It's Woodfest Friday! Our community project for today: wear something woody — but no oud, because we already did oud!
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I considered Serge Lutens Chêne, but in the end I went with Comme des Garçons Sequoia, from the Red series. I smell like a tree. It appears to be out of stock everywhere, although others from the series are still available.
Reminder: next Friday, 1/15, wear a fragrance from Bvlgari, if you have one.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2016, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: the DSM + Bianca Chandôn capsule collection includes t-shirts ($66) and hoodies ($177).
Very woody this morning. Virginia cedar essential oil mixed with unscented body lotion topped off by the last squirt of Olympic Orchids Woodcut.
Nice, like the DIY spirit!
I went for Tam Dao with a light spritz of Philosykos.
Scent twin, minus the Philosykos.
Scent triplet, minus the Philosykos.
I’m in Tam Dao too! And, apparently, good company
Uh oh! Didn’t plan for the theme. I better wear some vintage Samsara and wing it.
Love love Samsara! Why didn’t I think of that for today
Scent twin!
That was my first choice but wore something I haven’t shown any love to in a while. Great choice!
The Vagabond Prince Enchanted Forest. It doesn’t smell like a forest, but hopefully the name counts towards the theme!
I really liked the first Vagabond Prince, but was less excited with the two newer ones. I wonder if there will be any future additions to the line? Bertrand D seems like an awfully busy guy.
Partial credit
I was just on the Vagabond website. I’ve heard their perfumes mentioned here on NST but do not know anything about the brand. Bertrand Duchaufour turns out to be the creator of a suspicious number of fragrances I love. Do you know anything about the back story of the company? The website says they are based in San Diego. Their bottles are really fun.
I believe Vagabond is the offspring of Fragrantica, the forum.
Dark Horse by Dame Perfumery.
There is virtually nothing that I don’t like from this company and many that I love. And Mr. Dame is one of the most generous indie perfumers I have ever encountered!
Nice, and love the name Dark Horse.
Yes, it’s a brilliant perfume title.
it is not very “dark” per se but quite sweet on me….I am finding that with Dame I gravitate towards his “masculine” scents (I LOVE Leather Man and that might be my next full bottle purchase…to date between myself, family and good friends I have purchased ten full bottles and loads of travel sprays)
Dark Horse is very nice. I also enjoy wearing Desert Rose by Dame.
That title just makes me think of the Sting song….
Desert Rose is beautiful….I have it in a travel spray…Have you tried the Cassis, Rose and Sandalwood? It is a different take on rose. I am also curious about his soliflores…to date I have only sampled the gardenia and it is gorgeous…very fleshy and very potent…..I may not be a perfume expert but to my nose the man is a genius!
The cassis rose sandalwood sounds nice. I’ll have to try it
Hi, bardot! Somehow I just knew you’d be scent twins with me today! I love Dark Horse and echo all your thoughts about the Dame fragrances. I especially enjoyed the Cassis, Rose and Sandalwood scent this summer. And although I am not a fan at all of musk, his generous musk samples arrived the other day and the musk oil is actually quite lovely. Haven’t tried the soliliflores yet, but they do sound nice.
I am thinking about that musk oil, although I’m officially on a No Buy…????
I’m in Jo Malone’s Wood Sage & Sea Salt, though I don’t get much wood in it outside of the name. My choice was partially inspired by Jessica’s intro to her review of Albino, and the idea of selecting something light after the excess of the holiday season. I’ve worn Coco just about every day this week, and this Jo Malone is pretty far from Coco, stylistically. Feels energizing on this _very_ TGIF Friday.
Scent twins! My sample has evaporated a little and it is more potent than I remember, which is a good thing. It is not heavy at all though. I think I’ll be reapplying later this morning.
I have the small bottle of this and I’m over halfway through. I do 7 sprays in the morning, which seems insane when I’m applying it (and I would _never_ apply Coco like that), but it really doesn’t last that long or project that far. That said, it’s still my favorite JM scent.
If it’s any consolation, I do 8 sprays of 28 La Pausa to make it last all day.
Maybe I should try that, I usually do two or three and it’s gone by noon. But it’s also a favorite.
I like this one, too, and it’s a great Friday scent.
I don’t think it’s meant to smell like any wood, the wood sage being the herb, aka woodland germander
(and it’s my favourite jm too- you smell great!)
You know, I’ve look on fragrantica and never figured out what “wood sage” was (the note isn’t listed there). I just figured it was something scrubby that grows near the shore (of course, I also never took the apparently insurmountable step of actually googling it…) – so that you for the trivia!
But you are right- it is something scrubby that grows near the shore
Funny, I always read it as “Wood, Sage, and Sea Salt.” I never bothered to read up on it because I didn’t think I’d ever buy it. Today it skewed very masculine on me, in a good way. It was much more complex than I remember and had something in it that reminded me of the original Adidas for men. A guy I dated in high school wore that. I think I liked the cologne more than I liked him. I’d give just about anything for a bottle of that.
Off topic but does anyone know if JM is discontinuing their Fig and Cassis? the candle is the only thing being sold now online
I was told that the bath and body products were being discontinued. I really like the body and hand wash.
That rumor has been around for awhile, I’m guessing it must be true if things are disappearing from their website. Nordstrom still has the lotion and bath oil on theirs though.
I am wearing CdG x Monocle Sugi which smells like a futuristic sawmill. I am drinking Satrupa Estate Assam black tea.
Love the Monocle series.
My tea at the moment: American Tea Room Bao Zhong Royale oolong plus 1 tiny rolled leaf of their Dong Ding oolong.
You smell fabulous! Who doesn’t want to smell like a forest? I sampled it and loved it, but it was quite fleeting on me.
Since I went to the woods a day early, today I decided to hang out in the cabin, all snug and cozy on a rainy dreary day with L’Artisan Tea For Two.
Olfactory poetry! I can totally see why so many like this one!
Happy Friday to all ????
It is not a long lasting scent! Which is fine with me. TF2 will take you longer into the day.
I’m in Serge Lutens Santal Blanc, as dry and white and austere as one of those O’Keefe cow-skull paintings. It is incredibly beautiful.
Mmmm. It sounds lovely. I’ve wanted to try it for awhile. I think it’s time.
You make this sound fabulous. I will put it on my samples to acquire list…
Love this description.
You smell beautiful.
I LOVE (love, love) Serge Lutens Santal Blanc. I’ve been so irritated that SL made it bell jar only and non-export. I prefer SLs in the spray bottle. I’m out of Santal Blanc at the moment but it’s one on my list to replenish someday.
Enjoy your day in Santal Blanc!
I love Santal Blanc and the other day I layered it with J’adore touche de parfum and the mix was incredible. Try it if you can.
I considered Chêne as well, but opted for L’Homme Sage in the end. I remember it as a lot sweeter, but I don’t mind the way it’s maturing, in fact I prefer it this way.
Great scent, and so rarely mentioned!
And a great review on here. Co-production of you and Marlen.
Divine gets mentioned little on blogs anyway. I don’t mind, as long as enough people are buying the stuff, so they can continue making wonderful perfume.
