/fa/ - Fashion

>>17078818
The new Fragrance Groups 101 chart

>>17078818
The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

What's the Azzaro summer frag of choice if I'm looking for something fresh/nautical?

just blind bought. what am i in for?

wearing a dress and iris perfume as a male says the same thing. It says, “I suck cock and eat ass and get fucked in the ass with cocks and eat cum.”

I’m amazed at how many people here have no set awareness. They are quick to say “Guerlain vetiver smells old” but don’t realize that dior homo smells like a faggot.

>>17078834
How much did you pay? It’s a great frag. Congrats.

reminder to report obvious trolling attempts. I think the BI troll is back, trying to force some autistic arbitrary dior homme vs vetiver conflict

>>17078829
Azzaro Chrome of course.

>>17078837
like $80 USD on fragrancex. did i get scammed? thought thats a bargain given its a guerlain

>>17078851
You can usually get them discounted for less on eBay. But the quality is there. It’s every bit as good as Chanel or Dior and still less expensive for the price you paid.

>>17078835
I think wearing a dress is enough to signal that you are a raging faggot

>>17078843
have you tried bois imperial? greatest of all time

>>17078835
i regularly play music for gay orgies and haven't met a single guy wearing dior homme
creed definitely though

>>17078843
>reee everyone has to like the fragrances I like and dislike the fragrances I dislike!

>>17078843
slit your throat

This shit is vile. why is this so highly regarded and is it something i'll have to develop my nose for?

Give me your honest opinion on the following:
>MDCI
>Frédéric Malle
>Parfums de Marly
>Creed
>Roja
>Diptyque
>Heeley
>Imaginary Authors
>Maison Francis Kurkdjian
>Kilian
>Amouage

>>17078865
it literally says toilet water bro

>>17078834
>just blind bought. what am i in for?
Fresh but not modern soapy-clean take on the 18th century cologne formula. Spicy and green. Unisex leaning masculine. Not going to get more than 2 hours but it's a pretty great two hours. You cannot overspray.

I love it. It's my favorite of the Guerlain colognes.

>>17078885
>MDCI
no experience
>Frédéric Malle
Lovely scents, pricing is fine for the quality, they have some classics like musc ravageur, Music For a While, The Moon
>Parfums de Marly
their more "arab" creations are shit, male range is mostly crowd pleasers, bit overpriced but make for great daily scents, female range is trash
>Creed
mostly overpriced, abyssmal quality control, fragrances itself are usually good but not for the price
>Roja
little to no experience, but I am convinced they are overpriced to shit untill proven otherwise
>Diptyque
quality, and intresting.
>Heeley
insanenly good for the price, especially their summer scents, really unique and quality probably best in the game for summer
>Imaginary Authors
almost all scents have 4 hour longevity, some stuff is intresting but a lot of it is extremely boring and overhyped. packaging is x10 better than the frags inside
>Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Lots of classic scents like baccarat rouge and grand soir, gentle fluidity silver as well, all of them are pretty classy, if you can get a 10% discount they are worth it
>Kilian
a bit overpriced, but all the gourmand-ish scents are well fucking worth it for winter.
>Amouage
there are 4 must try's there, jubilation XXV, interlude man, beach hut man, reflection man, everything else is based on preference, quality is great, testers are well worth it

>>17078835
ok grandpa, did a guy in DHI fuck your wife or something?

>>17078885
The ones I have experience with

>Frédéric Malle
Now that they've been taken over, I'm withholding judgement but they used to make really interesting, powerful scents for men, women, and unisex.
>Parfums de Marly
Expensive people pleasers. Very "designer" smelling, but well made
>Creed
More bad than good. Every complaint is well-known
>Imaginary Authors
Challenging, interesting scents with no longevity
>Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Expensive but worth it
>Amouage
High quality but in no way worth the price

>>17078835
>They are quick to say “Guerlain vetiver smells old”
Who says this?

>>17078938
the voices in his head I presume, cause many people like both the frags (including me). but I think it's just a trolling attempt

>>17078849
Thanks my friend. How does it compare to something like Nautica Voyage?

>>17078944
OK, gotcha.

I asked, because I actually did have a girl who said Vetiver smelled old, but it turned out to be simple nostalgia since that's what her grandfather wore.
That's also how lots of girls will think Cool Water smells dated because their fathers wore it.

>>17078865
All Bogarts are shit. There, I said it. Each bottle so far has been a waste of money. They smell cheap.

>>17078938
Smells like an old alcoholic in a sweat ingrained suit trying to cover up the smell.

>>17078885
>MDCI
Some pretty based stuff in there, long lasting and unique fragrance.
>PdM
Only sampled Layton and Herod and the first one got mogged by the Al Haramain clone. Second one was good, but I feel like it would be redundant in my collection.
>Creed, Roja
Overpriced.
>Imaginary Authors
Bought a full bottle of Memoirs of a Trespasser, because it's pretty good. Came with a free sample of Falling into the Sea, and that shit sucks.

>>17078919
>>17078936
Aside from Imaginary Authors and Creed, which of these houses has the poorest longevity?
Which has the best in your experience?

>>17078971
>It's not old smelling, just something grandpa's like to wear.

Is BR540 really extremely loud? In what context/for what kind of person is it suitable

>>17078978
Not those anons, but Dipthyque seems to have awful longevity. There are feags from there I love but I don't want to spend that much for a frag I have to spray twice as much of to smell after two hours.

Longest, for all of those remaining brands, it varies enough from frag to frag that they all average out to be fine, with some being worse and some being better than average. Take each frag on it's own

>>17078978
Longevity is going to be different depending on the frag, regardless of the house. A heavy, leathery oud is going to last a while longer than a light, citrusy, summer scent.

FWIW, though, every Amouage I've tried has lasted all day.

>>17078835
i don't wear any dior but i enjoy hermes hiris, whatcha think?

>>17078857
better than eau sauvage? I liked chanel's eau de cologne

>>17078865
yea i agree, i blind bought it for equivalent of ~50$ and i regret it, very disappointing

>>17078980
>bad faith argument

Guerlain Vetiver came out in the 1960s. Men who wore it immediately drown in pussy and become fathers. They, being proper masculine, raise their sons right and their sons also drown in pussy. So obviously, those original wearers would be grandfathers now.

The conclusion: men who wear Vetitver attract fertile women.

>>17079000
>better than eau sauvage?
Completely different from Eau Sauvage.

