/fa/ - Fashion

The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

The Fragrance Groups 101 chart.

Green fragrances infochart.

The oakmoss /frag/ guide.

Reminder.

The heavily outdated musk guide.

The /frag/ general iceberg.

actually nice to see all the charts in one place for once, I can save the ones I forgot to save. thanks OP

The somewhat outdated /frag/ guide from 2012.

Yo OP suck my dick.

so H24: yay or nay?
the modern platinum egoiste / eau sauvage or metallic gummy bears?

>>17647341
>>17647343
>>17647345
Penis loving OP, am I blind or am I not seeing Pineward in any of these? I think it's time for an update.

>>17647343
>The oakmoss /frag/ guide.
Really based.
SOTD Dakar

>>17647331
Country Club scent, second try:
Dear /frag/heads, I'm seeking some fragrance gift ideas for my 39 yo father, he'll be enjoying a two-month summer stay at a country club. During this time, he'll be engaging in activities like swimming, golfing, and playing tennis. Additionally, there's a lovely picnic area in a small forest and a couple of bars/restaurants at the club.
Which fragrances to complement the country club setting? A refreshing scent for daytime and an elegant fragrance for evening would be nice. Must be less than 200 bucks for the two bottles.
I've done some research and come across options like Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo, Chanel Allure Homme Sport, and Armani Acqua di Gio Profondo. However, I'm not very knowledgeable about colognes...
Thanks!

>>17647372
Giga based. My SOTD is Dakar as well. That oakmoss chart reminded me that I want to buy Quorum.

Looking for a perfume that smells like boxwoods or something similar if there is such a thing.
It’s a niche smell, not even sure if it would be pleasant, but it’s a nostalgia smell that takes me back to European gardens, churches, and old brick schools.
If there is something that doesn’t smell like it but has a similar vibe I would like that too.
Pic rel is only thing I found. Anyone know anything about this?

>>17647341
>>17647343
Oh! Thank you, whoever did it.
Blue fragrances infochart would be great since summer is almost here :)

>>17647374
39 yo father?
Damn zoomer my father is 70.

>>17647343
>Quorum
You must be kidding

https://voca.ro/1lkD2GEyS8xX

>>17647350
Lol. Saved. I started 2 years ago and I'm between 3 and 5. Wearing fragrances just for myself in my room is a thing.

>>17647380
I just turned 19

Henlo frens
I am now asking for recs for dupes for the following frags, in the <200€ price range

>Amouage Interlude
>Amouage Reflection
>Floris London Mulberry & fig

>>17647368
didn't like the edp, didn't bother with the edt after.

>>17647395
The edp is shit, the edt is where it's at. Do bother with it

>>17647369
I didn't make that stuff, I just saved it and then posted it. Felt like a good time to get everyone up to speed on some things that have been created in the past.

>>17647392
>Amouage Interlude
Al Zaafaran Midnight Oud.
>>Amouage Reflection
Paris Corner Killer Oud Revolution, also try JPG Le Male.
>>Floris London Mulberry & fig
Idk, but you can try Guess Indigo for men if you like fig and coconut.

>>17647341
where is Chanel No.19 edt ?

How long does Néroli Intense last?

>>17647417
10 sprays 4/5 hours on my skin and clothes.

>>17647399
Damn if I made a 3x3 for frags using this template it would be the same 3 everywhere. Weather is irrelevant.

What would be a good scent for a bar on a late summer day?

>>17647423
wait what?

>>17647399
>>17647423
>it would be the same 3 everywhere. Weather is irrelevant
based

https://voca.ro/1j6Ei9jYxjS6

>>17647374
for daytime Encre Noire Sport, Terre d'Hermes or Bleu de Chanel EDT all woody but fresh, though all in a different way. good choices for a mature man who still wants to smell modern, but serious and classy.
for night you could pick up Jaipur Homme, a great spicy vanilla oriental with a barbershop opening. also leans mature, but is more sensual, perfect for evening occasions

>>17647417
around 4 hours I'd say. decent enough for a classic Neroli fragrance, definitely much better than 4711. but don't expect a beast

>>17647430
I have 3 favorite fragrances and use any of them whenever. Weather doesn't matter/

>>17647440
Joop is literal fucking dogshit though.

>>17647372
>>17647376
Aaaand Quorum purchased, along with a sample of Polo Green. Smell ya soon anons.

>>17647399

how is it

>>17647485
honestly the most overrated fragrance I've ever smelled. smells like skittles and smoke to me, disgusting. smells like a 10$ arab fragrance, and a somewhat mediocre one

>>17647491
damn thanks anon

>>17647492
note that I might just hate the aventus DNA for what it's worth, I didn't like Explorer either
but still, Mancera just isn't worth it IMO, all their fragrances are a little cheap and synthetic smelling. plus they may have made their perfumer up, whole brand is a little suspicious. could get some lesser known niche stuff or some of the best designers like Hermes or Dior at that price point

I'd like a tropical, pineapple, fragrance
>long lasting
>for hot days maybe even evenings
>for going out

>>17647399
something like this

Why would anyone want a literal pineapple fragrance...

>>17647511
Why not

>>17647511
I'm wondering the same thing, why do people love this oversweetened fruitcake shit so much? Why is "amber" even a smell? Why does everyone want to smell like a broccoli haired nightclub sweeper fuckboy queer? Why does blue no longer mean aquatic, but rather sickeningly sweet and synthetic? Why do people want to smell like strawberries and chocolate ice cream and all this shit? It smells as if you'd dunked your head in a vat of artificial flavoring, or you're such a fat lardass you literally can't stop thinking about food for a single second in your life, you even have to smell like it.
What's the point of all this?

>>17647517
imo aquatic is just that "blue" fruits and stuff smell yummy

thoughts

>>17647376
Report back. I'd love to read you because they are two of my classic favourites (I own both). Polo OG is my almost everyday scent when it's really cold. Quorum is inferior, but the best scent ever at that price point.

