...This is what just happened: I was scrolling through reviews when my finger slipped and I accidentally pressed a mouse button in a wrong place - and as a result, I "reported review" (to whom? where? did I get that person in trouble? can I get it reversed? the panic mode sets in).Well, I can't think of this site as anything but amazing; a real tour de force with respect to the idea and execution. But if there is one thing I would like to change, it's the reviews system. It is simply too overloaded with options. "Helpful? Yes? No? Report? Award? Reply?" Seriously? When I think of other forums that I read (no, not perfume-related), I find the most useful - and probably the simplest - system is when you can give a "plus" ("thumbs-up") or a minus ("thumbs-down") to a post/review. The resulting ratings like +10/-2 and +1/-10 are easy to interpret to any reader and they are helpful because they provide food for thought when you read the stuff. I don't think the award system that we have here is necessarily bad, but it is incomplete. For example, if I read a review that says basically "this scent is fantastic. It's worth every penny and women love it. Go and buy it now", I wouldn't want to award it, but I would hesitate to "report" it either (really, the word "report" brings a bad taste to my mouth). I wouldn't write a negative comment either: why bother? But if a sufficient number of people read reviews and vote them up or down, the good and bad reviews will get separated naturally.What do you think? Does making things simple makes sense? Or am I missing something?

...Two scents by Oriza L. Legrand:Relique d'Amour - just like the description says, The smell of an old chapel of Cistercian abbey. An old empty church in the summer evening, dark wooden furniture, windows open, lilies blooming in the overgrown garden.Rêve d'Ossian - pine, frankincense, labdanum, sweet myrrh... not surprisingly, my room got a churchy feel after I sprayed this on a piece of paper and let it sit on my table for a couple of hours.

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...Sorry, didn't read the original post carefully :? I personally never get the "sausage" feel from the Burning Leaves, but the dogs must know better!If you also don't want any kind of incense, that's a real tough one...Have you tried birch tar-based scents to see if they could fit the bill? "Eau du Fier" by Goutal maybe?

...I need to dig out my sample of Opus VII - there were so many things going on there, it didn't register as particularly smoky. Need to test it again.On the other hand, there is a lot of smoke in "Interlude Man". The smokiness that doesn't bite and lasts literally for days if sprayed on a piece of paper. Another vote for "#305 Burning Leaves".

...Triffid:Think I've got it.The house is O Boticario, a cosmetics giant from Brazil that started as a small prescription pharmacy.They have a number of fragrances with the word coffee in the title e.g. "Coffee Man" "Coffee Woman" etc.Brazil is a major producer of coffee but so is Java.You also mentioned "having a coffee" before posting the clue.Flaconneur:CORRECT, Triffid! You are good and thanks for picking up on my clue before actually posing the question."Coffee Man" by O BoticarioWow... :o you guys are truly amazing!

...in no particular order, at this moment in time...Hermes EquipageGuerlain Habit Rouge EdPGivenchy IIIGianfranco Ferré For ManUngaro IIChanel SycomoreHermes Bel AmiEau d'Hermes vtgMontale Aoud Cuir d'ArabieAmouage DiaVero Profumo OndaTom Ford Japon NoirCaron Narcisse Noir vtgKnize TenXerjoff Fiero

...Carthusia Aria di Capri.

...Les Jeux sont Faits by Jovoy. Got bits of DNA from Bel Ami and Puredistance M with a labdanum heart - what not to like?

...Sous le Vent by Guerlain? :wink: