/fa/ - Fashion

>>17177463
The new Fragrance Groups 101 chart

>>17177463
The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

>>17177457

What's your SOTD?

>>17177463
>Guerlain Vetiver

Based OP

Anyone has real experience with this frag? Tried it several times and I’m about to pull the trigger. Pls no memerino.

>>17177478
Jubilation XXV Amouage is a masterpiece.

>>17177487
where do you get these creepy photos?

You guys have any fragrances that you don't really like, but keep around for sentimental reasons? For me it's Azarro pour Homme EdT. It's all my dad wore cause he was a cheap bastard. Smells like giving him a hug. Miss you, dad.

how do you guys display your parfumes? what is a good way to preserve them and show them off

>>17177517
Best would be just to arrange them neatly in your bathroom medicine cabinet or something. I feel like making a display out of something you wear is a bit cringe, like you're trying to show off something that you bought for $60 on eBay? Come on now.

>>17177487
SOTD green as fuck cause it's summertime baby

What frag gets my average sized PP sucked by females? give me your most complimented. I need the sex

>>17177536
Bois Impérial

>>17177537
oh fuck,not the bois schizo again

>>17177525
the bottles are nicely designed
i have a small assortment i wouldnt mind to show
its not like "look i can afford 60 bucks a bottle" rather than "look i like that scent" and it being a conversation starter - it can be nice to talk to people about things you thoroughly enjoy - without it being pretentions

>>17177491
Yes. Overpriced. Get oud for glory - 100% same. Compared them numerous times here in MOW

>>17177548
Thanks fren

Can someone please repost the “masstige” infographic? It seemed very interesting…

>>17177539
You are more annoying than the people who shill BI. Just ignore them and they will go away, kinda like in the Simpsons Halloween Episode where those advertisement mascots/monsters are on a rampage.
>>17177517
I hide them in my set of drawers and I always have a decant on me at all times, so it’s a mystery for girls why I smell amazing all the time.

>they're discontinuing voyage d'hermes
bros...

>>17177536
Convince one of your colleagues (who‘s good at talking but slightly less attractive than you) to go out with you on the razzle dazzle, either a friday or saturday night.

Douse yourself in something that smells interesting but fresh, for example H24 or BI or some shit. Right so then you’re both sitting at the bar, shooting the shit having a grand old time. Everytime you go to the toilets to drain the dragon or powder your nose or what have you, freshen yourself up with 2-3 spritz from your decant. Contrary to popular opinion, women typically don’t like fecal smelling oud or very “challenging” niche scents. You will be more likely to get your dick sucked if you smell like you have just showered.

Right so from then on, it’s just a waiting game, all you have to do is look like your having fun and smell good, women will get close to you so they can sniff at you. Ask then what their name is and what they’re called. Then tell them they look good and then will also tell you that you look good. At this point, the ice is broken and you’re golden. It’s that easy lad and remember…don’t be silly and wrap your willy.

>>17177516
>Smells like giving him a hug. Miss you, dad.
:(
>>17177433
Dated as I have never smelled anything similar at a store before (just Paco Rabanne Pour Homme and that is dated too), surely something that was more common in the 90ies, with the heavy soap and aromatic notes. Yet it's very pleasant, it's just dated in a fashion sort of way, just like clubbing frags are now popular.
>>17177481
Versace Eau Fraiche has unfortunately a shit performance. A shame since it's so good otherwise.

>>17177612
>wrap your willy.
I feel jack shit with condoms. I'd rather jack off.

>>17177612
thanks fren.

>>17177614
>tfw your pp burns but you have to go buy plan b

>>17177618
I found a solution: I just don't have sex

Rate my order, boys. Don’t go easy on me.

>>17177622
LONDON
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Rate my order boys. Don’t go easy on me.

>>17177463
Based op. I’ll wear Guerlain vetiver today in honor of your image

>>17177626
Pretty based if you sampled Bois Impérial before buying it. Also where did you buy it from?

>>17177517
>good way to preserve
cool dark place

>show them off
do not

>>17177641
Douglas, I’m going to pick it up in store so I can have a good sniff of some fragrances that I have never tried. I may consider getting Dior Homme Intense.

>>17177650
And ja of course I already sampled BI.

>>17177506
he takes them

>>17177525
>bathroom medicine cabinet

Worst thing you can do due to the humidity and temperature changes

>>17177613
>>17177481
bentley is good
both john varvatos are bad
gucci guilty absolute is good
burberry london for men bad
halloween man x somewhere in the middle i think

>>17177676
average influencer viewer

Sotd, guerlain vetiver vintage. Nice heavy dose of oakmoss for staying power, beautiful tobacco note, and fine vetiver. What’s not to like?

>>17177751
ok grandpa

>>17177626
Welcome in the BI club brother. Your samples are kinda meh though.

>>17177755
Thanks, I’m looking forward to getting lots of compliments and having lots of SEX.

The samples are free. I didn’t have much choice and I didn’t want 1 Million or Aqua du Gio.

>>17177753
What’s your Sotd?

>>17177762
iso e super

Did an experiment today. Layered drakkar noir with cuba royal, which is a shitty 10$ dupe of 1 million i got as a gift.
Thought this combo would make drakkar more "normie friendly".
The result i got is a basic women's lavender hairspray. The cuba is still more prominent with only 1 spray, as opposed to 2 of drakkar. Maybe this experiment would work better if i just used some straight up vanilla oil or vanilin.

Anyone ever try ELDO Marquis de Sade?

>want to order 5ml bottles to make decants for when I travel
>all the stuff I can find on amazon has shitty comments saying the bottles leak, don't work etc
so tedious

>>17177626
BI is based, but classique smells dated

>>17177790
I have a Travalo one, never had any problems.

>>17177802
Is one enough?

>>17177803
Well, obviously not if want to travel with multiple frags, lol
If you want to refill it with another frag, you should clean it with alcohol to get rid of the old scent. But I've never tried it and I read that it doesn't work perfectly, so no idea

The black fragrance man says that Bois Imperial hype is real. I’m confused. I thought /frag/ claims that it’s just one “schizo” talking about it here and it’s unremarkable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwDCYYhq3Lw

>>17177808
> black fragrance man says

stopped right there

>>17177487
6 sprays of oud wood
trying to find out how much is too much.

im thinking it will be somewhere around 12.

