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Anonymous wrote:Wearing perfume is really... down-market/not classy.

Anonymous wrote:Wearing perfume is really... down-market/not classy.

Anonymous wrote:Wearing perfume is really... down-market/not classy.

Anonymous wrote:Wearing perfume is really... down-market/not classy.

Anonymous wrote:Wearing perfume is really... down-market/not classy.

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Anonymous wrote:I buy Gap Om from ebay for an obscene price. It was my favorite as a teen, and I still love it (and don't care what that says about me as a now-37 year old). Since it has been discontinued so long, nobody else wears it. I get TONS of compliments.

When you said "an obscene price" I had high expectations because all my perfumes are the "hideously expensive" types, and... wow! You surpassed them! On Ebay it's going for $350?! For GAP perfume?!

If you don't me asking, could you talk about the scents of Om? So far I've heard that it has incense notes, but there is no page for it on Fragrantica so kind of a dead end.

Oh, it is so delicious! It is a "fresher" version of my other great perfume love, Black Cashmere. If you liked Black Cashmere (the original, in the black egg, NOT the hideous reissue), Om is an essential for warm weather (though Om works well in casual cold weather times too).

I posted the following a while ago and am copy-pasting from the old post:

"Donna Karan's Black Cashmere has been my favorite for a decade: if my soul had a scent, this would be it. BC is elegant and witchy and unlike anything popular today. It is bonfire smoke, incense, and cinnamon, with a vanilla/rose hint so subtle that is isn't noticeable is rose or vanilla at all, but just a slight, peripheral sweetness. Unfortunately, it is discontinued, so I buy it on eBay now, and have amassed a stockpile to last quite a while. There is a "reissue" available on the Donna Karan website, but it isn't exactly the same, and lacks the essential bonfire-smoke depth of the original.

Gap OM (from years and years ago) is a variation on the theme of Black Cashmere; BC is like a grown-up, fully developed OM with depth and quality.

The first half hour of Black Cashmere is all bonfire and incense, but after that, something indescribable happens and the cinnamon really comes out. I'm a teacher and I've had multiple students compliment this scent, including a high school boy who wanted to buy it for his girlfriend and a pack of Twilight fangirls (in 2010, which was prime Twilight era) who told me that I smell like vampires. They meant it as a compliment."

I don't like any other perfumes.

That is awesome. I remember your original post about Black Cashmere and it intrigued me so much. I wish there was a way to buy just a tiny bit of it to see if it works on my skin, because you sold it so well. You could be a copywriter for these perfumes, it's amazing. You should start a fragrance block (despite not liking any other perfumes). Right now I am very into patchouli fragrances, but I go for a similar vibe that you described, and you are making me feel that I should move into the incense category. I think the Twilight comment is a SERIOUS compliment- talk about a heady vibe

Hah, I am pretty succinct in describing exactly what I hate about other perfumes. If someone forces me to break it down, I will.

If you are into patchouli, I think you would like the "incense category"; oud is really popular right now, and this seems to be paired often with patchouli, to varying degrees of incensuousness (see what I did there?). You would probably like 10 Corso Como, which is NOT discontinued. But I'd bet that you would adore Black Cashmere. You can buy the old, black egg bottled version on ebay for much less than Om, surprisingly, even though BC originally cost much more. I think it would be a great blind buy for you: just be sure you are buying the black egg old bottle, NOT the reissue version (both are now discontinued). You can come back to this forum to thank me later

Thank you, I think I will. I actually researched it the first time you posted, because I was so entranced by the description. But I think now I will have to bite the bullet and buy it. Do you have any tips for finding the genuine article and not the reissue? Or is it pretty obvious and just look for the egg shape?

I would suggest checking the reviews of the seller. Make sure they have at least a 99% positive review score, and take a few minutes to click and read on their negatives: if you see a lot of people writing that they were sold knock-offs, avoid. But then, I'm not sure there WERE as many knockoffs being made when the black egg bottled version was still being produced.

