Synchronized Fridays 2022

[IsoESuperman]

@Kotori @tdem1961 @Cook.bot another big fan of Elixir here, a new one for me. I traveled for work a bunch this year and often connected through Munich (huge duty free perfume selection). I sprayed some EdM on everytime I'd go through. I can't remember exactly what the words were but I gravitated towards giving it a try because of various things @Brooks Otterlake and @johngreenink said about it. I'd say it's warm and ambery for sure. Maybe not evocative of winter in my mind, but surely warming during any season.

Warm wintery scents are right up my alley. I'm working from home today, it's cold and windy, so I'll inevitably put on at least three flannels or sweatshirts and spray stuff on the sleeves of each one so I can max out on variety.

So far it's been Kerosene Black Vines and Adbes Salaam Attar Tabac (in spray form). For the evening, thinking of Ambre Narguile and/or Hendley-American Perfumer Bloodline once we get the fireplace going.

 

[Cook.bot]

so I'll inevitably put on at least three flannels or sweatshirts and spray stuff on the sleeves of each one so I can max out on variety.

I'm imagining what the castoff water from your washing machine must smell like....

 

[IsoESuperman]

I'm imagining what the castoff water from your washing machine must smell like....

Last month I had the cap off my septic tank in attempt to visually ballpark its dimensions by peeking inside. I can say confidently that if the gray water is perfumed, it's not perfumed enough.

 

[ClockworkAlice]

More from a sense of duty than of pleasure, I'm syncing in L de Lolita Lempicka, a scent I've probably worn fewer than five times in the eight years I've owned it. Blind bought during a period of Lempicka mania, it's not totally unpleasant to me but is rather disturbingly incoherent -- a cinnamon and citrus gourmand that unfolds to reveal a bowl of miso soup with salty seaweed floating in it. One of Maurice Roucel's kitchen-sinky rich scents (like Musk Ravageur) that I've never been able to wrap my head around. I've already given away his sister creation from the Lempicka/Roucel family, Fleur de Corail, and I probably should try to find a more welcoming home for this one too.

Weird, but could definitely ward off a chill.

It sounds like it would ward off just about anything! Miso soup? No, just no. 🤢

LOL
I have a decant. It's a super lovely cinnamon-buns fragrance with just the tiniest hint of lemon! It's also quite dusty and is a very subtle gourmand - I mean, it's still a proper perfume, just with a hint of pastries, you don't feel like you are wearing actual cupcakes or something.
Definitely no miso soup and no salty seaweed. That cracked me up!

But then again, me and Cook.bot are taste opposites for a reason 🐡

This fragrance has many fans and is very hard to get now, I'm sure there would be many people who would take it from you happily.

 

[ClockworkAlice]

Do y'all really find the Merveilles scents to be wintry and warm? They've all seemed rather beachy to me when I smell them on others.

I'm with you on Merveilles, to me it's a marine scent first and foremost.
Therefore I can't do it neither in summer nor winter,they all just make me so seasick.

However, the Elixir is actually very sticky sweet next to the marine facets, I can see it working in the cold weather. There's also something Christmaslike about it that's hard to pinpoint.

 

[JBHoren]

For tomorrow's synch I will either go for Samsara edt or Eau duelle edp.

Both amazing and comforting choices!
Eau Duelle is such a winter scent to me. I'm treasuring my remains of my sample of EDT for Christmas time. Or maybe I should start saving up for a bottle.

OK, I've been going round-and-round in my head about this: which one to buy? (can't/won't buy both) EDT or EDP?

 

[ClockworkAlice]

OK, I've been going round-and-round in my head about this: which one to buy? (can't/won't buy both) EDT or EDP?

I can't tell you because I have only tried and love Eau Duelle EDT, not EDP.
I heard that EDP is stronger and woodier, and EDT is airier and brighter, but it is yet to be confirmed. Some people complain about woody aromachemicals in EDP, some people praise it as it's richer. Some people prefer EDT and some EDP. EDT is less expensive.
I suggest trying both.

I think I don't even need to try EDP because "airier, brighter and less expensive" is what I usually go for.

 

[Cook.bot]

This fragrance has many fans and is very hard to get now, I'm sure there would be many people who would take it from you happily.

I know. I thought about @Kotori and how I was probably ruffling her feathers (bird pun intended) by speaking unflatteringly about her beloved L de LL. Maybe we should work out a swap.

