- Joined
- Thursday September 26, 2013
- Location
- Halifax, Republic of Yorkshire
I know I can google for "80s Powerhouse Scents", in fact ... have, and while it is useful, it's not quite all the way there in terms of helping me find my next big scent.
I like Quorum, Eucris, Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme, largely because they are heavy on the oakmoss which is like catnip to me but more specifically because they have another note which is as strong and so defining for the scent.
I'm rather into floral soaps at the moment - so, rose, violet, lavender and so on. I like that I can pick up on these in an EDT as well as perhaps go via a fleeting aftershave with that same floral note.
I'm after something BIG, heavy and violet. Violet, not violent. Geoffrey Beene? On paper, it looks perfect and it's cheap as chips! Lavender, perhaps Paco Rabanne Pour Homme. I've got rose covered with Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme.
As an aside, I tried out a number of select scents today and discarded most as being a but light. I went after a few violets and they all pretty much just disappeared after a few minutes; Dior Fahrenheit, for example.
In terms of strength, I found Chanel Antaeus very much to my liking but it lacked that "something else" I'm after. I also found it just a little light, curiously, whereas I find Kourous (tried before) too strong - perhaps I overdid the spraying that day.
So, something between those two with a secondary strong floral note - violet would be great. To go back to the beginning, Quorum, Eucris and Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme are three I very much like. I think Chanel Antaeus will be in my collection before long, just because. Ralph Lauren Polo, too, largely because I have a gorgeous chypre from Russia: Novaya Zarya.
What else?
I like Quorum, Eucris, Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme, largely because they are heavy on the oakmoss which is like catnip to me but more specifically because they have another note which is as strong and so defining for the scent.
I'm rather into floral soaps at the moment - so, rose, violet, lavender and so on. I like that I can pick up on these in an EDT as well as perhaps go via a fleeting aftershave with that same floral note.
I'm after something BIG, heavy and violet. Violet, not violent. Geoffrey Beene? On paper, it looks perfect and it's cheap as chips! Lavender, perhaps Paco Rabanne Pour Homme. I've got rose covered with Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme.
As an aside, I tried out a number of select scents today and discarded most as being a but light. I went after a few violets and they all pretty much just disappeared after a few minutes; Dior Fahrenheit, for example.
In terms of strength, I found Chanel Antaeus very much to my liking but it lacked that "something else" I'm after. I also found it just a little light, curiously, whereas I find Kourous (tried before) too strong - perhaps I overdid the spraying that day.
So, something between those two with a secondary strong floral note - violet would be great. To go back to the beginning, Quorum, Eucris and Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme are three I very much like. I think Chanel Antaeus will be in my collection before long, just because. Ralph Lauren Polo, too, largely because I have a gorgeous chypre from Russia: Novaya Zarya.
What else?
Cheers!
