Yes, you too can smell like Downy/Lenor and Sandalwood for just $500!
This is a citrus based scent, it has the same feel as vintage formulations of Eau de Cologne Imperiale, Eau de Cologne du Coq and Eau de Guerlain. The opening has notes refreshing orange, zesty lemons, and bergamot. Once the opening fades the lemon verbena and neroli florals can be noticed, there's a slightly herbal and floral feel. The base dries down to woods and grassy vetiver. The longevity and silage is shorter than preferred, it's a very nice pleasing scent for the warmer months.
Starting from something familiar yet not monotonous, Aventus batches lose their allure when held in Zero's hand—they become too mundane and trivial. I'm not drawn to this vibe; however, I'm intrigued by its opposite—a dark, seductive, and masculine essence. It evokes a familiar feeling initially, but as it evolves, the sunset gradually fades, and night descends, shrouded in ghosts, crowning Zero as the king of the night... Crafted with natural ambergris, each bottle is meticulously handmade and plated with 24k gold, imbuing it with a unique texture. This truly captivates my senses.
A Whisper Louder than Words Chouette Vierge Parfumée - Nébuleuse du Papillon It's been a while since I've explored a fragrance so boldly truthful, one that doesn't shy away from its essence, revealing genuine insights that I can't help but share. To withhold such honesty would betray my passion for fragrances. 😊 You've likely encountered fragrances with provocative names like "Secretions Magnifiques," "Archives 69" or "Sleep with Me Tonight" (Kilian Avec Moi). Yet, behind their flashy names lies simplicity and marketing hype. But what sets apart this "bare" fragrance, Nébuleuse du Papillon, as a masterpiece? Is it an artistically crafted scent...
This is a peach-hued, bramble-tinted glimmer in a haze of aromatics: davana resembling drupe tisane, inhaling a jar of dried chamomile flowers, rose water on warm skin, muddled with spiced cake until its swallowed by a eucalyptus grove. Nagada is another warped wonder from the 90s that faded into obscurity and is ripe for rediscovery for the right olfactory adventurer. It's fun and confounding at the same time, deceiving you into thinking at first it's an easy, 'set it and forget it' wear, "well this is a nice 90s also ran, inoffensive, not bad!" But wait, what stirs in the background? What is the story with this eucalyptus grove, this herbal, almost...
Sweet and modern, and different from the OG Society with the nutty opening from the coffee. Has a similar feel to other sweet, woody modern scents that lean more sweet and powdery than fresh/clean like CH Bad Boy/Azzaro the Most Wanted/Ferragamo Uomo but is more grown up and not as old or screechy. I don’t get an exaggerated iris or vanilla, more of just the sweet woody notes mixed with the nutty coffee and earthy vetiver. Not the most amazing scent, but it is solid and enjoyable. Could be redundant since there are a number of scents that occupy the same space regarding the smell, but this one seems to wear lighter and project less, making it an...
A powdery, slightly earthy vanilla. This is not super sweet cake vanilla. More natural. This is pleasant but it does smell more feminine than unisex to me. Persistent projection on me, could get cloying during the first hours of wear. Not room-filling but it does have some reach and will get noticed if you spray too much. The drydown is more subtle and intimate. Longevity is all day long and then some.
Smells very similar to Ferrari Uomo, which I think is an excellent cheapie. It's slightly sweet, very clean, and extremely versatile. Probably won't be a favorite of young guys, but it just smells very pleasant and is easy to wear. My only issue would be that it costs more than the Ferarri currently and performs about the same, maybe a little worse. Projection is average and longevity is about 5-6 hours.
I really like Cow, the opening is stunning. It's interesting, and lovely but it all disappears so quickly. It really doesn't last very long, there are body lotions that smells stronger. If it had more lasting power, even a bit more then I would purchase a bottle but this is so incredibly light.
I'll start working on the Carnation accords. So I'll have to find an Iso Eugenol replacement. Side by side test, on skin. ~0.015-0.018g each (one drop). Iso Eugenol 10% MVP (Methoxy Vinyl Phenol) 1% Methyl Diantilis 10% Iso Eugenyl Acetate 10% Iso Eugenol - IFRA 0.11% from the concentrate -> 0.55% in a 20% concentration perfume. So, you can still use 7-10% Iso Eugenol in your Carnation accord, if your Carnation accord is ~10% from the concentrate. It's by far the most powerful of the bunch, sharp, somehow cold-minty, musk-like fluffy diffusive. None of the other 3 are cool-minty, so it would take some Methyl Salicylate to compensate (in the (partial)...