>>17078988
if by loud you mean monster projection, than it's not loud at all, however it does leave a hefty sillage that is pretty sweet. It should be fine for any occasion outside of a funeral
>>17078978
shortest is either PDM or heeley, but we are still talking ~12 hrs atleast. And it really is on fragrance to fragrance basis. As athenean from heeley easily lasts 20hrs+ on my skin after I moisturize properly. but stuff like note de yuzu or sal de marin don't go over 10 hours most of the time, the longest on avg is probably amouage cause they do last 24hrs even the freshies. Stuff like tam dao edp or philosykos edp have lasted on my skin over 24hrs as well, however I was well moisturised and have gone ansomic to them so I had to ask my gf if she still can smell it. Both grand soir and baccarat last 20hrs + on me with very soft projection but a great scent trail

>>17079008
The actual conclusion:
men who wear Vetiver attract women who were fertile in the 60s.

>>17079021
>Incel cope

Let me guess, you spend 700 dollars on some niche frag that smells like barbecue ash and cat pee and you're frustrated that women don't have the patience to appreciate the quirky taste of a gentleman such as yourself?

>>17079024
>ad hominem
don't call others out and then get mad if your hypothesis doesn't withstand testing.

>>17079024
You're not wrong.
He probably started out with old-school fragrances during his Mad Men phase and got upset when wearing a suit and tie to class didn't improve his love life.

>>17079033
he responded, so it clearly hit home.

>>17078885

>Frédéric Malle
Very different scent profiles since there are many perfumers. All the scents I've tried were polished.
Vetiver Extraordinaire-fuzzy, dry vetiver
Carnal Flower- Cool amped up tuberose
L'eau d'Hiver- nutty medicinal heliotrope

>Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Winter and wool type scents. Everything feels dressed up. I have Grand Soir, Petit Matin and BR Extrait.

>>17079000
Yes
>>17079015
Different, but similar, but better

>>17079055
It's that same 60s old-man scent but Eau Sauvage is way more floral.

>>17078999
I’ve never smelled that one. But if iris is a main note it’ll smell very gay. Remember the old “real men wear pink” campaign they were pushing in the 2000s? We’ll the “iris is now masculine” campaign is sort of like that. Non NPCs realize that wearing a lot of pink and iris is very gay indeed.

I'm a total newfag. Just ordered a sample of Dior Eau Sauvage EdT as seen in the "beginner's flowchart." What do you guys think of this scent for a young guy such as myself who's looking for something for the summer? Apologies in advance for my inexperience.

>>17079085
KYS, you will be smelling like a 40 yr old

>>17079085
>What do you guys think of this scent for a young guy such as myself who's looking for something for the summer?
Depends what you're looking for and how inexperienced you are.

If you're looking for a modern shower-gel fresh fragrance, Eau Sauvage is definitely not going to be it. It's from the 1960's and the fashion of those days was for floral, herbal aromatics. It's got a nice bergamot jasmine pop and a lot of oakmoss. (I won't go into detail how it's neutered from its original formulation.)
Oakmoss can smell very old-fashioned to a lot of people because modern fragrances don't use it. (It's banned per IFRA because it's mildly toxic or something and the synthetic oakmosses aren't great.)

Now, if you like it, that's great, you only bought a sample of it. It's still a masterpiece of mid-century perfumery that everyone should at least try.

>>17079070
>>17079085
For those not following:
>well blended natural and masculine colognes smell old (eau sauvage)
>fragrances with historically and culturally masculine notes smell old (Guerlain vetiver)
>fragrances with historically and culturally feminine notes smell young (Dior homo)
It’s all so tiresome. Masculine fragrances (like everything else) have been corrupted by globohomo by convincing men that a type of fragrance can/will attract women (an inversion of the sexual roles, where men appeal to women through bodily performance rather than competence and provision). That's not to say that dark, heavy, rugged, mossy aromas are less masculine or even equally masculine as the modern sweet gourmands or lipsticky iris 'office' scents. Of course they're more masculine/less feminine, this doesn't need teasing out; dry buttery sandalwoods, mosses, resins etc are not as feminine as iris/violet.

>>17079008
> Guerlain Vetiver came out in the 1960s. Men who wore it immediately drown in pussy and become fathers. They, being proper masculine, raise their sons right and their sons also drown in pussy. So obviously, those original wearers would be grandfathers now.
Can confirm.
t 30 year old with three kids

>>17079100
>>17079103
Thanks for the thoughtful responses. I don't think I'll be turned away by any "old" smell. I'm buying cologne mostly for myself-if other people do or don't like it I really don't mind.

>>17079115
>I don't think I'll be turned away by any "old" smell.
Definitely. And don't think of it as "old". It's not like you'll smell like an old man any more than wearing a tuxedo makes you look like James Bond.
It's like how you can enjoy music from today, the 80s, the 60s, or the 1800s. It's all a product of its time, but it was fresh and new when it came out.

One thing that's interesting, though, about older fragrances: they were formulated in an era when everyone smoked cigarettes. They were designed to work in an era when the air smelled different.

>>17079115
Just remember that times have changed. You don't wear the style of certain eras anymore, and sometimes the fragrances have to go away with it.
It's unfortunate, but certain frags have overstayed their welcome.

>>17079103
>thinks fragrances are gendered
hello, fellow globohomo!

>>17079134
Shit comes back around though.

I regularly wear Guerlain Mitsouko on cool weather dates. I get tons of compliments on it. It's over a hundred years old. No one remembers their grandmother or anything wearing it. It might as well be brand new.

>>17079134
You’re the type of person that think Bad Bunny makes great music and Mozart is a thing of the past. In short, you’re a low iq NPC.

>>17079139
edp or extrait?

>>17079153
>Bad Bunny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn21hH7kyx8

>>17079139
Even old school feminines like mitsouko, shalimar; and Jicky are more masculine than Dior homo

>>17079167
Eau de Parfum. I can't justify the cost of the extrait.

>>17079170
Godammit, /pol/ is leaking again.

>>17079153

>>17079175
I am trying to justify it, but it's hard to come across anybody that has experienced it.
>>17079178
kys nigger

Fumes that will make girls look at me like this?

>>17079205
>I am trying to justify it, but it's hard to come across anybody that has experienced it.
Based on the current formulation, they're identical in terms of scent. The extrait lasts a little bit longer and projects much less. It's not like Chanel No.5 or something where there's wild differences between the extrait, eau de parfum, and eau de toilette.

>>17079219
genes

>>17079219
185cm pour homme

>try the geo f trumper sandalwood
>projection and silage takes a nosedive after 5 2 minutes
>scent is almost entirely gone after an hour
lol

>>17079219
Loadsamoney

>>17079238
It's an eau de cologne. How much performance do you expect?

>>17079085
Lmao fell for the tryhard meme, just get normal sauvage

>>17079246
idk, based on fragrantica reviews, atleast 3-4 hours

>>17079251
Are you sure it's gone and you haven't just gone noseblind? That's a pretty common thing.

>Be me
>Apply 2 sprays of Chanel Platinum Egoiste and go to work
>10 in the morning...fuck me it's gone
>Meet up with gf after work
>One of the first things she says, "Mmm, you're wearing that Chanel that I like."

