/fa/ - Fashion

>OP

>>17748845
The fragrance groups 101 chart.

>>17748845
The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

>>17748852
garbage as always

Copped Cool Water frozen for cheap. Parfumo souk is the goat.

Would you guys buy fragrance from a seller on ebay that has 65 total sold items, with only 5 feedbacks received (all of them within the last month)?

He has no negative feedback, but only 5 received, all positive.

Can we not have this one devolve into autistic sperging about who is or isn’t Indian

>>17748866
Somebody should create a table game "Who's the indian"

>>17748866
it should be pretty obvious by now that there’s someone in this thread who’s hell bent on not letting that happen.

>>17748787
Not Schnitzler, but "Beauty Affair", that niche store. Schnitzler was open. If Schnitzler had Le Labo, I must have missed it. Schnitzler also didn't have Jaipur when I was there, and no Costume National Homme, either. I was able to test a lot of other stuff, though, which has been hard to find at other stores. Then again, some stuff at Schnitzler is a bit hidden in their bottom cabinets (like the 3 bottles from Nicolai they had). Latest visit to the city was to Lush, which is why I didn't bother going for the niche store again.
Lauder for Men is definitely an old-style fougere and similar to Cerruti 1881, but it's just more refined, really smooth and elegant. It will remind you of 1881, but in a high quality way. It's hard to describe otherwise. Lasts longer than 1881, but not as long as e.g. fragrantica might make you belive. Might be the safest blind buy out of the three, without having smelled Cacharel.
Tuscany per Uomo is really similar Azzaro pour Homme, but instead of just anis, you get an overdose of caraway on top. I didn't like it, because the caraway note just made it smell unpleasant, just like the anis note makes APH pleasant. The opening was the worst, the drydown is a bit nicer, as the caraway goes away a bit, but it never fully leaves. If you like caraway and Azzaro pour Homme, knock yourself out.
Cacharel pour Homme is on my search list as well. Gotta find it somewhere.

>>17748880
nice blog post

>>17748860
This is the seller in question

https://www.ebay.de/itm/404373274320?epid=10034415847&hash=item5e26867ed0:g:9Q0AAOSwZ6lkrA4m

New York Intense smells like fancy buildings in New York

>>17748921
no idea what fancy buildings you’ve been to in new york but the place smells like garbage bags most of the time.

>>17748929
The NYI shill have wrecked senses.
NYI smell like a gay club where is a bareback orgy ongoing.
Mossy and sweet as fuck.
Better go with Jules, smells like a toxic bisexual dude who for blonde girls.

thinking about adding BDC EDP bros
thoughts?

>>17748938
Cool Water instead of Bdc

Opinions on Lattafa Qaa'ed Al Shabaab

I was always curious what people liking different fragrances here actually do look like? Can you post your top 3 fragrances and recent outfits that you matched them with? Obv blur out faces or even just do a photo collage out of items' photos.

>>17748947
السلام عليكم اخي لمصلحتك الخاصة انصحك بالابتعاد عربي عن بائع الماء ذو الرائحة الكريهة.

>>17748947
bin laden's frag

>>17748938
Jesus Christ dude it’s like you watched Jeremy fragrances „top 10 most complemented fragrances“ and just bought all of them. But the answer to your question is yes you should defiantly buy the EDP (which you are probally blindbuying). Get the 150ml bottle. You definitely need more blue fragrances.
>>17748947
Even if they made a perfect dupe of Baccarat Rouge, I wouldn’t buy it because I hate sandpeople, it would make me feel dirty, kinda like how you feel after you eat a shawarma.

Got lattafa ramz silver. Actually smells really good on the dry down. If le male smells better than this does. Im gonna get it for sure.

what's an effay version of this

>>17748984
Dylan Blue

Why the fuck a new thread is already created if the old one has not even reached 300 posts???

Is Bleu De Chanel Parfum worth the ticket? 185 for 3.4 and 220 for 5oz.

>>17748995
>185 for 3.4
>for a fuckin generic Chanel
And people complain about niche being expensive.

>>17748993
someone got wiped from the old thread

>>17748995
BDC Parfum is the best basic fragrance. If that's what you want, it's worth it.

>>17749000
I've had a bottle of the EDP and loved the scent, was unaware of straight parfum being a thing, so I might be going for it this time. Thanks

>>17748996
Hmm, just curious to see what the reception of the fragrance was on here, and if the price backs it up. Any recommendations then if you're not a fan/ have higher quality alternatives in mind?

just redeemed a saffron and jasmine oil from a vendor by my home. I paid 300 rupee, what do I expect?

>>17748995
I had a $200 gift card to Nordstrom from my birthday last year so I got a 3.4oz of the Parfum while it was still ~$160
Used about half of it in that time, it’s really great and definitely miles ahead of other “blue” scents (better than EDP imo, sampled it again recently and I really do not understand the persistent love for that one)
That said I don’t think I’d rush to buy another bottle at today’s prices. DH2020 has kind of usurped its role in my collection by now

>>17749018
If you like DH2020, consider buying DHS2021. Similar in many ways, and honestly way better than DH2020 which says alot.

>>17748853
Thank you for blessing the thread, Leaf

>>17749019
I own em both and they’re great, they strike me as being built the same way from different notes if that makes sense
Sport has stronger performance but goes very incensey on me, 2020 as a scent edges it out as far as my preferences go
But I got a 4.2oz of sport for a really good deal so that’ll be my daily driver for work through fall

It’s finished. So is the summer here. Was it worth €9 I paid for it? Yes. Will I be rebuying it next summer? Probably not. It was a nice dumb reach for the hottest days out there where you couldn’t find anything appropriate to wear. I loved the bitter, zesty (and slightly green - as if it was a petitgrain not a neroli scent) opening but after 1-2 min it was resorting to that synthetic neroli scent that you know very well from Neroli Portofino and others but with an ambery, slightly sweet and woody twist to it. It’s fine. You must still be an idiot to buy Tom Ford Neroli Portofino but it’s also nothing so special unless you’re a cheapskate - you will hardly find a better de fragrance than that. Personally I was liking Ferrari Bright Neroli better as it was developing in a more floral-Jasminy way but obviously now that it has been discontinued I would not buy a bottle of it for more than €20.

>>17748980
Was Ramz Lattafa one of the 9/11 hijackers?

What does /fa/ think of Bleu de Chanel? It seems to be quite a bit stronger than the other colognes I have.

