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My old-school minis. I wish more frags came in a 30ml size.

>>17467732
50 is objectively the best size if you own many frags and want to rotate them. Wanting 30 ml of everyday EDT frags that do not perform means you are just collecting them.

>>17467707
Is fahrenheit supposed to be a gay man's frag? I don't what ur implying here

>>17467740
>that do not perform

Good job all of these DO perform then.

>>17467743
OP has a fetish, simple as.

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.

>>17467732
>Lancaster Cool Water
Beyond good taste, why is there no alternative for it? GIT is absurdly priced and "unfinished" per words of its creator, aka no tobacco or cedar.
I read Tres Nuit smells kinda like Lancaster's version but haven't found a bottle in the open and on the webz it costs almost 50 bucks.

>>17467743
>he doesn’t know

This smells like a butter candy gone bad mixed with whiskey
That is all, it sucks, EDT sucks too because it was neutered

>>17467743
yes, but the same goes for all other frags as well

I got a couple of samples today and I'm super disappointed.

40 Knots - while not straight up disgusting it's weirdly abstract and repulsive. It's the equivalent of an AI generated picture of a person
B612 and Zefiro - both try to hard and still end up being a generic woody scent
Hacivat - the only one I like with a great pineapple note but still unremarkable for the price

>>17467757
I actually like the current CW formulation more than my Lancaster vintage.

Electric cherry fucking sucks but cherry smoke is pretty good. Also, they re-released new haarlam (and pure tonka is better)

See you fags in another 2 or so months. I got into bowling so I don’t care about frags anymore

>>17467829
what do u think bout Eau D'Issey Miyake

>>17467771
>Overpriced masstige shit
>Disappointed
Many such cases.

>>17467798
Oh sorry, didn't know you were OP and liked penis
Mail me the bottle then

>>17467852
Dated

>>17467897
t homosexual

>>17467901
My current favorite frags are la yukawam which is a Tuscan leather clone and also vervene from loccitane. I wear norne when I go bowling

I have 3 fragrances and I think I'm done. I don't need any more. I'm at the end game. It's over. No other fragrance is needed. Throw them all in the ocean. I have the big 3.

>>17467928
You only need 3 at max to be honest, problem is when they reformulate or discontinue your daily one
Happened to me with Narciso Rodriguez for Him EDT, i can pass the expensive tag but not the scarcity of not being made anymore. That's why niche frags are a danger for daily use, you can be erased at any moment.

should i be putting on cologne even when im just chilling at home? i like to put some on my pits on top of my deodorant cause i work a sweaty job. anyway what makes me ask this is because i was wondering whether or not at some point it will become my "natural smell". so even if i didnt put on cologne one day ill still have a hint of cologne smell

>>17467928
You say this like its some kind of achievement of frugality when most men at the extreme end stop at 1 scent of axe body spray.

>>17467973
I literally only put cologne on at home. I don't wear cologne in public

>>17468012
explain this autism

I have DHI and ADG profundo, Want to get one more to round it out. Should i get Aventus or Sauvage?

>>17468012
pussy autist.

>>17468025
I'm a hermit. Nuff said

What to wear if I want to seduce top man?

>>17468099
Shalimar

>>17468071
Sauvage, aventus performs like fucking shit

What's a good all purpose frag for hanging out and date night for this girl I'm planning on travelling to meet in the summer?

>that op
>mfw I just scored two 2.5oz bottles of Le Parfum earlier today

Where do you guys go to test stuff out? I'm near some big cities so there are "rich people" stores around. I want to get into this but I'm on my own, I don't know what shops I should be looking for.

>>17468104
Sauvage new batch too.
>>17468124
JPG Le Beau, Versace Dylan Blue, Cool Water Intense.
>>17468217
Look for niche perfume stores in that city. In all big cities there are one or two. Google is your friend

Anyone else here sprays fucking expensive perfumes on their neck just to go to sleep smelling glorious? I feel the time after i have dinner until i fall asleep is the only chance i have to fully appreciate perfumes.

I just sprayed The moon by frederic malle

can i wear chance by chanel even though its made for girls?
i want maximum bitches

>>17468323
No one does this you wierdo

>>17468342
no you will explode

>>17468342
Only if you're a femboy otherwise lesbos in denial will look disappointed.

>>17468323
>>17468346
I do this, its comfy.

>>17468124
Chanel Antaeus
Patchouli Intense Nicolai Parfumeur Createur

>>17468323

I don't really have expensive perfumes. But I always take a different scent from the one I've worn in the day and put in on at night in about 4-6 sprays to savor the aroma.

>>17467707
Is anybody making their own dupe fragrance using perfume oil copys? I love my fragrance but its getting expensive.

What does "expensive perfume" mean in the context of these threads? My perception of costs feels put of whack so I don't trust it. What price ranges are cheap, reasonable, and expensive?

Which one should i get ?

Armaf Legesi vs Armaf Beau Acute

>>17468550
My frame of reference is in canadabucks so bear that in mind.
>Cheap
Arab knockoffs, off-brands and department store shelf goods. Usually from $20-$60. Some deceptively good value in some duplicates if you look around, but be careful not to get scammed.
>Reasonable
Designer house (Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, Hugo Boss etc.) Eau de Toilettes mostly. Usually around $100 to $140 behind the counter in department stores or at Sephora or your local equivalent, but available much cheaper from reputable online discounters. Always buy from discounters, check the OP. Generally worth the money, will almost always have better performance than their knockoff equivalents.
>Expensive
Niche and upper-rung houses like Creed, Xerjoff, Tom Ford etc. Expect to pay <$300 for a decent sized bottle, or ~$150 for a smaller 30-50ml Eau de Parfum. Usually worth it, but only for something that you've been able to spend some time with in person. Still usually available from discounters.

>>17468323
My girlfriend likes when I do so I do it. Then again I also do it when she isn't staying for the night, but then I wear something she doesn't like. My choices of fragrance are slightly being affected by this. During a usual day, I go to work, I go home, I go to bed. I wear the same fragrance the entire day and reapply at home in the evening. On every other day I also go to the gym after work, so I can change the fragrance after showering. That means I can wear stuff my gf doesn't like to work and change for bed and so on.
SOTD Chanel Egoiste, which technically lasts too long, since it will still perform when I hit the gym this evening. After that Marbert Man Classic for bed, because my gf isn't staying over.

>>17468550
Entirely based on the person. I consider stuff above 2€/mL basically overpriced (calculated for a 100 mL bottle, usually). There's so much good stuff below that. I try to buy designers at around 0.50€/mL (or less), because they are often on sale for that price. I'll spend up to 1€/mL for the higher quality designers and anything between 1€ and 2€/mL for niche. There are also some fragrances which are within that price range and which I consider interesting, but not interesting enough to buy. I currently have this problem with B683, which smells really good to me, but not 190€/100mL good. For that, it is a tiny bit lacking.
Prices like Roja and Creed ask for are entirely bullshit to me and they won't get my money, simple as. I can find stuff I like better for less money.

