/12 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by etoile View Post

Hello guys!
Thank you for the input!
Im going to Paris soon!
I'll try all of them on my trip!
Any other to try?
Thank you!

if they're not enough you can add to your list

Amouage Ubar
Must De Cartier
Missoni Missoni
Untitled No.8
Joy
Bethrothal
Paloma Picasso
VC&A First
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post #24 of 79
6/23/12 at 5:30pm
Divine by Divine . I find this one a skank fest !
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post #25 of 79
6/23/12 at 6:55pm
I think Gold for Men by Amouage has a lot of civet too, doesn't it?
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post #26 of 79
6/23/12 at 11:41pm
JAR Ferme tes Yeux is skanky/poopy like hell.
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post #27 of 79
6/24/12 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by Pour_Monsieur View Post

Nuit noir from mona di orio is a civet bomb

This, definitely.

Also, vintage Tabu is very civet-y and pretty easy to find on the internets. Paco Rabanne's La Nuit too.
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post #28 of 79
6/24/12 at 12:33am
Jean Pascal blows the doors off everything else I've tried. It leaves Ungaro II whimpering in the corner. LOL.
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post #29 of 79
6/24/12 at 1:01am
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Originally Posted by Bigsly View Post

Jean Pascal blows the door off everything else I've tried.

Terrific call.
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post #30 of 79
6/24/12 at 1:52am
Visconti Musk du Roy
Vintage Givenchy Gentleman
Vintage Schiaparelli Schocking
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post #31 of 79
6/24/12 at 2:25am
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Originally Posted by alfarom View Post

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Joy

Gosh, yes. The vintage parfum in particular was loaded with civet.
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post #32 of 79
6/24/12 at 1:23pm
Try Tom Ford Urban Musk from his White Musk collection. I find it rather skanky and animalistic but at the same time sophisticated.
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post #33 of 79
6/24/12 at 1:51pm
Beverly Hills by Gale Hayman. HUGE civet........ Read Foetidus´s review of this perfume in the basenotes fragrance directory.
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post #34 of 79
6/24/12 at 2:14pm
(May I ask once more: Does Absolue pour le soir have a noticeable civet-component? Or is it rather subdued?)
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post #35 of 79
6/24/12 at 2:18pm
Thread Starter 
Thank you guys for the help
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post #36 of 79
6/24/12 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by Candide View Post

(May I ask once more: Does Absolue pour le soir have a noticeable civet-component? Or is it rather subdued?)

I have a sample and its a dirty honeyed musk but I can not smell the civet unless its buried in there somewhere.
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post #37 of 79
6/24/12 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by Jack Hunter View Post

I have a sample and its a dirty honeyed musk but I can not smell the civet unless its buried in there somewhere.

Thank you.
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post #38 of 79
6/24/12 at 3:02pm
And for a must try animalic cheapy - Commando by Smell Bent for a wonderful, sweet fecal musk.
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post #39 of 79
6/24/12 at 3:15pm
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Originally Posted by Akahina View Post

Sometimes too much is just right!

Need to test MKK again. Ive found that I cant trust my opinion from months ago.
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post #40 of 79
6/24/12 at 4:06pm
Many great suggestions already.

If you do go to Paris, though, I second Larimar and suggest you stop at the JAR store and try Ferme tes yeux. I think it is unbalanced, but it is hard to beat in the direction. As all JARs, it is obscenely expensive, but smelling is free.

Reports are that current Joy is a clean rose soliflore with no civet, but I have not smelled it. The Patou store is right in front of JAR, so you can check that yourself too (and report, if you find out). For now, I keep checking on the vintage perfume on ebay (together with the equally civety vintage My Sin).

cacio
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post #41 of 79
6/24/12 at 4:10pm
Lots of good suggestions here. For a fresh, almost ozonic civet/castoreum scent (yes, a weird combination but it works) please try the excellent Djin by Michael Storer.

