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>SOTD: EIGHT & BOB Nuit de Megeve
this is a pretty good (darker) vetiver frag with citrus notes on top, tonka bean in the middle and vetiver/tobacco in the base, well blended, mature, office friendly, can be worn around the year, the performance is not very good and the marketing is super cringe

>be half black
>be on a sex meetup site similar to craigslist
>a married couple visited my site looking for BBC gangbang for the wife
The meme is real. Sotd Hugo Boss Extreme

Man if only this had any longevity whatsoever

>>17979418
And smelled more naturally, it would be a banger

>>17979422
Ah yes, the natural smell of pure, cool, water.
>itsfuckingnothing.jpg

>>17979426
Just make it smell more smooth, high quality is actually what i meant with "natural".

Unironically, Haxan (Goat) smells absolutely incredible. It’s Iron Duke’s spring/summer sibling. If you’re familiar with the countryside the animalic/goat hair tincture in it have a proper note of livestock, like sheep or goat’s wool without smelling really poopy/pissy like animals do, though there’s definitely a hint from the castoreum and civet. The ‘outdoor’ notes are really fresh and pleasant, and the mushroom lends it a nice deep quality. It’s got a little resin and turns slightly herbal, like fresh crushed leaves (the rosemary comes through very clean) and more fresh wood. Really nice, I’ll be letting it develop more but it’s generally giving an authentic damp fresh spring countryside morning.

I personally love vegetal and herbal notes and it smells nostalgic since I grew up around animals, probably not for everybody. But definitely for me, I’ll likely be buying a bottle. Thanks for reading my blogpost

>>17979524
Oh man, I just got the very tiny Ecuacion Natural sample of it, first sniff seemed real nice. I can see the Prin hype.

>fall for the niche meme
>tested around 200 samples of niche
>after 3 years coming back full circle to designers
>niche: expensive, but aren't blended well
>designer: mid price range, enjoayable, some even with an interesting edge like Fahrenheit
Don't fall for niche.

>>17979647
It all always depends. I went this circle with craft beer, now I'm back to a good clean lager, most of the time. Perfume at least doesn't ruin my liver like a NEIDIPPA 11% ABV.
SOTD then was acqua di gio.

>>17979647
hard to understand why anyone would get hung up on the niche vs designer delima.

sotd: jacomo de jacomo by jacomo 7 sprays

>>17979647
You simply have a weak brain predetermined to see everything through a console wars lens if you think like this

>>17979765
Holy based, Jacomo is the acutally spicebomb. Nicely done spices, smoky, seductive.

>go to fragrantica
>set a search with filter
>group: woody aromatic
>notes: balsam fir

>>17979418
GIT
>>17979422
GIT
>>17979432
Also GIT

>>17979804
Good lord, I have never seen a Ricky shirt in the wild. Does she have track pants too? Gross.

>>17979524
>>17979220

I mentioned that I bought the Tea and Cannabis packs from them a couple of threads ago.

Vi et Armis for me was like smelling my clothes after spending hours standing next to a bonfire.

And O, Unknown! starts powdery but quickly dries down to cardboard to my nose. But it also smells like some cheap biscuit I've eaten recently.

I really liked Russian Tea and Myrrhiad.

Thinking about purchasing a bottle of pic rel from the Cannabis pack as a summer fragrance. The Cannabis Rhubarb como is so bright and lovely.

>>17979865
The longevity on GIT is pathetic.

>>17979432
And I was just being an ass.

Honestly I’ve never smelled the stuff, and unless I just happen to walk past a tester in a mall (which I oddly have not, yet) I’ll never bother sniffing it because I already know I’ll never be interested in something with such abysmal longevity.

Similar feelings towards anything Creed, and even Amouage, I know I’d never pay what they ask for a bottle, so I’m not even going to go down the rabbit hole of sampling them.

>>17979524
>>17979572
Isn’t Haxan the ones that’s discontinued specifically because he couldn’t source the same goat hair tincture?

>>17979647
>>17979750
This >>17979789
If you think you’re supposed to limit yourself to only Niche, you’re wrong, and if you think you can get all the interesting varied things niche has to offer from -only- designers, you’re also wrong.
It’s about balance Anon. Learn to enjoy both.

Thoughts on any of these fragrances?

>Etat Libre d'Orange Hermann a Mes Cotes Me Paraissait une Ombre
>Memo Paris African Leather
>Montale Ristretto Intense Cafe
>Zoologist Chipmunk
>Aesop Hwyl
>Penhaligon’s Halfeti Cedar
>Andy Tauer L’Air Du Desert Marocain
>Ormonde Jayne Ormonde Man
>Parfums de Marly Herod
Bought some samples of normie niche

SOTD
TYRANNOSAURUS
REX
>>17979765
based
>>17979875
as is the price
>>17979896
>african leather
best one from that brand, eau de memo second
>lddm
splendid
>ormonde man
alright
>pdm
yikes!
>montale
yikes!

>>17979921
Yeah I have sampled two pdm and one montale before — and I actually disliked all of three them.

But I am still interested in tobacco and coffee so I thought I’d give them another shot. Maybe you have a suggestion?

>>17979896
Been meaning to try Hwyl, love some woodsy smells. I’m kinda burned out on trying zoologist, they love making almost everything smell sweet and artificial as fuck. Let us know, anon.

>>17979524
Haxan is discontinued. I can sell you a bottle for 650 euros tho

I hit the Spicebomb Extreme jackpot and I guess I got a good one, was smelling it all day

>>17979926
tabac tabpu, akro awake, rammstein sex
plenty of choices for coffee if you like, god forbid, sweet milk coffees. but i won't list them.

>>17979896
Can only comment on the the Hermann and LADDM.

LADDM as I’m sure you’re well aware of fantastic as long as you’re into that genre. Its reputation precedes it for good reason, not much else needs to be said.