BTW, you really can order just a sample of the original Black Cashmere, as well as samples of many/most niche perfumes, on theperfumedcourt.com. Here are some you might like to try:

1. the original Black Cashmere
2. Gap Om
3. 10 Corso Como
4. Penhaligon's As Sawira
5. Any or all of the Incense series by Comme des Garcons (Avignon is their breakout, cult favorite incense hit, and is reportedly beloved by Morrissey. It is a DRY Catholic High Mass incense, with a twist of old wood and ancient books, and is NOT appealing to me as a body scent, but still fascinating to smell from the bottle. This incense line was crafted by the famous Bertrand Duchaufour).
5. Sahara Noir by Tom Ford (recently discontinued

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Anonymous wrote:I buy Gap Om from ebay for an obscene price. It was my favorite as a teen, and I still love it (and don't care what that says about me as a now-37 year old). Since it has been discontinued so long, nobody else wears it. I get TONS of compliments.

When you said "an obscene price" I had high expectations because all my perfumes are the "hideously expensive" types, and... wow! You surpassed them! On Ebay it's going for $350?! For GAP perfume?!

If you don't me asking, could you talk about the scents of Om? So far I've heard that it has incense notes, but there is no page for it on Fragrantica so kind of a dead end.

Oh, it is so delicious! It is a "fresher" version of my other great perfume love, Black Cashmere. If you liked Black Cashmere (the original, in the black egg, NOT the hideous reissue), Om is an essential for warm weather (though Om works well in casual cold weather times too).

I posted the following a while ago and am copy-pasting from the old post:

"Donna Karan's Black Cashmere has been my favorite for a decade: if my soul had a scent, this would be it. BC is elegant and witchy and unlike anything popular today. It is bonfire smoke, incense, and cinnamon, with a vanilla/rose hint so subtle that is isn't noticeable is rose or vanilla at all, but just a slight, peripheral sweetness. Unfortunately, it is discontinued, so I buy it on eBay now, and have amassed a stockpile to last quite a while. There is a "reissue" available on the Donna Karan website, but it isn't exactly the same, and lacks the essential bonfire-smoke depth of the original.

Gap OM (from years and years ago) is a variation on the theme of Black Cashmere; BC is like a grown-up, fully developed OM with depth and quality.

The first half hour of Black Cashmere is all bonfire and incense, but after that, something indescribable happens and the cinnamon really comes out. I'm a teacher and I've had multiple students compliment this scent, including a high school boy who wanted to buy it for his girlfriend and a pack of Twilight fangirls (in 2010, which was prime Twilight era) who told me that I smell like vampires. They meant it as a compliment."

I don't like any other perfumes.

That is awesome. I remember your original post about Black Cashmere and it intrigued me so much. I wish there was a way to buy just a tiny bit of it to see if it works on my skin, because you sold it so well. You could be a copywriter for these perfumes, it's amazing. You should start a fragrance block (despite not liking any other perfumes). Right now I am very into patchouli fragrances, but I go for a similar vibe that you described, and you are making me feel that I should move into the incense category. I think the Twilight comment is a SERIOUS compliment- talk about a heady vibe

Hah, I am pretty succinct in describing exactly what I hate about other perfumes. If someone forces me to break it down, I will.

If you are into patchouli, I think you would like the "incense category"; oud is really popular right now, and this seems to be paired often with patchouli, to varying degrees of incensuousness (see what I did there?). You would probably like 10 Corso Como, which is NOT discontinued. But I'd bet that you would adore Black Cashmere. You can buy the old, black egg bottled version on ebay for much less than Om, surprisingly, even though BC originally cost much more. I think it would be a great blind buy for you: just be sure you are buying the black egg old bottle, NOT the reissue version (both are now discontinued). You can come back to this forum to thank me later

Thank you, I think I will. I actually researched it the first time you posted, because I was so entranced by the description. But I think now I will have to bite the bullet and buy it. Do you have any tips for finding the genuine article and not the reissue? Or is it pretty obvious and just look for the egg shape?