New fragrance in Boss range features notes of violet leaves, vetiver, patchouli
I love the peach and the bergamot notes at the beginning too and I think they are needed in this fragrance, but the very sweet and watery passionfruit in this fragrance kind of ruins things slightly for me and makes things slightly top fruity for my tastes. I would have preffered no passionfruit in this. I also feel like the mandarin orange could have been dialed down a bit more to get a bigger dose of that honeyed character and less of that citric quality. I loved the warmth of the drydown with the powderiness of the musk, the sweetness and warmth of the vanilla and the resinous and deep character from the amber. I also think that this had the right...
A little pearl from a beautiful little southern italian perfume house recently slided under my curious radar. Taormina, with its rich and variegate history which has crossed various phases along centuries (hellenistic, bizantine, arab, normanne, spanish etc), is an extraordinary mediterranean gracious city located in Sicily on the eastern jonic coast, a place rich of natural and historic beauties as for instance the famous Hellenistic theatre. It is defined the Pearl of the Ionian Sea, making it the most famous and important holiday resort, not only in Sicily. Acqua di Taormina is the perfume brand which better represents the spirit of this worldwide...
Douleur from Bogue Profumo. A collaborative work between Antonio Gardoni and tattoo artist Freddie Albrighton. A quirky and avant-garde perfume that doesn't smell challenging or experimental to me, as some have claimed. When I focus on it (gently because it is nuclear) I can detect some of the peculiar accords like the raw meat, plastic toys, and the salty seaweed accord. But if I spray it and go about my day, it smells surprisingly pleasant. It reminds me of the scent of Plum Preserves, the way they are traditionally made here in Eastern Europe. Exactly like that. If I close my eyes and enjoy its aroma in the air. Furthermore, to reinforce that scent...
R de Revillion is translucent violet through the lens of an aquatic, with the shore's perimeter all clean, lucid cedar wood and ozonic breezes. It's aromatics of rosemary, pine, and lavender set the tone as well. It's really a signature of the 90s zeitgeist, full of winsome optimism and unbridled cheer, which is amusing when it contrasts with the often brooding and angst-laden music popular at the time. My brain associates this with "alternative radio," which was all the rage in 1985; I hear Ben Folds Five's "Underground" and Tracy Bonham's "The One," while sipping on a bottle of Orbitz, mesmerized with its colorful lava-lamp globules floating in the...
From Amouage: "A protruding depth of Patchouli (molecular distillation) and smoky Cypriol (essence) confuses the senses. Instead of a top note, a wide variety of woods appear, foreboding a deep evolution. An exquisitely rich Oud Assam (essence) dances in unison with a leathery Madagascar Vanilla (absolute), while Ambrarome, birch, castoreum and Guiac Wood leave dark sillage imprints on the skin, blending in an endless finale." To me its a nice smelling thing that's somewhat addicting. The opening is a bit harsh but only for a minute. Otherwise its a scratchy patchouli with smoky Cypriol. Soon an almost rubbery oud note appears which is sweetened ever...
There's a sense in which an amber soliflore is just an amber soliflore, and which amber soliflore you gravitate towards is really about minor calibrations in the overall profile. Of all the ambers I've tried, Ambre 114 is, to me, the "Platonic" amber - maybe not the most exciting, but as good an all-arounder as you're likely to find. Having been around the block with a lot of wilder ambers, the relative calmness and versatility of Ambre 114 has its appeal. (For those seeking modern slickness, there's Grand Soir, and those craving niche-y excitement can seek out full-throated ambers like Ambre Loup or Amber Kiso.) Others might point to Ambre Sultan,...
It's both comforting and mouth-watering, and in my mind a gorgeous citrus chypre. No sinus blast furnace of spice, no leaden cloy of "Worn by Everyone"... This is light, doesn't have to announce itself, What you smell after the first five minutes is basically what you left with till drydown, just lightening out from an arms length scent to a close proximity scent over its duration. Classy & classic, masculine without screaming "Smell me, I am a man"... This just lays on you and says, "Yes. Yes, you are just who you are... and that's enough." This reminds me that fragrances and smelling potions since the beginning of times were made to do just that: smell...
