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Heritage by Guerlain
EdT layered with A/S

I hear you but I wasn’t implying you were buying it other than to wear it, just that sometimes a fragrance can seem more alluring because of its rarity and was wondering if that was the case. I guess...

Fragrances similar to Rive Gauche PH have already been mentioned. Exactly the same as? Haven’t found one. The two choices it seems are to either buy a bottle or to not. You could easily waste the...

My notion of quality serves my needs but it is just mine.

All I’ll say is if I think a fragrance is quality, the primary factor is scent - the ingredients used, perception of notes and the person...

Getting samples from a store is a great way to try without a full bottle purchase but swapping them with friends has been a great way to sample things that sometimes you just wouldn’t think to...

Gold cap and current Heritage are both excellent. Gold cap has a richer sandalwood note reminiscent of an earlier era. I’m very happy with both.
It’s a sliding scale of greatness from ‘mmmmm you...

Dirty - fresh juvenille mint
Cardamom Coffee - and oud

Both very likeable. Cardamom Coffee though was repackaged and put into their Flagship exclusives and the price jacked up about 400%.

Never got into them but of the few I tried I did enjoy Irish Leather which I found quite moreish.

It might not be everyone’s cup of tea but Bentley For Men Intense fits the bill.
Patrick by Fragrances of Ireland too.

From the sprayer it smells like a creamy oakmoss sandalwood based shaving cream or soap. Once I spray it on I get a heavy burst of bergamot and moss with musk. Some blackcurrant adds a slightly...

SOTD - Patchouli Nobile by Nobile 1942

SOTN - Incident Diplomatique by Jovoy

Equipage by Bel Ami
Bois du Portugal by Creed
Polo by Ralph Lauren
Safari by Ralph Lauren


If you want something ‘slightly more youthful’ then,

Declaration by Cartier
Pour Monsieur Eau de...

Looking at what you like a little and a lot I would suggest trying these:

Montblanc Explorer
Dunhill Icon
Zadig and Voltaire This Is Him

All should be easy enough to find, are affordable...

Never lose hope. Think about happier times and places with friends and family, pick up the phone and speak with a friend. Turn off the TV for a while. We need to regularly lift our spirit out of the...

I thought that was why threads with hundreds of pages were being closed.

The reason many of those long threads were so long was because of the subject matter and people being able to look back...

To some degree I understand having separate SOTD threads every day although two SOTD threads could suffice.

Why are we creating what feels like dozens of 2021, or Jan 2021 or Q1 2021 threads? Is...

I don’t mind if an exceptionally large thread is closed and a continuation thread is started. There is something to be said though for the intended Forum that the OP posts into. There is usually a...

70s - Brut / Paco Rabanne PH (Fougere Land)
80s - Kouros / Polo (one of the most creative eras of men’s fragrance - orientals meet fougeres and amber!)
90s - Cool Water / CK One (the rise of...

Jo Malone Hood Rage and Yo’ Fault
Pure Shite Cologne
Mandem
Clinique Yappy For Pooch
Goldberg & Hanks Hasidic Rock Moshe
Gurrrla Shalimar de Mousse de Souffle de Parfum de Toilette de Kitchen...

SOTD - Pasha by Cartier


SOTE - Halfeti by Penhaligon's

I love it when things work out like this. An early Christmas present of fougere goodness from your brother. Enjoy it!

I don’t think that. I also don’t think the answer is as simple as saying someone is always right or wrong. Sometimes there is an ultimate truth and sometimes there isn’t. The nature of subjectivity...

You’ve made my point for me perfectly; Misunderstanding is bound to happen.

We look at the same thing: You can discern correctly. I can discern correctly. When we discuss each others discernment...

Two people look at a piece of red paper. They see the same colour. One says it’s scarlet. One says it’s vermilion. That is life and perfume. Understanding happens in silence. Once it’s expressed in...

SOTE

Aventus by Creed

(aka Aventis, Haventus, Adventis and other names by the heathens)

...and for those interested it’s batch 16M01 tonight hehe

That’s a thing of beauty!

I patiently wait for the drydown every time.

I don’t have any particular connection to the original Dior Homme or the 2020 version. I bought the original silver stem around 2007 as it was stylistically unique at the time, it intrigued me and I...

Balestra Pour Homme by Renato Balestra

Balestra Pour Homme by Renato Balestra

(Not currenty listed in BN directory)

Quite a unique leather chypre. Nothing sharp or jagged here, actually quite smooth. Heavy on castoreum and patchouli...

