/fa/ - Fashion

Has anyone tried the new Eau de Gloire Cologne from Parfum d'empire or know of any reviews of it?

Thoughts on 1 million? Never sampled it before and im thinking about blind buying because why the fuck not

The fragrance groups 101 chart.

The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

>>17765252
because you have more money than sense clearly, and 1 million is not a very expensive perfume to begin with

tried TdH Eau Givre for the first time today
it's honestly more similar to the original TdH in the drydown than I thought it would be. almost seems a bit redundant for me.
oddly enough, I get just a bit of Bois Imperial from it too. maybe it's the timur pepper and similar woods + patchouli isolates

>>17765252
post hands

>>17765267
garbage as always

>>17765274
did you try the parfum and which one do you prefer

>>17765275

>>17765279
I've only tried it once or twice. but from what I remember, it's very similar to the EDT, but goes more quickly into the drydown, which has more prominent vetiver. maybe less sharp and peppery. basically what you'd expect from a slightly heavier version of TdH
I think if you like TdH, you'll be happy with either of them. but the EDT is almost always cheaper and it performs well enough for me (average longevity, above-average projection)

the Intense Vetiver is the one that's very different, it smells much more like Grey Vetiver or something

>>17764645
>>17764910
yea I found Erawan to have dewy greens, hay, and a soft floral quality at the opening from the lilac.
then it becomes more full and almost musky imo as the woods and vanilla are revealed (maybe why people say they get tobacco). I think it dries down to a powdery vanilla frag with a tiny bit of oakmoss. almost chocolatey
overall its a really soft, warm green frag that I enjoy, but it doesnt perform great on me and I dont know when Id wear it
have you (or has anyone here) tried Dusita's Issara? Imma sample that next. maybe PG's Harmatan Noir 11?

>>17765252
Just a melange of powdery sweet shit. Fucking garbage

>>17765274
Yeah it’s crazy because it’s like this icy kind of synthetic lemon that smells nothing like tdh at first. I put 3 or 4 frags on my arms then I smelled my arm in a few hours and was like wtf is this, it smells exactly like tdh then I realized it was eau givree

>>17765243
I'm wearing Mitsouko today and I'm a guy
thoughts?

>>17765363
you smell better than 90% of posters in this thread

I don't even like haxan by prin that much , and I would never wear it except in really specific times. But it's a really complex and interesting fragrance that I enjoy smelling at home every now and then.

Should I go for a full bottle?

>>17765386
no, you should get a decant

>>17765394
I have a decant already anon. A 5ml one that's steadily emptying

>>17765397
get a bigger one. 20 or 30 ml sounds right

>>17765400
A full bottle is 30 ml

>>17765406
ah nevermind then go for it lol

This is a masterpiece severely underlooked. Best leather fragrance for summer

>>17765317
i have, but i need some more time with it

Fuuaaack man, first time in my life i saw a fat ass asian girl irl. She literally knocked me off my feet. Because of her i probably develop some yellow fever. Holy fucking shit, that ass was out of this world.
Sotd Silver Mountain Water

>>17765472
will we have a coomer for every racial fetish and Creed fragrance now?

>>17765243
Looking for some cheap, underrated old school frags like pic related.

>>17765476
Bro, didn't expected that in the moment. Saw her delicious ass at first then i moved up to her face and she was asian. That moment was so effective on my Test levels like you hit Dragonite with some ice beam.
I definitely should go full Passport bro. Holy shit.

>>17765476
it’s all obviously the same guy.
>>17765482
cabochard, brut, grey flannel, aromatics elixir, calyx, arpege, bal a versailles

>>17765423
Alright, i'll be lookin out in the threads in case you update

>>17765363
How would you describe it ?
Does it live up to its reputation ?
And what image does it evoke to you ?

huh

>>17765523
looks like a car crash

Was at a rack store and saw this for 9 bucks and bought it out of curiosity. Smells surprisingly good bros. Citrusy, spicy, woody, slightly green, and a very faint hint of sweetness. Purely masculine scent and doesn't smell like a 9 dollar frag. Performance is lacking though of course.

>>17765482
giorgio for men

>>17764914
>>17765052

They’re HPLC vials to be loaded onto a GC / MS lol. Analytical chemistry containers, if that doesn’t mean anything to you.

Half decent way to store something for a week or a month or so, depending on the environment. They’re only like… 2, maybe 2.5 ml total volume though, so most of those vials have minuscule amounts of liquid in them. Prob 50-100 ul or less. We’re talking like… drops.

None of those vials are pierced, but this looks suspiciously like someone is trying to do a genuine chemical analysis of those frags.

I’d fucking love to do this.

>>17765640
>None of those vials are pierced, but this looks suspiciously like someone is trying to do a genuine chemical analysis of those frags.
gas chromatography is not just common, it’s an industry standard practice for any fragrance that achieves any modicum of success.

what are the heaviest fragrances?

>>17765674
what weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of perfume?

Post prayerhouse-core

The youtube algorithm hit me today and I saw a Jeremy video for the first time in a long while. Looking at that image at the end. Has he come out with a health problem yet? Is he on a bunch of test and it's just making his hormones go out of wack so he is randomly bloated? Sometimes I hear people say it's just a act when he acts crazy but I mean look at the guy. You can see it in his face.

>>17765523
i recognize this
>>17765678
>2-3 hours

>>17765755
It weakens in about 3 hours, but remains a skin scent for at least 3 more in my experience
But I'm not really complaining, considering the price I paid for it

>>17765523
I just got my first batch of samples in, taken from some random choices on the infographs. I got Jasmin et Cigarette from ELO, but this Ghost in the Shell Parfum sounds really neat to me. I'm definitely trying that and Fat Electrician next go around. Hoping GitS has a little last on it, I don't mind making it a casual skin scent.

