/fa/ - Fashion

The Fragrance Flowchart for Beginners

The Fragrance Groups 101 Chart

last thread was mighty gay, stop sniffing fragrances immediately after spraying, maybe you'll get less brain damage
>>17414036
>>17414043
it's not discontinued but all these "retro" fragrances increased in price dramatically and/or are hard to find. pour un homme, yatagan, dali pour homme, any fucking bogart, any puig, a lot of ted lapidus, etc etc.

>>17414550
>Grigio Perla
Based OP, showing his amazing taste again.

>>17414565
I have jerked off to those as a kid

Some of you fags need a reality check, you've gone too far down the rabbit hole. You autistically obsess over fragrances and label them as being either good or shit (no middle ground), as being for summer or winter, for this occasion or that occasion, etc. The fact is 99% of fragrances smell nice and for the most part it doesn't matter what you spray on yourself. If you're attractive then smelling good is just the cherry on top (pretty much any fragrance will do). If you're some ugly loser it doesn't matter if you're wearing a ridiculously expensive niche fragrance or a mass-pleasing compliment-getter, ultimately you're still an ugly loser.

17414630 boring, no (You) for you

Autists pls meme me a new frag to sample, my last attempt to branch out was a dud (Black Afgano and NYI)

Most days this time of year I revolve between LADDM, ACCD and the odd spray of Lonestar when I'm in the right mood. It's been a couple of years of this and I'm getting kinda bored desu

Rules: nothing too screechy. Absolutely no "woodies" please, if I see wood anywhere in the description forget it. Nothing that costs $500 a bottle. Not TOO old fashioned unless it's truly timeless (usually when they say timeless it isn't). No guerlain. No chanel. To be honest let's just skip france (sorry france I still love you, it's not you it's me). Something on the "clean" side of heavy if that makes any sense but not a freshie

I'm thinking a chypre or gourmand might be the way to go here?

The OP for the last three threads was better

After trying out some niche brands recently I'm firmly placing my allegiance to designer. A lot of niche stuff is fucking rank

>>17414658
>the low-effort globohomo BI Jew shill was better
>>17414671
filtered noselet good riddance

>>17414657
why should anyone spoonfeed you

>>17414681
Because you're a loser and have nothing else to do otherwise why are you even here. Also thanks for the (You)!

>>17414565
gay

Boucheron's Jaipur EDP is sophistication in a bottle. A marvelous scent, I highly recommend it.

Yesterday I tried T-Rex by zoologist at work for the first time ( I work in a highway booth, a really closed and hot environment) and I was enjoying the fragrance a lot, but after a few hours I started to get some fecal notes and I was almost going to puke. I didn't even know where that came from, I went into fragrantica to see if someone even mentioned that because I'm aware that this fragrance evolves a lot and noone was saying anything even remotely similar that that so I assumed it was the mix with my body chemicals what was causing it (quite a hard pill to swallow as a frag head that your body chemistry has notes that makes you smell like shit) . The smell wasn't going away and I ended my shift thinking about swapping it for something fresher on Reddit.

Turns out I shat myself at work without noticing. My fucking chair has a big dent in the middle like a bad bicycle chair and it pressured my perineum area too hard that it got numb and it seems something leaked out by accident. One coworker when she came in the middle of the night so I could go to my break time asked me about my fragrance because the whole booth was smelling a lot and I told her it was T-Rex by zoologist.

Now I think she was making fun of me.

>>17414657
I'm going to ignore most of what you said and tell you to try Mumbai Noise.
You'll smell like old coffee grounds on a designated shitting street.

>>17414713
Fragrantica:
>wood
>wood
>wood
What a shame because your description made it sound like fun

>>17414715
well i didnt smell any wood when i tried it.
just coffee, coffee, damp dirty streets, more coffee, and manure

>>17414719
Even a little bit of iso e super makes me want to dry heave. Never bothered me before until an ill advised period where I wore molecule 01 every day which probably hypersensitized me. Not fucking with any of that series again because I'm afraid it will ruin perfume for me

>>17414657
Have you tested Chypre Palatin yet? A chypre brought into modernity and certainly on the clean side of heavy.
>inb4 no France
For your gourmand, how about something modern and clean, but ALSO cheap? Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo Signature. Coffee in a clean tonka context, heavy and no freshie, also Italy and not France (inb4 no Morillas).

>>17414699
Trying to find that at stores, no luck so far. Took me forever to find Costume National already, no clue why these ones are so rare. Like, Jaipur is available on douglas.de but you can check store availability and none of the 30 Douglas stores around me has it stocked.

>>17414677
You're going to carry that cope

A friendly reminder:

Ganymede is really good.
Ganymede = Akigalawood + fruits.

Kenzo Homme (Intense EDT and EDP 2022) are good.
Kenzo Homme = Akigalawood + aquatics/blue.

Bois Imperial is fucking garbage.
Bois Imperial = Tom Ford Grey Vetiver + Akigalawood.

>>17414657
need more details desu
try bianchi's etruscan water or some chypre by rogue perfumery (mousse illuminee is a meme though, not that)

>>17414332
>>17414347
This is why I love Kouros and why it continues to sell

>>17414725
They have one of the EDP/EDT (can't remember which) at the inno near Louise in Brussels if you happen to live near there.

>>17414758
Sorry read that as Douglas.be

>>17414657
>no France
Any reason for that?
Recs: Italian Mandarin by EZ
>>17414671
based

>>17414709
I don't think she was making fun of you.

>tfw you find out Creed is owned by BlackRock

how the fuck is it still labeled as "niche"

What would be his signature scent?

Is it autistic that I find 50ml bottles more aesthetically appealing than 100ml. 200ml bottles? Get the fuck out of here. That's poverty

>>17414857

In the movie he has YSL Pour Homme.

>>17414657
sohrab, yatagan, stop listening to fragrantica noselets
>>17414699
it's a bit overrated desu
>>17414725
if you live near düsseldorf that one perfumery inside königsgallerie has edp and/or edt, i don't quite remember. parfümerie schnitzel or something like that

>>17414657
Ambra aurea.

>>17414847
some people label fucking Tom Ford Private Blends as "niche"
"niche" just means "expensive" the way most people use it nowadays

>>17414699
it is a very nice scent especially for the price, almost picked up a bottle. but it might be a bit too old school for my tastes

>>17414671
I took the designerpill a long time ago and never looked back. Pretty much every niche fragrance is a fucking meme that, when compared to designer, smells terrible and is overpriced.

