I would, yes. I like the SMN better.
Your Favorite Lavender Cologne or Product
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I would, yes. I like the SMN better.
You know my opinions on O&C. I have found the L'Occitan to be quite sweet and cloying, personally. I don't find it to have much in common with O&C, and I would choose O&C any day over it. It should be easy enough to sample, though, if you have a L'Occitane store in your area.
L'Occitan is a peppery lavender with a bit of a spicy/woodsy drydown.
C&S Oxford & Cambridge is lavender and peppermint with an earthy drydown.
HoratioCaine has a good point; if you have a L'Occitane store in your area, go give the L'Occitan a try to see if it's a good match for you.
Lord knows that what works for one persons body chemistry doesn't necessarily work for anothers. Throw in personal preferences, and it's a toss up on what will work for you! Hence why we B&Bers throw around YMMV so much!
While you're there at the l'Occitane store, check out their lavender display. One of the EdTs features lavender and mint. It reminded me a bit of C&S O&C (which I don't much like).
Echoes my experience with both scents. A bit more sillage and longevity from the L'Occitan as well though it's the cedar/burnt wood that hangs around not the lavender.
Castle Forbes Lavender Oil Cream, it has been a please to use and is certainly strong and not floral in any sense. Like your first post it really changed my opinion about Lavander.
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Then...would you choose SMN Imperial Lavender over C&S O&C?
That's really nice stuff, but as Horatio said, I was under the impression it was discontinued. Andrew, do you know of a source that still carries it?
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Yeah, same place that I saw it!!
OK... I cheated on my soap
Here was a pretty delightful SOTD. Oxford & Cambridge Soap and EdT made it so
... Yes, the soap is very good
Here was a pretty delightful SOTD. Oxford & Cambridge Soap and EdT made it so
... Yes, the soap is very good Yes, absolutely. SMN Imperial Lavender is one of my favorite colognes of any scent, and unquestionably my single favorite lavender cologne. (With the caveat that I have not yet tried Caldey Abbey.)
I'll be interested to see how long that sticks around. I'm guessing that's old stock they have on hand.
OK... I cheated on my soap
Here was a pretty delightful SOTD. Oxford & Cambridge Soap and EdT made it so
O&C soap and the Semogue LE boar brush! Looks like an envy-inducing SOTD to me.
That really was nice
Looks real good. Except for the hideous tile.
Kidding. I like the splash.
Does the soap smell like the EdC? There seems to be some difference in the scents between the No. 88 and the soap.
Yeah, it smells a lot like the EdC or T whichever it is
I had been using GB soap for almost 4 weeks exclusively so I felt weird using something else. Thus the "cheated" comment.
The scent isn't all that strong when lathered up. But it's an excellent performer.
The "tile" is actually Onyx, and it was really expensive. Thanks for making me feel like it was money well spent, "Friend"
Yeah, it smells a lot like the EdC or T whichever it is
I had been using GB soap for almost 4 weeks exclusively so I felt weird using something else. Thus the "cheated" comment.
The scent isn't all that strong when lathered up. But it's an excellent performer.
The "tile" is actually Onyx, and it was really expensive. Thanks for making me feel like it was money well spent, "Friend"
Well, I really do like the splash.
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