/fa/ - Fashion

>>15534540
*this chart is outdated*
Current new chart WIP:
https://pastebin.com/2T6HuQgj

>>15534540
This shit on the picture, will it attract women, will I got laid?

>>15533955

is this true?

any recommendations for cold weather masculine florals?

>>15534556
This is a thread for fragrance enthusiasts who consider fragrances as art form. We discuss here what we find interesting about them. The fragrance on the picture is a widely appreciated niche one that won the most important fragrance award of its release year for a clever construction and lots of interesting nuances. It will probably not get you laid if you can't get laid on your own.
>>15534564
No, it's a synthetic recreation.
>Ambroxan is an ingredient with natural origins. It’s naturally found within ambergris extracts. After the whale ‘releases’ the ambergris, it spends many years floating in the salty sea under the sun. Only then does it harden and develop it’s sweet mineral smell. Now, because we don’t use animal products in perfumery, very clever people have created a synthetic superstar to replicate this scent.
>The crystal powder of Ambroxan is synthetised from ‘Sclareol’, a molecule naturally extracted from the essence of clary sage. Ambroxan is a fascinating molecule that has warm woody, leather and spicy facets. It leaves a lasting sweet, creamy, musky impression and is known as the “modern ambegris” thanks to its animalic and sexy yet very subtle scent.

>>15534580
>>15534536

>>15534541
why the fuck do you keep posting the same shit for 6 months? hell of a WIP

>>15534601
Because there was a massive collective work put into updating fragrance choices on the previous chart. They got more carefully picked, different budget options were added for each category and the new choices have a stronger masculine bias so it can be more useful to the main demographic of this thread. Previously some categories like florals were dominated by typically feminine scents and now you can find interesting masculine options there instead. The pastebin let alone even is a very good resource for new people coming to this thread and as a reference for all others. All of this data will be put on an infographic sooner or later. Got any other poorly thought out bait than the one about the OP picture or this one?

Non-shill youtubers:
Luca Turin
Wafts from the Loft
Fragrance View
Aaron Terence Hughes
Gents Scents
Jeremy Fragrance

>>15534605
>>15534616
>>15534601
>>15534556
>posters count stays the same despite all these posts

>>15534618

>>15534626
Sorry anon, on the second thought your posts weren't as bad as his.

Holy shit, Wafts were right. It's amazing.

>>15534593
>>15534556 #
>This is a thread for fragrance enthusiasts who consider fragrances as art form

>>15534664
He’s right, though. There are a million YouTube channels, forums, etc. dedicated to selling coomers pantydroppers. Why come here for that over all those other resources? They’ll all be better than this place, coomers are met with hostility here (and rightfully so). If you just want shitty ambroxan juice that will get you pussy (it won’t) go watch Jeremy, or that garden gnome-looking “Alpha M” manlet. This ain’t the place, chief.

mmmm so snice

I really love this but I'm not paying 5 dollars an ml for a citrus perfume, even if it is all natural. Can somebody tell me one or two citrus perfumes that smell like you're actually smelling the fruit, along with all of its bitter, sweet, and tart nuances? That's why I like this one so much, there seems to be a lot of depth to the citrus in it.

Also, who else is excited for GentScent's brand? I think he's probably one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on perfume who hasn't actually been trained as a perfumer.

amber kiso is a combination of ambre sultan and jovoy psychedelique

>>15534944
Never smelled Ambre Sultan but I can kinda see the similarity with Psychedelique. For a Jovoy perfume, in my opinion, Incident Diplomatique is better. Regardless of all that Jovoy has probably one of the best price:quality ratios of all the different niche perfume houses. I haven't smelled one I don't like yet.

>>15534580
Amouage Reflection Man.
Quite pricey however.
Best white floral fragrance I've smelled for colder weather.
Prada l'Homme is great for warmer weather if you want a white floral scent, also 1/3rd the price of any Amouage frags.

Thoughts on Ambre Topkapi? I can get it cheap, but it’s time sensitive and I’ve never sampled it before, so I’d have to blind buy. Worth? I’ve heard it has longevity issues.

I know this isn't really related, but felt like it was best to ask here.
Anyone have any opinion on which of these soaps would smell best for the upcoming fall season?

>>15535099
Other two seems a bit more springtime kind of thing. Found the description for the other two.
>SANDALWOOD BAMBOO:
>Warm sandalwood layered with florals, spices and Italian bergamot creates a clean wood-driven scent with contemporary flair and freshness.

>TEAK WOOD:
>Rich woods layered with amber, spices and a hint of jasmine give this fragrance its suave yet earthy edge.

i wish i could sweat musc ravageur :(

are there any affordable and good fragrances with a significant amount of real oud or sandalwood?

>>15535262
Affordable? Nope. Very few fragrances use real oud or sandalwood and that’s for a reason. Shit’s very expensive. Oud can’t really be grown, and sandalwood, as I understand it, is essentially only grown in a few places and a few companies essentially control the entire supply of it.

So no, if you want the real stuff, you’re only gonna find it in high-end niche frags. Anything affordable will be using synthetics.

Any UK anons with tips for browsing at the Harrod's salon de parfums?

>>15534616
I’ve never watched any ATH videos because I don’t want my nipples to be harvested. Are they any good? The videos, not my nipples.

>>15535347
He's a great perfumer so he knows what he's talking about and he's honest. Can sniff out ingredients to tell if a frag is a ripoff or fair price. No shilling or forced positiveness.

>>15535367
Good, maybe I’ll check him out then.

>>15535367
Come on, m8. He’s not a great perfumer. He might be a decent chemist (doubt it, given that he was a hair dresser not too long ago) who can identify notes, but all his frags are disasters and he couldn’t even identify things like Aventus or Sauvage. His actual knowledge of perfumery is pretty much zero.

>>15535378
Well I just watched his Portrait of a Lady video and he “proved” it doesn’t contain real rose because the colour of a 0.1ml sample was different to 50ml. Oh dear.

