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One for the boys

Happy Valentines Day!
I took a break last night from my serious and complex work in progress 'Match Made in Heaven'. It gets rather emotional in my studio at 'Match Made in Heaven' peak blending times. Let me tell you, Rose was not happy a happy woman, and as for the new couple, Frangipani and Blond Tobacco, I think they have a few creases to iron out in their new relationship. Still, my heart broke for Rose and on Valentines day I just couldn't face the tears.
So, I composed two new blends yesterday evening. You see I have two teenaged sons, always asking me if I can make something that smells like Armani or CK. I always tell them I am not really interested in trying to copy a purely synthetic perfume. But last night I decided to make them something for them to take to school on Valentines day.
I had a look on Base Notes website, *the* place to look if you want to find out about any perfume ever created both natural and synthetic.
The first blend I made was based on Cool Water, which most people have heard of.
The variation I made has top notes of cedarwood, mint and corriander. Heart notes of rosemary, geranium and neroli and base notes of oakmoss, ambrette and africa stone. I think it works, even without tweaking, the boys liked it but they went crazy when I made the second blend.
The second blend was based on Hugo Boss One. It has top notes of Bergamot, lavender and clarysage. The heart notes are beeswax, jasmine and rosemary and the base notes are oakmoss, patchouli and sandalwood.
Now the two lads went crazy, I had to bottle and label it there and then for school the next day. They both commented on the lovely dryout notes, and sure enough they are lovely, I wore some myself as I thought it had a unisex feel to it, and I must say *Very Sexy*. And I could actually smell it on my skin this morning.
Now of course, only time will tell me what tweaking is needed but all in all I think that last nights blending adventures were a success.

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