>>17748845
Any reccos for Catholic Incense colognes? inb4 "google it": I did but I trust you guys more than an ai :)

>>17749092
i think ramz lattafa was actually involved in the 1993 world trade center bombing. not 9/11 but i could see how someone would confuse the two

>>17748995
To be honest if you like a hefty sandalwood punch to the nose go for it, otherwise stick to EDP

>>17749110
>What does /fa/ think of Bleu de Chanel?
Office-friendly, inoffensive, nice scent profile, can be worn year-round.
It's a normie-tier frag for most of the people posting in this general.

>>17749130
I'm new to cologne, so please forgive my basic questions. I got 4 scents to try to get a better sense of what I like: Blue De Chanel, Kiehl's Musk #1, Tom Ford Grey Vetiver and Marglata Lazy Sunday Morning.

>>17749110
Literally scroll up in this thread and you’ll see discussion of Bleu de Chanel
Newfags, I swear

What is the best bed time sleepy time fragrances to put on myself and on my bed to feel special and cool?

(Not especially interested in lavender I don't mean that direction)

>>17748940
interesting, edt or intense?
>>17748973
kek

>>17749115
CdG Avignon or Jovoy La Liturgie des Heures

What am I in for?

Got tired of Clinique Calyx as the only green I have
Looking for something new with white floral and green in it, maybe some vetiver and citrus too
Preferably unisex
Any recs?

>>17748935
you would know all about gay clubs, you negroid homo.

>>17749231
chanel no. 19 or cristalle

Have these + mousse iluminee coming in the mail today, what am in for?

>>17749026
i don’t see any canadians here

best perfumes to attract Arab women that leads to impregnation?

>>17749284
nevermind perfume, that would probably require an islamic conversion.

>>17749017
skin rashes

>>17748888
why would he sell this for half of retail? I mean I'm sure that you'll receive something, but it looks fishy

>>17749303
based newfag retard has never heard of discounters

>>17749130
what makes a frag office-friendly? I have a vague idea, such as no musky smell, but it's not really refined as of now. Shouldn't be too heavy or too sweet, essentially I could go without a fragrance then. my defaults are cool water and grey flannel

>>17749310
above all, inoffensiveness and transparency.

>>17749315
yes, but what is offensive? Is sweet vanilla offensive? I could imagine it to be

I had my birthday last week. rate the gifts my family got me:
>Quorum
>Salvador Dali Pour Homme
>ELDO Eau de Protection
>Kouros (not vintage)
>Dior Homme 2020
>Nishane Wulong Cha
>Nishane Unutanam
>Tom Ford Noir Anthracite (!)

>>17749339
Did you tell them you liked those before? Because it's quite balsy to gift unutanam to someone

>>17749339
>rate the things i asked my family to buy for me
i feel bad for your family.

>“A rose may be a rose,” reports EWG. “But that rose-like fragrance in your perfume may be something else entirely, concocted from any number of the fragrance industry’s 3,100 stock chemical ingredients, the blend of which is almost always kept hidden from the consumer.” The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of over 100 groups seeking transparency about chemicals in cosmetics, commissioned independent laboratory tests that revealed 38 secret chemicals in 17 leading fragrances. The top offenders?: American Eagle Seventy Seven topped the list with 24, followed by Chanel Coco with 18 and Britney Spears Curious and Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio each with 17.

Acqua Di Gio bros....we're going to get cancer

>>17749357
not the heckin secret chemicals, so heckin chungus scawy
>also he clearly means acqua di gio for women, not the mediocre woody aquatic pour homme

>>17748938
You already have Sauvage and Dylan blue. What do you need BdC for?

>>17749379
to be even more of a norlimbanol/ambroxan drone than he already is

>>17749115
>>17749132
refer to >>17748292
>>17749167
versace the dreamer, duh
>>17749339
based, you now have thierry wasser's masterpiece

>>17749394
thierry wasser’s masterpiece was managing to save mitsouko and l’heure bleue while still kowtowing to IFRA tyrants.

>>17749284
BOGGED

>>17748993
Old thread was certainly past 310 replies, someone got b& and had all their replies deleted.

>>17748995
I'd never buy it for that price, but I hunt discounts and sales on stuff (even Chanel, although some people regularly doubt that). If you don't know what it smells like, don't spend the money unless you plan on sending it back if you don't like it. Go to a store and test it first. Do anything other than straight up blind-buying for 200$.

>>17749071
Bright Neroli really is better than Neroli Intense. Also, BN is quite the performer on me. Now I got both of them and I don't want to wear BN out of fear of emptying it without a suitable replacement. NI is good, but doesn't quite cut it. I need that additional refinement that makes me smell like money.

>>17749357
>38 secret chemicals
Just because the chemists couldn't identify what it was doesn't mean it's a secret. Probably just ran a GC-MS and compared it to a database of known frag molecules. I could do that myself. In any case, I now want to buy the mystery juice simply because it isn't concocted out of the known chemicals. Also, that "Campaign for Safe Cosmetics" sounds worse than the IFRA. If they get any say, you will probably have 3100 stock chemicals banned or restricted.

>>17749357
probably not

What do you do with finished bottles?

>>17749442
sniff em

>>17748880
there was guy who went to schnitzler multiple times and it was always closed heh. i was at beauty affairs once but they didn't have le labo iirc. don't really want to go back there either. duftkunstsammlung in köln is really good though, worth checking out. it's just one guy running the store, can have some nice bants with him
interesting that you compare it to cerruti, the gay furry dragon said it's like the men's version of no 19. a shame not a single store stocks estee lauder anymore, they all got rid of them.

>>17749339
Ooo I hardly ever see eldo protection mentioned. I really love it most of the time

>>17749339
You are lying, nobody is this autistic.

>>17749471
Pretty sure it was me, but it was the niche store and not Schnitzler. I haven't smelled Chanel No. 19, to be honest. Yesterday evening I sprayed some Cerruti 1881 and Lauder for Men to check again. The Cerruti got an aftershave vibe to it that is missing from Lauder for Men, which has more of a bright juniper with a strong mossy background going on. Not a realistic or lifelike juniper, but the intention is clear. Smelled directly against each other 1881 is more aftershave-y overall while Lauder for Men is more like an expensive perfume. I'd straight up attribute the aftershave vibe to the lavender in 1881. They both smell great in the air, though, with Lauder for Men smelling better directly off of the skin. They diverge in the drydown, with 1881 turning into that woody pine scent and Lauder becoming rather mossy.

