The Wife's Birthday Present: Guerlain Mitsuoko or L'Heure Bleue?

[_MementoMori_]

I will defer to the expertise of the cologne forum posters here. I've read up on both at basenotes, and they seem to be on equal footing there.

I think, whatever the case, that I'll take my wife to Nieman Marcus this week to hopefully smell both fragrances. This will be her first classic fragrance and I want to do it right.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Duamuteffe]

If you're planning on letting her smell them first, why restrict it to only those two? Please consider letting her smell/try the whole bunch, and see which one she likes best. It's a lot safer than buying one solely because it's a classic and then having to hope like crazy it will work well with her skin chemistry. A classic name is nice, but having a scent that she loves and works well on her, even if it's not necessarily the name you wanted, will definitely be nicer in the long run.

 

[StylinLA]

If you're planning on letting her smell them first, why restrict it to only those two? Please consider letting her smell/try the whole bunch, and see which one she likes best. It's a lot safer than buying one solely because it's a classic and then having to hope like crazy it will work well with her skin chemistry. A classic name is nice, but having a scent that she loves and works well on her, even if it's not necessarily the name you wanted, will definitely be nicer in the long run.

+1

I think it's great to have a purpose and try those classic Guerlain fragrances, but let her sample away too. We're all finicky when it comes to these scents.

 

[Austin]

Women are funny about scents. It's best to let her pick one herself.

 

[john parker]

Do have her try Guerlain Samsara; wonderful sandalwood basenote. And Shalimar!!

 

[bigfoot83]

Ahh Shalimar! My wife used to lightly scent her letters to me when we were on summer break in college - drove me wild! Let's see you do THAT with email!!

Dave