/fa/ - Fashion

>>17148751
The new Fragrance Groups 101 chart

>>17148751
The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

>>17148597
ELDO I am Trash is a sandalwood/apple frag

>>17148751
do I buy azzaro chrome aqua or chrome extreme if I want a out of the shower fresh fragrance for after the gym?

>>17148771
Buy lapis pour homme sport

>>17148771
Buy lapidus pour homme sport

thoughts on this house? what are their best scents? are they worth the price?
>>17148751
sung was a huge disappointment for me by the way

>>17148751
OP SUNG: for men that are HUNG.
Very nice soapy cheapie, still need to understand if it's a beast performer or not.
Another successful blindbuy.

>>17148781
>thoughts on this house?
Meme house for people who think they are too cool for designer. Lot's of boring genric florals with fancy names and branding

>>17148771
Aqua I guess, extreme is supposedly an Profondo clone, so not very showergelly. But both are good apparently. Never found them to sample though
>>17148778
based
>>17148781
elaborate. The opening is a bit harsh but the drydown is great

>>17148781
I think the $45 for 20 samples collection they offer is worthwhile, and it gives you 15% off a full bottle. I bought Fat Electrician, and liked (but not enough to buy) Rien, You or Someone Like You, Tom of Finland, and La Fin du Monde. About half of the box I found to be too floral and soft for me

>>17148791
for me sung homme smells like a 90s shower gel with touch of leather, but maybe it's just my autosuggestion because of the notes on fragrantica
it's quite linear too
>>17148792
I'm offshore so I guess this promo doesn't apply here

>>17148799
I don't smell any leather in it. Your description doesn't sound bad one bit. Give it another try. I see great "grow onto you" potential in it. It's linear but the drydown loses some of the harsher notes and becomes this very aromatic soapy pleasant scent. The burly minimalistic masculine but clean lumberjack frag.

>>17148751
has anyone tried L'Eau [Super] Majeure d'Issey? people said it was purely synthetic on purpose and that sounds kinda cool.

Is this /fa/ approved?

Is y edp really as 1 dimensional as I am smelling it to be?
It basically goes from Sage smell + apple to just a sage smell and there seems to be no real evolution after that

I NEED TO STOP CONSOOMING CHEAPIES
i'm afraid that sooner or later i will buy most of those full bottles and it's even not the whole list
usually it's difficult to find samples of cheap frags and if you don't like it it difficult to sell it somewhere farther

>>17148823
honestly it's smelling a bit cheap, cheaper than its price, but it's not bad
and it's not like citrus refreshing scent, there is some sweetness to it

>>17148751
I need a fragrance asap suitable for attracting very rich very ugly women. I need something that will also work in tandem with hypnotic suggestion and conditioning. No niche bullshit

>>17148815
Don't buy it.
The opening isn't bad but after that it's a synthetic mess.

>>17148829
thanks anon

>>17148829
gorgeous animal anon.
what are some good summer fragrances? ive come to realise all my fragrances are fall and winter only except for my dolce and gabbana light blue intense, but that one is weak and boring. is there something that smells a little bit "salty" like the sea? id like something aquatic and fresh, maybe a bit sweet

I want to smell like a drug dealing sexual offender what perfume should I buy

>>17148843
1 Million

Does y edp smell archaic to anyone else?

>>17148823
It's me approved. Fuck /frag/ opinions.
>VPH opening+CAHS drydown blend
>soft, soapy, citrusy, sea watery, just a little bit sweet
>supersafe in the everyday office, can be oversprayed with no problem, no one will ever be offended, everyone will like it
>okay performance, good for a freshie
>great shade and bottle
>magnetic cap from which you can hold the bottle
>30 bucks for 100 ml
the only reason to not buy it is if you have one of the afromentioned frags and/or you are a richfag.
>>17148825
How's the silver Bogarts? and in case you weren't the other anon who replied last thread, how's Chrome Legend? is the reformulated performance shit?
>>17148826
fuck no it doesn't smell cheaper than 30 bucks? It smells at least as sophisticated as frags that are double the price.
>>17148829
what a terrible bottle-ruining font. So atrocious that it looks fake

What are some fragrances you regret buying?

>>17148879
i dont have any other bogart than oms gold and furyo, this is my "I WANT" shelf
I don't have any fragrances from this screenshot

>>17148888
checked
definitely bogart furyo, i expected something almost mystic like kouros or balenciaga ph but it's like meh and it wasn't very cheap

>>17148827
Platinum egoist

>>17148781
Older scents are good (Rien, Secretions etc)
Have tried some of the newer stuff and it's been pretty average though.

>>17148888
Margiela by the fireplace. Smelled good the first couple times I tried it, then it hit me, it smells astonishingly similar to Lynx (axe) chocolate deodorant.

>>17148781
They have some bangers (fat eletrician, remarkable people, I am trash, that one ghost in the shell fragrance, supposedly) but most of their frags end up being rather bland. I still want to try their bullfighting frag, it sounds great.

>>17148827
Unironically >>17148974
You could also try eau sauvage or beau de jour, but platinum egoiste fits the theme better.

Is Mancera actually just a meme house that makes super synthetic garbage or do they actually make some good shit?

