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Bought within seconds of first smelling it

post #1 of 78
11/7/12 at 11:16pm
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Do you have a scent that you are so sold on it that you bought within seconds of first smelling it?

I just did Cartier Roadster. It could be because I was having a cough and the mint appeals to me immediately. Inhaling it soothes my throat.
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post #2 of 78
11/7/12 at 11:20pm
Kilian Pure OuD...amazing.
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post #3 of 78
11/7/12 at 11:25pm
Do it all the time - many times even without smelling it.
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post #4 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:10am
The most recent one was Voyage d'Hermes Parfum. As soon as I sprayed it on my skin, I bought it.

The relatively low longevity/sillage has had no effect on how much I enjoy this fragrance. Beautiful stuff.
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post #5 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:23am
i did it for DHI. still.loving it
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post #6 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:05am
If I had the money I would've bought Amouage Epic Man instantly.
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post #7 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:09am
Nope, I give a full wearing before purchasing; top notes can be deceiving.
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post #8 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:49am
Dior Homme.
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post #9 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:56am
Platinum Egoiste
Jules by Dior..a very long time ago!
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post #10 of 78
11/8/12 at 2:58am
Tam Dao.
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post #11 of 78
11/8/12 at 3:49am
Gucci Pour Homme I and II
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post #12 of 78
11/8/12 at 3:56am
Armani Emporio Lui
Davidoff Zino
Cacharel Nemo
B*Men
Victor & Rolf Antidote
A*Men Taste of Fragrance
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post #13 of 78
11/8/12 at 3:57am
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Originally Posted by dollars&scents View Post

Nope, I give a full wearing before purchasing; top notes can be deceiving.

This of course! (blind buys you can't test not counted)
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post #14 of 78
11/8/12 at 4:12am
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

Do it all the time - many times even without smelling it.

Same here, specially the second one.
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post #15 of 78
11/8/12 at 4:23am
Didn't purchase, but knew that I'd buy it sooner or later- that first sniff was enough. Has happened to me with
Kouros
Polo
Azzaro
Fahrenheit
Encre Noire
Fahrenheit Absolute
Dior Homme Intense.
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post #16 of 78
11/8/12 at 5:03am
Wish I could say I bought Dior Homme on first smell, but it took me three tries before I bought the bottle. That Iris was just hard to agree with at first.

Oddly enough, Angel Men. There was something about the harsh tar note that was appealing. Bought it right away after I smelled it off the tester.
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post #17 of 78
11/8/12 at 5:36am
It's gotta be Dior Homme Intense of course!
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post #18 of 78
11/8/12 at 6:38am
The only fragrance I immediately bought was Narciso Rodriguez for Him...it is still one of my all time favorites! and I've complete line of the same including ASL/ASB/Deo/Shower Gel
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post #19 of 78
11/8/12 at 6:41am
Terre d'Hermes (few years ago)
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post #20 of 78
11/8/12 at 7:02am
I rarely do this, but last month I did it at the Barney's in Vegas, with Anima Dulcis by Arquiste. Instant love!
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post #21 of 78
11/8/12 at 7:05am
I thought that was the purely natural human response. Then i came across Basenotes.
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post #22 of 78
11/8/12 at 7:14am
Canali Black Diamond... The one time I don't test for Longevity and Projection it bites me!

Amazing scent though, and very happy I own it (3rd bottle!)
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post #23 of 78
11/8/12 at 7:27am
Sure, I did that with a few ...

By Kilian Straight to Heaven
Chanel Platinum Egoiste
Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
Terre d'Hermes
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post #24 of 78
11/8/12 at 7:30am
GIT, DHI, and Back to Black. I'm waiting on a split of GIT...DHI is #1 on my Buy list...BtB would be #2 if I could ever afford it
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post #25 of 78
11/8/12 at 7:43am
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Originally Posted by dollars&scents View Post

Nope, I give a full wearing before purchasing; top notes can be deceiving.