>>15535367
>He's a great perfumer
Jesus fucking Christ. No he's not
He's a complete hack and it shows in his videos

reminder that if you spray 2-3 times you're a fucking jellyfish of a man and you should smash your bottles. 6-8 sprays of any fragrance is the minimum. seriously, don't be a faggot.

>>15535438
respek from mumbai

don't forget about me, /frag/

Eugene is reviewing Nishane and praising a Gucci’s $370 soliflore nowadays. Oh fuck...

Please stop me from buying:

200ml Eau Sauvage Parfum
100ml Eau Sauvage Cologne
50ml Lys Mediterranee
Heeley Coccobello

>>15535367
What a brainlet one needs to be to be impressed by ATH bullshit? He’s just dropping names of chemicals trying to impress people hard while knowing a shit. The POAL video that another anon mentioned is a good example. There was some other perfumer who called his bullshit expert YouTube persona out. I don’t remember who was it, maybe Sarah McCartney.

>>15535313
Look up archives. I did a trip there and took loads of photos some time before corona happened.

>>15534851
>making a trip for this

>>15534819
lol shut up fag

>>15535503
Just for Eau Sauvage Parfum 2012 instead of all this unnecessary bottles.

>>15535503
Chad

Got some samples this morning. It's smelling time

>>15535637
Intrigued to know how the Papillon is

>>15535637
Ngl Barry Lyndon and Exultat look very interesting. I didn't know the brand before. Please report once you test them. Bold but good choices of Zootopians and Papillon. What are the two samples lying horizontally? Overall very snice niche selection anon.

Someone here has tried Vanille by Mona di Orio?

>>15535662
I'll definitely try it today, I'll be back with thoughts on it

>>15535665
I found Maria Candida through Exiltat, because I'm a huge fan of violet and I'm always searching for fragrances that smell like classic swedish violet candy (see picture). I have Exultat and Sideris on right now and both are really great, Exultat has a beautiful violet note made sweeter and fuller by the frankincense and with a great woody cedar backing with very very little or no Iso E Super (I hate IES drydowns).
Sideris is a balsamic beauty, smells like a waxy tea with myrrh and benzoin. Very full-bodied. I got most of my balsamic urges satisfied by Eau Sauvage Parfum 2012 and Interlude Man though, so I'm probably not looking at a full bottle of this but who knows.
I'll try Barry Lyndon today too!

>Bold but good choices of Zootopians and Papillon
Thank you! I've tried maybe 5-6 zootopians before but these three have always eluded me, excited to try them.

The two lying down samples are Oriza L. Legrand Horizon and Deja le Printemps.

>>15535682
>I'm a huge fan of violet
Try Hiram Green Vivacious. Got a sample of it and it smells great on my gf.

>>15535682
This picture should convince you.

>>15535692
>>15535695
Fuck, and the store I ordered these from even have Hiram Green samples available. Well I'll try to get it soon heh, thanks for the recommendation!

Here's one in return, I just bought this for my mom (she loves violet too and wore Grey Flannel for like 15 years), it's such a beautiful sweetish violet:
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Svensk-Parfym/Skymning-47888.html

Any good tea frags I can wear when its cold out? Gucci PH II has always intrigued me but I don't feel like paying scalpers their prices for discontinued bottles

Leather/oud/tobacco - any recomendations for cheap/mid fragrances?

>>15535748
L'Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two

>>15535748
Doesn't fit your criteria but Bvlgari Pour Homme is a nice tea frag that suits warm weather.

Have you ever bought online without trying a scent first?
How'd it go?

>>15535748
This >>15535753 and SL Five O'Clock Au Gingembre are probably the best choices. Otherwise if you have lots of money to splurge then look into Floraïku Between Two Trees. It's a good matcha fragrance.
>>15535749
Chopard Oud Malaki, Bulgari Black, TF Ombre Leather in this order

>>15535801
Yes and eventually sold all of them. The worst feeling is when you try to convince yourself that you love a bottle that is just 'ok'.

>>15535836
i grew to enjoy sharp rose, tea and iris accords all by forcing my self to like it though.

>>15535883
God every time I post in this thread it dies for like 3 hours.

>>15536228
Same, time zones I guess.

>>15536228
keep posting anon, please kill this shit designerfag general

>poogen shilling the tacky turkroach brand two vids in a row

if he didn't jump the shark before he truly has now

>>15534616
embarrassing newbie cazzie list

only persolaise and scent land should be on there

Just got it and to me this is the most comfy scent ever, This is the first scent I´ve used to go to sleep.

>>15534615
The pastebin is actually more convenient because you can rapidly search by brand or category, without having to look through a vast infographic.

>>15535682
VIOL in French means rape, lmao.

>>15536525
I don't like Ani or Fan your Flames but Sultan Vetiver is really good.

I want a bergamot and honey fragrance, maybe with some lemon, any recommendations? Thanks lads

ellena still making fragrances for perris monte carlo? i thought he retired yrs ago

NEW TURIN
NEW TURIN
NEW TURIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RzQ-kAZhD4
Talking about musks. Brb grabbing a snack and playing it.

>>15536709
it's just blurry enough that you can't make out too many fragrances in the background but i see a cacharel eden. baste

>>15536742
hmm

these are actually... pretty good

performative ambroxan haters are cringe

I get paid again tomorrow so that's another £25 free to spend I allocate myself on top of what snacks and drink I don't buy in the week.
Avoiding picking up a bottle of wine on the way home so I'll cop a 3ml of Chergui and a Barbour green tartan scarf to go with my leather jacket and cream turtleneck.

>>15536867
>3ml

>>15536867
Based

>>15536855
>projecting
Read what was said with some understanding. Just today I tested Gallagher Bergamust and loved it despite a big dose of Ambroxan (and ISO E Super, too).

>>15536556
I wouldn't exactly call it comfy but that's great that you like it. Did you get a sample or a full bottle?

