Hi everyone.
In a nutshell, what 3 designer fragrances had the biggest impact on you, in a revolutionary sense (before you began drilling deep into the niche brands, assuming you started out with the designers)?
For me, there have only been 2:
Vintage Polo Green decades ago (my first and only frag true love), and now Le Male.
That said, up until about 2 months ago, I had not been into anything for decades, since Polo was big, loud and proud. And since then, I have only very recently discovered Le Male. I assume there are a lot of frags just waiting for me to find but so far I haven’t really stumbled on anything nearly as “revolutionary” (pardon the melodrama) as Polo years ago, and now Le Male.
I appreciate that to many/most here, both Polo and Le Male are very dated, unsophisticated, overworn and, perhaps, completely “ghetto”. That’s probably all true but for me, at the stage I’m at, I currently love Le Male. Some day I may look back on all this as being synonymous with the unexplainable bliss I experienced eating my first Big Mac, but whatever. Le Male is the only one I currently own that I find truly exciting. When I get a waft of it, it sends me into orbit. For me it is sex in a bottle. I hope I never become disenchanted with it. And as a bonus, my GF loves it too.
In addition to Le Male (which was a gift), I currently have full bottles of the following:
1. Chanel PE - also a gift. I only wear it to work. I find it extremely boring but totally safe. I would never buy this myself.
2. Acqua di Gio Essenza - My first purchase 2 months ago. I’m liking it less and less, and have not worn it for weeks. I see this bottle not being touched for a while.
3. YSL La Nuit de l'Homme EDT - I recently bought this mostly because I was so excited to finally be able to get a whiff of it. It was like a victory of sorts. Before then, I could not smell it if my life depended on it. I can still return it if I want. It's really not my style. Certainly nowhere near what I would term "revolutionary" for me, in the sense of Polo or Le Male.
I have tried and found interesting the following:
1. Terre D'Hermes PP;
2. Burberry London;
3. A*Men and A*Men Pure Leather (not sure which one I would ever buy, if either); and
4. Fahrenheit (bizarre -- petroleum and leather; perhaps too interesting to pass up though).
Unfortunately, none of these are what I would term "revolutionary" for me.
Anyway, what were your 3 biggest impact designer fragrances? I don't mean currently. In fact, you may now despise what blew you away at some point in your past. I'm wondering what exactly blew you away, at the time, and not necessarily now.
Love this site. Thanks to all for all your posts. They have made for GREAT reading the past number of weeks. Much appreciated.
In a nutshell, what 3 designer fragrances had the biggest impact on you, in a revolutionary sense (before you began drilling deep into the niche brands, assuming you started out with the designers)?
For me, there have only been 2:
Vintage Polo Green decades ago (my first and only frag true love), and now Le Male.
That said, up until about 2 months ago, I had not been into anything for decades, since Polo was big, loud and proud. And since then, I have only very recently discovered Le Male. I assume there are a lot of frags just waiting for me to find but so far I haven’t really stumbled on anything nearly as “revolutionary” (pardon the melodrama) as Polo years ago, and now Le Male.
I appreciate that to many/most here, both Polo and Le Male are very dated, unsophisticated, overworn and, perhaps, completely “ghetto”. That’s probably all true but for me, at the stage I’m at, I currently love Le Male. Some day I may look back on all this as being synonymous with the unexplainable bliss I experienced eating my first Big Mac, but whatever. Le Male is the only one I currently own that I find truly exciting. When I get a waft of it, it sends me into orbit. For me it is sex in a bottle. I hope I never become disenchanted with it. And as a bonus, my GF loves it too.
In addition to Le Male (which was a gift), I currently have full bottles of the following:
1. Chanel PE - also a gift. I only wear it to work. I find it extremely boring but totally safe. I would never buy this myself.
2. Acqua di Gio Essenza - My first purchase 2 months ago. I’m liking it less and less, and have not worn it for weeks. I see this bottle not being touched for a while.
3. YSL La Nuit de l'Homme EDT - I recently bought this mostly because I was so excited to finally be able to get a whiff of it. It was like a victory of sorts. Before then, I could not smell it if my life depended on it. I can still return it if I want. It's really not my style. Certainly nowhere near what I would term "revolutionary" for me, in the sense of Polo or Le Male.
I have tried and found interesting the following:
1. Terre D'Hermes PP;
2. Burberry London;
3. A*Men and A*Men Pure Leather (not sure which one I would ever buy, if either); and
4. Fahrenheit (bizarre -- petroleum and leather; perhaps too interesting to pass up though).
Unfortunately, none of these are what I would term "revolutionary" for me.
Anyway, what were your 3 biggest impact designer fragrances? I don't mean currently. In fact, you may now despise what blew you away at some point in your past. I'm wondering what exactly blew you away, at the time, and not necessarily now.
Love this site. Thanks to all for all your posts. They have made for GREAT reading the past number of weeks. Much appreciated.
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