>>17414550
I got this as a christmas gift. I wanted the kiso yuzu but this stuff is really nice. Sharply bitter, green opening, then toning down to a sweet, citrusy scent.

>>17414939
retarded take

>>17414941
My nigga, i always wanted to try out pic related from the same brand. How is the longevity?

>>17414963
better than i expected. around 2-4 hours before it turns very intimate

>>17414671
Yeah I've found that niche frags are rarely worth the headache.

>>17414945
Stay mad about it, nichenigger.

quick rundown?

>>17414939
>he hasn't smelled Bois Imperial
oh no nono no nono HAHAHAHAHHA

What fragrance comes close to the ancient low key sweet scent of an old book's pages?

>>17414879
This is often the case. Exceptions include LNDL and Nicolaï bottles

>>17414550
Suggest something masculine, inexpensive and crowd pleasing that actually has good longevity

>>17415031
costume national pour homme

>>17415031
There's nothing masculine about crowd pleasing.

>>17415034
OK then, not crowd pleasing, just masculine, ones pensive with good longevity

>>17415033
I'll check it out thanks anon

>>17415038
*inexpensive

>>17413527
Real answer:
>Sauvage
>Bleu de Chanel
>LNDL
>Eros
>1M
>The One
>Fierce
>ADG

>>17415065
>LNDL
works great whether you like it or not

>>17415066
The One is the better cardamom scent imo, sexier at least, but both are great

>>17415021

Encre Noire.

>>17414900
>yatagan

This perfume is heartbreaking because it smells so good but the performance is absolutely abysmal. No matter how much you apply it just disappears. I need to sell or trade my bottle.

>>17415021
Oud Plaza by Herve Gambs. It starts with a medicine like oud then it dries down to a powdery note of Papyrus you literally smell like an old book and the performance is awesome 8+ hours

>>17414994
I have, and own a bottle. It's fine, but there is much much better out there

>>17415075
I've found it lasts a long time on my skin but doesn't project, very intimate.

>>17414847
oy vey

>>17414847
Because they're making perfume and not designing clothes or whatever else.

>>17415021
- LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi x Æther
- Book Commodity

>>17415074
Absolute kek, Encre Noire is the mystical scent that smell like graveyard, paper from a book, goth and many more. It's just a puristic vetiver scent, bright green, sour due to the cypress, synthetic sharp.

I've recently gotten some new fragrances that have become my new favorites and I'm reshuffling my whole collection. Can you guys recommend which ones of them I use and for what? i.e. daily driver, date, office scent, etc.

Thameen Carved Oud
Parfums de Marly Layton
Parfums de Marly Layton Exclusif
MEMO African Leather
Clive Christian 1872 for Men

and yes I blind-bought Bois Imperial because of all your shilling but it isn't here yet

>>17414750
and this is why women don’t like people like you
you’re non-consensually forcing us to smell you
are you stupid how do you now see how that’s gross

>>17414900
>if you live near düsseldorf
I live IN Düsseldorf, actually. I've dodged Schnitzler so far, mostly because I wouldn't buy anything, anyway. I go to Douglas, Sephora, L'Occitane, Breuninger and Galeria, sniff stuff and then wait for a better deal online, which I why I don't want to do that to non-chained perfumeries. One of the other ones might have had it in the past, but there's a chance I missed it. I don't want to ask the saleswoman because I usually just hit a spray of something I want to test and then leave, they are better off wooing their customers who might actually buy something there.
I'm in the city tomorrow for another visit to the Christmas market, might hit up Schnitzler on the way, so thanks for the heads-up.

>>17414939
Just sniff shit and then buy what you like best, there's no reason to ignore designers for niche and the other way around.

>>17415031
How inexpensive? Try Eros Flame. I have a small (free) sample and tested Eros versions in the past, they all smelled horrible. I gave Eros and Eros Flame another chance and Eros still smells like vanilla bile, but Eros Flame actually smelled really good to me. That used to be different in the past.

>>17415181
My girlfriend also wears obnoxious chypres like chanel cristalle and aromatics elixir, you sound like an insufferable spinster. Also
>tits or gtfo

>>17415171
>he blind-bought something you can sample for free

>>17415181
Girls love Kouros, Bogart Signature, Eucris, Antaeus, Bob Monsieur, Bel Ami, Jules on dudes

Consensus?

Okay /frag/, have you ever run into someone who was wearing the same fragrance as you? If so, did you say anything?

>>17415200

>>17415200
might make you more attractive to slutty young girls, unlike the grandpa shit and infamous meme frag the "2/10 white girl ass" poster forces every thread
it comes at the price of having to smell like liquid diabetes though, personally not a sacrifice I am willing to make

>>17415203
A few years ago me and some friends went out bar hopping in brooklyn, one of them had a few spritz of aventus on and I was doused in CDNIM, absolutely mogged

Hi bros, I read FAQ but still have a question.

>Is it okay to buy from amazon for fragrances? Have $50 gift card I want to use
>I want to buy Tom Ford Noir but it only seems to come in Parfum variant, is this normal?

>>17415235
>Is it okay to buy from amazon for fragrances? Have $50 gift card I want to use
every fragrance I look up on Amazon (excluding sub $100 ones) ALWAYS has reviews complaining of weak performance due to suspected fakery, which can occur if your order is fulfilled by some unknown company or even Amazon themselves sometimes. There's a reason why fragheads insist on buying from specific dedicated websites (see list above) or from the manufacturers directly, and it's because of the guaranteed legitimacy. Also, Amazon will probably damage your package during shipment.
>I want to buy Tom Ford Noir but it only seems to come in Parfum variant, is this normal?
Yes. Intensity is a preference but the idea that male fragrances only exist as eau de toilette is limiting and completely incorrect. Tom Ford Noir only comes as a Parfum, not a cologne, and this is pretty much the industry standard. Shockingly brands don't actually want their scents watered down as much as possible.

>>17415208
>might make you more attractive to slutty young girls
That's all I needed to know desu senpai.

>>17415225
>CDNIM, absolutely mogged
I thought CDNIM was the better version of Aventus

>>17415034
Silly. Drakkar Noir, Sauvage, et al are all masculine and crowd pleasing.

>>17415263
Sure, the $35 clone made in a cave is better than the greatest fragrance ever created by man.

