Synchronized Fridays 2022

[FiveoaksBouquet]

Love this theme. The possibilities are endless…thinking……

 

[Toxicon]

Ooooh very cool.

Calling it now: I'll plan to dig out my Comme des Garcons 2 Man sample, with its famous "snuffed candle" accord.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

For myself, one approach would be to pair my chypre or vetiver fragrances with candles that are based on pine, balsam, and eucalyptus scents.

 

[ineespenes]

I was concidering a vetiver scent for smokiness ( Sycomore) and also Feu de bois (Firewood) by Ava Luxe. For some reason the first time I tried L'heure bleue extrait (vtg) it felt a bit candlelight-ish/waxy in its substance.I have a decant from a Basenoter that I've treasured and saved for yeeeaaars now.

 

[donna255]

Oh, now I have one which does have a waxy like smell to it. Aledgelly, more towards lipstick wax thing, but it is waxy.

 

[ClockworkAlice]

Oh, now I have one which does have a waxy like smell to it. Aledgelly, more towards lipstick wax thing, but it is waxy.

Which one is it?
Or are you keeping it a secret until Friday?

 

[MistaPanda]

A fragrance that immediately made me think of a candle is Tabac Rouge by Phaedon... but I've used the sample and I didn't buy a bottle when there was an opportunity a couple months ago.

Not really a candle, but I find the incense in Comme des Garçons - Kyoto very cozy, I definitely can see myself relaxing in a couch, listening to music with both incense & Kyoto lingering around ^^

As for a more candle-ish feeling (or a scent I'd like to have as a candle)... there are probably a few options in my collection. Something rich, with some smokiness, and a bit sweet 🙂

Chergui (Serge Lutens)
Fille en Aiguilles (Serge Lutens)
Plum Japonais (Tom Ford)
Woody Mood (Olfactive Studio)
By the fireplace (Margiela)
07 Tanoke (Odin NY)
Eau des Baux (L'Occitane)

 

[Blue_Eyez]

Slightly ahead of schedule in Mona di orio Vetyver

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Going to do a test run. I'll be wearing Guerlain Derby (representing oakmoss and leather) and pairing that with B&BW Winter (pine)

 

[donna255]

Which one is it?
Or are you keeping it a secret until Friday?

Sorry, I had to go check I was right! Incarnata by Anatole Lebreton

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Another setup I'm going to later is Chanel Egoiste and B&BW Candle Merry Mistletoe. Both have spices in their scent notes which I think will complement each other nicely.

 

[Blue_Eyez]

Ok, it's Friday down under. Thank gawwwwd... I am over this week.
Amber Absolute by Tom Ford - smoky and dense. I am expecting great things from it on a muggy day. The air is thick with humidity, it's breezy and overcast, should be just right for Amber Absolute.

 

[sagebrush]

Ahead of FRiday, in Synch with firstly Eau des Baux, (incense+cinnamon+vanilla), and now Jacomo de Jacomo (smoky).
Friday's SOTD for the Synch will be Penhaligon's Elixir, which did have a matching candle.

 

[CuddleCat]

I pre-synced last night with By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela. It's smoky woods with vanilla, a little marshmallow sweetness and a hint of chestnut.

Today, I'm wearing Volutes by Diptyque which is the first fragrance I thought of for this week's sync. It has an overall softness to the scent and there is a little bit of several aromas in it - smoky, spicy, sweet & powdery. It feels warm and comforting but it also has a refined and sophisticated vibe to it as well. Similar qualities that I look for in home fragrance aromas especially for the cooler seasons (autumn and winter). Of course, I look for different qualities in my home fragrance during the warmer times of the year. I might see if I can come up with another perfume for evening that is more representative of what qualities I like and enjoy in my summer home fragrance scents.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Syncing with a combination Burberry London paired with B&BW Tipsy Elf candle both complementing each other on spicy/oriental scents.

 

[Toxicon]

Pre-synced in Comme des Garcons Avignon. This was a blind buy, though I’ve tried a lot of related CdG scents and had a good idea what it would smell like. Intensely churchy incense - smoky, dry frankincense and myrrh, chamomile, and heaps of cedar. It’s mostly a swirl of dry incense, but it gives off the aura of a candlelit cathedral.

 

[FiveoaksBouquet]

Time to don my candle scent and it really is a candle! Some time ago I rediscovered a lost perfume of my yourh, an amber-scented deodorant spray called Etiquette. Unfortunately, it was in the form of a candle called Bosco and, of course, the candle was discontinued. I bought all the store had and, as they burned down, I kept the leftover wax to sniff occasionally.

Yesterday, I really wanted to wear that scent for the sync so I melted some of the wax and added some castor oil and poured it into a small Victorian boudoir pot as a cream perfume, and that’s what I’m wearing.