>>17647454
Awesome! Thanks a lot. Just tested Hermes and Channel (I'm in the mall atm) and both smell amazing. Hermes is a bit strange but Chanel smells just incredible. I'll choose between Chanel and Encre Noire Sport, but I'll probably buy Encre (Blue de Chanel costs 6 times the price of Encre Noire).
Could you give me another couple of recommendations for the evenings? They don't sell Jaipur here so I can't test it.
Thanks again!

POST

SUMMER FRAGRANCES
>day / night

>>17647491
Why do the masses get hyped over gummy bear fragrances? Many such cases.

>>17647517
Fucking this. I get hyped over dry, woody, mossy, animalic fragrances that smell somewhat dangerous and grown up.
On the other side all the youtubers and normies who lose they shit for another candy sweets fragrances.

>>17647577
>>17647517
>they dont want to fuck zoomies
LMAO NGMI

>>17647584
>needs to smell like a child or faggot to get laid with young chicks
lol

>>17647586
you clearly are too old gramps, leave girls to me

>>17647584
>overspray Afnan His Highness green
>pencil shaving, dry-green woodsy
>go to sex date with zoomie
>she says i smelling good
Get mogged my fruitcake boi

>>17647591
sure think gramps

I just got this from Notino today, a steal for only 14€.
Pegasus and Herod are unisex, Percival is the one I liked the most, and Layton is very overrated. I understand people who say that this brand smell like designers perfumes, would not pay the 160€ that originally costs this 4x10ml set.

>>17647566
Try Rochas Moustache EDP, This is Him or Bentley Absolute. These should be fine for summer evenings. Maybe Fahrenheit Parfum if you're willing to spend more.

>>17647595
>I just got this from Notino today, a steal for only 14€.
Shit was literally 130€the minute you posted it yesterday

>>17647593
>be zoomie boi
>be broke, having poor taste, no socialising skill with women, no useful skills developed, shy, gay tendencies
>be millennial, boomer
>having your business, drive cars, own home, exquisite fragrance taste-gucci g. Absolute-smelling like a rugged leather jacket, grown up in years were it's normal on hitting womens ass and they enjoyed it, no shame flirting with zoomie girls
It's over.

>>17647609
LMAO just no

>>17647399
>inb4: poorfag

This is one of my favorites of all time, got an old bottle from my dad years back. It's discontinued so kinda hard to find anywhere besides on eBay, would rather just get something similar. Any recommendations? Want something for spring/summer.

Dior Homme Eau

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Dior/Dior-Homme-Eau-for-Men-22860.html

>>17647485
Mancera will never not be shit

>>17647677
>>17647491

>>17647651
nice choices. the original Luna Rossa is honestly underrated, I like it more than for example Sauvage, yet no one really talks about it

>>17647676
I've never smelled this, but I imagine it should be similar to Dior Homme Original or one of the fresher flankers of Gentleman Givenchy

I was thinking about trying some indie shit, but im assuming its all garbage and half the people talking about it on reddit are like "I wanted to buy from BIPOC and women independent instead of niche/designers" which turns me off. I want to find a decent head shop incense though and all the niche incenses ive tried have been super sweet or just smelled like cedar wood

>>17647676
see l'homme de coueur by divine

Holy Fuck why is indie perfumery so gay LMFAO

>>17647698
LOL

>>17647686
Beaufort London is good. Pineward is good. I'm sure Roelen is good.

Missoni wave is so good
Dries down to 100% Allure Sport

>>17647698
>>17647706
I'm not reading all of this autistic shit. Which brand is this so I know to avoid them?

>>17647715
thanks ill check them out!
>>17647717
black phoenix alchemy lab. it's probably shit anyway. I got it from the indie perfume reddit. It seems like all middle aged fat women who buy this kind of shit for some reason

>>17647698
This may very well be the most aesthetically unappealing fragrance house of all time.
https://youtu.be/u9zr7w-3510

>>17647485
You've ever visited your grandparents and sat on their crusty old leather couch? Try to mix the smell of the old leather couch that marinated in old people's smell for too long and you get that frag.

I want this and my Wallet is allredy bleeding
Any good goumand summer Frag?

>>17647734
missoni wave

>>17647726
Get out redditor.

>>17647681
>nice choices
:) Thanks! I don't have many more bottles aside of these 9: Cool Water, Drakkar Noir and a couple of crappy Zara clones that I only sprayed once and no one wants to buy. I sold 26 bottles last december and I'm just buying decants and discovery sets. More enjoyable and cheaper.
>Luna Rossa
It got totally eclipsed (kek) by it's Carbon flanker. It's better like that. I don't like to smell my fragrance everywhere.

>>17647473
based
>>17647595
nice one, i'm slightly jelly
>>17647598
it was available on the italian store for hours at that price but never on the german
>>17647686
there are plenty of indie parfumeurs in amerikwa. andromeda's curse, solstice scent, arcana wildcraft, black phoenix, death and floral and fyrinnae from the top of my head. house of matriarch maybe too, absolutely horrible website. are they good and/or not gay? i dont know. you can also venture into indie shaving soap makers who venture into fragrances like barrister & mann, stirling soap and so many others. b&m has some pretty snice scents but can be hit or miss
>>17647715
>beaufort london
>indie
bait

>>17647734
>>17647736
>missoni wave
this

>>17647686
Maan this shit looks so cool. I get to type in a bunch of autistic ramblings and some fragrance visionary will surprise me with the proper samples. I haven't seen anyone else do this. Why don't other houses do this it's literally genius. And I wanna get pic related to, but of course I have to be yuropoor. Man I don't wanna wait 2 months for shipping and pay customs fees...

>>17647781
I thought BF was indie and it should be...

>>17647734
I have it, but I am not that impressed by it.

