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The reviews have been good on Tuberose 40. Rose 31 and Patchouli 24 are also great. I have sniffed Bergamote 22 and found it very nice.
FM-Carnal Flower is amazing...Wow, sounds like you are going to pick a couple of great scents up during your visit. Have a good time and let us all know what you came home with!
barry

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Originally Posted by MarkDavid
I was also really considering the Frederick Malles as well. I know I smelled them all many years ago but thats when I really wasn't as much as a fragrance freak as I am now. Carnal Flower and Musc Ravageur are my sniffing goals at FM. Those two Malle's are probably my favorite of the line but definitely try before you buy. Carnal Flower is easily unisex - it has a main accord of a coconutty tuberose. Its good stuff, but I dont know if I will spend $200 on it.

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If I had $150 to spend on smellies, I'd get another one of the Bond No. 9 scents... maybe I'd get Wall Street this time. Or, I could go the designer route and purchase Jean Paul Gaultier's Fleur du Male ($52 for 2.5 oz) and save up the other $98 for a rainy day.
Still, have a fun time in NYC! (I've been dying to go there myself.)

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Originally Posted by costello I would buy without hesitating Czech & Speake No. 88. The only problem is that Czech & Speake is not to be found in the vast United States! I was just in New York, and told by a very knowledgeable person that the line is not carried anywhere in New York City, astounding as that may sound.

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Oh, perhaps one of the Bond No. 9 fragrances: "Bleecker Street," "Fire Island" and "New Haarlem" being uppermost in my mind.
Even then, probably not. I object on moral grounds to companies that charge THAT MUCH for their products when it clearly isn't warranted, and to consumers who enable them by actually PAYING those inflated prices. I'd probably purchase a bunch of Yves Saint Laurent stuff, since that house has a lot of products that I like.

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Originally Posted by MarkDavid Well, the addendum to this post would be that I'm going into NYC this weekend and will have a plethora of options. So think scents only available in NYC... How fun! Definitely do not miss both Barney's New York and Caron's Madison Ave. boutique, within blocks of each other in upper midtown. Saks Fifth Ave. has a Miller Harris boutique/section with all the new scents. Also Aedes de Venustas in East Greenwich Village. I'll be back there in April!

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I'd get an old bottle of Ralp Lauren Monogram
if I were you I'd get Jean Patou Pour Homme or Rochas Macassar.

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Originally Posted by Azsmells if I were you I'd get Jean Patou Pour Homme That stuff has been discontinued. They don't make it any longer.

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I'd get the Musc Ravageur travel sprays, and a bottle of Silver Mountain Water that I could find for cheap on scentiments.com.

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But AZSMELLS has a bottle of Patou Pour Homme for sale. Look on the sale forum. It is still around but hardly. I bought two bottles for 33.90 each 4 months ago at a little out of the way fragrance shop here in Memphis. They had 5 3.4 Havana bottles too. Bought em'.
I will add that AZSMELLS price is very competitive and reasonable for Patou Pour Homme. The store I got it from did not know what they had.