>>17468564
Chanel Platinum Egoiste. Not only is Armaf not a good clone house, copying Chanel fragrances is usually really hard as well.

>>17468550
>cheap
10-40$. can still find some good stuff in this price range, like a lot of older classics and everything Lalique makes
>reasonable
40-100$. standard modern designer stuff. some of it is definitely worth the price, some not so much
>expensive
anything beyond that. can still be worth it for good niche frags, but there's also a lot of overpriced 300$/bottle pseudo-niche out there

>>17467757
Thanks anon, I'm enough of a noob at this that I didn't even realise that was a vintage bottle. Thanks for teaching me something.

Another CW alternative is Floris JF. It's not exactly the same, but it's definitely in the same ballpark and is a really nice frag in it's own right.

>>17467707
>Naxos

This thing smells like Honey and vanilla combined with insect Repellent Raid

Why the hype?

Old man here looking for advice

Ok I'm 35 but not trying to project a young image just age-appropriate, that can carry me into my 40s.
I'm looking for something classic, that's been around for a long time and isn't going anywhere, and can be used year round.
I have Zino Davidoff and I like it but it feels a little older and heavy, especially in the summer. For summer I only have Cool Water and that's not even really my style, it's too sporty.
I tried Lagerfield and did not like it, was a bit too soft and flowery. I think I do like the "powdery" aspect of it, just not so purple smelling if that makes sense. To me it kind of smelled like a grandmother's soap.
Next on my list is Aramis but it's also not looking good for year-round use, it's rated best for fall and winter.

>>17468734
Also I should probably mention budget... most of the stuff that's been around for a while seems not too expensive which makes sense since it's in wide distribution and not the most popular and new thing, but I'd like to keep my purchase(s) under $100, and anything over $50 I'd like to sample first. I know some fragrances go for way more than that but it's not *that* important to me especially considering these are consumables.

>>17468734
>>17468739
Chanel Platinum Egoiste. Test it at a store. That being said, Zino is not too heavy for the summer.

>>17468734
sample nassomato Baraonda,tuscan leather,bvlgari man in black,dior homme,bleu noir narcisso rodrig,Armani Code edP

>>17468748
what are those recs lmao
baraonda and tuscan leather are far more expensive than asked for, man in black/dior homme/bleu noir haven't really been around for that long, armani code is great but not if you're 40.

>>17468734
Try Acqua di Gio EDP, Dior Eau Sauvage (whichever version you can find - regular, extreme, parfum) and Prada L'homme

>>17468595
I'd only put Chanel, Dior, hermes and Prada in reasonable category since they rarely go on a big discount and the quality compared to shitters like versace and D&G is much higher.

>>17468753
There are almost 1:1 clones of nassomato and tuscan leather out there

Tell him to buy kouros or BI and call it a thread if you don't like my recs

Bois Imperial starts out good and ends up being fucking nauseating. I was going to buy a bottle and after a whole workday smelling that shit I wanna fucking vomit

>>17468734
kouros, bois imperial
caron yatagan, puig quorum, maaaaybe azzaro pour homme

>>17468734
Try stuff from the flowchart. Personal recs within the price range from each category would be:
1. Eau Sauvage, Eau Sauvage Parfum, Pour Monsieur
2. Egoiste, Sandalwood, Heritage EdT/EdP
3. Fahrenheit
4. Eau des Baux, Moustache
5. Oud Malaki
6./7. Terre d'Hermes, Guerlain Vetiver, Declaration
8. Dior Homme + flankers, Prada L'Homme
9. Dior Homme Cologne
10. At the Barber's, Le 3eme Homme, Beau de Jour when it's on sale

I'm looking for very expensive fragrances that can be worn in all 4 seasons and any occasion
$3/ml or so is my budget
please give recommendations

>>17468844
Beau de Jour Private Blend

Hey frenchies, I’m heading to Paris, are there any exclusive fragrances I can buy in Paris that are difficult or impossible to find in America? Danke frogs

>>17468848
Eau de baggette and maybe a decant of a 0.5ml of sweet Frenchie pussy

My Best Pick Ups of 2022 | Glam Finds | Fragrance Reviews |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEid-BbXMxI

Fragrance newfag here. Welp, I just ordered it. Got it for 20 bucks, including shipping. Did I get memed?

>>17468934
Depends what you want from a 20bucks frag. You get EDT performance ...it's dark,if you like vetiver you should love it. If you like it i would say to invest into Hermes eau vetiver EDP

>>17468934
No, it’s great. Enjoy.

>>17467976
>most men at the extreme end
You mean the minority at the extreme end? this reads like an oxymoron
>>17468239
>In all big cities there are one or two
Wrong, not since the plandemic at least

>>17468692
You got a good hunt with that CW bottle, the big ones have golden lettering but every vintage one has cursive letters (both the very rare early french bottles and the Lancaster NY ones), also placed at the top because closer to the middle means it might be a dup.
You may also be disappointed in modern Cool Water because it is a bit more stringent/sharp and without many of its base notes. Thanks for the Floris JF rec, will put an eye on it.

>>17468844
acdd, people who say it cant be worn in summer (along with lddm) are sissys

How much you think it would cost to get every fragrance ever (that still exists)

>>17468844
Black Afgano

>>17468732
YT reviewers can't say it's bad when they get it for free. Noselets don't know any better and some probably tell themselves it smells great because they threw a lot of money on it so it must be great.

It's not terrible, but overpriced and way too sweet. Unisex almost feminine leaning. Not what I had expected when I tried it.

SOTD: Dior Homme Sport 2021
It would be 10/10 if the citrus was toned down and the spicy-fruity sweetness (elemi? pepper? idk) was a bit amped up. Great scent nonetheless, good longevity too. Quite masculine, leans mature (I'm 25 but I feel like it would be best on a guy who's 30+), very professional and sharp, great scent for the office but can be worn casually too although it's not very sexy

>>17468734
Terre d'hermes
New York intense

Can someone recommend a good men's frag with prominent hyacinth notes? My mom just got some hyacinths for her garden and I love the smell.

Any intensly green fougeres out there which are worth sampling?
I already try and own some popular owns(Drakkar Noir, Rive Gauche, Fougere Royale, Xeryus).

Non-blue fragrance recs for high heat and humidity? (Above 30°C/90°F)
Southeast Asiafag here (I sweat a lot too if that matters), sampled BdC, Sauvage, Luna Rossa Carbon, YSL Y EDP and a few Middle Eastern clones before realizing I'm not the biggest fan of blue scents.
Looking for something that won't turn too cloying/sweet when the heat gets crazy and I start sweating.
I sampled Perry Ellis 360 Red and I really wanted to like it but I kept getting this bug spray vibe that put me off.
Nishane Wulong Cha smells insane on my skin and was a life changing experience, but a full bottle isn't something I can afford right now.
Been thinking of sampling Chanel Allure Homme Sport and Platinum Egoiste, Dunhill Icon, John Varvatos Pure Artisan, and the Armaf Millesime Imperial and SMW clones among others to see if any of them are more in line with what I'm looking for.