Hermann, I don’t know if this is just me, but I’ve said it recently and I’ll say it again, ELDO got on a kick of adding rose to several fragrances, some Rose Oppor, others just “rose” but Hermann was the first, and 4 more followed. Of the 5, four of them smell like Vicks Vaporub.
Maybe Vicks is just intended to have a rose scent, but for me it’s a really weird association.

>>17979931
A genuine congrats, and I’m jealous of you Anon. If you don’t mind sharing, what’s the batch?

>>17979921
Have you by chance sniffed Tonnerre?

Curious how T-Rex compares.

I bought a sample of Givenchy Pi. What am I in for?

>>17979985
>If you don’t mind sharing, what’s the batch?22x11d3 - Production date: 2023-01

>>17979985
>If you don’t mind sharing, what’s the batch?
22x11d3 Production date: 2023-01

>>17979989
vanilla, and then more vanilla
hope you like vanilla
i remember that smell from way back

>>17980007
That’s… fucking wild. I have two bottles of that exact batch, and have had multiple people confirm it doesn’t last for shit on. Skin, clothes, 2 sprays or 20. Gone in half an hour.

>>17980031
On me*

>>17980031
Every nose is different

>>17980031
>>17980301
And each skin chemistry is also. Each of you is unique, anons, and special. There was never anyone quite like you from the billions that have been born and billions that will be, before the final death of our sun.

which one should i open?

>>17980377
both at once 3 sprays of each on each arm

>>17980377
i don't like your floor

>>17980384
its likley you dont like the rug on top of the floor rather than the floor itself

SOTD: Invictus

>>17979987
they're quite different. trex has some abstract warmth to it and there's rose too. tonnere is probably more disgusting to some people due to the harsh smoke. trex is just unapproachable. i want to get tonnere soon too

i've got polo green on my left hand, and quorum on the right, and it's not even close. you really tell that quorum was made to hit a price point, the sweet leather in the drydown is beyond dissapointing

i like yatagan more than either though

>>17979929
>Haxan is discontinued
Thank god. Who wanna smell like a foul fougere.

>>17980451
Yes, Yatagan beat them both. Original Polo Green also different, more like dry, smoky, tobacco freshen up with citrused.

What are my resources for finding older/discontinued frags?

I want to buy pic related (Kokeshi Tonka) but i can't locate it anywhere online

>>17979647
This. No one cares that you wear Musk Smeller Extraordinaire when Sauvage would get 10x the compliments anyways

>>17980533
but how do i get 100x the compliments

>>17979647
designer and niche are such useless terms nowadays

>>17980451
I hear Polo Green suffered a lot from reformulations

It's been a month and I have 5 frags now. All I do is waste my time smoking weed, playing call of duty, and sniffing my wrists between matches.

P.S. Send bitches

Even after trying 100 fragrances I keep coming back to sauvage elixir and aventus. Not sure anything can beat those two

I got my 3ml samples of areej le dore.

I've been shitting on Russian Adam for his stupid and ridiculous business practices at every chance and this is my first experience with his perfumes.

Let's see

>>17980598
I'm really sceptical of these grifters making limited release ultrapremium perfumes. I hate this kind of FOMO hypetrain shit

Just got this one. Absolutely gorgeous!

>>17980605
Exactly, me too, that's why I fucking hate them. But also a lot of people that I respect a lot shill his perfumes despite knowing and hating all of that, so I'll give it a try

>>17980499
EBay, fragrantica forums, maybe Reddit or facebook.

>>17980598

>fragantica is swaps only, if you don't have the scent they want too bad
>basenotes took down their marketplace
>parfumo requires you to have an old account and "engage with the community" before you can buy and sell

I just wanna try some discontinued perfumes! I have money! why won't you take it!

>>17980785
Niche nerdy hobbies are unfortunately all kinda like this. No luck on mercari/eBay etc?

>>17980785
>parfumo requires you to have an old account and "engage with the community" before you can buy and sell

Lol what? Since when?

>>17980828

>>17980567
Yeah the longevity is pretty terrible unfortunately, the opening is still bombastic (in a good way) but it becomes incredibly muted after an hour. Still, better than the genuinely offensive drydown of Quorum

>>17979418
>>17979422
>>17979432

Floris JF is like an HD Cool Water

>>17980785
I know this is sacrilege, but unironically just go to Reddit. r/fragranceswap has been a decent place to pawn off my regretful and disappointing fragrance slop choices. Just make sure you follow the rules to a Tee or else your post gets auto deleted lmao

>>17980923
They require karma, fuck them. I don't want to participate in their shitty community

>>17980941
Getting karma is super fucking easy, just shitpost on greentext for a few hours or something

>>17980785
>>parfumo requires you to have an old account and "engage with the community" before you can buy and sell
just write a few statements, i got access within like 2 weeks

>>17980941
lmao my old account from 2014 had enough fucking karma and I barely even used it back then

This shit is vomit inducing

bon monsieur or mousse illuminee?

>>17980965
>bon monsieur AND mousse illuminee
ftfy

What frags smell decidedly asian? I don't mean buddhist temple incense I'm talking romanticized silk road opium and tea straw hat Chang. Looking to sample picrel was wondering if you guys have any suggestions

>>17980978
check out Fils de Dieu du riz et des agrumes from ELDO, as asian as it gets

>>17980978
just rub fried rice and dim sum on your skin

Mont Blanc Explorer is the best frag for the price, and there’s nothing you can do about.

>>17980978
I feel like I'm not even allowed to wear Dunhuang. Like the only appropriate occasion to wear it would be in a setting requiring you to dress in Hanfu. A really beautiful fragrance, and if you're looking for something that realistically could only be pulled off by asians, that's the one.

>>17980989
azzaro pour homme takes a steamy shit on montblanc

>>17980989
Literally not even a top ten cheapie.

