My favourite eau de cologne

[Marc]

I always thought that most of the current offerings of eau de cologne and after shave smell far to sweet and / or "soapy" and have therefore over years used the German brand "Tabak original" that has been produced for at least 50 years.

But now I made a discovery and even got it as a gift from my girlfriend for birthday. It is a very masculine fragrance, not sweet nor "soapy" hand blended in London and called: Geo F. Trumper, Spanish Leather Cologne. I simply love this fragrance to death and even the bottle is very classic, with a brass crown on top, instead of a cheap piece of plastic.

You can see it on a German website here:

http://www.manufactum.de/mhp2/cgi-b...4391&pT=37302&fb=1&pnrJava=1&pstrLZ=undefined

Personally I associate the fragrance with wood, leather, smoke and maybe a tiny bit of dark honey. If you have been looking for a classic fragrance, this might interest you.

Other fragrances of the brand can be found on the homepage:

http://www.trumpers.com

Regards,

Marc

 

[marshaellen]

vintage cosmetics

i am interested in vintage cosmetics such as powder, lipstick rouge,the brands and if you can still purchase them, i would appreciate any information,i do know that you can still get evening in paris cologne, and tangee lipstick

 

[flat-top]

i am interested in vintage cosmetics such as powder, lipstick rouge,the brands and if you can still purchase them, i would appreciate any information,i do know that you can still get evening in paris cologne, and tangee lipstick

www.vermontcountrystore.com has those and much more!!

 

[The Reno Kid]

I wear Trumper's Extract of West Indian Limes afte shave (or Astor, if I'm dressing up). I absolutely love it. It smells great going on, then fades nicely. After about 30 seconds, I can't smell it anymore. My wife can still smell it at the end of the day, though. I usually order mine by phone direct from Trumper's. Easy and fast (if a bit expensive).

 

["Doc" Devereux]

There was some discussion of this topic here, in a thread that gave me a couple of useful ideas.

 

[katiemakeup]

I love heavy, musky scents on me and guys... (the only perfume I have found that I love is Opium) My three favorites are Lagerfeld, Gaultier and Paul Sebastian. They smell sooo good on me and when a guy wears it...? Look out! I highly recommend them!!

 

[Veronica Parra]

My grandmother always wore French cologne-for men. I don't know the name of the maker.

 

[Tomasso]

My grandmother always wore French cologne-for men. I don't know the name of the maker.

Many of the "male" scents by Creed and Acqua di Parma are worn by women as well.

 

[Giftmacher]

1792-1926-2016

 

[Dreamofgilgamesh]

Pretty much anything by Penhaligon's of London.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Thanks for the tip. I will look for Geo F. Trumper Spanish Leather.
BTW: The sight of that 4711 bottle takes me back to my childhood. There was always a bottle of it in my parent's room.

 

[Fading Fast]

As an American kid and far from a cosmopolitan one, I was use to the word "cologne," but not "eau de cologne," except I remember looking the word up as a kid because of its use in The Who song "5:15." Pre-internet, you had to work a bit harder to do a search like that. Here's the relevant and, for the time, pretty provocative section:

Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing
The ushers are sniffing
Eau-de-cologning
The seats are seductive
Celibate sitting
Pretty girls digging
Prettier women​

I think this thread might be the second time I've come across the word - or, I guess, phrase - in fifty years.

And to Dreamofgilgamesh, my girlfriend is an ardent fan of Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet.

She also is a fan of Jo Malone fragrances which are not sweet or strong, but more subtle and not "perfumey."

 

[Dreamofgilgamesh]

Obviously a young lady of impeccable taste.

 

[Tiki Tom]

I think I was just "dissed" by a snob.
At lunch I went to a high-end Parfumerie near my office (I was wearing a suit and tie) and politely asked if they carried Geo F. Trumper Spanish Leather. The response I got was "Spanish Leather? Never heard of it. Have you tried the supermarket?"
I kid you not. I stammered something like "I don't think they would carry it either" and left.
I wish I was a master of the snappy come-back.

 

[Fading Fast]

Obviously a young lady of impeccable taste.

Except for in men.

I think I was just "dissed" by a snob.
At lunch I went to a high-end Parfumerie near my office (I was wearing a suit and tie) and politely asked if they carried Geo F. Trumper Spanish Leather. The response I got was "Spanish Leather? Never heard of it. Have you tried the supermarket?"
I kid you not. I stammered something like "I don't think they would carry it either" and left.
I wish I was a master of the snappy come-back.

Yes and no. Yes, a snappy come-back feels good, but walking out calmly is also very elegant and classy - it shows you are above his childish level of play. What the store clerk did was rude and crass hinting at his own insecurities.

 

[Macbeth]

Acqua de Parma for me! Subtle yet clean freshness.

 

[shadowrider]

Gotta love the Lounge...
I'm from Parma and I've always assumed, until this thread, Acqua di Parma was a ladies perfume!

 

[Fading Fast]

Gotta love the Lounge...
I'm from Parma and I've always assumed, until this thread, Acqua di Parma was a ladies perfume!

I am not familiar with Aqua di Parma, but the "men / women" divide for colognes is breaking down as preferred scents become less "perfumey" / less floral overall and tilt more toward spices like the aforementioned Jo Malone. For example, my girlfriend brought home a lime-basil scent that, to me, was neither male or female (and lime has traditionally been the base of some men's colognes).

 

[fiftyforfifty]

Tom Ford Oud Wood

 

[Trenchfriend]

My favorite Cologne was the oriental "Tabac Original" Eau de Cologne, but I'm not more using perfume, except aftershave. And on the aftershaves, I'm generally using simple herbal barbershop-fragrances.