SOTD: Mouchouir de Monsieur



From Guerlain:
In the early 20th century, dandies launched the fashion for fine batiste handkerchiefs. Delicately scented, they became their must-have accessory, while elegant ladies hid their gaze behind a black veil. Jacques Guerlain mischievously took his inspiration from this seductive attire to create "Mouchoir de Monsieur" in 1904 for the wedding of one of his friends.

In the early 20th century, dandies wore perfume in a discreet and refined way, starting the fashion of delicately perfumed handkerchiefs of fine batiste. With a nod to this indispensable accessory and the turn-of-the-century's emblem of good taste, Jacques Guerlain created one of the very first men's fragrances in 1904. Mouchoir de Monsieur marries citrusy freshness and the vivaciousness of aromatic notes with the subtlety of a fougère accord nuanced with delicately powdered wood.
My take:
Classic english scent built on the base on Jicky. Starts off with a nice, herby green lavender blended with bergamot before going into a complex, beautiful powdery concoction of vanilla, iris, citrus and sandalwood with some subtle hints and whispers of civet. One of my favorite scents that will always remind me of gentlemen of a bygone era. The sandalwood in here is authentic smelling and very refined. Super classy. It's like class in a bottle. And the bottle is beautiful and classy by itself too!

Not sure how other seniors here do it as I'm still very new to this kinda thing but this is how I learn my favorite notes :-
(1) Sniff actual thing
(2) Compare and identify

Spices and herbs are cheaper to buy and have easier access to. For example, I have coriander seed, cardamom (spices) and bay leaf (herbs). My local ColdStorage has vanilla pods from Madagascar I can sniff. I also have essential oils of frankincense (Boswellia Carterii) and myrrh (Commiphora Myrrha) both from Somalia by Neal's Yard. I also bought sample of Labdanum 18 by Le Labo (for Labdanum obviously) and Saffron Sample Set from SurrenderToChance which consists of Red Oud by Montale, Safran Troublant by L`Artisan Parfumeur and Rose Kashmirie by Les Parfums de Rosine. When sampling, make sure the note you wanna find out is prominent/major player and not well-blended. You could refer to fragrantica for scent's info. You could also read odor profile on fragrantica to find out the characteristics of a note.

Maybe some of my examples given are a bit hardcore, you could just try reading odor profile on fragrantica and use compare and identify method. Happy sniffing

Thanks. Photography was my hobby before I discovered perfume appreciation. I get burnt out easily. Don't be surprised if you see me gone from this perfume thread and ended up only at [WTS] thread.

SOTD - Grand Cuir by Parfums Retro (Sample)/Fresh Impact by Adidas
I get fresh pine mixed with birch tar and lavender. To my untrained nose, all the other notes are well-blended I hardly able to pinpoint individually so I'll just quote what's written on card :-

"A leather with soul. Part One: A Leather Soul with notes of cistus-labdanum, clary sage and birch tar rectified. Part Two: A Multi-Dimensional Floral Heart with notes of orange-flower, geranium, lavender, violet leaf, carnation and rose. Part Three: Accents with notes of cinnamon leaf oil and tarragon. part Four: A Comfortable, Relaxed Base with notes of pine moss, musk, sandalwood, patchouli and rosewood oil."

Overall smell is actually quite good and unique with quality.

Fresh Impact for my shoulder workout just now. I'll be sampling Aoud Leather by Montale later this evening. Right off the bat, it's 99% identical with Golden Boy by Dueto Parfums.

Another perfume collection show off. Racquets Formula by Penhaligon's. My classy English scent. Would you care to join me for a cup of tea and scones?

U make it sound so niceeeeeeeeer than green irish tweed... Must resist poison lol

U got it from monica?

Sample set a steal la... €9 for 8x2ml sprays

U really poison.. I already order 1 set lol... Looking forward for ur thoughts on jardins d'armide

Thanks for sharing ! 

But i thought the shipping cost to Malaysia is 7 euros ?

lol... finally Malaysia got something which is cheaper edi lol...

MFK retail here is cheaper than luckyscent (excluding shipping) and more a less same price with MFK estore

OUD.. Luckyscent $300, MFK EUR195, Isetan RM880
OUD trio... Luckyscent $375, MFK EUR272, Isetan RM1250
Lumiere Noire PH.. Luckyscent $175, MFK EUR105, Isetan RM500

So in conclusion... no markup from france price

brecourt 3 samples free....next sample 1euro only....hehehehe

unfortunately nope... add EUR7 lol but still a fairly good deal...

only had avenue montaigne last year,didnt impressed me much. go ahead buy 
im still on no buy 2months already

Federic Malle drink anyone?

Well my wife surprised me with this on Valentine's Day:



She knew that i was a little disappointed for not being able to have a pit stop at NY due to the snow storm so she contacted her sister who is residing in Singapore to get me this. It was produced and bottled only yesterday.

Well, the thing is this bottle is still seated in Singapore. I will have to either wait for my in-law to fly back, or me flying down to bring this precious home.

Happy Valentine's Day and Chap Goh Meh everyone!

Weather really hot... i really missed my heavy hitters T_T

Tml out appointment whole day somemore... dun care pakai MFK Lumiere Noire PH

Finally managed to find a constant bulk supplies for 5ml decant sprays... time to re-organize split and decanting my collection.. price will be greatly revised after learning from decant gurus in FB how to run splits for local community...

Hope can get all your support ya.. sharing is caring

Yay.. the split board is up... its on my siggy.. the same list is also on my FB Group - Malaisie Groupe Scindé de parfum

Purpose is to continue poison the community with my *shy* limited collection as well as to raise fund for my future acquisitions...

if this is going well, i might going to do new bottle split once i can get hold of 10ml, 20ml and 30ml decant bottles