>>17980959
the bowlegged man jawed port-a-potty dutch shill says it makes women want to have intercourse with you

>>17980959
What's it smell like? Deodorant?

Bois Imperial smells like bugspray. There I said it. Screencap it if you want....!

thoughts on joboy private label?

>>17980761
Tried Russian oud II and it's heavily animalic oud with cocoa. It's really deep rich and addicting. Never smelled anything like it, quite surprised but not blown away

Need to test it on skin

Are fragrances for under 250€ even worth checking out or should I just go for the real thing right away?

>>17981193
Of course there are great fragrances under 250. What were you even looking at?

>>17980028
My sample arrived. It's quite green and tarragon-heavy for the first 5-15 minutes. After that the vanilla and the almonds kick in and the frag becomes pretty much a vanilla bomb.
Overall it's a good frag. I've got some frags with vanilla as a base note like armani code edp, but their vanilla is very toned down compared to pi.
Thanks for reading my blog post.

>>17981201
it's most probably aventus

>>17981193
>the real thing

musk extracted out of a freshly fisted civets asshole?

>>17981201
tom ford, kurkdjian, xerjoff, creed, amouage

>>17981216
>tom ford, kurkdjian, xerjoff, creed, amouage

bait/10

>>17981218
why? i don't know much about that topic but it seems like these are what the community really wants and the rest is just poorfag cope.

>>17981222
>these are what the community that doesn't know better really wants
ftfy

>SOTD: Rogue Mousse Illuminée
one small spray still going strong after 24 hours, brutal

>>17981216
>>17981222
its okay to be a newfag just educate yourself and buy samples instead of embarrassing yourself

>>17980989
mogged by all Lalique releases ever

>>17981180
incredibly based. few...
>>17981193
you should buy louis vuitton and roja only
>>17981216
wow i love masstige!

>>17980978
Unironically opium. For women, edp. Incense and spices. Current is nowhere near the nuclear power ppl claim to be. Not feminine in the least if that bothers you. Smells like middle east 1000 years ago, 1001 nights story type shit. Dunno if that's the Asian style you're after. Maybe try ambre sultan, to me smells like an Arabian desert at night. No Chang in these though.

>>17980451
Based. I've wearing Polo Green for years and Quorum lacks the amazing pine opening and the nice patchouly drydown.
Also based about Yatagan. I got a bottle this Christmas (after geting a 2ml tester) and it became my outdoor scent. Far superior quality, unique and not loud at all.
Since we have similar teastes, try Polo Cologne Intense (very underrated imo) or Eau de Minthe (Diptyque) if you can. Both are perfect not-sweet scents for warm weather.

>>17981238
should i buy everything this guy recommends?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tciqiNhU3_E

>Etat Libre D’Orange You Or Someone Like You
>Amouage Beach Hut Man
which one bros?

I blind bought a vintage bottle of pic related

What am in for?

>>17981325
Are you the retard who said you should only buy MFK, Tom Ford, and Creed? I’m not going to watch that video it seems really, really gay. To start out read the shit in OP.

A few (half decent) youtubers include The Scentinel, Persolaise, Wafts from the Loft, Justin Copeland, Urban Dweller, and MrSmelly1977. They all have really different tastes that are a bit outside the norm. Maybe you can find your own vibe.

But really you just need to order samples in bulk. Price means practically nothing. Brands inflate their price just to appear high quality. I have an absolutely enormous collection and there are multiple $30 or less fragrances that I consider personal masterpieces. I also have $250 frags I barely reach for.

>>17981446
it's pretty sweet for a male fragrance

>>17981447
For me it's The Cologne Podcast

clemence said nuit de l'homme is nice in an androgynous, non-alpha male hipsterish way. it's absolutely over.

>>17981325
if you are getting fragrance advice from zoomers there is no hope my man

>>17980433
Thanks anon

>>17980594
Sounds like an enjoyable life if you can maintain it.

>>17980761
These gifs shouldn’t exist without subtitles.

>>17980965
I mean, it’s Rogue, so obvi the correct answer is >>17980971 but if I’m being honest I’d find owning both to be *a little* redundant, and I prefer Illuminee.

>>17981227
Based taste

>>17981440
Have you tested either?
ELDO gonna be way cheaper, obviously, but more importantly, do you like the smell of chlorophyll, because YOSLY hits HARD on that note.

>>17981440
Has to be beach hut.

>SOTD: MM Replica - Under the Lemon Trees
Very natural smelling lemon/lime with cardamom, fresh, light, intoxicating. The combination almost adds this fresh unburned charcoal accord which I like but could see being polarizing. Transitions into an airy green tea middle over a light cedar/musk base, keeps the top notes all the way through. Solid longevity for me.

I used the last of a 2ml sample today, kinda want to grab a 30nl at least for summer because I need something light, and most of what I have along the “freshie” lines I find too heavy for hottest weather (DH2020, DHS2021, BDC Parfum, bois imperial)

Any thoughts on this stuff? Recommendations for alternatives? I kinda wish it was a shade more masculine than unisex

>>17981447
>multiple $30 or less fragrances that I consider personal masterpieces

Such as

>>17981449
What do you mean for a male fragrance

>>17981548
>Recommendations for alternatives?
unironically aventus

>>17981548
hacivat if you like moss.
grey vetiver for a "cold" vetiver
Gentle Fluidity Silver for an airy juniper
are my choices for "extreme heat"

>>17981440
>amouage
lol
>>17981447
>forgetting the gay furry dragon and the new jersey wog
baka
>>17981561
not him but cool water, cabochard, youth dew, bogart signature, lagerfeld classic, quorum (better than current polo green btw) and last but not least ted lapidus pour homme. maybe not all are masterpieces but they are top tier at least. make it 50 and add the carons.
>inb4 dated
everyone who thinks this is an androgynous zoomer faggot

>>17981261
yeah i was thinking of buying polo cologne intense but it seems like a bit overkill to have it and polo green
eau de minthe is quite nice, went through a whole sample of luckyscent, but for frags in the same vein, i love this: guy laroche horizon
imagine a minty, pine-y/green take on an 80s powerhouse fougere. discontinued but easy enough to find old stock of. tremendous value compared to the diptyque
are you in aus as well?

