Title says it all, I like that addicting quality of wanting to shove my nose back into my arm for more of the smell. Big fan of the animalic notes in
Derviche,
Civet,
Sticky Fingers Extrait de Parfum and
Nimitr
Title says it all, I like that addicting quality of wanting to shove my nose back into my arm for more of the smell. Big fan of the animalic notes in
Derviche,
Civet,
Sticky Fingers Extrait de Parfum and
Nimitr
Animalic notes are usually challenging for me, especially civet, BUT I do really really enjoy the castoreum in
Burvuvu perhaps my top pick for colder months
@booonbooon I guess it may sound a bit boring, but if you're enjoying animalics in
Sticky Fingers Extrait de Parfum maybe you shall try some other of her works.
I personally find
Unspoken Musk Extrait de Parfum to be sensual as hell. Although I'm not a person, who is afraid to wear daring scentes, I struggle to find an occasion to wear.
An older one: the classic
Kouros Eau de Toilette The only Yves Saint Laurent I own. A masterpiece.

I, too, live for
Sticky Fingers Extrait de Parfum 😀 If you want something similar but less earthy and if you are ok with carnations, then
Under My Skin is also incredible.
My favorite hyraceums are
Salome and
Tropic of Capricorn (deliciously stinky)
and finally, for civet:
Mitsouko Eau de Parfum - even though civet is not explicitly listed, it definitely has those undertones, I love Mitsouko 🤍. Also,
Diaghilev Parfum goes in the same direction and it does have civet actually listed in the notes.
Ma Lon: Ghost in the Can is an odd spicy chypre with a fairly strong civet in the base. I could keep on listing chypres (so many have excellent civet in base notes) but I'll limit myself to these three.
Jungle Jezebel - the most obnoxiously loud pissy civet and I LOVE it!
Poudrextase is a soft powdery civet, for a different occasion.
Another Bianchi to mention here is
Sex and The Sea Neroli Extrait de Parfum - an animalic neroli! funky!
The final and the best civet I'd mention is
Civet de Nuit, it's heaven for lovers of civet and vintage scents. Expensive but worth sampling. I struggle with ylang-ylang so I personally do not wear Civet de Nuit but I would be doing this scent a grave injustice if I omitted it in this list.
Update: I initially missed the word "sensual" in the topic 😀 So I removed some of the recs I listed, and kept only the castoreum, hyraceum, and the civet recs that are relevant in the scope of the topic
I knew Francesca Bianchi would be the queen of this topic.
Grandpa juice (floral, pissy)
Gold Man
Boss Number One Eau de Toilette
Civet d'Or
Lapidus pour Homme Eau de Toilette
Kouros Eau de Toilette
Grandma juice (mostly chypres)
Danse Lascive
Civet de Nuit
Inverno Russo II Extrait de Parfum
Royal Barn
Maai
Fado Jasmim
Sacred Scarab Extrait de Parfum
Bitter compositions (in a literal sense)
Green-leaning blends
Personal favorites (and my recs)
Ambilux is an addicting sensual, dirty animalic; some people say civet, some say castoreum, the brand doesn't list a specific animalic note but describes the fragrance as, among other things, an "interpetation of deer musk." The aforementioned
Poudrextase is a more powdry animalic with a civet note, while
Carnicure is a more floral civet. Marlou offers a discovery set of their entire line for only €14 direct from them, incredible value if you're interested in these notes at all.
Original Musk Blend No. 1 is a great value in similar animalic musk territory.
all very helpful, thanks! def interested in more Bianchi and that Marlou discovery set
If you enjoy sensual animalics,
Club de Nuit Intense Man Eau de Toilette has a smoky, musky dry down with that addictive keep sniffing your arm effect. For a more pronounced animalic experience,
Under My Skin is another fantastic pick, rich, warm and beautifully sensual.
My philosophy is that if you’re going to go for animalics, you might as well go big or go home:
^ gpt user. the bold text and the exact phrasing of LLM is a dead giveaway, come on man