/fa/ - Fashion

The Fragrance Groups 101 chart

The Fragance Flowchart for Beginners

when did parfum version drop?
anyone tried it already?

Awwww shit here we go again

>>18074074
about a month ago
yes, it's meh

So it's clear that /fa/ prefers Sauvage over BDC

>>18074077
Yes sir

>>18074077
not sure about /fa/ but i prefer Sausage Elixir over anything in the BDC lineup (or the Sausage lineup for that matter)

>>18074067
Being on Grindr, can't resist to meet up with a submissive pale femboi this weekend
Sotd Drakkar Noir
Best fougere DNA ever created, alternatives Bon Monsieur or Dakar

I'm finally gonna have sex !!!!

>>18074077
No, I prefer BdC over sausage

>>18074081
not joking or being ironic but I read the lavel as ultra gay which fits that frag

>>18074007
>>18074007
yeah, no idea, both smell like a rich and smooth citrus to me, even after a few hours

>>18074039
totally retarded
>>18074070
garbage as always
>>18074074
it’s been out for a while, apparently it’s extremely mid
>>18074077
>>18074079
both are garbage
>>18074081
with men, yes
>>18074080
i’m glad this retarded nigger exists as a permanent reminder of what happens to you when you spend all your time jacking off (you become a faggot)

What is a dad frag? Is Terre D'Hermés a dad frag?

>>18074090
>both are garbage
But if you had to pick one

>>18074092
i’d rather shoot myself

Why douse yourself in all that perfume, trying to smell like a walking flower shop? Embrace the body odor, no need to be so flamboyant. Natural scent beats chemical overload any day plus the girls love it.

>>18074090
>i’m glad this retarded nigger exists as a permanent reminder of what happens to you when you spend all your time jacking off (you become a faggot)

You're my favorite poster, grumpy anon. And you have good taste, and are based for shutting down the plebs

>>18074081
Unfathomabley Based

>>18074094
Because it's beautiful. Enough bloody said.

>>18074094
>Girls love your garlic cum body odor
Neckbeards truly believe this

>>18074081
its the goat

>>18074094
imagine using women as an excuse to justify every single action you make. what a pussywhipped cuckold.
>>18074109
for sex with men, yes

SOTD CDG2
Fizzy metallic fruit tea. Super addicting fresh unisex blend of notes. Mark Buxton is a savant. Strong 8.5/10 for me.

>>18074067
>>18074080
Drakkar Noir still fucks. I’ve tried a lot of fougeres but that is still one of the best sudsy foamy shaving creams. Smells so clean.

>>18074091
Terre Parfum is my favorite of the line. I can see how vetiver leans “dad” but really it is just masculine and well done. I can recommend it.

>>18074077
Sauvage beats BdC for me. But it still reminds me a little bit of people I know so I have a hard time liking it.

I hate the 'Ultramale is gay' meme when Dior Homme intense is 1000% more gay

>>18074118
Saying “I’m not gay… he’s gay!” doesn’t work, faggot. Nice try. Both gay.

>>18074118
both are gay as fuck you queer

>>18074118
Both gay

>>18074093
Elixir is godlike. Not my problem its overused in burgerland

>>18074133
you wouldn’t know what a “godlike” perfume smelled like if it hit you on the head

>>18074118
both are gay desu senpai

>>18074088
shame because to me they smell very nice
also both on strip and on skin?

>>18074134
What is your go to? Enlighten us smart giuy

Now that Acqua di Gio Profumo is discontinued, what is the best replacement for it?

Which of these cheap frags do you guys like?
>Polo Green
>Burberry Touch
>Halston Z14
>Encre Noire A L’Extreme
>Davidoff Cool Water
Or maybe something else ($40 and under) Gonna blind buy a cheap frag with my next order

>>18074150
you will still be able to buy that shit for 20 years

>>18074150
the parfum is the closest i hear.

>run into Curly talking about top 10 longest lasting fragrances
>Cool Water

That thing lasts a couple of hours for me. What the hell bros.

>>18074151
CW is best out of all those
polo green is second unless I'm not aware of it getting messed up
encre noir third don't bother with the other two

curly scents >>> curly fragrance

>>18074169

>>18074147
>go to
lol
>>18074151
cool water is always cheap and great. polo green has supposedly lost its magic, so perhaps go vintage or dont bother.

