Thread: What is your fragrance of the day?

I have a question for Y'all. I have found, and expect to find more, after shaves and colognes from the mid seventies. I never could figure out why I received so many when I graduated eighth grade, but I digress. Does it go bad? I wouldn't think so, given the percentage of alcohol in it, but I wondered if it would be the same, scent wise, as it was then?

Most days I wear l'artisan Fou d'Absinthe. How to describe? Lots of booze, spice and a woody green drydown. For me it's a mature and confident green. My daughter claims I smell like cookies when wearing this. While that may be accurate, I have since discovered that she says that to describe any good smell. Longevity is decent for me even though few scents last long on my skin. I find that I can't tolerate any floral or powder scents on myself, so tend towards to the booze, leather, tobacco, and spice scents.

Dony: my understanding is that most scents degrade with exposure to air. These are volatile compounds which help produce scents. Alcohol is a preservative, but even booze will degrade in flavor once exposed to oxygen. I know if I'm slow on a bottle of scotch (months), the last dram is not as sharp as the first. It's not a frequent problem.

Previously used bottles of cologne that I have busted out after a long time have similarly faded over time.

Originally Posted by donv

I have a question for Y'all. I have found, and expect to find more, after shaves and colognes from the mid seventies. I never could figure out why I received so many when I graduated eighth grade, but I digress. Does it go bad? I wouldn't think so, given the percentage of alcohol in it, but I wondered if it would be the same, scent wise, as it was then?

Many people collect "vintage" scents and it all depends on how well they they were stored. I have seen some that were still in great shape. others smelled like crap! rule of thumb is keep in a cool dry dark place.

..Trumpers Sandalwood today.

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

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It's Epic!!!! Man!!!!!

This is my scent today.... truly Epic!!!

I'm heading home from a few days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands today, and are sporting some divine Guerlain Vetiver

Love this!

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

Love this!

Me too!! Not worn it for a good few months now though!!

Trumpers Sandalwood.

I am in the Floid phase at the moment and being the time of year it is More than likely it will be the Floid shave balm, I just today got Floid Black and a Bottle of Spainish Blue so who knows what tomorrow will bring.