>>17149064
>Is Mancera actually just a meme house that makes super synthetic garbage
Yes

>>17148888
Most of Creed's stuff, most cheapies, Encre Noire (not gothic in the slightest), anything Halloween (smells like a brown uber driver), let down by a lot of CdG, and agree with >>17148990
By The Fireplace is one of the few frags that made me want to vomit, not kidding

>>17148888
AdG Profumo and Polo Blue.
Both smell fine but they were so weak that they're virtually non-existent, especially Polo Blue. Blue is by far the weakest frag I've ever had, I'm not sure if its just a bad batch or what because the Polo Blue I had years ago was never this piss poor. Probably reformulated with cheaper ingredients.

anyone try kenzo homme edp from 2016?

>>17149208
No

>>17148888
ombre leather
some days it smells great, and on others it smells like a charcoal grill.

I work at a tiki bar. What are some frags you recommend? Woody or citrus is my favorite rn.

Already have:
CDG Wonderoud
Creed virgin island water
Ds & durga debaser

>>17149249
Versace Pour Homme
Jf EDT by Floris

>>17149249
Try Hacivat.
Start with like 1 spray though. Its really strong.

i’m having a hard time finding a good “dark” blue fragrance that doesn’t smell like bubblegum

>>17148998
Listen Brother, I’m not talking about some nerdy Asian techie scum pulling six figs in the Bay Area. I’m talking single mother turkey gizzard neck beach ball physique trust fund silver spoon fed daddy’s girl millionaire with a bullseye on her heart. I need to fucking strut. Platinum Egoiste? I need the fragrance equivalent of attempted murder. No more holding back.

>>17149249
Auphorie Ryukyu

>>17149273
In the opening or?
A lot of the "Blue" fragrances are just mass appealers that all smell really sweet in the opening

>>17149282
i just want something that smells like soap but with some deeper nuances. everything just loads up on ethyl maltol.

>>17149297
well, shower gel not soap

I am a newbie, and i have bought a few cheapies with very different main accords, now i want to buy some tester kits from more expensive niche and designer frags.
So far i have the Essential Parfums discovery set on my list, and i would love som suggestions on other newbie friendly discovery kits.
I have seen the zoologist and Imaginary Authors sets, but are those beginner friendly?

>>17148751
i want to fuck everything that moves, what's the best fragrance ? no pheromones

>>17148888
Dior Sauvage Parfum
im going to return it, havent touched the packaging

>>17148823
It's another aquatic in the aquatic genre of frags. It adds nothing new. If it was discontinued tomorrow, nobody would shed a tear.

>>17148888
Neutered AdG Profumo, because I wanted it to be the only aquatic in my collection, but I was blueballed by L'Oreal.
Every Bogart I dropped in to spend 7€more to save 4€ on shipping. None of them were good. At least the whole bottle only costs me as much as a sample of the stuff I'd usually purchase a sample of.
Hugo Boss The Scent Absolute, my first and only blind-buy. I am cured of blind-buying (except cheap Bogarts to save on shipping, I guess).

>>17148990
Is that bad, though? I used to have a bottle of the Axe Dark Temptation EdT and it unironically got me compliments. Women seem to love that stuff.

>>17149188
It becomes twice as sad when you've actually smelled someone wearing OG Profumo. What a damn powerhouse.

>>17149273
Sauvage Elixir maybe?

>>17149276
Davidoff Zino. The Zodiac killer's fragrance of choice. Also pretty unique and unworn nowadays, so it would be perfect for conditioning.
Platinum Egoiste if you actually want to bang that on the first date.

What's with this damn website today? My entire reply got eaten. I'm angry.

>tfw connection error ate my reply
anyway, gonna test sung homme and bogart club 75 later this week. i expect cheap smells without refinement.

>>17148781
good pricepoint for niche, they make some interesting stuff. fat electrician is my favorite

>>17148823
have 2ml of it, im going to keep applying it throughout the week

>>17149297
>>17149273
maybe a more old school soap scent like Drakkar Noir would be more your speed?

>>17149408
there's also the etat libre d'orange discovery set

>>17149440
>Davidoff Zino. The Zodiac killer's fragrance of choice.
really? any source on that?

Fragrances similar to ch men in style but not smell.

>>17149473
It was revealed to me in a dream.

>>17148888
Jil Sander Sun Men for being boring, but it was sort of pleasant nonetheless and you may like it anyways. L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme intense for smelling bizarre, dark, and synthetic, Declaration dun Soir, it was mostly pepper and green notes, not as much rose as I'd hoped. Toy Boy I gave to a friend who likes it much more than me, it's a cool fragrance but the cashmeran/sylkolide in the base is overwhelmingly boring once the quite nice top dries down. Obsession for women got shilled as being "unisex" which is a lie, it smells like trash.

What are the best florals? I want something with very good performance and a refined scent profile, not a synthetic cheapie

>>17149527
Black Orchid and Dior Homme Parfum both have great performance

>>17149440
>zino
Does anyone have experience with new batches? I've read some reviews saying that it's performance is now shit after a supposed reformulation.

>>17149560
I'd say not great, but not terrible, either.
Got batch code 1330. Thing is, I don't know what type of powerhouse it might have been in the past. The moderate-long lasting rating on fragrantica still seems accurate to me.

Thoughts on Zoologist Panda?

>>17149527
Tubereuse criminelle is pretty great, depends what kinda florals you like though.

>>17149489
>L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme intense
Give it some time, I didn't like it at first and regretted buying it even with such a huge discount. But something happened along the way and the complexity and uniqueness became pretty amazing

>>17149297
>>17149299
Missoni Wave has a strong soapy & showergelly vibe in the drydown along with sea notes. Not dark by any means but a soapy blue frag nonetheless.Yeah it's crowdpleasing, stop this meme of wanting to smell rancid to people. Also you just want SUNG.

>>17149591
>what kinda florals you like
Clean and fresh

>>17149591
How good is Serge Lutens quality wise? Is it one of those watered down niche houses or do the perfumes actually have good ingredients and performance?

>>17149630
I've only tried a handful, but they've all been fantastic, except clair de musc, but that's more a preference thing than a quality issue.

>>17149626
Masculine or feminine? Maybe La Tosca - casomorati, its quite feminine though.

>>17149637
Masculine or unisex
>quite feminine
I'd have to try it but yeah I don't want a woman's perfume

i want to find a fragrance that smells like fingers after peeling a few oranges (or mandarins), smoking a cig and touching sweat under armpits. any ideas?

What exactly is a barbershop scent in terms of notes?
I just came home from the barber's and that tonifying lotion they put on your hair smells amazing. What are the best barbershop frags?

>>17149634
Have you tried Datura Noir?

>>17149639
Look for something with cumin in it, can smell kinda sweaty. Maybe Jasmine et cigerette, if you dont mind the addition of florals.

>>17149643
Nah dude, I want to but have been unable to, have heard good things though.

>>17149642
I think people usually use the term "barbershop" to refer to aromatic fougeres. so lavender, tonka, oakmoss, bergamot and various herbs and spices would be typical for that genre

>>17149639
Cartier Declaration

>>17149642
I really doubt the lotion would be similar to a barbershop frag just a heads up.

>>17149650
That seems perfect, thanks. I'll def check it out

>>17149644
I wanted to order an ELDO sample set with it for a while but wasn't sure if it was a worthwhile purchase. I have more reasons to check it out now

>>17148841
Agua de Surf 23NAO if you can get a sample. It's exactly that: salty, fresh, aquatic with a bit of sweetness on top.

>>17149276
Anything Xerjoff. If you're lucky it's the same one her dad wears and you elicit some kind of freudian response.

>>17149276
Zoologist Civet

>>17148751
Based OP for recommending Sung Homme. I wish it had better quality.

Kenzo EDP is growing on me, not sure if I should buy it

>>17150207
Yeah, the Intense version is less sweet but similar to the Edp 2022 version.
The edp got a little soft leather in there. Buy the Intense for cheap and wait till the edp will be on discount.

>>17150217
I don't get any leather, it's just an ozonic slightly woody aquatic
How's the performance on Intense?

>>17150218
It's good, used it alot this summer, it also last in high heat.
The intense version got some peppery gherkin note, could be a turnoff for some people.

>>17150221
>peppery gherkin
I don't know what that smells like

I tried this today. Its basically a spicy and more citric Terre d'Hermes, with a very natural feel. I would say its not as good as TdH, but is better than TdH Intense Vetiver, so its a decent alternative.

>>17150261
My nigga, reviewed this frag too today. Thank you that i'll save money if it really smells like TdH. I'm actually in search on a spicy pepper only fragrance.

>>17150254
Just go to the frag store and sample it. IMO it's an unique aquatic scent. Quentin did Kenzo a favor.

>>17150261
My nigga, reviewed this frag too today. Thank you, i'll disregard it, mainly because it's probably similar to TdH. I'm actually in search of a spicy pepper only fragrance.

>>17148829
I have a weenie too. He lays where I do sometimes so he smells like ombré leather sometimes

>>17149436
Cocaine

>>17149527
MDCI Invasion Barbare if you don't mind the vanilla base note

>>17150470

Tuscan Leather, got it

Why is there a thread split?

>>17150499
Website was fucked up for a few hours. This thread was inaccesible, among others.

>>17150499
For the homos who coom the superior female males

>>17150502
this sentence hurt

>>17150505
How, i consider myself a fag too.

>>17150523
Fragfag detected

Thoughts on Versace Dylan Blue?

>>17150614
smells like cheap shower gel, drydown is mediocre
get prada amber instead

>>17149440
Yes. Yes. Yes.

Of all the Spicebombs which was your favorite?
I really do quite like the original

>>17150499
Not sure
There militant sexual deviants who always have the need to insert their specific fetish into everything in the other thread though
Also that weird dude who made that one bad meme that no one every responds to made the other thread
I mean no one every replies to the picture but I guess he still thinks its a hitter kek

>>17150798
Extreme for very cold weather. Feels good man.

>>17149438
Based.

>>17150802
Looks like the meme has caused some controversy. Iris is gay. There’s nothing you can do to convince me otherwise. It smells like lipstick. It makes you smell like a faggot wearing lipstick. It’s as gay as a man in pink. But you do you.

>>17150812
Your comedic taste is very unrefined
There is a reason no one responds to the image

>>17150812
I dont care if iris is gay, the thing is that is a meme note.
>lets put an iris note to an overly sweet clubbing fragance and call it "parfum" or "le parfum" for kids that want to feel mature now
>lets make an entire line of iris fragrances and call it "le gentleman" to make them think its classy
Ironically Dior is the only brand that did the right thing and got rid of that thing.

>>17150798
eau fraiche was very good, don't care for the rest of the line

I have a salary of $2200. How much should I spend on a daily office frag? Would something like Bleu de Chanel be too much?

>>17150873
500 sprays in a 1.7 ml I think
Its a lot up front but not much over time if that makes sense its 20c a spray

>>17150873
I make around the same and the most I am comfortable putting out for a fragrance I like is 100$
Also make sure to try out the fragrance before buying it kek you might just fucking hate it

What brand of scentless deodorant do you use

>>17151095
Secret gel shit. It doesn’t smell at all, dries fast and doesn’t leave any residue.

>>17148841
I've got Kerosene - Walk The Sea, which is definitely salty and oceanic, and I've gotten mixed reactions to it. If I didn't give a fuck at all, I'd do twenty sprays every day, because I unreservedly love it.
>>17149560
got Zino within the last year. don't know what it used to be like, but I enjoy it for what it is. well worth the price

>>17151095
Arm & Hammer Aluminum Free or the clear Nivea roll on

Literally nothing in common with Creed GIT, which I did sample. People dont meme when they say this is a 70s dad frag, which apparently birthed the previous and current generation of faggots. Now I have to figure what to do with an almost full bottle.
>>17150873
Aventus
>>17149436
Date for men, code showtime66 for 66% off

Why the fuck did they discontinue this? Is the price just gonna keep going up?

>>17151281
Get Insurrection 2 Wild Reyane

>>17150798
Probably the original with the original performance. Long gone.

>>17150873
However much you feel comfortable with. It's a luxury item, which means it technically isn't necessary. Just like a watch, you wear it as an accessory. Some smartphone users skip having a watch entirely, others will buy smartwatches, others will buy high-end luxury or unique creations. Same with fragrances. You can do fine without, you can wear something on the cheaper side, you can go high-end or niche.

>>17151095
Nivea Men Protect & Care

>>17151278
It has ever so slight similarities, but overall, I agree. People say that CW is like GIT, but it really isn't. GIT has that really bright violet note, which gives it that airy quality and makes it perfect as a summer frag, while CW does the amount of "aquatic" they put in it just right, adds some greens and florals, but not as easily identifiable specific notes.
Both are beautiful and GIT is still on my list, although as always I need a discount before I'm willing to buy.

>>17151281
Two reasons:
1. It was too strong for a designer frag, and too popular. The problem here is that L'Oreal needs to sell their diluted shit as designers for the regular prices, and then needs to create "niche" lines for potent stuff ("Les Exceptions" for Mugler, or "Armani Prive" for Giorgio Armani). Having a powerful, popular designer priced frag cuts into the margins of the faux-niche stuff.
2. General margin calculations. L'Oreal likes to cheap down bottles as well as fragrances. This stuff might have contained ingredients which would have put the price at 287$ if L'Oreal had applied their regular 4000% markup. To protect the margins, they had to discontinue it (otherwise the shareholders get unhappy).

I gonna hit up a trans escort today. What should i wear? Thinking about to go with Bois Impérial.

>>17151368
Habit Rouge

>>17151368
Wear a condom unless you want monkey pox

>>17150873
BdC is overpriced. If you like Terre D'Hermes you can get a 200ml bottler for around $200.

>>17151399
Damn, you Americans are getting exportcucked by a strong dollar.
The 200 mL TdH is ~100€ here in Germany.

>>17150873
>How much should I spend on a daily office frag
Just get a 60 ml Mancera
Vetiver Sensuele
or Soleil d italie

>>17151399
>Bleu de Chanel be too much?
Utter generic garbage,

>>17150288
have you tried CDG Blackpepper?

>>17150873
BdC is a little boring. Terre d'Hermes, Platinum Egoiste and Grey Vetiver are superior office scents

>>17150873
BdC EdP would be perfect for the office. Generally liked by everyone (except "fragheads", who prefer stuff like oud that smells like shit, musk that smells like piss or grass that smells like something they should touch).

>>17151416
>>Bleu de Chanel be too much?
>Utter generic garbage,

Absolutely this.

>>17151278
Sell it to me for half the price you paid

>>17151281
because its a synthetic piece of shit fragrance

>>17148888
Encre Noire. Almost instantly resell it, fucking hyped trash...

>>17151432
How's the longevity on it?

>went to the local supermarket
>even a fucking 70 year old wore sauvage
oh well, at least he was nice.

>>17151487
BdC and Sauvage are starting to become old person frags now
I wonder what will replace them... seems like more designers are going into the "minimalist, molecular green scent" trend, as seen with Dior Homme 2020 and H24

>>17151491
>I wonder what will replace them
Whatever it is, it genuinely can't get any worse.

Sotd
Versace oud noir with a couple of spritz of oud for greatness on top.

Drunk bought the Street Fighter CW last night for the lols
If I don't like it it'll make a decent room/glove spray post workout

>>17151278
bro you could have just tested that at almost every drugstore lmao

>>17151452
Encre Noire is mainly build on Vetiveryl Acetate an synthetic note of vetiver.
But even natural vetiver on it's own is complicated for normies.

what are some women's frags you would consider wearing (or do wear)?
for me, it's:
>Shalimar
>Chanel No. 19
>Samsara
>Black Orchid
>Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune

>>17151570
Mitsouko edp

>>17151570
the guerlain classics
no5
most FM frags
probably some MDCI frags?
hera by papillon

>>17151578
>no5
Antaeus grandpa spotted. Does no5 reminds you of your passed away granny wife?