Coming in 2 days hope i did a good buy

>>17647783
I dont know if you're being ironic or not lol

>>17647784
no, beaufort has professional looking bottles and websites and is sold in (niche) stores
indie fragrances is shit that's only sold on the maker's ugly as fuck website or on etsy in makeshift amateurish bottles

>>17647789
No it looks cool and I want it except I don't want to wait a long time for shipping and have to deal with customs.

>>17647698
They are. I always ranting against Slumberhouse, those niggers surely paid people to hype Norne as the "best pine fragrance" on the market and had only a limited amount produced.
They made lots of money, Norne now is a legendary fragrance that literally mostly smell like smoke, nothing piney.
Similar story with niche. I had a thing for niche, but realised that some designers were as good, even better. No need to spend 400 bucks for 15ml because muh "finest ingredients".

>>17647368
I don't want to smell like bananas on an ironing board
now that there's a flanker and it retains the banana smell instead of switching it for a different sweet note, I take that as a sign that banana is a core part of H24 DNA and I'm not interested in the line.

>>17647830
bananas smell good though

>>17647734
just buy chrome and be done with it.

maybe ask for chanel for a birthday gift or something if you have a significant other

>>17647769
>>Luna Rossa
i used to wear luna rossa, and after smelling luna ross black, carbon, and ocean flankers i feel like the luna rossa is so one dimensional that i would prefer any of the flankers to it, there's just so much more going on in the flankers for sure

Hi anons, I've no idea on what to buy. Can you guys please suggest a fragrance based on these characteristics?

-> summer
-> blue sky
-> happiness
-> chattiness with subtle hints of melancholy

One for office and one for dates.

>>17647376
I really really like the Drakkar Noir DNA. But recent formulation is like water. Dakar good some nice oomph.
I wish there are some niche, fuller, better quality alternatives of Drakkar Noir(besides Bon Monsieur).

>>17647595
I found Herod to be less unisex than Pegasus or Layton, though. Percival is obviously the best and probably the only PdM I will ever buy.

>>17647851
As a 80s-90s guy:
Cool Water
Bogart Story Blue
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8-36ijwAQUs&pp=ygUMYWhhIGJsdWUgc2t5

>>17647686
>I want to find a decent head shop incense
Well my friend bijan man is exactly what you want, smells like a headshop that burns incense and sage all day.
Here is a vintage bottle of the first production of the fragrance for $30, same batch that i have
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174653545350?
Do not use more than one spray untill you understand what you are getting into, this suff is loud and lasts fucking forever

>>17647862
no it isn't. they always say bois smells like pickles, but bijan smells like some weird pickled shit to me

>>17647851
>chattiness with subtle hints of melancholy
this one does make me think of Bleu de Chanel for some reason. maybe it's the super normie top notes combined with the incense

>>17647862
>>17647864
Nah, Bois smells like photorealistic plank of woods. Bijan is a very powdery chypre, powdery in a very vintage way.

>>17647851
Tomboy neroli 65
Hermes h24 edt

>>17647864
I have experienced a number of the picke vibes fragrances and they have absolutely nothing in common at least with vintage bijan, i haven't smeed the modern batches.
I have alwqy described it as a headshop that burns sage

I wonder what my SOTGNS should be for today.

I'm a newfag and want to buy my brother a bottle of something decent for his birthday in two weeks. He's never really worn cologne before, so any recs widely liked for the summer would be appreciated. He's a 21 year old college student btw. I tried Dior Sauvage a while back as per the flowchart, but I think there might be a chance he'd find it too "old" smelling (he's a bit of a sperg).

>>17647904
Did you try Sauvage or Eau Sauvage? Eau Sauvage is the old school one in the wavy bottle with the silver
Anyway you can buy him bleu de Chanel, that one is hard to dislike for most people

>>17647904
bleu de Chanel (any of them)
Aqua de gio profumo (or profundo)
Chanel allure homme sport extreme

I'm underwhelmed by my Francesca Bianchi. Not that I regret buying the discovery set but they're just not that good and different. A few of them are nice I guess.

>>17647934
That was my impression, too, although I was more whelmed than underwhelmed. Some would smell nice on a girl, some smell good, but not mindblowing or different or anything. As least they have insane longevity on clothes.

>>17647907
I tried Eau Sauvage. I'll probably go with the bleu de chanel EDP or something else this anon >>17647924 said, thanks.

>>17647934
this is why you don't buy sample sets

>>17647943
Yeah they might be more for girls. Longevity on clothes is true too. My preference is just darker and more unique fragrances. Wearing the Black Knight as my SOTGNS right now and it might be the best one, but I don't think I'll buy it.

>>17647951
This is exactly why you buy sample sets. To know and to have for the future, instead of blind buying bottles.

>>17647857
It's true that in the dry down Herod becomes more masculine, but still too much vanilla for me.

What kind of frags do zoomer girls like to smell at clubs?
Not Aventus right?

>>17647963
stereotypically super sugary shit, like stronger with you absolutely or ultra male

Post your blind buy regrets. Thought I would like the mango note but it's just awful. Been only ordering decants ever since.

>>17647972
Would Layton fill that role?

>>17647973
Why would any man want to smell like a fruit??? For real.

>>17647963
Aventus, Bois Imperial, Dior Homme Sport
>>17647973
Tdh - just orange, what else?
Eros - Axe bodyspray, fucking apple note
Profumo - piercing, mass pleasing, generic
>Club de Nuit Intense Man - the handicapped like Beavis and Butthead looking brother of Aventus

>>17647963
Aventus, Bois Imperial, Dior Homme Sport
>>17647973
Tdh - just orange, what else?
Eros - Axe bodyspray, fucking apple note
Profumo - piercing, mass pleasing, generic
Club de Nuit Intense Man - the handicapped like Beavis and Butthead looking brother of Aventus

>>17647956
>This is exactly why you buy sample sets. To know and to have for the future, instead of blind buying bottles.
wrong, you buy decants to avoid this. as the amount of obsolete fragrances brands offer is pretty big most of the time and only a handful are worthwhile at most. and it's pretty easy to filter them. plus sample sets are often (not always) a ripoff

>>17647973
i got a miniature of it and it was super weak, could barely make out the scent. really weird. i made some bad blind buys but they were mainly cheapies and i sold them so i don't have a lot of regrets.

