The WhyMe High End Samples/Creed/Store Blind Buy Newbie's first Review! - Pictures included!

[WhyMe]

oh fug... nose is plugged and allergies isn't working for me, wearing fragrance 24/7 isn't going to help.. I'll see what happens the next day. btw Mimi what other Xerjoffs would you recommend, I'm currently interested in Rose for guys

 

[WhyMe]

Anyways few more things added. Been very busy

Amouage Dia should be added by the end of tomorrow, I'm currently retrying some samples in different spots and see if that helps. My skin does eat fragrances. I don't want to give a high-end fragrance a bad review unless it IS really something I don't like. I'm getting some scents messed up trying more scents on to try to get a review in doesn't help nor does it help the rest of you guys. I do work in a warehouse environment driving around and fragrance seem to disappear fast. My conclusion though is.

Montale, Amouage, and Xerjoff lasts very long and keeps smelling nice. In terms of lasting power most of the Montale line lasts longer then Creed's line (from the ones I have tested, I have tried Original Santal. royal water, Silver mountain water.)

Has anyone Xerjoff Damarose?

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While Damarose is a vamp in a figurative sense, dirty ROSE might possibly be the actual creature of the night. In contrast to the dressed-up, Parisian elegance of Xerjoff's offering, DSH's has something wild about it. Damarose's earthy feel was something of an affectation, here the rose is truly dirty. I'd switch the capitalization, and call it DIRTY rose. "The rose is blasted, withered, blighted, its root has felt a worm..." It won't bother luring you with faux sweetness, it will bite you right away with spices. Geranium and pimento give the blend a wonderfully sharp feel in the top notes; the heart is a sacrilegious mix of sacred and base, incense and patchouli; the drydown is the wicked woods from which you'll never want to find a way back home. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz recommends this rose for men, and I can see how it can easily be worn by them, with rose hiding all the while behind spices, resins, vetiver and tobacco...now you see it and now you don't...a hint of something red, moving behind the trees...Where was I?...Oh, right, it can easily be worn by men. Having said that, like any dry, leathery, "goth" fragrance of this kind, dirty ROSE is obviously unisex and dare I say would smell even deadlier on a woman.

I'm really tempted to trying this even though its listed for female.

Anyways trying to get this thread back on track.. I try to work on it when I can...If anyone want to bring their own personal comparisons up please do! I'm sure anyone starting on Xerjoff/creed/montale/Amouage would surely appreciate it!

 

[Twolf]

I enjoy your style and appreciate all your time and effort put into this Testing Project.

 

[WhyMe]

Update: See 2nd post...

Also USPS to Canada might cause shipments to be confiscated. Shipments should be UPS and yes I know may get stuck with customs. This is for bottles of fragrances.
A heads up from Raffy ^_^

I currently received 2 shipments in a padded envelope from Perfumed Court thru Canada post , which might be USPS. Small samples have been confirmed to be able to get thru. I however cannot guarantee all of it will. Shipments of these took about 2-3 weeks and still more coming in. btw they come with Candies 0,o. I also recently found Parfume Shoppe which is a local shop I most likely walk in and buy fragrances down here in Vancouver and they CAN order XERJOFF and also carry montale. Prices are very good equal to raffy Although Raffy does have their very nice discount

 

[Mimi Gardenia]

I am really enjoying reading this WhyMe ! You're doing a great job with all the samples ! Are you going to try Creed Acier Aluminium ?

 

[Kiliwia]

Excellent job WhyMe, I enjoyed reading your reviews!!!

 

[WhyMe]

Thanks Kiliwia!
First of all welcome back basenotes!

Update: Review added
Store: The Perfume Shoppe

Oh and Mimi, I shall try to get a hold of a decant of Acier Aluminum although I'll always being distracted by my shiny homage bottle >.<" It just going to take awhile before I get to it. Still many samples and my shipments just came in from Luckyscent and Perfume court just arrived!

 

[WhyMe]

Update: Pictures are fixed, they are now full pics!
But site needs to be wider =[
Everyone uses a widescreen these days.

 

[WhyMe]

Update: Added Opus 3 and Montale reviews. Picture added to show my entire collection atm.
I AM sick atm so testing will be very slow. If I don't pick up anything I won't put in a review or it could be I only want to wear other stuff for awhile.

Recent purchases:
Serge Lutens - Bois de Violette
Serge Lutens - Santal Blanc
Amouage - Homage Attar
Montale - Jasmine Full
Montale - Deep Roses

Thinking of getting....

Frapin 1270
Keiko Mercheri - Jasmine

Now I have smelled these in person, and they are not as feminine as you think and actually some of them are quite unisex although listed as a female fragrance. Now all of these are quite floral except of the frapin amd Santal Blanc.

If your a guy and nervous about wearing florals you can have it under your shirt so it emanates instead of projecting it everywhere.

 

[Saintpaulia]

I didn't quite understand where you got your samples from? I say Perfumed Court listed and another online source underneath your first posting with all the big pics and long list. Where did those come from? Oh and by the way, not "everyone uses wide screen these days"! That's a pretty broad generalization. Thanks for sharing.

