Synchronized Fridays 2022

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

I never remember the exact number of Tuesdays in the name and didn't care enough to google it this time
Yeah, our perception of this scent seems similar Maybe it's that table on which you'd make the pancakes?

Maybe it should've Sunshine and Kitchen Tables or something like Sunshine on a Kitchen Table. Now I'm thinking like Serge Lutens.

 

[ineespenes]

I feel that Trouble is a bit of an misplaced name on the actual scent. It smells like cosy vanilla with a touch of citrus and maybe peach to me.... Nothing that would suggest trouble, unless you feel that the slight gourmandy, "dessert" feel to it would suggest gaining weight.... Which would indeed be Trouble for me

 

[Schubertian]

Hmm I'll be at a work meeting in Paris on Friday, so it needs to be something I can carry a spray decant of, and something I can wear for work. And it will be fairly warm.
So, possibly:
- Safari - does not smell remotely of an East African savannah (or of wild animals, or jeeps).
- Miss Dior - that would be stealing PStoller's idea.

 

[PStoller]

- Miss Dior - that would be stealing PStoller's idea.

You cannot steal what I freely give.

 

[Ken_Russell]

Might choose one of the few untypical feminine/unisex options currently owned to simply join the sync.
Having actually a vast array of samples and even some full bottles, that range from decent value cheapies by Woods of Windsor, Yves Rocher, Yardley, to a few pricey and more luxurious yet very little stereotypical from houses like Memo, Xerjoff, Parfum d'Empire etc.

 

[incense+heliotrope]

I've got a trio of Rook samples at home (Amber, Suede and Thurible), at least one of which does not smell like its name. And yet they all smell rather like each other.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

You cannot steal what I freely give.

But what's the catch? Usually nothing comes free.

 

[PStoller]

But what's the catch? Usually nothing comes free.

The catch is you can drive yourself crazy looking for the catch.

 

[donna255]

I am going with

Pharrell Williams GIRL​

It was the name GIRL, which fooled many as they thought this was a girly feminine fragrance.

No, unisex heading towards masculine.

 

[FiveoaksBouquet]

I may not be syncing tomorrow as I’m really enjoying wearing 1932, but will mention here Youth Dew. It may be glorious but to my nose is neither youthful nor dewy!

 

[Kotori]

I may not be syncing tomorrow as I’m really enjoying wearing 1932, but will mention here Youth Dew. It may be glorious but to my nose is neither youthful nor dewy!

Actually 1932 is a great idea! You’d think it would be a mossy Chypre with a name like that, but it isn’t!

 

[Cook.bot]

Youth Dew. It may be glorious but to my nose is neither youthful nor dewy!

Excellent point. I've always found it utterly contradictory, and always assumed its name was chosen more for its rhyme than its descriptiveness.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

The catch is you can drive yourself crazy looking for the catch.

So there are strings attached.

 

[tdem1961]

Prada Candy doesn’t smell candy-like at all to me. It’s all benzoin, smells a lot like those little booklets of papier d’armenie.

Paco Rabanne Métal is a soft springy green floral. It does open with some aldehydes but it isn’t sharp or metallic to me at all.

Sonia Rykiel Woman (Not for Men) - kind of a misnomer because despite its sweet, fluffy character, I could see a man wear it if they like things like Jaipur Homme or Habit Rouge.

 

[FiveoaksBouquet]

Actually 1932 is a great idea! You’d think it would be a mossy Chypre with a name like that, but it isn’t.

Yes…good point. Maybe it could be a sync tomorrow. After all, there’s no way of knowing if being in 1932 smelled anything like that at all.

 

[MistaPanda]

A few options :

1/ I tend to link the word 'black' to dark ; classy ; evening and/or daring scents... but I own two that do not give me that feeling :

Kuroi (Annayake) : Means 'black' in Japanese, the bottle is also black... but to me, it's a fresh, spicy, mass appealing, daytime fragrance.

Noir EDT (Tom Ford) : Really enjoy it... perfect daytime counterpart to Noir EDP (whose name fits perfectly).

2/ Royal Oud (Creed) : Love it, but as many have said, there is little to no oud in this scent.

3/ Power (Kenzo) : I'll probably synch with it tomorrow ! Another one I really like, but it doesn't smell like 'power' to me if it makes any sense... floral, powdery, unisex, gentle, likeable... doesn't smell like 'luxury' either.
It has a good lasting power, but a modest sillage and it's not a "beast mode" fragrance by any means.

 

[CuddleCat]

I'm wearing Tiare by Ormonde Jayne because it doesn't smell like tropical flowers which is what I would expect from a perfume named Tiare. There is tiare in it but it is mixed with other florals and citrus with a green mossy base that gives it a clearer chypre feel that is not musty at all. In warm weather it is more citrus up top but in the cooler months it has a wonderfully balanced citrus/floral aroma with the clear green mossy base.

 

[fanny]

Metallica (Metalys) for a warm spicy, tender floral and even powdery perfume (from decant)

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

It's going to be nice and warm so I'm going with Mona di Orio Vanille. It does really well with the heat.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

A few options :


2/ Royal Oud (Creed) : Love it, but as many have said, there is little to no oud in this scent.

That is very true. I think Spice and Wood would've been a more fitting name for it.

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

I'm going with Azzaro Wanted, because around here, it's absolutely unwanted. It even took me a while to buy a bottle, and I'm a big fan of it. I had to finish a whole sample, several wears, before I decided I needed it.

The flanker Wanted By Night is much more popular around here - and with my wife, who ALWAYS compliments the By Night flanker. But when the weather gets hot, I start to crave the original.