TLDR: good scents for sweaty people in a tropical country? Max budget is around $100 but I'm open to spending more (or less) if the sample impresses me enough.

>>17467976
I didn't mean it like that. I just wanted to share that I already got the best shit and it's over. No other fragrances need to be created ever again.

Any intensly green fougeres out there which are worth sampling?
I already try and own some popular owns(Drakkar Noir, Rive Gauche, Fougere Royale, Xeryus).

>>17469204
pull the trigger on Houbigant's fougère royale

>>17467707
lol snowflake jannies scared of dior Fahrenheit

>>17469198

Missoni Wave or Wood Neroli.

>>17469204
Paco Rabanne Pour Homme
Floris Elite

>>17468848
Noir Aphrodisiaque by Kilian, exclusive to the Paris Kilian Boutique. Easily sells above retail in the US

>>17468848
Dior homme Parfum.

Which one is better?

>>17469338
My crystal ball says that with the EdP you will get robbed in a side street and with the EdT you will twist your ankle doing something simple while a lot of people are watching. Which one is better? Up to you.

>>17467707
What do you think about him and his creations?

>>17469423
who is this cute zaddy

>>17469423
Marketing driven, some of it is nice but never great. Black afgano used to be nice, Pardon is fine

>>17469437
Founder of Nasomatto and Orto Parisi

Is there a Vetiver fragrance but with a bubble gum feel like Invictus?

>>17469558
what a trash combination, I hope not

I’m at the tail end of a bottle of YSL l’homme that I’ve had for ~3 years, and it seems like the projection is way up lately. The tonka base is just so sweet smelling now and I’m still getting fumes of it at the end of the workday. Don’t think I’m gonna be revisiting this one for a while after the bottle is done

Can someone give me recommendations for my really basic collection, im looking for fall/winter frags. So far ive got really basic frags like adg profondo, tdh, stronger with you, issey mikey dph and some shitty chilean frag (pic related).

>>17469649
Givenchy reserve privee

>>17469649
Opium pour homme

it's getting hard to find and price has gone up but it's so worth it still even for $80. Not officially discontinued I guess just not in high circulation.
It's zesty and juicy opening with black current and star anise and dries down to the best vanilla any fragrance has. On the way it gets a kind of bubblegummy smell in the background as the vanilla starts to take over. It's the one scent that gives me a little endorphin rush when I first try it after going a while without it.

Only downside is longevity. It lasts about 3 hours on me before becoming unnoticeable but projection is good for most of that time. But pretty much everything is short lived on my skin.

Any better non citrusy white floral than pic related?

>>17469184
that you vrodie?

>>17469338
edc>edt>edp
I’m comparing vintage edt to new edp so not sure how reformualted edt is. The leau is also worth trying. Use to be able to get 100ml bottles for 30

>>17469295
>>17469311
Thanks anons. That’s the advice I was looking for. I’ll give them both a try and see if I like them.

>>17469731
Sup Jeff?

>>17468323
all the time

>>17469295
Fragrance net sells a 3.4 oz tester for $170

>>17469749
Make sure it's the Parfum. Some other said he had to insist it was Parfum to the sales assistant and not the commonly found Intense version. And I guess you should try it before buying unless you want to sell it.

>>17467709
I love eau savage, it reminds me of my mom. She use to wear it all the time in the 90s. Anyone else have this association?

What year vintage Fahrenheit is the good stuff and how much should you be paying for it?

>>17469649
kek

I want a frag that's sweet and has fruit notes but is not focused on citrus notes, masculine, with good performance and that I can use in all seasons. No niche stuff. I'm 24
Any ideas?

>>17469911
Idk about masculine but Rasasi Hawas and Afnan 9 pm are rated fruity sweet.
I have the latter and to me it's way to sweet, maybe you like it.

>>17469850
Current year. It's current formulation is fine.

>>17469914
Hawas to my nose is bubblegum with hints of fruit
Bubblegum may be the wrong kind of sweet if you're used to vanilla or tonka sweet

>>17469823
I have associations with a lot of smells (not just perfume)
Usually when I smell a perfume on a stranger, a person I have met before always pops up in my mind. I think my nose is quite strongly wired to my brain

>>17469423
I like him and his creations

>>17469727
Fleur du Male is best

>>17469558
not to my knowledge. Fat Electrician is a good sweet vetiver frag, but it's glazed chestnuts, vanilla and incense and not bubblegum

>>17469649
>Encre Noire a l'Extreme
darker vetiver frag with incense and resins. sort of like a goth version of TdH without any orange or pepper. great value for the price
>Oud Malaki
great spicy, dusty tobacco frag in a syrupy amber haze. more about tobacco than oud
>Zadig & Voltaire This is Him
nice spicy sandalwood, vanilla and incense. good value
>Dior Homme Intense / Parfum
still the best designer iris frags
>Rochas Moustache EDP
nice ambery, slightly boozy vanilla, rose and pepper. good value but bad performance

>>17468734
Platinum Egoiste, Grey Vetiver, Eau Sauvage EDT (the one in the nice old school bottle), maybe Terre d'Hermes

Is this any good? Mint and eucalyptus sounds nice and refreshing but does it have any longevity or only lasts like 20 minutes?

>>17469911
Hermes H24 is pretty sweet and reminds most people of green bananas, even though the note is not listed. Hermes also has good options for mango and rhubarb, but they don't have good performance from what I remember

Does anyone else feel like they have poor performance with ombre leather? Even on clothes and blotters its almost gone after 12 hours. Not quite the nuclear leather bomb I've been reading reviews on. Maybe I'm just noseblind to it after smelling it every now and then for a couple of days.

>>17469982
But that one is almost impossible to find

>>17470014
My ombre leather last literal weeks on clothes.

>>17470017
What batch is yours? Mine is from 2021 and I feel like I got scammed even tho it smells great, just doesnt last that long. I can still smell it on my skin after 12 hours, just no leather. Can't even refund due to the shop not accepting the perfume back if it has no foil on.

>>17470020
You could try layering on top of something like Molecule 01 or Kenneth Cole serenity... There are several frags designed to layer and enhance the scent and longevity of others.

I haven't tried it yet but this one's on my list https://oakcitybeardcompany.com/collections/cologne/products/iso-e-super-cologne-by-oak-city-beard-company

>>17470025
that doesn't really work. you just smell of fragrance + iso-e super, your fragrance isn't boosted or whatever. been there, done that, both with random iso-e super and m01 (which do not smell the same).

>>17470027
Maybe it depends on skin chemistry and your nose, like some people can't smell ISO E super at all. I barely can, it's like sniffing a handful of almonds.

>>17470025
I'll give it a break for a week then wear it again, see if it feels stronger.