>>18074173
You can only hear 'you sexy durty besterts' so many times

>>18074118
DHI is top, JPG is bottom

What are some good summer scents that aren't citrus slop or cool water?

>>18074176
Lol

>>18074179
Secretions Magnifiques

>>18074179
aspen

>>18074112
>for sex with men
Care to tell us more about your homoerotic experiences?

>>18074179
none, summer scents are a meme. I only wear date night scents all year round

>>18074179
If you want fresh without citrus you can go for metallic, green, floral, or ozonic.
None of these are mutually exclusive, either.

>>18074191
i don’t wear JPG i’m afraid, i’m sure you could ask any le male wearer for their gay experiences though

won't they gonna ban the drakkar noir fag already

I wear Le Male Elixir and my girlfriend makes me call her mommy while she rides.

>>18074194
>None of these are mutually exclusive
so what's a metallic green floral with ozonic notes, I'm genuinely curious

>>18074118
It's only one samefagging schizo whose gf left him for a man who wore ultramale and now he'll have a meltdown anytime It's mentioned.

>>18074121
>>18074123
>>18074131
>>18074140
This is the same person

>>18074200
they will never ever ban that nigger homo no matter how much edited porn he spams
>>18074202
your girlfriend has a cock
>>18074204
lmfao gay guy

>>18074179
I’ve heard Ghost in the Shell and You or Someone Like You both toted as good hot weather frags.

everything is le gay - the thread

>>18074207
no, just le male (and dior homo)

>>18074198
>I don't wear jpg
Yes,You've already made it known you don't have sex with women anon please answer the original question

>>18074205
>your girlfriend has a cock
She has said she wants to peg me too but I don’t want to lose my integrity like that

>>18074213
that’s not called pegging that’s called having gay anal sex with a man.
>>18074209
i don’t have sex with men sorry, JPG is just not my speed.

>>18074208
if you think these two are homo then you may as well call wearing fragrance a feminine thing in general

>>18074222
no, just those 2 are gay. wearing woman’s perfume as a man is straighter than wearing those 2 “masculine” perfumes

>>18074226
generally thinking the fragrance you use determines your sexual orientation is something a 12 year old would do

>>18074067
Gonna buy my first frag today, and based on all these threads, I have no idea what will work and what will make people think I'm retarded if I post it here. Looking for something for every day, just casual out and about and for the office, and maybe another for special occasions while out with the wife. I've always just focused on being fresh and clean, so I probably mostly smell like whatever lotion I use, or maybe my deodorant or conditioner, and want to finally pull the trigger on something. Considering CK One or Chrome or Cool Water or Aqua di Gio, those seemed nice. Thoughts?

Is NYI an old school style chypre that smells like cat piss?

>>18074235
Only fags who are in the closet care about not being seen as a homo. He's literally telling on himself kek

>>18074203
All four is hard. You might not love the answer but L’Anarchiste, H24, Platinum Egoiste are what come to my mind

>>18074245
yeah those do fit, but ozone is a rare note in general and especially in combination with those other ones

>Dylan Blue
>Eros Flame
Do you need anything else?

does anybody mix frags?

>>18074248
yeah, taste
>>18074249
as in the juice?
god no

>>18074248
sometimes I can’t tell if these posts are just trying to bait you know who

>>18074251
I read about putting on several fragrances at once, but I never actually saw people discuss or do it

>>18074248
Yeah a good fragrance

Just buy it and thank me later

>>18074248
All hail the king. And his name..... Versace.

>>18073905
>>18074027
Eau Sauvage EDT and Parfum don't really smell alike desu. The EDT is a weak performer indeed, but that's expected from this kind of citrus focused mid century freshie
The Parfum is much heavier, sweeter, resinous, almost vanilic
I prefer the EDT myself

>>18074260
the 2017 parfum is like 15% the edt and 85% the 2012 parfum

>>18074091
More like an older brother who has his shit together frag
Dad frag is aqua di gio or cool water. Creepy uncle frag is drakkar noir or Fahrenheit

>>18074255
that would layering and no one discusses it or does it because it's not a good idea

>>18074239
It's not particularly unpleasant or animalic to modern noses, but does smell a bit old school. I think the creamy vanilla sandalwood aspect makes it easier to pull off than most others.