>>17079250
>lmao fell for the mass marketed high profit margin meme
Good goy

Jannies are such faggot. Apparently saying that Dior homme and all iris fragrances smells gay is a reportable offense. Take the warning and shove up your ass. I’m sure you’ll like it faggot. Just like wearing pink is gay, wearing iris scented fragrances is gay.

>>17079234
>tfw 181cm
Is it over?

>>17079265
Never say die, but the dream is definitely on life support.

>>17079265
No, but you're pretty much limited to girls 155cm and under.

>>17079265
it never begun. If you don't care about the future of your offspring go to japan / vietnam / thailand

>>17078949
Never found NV to sample. I resampled Chrome today and man, I was disappointed, it became a skin scent in minutes if not seconds on my wrist after 4 sprays. Maybe the tester was crap, cause the other time I sampled it it was better. There's also Azzaro Wanted tonic but I didn't try it. I am too looking to buy a cheap citrusy freshie for summer but I am still not sure yet.

>>17079374
>I am too looking to buy a cheap citrusy freshie for summer but I am still not sure yet.
How cheap is cheap?

>>17079374
try montblanc 'legend' and 'explorer' if you want real cheap.
nothing amazing, but they fit what you're looking for.

>>17079378
under 40 eurobucks

>>17079393
nautica voyage and fuck off

>>17079393
Versace Man Eau Fraiche
Jimmy Choo Man Ice
Ferrari Radiant Bergamot

>>17079392
I sampled montblanc explorer from my flatmate, not bad but I can't smell the citrus and I wouldn't wear it at the beach under the sun. Or you mean the blue explorer? I tried the OG creed clone black one.
Too bad Clown Water disappointed me.
Right now I am considering:
>nautica voyage
>Davidoff CW intense
>Missoni Wave (I like both Versace pour homme and Chanle Allure Sport)
>one of the Azzaro Chrome flankers (extreme since it's close to profondo?)
>>17079400
No citrus though, but everyone says it's good so yeah. Never found it irl
>>17079406
Eau Fraiche is very nice, but around 50, I would just get VPH which is 43 bucks at the moment. Looking for a 100 ml bottle and since all these freshies have short longevity I'm trying to see which one would last longer.
I'll try the JCI one, never smapled them cause that name and bottles never really inspired me to pick them up, but they are always in stores.
Ferrari looks cool will look into that thanks.

>>17078885
>Give me your honest opinion on the following:
>MDCI
Good fragrances
>Frédéric Malle
Overpriced and reworked to be mass appealing
>Parfums de Marly
Meme
>Creed
Meme
>Roja
Meme
>Diptyque
We want l'oreal to buy us
>Heeley
Interesting, worth trying
>Imaginary Authors
Kind of fun
>Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Well priced samples, worth trying
>Kilian
Expensive but mass appealing
>Amouage
Some gems, some turds, mostly worth discounters prices

>>17078938
I do. It smells dated.
If you want the same smell without the old person smell, go with Tom Ford's grey vetiver.

>>17078818
is Eros EDP too hard for +30° C weather?

>>17079445
depends on how much and where you spray. You should be fine with 2 sprays. Also if you're going to the club, obviously you can spray more

SOTD SAUVAGE AND EROS LETS FUCKING GO

>>17079431
you know that no frederic malle has been reforumlated right? I think it's important you know that, I also think you are clinicaly insane if you think that stuff like portrait of a lady, synthetic jungle or Music For a While are mass appealing or castrated in any way shape or form

>>17079468
>you know that no frederic malle has been reforumlated right?
Your opinion is contrary to what the frag com belives. Fragrances like Musc Ravageur were drastically changed after he sold the brand in 2014-2015.

>>17079468
I mean really if you know how often dior changes batch codes the idea that 20+ year old fragrances haven't been changed is comical. 22 years of ifra and eu regulations and nothing is different?

>>17079483
I find it a bit sad and a bit hilarious that most niche brands don't give you formulation codes like Dior does

>>17078988
not loud, but does leave a sillage
in metros especially i've come across it the most out of all frags and it always leaves a pleasent sillage

it's suitable for sunny and warm days like these, since its sweetness and it's a unisex vibrant frag overall.
it's a whitepill kind of optimistic and welcoming frag

>>17079422
I see that you mostly like aquatic-citrusy frags, but I'm still gonna make some differnent suggestions:
Dunhill Icon or Ajmal Kuro.
Icon is a citrus-neroli frag with a green-woody twist added to it. Ajmal Kuro is just Sauvage, but at a lower price.
Finally there'd also be Versace Blue Jeans, which (in my opinion) is a great performer for its price, but you should test the others first (including the other suggestions you got).

CW Intense is pretty good for what it is, although it's more of a crowdpleaser-type fragrance. I'm getting insane performance out of it, it surprises me every time. It made my rotation simply because it has the performance to get in.

>>17079422
neroli intense is only 10$ and lasts alright. it's also so cheap you can just overspray
I don't like fresh aquatics much myself, but encre noire sport is not bad. doesn't last particularly well, but it's a bit more unique as a freshie because of the woody edge

>>17079494
I find it a bit sad that Dior frags mog 99% of other stuff, while being a big corpo-owned designer house and giving you proper formulation codes, although they come at a slight premium.
I'm excited to see what Kurkdjian can come up with in the future.

>>17079431
>MFK
>Well priced samples
Thank you for posting that, I didn't know that you could pick 4 of your choice for 14 euro total from their website, so they've never really been on my radar. Very accessible for the kind of quality they seemingly put out.
Now considering which ones I'll get, besides BR540 of course.

>>17079556
Yeah it surprised the hell out of me as well

>>17079541
>I'm excited to see what Kurkdjian can come up with in the future
yeah, me too
I hope he does more stuff like the Demachy-made Parfums, I think they're a much more appealing prospect than designer luxury lines - you pay a bit of a premium to have something with really great performance that's a good balance between mass-pleasing and unique

also looking to see what the next men's line be from Dior to replace Sauvage. same with Chanel and Bleu

>>17078885
What about L'artisan parfumeur?

>>17079625
Haven't tried em myself. Luca Turin said they don't have the same sparkle that they did when they first premiered, both reductions in quality of old scents and newer ones not being that interesting, but check out his reviews there is probably still a few things worth sampling

>>17079529
I saw many dunhills today, tried Dunhill Century Blue, good performance but too sweet for me. Sure, I'll try Icon next time.
I don't really need Sauvage clones cuz I have Sauvage edt, it's pretty good.
Blues jeans seems nice, but then someone said it smells like bubblegum and idk about that.
CWI is 32 bucks on notino for 125 ml, the good performance is alluring for a summer frag. wish I could sample it. Coconut seems lovely, not sure what amber smells like yet. Anything similar to it that I can find and sample? and what do you mean with crowd pleaser as a negative thing? that it doesn't smell unique? Could you describe it?
>>17079537
Neroli intense by Nicolai or Neroli Intense by Jeanne?

