The finalists were announced in a ceremony in Los Angeles ahead of the awards in Portugal in June.
At the end of June 2024, Frédéric Malle is leaving the brand he founded in 2000.
I like this a lot. It's an unquestionable coffee scent right out of the box. It's blended nicely with some vanilla elements which takes it a bit too sweet for my usual tastes. I like many of the current gourmand scents, but being fairly mature now, they never feel like a good fit for me out in the world. But I am a fan of Follow and may buy some anyway to wear around the house. Great longevity. Fans of gourmands and coffee should def give this a try. Very well done.
Upon application, I got whiffs of fresh bergamot that fades quickly to some florals. It's might be a rose note that adds a little softness to the scent. The patchouli emerges and takes control for the entirety of the scent. Very deep and earthy the patchouli, it is the real deal. It's not too dense, just enough to make one notice. Very refined and pleasing to the nose. The patchouli sweetens up just a notch, there's probably an oriental note consisting of vanilla and a subtle amount of musk. This is probably one of the best and natural smelling patchouli scents that I've smelled.
Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette Légère by Guerlain (2005) is a fairly enigmatic flanker to the original Guerlain Habit Rouge (1965), coming forty years since the release of the inaugural eau de cologne, and also composed by Jean-Paul Guerlain (one of his last main-line releases). There isn't much known about Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette Légère, other than it was billed as a "light" variation of the scent, even if after a whiff it becomes obvious that it isn't. Sold strictly as a limited edition, this scent would be ostensibly replaced by the Thierry Wasser-penned Habit Rouge L'Eau (2011), which itself had similar packaging at first, and registered as more of...
How I wish the younger generation would explore something else than the celeb-vanilla based fruit-candy cheap things marketed now-a-days based on their assumption that the young women of today are not individual enough to withstand "we're all the same" rhetoric from what their elders gave them. I am so sympathetic to the younger generation of today because I am now a mature man and after exploring a lot in classic perfumes, I know they were really something. I hopefully the fragrance industry will learn to appreciate something which is a "PERFUME" CLASSIC & not try to cram down something in your olfactory senses & lie to you as you to grab the bait, hook,...
First try of Profumum Roma Gioiosa, one of the house’s most recent releases (from 2023), a vibrant blend of citruses and vanilla, first and foremost, colored by coconut and jasmine as to make it less a citrus gourmand than, say, Dulcis in Fundo or even Acqua e Zucchero. It’s robust and invigorating, but elegant and smoothly blended, too. It’s rich in the style of other fragrances from the house but not over the top, and while the coconut gives it a slightly beachy/tropical vibe, it’s not a dominant aspect, just part of the overall ensemble. It’s really nice to smell something akin to others like Meringa and Dulcis in Fundo while not being...
As splendid as Anne Flipo's composition for Frederic Malle may be, and it's quite lovely, the true "Synthetic Jungle" for me is that of Cacharel Eden, Jean Guichard's surreal and polarizing creation that pushes the boundaries of where a perfume can go, blurring the lines between natural and artificial. It begs the question of what makes something synthetic seem natural, and vice versa, with the concept of ethereal water lily as its starting point, radiating outwards into the realm of hyper-verdant, unfathomably lush leaves and oblique aquatic accents. What does stand out to me is a black locust note: the pendulous, clustered flowers of the tree Robinia...
Wow what an accomplishment. Whatever Creed intended to do here I'm not aware but something has been done and it is clear, whatever it may be
It’s inoffensive, pleasant, and soft enough not to overwhelm people, but at the same time strong enough to leave an impression. Opening is citrusy, marine, and fresh. The main notes are lemon, bergamot, and tangerine. The strongest of the notes are the lemon and bergamot giving it a fresh citrus scent with a little bit of spice, followed by the sea notes that adds to the marine edge. The dry down is clean, musky, and woody. I don't get any of the tonka or vanilla until much further into the dry down, and even then, it's not super noticeable; more just a hint of sweetness. The performance is in line with what you may expect from this type of scent.
First I want to say that some people on the internet must be very biased for a certain reason or probably they are tripping about some 'niche' fragrances. Amouage Journey - I don't like it. bleah , culinary spices and some church incense. I could see a priest wearing this. lol Herod PdM - vanilla-cinnamon-woody sweet gourmand unisex frag. Tobacco Oud T.F - yuck, indeed it has some tobacco-ambery notes but also it has a funky sweet dry 'feces' smell. wet dog frag imo :) Smoke by Akro - charcoal, burnt wood, ashy notes and some sweet benzoin/tonka notes. I could say this could be a real niche-manly version of TF TV. Yeah its smoky. Tobacco Honey by...
Hey you beautiful people and good morning from the UK :) So I couldn't sleep last night and decided, sod it get to my aromas and make something random. Not been doing it long but getting the hang of it. Here is my formula but the top is not great, and what I mean is I cant even tell what it is (maybe linalool) but after 30mins to an hour a pleasant aroma kicks in and stays for over 6 hours and still going strong. Any ideas on how to improve this, not just the first burst... happily take any advice. Thanks in advance :) End row is the amounts used for my trial and topped with PA making a concentration ratio of 24.79...
Hello all, please can provide guidelines how beta and total version have difference? I'm planning to buy for raspberry sour effect and haven't yet chance to sniff either
Perhaps I am over thinking but looking for suggestions. NJ swanky black tie wedding in late June, so I imagine low 80s.
I love that shaving cream type of smell and I wonder what cheapies that are resembling that shaving cream/soapy smell are out there? I know that the 'holy grail' of them is Rive Gauche PH but that is discontinued and it ain't no cheapy. :) Thanks!
Hello friends, can you suggest me please black afgano alternatives ? Thanks in advance .
Inspired by [USER=26382280]@Flakonkrystal[/USER] , I've gone ahead and created this thread to get a celebration of Cartier fragrances on the books for May. Most of us probably don't own enough from Cartier to do a full month-long celebration in the fashion of Guerlain/GuerlApril, but a week should be manageable.
Was CK One drying down into a citrusy-greener-woody, more of a masculine scent ? Was Cool Water more richer, more natural-aromatic in smell? I know that there were other good frags back in the 90's like Polo Sport, Nautica classic, Tommy, L'Eau d'Issey, CK Escape, Curve, Happy for men, Hugo, Elements Aqua, etc. but I think CK One , Cool Water and Eternity were the main affordable designer players back then.
Visited Italy in September. Isle of Capri and Sienna. Got me some Acqua di Parma Arancia and loved the Bergamatto di Calabria. Bought the Arancia. But we saw the shop of Carthusia on Capri and stopped in. Sprayed a couple on, one was green tea. But oh, those lemons on Capri were so huge. So, Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche is nice but not very bright or long lived on me. Very subdued. I am looking to buy a Carthusia scent which is bright, like the AdP Arancia, but lemony. Long lasting will be a plus. Something to evoke my memory of the Isle of Capri. Any suggestions from the house of Carthusia? Or get the Bergamatto di Calabria? Or...
Hello all, please can provide guidelines how beta and total version have difference? I'm planning to buy for raspberry sour effect and haven't yet chance to sniff either. If I have option to buy only Damascenone Total then it works as a sour raspberry effect with raspberry ketones? Please help Thanks in advance
