Perfume / Cologne

xp I will track down this Guerlain Vetiver if I can find it!

Quite enjoyed a sample set of Murdock's colognes - http://www.murdocklondon.com/

i used to get my hair cut here - these are nice

I almost looked for a fragrance thread last week!

I am very much uncultured when it comes to perfume/cologne, but I definitely feel like I have some strong preferences when it comes to scents.

Very interested in Commes des Garcons' interest in non-standard fragrances. Wondering what Odeur 53 smells like.

If you are interested in smelling like modern furniture this is cool http://comme-des-garcons-parfum.com/perfumes/artek-standard/

those kind of scents are the best imo. i mean it's nice to have a fairly affordable daily thing that smells like you've just showered, but mainly you want your clothes to accumulate some kind evocative musk that people aren't sure is a scent.

I stopped wearing fragrance when I was pregnant because puuuuuuuuke, then I didn't start again when the baby was an infant because it majorly weirds me out when she smells like something other than herself, but I have been feeling like I want to smell like something again. Of course right about the time I made that decision, we got a firm-wide email asking us to refrain from using "chemical scents" although it was very vague as far as whether that pertained to like air fresheners or personal care products or if it is the latter, putting them on at work versus putting them on at home. I think it's more of a "be considerate" kind of thing.

I've been using White Rabbit from BPAL as my main smell for a few years. Maybe I'd like to branch out? Body chemistry does change after childbirth/breastfeeding/when we get older. I'm not sure what I'd like to smell like, though. Something... interesting.

Anyway, good call reviving this thread, Stevie.

mainly you want your clothes to accumulate some kind evocative musk that people aren't sure is a scent.

YES! Exactly so!

My mom has used Clinique Aromatics Elixer for my entire life and even when she doesn't wear it, her ~~aura~~ seems to carry that essence and I love it. I want people to associate a smell with me.

A good smell, I should say.

babies smell kind of nice when they don't smell like poop

Non poop smelling babies smell amazing! Baby head is the best smell. I wonder if the maternity ward will let me borrow a baby to sniff at lunchtime.

I don't want to smell like baby, though.

No, I'm not suggesting that. I think that was in reference to you mentioning that it weirds you out when she smells not like herself!

This is my all time favorite perfume: http://www.sephora.com/for-her-eau-de-toilette-P110113

This stuff is also great:http://www.neimanmarcus.com/Library-of-Flowers-The-Forest-Eau-De-Parfum/prod160940112/p.prod?srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=43-38579937-2&ecid=NMCIGoogleProductAds

And in summer I love this . . . oh no! My favorite summer scent by Lush is no more. This is bad.

I know you weren't! I was making a joke as dry as baby powder.

Which Lush? I used their orange flower water Guerrilla Scent for awhile, but although it smelled great in the little sampler vial I got, it never smelled the same coming out of the spray bottle, and now it's years old and I should really throw it away.

speaking of lush, their 'grass' products smell great imo -- sandalwood and chlorophyll

i unabashedly love patchouli oil

Local Garda, you really need to check out Philosykos if you like unconventional fragrances.

I will investigate.

CA it was this one: http://staging.gorillaperfume.com/us/products/35/25-43 and it was really interesting nice for summer. I think this summer I just want to smell like the beach.

For which this is supposed to be very good: http://www.sephora.com/beach-fragrance-P270559

Vetiver? Frederic Malle "Vetiver Extraordinaire" is my current fave eau de parfum. I always stock up when I visit France. It's way overpriced here in the States.

