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Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 8th October 2009, 10:36 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 388
Posted By Ronald
$100,000 Chanel Heist in Miami

I can't speak for any of the other South Florida basenoters, but I can account for my whereabouts at the time in question...
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Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 13th January 2009, 10:22 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 227
Posted By Ronald
Cuban Fragrance House

A student just returning from a visit to Cuba brought back a Cuban perfume as a gift to a colleague of mine here in Miami - the fragrance is called Alicia (for women) and the house is Suchel Camacho,...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 11th January 2009, 08:52 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 423
Posted By Ronald
Re: Santa maria novella nostalgia

To each his own I guess. I can't take the powdery dry-down in Miami heat and humidity... The top and middle notes are pretty amazing, though...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 10th January 2009, 01:15 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 423
Posted By Ronald
Re: Santa maria novella nostalgia

Nostalgia is a powerhouse and a gem, but doesn't work well in warm, muggy climates. For me, CdG Garage is more wearable. The powdery drydown of Nostalgia, although pleasantly "rubber-ish", is...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 29th September 2008, 08:40 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 520
Posted By Ronald
Re: Tuscany By Aramis

Tuscany Forte is better, in my opinion - deeper, longer-lasting, more sillage, etc., but the original is excellent, too...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 29th September 2008, 08:34 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 1,556
Posted By Ronald
Re: The Best Scent in the Hugo Boss Line?

Put me down for Elements... although Number One and Baldessarini are quite nice, too
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 27th September 2008, 04:46 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 982
Posted By Ronald
Re: Not-too-sweet orientals?

I'd recommend Anvers (original)... and would second the Tiffany for Men and Pasha de Cartier suggestions. Happy hunting...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 27th September 2008, 04:33 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 741
Posted By Ronald
Re: Original Cool Water - Not the same!

I noticed the exact same thing when I got a small 1.0 oz bottle recently... at first I thought it was fake because the type font had changed. But now I'm inclined to believe that they reformulated it...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 27th September 2008, 04:26 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,125
Posted By Ronald
Re: Grass and summer smells.

I think all of these have been mentioned in various posts, but for what it's worth, I'd say:

1. CK Truth - extreme grass
2. L'Artisan Navegar - elegant grass
3. Diptyque Virgilio - funky grass...
Forum: Forum News and Announcements 27th September 2008, 04:17 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 751
Posted By Ronald
Re: Basenotes is 8 Years Old

Congrats, Grant! And to all of us, in fact... It's always nice to know that Basenotes is here, even if some of us don't check in as much as we used to. The site has come a long way, and the...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 7th February 2008, 05:36 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,387
Posted By Ronald
Re: Comme des Garcons - Top 5 Faves

CDG 3 (a gem - one of my all-time favorites)
Avignon (reminds me of last year's Morrissey concert)
Garage (similar to, but with a better drydown than SMN Nostalgia)
Odeur 71 (much prefer this to...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 7th February 2008, 05:29 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 302
Posted By Ronald
Re: Fresh Erolfa on Discount

I got a bottle on eBay quite some time ago... it's legit and still smells fresh.

I've had a bottle of Himalaya and another of GIT from Scentiments that went "off" quickly after purchase... that's...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 30th January 2008, 01:34 AM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 179,717
Posted By Ronald
Re: Your most complimented frags this year from the opposite sex

Most intense recent compliment: Bombay Sapphire Infusion -- A group of several women came into my office one day to find out what I was wearing. I wasn't in at the time, but I'm told that they hung...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 28th January 2008, 07:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 507
Posted By Ronald
Re: Shelf life: Creed vs everybody else

This is why I prefer 1.0oz bottles when I can get them for a decent price. I had a 2.5oz bottle of Hiimalaya that was only a few months old go bad not long ago, so I basically ate $80-$90 on that...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 11th December 2007, 05:35 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 1,715
Posted By Ronald
Re: Which scents go well with a leather jacket?

I second that opinion.

Also, Anvers.

-R
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 5th December 2007, 08:36 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 862
Posted By Ronald
Re: Tiffany for Men

I recently received a bottle of TfM as a gift. Having sampled it before in a Tiffany shop, I thought that it wasn't necessarily my cup of tea as I'm not normally an "Oriental" kind of guy, but this...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 27th November 2007, 08:51 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 863
Posted By Ronald
Re: How does your wardrobe compare to the top 100 reviewed fragrances?

Currently own:
4 of the top 25
5 of the top 50
9 of the top 100

Have owned:
13 of the top 25
21 of the top 50
37 of the top 100
Forum: Fashion and Style 26th November 2007, 06:42 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 7,131
Posted By Ronald
Cool Re: Sunglasses?

I've got a bit of a sunglass fetish. My current faves are my Giorgio Armani 1545's... nice black temples, with rimless black rectangular lenses that go well with my features... can't find them for...
Forum: Fashion and Style 26th November 2007, 06:24 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 884
Posted By Ronald
Re: Issey Miyake VACUM CLEANER!!! LOL

I'm wondering if the vacuum exhaust smells like Issey Miyake?
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 22nd November 2007, 12:25 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 306
Posted By Ronald
Re: Why I want to become a perfumer (Reason 1)

That's a nice story - unfortunately, doing the same thing on the Metrorail here in Miami would probably get you insulted and accused of trying to poison the woman... Sad, but true...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 21st November 2007, 06:38 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 978
Posted By Ronald
Re: Aqua Di Gio -vs- L'Eau D'Issey pour Homme

I like them both... but to add to the confusion (or refine our abilities to distinguish compostions, if you prefer), compare them with Truefitt & Hill 1805 and Inis. The four of these are similar...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 6th June 2007, 08:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 346
Posted By Ronald
Re: Fragrance Foundation Certification

Dave,

The link for the training program is: http://www.fragrancetraining.com/. Click on the bottom right box that says "Individual Purchase" It says that the says the Fall session begins August...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 3rd June 2007, 12:43 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,503
Posted By Ronald
Re: My Creed Erolfa dilemma

I'm certain that there's some variation in Creed "vintages" of Erolfa, among others. My first sample vials of Erolfa came from Parfums Raffy and smelled somewhat different than the full-sized...
Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion 2nd June 2007, 04:51 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,022
Posted By Ronald
Re: Never received a compliment!

Depends on how demonstrative people tend to be where you live, too -- in Miami I regularly get complimented on my fragrances. Then again, it seems like nearly everyone here wears them, very often to...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 31st May 2007, 04:55 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 346
Posted By Ronald
Fragrance Foundation Certification

If you don't mind spending $125, you can sign up for the Fragrance Foundation's "Certified Fragrance Sales Specialist" program as an "Independent". Frivolous, perhaps, particularly for those of us...
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