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post #1 of 19
12/8/12 at 4:59pm
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Is it worth buying the incense series sample kit for 40 bucks? (five 2ml samples, one of each). Are these top of the line incense scents if im looking for a good incense scent?
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post #2 of 19
12/8/12 at 5:09pm
Have you tried Montale Full Incense?
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post #3 of 19
12/8/12 at 5:14pm
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no.
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post #4 of 19
12/8/12 at 5:58pm
Do you think you need 2ml to get a sense for whether you like it or not? If not, then I would just order the .7ml samples from Luckyscent and save quite a lot of money. In my opinion, they are worth checking out, but I wouldn't spend $40 to do it.
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post #5 of 19
12/8/12 at 6:01pm
They are definitely great and worth smelling. But the price seems high - given that the scents themselves aren't that expensive, for niche perfumes.

cacio
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post #6 of 19
12/8/12 at 6:32pm
One complaint I sometimes see is that these are recreations of the incenses rather than perfumes with an incense note.
The collector in me wants to get full bottles of the whole series, but I'm both an incense lover and a CdG lover
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post #7 of 19
12/8/12 at 6:40pm
it's not worth buying the incense series sample kit for 40 bucks (it work out to be $4/ml), because you can sample the incense series @luckyscent for $15.

save the the rest and grab a bottle of your favorite from the incense series instead for $80/50ml and it's worth it

have the whole incense series and my fav are Avignon & Jaisalmer

if you love incense, recommend you track down Armani Bois d'Encens
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post #8 of 19
12/8/12 at 6:46pm
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ok, i just dont really like the vials, i prefer the spray samples. But i just dont feel a lot of positive energy from the responses. i may sample them out eventually
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post #9 of 19
12/8/12 at 6:59pm
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Originally Posted by fragnifiscent View Post

ok, i just dont really like the vials, i prefer the spray samples. But i just dont feel a lot of positive energy from the responses. i may sample them out eventually

I don't care for the dabber vials either but $40 is steep for five samples. They're smaller samples (and dabber vials), but you can get all five and Full Incense to boot for $19 at Luckyscent.

Not that you asked but Jaisalmer is my favorite, and Montale's Full Incense is very good and lasts way long than the CdG's.
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post #10 of 19
12/8/12 at 7:58pm
As others have already pointed out, you would be better off getting samples from LuckyScent. Avignon is top of the line for incense fragrances IMO, but the others range from ok to bad.
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post #11 of 19
12/8/12 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by bgoc View Post

Have you tried Montale Full Incense?

A better bet IMO.
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post #12 of 19
12/8/12 at 8:12pm
I think they are really good and each is worth buying. But, no reason to buy the whole series - so get a sample from Luckyscent. My favorites are Jaisalmer, Avignon and Kyoto. Jaisalmer is nice if you like patchouli, Avignon is better for frankincense and Kyoto is more a Japanese style incense fragrance but a milder version.
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post #13 of 19
12/8/12 at 8:12pm
There's a full sample set on Ebay for something like $25 plus shipping.
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post #14 of 19
12/8/12 at 8:24pm
no do not pay that much for them!
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post #15 of 19
12/8/12 at 8:25pm
Avignon is the best recreation of Catholic mass IMO if that was what you are going for? If not you can go for Full Incense which has a sweeter less dry base as well as Kyoto which is an excellent scent in its own right. I find that while Heeley Cardinal is a great recreation of that lithurgical feel it in no way can compare how austere Avignon is. If you are looking for something from the incense series, Kyoto and Avignon are definitely worth a sniff and I would say Avignon is Full Bottle Worthy.
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post #16 of 19
12/8/12 at 10:20pm
Surrender to Chance has a 1 ml. sample (vial) of Montale Full Incense for $3.99.

Wow, they also have a half ml. of Bois d'Encens for $6.99. Ouch.

Looking forward to trying Full Incense and Avignon as I do love the churchy incense vibe.
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post #17 of 19
12/8/12 at 11:48pm
They're worth sampling but not for that price.
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post #18 of 19
12/9/12 at 12:58am
Intelligent and I agree.

Luckyscent will even throw in some samples with the purchase of any bottle. I have sampled them and have to say that, personally, I find the Incense series to be admirable. Kyoto is my favorite...but, they all offer something unique and different. Simply put, Comme des Garcons (as a house) is fantastic with the use and articulate nuances of incense in fragrance. Avignon is also rather striking - not because it is so smoky, but rather because it so lifted and ethereal. Kyoto is transcendent to a temple in the cypress and cedar-forested mountains in Northern Honshu with burning incense from an outdoor Buddhist temple. Gorgeous.

I could continue...but perhaps you should find out for yourself. :-)

Cheers.

ericrico

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Originally Posted by L'Incandescent View Post

Do you think you need 2ml to get a sense for whether you like it or not? If not, then I would just order the .7ml samples from Luckyscent and save quite a lot of money. In my opinion, they are worth checking out, but I wouldn't spend $40 to do it.
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post #19 of 19
12/9/12 at 3:09am
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Originally Posted by hedonist222 View Post

They're worth sampling but not for that price.

Exactly, expcially considering the full bottles are very reasonably priced. Why don't you get samples from luckyscent? My favorites are Avignon, Kyoto and Zagorsk.
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