 

[IsoESuperman]

OK, I've been going round-and-round in my head about this: which one to buy? (can't/won't buy both) EDT or EDP?

I know the EdT better (bottle) than the EdP (decant) but if I'm honest, even during side-by-side wearings, I can't really tell much of a difference. I wear the EdT more just because it's the bottle but I think they both smell fantastic. I'd pick the EdT based solely on price but YMMV.

I'm with you on Merveilles, to me it's a marine scent first and foremost.
Therefore I can't do it neither in summer nor winter,they all just make me so seasick.

However, the Elixir is actually very sticky sweet next to the marine facets, I can see it working in the cold weather. There's also something Christmaslike about it that's hard to pinpoint.

I don't really know the line well outside of Elixir but definitely agree there's a Christmassy quality about it. A sparkling amber with some conifer facets.

 

[tdem1961]

Do y'all really find the Merveilles scents to be wintry and warm? They've all seemed rather beachy to me when I smell them on others.

Eau des Merveilles is indeed beachy, iodine-salty and fresh.

Elixir isn’t necessarily a warming blanket like say Opium or Coco etc. But its opening citrus reminds me of good bitter Seville orange marmalade or Cointreau which I’ve always associated with the winter holidays. It’s like aromatherapy for the gloom and chill.

 

[Cook.bot]

Eau des Merveilles is indeed beachy, iodine-salty and fresh.

Elixir isn’t necessarily a warming blanket like say Opium or Coco etc. But its opening citrus reminds me of good bitter Seville orange marmalade or Cointreau which I’ve always associated with the winter holidays. It’s like aromatherapy for the gloom and chill.

To go from a beachy scent to a wintry Christmas scent seems like a very odd way to evolve a flanker. It seems akin to creating a L'Heure Bleue flanker that's a cheerful citrus cologne.

 

[chad34]

My Friday sync scent is Ô Hira from SHL 777, to me this embodies a warm ambery feeling on a blustery cold day.

 

[ClockworkAlice]

To go from a beachy scent to a wintry Christmas scent seems like a very odd way to evolve a flanker. It seems akin to creating a L'Heure Bleue flanker that's a cheerful citrus cologne.

It may sound odd but they're actually complementing each other. They both have this ocean-y and driftwood smell and the citrusy smell, it's just that Eau is stronger on the driftwoody, salty facets and the citrus is bright and cool, and there are these piney notes, too, and Elixir's orange is jammy, slightly syrupy, with hints of chocolate. That makes two very different moods but they both feel like fragrances from the same line.

Now there's also Eau des Merveilles Bleue which is even stronger on the marine facets, L'Ambre which is more ambery-sweet but without the sticky citrus, and L'Ombre which has some tea next to driftwood.
This is one of the rare lines that both fascinate me and repel me at once, so I keep retrying the fragrances.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

I'm syncing with the classic Chanel Egoiste EDT. I have to throw in one vintage pick here.

 

[Toxicon]

OK, I've been going round-and-round in my head about this: which one to buy? (can't/won't buy both) EDT or EDP?

I’ve only tried the EDT at a local store, but from my experience with other Diptyque’s I’d say it’s worth hunting down a sample or small decant of both versions before throwing down for a bottle.

The EDT/EDP versions of Tam Dao and Philosykos have a lot of overlap, but they wear very differently. A lot of folks complain about longevity of the EDT’s, but the EDPs often shift proportions around and don’t have the same ethereal quality of the EDTs. (I like both versions of Tam Dao but ultimately preferred the softer EDT, and the lower price was a nice bonus. I also preferred the Philosykos EDT, whereas my mom liked the EDP better.)

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

OK, I've been going round-and-round in my head about this: which one to buy? (can't/won't buy both) EDT or EDP?

I think it depends if you want the Eau Duelle with more depth, if so go with the EDP. Personally I'd go with the EDT, I started with this one and found it most enjoyable.

I still suggest sampling both to know what they're like.

 

[H_West]

Chanel - Coromandel

I find the chocolate patch combo warming and very pleasant. Too bad my wife can barely stand it. :/ I would have loved it on her too

 

[ClockworkAlice]

Chanel - Coromandel

I find the chocolate patch combo warming and very pleasant. Too bad my wife can barely stand it. :/ I would have loved it on her too

Hopefully she can get used to it and learn to like it eventually!
It's a beautiful scent, but it's heavy and could be overwhelming for some. Maybe she would be able to enjoy just a tiny spray of it...