Bois des Iles parfum for me today. It might be my all time favorite. Every time I wear it, I want to eat my arm, then put more on and eat my other arm. It’s just soooooooo good.
Twins!
Triplets!
Quadruplets!!
Quintuplets! (Though I only have a tiny sample, so I brought Timbuktu for later.)
Sextuplets! I love it but find it rather fleeting.
I really should try the extrait.
The extrait is beautiful. I am wearing a little of both the EDT and extrait today.
Are they considerably different?
I’m not really great at describing scents but I think that the extrait is deeper and really gorgeous but the sillage is closer to the body. The EDT is a bit more perfumy and has more sillage but doesn’t last as long. They are both beautiful IMO. If anyone else has anything to add, please chime in.
I’m wearing the EdT and wishing I had layered them. The extract is really wonderful.
*extrait*
SOTD: Bois du Portugal (Creed). I have to wear this stuff more often!
Nice!
I’m starting off in The Afternoon of a Faun. It’s supposed to be hot today and TAOAF doesn’t usually last long for me anyway, so I’m armed with a little decant of Eau de Gloire for an herbal blast this afternoon.
Today the goal is to get all the fruit picked, which I really prefer to do in cool weather when the Africanized bees are less active. They are a huge hazard in the grove with all the woodpecker pecked fruit. Nothing like grabbing an innocent looking orange, only to have it turn to sticky, buzzing horror in your hand. Cross your fingers for me.
Good luck! Buzzz
Where are you picking fruit with Africanized bees? What happens if you get stung? Sounds too scary.
Far South Texas. Lots of the wild bees here are Africanized. There is, in fact, a huge nest just across the canal that the fire dept. hasn’t gotten to yet. My uncle has lost several pets to them, but the city won’t remove them unless there’s an attack and all the removal services are booked solid for months and very expensive. I find it very intimidating, but it’s just something everyone lives with. As long as nobody gets stung or kills a bee it’s ok, otherwise we run for the truck.
So the bees actually bore into the oranges? Can you wear gloves?
The woodpeckers peck the oranges (until the season is over, then they move to grapefruit) to drink the nectar and the bees take advantage of the perfect bee-sized drink holes. It’s harder to wear gloves because the first sign that you have a holy fruit is usually that it’s wet.
Maybe it would have been a good idea to skip perfume today.
:-/ and they reckon we have dangerous wildlife!!! That sounds like a nightmare! Good luck!
What a terrible situation to be in. Best of luck – we’ll be thinking of you…all day.
So glad to see someone wearing The Faun! I did consider it this morning, but then I thought that maybe it isn’t woody enough… Great scent in any case.
I am terrified for you. I was recently stung a few times by a wasp hidden in my yoga pants (which was both embarrassing _and_ horrific) and I have baggage just from that. “Africanized killer bees” – nope, nope, nope!
I was stung by a wasp in my track pants! Lol! Inner upper thigh, and I was in my front yard doing what Im sure looked like a possessed rain dance. It was several years ago but I remember I was wearing Jasmin et Cigarette. The trauma imprinted the scent memory. Lol.
I would have had those pants off in a flash, never mind scaring the neighbors!
I figure if you see something new, throw a rock at it….
Speaking of unusual occurences in pants, I once had a mouse race through the front door of my house and make a beeline right up the leg of my yoga pants. Like perthgirl, I ended up on the front lawn flailing around and screeching. In my underwear.
Been there – scorpion for me but also in yoga pants. Apparently stinging things don’t like being spandexed to one’s thigh. For the longest time I did an amusing stomping scorpion-killing dance on every pair prior to pulling them on. Now that I’ve been reminded, I’ll have to resume my ritual.
OMG. Going to try to forget I ever saw any of this discussion.
You and me both!
And this is why I don’t do yoga: it actually stresses me out!
No stings yet! Thankfully, my uncle’s helper showed up and, being young and strong, has done the most orange picking and left the grapefruit to me (never mind the bees, two buckets of grapefruit are considerably lighter to carry). Apparently we bribed him well enough that he decided to skip his day job to help
I ended up wearing some Azemour this afternoon and I can safely say that it does have a lot in common with the grove. Not quite as much of a rotting fruit note as real life, but I don’t imagine that would sell.
Glad you got to do the grapefruit instead, without any stings!
But I didn’t realize bees could kill pets; how awful!
Death by killer bees is on my Top 5 Worst Ways to Die list!
Bois de Isles by Chanel today
Yesterday for the first time I smelled Encens Mythique d’Orient, very very nice. Anyone else a fan?
Have a good weekend everyone and take good care
Hey twin, you smell effing amazing! (if I do say so myself)
So do you! <3
Encens Mythique d’Orient was one of my early loves and bottles.
You both smell lovely!
Thanks for your input, on paper it smelled so so a but on the skin-I swooned! Very lovely. I will have to order a sample and give it some more time. And the bottle is lovely
I think it’s a really pretty scent but don’t think of it as an incense. I sprayed it on a blotter which I put in my bag and days later I was getting beautiful wafts from my bag so I ordered a sample which I spilled on my dresser. Lingered for a month!
so…are you saying it has good longevity? HA!
Yup
Yep, own it and love it
Thanks for sharing. I don’t know why I skipped over this range before
I haven’t tried this range yet. I probably should very soon, while I still have local access to it, but the high prices make me a bit wary. The last thing I need right now is cravings for more expensive bottles!
Me neither-I guess not all Guerlain counters carry it. You can go smell them, but leave your wallet at home? <3
+1
I swapped away my EMdO- smelled totally like fabric softener to me
Ahem…any news?
Today is my official due date, so I am crossing my fingers that something will happen. Last time I went passed I went to acupuncture. Maybe I will have to go for a longer walk then yesterday..
Fingers crossed. C’mon baby we’re all waiting for you!
Exciting!!
The day’s not over yet.
Keep us posted.
Me, I love Encens Mythique! I immediately put some on, woody Friday or not. Try it a couple of times on your skin – it’s probably pricey even in just a decant so no need to rush.
You smell lovely!
I will try it a couple of time on my skin. The name made me think I would smell like a church or temple, but I was pleasantly surprised!
Love Encens Mythique d’Orient. It’s not what I usually think of as incense, as others have said, I’m not sure how I’d describe it.
I like all three from the range, it was hard to choose one, but they are not cheap.
They are not cheap!
I’m wearing Guerlain Vetiver, the last bit of a mini that I bought when I first started exploring the world of scent. One of the first and best things I learned from this blog is not to consider gender when deciding if I liked a fragrance. This mini is the first that I’ve drained, so now I need to find a full bottle. Fragrantica say that Vetiver is a woody scent, and since I only had three of the scents they list in the woody group, I chose it. My other options were Demeter’s Snow, and Dzing! Somehow I would never have classed Dzing as woody, but Fragrantica does.
I have a huge bottle of Guerlain Vetiver and I’m happy to send you a decant or two if you like to tide you over. My email taiga101 in the land of yahoo dawt com. ????
Yeah, I researched vetiver last night. Hard to think of a green plant as “woody”, but I guess woody stemmed plants fit the category. “Aromatics” seems rather loosely defined (at least in my mind), that’s the only other category I could think it might fit.