So my mother loves Estée Lauder White Linen but the frag is a shadow of its former self. What should I get her that has the same vibe?

>>17749581
you should stop pissing yourself over reformulations and just get white linen, because nothing has usurped it.

Bois imperial today?
Bois imperial today king?? >.>
Bois imperial?

>>17749115
Unum Lavs

anybody try aimez-moi comme je suis
in the store for a fall-winter daily driver and caron's ml/$ ratio is damn good.

knize ten is a damn masterpiece, good lord

I'm a nichefag but have tested today Eau de Cartier Vétiver Bleu, and I'm really surprised by how good it is. It's a very simple but unusual fragrance: mint-licorice-vetiver and it's perfectly blended. It's modern, easy to wear and different than most of designer releases. Look into it.

>SOTD: PdM Percival
omfg, generic blue shower gel frag for 250 EUR, would be awful for 50 as well
2/10

>>17749668
Epic juice. But i'm into blue, lavender heavy concoction nowadays.

>youtube full of frag reviews and testimonials where the guy is literally seized by a woman and asked fervently "WHAT ARE YOU WEARING I MUST KNOW"
Has this actually ever happened to anyone here? I'm talking stranger approaching you out of fucking nowhere and saying that you smell positively delicious.
It sounds like bullshit.

Just moved into an old Victorian-era apartment. I can finally LARP my dream to be an occult detective.

What frags should I use?

Voyage d'hermes on after working out, now at home and taken a shower

This is some real calming green tea herbal scent man

>>17749790
4711

>>17749779
yeah when I’m wearing Sauvage

>>17749262
Haxan is more of an art piece than a frag you want to wear out

>>17749779
if you want to maximize your chances of this happening (unlikely to begin with), wear something popular, ubiquitous and crowd pleasing.

>>17749777
Why are you bright red? You an Injun?
(Post more lewd pics, tho, something different.)

>>17749262
>no Bogue
Missing out on the good stuff.
>>17749865
This is not true. It's more wearable than 50% of Prin's frags.

My collection 1/4

2/4

>>17749887
>Bianchis
>IDEO
>OO
>Aga Aura
>old Kouros
>ALD
>Trumpers andalwood
>Tsar
Welcome back Anon, I'm 95% sure I remember you, but your collection has grown up substantially it seems.

3/4

>>17749891
>Rogue
>Bortnikoffs
>that shelf
Yup. Where you've been? What are your current top 10 of frags?

>>17749894
If I were a girl coming over and seen that drugstore shelf with fragrances I think I would tell you that I need to go. Are you fags really so open about your feminine hobby of collecting cosmetic and beauty products?

4/4

Are there any fragrances that compare to Nautica Voyage?
Something that smells good and is ridiculously cheap?

>>17749894
>so this is my CHANEL shelf, yes exactly that CHANEL, I have some really beautifully smelling perfumes there that I was saving up for months to buy

>>17749896
Currently on a chypre and amber kick as I feel they really come alive in the heat especially Amber's.
Chypre Siam, chypre palatin , vintage and modern Antaeus, amber sultan and new York intense .

>>17749907
>are there any fragrances comparable to the gas chromatograph copy of beyond paradise men?
have you tried beyond paradise men?

>>17749913
>Tfw you'll never smell vintage cuir de russie EDT

>>17749887
>>17749891
>>17749894
>>17749906
>sun and steel
>areej
>musc tonkin (sexy as fuck)
i kneel. this is the king of /frag/

>>17749919
>have you considered moving to a nicer appartment instead of hoarding cosmetic products?

>>17749892
Got rid of a lot of vintage frags and used the money to get a bunch of bortnikoffs .

>>17749871
Funny enough he was talking about this.

>>17749887
>>17749891
>>17749894
>>17749906
kek, only gay fragrances except for two that I like

>>17749935
exactly what i described then

>>17749924

A lot of people get their enjoyment from going clubbing, spending thousands on vacations, buying expensive cars etc etc. Fragrances, working out,Vidya, movies,cooking, knife sharpening and reading gives me pleasure. Why would I give up a hobby to please some cunt who has no hobbies ?

>>17749846
Ehhh not the biggest citrus fan. Prefer smoky scents

>>17749790
bal a versailles

>>17749696
Found it to be a bit scratchy, but I can see the appeal.

>>17749894
>>17749906
The best stuff is in those two pics.
>Platinum Egoiste empty
Goes to show that you can own everything and in the end you will just wear Platinum Egoiste. Based. I need to buy ten bottles of it next time it goes on sale.

>>17749915
Also based choices.

>>17749991
the golden edition is somewhat sharp and pungent, the original is nothing but smooth and powdery to me in all the best ways. also one of the knize fragrances appears to be a blatant cool water clone which is kinda funny.

I am tempted, never smelled something so unique before.

For the guy that shilled prissana perfumes here. FUCK YOU.

I hate these fucking artisan perfumers that discontinue every great fragrance they make to cause fomo

I understand the artistry, but it's extremely predatory.

I fell in love with one of them and now I have to buy a bottle because otherwise I will never smell that shit again

>>17750045
shockingly bad packaging, even by penhaligons standards

>>17750048
ahahaha i got you! get fucked and buy 10 bottles of mriga now

>>17750056
But what about the smell anon?

>>17749901
I'm open to every potential partner about my love for fragrance straight away and they cream anyway. The key is being attractive and not a one dimensional autist with a single interest anon

>>17750071
ewwww they cream? isn't that wet and goopy and has a smell that isn't very nice?

>>17749871
>>17749863
So basically if this had a cologne equivalent?

>>17750076
Some women when they get really horny, they don't just get wet, they start literally creaming anon

>>17750048
>For the guy that shilled prissana perfumes here
Fuck you, too. Prin has hardly discontinued any of his fragrances. Also, he maintains really solid consistency across batches. You must be thinking about ALD or some other grifter like Ensar Oud.

bought this when I visited Italy and I'm liking the hell out of it, it's a somewhat light, herbal aroma that is also somewhat sweet. Performance is about average, doesn't project too strongly either, but does last a long while on clothes.
What's a good place to order l'erbolario fragrances from online if you're in Europe?

