/fa/ - Fashion

What do you think of MKK? I'm also considering sampling Musc Ravageur but the prices are quite high for both. How do these fragrances compare to Kouros, Dali, and Khiels Original?

It is totally amazing to me how when comparing different formulations of a perfume smelling the real deal can literally change the smell of the bullshit reformulation. In the mail today I received a 10ml decant of the original formulation of Muscs Koublai Khan. Prior to smelling this I thought the new version was a sexy, animalic, musky smell. Right now I've got one on one arm and one on the other. The original really is sexy, animalic, musky, and daring. The new version is just some slightly musky floral bullshit. It's like the veil has been torn from my eyes. When I was waiting on my decant in the mail I was toying with the idea of mixing the two together since the new bottle is a screw off cap (I bought it mostly empty). I have scrapped that idea, it would be a huge mistake to dilute this. The only thing I can compare it to is Salome. It's somewhat like a less feminine, less overbearing, and less dated Salome. I can't wait to wear this in the winter if people can take their masks off by then. I want to force everyone to smell this.

I just bought a 10ml of vintage MKK. I have a partial Gratte Ciel(?) bottle (only around 8ml). I can't decide anything before I test them side by side but would it be a bad idea to Frankenstein them together? The Gratte Ciel bottle's atomizer is screw-off, not crimped. My thinking on that is if the vintage version really is overly animalic, maybe the new formulation would balance it out, but it's probably a terrible idea.

I was testing Kiehl's musk over last two days. Expected a wearable version of Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan (that I one of the most fascinating frags I know but I can't imagine anyone but a rich middle aged French perverts wearing it while hitting up on young chicks at French Riviera) but got a flat laundry musc that was barely animalic instead. Quite a bummer. I left myself a small decant to test it over Autumn/Winter and sold the bottle. For that money I bought a bargain Nicolai Cap Néroli bottle and Zoologist sample set. Quite excited about it as I never tested any Zoologist perfumes and Cap Neroli is hands down the best Neroli perufme I've tried.