>>15536596
Yeah but obviously an infographic would get more attention from newcomers.
>>15535883
Idk if forcing oneself to like something is a way to go man. I just leave samples that I don't like for later use in couple months time. Sometimes you grow to dislike frags that you once loved and vice versa. It's funny to see how taste develops and oscillates.

Anything fun on your Autumn to-buy lists lads? For me these are following
>MDCI Chypre Palatin (second bottle)
>Tauer LDDM
>Prissana Ma Nishtana
>Ormonde Jayne Ormonde Man (kinda pity that I missed the sale a month ago)
>Geo F Trumpers Sandalwood
>Penhaligon's Sartorial
I'll probably end up with one of the first three as they're good for both Autumn and Winter and I don't hoard lots of bottles anymore.

I know it's a basic frag but how strong is the sillage meant to be from Cool Water? I'm using 5 sprays but I dont think it's propagating past 1ft around my head (at least what I perceive) Is this normal?

>>15536934
It could be olfactory fatigue. For projection it's best to play it safe and ask a few friends that can be honest with you on their opinion.

>>15536895
nobody read your dumb ass post you fag

>>15536927
Amouge Overture. Best release from Amouge in years. Just wish it wasn’t so damn hard to get.

>>15536927
>Penhaligon's Sartorial
i have a bottle of this
it has a nice lavender metallic scent to it that works really well
it projects well and lasts an entire work day

>>15536556
Ok fine I'll order a sample

>>15536927
Musc Ravageur
Norne (if I can find a way to buy it)
Maybe Chypre Palatin but I don't have enough experience with chypres yet to make that call. I know I love Diaghilev but it's too formal and too expensive. I'll get a 7.5ml when I can afford to buy Enigma Parfum.

Is it legal to rape a woman in Minecraft if they're wearing this perfume? Asking for a friend.

Genuine question is there any point of wearing frags cause of muh masks?

Post some frags you think the following characters would wear:
Agent 47 (2016 and onward)
Seras Victoria
Adam Jensen
Kazuhira Miller (MGSV)
Dokkaebi

>>15537567
Who are these people?

>>15537576
They are fictional characters from video games and anime, anon. You don't partake in either?

>>15534540
Where to buy custome fragrance sample packs? Wanna try me out before I commit

SOTD: Nicolas NYI

Perfection in a bottle. In a way it reminds me of a blend of Eau Sauvage and Eau Sauvage Parfum. It’s light, but has a nice subtle depth and richness.

>>15537620
>SOTY: Nicolas NYI

Mediocrity in a bottle. In a way it reminds me of talcum powder. It's light, with no projection or longevity.

fixed

>>15537620
Fucking autocorrect changed it to Nicolas. I meant Nicolai obviously.

>>15537680
My mistake, I thought I liked it.

>>15537620
Fucking based.
>>15537680
One can tell that you have never smelled it from how off is your post.

>>15537720
t. Luca

>>15537620
I'm never blown away when I wear it but it's just so flawless. Great for almost any occasion

>>15534540
any masculine fragrances for fall/winter for a guy who knows nothing about perfumes?

>>15537722
Pls mate, it's really a brilliant fragrance. Fresh blast of citruses amplified by black pepper and then the classic woody-lavender comes out. It makes my blood flow faster and breath deeper every time I spray it on me.
>>15537744
Start here >>15534541

just brought kouros. ive literally never worn a fragrance in my entire life

>>15537795
Good choice.
Lads, post em.

>>15537798
wearing en passant, reminds me of my moms garden

>>15537795
baste as fuck

>>15537798
Aventus this morning, going to switch to NYI this evening post shower to go do stuff with my lady

Is Aventus hypebeast-tier or is it a genuinely good fragrance that's just overhyped? I'm just starting out and I've been thinking whether or not it's worth getting a sample of.

>>15537847
it's a good fresh fragrance that lasts reasonably well. Overhype depends on who you ask -- youtubers who make videos for people looking for pantdroppers / compliment getters overhype it a lot, however people who are knowledgeable about fragrances possibly undersell it a bit due to its mass appeal and reputation. Give it a sample and see for yourself, anon

>>15537855
I'll grab a sample then. Thanks brother.

>>15537847
I and two of my girlfriends hated how fruity the pineapple part is. Literally had to scrub it off my skin in the toilet of the department stores I was testing it.

>>15537860
It’s interesting how I barely get pineapple from it. I’m used to the pineapple from Music for a While and that’s an absolutely enormous pineapple. Much more authentic than Aventus and I think that might be why.

>>15537871
Everyone's perception is different. For me it was like spilling pineapple juice all over you.

>>15537847
Yes.

Seriously though, it is a good scent, but it does get massively overhyped and is kind of a victim of its own success. It’s nothing special anymore because the “Aventus DNA” has been cloned so many times that it doesn’t smell unique anymore. Everyone has a fragrance, or soap, or bath gel or something that smells similar to it. I just couldn’t pay anywhere near MSRP for it at this point when I could get something like Montblonc Explorer that’s close enough for a fraction of the money. Aventus is the original and still the best, but I just think it isn’t so much better to warrant paying so much more.

Luca Turin about fragrance prices:
>[The] price of a dinner for two with a decent bottle of wine in a decent restaurant [is] about the upper limit for me, so let’s say $120 or so for 100 ml of EdP or a half ounce of proper extrait. To my mind everything way above that, e.g. Lutens’ Section d’Or and a swelling host of others, are simply sad jokes perpetrated on sad sacks. And if anybody tells you that the exquisite raw materials upped the price, just laugh.
What are your thots?

>>15538026
Extremely based. Fuck these price gouging niche fags.