>>17750086
Checked two and he is discontinuing those two. You tell me


I bet if I stick around checking his website he will start doing shit like

>My new limited edition Malagasauahashi fragrance will be out this Friday, limited to 250 bottles. It has a really exclusive choybalsan oud note!

What smell best fits this sentence: I am telling ya I own five hundred mighty fine slaves, good sir, and what you are spouting is utter nigger shit

Why are date night fragrances almost all winter fragrances? I have a date in a couple weeks and I'm meeting up with a girl I went to college with next week.
I wish there was a way to know which of my fragrances a girl would like the most.

>>17750166
There is no way and if the girl likes you it won't make a difference unless you do something retarded like wearing twenty sprays of terror and magnificence. Wear what you like and own it

>>17750166
get BDC and be done with it
women don't care about your autistic niche frag they just want you to smell "good".

>>17750166
I don't know what a date night or winter fragrance is. SOTD Mauboussin Homme EdP.

>>17750172
Black Orchid smells like dark chocolate, fruity, patchouli, some spicy notes, sandal wood.
La Nuit de l'Homme has Iris, Cardamom, Lavender, cedar, a little bergamot lemon

>>17750181
cool. thanks for the write up

>>17750186
:) lol

If you could only pick one of these niche luxury summer fragrances which one would it be and why?

Neroli Portofino (Tom Ford)
Juniper Sling (Penhaligons)
Silver Mountain Water (Creed)

I've had samples of all three and can't decide which one I like more. They're all pretty fresh citrus/spice/woody summer frags, but quite different from one another.

>>17750166
Seconding: >>17750170 >>17750172
Feedback what smells good: Polo Blue, Narciso Rodriguez Bleu Noir, YSL Y, Versace Eros.

>>17750269
>Narciso Rodriguez Bleu Noir
I have a decant of the parfum, but it smells a little funky just smelling the sprayer, it's in plastic and so I think it may have gone bad.
I'll have to spray it.

>>17750166
Dolce and Gabbana the one EDT

>>17750284
nikocado avocado's favorite fragrance

>>17750069
i found it extremely forgettable
>>17750086
mate i'm a prin shill but he discontinued a whole brand of his (pryn). also punk#2077 was sold exclusively in china and the store it was sold went down, hd deleted the frag from his website too. was strangers parfumery
>>17750111
which two is he discontinuing?

>>17750323
Haxan is one, the one I want to buy. The other was a random one in his website, will check tomorrow again

>>17750334
Haxan is and always has been available. You're overdramatic.

>>17749887
>>17749891
>>17749894
>>17749906
Anon, I’m not saying this to be mean, I’m genuinely worried about you. If I was a girl, i would probally be freaked out by your collection and be scared that you will murder and/or rape me. Your collection is legitimately more creepy than if you had a shit load of anime figurines. Hell it would be less creepy if your house was full with nazi memorabilia. Have you considered maybe broadening your horizons and that there is more to life than collecting bottles of smelly water?
I bet your house looks really empty like sad make living space which makes it even worse..

>>17748845
Why does it still hold up so well anons?

>>17749779
Happened to me multiple times when wearing Aventus of all things, never anything else. Honestly it made me annoyed because the only reason they were asking is so they could buy it for their boyfriend or husband.

>>17750346
fresh sweet ambery-woody-masculine
what's there not to like?

>>17750085
That's scary. I'm scared of girls and bodies

>>17748845
>JPG le male opening
I love the top notes, but the drydown feels tamed, normie and gay.
Any fragrance with these vibes?

>>17750364
eros

Thoughts on CDG2?
I tried a decant of Nasomatto Blamage and I really like it, but looking for something a little less strong and preferably not as expensive.
I hear people saying they are kinda similar.

>>17750338
https://prinlomros.com/product/haxan/
scroll down
>** Haxan is being discontinued**

>>17750346
It kinda doesn't if you've smelled older version (before 2014), but zoomers seem to love it, which surprised me.

>>17750346
because there are more gay men than ever

favorite fall fragrances?

>25
>/fit/fag
>live in florida
>been wearing dylan blue daily for a few years
>moving to the midwest soon
What are some kino cold frags? I only started wearing cologne after moving to florida so I'm not familiar, I have samples of D&G The One and Burberry London on the way.

>>17750449
Spicebomb extreme, Layton, Ch Gentleman Boise

Bros I sampled Sauvage EDT for the first time today and I liked it. Ain't even mad

>>17750449
Moustache EDP, Yatagan

>>17750449
What part of the midwest are you coming to? Welcome to the real America anon

>>17750477
>>17750573
cheers, added to the sample list

>>17750590
Iowa
thanks anon, I was born and raised in Ohio but I've been in Florida for 7 years, it's grown on me but I'm looking forward to having actual seasons and weather back instead of different shades of heat

bros

wondering what you'd recommend adding to my fragrance collection. I'd like something with a bit of a jasmine tea / woody / vaguely 'japanese' vibe. no weird expert level characteristics. not heavy woodsy winter shit, something for all seasons.

I already have (these are not this same vibe but just to tell you what I have):
—frederic malle cologne indelible
—erl sunscreen
—cdg hinoki ii
— caswell massey: ros + VII (they're interesting but I hate wearing them, too old person)

>>17750449
Oh, also Eau des Baux.

>>17750607
Mitsouko Extract from Guerlain

Holy phuck bros. New York Intense is so good it almost makes me cry.

My gf works for a subsidiary of LVMH and can kind of get whatever perfume she wants. She gave me a little Acqua di Gio EDT once but I always forget to wear it.
What should I ask her for?

Fun fact: Russian Adam from Areej Le Dore sent his entire first line for tests to Luca Turin long before he became famous. All 5 fragrances got 3 out of 5 star and not particularly good reviews. But now that the guy has meticulously created a cult following around his brand, he is treated as a semi-god of perfumery by some.

zoomers wearing rose frags disturbs me
young women shouldn't smell like old ladies

>>17750449
>>/fit/fag
this is the entirety of your personality?

>>17750712
Are you implying that Luca Turin is the ultimate objective test a fragrance has to pass to be able to be considered good?


In any case I hate ALD fragrances and all the shit around it

>>17750741
No. You made this up.

>>17750346
Is it worth getting a bottle of the original if you already have Le Male Le Parfum?