I will say this much. My wife NOTICES Wanted almost every time I wear it. But when I ask her what she thinks, it's only occasionally positive. She doesn't hate it - but she vastly prefers my Bleu de Chanel EDT.

The critics are split on the original, too. Turin is "not a fan", to put it mildly, but our own VR is rather positive. I have ambivalent feelings about it. There's something about it that just keeps me sniffing.

It's an EXCELLENT MESS of a fragrance! It's not a train wreck, but my nose simply cannot stop staring.

And don't get me started about Wanted Girl. Some other time!

 

[Puma]

Another warm and sunny day here, so I'm going with
Nuit de Noël by Caron, le parfum, vintage

There is nothing about Nuit de Noël that resembles Christmas. I prefer wearing it in warm and sunny weather, as the citruses in the top notes are very long lasting on my skin.

Ernest Daltroff is said to have created this perfume for his muse Félicie Wanpouille. He gave it to her as a present on Christmas 1922.

 

[JON RODGERS]

Amouage Beach Hut Man for today. Lovely stuff but a complete misnomer - greener than a jealous Shrek and with no coastal connotations whatsoever. In synch

 

[ClockworkAlice]

I'm half synching with Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic - it's an amazingly true to life and extra juicy mandarine, but I don't really smell basil here much at least right now. I think I smell tea supporting the mandarine here more.

 

[teardrop]

l've gone with Passage d'Enfer today. To quote from my own review:

This one is quite a surprise. Having expected something funereal, or, from the name alone, something like burning sulphur, l find it's a rather fresh & beautiful breath of spring. The incense has a shimmering quality, with a pronounced green floral note running through it, more like lily of the valley than lilies, to my nose. l get a strong impression of green shoots peeking through the cold, wet earth, & l even smell the stone slabs forming a path between the flower beds.

 

[tdem1961]

Prada Candy for me. It’s definitely sweet but from benzoin, not from candy or other gourmand notes.

 

[Cook.bot]

Azurée by Estée Lauder. No blue oceans, beach vacations, or sporty fun here. Just a big, bitter, in-your-face leather that would just as soon stomp you as look at you.

 

[Juxtapozbliss]

For me, the perfume that smells the opposite of its name the most, is I Am Trash from ELDO. Rather than rotting garbage, it's a delightful flower and fresh fruit bouquet. But is it really a surprise that Etat Libre names their fragrances tongue in cheek?

 

[incense+heliotrope]

In SOTD Synch today with Rook Perfumes Amber, in which my nose detects no ambery notes, just an overpowering and long-lasting saffron/safraleine note, that suedeish leather sort of thing.

Just applied SOTE Rook Perfumes Suede, which smells of that harsh, smoky burnt meat leather note you get in the likes of Hyde or Lonestar Memories, but more so. No suede I've come across smelt like this.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Syncing again with Creed Royal Oud

 

[Juxtapozbliss]

In SOTD Synch today with Rook Perfumes Amber, in which my nose detects no ambery notes, just an overpowering and long-lasting saffron/safraleine note, that suedeish leather sort of thing.

Just applied SOTE Rook Perfumes Suede, which smells of that harsh, smoky burnt meat leather note you get in the likes of Hyde or Lonestar Memories, but more so. No suede I've come across smelt like this.

Ah, that burnt meat note. I think it's likely that is cade oil. My nose is particularly sensitive to cade, the wood extract that gives many leathers their smokiness. In intense doses, it often comes off like the scent of barbequed meat. You can find it in frags like Noun, Grimoire, and other leather scents. A rep at Luckyscent told me that it's so pronounced in Imaginary Authors' A City On Fire that they sometimes call it Eau de Smoked Ribs. Some people don't have the same reaction.

 

[Ken_Russell]

Trying to join the sync with a sample of Inle by Memo Paris-one of the most uncommonly beautiful niche scents do know.
Achieving an unlikely but successful combination between smooth and yet fresh linden-green tea with more creamy vanilla and classic jasmine florals.
From a personal viewpoint alone, this one seems not fully matched either with its indicated gender-due to being quite unisex/genderless or with its island/holiday like suggestion, unless referring to very exotic and at the same time strangely familiar places actually difficultly achievable in real life or both.

 

[Schubertian]

I was in (not on) Safari (vintage) today. Nothing exotic about it at all. But I like it very much and it suited my two-day work meeting in sunny Paris very well. Miss Dior would have felt a bit too austere for catching up with some lovely people in person after 2+ years of zoom hell.

 

[incense+heliotrope]

Completing today's trio of misnomers with Rook Perfumes Thurible : mint, rose and eucalyptus over something woody-oudy.

 

[PStoller]

I think I might make next Friday “Miss-Named Day,” for nominal feminines that don’t smell stereotypically feminine (e.g., Miss Balmain, Miss Dior).

And Miss Balmain, it is:

 

[knit at nite]

Joined sync with my evening scent of vintage Miss Dior (EdC)
It's unisex to my nose. YMMV.

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Just wanted to add that my wife gave my fragrance (Wanted) a huge compliment today! I had just refreshed in another room, and walked by about 8 feet away. She caught the sillage and went gaga, demanding to know what it was.

So maybe I was wrong! Maybe it really is "wanted"!

 

[Ken_Russell]

misnamed or not-Miss Dior and Miss Balmain do remain great classics, outstandingly enriching the sync but also impressively rewarding even for non-sync fragrance occasions

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

The week that I've been waiting for - Fragrance Haikus/Limericks.

Time to summon Red

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

A 5-7-5 example:



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