>>17765503
suprisingly long lasting on
nice chypre, but the peachy note gets overwhelming after a few hours

>>17765575
sounds a lot like a clone of boss number one. wasn't that also inexpensive, can't remember?

I was at an antique market last week, this one seller had tons of great stuff. Safari, Beverley Hills, Opium, lots of 70s and 80s classics, new in their boxes. I got this splash bottle of My Sin, from the 60s I think.

I like it, kinda similar to Aromatics Elixir when it dries down. They both have a dirty patchouli base, but I really like all the floral notes in My Sin. The base notes are also not overpowering; too many times I end up using too much AE and it just reeks after a while, but My Sin has excellent silage while also not being too strong.

>>17765252
Prepare to smell like a creepy brown guy or a teenager. That said every female seems to love this scent. Buy a dupe if you really want

>>17765523
>Skin
What did Fragrantica mean by this

Anyone have experience with more up market blue scents? I might have a bad nose but I feel like there isn't much complexity beyond something like D&G Light Blue.

>>17765869
nope, it appears complexity in fragrance peaked at the rubbing alcohol woody amber. bravo to douche and gabber

>>17765765
eldo is shit

What do you guys think about ysl y le parfum? I’m thinking about buying it as my first fragrance. I liked the sample I tried but a lot of reviews say it’s somewhat generic.

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Zara/Bohemian-Oud-74198.html
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Zara/Universal-Oud-69130.html
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Zara/Incense-Sunset-69128.html
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Zara/Sacred-Green-Forest-76752.html

anyone have any experience with these? I've been very pleased with the quality of Zara frags, and I mainly get them because I'm a college poorfag. looking to try something new, mainly use their chrysanthemum frag (Elegantly Tokyo) right now


>>17765765
I've really wanted to try GITS. the description of it being like synthetic biochemically makes me think it would be a really good fit for a trans woman like me, as exemplified by this passage below

>The trans feminine body is a circuit. It is both testosterone blockers and estrogen inputs, Acéphallus and Body without Sex Organs. On the one hand a rejection of phallogocentricism, on the other hand the affirmative desire of the body made virtual. The immanence of desire in the trans feminine body expresses itself as the sexual desire of the trans woman and the desire to be a woman, the desire for gender itself. It manifests in a coupling of technology and capital, desire being plugged into a different sort of productive matrix. One that can produce the future where humanist reproduction has failed to reproduce it, where the desire for escape from the male sex could not be created through organic reproduction. Her desire plugs into technocapital, into the pharmaceutical-medical industry, and it becomes fused to her flesh. The smoothness of her skin, her breasts, her neo-vagina — all of her body carries an unspoken barcode. It is a product, something that the market provided for her. Something that no doubt could be provided in a market free of the reterritorializing functions of the Food and Drug Administration and drug patents, but nonetheless a desire filled where nature failed.

>>17765885
>THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, this is weird... Once again, ELdO tells us a story, but this time not by drawing from the well of our memories; this fragrance, in fact, has something alien, and unsettling that brings to mind the concept of the uncanny valley, which describes how people's emotional reaction to human-like artificial objects or creatures becomes negative when they get very close to a real appearance but not convincingly enough.
>Conscious choice or not, this is GitS, multiple elements that approach the human but miss the mark: there's a watery milkiness lacking sweetness, a vinyl-like skin, a sensation of clean coldness, or rather, neutrality, a suspended fragrance, without gender or body.
>Dialing down a notch, it immediately reminded me of the scent of a just-unboxed adult toy, but it's the milky note that disturbs me the most, too diluted and detached from its usual gourmand context, it's truly unsettling.

lol

>>17765885
>>17765887
uh, good for you. I like the idea of GitS because of the synthetic milky/musky with yuzu. I like the evocative marketing, making it seem like a Replicant doll-like scent. Hope it smells decent on my skin.

>>17765889
it seems like one of the best to unnerve normies. I see you can also get secretion magnefique in a sampler with it. they also have a DUNE fragrance which is incredible

>>17765892
I sampled Tauer's L'Air du Desert Morocain in this batch, and brother, I highly doubt I'll like the DUNE scent more than that. Would be obviously cheaper though

>>17765883
it is indeed generic, but you like it and that's the important part. Furthermore, if it reassures you: girls like it, too

>>17765868
nothing, thats the official note by ELDO. well actually its "milky skin accord"
>>17765885
lol
>>17765892
>it seems like one of the best to unnerve normies
its really not that wild, normies might not even realize you're wearing a fragrance. it's just fragrantica faggots being retarded as always. why are people still using that piece of shit website?

>>17765885
i think people like you should probably be beheaded for your own good

>>17765482
Drakkar Noir/Dakar, Lapidus Pour Homme/Lord, Bogart Signature, Neroli Intense

>>17765885
Incense Sunset is nothing special, GitS is better but nothing special still.

>>17765930
>drakkar noir
>lapidus pour homme
>underrated

>>17765386
> Should I go for a full bottle?
Yes, you can’t loose here. It’s just been discontinued but prices are still the same and it’s still available. That’s most popular Prin too, so prices are going to increase and you’ll be able to flip it if feel like eventually. However you might need to wait a few years before doing so. I had a chat with Lomros and he told me that he has stock for about 1 year or so.