Bel Ami has a cumin note although it’s not listed. Blended in rather than a starring role. It’s more toned down than in Eau D’Hermes.

Definitely nothing pejorative about it. Blind buy is what I’ll be saying until the 4 legged ungulates that moo return to their abode.

I’ll coin a phrase just for you though Ladydragonfire.
...

Bel Ami by Hermes

I really like the scent but one spray is enough to set off a banger of a headache, so a no go unfortunately. Similar reaction with 1725. Probably a single ingredient common to both.

Patchouli Nobile by Nobile 1942

141713

Great suggestions already. If you’re 20 something, wearing Brut Special Reserve around other 20 somethings will have them wondering ‘who smells so damn good?’. It gets overlooked because of price and...

I have owned and enjoyed both.
Silver Mountain Water was something I used to wear but it came across too feminine for my skin and I gradually moved away from it preferring Milesime Imperial. My SO...

Enjoy your fragrance and forget the vitriol. I promise you’ll be happier. There’s nothing to figure out, just know you smell good and enjoy yourself.

Very noyce very noyce ;)

Aventus, Green Irish Tweed or Royal Water

Poivre Electrique by Atelier Cologne is worth sampling if you are looking for pepper.

Presently

Azzaro PH
Mousse Illuminee
Boss Number One

SOTD

Boss Number One by Hugo Boss

A rare instance where I am glad of reformulation. Glorious fragrance now.

Thanks, I’ve neglected it recently and thought it was due a good wearing.

I haven’t seen one of those vintage GG bottles with an intergrated cap sprayer before. Is it just a feature of the tester...

I think there are many notes not just one.

That said there are capable, competent perfumers making traditional and also innovative new fragrances that use their knowhow to navigate the market so...

SOTD
Polo by Ralph Lauren (Cosmair)

SOTE
Heritage Eau de Toilette by Guerlain

SOTD
Polo by Ralph Lauren (Cosmair)

From JM I’ve enjoyed Oud & Bergamot, Myrrh & Tonka and 154 Cologne. I’ve never clicked with any entirely though.

I have liked some, but BN9 I’ve found are mostly foghorns that don’t let up so...

Great suggestions already from Bavard and LiveJazz. Patience is key. If you are still struggling after these methods there is another method I have used whixh hasn’t let me down so far on stopper...

Azzaro Pour Homme by Azzaro (2nd Edition)

Azzaro Pour Homme by Azzaro

Both amazing in their own way but Bois du Portugal is one of my all time favourites. Once into the drydown it’s an effortless 10.

I own both but don’t often think to reach for Royal Oud although...

Are there any Carolina Herrera fragrances you have liked?

I think it’s a fun synthetic sweet woody boozy leather. The opening is ok but the drydown is what this fragrance is about. You will probably love it or hate it. Could you sample it first?

Been wearing Boss Number One from a new bottle for the last week and I’m thoroughly enjoying it. Tried this from a vintage version and it nearly put me off of this for life. A must try for anyone...

I usually like soapy notes / fragrances, from Hermes Equipage to Prada Amber PH and most things in between. I haven’t tried vintage and that might be different but at this point I think it would be...

Sung Homme by Alfred Sung is quite the chemical soup.

The original Fahrenheit. It’s like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube where every square has had the stickers pulled off so it’s all the same colour.

Just a little fantasy, somewhere between ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’, The Fortune 500 and a giant cyborg cube hive, run by Locutus.

Great list for by the way. ;)

Fresh fruity floral and aquatic. Very sweet and perfumey. A kind of cross between Pacific Rock Moss and Millesime Imperial although more like a grandaddy to them. Was great in the 90s but it’s also...

Polo Green is plenty masculine.

Egoiste Cologne Concentree by Chanel

This would have been my pick.

I tried it but was a hard pass for me. This was synthetic done bad, to my nose.
Would still opt for Lumiere Noire Pour Homme for a men’s rose from the house over this.

A lot of wonderful carefully handpicked wardrobes being created here. Keeping this under 10 fragrances is doable but I wouldn’t want to at the moment.

I get through so much Chanel Pour Monsieur...

80ml Aventus
30ml Bois du Portugal (2013)
30ml Mousse Illuminee
30ml Ombre Leather
30ml Incident Diplomatique
30ml Heritage EdT
20ml Green Irish Tweed
20ml French Lover
20ml Jubilation...