>>17470020
I can check if you want, but bought my bottle this past November I think

>>17470034
>>17470020
In any case, the heavy realistic leather smell on ombre leather only lasts for the opening and a bit of the drydown, then it smoothens out and it turns really flowery, almost feminine. People that say that ombre leather is really leathery only have smelled the opening

>>17470030
i can't really smell m01 but i can smell iso-e super. iso-e is pencil shavings all the way.

review it

>>17470036
yeah it gets pretty sweet and ambery on my skill as well with noticable jasmine and the leather only remains as a smokiness of sorts
not a bad frag, but I much prefer Dior Homme Parfum as far as modern flowery leather goes. much more complex and evolving and the performance is great as well

>>17470020
>>17470020
Mine says May of 2021 and was part of a gift set.
I get a solid 8-10hrs on skin
and about 5 days on clothes

>>17470036
I get something different
Jasmine and a rich wet leather for the first couple hours. Then the floral, almost fruity sweetness dies down and is overpowered by a smokey leather and something animalic. It all mellows out and blends together by the next day. I wish THAT was the scent from beginning to end.

>>17470058
I think Ombre leather really differs skin to skin, cause some people only get really strong leather in the beginning, while others get it for most of the frag's life

>>17470060
Ombre leather is a complex enough fragrance than it will have different reactions with every nose. People mostly agree on the opening of these kind of fragrances because it's by far the strongest, after that the subjetivity plays a bigger role

>>17467757
am also searching for the ultimate dupe for Vintage CW.
I sampled Très Nuit - it is a really good scent, a bit less synthetic than newer CW, has a neat base, but it is much more floral in the opening and drydown, the violet color of the bottle was picked on purpose. Coty aspen is the closest dupe that i used so far, hits the green parts in the drydown well plus has enough oakmoss, but is missing that aquatic note, so more emerald than CW. There are some arabic dupes around i want to try too, but haven't come across them yet. For me, the newer CW only performs well on cold days and loses its resemblance when its getting hot. It's unfortuneatly like a pixelated photo.

Dior Sauvage Elixir vs Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb extreme | fragrance test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK9YAinjhcI

Advice on eliminating other scents so your real fragrance can shine? I already use the most basic soap I can get, and I use soap nuts to wash my clothes, so they don't smell of gay chemicals. My last issue is my hair clay. It smell good, but it clashes with my fragrance. Does scentless hair wax/clay/ponade even exist? I look like a nerd if I don't style my hair a bit.

>>17469135
Niche? who knows due to shipping and lack of web market.
Mainstream/internet available? let's say 800 bottles at 100 bucks on average. Less than 100k which sounds OK for a dumbass collection.

>>17469176
>leans mature (I'm 25 but I feel like it would be best on a guy who's 30+)
Frag ages are a meme for homos, wear what you like you fartsucker

>>17470160
>Frag ages are a meme for homos
agreed, especially for modern designer frags. I can get not wanting to wear Guerlain Vetiver because you're 19 or something, but beyond that it's just silly

>>17470115
Unnecessary. Those are fleeting smells. It's actually more likely that stinky clothes will clash with a fragrance.

I'll be in a sports complex for most of February and March, in Arizona, mostly outside in the sun. what frag should I wear? Not looking to stand out, just something clean

>>17470086
On the same trip my man, been wondering about vintage CW for almost a decade but only recently have i ventured in the world of fragrances because my last teenage frag ended (Boss Element) and i have no signature again, CW being my first and most enduring scent through childhood and teenage years.
I have tested GIT in expensive, perhaps ill-stored decanters and it smells nice but too grassy and no oakmoss/dampness scent, Tres Nuit will be my first buy since i started learning about frags (December last year) and that Floris JF i read yesterday that it's expensive, no good performance and shipping costs a lot but seems to be a fruitier GIT.
Other than that i read about Aventure Knight from Haramain but they say it's too oriental and strong for its own good, Chez Bond no. 9 seems to be similar to CW in the aperture but the drydown is supposedly creamier/floral rather than woody.

>but it is much more floral
How so? iris, violet?
Also about Aspen because it is the same bottle and made by Coty i always discarded it but your words have interested me, what i truly miss from CW is not the high-quality non-stringent calone but the greeness/oakmoss aspect of its base note, which is totally absent in Coty CW.
>It's unfortuneatly like a pixelated photo.
For me it's almost a different frag, it's very sharp in the aperture and dries down to a salty old lemon while vintage opened with pleasant soft calone and lemon with a strong hint of greeness and dried down to the smell of humid cedar with a bit of tobacco. Fresh vintage CW was something else, much more complex than today and it's a shame few newcomers know exactly why it was so rampantly popular to the point of surpassing Drakkar Noir.

>>17470200
Arizona sun will make most fragrances fly away, especially the dry air. Just shower your butt and balls squeaky clean and you'll be fine.
Unless you meant Northern Arizona where they don't know the actual power of the sun, in that case use any tame blue frag like a Nautica Voyage

>>17470189
I disagree because people at the office reek of laundry detergent all the time and when someone asks me if their sauvage smells good I'm like ??? because all I smell is detergent and softener and other retarded shit they wash their clothes with.

>>17470202
Had to look up calone, its the aquatic, shower-gel-ish like scent. CW gets thats right in a very special way.
> How so? iris, violet?
violet especially, good but like someone poured flowers over that wet green grass from GIT. they are very present in the drydown. the rest ist more GIT leaning. Good but a bit like an arabic perspective on the western original.
> Also about Aspen…
From what you wrote you should really dig Aspen, very green, old schoolish and its also dirt cheap, go for it. Opening is a bit synthetic but the drydown becomes really nice and is somewhere between GIT and VCW.
>Fresh vintage CW
Fuck man, my mother used to gift me the bottles in the 90s, it was really good back then.

also thanks for mentioning aventure knight, that was on my "to check" list, but not worth blind buying then.
Lattafa - Raghba for Man and Al Haramain - Étoiles Silver are the arba ones on my "still to check" list, but i will also try to find some samples.

>>17470202
>>17470086
Coty Aspen and current formulation CW smell basically the same to me. Gonna spray them on my wrists later and test it again, but it's certainly way too similar. Coty Aspen also fucks off in 10 minutes, what a disappointment.
L'Aventure Knight isn't worth it. In warm weather (or hot weather) it becomes very, very synthetic smelling, almost a plastic note in it. I thought it would be perfect on a hot day (dropped it in an order in the past to get free shipping, must have been 2 or 3 years ago), but it was horrid.

That being said, Vintage CW was also a waste of my money.

>>17470222
Yeah, it's the fabric softener. Those stink and there's no flushing step after them, which is why they will stick to clothes. But if you can't smell their Sauvage over the fabric softener, it's an application problem, not a fabric softener problem. Probably not enough sprays.

current cw is not that bad unless they reformulated it post 2019

>>17470228
Aspen stays really long on my skin

>>17470231
>just use 12 sprays bro

>>17470261
Bit low but yeah that's the idea.