>SOTD: Parfums Dusita Issara
dry, powdery tobacco frag, very light (maybe a bit too light for my taste), good fit for all seasons, masculine, a bit more on the formal side imo, there is a nice vetiver note on the way to the drydown, expertly blended
performance is below average, especially considering its full retail price (almost 300 EUR for a 50ml bottle)
not a bad scent but still a pass from me
>7/10

on a related note, there's a pretty big Dusita sale on Ecuación Natural right now (only Oudh Infini is not included)

last day in paris at chanel’s 31 rue cambon flagship. no perfume shopping for me today, but while my mom was looking through bags, i kept getting psyched out from constant whiffs of guerlain’s heritage from the shopkeepers. i couldn’t figure out why for half an hour, but then it clicked – luca turin is not kidding when he says that chanel’s own coco mademoiselle is part heritage, part allure (pour femme). talk about freaky.

>>17765885
of course you're a nyx land fan

>>17765317
Dear anon.

Could you, sir, tell me where to buy these samples.

Sir, I thank you in advance for his response.

Kind regards. Anon.

>>17766065
Dusita samples in EU: https://ecuacionnatural.com/
you can also use the OP links or do a google search for stockists in your countly

Wearing Acqua di Sale today. Wore Sel Marin yesterday. I can’t decide.

Wearing Tom Ford Private Blend Lavender Extreme. Holy fuck it’s so refined. It’s everything that Caron PUH would love to be but is just too cheap smelling for that. TF might be pricey but so often moggs the shit out of other cheap designers.

>>17766106
life would be a dream if i could be so easily impressed by aspirational luxury.

>>17766072
Thank you sir, I appreciate your help

>>17765892
the only eldo that's at all unnerving is secretions. everything else is kind of boring

>>17766102
I’m about 1.5 hours in on AdS, and I think I’m leaning Sel Marin for the niche sea-scent. It’s just a touch more “green” while AdS is more “blue”. I’m probably not describing these correctly but I m bad at understanding fragrance terminology. My wife says AdS smells slightly feminine, too.

Post your go-to floral note

>>17766120
apparently this summer it’s been iris, between mitsouko, l’iris de fath, cuir de russie and iris medicis. and i almost bought apres l’ondee too.

Just arrived, which one should I try first?

Trumper's Spanish Leather, that's all you need anon

im in japan for 2 years lads, what are some fragrances to attract a voluptuous japanese wife?

>>17766152
the japanese don’t actually like perfume, also you sound like a gross fat weeaboo so work on that instead.

boimperial

>>17766156
soimperial

>>17766114
Have you tried oud minerale or wood sage sea salt?

versense just smells of bergamot and that's ok

>>17766146
start with these:
>you or someone like you
>remarkable people
>fat electrician
>secretions magnifiques
>hermann a mes cotes me paraissait une ombre
>rien

>>17766152
the obvious answer is L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme

>>17766161
goimperial

>>17766120
Lavender, Jicky, pour un homme, Heritage

>>17766168
No I haven’t. I’ll look them up now thanks.

>>17766190
now that’s just cheating, lavender is in every fougere ever made

thank god I only bought a sample of this. not sure if the notes are so generic or just popular
hard pass on that

need a birthday gift for a female friend
>age range
mid 20s
>season and climate
autumn - winter, central europe
>prince range
100~ francs
>favorite scent
no clue
>intended aesthetic and setting
school/casual daily

>>17766316
get her a discovery set (eldo, essential parfums, imaginary authors, etc.)

>>17766172
Thanks bruh.

Also what do people think about Serge Lutens? I might cop a sample of Chergui and Ambre Sultan.

>>17766333
will do, thank you

Just realised by browsing the prev threads that the gue that recommended me Bois Imperial is a skizo spamposter...
So I'll ask the question again, is it a "good" perfume for a first one? If a store near my location has it, is it a good store, they don't seem to sell generic brand fragrances so I don't know if I should go there and buy directly bois imperial or ask them advices even tho I don't know anything about fragrances and scents (I don't even know the type of scent I like).

>>17766333
holy fucking autism, like any woman will give a shit about flipping through trays of sample sprays

>>17766361
it’s insanely mid. there’s absolutely nothing remarkable or interesting about it. “nondescript woody amber” would be high praise for it.

>>17766361
Go to the store and test everything, they'll gladly let you
Note down everything that you enjoy, and ask what's in them, then ask for things that contain more said things
For example, if you tested something you like, then found out that it contains rosewood and black pepper. Note that down, and ask around for more examples of frags with rosewood or black pepper
If you fond something you really, really like, then ask if you can try it on your skin amd walk around with it first, then see if you still like it enough to get a samplez decant, or the full bottle of it's within your budget

Another easier way is to ask for the most popular and least popular things in the store and try them. The keyword is to try it in person, blind buys are for when you're already experienced enough to know if what you're buying is likely ot contain things you like

i accidentally sprayed some bois belize up my nose while messing with the sprayer cap and now i’m pretty sure it’s going to be all i’ll smell for the rest of the day

>>17766362
>ad hominem
>no suggestions
thank you for your contribution

>>17766371
you could have done worse, anon

>>17766366
>>17766369
Ok thanks. How much should I spend on my first fragrance?

>>17766383
I can't really relate, since I don't spend in USD
But ideally you'd want to keep it under a fifty to hundred bucks unless you really, really like the thing you tried, and you think its worth the money
It's always better to go home and look up reviews for it online first, and look for things that smell similar if it's out of your price range. Getting a tester vial or a decant from a reputable seller are also options.