 

[Brooks Otterlake]

I'm with you on Merveilles, to me it's a marine scent first and foremost.
Therefore I can't do it neither in summer nor winter,they all just make me so seasick.

However, the Elixir is actually very sticky sweet next to the marine facets, I can see it working in the cold weather. There's also something Christmaslike about it that's hard to pinpoint.

The candied orange in Elixir feels like a Christmas treat. Candied oranges are a very traditional Christmas thing.

Otherwise, I don't think the fragrance itself is especially wintry, but I find the ambergris-like amber too dense for summer (Eau is a delight in Summer, though).

 

[sagebrush]

SOTE : Rook Suede. Too much like burning tyres for my taste. Scrubbed it.

Replaced with SOTN : Odin 07 Tanoke - bitter orange and ginger over dusty incense and woods. Festive.

 

[ChypreInBloom]

SOTE: Parfum Sacré from Caron
because it's so warm and spicy, intense and wonderfully soft at the same time, with rose and mimosa, with smooth myrrh and vanilla. Some people find it overwhelming, I think it's just a perfect perfume, perfectly balanced, sexy, tender, a lover's dream, a mother's scent... Strange to say, it is all those things - to me at least. And the original bottle is like an amphora, curvaceous and full of a golden liquid for religious rituals.

 

[Trilby Lark]

Replaced with SOTN : Odin 07 Tanoke - bitter orange and ginger over dusty incense and woods. Festive.

Tanoke is one of my top favorites in my current wardrobe. ❤️

 

[Ken_Russell]

Syncing with Mystique Homme by Al Haramain-a fairly exotic EDP combing quite high performing notes of rather heavy spices, incense and oud, powdery suede, even some remote boozy hints, all with top to base plummy but also grape juice-like cream soda sweetness

 

[sakecat]

Accidentally synching this evening with Moresque Oroluna. This is definitely warming. Uncomfortably so.
On me, this is a powerfully spicy (cardamom mostly, but I'm picking up something clovey too) wood scent.
Emphasis on POWERFUL - it's pretty much the only thing I can smell right now.
Right now, this feels like something I "should" like. But there's something not sitting right on my skin.
That, and maybe I wasn't ready to have my nose scrubbed so hard with woods and spices.

Edited to add: 40 minutes later and the dry-down is a much more soothing creamy wood scent. The spices have tamped down enough to add interest, but not overpower. Big fan of this dry down.

 

[knit at nite]

Syncing late in the day with vintage Zibeline EdT in a splash bottle.

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Arriving just in time with a first wear of the one for men GOLD EDP Intense by Dolce & Gabbana.

I'm impressed. This stuff smelled great instantly. And it's warming. Where the one for men EDT was a very weak but nice oriental, much like Tom Ford For Men, and that EDP not so weak, this one gets a bit ornate in a decadent, perfumey, soapy, fresh-spicy way. Good stuff!

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Haven't worn this one in a while. Pulling out Trilby Lark's bottle of Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille. Never imagined owning this one but I was in the right place and right time, now putting it to good use.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Chanel - Coromandel

I find the chocolate patch combo warming and very pleasant. Too bad my wife can barely stand it. :/ I would have loved it on her too

I thought about wearing it for the evening but I may wear it tomorrow instead. I would've recommend Iris Ganache that one is white chocolate and iris, unfortunately it got discontinued a long time ago.

Hopefully she can get used to it and learn to like it eventually!
It's a beautiful scent, but it's heavy and could be overwhelming for some. Maybe she would be able to enjoy just a tiny spray of it...

In the EDT, It's quite strong. The patchouli is quite potent

 

[MistaPanda]

Tanoke is one of my top favorites in my current wardrobe. ❤️

Same here, sadly one of the few that have been (or are being) discontinued.

FRAGRANCES

Menswear boutique and lifestyle brand

odinnewyork.com

 

[Trilby Lark]

Same here, sadly one of the few that have been (or are being) discontinued.

FRAGRANCES

Menswear boutique and lifestyle brand

odinnewyork.com

I waited almost two years (2020 and 2021) to finally find a bottle because it was out of stock everywhere.

Edit: I got excited just now when I saw Sushi Imperiale on the Odin website, until I saw it is Sold Out.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

As a post-sync Chanel Coromandel EDT

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Still-syncing with CdG 2 MAN. One of my warmest, plushest, candle-smokiest scents.