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Lots of good suggestions here. For a fresh, almost ozonic civet/castoreum scent (yes, a weird combination but it works) please try the excellent Djin by Michael Storer.
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post #42 of 79
6/24/12 at 4:33pm
Monsieur Carven by Craven
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post #43 of 79
6/24/12 at 5:11pm
Dig this thread!

Warning though. Untitled #8 is basically a civet accord, and that's it. The OP was asking for civet being accompanied by some supporting accords or other, and that's not it. But I enjoy using my 1ml sample to provide some more skank to a frag I feel needs depth and complexity.
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post #44 of 79
6/24/12 at 5:48pm
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post #45 of 79
6/24/12 at 8:55pm
Leather Oud too. Very animalic.
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post #46 of 79
6/24/12 at 10:01pm
Got some Tabu on my arm now fresh from CVS, where the employee dropped the bottle on the floor. I can only imagine the hazmat guys required if it had broken. It's a "spray cologne" aka pressurized sprayer so it kicked out a LOT of juice on my arm! I probably had some insane sillage at Trader Joe's right afterward, with the disgustingly waxy-aldehydic (and not civetty) Tresor on the other arm. I can attest Tabu is very heavy on the civet, quite urinous.
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post #47 of 79
6/27/12 at 12:26am
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Originally Posted by Candide View Post

(May I ask once more: Does Absolue pour le soir have a noticeable civet-component? Or is it rather subdued?)

Seems dirty but it is actually a raw honey scent. Not animalic civety at all.
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post #48 of 79
6/27/12 at 1:53am
Somebody's selling 4 ounce bottles of Jean Pascal for next to nothing on ebay now, for those who want the ultimate civet trip !
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post #49 of 79
6/27/12 at 2:42am
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Originally Posted by alfarom View Post

Here are a bunch of successful civet bombs you might want to check...

Jicky
Citrus Paradisi
Gold Man
Mouchoir De Monsieur
Shalimar (pre LVMH)
Bal A Versailles (EDC)
Petroleum
Leather Oud
Intrigant Patchouli
Ungaro II
Rien
MKK
Revolution by Lisa Kirk

Ahh Alfarom - always on the money

Revolution is great - thanks Laph for sharing a sample of that one!
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post #50 of 79
6/27/12 at 2:51am
Yep, Jean Pascal is one I'd vote for. I'm putting one up for auction soon.

Got to add Ungaro II and Andron as well as MKK and Monsieur Carven. MC is delicate though IMO
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post #51 of 79
6/27/12 at 9:20am
Horror in a bottle:

http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/secti..._Leonesio.html
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post #52 of 79
6/27/12 at 10:00am
Wore Bal A Versailles today. When I first bought this I though it was quite skanky...now I feel it's simply a nice vanilla scent. I blame BN.
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post #53 of 79
6/27/12 at 10:06am
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Originally Posted by heperd View Post

Seems dirty but it is actually a raw honey scent. Not animalic civety at all.

Honey is very animalic to my nose. Not barnyardy like civet, but definitely urinous and warm-musky-salivic. I can recommend Pacifica brand raw organic honey from Whole Foods! The most animalic commerical honey I've come across. You can really smell the hive in it.
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post #54 of 79
6/27/12 at 11:55am
Civet bomb.

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post #55 of 79
6/27/12 at 12:03pm
Bal a Versailles!!!
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post #56 of 79
6/27/12 at 12:34pm
Thread Starter 
Don't know where to turn now
So many perfumes, too little "time"!
I'll be very busy in Paris
Thanks
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post #57 of 79
6/27/12 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by Brian Chambers View Post

Civet bomb.


I get more cumin than civet from this one.
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post #58 of 79
6/28/12 at 3:34am
Not to forget:

Eau d'Hermès...
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post #59 of 79
6/28/12 at 2:35pm
Thread Starter 
Of all Guerlain ... Who is the civietiest of them all?
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post #60 of 79
6/28/12 at 3:49pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by etoile View Post

Of all Guerlain ... Who is the civietiest of them all?

From those I have tried, definitely Jicky.
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