Oh, Stacy Amber! More please! I find this all fascinating.
I used to wear patchouli when i was in college. In spite of its hippie reputation, has anyone noticed the goth crossover? I smell it on goths a lot here. I love the earthiness. People would call me "dirt boy," though i'd be dressed in funereal black. Undertaker...
What I wear most often is Avignon. It's from the Incense series by Comme des Garcons. There are five fragrances in the Incense collection, but this is the only one that actually smells like church. Notes of: Spicy Olibanum, Myrrh, Labdanum, Cedarwood, Oakmoss, Musk. It never fails to have people glued to my neck.
For day I like YSL's M7. Goes on strong but lightens up nicely for sunny warm afternoons. It's super sweet though, so haters of Angel wouldn't like it.
Then there's Westwood's Boudoir, which is only for night, and only for special occasions. Notes of: white vibernum, mandarin, bergamot, tobacco flower, cardamom, coriander, Florentine orris, English red rose, vanilla and sandalwood. A reviewer online described it as smelling like a very expensive perfume sprayed on someone who's been having sex all day. Very true. Chi Chi and I once discussed how different it smells on men vs. women. Indeed, most fragrances do, I'd guess.
Oh, and by the way Anna Nicole, I told Jimmy it *did* smell like come to me. Vegan come actually smells - and tastes - quite different and better than that of meateaters. One might say it's like Chanel vs. Old Spice. Exxxquisite.