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  • Sufi
    Member
    • Jan 2017
    • 36

    What do you guys usually wear in Spring/Summer? I personally prefer Carnal Flower by Malle but I've recently run out of it and wouldn't mind going for a new fragrance.

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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      I think the BBS perfume is simply perfect for spring/summer.
      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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      • Sufi
        Member
        • Jan 2017
        • 36

        Originally posted by Faust View Post
        I think the BBS perfume is simply perfect for spring/summer.
        Wow it's actually available on Luckyscent. I'll probably buy it blind since its BBS.

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        • haydn
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2013
          • 106

          Just returned from Buenos Aires and stumbled upon the niche brand Fueguia 1833 - a lovely "laboratory" (but really just a small boutique)in Recoleta. Broad lineup of handcrafted fragrances with an emphasis on ingredients found in Patagonia. At least 50 fragrances on offer presented with glass lab beakers on top with fragrances sprayed inside.

          Friendly sales staff but the language barrier was evident so I didn't gather much of the story behind the brand. Lovely fragrances however - walked away with a bottle of Misiones, which is a fresh lemony frankincense (reminds me of Spiritus Sancti by Cire Trudon). Quite a few interesting bottles - will definitely spend more time there in the future.

          A 100 ml spray cost me about $110 USD (far less than the $185 they're listed for at luckyscent) so the value was pretty good. Boutiques also in Milan and Tokyo - worth a visit if you're in the neighbourhood.


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          • Law
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2013
            • 513

            Originally posted by Sufi View Post
            Wow it's actually available on Luckyscent. I'll probably buy it blind since its BBS.
            I wouldn't if I were you, I'd sample it first. I was quite underwhelmed (actually extremely) and disappointed as it was nothing like I'd expected being a BBS fan. Are you specifically after another floral?

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            • Sufi
              Member
              • Jan 2017
              • 36

              Originally posted by Law View Post
              I wouldn't if I were you, I'd sample it first. I was quite underwhelmed (actually extremely) and disappointed as it was nothing like I'd expected being a BBS fan. Are you specifically after another floral?
              In that case I'll just sample it first. I wouldn't mind something similar to Carnal Flower or Tubereuse Criminelle.

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              • Faust
                kitsch killer
                • Sep 2006
                • 37852

                Originally posted by Law View Post
                I wouldn't if I were you, I'd sample it first. I was quite underwhelmed (actually extremely) and disappointed as it was nothing like I'd expected being a BBS fan. Are you specifically after another floral?
                That's true. Don't expect anything hard-hitting. It's quite grassy and fresh - surprisingly, yes, but it doesn't make it bad in my opinion.
                Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                • Law
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2013
                  • 513

                  Originally posted by Sufi View Post
                  In that case I'll just sample it first. I wouldn't mind something similar to Carnal Flower or Tubereuse Criminelle.
                  Whilst nothing like the other two, the tubereuse is front and centre:

                  Bogue- Maai
                  Histoires de parfum: Tebereuse 3 L'animale
                  Robert Piguet- Fracas EDP

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                  • TriggerDiscipline
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2013
                    • 859

                    Originally posted by Sufi View Post
                    Wow it's actually available on Luckyscent. I'll probably buy it blind since its BBS.
                    so i purchased the scent immediately when it came out, but its sitting in my house in the US, and its been months and I still have no idea what it smells like, so i just bought another one now through luckyscent, did not know about this thank you very much. I had a hard time finding someone who could ship internationally.

                    thanks
                    Originally posted by unwashed
                    Try to use a phone camera in broad daylight or use a proper camera.
                    Originally posted by Ahimsa
                    I've found it extremely pleasant and enthralling over repeated whiffs so I would highly recommend.

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                    • Ahimsa
                      Vegan Police
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 1879

                      Originally posted by Sufi View Post
                      Wow it's actually available on Luckyscent. I'll probably buy it blind since its BBS.
                      Originally posted by Faust View Post
                      That's true. Don't expect anything hard-hitting. It's quite grassy and fresh - surprisingly, yes, but it doesn't make it bad in my opinion.
                      My roommate, Bryan, and I spent quite some time on trying to ascertain what that green note was (grass, pine, etc.). It definitely hit my upstate life memories nostalgically, but maybe it's a plant amalgamation as it always has my mind trying to figure out that scent (I know I've smelled it somewhere before in nature). My roommate wears it a lot and it's really grown on me since the initial testing. I've found it extremely pleasant and enthralling over repeated whiffs so I would highly recommend.