>>17079649
>Blues jeans seems nice, but then someone said it smells like bubblegum
it's more like soda desu, or cola
>>17079649
>Neroli Intense by Jeanne
this one. the other one isn't cheap and I haven't tried it, it sounds pretty different from the notes

>>17079649
>Neroli intense by Nicolai or Neroli Intense by Jeanne?
The second one is the cheap one. Nicolai is very good but in a different price bracket

I've received an overabundant amount of compliments from both men and women when wearing this, but after years of daily use, i've exhausted my appreciation for it. I don't know much about colognes, but is there something similar to the feel of this, just different?

>>17079670
Chrome Azarro

>>17078885
>Malle
great concept, some really interesting frags, now more overpriced than ever
>PdM
just marketing, no special scent to speak of, nothing very complex or daring or far from the mainstream
>Creed
some great frag that made (recent) history, now more overpriced and watered down than ever
>Diptyque
performance so bad all around that they won't be worth it even if they were the best smelling frags in the world
>Heeley
good quality frags, most realistic burning-incense-and-myrrh-in-church scent I've tried, a bit out there but if you find a scent you really like then it's great stuff
>Kilian
very similar scents all around, they fill a niche but I wouldn't say they're very interesting, and they're somewhat overpriced

>>17079431
Which frags from MFK are worth sampling aside from BR540 and Gentle Fluidity Silver?

>>17079670
could be chanel platinum egoiste if you want a more premium fragrance in a slightly similar fresh fougere style

I sprayed Molecule 02 on myself twice, a copious amount the second time, and I could barely smell anything aside from a very faint and unusual smell that I'm not really able to describe.
Molecule 01 on the other hand I could smell just fine after some 30-45 minutes and lasted at least 12h close to my skin.
Tell it to me straight bros, am I simply unable to smell ambroxan?

>>17079658
>>17079660
aight thanks.

Anyone tried this?
>Chanel Allure sport/Versace Pour Homme hybrid clone
>magnetic cap
>100 ml at 40 bucks
>shilled and liked by everybody

A 3 mL Luna Rossa decant decided to kill itself by rolling off of my dresser. What's some better/different lavender frags than it?

>>17079677
Maybe oud satin mood and grand soir

>>17079649
Blue Jeans has a bit of that cola vibe especially at the start, but it loses some of it over time. That's why I said to sample it after all the other ones, because I don't feel like this is a safe rec.

The coconut in CWI is kinda weak (in my opinion). "Amber" is impossible to describe because it is just a note fitted to whatever combination of aromachemicals they use. Mostly revolving around ambroxan or similar "amber" smelling molecules. It's what's currently found in a lot of perfumery as the base and in combination with some sweetness or showergel freshness, which creates the "crowdpleaser" quality. Hard to hate because it's a clean smell and everybody likes cleanliness. Some people just prefer something more exciting, which is why they'd hate a frag with those "crowdpleaser" qualities.

Last but not least, Jeanne en Provence Neroli Intense smells like 4711, so if you like that, certainly test it. If you absolutely hate 4711, maybe dodge Dunhill Icon as well, it has some similarities.

>>17079693
Yeah I bought a 30 ml at a drug store and I gotta be honest, it was too much of a generic aquatic frag for me. I don't like aquatics, so I'm biased.

>>17079715
>>17079649
>what does amber smell like?
I would say it usually smells sticky, heavy and sweet, a bit like honey or something. but it depends on what aromachemical they're using

>>17079677
I would get both br540, gentle fluidity silver and grand soir

>>17079625
their fig gets mogged by dyptique and heeley. Their tea scent is good.
>>17079431
>malle bad
>imaginary authors good
do you actually smell the fragrances or just copy what the bloggers say

>>17079770
>their fig
I remember my mom used to wear it when I was little
Isn't the longevity better than dyptique's though

>>17079699
Salle Privee Monochrome is similar to Luna Rossa Carbon, with more depth (a slight smokiness), but no lavender in its listed notes.

>order Arran Aromatics frag from their website
>currently in the ROI so figure it should take just a few days
>the customer portal/orders part of their website is very buggy for a professional website
>the tracking number stops being trackable after 36h and the FedEx website doesn't recognize it anymore
whenever did I chose to buy a frag from the british...

>>17079770
Kind of fun is hardly an enthusiastic endorsement. I think their $40 sampler is worth the price of admission but nost people probably wouldn't want a full bottle of any of them. Meanwhile Malle frags are up to $200 for a 30ml bottle or $395 for 100ml, i don't think they are worth that, maybe you feel differently

>>17079715
thank you anon, very helpful as always.
>>17079719
if you don't go to the beach/live in a hot-humid place neare the sea I can see why you don't care for aquatics.

Do I just buy a bottle of Cool Water for summer, or should I try the intense/parfum version first?

>>17079468
Frederic Malle has absolutely been reformulated, and many times at that. Just judging by alcohol content there's been at least 4 different formulations of French Lover. Also the fact that you consider things like Music for a While not mass apealing makes me think you have never smelled it and probably never owned a Malle

>>17079802
Night dive or ocean extreme
Or a vintage bottle of the og if you live in the US
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284487516025

>>17079814
>Night dive or ocean extreme
What's the difference with the OG?

>>17079808
take ur meds. i bet ur bets are reformulated too. several times. dumb pseud.

>>17079468
>>17079808
Is it true that Angeliques has terrible longevity and projection?
The fuck is with niche houses making scents with bad longevity, if I'm paying upwards of 300 for 100ml I'd at least want it to fucking last long

>>17079784
up to 200$ a bottle for 30 is not genuine when most of the time they cost ~70$ per 30ml bottle is it?

>>17079772
longevity is better than the edt, in no way it's better than the edp's however edp is more creamy and athenean would be a better comparesment

>>17079820
Ocean extreme is an amped up take on the og, but fairly close, night dive is more fruit on top with a slightly darker base, still aquatic.
If you want to stay close to the original but get something a little more modern and a little strong i would go with night dive. Or get a vintage, the vintage ones tend to have slightly better longevity than current bottles but it's not a huge enough difference to chase one down and pay a lotlof money for it if they arent easily available where you live, same with the flankers i listed desu

>>17079824
Longevity is good at 13hrs+ but yea there is no projection at all, after 30 minutes it's just a skin scent

>>17079832
I see you haven't been to their website lately
Pic related is current pricing

>>17079846
I guess some of them are a bit cheaper but certainly not $79 for 30ml

>>17079846
529 PLN = 113.3647 €
Bigarade Concentree
French Lover
Geranium Pour Monsieur
L'eau D'hiver ( around the same for 50ml)
First you say 30ml, now you show 50mls of the more expensive ones, why the fuck do you need to be so ingenuine

>>17079861
Fuck off retard

>>17079867
>be slimy lying piece of shit
>get proven wrong multiple times
>his attempts at deceit get pointed out
>fuck off retard
kek

>>17079840
Among the niche brands listed here >>17078885 which are the ones with the best performance in general? Longevity + projection

>>17079873
got to be amouage

>>17079870
Wow 3 of their bottles are nearly 2x as expensive as you claimed and the rest are more expensive who is the fucking liar?
Tell me how much 30ml of musc ravaguer is priced at on his website right now, take a look.