You wouldn't want to be a poor soul who spent half a month's paycheck on Green Irish Tweed when you can just get Cool Water for a 10th lf the price, for example

>>17766376
buddy guy, no normal person is going to want to flip through dozens and dozens of fragrances when they have no experience with perfume to begin with and everything smells more or less the same to them. and this is coming from the guy who was autistic enough to spend an hour and a half at the nicolai boutique in paris yesterday comparing shit over and over. it’s just not something normal people would be willing to entertain

>>17766394
yeah, there are many people who don't give a shit about frags but if he really insists on buying perfume as a gift (bad idea imo unless you are active trying to fuck the girl) then this is still the way to go - houses like Zoologist or IA have nice design, packaging, stories which can add to the overall experience
tl;dr: sample packs still a better choice than a full bottle she may or may not like
>inb4 t-rex sample as a gift for a 20something normie grill
yeah, i would do that for the lulz

>>17766408
i would rather just buy something other than perfume or force her to wear mitsouko. there’s really no in between.

>>17766316
>francs
any of the femme tauer frags, next.
>>17766408
>>inb4 t-rex sample as a gift for a 20something normie grill
devilish
>>17766413
>not forcing her to wear shalimar

>>17766438
true, i should save mitsouko for myself. or maybe she can wear l’heure bleue, since it’s something of a pendant to mitsouko.

recently got this compliment magnet

Anyone ever try anything from Bottega Veneta? Thoughts? Recommendations?

>>17766453
a leather goods company, not a perfumer.

>SOTD: Essential Parfums Nice Bergamote
clean bergamot+jasmine scent, unisex but feminine-leaning, easy spring/summer daytime wear, office/school friendly, performance is acceptable, great value
>8/10

p.s.: two tester sprays of Issara are completely gone by now (not very good for an extrait de parfum which costs €295)

>>17766457
that is an awfully low bar to clear to receive an 8/10. you’re telling me that it’s better than 80% of all perfumes in existence? i find that highly unlikely.

>>17766455
Anybody got anything more intelligent to say?

>>17766460
sorry that your latest fixation involves some aromachemical company perfumer receiving a brief and shitting out some unremarkable masculine fit for yet another italian handbag brand.

I heard a guy IRL bragging about how pic related got him people asking him where he got it. Anyone tried it?

>>17766463
the guy is a retarded faggot and you got shilled a middling masstige line

>>17766462
Still fucking stupid. Don't reply to the damn post if you haven't anything relevant to say. You've mentioned nothing about the fragrances themselves. People spend too much effort trying to comedic smartasses online instead of providing anything relevant. I just want to talk about the damn perfumes, didn't ask for your opinion on the company.

>>17766459
are you the same guy who was seething about the 8.4 rating for Erawan?
if yes, then you brought this on yourself

>>17766463
margiela should stick to making more GATs and less subpar wannabe le labo (already a bad brand) incomplete perfumes.
>>17766466
so much anger over something so insignificant as givaudanslop.

Here is the thing:

1. Find a fragrance you like
2. Wear it
3. Do you receive feedback?

Types of feedback:

1. Positive - Keep wearing it
2. No feedback - Keep wearing it if you enjoy it - switch it up to test more
3. Negative feedback - Question if you should keep wearing it. How was the feedback? Was it reasonable? Do you value the persons opinion that gave you the feedback?

That is all there is to fragrances pretty much.

Obviously, general advice like no heavy scents in summer etc apply but thats baby steps 101.

>>17766467
i just find ratings really silly and pointless when there’s obviously no thought put into either the meaning of the rating itself or how ratings relate to one another.
>>17766472
someone’s desperate for validation.

>>17766475
>someone’s desperate for validation.
if you aren't when you put on a fragrance you are lying to yourself. You wear it to influence people around you. You go noseblind to pretty much all fragrances you wear regularly anyway.

>>17766475
i'm sorry you don't like my ratings, anon (´。＿。｀)

>>17766472
>1. Find a fragrance you like
>2. Wear it
ftfy

>>17766478
>ftfy
well sure you can be autistic and shower yourself in Encre Noir and go to the gym but don't be surprised when people circle around you cause they think you just came out of a swampy river

>>17766479
>mfw when

>>17766477
i wear fragrances because i find them beautiful. noseblindness has never been an issue for me, if anything my ability to recognize fragrances and smells sharpens with each passing day.
>>17766478
i’m just saying, think a little more about what the rating means, both on its own and in the context of other ratings.

Le Male or Body Kouros?

>>17766519
why body kouros and not the original? actually, how are either of these scents comparable aside from being related to homosexuality at one point or another

>>17766524
they've both got that powdery cooling effect imo for after gym...and the guys love em.

>>17766527
yeah, a specific kind of guy at the gym loves it alright

>>17766152
wear something fresh and not strong

japanese people don't really like perfume but are slowly coming around on it. they've gotten used to the smell of fabric softener so a lot what sells well there is in that vein

>>17766529
all gymtards are gay or on the way to becoming gay

>>17766539
Unironically this. Just do some push-ups, go for a bike ride, go swim, go run, go hike in the woods, go play ball with your son. Gyms are for faggots. Sotd Dior homme

>>17766413
>>17766438
For me, I like to spray the sheets with either shalimar or Jicky before going into her. Those two really turn me on. Of cours ein talking about vintage with real civet musk

Tomorrow I will order: Pdm layton, TF tobacco vanille, FM musc ravageur and from the dior private line Tobacolor and vanille diorama. They will be all 10ml decants but imo its better this way. I already have enough bottles and since im saving up for other stuff I dont wanna spend extra money on smelly water. I only have tried layton and musc ravageur but I really liked. I really like the smell of honey and tobacco so yeah. Will update when it arrives. I also used my 2ml sample of crees aventus that I got when I bought bottle of naxos ages ago and jfc what a scam. Its a really nice smell but the performace is an absolute joke.

