1805 Truefitt & Hill 1998 Cologne
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My first signature scent
This was my signature scent before I even knew what a signature scent was, and just catching a whiff of it brings back memories of some of the best years of my life.
As many will tell you, you can smell some similarities in the opening between this fragrance and Issey Miyake's "L'Eau D'issey Pour Homme". For that matter, it also bears a striking resemblance to the newer Dior Homme Sport (although this came first by some stretch) - but that's not what makes this scent magical.
Truefitt & Hill's "1805" is a fresh, woody, slightly-musky-in-the-drydown eau de cologne, and has it has unbelievable longevity for an EDC. Plus, it's $75 for 100mL, it's been around since 1805, and it is just perfect, almost year-round, any time of day.
As for my love of this scent, I found "1805" at an old school gentlemen's shop (cigars, brush-and-soap shaving, that sort of thing) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, called Maison Edwards Tobacconist. It was my sophomore year at the University of Michigan, and over the course of the previous year, I had become a heavy smoker.
So, I was looking for something to cover up the odour - later, I would use "Mechant Loup" by L'artisan Parfumeur and "Endymion" by Penhaligon's of London (both of which I found at the same store) to "cover-up", but for 2005-2007ish, "1805" was the be-all, end-all of male fragrances for me. It won me over at first sniff, it completely covered my smoke stank, and it smelled classy as hell.
To this day, this scent puts a smile on my face, and, since I'm not a smoker any more, it smells all the better.
And that's it, really. I love this stuff, I still hold it in my Top 5 scents ever, and I'll wager that if you try it, you will fall in love, too.
As many will tell you, you can smell some similarities in the opening between this fragrance and Issey Miyake's "L'Eau D'issey Pour Homme". For that matter, it also bears a striking resemblance to the newer Dior Homme Sport (although this came first by some stretch) - but that's not what makes this scent magical.
Truefitt & Hill's "1805" is a fresh, woody, slightly-musky-in-the-drydown eau de cologne, and has it has unbelievable longevity for an EDC. Plus, it's $75 for 100mL, it's been around since 1805, and it is just perfect, almost year-round, any time of day.
As for my love of this scent, I found "1805" at an old school gentlemen's shop (cigars, brush-and-soap shaving, that sort of thing) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, called Maison Edwards Tobacconist. It was my sophomore year at the University of Michigan, and over the course of the previous year, I had become a heavy smoker.
So, I was looking for something to cover up the odour - later, I would use "Mechant Loup" by L'artisan Parfumeur and "Endymion" by Penhaligon's of London (both of which I found at the same store) to "cover-up", but for 2005-2007ish, "1805" was the be-all, end-all of male fragrances for me. It won me over at first sniff, it completely covered my smoke stank, and it smelled classy as hell.
To this day, this scent puts a smile on my face, and, since I'm not a smoker any more, it smells all the better.
And that's it, really. I love this stuff, I still hold it in my Top 5 scents ever, and I'll wager that if you try it, you will fall in love, too.
Dzarsos
