Timbuktu and Red Vetyver too similar?

[blueshirt]

I am looking to expand my young wardrobe and interested in both scents. Are they very different and I just cant tell from my sample? Anyone rotate both in their arensal? I do not own Terre, but do wear LOTMD if that helps.

Thanks in advance for the advice.

[hednic]

Haven't used one after the other, but have both and to me from what I can remember, they are different enough to own both.

[icanzapyou]

Can I ask out of extreme curiosity what LOTMD is? Sorry can't help since I haven't smelled Red Vetyver but Timbuktu's always been just alright to me.

[blueshirt]

Can I ask out of extreme curiosity what LOTMD is? Sorry can't help since I haven't smelled Red Vetyver but Timbuktu's always been just alright to me.

my bad on the abbreviation - L'Air du Desert Marocain

[Oupavoc]

The have a few similar notes to me, but are still different at the same time

[petruccijc]

They are not similar to me.

[alfarom]

Not similar to me either...

[UngerWoo]

I think they're pretty different. I've started to put my vials of samples into small spray vials. I think you get a more accurate feel for the juice when it's sprayed than when it's dabbed.

[hedonist222]

Not even remotely.

[Vinrambo09]

Red Vetyver is similar to Terre D'Hermes, nothing like Timbuktu

[blueshirt]

Thanks for the help.

I do find the scents get bigger and more vibrant once I get the full bottle. (sometimes, not for the better)

[onethinline]

The only fragrance I've so far come across that's very close to Timbuktu is Comme des Garçons Kyoto (also by Bertrand Duchaufour).

[ziffy321]

Red Vetyver is similar to CdG's Sequoia. Not Timbuktu.

[Trebor]

Nope!

[andylama]

Haha, I don't know of anything I'd call 'similar' to Timbuktu. Not that it's 'untouchable' or 'perfect'--just nothing else quite like it.

Red Vetyver on the other hand is VERY similar to Terre d'Hermes.

[MrAndySais]

Not similar.

[onethinline]

Haha, I don't know of anything I'd call 'similar' to Timbuktu. Not that it's 'untouchable' or 'perfect'--just nothing else quite like it.

Truly, I do suggest spraying Timbuktu and CdG Kyoto side by side. The similarity will be right there, smiling at you.

[andylama]

Truly, I do suggest spraying Timbuktu and CdG Kyoto side by side. The similarity will be right there, smiling at you.

I earnestly wonder what you're picking up on. I smelled Kyoto very recently, and didn't notice any similarity at all...except to the rest of CdG's incense series. Oh well, I guess I also sometimes pick up on a note similarity that others don't get.