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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
How often do you wear your colognes? On a day to day basis or only when getting dressed up for a date?
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Unless I'm going swimming, working out, or testing fragrances, I'm going to be scented.
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
Dear Mr. Cologne Snob:
I am a 23-year-old female who works in a professional office setting where scents are discouraged. However, I do like to wear them occasionally when going out. In the past, I've worn a scent from Bath and Body Works that was discontinued. The main notes in this scent were ylang-ylang and myrrh. Could you recommend any scents with those two notes? They seem to work well with my body chemistry, as I always got compliments when wearing that scent. Thank you in advance if you have any good suggestions!
--snowy
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Like I think I've mentioned already, I'm not nearly as good with women's fragrances as with men's, but I do have a couple for you to try.
Shalimar by Guerlain doesn't have either of the notes you mentioned, but should give you the same spicy oriental feel, and is a long-standing classic.
Parfum Sacré by Caron is a contemporary interpretation of that classic version that is softer and more sensual, but still oriental with top notes of myrrh and spices, and a base of rose that ties the others together. If you want something more classic than contemporary,
Nuit de Noël by Caron is an old myrrh-incense fragrance that doesn't have the synthetic smell of many newer scents. All three are sensual and powerful (not overpowering.)
As usual, I suggest that any woman who can afford to blow a couple hundred dollars on perfume try Caron's
Tabac Blonde. Although Creed's
Green Irish Tweed has the reputation of being the greatest men's fragrance of all time, and I agree that it is an amazing scent, I can't call it the ultimate fragrance for men in the same way that I can call
Tabac Blonce the ultimate perfume for women.