>>17415235
Use the Amazon card to get a Nordstrom card. Sure you don’t mean Noir Extreme, tho?

>>17415287
Imagine being an aspirational fag and spending close to $500 on a mediocre frooty masstige ambroxan bomb

>>17415291
Stop being poor.

>>17415291
>gynecomassstige
KYS

>>17415301
I’ll spend cash on good fragrances. Rive Gauche pH, NYI, vintage Fahrenheit, etc. Ganymede is also on my to-purchase list. Aventus is basic bitch boring amberwoods, sorry just my opinion.
>>17415308
Oh yeah Creed is an esteemed niche house and not a snake oil peddler with a fake history, I forgot.

>>17415301
Shitty collection, bro

>>17415319

>>17415317
King George III says otherwise, plebiscite.

>>17415319
He doesn’t even have the OG kickstarter Office for Men.
>captcha K0DAK

>>17415203
Yeah, with Le Male in like 2010. Didn't mind it, though.

>>17415301
H24 is actually the worst in that collection, don't (You) me.

>>17415346
It grew on me. But that H24 parfum thing is the worst.

>>17415331
Very funny. Date and Unisex are the exact same thing. Very much Ultra Male at 3x the price, at least before they went bankrupt or whatever.

>>17415346
I had BI but sold it. Couldn’t wear it. H24 was what I thought BI was supposed to be. BI was bugspray to me.

>>17415301
Hi Jeremy hows the coke

Ok guys I went to the store and got my Encre Noire. Pretty decent I like it. More importantly I was able to try all the Guerlain Les Absolus d'Orient variants. Really liked the Mythique and the Stanal Royal I think it was. Heritage too. And also Narciso Rodrigues For Him Bleu Noir. Now that I got the Lalique I can't decide on a second one between the other 4 for my second one, and I only want to keep it at 1 for now. What would you say? Which one is the most gothrock?

>>17415374
Encre noire extreme mogs the shit out of the original and sport. You should consider suicide or at least permanently injuring yourself for trying to be """gothrock"""

>>17415075
it's not that horrible for me, it's the definition of 7/10 longevity.
>>17415183
schnitzler's not bad. they didn't care that i sampled like 30 frags heh, got subtly kicked out of a perfumery in dortmund for that.
their niche offering is not really amazing, mostly the basic shit but some designer frags i haven't seen elsewhere yet. namely most guerlains, boucheron, some cartiers and 3 nicolais.
have you been to beauty affair? they stock frederic malle and asabi (no 5 intense was nice). the woman who worked there was nice but goddam some peoppe really overdo it with botox

>got one of these gift packs for $60 and 10 percent cashback with my amex
not bad

>>17415414
Say that to my face and see what happens/ They also didn't have extreme.

Good frag for boring non edgy monochrome outfits worn for comfort and function not necessarily status? I was thinking either something like Hermes H24, or that normalfags would subconciousily recognize due to prolifiration or contrasting it with something loud and edgy or trying to find the olfactory synethesic version of "autism"

>>17415446
he's a retard, both EN and ENAL are good

>>17415457
unironically bois imperial
maybe grey fragrances but not my forte

>>17415438
Based. Versace is unironically the Rolex of fragrances. The only recognizable brand and the only thing anyone normal cares about

>>17415446
You would stutter and shit yourself.

>>17415483
don't slander Rolex like that
t. watchbro

>>17415428
also check out lush if you haven't. from all the fragrances i've tested that day, lush had the most interesting ones. might have to get a bottle of breath of god but all of them were very unique. i liked karma and death & decay too

rec them both a frag.

>hard mode you have to correctly identify what Malcom would already be wearing and convince him to abandon it and you have to convince Grant to wear one in the first place

>>17415509
Try it out.

>>17415518
Seethe bois imperial frenchtard

>>17415518

SOTD was Montebaco Verano.
You know what, this fragrance sucks. Not because it's bad or anything, it sucks because I smelled Intensivo first. Verano is more mass appealing, smooth and sweet. Intensivo is rougher but more nuanced and interesting .

In Verano the leather is neutered, the tea is gone, the florals are gone, the tobacco is softer, there's no sexy musk smells. What's left is a very appealing cashmeran , suede and grapefruit bomb that smells wonderful but not as artistic as Intensivo.
Basically Intensivo cost more but I didn't mind paying it because I got a genuine niche fragrance that was evocative of what it claimed in the ads and reviews. Verano "perfects" this by smoothing out all the rough edges and being sweeter and more airy, it's niche filtered through designer sensibility.

It's not bad, in fact if I smelled it first I would have loved it. But Intensivo is a 10/10, Verano is a 7 that would have been a 9 if I didn't already wear Intensivo

>>17415374
https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Best-in-Show-Goth-and-Metal-Perfumes-2020-13356.html

There. Now shut the fuck up and go truly capture "goth rock" by being dead.

>>17415351
H24 is a menswear store full of linen,wool and leather, white shirts being ironed and green bananas. It's amazing and the only people I've met that don't love it are poor. I'm being serious, my friends, coworkers and girlfriend love it and the only person who talked shit was a homeless man on the train who yelled at me and said I was. "bougie ass nigga" who thought I was better than him because I smelled clean. I'm white as a ghost but the second part of the statement was true because he was a homeless black man who clearly shit his pants.

Captcha KHVGG

Do you truly have the taste of a homeless black man who shit his pants?

>>17415351
it is. perfume for people that hate perfume.

>>17415428
No, the last time I came past Beauty Affair it was closed for some reason. On that same day I also wanted to go to Louis Vuitton, but there was a line in front of the store and I ain't waiting in a line just to sniff stuff. Will probably go to Breuninger tomorrow.

>>17415639
>perfume for people that hate perfume.

Filtered. H24 was a bold step for Hermes given the current designer market and an impressive call back to classic men's grooming.

>>17415661
perhaps. i had high hopes for it, but it was a letdown sadly. just really boring, like their version of an office frag like grey vetiver. no soul.

>>17415609
based, great comparison and very true - takes serious wearings of intensivo to describe it as such

>>17415721
Thank you. Intensivo is easily one of my favorite fragrances of all time and it's a shame it doesn't get any hype because it's not trendy enough.

H24 is pretty good, but I'm not crazy about the banana aspect. I was hoping the flankers would change the banana out with other smells while keeping the distinctive metallic smell. Instead they just added a bunch of sweetness that delays when normal H24 starts.