Initials engraved on the lid are “MR” so let’s just call this perfume

Mysterious Revival
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(Sorry, it’s not in the Directory. )

 

[teardrop]

l burn scented candles often during the colder months, & especially during the festive season. This year's favourite is a gingerbread-scented one, so l'm picking up on the ginger note with Like This today. Mmmm, warm, cosy & delicious.

 

[ineespenes]

I came to think about that I recently bought 2 scented candles by D. S Durga. The one has notes of Figes and insence. The other more gourmandy with notes of vanilla (or amber), pipetobacco, leather and aparantly books. The first reminds me of my sample of Philosykos and the other one perhaps Eau duelle. I have the edp. The Philosykos is edt.

 

[ClockworkAlice]

Time to don my candle scent and it really is a candle! Some time ago I rediscovered a lost perfume of my yourh, an amber-scented deodorant spray called Etiquette. Unfortunately, it was in the form of a candle called Bosco and, of course, the candle was discontinued. I bought all the store had and, as they burned down, I kept the leftover wax to sniff occasionally.

Yesterday, I really wanted to wear that scent for the sync so I melted some of the wax and added some castor oil and poured it into a small Victorian boudoir pot as a cream perfume, and that’s what I’m wearing.

Initials engraved on the lid are “MR” so let’s just call this perfume

Mysterious Revival
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(Sorry, it’s not in the Directory. )

Fiveoaks, WOW!
I think you win this synch. I don't think there's a way to top you here!

(Not that this synch is about winning, it's all about the joy of the process, we can be as creative and immersed or as laid back and casual as we want. But the credit must be given where it's due!)

But wow! You made your nostalgia scent - from a candle - to a perfume! Now that's some creativity!

Your Mysterious Revival packaging is top notch, too. I am amazed!

 

[ClockworkAlice]

I love everyone's ambery, vanillic, spicy, smoky and candle-y choices!
This seems like a cozy synch.

I am wearing one of the coziest scents in my wardrobe - Van Cleef & Arpels Orchidée Vanille. It's a sweet and cuddly vanilla with chocolaty facets in the drydown and a hint of mandarin in the opening. It's just so yummy and cozy to me. It's been quite a journey for me with this scent, because the first times when I tried it in the store I could not smell it at all, only the faintest scent if I'm lucky. (I was vigorously testing all the VC&A scents and my first love was Bois Doré, then slowly others joined my scented harem). Then later I bought a bunch of VC&A samples so that I could get to know them better without marching to the store everyday, and I grabbed Orchidée Vanille too just in case. And I could smell it, and I fell in love! Then I still had to run back to the store to test if I do smell the store's tester now, too. I did. Then I just had to find it discounted.
I'm really craving it right now, so I'm wearing it.

I also just lit up a small candle near my keyboard - it's Far Away candle by Avon. Sweet, slightly ambery-vanillic. The scent feels more simplistic than deep (I haven't tried the perfume so cannot compare) but it's cozy. Burns evenly and does not tunnel which is nice.

 

[JON RODGERS]

Smoky incense seemed like a good fit for today. Therefore ...

 

[Schubertian]

II'l go with the "cozy by candelight" interpretation and start by draining my sample of Close to Mignight by Musicology. And since I'm working from home I can light my Guerlain Les Absolus d'Orient mini candle, too. It smells cozy.

 

[Pheusinger]

 

[Puma]

Going with a woody, spicy, amber:
34 Boulevard Saint Germain Eau de Parfum by Diptyque, from a sample.
It's appropriate for this cold day with some sun, yet temperatures around freezing point.
It is also available as a scented candle.

 

[JoM68]

I was toying with Osten's Impression Cashmeran Velvet, as they also have a candle with that scent, but then I recently received a sample of By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela, so went with that instead. The name conjures a scene of cuddling up with a nice drink, roasted chestnuts, listening to the crackling fire and watching the flames of the candles flicker across the room, whilst a full moon rises on a cold, clear sky and frost sparkles in the silvery light outside. The opening of chestnuts, smoke and sweetness is lovely and while this wouldn't be an everyday fragrance for me, I like it.

 

[tdem1961]

Fumerie Turque for me. For all its smoky opulence, this beautiful honeyed tobacco scent has an affecting delicacy as well.

 

[IsoESuperman]

Great idea for a sync! And good timing because this year I unexpectedly got into having a few candles in the house. I might take a literal route and wear either Eau Noire or Musc later today, having matching candles for both.

The black one is from La Curie and she also makes this same scent in incense cones, which I discovered first. I wish she'd make it into a perfume too because it smells awesome - kind of leathery/cedar-y/dark rose-y.

 

[Schubertian]

I wasn't too taken with Close to Midnight, and it faded.... so continuing the sync this evening with Opium Secret de Parfum. Rich, opulent vintage Opium feels just right for the cozy by candelight theme.