>>17177808
Yes, I also find that weird.
Sauvage is literally lauded by almost every fragrance YouTuber, except for a few contrarians, yet this thread is completely against it. Everybody should own a big bottle of such a generally agreeable classic.

2020 anon here,

Is Zootopian still a relevant meme?
Where is Eugen?
Why can't I find any decants on eBay anymore?

I'm so lost, why does Basenotes look like shit now?

Alright, I ordered the Essential Parfums discovery set. BI better be good.

>>17177831
really? that frag makes me gag.. it's pure vomit inducer for me

>>17177808
A lot of anons dont like a fragrance because its in hype which is ridiculous because maybe only 1% of men wear a fragrance every day. Even though fragrances like Sauvage and Bleu de Chanel are really really popular, normies don’t smell it everywhere and they think it smells good. Same applies for BI, a lot of anons get pissy about it even though it costs like 75$ and is easy to enjoy. Funny how nobody gets pissy about artisan niche fragrances that smell like dirty asshole and cost 200$.

Jesus Christ, Quentin is a bro and he will help you get laid. It’s as if some of you guys don’t want to have sex with women.

>>17177846
All the other frags in the discovery set are very underwhelming. I suspect most people are only ordering it because of BI. No idea why they have a flagship store in Paris when all their frags suck.

>>17177802
Nice mini vibrator bro

>>17177849
i love it.
a creamy woody vanilla and tonka.

Guerlain Vetiver have iris in it. That means it's GAY.

>>17177866
dude, that smell tho, how can you stand it. vanila tries to save it but that oud stuff is rancid tree husk

>>17177886
Guerlain…more like GAYlain

>>17177808
>I thought /frag/ claims that it’s just one “schizo” talking about it here and it’s unremarkable.
It’s the other way around. It’s just one fruity, vocal faggot who gets angry every time it is mentioned up and trolls. The silent majority of this thread loves BI. Every thread you have at least a few new anons getting it and saying how much they liked it. BI is unironically the best genuine discovery and original recommendation ever /frag/ had. Maybe other than cheapies but these are not really original and just parroted from elsewhere. The one faggot who hates it just dislikes the fact that BI is getting actual compliments unlike his $200 TOP10 PANTY DROPPERS he bought and never amounted him any unsolicited compliment from any women other than his mom (who I fuck and she loves smelling BI on me too).

>>17177856
The Fig one is great and much better than 2x more expensive Philosykos by Diptyque

>>17177769
Wish I could hate on it. But I enjoy iso e sometimes too. It just doesn’t have the depth that Guerlain vetiver has.

>>17177886
Slow down there anon. We all know Dior homme is gay and smells like lipstick. Guerlain vetiver smells like a based racist grandpa

>>17177899
Still in denial, closet queen?

>>17177620
Based, don’t sell yourself short by sleeping and simping for whores. Save yourself for your future wife.
>>17177612
> It’s that easy lad
It really is, you can even skip the frag part, or wear “niche” frags. Girls go to bars to be whores.

what's a better first cheap oud frag:
>Chopard Oud Malaky, 80 ml for 47 euros
>Versace Oud Noir, 100 ml for 60 euros
The former seems to perform better, but the latter is apparently similar to TF Oud Wood, of which the opening I absolutely love. How close is the Versace to TF? is the oud opening of the tf in the versace?

>>17177899
What fragrances do you actually enjoy? I’m going to get Dior Homme intense just to spite you.

>>17177907
Oud Malaki any day and night. Also out of these two Versace is closer to TFOW.

>>17177918
you tried both? and despite V being closer to TF you prefer the Chopard? Why? is it more mabery than oudy?

>>17177920
Yes. Yes. Oud Malaki is objectively a better perfume; TFOW is 90% synthetic Givaudan oud and that’s why it’s so easy to clone it like Versace did. Kinda meh after a few wears.

>>17177907
Oud Malaki is a much better performer. It's not particularly similar to Oud Wood, but I honestly think it smells better and performs better than the Tom Ford frag despite costing like a third of the price or something

what deodorant do you guys recommend?

>>17177899
i have this and i understand your hatred towards it
but i enjoy wearing it when worshipping the feet of my mistress

I really wish this stuff had better longevity than it does.

Which good frags use magnetic caps nowadays? It feels like no brand uses them anymore. I only have one on my old bottle of BdC EDP

>>17177950
Baaed

>>17177973
Eau Sauvage comes with a magnetic cap nowadays

>>17177899
You know, i wasnt super sold on my sample of Dior Homme Intense, but this modern day reverse psychology advertisement is really making me want to buy it.

>>17177973
Missoni has strong sturdy magnetic caps on both Missoni Wave and Missoni PH by which you can safely lift the heavy bottle.
Sauvage too lol, and it also rotates into place. Best atomizer I have ever tried too.
>>17177982
Are you sure? I think the ones I tried recently didn't have one, but maybe they give them cheap caps for testers, would make sense

>>17177984
try the Parfum if you can, it's even better

So are there any frags that most women actually find very attractive or is that just a big meme and I should wear whatever I like?

>>17177992
absolute meme perpetuated by marketers and youtube shills
if they find you attractive, they will find your fragrance attractive by proxy unless it's something extremely weird and disgusting like pure civet attars or something
and if not, no amount of sauvage is going to help you

>>17177992
wearing any parfume that doesn't outright disgust people is all you need to have that very small advantage when dating. It's something small though, it won't change much drastically. If she likes you, she will like you a little more. If she doesn't, she still won't change her mind just because you wear a frag.Therefore, wear what you like without overspraying and you'll be fine. Not that many people especially guys wear frags, that's why it works with anything.

