...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!

...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.......

...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!