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Fragrance with the most beautiful smell

post #1 of 58
12/9/12 at 11:45am
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Which fragrance do you believe, and these are personal opinions of course, has the most beautiful smell?

Please don't factor in a frags longevity, sillage, or originality in your decisions, this is purely about smell.
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post #2 of 58
12/9/12 at 11:51am
Vintage Macassar by Rochas.
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post #3 of 58
12/9/12 at 11:53am
There are two fragrances that totally WOWED me in been for me especially beautiful and to contain that magic when you just smell them and go "ahhhhhh now that is good" and they are:

Vintage Amouage Homage
Creed Jardin d' Amalfi
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post #4 of 58
12/9/12 at 11:59am
Dior Homme Intense
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post #5 of 58
12/9/12 at 12:13pm
Givenchy Xeryus Rouge
Dior Homme Intense
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post #6 of 58
12/9/12 at 12:30pm
Balafre
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post #7 of 58
12/9/12 at 12:45pm
Guerlain L'Heure Bleue.
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post #8 of 58
12/9/12 at 12:57pm
DHI
Ambre 114
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post #9 of 58
12/9/12 at 1:01pm
Millesime Imperial
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post #10 of 58
12/9/12 at 1:03pm
Bois des Iles
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post #11 of 58
12/9/12 at 1:22pm
LL
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post #12 of 58
12/9/12 at 1:24pm
That's what I'm talking about!
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Originally Posted by senore01 View Post


LL
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post #13 of 58
12/9/12 at 1:32pm
Robe D'Un soir (original) by Carven -women
Tsar by Van Cleef & Arpels (original)-men

...and as always, don't overdo it
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post #14 of 58
12/9/12 at 1:33pm
I could never choose just one.

I would start with Chanel Cuir de Russie parfum, Vol de Nuit and Cuir de Lancome.

Then I would add others.
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post #15 of 58
12/9/12 at 2:30pm
FURYO by Jacques Bogart
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post #16 of 58
12/9/12 at 3:00pm
I love FM's Bigarade Concentree...every time I smell it I think I love it a little more.

- - - Updated - - -

I love FM's Bigarade Concentree...every time I smell it I think I love it a little more.
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post #17 of 58
12/9/12 at 3:06pm
I find that the new Jour d'Hermes to be a beautiful perfume.
Vol de Nuit is another one.
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post #18 of 58
12/9/12 at 3:43pm
Beautiful? I seek beauty, I seek to be surrounded by it. I wonder how you're using the word. If I stand in front of Water Lillies at the MOMA, I see beauty. Intense beauty. I love most Picassos, but I find them to be less "beautiful" than the water lillies. So maybe my feelings about beauty have kind of this Japanese lilt to them where I think about stuff like harmony, peace, balance, proportion and nuanced pleasure. I can appreciate and respect some the more hard-edged male fragrances out there, the ones that seem to extend from the Guinness Stout/horseshit cohiba/rotten whiskey model of demonstrating one's virility, but for me "beauty" has a somewhat softer, milder, more comforting feeling to it than that. So, with that disclaimer in mind, I think that the most beautiful fragrances are -

Bulgari Eau Parfumee Au The Vert
Cartier L'Essence de Must Pour Homme
Cartier Must Pour Homme
Gaultier 2
Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille
Gucci Pour Homme 2003
Jo Malone Red Roses (imo dudes cannot wear this, but can park bars of the soap in strategic locations in the bathroom).

Maybe Halston Z-14, which in some ways is the magnum opus of male perfumery, is beautiful. The old, original, long-gone Quorum was kind of beautiful.

I could probably be convinced that an old skool test-fest powerhouse like Santos is beautiful - I wear it a lot - but my definition of beauty is probably narrower than yours. Anyway, that's my best thinking on the subject. It's all terribly subjective, isn't it?
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post #19 of 58
12/9/12 at 3:58pm
Is beautiful here being used as a synonym for good? Some fragrances I find very good arn't really beautiful.

I'll pick five: Nina Ricci's Fille d'Eve (vintage parfum), Worth's Je Reviens (vintage parfum) Opulent Shaik no.33 (EDP), Love Chloe (EDP) and Annick Goutal's Rose Absolu (EDP)

Note that I don't add certain things I'm apt to rave wildly about such as Annick Goutal's vanilla because I find it more delicously sensual than beautiful, and say Tabac Blonde which is more femme fatale sexy than beautiful, and I don't add any of my favourite masculines because except for The Third Man (vintage, which still doesn't quite make the cut) I wouldn't call most of them beautiful.
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post #20 of 58
12/9/12 at 4:44pm
For some strange reason YSL L'homme was the first thing that popped up in my head when I think "beautiful"
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post #21 of 58
12/9/12 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by inc0gnito View Post

For some strange reason YSL L'homme was the first thing that popped up in my head when I think "beautiful"

That's because it is! I also thought of Gucci Pour Homme II ....the violet top note always smells beautiful to me
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post #22 of 58
12/9/12 at 6:55pm
Gucci Pour Homme II
Creed Silver Mountain Water
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Ambre 114
LIDGE
Tom Ford Neroli Portofino
Prada Amber pour Homme
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post #23 of 58
12/9/12 at 6:56pm
Creed Aventus
Creed BdP
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post #24 of 58
12/9/12 at 7:03pm
Homage
Egoiste
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post #25 of 58
12/9/12 at 7:54pm
Jubilation XXV


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post #26 of 58
12/9/12 at 8:40pm
Can only think of 2 right now that qualify. There's a purity or innocence about them that I find truly beautiful.

