Today I bought >>>>> JULY 2009 <<<<<<<

[gupts]

Guerlain Samsara 50ml eau de parfum *vintage*






Guerlain Samsara 7.5ml parfum *not sure if this is vintage*

[ebear]

Ordered Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet yesterday - after years of flirting with the idea.

[perfaddict]

Amouage Dia for Men (100ml)
Esencia Loewe (100ml)
Jaguar for Men (original/discontinued) (100ml)

[Futami]

I bought some bottles of:

Bond No 9 - Little Italy
Montale - Blue Amber
Nassomato - Hindu Grass
Diptyque - Tam Dao

and some more:
Montale - Highness Rose

[Otto]

Wall Street - Bond No 9

[Sorcery of Scent]

One Ive wanted for a couple of years!

[moreda]

L'Huere blue 1920 vintage edt.
Shalimar 1960 edt
Chamade edt 1970

[shermanirving]

Guerlain Chamade

[el.roger]

Kouros Tattoo Edition... great frag

[shermanirving]

And I forgot another scent I can check off the 'wanted forever' list:

Nasomatto Silver Musk

Thanks to a great BNer!

[el.roger]

Swiss Army Mountain Water

[mikeperez23]

My buddy T. Rex, Esq gave me these two as a gift. Just because. Aren't those the best kinds of gifts?

Dirt and Thunderstorm by Demeter

[JaimeB]

At Gump's in San Francisco:

Floris
Seringa
(1992)
Douglas Cope
Top Notes: Bergamot, Petitgrain, Mandarin, Orange
Middle Notes: Rose, Ylang-Ylang, Lily
Base Notes: Jasmine, Tuberose, Amber, Oakmoss

The only thing this lacks to be a true chypre is patchouli in the base. Who knows? Maybe they just forgot to list it. It smells like a very nice floral chypre to me, so I popped for it.

[Giustino]

Found a relative cheap Jil Sander Sun today! Awsome for the summer days..

[adonis]

And I forgot another scent I can check off the 'wanted forever' list:

Nasomatto Silver Musk

Thanks to a great BNer!

Nice! You're gonna like it. Clean clean clean and buttery

[Merlino]

yeah, I feel kinda funny posting samples here but I still wanted to share :P

Dior Eau Noire
Guerlain Habit Rouge Vintage EDC
Guerlain Chamade pour Homme
Chanel Sycomore
Chanel Rue Cambon 31
Chanel Cuir de Russie

All from TPC.

[gerbick]

Hypnôse Eau Fraiche
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Kenneth Cole Reaction T-Shirt (very unlikely scent that I actually like... a lot)
Thierry Mugler Pure Malt

[JoNnY 4]

Dolce & Gabanna Pour Homme (1994) all the way fr UK.

Class in a bottle

[Buzzlepuff]

Steam Aoud by Montale - yes it does smell like steam infused with rose and oud.
Isos by Farmacia ss. Annunziata - black pepper guaiac wood scent - Similar to Navegar in smell but deeper, more mysterious. I like this house!
Bois du Turquie - I sprung for a bottle of this because it is an incense that highlights my favorite notes - orange, incense, patchouli, sandalwood, and I am not sure how much longer anything from MPG will be on the market, and Sculpture of the Soul's review of it was very convincing. But mostly it just smells good - kind of sweeps you away.

[Sorcery of Scent]

[jenson]

Punjab and Furyo

[steve_123]

Bulgari Aqua,
Bulgari Jasmin Noir - both great.

I'll have to say this: I also sniffed the Aqua Marine and almost puke! Wow, peculiar.

[perfaddict]

Tom Ford Private Collection - Amber Absolute (50ml)

[Bossa Nova]

Artisan/Varvatos

[adonis]

Murray & Lanman Florida Water - $8 for 4oz

If they made an EDP of this, it would be my daily summer scent.

[teger]

No. 06 Eau Frappée by IUNX

A light lemon fragrance. A bit on the sweet side, but not cloying.
Also bought Pulp & Umbrella Pine candles, which are very good.
The Pine is an incense-y pine & pulp is a very green fruity fragrance
- not so sweet.

[JaimeB]

At Neiman's in San Francisco:

Tom Ford
Private Blends
Arabian Wood
(2009)
Top Notes: Lavender, Orange Blossom, Galbanum, Bergamot
Middle Notes: Bulgarian Rose, Freesia, Rose de Mai, Ylang Ylang, Rose Absolute, Jasmine, Gardenia
Base Notes: Honey, Orris, Patchouli, Cedar, Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Amber

and

Guerlain
Les Voyages Olfactifs
Paris — New York
(2009)
Top Notes: Mandarin, Bergamot
Middle Notes: Cardamom
Base Notes: Vanilla, Cinnamon, Cedar

Both very nice. I had a bit of a struggle with the Tom Fords between Arabian Wood and Italian Cypress, but the chypré character of the former won the day...

