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For about 8 or 10 years, this was my signature scent. I was crushed when production discontinued. Sadly the formula doesn't hold up very long, so old stock from the secondary market is out of the question. I tried and failed to find...

Some people love that light, clean musk at the dry-down. So-called white musk. I absolutely despise it. I sprayed it on my wrist at Nordstrom, and went about my shopping. For about 15 minutes, FdP was actually quite nice. Those pretty notes...

Tommy Hilfiger was a ubiquitous name in American fashion back in the 90s. His aesthetic never appealed to me, so it didn't occur to me that I would like a fragrance with the TH label. I don't think I ever smelt it back then. If I saw it in the department...

There are those who love indole, and then there are those, like me, who find indole smells like a urinal cake. Indole doesn't smell dirty to me, but rather like a sharp knife to my olfactory nerves. Like the blue fluid in a chemical...

It's nice, but nothing special. If you ever wished for a fragrance that smells like Becherovka, this is it. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I didn't expect CdG to smell like a sweet shop at Christmastime. Some describe it as not sweet....

This is a lovely aquatic: a refreshing marine with a slight hint of idodine, and a deep, ambery undercurrent. Like many fragrances, this one turns sweet on my skin. In this case, the fresh, green note of amyl salicylate. Aquatic fragrances...

What a charming fragrance this is! It starts out slightly indolic, but the indole quickly calms down and pleasantly intermingles with the rest of the incense-y notes. I did not know this fragrance in 80s when it was born, so I have...

I keep reading how the original formulation is absolutely glorious (it is), and the reformulation is a shadow of its former self (somewhat true). I purchased samples of both vintage and current BaV, and they both smell fantastic....