>>17766152
Something light and inoffensive.

Unironically Creed Silver Mountain Water is probably a good choice. Fresh, light, stays close to your skin.

>>17766539
pretty self-evident if you read these threads, the gymbros here are all gayer than an anal prolapse

>>17766572
yeah, creed sounds like the perfect perfume for a gross fat weeaboo

>>17766565
a sucker really is born every minute

Hey guys, I’m thinking about starting to wear perfume when I go to college, but I don’t know where to start. Do you have any suggestions for a good product under 50 euros? I don’t like manly/strong smells (I tried Drakkar and I hated it). I’m counting on you for some great recommendations!

>>17766600
it's evident from any fitfag's post

>>17766394
Love his work with Junior Wells

>>17766453
i have a sample, smell like complete garbage bag shit juice. not even joking

>>17766612
Nautica Voyage, where do you wait to wear it?
In class? Or at college parties?

>>17766611
?
>>17766612
Go to a nearby beauty store and try different perfumes out. See what you like and what you dont like then come back u faggot

>>17766539
>>17766600
>>17766551
Post body
Weak skinny fat fags + fatties talking

>>17766453
It smells like this picture

>>17766636
It's odd how the standard response to /fit/ getting called gay is to beg for shirtless pics. Makes you think.

>>17766636
i’m not giving you fap material buddy

>>17766630
In class, i'm a loser i don't go to paries

>>17766612
Dior homo. It’s a nice gay frag for a bitch like you. But since you’re gay and poor maybe try Abercrombie zoom

>>17766630
why do you keep recommending people the gas chromatograph knockoff of beyond paradise men

>>17766657
Never heard of it.

>>17766612
Just shart some of the twink cum out of your asshole and rub it on the back of your neck

>>17766658
maybe you should stop being so fucking new and look into it, it’s the original and much better version of the mediocre nautica shit you never shut up about.

>>17766660
why'd you respond twice to the same post, why are you angry, and why do you believe that super masculine frags aren't the gayest?

>>17766656
>>17766660
Is it really that strange that i don't like Strong fragrances? I like smelling like soap/clean not like wood or a shoe sole

>>17766668
I responded once newfag. check my ip

>>17766669
ironic, given how drakkar noir’s dihydromyrcenol is associated with soap these days thanks to overuse in male cleaning products.

>>17766669
YA TRIED TAKING A SHOWER BITCH?

SOTD: encelade, creepy, dry and wet rhuibarb. so imponent and daring. one of my fav fragrances ever
>>17766342
chergui is very mediocre. it's a very fluffy and well blended sweet cinnamon tobacco christmas smell. think I gave my decant to a friend that enjoyed it a bit but to me it was very sickening sweet choking. didn't last long either
>>17766361
I really like bois imperial but it's starting to get that coca cola smell to me recently. drydown is still fizzy woody gorgeous to me but you noramlly won't find it in a regular sephora/douglas or anything (if you're in europe). my advice to you is to just try stuff. in regular stores SAs are often just sales dummies and won't gve you any good recs. if you find a good store then definitely ask for recs, usually they're well knowledged and will enjoy talking to you about fragrances.
>>17766463
it's terrible. cloying, smells like bad candy melting and a bit of tobacco. out of the 5 margielas I've tried, they were all pretty bad perfumes.
>>17766565
tobacolor is pretty good. the others not really but hope you enjoy them.
>>17766612
yeah look at the top 10 sales in the store, try them and get the one you like the most.

>>17766108
Nice one anon
>>17766361
No it's not, it's shilled by noselets based on the fact that it is persistant, but the smell is air wick tier.
>>17766477 This isn't a one up game, have some fucking self respect and be your own person
>>17766519 out of those two LeMale, but I'd suggest something less dated, HdP 1725 does a powdery fougere in a much nicer way.

The end of this video is fuckin killing me
Jeremy is so awkward https://youtube.com/shorts/QGM0203BeRA?feature=share

Good evening bros

Came here to say this shit is good as hell. Haven't had the chance to sample the Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense but I don't even care at this point.

still wearing antaeus
still loving antaeus

>>17766865
How? That stuff is at no stores, at least none that I know of. Meanwhile Tom Ford stuff can be easily found. Did you blindbuy like a fucking moron?

>>17766876
Actually my SOTD as well.

>>17766120
>Post your go-to floral note
Osmanthus, the animalic leathery aspects it has elevate it above most florals for me, i could easily just wear the absolute on its own

>>17766878
I got a sample faggot

Just got my first bottle of fragrance a couple days ago. The recommended two spritzes at the collar and one at the base of the neck makes me lightheaded all day. Where should I spray instead?

>>17766925
Stomach or don't wear anything if you can't handle it poser

What does he wear?

>>17766925
Once on the chest

>>17766925
what is it?

Getting the 4x sample set from MFK for my gf
Other than BR540 what should I grab? Amyris Femme? A’la rose?
Are 724 and GF Silver redundant?
Is grand soir enough of a must-have to upgrade to the 6x?

>>17767040
as a gift? are you buying her the full frag then?

>>17767061
Maybe if she likes one of them enough, that would obviously be a much larger gift

>>17767143
just be sure you're ready to do so before you buy the sample pack. Because its pretty shitty if she likes one and you're not willing to buy it for her. She probably won't want to spend 3-400 on a fragrance

best JPG

>>17767040
masstige suckerdom for him and her

need advice on which frag i should wear tonight
circumstances:
>32°C ~90°F
>closed location with ~30 people
>will act as the dj
now i was thinking rasasi hawas but that could be very cloying in a closed room

other ideas
>versace eros edp
>light blue intense
>bad boy cobalt
thoughts?