Sonoma Scent Studio's Jour Ensoleille
Cartier Les Heures Fougueuse
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post #27 of 58
12/9/12 at 10:14pm
Black Aoud for its lush, fresh, wet, red roses
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post #28 of 58
12/9/12 at 10:30pm
Creed Windsor
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post #29 of 58
12/9/12 at 11:31pm
Beautiful?

Chanel Cuir De Russie is probably the most 'beautiful' one I own.
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post #30 of 58
12/9/12 at 11:44pm
Vol de Nuit vintage pure parfum.
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post #31 of 58
12/9/12 at 11:48pm
My nose senses copious amounts of beauty on scents like Caron pour un Homme, Van Cleef & Arpels pour Homme or Guerlain Mouchoir de Monsieur
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post #32 of 58
12/10/12 at 12:47am
Mecca Balsam by La Via del Profumo and Bois d'Hiver by Ayala Moriel. Attar Asrar from Amouage is also great.
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post #33 of 58
12/10/12 at 1:29am
to me, Noir de Noir. its like perfection
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post #34 of 58
12/10/12 at 7:23am
I find florals to be the most beautiful, and no flower is more beautiful than the rose.
Rose Nacrée du Desert - Guerlain
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post #35 of 58
12/10/12 at 7:29am
FM's Carnal Flower, still.
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post #36 of 58
12/10/12 at 7:39am
Hundreds of samples later and it's still Habit Rouge!
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post #37 of 58
12/10/12 at 8:14am
I love vintage Van Cleef & Arples pour Homme. Also Halston 1-12 and Creed Jasmal are quite beautiful.
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post #38 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:06am
Hilde Soliani Vagobondo
Keiko Macheri Cuir Fauve
All Soivohle
All SoOud
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post #39 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:06am
+1 no doubt!
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post #40 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:13am
From the first smell, this is my favorite. Guerlain-Heritage
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post #41 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:25am
I still end up giving this award to D&G The One...something about it makes it smell almost perfect.
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post #42 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:27am
Baldessarini Strictly Private
Beyond Paradise for Men
Breath of God
Guerlain Homme L'Eau Boisée
Timbuktu
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post #43 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:37am
For me, based on what I've spent real time with: Chanel Coromandel and Frederic Malle Carnal Flower.
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post #44 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:38am
Vintage Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme
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post #45 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:47am
Midnight in Paris EdT and EdP and Dior Homme (Original Formulation)

These are two fragrances that upon receiving samples or testing in store, I immediately purchased.

Also

Hamptons by Bond no.9 is amazing as well. I need to get my nose on SMW as I've read they smell similar, and SMW can be had for cheaper.
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post #46 of 58
12/10/12 at 9:47am
Etro Shaal Nur
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post #47 of 58
12/10/12 at 2:39pm
Cologne Noire by Van Cleef & Arpels...Back to Black...GIT...Dior Homme
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post #48 of 58
12/10/12 at 4:21pm
Amouage Epic Man is another that comes to my mind.
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post #49 of 58
12/10/12 at 6:46pm
Tom Ford Black Orchid . . .

+1 for Creed Millesime Imperial and Guerlain Heritage.
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post #50 of 58
12/10/12 at 7:20pm
Clive Christian X for Men
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post #51 of 58
12/10/12 at 7:42pm
Yves Saint Laurent La Nuit De l'homme

Not on my skin though, unfortunately
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post #52 of 58
12/10/12 at 8:21pm
So difficult. First ones that come to mind would probably be...
Amber Absolute
Sycomore
Green Irish Tweed
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post #53 of 58
12/11/12 at 4:39am
Amouage Reflectiom
Rose 31
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post #54 of 58
12/11/12 at 9:06am
Amouage Gold for women and L'Air du Desert Marocain are up there.
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post #55 of 58
12/11/12 at 8:22pm
I discovered a new beauty today. Tea Rose by The Perfumer's Workshop is an absolutely beautiful, true rose from beginning to end.
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post #56 of 58
12/11/12 at 8:34pm
Guerlain's Apres L'Ondée
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post #57 of 58
12/12/12 at 12:04am
Aventus
DHI
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post #58 of 58
12/12/12 at 2:04pm
Dior Homme Intense...it's my favorite fragrance smell, absolutely made me crazy when I smelled it. First time I sprayed it, I sprayed it on my left arm...let's just say I wanted to do bad things to my arm , that's how intoxicated I was. That damn lipstick
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