AMBROSIVS

Wish me luck

>>17981548
>Recommendations for alternatives?
Voyage d'Hermes Parfum

>>17981753
>got secretions
Kek. I hope you like the rest though.

6 (SIX) versions of the same thread. WHY

>>17981785
Jannies are not unpaid enough

Just bought bogart one man show emerald and nicolai nyi, thoughts?

>>17981763
That bad huh?

>>17981734
I really wanna slap the shit out of this dude for some of his bottles.

>>17981753
Some interesting ones in there for sure. Strongly recommend NOT testing Secretions on skin.

>>17981792
Luckily for you, I found my post about it on the archive
>Thoughts on Secretions Magnifiques? Got a sample of it, and I'm not sure if this is overrated as foul smelling or if I just can't sense it correctly. On paper I smell what I'd describe as milky coconut floral scent, but after inhaling fresh air I get a metallic, light groin sweat smell aftertaste, which I'd guess is the one described as repulsive.
I should probably smell it again, but I'm confident of my first impression.

sotd: lagerfeld classic 15 sprays

>>17981753
>LADDM

prepare to get LDISAPPOINTED

Favorite gourmand scent?

Any food is fine

>>17981753
good selection, please report back on Penguin, ty

>>17981841
post collection (or at least your favorites), i'm genuinely curious

>SOTD: Nasomatto Baraonda

>>17981715
Horizon is honestly great, just don't overspend. This is the cheapest legit site I've bought from. https://www.perfume.com/guy-laroche/horizon/men-cologne?sid=hm17u

>>17981847
>post collection (or at least your favorites), i'm genuinely curious

No, you're not curious. You just want to shit on me because you cannot handle someone thinking luca turins favourite fragrance is overrated.

I'm coming to terms with the fact I just don't like most green frags, including the highly regarded. Smelled Yatagan in a store finally & really didn't enjoy it. Same goes for Bogue 20, got a sample - will try again, on skin. I think this is also why I didn't take to NYI - I think I just don't enjoy what's described as "aromatic".
Now my "to smell" list is TdH Jardin sur le Nil & Bel ami vetiver.
Recent smell I liked - Apoteker Tepe Pale Fire, but not worth a full size for me.

>>17981846
>Favorite gourmand scent?
Ultrared man. Chocolate is very dominant in this one, but for being a gourmand it's a quite light frag (maybe due to the orange).

SOTD: versace pour homme

>>17981846
Anything with caramel like Oud Mood

>>17981846
it's not in the notes, but Jovoy Psychedelique smells a bit like a rum-soaked chocolate cake to me. but with a ton of patchouli

>>17981847
What's penguin

>>17981908
Zoologist Penguin you baboon

>>17981860
>You just want to shit on me
nope, i'm just interested
i actually have a full bottle of LADDM, it's awesome but i like ACDD more
also stop stating your opinion as facts, it's just retarded

>>17981846
>Nasomatto Pardon
>ELDO La Fin du Monde
>Day Three La Tacita De Café
i'm not too fond of this category but i know these to be good

>>17981908
kek it's one of the samples on the list (from Zoologist)

>>17981914
>>17981915
Oh derp, I thought it was some other fraghead site or something

>>17981846
none, gourmands are an abomination

>>17979896
Hwyl is incredible. The pure-wood smell is a little sharp right as you spray it but that goes away quickly.

>>17980451
Yeah its a shame about quorum. I wish I could somehow buy a more expensive version of it. The drydown is really acrid and sharp in a way that ruins the whole thing. It'd be perfect otherwise.

Is yatagan similar to those two? I'm always trying to find scents similar to polo.

>>17981824
I think they’ll look nice when you take the outfit off it. Apparently it’s made of actual Vatican vestment fabric but it’s still just funny looking.

>>17981926
I bet you like your frags boozy

>>17981935
its not "apparently", the dudes real business is making those vestments, perfumes are just a side hustle.

fragrances are gay and women are supposed to sniff your pheromones to see if they fuck with you at a biological level, not cover it up

how do i get into making clones?

>>17981971
fragrances are not gay
>SOTD: Ultra Male

So now that the dust has settled, what's the concensus on pic related? Do we like it? It's hard to find a review that doesn't seethe about it not being similar to the original. I don't give a fuck about the original. Is DH2020 a good fragrance?

>>17981975
It's a good fragrance, just not very exciting. Very inoffensive. I think that's part of what caused the seething, they replaced a unique and daring release that influenced its own genre (Givenchy Gentleman, Valentino Uomo and all the other men's gourmand iris copycats) with just another excercise in Iso E overdose with a bit of citrus.
It's like re-releasing Fahrenheit as a blue fragrance or something. Just weird.

I much prefer the Sport version, that one has more personality to it with the stronger lemon, incense and aldehydes. If they just started with that people would have complained less I think.

>>17981992
Thanks for a thoughtful reply man. I have a bottle coming my way, bought it cheap, so I can sell it without loss. Will write some thoughts next week.
I decided I don't really like original homme. Lipstick doesn't bother me but iris is a note that smells shapeless and mealy. Don't like it in Bois dArgent, don't like it in Bianchi, I just don't like it. Took me some time to get rid off my last bottle of Intense. Replaced it work Ambre Nuit and so far I'm happy with that decision. Dhs did seem nice. Kind of mineral and incensy.

>>17979263
>>17979647
Trying to find recommendations, turned my nose up at most "masculine" scents with that really stereotypical "cologne scent" that I can never quite place.

