Comments on: Leaving a Perfume Trail

By: March

March — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:29:16 +0000

Totally seconding your suggestions, and they have good lasting power, too.

By: Vasily

Vasily — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:57:19 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot: wanted to chime in on the incense thing. My favorites are CdeG Avignon and Zagorsk, and Tauer’s Incense Extreme. Recently a friend was wearing a sample of Ava Luxe’s Incense Noir, and I have to say I fell in love: smoke, wood, and incense – not really like anything I’d encountered before.

Tauer’s Incense Rose – I love it, but I don’t know I’d call it an incense frag, since the incense combines with the rose and clementine notes in a most interesting and delightful way.

By: Vasily

Vasily — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:51:35 +0000

I highly recommend Ava Luxe’s fig frags:

Bois de Figue – if this is her old “Fig Wood”, it’s in my opinion the best take on fig & woods I’ve encountered.

Fig Leaf – Again, the best leafy fig I’ve encountered – very green & figgy without being harsh or fruity.

Figuier – I’d place this sort of in between Bois de Figue and Fig Leaf, with a bit of Johri’s heat.

Figue Noir – Very fruity, dark fig.

Johri – Complex, very warm, a favorite of mine but not very figgy if you’re looking for that note.

Unfortunately, Serena doesn’t offer samples. You can find samples of Figue Noir, Figuier, and Johri on Perfumed Court, but not the others at present.

By: Vasily

Vasily — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:40:50 +0000

Fred Soll’s incense sounds great. The picture of him & Billy Gibbons … hey, I think I smoked Something Funny with those guys 40 years ago!!

By: Patty

Patty — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:54:43 +0000

I HAVE loved couple of the new things this fall. Love in Black and the new Serge both work perfect for me. Feerie was really nice, but the price point is too much. Once it goes to discounters, it will be appropriately priced.

I’m just not over the moon about anything new really.