FRAGRANCE SPLITS - *SEPTEMBER 2022*

New splits early lunchtime today unless I get caught up at work!

Update 18/5/17 - new splits listed. Please post requests on this thread


New developments, info, etc:
1. I hope to buy a labelling machine soon so you can expect bottles to be labelled from the next round of splits.
2. Also moving to all glass decanting equipment soon as I'm unhappy with performance of some plasticware.
3. Unhappy with empty bottle situation - I'm finding supply problematic, and I'm having to wash them when I get them. Am looking at moving to crimp - type bottles, but will require significant investment in a bottle crimping tool.
4. Splits have already been opened to previous purchasers!


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New splits



Creed
All Creeds €55 / 50ml

No need to rush - Creeds will remain 'perma-open' and I'll keep doing them as long as people want them! i.e. when one split fills, I'll open another flacon for ordering. Note all Creeds - especially Aventus - are subject to short delays in getting stock at the supplier.

AVENTUS


The legend! No other niche fragrance has received a fraction of the attention as Creed’s pineapple / smoke concoction. If the tales are to be believed, one squirt of this will have women flocking to your bed and other men cowering before you! Can the reality match the vast hype? Of course not – but I have to say it is really nice. Long lasting too – a few squirts will do you for the whole day. So why doesn’t everyone rush to the shop to pick some up and then seduce some virgins? Because it costs so bloody much! The newly launched Aventus 50ml bottles retail at approximately €200 – but wouldn’t you rather forego the packaging and pay ~70% less instead?!



Flacon #4
1. DuffleBag
2. Cyal8r
3. Supue
4. Relikk
5. statto25
6. CastorTroy
7. wetlandsboy
8. deandean
9. Knex
10. ciaran76



Flacon #5
1. sunny2004
2. Cyrus
3. JayReale
4. Kaizersoze81
5. Chester Copperpot
6. looperman1000
7. SalthillHead
8. scurran19
9. Padraig Mor
10. RocketRaccoon



Flacon #6
1. return guide
2. Cabo
3. Easy Rod
4. kevmcdonnell
5. Robson99
6. TimeToShine
7. stryker mcqueen
8. Manzoor14
9. 542779
10.

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GREEN IRISH TWEED

Flacon #1
1. s_carnage
2. ike
3. capefear
4. Mitch Buchannon
5. MickH503
6. Rod Munch
7. frag420
8. Cyal8r
9. Manzoor14
10. Supue




Flacon #2
1. stryker mcqueen
2. Clonmel1000
3. y0ssar1an22
4. jpb1974
5. dudeeile
6. Relikk
7. looperman1000
8. Ch1co
9. CastorTroy
10. dar83



Flacon #3
1. hollypink
2. Bartyman
3. Genius2013
4. moby2101
5. ciaran76
6. Knex.
7. SalthillHead
8. Vic Ferrari
9. cabo
10. Manzoor14

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VIRGIN ISLAND WATER

Flacon #1
1. Padraig Mor
2. jpb1974
3. quadrifoglio verde
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ROYAL OUD

Flacon #1
1. Manzoor14
2. looperman1000
3. Manzoor14
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ORIGINAL VETIVER

Flacon #1
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SILVER MOUNTAIN WATER

Flacon #1
1. Mitch Buchannon
2. Ch1co
3. Genius2013
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HIMALAYA

Flacon #1
1. looperman1000
2. looperman1000
3. LesIsMore
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BOIS DU PORTUGAL

Flacon #1
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Amouage
Amouage is a luxury perfume house established in 1983 by the Sultan of Oman, who hoped to revive and redefine the ancient Omani art of perfumery uses the traditional materials of Middle Eastern perfumery, such as frankincense and myrrh.
All Amouage €24 / 10ml

INTERLUDE - this one divides opinions! Supposedly nuclear performance.

Bottle #1
1. Padraig Mor
2. dudeeile
3. looperman1000
4. LesIsMore
5. JayReale
6. Easy Rod
7. wetlandsboy
8. Padraig Mor #2
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MEMOIR - another opinion divider!

Bottle #1
1. Padraig Mor
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Hermes
TERRE D’HERMES PARFUM (PURE PERFUME)
€25 / 25ml
This is one of THE best mass market designer men’s fragrances. If I had to have only one bottle of fragrance, it would be this. Why? It’s suitable for every occasion but still smells classy. The scent itself opens with a kind of grapefruit blast before settling down to a long lasting woody smell. A commentator I saw somewhere online put it best – this smells very ‘professional’ (even though I couldn’t really define what makes a fragrance smell professional!). I hummed and hawed about splitting this as it’s widely available but in the end decided to go with the highest concentration available – Parfum (AKA pure perfume – much stronger than the Eau de Toilette concentration this mostly sells in) so go easy on that trigger.


Bottle #3
1. UsedToWait
2. D Hayes
3. dar83
4. deandean
5. OldRio


Bottle #4
1. Paully D
2. Kaizersoze81
3. Vic Ferrari
4. quadrifoglio verde
5. Cyrus


Bottle #3
1. return guide
2. Robson99
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Atelier Cologne
I've been working my way through the large number of offerings from Atelier Cologne so you don't have to! Many of their colognes are in a similar vein - light, fresh - but not all. These are some of the best (IMO):

BERGAMOTE SOLEIL - €27 / 25ml

Orange Sanguine is the one that gets all the attention, and you son't hear much of Bergamote Soleil. However, I very recently got a decant of this and was very pleasantly surprised - this is another citrus freshie but is better than Orange Sanguine IMHO. A long lasting smell of bergamot lemons - really very nice.
Bottle #1
1. martineatworld
2. dar83
3. dar83
4. kevmcdonnell
5. LesIsMore
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POIVRE ELECTRIQUE - €40 / 25ml

I got a sample of this and was blown away. Very unlike most of their range, this is much 'darker' and more a nighttime fragrance with a blast of pepper and a long release of incense and wood. I get quite a Creed Spice and Wood vibe from it.
Bottle #1
1. Padraig Mor
2. capefear
3. Clonmel1000 moby2101
4. UsedToWait
5. stevveyg
6. martineatworld
7. y0ssar1an22
8. LesIsMore


Bottle #2
1. TimeToShine
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OUD SAPHIR - €40 / 25ml


Another 'bad boy' from Atelier - this is a really nice, creamy leather fragrance; a bit more 'wearable' than Tuscan Leather.
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SERGE LUTENS
Chergui EAU DE PARFUM
€26 / 10ml
Frankly, I don't know much about this one other than it seems to be a very highly regarded sweet / amber / tobacco fragrance. Anyone fancy a punt?

CHERGUI

Bottle #1
1. Padraig Mor
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Is it just me, or is Boards acting up big time at the moment?