 

[WhyMe]

I didn't quite understand where you got your samples from? I say Perfumed Court listed and another online source underneath your first posting with all the big pics and long list. Where did those come from? Oh and by the way, not "everyone uses wide screen these days"! That's a pretty broad generalization. Thanks for sharing.

The samples below a listed store is the ones I bought from that store or free samples. (I thought that would be a logical way to put them.)

The samples I bought from perfumed court would be eventually reviewed.

And anyway I personally think the site should support widescreen like http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/ or other massive forums. It makes it much nicer imho opinion. This IS a pretty large website right? I don't think added support would hurt I am always up for improvements ^_^; Lets just say most most people have widescreens since it IS the industry standard now.

 

[Mimi Gardenia]

Update: Added Opus 3 and Montale reviews. Picture added to show my entire collection atm.
I AM sick atm so testing will be very slow. If I don't pick up anything I won't put in a review or it could be I only want to wear other stuff for awhile.

Recent purchases:
Serge Lutens - Bois de Violette
Serge Lutens - Santal Blanc
Amouage - Homage Attar
Montale - Jasmine Full
Montale - Deep Roses

Thinking of getting....

Frapin 1270
Keiko Mercheri - Jasmine

Now I have smelled these in person, and they are not as feminine as you think and actually some of them are quite unisex although listed as a female fragrance. Now all of these are quite floral except of the frapin amd Santal Blanc.

If your a guy and nervous about wearing florals you can have it under your shirt so it emanates instead of projecting it everywhere.

Frapin 1270 - is delicious ,gorgeous !

 

[WhyMe]

Frapin 1270 - is delicious ,gorgeous !

Did you get yourself a bottle Mimi?

(5.9.2011) Update: Added review on The Perfumed Court and Lucky Scent
(5.9.2011) Update: Added review on Double Vanille (SDV)

 

[Leukothea]

Very nice thread, good job!

I got one q, these Montale samples looks like they are original from Montale?

I order from Paris all the time and I asked a few times about samples, I wanted to buy samples and they told me every time they dont have samples of their perfumes at all. The sales lady sent me bloters once, approx 10 of them so i could sniff, that was very nice of her but now I'm wondering, if those are original samples how come they dont want to sell them or give them with purchase?

 

[Mimi Gardenia]

Did you get yourself a bottle Mimi?

(5.9.2011) Update: Added review on The Perfumed Court and Lucky Scent
(5.9.2011) Update: Added review on Double Vanille (SDV)

Not as yet, Dear friend ! Maybe one day - I have so many lemmings !

Good job on the reviews ,WhyMe - your enthusiasm is infectious !

 

[WhyMe]

Very nice thread, good job!

I got one q, these Montale samples looks like they are original from Montale?

I order from Paris all the time and I asked a few times about samples, I wanted to buy samples and they told me every time they dont have samples of their perfumes at all. The sales lady sent me bloters once, approx 10 of them so i could sniff, that was very nice of her but now I'm wondering, if those are original samples how come they dont want to sell them or give them with purchase?

The lady from The perfume Shoppe say that the ones in the cases are the old ones. I think over a year for sure if I remember correctly. The new ones are the ones were the bottle is in the card.

I think Montale may not want to sell fragrances directly, might be a pain in the ass, maybe they just want the stores to do the work =/....

But in terms of getting samples Raffy is really good with them!

 

[WhyMe]

My skin ate the Frapin 1270 =[
No time to enjoy it! The moment its on its gone!
I put half the sample bottle on my skin! When I got the time I'll go down to my local shop and see if my sample was the problem.

(5.11.2011) Update: Tried Amouage Gold/Frapin 1270 reviews will be added later.
(5.11.2011) Update: Now wearing Serge Lutens - Bios de Violet

I don't feeling like doing homework.. I will add reviews weekly or when I'm not tired after work >.<...

I am doing testings when I go bed too. And a retest when I go to work. I am sometimes struggling to pick up notes sometimes If no reviews are going up It means I'm trying to figure out the scents. Say if it stuck on a montale etc..

I will check other basenotes review to try to describe a scent. But what I really need right now is pure scents of notes so I can identify thing a little easier. Later on I will try to compare what i did and did not pick up so information would be more useful on each review. But the plan for now is to try to put in a quality review.

btw.... I do put notes in my memo app on the galaxy S as I go along with my fragrance and when I get stuck on trying to describe I do get a little annoyed =/. haha I'm such a newbie =P
&_&

 

[Leukothea]

Yeah thats probably it

Btw my skin slurps up the Frapin 1270 instantly! i've tried that thing like 10 times, every time the same thing, so i finally gave up

 

[WhyMe]

Update:
Frapin 1270
L'Artisan Parfumeur - Voleur de Roses
Creed – Sublime Vanille
Serge Lutens – Bois de Violette
Amouage: Homage Attar
Montale – Jasmine Full

 

[RHM]

This has been a fun read. I have been eyeballing Jasmine Full, so I am looking forward to that one. Your style is crisp...I like it. I own Bois de Violette & this is a good time of year to wear it.