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02-05-2010, 11:31 PM #16
Glad you like it. I don't know really anything about cologne either, I just look and find things that I like. I went through a phase about a year and a half ago where I was trying colognes. Now I have a set that I like, and a few that I love that really fit me, and stick with them. Eau Des Baux is one of them.
Eau Des Baux actually does smell a bit like baby powder, in that it's a powdery scent overall. But as you figured out, there are a bunch of layers in there that pop out over time. L'Occitane lists it as a unisex scent, but it smells masculine to me, anyway. And the complexity is better than anything I've found for under $100 a pop.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I shoot for. I like a scent that I can smell myself, and that only people very close to me can smell. And like you, I prefer more informal scents than boardroom-type scents.
L'Occitane Eau Des Baux = LOX-sih-tahn oh-deh-BO
Here's a pretty cool French text-to-speech pronunciation site that I originally saw posted over on B&B, I think. I have used it many times to try to avoid sounding like a total rube when asking for colognes with French names I didn't have a clue how to pronounce. Hit the pull-down to get French pronunciation - choose "Alain" to hear the male voice, "Juliette" for the female voice. I kind of like Juliette's voice...