>>17470276
Ok but for real how many sprays you guys use on average? Me I use 3. More than 5 is a meme right?

my package from Nasomatto arrived today: Black Afgano, Baraonda + roll-on Duro and Absinth
they also sent me five samples (two of them from Orto Parisi) and some goodies instead of the two samples advertised for each order
>feels good man

>>17470282
depends on how strong it is. from 2 (lddm) to 6-8 (quorum and anything else that doesn't last long)
>>17470284
nice, what goodies did you get? notino always pisses me off because they send me samples for female frags when every item of my order has pour homme in its name

>>17470284
Did you get the one with the tire and plastic notes?

My Demeter blind buys came in.
Will sample them tonight and report back.

>>17470282
>>17470290
ngmi

>>17470297
Make sure to post your excel.

>>17470290
samples of Nudiflorum and Silver Musk (chosen by me), Absinth, Cuoium (OP), Vidride (OP), designer bag, handkerchief, postcard - nothing out of this world but still great customer service
the package itself was also fit for shipping and fedex delivered it from Amsterdam in 2 days (I am living in eastern EU capital city)
moral of the story: always buy from the source if you can
>>17470295
no, but i have (legit) decanted samples for almost all Nasomatto and Orto Parisi frags and Fantomas is good stuff

>>17470212
I actually don't sweat much aside from my pits, for which I have a fragrance free deodorant. Not really concerned about smelling bad, just looking for options to feel a little cleaner. I'm taking grey vetiver with me already

Hey yall, newbie here, I just ordered some of these small refillable bottles after seeing online that you can refill them using in-store tester bottles. How true is this? Will I get in trouble for filling these up using testers at my local mall? I don’t care if I get kicked out of a box store but I don’t want to get harangued by the cops or whatever
Any personal experiences with this? Thx

>>17470343
Just the thought of this is hilarious to me. Some guy standing in an aisle frantically pumping sprays into a small bottle. Half the juice flies out with each spray and the store entirely smells of the stuff already, but that guy is still pumping and pumping. A solid mL has come out after like 40 sprays, so there's only 160 more to go until his bottle is full, with the option of a 100 more due to evaporation losses and not hitting the bottle right. He's just pumping and pumping. He's still pumping when the cops arrive. What happens to the guy smelling pretty when arriving at the holding cell entirely depends on who's in there with him.

>>17470343
>>17470351
YOU HAVE TO PHAUMP HAUDAH

>>17470343
these things work reasonably well. you could get away with it if you turn away from the cameras i think.
keep in mind you cant open these bottles so you cant clean em

Cheapest Alternative Clone for Tom Ford Oud Wood! | Cheap Fragrances colognes that smell expensive
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tKpwjttaZBM

>>17470343
Some bottles have larger diameter nozzles that don't fit those.

>>17470343
I feel like this would work in a Sephora. the workers don't really hover around the fragrance section. department stores, no way. I'm in the US idk how it is in your country

I recant. Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privee smells like baby powder with a dash of whiskey sprinkled in. Smelled good in the air on a dude in front of me on the plane, but on my skin I only smell baby powder. Wife feels the same

I've seen a bunch of clone companies have BR540 x Aventus hybrid fragrances. Is this actually a good combination?

>>17470449
the thought of it sounds gross. Aventus is very clean and classy, whereas BR450 smells like a very dirty, oddly seductive fragrance to me. I can't imagine that working out.

>>17470351
lol

>>17470351
Imagine the smell
>someone spots him
>he spills every bit of 160 sprays on his pants, looking like he pissed himself

>>17470449
I don't get clones, it never smells like the real thing and you might as well get an affordable fragrance instead for the money

found a sale ysl lndl bleu electrique + 60 ml of ysl y edp for 85 euros... worth it?

>>17470606
I bought YSL Y edt recently, I'm a fan.

Since I love violet and violet leaves so much, I think I might buy my third violet-centered frag, this one sounds very good. Every tried it?

>>17469911
Bump

>>17470282
I use at least 6 sprays of BDC Parfum

>try toy boy in store
>basically smells like a nice good soap (flowers and fruit)
>shit performance and barely lasted on the test strip
I think the atomizer is weird on this one and it missed most of the strip I sprayed it on
anybody have this?

>>17470634
your nose is broken

>>17469996
hermes h24 edp lasts for a day on my skin

>>17470636
idk maybe the tester was shit

>>17470648
no, toyboy smells like shit

i would never buy a fragrance in a bottle like toy boy's or with a name like that, doesnt matter how good it is

>>17470228
>That being said, Vintage CW was also a waste of my money.
Words from plebeians should not be taken into consideration, one can say it is not of your tastes but to say it was bad just means you smell forest animals' buttholes for pleasure

>>17470223
>violet especially
I don't know man, i loved Fahrenheit so i think i will definitely go for Tres Nuit but if i see Aspen on the open (which is "expensive" in my land aka 30 dollars) i will get it.
If i fail in this mission to find a vintage CW scent i guess i will either layer petrichor or oakmoss on the thing i find the most similar or downright go the Drakkar-Dakar/Fahrenheit route.

God damn, DHP is still smelling up my place 3 days after I stopped wearing it. The clothes still smell like it and spread the scent everywhere.

>>17470621
I know someone here has it and it was apparently good. I didn't pull the trigger and decided to wait for a deal on it, but I think it has since been discontinued. It was cheap as hell but has now massively increased in price and is out of stock at many vendors. If you can still get it at a reasonable price, go for it.

>>17470633
That's not a lot.

>>17470673
Why not?

>>17470710
you already got petrichor?
and do you really layer dakar and fahrenheit?
review both

>>17470710
Call me what you want, doesn't matter to me. It wasn't worth searching for it, it wasn't worth buying it.

>>17470716
>God damn, DHP is still smelling up my place 3 days after I stopped wearing it
yeah, the longevity on that stuff is crazy

>>17470434
I hated the tester, smelled like a boozy chocolate cake gone bad. Boisee and the EDT smelled better but the former suffers from too much pepper.

>>17470566
>it never smells like the real thing
Wrong and sometimes they even smell better

>>17470716
>Why not?
the whole thing is ridiculous, i dont want that on my shelve.

>>17470717
>you already got petrichor?
Smelled a sample, it's not quite there in terms of presence but in the drydown it smells like rain already, a rocky area rain and not the asphalt or forest kind of rain. Shit performance as it is very close to the skin but also makes it seem natural.
Haven't tried a pure oakmoss sampler, i suspect what it smells like but i could be dead wrong as i might confuse it with another green scent.
I believe oakmoss smells like those mossy rocks near the rivers, a damp humid tone similar to the vapor of a bottle of water that condensed with the atmosphere heat, still some say it is also bitter hence the fear i might be completely wrong as water or those rivers never smelled bitter to me.

>and do you really layer dakar and fahrenheit?
No, meant to say i would either use Dakar, maybe layer it with Drakkar to complete the original smell, or i would just use Fahrenheit because it smells pretty great and some say the current formula is close to the old one. I kinda recall what Drakkar smells like because i oddly haven't seen a tester or sampler in my area despite being pretty popular.