What, in your opinion, is the minimum number of frags one should own, in order to have something for every occasion but without building a massive collection?
I'm assuming
>1 fall/winter scent
>1 spring/summer scent
>1 night out/special occasions scent
is the bare minimum but I want to know what you guys think

>>17177998
>>17178000
would it be weird to people if I changed what I wear regularly? Scent memory is a thing after all

>>17177992
>>17177998
>>17178000
>>17178005
This is mostly true, but it's been comfirmed women generally like sweet fragrances

>>17178006
What are some good sweet frags

>>17178003
it's all personal preference. I like to have a special frag that I use just for nights out and dates to make me feel like I'm "dressed up" and smelling my best so to say. right now I use Dior Homme Parfum for this
I personally need a few different everyday frags so I don't get bored of them

>>17178008
Get this and you are going to be drowning in pussy.

>>17178005
nope
>>17178011
bad bait

>>17178003
>but I want to know what you guys think
I do this too beacuse I cant afford a lot of fragrances..
Having a collection would be nice but oh well

>>17178008
If you are looking for a date scent, I recommend you Le Male le parfum, smells real good

>>17177992
Yes, but this thread will jump into telling you otherwise because they simply don’t get any compliments.

>>17178018
>Yes
Which ones?

>>17178003
I think 3 for autumn / winter and 3 for spring / summer should be enough. That way you can rotate fragrances without getting tired of the scents. Or if you've got the money go with 7 for each half of the year so you can rotate scents daily

Anyone tried this?

>>17178030
no

So I bought and love Le Labo Another 13. Any other skin scents perfumes that are good? D.S & Durga I Don't Know What does not last at all.

>>17178022
Rotating scents daily sounds fucking dumb.
>>17178003
2 party/social frags, one for the colder seasons and one for the warmer seasons.
2 work/school frags, one for the colder seasons and one for the warmer seasons.
These are the minimums in my opinion, but you can get by with a single frag for every occasion year round.

I think we often times forget most people especially men, either dont wear frags or wear one they got gifted. As long as you dont wear hyper niche awful smelling frags, and change up your scent daily, then you will be ok.

What’s your signature scent boys?

>>17177487
Cerruti 1881
so glad I finally found a refreshing summer scent I enjoy. and it's cheap to boot

>>17177992
There are three main categories they like.

>Fresh and clean
your safest bet, from shower gel blue style fragrances to clean office safe.

>Sweet and sexy
Playful clubbing and/or warm cozy winter fragrances.

>Mature dark sexy.
Can be like any of the above but suitable for grown men, the Don Draper typ of guy. Woody, boozy, tobacco, Vetiver.

>>17178068
Could you give some good examples of the first two? Putting aside typical blue scents (sauvage, bleu etc) for the first one

>>17178068
so 90% of the frags out there?

>>17178050
I have no signature. I am a man of many frags. But overall I do prefer the fruity stuff.

>>17178073
what did you expect? "Dude no way, a majority of frags are made to fit into appealing catagories, no wonder my frag with diarrhea and sand notes arent getting me girls."

>>17178050
Voyage d'Hermes
Not incredibly unconventional, but not overdone. Natural-smelling, spicy, classy and refreshing. Appropriate for pretty much every occasion. I love it

>>17177917
I enjoy many different fragrances. Is there a specific category of fragrances you’re interested in? Ones that remind me of Dior homo original are Guerlain L’instant pour homme for its cocao and patchouli and Guerlain habit rouge, Shalimar, and Jicky for borderlining between femme and masculine

>>17178071
Just watch a few of Curly's top lists.
https://youtu.be/_otakbLPsJQ

>>17178073
Yes. Typically women have these ideal images of different masculine archetypes and correlates a lot with fashion style and age brackets 20s and 30s, 40s and 50s
"Fresh out of the shower with a white shirt/t-shirt"
"the bad boy"
"the perfect man with his life together"
"Don Draper, come fuck me daddy"

One fragrance can of course apply to several of those Categories.
What fragrance would pic related wear?

>>17177835
It smells so basic and one dimensional and is so expensive. You could get two other discounted designer frags online for the price of Sauvage

>>17178113
>What fragrance would pic related wear?
Bois Imperial?

>>17177952
Just buy a bottle of white musk oil on ebay, it all smells the same.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/112396908611

>>17178124
It's very possible.

i did find a well know shop with 150ml bottle for 75€
is this a good deal?

i mean i like it, i would buy it if i know i got a good deal

Is there such a thing as an interesting aquatic
I want to smell like the shore of another world

>>17178140
Pretty killer deal

>>17178139
I was just shitposting, does BI fit what you said about freshness and cleanness? It's more of a minimalistic woody scent right?

>>17177506
This is porn, zoomer

>>17178142
ca boum by teo cabanel smells like flowers growing on a beach, so i would say that is pretty alien.

>>17178030
Yes. I’ve had a bottle of the old formula. The new bottle it’s not as strong as the older one. I got into a quarrel with a shop assistant because she kept insisting that it wasn’t reformulated. Too weak for my opinion. As for the older bottle, it reminded me of the smell when the burn incense in Spanish churches, heavy peppered. A mature scent, but I loved wearing it in my younger days. Closest thing to the older version I have sampled is Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles, which is as complex as it is expensive, SL being woodier and richer, but I have experienced the same longevity and sillage, which was plenty in both cases. Haven’t smelled the reformulated 7 in a while because I just gave up on the house at all. I still own a bottle of Loewe Cedro and I swear by it, but I feel like they changed not only the bottles, but the formulas as well. If you can get the older version go for it, if not, you’ll get a watered down version that doesn’t compare to the original.

>>17178140
sounds okay. it's hard to get good deals on Chanel in general

>>17178020
Amouage Beach Hut, Bois Imperial, Sauvage Elixir

>>17178167
Thanks. I assume it's the same thing for the Cobalt version?

>>17178142
Yep, Kenzo Intense and Oud Minerale

>>17178176
>Kenzo Intense
Inferior in all respects to Ganymede

>>17178142
I have yet to find one. even the recently-shilled Kenzo frags bore me to tears
I guess Encre Noire Sport is okay, but it's barely aquatic

>>17178142
Yes sample Megamare by Orto Parisi

>>17178180
True, but amazing as an aquatic scent

>>17178186
It's not bad.
Ganymede isn't "aquatic" but it does have an oceanic vibe because of the mineral notes

>>17178050
Precum

>>17178185
What's it like? The site I usually order samples from only has Stercus, Boccanera and Terroni

>>17178170
>Bois Imperial,
Is this really true? I don't know what to think anymore with you people. Do women actually like BI's scent dna?

