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Only one Penhaligon's - Which one?
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In this order (YMMV):
English Fern
Sartorial
Opus
I whittled down my Pen's collection to these three, they are all very nice.
English Fern
Sartorial
Opus
I whittled down my Pen's collection to these three, they are all very nice.
Hammam is classic, but too polarizing to be "the one".
BB is nice but, as mentioned, doesn't have the longevity.
I seem to be in the minority, but English Fern is too artificial-smelling for me.
I love Castile--it has great staying power on me. Reminds me A LOT of AdP, very clean and soapy.
Sartorial is wonderful, and I haven't seen anyone mention Endymion yet...it is intoxicating.
BB is nice but, as mentioned, doesn't have the longevity.
I seem to be in the minority, but English Fern is too artificial-smelling for me.
I love Castile--it has great staying power on me. Reminds me A LOT of AdP, very clean and soapy.
Sartorial is wonderful, and I haven't seen anyone mention Endymion yet...it is intoxicating.
And you chose the best 3!
Raquets hands down. It has the scent of Pinaud Clubman, and I believe it can be worn at any occasion. It is the one penhaligon's that I will be needing to restock in the very near future
Endymion is quite a nice scent. Sort of the Pens entry into the gourmand segment. A bit of a latte kind of scent. I just found it a longevity light weight. YMMV.
I have Opus and Endymion, EDT, ASB and Opus cream. Opus is nice and lasts, a complex scent that very briefly starts off peppery but ends up a pleasant rose and woods. Endymion is a warm rich almost chocolate scent that is very nice and warm but needs a few extra squirts to last more than 10 minutes. While the scent is there after a few hours, it is very close to the skin (best to apply to clothing). The ASB on each is a very nice cream, with the scent of each acting just like the EDT. Both are nice cool/cold weather scents. The Pen's cream is very nice, slick and rich, but I feel D.R. Harris creams are just as good.
Love Castile as well, lasts forever on me. Also a former BB fan, but I like Trumper's Wellington more now. English Fern is great, but Trumper's Wild Fern is nearly identical and is less expensive. I need to check out Sartorial.
JS for me too (just edging out English Fern) even though it disappears on me for 45 minutes between the top and base notes. Maybe this is just seasonal thinking, night reverse the order in the Spring.
Endymion or OPUS 1870 would be my choice...
I agree completely. For me, this is the only Pen's frag worth buying. For any of their other ranges, I much prefer the GFT versions. Except, of course, Hammam's Bouquet. That horrific, nauseating nightmare of a frag belongs back in whatever vat hidden in the ruins of the Hellfire Club that Pen's perfumers found it. A truly awful, awful concoction.
You are causing Obsessed to be even more ashamed of his Obsession than he already is.
I don't know that I dislike it with the passion you do, but I don't much care for it myself either. Just don't get me started on C&S Mimosa. Now that stuff is truly vile...
You are causing Obsessed to be even more ashamed of his Obsession than he already is.
For those who have not been following this little pseudo saga for the last several years, I just want to make it clear that I do not like Obsession.
I definitely need to refresh my memory of the Pen's scents I have, but from memory, English Fern tops the list.
Acceptance is the first step to recovery...
Does that mean you've accepted me?
Blenheim Bouquet.
Antique Hoosier
“Aircooled”
Blenheim Bouquet
Endymion gets a thumbs up too!
Fern needs to be SOLD or traded..... I mildly like it but my tall drink of beautiful cool water wife Melissa loathes it.....
Endymion gets a thumbs up too!
Fern needs to be SOLD or traded..... I mildly like it but my tall drink of beautiful cool water wife Melissa loathes it.....
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