I know I should have one so I do, spicebomb night vision which IMO smells like straight BO after 24 hours which I didn't know b4 purchase but eh, I like Gucci bloom but this shit does not last, it has none of that typical scent to it, I'm looking to smell spicy or woody, I really want to avoid that typical perfume smell.

Hoping y'all can help me out, exhanching horny for advice, also fuck new captcha

>>17982054
Sounds like stuff like Yatagan might be up your alley. Today I discovered I hate it, but from description sounds relevant.

>>17982054
you need to go to a store and sniff some fragrances or order samples. I feel like you don't really know what you want yet. there are many different interpretations of "spicy woody" and "typical cologne scent", some of which even overlap
my first instinct is that if you want a more naturalistic woody earthy scent you should try some vetivers. terre d'hermes, guerlain vetiver, grey vetiver, encre noire and the like. won't hurt to sniff random stuff at the Hermes and Guerlain counters too, they tend to make perfumes that don't smell generic

What are some good frags to get hold of for a 2 week stay in Tokyo (mainly) with the odd day trip/overnight stay to Osaka, Hakodate etc?
It'll be in the tail end of March weather wise

>>17982100
wear Incense: Kyoto and go pick up some shrine maidens

Just got this masterpiece on the mail, holy shit

>>17982100
Who gives a shit? Whatever you normally wear

>>17981914
>>17981915

Also a decent Acqua Di Gio clone

>>17982139
Are you a gnome, anon?

>>17982100
By law you must wear l’eau d’issey or you will be sniffed out as a baka gaijin and ejected dishonourabury

>>17982146
It's a big ass bottle.

>>17982193
Sent from the mushroom you live in, wearing a raspberry as a hat.

>>17982199
kek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ups0fBN_Q

How do you apply cologne in the winter?

Your only exposed skin is your face lol.

I'm not a fan of spraying it directly on your coat because it'll smell funky after a few days unless your dry cleaning it every week like a psychopath.

>>17982254
it's not like anyone can smell you outside in the cold anyway. runny nose and all that
I just spray my neck like normal and accept that people won't smell me outside of inside situations or like hugs or something

>>17982254
Like when you're all bundled up like this

Also why is there like 7 /frag/s up right not lmao

>>17981473
my mom said it smells like piss

>>17982264
Because op is a faggot,
>op makes thread with infographics
>posts 200 times in thread to bump limit
>retard rebakes without the Infographics
>op is that autistic that he needs to make a duplicate.
>repeat

SOTD vintage z14
>>17981835
based.
>>17981846
none, they are gay
>>17981932
>I wish I could somehow buy a more expensive version
literally geo f trumper eucris. smells the same but like 5x the price
>>17981962
supposedly the first frag released is the one that he sprayed onto the popes robes before delivering them. eventually he started selling it
>>17982054
>turned my nose up at most "masculine" scents with that really stereotypical "cologne scent" that I can never quite place.
originally, colognes were unisex. fucking americans... anyway, try the classics.
>>17982139
splendid bottle. they don't make em like that anymore...
>>17982254
hair
>>17982285
your psyops are gaybo

oh no
the thread splitting faggot is salty cuz noone gives a fuck about his 'quality' dior homo /frag/ threads
:( :( :(

>>17982301
I thought he was just trolling, but he sounds genuinely angry at the pastebin and infographics, which have been part of the thread for many years
I really don't get some of these thread schizos. and I don't get why this thread attracts so many of them

>>17979263
SotD 3 sprays of Incense: Avignon to do nothing at all but stay in the house drinking coffee and reading

>>17982357
>spraying at home
I used to do this but don't anymore

one day some flies got into the house attracted to the cologne and wouldn't stop flying at me

>>17982285
You have it backwards. It's the Dior homo guy who's a fag. His idiotic threads get no posters and have been up for weeks because he keeps obsessively bumping them to the top every day. I think the other Dior threads are just trolling him though

hello bros, can you recommend me a fragrance please? here is what i like
>davidoff cool water - was my daily fragrance for maybe 4-5 years but i cant help myself but it smells kind of dirty nowadays, maybe they changed something
>prada homme eau - this one is nice but too powdery/gay for me
>prada luna rossa - this is a favorite of mine so far

it seems that i like lavender/mind or just the smell of fresh clothes
most of the fragrances smell too heavy for me, the standard ones like bleu de chanel or acqua di gio are just too cloying and i would like something more light but nice with at least ok projection

>>17982422
prada amber pour homme will probably be the most up your alley (dont get fooled by fragrantica main accords)
hugo boss bottled night though its different entirely
nasomatto silver musk maybe (if you like musk, no lavender tho)

>>17982459
Wtf, I just posted about Prada Amber in the other thread! I agree though. It's a perfect, everyday clean scent that is not boring at all.

>>17982422
caron pour un homme sounds like your kinda thing anon

>>17982422
try platinum egoiste and allure homme (edition blanche)
>light but nice
maybe "summer-oriented" frags would be your cup of tea, like versace pour homme / eau fraiche; montblanc starwalker and dior homme cologne. Pretty much anything citric and woody.

>had a pointless buying frenzy just buying every "recommended" fragrance
>now have several bottles just lying around
>it takes me like 3-4 years to finish one

lol it might be 2050 by the time I finish all of the stuff I bought

>>17981193
No. Don't listen to the brokies and get high-quality cologne.

>>17982459
>>17982475
>>17982476
thanks will try these

>>17982480
thanks broski, platinum egoiste smelled like a bubblegum to me, not pleasant for me, will try the allure homme blanche, i had allure homme on yesterday and it was ok

>>17981193
don't be cringe. buy something sensible to your income/life

or else you'll end up like those fragrance forum victims 18 years olds who wasted their rent money on aventus or smth

>>17982475
yeah, saw your post earlier. i have a sample only but it fucks
>>17982500
checked and you can also try bleu noir line from narciso rodriguez, EDP and eau extreme will be the most appealing to you, maybe even parfum but i havent tried it yet

>>17982100
become an olfactory terrorist, I recommend either going the marlou route of just straight up smelling like shit or what I like to call the arab twist which is 5+ sprays of red tobacco intense.