>>17648000
I don't know what a decant is.

>>17647963
Aventus, Bois Imperial, Dior Homme Sport
>>17647973
Tdh - just orange, what else?
Eros - Axe bodyspray, fucking apple note
Profumo - piercing, mass pleasing, generic
Club de Nuit Intense Man - the handicapped like Beavis and Butthead looking brother of Aventus

>>17647781
HoM is solid, and more about perfumery than politics. (Though def on the occult/spiritual perfumery side of things) Also they generally have working 50% e-coupon running so search it out. I've been super pleased with everything I've gotten from them so far. Def worth buying decants/smaller sizes from them though before making the bottle commitment. Black No 1 is probably the best leather based scent I ever smelled in my life.

>>17647986
I do brah

>>17648015
My God... 3 months without watching porn, avoiding any sexual content and following no fap... Seeing pics like this one makes me feel very aroused. Feels like I was 12 years again and women were mysterious beings. The reset is real.

>>17648032
I asked why, not who, dumb ESL.

>>17647781
>there are plenty of indie parfumeurs in amerikwa. andromeda's curse, solstice scent, arcana wildcraft, black phoenix, death and floral and fyrinnae from the top of my head. house of matriarch
why do these all sound like the names of witch covens? lmao

>>17648036
>why do these all sound like the names of witch covens?
because they're american
>why are they so gay
because they're american
etc.

>>17648031
woops didn't see that one. aside from b&m, HoM is the only one i've tried frags from and i have some decants on the way. i was surprised to find out that they had 3 twin peaks inspired fragrances, never expected to come across something like that. unfortunately only got to test one of them some time ago. but man is the website shit, laughably bad photos

>>17647973
Timbuktu used to have like 5ml of sandalwood oil in it, not anymore

>>17648000
Where do you live that decants are cheaper than discoveries? In the UK you will pay 4-5 £ for a ml of a cheapish niche like ELDO or SL and 7-8£ for something like zoologist. Not to mention 1ml is often not enough to test stuff properly.

>>17648064
i never buy from official stores, i get them from parfumo users hehe

>>17648053
Which ones are Twin Peaks inspired, cause thats my kind of shit right there!

>>17648070
idk search house of matriarch twin peaks you'll find it. but they only made 200 bottles of each scent and that was years ago

>>17648068
German aren't you? I tried checking out basenotes and other sites for sample swaps and decants which are not a high way robbery or a generic designer carded shite, but it seems dead besides fragrantica and it is hard af to organise since making decants and posting them is quite time consuming.

>>17648034
what?

>Workday
Dior Homme Sport 2021

>Weekend
Bleu de Chanel Parfum

>Date Night
Gucci Guilty Pour Homme Eau de Parfum

Why would I need anything else?

>>17648071
Damn gone, but thats really cool

>>17648078
you are right, normie. gtfo

Wearing the new Dior Homme Sport, love it and want to explore similar vibes. Are there any other summer incense frags? Aqua Di Gio Profumo came to mind, aquatic incense. Copal Azur was the niche version of that. Issue Super Majeure is a Woody smokey aquatic but I wouldn't call it incense. I also have Loewe Plata which is a 10/10 frag for me, I've never smelled anything like it. Dry mint and cool incense, sounds like it doesn't work but it's beautiful. Also never gets discussed so perfect for people who convince themselves that every adult male has Aventus.

What other incense frags would you wear in the summer?
Also are there any floral incense frags that aren't rose? I'd like to find a Narcissus or Jasmine incense fragrance.

What do you guys think about Aaron Terrence Hughes? Is he (our guy)? I personally enjoy watching his reviews because he seems like he knows his stuff and tries to explain the reviewed frangance the most, unlike other youtubers that basically say only if they like it or not. Also what do you think about his fragnance line? Im tempted by ordering a sample of Tabac one because it apparently smells like improved tobacco vanille which i love

Fuckin Ramsey got me wanting to try out Areej Le Doréè History of Oud. The shipping cost is ridiculous. Any body tried any of Russian Adam's stuff?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl4zeKOgeHc

What are the most natural citrus frags that have decent performance? I have Azemour les orangers already

>>17648125
His reviews are like ASMR and mean nothing to someone who just wears the perfumes.
>There's a smidge of coumarin which is grounded to the skin with hedione and linalool
who gives a fuck

bros its 95 tomorrow im dying
what is the #1 fragrence to beat the heat?

>>17648161
Yea i get what you mean, i dont know what he is talking about most of the time but it is still interesting. And if im intrigued enough i will check on the molecules that he is talking about

>>17648127
Fuck it, I bit the bullet. I'm also thinking of buying some pure Oud resin from Ensar Oud to work into some home made scents. They have a pretty decent price on 5 grams of Oud resin which should last quite a while.

>>17648179
I prefer just reading reviews and looking at notes. all YouTube fragrance fags are too boring to hold my attention for more than like 30 seconds

>>17648196
Post your review, those seem pretty pricy, but reading the descriptions are intriguing

>>17648153
Light Blue Eau Intense for me, it gets hot as hell here.

>>17648171
>>17648308

>>17648281
Will do, I got the History of Indonesian Oud, the cheapest one. The Indian Oud would have been too much but it sounds like its one of the best of the whole collection.

>>17648308
that's not natural smelling at all

>>17648322
Smells fantastic to me anon.
If you don't like it try Acqua Di Gio Profondo.

What is the non meme fragance for rich people?