>>17151516
How good is Versace Oud Noir and how close is it TF Ouw Wood? Does it ever smell like TF's opening?

Anyone here tried Zara vibrant leather? someone recd it to me as a creed aventus homage, I've already got club de nuit intense which I find is hit and miss from day to day.

>>17151570
Have barely smelled or sampled any.
People in these threads have said that Dior Hypnotic Poison smells like PdM Pegasus though so I would like to sample that.

Anyone else love the assenzio absinthe stuff?

>>17151570
>Black Orchid
Not womens. Absolutely unisex.
Also Instant crush

any cheap classics I should check out?
really liking Cerruti 1881, Drakkar Noir, Zino Davidoff and Lalique Pour Homme so far

>>17151731
Cool Water, Nautica Voyage, JEP Neroli Intense, L'Eau d'Issey, Lacoste L.12.12

Reposting this question from a previous thread: I love the overall scent profile of Voyage d'Hermes EDP but I'd like to know if there are any niche frags with a similar dna that I could check out: floral, tea and spicy (cardamom) notes but with a bit more depth and complexity.

>>17151731
>cheap classics I should check out
Guerlains

>>17151747
just buy Voyage if you like it so much. not many niche brands out there can put out noticably better quality stuff than Hermes anyway

>>17151759
Well I'm starting to figure out what kind of notes I like so I was simply wondering about niche options that might be more interesting

>>17151747
where can I buy this? fucking 161 on Sephora and nothing I can find on discounters

>>17151771
I was lucky, had a discount coupon for a local store in my area + they had it on sale so I paid 80 instead of 150 for the 100ml. Just wait for a sale I guess. Or just buy a refill bottle and decant it, they're slightly cheaper if I'm not mistaken.
You shouldn't blind buy it though, it's too expensive for that

>>17151606
It smells good, much better than CDNI. For me is the best Aventus alternative, but performance sucks, you need at least 12-15 sprays every time.

>>17151763
>>17151747
Tea for Two is a nice niche spicy tea fragrance, check it out if you want
but honestly, just get the Hermes. it's a great frag and thinking niche is always better is a nasty trap the online frag community can make you fall into

>>17151747
>any niche frags with a similar
99% of frags are sorts of similar dated shit.
Just get a 30-50ml bottle of the garbage you think you like.
And wait till you find a good modern frag.

>>17151771
>fucking 161 on Sephora
Get it. People should pay for mistakes, otherwise they will never learn.

>>17151570
>hermes hiris (LOVE it)
>guerlain jicky
>gres cabochard
>d&g light blue
>prada amber (imo smells similar to tom ford noir de noir but way cheaper)
>eau de rochas
>pierre cardin choc
>ck obsession
>must de cartier
>moschino moschino
>jil sander sun
>jil sander simply edp
>joop femme (way better than homme, it's pretty much fleur de male minus piss note and chamomile)
>perles de lalique

test

>>17151796
what does that even mean?

>>17150809
Is Dior homme really that gay?

>>17151812
You will find out when you get it.

>>17151813
no. that's just in the mind of one poster who dislikes a certain line of fragrances. that poster also prefers fragrances which specifically smell like old people.

>>17151785
I have Voyage already. Thanks for the recommendation
>>17151795
>Voyage
>dated shit
???

>>17151813
>Dior homme really that gay
No, just vomit inducing.

>>17151827
>>Voyage
>>dated shit
>???
Voyage is dated shit

>>17151831
How so?

>>17151819
I unironically like guerlain vetiver

>>17151812
It means he's retarded, but still you shouldn't pay that much, wait for a sale

is there something like eros edp with lots of mint and no orange notes at all?

>>17151570
Guerlain Jicky EDP (I wear it almost every day)
YSL Opium EDT
YSL Rive Gauche
Chanel No. 19 EDT
Clinique Aromatics Elixir
Robert Piguet Fracas

>>17151747
You might enjoy Bois Belize Intense from Nicolai.

>>17151934
seconded

>>17151914
yes, it's called Le Male

Neroli intense by JeP smells like cheap garbage, dont fall for this meme frag

>>17152015
Out of all /frag/ recs I've tried, everything has been shit except The Dreamer and maybe Kenzo EDP (still undecided on how much I like it). I was thinking about getting the Essential Parfums sample box but considering how shitty this general's tastes are, I'm having second thoughts.

>>17152027
100% agree on the dreamer, it is an amazing frag, but it made me think blind buying was safer. I'll check out Kenzo EDP.

>>17148888
Paris Hilton for Him
Looking for a different summery scent, I got carried away by fragrantica reviews overhyping it.
Barely lasts 2 hours and smells like melon/mango. Drydown is good but at that point it's a skin scent.

D&G Light Blue Sun Homme
Generic old grandad smell. Can barely smell any of the ingredients

>>17152015
even my friend who owns neroli portofino says they smell basically the same lmao
it's one of few blind buys I did and I'm happy with it

>>17152039
>neroli portofino
Maybe it is just nerolie that smells cheap, because so many cheap body products smell like neroli.
I have no idea what i am talking about, but neroli intense smells like cheap garbage

>>17152015
It smells like 4711. I'm always amazed that people still don't know what 4711 smells like. It does nothing else but smell like 4711 in a longer lasting take. Citrus with neroli.

