Your Vintage Scent of the Day (SOTD)

[allkindsofwatches1]

Francesco Smalto PH

I haven’t worn this in a while. AMAAAZZZIIINNNGGG!!

I forgot how good it is .

[Bavard]

My vintage scent of the day is Bijan for Men.

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I'm still crushing on it. I feel like I need to smell someone else wearing it to understand why people around me don't like it more. I'll try to experiment on the little guy.

[Marand75]

[hednic]

SOTE: Gengis Khan by Marc De La Morandiere

[Trilby Lark]

My vintage scent of the day is Bijan for Men.

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I'm still crushing on it. I feel like I need to smell someone else wearing it to understand why people around me don't like it more. I'll try to experiment on the little guy.

You need a crush test dummy.

[Cook.bot]

yes

You've tried Just Me, Papsi? Tell more, please.

I feel like I need to smell someone else wearing it to understand why people around me don't like it more. I'll try to experiment on the little guy.

Uh-oh. Hope that doesn't mean George.

You need a crush test dummy.

Haha!

[LiveJazz]

Francesco Smalto PH

I haven’t worn this in a while. AMAAAZZZIIINNNGGG!!

I forgot how good it is .

Truth. I need more of it.

[Cook.bot]

SOTD, copied from Jon R, but from the alternate bottle.

Eau de Patou (1976) by Jean Kerleo

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Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit: look what I just found on eBay -- an enamel Eau de Patou lapel pin:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PINS-PARFUM...0AAOSwNVRf-GGw

[PStoller]

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Lenthéric - Adam’s Rib (c.1954)

Per Grace Hummel: a spicy aldehydic floral fougere perfume with dominant jasmine and rose notes.

Top: aldehydes, bergamot, lavender
Heart: carnation, jasmine, rose, honey
Base: oakmoss, cedar, ambergris, patchouli, fern, oakmoss, sandalwood, musk, tonka, labdanum

Presumably inspired by the 1949 Tracy-Hepburn film. My own smelling notes to follow.

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Well, between my busy work day and my wife being drenched in vintage Amouage Dia EDT, my smelling notes will have to be cursory. In a nutshell, the description above seems accurate, and while Adam's Rib smells good, it's not some long-lost work of genius that flew inexplicably under the radar. If you like this sort of thing, you'll probably like this specific thing—I'm sure I'll wear it again at some point—but it's only a must-have for collectors. Unisex if you're a guy unafraid of not-too-florid florals. Nice drydown, but not a performance monster in the Bouquet concentration.

The movie is better, though on this nominal theme, I'd give the edge to All About Eve.

[IsoESuperman]

I’m with LiveJazz and AKOW1, Smalto PH is excellent.

Back in the saddle, and it's great to see. I might spritz some Bel Ami in celebration.

It’s never a bad time for some Bel Ami.

My vintage scent of the day is Bijan for Men.

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I'm still crushing on it. I feel like I need to smell someone else wearing it to understand why people around me don't like it more. I'll try to experiment on the little guy.

Who’s the little guy, George? Something tells me he wouldn’t be into it. We got a new pup a few weeks ago, a Catahoula mix with a crazy good sniffer. He’ll inevitably find whatever spot on my arm I sprayed, sniff closely, then proceed to sneeze and rub his face all over the floor. He acts like Nicolas Cage jammed one of those green VX balls in his mouth a la The Rock. My last dog couldn’t sniff out a treat in the grass 5ft away.

[IsoESuperman]

You need a crush test dummy.

10/10!

[Cook.bot]

Lenthéric - Adam’s Rib (c.1954)
Presumably inspired by the 1949 Tracy-Hepburn film. My own smelling notes to follow.

I hope that's true. Such a perfect movie. With the incomparable Judy Holliday.

[CrazyWizard19]

Knize Ten (modern formulation)

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[Bavard]

You need a crush test dummy.

Exactly.

Uh-oh. Hope that doesn't mean George.