>>17079881
>the website
ofc it's going to more expensive there, why cannot you be genuine for a fucking second

>>17079884
Fuck off retard
Go build a house upside down you filthy pollack, why are you arguing about frags that cost a months worth of your salary anyways?

>>17078818
Overpriced you’re not attracting us with smelly fluids parasitical men are so stupid

>>17079891
Ad hominem is all you can do dipshit, but fret not as I can finance my fragrances and live out the american dream.

>>17079875
Only them?

>many cheapies on the marker
>4545223 different flankers of each cheapie
>stores have a grand total of MAYBE 5 cheapies, always the same and always just the originals
I fucking hate parfumeries so much it's unreal

>get a small bottle of Scents of Wood Vetiver in Oak through scentbird
>really like it, get compliments on it and decide to go buy an actual bottle of it
>it's $240 dollars

I suffer

>>17078818
just saw the OP picture, as a Baraonda user this is great - saved, thanks OP

>>17080044
Glad you like it. Here's the original one in case you want it, I had to resize it to meet file size limits.
https://files.catbox.moe/xha08c.png

Good summer date frags that aren't generic designer pleasers? Rec me scents that are romantic but not "sexy" or obviously made to appeal to women (like Eros, Sauvage etc)

>>17080085
I mean all the girls I date like my frags but I wear frags made for women lol
I don't think you're dating the same type of girls, just figure out what the type of girl you date likes and wear that

>>17080085
I'm never sure about this myself. I think if it's an evening date you can just wear whatever you want. Rochas Moustache EDP could be a good year-round date scent I think, it's not too cloying or heavy despite being fairly sweet and inoffensive. Typically romantic too with the vanilla, rose and amber.

>>17080090
>just figure out what the type of girl you date likes
any ideas if I mostly date art hoes?

>>17080094
Rosenrot intense

>>17080085
baccarat rouge, ganymede, Soleil Brûlant , Lucky dior, Music For a While

>>17079689
>I sprayed Molecule 02
I sprayed it on my arm and I couldnt smell nothing at all after one minute. I think this is very common.

>>17080104
yes you went nose blind, happens. Always ask second opinion to not look like other retards in those threads

something from today sampling:
pic related is so good, you will smell exactly like grapefruit and bergamot, and lasts long, I tried all the D&G flankers and original and this is hands down the best, rest is unremarkable compared to this. If you like fruit you have to have it

my urge to buy Antaeus is slowly outgrowing my urge to buy Shalimar

Pic related smells amazing, while Black Orchid smells like shit lmao

This thread feels dead

>>17079103
I sampled this once and loved it but not for the price. I feel like I sell cars or run a premium golf course with this frag but it just doesn't feel me.

I sampled pic related and fell in love with it. Anyone know how it compares to the standard Luna Rossa?

I’ve tried three kinds of Dior colognes. My god, they are shit.

I’m sticking to my Bogie boys.

>>17080286
Dior doesn't even sell any colognes dummy

>>17080308
Dior Homme Cologne?

>>17080316
He was clearly some eastern european that calls all mens fragrance cologne like it's still 1975

>>17080094
Encre Noire Extreme

>>17080094
Polo EDT (green) (original)

Speaking of polo edt i thought everyone complained that the current bottles were weak as shit. I smelled it on paper at the mall the other day and it seemed like it had some real juice to it still. Maybe i would feel differently if i tried it on skin, but as far as frags from the 80s that have been reformulated 20 times it seemed like it was still pretty decent

>>17080111
I might just have to check that out. I'm finding myself really drawn to the fruitier scents.

I thought it was a meme. But Dior homme literally smells like a faggot. I can’t explain but it put off gay vibes.

>>17080085
Guerlain habit rouge edc or Caron pour homme

Question bros should you layer with escentric 01? or is that an autistic idea I prefer it to molecule 01

>>17080483
Where is the one that smells like pencil shavings?

I actually love that frag so much, but have never worn it at the bar. Always keep in my comfort zone of known pleasers.

>>17080487
WHICH*

>>17080483
Eh its more complex so you can't just layer it with anything. It has to compliment the fragrance you layer it with.

Any here tried this? $115 for a 50ml bottle

>>17080490
OP here it's sweet and powdery on me..so like fresh scents and woody scents?

>>17080487
apparently escentric 01 does but ngl I dont get that on myself

>>17079263
Because you're just shitting up the thread for the sake of being a cunt.

Chicks love this shit, also makes me wanna make love to myself

>>17080688
I will never buy any frag whose bottle looks like this
I only buy frags with nice looking bottles in general

>>17080308
ENTER
But whilst on the topic, what does this even smell like?

>>17080368
this is the fruitiest and most natural scent I have smelled so far. I was really impressed.
>>17080712
fragratica says it's a fresher, summer version of the OG, weaker performance. Don't bother and get the OG.

>>17080688
Delivery should be any time. Thank you for validating my purchase
>>17080414
you sound like a faggot, I can't explain it but you put off gay vibes

>>17080085
Just use a "winter" frag, works for me.

>>17080286
I tried like 5 Bogarts and they all sucked. Sticking to my Diors.
I just drop them into my shopping basket whenever I need x amount of €for free shipping, and they were never good. I'm still gonna buy Club 75 at some point, but I expect nothing.

>>17080487
I get the pencil shavings from Molecule 01 and Iso-E Super in general.
Both Encre Noire A L'Extreme and Frederic Malle's Monsieur. smells like nothing but pencil shavings in the drydown to me.

>>17080822
To further calm you down, I also like LMLP. It's linear and not very complex, but at least that means you can tell within 5 minutes whether or not you like it. It smells like the opening of my first Le Male bottle ~15 years ago. Le Male itself has changed over time, it's still good but it's the frag I've owned the longest and I can easily tell.

>go to Sephora to try some stuff
>some girl immediately comes up to me to try and sell me the new Sauvage EDP or whatever
Fuck off

>>17080852
> I tried like 5 Bogarts and they all sucked
Go spray you and your boyfriend with Bois Imperial you faggot

>>17080855
thanks anon, I love it, reminds me of Armani Code my friend used over a decade ago. Dont get too much Le Male in it, although it's been years since I smelled it so maybe that's why.