>>15538026
Andy Tauer's take:
>In perfumery, the regular model is: a coefficient of 4.5 to 5.5 goes to the distributor. This means: A product that is sold in stores for 135$ US: the distributor pays the producer 135$ divided by 5.0: 27$.
>Now let’s put this into perspective with production costs. (I use European prices here. You can source in China, too. I do so, too, but where feasible I try to source from here, Europe)
>A semiautomatically produced flacon, made in Europe, costs somewhere betweeen 3.5 $ and 6$ , not landed (meaning without transport and taxes), depending on how many you buy and where you buy them. If you happen to have a packaging that is not just a cheap cardboard box: Production costs in Europe are maybe 2-5 $.
>Then you need labels, pumps, caps: Add another 2-3 $.
>All buying prices above: No blingbling, not fancy gold decoration.
>Add whatever amount you want for the perfume.
>Then add work to the equation: Sourcing, scent production, dilution, filtration, bottle filling, crimping (fixing the pumps on the flacon), labelling, putting things into the packaging, cellophaning, and doing the paperwork like dealing with authorities, preparing shipping papers.
>And now you do the math.
https://www.tauerperfumes.com/blog/2016/10/02/the-price-of-things/

>>15538026
Kek

>>15534819
Stop creating straw man arguments. Nobody believes that a guy looking 0/10 will get laid with fragrance. We all know girls get turned off and turned off by fragrance, don't be so daft.

>>15538106
Missing the point, m8. I never claimed girls don’t respond at all to fragrance one way or another. I just said this isn’t the place to discuss attracting thots with frags. There’s more than enough places for that already, this thread is to discuss fragrances with other people who are also into fragrances. It’s not a PUA thread, it’s /frag/.

this is my favorite 'boring' scent. Has anyone else got into less flashy scents lately? so much of youtube review culture is about long lasting, strong smells, but I think that gets exhausting

Is scentbird good for samples?

>>15537409
I can still smell myself with a mask on, which is the main reason to wear a frag in my opinion anyway

Honestly a bit jealous of Jeremy getting all those fragrances, even if they’re mostly dogshit. I wish I could chuck 2k at fragrances.

>>15537409
pretty much no, but i did spray naxos on my mask and it made me dizzy

>>15538106
Dude, coomers ABSOLUTELY believe fragrance alone will get them laid. That’s pretty much Axe’s entire marketing strategy, and why thirsty Pajeets and Persians are so obsessed with panty dropper frags. You’re vastly underestimating the desperation of coomers.

>>15538106
He's right >>15538380 maybe you're too young but it was like that forever. People think that buying something will magically get them laid. 10 years ago ISO E super was literally called a pheromone that was supposed to magically make women horny. Look up news around launching Escentric Molecules Then it was Ambroxan and in 10 years it will be a new ingredient. Always the same marketing trick (to be fair it's probably even worse for women's fragrances - most are marketed as seductive etc).
From my experience it's always all about your ENTIRE presence and personality. Fragrance might help a tiny bit but it won't do any heavy lifting if you have confidence and personality of a dead cat or dress like shit and don't take care of yourself. Once you've got this sorted out fragrance might help you out a bit as a conversational starter. In the case of a girl who complimented you on your smell would most likely do it on your choice of shirt or something though. I've been complimented by women many times on fragrances that people looking for 'THE ULTRA PUICY JUICE BLUE BOMB PANTY DROPPER' would call weird or dated.
Most importantly I think it's really fucking pathetic to let your personal choices be dictated by some conformist simping for women's compliments. Be a man and do and wear stuff that you enjoy yourself not others.

>>15538398
TLDR

Sotd coconut fizz. Allegoria chads rise up.

>>15538411
I went with Ma Nishtana today, myself. Love it. It’s like spicy, smoky pool water. I really do get this weird chlorinated water vibe, but it works. Very weird scent, but really good.

111 F tomorrow in los angeles. thinking of d r e n c h i n g in dune ph. more of a mid-summer day oppressive heat fragrance than an early september one but it'll do

>>15538456
Fun fact The words Ma Nishtana is part of some jew prayer I remember from Hebrew school

>>15538473
I am aware. It’s from the 4 questions from the Passover seder. Not sure why a Thai perfumer is making a Passover-themed frag (not that it smells remotely Passover-y) but sure, why not?

>>15536799
> A Chanel Exclusif
Sycomore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JSyV42TAiU

I've bought my mum a bottle of My Burberry and Flowerbomb in the past, she loved both.
Her birthday is close to christmas and its her 50th this year. I was planning on getting her a nice striped Barbour jumper as her main present and a little bottle of a new frag for her xmas present.
She did have a bottle of Armani Code that she's burnt through over the years when I was a teen, she still keeps what little (maybe 3 or 4ml left?) in the bathroom.
do I get her Code Satin maybe?

>>15538465
Unironically 5 sprays of Kouros to your chest

>>15538594
i have a charles of the ritz sample of it. i would, but there's only like 5 or 6 ml left and i'm savoring it

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>>15538026
>120 dollars for 20% concentration 100ml
>120 dollars for 30% concentration 15ml
Is he stupid? Does he mean pure perfume oil?

>>15538380
Why does everyone use the word coomer incorrectly?

If you don't vibe with this you are a confirmed noselet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkQ7_oWqKpc

>>15538650
Are comers not buying “panty droppers” thinking it’ll help them coom?

>>15538701
This is what Aventus wants to be.

I know CK is a mostly garbage house but what about Reveal? I've found it on a cheap enough discount that a 50ml will be a nice autumn & spring rotation addition

>>15538798
Buy it and let us know

Why do people talk bad about Terre D'Hermes as in oh it smells good but there is this orange peel in your nose note or rotted orange or whatever. So go for this or that clone instead that does not have that.

It's literally the note that completes the fragrance and makes it a masterpiece.

>>15538586
I suppose only you would know what’s right for her, but I feel buying her something you know she likes is a good idea. Or if possible do what I did for my mum and buy her some samples/decants. It’s just a shame the samples my mum liked most were Neroli Portofino and Portrait of a Lady.

sotd

pretty comfy and sleepy day in bed

What's a good cheap cologne? I have no experience here

>>15537619
Anyone?