I’ve been thinking about this concept for some time. What would my wardrobe look like if I could only choose a maximum of 500ml of fragrance? Maybe as a way to hone what I enjoy the most and if I was...

Hard not to love it. I haven’t tired of it and I hope I never do.

We are thinking along the same lines bud.

I might replace Yatagan with Bel Ami though.

Your arguments against copycat / ‘inspired by’ / dupe companies lose credence when you intentionally conflate them with actual counterfeiters. I don’t particularly agree with what many of these dupe...

Cook.bot’s selection were spot on but to choose an alternative bunch,

Everyday: Chanel Pour Monsieur

Money: Incident Diplomatique

Date Night: Ombre Leather

Heritage is smooth as silk.

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Vintage Eau Sauvage AND Bois du Portugal?! Now we're talkin! I can live with 2 out of 3 :laugh:

I think BR540 is great. You accept it for what it is or you don’t. I know it’s synthetic straight out the gate, it makes no bones about it - I know what I’m getting. Wear it rarely from samples when...

Plume Impression

I wouldn’t call either gothic or put them in that sphere except for their packaging.

If Eucris was in a clear bottle I don’t think anyone would call it gothic. It’s fresh, fruity, musky, the cumin...

Rich scents? Yes. Like they used to? Not so much and I don’t think it’s likely going forward.

There are some limiting factors.

The big old houses like Chanel and Guerlain have over a century...

FM Carnal Blower
Chanel Santaeus
Avon Mild Country
Michael Hors For Men
Ormonde Jayne Told
Hermes Hel Ami
Strumper’s Neucris
Montale Sambac Rice
Faberge Grut For Men
SL Muscs Koublai Khant

The original was never a favourite of mine but I could appreciate the elegance of it. It had panache. The state of the 2020 version seems an inevitability once large conglomerates with shareholders...

It’s like the music you get in a lift or a birthday card shop :evil:

GGA was unique and did deserve recognition but it also attracts as you say a certain attention and sometimes a cult following will ensue. Nobody knew that Star Wars would have the following it did....

Haven’t sniffed as many as I normally would this year but Dior Homme 2020 is the front runner.

It felt devoid of all soul, full only of emptiness.

It should have an ice cream and go on a...

No applause necessary but thanks all the same. The Fragcomm stock market is up and down like a yoga instructor but 90% of what’s posted about this or that being discontinued doesn’t really happen. Of...

Discontinuation rumours + FOMO + next day delivery = a bad day for any unsuspecting green enthusiast and their pocket

More important than what’s being said is who is saying it.

Overall I don’t...

It's fake.

Ombre over Tuscan.

Tuscan has a harshness to it that I don’t like. The blending in Ombre seems better handled, it smells better to me and it layers well too.

Just today noticed they’ve made an adjustment to the fragrance page layout for the better.

The stat info seems to be grouped together now. Some other minor tweaks too. They’ve taken the...

Bois du Portugal
Eau Sauvage EdT (vintage)
Heritage EdT
Aventus
Pour Monsieur EdT
Mousse Illuminee
Incident Diplomatique
Antaeus (vintage & recent)
Cool Water (vintage)
Jubilation Man

Monsieur Beauregard by Penhaligon’s

Thanks for the link LiveJazz

Sounds like vetiver is probably the note you’re detecting. Vetiver can go smoky, earthy, grassy, woody so you have some ground to cover.
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver could fit the bill from what you...

Bois du Portugal
Vintage Eau Sauvage
Heritage EdT

Others that could easily substitute for any of the top 3
Aventus / Chanel PM / Antaeus / Incident Diplomatique

CH Men Prive by Carolina Herrera

Both classic and enjoyable.
Equipage is very good.
Heritage is close to flawless.
Ergo Heritage.

Jokes aside I haven’t had any issue with their invoicing/ billing.

I have however received something other than pictured on more than one occasion, which as someone seeking out a particular...

If I had some flying monkeys I assure you they would be released to serve adequate retribution.

For now, guess I’ll stick to the allbeauty.

I haven’t had any problems with duties etc from Fragrancex. Those charges are normally included and shown at checkout but have heard of others getting hit with unexpected charges previously.

I...

Heritage EDT

Tremendously enjoyable

Yes! That’s how they were in the bar. Walking around trying to figure it out. Something moreish about it. Have you tried Halfeti Leather? I don’t think it’s better than the original but got my nose...

They are similar but different enough to own both. EdT is shirt and tie. EdP is open collar. I prefer the EdP at the moment.