>>17648327
Ensar Oud Enchanted Rose

I'm addicted to buying decants bros......

>>17648034
man it literally took me over 2 and a half years without porn to get to this level but i finally made it

>>17648325
Wtf are these recommendations lol
There’s something in both light blue intense and Versace pour home that genuinely turn into straight bleach on my skin. It’s bizarre. VPH was one of the first frags I bought and it was fine, then after awhile it just started smelling like bleach.

>>17648461
I didn't recommend VPH I said Acqua Di Gio Profondo.

>>17648463
I know. I don’t like that either. The OG is okay. I’ve tried all the normie designer frags already

>>17648465
Have you tried Versace Man Eau Fraiche?

Your AMOUAGE fragrance! WHATS HER NAME! GO GO GO.

I legitimately love reflection. Not even memeing. Tell me which one you love and why. I bought the discovery set. I have it in my hands.I haven't smelled any one of them. Tell me which one you love, what to expect, and why it's the one you love.

>>17648483
>Tell me which one you love and why
none

>>17648556
>none
Well than don't fucking post, you knuckledragging shit goblin. It's that simple.

>>17647355
>1 million
>Montale
>/fa/ way
2012 was rather silly.

>>17648105
bleu de chanel has some incense

>>17648125
I think he's annoying. and I think the gay dragon from basenotes is better as far as in-depth reviews go

>>17648559
you asked a question, i answered.
>>17648571
it was

Thoughts?

>>17648125
>sprays
>wow, outstanding composition by a master perfumer
>moves hands, complains about dyslexia, blah blah aromachemicals
>This frag is 4/10
I hate faggots so much.

>>17648605
snice

>>17648340
I'm addicted to white womens feet
>>17648608
Yeah that anglo is ridiculous

thoughts on picrel ? really wanna try it but im worried 50ml wont last long enough

>>17648605
cop if you like citrus, thats all im gonna say

>>17648639
mid

>>17648605
Very basic, but it works. Summer frag equivalent of wearing clean clothes that fit.

>>17648639
Just go with Casbah.

>>17648639
smells good, but I don't remember what the performance is like

>>17648483
>friday
>pink top on
>flowers in ass
YEP, IT'S REFLECTION TIME!

>>17647426
For me, it’s Guerlain Jicky

>>17647807
>>17647381
cheers, thanks for the tips. not the best selection but I can probably swing a Cool Water + Sauvague.

>>17648639
Try Montale Full Incense,

>>17648650
>literally made by Aurelien Gigachad
I kneel.

>>17648673
I own Full Incense, don't get much performance from it

>>17648605
perry ellis night is cheaper and has similar longevity

SOTD

Valentino Uomo Intense

No joke fellas, I almost cried twice like two times during Guardians V3. Both times I'm tearing up and I look over at my friend and his stupid face and reaction makes me start choking back on my breath from wanting to laugh instead of cry at this point.

>>17648742
SOTD: Kouros.
I suspect there must have been a reformulation in mid 2022. My early 2022 bottle is very leathery, spicy, sweet and can get cloying quick with multiple sprays. Meanwhile my sample from late 2022 is just pure soap and florals.
I wish I had a full bottle of both but I wonder if I can rely on this assumption of mine when buying.

>>17647566
Try Guerlain habit rouge and Guerlain heritage

>4 sprays of vintage mitsouko extrait
What have I done?

>>17647595
>Pegasus and Herod are unisex
that's a good thing. Also Pegasus is the best one.

tested some stuff in sephora

>Hermes un jardin sur le nil
creamy green mango, green and vegetal, leafy, a bit floral, some subtle wood and incense in the drydown. quite nice, a unique green fragrance for warmer weather. might consider copping
>Bleu de Chanel EDT
I like this more than I did a year ago. drydown has more incense than Jardin on my skin. if I had to wear a blue fragrance, it'd be this one, but the shower gell DNA is still not really for me
>Shalimar EDP
still a masterpiece. I am definitely buying my gf a bottle of this when where is an occasion
>Chanel No. 19 EDP
still great, but more challenging than I remembered. the opening is pretty in your face bitter green. but the cooling "flower meadow" drydown is still beautiful and calming
>Chanel Antaeus
still smells like a vampire. dark, classy and powerful. very good, but I'm not sure where I'd wear it as a 25 year old

>>17648605
Very good for summer, quite unique.

How do you fragrance experts apply eau de toilette ?
I usually do 2 on neck 1 on back of the neck, then 2 on elbow creases, is it good ?

>>17648782
Im no expert, but i usually moisturize the area before i apply the fragrance as it lasts longer when the skin is moisturized.
I have a quite weak fragrance so i usually do about 4-5 sprays (edt)
1 on each of my wrists, 1 on the neck. Then i do a spray on my shirt. Fragrances can last a long time on clothing.

But it depends from fragrance to fragrance.

>>17648782
Depends on the fragrance. Stuff with insane sillage and in hot weather I prefer to just do one spray on the front of the neck. If it's something weaker I might do one spray on each side of the neck and even the wrists, or behind my ears.
I don't particularly care if other people can smell my frag or not, but I want to catch whiffs all day.

So what's /frag/ opinion about the new Le Male Elixir? How does it smell like, is it that sweet?

>>17648483
i like epic, journey und interlude

>>17648808
what about beach hut

What am I in for?

I am going to bling buy Dior L'Homme

>>17648982
some interesting scents, some boring scents

>>17648196
>. I'm also thinking of buying some pure Oud resin from Ensar Oud to work into some home made scents.
These guys are pretty good if you want oud oils
https://www.pureoudh.com

>>17648483
>Your AMOUAGE fragrance! WHATS HER NAME!
Amouage man gold, preferably as vintage as possible, my favorite fragrance for weddings

>>17648483
Arabic garbage

>>17648782
20 sprays between the neck wrists and chest

What are some tea fragrances for summer?