>Allure Sport Extreme
>Bleu EdP
>Gio EdT
>Gio Profondo
>DG light blue
>DG Italian love
What's best for tropical climate?
I tried them all and like the fresh sweetness of Allure Extreme but I'm bothered with it being too feminine.
Also tried edition blanche but fuck me that shit smells like cheap toilet cleaner.
What alternatives exist?

>Wear 3 sprays of BdJ
>go to the store shopping on my way home
>cashier sprays her hands with hand sanitizer and sniffs them whilst saying "I smelt a very strong perfume so I need to smell this instead to get rid of that scent"
alright.

>>17080996
>cashier sprays her hands with hand sanitizer and sniffs them whilst saying "I smelt a very strong perfume so I need to smell this instead to get rid of that scent"
why are so many women like this nowadays?

women then:
>hmm a social occasion? this calls for copious use of Mitsouko
women now:
>ewww 3 sprays of inoffensive lavender frag?? LITERALLY shaking right now, about to have three headaches at once...

>>17080978
How about light blue forever? I'm on the fence with that photorealistic grapefruit, but people seem to love it, and it behaves well in high temperatures. Hermes Eau Givree has the same main note too. Not particularly masculine though. My go to for hot days is Terre Eau Tres Fraiche - wonderful, but it's getting hard to find.

>>17080996
Sorry to hear that, I asked a girl working in Douglas once what does she think of BdJ, and she said it seems like a something an old guy would wear. I like it, but I kind of agree, that vintage fougere style rarely works these days, and can come off as aspirational especially on younger guys. That being said the average persons taste in fragrance these days is embarrassing.

Bought Cedrat Boise and the longevity is 1-2 hours.
The batch is 5 months old.
Do I have to let it macerate or is Mancera just shit?

>>17081105
I hear lots of mancera frags got reformulated recently and are weaker now
mancera is fairly shit in general, regardless of the performance. much better to buy from chanel, dior or guerlain at that price

>>17081105
1) moisturize
2) ask other people if they can smell it
I am willing to bet you are just noseblind to it, that shit lasts a day easily

>>17081087
Italian Love and Forever seem to be twins so based on that I was really surprised how realistic that grapefruit is but to me there was little else besides the grapefruit which is not enough for me.
Not a bad scent but a little one dimensional to me, prefer tue classic intense.

Also, mixing Allure Extreme and light blue intense on paper stripes elevates the overall scent.

Maybe I can find Hermes or the other one at the airport, if not I just settle with whatever.

>>17081105
Manceras I have tried usually have nuclear performance out of the box, but maybe maceration would help. I've had other brands' fragrances need 3 months or so of maceration before they really perform well. I also think Cedrat Boise might also just be one that falls into the category of easy to go nose blind to

>>17080417
Those are great when you're taking an 80 year old out courting. I wore that Caron to the malt shoppe the other day and the sound of women scraping their walkers across the floor to get a sniff was so loud I had to turn down my hearing aid

>>17081201
What can I say, if there ain't risk of my partner going into cardiac arrest I cannot get it hard namsayn? thats why I only fuck quadruple vaxxed and geriatrics

>>17081110
>>17081184
Sprayed once on my forearm and I can barely smell it when I put my nose into it, so I dont think im getting noseblind

>>17081216
>Sprayed once on my forearm and I can barely smell it when I put my nose into it,
that's the easiest way to go noseblind actually
spray it on the back and sides of the neck to get a more realistic idea of the longevity

>>17081216
>step by step guide on how to go noseblind
>I dont think I am getting noseblind
jesus.

>>17080699
Silly, it's a classic design anon, looks better irl than in the pictures and feels good in hand.

Also post great bottle design. Pic rel is fantastic, feels so Y2K

>>17081243
I love the design of MFK and Diptyque bottles. They're simple but they look classy

>>17081243
I like the Eau Sauvage bottle a lot. Dior has a lot of cool bottles, Fahrenheit and Homme are some of my favorites too

>run out of Guilty Story from Mihan Aromatics
>try to order from them but no longer ship to my country
>manage to find it on "fleekfellows.com"
>arrives to my place few days later
>smell it, its clearly not Guilty Story

do I email them and tell them that somethings wrong? It's not a bad scent but its definitely not what I wanted

what fragrance would a + handicap wear?

What do I wear on a date? Eros or light blue forever?

>>17081328
Whichever one you like best.

>>17081328
Who's the lucky lady

>>17081286
It's not about handicap, it's about the type of course
Muni: Eros
Nice public course: Terre d'Hermes
Private club: Polo green

Damn i finally got around to trying the new MAB encelade. Sadly its a miss for me. My thoughts:

Encelade: opens with a dark vetiver like encre noire and sweet rhubarb. The vetiver shifts into the sterile accord that ganymede is known for but continues to have the rhubarb undertone strongly clashing with it. I feel like QB tried to take the comments that ganymede was "sexless" and tried to make it sexy. Overall its a miss for me. Very linear and not my style. So far the only MAB release i like is b683 extrait. BI remains my top QB frag.

What did you think of it anons?

>>17081328
Well, I like them both. Light blue forever has really great opening, but unfortunately not very long lasting. Eros is... Well, eros is eros. Although my brother finds it a bit boomerish, but I like it.

Just wondering which one a girl would find most attractive

>>17081337
A friend from college. She's into art, if that's matter

>>17081350
Thanks for the review i was pretty interested in this

>>17081353
Unless she straight up tells you what frag she finds attractive then you're better off wearing the frag that makes you feel good, because when you feel good you're relaxed and confident.

>>17081355
Light Blue it is then

>>17081357
I hate to shit on any frag but i have a high expectations from BI and b683 extrait. I would still say sample it if you get the chance. But i did not detect any green/woody/tonka notes like it shows on fragnetica. It does not live up to the description "the edge of a jungle and smoking volcano" at all.

After a couple tries of a sample of Acqua di Parma Oud & Spice:

Literally smells gross to me. Distinctly old man and rotten fruit or something like that.

>>17081387
>old man and rotten fruit
Sounds based
Pyramid looks okay, reviews make it sound awful
ADP seems to use this really fucking stank ass leather accord. It sounds like it's just bad a lot of the time

I like Versace Man eau Fraiche but it fades off really quickly. Is DG Light blue for females better performing? It's just so fresh and juicy

>>17080810
>I was really impressed
what's the performance like though? Does it last a while?

>>17081387
Well there's your problem, you shoulda read the fine print

Should you be only using unscented hygiene products when also using cologne?
Be gentle, I know I'm retarded.

>>17081421
Use whatever works best for you, they usually aren't strong enough to overpower your frag.

>>17081110
The old bottles with screw on cap is good. New ones are apparently not.

>>17081421
I always use unscented stuff. I just dont like getting bombarded with 10 different smells as im showering and getting ready.
If you want you can usually get away with using scented stuff for anything you wash off, soap, shower gell, face soap etc but i would avoid it for stuff you leave on like deodorant

>>17081421
I use musk deodorant, gaiac wood, myrrh & tonka shower gel, all of them are base scents that work well with any fragrance

>>17081414
Better than the basic citrusy freshie. Lasted a fair amount of hours when I sampled it. It's an EDP after all.