>>17750746
You said that with your shitty post giving too much credit to Luca

>>17749345
close to the truth, except I have a brother who is also into this and he coordinated the whole thing, including finding good prices on the discounters. It's not nearly as ridiculous a situation as you'd think, although I was still blown away that it was ALL bottles and no crappy filler presents.

also for anybody curious about Noir Anthracite who thinks they'll never smell it, my first impression is that, close to the skin, it's similar to Memo Italian Leather, or maybe one of the other Memo Leather perfumes (but not African Leather)

>>17750810
whoopdie doo, a whole fuckin family of retards

>>17750267
i would realize that i’m getting conned by aspirational middle luxury brands and take my business elsewhere

>>17750267
Whatever except neroli portofino. Most overpriced single fragrance in the market

>>17750267
Out of those probably SMW
But DHC mogs all 3

>>17750449
Musc Ravageur, Memoirs of a Trespasser, Egoiste, Dior Homme Parfum, Chypre Palatin, Luna Rossa Black, Grand Soir

>>17750755
Probably not, although they aren't that similar.

smelled this off a test strip for the first time. this shit sucks. i don't understand how this gets any positive feedback at all..

>>17750795
No, you made this up.

me when the real, natural, ifra banned oakmoss hits
>>17750449
you didn't wear cologne

Someone asked for a boozy frag. I had ordered ungaro pour l'homme III before he asked and wanted to report back: not boozy, rather generic, very woody

>>17750869
Because it was a father of all blue scents

Tobacco Vanille vs. Tuscan Leather?

I know they're completely different but I can't decide which one to buy as my fall/winter fragrance. I like them both equally as much.

>>17751007
imagine being such a consoomer drone for upmarket estee lauder that you force yourself to pick something you’re not even that committed to.

>>17751007
if you like them equally and you can afford it just buy them both, toss a coin if you're a poorfag
yeah, it's overpriced masstige stuff but who cares?

>>17751007
If you can't afford both, then you're too poor to be comfortably buying overpriced masstige like TF. You're not the target.

>>17751023
the target is suckers for overpriced aspirational middle market luxury, which seems to fit the bill for him

>>17748984
Dylan Blue

>>17750979
I can confirm this. The opening 15 seconds are beautiful and very obviously created by Polge and Demachy. The drydown is probably nothing like it used to be, although I obviously don't know, yet there's no way it took Polge and Demachy working together to create something so irrelevant as the drydown of this stuff. Reformulated to death.

>>17748845
so, I want to be a fragfag
how much do you guys spend on this shit per year?

>>17751007
Tobacco vanilla is way more versatile and better liked by the general folk

Also Tuscan leather is just like ombre leather but more expensive(some might even say they are extremely similar) , so dont buy it

>>17751071
I'm about to drop $1550 next week.

any recommendations for a masculine fresh woody leather frag?

>want to pk someone for season journey
>not a soul in fields of hatred

>>17751063
I wanted to try the other two, but they are harder to get and now I'm not sure if it's worth it

thoughts on dior homme intense?

>>17751156
feminine

>>17751156
homosexual

>>17751156
Absolutely based. One of the best fragrances out there. Causes extreme seething in less masculine men, because they just smell cute when they use it instead of sexy, and brings closeted faggots to their knees, as it tackles their already fragile masculinity. Be sure you don't wear it if you don't have the body for it. Other than that, it's still the highest rated designer fragrance on parfumo and the 6 time consecutive winner of the "Best Men's Perfume of All Time" award on fragrantica, which means it has won every time since the creation of the award in 2017.

>>17751186
lol gay

>>17751156
Good, but the Parfum is better

>>17749913
you dont have to display your insecurities publicly like this lol. quit projecting.

>>17751167
>>17751174
>>17751206
projecting your personal qualities upon what you call just "smelly water", isnt so cool, dont you think

anything that smells like fresh popcorn?

>>17751336
lmfao fag

>>17751337
ELDO La Fin du Monde

>>17751362
By Quentin Bisch btw.

>>17751362
Also "Roasted Coffee Cigarette Whisky Come And Get Your Suede Honey Baby" by Strangers Parfumerie had quite prominent fresh popcorn note.

>>17750943
What did you wear?

>>17751362
>>17751365
lol dumb bitch

>>17751337
Lush Let The Good Times Roll
Girl at my gym sprays it and I was always wondering what smelled of popcorn so much until I accidentally smelled that stuff at a Lush store. Buttered sugared popcorn. It gets interesting ratings, because despite the notes telling you it will smell like popcorn, people apparently still expect something else? Almost bought it just to spray it into the air. Went with other stuff instead.

grey flannel sucks as a fragrance.
it doesn't smell like toilet cleaner, it smells like the whole toilet. toilet cleaner, lavender soap, potpourri in the corner, roomspray in the air, some piss stench, moist towlettes, slight mold, some ambiguous lingering smell in the air that took a decade to build up. it's an experience, but it's not a good fragrance.

>>17751404
once I was an adventurer like you, then I took grey flannel to the office. Seriously, your description is spot on, my initial impression was not as refined, and I wanted to get rid of it. Now it's one of my favourites, because it produces a clean lavender smell for me throughout the day

>>17748845
can I use normal parfum to make my car smell nice? I hate all the shit they sell in stores
if I fill pic rel with parfum, will it work or does it need to be alcohol free?
any tips whatsoever?

>>17748845
What are some preppy fragrances?

>>17751404
it’s a great fragrance, you’re just too dumb to get it.

>>17750273
All the decants I've bought have that problem. The fragrance itself, once sprayed, smells fine.

I have come to realization that YSL fragrances are all I need. They are just so good.

I bought a first batch of kenzo edt intense , how did I do?

Posted in the other thread before realizing it's dead

What are some pistachio frags?
What are some almond frags?

>>17751443
i wish i too were so easily impressed

>>17751454
Almond go for tardes by Carner Barcelona.

The quintessential almond frag is pegasus, and that's what most people will recommend you, but that's incredibly overrated and overpriced in my opinion

>>17751425
no, i get it. some people just enjoy the smell of retirement home toilets. it probably brings up memories. nothing wrong with that.

>>17751341
stop projecting and being an insecure little bitch

>>17751446
Heard it kind of smells bad and it’s one of Bisch’s worse frags he’s ever made. That being said, I’ve never tried it.

>>17751186
The only good dior frags are the newer ones besides Fahrenheit which is based. Also this description you have is gay as fuck.

Post your arm and tour Sotd


STOD: Amour Sur Ordonnance

>>17751186
>Be sure you don't wear it if you don't have the body for it.
Please Anon, elaborate.