Same here.
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post #26 of 78
11/8/12 at 7:48am
One and only one: APOM Homme. Though, I didn't have the time to double think: I bought it in Paris at the Maison, and the trip was about over
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post #27 of 78
11/8/12 at 10:06am
Eau du Fier - Annick Goutal
Leather Oud
Fat Electrician
Jasmin et Cigarettes
Ambra.Mediterennea versilia vintage
Parfum d'habit
34 boulevard Saint germain
cuir mauresQue
Pure oud
je suis un homme
Vetiver oriental

Many more
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post #28 of 78
11/8/12 at 11:28am
Never. I need to do at least 1 full wearing before buying a bottle. I can't tell how a frag will perform until I see it through it to the end.

Buying a frag after 1 sniff is like seeing the opening credits of a movie and saying it's your favorite movie of the year so far.
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post #29 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:10pm
This happened for me with Bleu de Chanel and it was my first fragrance after a couple of Hugo Boss bottles i had purchased many years ago. Bleu gave a nice start fot my frag hobby and I still reach for bleu every once in a while!
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post #30 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:13pm
Tubereuse Criminelle
Musc Maori
Ambra Nera
L'Eau D'Ambre Extreme
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post #31 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:14pm
Many times but due to some regrets such as carrier roadster, I do full wearing a now. In CR, I lived the mint but hater the vanilla in it.
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post #32 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:21pm
Not within seconds but I did go back next day and bought Givenchy 'Gentleman'...but then, I'm just starting out in this!!
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post #33 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:44pm
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver
Dior Homme Sport
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post #34 of 78
11/8/12 at 12:53pm
Cartier Declaration
L'Instant Extreme

Both turned out to be excellent buys.
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post #35 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:04pm
aventus
as soon as it hit the shelf
(no hype no batch# bullshit)
love at first smell
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post #36 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:09pm
CDG Green Play...I had been wearing a few other frags on my arms to test them out, came back to Barney's and they had just received the 3 new CDG Plays since that morning. I tried Green Play, and got that instead of the one's I had been testing...haven't regretted it for a second, love the stuff.
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post #37 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:19pm
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Originally Posted by dollars&scents View Post

Nope, I give a full wearing before purchasing; top notes can be deceiving.

Yeap.
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post #38 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:22pm
Polo Modern Reserve
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post #39 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by MonkeyBars View Post

Never. I need to do at least 1 full wearing before buying a bottle. I can't tell how a frag will perform until I see it through it to the end.

Buying a frag after 1 sniff is like seeing the opening credits of a movie and saying it's your favorite movie of the year so far.

I've seen some epic opening credits. I'm confident judging a movie as great based off of an amazing opening sequence.
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post #40 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:34pm
mine is Un Jardin Sur le Nil
got a sample and as soon as it smelled it i ordered it. Then it wen into the dry down and I went crazy. I get outstanding longevity and its becoming my all time favorite. This scent single handedly made me love all Hermes fragrances.....Ellena is a beast!!!
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post #41 of 78
11/8/12 at 1:52pm
Midnight in Paris EDP -- love at first sniff.
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post #42 of 78
11/8/12 at 4:21pm
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aventus
as soon as it hit the shelf
(no hype no batch# bullshit)
love at first smell

Better love story than Twilight.
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post #43 of 78
11/8/12 at 4:44pm
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Originally Posted by MonkeyBars View Post

Buying a frag after 1 sniff is like seeing the opening credits of a movie and saying it's your favorite movie of the year so far.

Actually buying after 1 sniff is like seeing the opening credits of a movie and saying - yes I will pay to see the whole thing. Buying a fragrance doesn't mean it is your favorite, just that you are willing to invest the money to add it to your collection.

I have made MANY blind purchases, and have purchased MANY after just a few sniffs.

