...UngerWoo:As an aside, Slumberhouse's Rume has a pronounced Cola note.I will review it soon. I already have their samples.

...interesting, Apicius! If Lubin cut back on the cola note, it's too bad. I have to say that I didn't detect much if any of it, myself. I'll have to go back and try...

..."Le Vetiver - Bluff" - I can tell a story about it. When I first tested it on the Düsseldorf perfume fair in April 2010, it was most interesting because it had a Coca Cola note! It was clear to me that I simply had to have it. When it was finally released half a year later, I ordered it and found out this note was gone! Only some grapefruit and maybe sone cinnamon is left, and you can hardly detect any Kola.I think they got cold feet about releasing something that unusual and changed the formula before the final release. What a pity!I also think there is not much vetiver in it. "L'Eau Neuve - Figaro" has much more Vitiver, although it appeared in the L'Eau Neuve series.Not long ago, a perfume with a Cola note was available - it was part of a beautiful gift set of three colognes designed for teenage boys by Nobile 1942: "Cedro Atlas: II Cola" . It has not much longevity but I like it.

...Cologniac:Honestly, I can't read a word of it! But still, it really looks like a great site. And any blog that has an advertisement for Fahrenheit Absolute front and center? Wow! That's OK with me!Get the Google Chrome browser, it automatically translates, so you can get some senso of it!

...Yes, I also have the original Lubin Vetiver, and I can confirm that it is very much like the Guerlain's. However I think, it resembles more the current Guerlain Vetiver and not the original as it was available in the 1990s and before.If I want to take a trip down memory lane I take a few spritzes of Royall's Vetiver. It is a bit bland and has only Eau de Cologne strength, but it has these dark, green vibrations of the old Guerlain's.The Lubin Vetiver is OK but it simply doesn't get me. The new versions Itasca and Bluff are perfumes with a vetiver note but not at all vetivers in its original meaning. I like the booziness if Itasca, it resembles a little bit "Mister" by Jasper Conran or even the expensive "Jewel for Him" by Micallef.Itasca was highly praised at the German Parfumo, and also some ladies have it. I think it is the booziness that attracts most people. I should take the time and translate my review. It is definitely worth sampling.Two years ago, I met the manager of Lubin at the perfume fair in Düsseldorf. He is a nice french guy and speaks English and German fluently. He was presenting his new fragrances there: Itasca, Figaro, Bluff and Inédite. He wasn't so much enthusiastic about people commenting his perfumes in public since Tanja Sanches wrote that his "Gin Fizz" smelled like nail polish!

...I like the Lily-of-the-Valley touch in Tauer's Vetiver Dance, but most Tauer perfumes have a strange resinous note that I cannot make friends with.

...I am also very much into vetiver! My current favorites are the now discontinued "Vétiver de Frédéric", Guerlains "Vetiver Extreme" and their discontinued "Vetiver Frozen Fragrance / Eau Glacée".I also like the Vetiver by Carven and Annick Goutals discontinued Vetiver (which has an aquatic note!).Among the more modern, not so straightforward vetivers, I appreciate Lubin's "Le Vetiver - Itasca" and Heeleys "Cuir Pleine Fleur"