>>17751510
rofl queer

>>17751508
you know a fragrance is good when the best retort someone has for it is something about old people, as if grandpa wearing mouchoir de monsieur didn’t smell better than his zoomer grandson with his SOTD aventus.

>>17751558
he is a homosexual and is obsessed with men’s bodies

imagine being a homophobic perfume enthusiast

>>17751595
nothing wrong with being a homosexual in this day and age, as long as one isn’t closeted about it.

>>17751582
it wasn't about the smell of old people, it was about the toilet at the retirement home. nicely tricked out with all kinds of scents just to mask its slightly underwhelming cleanliness. a few sprays of air freshener, all kinds of smelly kitsch that has collected over the years, a bowl sprinkled everywhere, as the users are either constipated or shitting straight up liquid, mixed with a bunch yellow-orange dots on the wall from old geezers who pee standing up after not drinking a single drop of liquid for 12 hours because old people don't feel thirst anymore. i don't know how you got that mixed up.

>>17751558
IYKYK. IYHTA...

>>17751614
yeah, the obsession with the elderly is palpable alright.

>>17751634
sorry, i didn't know you had aphantasia. let me sum it up instead of painting you a picture: it stinks of cheap potpourri.

>>17751083
Kenzo Homme EDP, Fahrenheit

>>17751637
nevermind aphantasia, you should go get your anosmia checked out.

My decants arrived today.
My first impressions:
Chanel egoist is really bad. Its very oldtimey in the sense that this is how I would expect a very old senile man smells like in a retirement home, a man who is incontinent and doesn’t drink enough water.
Like Jesus fuck why would you pay money to smell like this? I’m never going to take an anons advice if he recommends me some vintage/retro „manly“ spicy/bitter fragrance like „Yatagan“ or some shit. It has a similar oldtimey funk going on that makes Chanel No.5 unwearable. It reminds me of bad breath, I’m the sense that the smell not only annoys me but disgusts me. I am never ever going to try out a retro fragrance or anything by Chanel ever again. This literally left me crying and shaking… this is legitimately the only time that I have smelled a fragrance and been actually disgusted.

To all you anons that think Egoiste smells good, I just wanted to say… fuck you. I’m still going to give it a few wearings tho because I paid (and wasted) money on this decant, also I am machinist and I want to experience what it likes to smell really bad, like will people treat me differently? I think this experience will build character.

Straight to Heaven: more like straight to JOOP, because that the opening reminded me of it but it has more depth and shit. Is really good tho

Santal 33: more like pickles 33 because that’s the only thing i can smell. Is this what New York smells like? Like somebody opens a jar of pickles? This is also pretty good and better than Egoiste.

Ombre Leather: this is my faviourite one so far, smells weird but in a good way, reminds me Kindergarten for some reason, wood and leather and weird cleaning products.. it’s really good and interesting. Im looking forward to wearing this.

Instant Crush: this is pretty good as a poor man’s Baccarat Rouge, it smells louder, cheaper and more annoying than Baccarat Rouge tho. 100x better than Egoiste.

>>17751736
lol, just lol

>>17751736
>I’m still going to give it a few wearings tho because I paid (and wasted) money on this decant, also I am machinist and I want to experience what it likes to smell really bad, like will people treat me differently?
I bet you'll get a few compliments lol
>inb4 egoiste shill
I like the platinum version more than the og.

>>17749906
You know that fragances spoil like in 2 years after open them?

Even worse because you have them out the box exposed to the light.

What's a /fa/ approved version of Ogallala Bay Rum? I like the original and the sandalwood verison the most. The lime and pepper one is alright.

>>17751802
wow wtf im selling all my heckin wholesome chungus vintage fragrances right now

>>17751736
It's so interesting that I've also heard of another person who reacted really strongly in a negative way to Egoiste, just like you did. Individual perception of smelly molecules must be off the charts with this one. The only reaction I ever had to it was my dentist telling me I smell like christmas.

I don't understand why people love le male le parfum, I got a tester and it just smells way too feminine, the dry down is pretty good but all in all I can't really imagine a guy wearing this, seems like the perfect frag for a woman.

What Bianchis should I try first? Looking at Etruscan water, sex and sea neroli, musk, and Angel dust. Maybe sticky fingers but I pretty much hate every patchouli fragrance i try

>>17749775
I’ve been wearing it a lot lately. It works great in the +100 degree temps.

>>17749779
This has unironically happened when I e work normie frags
>Sauvage Elixer
>YSL Y (I think EDP if I remember right)
>CK One

>>17750079
This unironically happened to me when I was cooking at a friend’s apartment with the front door open

>>17751071
I’ve spent probably €3,000 in the last 5 years

This year I have purchased one bottle and two sample sets for a total of about €250

>>17751965
Four sample sets actually

>>17751965
Post a picture of your sample set pls. It’s not that I don’t believe you, I just want to see what it looks like.

>>17748845
4chan has it all, never visited /fa/ and thought you guys had a cologne general. Blog time. Never wore cologne and people usually got some for me throughout the years as a gift, women always used to buy me shit like Eternity, Aspen or some other cheap shit. It wasn't after my mom bought Paco Robanne's Invictus and my boss's recommendation that I should start smelling like swag that I got into the fragrance world and now learning. Obviously the site that I found first was Fragrantica, love their shit. Anyways I lean heavily towards masculine scents, my first buy was Chanel's Antaeus and I literally can't stop smelling this shit, it smells and feels good as hell.

What are other 80s powerhouse colognes that you would all recommend?
What's the deal with cologne today and why are they all Toilet instead of real Perfume (Parfum?)?
Why did they ban old cologne? Were they really giving people cancer and how?

Teach me, /fags/.

>>17752007
you need secretions magnifiques, real powerhouse cologne.

>>17752007
You seem like a person that just takes and takes and takes.

what are we feeling lads

>>17751923
They all smell pretty much the same. Not kidding.

>>17752149
I was reading that. Have you tried them all. It seems like sex and sea neroli and Etruscan might smell different from the others, but maybe not

>>17752007
you are far more insufferable than you realize

>>17751595
homos are unironically bros, I can always talk shit about women and other homos with them

>>17752181
I have tried like six from her and they are have slightly distinct openings and really similar drydowns

>>17751736
It's very important that we make posts like this unacceptable in these threads.

