Originally Posted by
surfs_up
FWIW.... I
have been tinkering in the nose lab for a while, tweaking up my perfect fragrance for me.... easier said than
done... almost everything the market has is essentially generic, even it is expensive, has nice packaging... it
won't fit you any better than an off the rack suit will, once you've had a full bench made custom suit you know
the difference...
So in goes some Farmacia Santa Maria Novella, some Lorenzo Villoresi, other eye of newt and
such, put it on, check it against my self image, as a mature adult, can I take myself seriously if other mature
adults smell it... coming off like a pine cone or a modified version of designer Lysol, or worse, like a big Hershey
Bar (yup.... the chocolate colognes...) is just annoying and ridiculous.... it is difficult, high art really to
craft a work that is so believable, consistent with your image, and interesting to people who usually aren't
interested fragrances (given the state of the industry, cranking out boatloads of evil smelling monkey piss and
calling it ambrosia, colognes now = clueless young humpsters on the prowl and that's about it) that it's a small
wonder when it happens... like seeing a really great work of art after looking at cheap posters all day...
Frequently, when you get the four directions or the five elements or the seven prophecies all in balance, the
addition of a pheromone, in all its aromatic glory, blends in and works fine, it completes rather than competes...
there is a harmony of perception and effect... but we're talking art here... and good relationships, good
conversation, good sex are an art form...
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