Orange blossom and neroli try to give a smiling face on the pretty but downcast Infusion d'Iris. It doesn't work. Infusion wins out, leading to one of the most confused and repellant drydowns I've smelled in ages.
https://basenotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fredericmalle.jpg It has been reported that Frédéric Malle is leaving his Editions de Parfums brand which he founded in 2000. The brand was revolutionary at the time for putting the names of the perfumers front and centre on the bottle, where before then, many people had no idea who make the fragrances they loved. More : https://basenotes.com/perfume-news/frederic-malle-is-leaving-editions-de-parfums/
Greetings everyone, I just wanted to express my gratitude to everyone here for all the incredible knowledge and effort shared in this forum. As a beginner, I've been soaking up information from this community for the past few days, and I've learned so much from the info provided by the pros and well-known members on the forum. One thing I've noticed is that it can be challenging to familiarize myself with aroma chemical names and connect them to their fragrance families and descriptions. I've been exploring various websites mentioned here, like Perfumers Apprentice, Perfumer Supply House, Fraterworks, and Creating Perfumes, to get acquainted with the...
So, BBC (Eye Investigation team) made a documentary called Perfume's Dark Secret. About child labor in jasmine picking. Implicating brands like Louis Vuitton, Armani, Lancome, Aerin. Despite claims of having no ties to child labor, apparently the documentary maker found proof of kids as young as 5 picking jasmine in the Egyptian fields they use. This supposedly aired/streamed this week and you can find it on the BBC site via Google; however, all pages are dead and there's no stream. Has anyone seen this? Anyone with a streaming link or more info?
... just read in the news that this scent is considered a quiet status symbol ... "The scent of Baccarat Rouge 540 will define 2024. Yes, this perfume costs $325 a bottle. But it's also said to be one of the world's best and most universally appealing. According to Harper's Bazaar, it's not a new fragrance; the brand first launched it in 2016 as a limited-edition collector's item. But thanks to celebrity fans such as Rihanna, TikTokers became interested in the scent, which they say makes you "smell rich," and launched the product's popularity into another dimension. It features notes of jasmine, saffron, and ambergris â a substance that the sperm whale's...
What a horrid smell! It quite literally smells like bad breath, truly a nasty stench....but it's the missing ingredient I've been searching for to recreate the atomic sweetness I've been after in my fragrances. Finally, after years of searching for it, I've found it! So I just have a quick accord of the usual bases, mixed in the tiniest amount of ambergris essence and boom - atomic sweet projection, just like a commercial scent! To round things off I added some coumarin, lavender, neroli, and obscene amounts of hedione. So yeah, if you want the OTT sweetness of a commercial scent, the secret is ambergris + amber xtreme + ambroxan + unholy amounts of...
This topic came up as a tangent in another thread, but I think it's interesting enough to start a separate thread for, so here it goes: If you look at your wardrobe and categorise your scents into seasons (arbitrarily and subjectively, according to your own associations), what does that look like? Doe your fragrance season preference align with your season preference? Does it matter if you live somewhere with strong seasons or not? How does humidity factor into it? Do you have particularly strong feelings about which perfumes are associated with which season, or is it difficult to classify some scents? In short, many questions! I'll kick off, I live in a...
What are some quality amber fougere feminine/unisex fragrances with lots of citrus fruits, white florals, and a vanilla, white musk, amber, cedar base? Perhaps some natural smelling Neroli as well Thanks
Good time of the days! Iâm a new in a perfume field and need your help with making brutal perfume for men. Could you tell me pls What ingredients make perfume brutal and perfect for men in your point of view? I mean not sweet, not with candyâs flavour. For men about 40-50 yo, confident and so on. Thank you đđŸ
As some of you might know, i react badly to most fragrances, but never to Boss The Scent. Could someone help me break down the aromachems in this fragrances? I dont expect it to have a lot of naturals.. Perhaps even give some suggestions for fragrances (mens, unisex) that have similarities to this one. The same kind of backbone. Im almost certain that its low in Iso E Super and aldehydes, cause i always get a migrane from these. Probably low in Hedione as well and I dont smell any of that cheap fake cedar in most mens designer fragrances these days. I smell that crap daily when im in public transport (Iso E perhaps). My uneducated guess is that The...
Hi everyone, I have an opportunity to buy a 75ml Donna Karan DK for around $120. I checked on Ebay and they're going for $400+ - so it's quite a bargain. BUT!! Unfortunately I've never smelled this when it was abundantly available and all I know is that it's highly rated and extremely scarce (hence the Ebay fleecing!), so if I decide to pull the trigger, it will be a 100% blind buy. Still, $120 is $120 and I wanted some genuine opinions from anyone who's familiar with this perfume: [*]Is the hype real and the scent is really THAT great? Or is it just purely based on it's status as a long-discontinued scarce perfume? [*]What other perfume is it...
Yesterday wore N°5 parfum (forgot to post), today the edt. Happy.