>>17178211
fuck no. it's a woody patchouli frag, like TdH but without the things that make TdH mass-pleasing
that being said, women will like anything on you as long as they like you, so it's a moot point

>>17177613
Might pick up Sung then, it's like $12.

>>17178225
For every person that says BI is weird and not mass pleasing, you've got another one saying it's universally attractive

>>17178008
just go to the mall and find a random bottle of some normie blueshit basically

>>17178211
It smells like bug spray and it’s performance is meh

>>17178020
I've been complimented on various frags. All of the following compliments were from women:
>Tommy Bahama Martinique: not a very strong frag and I didn't spray much. Said she liked it when she gave me a hug.
>Drakkar Noir: when I drenched myself in it and walked out the door of my place on my way somewhere.
>Acqua di Gio: at work when I went to the bathroom and decided to use my mini atomizer a couple times because AdG is super weak
The only common thread I can find it that I get compliments when people can actually smell it. If you spray one or two sprays and think you're being considerate or something, most likely nobody knows you're even wearing something.

At work I said who smells nice? and one guy comes up and says oh it must be me haha, I'm wearing Burberry for men or something. I couldn't smell him, but I could smell the guy across the room who just used a ton of something that smelled like Explorer.

Basically in my experience the only "compliment getters" are just fragrances that are good enough and also that are strong enough to be noticed. I also was complimented on Fahrenheit the other day, now that I think of it. None of these are the typical ones you see people shill.

I think some people are severely autistic and if you're autistic and ugly looking then 40 sprays of sauvage will only serve to disgust people.

>>17178050
don't really have one yet. I did like D&G Pour Homme in the store enough to consider buying a large bottle. I think I'll try to sample it in person at least one more time before I decide to make a purchase.

>>17178263
Only thing I’ve been complimented for is Hattric classic. Happened a few times from women of all ages.

>>17178148
not the schizo, but BI is surprisingly clean and almost soapy at times. works great as a daily driver in most temperatures

>>17178268
I wonder if maybe it's because it's cheap and therefore you feel comfortable using a lot more of it leading to compliments. I have been looking for a really classic aftershave scent myself, how is it?

>>17178113
>Curly
Why her, she mostly shills mancera and arabian houses

>>17178050

I might be able to get this for cheap, what can i expect? I don't have anywhere to sample it but fuck it i'll just spend 30$ on it

>>17178225
So you’ve sold me. I’m going to order Bois Imperial this evening.

>>17178225
Does it smell synthetic or natural? Fucking hate synthetic frags

>>17178185
Interested in >>17178205 too, apparently it's an aquatic with nuclear performance, that's interesting

>>17178274
I only buy frags that I’m not afraid to use. The times I got compliments on it were when I’m shaving, spraying, and running out the door. So I think there could be a correlation between time after spraying and compliments. It’s a fresh, clean, barbershop frag. Citrus, pepper, and moss.

>>17178292
It’s an interesting earthy fragrance. I like it. Old school masculine, smells like you spent time in the woods.

my new sample haul! thoughts?

>>17178282
She funny.

>>17178292
You'll smell like a lumberjack in a dry pine forest living in a cottage made of pine and haven't washed yourself in two weeks.

>>17178300
Synthetic in that it's kind of a clean woody chemical varnish or white spirit typ of smell, to me anyway, not cheap synthetic. it's also kind of airy and transparent, but strong.

>>17178292
it's cool and weird, green and herby but also very musty and sweaty - hard to wear imo if you're like going to work or trying to date, its just a little bit too strange for most people I think

>>17178292
Opening is a slightly pissy sage that lasts a minute or two, bitter greens. Slightly sweet castoreum, dries down mossy with a hint of that stinky old man colonge vibe. It's solid but nothing like the insane fragrantica comments about cavemen and squirrels nutsacks make it sound like. Performance is okay but it wears close.
I bought it blind and am happy with it but i like lots of 80s dtyle masculine frags. If that's thr kind of stuff that you are into it's a must buy.
5/5 from Luca Turin , his review said the current formula still represents the original very well, that its an interesting and masterful concoction and that you should buy a bottle before caron fucks it up like they have with so many of their womens frags recently.

>>17178321
I checked out a few of her vids but her recommendations seem meh. Something fresh and clean and sexy sure, but not some boring shit like Profondo or Percival. I want a compromise between originality and attractiveness

>>17178050
as a daily spritz, very lightly. sometimes just use the deodorant stick, which is pretty strong by itself

Am I the only person who thinks this used to be better like 10 years ago? I can only smell it for like 5 seconds. This juice used to be strong as fuck.. I only have like 5ml of this juice left so I’m going to do a Jeremy Fragrance and empty this bottle. I’m going grocery shopping and I be damned if nobody smells me. Any alternatives for this that actually has solid performance?

Why do so many houses only give out samples with purchases of full bottles. That defeats the whole purpose of sampling, if i can only sample after buying the full thing. It is especially retarded when niche houses like Orto Parisi which has almost zero physical stores dont even do sample boxes, and only offer samples after buying full bottles.

>>17177907
Oud Malaki smells like everyone in the middle east

>>17178364
megamare is the only orto parisi that is wearable, everthing else is just hipster thrash.

>>17178371
what does it smell like

>>17178371
THEN TELL ME HOW TO SAMPLE IT.
ok, but i know some other discounters and retailers do samples of it. Did you sample it before buying?

>>17178225
it doesn't really smell at all like patchouli. I dont know why people keep saying that.

Got samples of Lyric Man, Jazz Club and LADDM on the way. Might make good winter first date scents for the way I dress when it gets cold.

Opinions on Ganymede, Encelade and B683? What do they smell like?