>>17081227
Back of the neck has been a game changer for me. Love getting whiffs of my frag all day long.

>>17081461
Cool beans, I'll have to see if I can find some this weekend to sample/buy.

>>17078818
order arrived with 2 bags of random shit. lots of makeup and creams, but also a good handful of samples. these are just quick paper tests.

tom ford eau de soleil blanc
suntan lotion and some citrus
a mature woman at the beach sort of scent
1/5

mfk oud satijn mood
vanilla, roses, earthy but not dirty oud, powdery
very warm , inviting, fancy
id wear this, but i will never be a woman
5/5

paco rabanne 1 million
there were three of these included
straight into the garbage they went/5

creed aventus
definitely from a fancy pineapple water batch.
lacks all the other scents that are in the bottle i have
2/5 because its just pineapple juice

creed millesime imperial
wooden crate of fruit on an old wooden hull boat in the middle of an ocean
very light, airy
5/5

salvatore ferragamo edt
how you would describe the general smell in the frag section in any dept. store.
something floral, something citrus, something earthy, something stinky
very generic, boring and forgettable
biggest free 'sample' I've ever seen. its 12ml.
1/5

byredo mumbai noise
the oud has a bit of body oder stink to it, but its not entirely repulsive
earthy, warm, bitter, muddy, pungent
i don't know if i love it or hate it/5

>>17081533
ermenegildo zegna cyprium
mild, woody, spicy, earthy
dull
3/5

ermenegildo zegna charcoal
reminds me of my home office. metal tins full of drawing/drafting pencils, stacks of different papers, bottles of inks and paints.
it smells like that with a bit of spice and incense.
new/fresh, but old. familiar, inviting. a bit serious but still relaxing.
5/5

ermenegildo verdigris
metal, dryer sheets, vitamins
light, airy, cool
2/5

burberry hero
fresh, clean cut cedar, cedar, and more cedar
freshly ground black pepper, some light bitter citrus
very safe, masculine
3/5

ralph lauren ralph's club
woody, lavender, vetiver
generic, boring, the entire aisle of cheap scented body sprays/deodorants
very strong, too strong
i got some on my hand and can't get it off
1/5

moncler pour homme
bagged mulch and dill
1/5

kilian roses on ice
rose, cucumbers, and cleaning detergent
1/5

kilian angels share
rich, dark, spicy, boozy
sweet vanilla and cinnamon, ripe apple slices in simple syrup
extremely heavy and warm
if it wasn't so damn hot here, i would try wearing this.
4/5

viktor and rolf flower bomb
a flower shop, vanilla and patchouli
sickly sweet with some earthiness
can imagine a mob of dumb-as-shit teenage girls wearing 60 sprays of this.
won't even give it to someone/5

versace yellow diamond
lemon pledge furniture polish
canned pears, some lightly scented flowers
4/5

kenzo flower
light, baby powder, dried flowers, clean laundry left outside all day
2/5

>>17081533
>mfk oud satijn mood
Is this totally feminine? I was thinking of ordering a sample, any yellow florals that you notice? Jasmine that sort of thing.

>>17081537
jasmin is white floral, they are not that noticable but its defintly sensual

>>17081535
>moncler pour homme
>bagged mulch and dill
Lol, why do all these houses keep falling for the dill meme?

my head started to hurt after spraying 2 samples per day on my arms for the past week, is this normal? Aventus Creed and it's clones are the worst offenders

>>17081533
yeah fuck 1 million.

And I STILL get a woman frag sample after ordering a man frag... for the second time...

>>17081544
yes. Never let niggers meme you into "head cannot hurt because of a fragrance"

>>17081544
Stop buying fragrances with ambroxan in them

>>17081552
can i fix this or should I >>17081558
? i just want to smell and sample nice things bros...

>>17081566
Ambroxan smells like shit anyway, you aren't missing out on much.
Just find stuff made with any of the 12 dozen other aromatic bases, like iso e super, javanol, cashmeran etc

>>17081566
I find that when i put on a new fragrance and keep smelling it every 10 minutes all day it sometimes makes me feel sick but if im just wearing it normally and not sniffing it all the time it's usually okay.

>>17081566
>>17081601
No promises tho, ambroxan is notorious for giving people headaches

>>17080111
I'm wearing it for the first time today, anon. I love this shit. The natural citrus reminds me of Dior Homme Cologne, but with grapefruit instead.

>>17081533
Where did you buy from to get all this?

>>17081566
many factors can play into it, from your hydration, from the ambient temperature, to using too many frags at once, if even after spraying it on your neck casually you get headaches that means the frag aint for you. simple as

>>17081355
Art? Haha. Hey maybe show her your collection ? Possible to get some inspiration from the bottle designs haha. Good conversation topic though, unless the girl is close minded but art babes usually are not. My favorite my Perri Ellis red. Haha. It's easy to stick up my ass. Maybe you have something phallic shaped? Maybe

>>17081617
Yeah it's good shit.
I'm thinking of buying it for my mum, she LOVES fruit, told me she doesn't like feminine scents, and this is not particularly masculine to me, not sweet but not masculine either. what do you say?

>>17081653
strong peanus weenus vibes from this post

>>17081656
they probably just need to chew on some ice or enjoy a popsicle

>>17081417
kek

>>17080822
LMLP really shines after some time has passed. The first whiff is good for sure but as it ages on your skin for 4-5 hours thats when it really shines

>>17081655
It's very masculine, with the grapefruit, vetiver and patchouli. Just buy her the women version.

One of the anons who recently blind bought The Dreamer here, fuck. I literally can't smell this anymore after a mere 20 minutes. What the fuck is happening, this is the first fragrance where this has ever happened to me and now I've got a full bottle of this.
>inb4 noseblind
Yeah maybe, but then I've never gone noseblind from a fragrance so easily.

>>17081765
I was gonna post next thread. I got mine today too. Blind bought.
It honestly smells amazing, I think I smelled this before in my childhood maybe?
It's soothing, sweet, unisex, yet very charming, I had to smell myself continuosly today.
I wore 2 sprays cuz people said it's cloying in the summer. if I lift my shirt and take a whiff, I cans till smell it after around 3 hours later, but I don't if I don't do this. But it's true for every frag for me, even Fahrenheit and Sauvage. I think I just get noseblind since I spray frags on my chest.
Gonna spray my wrist AGAIN so I can smell it throughout the night. I will shill again next thread.

