Designer fragance that smells like a niche fragrance

[Duke Hunt]

Cool water *wink wink*.

[Oslo-Fjord]

CHANEL Egoiste and Hermès Bel Ami.

[adonis]

CHANEL Egoiste

+1

I could imagine if Creed invented Rive Gauche it would sell as well as GIT.

[Ken_Russell]

I fully second Rive Gauche, but also e.g. Caron pour un Homme, Eau Sauvage, Mouchoir de Monsieur, Boucheron pour Homme and many more smell quite close to niche

[laph]

As other have mentioned:

Tiffany For Men
Dior Homme
Encre Noire
M7 (maybe)

[DeepSilence]

Must De Cartier Pour Homme
Safari For Men

[Halo]

Caron Narcisse Noir, Parfum Sacré, Pour un Homme.
Guerlain Mitsouko, L´Heure Bleue
Rochas Tocade, Madame Rochas
Molinrd Habanita

[morrison74]

If not designers, then certainly designer prices....

-Cabaret by Grés
-Bergamotto Marino by Gianfranco Ferré
-1776 Russian Leather by Elsha.

These three smell like they could easily be niche fragrances to me.....

[acjigga]

Patou Pour Homme, Etienne Aigner Superfragrance for Men, Pascal Morabito Or Black, and Giorgio Beverly Hills V.I.P. Special Reserve

[WildThingy]

Bulgari Black
Insensè

No way - Insense exemplifies what a good "designer" can be: well balanced, complex and sketchy at once, catching idea well executed, refined. Insense is a work which apparently had lots of time to develop and evolve. Same with Azzaro Pour Homme, great idea plus perfect craftmanship. I don't like it too much, though.

"Niche" has to be more than that to compensate for missing possibilities like broad testing/evaluation, raw materials. Not so good example: Timbuktu. Good idea, but an evaluation would have shown it too sweet, with a lacking balance, all in all a little crude. Better examples: Vierges Et Toreros (ELdO) - new idea executed at least to be bearable, Odeur 53 / 71 by CdG, same.

So a "designer" smelling "niche" would be a bad frag - Missoni (new) or Feu D'Issey or Rush?

[komak123]

Dior Homme
Zirh IKON

[Grottola]

Patou Pour Homme
Yohji Homme
Tiffany for Men
Chanel Pour Monsieur
Havana by Aramis
Mitsouko
Vol de Nuit
Derby
Habit Rouge
Givenchy Vetyver
Chanel Égoïste
Just about anything by Hermès

[OlfactoryExperience]

M7
Carven Homme
XS Extreme by Paco Rabanne
Cacharel Nemo

Just to name a few...

[WildThingy]

Just to name a few ...

Why?

[G.303]

Jaipur Pour Homme by Boucheron Edt. or Edp!!! I prefer the EdP!!!
Angel for Men also!!!
Gary

[BrianH1016]

Burberry The Beat & Power by 50 Cent are both very unique & different from most designer scents to me. I would include Live Jazz as well.

[OlfactoryExperience]

Why?

I'm not sure what you mean here. I've named a few b/c I think there are many scents that have a "niche" quality about them. Just my observation.

M7 - totally off the beaten path of typical designer fragrances. It offers a daring and unique option for the evening, yet it is very classy.
Carven Homme - high quality fragrance with complexity and development. This could have been a niche oriental.
Paco Rabanne Extreme - I like the development in this one and the notes smell natural and high quality (which I associate with niche perfumery)
Cacharel Nemo - I'll admit that I've only worn this a few times but it is also a stark departure from the mundane, designer offerings that it suggests a lack of aspiration for mass appeal, like most niche perfumes.

[matildaben]

FYI, I've started a thread over on the female board if you have any suggestions for good "niche-y" designer scents aimed toward women.

http://www.basenotes.net/threads/276...ance-for-women

[BrianH1016]

I could see Cartier Roadster in this category as well. To me it is a very different & unique take on a natural, herbal mint note. (The mint mixed with the patchouli always reminds me of wet concrete or a block basement. Very unique & non-mainstream).

[rompip]

Cacharel Nemo

Just to name a few...

Now thats a very good frag. Very unique and overlooked round here.

[laph]

Funny how our perceptions differ. I think Nemo is great but it's a typical example of a designer fragrance to me in that it's well made and pleasant but doesn't really push any boundaries and/or doesn't smell like it contains exceptionally high quality ingredients.

[gid]

I want to revive this topic. Is your taste changing with age?

For me Narciso Rodriguez Musc Collection EDP and Encre Noire.

[Partario]

Designer that smells niche;

Everything from Comme des Garcons and Costume National (though they're considered niche by many, they are in fact designer brands).

I'll echo in with M7, Egoiste, and Midnight in Paris as well.

Also, many offerings from Tom Ford and Etro are about as "nichey" smelling as you can get from modern designers.

[change1]

24 gold by scent story

[Partario]

24 gold by scent story

Wouldn't that technically be considered niche? I thought Scent Story only made fragrances.

[onethinline]

I'll repeat several that have already been mentioned (and remind everyone that historically, many designer fragrances have been as daring, if not more, than a whole host of niche offerings):

Dior Fahrenheit
Dior Homme
Dior Eau Sauvage
Chanel Egoiste
Bvlgari Black
Yves Saint-Laurent M7

[senore01]

Scentstory 24 Gold.

[LeeroyDaBoy]

John Varvatos 10th Anniversary

[jbthorpe]

I think Zirh Ikon smells like a good incense neche fragrance. And it costs only pennies per ml.

[aphexacid]

Definitely Narciso Rodriguez For Him