>>17415290
Nope
I like Noir
Smells musky

>>17415031
Versace Dylan Blue (unironically).

>>17415616
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What fragrance would different vidya characters use? I'll start with a few
>Adam Jensen
Jazz Club
>Spy from Tf2
Kouros or Bleu de Chanel, depending on the situation
>Heavy from Tf2
Drakkar Noir
>Agent 47
Grey Vetiver or Prada L'Homme
>Widowmaker
Black Orchid
That's all I got for now, what do you think?

>>17415653
oh damn i forgot there was a LV. gotta go there next time i'm in düsseldorf. even if their prices are fucked
do check out LUSH if you haven't yet though, really interesting stuff

Got a sample of Y EDP, what’s with the weird lube/gay sex note in there? The EDT doesn’t have this

bruh these threads are dead as fuck

PS bois imperial literally smells like piss

>>17416663
yeah it's dead

>>17416322
why would Agent 47 wear fragrance at all? he's basically a robot he probably doesn't care. it's canon that he doesn't even put on deodorant


do you think Caitlyn Jenner wears male fragrances?

>>17416663
It got me laid, nice photorealistic woody fragrance

>>17416709
sandnigger
how many kids have you raped?

>>17416744
I prefer white girls between 19-21 years, faggot. Post your collection

Hey new to oils here! What was it about Santal 33 by Le Labo that made it so well known? Link to the best clone of Santal 33 please or what's the best clone manufacturer because at the end of the day it's just the same base oils mixed, brand labeled, then marked up for profit and advertising right?

>>17416305
Copy paste a bullet into your brain

>>17416780
bait/10
KYS

>>17416780
Kenzo Homme Intense smells like Santal33

>>17416709
>photorealistic
Whatever the fuck are you on about man

>>17416709

Fucking jannies never get rid of this mystery mutt Bisch cocksucker

>>17416805
Not bait, private labeling and profiting applies to just about everything. Newbie here asking the guys who've tried the whole lot about the reputable links that won't be as overpriced. And what is Santal 33 hype, is it just leathery? Spicy? please explain.

>>17416810
Thanks bro where to cop

>>17416770
child raping sandnigger

This one worth a blind buy? I want something that's going to be versatile in the winter

>>17416891
yes and no. The only comparable scent that is currently on the market is Bois Doré Van Cleef & Arpels. The scent itself is an amazing plushy tonka, with musks and a bit of leathery note of the top, it's extremely versitile and pleasant, yet unique, BUT it does not last at all, if it lasts 6+ hours on your skin, you are a genetic lottery winner. However it is getting discontinued

I've recently been sampling some Acqua di Parma and they're so good.

Colonia, Colonia Essenza, Intensa, Pura are all incredible (minus obviously poor longevity of the original). Oud and Spice is wonderful, the Blu Line are much snicer than anything like the Tom Ford blue line, and they have such an interesting variety of perfumes. Unless my memory is mistaken I feel like Leather is nowhere near as good as it used to be, both in terms of authenticity and performance, but I still like it (even if I wouldn't wear it).

Do any of you own any of their perfumes? Any you'd recommend? I still have a lot to try.

>>17416927
Colonia Club (not the C.L.U.B.) and ADP Leather are GOAT.

>>17414550
My parents got me this Calvin Klein eternity for men stuff for Christmas this year. I've never worn cologne, is this even worth using? They also got me a thing of this "Ralph's Club" stuff by Ralph Lauren.

What frag do we shill in 2023? Gve me your predictions.
Dior Homme 2020 smells so fucking good.
>inb4 based Trump
>divorce your wifes as soon as they hit the wall
>slut up your daughter
I believe he's the antichrist, but this mofucker literally could be me.

>>17416956
Eternity is a great green, fresh scent

>>17416974
Oh good, I'll keep using it. I like it quite a bit desu. So does my dog lmfao

Why do Chanel frags smell better than any other designer? Im not saying all the compositions are extremely interesting or anything but they just smell higher quality

>>17416662
Doesn't smell like any lube I have ever smelled, so I can't tell you.

>>17416493
Be prepared to wait in line, though. During the week you might have a chance, although not in the evening. On the weekend they have people waiting outside in a line. I don't wait in a line for luxury items.

>>17416891
Good stuff, but probably not something someone should blind buy. It's an amber-vanilla frag with a barbershop vibe. I know that sounds weird, but once you smell it, you will recognize it.

>>17416972
Jil Sander Sun Men

>>17416984
>Oh good, I'll keep using it.
You sound like an absolute faggot. Would you have stopped using it if Anon said "Eternity is shit"?

What's the deal with seasonal fragrances? Every fragrance I check on that one website has been a winter/fall one, according to their data. What constitutes as a summer frag?

>>17417090
Light, fresh, clean, not too sweet and cloying. The heat of the sun can make some perfumes unbearable. As I found out when I was new to perfume and wore six sprays of Tuscan Leather to a BBQ in the height of summer.

>>17417090
That depends on the mood of the marketing department. Citrus ambroxan freshies are usually considered "summer" fragrances. There's no reason to listen to the marketing department, though. Just wear what you want.

>>17417068
Probably :)

>>17417090
if you use certain frags in heat you will fucking puke, how retarded are you do not be able to use basic logic that some notes or really intense frags do not do well in very high heat

>>17417127
Why are you basically telling me to kill myself and burn in hell over pixels on a computer screen...

>>17414550
sampled this at the mall and i found myself smelling the sample paper over and over for the next few hours. might have to order a bottle.

>>17417056
i'd rather wait a bit in a line than pay 5€/ml for decants desu. got some business there next month so i could go around lunch time. do they care if i look like a bum? i usually avoid these kind of stores. fucking hate these brands so much

>>17417198
Hard to say. There were a few people in the line with trackpants (which have never been used for sports), but those were the type which would buy another pair from Dior to drive around in their leased AMG Merc on weekends, not necessarily bums. I think they let anyone in and the line is just to be extra-pretentious.

>>17417240
>There were a few people in the line with trackpants
niggers or wannabe niggers. spoiler alert, if these kinds of people can afford the goods then the goods aren't luxury

>>17417195
told people worse.