And I researched it because I wanted to wear Hermes Vetiver Tonka. And did.
Yes, patchouli (likewise a green plant) also generally classified as a woody note. But, a woody note is not necessarily wood
I researched in Fragrantica as well but found it lacking.
SOTD is JM Birch and Black Pepper from Rock the Ages Collection. I forgot about this collection, mostly by Christine Nagel, until today’s project. Worth revisiting.
I liked this one, but unfortunately my daughter broke the bottle (only because I scatter my bottles all over the house, so that they catch people unawares) and I must now do without
Oh that is too bad because I know you really liked that one….as per your recommendation I am going to give Cardamom and Mimosa a whirl this weekend when I take a trip into the city..
Scent twins, just had to wear it today. Happily it fits the theme
I’m in Bois des Iles. I only have a small sample. I think I need to get a small spray decant to fully exprience the love for this one. It’s pretty but sort of small on me. I want to amp it up somehow.
I am enjoying other’s takes on woody. And making a list…
Box of Eels is very popular today! You all smell fantastic!
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It’s small on me too. When I want a little more from it, I layer the edt over the parfum. And a couple of spritzes of the edt on a scarf helps, too.
Ah, excellent suggestion. Clearly I need a big bottle of the EDT to spray freely AND some perfume too.
Exactly! ????
You smell great twin!
I love the dry down to this as well.
I’m happy to send you a small spray decant from my bottle. You can email me at brackett at geeemail.
I have the extrait, which is a dabber, and I know what you mean: it stays very close to me, and does feel a little small. Sometimes that’s entirely a good thing–meetings,teaching– but sometimes I’d like it to speak above a gentle whisper. I have been wondering about buying a spray bottle of the EdeP, but a few people have said that nothing matches the extrait in richness and intensity, though, so I haven’t yet done so.
I’m wearing Sensuous Noir. I loooove it.
I do too! It seems to have a semi-dubious reputation among perfumistas, but I find it delicious and quite interesting. I like Sensuous as well, though perhaps not quite as much. You smell lovely!
Poor Sensuous Noir, so misunderstood!
You smell wonderful! Sensuous Noir is one of my all-time favorites, and an instant love. Enjoy!
Same for me!
I have a love/hate with Sensuous Noir. Truly. Sometimes I love it. Some days it just doesn’t wear well on me. Maybe it’s impacted by weather or my hormone cycle….who knows.
I know what you mean — I have that with some perfumes.
I have that with CK’s Euphoria. On again, off again. In fact, the sweater I am wearing this morning is wafting it, and I am NOT enjoying it…..the dregs of the stomach bug I picked up a few days ago do not agree with this scent. Better change my sweater.
I love it too! I bought some for my mum and everytime she wears it it’s like oooh what’s that delicious smell… I’m glad she has it though because it would unlikely get as much attention at my house with all that competition.
Nothing to do with EL but I tried your idea of layering An Air of Despair with rose(Rose Anonym) and it improves both for me. It almost smells like wine barrels.
Gidday, all. I’m awake at a silly hour because I pulled a muscle moving heavy stuff yesterday, and I can’t seem to find a comfortable position to sleep in. Note to self: I am not as strong as I ought to be or as I remember myself being! I got everything done, though, and I feel triumphant. My scent is Wenge, one of the Donna Karan essences. I have a feeling that I read somewhere that she brought out bottles of some of the individual notes in Black Cashmere, and that this is one of them. I might well be wrong about that, but Wenge certainly smells as thought it’s an important component of BC. It’s a sweet wood, gentle and probably too warm for the muggy day ahead, but I’m really enjoying it at the moment, together with a nice hot cup of tea and two painkillers. Breakfast of champions! Hope your days are going well everywhere.
Ouch! Try some ice and rest today (says the mom in me) ☺ Wenge is very good, I also liked Labdanum from that DK collection.
I haven’t heard of either! Are they discontinued?
They are still on the shelf here, so almost certainly available in the States, possibly at your blissful perfume discount stores, do you think? I don’t think they were at all popular–I like Wenge very much, and Labdanum too, but I am, just a little, wondering why wouldn’t simply wear BC.
UGH!
Take care of yourself!
Sorry to hear about your back! But thanks to your post I remembered I should really try DK Black Cashmere.
It’s truly gorgeous. I should really shift it to my “save in the event of a fire” shelf, but it’s a bit full with Chanels.
Feel better. Try gentle stretching in a nice hot shower while sampling some distracting perfumed shower gels before bedtime.
I will, thank you. I ‘m thinking of pootling out when the day begins to see if I can find an available masseuse. A real one, that is– where I live, there are quite a few “massage parlours”, and you have no idea the confusion I caused when I first arrived and took a street-level sign at face value. I went upstairs expecting to book a massage…I thought it was hysterical, but no one else did, and I was escorted unceremoniously downstairs again. Talk about feeling unwelcome!
Lol!!! I would’ve found it highly amusing too had I done the same.
I once spent three nights in a Melbourne knocking shop! I went to a conference, and my accommodation had been booked for me from a list of local motels which the host uni clearly had assembled on the basis of location within an easy walk of the campus. Why would they checkmitbout? I have to say I was never bored: my neighbours changed every hour or so, and I spent a certain amount of time trying to work out the application principles of some very curious iron-mongery. In truth, I was probably more entertained by the accommodation than by the conference.
When I first met a friend years ago, I got quite the wrong idea about her occupation when she said she was a masseuse. Months later, I found out she really was a trained massage therapist
This is very funny! I will share with my very serious healing oriented massage therapist friends.
Congrats on getting it all done!
Hope you’re back to normal soon, waterdragon. Nice job.
Friday SOTD: Pleasant Promenade. It’s supposed to be the autumn vapors around me, on a cool walk thru the forest. Instead, it’s a 100% scent memory of my Granddaddy’s Vitalis hair tonic! Since that is a WONDERFUL memory to have, I’m going with it….but I smell like my granddaddy!
I love when I get an unexpected grandpa scent memory. Enjoy!
I used to go in their bathroom and sniff all the stiff in there….He had Vitalis, and my grandma had Wind Song. Usually some scented soap of some kind. How I miss them!
sniff all the STUFF…not stiff! hee hee
I’d have to smoke cheap little cigars.
LOL!
Funny, because reading quickly I saw your SOTD as “Pleasant Pomade”. Pretty apt, I guess
I’m happy in a cloud of Tom Ford Violet Blonde – cedar among the spices.
You smell terrific!
Good choice!
I’m wearing Christian LaCroix Tumulte Pour Homme today which always makes me think of a beloved former coworker who loved this scent. I love it too, it’s a dark cedar and incense fest.
ooh, me too! this is my first time participating in this feature. I immediately thought of Tumulte for a great super-cedar woody fragrance!
YUM. I keep forgetting about that one, and I do have a bottle.
I’m scentless until after a pedicure this afternoon (my technician doesn’t like perfume), but afterwards, I’m considering Ormonde Jayne Woman for the hemlock. In the meantime, I’m sampling a little Tocade, which my cat finds very intriguing.
I love OJ Woman
You’ll smell fab!
I’m looking forward to it!