>>18074268
creepy uncle sounds based

>>18074255
>>18074269
Layering is for actual retards. Zoomers buying 3 $250 masstige and then wearing them all at once. It is like the kid mixing every crayon color until the paper is purple-gray blob

>>18074257
>iris

>>18074239
It's too grandma-ish for that. Think potpourri in grandma's living room.

>>18074236
Just trust your nose, go forth and sniff. Despite what the embittered elitists and obsessed complimentmaxxers will tell you, it's hard to go too wrong just picking out whatever smells good to tou from the local store.

>>18074151
ENAL is great. Really cool modern take on a smoky vetiver.

>>18074236
You can get a big Azzaro Pour Homme for probably $20. It is soapy fresh but also has some manly spices. A timeless masterpiece. Pick that up along with whatever else you decide

>>18074151
Two god tier under 40$ frags are Jaipur Homme and Lalique Lion IMO

>>18074236
chrome line is bad
if aqua di gio go for edp or og

Is Zoologist a complete meme or are they actually good? They have some very nice note breakdowns and a lot of fans but I sampled Chipmunk and it was pretty unexceptional

They seem like one of those houses with such fun concepts (like ELDO) that people sorta force themselves to like them

>>18074281
Yep, unironically the most important thing about fragrance choice is that you personally feel like it fits your personality and image. The only time that it doesn’t work is if you’re a creep with zero social situation awareness, and if so, you’d be fucked either way.

>>18074251
>>18074252
>>18074256
sorry I forgot to add Drakkar Noir

>>18074241
Not that anon, and I disagree with opinion on fragrances like Le Beau, and Le Male Le Parfum, but a reasonable person can think that a fragrance is too feminine for any man to wear unless they are gay. And that reasonable person can reasonably think a man wearing that fragrance might suggest something about themselves they may or may not intend by wearing that fragrance.

>>18074235
it does in the case of le male given that everything surrounding it is gay culture and gay guys
>>18074239
not a chypre, not particularly animalic
>>18074241
it’s time to come out of the closet buddy
>>18074248
perhaps an actual good perfume or two
>>18074260
the current EDT is a weak performer because it’s a hedionic lime with no relation to the original masterpiece
>>18074304
it’s not even about the actual smell (which is just a shitty powdery fougere), but the marketing and the fact that every single facet of culture surrounding le male is gay guys and gay clubs. it’s just a gay guy perfume full stop, the way antaeus and kouros used to be 40 years ago.

>>18074118
both gay, it just happens that JPG is gayest

>Profumum Roma Acqua di Sale
>Giardino Benessere Salaria
>Lorenzo Pazzaglia Black Sea
>Orto Parisi Megamare
>Xerjoff 40 Knots
Does anyone have experience with any of these? What are the chances I will vomit if I blind buy? I may be able to try the Xerjoff but fuck is it expensive

>>18074332
>Megamare
>blind buy
Based

>>18074332
all actual garbage, wops should be banned from perfumery

>>18074143
On skin the opening is the same and it tones down after 2 hours

>>18074321
>but the marketing and the fact that every single facet of culture surrounding le male is gay guys and gay clubs.
I honestly don't really look at the marketing that much. I have been to the JPG website and looked at stuff there and I agree a lot of the pictures they choose come of as gay to me. But I kinda just assumed that is mainly because fragrance is a subset of fashion and the fashion industry as a whole is fairly gay.
>it’s just a gay guy perfume full stop, the way antaeus and kouros used to be 40 years ago.
I suspect the overwhelming majority of people who wear those scents are straight men. The fragrances might be big among gay guys, but that doesn't transform it into a SOLELY gay guy fragrance. I like that people can have a lot of options available to them for different scents. I see it as a positive that men wearing sweeter fragrances is more common now. But Le Beau and Le Male Le Parfum is about as sweet as I would go. But I also like things like Grey Flannel too.

>>18074332
>blind buying Megamare
You are too much of a pussy to actually do it.