Just a few that I was instantly sold on:
Annick Goutal Les Nuits d'Hadrien
Heeley Agarwoud
Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche
by Kilian Back to Black
by Kilian Straight to Heaven
by Kilian Incense Oud
Bond No. 9 New York Amber
Ormonde Man
Heeley Sel Marin
Versace Man Eau Fraiche
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post #44 of 78
11/8/12 at 4:47pm
Spicebomb. Bought it within an hour of it being released here in the states.
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post #45 of 78
11/8/12 at 5:08pm
Philosykos its unbelievably addicting...
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post #46 of 78
11/8/12 at 5:19pm
Goodlife by davidoff although I don't wear it as much as should.
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post #47 of 78
11/8/12 at 8:43pm
I am trying hard not to do this as I have regretted some purchases.
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post #48 of 78
11/8/12 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by dollars&scents View Post

Nope, I give a full wearing before purchasing; top notes can be deceiving.

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Originally Posted by Slayerized View Post

This of course! (blind buys you can't test not counted)



These^^^^^^^^^^ 99% of the time

Dior Homme (original/vintage) sitting on a shelf in Sephora was snagged and purchased immediately after I tried the tester which was vintage as well!!!
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post #49 of 78
11/8/12 at 11:47pm
fille en anguille
cyphre rouge
musc kublai kahn
borneo 18..
by Serge Lutens
just yesterday!
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post #50 of 78
11/9/12 at 12:36am
Ambre Narguilé
Tobacco Vanille
New Haarlem
Musc Ravageur
Nasomatto Absinthe

Still luv 'em all. No regrets.
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post #51 of 78
11/9/12 at 1:28am
Gucci pour Homme I. First time i actually had the cash to buy a loveatfirstsniff!
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post #52 of 78
11/9/12 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by dollars&scents View Post

Nope, I give a full wearing before purchasing; top notes can be deceiving.

This really works for me. I've bought a few upon first smell, and it's usually been a blunder. As dollars&scents said, it's way too easy to be tricked by top notes.
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post #53 of 78
11/9/12 at 10:42am
Never done this. I like to take them out a few times, get to know them before I make a commitment.

I often find that I may like something on the first 2 or 3 wearings, but by the 10th i've had enough.
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post #54 of 78
11/9/12 at 5:17pm
I did it with 3 fragrances...and now I have 3 99% full bottles. Sample a few times. If you find yourself driving down to sephora/macy's JUST to try the same fragrance...you probably would like a full bottle of it.
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post #55 of 78
11/11/12 at 7:37pm
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It nearly happen again 2 days ago at Sephora with the new formulation of Dior Homme Sport.

I really really wanted to buy it and it took a lot of pacing up and down Sephora, reasoning with myself, opening the wallet, closing it back, reminding myself of the cc bill from last month's impulse buys, finally fought myself out of Sephora, but still pacing up and down outside it, to finally rid myself of from the demonic lure of that angelic classy scent.

I am going to buy it next month.
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post #56 of 78
11/11/12 at 7:45pm
Habit Rouge L'Eau and a very Lutanesque local cheapy.
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post #57 of 78
11/11/12 at 8:08pm
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I've done this before, but not necessarily "within seconds"... I came back the following day, or I purchased online.

Here's some that I can remember:

Egoiste by Chanel (pre-Basenotes, online purchase)

Azzaro Chrome by Azzaro (pre-Basenotes, same day purchase)

Vintage M7 by YSL (next day purchase)

Pure Havane by Thierry Mugler (ordered a sample, then I purchased online a couple of weeks later due to re-release)

Givenchy Play Intense by Givenchy (next day purchase)

Vintage Michael Kors for Men by Michael Kors (next day purchase)
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post #58 of 78
11/11/12 at 8:14pm
Several. Funny you should mention Cartier Roadster as I did same when I bought it.

Kilian Taste of Heaven was another.
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post #59 of 78
11/11/12 at 9:43pm
Parfumes Regence Kölnisch Juchten.
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post #60 of 78
11/12/12 at 12:14am
For myself, hardly ever. But as presents for others, countlessly often, since I seem to be more comfortable and more objectively detached with estimating, appraising someone else's fragrance tastes.
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