I tried Wulong Cha but it's too feminine. Imagination is too expensive. I have l'Homme ideal cologne but the performance is terrible.

>>17649030
I just ordered a decant of Masque Milano's Russian Tea, we'll see what it's like

>>17649030
voyage d'hermes parfum

>>17648982
unironically mostly shit or bad performance. bianchis may be good, but they didn't work on my skin. Eau Sacree might be good too.

>>17647331
What's a great lemon lime frag I can get for fathers day?

>>17649162
Sprite

is this cringe?

>>17649212
No, but it's discontinued, anyway.

>>17649212
it's overrated and generic-smelling. and is also a redundant flanker, like 90% of the Armani catalogue
pick up l'homme ideal instead or burberry london or something if you want a sweet normie fragrance

>>17649233
>generic-smelling
filtered
>l'homme ideal instead or burberry london
>sweet shit that neither performs nor projects
why even bother

>>17649212
All normalfag brands are cringe.

>>17649226
Ah, shit, for real this time? Used to have Code Ultimate and then switched to this when it was discontinued because it seemed nearly the same. Surely they'll keep offering something similar?

>>17649233
I'll keep them in mind thanks, hope they are not TOO sweet.

A frag for this battle theme?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4r2BiHnVbHg&pp=ygUhbGVnZW5kIG9mIGxlZ2FpYSBvc3QgYmF0dGxlIHRoZW1l
Gets me pumped for the gym

>>17649238
>filtered
bro it just smells like powdery synthetic vanilla and the same generic ambery base they put in almost every sweet designer fragrance. there's nothing to be filtered by, it's just extremely boring and cheap smelling
there are so many better sweet fragrances with vanilla and even better performance like Fahrenheit Parfum or Jovoy Psychedelique. even cheaper ones like Jaipur Homme

>>17649198
It's for my dad, I'm not getting him Sprite. Aren't there any citrus fragrances with lemon or lime for older dudes?

>>17649290
Sprite

>>17649295
:(

I NEED HELP

I had the Dsquared - He WOOD Rocky Mountain and I loved it (this one >>17647355)
I think it was discontinued.
Do you guys know anything similar to it?

I fucking found what note is responsible for the delicious drydown of Aventus or in my teenager scent Mexx Fresh. It opens up with passion fruit, but dries down similar to Aventus, musky, fresh, airy. Seems like oakmoss have similar effects in fragrance, get that airiness from Drakkar Noir too(or musk is hidden in there too).
Going to test now some freshies with musk in the basenotes. I'm a sucker for the Aventus/Mexx Fresh drydown.
Fucking ultra masculine.

>>17649243
Code Absolu, Code Profumo and every other Code flanker are gone. They now offer Code Parfum, which is mid and has no real advantage over regular Code. EdT + Parfum, that's it for Code.

Tried a couple of frags a couple of times and let me tell you a couple of things:

>Mont blanc Explorer is superior to Aventus Creed because it's manlier and a bit more woody. CDNIM EDT is very similar to Aventus ONCE it dries down. Before that it's a complete mess.
>Prada L'homme and Mont blanc Legend spirit are almost identical; L'homme is more velvety, Legend spirit is more bubblegummy/sweet. Very pleasant scents
>PDM Layton and Al Haramain Détour noir are almost identical; Layton is more elegant whereas Détour noir smells cheaper because of the sharpness. You'll smell like sweet apple pie (Layton) or sweet and sour apple pie (Détour noir)
>Azzaro Chrome Extreme is literally bubble gummy blue shower gel on steroids.

Next on the list will be Prada Luna Rossa carbon, ADG Profumo and Profondo, CDNIM EDP, and L'Aventure Al Haramain

>>17649314
F

>>17649298
Sprite

>>17648086
Always the same edgelord shitposting

A good pick for a Male 28 for hut summer evenings?

SOTD Tom Ford Noir for Men

I give it 8/10 I like it

>>17649290
Yea get him a classic eau de cologne. My preference are Guerlain eau de Guerlain and Guerlain imperiale. Could also try Alvarez Gomez for something cheaper but top quality. Other people like eau sausage. Lots of options for citric frags for older men.

>>17649376
yeah it's really nice. it does basically just smell like a remixed Shalimar to me though

>>17649378
>eau sausage

good Choice, my dog loves it.

on the topic of gifts for dads
my dad likes Encre Noire Sport and Prada Luna Rossa. what's a nice cheapie that I could get him based on those two?

>>17649363
If you like how sweet it is sure.

>>17649358
what is he holding? oud?

Pretty new to fragrances, starting last fall. My fall/winter favorites, having tried about 10 fall/winter samples so far (and buying some bottles also), are:
>Incense Oud
>Jubilation XXV
>Red Tobacco
>Grand Soir
>Oud Wood

For summer I already have:
>Light Blue Intense (day)
>Luna Rossa Carbon (day or night)
>Acqua di Gio Profumo (night) - favorite summer frag so far

I'm considering the following samples, for summer, also. Are any of them too similar to what I already have for summer? Are any of them shit in Anon's opinion? Any better off replaced by something else? Any other suggestions, given my fall/winter tastes?

>Chanel - Egoiste Platinum
>Charriol - Royal White
>Creed - Virgin Island Water
>Davidoff - Cool Water
>Diptyque - Philosykos EDP
>Hermes - H24
>Jeanne en Provence - Néroli Intense
>Mancera - Cedrat Boise
>Mancera - Wave Musk
>Profumum Roma - Acqua di Sale
>Profumum Roma - Victrix
>Rasasi - Hawas
>TF - Grey Vetiver

Never understood the concept of classifying fragrances by seasons ???
What if I really like incense or tabacco and hate citrus but its summer, am I fucked ? Is it a fashion sin to wear winter fragrance in summer ???

