Glad you like it and I'm wearing it now as my SOTD. This one though has very good projection which you will find out when you wear it more. It also last twelve hours or so on my skin.
Thread: LIDGE - just WOW! |
So my bottle of LIDGE from escentual just arrived. It was semi blind buy for me. I tried it just on strip paper in duty free shop this summer, and 3 months later I could still smell scent from strip... Anyway. Full bottle is here and my first skin test...
1 spray on each wrist.
First impressions:
1. It doesnt project lot (I have to put my nose close to wrist to smell it)
2. This doesnt smell like perfume. It is like your second skin. Just awesome. Nothing synthetic at all here.
Great scent. I am sure it will easy become one of my favourites.
Glad you like it and I'm wearing it now as my SOTD. This one though has very good projection which you will find out when you wear it more. It also last twelve hours or so on my skin.
Enjoy it. It's a wonderful fragrance.
I'm on my second bottle of this stuff. My girlfriend tells me it smells like expensive rootbeer.![]()
It was a blind buy for me and I adore it. Your correct on it not smelling synthetic. The most beautiful natural cocoa I've smelt in a frag.
LIDGE was my best blind buy to date.
I want to pick up another bottle and will be in Germany and Italy next month. Is it easy to find? If so what stores carry it?
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Lovely stuff. Im glad you enjoy it dreamer81. Looks like our taste is indeed very similar![]()
Current Top 5:
1. Frederic Malle L'eau d'Hiver
2. Tom Ford Noir de Noir
3. Dior Homme / Dior Homme Intense
4. Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Havane / Pure Malt
5. Creed Aventus / Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
Enjoy it. LIDGE was one of my first and best blind buys ever, It's also my SotD. I bought another backup bottle a couple weeks ago from the Guerlain boutique in Toronto.
the small Douglas in germany don't necessarily have it, they just sell the EdT. The small niche shops don't necessarily sell Guerlain. So I rcommend to look for a huge Douglas in a bigger city or other huge luxury stores like Alsterhaus in Hamburg, Breuninger in Stuttgart. In Berlin I think Douglas Ku'damm. Munich don't know. In the big cities it should not be too difficult to find.
I think if you like LIDGE you will love Midnight in Paris for half of the price.
My current top twenty five
1. Oud Wood
2. Herod
3. Pardon
4. Santal 33
5. Tonka Imperial
6. Pure Malt
7. Straight to Heaven
8. L'air Du Desert Marocain
9. Envy
10. Terre D'Hermes
11. Colonia Oud
12. Jubilation XXV
13. Royal Oud
14. Bois d' Argent
15. Tobacco Vanille
16. Sycomore
17. Amber Absolute
18. 1270
19. Baroanda
20. Allure Homme Edition Blanche
21. Rose 31
22. Dior Homme Intense
23. Reflection Man
24. Grey Vetiver
25. Noir Extreme
I've added another spray on my neck before going out and it was lingering around nice. I am suprised that it is called cacao bomb. On my skin its as much patchouli (or even more) as cacao. Pure class. A*Men for grown up.
BTW its funny that my sister asked me if I sprayed new fragrance on me. I asked her why and she told me: Because it doesnt smell good. lol... F*** it. I dont care what her or anyone else thing. Its masterpiece.
Last edited by dreamer81; 27th September 2012 at 08:02 AM.
LIDGE is probably the best designer scent I have tried. Just an amazing stuff!
Great, innit?
You're right about the projection - it is a bit shy. Lasts about two hours on me but its a great two hours.
On me it projects great and lasting power is 8+
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its amazing!!! youll start noticing projection soon enough hehehe
1. Dior Homme Original
2. Musc Ravaguer
3. Portrait of a Lady
4. Noir de Noir
5. L Instant Guerlain pour Homme Extreme
6. New Haarlem
7. Pure Coffee
8. Blu Mediterraneo Sicilian Almond
9. Rose 31
10. Spiritueuse Double Vanille
Some people will criticize it because it's such a "Basenotes Darling", but really, it is some amazing kind of stuff.
I wanted to like it...love it actually, but it wasn't for me. I agree that it is a great fragrance and that it is in a league of it's own, but it just wasn't right for me...sadly. I'm glad that you enjoy it and I hope you continue to love it.
The first time I wore it, I wasn't a fan. In fact, I didn't get the hype. Few months later, I decided to try it on again. This time, WOW! Not sure if my nose changed or if it was the weather, but I really liked it. Ended up picking up a bottle sometime later when I was traveling at Istanbul Airport.
Not sure why it's not available in the US.
LIDGE madness continue. Yesterday I wore it first time around my girlfriend and she is as huge fan as I am. She said that I should wear it as often as possible and that its on par with her favourite on me - Gucci II. It says a lot because she prefer fresh scents on me (Gucci II, ADG, Versace PH, Declaration, etc.).
Now is there anything similiar in style that would fit women? I plan to buy Black Orchid for her, which both of us love too, but I'd also like to get her something more classy. Alien and Angel are great but IMO are more daring and sexy than sophisticated scents and we are not fans of Coco, no5, Mitsouko or Shalimar (Shalimar is best of bunch but still kinda old school).
Maybe Coromandel?
I have to bump this 1 more time. My male coworker who never complimented any of my fragrances and usually just complain about everything said that something in our office smells really good when I was wearing LIDGE. I just hope that Guerlain wont ever reformulate LIDGE.
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Indeed bro. Your top 5 got some real overhaul. I am interested in L'eau d'Hiver and Noir de Noir but, hey, do I really need another fragrance ?
Right now I feel like I could live with just LIDGE for rest of my life. Its that good for me. Even Musc Ravageur or LADDM cant beat it.
Last edited by dreamer81; 17th October 2012 at 08:13 AM.
It's not a contempo scent, but not old man either. Just classy
AUSTRALIA !! Why would you deprive me of the opportunity to test this scent.
The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.
It's a little too sweet for me, but you never know... one day it may grow on me!!
Is it possible to hype/praise this fragrance anymore?