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...as we move into the warmer (seasonal) seasons in fairly large steps? (At this point a shoutout to the climate change!)
Tom Fords Tobacco Vanilla is for me the alpha and the omega of (winter) fragrances. The beginning and the end.
Bombproof and shines like the sun - even after 8 hours still more than clearly perceptible for me and others, even though I smell it all day long. Smell-blind? Far from it. That's why I'm afraid that I can't take him with me into the summer (or even the warm spring days) - he'll kill someone else, kill him in a cloud of sticky, delicious sweetness. At least it was a beautiful death.
After 30 to 60 minutes the scent doesn't develop very strongly (at least for my nose - obviously a trend of all Tom Ford hard hitters), but it doesn't have to. It is correspondingly difficult for me to describe the exact scent, I feel simply delicious all the time. As a fan of sweet scents of course great.
For me an even 10 in each category (sans flacon, there is still a bit of air up there).

Arrived today, torn out of the package, sprayed on... and at first I was very disappointed. "What a cucumber!" was my first thought, among other things because the smell in my head reminded me strongly of the classic cucumber (don't ask me where it comes from, everyone has his own associations - and "cucumber" is not something I enjoy jumping for joy).
Luckily it didn't stop at those cucumbery exhalations, the smell has really taken off over the last three hours.
Sillage is felt to be strongest after an hour, and the scent wanders from the cucumber (the first ~3 minutes prominent) to herbaceous, until at some point the rose geranium shows through (which I really love) to be replaced by a rather minty scent in the meantime (this might be the violet leaf in combination with the other scents, since mint does not occur here according to the scent pyramid). I can't make out the tonka bean, but I thought I could guess something like that earlier... now eat away.
So far a very pleasant scent that does not disturb, but does not knock me out either, as it is quite simple; you can do it for the price, but you don't have to.
The bottle is typically JPG masculine and I also like the tin can very much!
All in all a solid acquisition, which reminds me a little bit of Eros Flame (probably the rose geranium does that).
PS: By the way, I am positively surprised how much my girlfriend likes the fragrance - from now on a little mèhr fougère

...because sometimes it's really hard for me to keep it short. But then I prefer not to write a comment, because my thoughts hardly ever seem worthy of a comment.
But it must be now, because the statement space is effectively too short!
Bleu de Chanel perfume is a good fragrance through and through, not overloaded (only two components according to the fragrance pyramid) and although not necessarily something I would associate with a classic "blue" fragrance, at least as blue as a coniferous forest in the twilight sometimes appears.
Because it is definitely woody and earthy and I can also sign for "fresh" - like a coniferous forest in the twilight!
But one thing bothers me, and that is not necessarily the fault of this - very good - fragrance, but rather that of another. If "Bleu de Chanel Parfum" would exist in a vacuum, I would buy it and wear it over and over again, but (unfortunately) it does not.
Much more, this fragrance lives in the shadow (maybe that's where the freshness comes from - heyo!) of a true giant: "Terre D'Hermès EdP/Perfum"
In my perception (and you are welcome to correct me there), TdH and BdC in dry-down (if you can even speak of dry-down in BdC) are so similar that I would have difficulty distinguishing them (which honestly does not mean SOOO much).
Nevertheless, the two fragrances are far too similar for me, except that TdH is more interesting and sophisticated, has more nuances, more depth - and I unfortunately lack that in this coniferous forest.
And therein lies the crux: Not only would I not buy "Bleu de Chanel Parfum" over "Terre D'Hermès EdP/Perfum", I would never wear it instead of "Terre D'Hermès EdP/Perfum"
It is as if they both occupy the same evolutionary niche - and in this case TdH is definitely "fitter" in my perception

I was able to purchase Tuscan Leather at the end of last year together with Grand Soir from a perfumo here at a very reasonable price (thanks Steffen), and was more than excited when I finally held the package in my hands. So on the left Tuscan Leather sprayed on, on the right Grand Soir and on both once sniffed. (While I was writing this passage, I held my right wrist to my nose, lost in thought, in the expectation of smelling Grand Soir again there...)
I was thrilled by the olfactory experience on the right - Grand Soir was and is in every respect everything I like about a fragrance. But this is not a comment about Grand Soir, but about Tuscan Leather - so let's focus on the star of the show:
Left wrist held to the nose, breathed deeply (still a little dazed by the grandeur on the right side), and... Nose slightly wrinkled.
"Is this it?" I thought to myself, "That smells like... Mustard?!". A little disappointed I let my left wrist drop, hoping that the scent would change a lot in dry down, but it didn't. Thank God!
Although I didn't like Tuscan Leather that night in November, I somehow had the feeling that this fragrance and I would still be warm. Maybe not right away, but eventually. And I was right, at least partially.
For the change from indignation to love came, but much faster than expected. Because already with the second application a few days later I perceived the scent much more nuanced. What I had previously experienced as a pungent mustard smell suddenly opened up to me as an overwhelmingly pure leather smell with a fruity raspberry finish, and I liked that.
Meanwhile even SO good, that if I could wear only one fragrance for the rest of my life, I would decide for Tuscan Leather without hesitation.
Yes, the fragrance is not easy, it is challenging and not everyone's cup of tea (my girlfriend hasn't quite warmed to it yet either, but she too has the feeling that she might like it soon), but for me it has become - despite a bumpy start - the definitive fragrance for me.
The scent doesn't really change much over time (more leather, less raspberry), but thanks to singular grandeur, it's actually better that way. Durability is great, so is Sillage. Not a compliment monster, but it doesn't have to be one for me, because I don't like to smell any fragrance on myself (and I still do at the end of an 8-hour working day!) like this one (except maybe Oud Satin Mood, but that's a subject for another comment).
All in all 10/10, not a fragrance for everyone, but definitely a fragrance that everyone should have tested.

I just came from the gym and let myself in for a hot bath; had worn the day over Aventus by Creed (my Go-To-Office scent). Since I don't get much from Aventus anymore, the sudden desire to put on one of the many scent samples from my shelf grabs me - otherwise I never get to it, and since I don't expect much, it's not so bad that I will bathe soon.
On the right there is some not worth mentioning scent and on the left Nudo. The right one's got a stronger Sillage. I'm gonna notice it and think "Meh." - but what's coming from the left?
An uncompromising incense statement, which only lets me guess at flowers in the first minutes (and for me in the first chord comes along so Carlisle-like that I wasn't quite sure if I hadn't misplaced myself in the tester). The longer I wear the fragrance, the more woody it becomes and slowly I can sense peppery and citric notes - of course everything can only be incense, my nose is not that good, but with no other fragrance I have tried so far does it seem so multi-faceted to me.
Although I already have the feeling to have too many Banger fragrances in my collection anyway (author's note: "Banger fragrances" is new German for "fragrances that sweep you along and don't let go"), and there are just 3 new ones on the way, I play hard with the thought of buying myself "Nudo" too... and even if I don't, at least I thought this fragrance deserved my first comment. And that means something