[alacious]

Comme des Garçons - Sequoia

and

Kiehl's Original Musk

booya!

[Big Punisher]

A*Men Pure malt in 3.4 oz size, although I think it's only available in that.

[Bottle Service]

Tom Ford's Black Orchid. 1.5 ml sample had me hooked

[shermanirving]

Givenchy III, this one a sealed 60ml EdT

[rogalal]

Hi all,

Was out of town and found myself in a little shop in a horrible little mall that had a super-cheap tester of Cartier Declaration Eau Genereuse, so I grabbed it based on a quick sniff, my respect for JC Ellena, and its popularity with a couple of folks here.



Hopefully, this wasn't a huge mistake.

Also, I just want to plug my NY trip report, which has a ton of my latest purchases in it...

[sables]

"Une rose chyprée" by Andy Tauer (from AusLiebeZumDuft). And "Balafre" by Lancôme, via Ebay!
Very different scents. One is very manly, a big fougère!, and the other is very rosy.... but manly enough. Both are wonderful!

[somnambulist07]

Burberry Touch for Men 50ml edt. Very nice too!

[Pollux]

Homme de Gres, best blind ever.
Boucheron pH EdT. Tested before, excellent chypre.

Ô de Lancôme pour Homme, worst blind ever. Who ever said "green"? It is pure bergamot, from beginning to end!!!

[Kevin Guyer]

Amouage Homage

[MFJ]

Deal went through for my Ormonde Jayne Isfarkand

[mtgprox05]

Deal went through for my Ormonde Jayne Isfarkand

Ahhh, so the slippery slope of niche begins.

[MFJ]

Ahhh, so the slippery slope of niche begins.

more like a Mt Everest, with You and Moltening being my trusted sherpas

[mikeperez23]

Amouage Hommage

No way.

[Kevin Guyer]

no way.

way!

[jenson]

....

[gupts]

I've bought these during the last 2 weeks or so:

Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille 25ml
Balenciaga pour homme 100ml
A*men Pure Malt 3.4oz
Acqua Di Gio 50ml
Fierce 30ml
Bois Des Iles edt 50ml
Allure Homme Sport 50ml
Serge Lutens Datura Noir 50ml

5ml each of :
PG Bois Blond
PG Cuir D'Iris
PDE Cuir Ottoman
Micallef Vanilla Aoud
Montale Aoud Saffron

[MFJ]

Gupts, Your Samsaras look fantastic. I bought the current 100ml EDP last month and really enjoyed it at first whiff and still do, I hear quite a bit that Guerlain's vintage formulations and parfums are generally better. Have you tried the current one to give a brief comparison? thanks in advance

[shermanirving]

Guerlain Vol de Nuit Evasion

Aka Atraepe Coeur EdT, I probably could have waited to just buy Atraepe, however I love the scent but don't think I'm ever going to spend Les Parisiennes prices on it. I comparison tested them last night and the Evasion was strong enough and lasted long enough such that it will suffice.

[Jack]

Seven 2ml samples of straight to heaven. I will buy travel set if I like it, I like to have an atomizer on me anyway.

[Jimmer]

Bought 75ml for $20

[discovolante]

Today I received two summer scents:
-Ice Men by Mugler
-Tiffany For Men Sport Cologne.

Ice Men smells more contemporary and youthful, in my opinion...

[jrd4t]

I found an online seller to buy Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier from since their supply is fizzling! I ordered a bottle of MPG Ambre Precieux a few minutes ago (which happens to be my SOTE as well)

[shermanirving]

Sweet! A vintage bottle of Dior Diorella (in the 112ml Dior splash).

One can never have enough Diorella.

[ajmc]

Today i ordered a 90ml bottle of MPG Jardin du Nil from Beautyhabit.

[gupts]

Finally, I bought a bottle of Tom Ford Tuscan Leather, in its original bottle.

[isaacrn]

Today I finally got my bottle

[perfaddict]

Ted Lapidus pour Lui (100ml)
Gucci Envy (50ml)
Brut Musk (100ml)

[perfaddict]

...

[somnambulist07]

A*Men 50ml rubber flask.

I said I was going to wait for the winter months but oh well. It smells better on skin than it did on paper.

[fredricktoo]

my second 100 ml bottle of Nicolaï New York

[N_Tesla]

I concluded negotiations for the purchase of 10 Corso Como which is on the way! Very Cool!

[cairomerta]

Ormonde Jayne Seraphim!! Blind buy. I know I am crazy but only 50 bottles in the world and refills for only those 50 people who bought it. Its like my own personal scent by Jayne and I hear nothing but amazing things about this scent. Should be in by Friday.

[artemesia]

Eau d'Orange verte

Gucci pour homme ii

Intrigant Patchouli PG