>>15538036
actually would be 270 because it's only 50

>>15537620
how safe is NY Intense as a blind buy? 100cad for 30ml isn't bad. what might you compare it to? I really liked nicolai's Patchouli Intense but havent tried others from nicolai. i love notes like pepper and geranium, but i dont like stuff like drakkar noir

holy crap musc ravageur is amazing

>>15538972
Depends what you're looking for. There are hundreds of cheap colognes out there.

You need to specify what you like, where you intend to wear it, what your style is, what temperature your climate is, so on and so fourth, before anyone can give you a decent recommendation.

>>15535481
Blind bought a bottle because of all the reccs on here and while the smell is interesting and "smells good" in the objective sense but doesn't jive with my personality or what I want to project

>>15539031
stopped reading at "blind bought"

>>15539035
Yeah I'm a dummy

>>15538983
I wouldn’t like to say it’s safe at all, but there’s a lot to like. It’s smooth, has depth, but it’s not heavy or sweet. I strongly advise sampling first, although I think you’ll know pretty quickly whether it’s for you or not, so don’t get more than 2-3ml.

>>15539072
cool thanks

>>15539072
seconding this

>>15538594
>5 sprays
>kouros

needa d o u s e you fucking mortal.

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.

>>15538398
> 10 years ago ISO E super was literally called a pheromone that was supposed to magically make women horny. Look up news around launching Escentric Molecules
14 actually. And there are a lot of recent articles about this pheromones magic shit. Why is perfumery is such a magnet for stupidity, city legend, stereotypes and imbeciles.

>>15538973
>>15537619
Although I am not sure what you are asking for exactly, look up Anna Zvorykina.

>>15535570

I dont come on /fa/ ever, nevermind this general

feels good knowing I bought eau savauge 200ml after a little research

feels bad knowing nobody can smell it in public with masks on

>>15539388
>I want to force everyone to smell this.

literal terrorist

Do you guys literally just wear the most obscure fragrances you can find just to seem cool?

Literally never heard of any of these.

>>15539667
stupid fucking casual designerfag I wish I could stomp your fucking head in

>>15539674
You mean stuff that objectively smells good and doesn’t cost $400 for 50ml? Okay, I will.

>>15538380
Press ‘X’ to Doubt. I have never read anything that delusional before. Someone who thinks that fragrance, alone, will get them laid. Not how their look, not how sexy they are, not how they act, not how much social standing or money they have. Just purely on fragrance. Something that once a homeless guy wears, he will be 10/10 too.

>>15538398
I don’t disagree that marketing pushes this to tell that consumers will get an edge with their product. But let’s be real, nobody believes that it is only because fragrance. Is the girl fucking blind, and deaf or something?

I always chuckle a little inside when people like to share that they too have been complimented through weird juice. I chuckle because they will never know true compliments are more than words. A girl will just hold you close and sniff the fragrance from your body and just say how amazing you smell. That type of compliment isn’t merely some bullshit flirting technique, like complimenting your shoes or nice cologne to build rapport with you. Sad that you have never experienced that before.

>>15539720
>girl

go back to /fit/

>>15539759
*sniff* *sniff* do I smell jealousy?

reminder that every suitable perfume ingredient is safe and edible
if you can't eat it, it shouldn't be on your skin

>>15539667
It's a voyage of discovery my fine feathered friend

How can a person collect a hundred bottles of sauvage, it wouldn't make any sense. I was addicted to xanax and alcohol, now I collect perfumes

>>15539388
When this general became so based???

>>15539667
Yes.

>>15539720
>I always chuckle a little inside when people like to share that they too have been complimented through weird juice. I chuckle because they will never know true compliments are more than words. A girl will just hold you close and sniff the fragrance from your body and just say how amazing you smell. That type of compliment isn’t merely some bullshit flirting technique, like complimenting your shoes or nice cologne to build rapport with you. Sad that you have never experienced that before.
You’re projecting here my friend

>>15539763
Yes, for example ethanol. Super safe to drink.

>>15539798
Anyone who has experienced first hand this themselves will have zero doubt on how girls actually act when they smell something they think is sexy on a guy. If they think getting a mere "You smell nice" is enough of an indicator that she loves your choice then you're sadly mistaken.

At work I overheard one of the managers joke to a guest that "That's your husband's aftershave? I thought it was paraffin!" and I very nearly replied with "Must be Dior Fahrenheit" but I didn't want to reveal my powerlevel.
I spend too much time on here.

>>15539801
You’re projecting again friend. I got most beautiful compliments from most gorgeous women for wearing my stuff. Trust me, man up and wear what you not others like and you’ll get one too some day. It feels way more amazing and genuine than getting a compliment for wearing a fragrance that you deliberately chosen for fishing for compliments and that doesn’t reflect any of your personality. I can tell you how it feels. On top of the compliment about your smell it’s like they’re complimenting your entire persona that is reflected in your choices. You will probably never know his feel by wearing whatever you’re being told to wear by Internet fragrance personalities. People subconsciously like those who have internal integrity. Jumping on every new Pussy Juice EDP bandwagon is pretty much opposite of integrity, integrity that also lacks from all of your posts given how worked up you got about explaining to a stranger on internet that his compliments are inferior to yours while not knowing anything about him. You’re probably younger than me (I’m 27) so I can recommend you one thing because I wish you good. Try to live your life for yourself not others, women will come naturally as a result. You can at least trust me on that one.

>>15539388
MKK is really interesting but it was too extreme for me to wear when I was smelling it a year or so ago. It was constantly changing between fecal and ‘long unwashed armpit’ facets. However now that I actually quite like Salome I might revisit MKK, too. It’s really interesting what you wrote about our change of perception because of smelling the older formulation. Was it so drastic?

>>15539845
>I got most beautiful compliments
> women
> 27

LMAO, fucking cringe. You are the poster child for how cringe fragrance junkies are. Why can't you just be normal. You make the rest of us look bad.