>>17767225
Light Blue intense by far

>>17767226
hmm i did wear like 2 sprays to work and it kinda faded pretty fast

>>17767226
Also I wore this on a date a couple nights ago and she was all over me.
>>17767227
yeah do way more than 2 sprays, like 10 and you'll be good all night. It's a fresh aquatic fragrance they don't last as long.

>>17767228
damn 10 sprays?
alright then!

>>17767228
either your date is anosmic or you’re shockingly funny enough to make up for deficiencies in the perfume department.

>>17767234
>you’re shockingly funny enough to make up for deficiencies in the perfume department
This could be it, she thought I was hilarious, and I did stand up the night before.
Also I sprayed it like an hour and 40 minutes before we met.

>>17767235
might be better for you to focus on comedy and less on perfumery. preferable to smell like nothing than to smell bad.

>>17767237
I talked to her the night before about perfumery, and she likes citrus scents.

>>17765482
Quorum, Tabac Original, Paco Rabanne Pour Homme

>>17767239
even the ones that smell like rubbing alcohol?

>>17767247
Maybe you're the one who is anosmic

POST CLUBBING FRAGRANCES

>>17767264
this
D & G One EDP
Ultramale
Sauvage Elixir

>>17767266
SHoulda specified for summer

>>17767263
highly unlikely

>>17767264
Dior Sauvage

>>17767264
Invictus

>>17767289
lold

I bought Full and Lord from Al-Rehab, wish me luck.
>>17767264
Bond N.9 New York Amber
Sauvage EDP or Parfum

>>17767317
>Sauvage EDP
>clubbing

>>17767264
Black Afgano

>>17767323
If youre not a literal 6foot5 muscular black dude you can not wear this

>>17767324
oh fuck, i did not know that!

>>17767322
yes, clubbing is that banal of an activity. welcome to the real world.

>>17767331
YWNBAW

>>17767332

>>17765482
For anyone who has smelled Zino and Beau de Jour side to side, how do the lavender and mint compare between the two?

>SOTD: Bogue Profumo MEM
wow, tropical fougère, awesome, will post detailed thoughts later on
>now this is podracing!/10

SOTD: 212 VIP Men

How does one get started with a category of fragrance? Do you go to a department store and sniff everything? Do you look at your wardrobe and pick a complimentary scent?

Can men wear Black Opium?

post yfw no testing

>>17767344
have you smelled maai? very interested in both and even the likes of jovoy or nose in paris don’t carry bogue.

>>17767317
lord is nice, never tried full. cobra is one of my favorites lately

>>17767359
If you like jasmine, you gonna love Full

I realise why /fa/ hates creed. A 100ml bottle is almost $500 in burgerland.

I can get a bottle from duty free at the airport for under $300.

Silver Mountain Water and Royal Oud are objectively great fragrances.

>>17767357
>>17767344
which ones are the most interesting bogues? decants ain't that expensive on ecuacionnatural, might order a few

>>17767362
i wish i were young enough to be impressed by $500

>>17765482
does zino perform bad in hot weather? last time I sampled it was in autumn, loved it. Tried again this week and it was very sour in the beginning and turned into a so-so performance. or did the store tester go off?

>>17767375
store testers go off very frequently, yes.

>>17767376
how so? it would make more sense that they get emptied fast replaced. on the other hand I can imagine that few people want to sample zino

>>17767357
i will test maai tomorrow

>>17767367
that might be normie tier, but i normally check fragrantica for the most popular frags of a house and work my way down from there
MEM and MAAI are mentioned pretty often here so check those out first

>>17767384
exposure to light and heat kills fragrances, in this case the bright harsh lighting in stores are enough to do it over a long period of time.

Opinions on dior feve delicieus?

>>17766896
You bought a sample of a shitty 40$ clone? How about going to a store and testing the real deal? Absolutely autistic behaviour.

>>17767388
Artificial lighting doesn't do anything to fragrances. It requires UV light, because otherwise light doesn't carry enough energy to cause undesirable reactions within the bottle, especially not in a bottle as dark as the one of Zino (unless the tester has a different color). There must be something else going on.

>>17767350
Yes

>>17767362
No we hate them because they are crude. For fucksake how many time do I have to say this.>>17767361

>>17767402
you never know how good or bad a supposed clone is, so considering it might be hard to resell such a frag it makes sense to buy a sample if you can find it

Pi Givenchy
Acqua di Nabeel
Versace Pour Homme Dylan Blue
Invictus Platinum
Artisan John Varvatos
Odyssey Mega Man

Any opinions on these?
Pi Givenchy and Artisan looks interesting to me

>>17767359
>>17767361
Good to know, thanks.
On a related note, how does Cobra compare to the current formulation of Poison?
I remember not liking Poison in the slightest, but also reading that the current mix has little to do with the original, after which Cobra takes.

A fragrance while listening to this album?

>>17767420
yucky stuff

>>17766361
You should also realise that there are some schizos hating it here as well. The truth is somewhere in the middle. It's a very solid woody modern scent that women like but it's nothing otherworldly at the same time.