 

[H_West]

Last winter I once got told that I smelled like a scented candle. Although a good smelling one. And I guess I can understand why, it's sweet and cozy. Today I sync with Xerjoff - 1888.

 

[ChypreInBloom]

A pretty freezing day, this Friday! My SOTD was Tobacco Vanille but now after a shower I am synching by indulging in what seems to be nearly the last sprays of my beloved Opium EDP, and I'm as snug as a bug in a warm, cozy rug. Mmmm, what a lovely evening ahead! Just the colours of the bottle are warming.

 

[Cook.bot]

so I melted some of the wax and added some castor oil and poured it into a small Victorian boudoir pot as a cream perfume, and that’s what I’m wearing.

Extra bonus points to FiveOaks for giving it 120% !

I don't burn candles because I'm paranoid about it after having two friends who had house fires caused by them, so I don't have any personal references. And I had to go to the sample drawers to find something that seemed to have the ambience of a candle scent -- cozy spicy warmth. Aziyade by Parfum d'Empire.

The core of this is much too orientalish/resinous to appeal to me for wearing, but the beginning is superb, citrus plus fleshy cumin that then melts into a kaleidoscope of Persian spices and dried fruits. If I could have that opening as incense, I'd burn it all the time.

 

[Toxicon]

Leaning into the candle theme, I dug out my sample for Comme des Garcon’s 2 Man EDT, which has a “white smoke” / “snuffed candle” accord. It takes an otherwise ethereal woody/vetiver scent into much stranger territory.

Notes include smoke, nutmeg, cumin, mahogany, saffron, iris, leather, vetiver, and incense, but it’s much lighter than that sounds. Like most CdGs, it’s a stew of airy aromachems bopping around in an upper register - it smells misty and remote rather than grounded or deep - but it works for what it is. The spices aren’t particularly sharp, and it mostly feels like faint woods and incense… laced with something weirder.

What’s bizarre is how the snuffed candle note works on the skin. The smoke is faint, and lashed to this faint fuzzy cumin note that isn’t particularly loud but feels distinctly animalic - like the scent of human skin wet with saliva, or even the faintest touch pissy. It’s weird for sure, but keeps things interesting, and somehow does resemble the waxy smoke of a snuffed candle. It reminds me of walking into a room where someone blew out a candle an hour before - compared to what others are wearing today, it’s not the coziest smell. I think of it as more of an afterglow - the residual trace of someone else’s cozy candlelight experience, now that they’re gone.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Syncing again with Patou Pour Homme paired with B&BW candle Aromatherapy Eucalyptus and Spearmint for a peaceful zen experience.

 

[MistaPanda]

Decided to go with Fille en Aiguilles
Picturing myself in a cabin in the middle of a pine forest... relaxing by the fireplace while a dried fruits scented candle is burning



Doesn't look like it, but it's very cozy ! 😄​

 

[ChypreInBloom]

Decided to go with Fille en Aiguilles
Picturing myself in a cabin in the middle of a pine forest... relaxing by the fireplace while a dried fruits scented candle is burning

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Doesn't look like it, but it's very cozy ! 😄​

Rather looks to me like the forest hideaway of the witch in Hansel and Gretel, if you ask me. Is that the furnace I see through the window? 😉
Seriously, a log cabin with a stove would do the trick for me right now, too.

 

[Ken_Russell]

Wonderful sync theme and congrats for the great syncing choices already so admirably worn (and certainly enjoyed) here.
Considering to join with either something smoky, possibly with a dark-resinous incense theme like Salvador Dali PH or Van Cleef Arpels PH, or alternatively with something gourmand, boozy and/or vanillic in a calmly, richly comforting way, resembling but not limited to Eau des Baux.

 

[Kotori]

Today I’m wearing 31 Rue Cambon EDT, which apparently smells smoky to some folks.

 

[Toxicon]

Phase 2: syncing with CdG Black. Black pepper, black licorice, black smoke, black rubber, black tar, somehow bundled up into the best thing I've ever smelled. Intensely smoky and spicy but cozy all the same. Also lit a stick of Shoyeido's gorgeous White River incense to maximize the effect.

 

[Cook.bot]

What’s bizarre is how the snuffed candle note works on the skin. The smoke is faint, and lashed to this faint fuzzy cumin note that isn’t particularly loud but feels distinctly animalic - like the scent of human skin wet with saliva, or even the faintest touch pissy. It’s weird for sure, but keeps things interesting, and somehow does resemble the waxy smoke of a snuffed candle.

You make 2Man sound intriguing, and I've never yet met a CdG scent that I liked. That one might be an exception.

Doesn't look like it, but it's very cozy ! 😄

It looks downright haunted!