mild can be low sillage or aquatic.

you can try to spray a little less than usual to see if you still get the same complaint.

cool water is ok, ralph lauren some of them can be strong.

you can try ysl l'homme for mild.

Sample of the day:

Left wrist: Breath of God.

inspired by Tibet, This is a very interesting scent. It opens up with very earthy and rooty vetiver and mint, and then vanilla joins in. It stays close to the skin. The mint makes it smell a bit like tiger balm tho....

Right wrist: Dior Vetiver
Green grapefruit. No coffee or vetiver yet and its already 30mins....

Samples of the day

Left Wrist: Dior Jules

Another 'rare' scent, Jules is the granddaddy to Bleu de Chanel and Rive Gauche. In a sense that Jules smells like them both, except more refined. It's basically a soapy leather scent, but done in a classy way.

Top Notes
Galbanum

Middle Notes
Black Pepper

Base Notes
Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Russian Leather


Right Wrist: Bal a Versalies
Another legendary classic, Bal a Versalies attempts to conjure how a ball at the french court would have smelled like: powder and lots of it. The drydown is basically amber + civet with a hint of rose, ylang, lily and jasmine, but mainly sweet amber. It's also one of the few scents with tolu balsam in it.

Bal a Versailles has notes of rosemary, orange blossoms, Cassia, Jasmine, Rose, Neroli, Bergamot, Bulgarian Rose, Lemon, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Lilac, Orris Root, Vetiver, Yiang-Yiang, Lily, Tolu Balsam, musk, Benjoin, Civet, Vanilla, Cedar, Resins


Apparently this is also Michael Jackson's signature scent.

there has been a lengthy discussion on this here: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/212334-Wh...ale-compliments

those are more legendary perfume sifus. Have fun!

(tip: click the last page)

This post has been edited by Joey-kun: Jun 2 2014, 09:45 AM

I have seen neroli portofino for sale in the perfume shop in pavilion

I recently bought Eau de Guerlain from there and it was delivered to me within a week. For perfumes they will charge 10% of the perfume's price as the shipping fee. Not too bad

okay we have to be a bit careful here. essential oils and fragrance oils are different. essential oils are extracted from plants and are pure and very expensive. fragrance oils are made of chemicals and are very cheap, and usually comes with a label that tells you to keep it away from skin. also, fragrance oils dont smell like the real thing but they sometimes smell a bit different from the actual ingredient that they are representing i.e their sandalwood oil smells nothing like real sandalwood. Thats why you get apple and strawberry fragrance oil but no essential oil for those.

The danger is that if you use fragrance oils, they may contain ingredients that trigger allergies or burns if left on the skin on a long period of time. Perfume oils are different as they are created to be used on skin and therefore safe.

a very easy way to tell if the shop is selling fragrance oils or essential oils is that fragrance oils will have the same price for different types of scent while essential oils will be priced differently in accordance with how hard is it to extract its essence and the rarity of the ingredient. You can get expensive ones that are 100% pure from some metrojaya outlets. Forgot the brand name but their most expensive oil is jasmine which costs rm500++ for 10ml. Their sandalwood is 200+ while a few other herbs just a mere rm50

If you can get Dior Vetiver or Iris Ganache, lemme know

Perfumes that are original (and expensive) uses a mixture of synthetic and natural because there is no chemical that can replace entirely a natural ingredient which is composed of hundreds of different compounds. A very simple example would be that vanilin may smell like vanilla, yet when compared to actual vanilla essence, there is much difference in terms of the taste and smell. Even if chemicals are used, they are regulated and wont cause allergies as these big companies have their reputation at stake, so they wont put in weird ingredients in.

At this day and age all natural perfumes are super expensive, you can try http://www.ayalamoriel.com/ and http://www.profumo.it/perfume/home_english.htm

1) we're not creative. also lack of interest.
2) we're not perfume concious. in the US and europe ppl will comment on your perfume if they smell nice or they will comment also if you dont wear any. here in malaysia we dont give a shit.
3) kedekut. most companies dont want to make their own original perfume.
4) We *dont* have that much natural resources. Even if we do we lack the know how and skills, especially interest. Malaysians care too much about profit than to make something good and nice. Same reason why we have 0 fashion designers who expand to as big as Dior or Chanel. Most is 5 branches worldwide, no cosmetic/perfume lines.

This post has been edited by Joey-kun: Jun 12 2014, 12:13 PM

thats because ppl wanna save cost and keep buying.

i avoid those because the smell is horrible compared with the real thing. also the smell will go away after a while and you're left with that stale smell

I had to do that when i first bought from them also. That was back in 2010. My further purchases went without incident.

Always ask the seller to label your fumes as cosmetics samples. And declare them to be less than rm50 to not attract attention.

so far SN knows how to label and pack their products and make them appear like presents so that the customs wont rape... well they would probably back off after thinking twice about checking a birthday present.

If you used a much used CC card this probably wont happen, or pay via paypal.

finally a haul that costs less than 300!

You should. Guerlain is an essential in any Perfumista's wardrobe for a reason.

Everyone in Basenotes and Fragrantica loves Guerlain and has at least 1 Guerlain in their collection.

For MFK fans, he has a new release. Slated for US release in Aug/Sept:



NOTES:

Féminin Pluriel
A grand floral bouquet that unfolds from Florentine iris to violet, from Grasse rose to Egyptian jasmine, from lily-of-the-valley to orange blossom. It is upheld by the simplicity of chypre accents blending a vetiver note with Indonesian patchouli.



Masculin Pluriel
A fougère accord, the trademark of major men’s classics, set off by the depth of lavender absolute from Provence and a soft leathery accord built on an architecture of Eastern red cedar, Indonesian patchouli and vetiver from Haiti. Family: fougère - woody - leathery

This post has been edited by Joey-kun: Jul 9 2014, 09:08 AM

Did you test it on skin or paper?

Cuir De Russie smells differently on skin and on paper.

sycomore is very close to encre noire, well, encre noire from 2010 anyway.

2013 encre noire smells like dior vetiver

use more sprays.

Dior Vetiver is weaker than tis one. It costs close to 900 but smells weak, but yet nice

grapefruit vetiver coffee is so gorgeous. i could wear this daily.

suprisingly the mat sallehs at BN thinks that this watered down version is better: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/384062-Re...an-the-original