Everybody can sample it by picking up a 2€ wet wipe box or getting the smallest 4711 bottle.

>>17152029
>I'll check out Kenzo EDP.
Your mind won't get blown, it's far from being as original as The Dreamer. It's an designer aquatic, which makes it necessarily generic, but it's quite pleasant, masculine and fresh while not being completely boring and overdone (fucking Profumo)

>>17152044
I think you might be associating it with some cleaning product or body product you used that was neroli-scented. too bad, this often happens with such old school scent DNA

>>17152047
designer aquatics truly are the worst fragrance genre, aren't they? they all smell the same and they all remind me of some shitty room spray or something

>>17152050
Yeah that sounds right. Still not going to wear it though, because i feel like other people share the association with neroli and cheapness.

Honestly im glad i got neroli intense, now i know to avoid neroli notes

>>17152052
Yeah they're pretty shit. Profumo is embarrassingly bad, especially since it's touted as one of the best aquatics. Kenzo EDP at least has a kind of woody backbone and good longevity from what I can tell

>>17152058
pretty cheap way to learn that desu. imagine if you blind bought neroli portofino instead lmao

>>17152058
if I can shill you something else, try Cerruti 1881. it's a similar kind of old school fresh floral fragrance but with more green aromatics and, importantly, no neroli

>>17152103
Might actually check it out for that price, excited to get dissapointed by this general once again. For real though i love The Dreamer for its floral notes, so i really hope there are other good floral fragrences

>>17152126
To be fair, The Dreamer smells like cheap garbage to me, while Neroli Intense smelled exactly as I hoped it would.

>>17152136
Did you try it out on skin, and waited like 20 min?

>>17152139
Yes, I have a bottle right here.

How much do you spray lads? Always worked on the advice of no more than 3 but I think that isn’t actually true. It feels like nothing lasts more than an hour or two with that amount. Im now doing 6-7 working up courage do maybe do 10. No one has commented on my smell yet at work so theyre either being polite and not mentioning if it bothers them or not noticing.

>>17152126
well as far as popular fresh florals go, there's for example:
>Declaration D'un Soir (rose)
>Prada L'Homme (iris)
>Eau Sauvage (citrus + jasmine)

but the Cerruti is pretty great for the price desu and available in small bottles, so easy to recommend blind buying, especially if you enjoy Eau Sauvage to some degree (it reminds me of a more floral, less citrusy Eau Sauvage with added juniper)

>>17152166
I think with over spraying you won’t be projecting too much for too long. I usually use 4-20 depending on what I’m wearing. 20 being Guerlain imperial 4 being vintage polo green

>>17152166
I spray plenty. Nothing is powerful anymore, everything has been diluted to shit, all the good stuff has been banned and what we're left with is nothing short of pathetic. The actual amount doesn't even matter to me, I spray until I'm satisfied.

>>17152166
did 2 spritz of au coeur du desert + 2 spritz of grand soir once and a woman 2 seats behind me in a tram almost threw up

that being said, go for a minimum of 20 spritzes to assert dominance

>>17152260
>mixing frags
No wonder she gagged u dumbass

>>17152260
Are you sure that wasn't the mix? Haven't smelled Grand Soir, but I feel like ACDD is not a good fragrance for layering/mixing.

I only had one negative reaction, ever, from some zoomer girl who dry-retched after I left my place with 40 freshly applied sprays of Lalique Pour Homme Lion. She might have been doing that for other reasons, since she appeared to be on her phone, but I still felt fucking beautiful because I now knew that people are able to smell me.

Glad to see people are coming around to Sung Homme. For me it's a total masterpiece, easily top 5. SOTD is Bois Imperial, not shilling but it's unironically my most complimented frag of all time as of now, and my current ladyfriend can't get enough of it. I gave her the rest of my bottle that had about 20mL left and just got my second bottle a few days ago. L'HOMME INFINIMENT

Hey guyse
can u give me the 5 best olympic orchids Frags pls

>>17149576

Boring

>>17152289
I'm not sure if I've ever seen anyone post about it other than (You)?
Got a sample on the way, I will once again give my honest opinion about it. So far, this thread has mostly let me down, only New York Intense and Neroli Intense have saved it.

>>17152294
Yes, Olympic Rainforest is one of the best forest scents i ever had.
It's sharp, green, woody, mentholy and it's balanced out with some notes resemble herbal cough drop. It have a meditative effect on me.

>>17152289
Bois Impérial is indeed very good. Same with Kenzo Intense.

>>17152310
That being said, I also got a sample of Bogart Club 75 on the way.

Which one will disappoint me more, Sung Homme or Club 75?

>>17152312
>>17152374
thanks i will try it
anything else? im getting a few tester

>>17152413
What fragrances do you usually like?
Just asking "what's the best" is meaningless if they don't match your personal taste.

do you carry ylur fragrance with you throughput the day to refresh?

Hi everyone, 22 year old guy, I don’t know anything about fragrances, I’ve got acqua di Parma colonia which i enjoy on hot days and bleu de Chanel edp which is my favourite I’ve smelt - yea I know it’s generic - I’d like something similar to bdc which is versatile just to change things up. Is terre dhermes worth a buy? (Not at my local store so would need to blind buy)

I should say I really don’t like Dior homme 2020, blue forever, the one, carbon, Tom ford black orchid was nasty too, allure etc all that to me smelt awful.