There are many great discussion threads dedicated to a single house, but I noticed we don't have one dedicated to Heeley. Heeley is one of my all time favorite brands and, though I think it has many fans on Basenotes, the brand does not get the attention I think it deserves from the wider fragrance community. So, I'm dedicating this thread to the discussion (positive and negative!) of Heeley Parfums and its founder and perfumer, James Heeley. https://www.jamesheeley.com/c/5-large/eau-de-parfum.jpg As a designer influenced by nature it was quite logical that James Heeley should be fascinated by the world of scent. It was in France, through his design...
I love that shaving cream type of smell and I wonder what cheapies that are resembling that shaving cream/soapy smell are out there? I know that the 'holy grail' of them is Rive Gauche PH but that is discontinued and it ain't no cheapy. :) Thanks!
First I want to say that some people on the internet must be very biased for a certain reason or probably they are tripping about some 'niche' fragrances. Amouage Journey - I don't like it. bleah , culinary spices and some church incense. I could see a priest wearing this. lol Herod PdM - vanilla-cinnamon-woody sweet gourmand unisex frag. Tobacco Oud T.F - yuck, indeed it has some tobacco-ambery notes but also it has a funky sweet dry 'feces' smell. wet dog frag imo :) Smoke by Akro - charcoal, burnt wood, ashy notes and some sweet benzoin/tonka notes. I could say this could be a real niche-manly version of TF TV. Yeah its smoky. Tobacco Honey by...
Hi all, this is my first post as a long-time lurker. I went to a "make your own perfume" class (in France) where we used pre-diluted bases that we mixed together to make a perfume. There was a choice of a hundred bases. How could these meet IFRA standards ? I understand that IFRA standards are voluntary. But still, do you think each of these bases had a CPSR and DIP ? Same for custom scents. Do perfumers in the EU that sell actually do a DIP for each ? I'm asking because I'd like to sell custom scents once I start being less shitty at this. Perfume making is quite a journey. I've been practicing olfaction accords and bases for a few months. Hope I get...
Visited Italy in September. Isle of Capri and Sienna. Got me some Acqua di Parma Arancia and loved the Bergamatto di Calabria. Bought the Arancia. But we saw the shop of Carthusia on Capri and stopped in. Sprayed a couple on, one was green tea. But oh, those lemons on Capri were so huge. So, Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche is nice but not very bright or long lived on me. Very subdued. I am looking to buy a Carthusia scent which is bright, like the AdP Arancia, but lemony. Long lasting will be a plus. Something to evoke my memory of the Isle of Capri. Any suggestions from the house of Carthusia? Or get the Bergamatto di Calabria? Or...
Please write to me if you have desire for 250g - 500g of MNK. I'm not interested in sending out 50 10g bottles. Fragrantly Yours, PK
So, BBC (Eye Investigation team) made a documentary called Perfume's Dark Secret. About child labor in jasmine picking. Implicating brands like Louis Vuitton, Armani, Lancome, Aerin. Despite claims of having no ties to child labor, apparently the documentary maker found proof of kids as young as 5 picking jasmine in the Egyptian fields they use. This supposedly aired/streamed this week and you can find it on the BBC site via Google; however, all pages are dead and there's no stream. Has anyone seen this? Anyone with a streaming link or more info?
Just want to vent about this awful redesign and perhaps someone with some control over it reads this forum. What was once a neatly organized and veritable tome of information, basically THE essential online reference book for natural materials is now a frustrating mess. Allegedly it is "cleaner" because it is "web 2.0", but in reality there is a ton more clutter, scrolling , and wasted clicking to access what was only yesterday readily accessible. What shame. Here are the problems: Everything takes up too much space and is way too big: Every single product page is now 4x larger. The "purchase" section has ballooned in size. Pages have gigantic images and...
I was wondering if anyone has had good luck with perfumed body lotions from brands. I'm specifically interested in getting some from L'Artisan Parfumeur and Profumum Roma. Unfortunately, while the EDPs are available near me, I'd have to blind buy the lotions online and am worried they won't smell like much of anything. I've never had good luck with perfumed lotions, having tried Byredo and Molton Brown's scented lotions and finding that they don't smell anything like their matching perfumes. However, I have beautiful memories of buying perfumes and matching lotions from the 1990s and recall them smelling very similar, so I know it can be done. Have any of...
