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UrbarkerDew – :
I was introduce to this brand at a Boutique shop in the metropolis I live in, through West Third other knockout fragrance, Tobacco 1812.
So impress with 1812, I started sniffing around to find others that I might like and this was something that stood out. I remember going back to the boutique and smelling this over and over again. I finally got a sample around last Christmas ( 2016) and realize how I didn’t want to let this go. (I brought a bottle this year)
It is a perfect Vanilla for me. Its not too sweet or youthful. Its leans more towards a more smoky, complex smell that make it almost masculine. It has a sweet burnt wood note to it( sometime it scratches my nose) . My love for Shalimar was returning at this time and I hate to admit it but this reminds me of Shalimar.
Does it smell like Bourbon? Not Exactly — I don’t think so, though I have to admit that I’m not a bourbon/whisky drinker and my familiarity and association is not that strong, though I guess you never forget the smell(Jack Daniels!). I told someone the name and in fact they said it does remind them of Bourbon. Yet to me , it lacks that alcohol/boozy note. It does stick on me throughout the day, transforming,— creating a luxurious expensive feel. I dust it with a lavender powder and it just scrumptious.
And the price –is great! The whole brand is great as well. For the price, Old Bourbon is one of the better made vanilla scent out there. This is great for someone who can’t get there hands on something exclusive, private due to finances. Old Bourbon and the entire West Third Brand would be a splurge but without the worry and it would certainly be worth every penny!
(Old Bourbon is in the same league as Diptyque Duelle, Guerlain Shalimar/ Mon Guerlain, Replica By The Fireside, Elizabeth and Jame Bourbon Vanilla, Serge Lutens Bois Vanille etc)
umy954elipseskism – :
Two shots sitting side by side at the bar. One is bourbon, the other is cinnamon schnapps. You toss them back and are lit. Body heat intensifies the fun.
snakedor – :
A dry, dry slightly sharp wood over a barbershop lavender with galbanum. It’s strangely green and soapy to my nose and there’s an alcohol wood note that hurts my nose a little. My sister called it “the guest bathroom at someone’s cabin.”
proud1 – :
I received a surprise sample of this from Indie Scents and I don’t think I would have tried this otherwise. But I’m glad they sent it because I fell in love with it and ordered a full bottle. I’m not sure how to describe it, though, but I’ll give my general impressions.
First sniff is boozy and very masculine. Strange association but it reminds me of walking into my Grandfather’s garage after he spent the evening drinking with his buddies. Then, it calms down and becomes a very cozy scent. Still masculine, almost like cuddling with your SO and the end of a long day with your nose buried in their skin. Weird? Anyways, then it becomes a soft vanilla and tonka bean scent with a kick for several hours. And just since Houdini4 mentioned it, I do not get any honey from this, but I think I need to check out Chergui!
This is my favorite lingering on the cuffs of my sweater scent this fall.
andrik32 – :
I hadn’t come across this brand before so thought I’d take a punt on this fragrance.
It’s an interesting one, goes on very subtle and sweet with masses vanilla masking a woody undertone. This is similar to a fragrance I tried from Tokyo Milk recently, in that it’s woods under vanilla not that this really pulls it off to well. I say that because it kinda doesn’t sit right for the first couple of hours, it has changed by now though and I’m actually getting at what the fragrance probably intended in the first place. I was racking my brain I knew it smelled familiar but I just couldn’t place it.
Finally I got it!!!
This is a much more subdued and slightly confused Chergui. There’s a rich honey in the dry down that only rears it’s head after an hour or so on my skin. A few hours in and timid vanilla scent, slightly resinous amber which is close to the skin but I do occasionally catch a whiff of myself and it’s pretty pleasant. Perhaps I’m being a little hard on Old Bourbon’s performance because I’m quite congested today?
It’s not a bad fragrance and I should really enjoy the fact that this perfume has a toned down honey note (not my favourite smell) and I kinda do. However the fragrance lover in me just wants to say “Get Serge Lutens Chergui because it’s much ballsier and better performing!” and that’s the truth really.
Update: In hindsight this actually performs very well, I can still smell it vaguely after 12 + hours I think that’s more from my clothes than my skin but still. Not bad.