>>17417090
what are you Seinfeld faggot? shut the fuck up

Wore 1986 Eclectique by Les Baines Guerbois and today. So happy I bought a bottle. I know high praise for a fragrance on these threads normally reeks of hyperbole or fake hype but it's one of my favorites, I bought a bottle after blowing up through a decant.
If you're a young dude who's still into sweet frags and light blue scents, that's awesome but this isn't going to be your bag. I'm middle aged, this is a perfect romantic/date night fragrance for me.
This will sound crazy but the 1986 smells like a bar, and multiple people wearing different fragrances inside the bar, but in a good way. There's a boozy rum cocktail smell, aged rum and red and stone fruits, plus the smell of the barrel itself. There's the smell of fresh tobacco, smells just like how opening a fresh pack of Marlboro reds used to smell. There's a faint leather smell like a well worn jacket. And then there's combinations of notes that my brain reads as other distinct fragrances. There's a strong myrrh note, combined with patchouli and amber and it smells exactly like the drydown of Prada Amber Homme intense. Then there's a strong musk, vanilla and oakmoss combo that smells like the drydown of a typical barbershop fragrance, but I'm picking this up at the same time as the Prada smell, and all of them together with the boozy bar and tobacco smell.
But it doesn't smell disjointed or unnatural, it smells like walking past two people in a bar wearing fragrances the smell nice and somehow it all smells nice together.
Most fragrances smell nice, it's rare to find one that displays such imagination to come up with a concept and the technical mastery to execute the idea.
I know what I'm saying probably sounds nuts, that's fine. I'm not saying go buy a bottle, it's expensive, don't waste your money. I am encouraging you to get a sample and experience something very different than what's currently on the market, and I hope you love it like I do

Someone on my local Fboook posted this for 35 dollaridos... does it look legit? i asked him to send me a pic of the bootle.

>>17417013
I don't really have an answer to your question, but I do sense that they have a house style that adheres to some old idea of what a man's perfume is supposed to be. It's not like Egoiste and Antaeus smell like each other, but there's a Chanel thing going on in both. I like how they smell, but they don't have the sharp, distinctive notes that my very favorite perfumes have that make me shove my nose in them. The Chanel ones seem to know that it's about the general scent that the wearer gives off rather than being super interesting close to the skin. Antaeus and Egoiste do smell good when I'm taking a big whiff off my arm, but they're not optimized for selfish wearing like some oddball niche stuff is.

Thinking of signing up for a monthly box subscription for trying out some frags. $17 CAD for 8 ml a month. Worth it?

>>17414550
Bought a bottle of Versace Eros from a street market in Istanbul while I was there, only cost me around $15 and it was sealed in box, has a serial number or whatever, what are the odds it’s legit? It smells fine, not sure what it usually smells like until I can find one irl at a store to compare it to. I’m guessing it was stolen, or are the boxes and bottles that easily to counterfeit?

11th page bump

Thoughts on Gentleman? Which one is the best?

>>17416956
nice
get yourself some eternity aqua also anon

>>17417110
honestly hope you die

>>17415301
>Bought Jeremys shit
you will never find a gf, you will be lonely till you bite the grass

>>17417792
Iris garbage.

>>17417197
It's ok for a noob.
If poor, test kenzo homme intense or edp 2022, they are actually unique and good.
Otherwise get Ganymede.

>>17416956
Ok, for a noob. Nothing special.
RL is just a redesigned YSL Y Live.
Proper designer stuff for 2022 is KHI edt or KH edp 2022.

>>17417868
>>17417869
dead thread
ok noob

>>17417792
they're pretty solid. reserve is nice, not many iris + whiskey frags out there

>>17416322
I agree with most of these, except I think Spy would wear something by Guerlain. maybe Habit Rouge
and Adam Jensen would wear CDG 2 Man I think

>>17417473
Are all middle aged men doomed to comprehensive write ups for free on chinese christian mingle blogs?

>>17417792
I have only tried the EdP (the black one) so far and it was great. I bought a bottle for the collection after trying it

>>17417892
>Spy would wear something by Guerlain
Spies must have zero distinctive features.
Therefore the scent should be either BDC EDP or none.

>>17417903
maybe when he's working, but outside of work the Spy is known to have somewhat pretentious and very classically French tastes in everything. I think he'd wear vintage Habit Rouge or something

Does anyone here work in production? How did you get into it?

>>17415301
>date for men
>3 bottles of creed
>itoddler filename
you're really checking all the boxes here LOL

I'm cosplaying Ryo (male), what should I get to smell like Ryo?

>>17418018
bois imperial

>>17418018
costume national cyber garden
powdery grandma fragrances

>>17417903
holy shit bleu de chanel BTFO!

>>17417945
>outside of work the Spy
No such thing.

Good substitute for tom ford oud wood and tuscan leather?
I heard cool water was decent

>>17414550
When did you realise that picrel ended the frag game?

You guys ready?

>>17418219
The only based frag reviewer out there

Just got my second bottle of H24, this time a full 100mL as I finished a 50mL so quickly, my goodness it’s awesome. I love the sour green frutiness of the opening and the fougere base. A coworker of mine used to smell like this and I asked if he had H24 but he said it was probably just his bodywash, which makes me think this DNA is starting to slide downmarket already just like classics like Cool Water, Drakkar Noir etc. It really smells like industrial cleaning products in the best way possible. Also I’ve noticed that it mixes really well with the smell of burnt gunpowder, gun oil and burnt carbon at the shooting range. Sublime stuff, maybe even a bit “liminal” and uncanny smelling

>>17418162
a rope and a bodybag.

>>17418219
>gynecomasstige shill is at it again.

Any good aquatic/citric fragances for 100 and under?

>>17418162
cool water smells literally nothing like any of them
la yuqawam or whatever it's called is a good tuscan leather clone supposedly
there's also ombre leather, which is a bit cheaper and a bit similar

>>17418339
>Any good aquatic/citric fragances
no such thing, worst genre ever

>>17418339
>>17418384
Yeah what even is an aquatic fragrance? Like fish smell? Seaweed? Chloride?

Boys I'm at an impasse. I'm doing some off-season looking for a new summer fragrance

Of the mediteraneo line
Favorite - Fico di Amafli
Close second - Mirto di Panarea
Third - Chinotto di Liguria

Anything to know about these? I've not had any issues with performance or silage. I plan on finding a cheap bottle on ebay/mercari.