 

[Schubertian]

In the event I went with Amouage Epic woman on Friday night; I went out and didn't want to risk an unknown quantity. Epic is certainly spicy, and also wintery - I only love it in winter, but man it's gorgeous - and it smells amazing on wool sweaters for days afterwards. Its spiciness is not very warm, though. Saturday was a post-sync with warming Tobacco vanille. I thought the tobacco was a bit strong, but today my scarf smells amazing. Today I'm also kind of post-syncing with Quando rapita in estasi by Filippo Sorcinelli. I get why people refer to Opium, but this is not really that similar - it's drier and a bit more masculine if you like. I do like it a lot so far. I felt it go on quite warm initially but it has now cooled, perhaps because of the churchy incense.

 

[MistaPanda]

I waited almost two years (2020 and 2021) to finally find a bottle because it was out of stock everywhere.

Edit: I got excited just now when I saw Sushi Imperiale on the Odin website, until I saw it is Sold Out.

I hate it when this happens 😅

 

[Toxicon]

Still-syncing with CdG 2 MAN. One of my warmest, plushest, candle-smokiest scents.

Such a good scent from CdG. I kept the sync alive all day yesterday in a similar vein - first with CdG Black (super smoky, spicy incense + black licorice), then Bentley Absolute (smoldering cedar + frankincense).

Today I went for a completely different “warming” scent - Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum (2017 version). With a candied lemon opening reminiscent of the classic Eau Sauvage EDT, this goes much darker and heavier with the addition of elemi and vetiver, somehow resulting in a rootbeer-like ghost note. I find this unwearably dense in warm weather, but just fantastic on a cold day.

 

[Kotori]

Do y'all really find the Merveilles scents to be wintry and warm? They've all seemed rather beachy to me when I smell them on others.

Just Elixir. The others smell beachy.

 

[Kotori]

It may sound odd but they're actually complementing each other. They both have this ocean-y and driftwood smell and the citrusy smell, it's just that Eau is stronger on the driftwoody, salty facets and the citrus is bright and cool, and there are these piney notes, too, and Elixir's orange is jammy, slightly syrupy, with hints of chocolate. That makes two very different moods but they both feel like fragrances from the same line.

Now there's also Eau des Merveilles Bleue which is even stronger on the marine facets, L'Ambre which is more ambery-sweet but without the sticky citrus, and L'Ombre which has some tea next to driftwood.
This is one of the rare lines that both fascinate me and repel me at once, so I keep retrying the fragrances.

I completely agree with this take on the Merveilles line. Eau de Merveilles occasionally reminds me of the Terry’s Chocolate Oranges they sell in the states as stocking stuffers for Christmas.

 

[Kotori]

The candied orange in Elixir feels like a Christmas treat. Candied oranges are a very traditional Christmas thing.

Otherwise, I don't think the fragrance itself is especially wintry, but I find the ambergris-like amber too dense for summer (Eau is a delight in Summer, though).

Spot on.

 

[donna255]

This week is interesting. I do burn scented candles, currently Acqua di Parma Panettone Xmas candle. I have 3 Diptyque one of which is from their Xmas collection for 2022, then a Boy Smells Xmas one.

So are we supposed to wear a fragrance that is also available as a candle? Or one that reminds you of one of your candles?

 

[ClockworkAlice]

This week is interesting. I do burn scented candles, currently Acqua di Parma Panettone Xmas candle. I have 3 Diptyque one of which is from their Xmas collection for 2022, then a Boy Smells Xmas one.

So are we supposed to wear a fragrance that is also available as a candle? Or one that reminds you of one of your candles?

Upcoming Synch Day:
12. 09 – Light A Candle. 🕯️ (Actual candles, waxy/smoky scents or warm & cozy scents to enjoy in the candlelight)

This is a very open-ended synch. Everything and anything goes!
One can participate by choosing:
- A scent that reminds you of a candle because it's a) waxy b) smoky
- A scent that reminds a scented candle, as its scent has this ambient aroma that you think could be used in a scented candle
- yeah, I think wearing a scent that is also available as a candle is an option, too
- A scent that feels like it would be perfect to enjoy in the candlelight (maybe something cozy, cuddly or romantic? Or maybe spooky, witchy or medieval? Imagine an evening in the candlelight, what would you choose to wear and why?)
- or by wearing whatever you please, but participate in the synch by actually burning a candle and telling us about it! What kind of candle it is, how does it smell, how much do you enjoy it, how often do you burn candles at home?
- or by combining any of these things, or thinking up your own ways to synch