...This house has been a great find for you then. Enjoy!

...Thats great Tnahowru. It will be nice to hear what you think of this collection.

...Hello everyone. I have been trying them too. Here are my thoughts on Jardins D'Armide.Jardins D'Armide; What a joy this is! I defy any fragrance lover not to react when they smell Jardins D'Armide, even if it is not to one's personal taste. I can't imagine that anyone would find it uninteresting. The opening of this fragrance immediately brings to mind sugared almond dragees, every time! That's a bit odd maybe because I don't think that those particular confections have much of a smell actually, but that is the first image that pops up and floats around. In fact, if you can imagine sweet sugared almonds, and those tiny candied violets which can be found in Madrid, add some orange flower water, some sweetly aromatic dried rose petals, some geranium soap, old fashioned iris powder, and some soft, billowy (and strangely not sweet) nutty vanilla, then you would be with me on this one. It is so gloriously old fashioned! Underscoring this feast of sweetmeats is a sweetly nostalgic floral accord, built around that lovely old fashioned aromatic rose. In time the fragrance settles into an aromatic accord of rose/violet/iris/geranium.Jardins D'Armide is certainly sweet and powdery but of course that is it's charm. There is a little brighness too which provides a perfect foil. It is delighful, charming, nostalgic. It strikes me that it was made with unrestrained pleasure and perhaps even a little humour. Official notes; (from the OLL website)Top notes: Old Rose, Orange Blossom and Iris Powder. Heart notes: Florentine iris, Violet Wild, Glycine and Carnation India. Base notes: Honey, Almond, Tonka and Musk.I am sure that this fragrance will have it's detractors. It won't be to everyones taste. It is very old fashioned after all, and it will be perceived by some as overtly feminine, too sweet, too powdery. But I also think that it will melt the hearts of many. It presents itself as an homage to fragrances past, with little or no compromise to suit current tastes, and in my view it should be respected for that alone. Dare I say that it would be utterly intriguing on a man.

...Penhaligons Juniper Sling is great. It has a beautiful Juniper topnote, although for me it then has a dominant pepper note which takes over from the Juniper quite early in to the development. It also has vetiver and it has an ambery leathery drydown which sits very close to the skin but is long lasting.There is also Pell Wall Perfumes Gin and Lime. I have never smelled it.PS: I hope that it is isn't Juniper that your husband dislikes!

...I really love classic Eau de Colognes.Acqua de Genova. Tart/sour opening with a lovely lime in the citrus accord, then herbs, with a more floral heart than many others of the genre. Beautiful. A classic.Santa Maria Novella Acqua di Sicilia. Only launched in the late 1990's. My absolute favourite. Bright citrus with petitgrain, shot through with a very refreshing bitter green streak which I always think is cypress. Very effective in lifting the spirits. Alvarez Gomez Agua de Colonia Concentrada. A Spanish Cologne. Inexpensive. Robust and artisanal in style. Juicy citrus, lots of herbs, and geranium. Splash/spray with abandon. A feel good Cologne.Penhaligons Blenheim Bouquet Eau de Toilette. A Cologne by any other name. Citrus, herbs and pine, terrific. Elegantly masculine and stylish for the girls too. and many others........

...Fendi, the original. I loved it. It can still be found on ebay but it is so expensive now that I feel that I have missed the boat. I did manage to get a bottle of the original Armani, which was around about the same time as the Fendi, and it is wonderful. But I would love the Fendi.....

...Almairac and Jacques Fiori. I think it's gorgeous, bottle and all. One couldn't go wrong with all those mentioned. I am very pleased to see that Foustie mentions Cabochard in its reformulated state; I was put off by a Bois de Jasmin review, but now I have to try it again...

...How could I forget!! Cabochard by Gres. It can be found very cheaply. It is a fantastic bitter green chypre. It's said to be a lether chypre but I find it more green than leathery. It has so much galbanum and oakmoss that you can taste it! It's an important fragrance I think. A real classic and a great addition to any collection. Don't be put off by stories about reformulation. It is terrific!

...on the green and herbaceous side, have always been that pungent and rough. Possibly, I am admittedly not very familiar with that genre but Foustie's description of Etat Libre D'Orange Eloge du Traitre and her olfactory memory of fougères would support this.A matter of gender?"From the...