>>17649440
I really hate Cedrat Boise
Neroli Intense is an easy blind buy if you like Neroli Portofino or 4711. it also costs as much as a sample of most niche fragrances
>Chanel - Egoiste Platinum
>Diptyque - Philosykos EDP
>Hermes - H24
>TF - Grey Vetiver
I like these a lot. all green fragrances, but all different. none of them should be too similar to the ones you have

>>17649449
I see it more as a simple suggestion of "don't wear 20 sprays of Tobacco Vanille in the middle of a hot day" rather than a rule. if you go easy on the sprays anything goes for summer evenings
it's also just nice to wear something refreshing when it's really hot

>>17649440
Egoiste platinum is my signature scent. It is really refreshing, everytime i spray it on myself i think of a meadow full of herbs and flowers in spring. It is also the only fragnance that i have tried which cools my body down- apart from guerlain homme l'eau boisee. It is considered more mature scent so i dont know if you will like those kind of vibes, but i definetely can recommend atleast trying it

>>17649440
Definitely try PDM Percival.

SOTD: MFK Gentle Fluidity Gold
i like this a lot desu, dominant notes (for me) are vanilla, amber and musk, very feminine and quite sophisticated, there is absolutely nothing abrasive or cheap in it
i'm not sure if i could pull this off (maybe as a night out or party frag?) but i'd love to smell it on my GF

>>17649389
bump

Is layton blind buy worthy?

>>17649389
Guerlain homme lea Boise

>>17650053
probably not, but you could blind buy the 20 dollar clone that smells the same

>>17649376
SOTD Dakar
Mutt white wife is away today and i hugely cumblasted to a german nordic goddess on Onlyfans. Light blue eyes, literally a semen monster.
I'm well pleased today, went to the gym and going to have some BBQ later.
Smells like 80s spicy fougere.

>>17650075
Please stop this nonsense. There isn't a single clone out there for this fragrance or any other that is 90% close to the original. A few exceptions exist like La Yuqawam but that speaks more to how much TF over charges for Tuscan Leather.

No clone smells 90% like Layton. Stop coping, save money for the original. It's not that hard.

>>17650112
>Stop coping
i am not the one coping, people spent 200 dollars for something that can be had for 20 so they try to seek out the smallest irrelevant shit to not feel scammed

>>17650097
SOTD Dakar as well

>>17650053
If you like fragrances like Ultra Male, yes. But is not groundbreaking.

>>17650097
Why’d you marry a mutt? Are you white? Sotd diptyque tam dao

>>17650212
he's not white, he's our resident brown coomer with a strange fetish. pay him no mind

>>17650212
What people say white in average are actually mutty. It's like shiny hunting, find the fairest girl.

>>17650112
lmao it really sounds like you're the one coping

>"There is no way a company combined 2$ worth of ingredients into a 20$ product, you know you can never have a profit margin lower than 10000% in this industry!!!"

perfumesamplesanddecants . com legitimate site? Seems to be the only one i can find that is carrying an Oud Minerale decant

>>17650272
pdm is the be all end all of perfumery bro, it's peak

what are some other abstract, molecular interpretations of green fragrances like H24 or BI?

>>17650323
DS Durga - El Cosmico

>>17650329
That shit smells interesting. Like milk and burned plastic, weird scent.

>>17650353
waaat? that's how crack smells, in a way

>>17650353
Really? I didn't get that at all. For me it was akin to a dry greenery you would smell near the ocean shore but somewhat tweaked and amplified until it gets a bit abstract.

>>17650365
Maybe it's the creosote in it?! I get some green smoke and something strange airy-creamy-milky.
I bought a decant of it, because i searched for an actual creosote scent. You know, the scent in high summer when you're near a railroad with woody ties or woody fences treated with creosote. Love that scent.

>>17647676
I had one back in 2015 and remember it smelling like the pages of an old book (which I liked). A couple months back I bought a bottle and it didn’t give me the same memory ASMR from it.

Something like prada lhomme but more nish-like?
Maybe with more florals

>>17648015
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>>17648605
snice on paper/clothes. like moth balls on my skin. I searched online and a couple reviewers have the same experience :^(

>>17650272
>his perfumes aren't made of 50% Oud oil and ambergris
ngmi

SCENT OF THE DAY

Elysium Pour Homme by Roja Parfums

Opening is very cirtussy. Now I'm smelling Cedar, Vetiver and Apple


7/10

>>17650323
cyber garden

>>17650521
Bullshit scent, smells like a drugstore fragrance. Faggots should stop using apple as note in fragrances.

>>17650531
Yeah I'm glad I didnt spent 300$ on it, just got a small decant. Overrated

>>17650533
roja is literally just a psyop to extract money from gullible redditors for a shitty 2nd rate designer fragrance

>>17649389
why does every dad seem to like encre noire sport? gifted one to mine too

>>17649440
Definitely try Cool Water. It is a man's summer fragrance.

>>17649449
Some frags are refreshing and cooling, others are spicy and warming.
Also comes down to seasonal patterns in general - in spring and summer you're smelling lots of wet, natural green, and sweet scents from thriving nature because you're outside, but in fall and winter it's more tobacco, leather, and spices because you're stuck inside fighting off the cold.

>>17650531
It's a very nice note in ADG absolu

>>17650153
Nice. Drakkar Noir/Dakar is my signature. Love that scent. Playing with the idea to test more fougere. Is Rive Gauche worth it?

What do I get an older woman? Looking for something fruity and youthful (idk). I don't want her to feel old anymore.

>>17650582
Took me a lot of restraint not to reply with something vulgar trust me.

>>17650582
Teint de Neige

>>17650552
Masculine, very woody and full of vetiver which is old school, but much more approachable than OG EN due to being fresher and citrusy. Also it's dirt cheap

>>17650552
>fresh and accessible but not generic
>mature but modern
makes sense honestly. I gave my dad a bunch of decants and he liked ENS enough to buy a full bottle and use up all of it in a year or so

>>17648839
it's good but not my cup of tea
smell like sunflower's pulp

>>17650587
Proud of you for that.

