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Scent of "pine and leather"?

post #1 of 20
1/9/13 at 1:08pm
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Hi guys,

I am just reading a crime novel in which of one of the male characters is said that "an expensive scent of pine and leather emanated from his person".

What scent could that be??? I am very interested in "pine and leather". So, what do the aficionados say?



The novel, BTW, is The Hollow Man by Oliver Harris. Not bad at all.
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post #2 of 20
1/9/13 at 2:38pm
Polo is the first thing that comes to mind. Digging up the vintage could be expensive I suppose.
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post #3 of 20
1/9/13 at 2:42pm
Yeah... forget the latest version of Polo (green). It just ain't the same, damn it.
If you can find it, get vintage.
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post #4 of 20
1/9/13 at 3:08pm
Sounds like a made up combo. In any case, I cannot think of pine plus leather per se, but the most famous galbanum + leather (galbanum smells fresh green, but not coniferous) is the deliciously s&m Bandit.

A fragrantica search for pine and leather shows a dozen or so scents, but for what I've smelled, none of them has a prominent leather note to my nose (while some of them are indeed pine-y). I have not smelled vintage Polo, but as already said, the current one is certainly not leathery.

cacio
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post #5 of 20
1/9/13 at 3:31pm
Carlo Corinto Classic has both leather and pine - but isn't expensive
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post #6 of 20
1/9/13 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by docluv45 View Post

Polo is the first thing that comes to mind. Digging up the vintage could be expensive I suppose.

+1 - That's exactly what I thought of when I saw "pine and leather".
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post #7 of 20
1/9/13 at 3:36pm
Could it possibly be Fille En Aiguilles layered with some Leather only scent?
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post #8 of 20
1/9/13 at 3:49pm
Some of the older Spanish scents by Puig? i.e.: Agua Brava, Quorum, ...
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post #9 of 20
1/9/13 at 4:34pm
I think you might want to extend the search past just "pine" and maybe consider conifer scents more generally which could come across as pine (cypress, etc.).

I'm guessing things like the original Polo, maybe Yatagan, although I agree it is probably just something made up rather than a specific product that the author had in mind.
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post #10 of 20
1/9/13 at 4:55pm
Cuir Pleine Fleur comes to mind....even though it doesn't have pine, it still sort of fits IMO. And it is "expensive".
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post #11 of 20
1/9/13 at 5:02pm
Just smelled the sprayer of polo green. That may be a possibility.
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post #12 of 20
1/9/13 at 5:58pm
Here's my reaction. Pine and leather are at opposite end of the spectrum. Pine is fresh, bright, natural, vegetal, green. Leather is antique, dark, somewhat constructed, animalic, brown.
The person who writes of the reconciliation of these two polarities is making a statement which is bold but which actually would not be a good combination.
The "pine" represents the natural world, one open to possibilities. The "leather" represents a more constructed masculine aspect, tougher, less open, more "cured" or "seasoned" as leather is.
In other words, this is a literary construct rather than a description of an actual scent.
Of course others will disagree but that how it seems to me.
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post #13 of 20
1/9/13 at 10:31pm
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post #14 of 20
1/9/13 at 11:49pm
FILS DE DIEU DU RIZ ET DES AGRUMES - Etat Libre d'Orange - somewhat
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post #15 of 20
1/10/13 at 12:05am
Le Seducteur by Micallef would fit the bill.
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post #16 of 20
1/10/13 at 1:23am
Polo green.
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post #17 of 20
1/10/13 at 1:33am
Another vote for Polo, this comes to mind first.
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post #18 of 20
1/10/13 at 3:32am
O'Driu's Laltrove 1003 is the first one that comes to mind...
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post #19 of 20
1/10/13 at 6:27am
Esencia Loewe has 'pine needles' and 'leather' listed as notes but speaking from personal experience, it feels more like a vibe or texture. I cannot discount the possibly subliminal effects of a marketing construct either. So Ody made a valid point.
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post #20 of 20
1/10/13 at 8:38am
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Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

Le Seducteur by Micallef would fit the bill.

Fantastic, isn't it? Very good call.
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