...I am definately more inquisitive than acquisitive. There are times that I just feel privileged to be able to try, to experience, a beautiful fragrance, but I don't need to have it. Well, not immediately..........No really. I don't collect for the sake of it. I collect for the love of it. I'm not a prolific buyer. I also have a long wish list!

...You are most welcome. I have it and I like it a lot. I think that I got it at the right time.......

...Foustie. It does help a lot...

...Foustie:Perfumers Workshop Tea Rose. It's a huge honking Rose Soliflore. I can't quite believe how cheap it is.+1 on this one. It is one of my mother's...

...You know I always "think" that I wear anything at any time of year but I probably don't. I have been craving;Andy Tauer's Incense ExtremeHypnotic PoisonL T Piver CedreSanta Maria Novella Pot Pourriand other woodsy, resinous, incensey or oudy things.

...Perfumers Workshop Tea Rose. It's a huge honking Rose Soliflore. I can't quite believe how cheap it is.Yardley Citrus and Woods A more than respectible little citrus/pepper/woody/vetiver which can be had for buttons.

...Hello DieNase. Hello everyone. I know what you mean. To reply to your spec;**Classy meaning - more special occasion than everyday use - you feel like you have to dress up in order to be up to it - smells luxurious, expensive, sophisticated - smooth, subtle **The ultimate for me is Tabac Blond Extrait, it's transformative. Another that does a great job in this regard is Coco. Very glamourama.

...I'm so sorry that I don't have time for a picture, but here is what is on the bottom of my box;Upper left side, UDO 32 S. Upper right side 255465. Below the bar code 3 605530 327 183.Does that help?

...Hello everyone. Mine is Santa Maria Novella Acqua di Sicilia. A bright, uncomplicated citrus cologne, with a green streak, perhaps a little petitgrain and cypress? A big splash and whooooosh...... feeling good.

...Hello old friends (Drseid), hello new friends. I'm really enjoying this discussion. May I join in? I love this excerpt from Apicius' piece. It really struck a chord with me;Apicius:What I experienced in those classic fougères was a very sharp herbal spiciness in the olfactory neighborhood of the aromas of fennel, celery, aniseed, eucalyptus. There is also a reminiscence to the smell of bales of dusty cloth, the dressing in there, and the picture of somebody wearing a sports jacket which indeed implies a link to the idea of masculine elegance. But the classic fougère accord is not beautiful, it also has something repelling. If you get too much of it, it can be even nauseating, maybe due to excessive use of cumarin. And the sharpness in it can really hurt. My theory is that Fougère was supposed to hurt! In my olfactory memory I have an idea of what a Fougere smells like, and no I wasn't around in 1910! We had Fougeres when I was a child. My father had them. I do actually remember that "Fougere" was the name for them. My dad was in the Merchant Navy and we did have fragrances from all over. I remember Sandalwood Fragrances and Bay Rum, and lots more lovely fragrances that I can't remember the names of now. I can't remember the actual names of the Fougeres but I think that some had the words "Fougere", or "Fern", in the title. We also had soaps and talcums called fern or fougere, sometimes with pictures of ferns on them. Some of those would have been Yardley, but not all. Some may have come from France. It's also possible that the actual fragrances that I knew as Fougeres were from the popular masculine releases of the time ( late 60's and 70's). IF (and only IF) my olfactory memory serves me well, then the contemporary fragrance that reminds me most of these Fougeres is Etat Libre D'Orange Eloge du Traitre. I have said it before.Eloge du Traitre does not have the classical Fougere accord of Lavender/Coumarin/Oakmoss, at least not according to the published notes. It has Pine, laurel, artemisia, clove, geranium, jasmine, patchouli, leather, musk. In my view it is wonderfully bitter, harsh, dark, very dry, challenging. There is a tension there but it is not at all discordant, quite the contrary. It is not beautiful but it is wonderful, and wonderfully compelling.Do you see something here? I do! I see that the notes, and my impressions of Eloge du Traitre do in fact match the wonderful impressions of a Fougere described by Apicius above. They match it very well I think. You may of course disagree.......... if you know Eloge du Traitre or you can access it, please have a sniff and a think and come back.F21:14 30/09/2013. Edited: Mistakes and typos, apologies.

...Hello everyone, and warmest greetings from Scotland. I've been around a while so some of you already know me. I look forward to meeting new friends here at Parfumo. See you soon!