Its 95°f outside today so i put a FAT smear of deer musk + black musk + dehn al oud attar on my chest, bitches smell me coming a block away

>>17178300
hard to say. it doesn't smell synthetic in a cheap way though
honestly it's not bad but too linear and minimalistic for me. and yeah, take all reports of it being a "le epic pantydropping mass pleaser" with a grain of salt

>>17178434
>all reports of it being a "le epic pantydropping mass pleaser"
What's strange is, it's not just these threads
Everyone on frag forums is going apeshit over BI being a compliment getter and so on as well.

>>17178438
eh, they say that for every hyped new frag

>>17178438
This thread was on to BI a year ago, and only stopped talking about it because of a certain psyco spammer, it's funny it took everyone else a year to catch on.

>>17178312
>So I think there could be a correlation between time after spraying and compliments
that's probably it, everything is so weak these days

>>17177973
Dior Sauvage and Eau Sauvage line. They actually use self-aligning ones, so the CD logo is always parallel to the bottle.

>>17177992
You can watch many blind-reaction videos on YouTube. Even the most agreeable fragrances only get like 70-80% approval. That's still a lot and usually meeting a woman who's in the remaining 20% doesn't mean she'll be uninterested just due to the fragrance.

>>17178020
My most complimented frag is still Le Male, because I've been wearing that since more than a decade. Simply a matter of time in this case. Other compliments spread over a couple of frags, but there's no discernible pattern - other than that they are usually powerhouses, because nobody can smell diluted shit.

>>17178117
I've seen the 200 mL for 82€, I doubt that there are many crowdpleasing powerhouses at 40€/100 mL.

>>17178140
As the hunter of deals, good deal.

>>17178211
No, according to all two women I've asked. That basically confirmed my dislike for the fragrance and I happily stored the 10 mL bottle away, never for it to be touched again.

>>17178320
Prada L'Homme is fresh and clean, but doesn't necessarily scream masculine.
L'Homme Ideal EdT didn't impress me, but I have the EdP and Extreme. The new Guerlain bottles suck, the spray cap is too tiny and the hole too close to the top, so the skin of your fingers might get in the way.
Eau Sauvage Parfum is still all-year signature-worthy to me. Masculine, resinous, dusty, with some citrus.

>>17178449
At the same time, I think Hattric classic gets compliments because of its category. It’s a green barbershop type fragrance. It’s also unusual in America. It smells clean and taken care of, without smelling like a typical cologne.

>>17178449
The fragrance I’ve got the most compliments is Issey Miyake intense of all things, largely due to the fact that people can actually smell it.

>>17178457
>No
Did they dislike it? It's pretty inoffensive, it's not some weird niche

>>17178354
Welcome to <current year>. Nothing lasts. Everything is diluted. Reformulations have killed all the fun.

>>17178140
Thats a solid deal considering 100ml of BI is 75€. Fun fact: bois is french for wood.

>>17178463
The more important one just gave me a weird look, but I understand what that means. The other one just straight up disliked it.

>>17178481
Huh
Well, I'll still try it in case I really like it

>>17178411
Ganymede:
Imagine cold, ozonic, citrus notes over a dry saw dust accord with sweet curry spices in the drydown.

Encelade:
Really sour-fruity, i mean really intense fruity rubharb, layered with green vetiver and very light leather. The sillage it will leave is mostly a sour-fruity-slightly sweet whiff. Nothing like Ganymede and mostly feminine in my honest opinion.
Could also be a metrosexual clubbing scent, kills Eros or Aventus in that category.

Overall Bois Impérial is the best choice, because it has the quality and amazing DNA of Ganymede, but it's fresher and cheaper.

>>17178457
>You can watch many blind-reaction videos on YouTube.
It seems so random that in the end my takeaway is that while some frags have that "sexy" DNA, they're usually boring and you're better off just wearing whatever you want as long as it's still reasonably mass-pleasing i.e. not extremely niche and potentially stinky.

What’s the most sterile and cold fragrance that exists? You know that vibe you get in hospitals? I want to smell like that. Or like a dentists waiting room or a piercing studio. You get my drift boys…

>>17178490
Sécrétions Magnifiques reminded me of hospital and blood.

>>17178488
I was interested in Ganymede but now that you mention there being a curry note ew cringe I dont want to smell like a pajeet.

>>17178495
Great but its not exactly sterile is it when it smells like bodily fluids e.g cum….

>>17178481
Did they smell it up close or in the air?

>>17178497
Not in a pakeet way, but in a ketchup way.

>>17178506
Ohh so you mean like a white person? Now I’m interested in ordering a sample

>>17178501
It doesn't smell like cum. When i sniffed it i got those interpretations: sterile hospital, imagine a nurse sanitise your skin before taking blood samples.
Or: as a dirty fag i here and there visit some prostitutes and sometimes i get some really disgusting ones. Imagine a prostitute cleaning her pussy, after the last costumer, with water wipes flavored with floral notes.

Because of my second take it's unbearable for me to wear.

>>17178490
CdG Odeur 53

>>17178174
I think I sampled that but it mustn’t have made an impression because I can’t even remember what it was like. I remember having mixed feelings about the Anónimo version since it has been shilled by they gaiboy Ricky Martin himself

>>17178053
I bought it, but it smells very outdated. I don’t know if I can get some bitches on my dick with it. The citrus-wood combination is a little interesting tho after 1-2 hours

>>17178539
Either you can pick up girls or you can’t.

>>17178459
Where did you buy it?

>>17178462
Sounds about right, most fragrances that aren't weird oils and stuff are going to be alright to most people. All that matters is if they can even smell it in the first place.

>>17178467
BI unironically stays on me after a shower for a day

>>17178053
Based and enjoy it. It's a fresher take on Polo Green for a really good price. If you're into that kind of smell, try out Bel Ami from Hermes. It's a huge step up on that DNA.

>>17177487

Oud Wood

>>17177831

Based
About 5 sprays here

>>17178552
I got it in Germany about a decade ago as a gift from my Oma but it sat for a while until I recently rediscovered it. I use to wear chrome azzora and Tommy Bahama men (wish I still had a bottle, does anyone know anything similar?) exclusively. The classic smell of Hattric use to intimidate me. I’ve never seen Hattric in stores here in America.