>>17981835
>gross up close
>nice in the air
thank you for suffering on behalf of the people you'll be around

>>17980965
>>17980971
How redundant would either of these be if I already own targhee forest?

>>17982525
Not at all, Targee is much closer to a more woody and green take on New York Intense

>>17982100
colognes can be considered rude in japan. wear something inoffensive and close to the skin.

the whole train car is not interested in smelling you

>>17982517
but it's a good smell up close and in the air? I don't know what you wouldn't like about it

>>17982543
reddit spacing pussy-faggot.

>>17982422
take the Cerruti 1881 pill. very pleasant green, lavender, floral fragrance, perfect for the summer if you don't mind a bit of old school

>>17982549
>reddit invented pressing enter twice

tell me you are an insecure 2016 r/donald election refugee newfag without telling me

>>17982492
>several
you're not the guy who just blind bought like 50 bottles in the last month and hasn't even opened 90% of them, right?

these 3 fine gentlemen are going out today
what frags should they wear?

17982553
look at this guy

>>17982579
aventus unironically

What are the top frags for the unpretentious modern man?

Too many colognes nowadays are trying to smell "like something" which is going to be a turn off for genuine people. I'm not trying to be a parisian flower boy or billionaire douchebag.

>>17982599
you want sauvage

>>17982599
>I'm not trying to be a parisian flower boy or billionaire douchebag.
But you're definitely trying too hard, which is infinitely more pathetic

>>17982579
>julian
bvlgari man in black or sauvage parfum
>bubbles
dior homme intense or prada l'homme
>ricky
eros flame but only paired with pic related
otherwise la nuit de l'homme bleu electrique

>>17982604
eau sauvage? I can get behind that

modern sauvage would be lol. you're trying to be mr dark rockstar like the depp commercials

>>17982606
incorrect. also seethe that you smell like a fraud

>>17982599
tom ford extreme

>>17982492
Spray more. SPRAY MORE. Spray your bedding, your clothes, your car, your carpets, rugs, your sofa.

>>17982614
You can't even decide for yourself how you should smell lol

>>17982640
Never said that though :) I simply wanted more suggestions :)

>>17981792
>>17981834
I’ve never even attempted it on skin, but on (toilet)paper I got a bit of… either garlic or onion up front (I don’t recall which), and then something bad afterwards that I couldn’t even begin to place.
It wasn’t straight vomit inducing for me, but it was definitely bad, and *did* tickle my gag reflex a little.
If I was forced to take a few deep whiffs over a solid ~30 seconds, it might be enough to make me puke.

>>17981841
You would only be disappointed because the hype is SO high on it. It’s good, easily above average, but a bit like Bois Imperial, it’s hyped so much it’s hard to live up to.

>>17981915
>ELDO La Fin du Monde
Kek. This is such a weird frag, I definitely get it as sweet, but that was about it. No toted popcorn or w/e is said to be in there.

>>17981935
Meh. W/e. I’ll always see them and think of the one where it has like a half melted trash bag wrapped around the bottle with a pair of shears like stuck up in there.

>>17981972
Lost any plausibility with the little cone flip, fuck off.

>>17982643
Why bother? Just spray some axe or something and be done with it if you want to be unpretentious.

>>17982599
fragrances have always tried to smell "like something". if anything, they've gotten more abstract

>>17982293
Zzzz
>>17982139
So how do you like it? I have a few bottles of it

>>17982492
You'll keep buying more anon. There's no stopping. Fall into the fragrance abyss with the rest of us

>>17982492
Resell them on reddit

>>17982703
no anon turn back now. I have like 20 frags in my closet I will die before I ever get to, and I have about 10 in my desk that I rotate and I will never finish.

TURN BACK NOW

>>17982693
>a few bottles of it
literally why?

>>17982724
I started November 2022 and I have 90 bottles and ton of samples

The ride never ends

>>17982693
>>>17982139 #
>So how do you like it? I have a few bottles of it
I got a bit anosmic today because of allergy and couldn't try it properly, I will report back but so far smells great but faint (probably because of the rhinitis).

Will see tomorrow . Do you have any idea how to tell from which exact year is it? It's either from 2010 or 2000 according to the batch last number

>>17982745
Consumerism is a hell of a drug

>>17982745
Post hoard

>>17982747
Not sure. I think 2000 is the year it came out and by 2010 they reformulated it to the glass bottle. I have both, the glass is more mainstream but the original is more interesting and with more quality ingredients.

>>17982734
Because I like it and it won’t get any cheaper since it’s been discontinued and once reformulated. A few years ago you could buy 100ml bottles of Carons and guerlains for under $40. I also make a lot of money.

>>17982768
Well most likely then it's a first batch

Quite happy if that's the case .

Thank you anon

WD-40 is BACK

>>17982492
Brother, buy lots of small decants of shit you want to try. 2ml is a good size to start with.
If you find something you like from that then just buy a bigger decant of it and keep trying more shit. Fuck full bottles, you'll never use them all. I'd rather rotate between a bunch of smaller ones.

>>17982763
Lots of top tier niche and some designer

Literally obsessed or passionate about this , never in my life had such a thing for anything , not even remotely close , maybe music would be close

Not only about buying and smelling but also reading about it and engaging with communities.

I hate it because it's so expensive and senseless, but also gives me a lot of comfort and I find it really interesting.

Got 13 samples on the mail and knowing it will take me weeks just to be able to test them all makes me feel kind of retarded knowing how much stuff I have

What the FUCK?

>>17982889
good or bad?

>>17982925
Pure incense. Don't like it.

