/fa/ - Fashion

To the anon that was asking about pic related.

Finally arrived. It reminds me of a more refined version of the original Burberry for Men. Maybe its the bergamot, sandalwood, amber combination which triggers the comparison. I do get a creamy lemon, but I don't get much of the lemon meringue pie gourmand vibe. I looked into the batch I received and it's and EDT from 2014 which is the year they changed from EDT to EDP. I really think the gourmand vibe was in the earlier EDT batch's (2012 and earlier). I get a creamy lemon with pepper, sandalwood, bergamot and amber but it doesn't smell edible. I'd be really curious to try the EDP and see the differences.

Overall I really like it, and the sillage smells great around you but then again I really liked the original Burberry so if you don't like that you probably won't like this.

After trying a bunch of samples of various summer fragrances I first narrowed my might buys for a signature summer scent down to:

#1 Thierry Mugler A*Men Ultra Zest
#2 Byrdo Bal D'Afrique
#3 Creed Aventus

Ultra Zest has been discontinued and is impossible to find. Going for $275+ on ebay. Yikes. Byredo Bal D'Afrique is $170.. hmm not sure if it's worth it because of its less than average projection. Creed Aventus is $300. Ended up going down the rabbit hole of bad batches vs good batches. Fuck this shit.

After all of this sampling of fragrances I've come to the realization that fragrances are just not worth these absurd amounts of $. Ironically ended up blind buying Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche the discounted edt version off a reputable eBay seller for $100.