>>17178320
3 of them are found in any parfumerie. Imagine sampling Sauvage and Prada l'homme lmfao. Go outside.

>>17177487
Maubousin Homme
>>17177986
oh god, it was such a disappointment, but actually projection is sick, my shirt was projecting at least 5 days which is rare nowadays

>>17178539
it is a somewhat old school scent, but I think it won't put anyone off, it's light and fresh. I doubt it will dissuade any bitches from being on your dick
>>17178575
honestly Polo Green, Bel Ami and Cerruti 1881 smell nothing alike to me lmao
it reminds me more of Eau Sauvage, old school but easy to like because it's so fresh, light and floral

>>17178518
I think I will take a hard pass.

>>17178591
Cerruti 1881 is Polo green on it's top notes, fresh pine, but Polo green has that urinal cake drydown.
Eau Sauvage is a citrus bomb with lavender and vintage spices, it's good too.

>>17178587
I think I'll try spraying on clothes then, cause these 40 C° days are hitting hard and performance is not very good lately... How much do you spray? and how's the projection from clothes, intimate?

>>17178603
i had a decant and it was spraying a lot of juice, i guess i used something about 1,5 ml, maybe 2
nobody mentioned that they can smell me from 50 ft but i hung my shirt on a chair in my 200 sqft room and when i left my room for lets say 20 minutes, after coming back i could smell my missoni wave from the shirt
but again, i expected more from this scent, it smells a bit cheap and i thought it'd more refreshing when in fact it's quite sweet-ish

>>17178611
i mean, i could feel it everywhere in the room

>>17178585
Wrong Sauvage you illiterate bum lmfao

This is the best perfume that I've smelled in my life, the price is pretty high tho, do You guys recommend something similar with a lower price? Not looking for a clone, just something similar.

>>17178489
That's pretty much it, anyway. You wear fragrances for yourself. I never got a reaction from anyone for wearing New York Intense, but I wear it for important business stuff, anyway, because it just feels fitting to me and puts me in the right mood.

>>17178503
On me. I gave it two wears overall.

>>17178556
Luckily for me it doesn't do that on me.

>>17178430
>deer musk.
I had no idea /k/ stopped by here.

Anyone tried the brand Nonfiction? My friend had it and it smelled quite good. I smelled their For Rest and I liked it. Fragrantica doesn't have a lot of info on them. Anyone have information on the rest of the line?

Few samples came in today:

> Amouage Overture Man
Can't quite describe this, it just smells dirty for me, but still quite refined. Somehow reminds me of a punk/anarchist aesthetic

> Amouage Journey Man
Smells like I shoved my face inside a wooden box that used to be filled with spices. If you really like the smell of wood and a lot of eastern spices, this is pretty good.

> Idole de Lubin
Starts interesting, with a boozy note, but dries down to a very sweet, sugary scent, and ends up smelling very feminine in the end. For power-bottoms or mommy-doms

> Nasomatto Baraonda
Smells like delicious aged whisky with a dirty rose for background. Somehow ends up smelling very masculine and very luxurious. Definitely try this if you want to smell like a rich alcoholic

>>17178654
could Baraonda be pulled of as a 20 yr old? I feel like afgano is the only nasomatto fragrance that might work on someone under 30.

>>17178611
damn that's a lot of juice... Why would you do that lol
>>17178617
I know what I said, you can find it everywhere. you would know if you went outside, incel

>>17178622
Psychedelique by Jovoy maybe?

>>17178633
Musk deer don't live in north America, however the trappers provide plentiful amounts of beaver scent glands and muskrat glands are slowly becoming available to natural perfumers

>>17178670
personally I don't think so because of the whisky note, it doesn't smell like something a 20 year old would wear

>>17178671
Please enlighten everyone where Eau Sauvage Parfum can be found in US brick and mortar stores, excepting Dior stores. Regardless, judging an order of samples on the basis of whether it can be found in stores is a fucking idiotic criterion.

Thoughts on Opium pour home by YSL?

>>17178682
Don't you burgers have Douglas or Sephora? the fuck is a brick and mortar store, are you looking for frags in shops that don' mainly sell frags? Do you live in the middle of nowhere? ESP is everywhere here
>>17178699
liked it on paper, disliked it on my skin.
cOpium.

>go to YSL store
>they dont carry a single frag

For fucks sake

>>17178705
They don't sell it in any physical store in the us, or on their us website for that matter. You can only find bottles on ebay either shipped from europe or imported by ebay sellers to resell with a markup. Seems like you understand this clearly and are just being obtuse to be obnoxious

>>17178707
YSL doesn't even own their fragrance line, they sold the whole thing of to loreall who has been trying to eun it into the ground ever since.

>>17178716
Why would I know that a popular frag from the most popular frag brand is misteriously not sold in the US? what about prada l'homme then? Is this why everyone here keeps sampling extremely common designers? I thought you huge stores filled with anything

>>17178717
Huh… no shit

>>17178050
dont really have one, but the one i wear most (everyday frag) is mont blanc legend edp

Need some easy-to-get cannabis scent recs, friends

>>17178737
Why did you angrily insist it was when you have no idea what you are talking about?

>>17178752
There isint a single cannabis scent that smells anything like cannabis unless you want something that smells like the mids you bought in highschool in the 90s

>>17178752
why not just wear something you like and smoke a doobie bro

>>17178752
black afgano is like the only that smells good

>>17178737
>what about prada l'homme then
yeah, not really available either from what I hear. same with Dior Homme Intense, L'homme Ideal Extreme... lots of french frags never make is to the US for some reason

>>17177992
I have always gotten compliments when I wear ombré leather. Always from women, rarely from men. I’ve had girls hug me again just to smell it or they want to wear your hoody or whatever.

>>17178050
You could say I’m a bad ombré.., leather by Tom ford

hey bros what is /our/ fragrance?

>>17178795
Neroli Intense
I haven't seen it hyped at all outside of /frag/ and it's pretty popular on here

>>17178737
Did it ever occur to you that maybe people want to try samples of different fragrances at their own place and on their own skin as opposed to smelling various frags on tester strips in retail stores? Of course, you could walk up and spray tester bottles directly on skin, but it’s pretty inconvenient to do so for several frags and you’ll probably experience nose fatigue. Also many stores have been less willing to decant their tester bottles and give out samples because of customers who abuse this practice.

