― cabbage, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― lady die, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I am currently rotating between Fendi, Trussardi Light, CK Truth, Green Tea, Happy, a freebee phial from Zara and a bottle of stuff from River Island I got for Christmas (work days only).
― Madchen, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lesley Higgins, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
On the boy I'm 'liking' this new one that's oh so obliquely called Sexual. It's like, ok YOU, bedroom NOW!
― Kim, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Suitable replacements for the Chaos are either the Comme des Garcons red or Corso Como 1010 and I will get one of these on my next trip to Liberty, or when a fashion friend goes through Milanese duty free. Whichever comes first.
― suzy, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nicole, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sarah, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― katie, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― RickyT, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Samantha, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Ramon wears Pi, that smells pretty good. Nicole, what does the new Mugler one smell like? Is it that Angel Men one?
― chris, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
It is nice though, very fresh
For guys, I like Christian Dior Higher (airy, floral) or Farenheit (to me, it smells like SEX!, it's just raw appeal), or Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio (light, transparent, oceanic). I don't like old-man- smelling stuff, and I don't want my guy to smell like a girl, either.
― simmer, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ethan, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― toraneko, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Someone I knew wore vanilla essence, but stopped after a strange man approached her and said that she smelt good enough to eat.
― Menelaus Darcy, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Just plain soap and water works fine for some people, but I have noticed that there are some people who just smell off like sour dough even if they bathe and/or shower regularly. Which is why the "no scent" option is sometimes dud.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I like Marc Jacob's new cologne. Except I don't like that it's advertised by pictures of Sofia Coppola.
― Ally, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
People do have very distintive smells, whether they clean themselves a lot or not. I do remember another girl I knew who just smelled like a goat. It's not like she was dirty, it was her body chemistry.
Sofia Coppola is a complete dud, and it pains me to want to buy Marc Jacobs when I feel I am supporting Sofia Coppola by doing it.
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ethan, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Just kidding. I've never said "just kidding" in a post before, ever.
I'm wearing something called Croquembouche by Demeter. I don't know what a Croquembouche is, but it smells like caramel, which is a bit odd. WHy do I want to smell like food?
― chukwuma Nwude, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― r.d. lehman, Thursday, 29 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nick, Thursday, 29 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Gale Deslongchamps, Tuesday, 4 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dan Meissler, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― maura, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Otherwise, I prefer shampoo/soap/fabric softener/candle odors than perfume/cologne... I'd rather take a dip in baby powder than spend large dollars on little bottles of excess.
― Brian MacDonald, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Gale Deslongchamps, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― N., Saturday, 26 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Joseph Hunsinger, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ducklingmonster, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ramosi, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― halo halo, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― C J, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ron, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
For men, I liked Vetiver by Guerlain (vetiver, tobacco, line), which I bought once on the recommendation of the nice man with a waxed moustache at Colonial Drug for an ex-boyfriend who smoked. I doubt I'd like Vetiver any more now than I like Chanel's Coco which I wore when I was 16 and thought I was chic. Now I think it smells like whore.
Has anybody else read the very gothy Perfume by Patrick Suskind? THE UNDETECTABLE YET ALL- POWERFUL SCENT OF YOUNG FRENCH VIRGINS hehehe
― felicity, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
For pirate ship, it might be worth checking out Tonnerre by Beaufort, which has gunpowder, marine and brandy notes, inspired by the Battle of Trafalgar.
Cape Heartache by Imaginary Authors is one of the better pine-centred things I’ve come across (pine and wild strawberry, with a touch of smoke).
Zoologist have a bunch of jungle-themed scents, from approachable (Sloth) to very divisive (Bat). Debaser by DS&Durga has been my go-to tropical-ish one recently, though.
― ShariVari, Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:50 (three weeks ago) link
Picked up an impossibly cheap bottle of 31 Rue Cambon at a benefit shop along the way and love it on slightly overcast days like today.
― felicity, Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:55 (three weeks ago) link
Bat by Zoologist is disgusting, don’t even try it out of curiosity. It smells exactly like it sounds, and it hangs around forever.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:57 (three weeks ago) link
yes, I agree it is disgusting, but I think it's worth experiencing.
I think I like scents that don't last that long, which is one of the reasons I like Diptyque. I don't want to wake up in bed the next morning wondering if there is a stranger next to me
I love Oriza L. Legrand's Rêve d'Ossian (and the corresponding soap) and am theoretically on board with all of their scents, but they are very very strong. Their Relique d'Amour is interesting but also smells like a dank crypt, and their Chypre Mousse is lovely at first, but I can't help but eventually feel I'm being smothered under a pile of wet leaves
their Vetiver Royal Bourbon is astonishingly strong. If you want a scent that will last you all day and into the next, they are the brand for you
― Dan S, Monday, 25 March 2024 01:14 (three weeks ago) link
I wanna love Zoologist bc they’re hometown but so far… zero winners have met my nose. I got a sample of the famous T Rex and I just hate it
I’m wearing Anubis all the time. Bf is getting into “contemporary scents” to match the tastes of his co-workers and brought home a sample of frankly lovely Ariana Grande thing? It’s ridiculous off the top (marshmallows?) but dries down as nicely as a Guerlain
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 25 March 2024 01:41 (three weeks ago) link
Civet was kinda aiight. The one I really wanted to love, sloth, I really just didn’t.A DS&D limited I caught and absolutely wish I’d bought a second bottle of is Rockaway Beach. Smells actually of beach in a very unsentimental way
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Monday, 25 March 2024 01:43 (three weeks ago) link
I like a lot of Zoologist fragrances but Bee is the real standout. Smells exactly like Russian Orthodox churches filled with beeswax candles.
― ShariVari, Monday, 25 March 2024 04:05 (three weeks ago) link
I've been meaning to try Cape Heartache and some of the Beauforts but forgot about them when I was in Bloom last week. I ended up with Albatros by Mendittorosa and Resonant by Oddity. Albatros seems to have a similar destination to IA Every Storm a Serenade (what I've been using most), but a different journey. Resonant is citrus and 'metallic notes' which is weird but I like it and I'm trying to use my paltry 1mL sample sparingly - might save it to try in warmer weather - because a full bottle is unjustifiably expensive for me.
I like the idea of Zoologist but the ones I've tried have mostly not been good
― salsa shark, Monday, 25 March 2024 14:02 (three weeks ago) link
I need to catch up with the newer Mendittorosa ones. Le Mat is an all-time great.
― ShariVari, Monday, 25 March 2024 14:58 (three weeks ago) link
A friend came over with her small but amazing collection— she has a preference for intense ambers, dirty rose, conifers and iris notes. Our interests are divergent but complimentary, I have a “I want to smell everything” attitude and she has a “I want to specifically smell like this particular thing and I’m going to invest in that, specifically” attitude.
The showstopper was unfortunately the breathtakingly expensive Areej “Siberian Musk”, I think in an attar concentration. I feel like I’d been betting against that company and their ridiculous price point and claims to the finest materials; I lost the bet.
The also-spectacular was Orto Parisi “Stercus”. I had no experience with that brand and this was something really amazing.
I’m off the new buys, and I’m taking a break from the homebrewing until I can find and purchase a better bergamot ingredient— the one I got isn’t working for me. Made some Chanel No.5 for my aunt-in-law and, honestly? better than store-bought, it turned out marvellous. I’ve been stumbling hard on all other assemblies :(
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:34 (three weeks ago) link