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Scent/Fragrance of the Day - 2011
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Tabac EDT
Crown Perfumery's Eau de Quinine
Caswell & Massey Number Six
Jovan Musk. Wife is away for a couple of days. Only time I can wear this.
Central Park, a light green scent. Should be good in the heat today.
Terre d'Hermes EdP
Today's scent is sponsored by member Tehtimmeh:
Bonny Doon Farms
Meehan's Bay Rhum
Bonny Doon Farms
Meehan's Bay Rhum
Caron Yatagan
Penhaligon's Sartorial
Penhaligon's Lavandula
Yes! I like this a lot. I love lavender and this does a good job of focusing on lavender notes and yet being slightly different from main stream lavender centered fragrances. The opening is very floral and it becomes herbal as it develops, but there is an obvious musk note in the background that is very nice, slightly sweet, and a touch feminine. I'm also getting a faint touch of incense, two note that are made for each other (try Tauer's Reverie au Jardin). The feminine aspect of this fragrance is what most interests me, though, because in my experience lavender is more of a masculine note being used prominently in fougeres. Not that it can't and hasn't been used by women, but I've always thought of it as Western man's flower (as opposed to the rose in the Middle East). Sillage is moderate at best, unfortunately, but I really like this one from Pen's.
Abdus Samad Al Qurashi - Sheikh Zuheer
Thanks Evan for this magnificent obsession.
AdP Colonia Essenza. I like this stuff more each time I wear it.
Sables
Abdus Samad Al Qurashi - Sheikh Zuheer
Thanks Evan for this magnificent obsession.
My pleasure, Henry. And "obsession" is definitely the right word.
I don't know if I would rather see the look on the person's face that asked what you are wearing or hear you pronouncing it to them
Penhaligon's Lavandula
Yes! I like this a lot. I love lavender and this does a good job of focusing on lavender notes and yet being slightly different from main stream lavender centered fragrances. The opening is very floral and it becomes herbal as it develops, but there is an obvious musk note in the background that is very nice, slightly sweet, and a touch feminine. I'm also getting a faint touch of incense, two note that are made for each other (try Tauer's Reverie au Jardin). The feminine aspect of this fragrance is what most interests me, though, because in my experience lavender is more of a masculine note being used prominently in fougeres. Not that it can't and hasn't been used by women, but I've always thought of it as Western man's flower (as opposed to the rose in the Middle East). Sillage is moderate at best, unfortunately, but I really like this one from Pen's.
Definitely an underappreciated lavender frag. I think it gets ignored due to it's relatively high price in the lavender world. It's pretty dang good, but at the price you could buy a lifetime supply of Caron PuH (seriously you can fond 25 oz bottles of that stuff for like 75 bucks).
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