― 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
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I hate when people wear so much cologne that it's almost visible (especially because then I sometimes have slight allergic reactions), but I hate even more when people smell as if they haven't had a shower in the last decade (one of the many reasons I hate DC public transportation).
I'm bored with the fashion for fruit (especially citrus) scents, and thankful that the vanilla fad seems to have peaked.
― j.lu, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nelly Carlson, Monday, 19 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Karen, Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:29 (twenty-one years 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four weeks ago) link