Imagine a hot girl, but smoker, swishing a mouthful of burnt incense and spitting it in yours. ZIRH IKON.

Bergamote 22 -
Le Labo

Anyone tried it? Good or bad?

>>17979647
i love niche frags but im probably going to daily a designer for work. sounds more like you couldn't figure out what you liked

My mom wears YSL Libra and Armani Si. Would this be a good gift?

SOTD:

could anyone recommend me something that's similar to MM coffee break? i don't wanna spend >100 on my 1st fragrance and apparently the longevity is bad but i liked how it smells

>>17982885
If you have a love for it anon, then that is a OKAY! People on other boards are addicted to plushies, mechanical keyboards or other gadgets. Any tips to understand fragrance deeper than "hmm smells nice"?

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/266606999232?hash=item3e1303f6c0:g:uF4AAOSwCURlm-XX

I'm about to do something dumb

>>17979524
Who are these samples from?

>>17983156
Rhapsodie dusita is a more masculine version of it, better coffee notes milk swapped for tobacco.
If you are just looking for sweet coffee smells you have plenty cheapies like the Rochas dildo man and salvatore Ferragamo (hu)omo

any cheaper alterantives to scents like Antaeus or Bel Ami?

>>17983291
>any cheaper alternatives to scents like Antaeus or Bel Ami?
just buy them - i got my bottle of Antaeus for 99 EUR at the airport in Berlin, totally worth it

>>17983291
lapidus pour homme

>>17982942
i got zihr ikon chrome reduced only 5 bucks, but i havent worn it yet

>>17982942
SOTD Rien Intense Incense
also a terrifying incense blast. I think I might find it more acceptable to wear than normal Rien, just because the soapy grandma aldehydes are toned down

>>17982885
Zzzz Dior homo need it or sneed it?

>>17983291
>cheaper alterantives
Idk about Bel Ami, but Antaeus is unique and absolutely worth buying, even after Chanel pumped its price.

>>17983196
Do it faggot

>>17982885
No, I want a picture of the hoard. I’m also a retard drowning in niche samples.

>>17982885
>>17983400
yes, post the hoard

Thinking of getting Fahrenheit EdT and Ombre Leather EdP.
Thoughts on these picks?

>>17983615
they are ok.

>>17983619
im sold

>>17983615
Very safe, I hope you like them.

>>17983615
pretty different takes on leather
Fahrenheit is more like an old, well-loved car sitting in the garage. there is a fresh ozonic-floral air freshener hanging around in the car and it is surrounded by the smell of gasoline from the garage. the owner is a middle-aged hairy macho guy who practically lives in the garage

Ombre Leather is a brand new car, seats still smelling intensely with that new car smell. there is a bit of sweet amber and jasmine left on the seats by the woman who just took it for a test drive. it belongs to a young couple, a techbro and a female lawyer. they're really into bdsm

>>17983645
interesting. can't wait to sample them

im going to be sad when winter is over and i cant w.. and i will still wear my mercedes club black

>>17983615
they're both pleasant masculine scents with a leathery note. don't buy into marketing tism.

>>17983736
If frags don’t have genitals, they don’t have calendars either.

>>17983548
>>17983400
Plus 200+ samples and decants

>>17983739
Certain fragrances are better during certain times of the year. Wearing The One EDP during summer on a 100 degree day is not going to fit right, like wearing a sweater on that very same day.

>>17983196
I got one almost-full bottle for 5€ at le marché aux puces. It's thrash.

>>17983811
that's a nice haul, hoarding is fine if you have fun and you can actually afford it
(i think we've briefly discussed the Tauer frags - you didn't like LADAS but love LADDM and Golestan, right?)
keep up the good work

>SOTD: Rogue Tabac Vert

>>17983739
2x wrong

>>17983823
Well I don't like ladas because I cannot stand violet, but it's a good frag. So maybe it was me or not.

Golestan top tier and quite underrated imo if you like white florals


I can afford it but still in the back of my head I have the feeling that I'm spending a lot you know. I have a good job now and I remember when I couldn't afford anything and everything seemed expensive and somehow it feels like I'm shitting on the guy that i was back then. It's a strange feeling.

In any case, I love prin and I read that he started making perfumes after doing a perfumery course in France and I that motivated me to steer my life that way also. Its a hobby that really is giving me a lot of satisfactions but I need to downsize my collection , there is a lot of stuff that I have that I don't use anymore.

>>17983836
>I can afford it but still in the back of my head I have the feeling that I'm spending a lot you know. I have a good job now and I remember when I couldn't afford anything and everything seemed expensive and somehow it feels like I'm shitting on the guy that i was back then. It's a strange feeling.
haha, are you me?
again, it's perfectly fine if it makes you happy
have fun hoarding (or downsizing)

>>17982745
Shit, I started on June 2022 and now I've got 12 frags plus some samples.
>inb4 poor
I just buy what I want to wear, I'm not interested in being a collector (hoarder). Besides, keeping the number of frags near 10 allows me to finish bottles and enjoy the frags I bought a lot better than if I had a collection the size of yours or bigger.

>>17983877
yeah I keep my full bottles under 10. if I'm not fully convinced by one of them, I give them away

Trying gentle fluidity silver again… still not feeling it bros…

>>17982885
>>17983811
Very nice. I started about 7-8 months ago. I found that buying niche has the added benefit of not having to worry about getting fakes second hand. There's nobody out there making Tropic of Capricorn dupes, so you can get shit for like 70% off on reddit.
My current collection, looking at 5 more bottles right now. Have an order of samples coming in soon. Samples are half the fun of all this. Sitting with the samples and picking out the accords isn't all that different than listening to an album for me. I find it very enjoyable.

I accidentally ordered two samples of You Or Someone Like You
I gave it to my mum :)

>>17983911
All of them extremely quality stuff. Good choices anon .

