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AKady
11-22-2008, 10:57 PM
I am looking for a nice spicy lavender scent, i used to use a lotion that had a great masculine lavender scent and I really liked it. I think it could work as a winter scent too. Just looking for a good frag.
mdunn
11-22-2008, 11:08 PM
perhaps Creed Royal Scottish Lavender
mdunn
11-22-2008, 11:11 PM
ps - you can use basenotes director (http://www.basenotes.net/fragrancedirectory/)y to find specific scents
Isaias
11-22-2008, 11:34 PM
Burrbery London comes to mind.
Zino Davidoff is one of the best lavender for the price
Serge Lutens Gris Clair.
The previous three are somewhat sweet. The following are not:
English Fern, Lavandula and Blenheim Bouquet by Penhaligons
C&S Frankincense and Myrrh and Oxford and Cambridge (though this one is more summery) by C&S

Caron pour Homme works all year round.
AKady
11-22-2008, 11:47 PM
perhaps Creed Royal Scottish Lavender

After reading up on that, it sounds very promising, but also very much out of my price range sadly. Also would it be too formal for daily wear, I am a college student.
mdunn
11-22-2008, 11:51 PM
After reading up on that, it sounds very promising, but also very much out of my price range sadly. Also would it be too formal for daily wear, I am a college student.

it is pretty pricey.

im a student too, no such thing as too formal. people appreciate smelling something thats not axe/lynx. you would be surprised about the compliments a good cologne will get you
AKady
11-23-2008, 12:00 AM
Ya never been complimented on cologne.
mdunn
11-23-2008, 12:49 AM
what do you normally wear?
AKady
11-23-2008, 01:04 AM
SCS New Spice, Bay rum w/twist, Bond no.9 little italy, Bois Sushi Imperial, Raquets, St.james, endymion. Iam still unsure how much to wear too.
mdunn
11-23-2008, 01:15 AM
hehe. the man who says creed is to formal has endymion and st james :tongue:

for how much to wear - it really depends on the individual scents.
just play around with them to see how much you need to wear
AKady
11-23-2008, 01:19 AM
All are samples except the SCS so HA...awww that just means I'm poor....
mdunn
11-23-2008, 01:29 AM
dont worry - i love my samples too (i guess its a student thing). these are some ive been saving for a trip im doing at the end of the year (ive since added a few more) :biggrin:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=34615&stc=1&d=1227101103
AKady
11-23-2008, 01:33 AM
dont worry - i love my samples too (i guess its a student thing). these are some ive been saving for a trip im doing at the end of the year (ive since added a few more) :biggrin:


I got a "few" too(bad webcam shot). I call it mini-den.
mdunn
11-23-2008, 01:35 AM
and the best part?

its all freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :w00t:
AKady
11-23-2008, 01:36 AM
Welll.... most of it, I paid for some of them. but ya being a student makes you truly appreciate free stuff, I just hope one day I can afford to pass it on.
mdunn
11-23-2008, 01:44 AM
*thumbs up*
once ive we've our degrees and are making proper money we can drop some pif samplers.

...until then though :biggrin:
AKady
11-23-2008, 01:46 AM
I am looking at teaching, so proper money is something I will never see. But I am sure I will PIF some Dial soap for shaving :D
mdunn
11-23-2008, 02:04 AM
hehe. reeeeeeal big of you. :lol:
blantyre
11-23-2008, 04:43 AM
Santa Maria Novell Lavender is nice. Yardleys English Lavender is OK too, but maybe more a summer scent.
Aevum
11-23-2008, 10:34 AM
atkinsons ? its nice and cheap to test a lavander smell,
ScottS
11-23-2008, 10:35 AM
Agua Lavanda Puig is a nice dry Lavender.
john parker
11-23-2008, 03:25 PM
I enjoy Crabtree & Evelyn lavender water. Should be easy to find a shop to test it. Basenotes speaks well of it. Not expensive.
JarheadSgt
11-24-2008, 03:16 AM
SCS New Spice, Bay rum w/twist,

If you like SCS try the Oakmoss Lavendula with the Lavender AS splash
SmoovD
11-24-2008, 12:00 PM
SCS's Oakmoss and Lavendula is nice. Her Lavender EDT is a decent one-note frag as well. My favorite though is Floris Lavender. It is not your grandmother's lavender. It is a bit more spice than floral and lasts all day.
AKady
11-24-2008, 06:06 PM
How close is SCS Lavender to the shaving cream?

Also I could not find Floris Lavender on the website.
SmoovD
11-25-2008, 09:06 AM
Never tried the Lavender SC from Sue so I can't help you there. Floris' Lavender is actually offered as a ladies edt but it works for both sexes. If the Floris site doesn't still offer it I will be bummed but it should still be able to be found on the 1 million or so perfume sites on the interweb.