OOTD Tuesday 16 June · Real Men Real Style Community

OOTD Tuesday 16 June

Back to the office after a long weekend and hopefully near the end of the kids exams and projects submissions! 😅😮‍💨 Having an office in a bank building, I almost always see the gentlemen in strictly corporate navy and grey suits, white shirts, and solid colour ties or open collars. No embellishments. Of course the local gents are in their immaculate, visually striking kanduras. Very conservative uniform, and I do appreciate that the suits are generally very well tailored. The ladies are equally as corporate conservative. My office has a more relaxed dress code, hence, permitting more creative leeway.

Bespoke wool Glen check double breasted sports coat with Benson & Clegg antique silver ‘St George & the Dragon’ buttons

Bespoke wool black trousers

Bespoke contrast collar and French cuffs cotton shirt

New & Lingwood woven silk paisley tie

Ede & Ravenscroft silk navy pocket square

Henry Poole gilt Napoleonic crested cufflinks

Nobile Italy cotton black and French blue socks

Fairfax & Favor black tassel loafers

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SOTD layering Roja Dove’s Pierre de Velay No. 6 and Boadicea the Victorious’ Bodacious.

I have been using the Parfumo app’s fragrance selection generator and layering recommendations, based on my uploaded collection. It certainly has some interesting suggestions.

The magic of this layering combination lies in the shared notes and contrasting families between Pierre de Velay No. 6 and Boadicea the Victorious’ Bodacious:

The Bridge (Heliotrope & Jasmine): Both fragrances share a heart of jasmine and powdery heliotrope. This prevents the two distinct perfumes from clashing, serving as the central link that binds them seamlessly on your skin.
The "Clean vs. Dirty" Contrast: The clean, soapy, herbal-citrus fougère opening of No. 6 acts like a crisp canvas. When hit with the rich, boozy gourmand top notes of Bodacious—cherry, cognac, and bitter almond—it likely cuts through the syrupy sweetness, turning it into a very sophisticated, "mature" dark cherry.
The Deep Dry Down Synergy: Both fragrances are incredibly rich at the base. The tobacco, tonka bean, vanilla, and amber from Bodacious perfectly lock into the leather, civet, resins, and tonka of No. 6. This transforms the animalic leather into an ultra-luxurious, smoky-sweet, and velvety suede.

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