>>17418389
the better ones smell like seaweed. but most of them just smell like cheap "ocean" bathroom spray

>>17418389
Kenzo Homme Intense is the best “aquatic” on the market right now. Ozonic melon, creamy woods with a distinctly beachy coconut-fig accord and the sparkling patchouli-sandalwood-vetiver base of Bois Imperial and Ganymede. It shares some similarities with Santal 33 in the base but after wearing it for a few weeks I don’t get it as much anymore.

>>17418389
seaweed, ozonic, marine and salty notes.
>>17418339
for 100 and under? don't think a good one exists at that price.

>>17418226
Why on earth are you typing "ml" like that? Retard.

i just smelled bois imperial and i got strong notes of urine. don't think i'll be buying this one lads.

>>17418649
the opening kind of smelled like blue cheese to me lmao. it's fine afterwards though

>>17418646
Because I like it

>>17416780
unironically maison louis marie no.4 bois de balincourt. have both this one and santal and they smell super similar, and mlm.4 is super affordable.

>>17418646
Probably because he's from a country where the liter is a capitalized noun in writing. That would make "mL" the correct way of writing it in his country.

Kenzo Homme Eau de Parfum just came in the mail. Wow bros, it's even better than EDT Intense and literally actually better than Bois Imperial. I'd also consider it to be a "deep blue" frag like the noselets on fragrantica always talk about and in that way, it absolutely mogs Dylan Blue, Bleu de Chanel, Sauvage, etc. Fuck it's good.

Also this is unrelated but I sampled Sauvage Elixir for the first time yesterday. People are really spending $165 to smell like Drakkar Noir? Literally just get Dakar lol
>>17418829
I am American, I just like writing it that way.

>>17414550
Anyone like the original Allure Homme?
This is Luca Turins review of it:
“I’m sure that when Pierre Bourdon did the beautiful and beautifully simple Cool Water he had no idea what he was starting. There have since been several hundred imitations, all trying to improve the unimprovable and ending up giving it more flab around the middle. This one is competent, utterly dull, and unworthy of Chanel. LT”
Is this a review for the wrong fragrance or am I totally missing how it smells like cool water?

Anybody have an idea what would be the modern equivalent?

Incense restock

Would I be lame to spray myself just for going to the 7/11 at 12 AM real quick? I haven't had any other chances to go outaisw...

>>17418848
nobody gives a fuck, you are trying to give magical properties to smelly water. KYS

>>17418848
>not spraying 10 sprays of LDDM to go grocery shopping because fuck plebs
as an amateur boxer in the peekaboo style I could fuck up 85% of normies so?

>>17418848

The girl I'm into suggests a break would be best
frags for thi feel?

>>17418839
Kenzo Homme intense and the edp indeed mogs citrus ambrox piss water, but Bois Imperial pulls off the akigalawood so damn good. They are even not in the same ballpark.
Bois Imperial is a photorealistic woody fragrance, smells like a fresh cut wooden plank.

Sauvage Elixir is your typical citrus ambrox piss water, but added unhealthy amount of sweetness. Nothing like the glorious, deep green aromatic Drakkar Noir, atleast the vintage formulation. Never formulation smells like spicy citruses, lacks the aromatics.

>>17418883
*Newer

>>17418872
go to bed, Ippo, your CTE is showing.

>>17418880
tell her you wanted to break up with her for a while, and the dont block her anywhere just ghost.

>spray fragrance
>get asthma attack

Fuck you.

Cool Water is the best male fragrance in existence and if you disagree you probably have a learning disability of some kind.

>>17418883
Granted I only tested Sauvage Elixir for a few minutes before throwing out the test strip and laughing at the price tag, but I really did get similarities with Drakkar Noir, not memeing. I do agree about Bois Imperial though, right now I am enjoying the Kenzo frags a bit more but I wore BI all year and it's easily a favorite. I don't know about "photorealistic" though, to me it's a very abstracted, deconstructed fragrance.

>>17418989
https://frompyrgos.blogspot.com/2014/10/getting-turins-opinion-on-cool-water.html
Objectively you are not wrong. Subjectively though I have preferences over it nowadays. Like BI and Kenzo

>>17418992
yeah, the "photorealistic" forced meme is weird to me as well. it's actually really hard to say what it smells like

>>17418992
was it always 165? I feel like it used to be 150

>>17418936
lmao lunglet detected

My fellow autists, we got him.

There was a Kenzo Homme fragrance I had a long time ago and really liked. It was some combination of fresh and woody, definitely for the summer. I think the bottle was black, and did NOT have a wood pattern on it.

Do any /frag/friends know what this was or something similar, since it looks like a lot of Kenzo older stuff is discontinued anyway?

>>17418872
i do this unironically
>>17418989
i have a bunch of winter or rather non-fresh fragrances. but only one fresh fragrance: davidoff cool water. and let me tell you something kiddo, not once have i had the urge to buy anything else other than a bigger bottle of davidoff cool water.

>>17418848
You’d be lame for asking

Anyone have experience with any iterations of Cigar frags other than this one? Eyeing up the blue one

rec me an alternative for guerlain vetiver, its pretty much killed off all my other frags. I use 4711 for the gym but that's it, maybe a little santal royal for date nights. I simply cannot get enough of guerlain vetiver - I guess it's the way it's blended because other vetivers don't do much for me.

>>17418839
If Sauvage Elixir smells like Drakkar Noir to you, you got one of the fakes where they copied the bottles and filled it with DN. That's where all the DN comparisons come from. It smells nothing like DN.

>>17419195
If you want sort of more of the same try Bois Imperial and Terre D'Hermes.


But do you want more of the same or do you want to try new things?

>>17419208
Not him but Sauvage Elixir does smell like vintage frags, it smells like a bunch of old fougeres. Really smells like the original Must de Cartier for men.

>>17418989
Cool Water is great but I have to respray it so often. If only it would last longer.

>>17418992
The drydown of Sauvage Elixir is a million miles away from Drakkar, and it projects that like crazy and for hours.

>>17419192
Meme clones, smell cheap and don't last. Not sure what the target market is. Hot dog salesmen, probably.

>>17419214
Sounds based. EdT or Parfum, which one should I look out for?

fuck off l'oreal
https://www.fragrantica.com/member/1589601
https://www.fragrantica.com/member/1590900
https://www.fragrantica.com/member/1589609

>>17419221
The target market is me because I like the tin

>>17419208
Nah, I sampled it in Sephora. I doubt their tester is fake. Why is it so hard to believe that cinnamon, lavender and dihydromyrcenol is going to smell similar to DN for a noselet like me?