>>17650589
Thank you, will read reviews.

Aside from 4711 and echt kölnisch wasser what are the oldest frags?

>>17650652
santa maria novella

>>17650664
That's fake history though isn't it? The modern frag doesn't get produced by a private company and seems to have been fashioned (and formulated) after cologne got popular.
Using the date when the predecessor pharmacy got founded to sell your cologne as the same one from 1221 seems scammy at best.

>>17650677
*gets produced ofc

>>17650652
Ball Musk 10,000 BC

>>17650580
>Drakkar Noir
i like the drydown, opening not so much

>>17648105
For me, it's L'Eau D'Issey Intense
honestly they should have named it Incense
... it's not even particularly intense so I don't know why they went with such a shit generic name

at first sniff/on card i thought it was a bit shower gel-y but now it's basically my signature despite being a cheapy. surprisingly complex
amber, sweet and smoky, incense-y, woody, old papery, spicy, with the tiniest amount of floral notes. opening is a bit harsh but interesting, drydown is sex
highly recommended

>>17650053
>>17649331
PDM Layton and Al Haramain Détour noir are almost identical; Layton is more elegant whereas Détour noir smells cheaper because of the sharpness. You'll smell like sweet apple pie (Layton) or sweet and sour apple pie (Détour noir)

>>17650323
Caron l’anarchist is pretty abstract. Green blend of a cool and warm fragrance. Not molecular. But then there are also all of the iso e frags like guerlain leau boisse. Or you can always try

>>17650652
johann maria farina gegenüber dem jülichs platz is older than 4711. few know this for some reason.

>>17650788
yes that's what i meant with ecw.

>>17648797
extremely cloying and nauseating, didn't like it at all
>>17648982
eau sacree is great, blak knight and byzantine amber are both great (although a bit similar). by the fireplace is terrible

Any canadafags know of a good site that has Tom Ford Oud Minérale decant for sale that isn't at a ridiculous shipping cost? Tried perfumecourt but it's asking for 39.99 shipping which is insane

What’s the next step from here? Liked the spicy wooden smell.
Looking for something pleasant that a person will smeel and immediately think of me.

>>17650053
Yes. Layton is an excellent, very 'crowd pleasing' scent. I'll put some on my arm and describe it

It's starts with a sweetened lavender similar to vick's vapor rub, but because its semi-sweet it's actually cooling from the levender, warm from the vapor of the apple and bergamot, and the sweetness is a mix of a vanilla-ish accord and mandarin/orange. So up front is already much more interesting than 95% of fragrances, and the complexity does not come through in most dupes.
I should note here that the vapor "heat" is the same feeling I get from Xerjoff's Naxos. That radiant heat that here brings out the apple-lavender-orange - on Naxos radiates the wood-smoke-honey. it's a very luxurious effect.
As the fragrance goes into the middle notes it comes off the orange and lavender a bit a keeps the apple, while opening up to more floral notes and it keeps the vanilla going. It goes into a mostly-floral phase with some overlying sweetness.
After that the dry down keeps the vanilla, and you start getting the woody notes and some heat from pepper and some spice from the cardamom and some green from patchouli, so a lot happens again as it goes from mid to base notes. Its meant to be a very "crowd pleasing" scent, so it's not surprising that some of the aventus accords start coming out in the end. By the way the Layton Exclusif dumps the crowd notes for darker woods and vetivers i think.

I think Layton is the easiest Niche scent to justify buying. I don't think I have ever met a single person who didn't' like the scent at any point in its drydown.

>>17650521
Am I wrong or is every single one of the Roja Parfum scents must more targeted for 45+ men and women? I though Elysium would be an easy blue, but even that is a much 'older' smelling blue with herbal citrus in the opening and darker greens in the mid and drydown.

Every single Roja fragrance I've sampled (Elysium, Enigma, Midsummer, Isola blu,) I though was technically great, but depressing in its scent profile.

>>17651245
Who else do you think pays premium perfume prices?

SOTD
Mancera Hindu Kush

Where to find Néroli Intense samples? I'm trying to sample a dozen new summer fragrances and this is the only one I cannot find samples of. LuckyScent has it, but only in 0.7ml, which is not enough for me, as I like to get 3ml, so I can wear it a few times, to really tell if I like it or not.

>>17651503
It's 8 euro. Why do you need a sample of the most basic pleasant scent that leaves your skin in a few hours?

>>17651505
I'm not in Europe though (USA) and can't find it anywhere for sale in the states.

SOTD

Leftover Fathom V from yesterday because I didn't shower this morning.

>>17647934
Which ones did you try? They do tend to be too similar revolving around her typical DNA or too leathery or too feminine for me although I enjoy smelling them.
I was hoping libertine neroli would be good, but its underwhelming and smells funny, same as sex and the sea.

Sticky fingers, sticky lips (limited edition), the dark side and unspoken musk are all quite nice, but a bit too feminine to wear.

If only she'd make some classic masculine barbershop with a Bianchi twist.

>>17651237
>It's starts with a sweetened lavender similar to vick's vapor rub, but because its semi-sweet it's actually cooling from the levender, warm from the vapor of the apple and bergamot.

I always found it to smell like apple pie with cold vanilla sauce. I also get a melancholic feeling for some reason.

>>17651516
I don't even remember. I was too lazy to put them in the excel this time. Looking at my samples it seems to have been the dark side, lover's tale and black knight. I sprayed these on my body directly. Still gotta go to the mall and steal some papers form notino to try the rest.

I think they were just not made for me. My tastes are very specific and different anyways. Customer service was top tier though, I'd buy again. Maybe as gift for some bitch.

What’s the most potent perfume for under 50 bucks ?

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>>17647924
great reccs anon