>>17767453
Please elaborate

>>17767344
I was wearing it out yesterday on a night out with friends. Got a few compliments and was asked by a friend of mine what it is. He said that it smells very refined and hypermasculine. He's gay though, so I hope he wasn't just trying to hit up on me lol. Also fun fact: it improves with age. I have a 2+ years old bottle and yesterday wore a fresh batch that I received yesterday. My older bottle is much more animalic, dense, resinous. The new bottle is more fresh-spicy and floral. For me personally, MEM is the best niche release of at least the past 10 years. Yesterday before taking a shower, I was also wearing a sample of Bogue 10 on one hand and Bogue 20 on the other. Great stuff. Gardoni is genius. Apparently the formulas are exactly the same but one is 10% concentration and the other 20% of concentration. But the smells couldn't be more different after diverting from a somewhat similar opening for the first 10 minutes. Might get a bottle o Bogue 20.

>>17766361
Imagine an Ikea store where you're in the woody cabinet section, while some pepper and basil spices are in the air.
Superb woody niche fragrance. Up there with the high praised woody niche fragrance of our age.
Plus, it got me laid.

>>17767367
>MEM - 10
>AG (but it's not available anymore) - 10
>MAAI - 9.5
>O/E - 9
>20 - 9
>Lita - 8.5
>10 - 8
I'm going to test Doleur 1 and 2 tomorrow.

I fucking love smelling BR540 on girls.
What is the male equivalent?

>>17767563
Ganymede

anybody tried tabu from dana? any opinions on it?

>>17767565
How so? I hate Ganymede, the drydown is atrocious to my nose

>>17767578
BR540 is pretty atrocious too so i’d say it’s an apt comparison

>>17766024
Thank you for the insight, anon.

>>17767573
just ordered a bottle

>>17767344
that sounds good. why the fuck does it smell so sour on me

>>17767339
The current version of Zino is almost straightforward patchouli, you won’t find other notes in it. As for BdJ, the mint isn’t loud or leading note in it, that’s for sure. Btw, BdJ has exactly the same lavender note/ingredient FM Music for a While has.

>>17765252
whores will like it but men won’t respect you
that is the cost of all the sweet elixir bullshit so choose wisely

>>17765866
creepy brown guys and teenagers obviously get a lot more pussy than anon here, really makes you think

>>17767711
One million is the most clowned fragrance in the whole community. Fragrantica just voted it the worst of all time. It smells like simple syrup.

If your goal is to get pussy I don’t think it is the best option but I’m sure it will work. Personally I have a girlfriend so I don’t have to demean myself like that but to each his own.

>>17767717
the smell of pussy makes me dry heave, I'm just telling you that if you want to live here in the real world, one million is probably not a bad pick, just don't tell anyone what it is and you'll be wading in rotting fish stank

personally I prefer my girls to have a penis, so I go with more autistic frags like yatagan, aramis, or guerlain vetiver

>>17767703
either whatever current version of zino you smelled is busted, or you don’t know what patchouli smells like.

>>17767726
> zino’s busted
Yeah no shit. It’s called a reformulation, kid.

>>17767754
oh, you’re one of those retards. carry on.

>>17767695
write a review when it arrives for poor ol' me
>>17767703
lol

>>17765848
cheap as fuck, yeah. not a clone of boss #1 tho, less sweet (and also older)

>>17767339
Zino has a more airy lavender, while BdJ subdues the lavender with a strong rosemary note and some sweetness (same rosemary note is found in At the Barber's btw, less sweet than BdJ even). Neither of them are necessarily strongly minty to my nose, though. Zino has a stronger patchouli smell to it, which comes out in the drydown together with vanilla, BdJ mixes oakmoss/evernyl into it a little more and keeps the sweet rosemary for the most part.
Also, there are a few people who claim they are so much alike that they are redundant. They are not, and BdJ leaves a different sillage in the air. It becomes obvious when you smell it on someone else.

>>17767833
tl;dr zino is better, BdJ is incomplete perfumery

SOTD Gentle Fluidity Silver
Whatever Kurkdjian uses in it is what sets Ferrari Bright Neroli apart from 4711/Neroli Intense. I wore Bright Neroli yesterday and upon spraying GFS it immediately became obvious. BN has that tiny drop of whatever that makes it smell ever so slightly "luxurious" (if that makes sense) compared to other neroli-forward fragrances, and GFS has a big dose of that. On paper they have nothing in common other than the ambiguous amber note. Doesn't matter, I swear it's there. It has to be a drop of musk or something like that.

>>17767852
that’s a lot of words to say “i’m easily impressed by aspirational luxury”

>>17767847
What's incomplete about it?

>>17767855
Because I like Bright Neroli better than 4711?

SOTD

I blind bought it and I didn't like it at all on test on my skin. Put two sprays on my neck today on extreme heat before a shower kind of just to amuse myself and damn, did this shit bloom beautifully. It's dark, deep, inky, smokey and sweet. And I can detect the rum in the air. I really like this house and even this one that was a dissappointment , was able to surprise me eventually.

>>17767858
you are such a sucker for branding, you know that?

>>17767859
That's how actual niche works. Not your masstige bullshit, which is just glorified designer with better marketing. SOTD: Bogue Doleur!2 - it's quite a ride but it smells amazing.

Thoughts on pic related? Looking for a cheap summer neroli scent.

>>17767903
It's the best cheap neroli scent out there right now. You get a longer lasting take on 4711, simple as. Other than that, 4711 is always an option, although at a slight performance disadvantage.

>>17767903
nicolai’s nerolie intense. buy a 30ml bottle.

>>17767703
>>17767833
Thanks.

>>17767914
>>17767919
Appreciate it.

I'm going to move to a tropical island
(Good) frags for this feel?

