Making Scents or Not

That I am not much of a cologne person is pretty evident by the scarcity of material evidence in my collection, there being only one regular sized bottle and some small sample sized ones picked up on a whim in New Orleans after reading a guidebook description that it was the original formula or some such used by Napoleon.

And, that I did not know that the cologne which has graced my neck for quite a few years had ceased production is the point of conversation today.  Of course, how was I to know?  Looking for a replacement bottle being somewhat difficult, if not impossible (possibly not impossible, but definitely difficult), I started looking on-line for the ingredient list.  Perhaps delving into the world of parfumerie might be an interesting adventure, but looking at the components which make up the concoction is heady indeed.  The mix of the chemical and floral, in layers of scented appearance, are surely not in the spectrum of my desire to have a replacement bottle.

Thus, the need for a replacement.  Truth be told, I have followed on the sidelines the various Private Label scents issued by the Tom Ford collection, but none of them struck me as The One.  A few of them were possible contenders- maybe even three of them.  But the idea of having all three seemed a bit too much, because it would show that I hadn't the discipline to choose the one right one.   So, the search continues.  Fortunately I have enough of the old bottle to last me maybe half a year, maybe a little more, but then I really have to make sense (not scents) of the situation.

This is the elusive, discontinued eau de cologne.