...I am saving up to buy Supercilium by O'driu. Great fragrance, but oh so pricey...

...For me it is YSL pour Homme. I still all these years later remember walking through my local drugstore at the time where they had a demo bottle on display. Being the inquisitive type of kid, I just had to spray the stuff for fun and was just amazed at smelling this great lemon scent that I had never imagined was out there. I didn't know it at the time back then, but that is where my fragrance journey began...

...Vetiver has got to be one of my three favorite notes... Probably my favorite compositions that feature it are:The LesNez Turtle Vetiver trio (Exercise 1, Front and Back)Anat Fritz (original version) by Anat Fritz Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver by Mona di Orio Coeur de Vetiver Sacre by L'ArtisanThe Supercilium and Subcilium sister scents by O'driuNo.89 (vintage) by FlorisBursch by Acqua di Biella

...Gender labels aside...Portrait of a LadyGiorgio for Men (vintage)Anat Fritz (original)Tzora (or Terre d'Hermes edt)Dia ManCuironPolo (vintage)Monsieur de Givenchy (vintage)X for Men (or Costume National Homme)Captain Molyneux (vintage)Patou pour Homme PriveEau de Patou (vintage)Incense OudLes Nombres d'Or VetyverBijan for Men (vintage)Coeur de Vetiver SacreJHL (vintage)Acqua di Parma ColoniaFahrenheit (vintage)

...Thanks for your review, Drseid.So after all, it seems we have found out that the English fougères are a bit rough whereas the french ones are a bit softer. And also, the...

...for your review, Drseid.So after all, it seems we have found out that the English fougères are a bit rough whereas the french ones are a bit softer. And also, the...

...As promised, I have posted my review of the side-by-side comparison between the vintage EdC and the current EdP re-issue of Fougere Royale.To bottom line it though, the re-issue is not really the same scent at all. It is missing the prominent oakmoss and coumarin drivers of the vintage EdC, while focusing more on the bergamot, lavender and cinnamon over a soapy base. Nothing wrong with it at all, but not really a fougere, IMO.The EdC now having sniffed it is a lot different than I expected. It is not so rough or medicinal at all like the English Fern I disliked so much, but rather relatively tame in comparison. It uses the oakmoss and coumarin to balance the aromatic lavender near perfectly, coming off as a more complete composition, IMO. the ingredients used appear to be of a very high quality and come off as very natural smelling. My only gripe is it has terrible longevity on my scent friendly skin, even for an EdC... My more complete thoughts are in the review...

...I like a few of the real oud based scents like Aftelier's Oud Luban and Les Nombres d'Or Oud by Mona di Orio. The problem I have with the trend is that while the "good stuff" is very expensive and pricing needs to follow suit to maintain normal margins for those rare scents that indeed use the stuff, far too many companies are charging "real oud" prices while just using the cheap synthetic stuff and putting "oud" in their scent's name to justify the crazy price markup.

...I wrote a comparison review of the two on this site. I personally don't care for Aventus and feel it is just an average quality scent but I do feel Fresco is a worthy alternative for a heck of a lot less money. There are some modest differences, but depending on the aspects of Aventus one likes/dislikes, Fresco may actually be viewed by some (myself included) as the superior alternative. That said, I could think of a lot better scent purchase investments than either of them.

...The vintage Fougere Royale arrived today. I have applied it on skin and can already say I love it, but it is too early to make any specific comparisons with the new version, or others yet. A full wearing or two is required first. I can say it does not have that unpleasant aspect I sniffed with the Penhaligon's though (thankfully).

...Drseid:Dulcemio:Drseid:The folks have to nominate themselves and pay an entry fee of $400 per entry for non-members and $200 for members, I believe. I find the whole...

...Drseid:The folks have to nominate themselves and pay an entry fee of $400 per entry for non-members and $200 for members, I believe. I find the whole...

...Drseid:The folks have to nominate themselves and pay an entry fee of $400 per entry for non-members and $200 for members, I believe. I find the whole...

...for posting the nomination form, Drseid. By Kilian is owned by LVMH and therefore ought to be ineligible per this rule IMHO:"Must be independent, not distributed or owned by a large...

...I had to edit my prior post slightly as I re-read the entry document (which I will link to below from a different site) and it says an independent panel will make the final selection from the entries... So while the fee and self selection of candidates still holds, the final decision made is at least independent according to the document. Still, when you have individual companies selecting themselves for nominations it is very hard to know if *any* of the choices is really worthy of the award to begin with. That is not to imply that all the scents on the list *are* unworthy, but who was missed because they either didn't have the funds for the fee or felt the process was compromised and wanted not to be part of it? I guess we the public will never know.http://www.fragrance.org/indie/2013-indie-nominee-form.pdf

...The folks have to nominate themselves and pay an entry fee of $400 per entry for non-members and $200 for members, I believe. I find the whole nomination and selection process disappointing at best, and laughable at worst.

...Not a Tauer composition fan at all. I think he is a great guy personally, but none of his compositions have moved me, unfortunately.... Still looking for a favorite.

...m in the process of writing a postive review of Cuir de Russie so the prospect of eine kleine gesunde Landluft musik is not necessarily a bad thing.Drseid, I, too, am a huge fan of Terre d'Hermes so Tzora will have to be sampled. As much as I enjoy Terre d'Hermes maybe it's time to move on. Also, for...

...The only Q4 2012 release that wowed me was Tzora by Anat Fritz.In addition to Q4, I believe LiquidNight by A Lab On Fire was released in September and I love that one.

...Drseid:Apicius:Drseid:Great discussion. Come to think of it I do have samples of the two Crown scents in question and both of them were very rough around the edges...