Sexy Scents: 10 Corso Como

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I tried something different this time. Rather than my usual complicated request of exactly what I'd like to see generated (not that I have ever received what I requested, but sometimes it gets sorta close), I simply typed the list of notes for this scent and the word sexy. I added the perfume bottle and another hand to replace a rather large incense burner. Not bad.

10 Corso Como

Sandalwood, Incense, Oud, Resin, Geranium, Rose, Vetiver, Musk

10 Corso Como was one of the first samples I ordered from Luckyscent, back in the mid-00s. This was truly a love-at-first-sniff fragrance for me. Sadly, it wasn't for Mr Minx. He took one whiff and declared that it smelled like something that one of his uncles would wear. We liked this uncle, so I didn't see how it was a problem. But then I didn't want to wear something I thought smelled great but reminded hubby of a middle-aged male relative. 

I hung onto my sample and sniffed it once in a while, lamenting that I'd never own a bottle of it. Until I grew a pair and ordered it. Most of the time Mr Minx doesn't even notice what I'm wearing if it's not patchouli-heavy. (As soon as I take the cap off my bottle of Chanel Coromandel, he's grousing about "that patchouli stuff.") There's no patch in 10 Corso Como and I was certain that hubby wouldn't smell it at all if I wore it. After all, I am not an over-sprayer. (No judgement if you are, unless you are a "fragrance bro" who's into "beast mode" scents. I don't have energy for that.) 

So what does it smell like? Your mileage may vary, but I don't get any obvious floral notes, or any oud. What I do get is a ton of sandalwood, some incense, and musk. The sandalwood is not at all sweet or creamy, rather, it's more amber-y and somewhat leathery. There's an almost fizzy incense quality, and one of the sexiest musky drydowns I've ever smelled. I can't stop sniffing myself when I wear 10 Corso Como, and it's one of the few scents that I don't eventually become anosmic to during the day. (With my skin, I get a good 12 hours out of most scents--lucky me!) I don't actually feel sexy when I wear it, I just think the scent itself is quite alluring. 

10 Corso Como, which is both the brand's name and address as well as the scent's name, also put out a 10 Corso Como Uomo ten years after the original. That might indicate that the original fragrance was a feminine scent, but I disagree. It's totally unisex, but might also be considered to lean a little masculine. And I have no problem with wearing masculine scents, as long as it's not one of the many boring, same-same, designer frags sold at places like Macy's (which, IMNSHO, are not fit for man nor beast). 

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Posted by theminx on Minxstinks
Note: this post is my opinion. I am not affiliated with the companies mentioned in this post or any other companies.