>>15539799
Only if you're Slav

I would rather sit next to someone with BO than one of you fragrance ridden fucks emitting cancer fumes.

So gross.

>>15539971
Enjoy public transportation, wagie

>>15539801
>>15539845
Kek, it's just like the Virgin Sauvage vs. Chad Eau Sauvage meme

I'm about to go full sexcore this autumn with skinny jeans, white lo top trainers, grey denim jacket and sweater.
Might have to commit to getting a bottle of Snicebomb too then

>>15540100
Spicebomb is considered sexcore now?

>>15539954
Ok buddy, you can have your opinions on internet. Not gonna argue further, but don’t get so excited over these topics next time, you’re visibly losing your composition.

I know the usual suspects from the Private Blend like such as TV, TL, OW etc are talked about as good winter scents but what about Vanille Fatale?
I'm tempted to try it over TV just for it being different. I'm also a fan of vanilla in frags like the vanilla I got off Ultra Male was the best part of it.

>>15540164
Yes, it's a typical mall scent found in most pharmacists and department stores

got a slumberhouse bottle and I didn't even get jew'd for it
stupid motherfucker didn't know what he had hahaha

what are some other cooler weather cheapies I should check out?

>>15540494
Ferragamo Uomo

>>15540164
Snicebomb is snice, don't know where all the retards with their strong opinions come from

>>15539674
You wish you could but you absolutely couldn't

EDT, EDP or P, what are the differences for BdC? Is the frag different or just more potent the more concentrated it is?

Are Aventus Creed clones still a good choice to attract ladies?

>>15540723
Aventus and it’s clones are good for one thing. Covering up the smell of my fat shit every morning

I wanted to wear Luna rossa carbon today doing errands. It’s a real fuckin scorcher in central Florida today. I didn’t want people to think I’m a try hard wearing sauvage in the morning though. Am I crazy? They do smell really similar...

>>15535481
i’ve used the edt for 15 years now. i’ve heard this takes the petrol edge out and adds licorice. i really hate black licorice, will this turn me off?

how do you lads store your fragrances? i’m not a fan of cardboard so i don’t keep mine in the packaging. instead i keep them in drawers out of light and heat. what i’m really looking for would be a wood valet box with felt compartments dedicated to just my fragrances. even just one to hold 8-12 seasonals while I store the others somewhere else would be great. i want them to be “out” without being exposed u feel? like a “ooh what does he keep in that box?” vibe

>>15540916
Buy a fucking shelf you sperg

So do I cop a bottle of the original Armani Code with my paycheck or do I get some samples instead?

>>15540720
different compositions of the same song (acoustic, studio, remix, orchestra etc etc).

>>15540720
If you want a more potent and concentrated juice just spray more juice.

>>15541176
sample, always sample before you buy

>>15541176
first frag i ever used. gifted it from a rich ex gf. Went thru the whole bottle then bought another and finished that one too. I'd never buy it again though but dumb college girls like it

>>15541192
I have sampled it a few years back, just that it came to mind as my next bottle to use in my autumn/winter/spring rotation

>>15536799
those "ELDOs" are diptyques

how is encre noir sport?

>>15541464
Less harsh and lighter in the opening, progresses towards the same scent as the original over time. That alone makes it easier to pull off and it can be worn in warm weather.

>>15541464
it smells like being on the ocean at night and something sinister is happening

>>15541074
i do not want them out in the light and i also live in earthquake territory. plus displaying things out in the open like that is fucking tacky. i bet you have a shoe wall.

MFK please restock lumiere noire samples

Thanks

>>15541525
>>15541545
that's sounds awesome, I was considering not even sampling it because people on fragrantica said it smelled like pickle juice

I bought some Ralph Lauren Sport and some fucking Fahrenheit. What would be a good complimentary frag to complete the starter trilogy?

>>15539845
What obscure frag got you the compliments?

>>15541656
Fragrantica reviews are basically useless. The site’s useful to get a rough idea of the notes or to find frags similar to ones you like, but the posters there are absolute spergs who are more concerned with smelling their own farts than actually posting useful reviews.

>>15541656
I understand when people hate Encre and I kinda get the pickle juice remark, but if that's the best approximation they could use it shows more about their experience than the fragrance.

>>15540720
I have the EDT and wish I got the EDP. I don't know if I go noseblind, but I stop smelling it after 2 hours, if that. Pretty disappointed.

>taking your favorite perfumes along so you don't have to smell the disgusting great outdoors

>>15541699
beautiful, wya?

>>15538983
Citrusy, really lemony, with civity furry funk behind it. Really nice, but it feels unfinished.

This is a joke. Not a single standout perfume other than maybe Cuir de Russie. To be honest, the only other Areej le Dore perfume I've smelled is War and Peace 2, and I like that one quite a bit. However, when reading the notes and reviews for stuff like Siberian Musk it makes me realize that his old stuff was better than collection 6. For instance, one of my favorite perfumes, Prin - Mriga is often compared to Siberian Musk. Even the extra expensive highly limited Santal Galore is mediocre. I can list multiple much cheaper chypres (xD) that smell better. What the fuck is a lemon accord from 1920? Lemon oil isn't that expensive, use real lemon oil!

>>15541768
Yeah this time the spergfans over at basenotes are really huffing their own farts over the 6th set. All this "oh I can't wait to see how this evolves over time" bullshit. Bruh, most of it is materials well past their prime, they aren't gonna change much more. "Oh this lavender is unusual and smooth!" Yeah that cause the topnote molecules of the lavender have degraded. Most of these clowns are blinded by the "natural" elements but don't know the first thing about the bloody fundamentals.

I think none of them will ever criticise this mediocre 6th collection. At best you will get "oh it just isn't to my taste, but maybe it will evolve!" They are lavishing reviewers showing even semi-positive reactions with bizarre levels of praise like they are the new messiah.

