QUOTE(edwardleong @ Jul 29 2015, 08:47 PM)
Wow im quite surprised to see someone saying noir smelling like the ori habit rouge than shalimar...
Tat is why i find fragrance really unique as each nose picks up totally diff scent...
I do came across habit rouge before i settle for noir, to me noir has this backbone of shalimar with the slight dirty vanilla. What i get from hb is straight of powdery lemon which leans closer to lemongrass and to me n gf this is way too dated for our noses and noir opens with powdery vanilla bit metallic violet n smidge of civet skank n she also dun like noir as she say it is abit smelly haha
But after a few hrs of noir on my skin, she say it smell quite nice lol...
Quite interesting one scent can be smell so differently
I think you referred to the EdT version of HR as I don't recall seeing any EdP in KL. Both are quite different in smell. I have samples of both concentrations given by one of our fragheads Joey, who is also a die-hard Guerlain fan. The EdT version of Tom Ford Noir has no civet in it and I don't find it dirty. I think the smelly Noir your gf is complaining is the EdP version (that you own), which is a dirty patchouli vanilla, which I also like. Even though I tested TFN (EdP) first in 2013 and fell in love with it but I bought tester of PAPHI instead because it has a touch of myrrh and it's much cheaper.
As I am typing this I've just received an email from fragX informing that my Sahara Noir has just been shipped out by DHL Express, which I've just ordered during lunch time today. They only restocked it last night and it's selling like hot cakes (qty was 18 this morning) :-
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http://www.fragrancex.com/products/_cid_pe...__products.htmlFor RM380 I consider it reasonable. I saw it available in Changi and KLIA2 last year, which was priced around RM450 to 500-ish if not mistaken. I think it's getting harder to find now. I didn't see it in Changi when I was there few months ago. It's not cheap at evil bay too. I have not had the opportunity to try Amber Absolute but some say they are rather similar. If you're a fan of Church incense and amber or find Incense Avignon too soft, Sahara Noir should be right up your alleys. While Incense Avignon is a quiet mass in stone cold Medieval Church, Sahara Noir is high mass in wooden Church in the middle of desert