>>17752096
I dislike penhaligons silly marketing conceits, the fact that they pretend some of their perfumes are older than they are (very dishonest perfumery...), and most of all just how inconsequential most of their line is.

>>17752288
this plus the fact that their ingredients generally smell comically cheap in spite of their prices

>>17751071
just spent 80€ on some samples
how retarded am I?

>>17752298
you are retarded, that much is certain

>>17752298
Solid choices , decent designers and some overhyped niches. Stuff you definitely have to try anyhow

Has anyone tried this? I cant find any reviews.

TRNP is good. Surprisingly good for an all-natural niche house. This chart really delivers. I'm still waiting for a house from the left side that would disappoint me.
SOTD: TRNP Sage Sibirica. It's hands down one of the best coniferous/forest fragrances I have tried.
>Featured Notes:- Italian Bergamot, Cypress, Black Spruce, Croatian Sage, Clary Sage, Siberian Cedar Resin, Siberian Fir Needle, Ambrette seed, Labdanum and Oakmoss. Pinus Sibirica (Ringing Cedars) yields an utterly beautiful resin, and is the absolute star in this composition.

>>17752007
>What are other 80s powerhouse colognes that you would all recommend?
Bel Ami, Kouros. maybe Fahrenheit for something fresher
>What's the deal with cologne today and why are they all Toilet instead of real Perfume (Parfum?)?
men's fragrances have traditionally been eau de cologne and eau de toilettes. marketing parfums to men is a more recent phenomenon

>>17752007
this is not a cologne general. they didn't gift you colognes. antaeus is not a cologne. cologne isn't banned.
>>17752288
avg masstige ghouls

>>17752096
>>17752288
Penhaligon's is one of the best recent examples what happens when a snice niche brand (and in this case with enormous history) sells itself to a big corp and becomes masstige. It was bought by Puig in 2015 and been in a steady decline since then. >>17752322 is real.

>>17752330
nothing to decline in the first place, penhaligons was always shit

>>17751454
>What are some pistachio frags?
Un Jardin à Cythère from Hermès - i tested it in a store on paper strip and found it very strange

>>17751454
>What are some almond frags?
l'homme ideal edt

>>17751446
I really like it

Can anyone suggest a nice aftershave for me? Im sick of using Brut, even though I always have. I have money now after all and dont have to settle for it.
(look at this 'Fancy' Brut btw...lol)

I like nice looking bottles and am a swarthy masculine blue eyed Italian looking type, if that helps put a scent to a face.

>>17752349
Sorry wrong pic but it made me laugh knowing they made a fancy pants brut. never knew they did deodorant too.

>>17752349
>>17752351
the fancy pants brut is actually good, a suitably cheap example of a true classical fougere. the stuff in the plastic bottles used to be called brut 33 because it only contains 33% of the concentration of the original and it sucks.

>>17752341
It has not.
>>17751454
DS Durga Pistachio

>>17752356
yeah, penhaligons has not been good and has never been good.

>>17752355
ohh...? I never knew that!

Well fuck it then, ill buy one of these fancy versions, give it a go.
Any other suggestions though? I do like certain stronger scents due to my poor sense of smell but i open to all sorts of scents really (plus i sweat a lot so you can imagine it helps with that haha!)

>>17752359
Oh and since people share their collections, here's my junk.

Forgive the dust, I just got home after a long time away.

>>17752349
all the good aftershaves are old. tabac, irish moos, pinaud, pitralon (get the czech or hungarian version)
there are some "artisan" wet shaving companies now, imo the best are "barrister and mann"
>>17751454
demeter pistacchio ice cream
>>17752363
too much masstige, 5/10

>>17751534
Noodle arm guy compensating

>>17752349
how do you combine aftershave with cologne if they smell different? wouldn't it be better to simply not use aftershave or use without odor?

I put aftershave in a spray bottle and use it as a frag, am I retarded?

>>17752363
whoops. Here is the picture (filesize was too big.) but here, as is customary. Its Davidoff spray at the back.

>>17752366
hmm I tried Tabac but wasnt fond of it, but i shall investigate the others, thank you.

>>17752370
i tend to wear a sent that compliments it if i can, but id say aftershave overpowers any other colonges i pop on, so i just deodroant and body spray after shaving, mostly only for work. I really like using scented shaving creams too hen i can find them, the best seems to be 'Taylor of Old Bond Street.'

I really need to make an excel sheet as well. I have forgotten more stuff I only smelled once at a store than others have probably tested overall. I just realized that while testing other stuff and thinking back to what it reminded me of, and only after giving it some thought it came back to my mind.

>>17751923
Get the sample set maybe? It's what I did. But they all got a certain touch to it, so don't look into it too deeply, see if you like the general DNA first. Even Etruscan Water has a good bit of it, combined with a chypre touch. I have smelled the sample set but haven't really wrote anything down, and all I remember was not planning to get a full bottle of anything in there.

>>17752007
First of all, Eternity and Aspen are based and Invictus is hopefully the stuff that made you realize that modern sweet shit just ain't worth it. Antaeus great, though. When it comes to straight up recommending 80s powerhouses, you might start with the big houses first. Stuff like Egoiste, Platinum Egoiste or Pour Monsieur from Chanel. Guerlain Habit Rouge, Heritage, Vetiver. Dior Jules, Eau Sauvage, Fahrenheit. There's usually something in there for everyone and they are very different to each other, so it might help you figure out what stuff you really like.

>>17752298
You really could've just gone to a store for the bottom 7.

>>17752349
Platinum Egoiste although the bottle is a little plain.

>>17752381
>Platinum Egoiste
isn't Chanel for women usually though...? Ill have to go smell it i suppose.

>>17752372
No. There are decently long lasting aftershaves with unique smells even.

>>17752380
Wouldn't hurt dusting that off a little, even though I understand not doing it, because it's the most tedious thing in housekeeping.

>>17752382
>isn't Chanel for women usually though...?
Brother you got a bottle of Bleu de Chanel in there...

>>17752382
chanel isn’t just for women, but that shitty fougere may as well be

>>17752384
>>17752386
yes sorry didnt mean to offend, im just stubborn...and in truth, i do love lavender scents, even though that's considered a feminine fragrance. and quite rightly, Blue de Chanel is very sweet too.

incidentally, i really like this shaving cream as well, although thay all seem to be good. i am open to other fougere scents though, its all a 'when and where' i find.

Think ill buy this one tomorrow since its pay day...what would be a scent to compliment it do you think, if any?

