Fougere?

[Brooksie967]

I need a list of all the fougere scented creams/soaps please!
I've got the QCS cream with tallow in fougere and can't get enough of the stuff. I want to try others too.
No need to mention the MDC, probably not looking in that price range. I've heard that TOBS Jermyn street is a fougere like scent?

 

[oldtrout]

I'd classify my sample of QCS fougere as spicy.
Since you ask we not mention it...I prefer MdC's take on fougere; MdC is more woodsy and floral to my nose -- more "fern-like."

 

[sarimento1]

if you are including soaps, perhaps English Fern and Creed GIT. Fitjars has a norwegian fern. all those are in same price range at mdc, but difference is probably less than a couple lunches at tim's.

 

[Brooksie967]

So it seems it's all higher-end soaps using this scent?
Anyone try the LA shaving soap?

 

[Chadao]

I don't understand Fougére as a specific scent. I thought it was a category. Luca Turin calls it a "...genre based on the original Fougére Royale."

 

[Niles]

I don't understand Fougére as a specific scent. I thought it was a category. Luca Turin calls it a "...genre based on the original Fougére Royale."

You are correct that it is a category of scent. There are certain notes that are usually included in this type of scent. But there are many fragrances that can be described as fougere.

 

[Brooksie967]

You are correct that it is a category of scent. There are certain notes that are usually included in this type of scent. But there are many fragrances that can be described as fougere.

SO we need a list of everything!!

 

[jwilock]

TOBS Jermyn Street is a very popular mid priced fougere scented cream or soap - and if you read the reviews you'll see lots of people really like its performance.

 

[Chadao]

For starters, Turin says, "...Fougere Royale, an abstract composition of lavender, oakmoss, and the tobacco-hay note of coumarin."

Example (Turin, The Little Book of Perfumes), "...its apex was reached by the aromatic fougeres of the late 1970s. Some, I among them, believe that the finest aromatic ever was Azzaro Pour Homme.""

SO we need a list of everything!!

 

[Brooksie967]

I've actually got a little bottle of that upstairs, maybe only half an ounce.

 

[Chadao]

It's one of my favorites, although NY Times Perfume Critic (former) Chandler Burr doesn't think so much of it.

 

[Jefebadskin]

An exhaustive list of fougere would take forever. Any of the tobs varieties named after something could be fougere, many of the penhaligons even though they have a specific fern, floris, gft so on and so forth. Fougere depending on how you view it can be a huge percentage of products.

 

[graysonhenryrussell]

Go ahead & pay the 65 dollars & get MdC in the 200 gram jar.

 

[Brooksie967]

I was more hoping for a list of soaps/creams not so much anything else.

 

[Jefebadskin]

All those have soaps and/or creams. Although it seems like you're looking for value, in that case QCS Fougere wins that for me by a wide margin. If valobra is coming out with one as rumored I'm all over that.

 

[Icarium]

I'd classify my sample of QCS fougere as spicy.

i openly admit, i do not have a good sense of smell but its all i got
i've seen fougere mentioned many times and wondered what it was like
my only exposure to the scent was QCS' while i was trying to sample many scents at MenEssentials [must resist]
i got a blast of cinnamon followed by ... cookies?
cinnamon or cloves, they are similar to me
not for me
good to know there are other fougeres out there i need to sniff my next trip to MenEssentials [must resist]

 

[Niles]

The problem in looking for a fougere cream is that fragrances are usually more complex than soaps and creams. So one shouldn't expect to find all, or even most, of those notes in a soap or cream. But one that might qualify is Harris Arlington for the fern component in the scent.

 

[Cacique]

I love the LA Shaving Soap fougere. I got mine yesterday and only got 1 shave with it, too tired for a shave today. The soap was incredibly slick and lathered easily, and it smelled amazing. I wish I could describe it better, but it was just a very nice "green" smell. Not so much floral, but very fresh green plant like, if that makes any sense.

 

[IMightBeWrong]

I have a puck of Jermyn Street that I've barely touched. It doesn't smell like much in my opinion and the lather is just okay for me.

 

[evnpar]

Al's Sapone da Barba Fougere About It is the best fougère that I have used, and I'm a big fourgère fan.