>>17419254
Because it is so far apart for me, I guess.

If I liked Sauvage Elixir, Jazz Club and Ombré Leather (sampled on test strips) would I like Egoiste?

>>17419270
who the fuck knows? none of those is similiar to it at all, maybe elixir shares a bit of cinammon and thats it

newfag to frags, what's the deal with deodorants if you're wearing a scent? skip it completely or wear an unscented?

>>17419354
either wear unscented, or scented with something basic like musk / sandalwood same goes for shower gells / shampoo.

>>17419214
I really dont think it does at all. it smells like arabshit. I like it kinda though

This shit smells so good bros. Is it worth copping for a winter "date" scent? Anything similar at a lower cost? Not saying I can't afford it, just want something that I can use a little more regularly and not worry about burning through it. Spice Bomb Extreme is nice.

>>17419270
look up if there's a Chanel boutique anywhere near you. I tried and bought Egoiste at the Chanel store in the rich people mall near me.

just smelled tam dao and hwyl on me today and holy shit boys. woodys are so back

>>17419602
They are, Bois Imperial beats them in quality, photorealistic smell, longevity and price.

>>17419101
What causes this sort of autism? Was he born like this or is it learned behaviour?

Is Ganymede actually good or just a meme?

>>17419441
Im in the same boat but there's nothing really like it. Got a 50ml bottle and already used 25% just through December.

Spicebomb and flankers are similar at face value but lack this comforting balance and complexity you get from NE

>>17419270
I don't know Ombre Leather, but the other three have nothing in common with Egoiste. It doesn't match any of them even remotely. What I can tell you is that it has become one of my favorites. Really good performance, beautiful sandalwood in the drydown.

>>17419354
Deodorants don't have the power of fragrances and their scent doesn't last or project. They smell good for 15 minutes and stink up the locker room and then they're gone.

>>17419101
>99% of wardrobe is cheapies and arab clones
>thinks ganymede is some epitome of a perfect fragrance
>compares BI/ganymede to grey vetiver
lmfao

>>17419208
no, it genuinely does have some of the old school fougere notes. just with a lot of added sweetness and some modern showel gel underneath

What frag for an aristocratic Taipan of Noble House, with a refined taste, making his fortune as a European entrepreneur in a far away land but also bound by a code of honor to destroy his ancient enemies?

>>17419705
Hey, that’s me!

>>17419441
Just get it. There may be similar stuff but nothing that will get you the same vibe.
Nothing relaxes me more then a nice evening chilling with this shit on

I'm gonna be home all day but I'm still gonna spray myself...

>>17419826
perfect time to spray multiple different frags

>>17419844
I have only one.

My spicebomb bottle is making a rattling sound, like there's a ball bearing moving around inside, just picked it up from the store is this normal?

>>17419354
>>17419359
Does "unscented deodorant" even exist? Deodorant simply masks body odour with its own smell, it doesn't actually prevent sweat/odour like antiperspirant does. Unscented deodorant would be utterly pointless.

>>17419893
Unboxed bottle? If it isn't unboxed, it's the pull tab that blocks the sprayer. If unboxed and it's Spicebomb, you should be able to see into the bottle. If it's a flanker in a dark bottle (e.g. SB Extreme), shine your phone light/flashlight under the bottle. It's just colored glass, not coated glass like with Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme (through which you can still shine a phone light, but less).

>>17419923
Not true. Good deodorant has antibacterial properties and absolutely prevents odor. Bad antiperspirant does not have antibacterial properties and only prevents sweating. There are many unscented deodorants.

>>17419929
unboxed, pull tab removed, even checked under the spray head, really fucking annoying

>>17419893
That's just part of the explosive that comes loose. Called spiceBOMB for a reason. Like, duh bitch

>>17418883
>the QB fanboy is still here
what a questionable place this has become
SOTD: CDG Avignon

I need to spend around €26 to get free shipping on my notino order, my usual rotation includes TdH, Encre Noire, Light Blue Discover Vulcano, Machrie and LAVS, I like incense but I'm sorta looking for a clean white shirt fragrance centered around jasmine or other white flowers, I'm considering Alien (not the men version) and I'm not a fan of neroli, so no Neroli Intense.
Is there any dirt cheap bottle I should blind buy?

>>17419937
I am watching youtube reviews and not a single persons bottle rattles when they move it, mine sounds like a childs toy

SOTD: Origins of the Collector

I absolutely despise the faggy ass name of this house and this fragrance because it smells so damn good that I know people are going to ask about it and I'm going to look like a retard explaining it.
I'll keep my review shorter than previous ones because apparently reading hurts (you) anons. Opening it a blast of bitter coffee grinds joined in by a sharp slightly smoky olibanum aka frankincense. Had the fragrance stayed in this lane I would love it more but it would be way more challenging to wear. Things quickly settle down and the black coffee grounds because Starbucks coffee with caramal sweetener. The incense calms down and takes on a slight dark fruit tinge but the coffee is the start of the show here. It doesn't evolve much after that but it doesn't need to, fragrances like this are non-existent in the designer realm and still rare in niche. If you're familiar with Rochas Man and New Haarlem you'll understand the coffee smell here. This fragrance isn't as sweeter as those however, Origins is 60% coffee and 40% incense+spice.
Longevity is great. Projection is explosive for the first hour then gently weakens over the day.

I can't imagine wearing this in temps above 60, it has such a cold weather character to it that it would be wasteful to wear this in heat. Maybe spring date nights when the weather is cool.
Overall, great frag, easy 8.5-9/10

Recommended smelling: Rochas Man and New Haarlem are the two obvious choices. If you want a challenging and slightly animalic coffee try Eau des Iles

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Maitre-Parfumeur-et-Gantier/Eau-des-Iles-5601.html

If you want a slightly sweeter and more pure coffee scent,try Coffee Addict. This is a far safer choice than Origin, but if you love the smell of coffee and want to smell like it all day this is one of the few coffee scents with good longevity

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Theodoros-Kalotinis/Coffee-Addict-64660.html

>>17419934
>>17419950
Once again, shine a light under it. These bottles can be looked through.

