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Aqua de Parma.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 14 October 2004 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link

I have an Eau de Cologne strength scent called Sieste made by Fragonard in Grasse. My gf says it smells exactly like some brand name eau de cologne but I can't think of which one. I have a great fondness for Bel Ami by Hermès.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 14 October 2004 22:38 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

The office secretary just dropped a perfume bomb in our office and it's suffocating. I'm having shallow breath and narrowness of vision. It might have well have been sarin nerve gas.

― Drake Beardo (cprek), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Turns out is extremely perfumey lotion. It's awful. The bottle needs a warning label against usage indoors.

― Drake Beardo (cprek), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Despite the overly purple presentation, I'm so far very happy with everything I've seen from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (which has a cult-ish following and which, because it lags so much on filling orders, is best sampled by searching Ebay).

Within minutes of my putting Haunted on my hand to test it, Gretchen (a cat, fwiw, not a maid from Benson) jumped up on the couch next to me, sniffed my hand, and laid her head down on it and went to sleep. Your mileage will vary.

(I also like Demeter, if for no other reason than that I can do stupid writerly things like wearing Bourbon and Paperback and smelling like someone spilled bourbon in a used bookstore.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link

does anyone wear quorum?

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:13 (nineteen years ago) link

http://didier.huard.free.fr/Puig-quorum.jpg

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Sometimes I wear L'air Du Temps, but not today.

― Aaron A., Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago) link

QUORUM???? for people who find robert's rules of order sexy????

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link

2005 "what do you smell like" update: I have a crazy amount of options, partly because of a Penhaligons sample case that never seems to deplete, and partly because of having dribs and drabs left of things that aren't entirely empty yet. Penhaligons Endymion, Demeter Bourbon (Thunderstorm smells like a dead basement), Escada Casual Friday, Paloma Picasso Minotaure, and Lolita Lempicka for Men, my girlfriend's nostalgic favorite. And now I've got a dozen BPAL samples, some for me and some for her.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Everyday I wear a sandalwood/rose/spice combo from Bath & Body Works: it's not sweet, which I destest in perfume. I really like the new Prada scent, and may ask for it as a gift at some point.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Today I am wearin=g Escada Rockin Rio which smells so much like passionfruit that I want to lick myself.

I will not, however.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Someone gave me some Eau d'Orange Verte by Hermès when I was in Paris in November and I've been wearing it since.

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link

From now on, I'm only going to buy colognes and perfumes based on the ads and packaging.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Somebody gave me Chanel Egoiste Platinum which smells fancy.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Today I am wearin=g Escada Rockin Rio which smells so much like passionfruit that I want to lick myself.

Escada came out with a bunch of new stuff over the past couple years, either this is one of em or there isn't a "for Men" version. (Which is maybe good. Do I want to smell like passionfruit? Maybe if I mixed it with the Bourbon.)

Actually, after seeing just how much the Demeter Bourbon does in fact smell like bourbon, I splashed some single-malt Scotch on myself to see what it would smell like. It smelled like I had wasted some really good Scotch.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link

There are a few gin/juniper-based colognes. I like that scent.

― Aaron A., Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link

If I only bought perfume based on packaging, it would be Kenzo Flower.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link

spencer, wear quorum.

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I'll check it out. What has their advertising signified?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link

It's new this year, I think, Tep. I keep making people smell me.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:10 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm not sure what that means, spencer, but it smells rotten and has connotations of love-making ("quorum"!!!)

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Interesting. Something you might have seen in the pages of Oui in 1980?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link

so they call it 'quorum' because they can't call it 'quim'?

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link

quo-rum n.
1. The minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization, usually a majority, who must be present for valid ~~sex~~ transaction of business.

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that all sex is to people? *shakes head*

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:17 (nineteen years ago) link

It's new this year, I think, Tep. I keep making people smell me.