What does your cat do when intrigued by your perfume? When my dog likes my scent she’ll start licking me.
She gets close to my hand (or wherever the scent is applied) and just breathes in, with very focused attention. In other words, the same thing I do.
That is great. Mine sometimes smells me and then makes a strange WTF face.
Fiele Juniperus. Like piñon-juniper forest of American southwest.
Mmmm..sounds beautiful.
Oo that sounds nice!
I forgot about those… so many great fragrances~!
Try’em. There’s a lot to like. I hope Kevin will review their Santalum.
I love them too and am very curious about the new one you mentioned….it was not in my sampler pack that I purchased a while ago…
Came with more recent samples
I’m in Feminite du Bois. I did consider wearing something more unusual, but I do love this one and was also in a horrible hurry in the morning. This inevitably means that I have to limit myself to full bottles – there is no way to find anything quickly amongst my samples.
I wanted to wear this, but I found that my sample had evaporated. I remember my mom wearing the original of this back in the 80s, along with Shiseido’s lovely Murasaki, which was unfortunately discontinued.
Jirish!
Another Murasaki lover! Excellent!
It was so beautiful, wish it hadn’t been discontinued…
I haven’t quite convinced myself that I love Feminite du Bois enough for a full-bottle, but I am definitely missing my decant. Enjoy smelling lovely!
Scent twins. It’s muskier than I remember and I’m quite enjoying it.
Can’t wear my first choice of Black Cashmere since the temps are above freezing so I’m in Santal Exotique from The Exotic Island Perfumer. Gentle spices and sandalwood make me feel all cozy
Black Cashmere would have been my first choice as well – if I owned it.
Since my decant of Feminite du Bois was stolen along with my purse (along with samples of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, Tom Ford Oud Wood, Carnal Flower, Arquiste No. 57, Chanel Sycomore, Chanel Coromandel, and a decant of Shalimar extrait) I am in Dior Dune layered with a sandalwood attar.
Oh no, sorry to hear about the theft.
So sorry!!
The nerve people have!
Sorry to hear about the theft
That’s rotten! What a sly slob! I hope his nose itches horribly for the rest of his life.
that. is. awful. I can help you out with samples of a lot of those if you’d like. I have brand spanking new full bottles of several you listed–I would love to send you some if you want. email me at madtolive88510 at gmail if you’re interested!
So sorry! What an awful feeling.
Well at least you are wearing a masterpiece, but what a nasty experience. Very sorry for you!
So sorry! What a pain to have to go through.
Thanks for the sympathy.
The theft was shocking and upsetting not only because it happened on New Year’s Eve, but also because it was done by an airline employee (I was the last passenger off the plane), and of course the airline will never take responsibility for “lost” items.
Lesson to be learned: if you forget something on an airplane, go back and have somebody retrieve **immediately** (even if you need call security or the police because nobody from the airline is available or cooperative).
However, nothing was stolen that had extreme sentimental value, and my driver’s license did not have my real address (the change of address sticker came off after swimming), so it is unlikely that they could steal my identity. In the meantime, I have already started the long and arduous process of replacing everything.
It’ll be okay!
Jaisalmer for me today – the first bottle I’ve had to replace after falling down the rabbit hole. My foster dog is finally back to normal after being sedated yesterday, but we got the bad news that although there is no bone break, something is definitely wrong with his joint, and he needs to see an orthopedist. I hope that whatever is wrong can be resolved before the end of the month, when I go on vacation.
Hope it’s a quick and easy fix for you and your pup.
Hoping your little guy will be ok. And you smell great! Jailsalmer is my fav from the incense series.
With any luck it will be something minor like a strain or pull. I’m crossing my fingers for him.
I went with Serge Lutens Chene. I wore this about a week ago and realized it reminds me a lot of Dior Mitzah. I used to think Chene was wood, wood and more wood, but now it wears like cinnamon-wood on me, and I love it.
Twins today! I don’t love Chene but I like it and find it cozy.
You guys smell great! I wore Chene yesterday, and should have worn it today too!
I definitely love Chêne as well and haven’t worn it in awhile. Soon!
Aw, man I need to get some more of this. I had a tiny sample from a lovely swapper some time ago. I would have worn it today, if I still had it. Curious to try it next to my decant of Mitzah, now, too. We might have some similar tastes
Elixir des Merveilles here. It’s the woodiest one I have right now, as far as I know, and also happens to be a favorite.
Oh! Meant to ask for some input!
I’m going to the fancy mall in my area tomorrow, to have lunch with a cousin, and to do some sniffing and sampling. The anchor stores are Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, and Macy’s. Across the street is another shopping center that has a Saks, a Nordstrom, and a Belk, which seems out of place. The main mall has a Sephora with a pretty hefty fragrance selection, and I know that this NM carries Annick Goutal and Creed at the very least, because I’ve smelled them there before. I’ve heard that Nordstrom is pretty generous with samples, and I know how it works at Sephora, but I don’t know my odds at the other stores.
My main question is, as someone still new, what should I look for first? My nose will only take so much, and I can only wear so much at one time. Below are some I’m already planning to look for.
AG – Ce Soir ou Jamais, Nuit Etoilee, Eau de Sud, and Mandragore
FM – Carnal Flower, Portrait of a Lady, L’Eau d’hiver, Iris Poudre
Guerlain – Mainly want to check Jicky concentrations, to pick one.
As far as Sephora goes, I’m going to do some serious browsing. I don’t know yet what I’m looking for there, but I can usually get 3 samples from them, so we’ll see.
Any suggestions for things I’ve missed that I might find? I’m not buying anything tomorrow, just smelling. And I’m not sure that I’ll make it over to Saks and Nordstrom, due to weather.
Neimans has such a nice selection-I would go in with an open mind and see what you come across. Sometimes Neimans and Bergdorfs carry exclusive fragrances that are just for their stores, so something may surprise you!
FM and AG are harder to find in stores, though I would go with FM since AG is much cheaper to get samples online. Since you have specific goal I would also recommend you go to Guerlain.
Nordstrom and Sephora are both much more common than NM, though both do offer free samples.
Good luck and have fun!
Depends on the Saks but you should be able to sniff the Kilian line there, Bond No 9, and many of the Guerlains, and possibly the Chanel Exclusifs (the Boston Saks just got them). I also agree with going with an open mind and if you’re looking for high end stuff, start with NM or Saks
Good news about the Chanel Exclusifs at the Boston Saks! I went to the Chanel store several months ago to buy my Box of Eels, but I have to admit that it intimidated me even though I happened to be dressed up at the time for lunch with a friend and looked like I might possibly belong there. The SAs were very nice, however, and I have no complaints about my treatment.
Your list is enough to keep your nose busy! I’m not sure how selection varies in different locations, but as far as hard-to-find lines go, my Saks has Dior La Collection Privee and by Killian and my NM has MFK and FM. Nordstrom is definitely the best for service and samples, but their selection is more basic. None near me have AG, unfortunately. Have fun!
I believe FM is only carried at Barney’s in terms of dept stores in the US. Saks here(NY) has a large-ish niche collection including AG, Penhaligon’s, Kilian, Creed, Diptyque etc. Happy sniffing!
