I prefer Zino/ Il Profumo's Patchouli Noir & Carven Homme To ...

I prefer vintage Zino, Il Profumo's Patchouli Noir & Carven Homme to GIT/Aventus & basically anything 'fresh'...Does this make me unrefined, inexperienced and in general an all around bad person?

Also,

Can anyone recommend other fragrances along the lines of Zino/ Carven (bearing in mind that I own BDP) to help a guy move further down that road?

Further, how the &*#! is it that perfumers were able to make fragrances like Zino in the 80's at such a low price point, that (quality wise) are so far beyond many of today's $200 bottles?


Thanks!

This was just a pale attempt at humor on my part.
I do wonder how it is that fragrances seemed to be so much more complete way back when (I know that IFRA standards likely come into play here).

If I love Zino, can anyone suggest a few others in that vein?

Thank you for the great response. I am certainly not Creed bashing as I own and enjoy a few, though I never really feel as though they 'hit the spot'.

With Carven, I think that I enjoy the spicy Juniper/Lavender in the opening to mid quite a bit and I sense a great sweet tobacco pushing through. The dry down is nice but is not very strong and does not seem to last long on my skin. This may be the used vintage bottle that I purched for $6 though. Overall great, but nowhere near the same league as Zino to me.

Zino feels like a 'grail' scent to me. It took a little while to love the chaotic floral opening, but I do now. The patchouli/ sandalwood accord mixed with the rosewood/ tobacco in the drydown is likely what does it for me (though I am not a fan of rose prominent fragrances)...along with the subtle sweet tobacco that it leaves on clothing.

Have not yet tried vintage Heritage or vintage Givanchy Gentleman.

Thank you again for the great responses. I do suppose that like any other art form, perfumery will suffer when a financial bottom line and the quest for mass acceptance become factors.

I will certainly give Heritage, 1920 Extreme and Jazz a try. M7 excluded, I have not had a ton of luck with most YSL fragrances (though my experience has mostly been with their modern offerings). Would love to hear Monkeybars' opinion on that as I think that we may have similar tastes and are in the same city (climate). Heritage does sound quite appealing.

As I had stated earlier, Zino really does feel like a 'grail' scent to me. I find that it to be quite different from wearing to wearing, with different facets revealing themselves at different times.

I know that I had either worn it, or been close to someone who wore it regularly in the 80's or 90's. It was a scent that I had been looking for and an accord in the drydown had been in the back of my mind as my interest in fragrances grew.

I came across a bottle at a friend's apartment last year and hmmmmm. After doing the research here, I purchased a 1oz several months ago. After my first full wearing, I immediately purchased a 125ml script bottle.

So funny that after spending so much on so many niche bottles, one learns that magic can be found for $26.99!

I don't quite have the vocabulary yet to get more specific with the accords, etc... so basically as far as recommendations are concerned I think that what I am saying is gimme some more of that!

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