Comments on: Olivier Durbano Black Tourmaline ~ fragrance review

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:39:36 +0000

I am very surprised at how often I read something like that about “for men only” — and it's usually about something I wear, LOL…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:23:35 +0000

I love this one so much, thanks for the rec. Robin!! I find it to be a smoldering sexy combo of burnt wood, smoke, sweet incense, and leather with a musky drydown. I laugh now at a guy's review that had me a little worried about trying this, who on both luckyscent and the perfumed court touted this as the ultimate macho scent, “No unisex frag here. FOR REAL MEN ONLY”.

The frankincense can make it churchy sometimes-here that note comes and goes on me- but I think of it more as a wild pagan scent that speaks of dark rituals done in the light of the full moon. With that thought in mind, sometimes I think something green layered with it might make it even better. I plan on trying CBIHP Wild Hunt in the spring and will have to layer the two and report back on the results.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:53:05 +0000

Just thought I'd throw in my (late) suggestions for scents to try for Abigail – Pi by Givenchy (yep, it's for men, but works for women – thank vanilla with an edge), Jungle L'Elephant by Kenzo, Brit Red or Gold, Ambre by Baldesserini (another men's that I love – smoky, boozy amber and vanilla), Cristobal by Balenciaga, and the fantastic old standby, Opium.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:51:48 +0000

You know, Abby, I'm a right rookie, so please take any of my recommendations with a large flake of Maldon sea salt. That's not false modesty, that's the unvarnished truth. Sniff before you buy, if you can, just as a general principle. I've heard that several times from experienced fragrance addicts, and they oughta know.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:48:38 +0000

Vindication is sweet!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:12:12 +0000

No, you're exactly right!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:37:32 +0000

You're quite right, R. They certainly don't have the peppery stuff on top that Abigail wanted. But since we seemed to be heading in various other directions anyway, what with the Angel Garden of Stars stuff et al anyway (although maybe I'm wrong to think that they are not particularly spicy?), I thought that the shotgun approach might be more helpful than trying for a bullseye. Perhaps I'm thinking of myself in this case: when I describe things I want in a fragrance, it's not always with completely analytical accuracy. But I may well be entirely wrong, as I usually am

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:03:03 +0000

Mike, I wear this one a lot and I love it! It's very smoky, at first it smells like a campfire, but it wears very well and I think it's quite sexy on me. Not too masculine at all, although I can see why some might perceive it that way. It's my favorite Durbano so far.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:05:58 +0000

Try Ulta. Also, Macys, Dillards, etc, often have it in store, although not online. Not an easy one to find at discount, unfortunately.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:03:02 +0000

oy vey! can't seem to find Organza Indecence anywhere online. Looks like it was discontinued and then put back on the market but not many sites carry it…. some have it but it's sold out.