>>18074341
incorrect, le male is solely a gay guy perfume.

if a perfume is popular among fags it's probably good

>>18074363
t. faggot

>>18074366
not at all but when you have a product that is marketed to men with emphasis on masculine aesthetics being well received among fags, it cannot be a bad sign

Sex heehee

>>18074370
it sounds like you’re just a gay guy who’s into gay things

>talking and thinking about gays
kinda gay

Trying out Fougere d'Argent. This is great.

>>18074360
That's not Le Male anon, that is a special edition of Le Male. That would be like showing someone The Star Wars Christmas Special and then saying Star Wars is mainly about celebrating Christmas.

Do you know a perfume with violet that isn't too zesty?

>>18074363
Can be true, but not always. Certain elements of fashion and fragrance that can work for one group don't always work for another.

>>18074382
it’s the pride edition of le male, which only implies that the standard le male is simply gay and not out and proud about it.
>>18074386
utter garbage

>>18074257
eau de poop by niggerion

>>18074386
Holy sexcore

I know a lot of folks on this board do not like Arab fragrances, for those that don't what is the reason? What is the reputation of Arab fragrances that makes you wary?

>>18074395
holy retard

>>18074399
They aren't good, I agree. But they will get you laid.

>>18074399
holy anal stimulated hysterical nigger

>>18074400
post good, we will not laugh, i promise

>>18074402
no promises
>>18074400
AAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>18074401
thinking about mens’ asses again i see

>>18074281
thanks, I've been bullied into believing it has to be the most obscure expensive scent out there or you guys would never let me hear the end of it
>>18074287
haven't smelled it, will check it out, but I'll be honest, I don't have much of a nose to detect differences so I might stick with chrome to be on the safe side, but thanks for the rec
>>18074301
which is what I thought should be the case, but I'm a noob so I figured my opinion would be trash either way, and I needed to look for something that would present a specific aura and color and all kinds of things I just don't get
>>18074292
dang, I was counting on the azzaro to be my "different" scent, if that makes sense, and just have the ck One be my daily go-to. What's the adg og, parfum?

Non-retards just wear what they like and have sex regardless.

>>18074396
I support arab houses becase their main workforce is indian slaves. And whatever makes indians suffer is good in my book.

>>18074402
Google nautica voyage

>>18074413
beyond paradise men but worse

bros if a clear antagonist asked me to name a good fragrance I don’t know what I’d say

he’s clearly just gonna make fun of it regardless

>>18074417
Google "cool water"
(Remove the quotation marks^^^^)

>>18074420
that’s because you don’t know any good fragrances
>>18074422
green irish tweed but better

>>18074422
it lasts like an hour, next.

>>18074424
okay post something good

>>18074426
i bet you wish i would

>>18074427
kek clearly you see my point

>>18074430
i don’t, because i know actual good perfumes, unlike you

>>18074431
I bet you do bud

>>18074405
>you guys would never let me hear the end of it
Don’t even try to please this general. It’s mostly worthless shitflinging by autists who hate everything but their one chosen trad chypre, with some insightful posts in between. And that makes it a horrible place for beginner advice because you don’t know what to take seriously and what to disregard.

Seriously just trust your own nose, never blind buy (and preferably test many options before forking out cash), and consider what kind of social events you are going to use the fragrance for. That way you find something that suits you, perhaps so well that you don’t even want anything else, and if you feel the need to go deeper later on, then worry about it later.

>>18074410
Are you Pakistani?

>>18074405
The high IQ poster (pbuh) was steadfast in his belief that the very quotidian and affordable Estée Lauder perfumes represent much higher quality than many "allegedly" niche houses. They may be a bit out there for someone who has yet to hone their nose, but the principle is sound. There are fantastic perfumes to be had for very little in the forgotten corners of department stores and discounters. You would do well to heed his advice.

>>18074396
I'd be willing to try some that aren't clones but there's so many of them that I don't know where to start.

>>18074440
Take your meds.

