I fell head over heels for L'Artisan Perfumeur's Timbuktu (wood/spice/incense), but $85/50ml is too much for my budget right now.
What I DON'T like: overt fruit in general and citrus specifically (classic colognes in general are right out); tuberose or jasmine; vanilla and related "gourmand" scents (I do NOT want to smell like a bakery).
I'm probably looking for a wood, tobacco, incense, and/or leather fragrance (an ostensibly men's fragrance might be nice), but I haven't sniffed anything yet in this line (other than the Timbuktu) worth further investigation.
― j.lu, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 01:02 (seventeen years ago)
two that i always recommend: nuits d'hadrien and mandragore, both by annick goutal. unfortunately, i think they're both in the same price range as l'artisan fragrances.
demeter has a tobacco fragrance, as well as various woody scents, and the prices are pretty low (poor staying power, though).
you can do a search for various scent components here: http://www.basenotes.net/
― lauren, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 14:13 (seventeen years ago)
Thanks for the suggestion. At least some Goutal fragrances are available from online discounters, and the next time I go to Nordstrom or Bloomingdales I should be able to play with the testers.
― j.lu, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)
you can always try BPAL; they have all kinds of tobacco/woody/resiny scents
blackphoenixalchemylab.com
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 22:34 (seventeen years ago)
I just ordered another 6 imp's ears from BPAL, more in a woody, smoky vein than my previous ones (which were ordered for summer wear). They have probably arrived at my office while I'm on vacation but I'll let you know how they turn out when I get back.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 17:49 (seventeen years ago)
Just got Kenzo's Tokyo, which could be up your alley
― baaderonixx, Friday, 29 August 2008 12:37 (seventeen years ago)
Re. Annick Goutal: At that price, surely one would expect them to last more than 3 hours?
― j.lu, Sunday, 31 August 2008 22:12 (seventeen years ago)
just got some terre d'hermes. so nice
― hey DARSH (cozen), Thursday, 30 December 2010 23:43 (fifteen years ago)
really liked the tom ford tobacco vanille too, but at £100+ for a tiny bottle it's not for me
― hey DARSH (cozen), Friday, 31 December 2010 00:23 (fifteen years ago)
picked up some diptyque fragrances
philsophykos & l'ombre dans l'eau
both are marketed as unisex, but the latter's rose note is pretty perfumey
― cozen, Thursday, 27 October 2011 20:34 (fourteen years ago)
I am sooooooooo into D&G's The One right now. Makes me happy whenever I smell it!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 27 October 2011 20:43 (fourteen years ago)
i realllllly like diptyque 'eau duelle' for some reason (don't usually go for vanilla), i am thinking of buying it! i don't wear perfume very often at all, just on occasion artisan parfumeur 'thé pour un été' but it isn't summer now so..
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 28 October 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
i use the diptyque philosykos too on occasion but i think my bottle might have turned slightly!
― jed_, Friday, 28 October 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)