...Berlin is the capital of Germany, and it has lots to offer for perfume addicts:KaDeWe, Tauentzienstraße (Berlin-Schöneberg)Famous luxury department store with a very big perfume department. They have niche as well as mainstream and I cannot list all their brands. It is noisy, at times crowded and it's where all the tourists go! I like going there because I can test lots of fumes that I would otherwise have to order samples for. And if you look closely, you find one or two shelves with classics from the past: "Ma Griffe", "Oscar de la Renta pour Lui", "Coriandre", "Tamango" and some more.Galleries Lafayette, Friedrichstaße (Berlin-Mitte)Berlin dépendence of the famous store from Paris. The perfume department is a little bit smaller than KaDeWe's. But since their product lineups are not completely the same, it is just as well worth seeing.The Department Store, Friedrichstraße (Berlin-Mitte)Less noisy than KaDeWe and Galleries Lafayette, its big perfume department is more boutique style. The staff is friendly, and they have niche only.Maison Guerlain at Douglas, Kurfürstendamm (Berlin-Charlottenburg)Douglas is the leading perfume chain store in Germany (like Marionnaud in Switzerland and France), and they are altogether not so recommendable. As far as I know, 30 % of it is owned by LVMH, and this is probably the reason the Maison Guerlain's in Germany are always situated in a Douglas store. Guerlain plays hard-to-get with some of their more expensive fragrances which are available exclusively at the very few Maison Guerlain stores. Go there if you run out of "Arsène Lupin"!And now, the real insider's tips:The Different Scent, Krausnickstraße (Berlin-Mitte)Just round the corner of the popular Hackescher Markt, there is this small niche perfume shop. They also run one of the three leading German online shops for niche perfumery. The small shop is worth seeing. You will have to go down a few steps into a basement and mind your head. There are two rooms packed with best of niche. The shop owner is a perfume enthusiast just like we are, and you can spend hours discussing and sampling fragrances! A special sight is the backroom which is dedicated to Barber Shop style: bay rums and lavender waters, and men can buy precious shaving equipment there as well.1000&1 Seife, Rosenthaler Straße (Berlin-Mitte)This shop is all about soaps which they sell to the tourists at the Hackesche Höfe. They even have a small collection of historical soaps. The owner, Mr. Kormann is a hobby perfumer, and you will always find at least one of his own limited edition fragrances. He is happy if people are interested in his perfumes and whenever I am there, I always spend lots of time.The English Scent, Goethestraße (Berlin-Charlottenburg)Charlottenburg is worth seeing – just stroll through the dapper neighborhoods with their patrician houses from around 1900. In one of those houses, you find The English Scent – a small shop that has specialized in English perfumery. They have all the traditional brands: D.R. Harris, Anglia Perfumery, Bronnley, Yardley and many others. Often, the Germans are very exhaustive in what they are doing, and so you will hardly find a perfume shop in London that is more English than The English Scent in Berlin!Heinz Schlicht - ParfumSalon Berlin, Uhlandstraße (Berlin Charlottenburg)The salon is all about grooming. The way they do niche perfumes owes to that and is as exquisite as it is passionate. Well worth a visit.Harry Lehmann, Kantstraße (Berlin-Charlottenburg)Harry Lehmann is the oddest place of all. This small perfume company was founded in the 1920s, and they still produce some of the traditional perfumes of that time. If you want to know how a traditional "Fougère", "Russisch Juchten" or "Reines Kölnisch Wasser" smells like – this is the place to go! Their rather inexpensive fragrances are not so artificial but fine craftsmanship. The shop is a must see: It's design dates back to the 1950's and hasn't changed since then. The place is full of flowers – silk flowers, which is their other business pillar. The perfumes are sold from big bottles, and you can bring your own flacons for fillings.

...Here at Parfumo International, we are people from all over the world. So, why not put together the places of interest that perfume lovers simply must see when traveling somewhere? You know those places in your country: perfume museums, shops or maybe perfume fairs. So, please tell us all the where-to-goes!

...I speak German and some English. I am lucky to have colleagues at work who I have to talk to in English, so I have some practise.I only speak a little bit of French, just enough to buy a perfume or order my menue at the restaurant. But - aren't these the most important things to do in France?

...I am not sure yet because after each purchase, I always try to convince myself that my collection is complete.But - Czech & Speake has come out with "Vétiver Vert" that I am really curious about. C & S is one of my favorite brands, I already have their dry and herbal lavender scent "Oxford & Cambridge". I also think "Citrus Paradisi" is great. It is a strong citric scent with an extremely dominant cardamom note. I would buy that too if I wouldn't already have "Millesimé" by Ronaldo Esper, which is the second available scent of that type that I know of.

...Apicius:For me it is "Chamade Homme" by Guerlain. It's so discreet it suits all weather, all seasons and all situations. It might not get you on first sight...

...consent of Apicius I open this positive feedback thread :D When you have done a deal, you can leave your "Thank you" for that person here :)Have fun and happy trading...

...Hello !I just want to recommend the blog of DeGe53 to you. She did an interview with Howard Jarvis from Bud Parfums. It appeared last year on the German Parfumo, but it is still of interest, so DeGe53 has posted it for you.Howardjarvis has an account here and of course, you can contact him. He is curious about Parfumo.net and maybe you have already seen him drop by.Parfumo does not want ads and also not people trying to advertise some obscure webshops. But Parfumo definetly supports the independant niche perfumers. Some users - i.e. DeGe53 - are always searching for new brands that they can test and present to us all. Thank you, DeGe53!

...else up for this?Guusje?Bloodflower?IneverwasAromi?Apicius?...

...Vetiver by Frédéric Haldimann

...Apicius:Let me also give a compliment to Don. He is a gifted web developper. He is especially good at making user interfaces very comprehensible.There are...

...Let me also give a compliment to Don. He is a gifted web developper. He is especially good at making user interfaces very comprehensible.There are some users on the German site who are not good friends with their computers, but they are active at Parfumo nevertheless!

...Thanks for the feedback! Please tell your friends about it!

...Apicius:I'll have to translate my L'Homme Sage review soon!It looks as if Luckyscent.com carries Divine, Eau Divine, L'Inspiratrice, L'Infante, L'ame Soeur...