...Apicius:Pipette:Maybe I am missing something but there does not seem to be on the International site a Help Section as it is established on the German site...
Praise for Parfumo
by Apicius | Parfumo Community
Re: A Help Section
...Pipette:Maybe I am missing something but there does not seem to be on the International site a Help Section as it is established on the German site, that is to say: HilfeSimple questions can be entered into a box and the request is acknowledged, and the reply is later on e-mailed to the member.This feature is absolutely great. Do you have something like that here and I did not see it ??Pipette, did I miss something? :? Where is this help feature? I cannot find it. Can you give me the link?If somebody has a question, he or she can always post it somewhere in the forum, and it will take only minutes until there will be answers and support be several other users. This works fine, no need to change that.
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27.01.2013
Your Thoughts on the IFRA?
by ExUser | Perfumes & Brands
...Apicius:AromiErotici:I have never, ever run into any human being who was felled by either wearing classic ingredients or being near someone who was.Sorry...
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27.01.2013
Praise for Parfumo
by Apicius | Parfumo Community
Re: No issues are avoided
...Apicius - you have a great way of diplomacy and make people relax. Thanks...
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26.01.2013
Praise for Parfumo
by Pipette | Parfumo Community
No issues are avoided
...biggest praise that I have for Parfumo is that issues are promptly dealt with. That way, nothing blows out of proportion.@Apicius - you have a great way of diplomacy and make people relax...
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26.01.2013
Praise for Parfumo
by Apicius | Parfumo Community
...I really like the Assistant and its statistics.Without the Assistant, I might have never found out that there is a difference between the fragrances I like the most and those fragrances that I actually wear the most often!
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26.01.2013
Guess that scent. A game:
by Greysolon | Parfumo Community
...into this scheme?????? :shock:Maybe Siwa ought to be one of the sample vials for the mystery scent game. From the hideous description of its notes Apicius would have to add a 'gag' emoticon. I'm interested in the mystery scent game. Do you want to post sign up details now before the next question or...
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25.01.2013
How do you feel about the oud trend?
by Apicius | Perfumes & Brands
...Hayven: There will always be people who are willing to pay for the real thing, so I suppose you can't completely stop the harvesting.As the market increases, also the future of natural oud will be industrilised production, with planting these trees in farms.The result might be less diversification in natural oud oils, such as can be found on the few websites of the oud oil traders (Ensar Oud and others). Some of their oud oils are being destilled from a single tree, and sometimes they give you specifications or document the production process with photos.Oud tree farming cannot be achieved within a few years. I read that Ajmal founded an oud farm in India some 40 years ago, and by now, they should be able to make good money with it. Nevertheless, their "Dahn Oud Al Shams" spray, by comparison, is quite inexpensive compared to the offers of oud oils. I don't think that the quality is that much lower than the few oils I tested. Oud tree farming is not a bad thing, and it could bring some money to places where it is desperately needed. Maybe this is the future.
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25.01.2013
What are your top 10-20 fragrances you couldn't do without ?
by Apicius | Perfumes & Brands
...20 perfumes - that's an easy task. If I would have to limit myself to 20 fragrances, I could really select the ones that are most important to me:#1 "Chamade Homme"#2 "Dahn Oudh Al Shams"#3 "L'Homme Sage"#4 "Arsène Lupin"#5 "Quasar"#6 "Rodier pour Homme"#7 "XPEC Original"#8 "Jaïpur Homme Fraîcheur Épicée"#9 "Vétiver" by Annick Goutal#10 "Vétiver de Frédéric"#11 "Fetish"#12 "Aventure"#13 "Utopian"#14 "L#Eau Neuve"#15 "Myrrhe & Délires"#16 "Guerlain Homme Pininfarina"#17 "Knize Two"#18 "Red Sea"#19 "Gli Odori"#20 "7 de Loewe"
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25.01.2013
Fresco for Men is an almost dead ringer for Creed's Aventus
by Flaconneur | Perfumes & Brands
...Apicius:So, could state which batch is vintage and which contains a reformulation? Please tell us more!This batch number list is chronological and started...