>>17470721
>Call me what you want
OK twink

>https://www.cbihateperfume.com/105
>https://demeterfragrance.com/dandelion.html

>https://www.cbihateperfume.com/203
>https://demeterfragrance.com/violet.html

>https://www.cbihateperfume.com/102
>https://demeterfragrance.com/snow.html

>sells the same fragrance for 10x the cost in your path

>>17470717
if you don't own both you are dead to me. The essential man's fragrance, one could just buy those 2 and be done with this hobby for life and smell better than everyone.

>>17470731
mm makes me want to get petrichor
>>17470754
i asked about the two layered. i own fahrenheit and got a friend of mine to proxy me dakar because its sold out everywhere here. he tried it on himself and wants a bottle now too hehe

>>17470434
Baby powder smells good though

Are there any beast mode freshies, long lasting and keep like a citrus smell, or does that always wear off in 20 minutes

>>17470778
Guerlain eau de Guerlain

Is creed a meme now? How is aventus now?

>>17470799
A fucking joke, the new batches last 3 hours tops.

>>17470778
You or someone like you works really well in hot weather but the mint note can end up smelling like Vicks Vaporub to some.

>>17470821
Do they have any exclusive frags that are hard to find in America but should be assessable in France?

>>17470799
still smells amazing but sadly doesn't last on my skin. my clone lasts much longer. hoping it does better in warmer weather

Post frags that memed you. This is mine. Fuckin nasty

>>17470860
Dior homo original got me. Smells so gay

>>17470864
Agreed. It's fucking awful

This one is really good, had it twice now and wear it daily for 5 years

forgot pic

>Smells like barbershop bro
>Barbershops have 10+ scents at request, most of them different
>Smells really soapy bro
>Popular soaps copied fragrances smells to be more trendy
>Smells like civet bro
>Have never owned or seen a civet

I feel that this hobby has some serious circular logic or reference problems

>>17470860
I'm glad I sampled TdH first. I liked it at first but got sick of it before it even wore off. It reminds me of earl grey tea.

>>17467756
What if I like Akigalawood over fruity/aquatic shit?

>>17470876
Barbershop to me means that blue stuff they keep the combs in. Barbicide. Mixed with shaving cream which is usually a powdery smell.

And soapy is like dove white soap. Sharp and bitter, with a thick texture.

Civet I have no idea. Pungent and fecal apparently, but used in such small amounts and mixed with other scents it helps enhance them so I guess it doesn't matter as a descriptive term.

>>17470898
>earl grey tea
I thought Super ISO was pencil smell, EGT smells like sour woody kinda oriental.

>>17470913
>Barbicide.
Never seen this, guess our barbers are dirty
>shaving cream which is usually a powdery smell.
Odorless to avoid bothering the customers, at least around here. The only lotion is the one they apply at the end and by request, there's a variety of them.
>dove white soap
>Sharp and bitter
wut, Dove is creamy and tame with a hint of thickness. What kind of dup Dove soap are you applying that comes as bitter.
>guess it doesn't matter as a descriptive term
Indeed, but still we can see we have different definitions of common words because it depends heavily on the context. Fragrance reviewers are flawed, i much rather use mainstream products to explain stuff to the retarded than use highly ambiguous terms.

Like Dior Eau Sauvage, i checked it to see the hype and it hit me with a mineral lemonade smell except quite artificial, like a cheap bottled carbonated lemonade rather than a real homemade lemon seltzer. No trace of bergamot or the other florals, it also went away after 2 hours, it was disappointing but i imagine it was quite new back in the 60's or the original formula was much much better.
Nicest bottle i've handled along with vintage Z14, have to admit that.

>>17470914
I put milk in my tea
idk that's just what I got from it

>>17470937
Maybe I find the soap bitter because I know it would taste bitter. Smell and taste are related. I dunno.
Only way to really know is just sample a lot of stuff and read about it. I wouldn't have thought I liked "boozy" smells but I love Pasha de Cartier parfum which everyone says is very boozy so it turns out I actually do like it. Same with barbershop, I tried at the barbershop and it turned out to be my favorite from the discovery set.
I thought I'd like fruity and sweet smells but I don't at all, they aren't bad I just feel like they don't wear well on me. I was right about not liking tobacco but still gave a few tobacco scents a chance. Strange because I quit smoking and use a tobacco vape flavor but I don't like wearing it.

Just blind bought Fahrenheit... what am I in for?

>>17470968
The worst blind buy I could ever imagine.

But its a nice fragrance, but extremely risky to buy it blindly. To me smells like burnt plastic

>>17470968
Imagine you're mowing the lawn with an old lawnmower that reeks of gasoline while wearing a leather jacket and eating a cuc4r2wvumber

Just tried Acqua di Gio Profondo and it reminds me a lot of Cool Water

>>17470874
got some of this coming tomorrow. read the performance is shit but I always wanted to try it. I dont think ive really liked anything from TF so far, BDJ is cool but the sweetness is a bit sickening.

>>17470913
for me it smells like the shit they put on your neck after they shave it

I think BIposter is trapped in a Turkish prison somewhere enjoying the company of his fellow BIenjoyers.

>>17470968
Fucking love it

>>17470985
It's more like running an old lawnmower over a flowerbed while wearing an old dirty leather jacket. Don't know where your cuc4r2wvumber impression is coming from.

>>17470968
The GOAT male frag. Enjoy anon.

>>17470351
lost

>>17469137
>can be worn in all 4 seasons
>black afgano
he means that it would be appropriate to wear in all 4 seasons
he doesn't mean that the projection is so monstrous that it opens a wormhole and can be smelled 6 months into both the past and future

>>17470968
Opening have an odd wet violet smell. The leather comes creeping in, but is rather soft.
In a weird way it reminds me of Dior homme sport 2021 (don't have regular 2020), although the notes are completely different they have kind of similar vibe.

>>17470821
early on, and closer up, Y/SLY smells like photorealistic fresh mint leaves. after a little while, it smells more like mint gum. eventually it evolves into a generic ELDO smell

definitely a "dumb reach" bottle. I still love it and it's always a decent choice for the day.

>>17470860
Imagine buying edt instead of Eau Vetiver EDP

>>17470284
how's megamare?

>>17470860

>>17470860
The smell is too strong desu

>"My favorites are Sultan Vetiver which, dare I say it, reminds me of the original Guerlain vetiver before they started messing with it and lost that exact earthy-liquorice accord that made it great." - L.Turin

I just bought Sultan Vetiver, any of you have any experience with it?

>>17470799
Basenotes has a Creed Aventus subforum, you're better off there than you are here.

>>17470860
Only Hugo Boss The Scent Absolute. My only blind-buy that wasn't a cheapie or thrown into a delivery to get free shipping. If you count the sample-prized cheapies, probably everything I ever tried from Bogart. At like 7€ per bottle it didn't hurt, though. But TdH memed me at the store, as I expected something good. Turns out I hate vetiver.