I was surprised to see that the Chicago Neiman Marcus started carrying FM last month. But I still prefer the service (and samples) at Barneys. The fragrance associates at NM are way too pushy about whatever brand they’re repping.
That’s great because that see to be a line difficult for people to find and sample in person.
The Saks in Houston has FM. I saw it in a catalogue and called NY and they referred me to Houston! It was a while ago. Interesting marketing.
Also, if you want some Nuit Etoilee and don’t get a chance to sniff, I have an enormous bottle that I will never make a dent in and am happy to send you some. jasouza9 in the land of hotmail.
Oh wow, thank you so much! I will let you know if I’m able to find it or not. I love AG fragrances.
Thank you for all of the input! I will see where my nose leads me! And also what my NM actually carries. It used to have a good selection of less mainstream perfumes, so hopefully that hasn’t changed too much.
The flagship Saks in NYC has Le Labo but not sure of yours does. They’re worth a sniff or two.
Like several others, I was going to wear the beautiful Bois des Iles today, but I had to depart from the theme to wear the bottle of No 22 I bought yesterday. Happy Friday!
Congrats!
Thanks! Glad there’s a community here that understands how happy a perfume purchase can make me.
How lovely!, it’s a wonderful feeling, especially an expensive purchase! did u get get the edt or extrait, i’ve only tried the extrait, but prefer spraying, is the character quite similar do u know?
I bought the EDT. I was interested to try the extrait, but there were no open bottle samples. I hear the extrait is much softer on the aldehydes than the EDT, but I enjoy the bubbly, starchy blast when sprayed.
The aldehydes sound fun!
Gotta enjoy the new bottles
Yes, I must make her feel welcome to the family.
AH! YAY for you new purchase! How was your buying experience of no 22?
And you smell great scent twin!
I meant almost scent twin-just re-read your post. Though you were in Bois des Iles…. Atleast we are both in Chanel so that counts..maybe.
Yes, that counts. Scent cousins.
The buying experience was lovely. I highly recommend that anyone visiting Chicago stop by the Chanel boutique. The fragrance guy is elegant but totally welcoming and friendly. He happily gave me five samples, including two he had to make himself.
He also gave me a sample of No 22 and encouraged me to use it before opening my bottle, so if I decide that I must have the 6.8 oz size, I could exchange it. Ha. I wonder how often that sales tactic works. Of course, I don’t need 6.8 oz of any perfume, but I’ll use the extra sample for travel.
Good to hear this – I’ve always been afraid to enter that store.
I’m always a bit intimidated by Chanel and Hermes, but every time I go, I’m treated very kindly by their fragrance associates.
Sounds like a great experience!
I’ve never been to Chicago, but every Chanel boutique I’ve ever visited has treated this mad old bat from Downunder with the utmost courtesy, patience and helpfulness. I remember saying to my husband how I’d be too intimidated to enter the flagship store in Paris, and he just looked at me oddly and said, “Love, it’s a BUSINESS. They’re there to take your money and give you what you want.” He was right, of course, and buying my 31 Rue Cambon there was a joy, even though I was dressed as your average Kiwi tourist.
That’s lovely to hear! Wise words from your husband.
The very tall Chanel associate at Saks in DC is amazing. When it’s not busy he has taken out the box of essential oils Chanel uses and we sniff the different elements that go unto the various fragrances. He has a fashion design degree, so loves Chanel. He really appreciates someone who cares about perfume.
That’s nice! I think associates really do appreciate customers who are truly passionate and knowledgeable about perfume.
When I was in the Chanel boutique in Saks New Orleans at Christmas, the SAs were flat out indifferent, just the opposite of when it opened about a year ago. I wonder if sales were disappointing. Anybody know how long either party might give the relationship before removing the boutique?
Pre-shower, I am wearing Memior for Women. I do have Chanel Sycomore but I’m not in the mood for it and it’s the only out and out woody perfume that I own. I think that I will wear Une Rose Vermeille again. I want that raspberry note again.
Love Memoir.
yum, i love raspberry notes- i’m wearing Portrait of a Lady today, and the raspberry is really coming through today, other day’s not so much.
Memoir and Sycomore are both gorgeous!
77 comments! Profumo today, woody & retro.
Heh, it is now over 400 comments!
I have been wondering lately what is the highest comment grossing post, and how many comments I total?
https://nstperfume.com/2009/07/23/lazy-thursday-poll-favorites/
Amouage Dia Man for me today. It’s just too hot and sunny for the Santal Majuscule I was planning.
I’ve had a sample of Dia man for years, and have never tried it. I’ve tested nearly all of the Femme Amouages but way behind with the guys.
Is it good?
I like it. Too much and I feel hair chested, but just one spray is noce, a warm vetiver, with a beautiful iris note and some labdanum. Not particularly woody, but vetivery, at least.
I had considered Omnia for our oh-so-hot weather, then remembered Santal de Mysore. Figured that Sandalwood = India, India = hot summers, therefore Santal de Mysore great for hot weather. Such a good choice! Interestingly, I find that the celery/curry note that so many people dislike is far less obvious in the sultry heat.
I lived in India for a time and used this fabulous sandalwood soap–the sandalwood actually feels cooling on your skin so it’s a perfect hot weather scent!
I used that Indian sandalwood soap today too
Me 3! Great stuff!
SOTD is my Christmas-time go-to : Fille en Aiguilles.
great choice. you smell wonderful.
Love this – and it was my Xmas gift this year!
Today’s theme was the kick in the pants I needed to test Jo Malone’s new Orris & Sandalwood. Not the woodiest wood ever, to say the least.
The orris note is there but it fades into the background rather quickly. Sandalwood? Yes, but not a deep, rich one. There’s a sharpness and a sweetness that I can’t yet attribute to any particular notes, but on the wrong day would probably give me a headache. On the whole it reminds me a lot of Wood Sage & Sea Salt. Like, really a lot. It’s OK for me, but I won’t be buying the FB.
I tried this, and like the Wood Sage and Salt it turned sweet soapy on me. Very pretty, but get sample bottles.
Too bad. Such a promising name.
I tried it yesterday and couldn’t find either the sandal or the orris
Happy Friday!
Chanel Sycamore- which is really, really lovely. Very woody but really green and fresh at the same time, if that makes any sense? I love this on myself, but would like to smell this on the man of my dreams. I have a sample of this and don’t spritz it that often, so this was a great way to rediscover this!
OOTD- Big old black cashmere sweater, jeans, short lugged boots, big gold earrings.
You look and smell great. Sycomore is one of my absolute favourites and possibly my favourite scent on a man.
*curtseys* Thanks!
Despite the marketing, I think there are ‘women’s’ scents that would smell great on guys, like Sycamore and even Misia (for Chanel)!
Love the boots/earrings contrast.
Thanks!
I feel like a glam lumberjack.
Cashmere sweaters, especially really old ones from the 90s and 80s are great in winter! I love thrifting, finding these old gems, repairing and then wearing them.
Can you tell me more about repairing cashmere? I love thrifting, but have passed on many a sweater do to holes. Do you…darn them?
I loved sampling Sycamore, but I didn’t get a chance to compare it to Guerlain Vetiver. If you ever get the chance let me know how it goes!
