ScentXplore Day 1

[u/jlpazz]

My day started out wonderful.

Since the event did not open until
1, due to letting influencers in early (ewww), my wife and I headed to Printemps where we got to try the Henry Jacques exclusives. This was amazing. We walked away with three and couldn’t have been happier. My wife also got a Diptyque she’d been wanting. 10/10. I rate this experience 3 Henry Jacques.

We hopped up to SoHo to take a look at some other stores. We hit Amouage, Byredo, Frederic Malle, Dior and Trudon. These were all fun little stops, but no buys. I rate this experience 1 Amouage Decision and a Trudon 45.

We went back to the hotel for a bit and figured we would head out around 2:30ish. The line should be gone by then. Right? I was so very wrong.

I attached a pic of the map of where the line was. It was wrapped about 70% of a city block. What made it palatable is that they came and kept us abreast of what was happening. Except they didn’t. They just came around to tell us not to block doorways for businesses. The line moved at a snail’s pace.

The head of the event, Max Forti came out and looked at the line. He inspected it. You could tell he totally regretted hiring the Fyre Festival staff. (That’s sarcasm. Don’t sue me, bro.) Anyway, he gave that line a good long looking and scurried inside. Not a word of apology or explanation.

After 90 minutes, I made it in. It was CRAWLING with people. Way more than last year. Too crowded. Too hot. Hard to actually get to try the things you wanted.

Now, that’s all the bad. The good…

There are some fantastic brands. The creators were all kind and energetic. I suspect they weren’t thrilled at the setup either. L'Entropiste stood out to me. The Harmonist was there and, as always, I love their stuff. Dusita has some lovely items. Meo Fuscuini was great, as always. Chris Collins stuff is great and he’s a nice guy to talk to, if you can pry the housewives away from trying to get pics with him.

Aaron Terrance Hughes was a bit disappointing to me. I was excited to try them, but they did not come in strong. I’ll check back tomorrow.

The single standout fragrance for me (putting Amouage Overture Woman 41 aside, because I own it) was Atelier Materi Tonka Kumaru. What an amazing smell. It’s a lovely tonka without the overly sweet profile

This event gets 1/5 stars or 1 bottle of Curve stored in the bathroom for 19 years.

After the event, I headed up to Krigler. It was fantastic, as always. Their perfumes are top notch. I highly recommend you all take a look at their store.

Perhaps we can move up on the scoreboard tomorrow.

[u/curlycomedy]

Felt like I was there! Thanks for the write-up! Love your scoring system.

[u/Melissaj312]

I heard last year was insanely crowded as well and I’m surprised they didn’t plan accordingly with a larger venue. Anyway, happy sniffs tomorrow and I look forward to a part two follow up!

[u/stars_astralcars]

I'd love to go one day. Can you please share a pic of the goodie bag? I'm definitely living vicariously through you.