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Three Classics ~ Vote Now !

Poll Results: Which Is Your Favourite ?

Poll expired: Jan 13, 2013 This is a multiple choice poll
  • 33% (27)
    CHANEL POUR MONSIEUR
  • 19% (16)
    MONSIEUR DE GIVENCHY
  • 38% (31)
    EAU SAUVAGE
  • 8% (7)
    Or Similar Classic Of This Genre (post name)
81 Total Votes  
post #1 of 41
12/30/12 at 11:42am
Thread Starter 
Chanel Pour Monsieur
Monsieur de Givenchy
Eau Sauvage
...........or a similar classic of the same genre. Please post the name if it is not one of the three above.
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post #2 of 41
12/30/12 at 11:46am
Why don't you just make this into a poll?

I vote for Eau Sauvage.
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post #3 of 41
12/30/12 at 11:49am
Monsieur de Givenchy, but all three are great.
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post #4 of 41
12/30/12 at 11:54am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Primrose View Post

Why don't you just make this into a poll?

I vote for Eau Sauvage.


........sorry, it went slightly wrong. Now I think it has worked !
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post #5 of 41
12/30/12 at 12:07pm
Of the three, I voted for Chanel Pour Monsieur, but my favorite 1950s-60s classic cologne is Eau d'Hermès.
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post #6 of 41
12/30/12 at 12:21pm
+1 Chanel Pour Monsieur, but I'd also add Guerlain Vetiver (vintage).
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post #7 of 41
12/30/12 at 12:26pm
All three are excellent. Voted Eau Sauvage.
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post #8 of 41
12/30/12 at 12:40pm
Eau Sauvage (vintage only)
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post #9 of 41
12/30/12 at 12:41pm
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Voted Chanel, great stuff!
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post #10 of 41
12/30/12 at 12:50pm
Tough call, but went for Chanel over Eau Sauvage (just)... I've never tried Monsieur de Givenchy.
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post #11 of 41
12/30/12 at 1:32pm
Eau sauvage
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post #12 of 41
12/30/12 at 1:38pm
Voted for Chanel although I do like the other two.
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post #13 of 41
12/30/12 at 1:43pm
coincidentally, i just put on some vintage monsieur de g... much soapier than the new stuff, which is also nice.
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post #14 of 41
12/30/12 at 1:46pm
...Eau de Guerlain...!
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post #15 of 41
12/30/12 at 2:02pm
Chanel pour monsieur
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post #16 of 41
12/30/12 at 2:56pm
Armani Eau pour Homme (Vintage), Eau de Guerlain or Eau de Rochas Homme are all preferable to the 3 in the vote. Even O de Lancôme and Eau de Rochas (without the Homme) should be considered.

All of these are soon to be gutted by new EU regulation so hurry...
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post #17 of 41
12/30/12 at 3:24pm
Vintage PdN New York
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post #18 of 41
12/30/12 at 4:17pm
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Eau Sauvage. The 400 lb gorilla in the room
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post #19 of 41
12/30/12 at 4:33pm
Dior Fahrenheit got my vote
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post #20 of 41
12/30/12 at 4:53pm
All classics, I can't vote for just one of these. I'm wearing original Monsieur De Givenchy aftershave which is more subtle than the others but magnificent. There are plenty of times when I would rather wear something stronger and would go for the others (probably Chanel Pour Monsieur as a day to day scent as Eau Sauvage can be a little bit loud in it's old fashioned sort of way.)
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post #21 of 41
12/30/12 at 5:41pm
Not even sure what the "same genre" is... but my fave classic is definitely:

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post #22 of 41
12/30/12 at 6:33pm
eau savage beats pour monsieur in quality, wearability and overall scent.
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post #23 of 41
12/30/12 at 7:01pm
Love the Chanel, like the Dior, have fond memories of the Givenchy, but Guerlain Vetiver is the classic of choice for me.
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post #24 of 41
12/30/12 at 9:59pm
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Originally Posted by drseid View Post

Monsieur de Givenchy, but all three are great.

+1
I have multiple vintage minis of each
MdG is the one i seek first ....
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post #25 of 41
12/30/12 at 11:30pm
I enjoy either of the three, but if I had a choice, it would be difficult to decide between Eau Sauvage and Chanel pour Monsieur.
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post #26 of 41
12/31/12 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by bigsteve View Post

Not even sure what the "same genre" is... but my fave classic is definitely: Van Cleef & Arpels pour Homme

...the genre is I guess: a classic citrus scent (Monsieur de Givenchy?)! VCAA has nothing to do with that, so you might come with another candidate...?