>>17752390
lavender in perfumes is actually more of a masculine note. it's much more common in men's scents

>>17752390
Be aware that I intentionally ignored your desire for an aftershave.
In general you want to find a store that stocks Chanel, Dior and Guerlain and then test their masculine fragrances. It doesn't have to be a fougere, however Platinum Egoiste is an aftershave-like fragrance with high quality. If you really just need another aftershave, look for Pinaud Clubman. It easily lasts 3 hours and has a really nice and powdery smell similar to Brut. However, I don't recommend using aftershaves, at all, and instead treat them like >>17752372 does. Aftershaves often contain no moisturizing compounds, and if they do it's only marginal amounts of panthenol or allantoin, and you would be better off with e.g. a moisturizer with spf.

>>17752381
>You really could've just gone to a store for the bottom 7.
I deeply dread social interaction with other beings of my species
but on a more serious note, aren't you supposed to test the perfume on your skin for at least several hours? can you do that in a store? if so, what's stopping anyone from going to a store to perfume themselves every time they need to?

>>17752390
lavender is traditionally associated with masculines in perfumery. try caron’s pour un homme, and ignore the sad metallic fougere that is platinum egoiste

>>17752396
If some saleswomen talks to me, I usually say "just browsing". Large and busy stores are actually the best, because even if they have 4 salespeople around, they don't have time for you. In any case, testing on skin is needed but only once you know what you want to actually test. Not once has something that didn't smell good off the cap and off a paper strip ever whooed me when smelling it off my skin. It just doesn't happen and I can trust my nose with that. It's a good way to generally throw out 70% of the selection a store offers. You can test things on your skin after that, whatever remains.
>if so, what's stopping anyone from going to a store to perfume themselves every time they need to?
What stopping anyone from just taking things? Probably the fabric our society is made of. And yes, there are individuals who do not care for our conventions. There are individuals who will relentlessly spray themselves at a store when they need to.

>>17752393
is it? I always assumed it a female thing...but then again, the only person i knew wear Lavender was my grandmother, so you can understand my bias!
Perhaps its a generational thing. Im not against the notion, i think its more where i live and the people i surround myself with who all seemingly wear woody/tobacco scents. But damn it all i think ill try it.

>>17752395
understood, i have read the articles that say it is bad for the skin/drys it out, but im not consistently adding aftershaves, usually i just apply creams and it suffices, however, on special occasions, i like to apply it, yet tired of the same old same old.

But! lo and behold, seems this thread was the place to be for my enquires and its helped alot! Added much to the list, as well as the Clubman you suggest. My thanks.

>>17752390
>>17752397
yeah but don't try caron pour un homme unless you want to smell like a mix of mothballs and baby powder (both not very masculine btw).

>>17752400
>then again, the only person i knew wear Lavender was my grandmother, so you can understand my bias
yeah younger women rarely wear lavender. it was a unisex note in your grandma's times and now it leans masculine

>>17752401
lol, lmfao, rofl even

>>17752401
ha very well, ill steer clear from that one!

>>17752407
seems a good thing then, I very much enjoy he scent so its good i could enjoy it without thinking i smell like a harlot or something.

Also, im kicking myself now, because i have a perfect comparison to what i like wearing most: Pic related!

does anyone here know similar things in this range of fragrance i should purchase to compliment it? much appreciated if so.

>>17752421
damn it all...i get to excited to share i forget the picture! such a dunce i am...

>>17752421
pour un homme is one of the greatest masculines of all time, that retard is just pulling your leg because i trashed his favorite chanel.

>>17752426
ahh bit of rivalry between you both, eh? Well, I'm sure its just a sensitive subject, hurt feelings and such due to differing tastes.

Still, everyone has been very helpful i feel to me, on both sides of the 'divide' as it were, so i shan't complain.

>>17752431
it's not rivalry, it's just that unhealthy habit of that guy to straight up shoot down any recommendation he doesn't like and then inject his personal favorites (preferably vintage caron and guerlain). it has become really annoying and he riled up quite a few people with his very repetitive posting. cpuh does smell like mothballs, though, and since you probably won't find it at any store, you will never have to smell it. and if you happen to find a store with caron, just test le 3e homme de caron instead. a thousand times better.

>>17752438
not only do you clearly have no idea who i am, you also clearly don’t have enough brain cells to comprehend a world where pour un homme and 3e homme can coexist, and also apparently not enough to understand something as simple as pour un homme in the first place.

i posted a new thread as this one is way over 310
>>17752452
>>17752452
>>17752452
>>17752452

>>17752451
i understand cpuh. the smell of mothballs and baby powder. it really is that simple. and stop pretending to be someone you aren't. that's really cringe.

>>17752471
the fact that all you can do is draw comparisons to completely unrelated synthetic scents is hilarious and proof of your ineptitude in perfumery.

>>17752476
>synthetic scents
why even say that and then try to call someone out over their "ineptitude in perfumery"? and don't delete your post now, everybody needs to see what you just wrote.

>>17752485
because pour un homme is just a basic fresh vanillic lavender with no relation to either moth balls nor baby powder (ignoring the fact that different brands of both smell different)? i’m getting the itching feeling that you’ve never laid your nose on it and are bullshitting your way through excusing platinum egoiste.

>>17752489
it's amazing that you can't fathom that this stuff smells like mothballs and baby powder to people. i don't have to defend platinum egoiste on the internet, i really don't care about simping for a fragrance as much as you do. it was you who started this and who now can't deal with cpuh smelling like mothballs and baby powder.

>>17752493
repeating something over and over with additional iterative hyperbole does not magically make it true.

>>17749775
Generic blue shower gel is Versace Pour Homme Dylan Blue. Percival is A&F Fierce with more complexity and natural notes. You have shit taste

>>17752325
>>17752381
>First of all, Eternity and Aspen are based and Invictus is hopefully the stuff that made you realize that modern sweet shit just ain't worth it. Antaeus great, though. When it comes to straight up recommending 80s powerhouses, you might start with the big houses first. Stuff like Egoiste, Platinum Egoiste or Pour Monsieur from Chanel. Guerlain Habit Rouge, Heritage, Vetiver. Dior Jules, Eau Sauvage, Fahrenheit. There's usually something in there for everyone and they are very different to each other, so it might help you figure out what stuff you really like.

Thanks for the tips. Will check these out.

>>17752349
>Italian looking
Proraso