Perfumer, Olivier Polge says, "The comet is a strong symbol for Chanel, and I’m thinking in particular of the Comète necklace from the 1932 High Jewellery Collection"
As Moment Suprême, I immediately experience cloves, lavender and rose, underlined with geranium, and I am sent to a happy place. There's something that tickles my senses when lavender and rose are combined (see also Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet, Oriza L. Legrand Cuir de l'Aigle Russe, es Parfums de Rosine Rose d'Homme). For many, this combination may feel antiquated or stuffy, but I on the contrary, find it to be almost poetic: the counterpoint of aromatic and floral, a perceptual dissonance to resolved consonance. It feels almost metaphorical. I would classify this as an amber fougere, robust yet not defiant, circling my body as I wear it, seeming like...
Starts out floral with a small hint of skank (very small). Something like Rose 31. It's not until about 2 hours when you actually get the wood notes. Beautiful fragrance overall. Unisex for sure due to the rose in this one. It's an Amouage, so you know the longevity is above average. I feel Woods Symphony could have been named something else because the woods is not the main accord I get with this fragrance. A nice fragrance nontheless.7/10
Listed Notes (from NST): frozen morello cherry, bergamot, pink, white and yellow jasmine, pink pepper, freesia, violet, tonka beans, amber and sandalwood *** Medical cherry Better from the cute mini Awesome on my wife Fittingly disco A bit suave and rico Like some former life Excellent freshness From this Red fruity temptress Fleurs to keep her cool But warm up the base And I'll venture this Ace is Sure to play the Fool Cough syrup cutie With LPRN's beauty Six years prior to Perhaps that's the way T'was meant to be, Cartier Here's a toast to you! *** There's a part of me that enjoyed my wife wearing Délices de...
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier Santal Noble new 2017 edition is simply a perfect fragrance, a gorgeous complex sandalwood-rendition (resinous incensey, aristocratic, decadent, divinely retrò, multifaceted). It is basically a perfected version (just barely less massive and resinous) of its older brother, namely the vintage Santal Noble 1988 edition. An extreme balance between angular/spiky and soothing/creamy/resinous elements is the main argument in here. Ambergris and sandalwood (alongside high quality vetiver) are definitely the main protagonists of this olfactory work of art. Santal Noble opens dramatically, kind of boozy (the effect produced by...
Vintage Cristalle edp is either at the top or very near the top of my all time favorite perfumes!!!! On me it's a rich and dense floral/fruity green that goes on forever! And the base notes provide such a wonderful and solid anchor that the blissfilled cloud of scent stays with me for hours. If you really want to know the beauty of this perfume, I suggest that you obtain a true vintage bottle - don't bother talking about the more recent reformulations . . . they reflect cheaper replacement ingredients and not the true intent of the scent.
The most mesmerizing from Ma Collection, Que sais je? ("What do I know?"), the one intended for brunettes, and its shadowy beauty leaves me at a loss for words. Creme de Peche de Vigne and Belle de Brillet cognac seem to form its core, with ancillary florals—ylang ylang, jasmine, rose—are the glowing highlights to this chiaroscuro. Nutty, woody, mahogany-like, with the presence of spice, particularly clove, sets the tone for what is even more enchanting, the ever advancing dry down. When the liqueur has been fully imbibed, and the florals recede, what's left is a granular, bittersweet myrrh, beeswax, and this confluence of woods and oily costus that...
As I sampled each from the Ma Collection minis I am awestruck at how each enthralls me. I recall a Youtube channel that has since had all its videos pulled as of 2022, "Making a Stink" and the two hosts did their own assessments of these minis and they seemed far more critical. I for a moment thought to myself, should I push my nose to find the flaws or the less savory elements? Yet here I am with Adieu Sagesse, the one for the redheads, and I just can't find anything to pick apart. I am riveted. Hypnotized even. A musky, fecund creamy bouquet of gardenia tinted with neroli and shaded with narcissus, sealed with clove pink; though some noses may find it...
Their back story about JFK and "Bob" is laughable. I remember when I first read it that was strike one. Strike two is some kind of side story that one of the notes comes from some odd rare flower in Chile that can only be harvested in a short window every year. But a couple of Basenoters weighed in with some decent feedback recently and I decided to try it. Plus, it comes in 30ml which is always a plus for me. I cannot expound on the notes with a deep analysis. It wears pretty cleanly and lightly, but it is very present. Good longevity. It pre-dates Bois Imperial by a few years, but to me it is somewhat similar/in that vein but more mature and...