>>17152531
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>>17152531
terre d'hermes is really nice. not super similar to BdC but similarly versatile. I wouldn't blind buy it though, not everyone likes it - you sure you can't try it out somewhere? it's a very popular frag, it should be available in some store near you unless you live in the middle of nowhere
also check out Chanel Platinum Egoiste and Hermes H24 if you can, both are nice versatile "any weather, any occasion" type frags while being pretty different from what you have

>>17152558
Yeah I think you’re right I’ll just have to travel to a proper store and try those you mentioned thanks man, do you second bois imperial seems kinda hard to get in the uk from what I’ve seen. Also heard mixed things about mancera intense.
Will definitely also try the h24

>>17152575
don't get H24 you dumbass it smells like synthetic luna park banana candies no joke, versatile if you work as a clown and your office is the circus. And don't fall for any niche meme shilled on here, it's the same guy with abysmal taste in fragrances. What you should do is go to a sephora/Douglas multiple times and try out all the designers that you can get your hands on. Skip all the overpriced 50 ml stuff like tom ford and see what you like.

You have been warned.

>>17152651
ignore this guy and just get bois imperial over any designer shit

>>17152575
Mancera/montale is fake niche horseshit that smells synthetic as fuck. The best designers are Chanel and Hermes.

>>17151359
How do I know if my sample I got is original or reformulation?
Whats reformulation longevity?

>>17152166
Literally depends on the scent

>>17152696
The better fragrance houses have lists by lot number indicating formulations
Check their website or ask their customer service for guidance

>>17152741
Not asking them, im asking you
Hard to understand?

>>17152770

I hope this is not a dumb question but best fragrance for a man trying to mask tobacco smoke smell so he can still smell nice despite smoking?

>>17152807
Why would I you dont know anything about anything of the opinion you are giving
You are literally giving an opinion about something you know nothing about
Why should you be met with anything but aggression?

>>17152939
I don’t really know if it’s possible to mask it really, but you could probably get something complementary to smoke like something smoky/woody/leathery. Maybe Gucci guilty absolute

>>17149639
pure mandarin= Burberry weekend for men
fingers after peeling+smoke= Malle French lover

>>17152939
Wash your hands often, use breath mints or gum and get Tom Ford Ombre Leather for the cool months and Versace The Dreamer for the warmer months.
Or maybe quit smoking.

>>17148751


had mine for more than a decade with the old Nozzle

This is the Fragrance I can meet Jesus with

>>17153053

>>17151570
>>Chanel No. 19
chad. same
chanel 5 is a good gooner frag

>>17151846
its one of the best fragrances of all time. zoomers can't into it because of muh old person smell

I obviously won

>>17153034
>Versace The Dreamer
It's a cold weather scent

>wore Wanted by Night to work
>people were complaining that the office smelled like “fumes” and “paint”
>they opened the door to get the smell out

What the fuck bros

>>17153165
lmao

>>17153059

>tips fedora

>>17153059
Very based

>>17148771
Versace pour homme.

>>17153165
lmao that's what you get for wearing ubersynthetic meme "mass appeal" frags
also even the name suggest it's supposed to be a night out frag, not a work frag

Which frag for an adventurous wild man of the sea?

Thoughts on wearing D&G the one for school as a 19 year old?

>>17152527
No, I don't. But sometimes it would be helpful.

>>17152531
TdH can be very polarizing and you should know beforehand whether or not you like vetiver. Since you don't like DH2020, I wouldn't recommend it - there plenty of Iso-E Super in both.
You might be interested in La Nuit de L'Homme Bleu Electrique or Dior Sauvage (EdP version). Both are rather versatile, albeit a bit generic as well.

>>17152696
You can't - not many designer houses put formulation codes on their packaging. Dior would be one of them, but no L'Oreal owned designer does. I doubt any customer service of L'Oreal would answer you that. Frag forums or boards are the best source for this information.

>>17152770
>>17152807
That was someone else by the way, so don't assign these rude responses to me.

>>17152939
It's impossible. Mix it with something sweet and pretend it's Naxos or something.

>>17153165
Based Quentin Bisch does it again. He created a human repellent.

>>17153258
Marketing victim.

>>17153265
Tauer Lonestar Memories.

>>17153265
idk, maybe there really is a good marine scent somewhere out there

I wish this guy and his faux-HDR images would just fuck off.

>>17153283
I'm not the guy who asked, but I think an adventurer of the sea does not need to smell like sea - the sea already does that. He needs to smell like an adventurer, unless he's already retired and not living on the shore.
I'm thinking woods, rum, linen, unwashed clothes with leather straps and boots.

>>17153265
Team Skull was the coolest

Fuck, I think I'm gonna buy Kenzo EDP after all. I'm liking it more and more, and 50 euros for 60ml doesn't seem too unreasonable. Looks like I'm falling for the Bisch meme

Fuck, I think I'm gonna buy Kenzo EDP after all. I'm liking it more and more, and 50 euros for 60ml doesn't seem too unreasonable. Looks like I'm falling for the Bisch meme

>>17153311
Why did you repost my post

>>17153276
yea do it, but dont spray too much

Anybody got experience with the new Valentino "Born in Roma" line?
It's being shilled at my local frag store but they don't have open bottles (yet) and didn't give me a sample either.