>>17765482
Guerlain heritage, jicky, and habit rouge. Caron pour un homme, Lalique pour homme, azzara pour homme, tabac original

>>17766287
Fine, then I’ll say immortal. I’ve been wearing Guerlain Le Parfum du 68 a lot lately. Also always like rose, as in Davidoff zino, guerlain habit rouge, and shalimar

>>17767980
literally not a single one of those is underrated

>>17767409
What’s crude about Creed?

Yes their formulations may have gotten weaker since COVID-19 (so have a lot of fragrance houses, supplies of quality oils are dwindling).

But their fragrances smell objectively great outside of the circlejerk of /fa/. Ask any girl on the street if they like the smell of Aventus and 9/10 will say yes.

>>17767986
They’re all grandpa frags. None of them are any good.

>>17767989
>>17767990
roflmao, the absolute state of this thread

1550$ Areej classics set sold out in less than an hour lol.

opinions on pdm greenley? how does it compare to other pdm freshies like sedley?

>>17768019
I have a sample of it. It's alright, nothing special, smells good enough and it's not offensive.

>>17768008
a sucker born every minute, as they say

>>17768019
too expensive for what it is

>>17767218
Tell me about it

“incomplete perfumery”
“aspirational luxury”
“masstige”
what are some other midwit terms and phrases I can use to sound like I know what I’m talking about?

>>17768057
no better method of giving yourself away as a midwit than saying “midwit” to begin with

>>17767945

>>17768078

>>17765482

>>17768057
dated
>>17767945
aramis havana
>>17767432
>how does Cobra compare to the current formulation of Poison?
i honestly don't know, i'll try to test poison next time i see it. cobra does feel like a distant relative of shalimar though. but that might just be the same kind of cinnamon

>>17768019
pdm sucks dick

>>17765482
Paul Sebastian

Wtf is going on with this dudes face

>>17768122
Gay and Botox

>>17768122
bogged.com

>>17768092
>I'll try to test poison next time
Much appreciated.
>a distant relative to Shalimar
The current Poison doesn't smell anything like Shalimar from what I remember, Poison is fruity and sweet, while Shalimar is a lot drier and potpourri-ish.
Maybe I have something to be optimist towards.

Is there a website where you can search fragrances that include a group of notes? I'm looking for something that's mainly leather with grapefruit and lavender.

>>17768142
fragrantica (read the op next time)

>>17768122
clearly he answered the call
this dude only like sweet metrosexual designer shit

>>17768122
Botox, chemical peels, laser ablation, retinoids, overapplication of skincare products.
The intese shinyness is usually a combo of excessive chemical exfoliation and retinoid use, but he may be putting skincream or other skincare products on shortly before filming as well.

>>17768122
It’s cum

>>17768144
It doesn't have the option to show fragrances that include multiple notes

>>17768144
>>17768188
Nvm im retarded

I'm looking for recs for a cherry scent and a sage-y california desert scent. I tried Cherry Punk, but the cherry only lasted for the first minute, then it smelled like a tabacco scented candle for the rest of it's life, which is fine, but I wanted the cherry. I did also try Flowerbomb for a different reason, and found it quite nice, so if there was anything similar to that which also had cherry, that would likely be perfect for me. As for the desert, I've tried Mojave Ghost, which just smells like nice flowers. Maybe I'm a weirdo, but I grew up in the california desert, and it smells dusty and sagey, not like desert flowers. I haven't been able to find what note to search for that equates to sage either, so any help here would be appreciated really. I'm looking at trying Larrea by American Perfumer, but I'm afraid it's just gonna be the same flower thing. On a different note, I really liked ELdO's Ghost in the Shell, and Cyber Garden by Costume National, is there anything similar to either of those I could give a try?

>>17768122
Why does his beard just stop before the sideburns lol

>>17766876
>>17766878
What performance do you get out of it? The testers I spray liberally on myself at the store last an hour or so.
>>17767264
clubbing seals with chanel pour monsieur and not much else on
>>17767914
>>17767919
Redpill me on Olive Wood & Juniper. I have 4711 but OW&J appeals more to me as an idea.

>>17766463
I get that from men in theirs 40s+ every time I wear anything fougere.
"Wow, what smells here so nice. Is that your perfume, man?"

>>17768256
ds and durga "el cosmico" is incredibly deserty, but it's also really strange. herbal and piney but like, a weird lactonic note. see if you can find a shop with a tester to see if it works for you.

Thoughts on De Los Santos from Byredo? Or any successful dupes of it?

>>17768573
>byredo
lol

Guys the rock goth anon didn't post again after suggesting in one of his posts that he might have cancer. Anyone knows anything about it?

>>17768685
nope, i haven't seen him for a while
hopefully he will make it back here

Someone create a proper new thread

>>17768692
on it

So, I was in Qatar and got picrel at the mall outside Doha. It's definitely the most unique fragrance I own because Swiss Arabian and Lattafa are very cheap imitations of oud, yet this actually has that Qatar smell that just permeates literally everything in Qatar. Kind of like Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia but with rose and white oud. Reminds me of warm printer paper fresh out of the Lexmark.

This got me thinking and I realize now just like esotericists might believe in a Race Spirit or a national soul every country has its smell. For instance, everything in the United States no matter where you go, whatever the context, smells like car exhaust and fast food. It doesn't matter where you go that is the national soul of America coming out just like everything in Eastern Europe smells like indoor smoking.

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>>17768694
>>17768694
>>17768694
>NEW THREAD
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>>17768685
>>17768689
good riddance, i say

>>17768573
It's my most-worn fragrance of the past year. I'm always reaching for it when I'm having a chill day and don't feel like wearing a loud perfume. It's extremely wearable.