Gigahurtz said:
I love cinnamon, rum, coconut, spices, vanilla, ginger etc and find most shop scents (Hugo, Calvin etc) seem to evaporate on my skin and have no lasting scent.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hi there,
The Canuck's explanation of what an aftershave's designed to do is exactly right. You don't want that sticking around and maybe getting in the way of an EdT you might wanna use.
The process of finding a frag you like can take a while. Going into a well stocked store will help, since sniffing any juice is a great benefit compared to just reading about the stuff. You really can't go by the frag's description as any kinda sure thing that it'll be good for you. Yep, you have to try em yourself and see how it wears on you.
Now if you're serious about finding some items with those notes you like, I can offer a starting point in the right direction. It's a lot of trial and error and you gotta be motivated...heh.
First thing I'd do would be to take a look over at someplace like www.theperfumedcourt.com and check out the scents that have the notes you're looking for in em. There's various 'groups' of fragrances that you can read about such as 'woody', 'floral', oriental', 'gourmand' and lots more. Read the descriptions and pick out some that sound interesting. No, I'm not saying buy anything...at least not yet. I'm just saying use this site as a reference point for the moment.
From there, go over to www.basenotes.com and check out the reviews for those frags you chose. That's a great place (and another bottomless rabbit hole) for lots of excellent fragrance info. You can get crazy over there if you're not careful.
Always try to avoid buying blind and if that's the only way to do it, see if you can purchase a small sample first. You are gonna be amazed at how different many frags are from how you thought they'd be.
Martin