>>17419963
I did, can't see anything, sounds like it's in here

>>17419966
That probably means a bit of glass came off during crimping and got wedged underneath the plastic part. The sprayers are crimped on. I'd suggest not turning your bottle upside down for prolonged periods of time, because it might not be properly sealed.

>>17419929
you can't shine a light through extreme. I just tried

>>17419980
Brother I literally did that right here >>17419963
And that's not even a strong one, it's just a beer coaster that lights up when you put a beverage on it.

>>17419947
Detour Noir, Missoni Wave

what's your guys' SOTD for new year's?
I'm gonna wear Dior Homme Parfum, four sprays

>>17420006
BdC EdP

>>17419983
im talking about allure homme sport ee

>>17418018
YWNBAW

>>17420006
I've got a bottle of YSL M7 from 2003, it's one of my "prize" possessions. Going to wear it today.
If makes me so fucking mad that we have ten million clones of things like Aventus,Sauvage, BdC, Aqua Di Gio, Green Irish Tweed etc but not one clone of M7. One of the most revolutionary fragrances of all time , in retrospect at least. You have to pay out the ass for bottles on eBay but they rapidly sell out, I've been watching for years. It's highly rated and there's plenty of demand but no one made anything quite like M7.

And please don't say M7 Oud Absolu or whatever the fuck they are calling it now. M7 is the 10/10 true love woman you marry, and she died. M7 absolu is the 6/10 sister you marry because you already know her and she's good enough to be a mother to the kids and you pick her up because you're trauma bonding.

Verification not required.

>>17420006
Amber Pour Homme. Noodles and sushi with some friends, drunken games and watching the ball drop

>>17420026
Well, looks like there isn't much left in my bottle of CAHSEE, to which you can totally not shine a phone light. I checked the amount left in the bottle in the past, which is why I knew it works.

>>17420006
Most Wanted Parfum, using up a sample I got for Christmas

>>17420070
Oh damn. Does it only work from the bottom?

>spray fragrance
>suddenly feel like a sex god

Funny how that works.

>>17420083
Works from the side, too, but not well enough for the camera. You can see the particles of the coating and how full the bottle is, but only your actual eyes are able to pick it up. Could probably do some long exposure pic and it would pick it up but eh. I only use it to check how full the bottle is.

>>17420070
Hijacking this conversation.
Does a cheapy clone for Allure exist? Don't really feel like spending 200 on yet another Chanel.

>>17420088
tfw bad eyesight and will never know how much I have left of my Body Kouros then

How is Extreme different than the original Encre Noire? Is it better?

Reading through the stickies and flowcharts but posting in case it doesn't answer my question so I can come back for it later.

My office is very, very casual. I'm talking t-shirts, joggers, hoodies and only two of the very higher ups use shirts and only on monday-thursdays.

The weather is hot and humid outside, we have full AC in office.

I don't want to wear anything tryhard since I'll be dressing in mostly hoodies and jeans. Any recommendations for this?

>>17420108
Be the problem

>>17420104
added resins, a little more sweetness, a bit more smoky
I like it a little more but it's personal preference. they're fairly similar

is there a fragrance that smells like a wet dark forest bros ... maybe some moss in it too

>>17420114
Which one is more gothrock?

>>17420104
IMHO one of the best conceptual executions of being a flanker I've ever seen. To me most flankers are soulless cash grabs that tweak something very slightly and expect you to pay full price for it (Le Male flankers) or they smell nothing like the original and are just copying a proven name because the company is unsure it would succeed as a new IP (Sauvage Elixir).

Extreme is brilliant though. It clearly references the original but then goes in enough of a new direction that it justifies the purchase even if you own the original EN. Instead of a vetiver bomb the fragrance is many 30-40% the original EN and the rest is a bone dry incense and cypress. The color of the fragrance really works and matches the smell, it's autumnal and golden, arrid brown.

The other EN Sport flanker is great as a flanker too, it's concerts the inky stygian darkness of the original EN into something that's still clearly EN but also works on a summer day.

Lalique as a company is massively under hyped. All of their fragrances smell good and are unique in some way, they don't have an clear cash grabs, and the price to value ratio is amazing even on their price/luxe offerings. But they aren't normiecore like Versace, Ralph Lauren or Paco Rabanne. They aren't insanely expensive and rare enough to appeal to the snobs and their marketing department doesn't buy YouTube hype so they don't appeal to the Jeremy Fragrance pajeet incel demographic. Naturally no one talks about Lalique here either besides Encre Noir which is their most well known scent. It's a shame.

>>17420128
>Lalique
>under hyped
ester Lauder shill

>>17420127
Whichever one breaks when you shove it up your ass you subhuman annoying faggot. You are worse on all levels that the Bois Imperial dickriders and that should tell you something, but it won't because compared to you Simple Jack is an intellectual titan.

And I know your defense will be something like pic related or "Haha I made you mad" because you are as shallow as a cum puddle.

>>17420088
It may be that the 1.7oz bottle doesn’t do that because I just checked and I can’t see anything.

>>17420120
ongkruh nuwahr

>>17420139
what?

7th page bump

>>17420139
is encre noire really as good as people say? ill just blind buy it if someone does small effort in convincing me i guess im just put off by the really cheap price it has

>>17414565
nasty
keep your fetishes to yourself

>>17420128
nice copypasta, schizo

>>17420133
u mad?

>>17420159
fuck of noselet

>>17420153
It’s not? I actually have a comprehensive response and the first brainless thing you think of doing is telling me I made a copy pasta?

New Thread >>17420158

>>17420165
Of?

>>17420147
I'd say it's up there as a cheapie. Very organic smelling to my nose for the price. It's not for me but it's good. Nothing super unique but no one is going to think you smell bad or tryhard

>>17420120
Fathom V

>>17420093
The 1.7oz is like $100 I just bought it at saks today

>>17420093
>cheapy clone for Allure exist
Yes.
Shaik
Silvana

>>17420629
>russian womans fragrance from aliexpress
Are trying to bamboozle me?

>>17420741
>trying to bamboozle
Shaik and Silvana are the best clones you can get.

has anyone used the ferrari leather essence?
Did you like it?
Where can I buy it?

Is there any Replica fragrance better than Jazz Club or By the Fireplace?

>Used to think Creed was actually associated to the movie and just a Product to capitalize on the films....

>>17419354
deodorant hardly ever affects fragrance smell, unless you using an entire can or spraying your neck after putting a fragrance like an invalid