>>17178795
Bois Imperial and Neroli Intense seem to be the first two fragrances people here genuinely discovered before everyone else

>>17178705
my wife (very niice) begged me to go to Sephora. You wouldn’t catch me dead in there. Now Saturday morning I’m like “get your shit together we’re going to Sephora!”. I like to try fragrances and they have a lot of really good skin care stuff. After trying Clinique, khiels, etc I won’t buy shit at Walmart to save my life. We even do the face masks together when we’re high and watching movies. There are also many hot women in Sephora and some fat ones.

>>17178795
Bois Imperial and maybe Guerlain Vetiver, depends on who you ask.

>>17178806
It’s pretty remarkable how it’s been over a year since I first heard of BI on here and it’s still regularly discussed. Need to check out Neroli Intense. Enjoyed NYI so I should get more acquainted with the brand.

>>17178810

Lmao all Sephora shit is overpriced marketed bullshit. All you you need for skincare are Cetaphil and Cerave products along with any decent sunscreen, all of which can be found at Walmart or literally any other store. Fuck Sephora

>>17178814
Guerlain Vetiver is not really a /frag/ thing. It was just one guy who started posting about it relentlessly a few weeks ago and it’s very well known and respected everywhere

>>17178821
Yeah this one BI-hating schizo must be fuming that all his actions resulted in it being more popular than ever in this thread lol.
>Neroli Intense
I think people here mean the cheapie by Jean En Provence and not Nicolai

>>17178806
Yup, I’m proud to be one of the early adopters of BI. My 100ml is almost empty by now…

>>17178844
Seriously based early adopter BI enjoyer

>>17178821
>Lmao all Sephora shit is overpriced marketed bullshit. All you you need for skincare are Cetaphil and Cerave products along with any decent sunscreen
Based correct about skincare anon
But you forgot the tret, never forget the tret

>>17178821
>All you you need for skincare are Cetaphil and Cerave products along with any decent sunscreen
desu I don't really use skincare products at all and my skin is mostly fine. when I did use them it didn't make any difference at all. are they just placebo or something?

>>17178866
Oh absolutely. Tret changed my fucking life. Cheap as shit for a script and blows any other skincare product out of the water

>>17178675
How’s beaver and muskrat? I don’t like pure civet but I could wear pure deer musk.

>>17178868
No they aren't placebo, they make a huge difference. Wash your face with cerave foaming cleanser when you shower, when you get out put on some cerave pm facial moisturizer or elf holy hydration (unscented) and then put on some sunscreen. Do it religiously for a few months and see the difference. And of course if you really want to get shit done get an internet prescription for tretionin and enjoy thw power, just make sure you wear sunscreen if you use tret.

i am wearing sauvage elixir and smiling

>>17178881
Beaver is good but i don't know if i would wear it on its own like i would with deer musk. Its dirty to some extent but nothing like the extreme dirty nostril singing smell of civet. They tend to age the beaver glands before making tincture and the aged ones have nuances of sweetness raspberry and vanilla. I haven't had a chance to smell muskrat yet but it sounds really promising so i will get around to it eventually.

>>17178894
Interesting… what’s keeping you from trying muskrat? Is it hard to find/expensive?

>>17178761
I already told you why I would assume that
>>17178789
That's nonsense considering the majority of designer brands making successful frags are French. Care to explain, burgers?
>>17178803
Yes it occurred to me, that's why I called him a lazy cunt who should step outside. You have at least 6 spots to sample frags on yourself, and you can always come back any time. I always retest frags to see if they will grow on me. I guess if you have money to waste, sure.

>>17178899
>Polo green steps in your way
But really I enjoy French perfumery for the most part. Will probably wear Caron l’anarchist tomorrow

>>17178882
Is elf based? I feel like most moisturizers are too greasy so I’m looking for something more light

>>17178821
>Fuck Sephora
hold your horses, thanks to them i can try a lot of frags for free

>>17178810
Based boomer giving in to girly hobbies
>>17178893
Based smiler

>>17178671
i want to be noticed
life is too short to wear frags without anybody noticing your scent

>>17178898
Unlike beaver the trappers don't dry the glands normally. Instead they make a puree of them and then can them and sell them as bait for other trappers to use. So the only way you can buy muskrat glands online is raw and blended in a jar with enough alcohol to keep it from going rancid.
I just have zero interest in buying a jar of ground upuskrat glands.
I know an indy perfumer close to where i live has used some in one of his perfumes so i just need to get around to visiting his place so i can smell some of the tincture he made.

>>17178907
Yes both the elf holy hydration and the cerave pm facial moisturizer and super lightweight.
The elf stuff is a really great value for the quality of the ingredients they use, it's $12 for a big tub of it.
I recommended getting the unscented version of holy hydration just because i aviod fragranced products ouside of perfume but both are fine.

I haven't gottem into this enough to care about uniquness and don't care about impressing fraggots, just need something to go out and be sleazy with, Dior EDT still the default?

>>17178955
which dior edt

>>17178965
Whoops, the one everyone and their frat house wears, sauvage.

>>17178955
Blue frags are becoming more and more dated. Sure, Sauvage will accomplish your goal of being sleazy, but I’d reckon you’ll have greater success using a more modern frag such as Bois Imperial

>>17178914
Thanks

>>17178907
cerave pm is goated

>>17178705
>liked it on paper, disliked it on my skin
same here. opium for women smells like the most amazing potpourri in the air, but on skin it smells like shit

>>17178050
Literally any men's cologne with Lavender/Iris notes in it

>>17177835
kek, sauvage is actually an amazing frag. i smelled the parfum version a few years back and wrote off the entire range. recently, i was in a department store shopping for new frags, and i wasn't wearing a fragrance. i have been quietly making note of all the sauvage hate over the years, and realized that i never actually tried the initial release. i went to the dior stand, and blindly sprayed myself with sauvage edt two times. i proceeded to buy a 200ml bottle the next day. i've spent the past few years wearing tom ford private blend, dior privee collection, and hermes frags exclusively. i am more than happy placing sauvage amongst these bougie frags on my vanity shelf. shit is actually fire, and i literally do not care if other people wear this frag, because they aren't me ;)

>>17178955
buy sauvage edt, it's the "i just beat the case" frag.

