Anyone tried Clubman Pinaud Special Reserve?
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Anyone tried Clubman Pinaud Special Reserve?
I just bought three bottles of Clubman Pinaude Special Reserve, two as gifts and one for my collection after reading reviews at www.drugstore.com. None of the reviewers could give an accurate description of the scent. I really didn't like the Clubman after-shave I tried, but I gathered that this is an entirely different scent. A comparison by one of you would be appreciated. As you might expect it was on sale cheap--$4.45 a bottle.
Ouchmychin (Pete)
Ouchmychin (Pete)
Clubman Special Reserve
Pete,
Please forgive me for not being able to give you a good description of the scent of this product. I bought it, and I use it because my bride of 39 years likes it. For me, that's the only nose that counts.
I wish you well,
Bill
Please forgive me for not being able to give you a good description of the scent of this product. I bought it, and I use it because my bride of 39 years likes it. For me, that's the only nose that counts.
I wish you well,
Bill
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Aaah, but there's also Helan Vetiver and Rum. Haven't tried the cream, but I like the way the bath soap smells.drmoss_ca wrote:Hey, Salter's Vetiver is the only current vetiver cream I know of, and it does smell of vetiver. You should all try it simply so that you know what a vetiver cream might be.
Chris
Pete, I'm bumping this because there's a thread about Special Reserve over on Basenotes right now. It's halfway down the "Male Fragrance Discussion" page. I'm not familiar with the scent, but there are some very knowledgeable gents over there with SMF-type tastes, if you will, who speak well of it. Member "Joe Frances," who may well be a member here and who is a lover of the great English houses, has an excellent set of notes in his post at BN that you might check out.
The original thread went pretty far afield of your original post, and I contributed to it, but hopefully this makes up for that somewhat.
Regards,
The original thread went pretty far afield of your original post, and I contributed to it, but hopefully this makes up for that somewhat.
Regards,
Regards,
Tim
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Tim
Why should we not meet, not always as dyspeptics, to tell our bad dreams, but sometimes as eupeptics, to congratulate each other on the ever-glorious morning? - Henry David Thoreau
I have now tried Clubman Reserve, and while it's a good scent, it's not quite for me. It is, for all practical purposes, a take on Russian leather, heavy with birch notes. The scent smells vaguely like a barbershop leather chair when sniffed in the bottle. Once applied, it immediately takes on birch and vanilla notes - I believe I've read a comparison to root beer elsewhere here, and there's obviously a connection of sorts. However, the powder and leather that were so detectable in the bottle come on after about 30 minutes and the scent becomes a rich, warm leather. The birch and slightly sweet vanillic notes hang around for a couple of hours, and thereafter it smells like an old-fashioned leather scent. I really thought I would like it, and I sort of do, but because it's not as well knit together as some of the scents to which one might compare it (Knize Ten, Creed Bois du Portugal, Creed Cuir de Russie), it winds up coming across as dull and flat, especially by the end of the day. This is described upthread as an old-man scent, and that's probably true, but it wouldn't normally put me off. This is worth trying if your tastes run toward sturdy, leathery frags that some might consider old-fashioned, but it doesn't quite get there for me.
Regards,
Regards,
Regards,
Tim
Why should we not meet, not always as dyspeptics, to tell our bad dreams, but sometimes as eupeptics, to congratulate each other on the ever-glorious morning? - Henry David Thoreau
Tim
Why should we not meet, not always as dyspeptics, to tell our bad dreams, but sometimes as eupeptics, to congratulate each other on the ever-glorious morning? - Henry David Thoreau
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