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Actually it was my scent of the day that made me think of this subject. YSL's Live Jazz. To me it smells like post hetrosexual coitus with a fresh, yellow grapefruit, squeezed out over our gloriously sweatsoaked, bods; as a wisp of mint wafts thru the room.
Tommy T, does the exact same thing, but replace the waft of mint with the fresh scent of clean sheets.

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OK, this is my first response to this very amusing thread!

I believe that many of the best pre / mid / post coital scented perfumes are mostly marketed as unisex or to the female market. I don't know why this is but maybe men smell of sex anyway without adding to the danger with a manufactured scent... Anyway I think in the western world we prefer men that smell 'clean' and therefore civilised. And sex does not smell civilised...

Anyway, my candidates are:

Bulgari Black - I definitely agree with the condom and post coital fag here! The first time I asked SO's opinion on this he said it smelled, and I quote, "like sweaty ball sacs." Now before you ask how he could be so sure about such a thing - he works in urology and runs a men's fertility clinic. So I guess he knows what he's talking about. Sadly I have been unable to wear it since.

Serge Lutens Musc Koublai Khan - I was stunned to realise recently that this scent is made up of a lot more than just the sweatiest, animalic musk available. It does depend on personal chemistry but the costus root / patchouli / Tunisian Musk accord at the heart of this can end up smelling anything from clean sweat through to the scent of interspecies sex (beastiality).

Ava Luxe Rasa Xtreme - this scent is amazing, and gives me hope for the future of unapologetic, non generic perfumery. This is a super musk reeking of desire, body fluids and sexual satisfaction. Similar in original animalic potency to Serge Lutens Musc Koublai Khan, Rasa Xtreme is unadulterated sex with roses and the siren, 'cat mewling in heat' call of civet dominating and leading the proceedings.

Vivienne Westwood Boudoir - A rare thing may be but this is one fragrance that lives up to its name. Ostensibly a unique, warm floriental this features an accord that evokes the scent of a room after intense f**king. I use the term seriously. There is no 'love making' in this scent - this is purely physical satisfaction and money left on the bedside table. Inspired by the aromas of a French ho's room this definitely captures the essence faithfully. To me this is the female Kouros. YSL Kouros is the scent of male / male sex in public rest rooms. The scent of cottaging. I am not hating - I truly respect (and happen to own) both.

Lentheric Just Musk - this is Boudoir lite to my nose and one of my favourite 80s musks. This is Boudoir without the dirty sheets, stuffy airless quality and the dead florals but is still pure animalic sex.

TBS Mostly Musk - This is one of the most amazing musks ever, and a personal favourite. I am completely flummoxed as to how the Body Shop, the queen of clean, could have created something so unabashedly sexual in nature. On paper and even sniffed from the bottle Mostly Musk is just a rather nice clean woody musk, but as with all things perfume related, chemistry is king. I am always slightly embarrassed when I wear this in public because I feel that I am sending out the wrong signals. I tend now to wear it mostly at home but there are days, when I just don't care. In fact I wear it as an added dare. It is fun to see the subliminal effect it has on others. On my skin this turns into sex - the warmth of aroused skin, the scent of clean sweat during love making, the scent of a womans juices... Not surprisingly this scent has been discontinued.

In general, I have found that the scents that have that sensual sexual undertone are those that fall under the animalic grouping - featuring notes of civet, castoreum, ambergris, costos root, patchouli. Indolic blooms such as oriental lilies, jasmine and ylang-ylang also add to the effect.

These happen to be among my favourite notes in perfume. I wonder what that says about me....

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After reading Moondeva's post, I realize that most of the scents that remind people of sex, have some kind of musk in them. Personally, I hate musk in a fragrance, because I have my own going for me, especially when I was having sexual marathons (lol...) , and even when I'm not, I tend to have a musky scent to me. (a good one) I being hetero, assume that was what we were talking about, but I would assume if not, two people of the same sex wouldn't smell THAT different...geez...
Since I don't wear anything with musk in it, Givenchy Indecence, was heavy & had a amber musky scent, and since alot of men compliment the drydown on my Kenzo Jungle, I would say that, and drydown of Fendi, on me, smells animalic in a way. The two that most every guy has commented on in a kind of ggrrrrr...kind of way. When I was wearing Angel, men followed me, and would come up to me & sniff & say, niiiice...

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Originally Posted by Dolly Dagger I being hetero, assume that was what we were talking about,
You assume correctly.
but I would assume if not, two people of the same sex wouldn't smell THAT different...geez...
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Geez.... I think you assume incorrectly here. At least according to a close friend of mine, who is bi-sexual and a bit of a sex maniac. He has said on many occasions, that the scent of coitus between he and a women is toatally different than when he is making it with a dude.
Now me being a flaming hetrosexual, am more interested in fragrances that mimic coitus between male and female. And being a clean freak, I usually work up a clean sweat as do my female counterparts. That is why I think a fresh clean fragrance with a hint of musk and saltiness, reminds me of the happy time.

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Moondeva, you are my new hero(ine)! (wicked avatar btw!) I nodded my head in agreement whilst reading your post. Reading no-nonsense narrative accounts like yours is the reason I joined and support basenotes.
A quote if I may, Vivienne Westwood Boudoir- "...evokes the scent of a room after intense f**king. I use the term seriously. There is no 'love making' in this scent - this is purely physical satisfaction and money left on the bedside table. Inspired by the aromas of a French ho's room this definitely captures the essence faithfully. To me this is the female Kouros. YSL Kouros is the scent of male / male sex in public rest rooms..."
Congratulations. You've just sold me at both of these descriptions. I am seeking out both Boudoir and Kouros as we speak!
Thanks for keeping it real, Moondeva.
Russnug, I really hope you find what your looking for. What about Etat Libre d'Orange Secretions Magnifiques?

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Originally Posted by russnug Geez.... I think you assume incorrectly here. At least according to a close friend of mine, who is bi-sexual and a bit of a sex maniac. He has said on many occasions, that the scent of coitus between he and a women is toatally different than when he is making it with a dude.
Now me being a flaming hetrosexual, am more interested in fragrances that mimic coitus between male and female. And being a clean freak, I usually work up a clean sweat as do my female counterparts. That is why I think a fresh clean fragrance with a hint of musk and saltiness, reminds me of the happy time. I was really responding to what FLASHPOINT321 was implying about gay sex, not emanating a different scent then straight sex, I wouldn't know for sure on this subject, since I've never experienced gay sex, nor do I really care to know. So, don't get into my "assuming incorrectly", I would assume that men & women smell differently in the first place, so right there the combined scent would be different. I hope this is put to rest now...lol...Nobody is more a "flaming hetero" than me. If you read the rest of my post you can see what was really the point.



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