And even though I disagree with Kafkaesque on some fundamental things, the basenoters have binned them and chalked it up to "oh sometimes I don't think they actually know what they are smelling". Some of these members were on the Forum for years, potentially have had all sorts of perfumes, and still fundamentally do not understand basic chemistry behind it all.

Just imagine the C O P E and the blind adoration of this stuff from the people that bought a full collection preorder.

>>15541849
Maybe the topnote degraded lavender smells interesting and good. Did you think about that?

>>15541849
link to kafkaesque critique?

>>15541849
>>15541849
>Just imagine the C O P E and the blind adoration of this stuff from the people that bought a full collection preorder

If I pre-ordered the whole collection I would feel so terrible. I feel like it's going to be a flop. Not a commercial flop, of course, but a critical flop. I do like some artisan stuff, I own 3 Bortnikoffs, a couple Ensar attars, some HoM if they count. What do you disagree with Kafkaesque on?

>>15541849
>>15541915
where is the kafka review

Got some cheapies from Ross to finally start on a collection after a couple months of looking up a bunch of stuff and getting a lot of free samples from Sephora and Nordstrom. The Presence and Ferragamo were blind buys but I remembered the latter having good reviews. Did I do gud?

What international sites have good shipping to Australia? Some bottles I'd like to sample aren't available on ebay/FB groups.

>>15541992
There’s a few good aus sites like kangaroosplit and scentmate

>>15541699
looks comfy anon, keep safe

Why the fuck is there a containment thread up if this one is far from bumping out

>>15542111
To distract the coomers. Should probably last through the next thread too.

How come Lalique Hommage a L'Homme has "powdery" on its accords but it's not that mentioned in the reviews?

>>15541699
I dont like to apply perfume before I go out in nature, but I do love when I get a lingering whiff after working up a sweat.

>>15542111
The coomer >>15539801 rage quit apparently and had to open a new thread.

Which version of Terre d'Hermes is most similar to Bigarade Concentree?
I'm trying BC and I fell in love with the bitter orange smell

>>15542643
Why don’t you stop moaning and go drop in and help young straight white men breed? Is it inimical to your values or something. Pretty fucking mean and creepy if so.

I've been exhausted and depressed from work with the new system and late finishes.
Threw out easily the best part of £1500 in clothes after getting angry with my mum that I have no clean socks for work.
Think I might chuck out my frag collection too

>>15542930
Don't do that I'll buy it from u

>>15541464
It's nice. It actually smells exactly how its print add looks: a dark, green wetness. Last week, I got in the car of a friend who doesn't know anything about fragrance, and he said I smelled like a mountain stream or something like that. Fairly accurate, and he's a pleb but still liked it, so its not as off-putting as fragrantica shits say.

>>15542930
Pour them all in the sink and stir it up. Sell it to people on a Facebook group.

>>15543107
Russian Adam?

>>15543147
Adam Ivkin?

Well, in case there was any doubt who’s been ruining /frag/, go take a look at the containment thread. It’s a fucking cesspit.

What is this zesty amber note in the drydown of Layton? Is there anything else like it?

I DEMAND TRIBUTE

>>15543367
You really are classist, elitist disgusting little goblin queers aren’t you. Top kek.

Shud I buy from Russian federation sellers?

>>15543440
absolutely never buy from russia

This thread in one image.

>>15543440
I mean, it’s from Russia and costs like half of what it costs on discount sites. Do the math, m8.

>>15543411
>>15543454
Back to your containment thread, pissant.

thoughts on club de nuit?

>>15536799

>>15543458
Rec me a discount site for the EU snicebro?!

The containment thread in one image

>>15543508
Dunno, I’m not in Europe. Check the OP.

What are some good options for odourless/unscented deodorant?

I know people have recommended this and as I start wearing more perfume I want to find something truly neutral. Currently I'm using a deo from the brand "pHbalance" which mostly does the job but still has a very subtle fragrance, and I don't it like much because it honestly smells a bit like toilet cleaner.

Wow. Whod’ve thought we could improve /frag/ this much just by jingling our keys in front of the coomer’s faces? Astounding!

>>15543532
Google glycolic acid deodorant

Boys I can’t afford this otherwise. I love the samples I got my hands on but this is all I can afford. It looks legit. Wish me luck!

>>15543542
I found this.
https://www.notino.ch/revolution-skincare/niacinamide-erneuerndes-gesichtsspray/
So basically many skin cleansers/exfoliators have glycolic acid in them?

>>15543601
You’re 100% getting scammed. Save up and get the real thing. That’s flushing 75.00 down the drain. Put that 75.00 aside, save up a bit at a time whenever you can, and buy from a discount site later.

>>15543601
russian ebay sellers are 95% scams, especially at this price. Don't be stupid anon.

>>15543618
You can use glycolic acid as a deodorant because it changes the ph of your armpits which prevents bacteria from making bad smells.

>>15543601
That is 100% a scam. Try and get a decant, get a smaller bottle or save up. The account is new, has a low feedback score and is from Russia. Don't be a retard.

>>15543601
How about you just send me that 75.00? You won’t get anything for it, but at least I won’t lie to you.

>>15543619

>>15543634

>>15543646

>>15543676

Where would be the best Value EU on,one store for it? Fuck it, I’ll save more. Thx anons.

Bought the sample set and wow.... I would feel disappointing paying full price for any of these. Is the Enigma parfum significantly different? It's the only one that makes any sort of impact but the cologne feels like its lacking some punch.

>>15543601
Do it :^)

>>15543712
Yes, Enugma EDP/Parfum is pretty different. The cologne is much lighter and fresher and has a pretty prominent vetiver note that makes smell kind of dry and powdery. The EDP/Parfum is much smoother and richer, much more about the vanilla and jasmine. I’d definitely try it before you make up your mind about the house. The cologne collection honestly isn’t really representative of the house as a whole, they’re more Roja’s attempt to appeal to the designer crowd.