I aspire to downsize to that amount once I know my taste better

>>17983836
>>17983844
I've gone from project-based existence to double the average salary where I live. Relate a lot with this, lads.

>>17983953
cheers, fren

>>17983914
very based

>>17983911
nice collection

>>17983887
i think it's good but a bit too safe (same goes for almost all MFK frags)

>mfw when we have so many based posters today/tonight

>>17983965
Thamks, but there is more, in the same wrong order I got two samples of Tom Of Finland.
Might give it to my day :)

>>17983970
>pic very much related

>>17983973
Is it a good fragrance? I have no idea what I'm doing

>>17983977
it's a clean suede frag (that's also the new name of it as the license to use the Tom Of Finland name probably expired)
i think it's nice, it is also good enough for ELDO to keep it available with a new name
the gay connotations come from the name and also from the main note but the frag itself is not offensive at all

SOTD: 1472 by Histoires de Parfums

six sixes and signature scent survey
>six figure salary: yes
>six feet tall: yes
>six pack abs: yes
>600hp car: no
>six inches: yes
>six months out of a relationship: yes
>signature scent: TF Ombre Leather EDP

>>17981846
Baraonda.

Has anyone ordered from The Fragrance Decant Boutique? I ordered on January 5 and it's taking fucking forever

>>17983994
six sixes and signature scent survey
>six figure salary: No, but I'm comfy & have enough to buy a house without a mortgage this year.
>six feet tall: 6ft4
>six pack abs: Nope
>600hp car: Nope
>six inches: 7.5
>six months out of a relationship: Happily not
>signature scent: Penhaligons Tragedy of Lord George

>>17983914
Cute. My mum comes over and steals mine sometimes when she’s going out, then insists she doesn’t want any new ones for herself.

>>17983911
>haxan
Very based. How do you get over how sweet Squid is? The oppoponax or amber element really overpowers that nice deep marine scent it has underneath for me.

Current sampletism order:
>Gypsy Water
>La Tulipe
>1996
>Eleventh Hour
>Bowmakers
>Burning Barbershop
>Aesop Hwyll
>Boudicea The Victorious Hyde Park
>Bohoboco Coffee White Flowers

I feel like I’m going to like Bowmakers, used to love sniffing violin resin when I was a kid.

>>17984077
Thoughts on Hwyl?

>>17983994
>six figure salary: No
>six feet tall: No
>six pack abs: No
>600hp car: No
>six inches: No
>six months out of a relationship: Yes
>signature scent: No

>>17984058
The ambergris is much more prominent on my skin. I also only do 1 or 2 sprays on either my wrist and inner elbow, or my stomach and chest.
There are definitely days where it's a bit nauseating, but I still love it.

>>17984108
I’ll blogpost when I get it. Been wanting to try it for ages. I’m hoping it’ll have a picrel scent.

>>17983914
i thought you said you'd never come back

>>17984213
You're confusing anons I think

>>17984213
yeah the gothfag doesn't post without seething nowadays. that's not him

>>17983994
>six figure salary: no, 2021 bankruptcy and rebuilding
>six feet tall: 5 11 king of manlets
>six pack abs: yes
>600hp car: no
>six inches: yes
>six months out of a relationship: 12 years married and 3 kids
>signature scent: Yatagan

>>17983911
>the commercial version of kaszubski mech.
I hope you atleast have a decant of the basement brew version, it was incredible

>>17983887
I’ve said it before in these threads, but stuff with a prominent coriander note like GFS or Bohemian Lime end up smelling like ham/hot dog to me, completely overwhelms the rest of the frag

>>17984290
12 years mariage and 3 kids>wealth congrats anon.
t 5 years mariage and one kid. Hoping to have a couple more too. Also nice pic with yatagan
>yes
>no but close
>no but close
>no
>yes
>no
Sugnature is Guerlain vetiver

>>17984302
anything that has grape notes ends up smelling like nasty BO on my skin.

>>17983994
>>six figure salary: no
>>six feet tall: no
>>six pack abs: no
>>600hp car: no
>>six inches: yes
>>six months out of a relationship: no
>>signature scent: TF Black orchid

>>17983994
>six figure salary: no
>six feet tall: 6’1
>six pack abs: 4 of 6
>600hp car: no
>six inches: yes (girth, 1” length)
>six months out of a relationship: yes
>signature scent: platinum egoiste

>>17984322
>Guerlain vetiver
checked and based
>congrats
Thanks my friend. God bless you and your beautiful family.

>>17984294
It was completely out of stock when I heard about it. I sent him an email like 3 months before he released that version and just never got a response, so I just went with that.

>>17984339
Blech, thankfully that’s not a super common note

>>17984077
I hope you like burning barbershop as much as I do.

>>17984302
That’s a shame Anon, I just put on some Bohemian Lime before bead and it’s so pleasant.

>>17984339
>>17984464
Is grape a note, or an accord made from multiple ingredients? (Like how leather is often listed as a “note” but is actually made through multiple notes)
Mousse Illuminee and Azzaro Most Wanted are the only two things I know of with a grape scent (both in the heart notes) and I love it, but neither have it listed as a note.

>>17981677
>quorum better than current polo green
lol no

>>17984575
Idk about you but I tend to use note and accord pretty interchangeably. Maybe I’m retarded

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>>17984549
>>17984549
>>17984549

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I love my Fragrance. I also get compliments for it. I can recommend to not look to much on the price tag. 120€/$ can be worth it if its suits you. I personally can smell the difference. If you know the smell of teenage girls you know the smell of cheap Fragrance. Its disgusting.

>>17984885
>tfw teen girls and boys walk past and blast everybody within 10 feet with body spray and lynx/axe

>>17984885
Mam in Black is a good fragrance, but it costs a lot less than 120$ at discounters, doesn't it? There's no reason to buy perfumes for retail

>>17984885
Great fragrance, worst atomizer I've ever used. Actually like spraying a water-pistol