Your Vintage Scent of the Day (SOTD)

[freewheelingvagabond]

SOTD

[thrilledchilled]

Geoffrey Beene - Bowling Greene. An inexpensive/drugstore scent for Sync Friday
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I love this one. Great choice.

[Marand75]

Good thinking! This could earn you a friend request from Monsieur Montana!

I wonder what has become of him? He is missed.

[nosey74]

21st day of Chanel Antaeus

That's dedication! Did you ever get your new bottle opened up?

There is some Furyo and a little bit of Kouros in Joint. Excellent !

That sounds great - another on my try list!

SOTN:

Rochas Globe

A nice scent

4th day in a row....Montana Parfum d'Homme

I'm a believer too - great juice!

Going with my #1 favourite today. Applied with reckless abandon, went outside in the frosty cold but sunny and dead-still weather, and it smells so unbelievably heavenly delicious and raunchy to the point of exaltation...

Another on my try list - you make this sound good!

My SOTD - Givenchy Xeryus

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[allkindsofwatches1]

PLUSH

The Mens Fragrance by FUBU

One word description....YUMMY!

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[The Cologne Cabinet]

SOTD

An emerald gem!

[PStoller]

I like it, but it turns a bit pissy on my skin, unfortunately.

You say this as if it were a bad thing.

[LiveJazz]

Puig Agua Lavanda

A low key weekend scent

[Marand75]

You say this as if it were a bad thing.

Ha ha, well...animalic, I don't mind. But I draw the line at a pissoir

[cologne connoisseur]

Bois du Portugal

[Cook.bot]

Eau du Sud (1995) by Annick Goutal

Strip all the flowers out of Eau Sauvage, leave it out to bake under the hot sun for hours, et voilà.

[PStoller]

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Bergdorf Goodman - Forty Four EdT (1944)

This is one of those blends I'm having a hard time breaking down—no doubt my own limitation. Aldehydic for sure, a little floral, a little amber, a wee bit of leather, some oakmoss and perhaps even a dash of civet…I can't find any notes anywhere, and I've spent half the day competing with Dr. T.'s Dioressence, which complicates matters (albeit delightfully). Anyway, a fine if not earth-shattering feminine.

Perfume Intelligence says it was released c.1925, but that's demonstrably incorrect. The November 23 1944 issue of the Hartford Courant alerted early Christmas shoppers, "the Bergdorf-Goodman colognes, toilet water, and perfumes, 'Number Nine' and 'Number Twenty-nine,' as well as the new 'Number Forty-four' perfume, would make luxurious gifts." And a fragrance ad in the February 28 1945 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer* proclaims, "Newest and most precious is Number Forty-Four, warm, luscious, lasting, instantly beloved." (*Bergdorf Goodman perfumes were not sold exclusively in Bergdorf Goodman stores.) The last ad I could find for it was in 1956.

It seems likely that Forty Four was named after the year of release. Wikipedia implies that Number Nine was either named for the song, "Love Potion No. 9," or the song was named for it. The latter is almost certainly inaccurate; as for the former, Number Nine was launched alongside Number Twenty Nine in December 1942—the apparent debut of Bergdorf Perfumes & Colognes. (Prior to that, Bergdorf had been the first retailer to carry Prince Matchabelli. Go figure.)

According to Bergdorf's ad copy, "When France fell, one of its finest perfumers escaped to this country with a priceless cache of rare essences. Here, the New York fashion house of Bergdorf-Goodman commissioned him to create for their exclusive use the now celebrated 'Number Nine' perfume, a musk-base fragrance, extraordinarily sweet, warm and lasting. Its success brought the 'Number Nine' Cologne, and then the rich, vibrant 'Number Twenty-Nine,' a happy blend of sandalwood, flowers and fascination."

A 1956 newspaper item claimed Bergdorf employee Sally Freed had just come up with it and named it after Old No. 9, the coal mine where her father worked. Somebody was pulling someone's leg with that one.

Bergdorf Goodman's "newest and lightest" fragrance, Nandi, was launched for Christmas 1955, following a sari-inspired dress shown in the fall named for "Nandi, the Hindu goddess of joy." Alas, while the Sanskrit word "nandi" does translate as "joy," Nandi the deity is a divine bull, the steed and guardian of Shiva. I just scored a cheap bottle of Nandi Triple Cologne, so we'll see how joyful and/or bullish it is.

A couple of other Bergdorf fragrances from 1964 were named for NYC telephone exchanges: PLaza 3 and BUtterfield 8.

[Cook.bot]

Bergdorf Goodman - Forty Four EdT

Wow. Know anything about its history? Did Bergdorf's at one time have a lot of in-house perfumes?

[PStoller]

Wow. Know anything about its history? Did Bergdorf's at one time have a lot of in-house perfumes?

I know very little. BN only has one in the directory: Number Nine. (You know I’ll have to get that one.) I have BG Violet Cologne, and I’ve seen a few more, including Nandi, Plaza 3, and Butterfield 8.

Smelling notes to come: I haven’t actually doused yet.

OK: see above.

[hednic]

SOTE: Green Water by Jacques Fath

[checkmate]

Calvin by Calvin Klein

Not just CK’s best, but one of the best of the era.

I hope you and your loved ones are well.

[aero58]

Good thinking! This could earn you a friend request from Monsieur Montana!

[thrilledchilled]

Davidoff by Davidoff edt is my SOTN

[allkindsofwatches1]

Calvin by Calvin Klein

Not just CK’s best, but one of the best of the era.

I hope you and your loved ones are well.

For sure.

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[cologne connoisseur]

One Man Show

[thrilledchilled]

One Man Show

what a classic!

[nosey74]

SOTN - Gian Marco Venturi Uomo


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[freewheelingvagabond]

An emerald gem!

Love it!

[freewheelingvagabond]

SOTN

[LiveJazz]

Chanel no. 5 EDC tonight.

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Sampling for the first time Gianfranco Ferre for Men. Compared to some of the previous samplings, this one seems much more pleasant throughout. Green and citruses in the opening. Florals, spices, herbs in the mid. Oakmoss and woods in the base.

[freewheelingvagabond]

Sampling for the first time Gianfranco Ferre for Men. Compared to some of the previous samplings, this one seems much more pleasant throughout. Green and citruses in the opening. Florals, spices, herbs in the mid. Oakmoss and woods in the base.

Do you get any tobacco note in this one?

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Do you get any tobacco note in this one?

You know I don't actually. Quite a few individuals mention tobacco but I get all the other notes in the base - oakmoss, sandalwood, vetiver and patchouli.

[Zealot Crusader]

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The complete original 1949 vintage Avon for Men grooming experience

Including:

-Brushless shave cream (still usable)
-Liquid deodorant (still works)
-Aftershave lotion
-body talc
-Avon for Men cologne

All scented like glorious mid-century fougère with lavender, geranium, sandalwood, oakmoss, and musk (plus a bit of camphor in the A/S). This was super difficult to track down and assemble. Took me all of 2 years.

D I V I N E

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

22nd day of Chanel Antaeus
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