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Hi everyone Planning to try out a few lemongrass oil variations. Was testing: Lemongrass 8 parts Galaxolide 4 parts Hedione 4 parts ISO E Super 4 parts as a small variation of the grojsman accord without the methyl ionone (as I don't have it lol) - Smells of Lemongrass with a hint of...

I live and die for the scent of Bulgarian rose (Rosa damascena) essential oil fresh out of the vial, in its first 5 or so minutes on the skin. The aroma is just too gorgeous. I don’t know what chemical constituents exactly to attribute to this initial smell, before it settles. It’s like a...

Hello, I'm new in fragrance world and I wonder what accords/complete formulas I could make with my ingredients Here is the list: Iso E super Florol Calone Coumarin Veramoss Lemon Oil Pradisamide Ambroxan Cassis Base 345 B Anis Aldehyde Benzyl Salicylate Rose Givco Aurantiol Vertofix Coeur...

I recently had the good fortune to receive a bottle of champa/champaca from India of reliable quality. It's a very interesting smell, hard to describe - it is certainly floral but has a strong leathery facet, some fruitiness and greenness, and an animalic character - overall, delicious and...

Hey guys! Made a formula combining an aquatic base and a musk base, and I'm looking for any feedback or suggestions to make this smell better, as I am a beginner. I'm open to all ideas and I'd love to learn from all of you. Here's the formula, everything's diluted to 10% in alcohol (even the...

Hi all, I'd like to get my boyfriend a fragrance for his birthday but he currently only wears Givenchy Play which is fairly inoffensive. He's keen to explore new fragrances and I'd like to get him something that's similar-ish but a bit more adventurous/interesting. He doesn't really know what he...

Any ideas on what fragrance appears on the most wishlists??? Or is most coveted? Jubilation seems to be very desired, imo.

There will almost certainly never be a reality TV show that features perfumers competing for fame and fortune. Perfumery is neither a performing art nor an athletic endeavor. Fragrances can't really be appreciated visually, like fashion design or fine art. And unlike the culinary arts, the...

Hi to all, I just wanted to ask a quick question, seeing as this website and forum is one of the best-known perfume review sites on the www. So, here is my story, if you care to indulge me for a minute: Some 5-6-7 years ago, I was simply walking down the street that leads to my apartment (well...

I have a nice new refill bottle of Jicky - bought it last winter - and while it's fine on the sweet and light notes, it is definitely lacking in the infamous "dirty" notes. I'm thinking it might be possible to adjust it by layering with a (synthetic) civet oil, purchased from one of my local...

So i am about to purchase two new winter scents. i narrowed down my list to the following: Guerlain L'Instant EDP MINOTAURE by Paloma Picasso Must de Cartier Boucheron EDP (for some reason this scent really grew on me) Which two would you get? i am also open to ideas

Hi everyone I come to you , because il have a very close friend of mine who asked me something . I have a few ideas about the answer but would like also your opinions . Sh's been wearing Chanel N°19 since ever ...It's her favourite ..in edt , edp and extract . But she finds that with the...

This evening, I am wearing Ambre Russe (Parfum d’Empire). Last time I wore Ambre Russe was maybe a week or so ago and it was all about the leather note. That leather just jumped out front and stayed out front. I enjoyed that. This time, the Amber came on early and is staying strong. And I'm...

Perfume! Does anyone have any experience of having their own perfume made after ones wish? If it isn´t to costly I will defenitely try. :) I have prepared drenched paper sticks with my favourite perfumes and put them in plastic bags for him to try and get an idea of my preferences. Here is the...

I've seen both of these terms used to describe frags but I'm not sure I know the difference, if there is even a difference, but I have my own ideas at what they mean to me. What do people commonly mean by them? To me projection is how far a scent radiates off the skin. So whether someone...

Hello Basenotes! I just discovered this forum a couple of days ago and I've been kind of addicted to reading it since then. I had no idea that there was such a vast community of people into scents. It's not something that ever crossed my mind. My biggest interaction with scents has been at the...

Hey everyone, I love Lalique colognes and I am going to get Encre Noir. I got another Lalique previously online and I thought it was a bit old and had lost its potency. Any ideas where I can get Lalique at a store? Any department stores carry it? Do you really think it is a big deal to get...

I love Indian food, and I love Indian tea/chai. If you get it from an authentic good restaurant, it's truly one of the best drinks you'll ever have anywhere. I'm curious if anyone has any ideas on fragrances that smell similar to it. It's black tea, flavored with cardamom, ginger, cloves...

Hello ladies, I found one previous thread on this topic, for Offscenter's 11 year-old daughter, but mine will be thirteen soon, so I thought it might be worth asking afresh. However, she is a) not going to be smelling like a girl beyond her years, and b) wearing anything her mother will...

I recently bought a bottle of Essence Wenge in Harrod's sale for a very good price. I do wear the scent on its own and like it a lot, but I feel it would layer well with other scents and give them depth. Any ideas?