>>17179131
I have to disagree with you on women's Opium (EDT specifically). In my experience it smells as good on skin as it does in the air and has amazing longevity and projection. Beautiful warm, spicy incense. It's the only women's perfume other than Jicky that I wear regularly (both smell solidly unisex to me, maybe even slightly masc-leaning)

>lavender as a note
Pass. Everytime.

>>17179219
I hate jicky too. All I smell is feces, cigarettes, and old lady perfume. Maybe it’s my skin.

Europeeans are still asleep, post gun frags

>>17178752
ganja by CDG is worth sampling.
reminded me of my uncles car: weed, mens cologne, and the bmw leather interior

>>17177984
It's rich, classy, and smells fantastic. My girlfriend liked it so much in a decant that she bought it for me.

>>17179398
Not him but I bought a travel spray that arrives friday. Looking forward to sniffing the hype. Next month I’ll get decants of Ganymede, BI, and Tuxedo

>>17178795
Neroli Intense (from Jeanne en Provence). Classic 4711 scent in a longer lasting take without a hefty markup.
And I'm going to throw in New York Intense - it's highly rated by Luca Turin, it has never appeared on the channel of any highly popular frag YouTuber, and it has been part of the OP chart for a long time. I would have never known about it had I not come here.
BI is still mediocre at best, but I wouldn't have heard about it from elsewhere, either. It seems to be more polarizing, though (because some like it, some don't - me included).

>>17178893
Understandable. Once I get a good deal on a backup bottle I'm gonna go ham on my current bottle.

>>17178955
Yeah, it's still the default. Sauvage Elixir if you want something to mix it up.

>>17178882
do you use cerave pm in the evening and the morning? because there's cerave am that already contains sunscreen, what's your opinion on that one?

>>17178955
>Dior EDT
Based clueless normie. Escape while you can and enjoy your Dior EDT, or you might be sucked into an endless hunt for smelly water.

need a honest opinion on this frag
i blind bought it and something turns me off about the frag
or just the minty oceanic notes are so stimulationg like smelling salts
cant really tell whats happening with my nose rn, im going to test this frag anyway, probbly layering it

>>17178495
this to be honest family, it's uncanny how different from EVERYTHING else it smells

I'm going to buy a bottle of Sauvage and you can't do anything to stop me, the only reason why I haven't pulled the trigger yet is I can't quite decide between the EDT and the EDP, the Parfum already starts leaning too woody, with the interesting spices and citrus fading away in 10 minutes time

>>17179595

>>17179595
It's because Kenzo edp 2016 is a blatant Invictus clone, the aquatic notes are even more plasticy here.
There's a reason why i'm praising Kenzo Intense 2021 that much.

Issey miyaki died

You probably get asked this a lot but, how do I start with fragrances? Do I just waltz into a store and ask to smell everything?
>>17179675
RIP

BRO I WANTED TO BUY SOME TOBACCO VANILLE BUT THERES A PRICE HIKE ON TF FRAGS WTF TOMFORD BROS IM NOT PAYING THAT MUCH FOR THIS SHIT

>>17179675

F

>>17179690
My mom bought me a fake TF tobacco vanile for like 20e and it slaps desu

>>17179689
Start with YouTube vids to familiarize yourself with brands and specific fragrances. Write a list of what sounds interesting and then go to the store and test them or buy samples online.

>>17179689
Combination of going to the store yourself to smell stuff, because for everyone "smelling good" is subjective thus it is best to rely on your on nose to find what is it that you want to wear/smell like and also watching youtube reviews and trying things you find interesting

>>17179690
Prices will be coming down after September. I have somewhat reliable informations from multiple large companies. That being said, it's about the chemical industry in general, not the fragrance industry specifically. They might just not lower the prices now that they have increased them.

>>17179689
check out the charts under OP and try to find aome of those frags at the store. spray on different parts of arms, walk put and sniff in peace

>>17179595
why the fuck would you buy this

>>17179614
EDT. EDP just smells like Dylan blue and cheaper

>>17179690
buy from macys.
when package arrives, contact them thru their online chat and say the bottle leaked or broke.
they'll ask if you want a refund or another bottle sent. if you request a refund you'll get your money back in a few days.

received a leaky half-empty bottle a few months ago, and i was able to get a full refund w/o having to show them any proof.

>>17179775
aquatic fragrance wearers are just built different, man
where everyone else smells 10 generic cheap air freshener type scents that are pretty much identical, they will claim they are all worth having and different and shit. absolutely bizzare

>>17179783
I did this through amazon but never knew if they were fakes. thanks for the tip

>>17179783
>>17179810
let's scam overpriced frag companies boys.
What TF will you steal? I'm thinking Oud Wood.

>>17179827
too expensive. they'll make you send it back.

>>17179690
Are you looking for a full bottle or just a decant? ZeeFrags on r/fragdecants is legit and has a wide selection of frags, including TV. 10 ml for $32 and 25 ml for $69.

>>17179865
>>17179827
>>17179810
>>17179783
Are there any other ways to get free or super cheap frags?

>>17179675

RIP

>>17179576
>do you use cerave pm in the evening and the morning?
Yes, i actually haven't tried the cerave am with sunscreen, ive heard its good so it's probably an easy way to take care of moisturizer and sunscreen but i prefer to use Japanese sunscreens because they are some if the lightest to wear. If you search Japanese sunscreen on YouTube you will find some videos giving rundowns of the different brands and formulas.

>>17179895
amazon you can say its leaky too but they throw all their stock into the same bins, so you dont know if you're getting a fake or a real. they also sell dh2020 but have a pic of the original dh, so I bought 4 once and said on chat that its the wrong perfume and they gave me my money back

New Thread. Reasonably priced alternative for TF Tobacco Vanille edition.
>>17179969
>>17179969
>>17179969