I think you have a better shot at getting away with this than I do.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link

a brief history of my many smells (my first dead milkmen ref for the day!):

polo (in high school. nauseating!)
gap grass (miss it!)
claibourne for men (discontinued but have stash if i'm ever in the mood--rarely put it on)
dolce&gabbana pour homme (the one in the zebra stripe thingy. works with my chemistry very well. for now at least.)

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:24 (nineteen years ago) link

to people who wear quorum!

crosspost

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Jo Malone -- Nutmeg and Ginger.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago) link

polo (in high school. nauseating!)

But such a memory trigger...

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link

L'eau d'Issey sometimes if I have to go to work or library
Guy Laroche Fidji if I'm feeling fancy (my mom used to wear this when I was a kid and I still love it)
or Guerlain's pamplelune (like right now) if I need to be reminded that spring will ever come again.

― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Reading this thread also makes me realize I am really bad at describing smells in language like "woody tones" or whatever.

― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, most of the scents I like are classified by the manufacturers as "woodsy orientals" or "spicy orientals," and I'm shit at trying to figure out what their commonalities really are. It's a skillset all its own, and with body chemistry such a big factor in how it actually ends up smelling, I'm not convinced it's as useful a skillset as it could be.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link

I've come around from my anti-parfume stance. Wearing perfume is like having your own invisible protection from the world wrapped around you. I gravitate toward clean, fresh, fruity scents.

Current faves: Acqua di Parma/Lavendar Tonic;Korres Athens/Citrus Body Water; and 06130/Yuzu Rouge.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Declaration by Cartier

― Remy (null) (x Jeremy), Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link

i have been wearing amarige by givenchy for quite a few years, i still really love it. i also wear clinique's 'simply' during the day.

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:57 (nineteen years ago) link

amarige reminds me of an opium den, but in a flattering way.

― Remy (null) (x Jeremy), Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:58 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah the oriental spice thing is the main reason i like it so much

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:59 (nineteen years ago) link

I sometimes wear Eau d'Hadrien by Annick Goutal.

― youn, Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Put a guy in Issey Miyake or Joop Homme and I'm a wibbling puddle - I particulalry love the Joop one, it smells of vanilla milkshakes.

But for the most part I cant stand strong perfumes on anyone. I'd rather smell sweat than a bad cologne. Women who sit at work reapplying sceent TEN TIMES A DAY whats up with that? Spraying shit on yrself at your desk? Why dont you poop on your desk while you're at it, save some time.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link

you should only apply once! if you have decent perfume it lasts all day.

issey miyake on guys makes me utterly nauseous as it was the cologne of choice of the last chap who crushed my heart. i used to love it though.

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm trying out a new one by Rodier the moment, it's wonderful. Smells like my mum's spice jar.

― kate/thank you friendly cloud (papa november), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:30 (nineteen years ago) link

spicy is by far the best i reckon! so much better than floral. what is it called kate?

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:31 (nineteen years ago) link

It is so weird how intensely connected to memory the olfactory system is. I smell what I assume is CKOne all the time and am convinced my ex is walking among the crowd. I cant shake my brain off the idea.

Primitive part of the brain, apparently. Limbic system?

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link

It's called Rodier pour homme. I don't really like women's perfumes much. Far too flowery for me.

― kate/thank you friendly cloud (papa november), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link

i'll check it out when next i'm in my favourite section of david jones

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link

also i am wracking my brains trying to remember where the olfactory senses are processed, it is proving that my psych degree did me no good at all since i did two whole units on physiol psych and sensation and perception and i really can't remember. oh dear. perhaps it was all the cones. you could well be right though trayce.

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link

i find a slight smell of human attractive. must mean i should move to germany. i dont mean stinky though. after breakups i've suffered bouts of sadness when smelling something that reminds me of an ex. amazed find that sometimes this sadness was invoked by the smell of a certain deoderant. agree about the primitive part of the brain.

i wear marc jacobs or fresia from crabtree and evelyn. sometimes i just wanna wear some fruity strange head shop oil but thus far i've held off from moonbeam or whatever. i wish i could smell like rosemary.

― jane (jane), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Demeter should make eau de spliff. I'd buy that shit.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link

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