>ask mom to get me a chanel egoiste tester
>i got you a egoiste tester, sweetie!
>it's egoiste platinum
fuck you mom

A fragrance for this theme?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJztXj2GPfk

>>17081790
5ml of aqua di gio every single day

>>17081535
>ermenegildo zegna charcoal
>reminds me of my home office. metal tins full of drawing/drafting pencils, stacks of different papers, bottles of inks and paints.
>it smells like that with a bit of spice and incense.
>new/fresh, but old. familiar, inviting. a bit serious but still relaxing.
>5/5

Interesting.

>>17081619
bloomingdales
they're way over priced, but i had a gift card to use up.

MrSmelly Livestream Milan Special
https://youtu.be/30cO-E-5O1k
https://youtu.be/30cO-E-5O1k
https://youtu.be/30cO-E-5O1k

>>17081790

>>17081790
anything with excessive amounts of cumin

>>17081353
I got a test spray of light blue forever, and I find it kind of resembles scented wood shavings for a pet rodent. At the same time I tried light blue, and Italian love. Really liking the scent of light blue on me, but not pleased that it's an edt. Now I need to try the light blue eau intense.

>>17081789
They don't sell egoist in most stores, she tried

>>17081801
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF7PkUCvfZQ why is this reviewer like the perfect fit

>>17081779
Yeah, what I could smell of it (before it vanished) was very pleasant, reminded me a bit of detergent (in a good way), somewhat herbal, really nice and unusual like other people say. I had the flu recently so maybe I'm still not so good at smelling, will try again tomorrow, if it's the same then I'll be a bit disappointed, but for 18 euro it's alright.

>>17081816
Well, after all the faggotry, anime, gaming and shit, finally a guy from asia i can respect. More asian males should embrace masculinity, nice review.

>>17081829
To me it smells like lavander, I think it's just tobacco blossom but smells like a better lavander as a mix. It's so good.
>18 euros
WHAT. 50 ml right? I paid 32 with shipping for a 100 ml.

You niggers are making me wanna blindbuy The Dreamer

>>17081838
that's what they did to me too.

>>17081838
>>17081840
lavender gives me a headache

>>17081799
Interesting. Maybe next time I go to buy something that isn't available at a discounter I'll get it there just for the bag of shit

>>17081838
If something is Jeremys fav frag i will skip it, kek.

>>17081847
You're missing out on actual decent frags like Prada L'homme then

>>17081838
YOU VILL BLIND BUY ZE DREAMER
YOU VILL BE HAPPY

>paycheck arrives
>spend 10% of it in frags right away
why do I have so little self control, oh god why

>>17081865
If you are spending 10% of your paycheck on frags instead of aged cured spanish Iberico hams you are fucking up badly.

>>17080978
I'd go for Light Blue Italian Love among those, you get that super juicy grapefruit together with sage and other such herbs instead of just the juice
other options include Acqua di Sale, Ichnusa, You or Someone Like You, Blue Lazuli, L'Eau d'Issey PH or Encens, TDH Eau Givree, and anything else you can imagine really, fresh frags are a dime a dozen

Frag for this track?
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcz6QzSM3dg

>>17081895
https://www.clandestinelaboratories.com/fragrances/tilia-wh8n9-2l2fe

this is surprisingly similiar to amouage gold, in an "appealing ballsweat" kinda way. this just is more sticky and sweet

3rd CDG i've sampled, and the conclusion is that CDG is not for me
the bottle designs are among my favorites in the game, but nothing about these is worth acquiring for any more then 30ml or worth the price

>>17081838
if you are <1 year into frags it might be an enjoyable frag for a month, if you have any niche background just save your money - you can tell it's designer-tier

>>17081901
>you have any niche background just save your money - you can tell it's designer-tier
And if you have been smelling nich for longer than 6 moths you will realize designer is better half the time

>>17081902
>And if you have been smelling nich for longer than 6 moths you will realize designer is better half the time

I can't really share this experience, can you name your favourite designer frags? I specifically do not enjoy designer fragrances because they smell cheap. there are good designer frags fore sure -- CK euphoria amber gold, Armani eau de cedar and of course old fougeres come to mind, but I would never pick any of these fragrances over an equivalent niche frag

>>17081895
New York Intense

>>17081908
Antaeus, cool water, yatagan, this barbershop from a defunct italian brand, half of guerlain's catalog, chanel #5. Sure there is some damn good niche out there too but don't just write off designer. Of course there is plenty of cheap smelling nearly release dsigner slop too.

>>17081908
chanel antaeus, guerlain shalimar, dior homme parfum... there are lots of stunning designer masterpieces out there and lots of mediocre niche frags. don't fall for the trap of thinking expensive = good, you don't always get what you pay for in the frag world

>>17081920
I agree all of those are very wearable and great fragrances and not cheap smelling at all, all I'm saying is that the Dreamer isn't worth the fotm-attention it is getting right now imo, since a lot of people seem to buy into these trends

>>17081923
I guess I should have formulated my message in a different way: what I'm trying to say is not to blindly buy into this hype, since dreamer is very cheap smelling - better put that money into sampling some niches or get some of the better designer frags mentioned

I guess it is very unique in a sense, that I'll agree, but I just can't get over the synthetic smell

>>17081927
Haven't tried the dreamer, i have L'Homme which is supposedly an earlier take on what later became the dreamer, it's pretty nice but nothing amazing. I imagine the dreamer doesn't smell expensive, but i can also get 100ml bottles for $20 on ebay. It sounds like it probably isn't worth the prices our euro posters are shelling out for it and i agree that the fotm meme frags in this thread are usually nothing special.

>>17081942
>i agree that the fotm meme frags in this thread are usually nothing special
what even were the other flavor of the month /frag/ scents? neroli intense?

>>17081951
Those are the current ones and somone kept recommending drakkar noir. I know there were a few last year but i can't even remember what they were, some 80s frag and Eros, maybe a couple others

>>17081959
Bogart frags, BI at least - unironically I found BI very nice and decently priced, but the shilling was pretty extreme

>>17081964
Oh yeah bogart signature, i almost fell for that one. Then people were jokingly (i hope) memeing one man show gold and oud edition.

>>17081964
I like BI and even bought a backup bottle, and even I thought the shilling was over the top lmao. I miss the autistic arguments between BI shill and anti BI shill.

>>17081845
it's very soft
>>17081942
30 bucks for 100 ml with shipping is still a steal, costs the same as Clown Water, it's very cheap. and It's Versace after all.

>>17081979
>Then people were jokingly (i hope) memeing one man show gold and oud edition
There's still time for you to becomes the spicy grape man, anon

>>17081895
Guerlain Homme Intense

>>17081951
Blue Jeans has been mentioned a lot lately.

>>17081994
lol
Someone needs to start meming kouros again

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>>17081951
I can swear it’s Platinum Egoiste this time, I see it mentioned in every thread. I do approve because it’s awesome.

SOTN: Essential Parfums - Fig Infusion

>>17081417
wow that's a really good edit just for a pretty low effort review post I made. based.