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Originally Posted by HDDP View Post

Dior Fahrenheit got my vote

The same goes for HDDP's Fahrenheit!
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post #27 of 41
12/31/12 at 12:19am
I voted CpM but in the same genre I also rate Goutal's Eau de Sud and Detaille's Aeroplane.
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post #28 of 41
12/31/12 at 6:32am
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Originally Posted by Trauerkraut View Post

...the genre is I guess: a classic citrus scent (Monsieur de Givenchy?)! VCAA has nothing to do with that, so you might come with another candidate...?
!

OK, brotato. Guess I got nothin' then...
Fahrenheit is a classic citrus scent? It must have really changed then, because a sample I had a few months ago was all about oil and grease scent (and I've been around enough oil and grease to know).
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post #29 of 41
12/31/12 at 7:13am
Monsieur Givenchy is just a little more refined than Pour Monsieur so it gets the nod from me. Cheers! Happy New Year!
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post #30 of 41
1/1/13 at 9:09am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by bigsteve View Post

Not even sure what the "same genre" is... but my fave classic is definitely:


Thanks for replying. By same genre as Chanel Pour Monsieur, Monsieur de Givenchy and Eau Sauvage I was meaning a classic mens edt based around citrus accords.
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post #31 of 41
1/1/13 at 9:37am
Hard choice, but because I think that the IFRA restrictions have been deleterious to the genre of masculine citruses (without bergamot or oakmoss, they smell emptier).

I recently smelled Eau d'Hadrien, and all I could think was lemon pledge ...

cacio
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post #32 of 41
1/1/13 at 9:37am
All good, but Eau Sauvage is easily my favourite of the three.
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post #33 of 41
1/1/13 at 10:01am
I also like Bois du Portugal, which I prefer over New York in the warmer seasons.
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post #34 of 41
1/1/13 at 10:05am
Pour Monsieur de Chanel ... yay!
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post #35 of 41
1/7/13 at 12:16pm
Thread Starter 
........bumping in the hope more people will vote.
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post #36 of 41
1/7/13 at 12:36pm
I didn't vote as I couldn't choose between MDG and CPM but at a push I will now vote Monsieur de Givenchy for it's subtlety.
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post #37 of 41
1/8/13 at 11:00am
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Originally Posted by martinijo View Post

I didn't vote as I couldn't choose between MDG and CPM but at a push I will now vote Monsieur de Givenchy for it's subtlety.

I feel exactly the same. A very difficult decision for me between MDG and CPH. I think I too would give Monsieur de Givenchy the edge.
Much as I admire Eau Sauvage, as a teenager in the seventies in the UK, every second man was wearing this fragrance and it sort of killed it for me
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post #38 of 41
1/8/13 at 2:03pm
Selection verte, bois du portugal
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post #39 of 41
1/8/13 at 11:40pm
David -

I took the road less traveled and chose the 4th option...all three and more! Each is a wonderful and classic fragrance. I have, respect and enjoy all three of them in both Vintage and recent/current formulations.

I think that they all offer something slightly different to the genre and I find myself adoring the one I am wearing at the time. I did wear Vintage Eau Sauvage to my oldest son's First Communion last May on a warm, sunny day in Northern California. It was fantastic. However, I have also enjoyed Monsieur de Givenchy and Chanel Pour Monsieur on special occasions as well.

You cannot go wrong here...the question is, which one do you find a personal affinity with most (if you were forced to choose)? For me, I am lucky and Blessed - as I get to choose which to wear (Vintage or Newer reformulation)...along with other timeless citrus scents including Acqua di Parma (various bottlings), Armani Eau Pour Homme (Vintage & Current), YSL Pour Homme (Vintage and Recent, but not current) as well as YSL Pour Homme Haute Concentration - and also Monsieur Balmain, Eau de Rochas Pour Homme and, the classic...Guerlain Imperiale (Extra Dry is my preference).

The world of Aromatic Citrus scents is so vast - there is something special in each and every brilliant creation...

Cheers, my friend.

ericrico
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post #40 of 41
1/9/13 at 12:32pm
Monsieur de givenchy
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post #41 of 41
1/9/13 at 12:37pm
Chanel pour Monsieur for me. It's my "comfort" scent. Love it.
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