Quick thoughts on L'Air du Desert Marocain

[imyourhuckleberryxx]

So I got my sample of this in a couple of weeks ago. As per all the hype I was very very excited to give this one a try. I had my $$ ready to be spent on a full bottle and was going to do a blind buy on this but decided against it. Man oh man am I glad I decided to wait! I've been trying the sample on my wrist every other day since I got it just hoping it would grow on me. It did not. Well...that kinda makes it sound like I don't actually like it. I do enjoy it. But its...difficult I think is the best word for it. First off, its potent. Really really potent. Lots of incense and smoke going on at first. Then once it dies down I'm getting a lot of spicy woods. All things that I would normally jump on. Here's my beef with LDDM...its one of the very very few colognes that I just wouldn't know when to wear. And I'm guilty of wearing whatever I want, where and whenever I want. I just don't see the point in having a bottle that I only use 2-4 times a year on those special occasions. So as nice as it is, I am definitely going to have to pass.

I know they're not super similar or usually compared but I picked up a new bottle of CDG 2Man and I think it will nicely fill the void that LDDM left. I really enjoyed my sample of 2Man and found it to be much easier to wear.

 

[tehtimmeh]

Wow. CDG will never be able to come close to LDDM. Not even in the same ball park. LDDM is a modern masterpiece.

 

[StylinLA]

LDDM hit me in that same way at first. When or where to wear it? Don't use it often, but it is fragrance art to me. But it has such a distinctive smell, it is unconventional and doesn't "fit" into our usual notions of scent. I do not think it to be particularly feminine, but would love to smell it on a woman.

if you don't like it, you don't like it. But, I would advise you keep the sample and try again some time.

 

[professorchaos]

Wow. CDG will never be able to come close to LDDM. Not even in the same ball park. LDDM is a modern masterpiece.

+1.

 

[The Chandos]

I do enjoy it. But its...difficult I think is the best word for it. First off, its potent. Really really potent. Lots of incense and smoke going on at first. Then once it dies down I'm getting a lot of spicy woods. ...

I know they're not super similar or usually compared but I picked up a new bottle of CDG 2Man and I think it will nicely fill the void that LDDM left. I really enjoyed my sample of 2Man and found it to be much easier to wear.

I've heard those same words about AirDM before and that's a dead on way of describing it. Easy on the trigger, spray once under the shirt, and enjoy the ride is all I can say. It's one of my all time faves and I've gone through several bottles.

Although I agree there's no comparison to CdG2Man, I can see the appeal. I really like this one, too, especially that smoky burning-leaves or extinguished-candle note.

You need both, honestly.