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24.01.2013
How do you feel about the oud trend?
by Apicius | Perfumes & Brands
...Oh, this is a highly interesting topic, and a lot can be said about this. Thanks for opening this discussion.The oud hype is of course a fashion trend, and if you look closely, you see that the whole thing is based on a lie.At first, by buying one of the numerous oud perfumes, nobody has to feel guilty about the alleged extinction of aloeswood trees in the rain forests - simply because there is no oud in the so-called oud perfumes at all. What we smell and identify as an oud note is a synthetic base, i.e. Black Agar Givco 215 by Givaudan, the aloeswood blend by Firmenich and possibly others. Ironically, the synthetic oud notes do not smell like oud. Instead, they smell reminiscent to - and, BTW, much better than - the synthetic substitutes that the Arab brands use in their less expensive "oud" fragrances. These substitutes, however, do not have too much in common with what I got to know as the smell of natural oud oil.The synthetic oud blends with their characteristic mustiness provide a certain romantic "Arab" image: the 1001night smell of harems, djinns that appear in a smelly must from the magic lantern, and the must of the orient in general. This is why we have the oud hype.Natural oud oils are also musty, but not in the first place. At first, they are warm woody notes the sort that could remind you of antique furniture. Depending on the origin and the production process, natural oud oils can differ a lot. The most complexity can be found at the beginning - in the head notes, if you want to see it like that. There are animalic, and even fecal notes. Especially Indian agarwood oil can have notes of Swiss Appenzeller or Gruyere cheese, also a biting acidity, and dark, earthy chocolate-like notes. In a Borneo oud oil, I discovered coniferous notes which most people would not link to Arabia. Another oil which seemed to be a bit bland gave me impressions of hemp and sisal. There is only one Western perfume where I found a discernible natural oud note so far: "Zafar" by Xejoff seems to contain a little bit of it. However, the price tag of well above 300 € makes clear why we do not find natural oud in the oud perfumes.If it comes to natural oud, there is no hype at all, and there will never be any. I did a sample giveaway of my "Dahn Oudh Al Shams" perfume spray which seems to contain only natural oud oil as the only fragrant ingredient. Nobody wrote a positive or even enthusiastic review. They more ore less disliked it, due to the fecal aroma, and only some found it interesting but stated that they would never wear it.It seems I am the only one here who likes natural oud oil! Back to the synthetic oud bases - very slowly, there are releases where the synthetic oud note is not placed into the centre but treated with discreetness as any other note. A very good example where this oud contributes something important without dominating the fragrance is Divine's new "L'Homme Infini" For details on natural oud oils, red my reviews under the brand oudh.co.uk.For a sample package of natural oud oils, have a look at http://www.ensaroud.com/
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24.01.2013
Fresco for Men is an almost dead ringer for Creed's Aventus
by Apicius | Perfumes & Brands
...Flaconneur:That was no joke, Digindirt. This is the list of batch numbers for Aventus. I'm sure a few more were added since I complied this list. No wonder people are confused.Flaconneur, are you collecting perfume batch numbers as well? :lol: Where do you find them? Are you really keeping track of diffent batches? So, could state which batch is vintage and which contains a reformulation?Please tell us more!
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24.01.2013
How do you feel about the oud trend?
by Flaconneur | Perfumes & Brands
...participating in Apicius's "Arab Fragrance Explorer Package" last January, I got the chance to sample some very interesting oud based fragrances and oils. I much prefer...
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23.01.2013
Samples from Houses - best experience
by Sherapop | Perfumes & Brands
...Sherapop:I recently ordered that sample set from Divine, also on the recommendation of Apicius. It is a fantastic value, and the presentation is so sleek. It also arrived in very little time...I wish that all houses would wake up to the reality...
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22.01.2013
Samples from Houses - best experience
by Greysolon | Perfumes & Brands
...I recently ordered that sample set from Divine, also on the recommendation of Apicius. It is a fantastic value, and the presentation is so sleek. It also arrived in very little time...I wish that all houses would wake up to the reality...
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22.01.2013
Some thoughts about cats and dogs
by Digindirt | Off Topic
...Apicius:I don't live in the countryside - no sheeps around my place :)Don't be so sure... I don't live in the countryside - no sheeps around my place :)Don't be so sure Apicius ... Sheep are everywhere :wink...
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19.01.2013
Some thoughts about cats and dogs
by Sherapop | Off Topic
...Apicius: You may have created a Dolby monster...
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19.01.2013
Some thoughts about cats and dogs
by Dolby | Off Topic
...Apicius:I don't live in the countryside - no sheeps around my place :)Don't be so sure... I don't live in the countryside - no sheeps around my place :)Don't be so sure Apicius ... Sheep are everywhere :wink...
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19.01.2013
Some thoughts about cats and dogs
by Apicius | Off Topic
...grow up so quickly. Next thing you know he'll be heading off to college. :)Yes ... and then it's off to work. Gotta pay for his upkeep eventually.Apicius, do you reckon prostitution would be a viable option? :wink:I don't live in the countryside - no sheeps around my place...
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19.01.2013
Some thoughts about cats and dogs
by Dolby | Off Topic
...grow up so quickly. Next thing you know he'll be heading off to college. :)Yes ... and then it's off to work. Gotta pay for his upkeep eventually.Apicius, do you reckon prostitution would be a viable option? :wink...
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18.01.2013