Soapy, sharp iris?
Hi all, I feel like I've posted this question in other venues and keep thinking this can't be all there is, surely I'm missing something! I figured an iris lovers' group may be able to assist: So, a long while back, I made the grave error of visiting a Chanel boutique and trying out Les Exclusifs. I wound up in love with / buying Sycomore, because I'm also a vetiver and smoke fan. I really thought I'd be into Cuir de Russie or Bel Respiro or Le Lion, but no... Instead, 1957 caught me off guard: all the soapy aldehydes you'd associate with Chanel, but with this fabric-like texture, luxurious French milled soap, and a sharp, un-bubblegum, un-lipstick, un-sweet iris accord with a little cedar in the background. It struck me as urban, concrete, 5-star hotel but brutalist and full of gigantic glass windows. I liked it enough that the associate knew: you get samples with purchases like that, so both of them were 1957, hehe. I've retained a drop or two...Unfortunately, my wife wasn't into 1957. (I can't pull off the truly unisex-leaning or feminine-leaning stuff with her, and she's important!) So were I to buy something like this, it would be a "I like this on my wrist on a weird day off" purchase, and that is absolutely not what that sky-high price allows for. So I searched, and searched, and searched for a sharp, soapy scent, preferably with iris. So far, I know: - Prada L'Homme is too sweet and patchouli-bolstered. It's more cloudy to me than concrete, metallic, soapy. - Ralph's Club Elixir is something I love for what it is - waxy, leathery, orris butter with a side of woodsiness. It's an entirely different, very informal vibe, it doesn't replace 1957's functionality.- Zara Elegantly Tokyo and the Elixir have that nice soapiness to them, but way too much jasmine, and a kind of jasmine I'm not into. I have a bottle, for some rare occasion where I'm alright with this, but it's not up to snuff.- The "your skin but better" unisex popular ones: Dedcool Xtra Milk, Commodity Milk, Glossier You, 11:11, Not a Perfume: No to all of these. Too sweet or too fruity or any kind of lactonic and it's not for me. I think I do need iris for this to work!- Acqua Universalis Forte: Too citrusy. - Creed Green Irish Tweed: Look, I like this one, but if there's iris in here it's in a guest star role.-Dior Homme Parfum: Interesting chemical take on iris with a lot of other stuff. But it's not that.-Dior Homme Intense, Gucci Guilty Absolu de Parfum: Waxy, sweet orris butter, not the same kind of thing.-Narciso Rodriguez Bleu Noir: Bubblegum and citrus, nowhere near it.Things I can't reliably find to try out but I know about: - Comme des Garcons Marseille and Concrete- Prada Infusion d'Iris Cedre (I liked d'Homme back in the day. Can't find a sample for the life of me for this supposedly new update)Any ideas from this wonderful crew? Thanks!
Systemshock
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Dior Homme Intense (2011). So, I've got some candidates. Which one is the best in your opinion? 
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