OMG OMG OMG my cute tiny bottle of Maison Martin Margiela (untitled) just arrived and I am so elated!!!! It's so green and delightful and I lost the tester I had years ago and I cannot stop smelling my wrists. It's so pleasant and delightful and not v assertive and I think I might make this my signature daily frag! My only quip is it dries down to like a cinnamon/bubblegum smell but it's still so great. It's a dabber and not a sprayer so I am legit considering investing in one of these:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41k91bk1suL.jpg

stevie d: ebay is great place to find people selling samples or small aliquots of scents that sound interesting without having to commit to a full bottle.

yeah that's where I got this lil baby bottle!!! it is SO CUTE TOO, I just have to post a picture

http://i.imgur.com/64hGrmj.jpg

I wanted to spend a day w/ each of these CdG frags and let u kno but the prob is I have absolutely no clue how to write about frags.

Also they come in these teeeeensy tiny little vials with a toothpick-like dabber built into each cap, so I'm not really sure how to properly apply them bcz dabbing them with the dabber puts SO little on.

imo take the end of the vial, press it against your skin and flip it upside down and then back. you should have a little circle of fragrance that you can then rub

yeah but even that puts such a small amt on, i mean this opening is V V tiny, but I think I will just do that a few times

yeah just put the palm of your hand over the bottle and flip it a few times

OK here's what I will tell you

Comme des Garcons BLACK: this is a Very Serious Cologne. I smell like a humorless doctor or a funeral director, like someone stern and smug who maybe makes a lot of money and dresses conservatively. It doesn't smell bad per se but it is just totally not ~me~. It is has no joy; it is not fun in the least. I was expecting it to be kind of cool or modern but it's not really any of those things.

It doesn't even smell interesting!

I ordered some BLACK, lol. I AM SERIOUS MAN, STEVIE!!

btw I am going to wear it in my Lexus

xp wait did you rly order some?

yes, as a "I can wear this and norms at work will like it" selection

I, in fact, ran it past some work norms and they liked it

mh please please tell me what you think of this frag, I am dying to discuss it w/ someone else who knows what it smells like. What does it smell like to you note-wise? What does it evoke for you?

my dad sent me a bottle of this amazing expensive italian cologne santa maria novella and it is the best thing i have ever smelled in my life

http://i59.tinypic.com/ixyull.jpg

I will wait until I am hovering over the vial to document my experiences and will do so soonb

what other frags did you order?

well that is the only bottle, I also like green and uh wood? I forget

amazingreen? wonderwood?

or the Play Green?

Wonderwood
Amazingreen
Black
Odeur 53

btw I already have a bottle of Standard

I just ordered a bunch of tiny samples! I've worn the same fragrance for years and this thread got me thinking it's time to have a bit more fun with smells.

wonderwood is amazing. all-time classic.

Odeur 53: jfc what is this? this is very, VERY feminine. Does not feel particularly "avant-garde" or interesting or anything, it just smells like a not-unpleasant lady's perfume but not something I would ever choose to wear.

I think I am going to go wsh this off.

mh I NEED yr 2c abt this frag

wish I got a Wonderwood sample! maybe I'll go to the CdG store in Chelsea and spritz a little spritz while I'm in NY this weekend.

this whole fragrance adventure is making me think a lot though, like who are these for? Who are these ppl that use all of these weird words (nail polish! burnt rubber! desert sand! gasoline!) to describe this ultimately kind of regular-smelling perfume?? Maybe this is "avant-garde" to ppl who are immersed in this world but to someone who does not wear frags it smells v reg and not at all the "Oh huh, isn't THAT interesting!" that I thought I was going to get from this.

also learning that you can get a sense for a thing when you read about film, about music, about food, about art, about books, about virtually any type of thing that people would write about descriptively or evocatively, but basically everything you read about a fragrance will be complete bullshit and is way, WAY farther removed from experiencing the product for yrself than any of the above mediums. The concept I formed in my head of these smells from reading about them smells absolutely nothing like the smell itself smells to me; language seems completely ineffective in representing these things. Maybe that's what makes it cool. I mean, what other objects in the world are absolutely impossible to experience even vicariously w/o engaging w/ the object itself? You can look at a photograph of a sculpture, you can read a synopsis of a film and a breakdown of its cinematic techniques, but what of smells?