>>17470872
>>17470874
I liked the smell but it felt very unisex. I say that as a regular DHI wearer.

>>17470876
It's easier to describe a fragrance by vibe than by actual notes. Whenever I pass by a juniper tree, I am reminded that the smell of "juniper" in fragrances rarely matches real juniper. Most lavender doesn't smell like lavender yet every fougere claims to have it (Invasion Barbare is the only stuff that smells like actual lavender mixed with lavender oil to me). It's hard to describe chemicals which by now might even be entirely "made up" with no natural counterpart. My SOTD is Eau des Baux - a spicy opening, but is it cardamom and pink pepper? Not really. It's spicy and a bit peppery, for sure, but that's it. Is the drydown cypress and incense? Not really. Vanilla and tonka bean? There's certainly vanilla, but tonka bean feels like one of those "random" notes like "amber" by now, even though it technically means coumarin. I could say it smells like Christmas, but so does Egoiste or SWY Absolutely, just in a different way. It's just an easy way to describe something, except for maybe civet since that's an actual note.

>>17470990
Profondo reminds me of stool water.

>>17471234
I got the 6 mL roll-on. It's strong and doesn't really hit the Jacomo de Jacomo smell right, but I enjoy it. "Too strong" doesn't exist in my world. Only too weak.

>>17470876
>Smells like barbershop bro
most barbershops do still use some sort of old school fresh aromatic frag, probably a fougere
>Smells really soapy bro
pure soap has a smell by itself
>Smells like civet bro
this one is difficult to fimd by itself of course. it's really sharp and sort of sour from what I've smelled in fragst that have it as a note?

>>17471234
i've got the roll on in the mail. also getting jacomo de jacomo today so i hope theyre not exactly the same

>>17471262
They're not. Their opening is slightly different, their drydown gets closer but still not the same. I wish Jacomo de Jacomo had the strength of Superman, that would be perfect, because I like JdJ better.

>>17471288
have you tried layering them?

>>17471297
No, I haven't.

>>17471300
might help with longevity

>>17471256
Civet is hardly used as a note, more like a final polish, it's not meant to be percieved separately, it's vile.

>>17471223
the latest reviews on fragrantica summarize it well: brutal longetivity and projection, smells like salty ocean, great quality frag
it's drydown is a bit like L'Eau Majeure d'Issey

>>17471223
Scent was better than I expected, but not as epic as everyone said. Kind of good. Didn't smell like any ocean I've ever been to but still kind of wet and fresh like a swampy area near a river. Kind of like this picture. Slightly sweet, slightly salty, green, murky but not dank or pungent.
I don't think I'd wear it, even a small sample was $14, but it was nice to try.

Opinion on Bois de Yuzu?

This is the most obnoxious packaging I've ever gotten, it's huge, cheap plastic, and there's a stupid locking bar above the atomizer you have to open just to use it. I think I'll break it off.

I fookin love it but it smells like a fookin bubble gum. Is there something similar but less bubble gummy?

>>17471417
Dior Homme Intense, Dior Homme Parfum

Fuck, I'm addicted to white florals. I even wear female fragrances at this point . Why don't they make more white floral fragrances for men? Are men really fucking afraid of fucking flowers?

>>17471429
based flower enjoyer
I realized I'm ugly and have zero fashion sense anyway so what more is it if I just smell like flowers anyway who gives a shit
I'm interested in trying Jasmin et Cigarette by ELDO

Jubilation XXV seem to had great longevity and the new batch lasts 3 fucking hours on SKIN. You can even try to sniff it putting your nose against your fucking hand and there is not even a trace of it. They don't have quality control in fucking amouage or they don't really give a fuck? How can they sell a fragrance for 300 dollars and do this kind of shit, are they fucking retards? They don't realize what kind of precedent are they setting with this?

I love a bunch of amouage fragrances, but I don't think if I will ever risk buying another bottle after this shit.

If because of regulations they cannot use the same formula anymore, discontinue the fucking fragrance or else we will never be sure or what the fuck are we buying anymore.

If they ruin interlude with the new batch I will be really fucking pissed


Pic related a better reflection man for 10% of the price. Just similar in the flowery part of it, but it's great quality for the price

I like oud

>>17471430
>I'm interested in trying Jasmin et Cigarette by ELDO

From what I read it's not even a tobacco fragrance, it smells like cigarettes. ELdO fragrances are nice, but I always feel that they ruin their fragrances by using a single weird note on them. That's part of the appeal of the brand tho, but still. I wish they had another line without the weird shit

>>17471434
>it smells like cigarettes
Oddly enough I've heard the opposite.
Regardless, I'll be trying a sample soon

the only downside to it I read is that it's apparently very linear being literally just Jasmin & Tobacco only, but I guess I'll find out

>>17471437
Opposite of cigarettes? I guess something that you exhale and it's good for your lungs...

Cannot think of anything sorry

>>17471437
Post your impressions here when you get it anon, im still trying to find a white floral that scratches my itch completely. If it's just jasmine and tobacco, it might be really nice

>>17471439
I meant the opposite as in it's more of an authentic tobacco type smell as opposed to being a dirty ashy cigarette smell

sorry for being confusing

>>17471440
I will bro

>>17471426
lol

>mogs every fragrance
>b-but its just iso e super

>>17471450
>half the population can't smell it
>straight up mogged out of existence

>>17471429
don't thank me

>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64515027

Goodnight, sweet prince. Will wear Invictus Aqua tonight in your name.

>>17471450
Does it mog Terror & Magnificence???

>>17471482
RIP
Time for 1 Million

>>17470968
Heavily concentrated violet smell, people smell it like gasoline i smell it like pure flower oil that comes with the watery/ozonic nature of squishing a petal, then it goes into a leathery smell and then the fruits creep by, mainly mandarin and sweet oranges. Final drydown is a floral scent with hints of the mandarin.
Great stuff.

>>17471052
Qcumber smell is usually associated with "water smell" or the ozonic nature, mostly the inner part with the seeds, kinda like melons too.

>>17471256
>It's easier to describe a fragrance by vibe than by actual notes.
Agree but the vibes depend heavily on the area. Also i agree pinpointing notes seems difficult, it's much easier to get the "main accords" like OP's chart image says.

>>17471261
>most barbershops do still use some sort of old school fresh aromatic frag
Depends, that's the problem, they don't or have too many different ones. I know americans are a bit trendy in terms of using or consuming a single thing but the fact they think everyone does makes the descriptions more bizarre. A barbershop smell to me is floor cleaner and hair, not an actual frag, a dirty pajeet will have another scent profile with the barbershops, same with a turk.
>pure soap has a smell by itself
Agreed, it does, but many frags i've tried don't have it despite being called soapy. Shower gel-ish is another criminal term, those things have tons of smells too, pure shower gel i have never seen, not even the medical neutral pH ones.
See the problem?

