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post #1 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:02am
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I´m a bit overstrained by their vast choice of Fragrances. Although I saw that they categorize them into groups (citrus, oriental...), it´s still hard to choose a few to sample first.

Some fragrances that I like: Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, Tuscan Leather and For Men, Creed Tabarome and Aventus, Amouage Memoir, Mark Birley Charles Street.
Some fragrances that I strongly dislike/hate: Serge Lutens Chergui and Daim Blond, all Kilians, Thierry Mugler Pure Havane (all of which are too sweet for me), all Nasomatto (strange to say the least), Knize Ten (brutal, old), John Varvatos Vintage.

What can be recommended?
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post #2 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:12am
Love this house and count 50 of theirs in my collection. I'll recommend three: Tea For Two, Mechant Loup, & Coeur De Vetiver Sacre but there are many other good ones which I'm sure others will point out.
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post #3 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:18am
for me, it's a very unique house - a great discovery. some of my favs are:

-Piment Brulant
-L'eau du Navigateur
-Dzongkha
-Timbuktu
-Tea for Two
-Havana Vanille
-and the list goes on...
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post #4 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:24am
I own 7 fragrances from them and Tea for Two easily is my favorite.
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post #5 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:28am
Add to this is Dzing, a leather with a very light gourmand touch.
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post #6 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:32am
I've only tried (and currently own) Tea for Two, but I love it. Smoky, slightly sweet black tea and spices.
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post #7 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:42am
Timbuktu and Tea for Two are my favorite from this house, both worth owning imo.
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post #8 of 21
9/4/12 at 1:42pm
I love Fou d'Absinthe, and based on what you like I'll bet you would too. Also own and enjoy Tea for Two, and Mechant Loup might get picked up as a nice fall fragrance sometime soon.
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post #9 of 21
9/4/12 at 6:16pm
Dzing!
Timbuktu
Voleur de Roses
Traversee du Bosphore
Dzongkha
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post #10 of 21
9/4/12 at 8:26pm
One of my favorite houses.

I'll suggest some and you read reviews to determine if its something that may appeal to you:

Dzing!
Dzongkha
Timbuktu
Traversee du Bosphore
Seville a L'Aube
Passage d'Enfer

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Originally Posted by volley2 View Post

Dzing!
Timbuktu
Voleur de Roses
Traversee du Bosphore
Dzongkha

Hi twin!
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post #11 of 21
9/4/12 at 9:21pm
stay away from Voleur de Roses, and Timbuktu i doubt it you will like it.
Instead try, Fou d'absinth and perhaps to a lesser degree Poivre Piquant.
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post #12 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:07pm
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Originally Posted by hedonist222 View Post

One of my favorite houses.

I'll suggest some and you read reviews to determine if its something that may appeal to you:

Dzing!
Dzongkha
Timbuktu
Traversee du Bosphore
Seville a L'Aube
Passage d'Enfer

Hi twin!

Hello! I couldn't recommend Seville and Passage because I haven't smelled them. Though I've heard great things about them.
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post #13 of 21
9/4/12 at 11:31pm
i love this post!! but if you dont mind me asking why do you hate kilian?
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post #14 of 21
9/5/12 at 12:08am
I got a free standard shipping email from L'Artisan, no code runs until the 14th September. Now I am in the UK, so not sure if its only here?
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post #15 of 21
9/5/12 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by calilove View Post

i love this post!! but if you dont mind me asking why do you hate kilian?

Although obviously made of very high quality ingredients, they are either too sweet (sth, toh, btb), too feminine or develop very strange on my skin. I really wanted to like them, but unfortunately they just arent for me. I like his approach though, and that you can get all of his fragrances cheaper if you dont need the fancy bottle.
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post #16 of 21
9/5/12 at 7:36am
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Originally Posted by Scent7 View Post

Although obviously made of very high quality ingredients, they are either too sweet (sth, toh, btb), too feminine or develop very strange on my skin. I really wanted to like them, but unfortunately they just arent for me. I like his approach though, and that you can get all of his fragrances cheaper if you dont need the fancy bottle.

TOH is amazing!!!!!!!!! lol Thats all I had to say.
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post #17 of 21
9/5/12 at 8:42am
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Originally Posted by CutlassSupremeSL View Post

TOH is amazing!!!!!!!!! lol Thats all I had to say.

This was all just IMHO of course. As I said, I like his approach, but TOH develops a sticky sweet note on my skin. Thats a shame as I like the opening. Glad you like it
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post #18 of 21
9/21/12 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by Scent7 View Post

I´m a bit overstrained by their vast choice of Fragrances. Although I saw that they categorize them into groups (citrus, oriental...), it´s still hard to choose a few to sample first.

Some fragrances that I like: Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, Tuscan Leather and For Men, Creed Tabarome and Aventus, Amouage Memoir, Mark Birley Charles Street.
Some fragrances that I strongly dislike/hate: Serge Lutens Chergui and Daim Blond, all Kilians, Thierry Mugler Pure Havane (all of which are too sweet for me), all Nasomatto (strange to say the least), Knize Ten (brutal, old), John Varvatos Vintage.

What can be recommended?

Aventus
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post #19 of 21
9/21/12 at 9:58pm
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Aventus

LOL! I was going to say Voleur de Roses, but this answer is better
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post #20 of 21
9/21/12 at 10:22pm
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These are the ones I like:
Dzing!
Timbuktu (used sparingly)
Dzongkha
Bois Farine (can go sweet on some skin, use very sparingly)
Mure et Musc edt (blackberries and musc)
Patchouli Patch
Verte Violette (green violets smell wonderful on guys!)
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post #21 of 21
1/26/13 at 9:44am
Tea for two is very good.
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