I have actually tried G Vetiver for him and her(many thanks to Saks 5th Ave in Seattle). In comparison to Sycamore:
1) G Vetiver is more earthier, citrusy, grassier- almost medicinal. There is a sort of musk component that comes out, and there is some serious projection. You can smell a guy or (gal) wearing this across the room, in a good way. Sycamore in comparison is softer, gentler and spicier, with no citrus.
2) G Vetiver pour Femme is very green, very fresh, a bit flowery and with a roundness that is almost sweet. It has a powdery bit that makes the whole scent huggable (if that makes any sense?) This does not project like the one for men, but would smell awesome on a guy. Sycamore is more woody, more crisp and not lemony/citrus at all.
Honestly all three of these scents are EXPENSIVE. I got very lucky indeed with samples. I think Sycamore would last forever (those bottles are HUGE) and seem like it would be great for a couple to own together, followed by G Vetiver pour Femme.
Thank you for the comparison! Very educational, and now I am very tempted to go ahead and get a full bottle of Sycamore.
SOTD = Slumberhouse Ore
Since it is a woodFEST, i wanted to wear something with a good mix of woods. Besides yummy cocoa powder and vanilla, it has Oakwood! Mahogany! and Gaiac! There is an undertone of coconuttiness although I suspect that’s an effect from the woods (saying this because it is different from the coconut in Pear + Olive which has a more full-on coconut note).
The mention of cocoa powder and vanilla is making me crave something sweet-to eat, not to wear
If you’re clumsy you can have it all!
Actually, despite the cocoa and vanilla. I would not consider this a goirmand as the woods dominate. Having said this, I have a chocolate stash in tbe office
Oooh, that sounds good. One of these days I need to sample all the Slumberhouses.
To celebrete this wooden day I selected A*Men Pure Wood.
I blind bought a fb of it just because it’s a flanker collection that I usually do well with. At first It did nothing for me. But the more I wear it, the more I like it.
Azzedine Alaia is what I’m wearing today. I thought it had wood notes in it, but I just checked fragrantica, and no wood notes are listed. Maybe my nose is crazy.
Happy Friday!!!
What type of wood are you getting?
Very dry ones.
I tested this and if I hadn’t read the notes list, I’d definitely think some sort of wood like cedar is under there with all the musk and pepper. You are not crazy!
Thanks AnnS
Today I am in D.S. & Durga Bowmakers. Everytime I smell this for a second I think it’s off, but the varnish note is intentional and part of what makes it interesting.
I’ve been wondering about intentional (?) varnish notes. Most recently in moonshine rather than perfume. Someone brought a potent home brew to a holiday gathering, but I was afraid to try it because it smelled to me like nail polish. I think everyone else from that party is still alive, so I probably would have been ok. Now I realize that I should have tried it on my skin!
That’s a pretty dangerous crowd you run with, leathermountain!
You must live in Brooklyn!
Not even!
Wonder if they meant for that to happen? It would seem to me that would be an undesirable thing in a whiskey. The moonshine I’ve encountered has either been throat-strippingly raw, or so smooth and aged that it tastes like butterscotch. I’ve never found a middle ground.
My great-grandfather used to make, and sell, shine. I’m told his was good, though it was all gone loooooong before I came along.
Hard to say, but I’m pretty sure this was of the raw persuasion.
Happy Friday all! I’m wearing MCMC’s Hunter. The notes are bourbon vanilla, tobacco absolute and balsam fir. It’s pretty cozy and simple, like a warm flannel shirt on a winter’s night. I really enjoy the smell, but it’s not something that I would wear often. I went for the candle instead which I’m enjoying a lot.
I love that smell. The candle must be…. [robot voice] Want. Candle. [stern voice] Leathermountain, snap out of it. [no voice, silly, this venue is for text and emoticons]
I’m back. Holly, you smell great!
Hi leathermountain and thanks!
This sounds very nice! The candle is tempting me.
Also tempted by the candle but not the fragrance… so often I find that I love a smell but don’t want it on my skin, I want it in the air or in my home instead.
Rose31, I always like how it smells of freshly sharpened pencils. I might however go on the Santal Massoia later on
I like everything about Rose 31 except the quality of the woods. It ends up smelling ashy and raspy on me for the first hour. After that it’s not as noticeable.
Wearing the fabulous Black Cashmere today, which I think will be perfect for our company holiday party tonight. I really wish I could just skip the rest of the workday and go straight to the party.
Twins! And thanks to Robin for enthusing about this one once upon a time — I would never have sought it out on my own. It IS fabulous.
Love BC. And would never have guessed, before I smelled it, that I would love it – but it’s so cozy.
SOTD is Le Galion Aesthete. With my cold, all I am getting is burnt wood but it’s still nice!
I need to explore the Le Galion line – I’ve only ever smelled the original Snob. I like a little of burnt wood from guaiac.
I continually misread guaiac as garlic and have to do a double take. I don’t know why my brain is so stubborn on this point.
Wow – quarter after 11 and already over 150 comments! Need to make time later to go back and check all of them out.
I decided to go with Nirvana Black today after Robin’s mention of it yesterday. Still one of my favorites, though a friend that liked it on me discovered that it didn’t work nearly as well on her, so I’m grateful that my skin chemistry lent me a hand there. Doesn’t always work that way.
Have a lovely one guys!
You smell great! I’m like your friend; this one doesn’t work on me, but I enjoy smelling it on others.
Didn’t work on me either! Money saved I’d say!
I think I’m going to wear this tomorrow – want to try it layered over my Yves Rocher Vanille Noire lotion.
Happy Friday!
Dior Dune jumped into my hand today. Mmmmmm.
Dune is a beauty
I need to get a decant of this one. It’s a great one!
Yes, but from me! I have 2 bottles, one vintage and the other not.
Scent twins! I made mine more cuddly with a sandalwood attar, but Dune is definitely the star. We smell great!
Yes, we do!
I just saw your comment from earlier about your purse getting stolen. That sucks! I’m sorry that happened, it is such a pain getting all your I’d replaced and some lowlife getting your things. Ugh!
Ormonde Jayne Woman for me today. On the rare a occasion I get a perfume compliment, it’s usually on this one.
You smell great. I just got to try this and it is magnificent!
Lovely choice!
Gorgeous!
Almost went with Sycomore, but it seems better suited to hot weather. Went with Hermes Vetiver Tonka, which seems a bit warmer. Very nice.
I’m in Encre Noire, which cuts nicely through the horrible, horrible cold that’s being plaguing me for last couple of days.
This one works for me so much better than sycamore, which is beautiful but so quiet on my skin. You smell wonderful!
This one is definitely on my wish list. You smell great!
I hope you feel better soon- everyone in my house including me has a persistent head cold. Yuck. Encre Noire is a very soothing fragrance – you smell great!
I forgot the theme and started wearing a house blend of herbs, a bit of spice, a dash of citrus, and some sturdy rosewood and flowers. It doesn’t count, but since it’s amateur, it’ll probably disappear and make way for Chene or Devin or Topanga Canyon or that old standby Indecision. I think the 2013 flanker was piney.