I have $120 to burn, i live in an area with 300 days of mid 20s celsius, what can i buy to fill the gaps in my small collection? i dont have something elegant to wear on formal ocasions, im in the US and have access to rack stores, many Marshalls, TJs and Burlingtons in my area.

Im open to some of the decent middle eastern frags...

>>17471482
not a big loss for perfumery

>>17471523
Montblanc Explorer just so you can say you have most of the brand
>i dont have something elegant
You have 15 frags there, that's 15 more than most people.
Maybe a Cartier but in the US they do not retail most of their stuff, at least not the best sellers like Pasha or Santos. What's your definition of elegant to begin with

>>17471523
l'eau d'issey pour homme
i gotta cop a bottle myself again for summer

I want a fragrance that embodies this color

suggest me some

>>17471523
how about you start using your frags instead of hoarding full cheap bottles like a retarded poorfag dragon

>>17471523
You don't have any BeauFort London.

>>17471570
Title says cherry but you posted salmon.

>>17471570
>Ariana Grande Ari

>>17471573
>how about you start using your frags
That's pretty rich coming from someone in the frag thread

The Luca Turin books: is the 2018 the same reviews as the original + some new ones, or an entirely new set of reviews? (if I already have the 2018 one is the original worth getting?)

>>17471583
I wear perfume every day unlike you collecting mongs who have 290381230 dusting bottles and only wear them at home
>>17471579
that's not salmon

just blind bought, what am I in for anons?

>>17471592
no it's new stuff. just pirate the epub

>>17471482
Poor Homme

>>17471602
It’s fine. Inoffensive freshie.

>>17471605
dope thanks

>>17471570
Keep Glazed by House of oud

>>17471602
one of the best summer frags. And yet, too bad you overpaid for it when Missoni Wave is better on every aspect

>>17469731
Who?

>>17471554
Explorer smells like Aventus, and im sick of that frag i know like 6 people that wear Armaf CDN on a daily basis... what i mean by elegabt is somethings ive smelled from YSL or Prada that smell like what a businessman would wear at the office

>>17471541
ill look for this thanks.

>>17471541

i am uaing them my fellow Mong, just because they are in the box doesnt mean i havent opened them.


>>17471576
thanks ill srarch for the note breakdown.

>>17471737
nassomato black afghano

>>17471627
> Missoni Wave
Thinking about this one. How's the performance?

>>17471523
YSL Y EDP

>>17471737
Here are my autistic BF impressions. I ordered Terror and I'm waiting on an Acrasia sample.

just got jacomo de jacomo in the mail and it doesnt have the zippo cap but a normal black one. is that the more recent version or was this used before the zippo? does it have anything to do with reformulations?

>>17471788
forgot pic

>>17471456
Based
>>17471499
Don't know

>>17471755
ugh Joop is the worst, I actually dumped it out and threw it away so nobody else would have to smell it. it's like cough medicine.

>frags jumped prices up to 100% this week
Did I miss something?

>>17471602
Classic boring blue synthetic compliment puller. This one has some nice floral notes and for.some reason this frag has a strange whimsical quality where it floats around you lightly like magical gypsy l. Probably my most complicated frag. You will recognize the smell even if you're not into fragrances.

>>17471886
Complimented, definitely not complicated

>>17471450
Based futuristic frag

>>17471429
Versace pour homme

>>17471737
>what i mean by elegabt is somethings that smell like what a businessman would wear at the office
So... Aventus or some expensive blue frag? you are not giving me much here, tons of businessmen wear anything as long as it smells.
If you meant a top-hat executive then which kind? the senior or the junior? the former will use Drakkar and the latter Sauvage.
If you want a REAL businessman that fucks everyone in the butt and drives a 2000 Bentley Arnage because he hates nu-Bentley while drinking japanese whiskey then Cartier Santos, pre-2018 if you can but the new one isn't that far away from being the wood bomb.

>>17471755
>JOOP! is for beta males
You are looking at the frag wrong, it's a smell to catch girls who like sweet things, not to be used for pleasure.
Only the retarded don't understand this, then again only idiots wear something they don't like for brownie social points.

>>17471874
They jumped 20% for me
>Did I miss something?
Minimum wage went up internationally and global recession made Q1 adjust their shit in most markets. Hence why food costs significantly more since a week ago.

>>17471901
Yes but up to 100%??? What the fuck.
>Chanel 100 ml?
Not below 150 you don't.
>Dior / Prada?
Lucky if you find it below 100..
>Spicebomb / LNDH
Same. Pay up, goy!
>fucking Missoni
That's 55 plus tip lol.

>>17471617
kek

>>17468934
This is the kind of fragrance you wear for yourself. People probably aren’t going to compliment you - they may ask you what in the fuck you’re wearing, though. I’m assuming you didn’t know this already

>>17471755
>JOOP

Is he tqlkinh about the regular or the ICE version? cause the ICE flanker smells brety gud.

>>17471874
Valentines is coming, j3ws gonna j3w...

I’m depressed, bros. I was just starting to get into frags big time - got really fascinated by all the variety and artistry that goes into it. Then I decided to get this for like $10 including shipping and it totally invalidated the rest of my collection. It smells too fucking good, I don’t want to wear anything else.

Is this really all it comes down to? Some thrifty Arabs copying a fantastic scent that doesn’t exist anymore, and then hocking it for less than a pack of cigarettes? Why would I ever spend serious money on fragrances again?

>>17471618
>>17471627
>>17471886
thank you bros

>>17471752
Ngl I was a bit disappointed. It's a frag you overspray, 10 sprays are just fine, and you get average modern frag performance. I still recommend it. VPH is still weaker, and Chanel Allure Homme Sport is as powerful. Go for it, it goes for nothing these days in Europe, wait for discounts, 100 ml bottle for 25 bucks.
>>17471977
See, the remarkable difference between me and Bois Imperial shills is that I only made very few posts praising it for its quality. I didn't spam and I didn't shove forced memes about it. I didn't need to, everyone picked up on how good it is and no one has yet to say a bad thing about it. BI shills exasperated everyone into trying it and a fair amount disliked it. Dakar won, and effortlessly too.

>>17471788
Most recent one. Zippo was before.

>>17471874
Fragrance prices are all over the place right now. Technically they should be going down, but some are going down a lot, others are going up a lot. Can't explain that.

>>17472022
Because many people already had Dakar (me included). Drakkar Noir is a great frag.

>>17472022
to be fair the smell of drakkar noir is much more easier to like than BI. people know what it smells like and usually the only complaint is that it smells dated or like shower gel (as its used in duschdas). BI is much more out there

>>17471901
>hurr durr but girls

Who cares?

>>17471966
Regular.

Nü thread
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>>17471450
you do realise you can just buy pure iso e super... right anon?

Just pulled the happy trigger on Lattafa Asad amd Fakhar Black...

Did i like them? what is my opinion on them?

light blue Italian love
smells real nice

>>17471874
Jews shut down the global economy for years. There was a back stock of frags keeping the prices down. The back stock is gone and now the prices jump
TLDR it’s the Jews