So along with my newest blind buy of Narciso Rodriguez for Him Musc Collection (NRFHM) has come the saddening realization that I might possibly be anosmic to musk. This was a blind buy for me. I realized I didn't really have any "loud" musk fragrances and I definitely needed one. I have Bvlgari Pour Homme Soir which I thought was musky but have just recently scene that musk isn't even listed in the notes. But I was looking for a new fall/winter fragrance and I already have some good fougere scents so i figured it was time for a strong musk one. I was trying not to spend a fortune, NRFHM had been on my radar for some time and I just kept coming back to it. The reviews all around seemed good, minus a few dislikes. And from what I could find it sounded like it would be the loud fragrance I was looking for. Well my bottle arrived Friday evening and I was so excited to try it out. I rush upstairs to get the box opened and soon as it was I promptly got 2 good sprays on my wrist...right off the bat I could tell it was not nearly as loud as I was hoping. It was very floral. I don't know all the correct terms to really get down to the nitty gritty for y'all But floral is as best as I can describe it. The notes listed for it are "dominant musk intertwining with intoxicating floral essences of iris and red berries." I can pick up the iris. I can pick up the red berries. But I cannot pick up any musk at all. Or maybe I am and I just don't know it. Maybe this just isn't a loud musk fragrance. As I said this is my first real musk dominant fragrance. Funny, in all my reading up on this and other musk fragrances before deciding which to buy I didn't see one single thing about how there is a very large percentage of people who cannot smell musk. Might have actually sampled it before buying had I. But does anyone else have this problem with musk? If am anosmic to musk could I possibly have better luck with a different/stronger kind? Has anyone else ever tried this Narciso Rodriguez for Him Musc? I'm hoping someone else has and they can tell me its just not the powerhouse I thought it was going to be.
anosmic to musk?
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Yes, evidently many people are anosmic to some of the musk synthetics. I've seen a few threads about it at Basenotes from some of the more chemistry oriented types.
I tried Musc Ravageur and got no musk out of it at all.
I tried Musc Ravageur and got no musk out of it at all.
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Yea, I had narrowed mine down to Musc Ravageur, Montale Black Musck, MKK and this NRFHM. Really glad I decided against dropping the $ on any of the others. Weaksauce bud!
I don't think they're weak actually, I just think some of us simply cannot smell the musk component. I have the same problem with Aventus.
What should the fragrance of Musk smell like?
My thought is that there are different interpretations of musk. There are clean and simple musks (which I love) like ck be, Skin Musk, Jovan Musk. And there are dirtier musks- Muscs Koublai Khan, for instance. The real thing smells dirty since it was/is extracted from the glands of animals.
Musk, real musk smells awful to me.
That is to say that just the musk scent not if it's buried in the mix near the back.
Musk smells to me like what I imagine James Bond would smell like if he didn't shower.
You know, being intimate with all those women and whatnot.....
That is to say that just the musk scent not if it's buried in the mix near the back.
Musk smells to me like what I imagine James Bond would smell like if he didn't shower.
You know, being intimate with all those women and whatnot.....
clean musks smell like dryer sheets.
I've always heard that and never got it until i started smelling very musk centric scents, then i realized it's true! Most household products are heavily scented with synthetic musk since it's so cheap and gives a warm fuzzy impression, exactly what you want your clothes to be like out of the dryer. This is probably also why people can't smell musks, since EVERYTHING is scented with musk it becomes almost background noise...I stopped using dryer sheets and laundry detergent a year or so ago and now I really notice the scent.
dirty musks smell like clean musks but with an animalic component. I guess like if you mixed white musk and civet would be a good example...