Who’s the little guy, George? Something tells me he wouldn’t be into it. We got a new pup a few weeks ago, a Catahoula mix with a crazy good sniffer. He’ll inevitably find whatever spot on my arm I sprayed, sniff closely, then proceed to sneeze and rub his face all over the floor. He acts like Nicolas Cage jammed one of those green VX balls in his mouth a la The Rock. My last dog couldn’t sniff out a treat in the grass 5ft away.

I've never tried perfume on George the pug. His skin has a persistent "Fritos" note that I'm afraid would be a problem.

The little guy is the Titou, naturally, who is actually a high school sophomore at the moment - not as little as before, but still the little guy.

[badarun]

Balafre in vintage version it is Autumn bottled by all means...

Here's my poem about it that I wrote when I was 16 or so lol

Autumn.
Wait for dusk...
go in a dense forest,
colours changing
while it rains lightly,
grab some crunchy leaves
exhale freely, inhale deeply
that's Balafre!


Nothing to abstract but a plain and simple view...

[Starblind]

[QUOTE=Cook.bot;5123613]SOTD, copied from Jon R, but from the alternate bottle.

Eau de Patou (1976) by Jean Kerleo

Just bought a pure parfum mini of this!

[purecaramel]

Moschino Pour Homme

Almost as good as Bel Ami Vintage.


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[Cook.bot]

Eau de Patou (1976) by Jean Kerleo

Just bought a pure parfum mini of this!

No kidding? I had no idea they'd ever made an extrait version. Will eagerly await your verdict!

[Zealot Crusader]

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Avon Wild Country (1967)

Today I have a special treat. An original deepest of deep vintage, 1967 Wild Country cologne 6oz from an original faux-saddlebag grooming kit (will show that later), full nitromusk and sandalwood/oakmoss formula here with deep copper juice.

Bottle shown compared to a later (late 70's through early 80's for 6oz, 4oz after that) bottle with simplified badging and straw-colored juice.

Original vintage Wild Country is rounder, smoother, richer, a tad muskier. The later one is drier, more aromatic and powdery. Both formulas are excellent and better than anything made in the 90's or later (brown cap and juice, 90's font sticker on front), as that was when Avon did a slight re-orchestration to make Wild Country more contemporary.

Below are the bottles by themselves.

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First Formula

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Second Formula

[The Cologne Cabinet]

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Polo Crest

[RedRaider430]

Last week -2°, today 75°. Just another typical day of Texas weather.

I pulled out the Creed Zeste Mandarine Pamplemousse.

[thrilledchilled]

SOTA
Witness by Jacques Bogart
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[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Guerlain Coque d'Or

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[allkindsofwatches1]

Truth. I need more of it.

Me too. I looked but no good luck.

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[aero58]

....Today I have a special treat. An original deepest of deep vintage, 1967 Wild Country cologne 6oz from an original faux-saddlebag grooming kit (will show that later), full nitromusk and sandalwood/oakmoss formula here with deep copper juice.

Bottle shown compared to a later (late 70's through early 80's for 6oz, 4oz after that) bottle with simplified badging and straw-colored juice....

Excellent!!!

[Ali AD]

Loewe - Esencia




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[perfaddict]

Captain Molyneux

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

25th day of Chanel Egoiste EDT
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[Avecesar]

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[PStoller]

SOTN:

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Lenthéric - Repartée (1949)

Ad copy: “An engaging new fragrance. Witty, expansive, and lasting. As daring as a night in France.”

A rather half-hearted (or half-witted) attempt to reconcile the character of the fragrance with its name. Alexandra Star offers a more useful description: “Repartee was launched in 1938. It is a lovely peppery perfume with deep floral heart notes and a creamy musky base.”

The date is off by 11 years, but otherwise it’s a fair account. I don’t get nearly as much pepper as I do florals. Star’s pyramid for Repartée is:

Top: neroli, bergamot, peach, orange blossom
Heart: rose, jasmine, cinnamon, carnation
Base: sandalwood, musk, vanilla, civet

Rose and jasmine (of good quality) predominate to my nose. I await the drydown to assess the base, but it looks plausible if we assume the civet is a minor player, as this is hardly animalic. It reads feminine to me, and at once old-fashioned and youthful, but I’m enjoying it nonetheless for that. I’ll be switching to a masculine from the house for my next one.