>>15543601
>Buy 100ml musc ravageur
>Sell decants until empty
>Profit
>Fill empty bottle with literal piss
>Sell piss bottle
>Profit again
>????

Decided to step up from Lacoste and Ralph Lauren and bought some nicer meme ones.
Prada L'homme, Versace Dylan Blue, Versace Pour Homme, Mont Blanc Explorer.

How did I do and any recommendations for something else more interesting perhaps?

>>15543706
Malle scents famously never hit discounters.

>>15543706
Directly from fredericmalle.co.uk was the cheapest option for me. FragranceX has 50ml for £160. Looking at most places they seem to at best match the price of £123 for 50ml. Google has a shopping tab that also lists the product and the prices. I cant attest to how legit those sites are but they all list at best equally to frederichmalle.co.uk. Ebay is just Russian sellers for me who I would never take the chance with. Look around though anon and check out the OP.

>>15543784
There’s a bunch on fragrancebuy, that’s where I got mine.

Kid comes on to more accessible “get laid/attract girls” frag alternative. One of you sad, bitter old queens who is currently raiding comes out with this shit. Truly revolting.

>>15543792
Ah, well I guess it’s because I’m in the U.K. and I’ve never seen them.

>>15543841
>omits the apology
Back to your cage, mong.

>>15543772
They are all nice and inoffensive, okay picks for designer

>>15543846
Guilty conscience? Why don’t you just treat the “coomer” frag threads as a place for less sophisticated discourse and throw some of the less informed young guys some knowledge. You can’t even do that. Cunts.

>>15543856
>13563265467578 YouTube channels/forums about panty dropper scents
>that’s not enough! /frag/ has to cater to us too!
Literally trannies.

>>15543772
Maybe get something for the cold, I suggest snicebomb extreme, pure havane, rochas moustache and bentley for men intense

>>15541662
Got plenty for Azemour Les Orangers this summer from the stuff I got full bottles of and vibe well with. New York Intense is unequivocally liked by women on me.
>>15541973
If you sampled them before and liked then you did do gud.
>>15542643
Lol, is the other thread a parody or some trolling? I was absent from /frag/ for couple months and maybe don't get it but it's funny hard they are trying to convince each other that they have a lot of sex just like it's something extraordinary and that they're normal whereas everything about them seem off.
>>15543440
Don't, you'll be likely scammed.
>>15543490
Good eye
>>15543601
Don't
>>15543712
Agreed, I've smelled 20+ Rojas and there was not a single one that would pay the price for. That being said, Diaghilev is an excellent fragrance.

>>15544005
Coomers think sex is the be-all end-all measure of success because they’re not having it. If you were starving, you’d be obsessed with food. They literally don’t realize how fucked up their world view is.

>>15543915
Cheers, they all look interesting. I have ralph lauren red extreme which smell really comfy, but a bit too sweet and chocolatey to wear.

Just copped Amouage Overture. Fuck, it’s good! Amouage is retarded for keeping that one as a Harrods exclusive for so long. Best release from the house in years, maybe ever, and a really great cool weather scent.

>leave home for ~5 hours
>come back to it being 87 degrees indoors, fragrance bottles are slightly warm

reeeeEEEEEE

>>15544488
>he thinks his bottles didn't sit in a 90 degree warehouse then a 100 degree truck before he bought it

I'm not a niche beaver-piss smelling fag but fuck that coomer retard. So cringe. Just stay in your containment thread.

>>15544488
heat does nothing, sunlight is the problem

>>15544005
Diaghilev is great but not worth a thousand dollars. I've gotta say though I think Enigma Parfum is worth the money. Obviously not for the raw materials, but just for the fact that the smell is so unique and so good. The parfum cologne is a joke for 300 dollars though, even if it is twice the mls. I plan on buying Enigma directly from the Roja site and having my free 7.5ml be Diaghilev.

>>15544820
is it the UV? so like room/indoor lights are fine?

>>15544859
I actually feel like Enigma EDP is the best one. Smells almost identical to the Parfum, doesn’t last as long, but that’s kind of irrelevant since I get at least 12 hours out of the EDP anyway, and it projects much better. Really too bad that they replaced it with the Cologne.

>>15544859
>>15544978
based and Roja pilled, fuck the haters who can't afford

>>15544972
Yes. I could try to explain it with broken chemistry, but it's best to say that plenty of people talk about having their fragrances ruined in a very short amount of time because of direct exposure to sunlight.
Most lightbulbs also emmit a bit of UV, but it's negligible.

>>15544984
I had my bottle of DHC on my bedside table and sunlight hit it for like 2h a day, for 2 months.
The liquid got pretty yellow, now that I look at it
Smells about the same

>>15544980
Personally, I think Roja has quite a few really great scents, but you have to venture outside the core line to find them. Enigma is a classic, as far as I’m concerned, but outside of maybe Fetish, I don’t think any of the others from the main line are worth the money. Maybe Elysium Parfum if you’re really into “blue” scents, it is BIS there. Stuff like the Tutti-Fruity line, Midsummer Dream, some of his exclusives, Diaghilev, of course, a couple of the Gulf Collection scents, Amore Mio, probably a few others I’m forgetting. I feel like not a lot of people try those, they just try the core line so they don’t get a great feel for what the house really has to offer.

>>15545008
seems like the colognes sold a lot, but also damaged his reputation because of their poor performance

>>15545023
I actually don’t mind the colognes for what they are. I wound up getting Enigma (at a steep discount, of course) because I wanted a lighter version of Enigma that’s wearable in warmer weather. I think the big issue is that they’re priced around the same as the old EDPs, which were pretty objectively superior. If he’d done what Kilian did and released some fun, mass-appealing, more easygoing scents at a significantly lower price point, I think the cologne line would’ve been a big hit. Like you said, though, they seem to be selling quite well, so I guess he knew what he was doing.

Are you guises speaking in codes?

>>15545041
Yes. Yes kill the pope we are.

NEW THREAD
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