QOTD: What are some examples of chypre leathers, and what are some examples of non-chypre leathers?
From yesterday’s question, I learned that Bandit and its signature ingredient isobutyl quinoline are leathery and chypre-ish, and that, in contrast, birch tar can make a perfume smell leathery but not necessarily chypre-ish. So another version of my question might be: what are some examples of IBQ leathers, and what are some examples of birch tar leathers?
In which category would you place Knize Ten, Chanel’s Cuir de Russie, House of Matriarch Lucid, contemporary Cabochard, vintage Azuree, Jolie Madame, Derby, Boxeuses, or your favorite leather scent?
I don’t have an answer for you, but maybe some reviews on Kafkaesque may help? I think she’s reviewed some leathers and is quite detailed with her ingredients.
Leathermountain, I also caught the beginning of the chypre conversation yesterday, so apologies if Im repeating because I haven’t read all the comments. There’s an interesting article on chypres on Perfume Shrine explaining the definition and history and some variations. When I had absolutely no idea what a chypre even meant I found it helped heaps. (sorry not sure how to add link with an iphone :-/)
I was thinking of doing a diy something with rosewood!
There are a ton of blog posts about leather in fragrance, starting with:
https://nstperfume.com/2013/01/21/leather-fragrances-101/
In the event that you’ve already perused your Google options, I won’t bore you with the rest, but the best search is “leather perfume notes.”
http://perfumerbook.com/Classifying%20Aroma%20Chemicals.pdf
This book might help? Leathers on page 103- 04
Thanks for this, Kanuka. I’ve downloaded but haven’t read it yet.
I think cuir de russie and cuir ottoman are examples of non chypre leather, they’re classified as oriental floral’s on fragrantica. birch tar being the leather note,
cuir de lancome i think is an example of a leather chypre ie more in the bandit camp, and possibly Rien, but not that sure.
I love rosewood! I just got lucky and found a very nice 7 ml size apothecary bottle of rosewood eo, and it is gorgeous. I’m lucky b/c it was the last one!
As for non-chypre leathers, I’m going to suggest the original Donna Karan aka “Signature” which is an oriental with leather and suede accords; Amouage Memoir Woman, ditto on oriental/leather; vintage Guerlain Vol de Nuit is an oriental with very very light leather accords. For non-orientals, I like the powdery leathers: Molinard Habanita; Cuir de Lancome edp; and the Bottega Venetas – original or “eau legere”. Chypre leathers have not to this point been good for me, but I think that Bandit is supposed to be the ultimate version.
So much to ponder. Thank you all!
Not excactly woody, but there is some wood in it:
Caron Nuit de Noël edt. It’s so rich I can’t imagine it in parfum form.
Nuit de Noel is a really unusual and beautiful fragrance. I’ve never smelled anything else like it.
SOTD is Tom Ford Bois Marocain. Cedar, cypress, thuja, vetiver, incense….
yummy
Yummy indeed! I’m getting loads of vetiver today (yesssss!) Don’t know why I don’t wear this more often. Yesterday I wore Etro Sandalo, and spent the whole day wondering why I don’t wear THAT more often. It couldn’t be that I have too many perfumes, could it? (no, impossible!)
Oh this sounds great. And you’re right, you should wear Etro Sandalo more often
I’m having a sandalwood fest along with many others today. Showered with Mysore soap and am wearing a few dabs of SSS Champagne de Bois. This stuff is sooo potent!
oooo…mysore soap! must be de-lish!
It’s pretty great and moisturizing. I get it from an Indian grocery store (28th and Lex) and it’s less than $2! If you’re taking an extra long walk today…
Amazon has it too.
Yes, in “curry hill”
We just went to Tiffen Wallah (spelling may be incorrect) for some dosa not too long ago.
Last year I bought some incense matches in one of those stores, its just like a book of matches but you have to put it on the edge of something and let it burn. Before I had my first child and use to travel to do yoga/meditation retreats I found them really convenient to travel with. Sorry I just went on and on…
I love eating and shopping around there. I’ll have to check out that incense.
I almost picked Slumberhouse Norne this morning, but I wanted to wear white and it stains skin and fabric green, so I’m wearing Samsara instead.
Nearly twins! Wearing a tiny dab of Norne this morning, a tiny dab being all that’s needed. And it is quite a scary colour
I love sandalwood and am wearing 10 Corso Como, which has the added benefit of incense. Yum! Plus the bottle design and box graphics are beautifully done in red and black.
10 Corso Como is magical.
you smell wonderful.
Almost picked that one myself.
Twins! I’m wearing the last bit of my sample.
Wow. Turns out that wood scents make up at least half of all my perfumes. Who knew? So I’m going for uber wood in SSS’s Pacific Forest today.
That one sounds nice, haven’t tried it yet.
I placed an order for a travel spray earlier in the week and I am anxiously awaiting its arrival!
I have lots of choices in the wood dept. too it turns out… Went with AdV Palissandre d’Or.
Hello and happy Friday!
Satellite Padparadscha tonight. I am a gorgeous lumbermill in the middle of a cedar forest☺. Or a cedar chest filled with dried juniper berries. Why, oh why it is no longer?!?!
Jotting wildly now, woods is the category I just can’ t seem to get enough of.
I forgot all about this theme friday but since it’s been snowing heavily all day I’m in generous amounts of Shalimar, so there’s some sort of wood anyway!
Shalimar and snowy weather-what a perfect scent to keep you warm and cozy
Shalimar is always perfect, though it seems especially great in the cold. You smell amazing.
Shalimar is so sensual!
SOTD is Serge Lutens Bois et Fruits – my current favorite among SL’s rather large woody collection (although I haven’t tried them all).
I bought a used bottle of Bois et Fruits on eBay, but sadly it reeked of stale cigarette smoke – not just the box and bottle but also the fragrance itself. I can’t imagine how smokey its previous home must have been. So sad. At least the buyer was willing to accept a refund. I still need to buy a (new!) bottle one of these days.
I’m sorry you had trouble, but at least you got your money back. I bought my bottle of BeF from fragrance net recently for a fairly good price – maybe they still have some.
Thanks for the tip! I’ve always had good luck with fragrancenet.
I just bought a sample set of all the Hermes Hermessence fragrances and went with Vetiver Tonka today based on the theme.
At first I got a bit of cigarette smoke but it has settled down now and I am enjoying it. Smells kind of refined/expensive.
I thank you all for referencing the Hermessence perfumes so much in your comments which piqued my interest and helped me justify the purchase.
I’m looking forward to trying them all.
Fun! I want said set! I wore Vetiver Tonka in the summer and found I like it even better in warm weather.
I’m wearing Vanille 44. I really enjoy the woody vanilla nature of this one.
You smell terrific. Vanille 44 is one of my favorite perfumes and I also use it to layer with Mitzah and M.
Thought about wearing Chene again today, but was looking around and found LL Gaiac 10. I have a small decant I bought unsniffed. I keep trying it, but I just don’t like it. I need a tiny bit of sweetness and there is none here – airy and peppery. I have a sample of Sequoia somewhere – need to find it!
Ah, I like it, if you ever want to swap for something.
I’m happy to send it your way to get some love, if you are in the US. jasouza9 at hotmail.
