(There was another thread but it was destroyed in a horrible title change accident, so I remade it here)
I’ve been “stuck” with only a bottle of Encre Noire Sport for a few weeks, and it got me thinking. Out of my whole collection, this is probably the one that feels the most like “me”. I wouldn’t mind wearing just that for the rest of my life.
But of course there are others in the collection that have a special place. Like Terre d’Hermès, the very first fragrant thing I ordered that wasn’t an aftershave splash. I was blown away on that first spray (that’s poetry right there), and the damn thing is probably responsible for my whole collection and ongoing obsession with smelly liquids.
The one I reach for “by default”, that I know everyone agrees with, and it always makes me feel a little more like I care for how I present myself, is Acqua di Gio Profumo. It’s a little less “like me”, a little more mainstream, but that’s why I reach for it so often. I wish I had gotten a few backup bottles before it got discontinued.
For the office, my number one is Gucci Guilty Black. Fresh in a unique way, short lived, won’t ever offend anyone on the elevator. Perfection.
The last perfume I’d say is truly meaningful in my life is Creed Aventus. It’s the one I reach for on special occasions, when I also go for the finer Swiss or German watch instead of my everyday Seiko SKX, when I dress up, when I know there will be good memories of the event. Aventus is the fragrance I want associated to those memories.
I could probably go on but these are the main ones in my life right now. I have dozens of others in the collection that smell fantastic, but that don’t mean as much (yet).
What are your most meaningful fragrances, and why?
I’ve been “stuck” with only a bottle of Encre Noire Sport for a few weeks, and it got me thinking. Out of my whole collection, this is probably the one that feels the most like “me”. I wouldn’t mind wearing just that for the rest of my life.
But of course there are others in the collection that have a special place. Like Terre d’Hermès, the very first fragrant thing I ordered that wasn’t an aftershave splash. I was blown away on that first spray (that’s poetry right there), and the damn thing is probably responsible for my whole collection and ongoing obsession with smelly liquids.
The one I reach for “by default”, that I know everyone agrees with, and it always makes me feel a little more like I care for how I present myself, is Acqua di Gio Profumo. It’s a little less “like me”, a little more mainstream, but that’s why I reach for it so often. I wish I had gotten a few backup bottles before it got discontinued.
For the office, my number one is Gucci Guilty Black. Fresh in a unique way, short lived, won’t ever offend anyone on the elevator. Perfection.
The last perfume I’d say is truly meaningful in my life is Creed Aventus. It’s the one I reach for on special occasions, when I also go for the finer Swiss or German watch instead of my everyday Seiko SKX, when I dress up, when I know there will be good memories of the event. Aventus is the fragrance I want associated to those memories.
I could probably go on but these are the main ones in my life right now. I have dozens of others in the collection that smell fantastic, but that don’t mean as much (yet).
What are your most meaningful fragrances, and why?
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