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Male Scents with a Pleasing Civet Note

post #1 of 30
1/5/13 at 12:59am
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Is there a male or female fragrance that has a pleasing or at least tolerable civet note? The ones I've smell this far are horrible. I have tried Jicky, Kouros and some others I cant recall.
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post #2 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:14am
Hmmm, maybe civet just isn't for you?

Some other fragrances with civet notes include Mouchoir de Monsieur, L'artisan Dzing, Dior Leather Oud, Kiehl's Musk, Muscs Koublai Khan and Musc Ravageur off the top of my head.
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post #3 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:19am
...Patou pour Homme...!
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post #4 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:35am
vintage Monsieur de Givenchy
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post #5 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:47am
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Originally Posted by drseid View Post

vintage Monsieur de Givenchy

+1.
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post #6 of 30
1/5/13 at 2:53am
Dior Leather Oud.
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post #7 of 30
1/5/13 at 3:37am
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Originally Posted by Thematt202 View Post

Hmmm, maybe civet just isn't for you? ...

Agree. No harm in not liking a particular note.
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post #8 of 30
1/5/13 at 5:37am
Yet another seconding in favor of Mouchoir de Monsieur.
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post #9 of 30
1/5/13 at 7:07am
try the new EDT version of Jicky: I did not know what to think the first time I tried, but I tried it again and now find it to be addictive.
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post #10 of 30
1/5/13 at 7:10am
Leather Oud and Muscs Koublai Khan
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post #11 of 30
1/5/13 at 7:23am
Civet is just not for me.
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post #12 of 30
1/5/13 at 7:33am
The easiest civet note to like is in Cuir Mauresque from Serge Lutens. If you don't like it there then no civet for you!
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post #13 of 30
1/5/13 at 7:38am
Leather Oud is quite pleasant.
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post #14 of 30
1/5/13 at 10:19am
Gold pour Homme Amouage for men

LL
This is the best one I've found.
LL
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post #15 of 30
1/5/13 at 12:01pm
Ungaro II
L'A Al Oudh
Gentleman
Jean Pascal
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post #16 of 30
1/5/13 at 12:06pm
but where can we smell a STRONG civet? maybe in some vintage men powerhouses? some example?
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post #17 of 30
1/5/13 at 12:18pm
If you haven't liked civet in multiple frags you've tried, why would you want to keep trying ???
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post #18 of 30
1/5/13 at 12:39pm
Jivago Connect for men
a bit like drakkar noir, but not an exact replica
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post #19 of 30
1/5/13 at 12:49pm
I was going to suggest Givenchy Gentleman and Monsieur plus Mouchoir de Monsieur but if you don't like Jicky you may well not like Mouchoir de Monsieur (though I think it's better it does, like Jicky, smell a bit like faeces for 20 minutes or so)
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post #20 of 30
1/5/13 at 12:58pm
Tempted to recommend you Amouage Gold myself - the manly man-version. It's got civet, but way less than for instance Kouros.
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post #21 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:03pm
Creed Orange Spice has a smooth civet aura that envelopes you like a warm blanket. Nice.
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post #22 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:14pm
I tell you what, supposedly civet is present in By Kilian Love. Now that is a very sweet, marshmallow fragrance, don't detect it there at all, but it is in the note breakdown. It's the only frag with civet in it that I don't find repulsive so far that I've tried.
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post #23 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:24pm
Gendarme V. If there actually is civet in it, I sure as hell don't smell it.
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post #24 of 30
1/5/13 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by bigsteve View Post

If you haven't liked civet in multiple frags you've tried, why would you want to keep trying ???

For the education and the potential discovery of one you may like. I'm guessing he won't be blind buying any of these suggestions.
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post #25 of 30
1/5/13 at 9:09pm
Dior Leather Oud is fairly tolerable as far as the civet goes.
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post #26 of 30
1/5/13 at 9:47pm
Mazzolari Lui
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post #27 of 30
1/5/13 at 10:52pm
Another vote for Mouchoir de Monsieur.
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post #28 of 30
1/6/13 at 10:12am
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Mazzolari Lui

Good stuff, but not for the faint of heart
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post #29 of 30
1/6/13 at 10:39am
IMO, there is no such thing as a "Pleasing Civet Note". There are however, some decent fragrances that happen to have (small amounts of) civit in them - the more buried and minimal the civit note, the more pleasing the fragrance has a chance to be.

It sounds like you don't like it either, so maybe you should just do what I do -- avoid it. There are many other fragrances out there without this skanky stuff in it!
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post #30 of 30
1/6/13 at 10:59am
Look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civetone
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