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Systemshaak

Recommendations for clean and fresh men's fragrance?

Systemshaak | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre

... My favorite soapy fragrance is one I've newly tried out: "The Tragedy of Lord George | Penhaligon's" . If you look at the notes you might be like "Rum? What is this, a booze fragrance?" But no, it's like a subtly-scented ultra-high-quality soap accord from what I've tested, with the slightest bit of a woody resin in the drydown.

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XMaxdMx

1 month ago

XMaxdMx

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... EvitaVilla Too bad you're not in Europe because i would be glad to give you the samplers of 1957 I own as i don't like it. Ahh, dang! Too bad I’m not in Europe any day of the week, honestly.

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Systemshaak

5 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... Gourmandgrl @Systemshaak not weird at all, the differences you're describing make total sense! I'm not really sure what would be a closer match to the 1957 "modernist, sharp comfort" vibe - since that does seem to be more of a "classic/vintage" profile. But I'm so glad you're enjoying "Musk Therapy (Extrait de Parfum) | Initio" still, even if different (and I agree, the magnolia is the magic for me in this one) - thanks for sharing your experience, fun to hear how it went for you!! It is indeed the magnolia! Lol, I cross-checked it with a row full of Home Goods candles today and sure enough, those magnolia candles had the same note:

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... Gourmandgrl @Systemshaak not silly at all, loved the smell of the Book Loft candle too and have seen the mist is being compared so far to "L'Eau Papier (Eau de Toilette) | Diptyque" and "Paper- | Commodity" - BBW has some impressive blends! How does it smell? Hooray for ordering "Musk Therapy (Extrait de Parfum) | Initio" , please keep us posted on what you think! Huh! Okay, so Musk Therapy is predictably a different thing because the top’s fruity, it comes off more warm and fuzzy than 1957’s modernist, sharp comfort (I know, it’s weird!) But I’m digging it. It’s like “Creamsicle luxury detergent, complimentary.” There’s just a little tiny something that pushes it in a mature direction - a bit more berry and less (floral?) and it would be This Could Be A Kid’s Shampoo, but it totally isn’t. Maybe that’s the magnolia note or the jasmine-ish hedione? Not sure. It’s neat. … you know, it’s almost like I’ve found a substitute for Infusion d’Homme instead, which is great news!

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... DRKSHDW Have you tried "N°5 L'Eau (Eau de Toilette) | Chanel" ? It’s very similar to 1957. Sparkling, clean musk with that signature aldehydic Chanel DNA. I’d layer it with some woody fixatives with Iso E Super to add more depth: "Iso Gamma Super | Ellis Brooklyn" or something similar could work too. Yep! A little more on the citrus side to me, but I like it. I was close to getting it.

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... Gourmandgrl @Systemshaak not silly at all, loved the smell of the Book Loft candle too and have seen the mist is being compared so far to "L'Eau Papier (Eau de Toilette) | Diptyque" and "Paper- | Commodity" - BBW has some impressive blends! How does it smell? Hooray for ordering "Musk Therapy (Extrait de Parfum) | Initio" , please keep us posted on what you think! So Book Loft is exactly the room spray, but on skin, which is what I wanted!

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... A bit of Musk Therapy is on the way. In very silly related news, Bath and Body Works just got a Book Loft mist out there and yes, of course, of course I just rolled up and grabbed that. I've been wanting to smell like Book Loft since I lit that candle.

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... Gourmandgrl @Systemshaak always happy to help, but definitely not famous haha!! 😂 And yes, totally easy to get a sample of - or not sure if you have a Neiman Marcus near you, but they have tester bottles of the Initio brand to try for free there too. Hope you enjoy, keep us posted if you find anything you like in your hunt! P.S. Not sure if juniper berry is off limits (read your profile to see what notes you like/dislike and saw "berries" as a no), but "Gentle Fluidity (Silver) | Maison Francis Kurkdjian" might also be up your alley. The notes are misleading - it's a clean white musk-forward blend to me, juniper that brings a slightly "chilled"/metallic effect, and subtle woods that become greener in dry-down (I personally don't get the vanilla listed, or anything gourmand/sweet)! Thanks! Yeah, surprisingly enough, juniper is a main component of one of my favorites, Much Ado About The Duke. I guess I’m just not much into, like, your average strawberry / raspberry thing. Something bit me when I was trying out Fine’ry at Target or something…. don’t quite remember why I went that way.

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... Gourmandgrl Systemshaak Hmmm… what if I dialed it back and just said “good old plain white musk?” Just clean and soft. @Systemshaak definitely "Musk Therapy (Extrait de Parfum) | Initio" ! What?? This Little Guy of a post has been visited by the famous Gourmandgrl?? Whoa! Thank you! Now that’s one I can very easily sample or decant too. Thanks so much!

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... Ooh! These all sound good!

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... Thanks so much to both of you for the advice! Hmmm… what if I dialed it back and just said “good old plain white musk?” Just clean and soft. Are there some options out there for something that simple? Even oils may help.

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Help! Chanel 1957 is my comfort scent! That's too much!

Systemshaak | Perfume Recommendations

... I own a small bottle of Sycomore. For some reason, it reached out to me with its earthy, smoky, grassy tendrils and drew me in. When I got it, I also got two samples of 1957, which intrigued me at the time but I wasn't so sure it was for me. Well, crap. It was for me. Now, during days when I know some big moment is approaching and I'm nervous as all getout, that's what I wear as these little vials run thin. It's comforting to me - cozy with all the bright white linen-esque but also somehow creamy white musk, abstract enough to not scream one flower or another but still somehow floral, just a little bit of wood at the end of it. Like staring at the most beautiful brutalist building in just the right sunlight. You know, *before* the water damage happens, lol. I cannot get another fragrance at that price, nor use something that expensive as generously as I'd want to use a comfort scent. Chanel loves to ensure that samples aren't available to just purchase outside of like one or two wildly overpriced sites. What else is out there that could fit that musk / abstract white floral / wood / modernism-and-concrete pro file but without having to donate a kidney to get it? Something that isn't overly traditionally-feminine (a lot of ylang-ylang, tuberose to the max, abundant sweetness). Something more in the unisex/I'd almost say "neutral" in a complimentary way/vein. Things I know about: JHAG NaP/Superdose (eh not quite), MM Lazy Sunday Morning (the sweet stuff isn't for me), the mostly-iris stuff (I love Infusion d'Iris, I miss Infusion d'Homme, but this isn't quite it), Molecule 01 (sadly I'm hypersensitive to it).

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Systemshaak

6 months ago

Systemshaak

Your thoughts on layering

Systemshaak | Perfume Discussions

... I've never had any luck with it. Niche or not, there are some synthetics in the background of scents that won't play nice with each other or they're the same and they'll overdose. I keep hearing about layering with Encre Noire, but every time I do, the results are too sweet. I know, right? Encre Noire - sweet? But yeah.

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Ringtale

09/03/2024