What fragrances do you consider avant-garde? Dior Fahrenheit, Etat Libre d'Orange and a lot of Comme des Garçons come to mind. What else? 481252 Man Ray (left) Jean Paul Gaultier (right)
Hi. I' m looking for a good "dandy" fragrance, a light Musky/oriental powdery. Maybe : chanel n5 l' eau ? Nicolai New York intense ? Pennhaligons hammam bouquet ? Este Lauder White Linen ? Histoire de parfum ambre 114 ? Hermes bel ami vetiver ? Amouage Gold man ? Kouros (new version ) ? Guerlain habit rouge l' istinct ?
Hi! I'm looking to buy a new kind of all-year round fragrance as my daily (valentino born in roma) is running out. I want it to be masculine and maybe a little sweet. I have looked at the maison margiela replica lineup as I found it on sale, but I haven't tested any of them yet. I've thought about Jazz club and By the fireplace. But it seems like both of them are more winter fragrances, I've also heard that jazz club is kind of boozy. Are there any versatile replica fragrances? I currently have Valentino Uomo born in roma and Hugo Boss bottled edt, I also like stronger with you intensely. I've also considered buying another one of the valentino scents such...
Welcome to the Weekend Sync for 2024-25! Feel free to participate Saturday, Sunday, or both! The goal of this sync is to explore your collection through different lenses (aka themes). It is a great way to get to know your collection better and maintain interest in it. Another purpose of this sync is to get to know other Basenoters and see how a diverse range of fragrances relate to a common theme. It is great fun to read the connections that other BNoters share. Don’t worry about if I had a particular scent in mind for a theme - I can assure you that I did not! I have no idea what I will choose myself - that is what keeps it creative and fun for...
Doing a take on a recent thread asking about the least “you” fragrance in your collection, what do you feel is the most “you” scent that you own? Even if it’s not your signature, is there one that makes you say, “Yeah, that’s me,” or that others say, “Yep, here comes ole’ Charlie Brown, and I know it because I smell ________ (fragrance).” Write and tell.
For the month of June, let's share our appreciation for the house of Dior. Let's wear some fragrances and have some discussions about Dior! What fragrances do you own? Are they bottles, decants, or samples? What do you like and don't like about Dior?
A while back I grew curious and ordered a sample of ELdO's secretions. It obviously wasn't pretty (clearly not meant to be) or even wearable (for me certainly) but the heavy iodine dose stayed with me, both literally and figuratively. I stupidly skin tested it and it took me hours to get clear of it, and here I am 2 years later still recalling that heavy, brackish iodine blast the minute I opened my first vial of scentenal. Which had the emotional impact of seeing someone from your past that you reeeeally didn't like and couldn't get out of your life inexplicably sitting in your living room. Is this because I am smelling a chemical component of...
Hi, I was just looking for advice if possible, I’m trying to identify a perfume bottle for a friend, they had gotten it around 10 years ago, weren’t ever able to find it again, they love the perfume, any help possible would be really appreciated!!! It was bought in a Max fashion store in Bahrain around 10 years ago, the bottle has Hot! In red letters on front, eau de toilette, it’s a 100ml rounded, rectangular, clear glass bottle, it has a round silver cap with 2 curved lower case f letters side by side, it’s possible they are scimitars but looks more like ff, base of bottle says made in U.A.E, batch number P640. I was originally thinking it might...
I was intrigued by something I read the other day, maybe here, and stumbled upon this description of a now defunct product on Hermitage (Poplar Buds MD Absolute — Populus Nigra): "fruity-apricot, flowery-osmanthus, woody, leathery, liqueur-like davana notes with prune and fig undertones. Useful in floral bouquets, oriental, fruity and leather notes.” Always interested in naturals for the leather I'm chipping away at. I found a variety of different species of poplar bud absolutes on offer, and saw Biolandes offer Black Poplar Bud Absolute at 50% in TEC. This was for sale on an Etsy store in vacation mode, and I also found a CO2 extract, however I...
Initially I’d like to throw out that over the last 2 years I have been extensively studying perfumery ingredients, their properties and characteristics however i am what seems to be the most complicated stage. The calculations. I wish to make 2ml samples. I need final concentration at 15% Now say I have 10 total ingredients: 8 of these ingredients are 10% in DPG 2 of these ingredients are 1% in DPG Would I be correct to assume I need 0.30ml of total perfume ingredients including the DPG it’s in, so I would have to calculate it by the total measurement rather than concentration. For example: [*]Ingredients at 10% Concentration: [*]Ingredient A:...