                      (On a side note: a friend of mine wears a musky perfume that my mind correlates to the scent that is released when one rips bark off a rotting log. Thus the power of relational memory in our judgment of perfumes)
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                      • darkbydesign
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 817

                        To me, the BBS scent smells a lot of Aedes de Venustas' rhubarb/tomato leaf scent mixed with their indica candle. More toward the candle than the scent, but those two are only different by the rhubarb notes in my opinion.

                        I agree with Law that I was expecting something super edgy and found it to be more general, though it did grow on me. I've used maybe 15 mL, but then stopped and went back to the collection of SL and FM faves that I always go to.

                        For Spring/Summer, I like:

                        FM - Magnolia
                        FM - Carnal Flower (but it's sooooooooo strong)
                        FM - Geranium PM
                        SL - Sarrasins
                        Heeley - Cardinal
                        Heeley - Verbena
                        Heeley - Eau Sacre
                        SL - Le Myrre
                        Slumberhouse - the one that smells like stawberries or gummy bears? Sadanne?

                        There's a new FM designer frag #2 coming out by Dominique Ropion called Superstitious and he does very floral spring/summer type stuff but I haven't smelled it and it seems potentially fairly feminine though Carnal Flower is too and it smells great.

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                        • TriggerDiscipline
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2013
                          • 859

                          Originally posted by darkbydesign View Post

                          I agree with Law that I was expecting something super edgy and found it to be more general, though it did grow on me.
                          I think its interesting both of you had that kind of perspective, although I kind of understand because it was hyped up as being something that is supposed to resemble the atelier but perhaps this is what it smells like, and you guys attributed it to be something maybe hardcore metallic combined with sweat or something along those lines, due to preconceived ideas perhaps.
                          Originally posted by unwashed
                          Try to use a phone camera in broad daylight or use a proper camera.
                          Originally posted by Ahimsa
                          I've found it extremely pleasant and enthralling over repeated whiffs so I would highly recommend.

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                          • darkbydesign
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2010
                            • 817

                            In my case, I just think the scent didn't match the brand. Not really that it's horrible or anything, but just more commercial than expected, though one could point out "it is a brand frag and not a haute frag". For the record, I'm a huge AdV fan and own every fragrance from that house, so that's more complimentary than negative, coming from me. I just didn't find the BBS frag to be as unique as the clothing he puts out. That was the contrast (not preconceived by others hyping it since I don't pay attention to that) being a big fan of the uniqueness his garments present versus the scent. Not really meant to be critical, but just unexpected from my own expectations.

                            Wasn't really a criticism but for me, I was definitely expecting waaaaaaaay more of a leather vibe, the glue could have been really cool, and I get more juniper?, sweet gin, rhubarb?, or even a sweet cannabis/indica vibe which isn't bad, but just off kilter from the description. Not too surprising because I never really do understand Schoen's stuff as much as I tried. Though I think EM #1 is interesting in a minimalist sorta way.

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                            • jogu
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2009
                              • 1601

                              Originally posted by darkbydesign View Post
                              There's a new FM designer frag #2 coming out by Dominique Ropion called Superstitious and he does very floral spring/summer type stuff
                              i went to barneys saturday for brunch and headed downstairs while we waited for our table. the fm rep was like check out the new collab with alber. i read about it months before but paid no attn to it and didnt even care to smell it, but then.... i could not put the card down. i sat down in the chairs at the fred malle station and just kept the card to my nose. its aldehydes alright and its floral but for me the church like incense was a bit more dominant. 2 words i thought were "cold and austere". i didnt find it to be a big white floral type. its the most intriguing perfume ive smelled in quite a while. i didnt love it at 1st spray BUT it was so fascinating that i couldnt stop thinking about it and it very quickly became something i want and the bottle looks awesome. i could happily wear superstitious everday

                              when i was finally seated at freds i still had the card to my nose. i put it down and the waiter came round and said to me, "i wanted to ask whats on that card" so i let him check it out too. he was like wow which one is this? interestingly, the 2 girls at the front desk didnt like it nor did the female sa

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                              • Law
                                Senior Member
                                • Dec 2013
                                • 513

                                Originally posted by TriggerDiscipline View Post
                                I think its interesting both of you had that kind of perspective, although I kind of understand because it was hyped up as being something that is supposed to resemble the atelier but perhaps this is what it smells like, and you guys attributed it to be something maybe hardcore metallic combined with sweat or something along those lines, due to preconceived ideas perhaps.
                                Yes, pretty much this. When I heard the fragrance was going to be based around the scent of horse leather and elements from the atelier (i.e glue), I immediately anticipated something uber niche, potent and daring, akin to Dior's Leather Oud and Comme de Garcons EDP 2011 combined.

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