Commercially successful fragrance replicas and analyses
First off, to be clear, this is not the modern Sauvage from Dior featuring Johnny Depp. This is the original 1966 Edmond Roudnitska masterpiece cologne: the first mass market fragrance to use the glorious power of hedione, newly discovered and captive by Firmenich at the time.
This formula is now available only as a one-off purchase. If you previously had access via Patreon, feel free to email me and I will supply you with a copy for free. Green Irish Tweed is one of the most brilliantly constructed green fougere type fragrances ever created. In this, my version, I am including …
Neroli Portofino is a very popular modern take on the classic cologne. Neroli is used in a vast number of men’s fragrances as a basic note, and in women’s fragrances often as an accent. In traces or overdose it is exceedingly beautiful. This formula takes the Tom Ford iteration of a cologne and ramps it …
Terre D’Hermes is an extraordinary fragrance of woods, vetiver, pepper, and mosses. It is universally loved and while it tends toward the masculine, it is quite unisex. This is my take on the wonderful fragrance. It does use a few restricted ingredients (not restricted when the fragrance was first created) but generally it is straightforward …
This is an incredibly special formula. It is based off authentic notes from the original fragrance, GCMS data, and my own additions (mainly to add a few modern touches of great beauty). It is the closest thing you will find anywhere to a formula based off the original version of the perfume that was sold …
Everyone loves Aventus by Creed. It is their number one best selling fragrance and probably the most cloned. Sauvage by Christian Dior and more recently Mont Blanc’s Explorer are very similar in style (Explorer being virtually a clone – and considered better than Aventus by some reviewers!) When perfume reviewers and experts are asked “what …
One of the first fragrances I purchased for myself as a teenager was the original Egoiste by Chanel. All these years later I am never without a bottle and have since acquired the near-mythical Égoïste Cologne Concentrée and a much loved bottle of Bois Noir, the very short lived fragrance that was the precursor to …