I have a lot of wood scents too! It was a hard choice, but in the end I went with Robert Piguet’s Bois Noir from a 1mL sampler. This is strong, and it normally lives quarantined in a little plastic baggie with the rest of my sandalwood scents. Can’t let those run amok in the collection.
LOL about quarantined!
SOTD is Gucci pour Homme, very nice as always
I’m wearing L’Artisan P. Fou d’Absinthe and finding it more resinous than woody which is not quite how I remembered it. Oh well, it still smells great even if it doesn’t quite nail today’s theme.
Absinthe = Artemisia absinthium, commonly known as Wormwood. Very green up top, woody stems, perennial in NY near the Canadian border (zone 5/6). So it qualifies as “woody”, if in growth characteristics only.
I’m wearing Portrait of a lady today- sorry Robin! it’s oudy rather than woody, but i had a real craving for it yesterday, and haven’t worn it nearly enough this winter, especially not to justify the 100ml vat, that i received for christmas last year! Any how it has made me very happy today.
I will do woods tomorrow, with Epic woman, which i am enjoying more each time i wear it. At first it seemed to dry, and not rosy enough, so i spritzed a tiny bit of fille de berlin over the top, and its absolutely heavenly then.
Really enjoying reading all of these interesting choices!
I bought a travel spray of PoaL several months ago, but never wore it because it always feels like too much on me. I finally pulled it out and enjoyed it for a NYE party. Seems I need to be wearing a black velvet dress and red lips to feel up for the challenge of PoaL. It is a beautiful fragrance!
It makes me feel glamourous, even in jeans and a cosy jumper and slippers!
Now that you’ve found the right attitude, you can wear the perfume with your levis as if you had on the velvet dress (and I would do red lipstick and levis any day, unless it clashes too badly with the shirt I have on…)
I’ll give it a try!
Hey, when you have a craving what can you do?
I like your idea of layering Epic with La Fille de Berlin – I will try it soon. I wonder if AG Rose Absolue would also work? Even though I adore Epic on its own its always fun to experiment.
Hi Robin and everyone,
I missed the wood memo and I’m in Mona di Orio Myrrh Casati (running late for Epiphany/Three Kings Day).
I did nab a partial bottle of Sequoia recently on evilbay though and I’m glad I did. It’s especially good and bracing and a favorite after a hot shower at bedtime. It’s sad to me to see some of the old CdG series scents go, as the collections seem almost classic at this point.
I hope they’re not really gone…it does seem like some of the series disappear for a bit and then they make more and they’re back. But I guess that won’t keep happening forever.
Dries van Noten, close to the dregs of my sample. Delicious wood pudding, and makes me want to have some more of this one, even though I strongly suspect I’d enjoy it more on someone in close proximity. Even very close proximity.
I forgot about that one for today! I’ve been hoarding the last of my sample. I think it’s been my most complimented perfume.
I forgot about that one, too. I don’t think about it as a woody perfume, but I guess it is.
I bought a bottle of that but had to return it-I wanted a little more projection maybe? I am not sure…it just stayed so close to the skin I had to really get close to smell it, and for that price I think there are other sandalwood fragrances that I own that are much easier on the wallet and give the umph that I am looking for
What would be your favorite Sandalwood that gives you that little projection and “umph”? I want that in my sandalwood as well….
I like the older version of Samsara. You can find them on eBay and won’t cost you an arm and leg.
Ditto
Hi everyone,
SotD – is Chanel’s Coromandel. Happy Friday!
I love Coromandel, almost my favourite Chanel. Well, first among all the first equals, anyway. You smell divine!
Thanks!
Love Coromandel, but couldn’t justify a full bottle due to my preference for Shalimar. You smell great, though!
Jumped the gun and wore Sonoma Scent Studio Winter Woods yesterday; am in Champagne de Bois today. It came on with a burst of aldehydes and settled into mostly floral. About an hour in and the woods are really emerging. If it’s anything like Winter Woods, I’m in for an exquisite drydown.
CdB is such a lush and gorgeous scent. It was my gateway to Bois des Iles actually. I should wear it tomorrow when the weather is dreary.
I like the way SSS treats woods. I’m also in CdB today. I actually find it pretty linear except the opening fizzy bit. Which is fine because it smells so good.
SOTD is Chanel Bois des Iles edt, which carried me well through another long day of meetings and lunch. I wish I had overapplied though….. It would have been nice to cocoon myself in a sillage cloud.
That’s my favorite way to wear Bois des Iles.
I love to wear it to spin class, oddly enough. Smells wonderful wafting up…????
Oh, I love smellng like a tree, I never met a wood I didn’t love!
Woody notes (often combined with spicy) feature prominently in my fragrance wardrobe, so I had many to choose from today. Since this morning was book discussion morning, and I take secret delight in wearing an article of clothing/jewelry and or a discreet spritz of scent that suits the book’s theme, I let that be my guide today.
As a reflection of Native American culture, I chose Dame Perfumery Scottsdale Dark Horse as my SOTD. Its deft interplay of cinnamon/clove and guaiac wood was wonderfully comforting on a dismal, rainy day. And my scent choice turned out to be a serendipitous one: It wasn’t until after I’d chosen Dark Horse, I realized I really didn’t know what ‘guaiac’ wood was, so I looked it up and learned that this wood has been used by Native Americans since the 16th century to treat severe ailments such as herpes and syphilis; its local name is the ‘Tree of Life.’ Fascinating and timely, as the prevalence of syphilis among Native Americans and early explorers/frontiersmen was noted in the book but there was no mention of its treatment. So my SOTD came full circle and added not only to my sensual pleasure of the day but enhanced intellectual enjoyment as well!
Thank you Laila for the enlightening post.
Off-topic wearing Chanel Coco EDT, and I smell great. So do all y’all!!!
Happy Friday!
You sure do!
Went looking for my sample of Ormonde Jayne Woman but it was all dried up so sprayed on some OJ Man instead. I haven’t worn any of the OJ samples for a long time, it was a nice revisit.
Most of the day, I wore SNM Melograno. I have no idea why they named it after pomegranates, because it isn’t the least bit fruity. To me, it smells sort of like both Ivory soap and wood/incense, very smooth with no distinct notes. It’s one of my favs!
I was testing Unum LAVS yesterday and thought it smell very much like Melograno, but cooler. I haven’t tested them side by side, but I still think that’s true.
Later I may put on vintage Jean Couturier Keora for the wonderful old sandalwood.
Melograno was a surprise for me, too; I was expecting something sickeningly sweet and red-fruity, but Melograno turned out to have that wonderful incensey smell that you describe. I want to pay another visit to the SMN boutique soon and try Melograno on skin…
A little love here for Bois Blonds.
And a hurray for Bergamote Soleil – must try it soon!
Happy Friday to everyone.
I wore Slumberhouse Norne! It’s more resinous than it is woody on me, but I really adore it so there!
I considered wearing Ore too, which is more woody, but I’ve worn it so much lately that I feel I need to cut back a bit. My old bottle is way more amazing than the current stuff so I don’t want to use it up too fast.
Seems like the only woody scents I really love are Slumberhouses.