>>17153276
perfectly fine, even for school. people are quick to ascribe warm and ambery frags as "night time" frags, but that really doesn't matter if all you want to do is smell nice.

>>17153399
I hear it's generic, boring bullshit

>>17153399
>Valentino "Born in Roma" line
Synthetic garbage, pleb tier.

>>17153399
>they don't have open bottles
In normal countries it is forbidden to sell perfumes without testers.

>>17153276
It is stupid for school. Get Hawas.

>>17153450
now which countries would that be?

>>17153442
Well, that's what I heard, too.

>>17153449
So I guess exactly what I expected. No wonder they didn't hand out a sample sprayer. Bet they're trying to build on the popularity of the Uomo line and hoping for some full bottle blind-buys first.

What's the difference between a violet and a lavender accord? They're both on the purple color mark. I guess lavender is more powdery and iris is more "airy"?

>>17153515
iris is very powdery and lipsticky (can also be earthy if it's real iris) and clearly floral, while lavender is more of a refreshing, cooling herbal note

>>17153450
bullshit

>>17153457
In any, except for shithole countries. Even in Russia. Just google your legislation about retail perfume shops.

>>17153518
Hmm that's interesting. I have drakkar noir and it has a lavender note that is quite powdery, currently don't own a violet frag.

>>17153520
>bullshit
That's what losers say. My local distributor also thought it was bullshit until I brought them a pretrial notice, fucking kek, what a circus began after that.

>>17153286
How is the Guerlain? How’s it compare to eau de Guerlain, du coq, imperial?

>>17153529
>How is the Guerlain
All these type of Gerlain bottles mean zero longevity.

>>17153528
no fucking way you went out of your way like that just to have some testers. Show me any proof that what you are saying is true.

>>17153532
>no fucking way you went out of your way like that just to have some testers
Yes way lol. I have never worked since 2010, have plenty of time for cycling around the city and legally terrorising different types of morons.
Just today got a phone call to reimburse 2x the damage from a roof leak from the morons that service our building and usually fuck my stupid neighbours with no reimbursement.

>>17153537
>phone call to reimburse
*phone call with offer to reimburse

>>17153532
>just to have some testers
I'll tell you more, that was a BDC, which I smelt years before that and was never interested in.
I did that just out of moral principals, I love to coagulate villains' blood.

>>17153550
>principals
*principles lol

>>17153515
The smell?
Violets don't smell like lavender. Just go to a gardening store and smell violets and lavender, they often have both. Might even have iris.

>>17153521
I tried and it got me nowhere. Might have been weak google-fu, because Google ignored my search completely and only showed me information about the legality of buying tester bottles. I don't see why such testers should be a mandatory offer. You don't get champagne testers, either, and that stuff has similar bottle prices.

>>17153566
>tester
Do not google that. Google the laws about retail shops. Perfumes can be a small part of that law.
In my country it's called "The rules of retail selling of goods".

>>17153566
>testers should be a mandatory offer
They are usually obliged to let you smell the perfume, not to give you free testers. But that implies having tester bottles,

>>17153566
Also you can start at some forums or chats for your local lawyers and ask there.
I always do that in the countries where I live and do not know shit about legislation. People usually help for free if your case sounds interesting and fun.

is Dior Homme Parfum wearable in warmer weather? say 22-25 degrees celsius?
it's my favorite night out / party frag and honestly I don't really have a good warm weather equivalent for that

>>17153620
No. Just get homme sport

>>17153620
Absolutely possible. The sillage is very soft. There is no other frag which compares to it that would be "suitable for warmer weather" if you asked the marketing department of the manufacturer.

Just got a vial of Mitsouko EdT and right off the bat it reminds me of Papillon Salome but less musky. I like it a lot though

>>17153582
>>17153588
>>17153596
i think you're just pulling my leg anon

>>17153515
its completely different faggot

>>17153683
Nope. Idk why it is so difficult for some people to go through legislation about the stuff they are interested in.

>>17153717
because the legislation doesn't exist

>>17153718
For losers, yes.

>>17153720
lots of backpaddling and ad hominem attacks, no proof. pls get a trip so i can filter you.

>>17153723
Dude, you can not even find your local law regulating retail stores. Are you really that dumb to think there is none?

Bit of a noob, I got this sample kit and picked 4 rando's.
Aqua Universalis smells like shit.
Aqua Vitae is alright.
Haven't smelled the other 2 yet.

What are peoples thoughts on these?

>>17153762
>peoples thoughts on these
Garbage

The good ones are
BR 540
Grand soir
Oud satin mood
and other moods

>>17153662
Mitsouko edp is supposedly closest to the original formulation but they're both really great

>>17153762
You can always check fragrantica for which frags are most popular from each house, i would suggest picking the most popular, not because they are the best, but because they are the safest. I mean just look at >>17153786, he suggested the top 4 frags by popularity on fragrantica.
https://www.fragrantica.com/designers/Maison-Francis-Kurkdjian.html

How many Fragrances are too many? I own 8 and it feels a little bit much

>>17153872
I got about 30. It's ok if the bottles are about 50ml.

>>17153872
8 sounds fair, you can switch up on your scents

>>17153872
I have over 30. How many is too many depends on each person's tastes, but I wouldn't worry about having 8.

>>17153723
>lots of backpaddling and ad hominem attacks
Welcome to 4chan.

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>>17153165
You should wear the normal Azzaro Wanted instead, its much better than WBN.