>>18074446
Not before you post your collection schizo

>>18074405
Acqua di Gio
>original is the Eau de Toilette, it’s a very stereotypical ”ocean” fragrance, longevity has been mediocre but people say that 2024 batches might be better again
>EdP is a newer release that is somewhat ”greener” than original, generally not the favorite of the line but still try to demo before writing it off
>Profondo is a more ”modernized” and sweeter version of original with more contemporary marine notes, it’s the lightest one of the line
>Parfum has bit of incensey smoke, it’s perhaps a bit more formal and works better outside summer, still wouldn’t consider it a fragrance for cold winters

>>18074436
thanks, hopefully my personal taste isn't too ridiculous, I'll keep it safe for my first rodeo
>>18074440
>someone who has yet to hone their nose
yeah, might be a couple years before I can trust a niche option, but I'll keep it in mind

>>18074447
And before you ask here is the High IQ posters collection from the archives. I doubt many could rival it for taste and propriety.

>>18074451
Didn't attach.

>>18074449
Most niche perfumes are not that complicated really, there's a lot of marketing nonsense and bad perfumes tarted up in fancy bottles. Just smell lots of stuff and learn what different things smell like. That's the only way. And make sure to smell (if not even wear) womens perfume, it's usually miles better than mens and most of the old chypres are fairly unisex at this point.

>>18074448
ah, thanks, "oceany" and "citrus" seem to be what I'm more inclined towards, which is why cool water was another option, I kept hearing it described that way. I think I favor CK One a bit more, though, not sure why. Maybe cool water just feels more high school, but that could just be from people I saw using it way back when

>Parfum D'Empire
>Bortnikoff
>Bogue Profumo
>Knize

>>18074434
i have no need to bet because i know i do
>>18074436
lol, someone got bullied for having shit taste
>>18074440
the higher end estee lauders are all horribly expensive under the lauder legacy collection now. not something for a noob to chase after.
>>18074455
>encre noire
>white shoulder kouros
>that row in the back
lol
>>18074457
all good btw
lol

>>18074449
>thanks, hopefully my personal taste isn't too ridiculous, I'll keep it safe for my first rodeo
Generally speaking it’s pretty hard to fuck up as long as you don’t pick a too sweet fragrance to formal situations AND don’t overspray. Most of the embarrassing fragrance faux pas moments I’ve seen come from overspraying, it’s a much easier mistake to make than choosing an offensively wrong fragrance.

You can get away with pretty strong scents even in office environments if you spray lightly, but always be mindful how easy it is to go nose blind, and ignorance of nose blindness leads to people over/re-applying fragrance when they already reek of it. Seriously, if there’s something to worry about as a novice, it’s not really what you spray, it’s how much you spray.

>>18074459
They're all rubbish anyway, stick the the classics youth dew, aramis etc...

Also there is really nothing wrong with encre noire, the present formulation of course (please we aren't formulation queens in these threads) and having a few cheap things to douse yourself with after a shower. He's High IQ, not perfect...

>>18074461
*Present formulation of kouros

>>18074461
azuree, white linen, knowing, estee and private collection are rubbish? lol, now i know you’re talking out your ass
>encre noire
subpar iso e super non-thing. barely even a perfume
>current kouros
may as well be a brand new perfume named after a completely different (and far less imposing) greek god, because it just smells like a cheap fougere with even cheaper musks underneath now. thanks l’oreal.

In fact, perfume novice, two of the bottles in that maligned backrow would probably be right up your alley. They are both by Jeanne en Provence and can be had for very little: Neroli Intense and Acqua. NI is a cologne much in the vein of 4711 one of the all time classic citrus colognes. Acqua is a oceanic soapy rose, very close to one of the kenzos I forget which but very agreeable on a hot day.

The other JePs are mostly garbage and not worth bothering with.

>>18074456
If you want oceany, try to sample Acqua di Gio line. CK One is an extremely inoffensive and flexible parfume, but it’s not really oceanic, more like initial blast of citrus and some vague green/fruity notes that ultimately turn into a very soapy scent.

>>18074467
please stop shilling this subpar eau de cologne shit by this nothing brand, no one wants any of this crap

>>18074465
I'm completely nosey blind to iso-e super so encre noire is just a pleasant vetiver to me. And as regards to kouros you're the one talking out of his ass, I've compared the two side by side and the differences are marginal.

>>18074332
i found black sea boring
megamare projects very loud, like all orto parisi and has a seaweed note that may be polarizing
Acqua di sale and 40 knots are very nice, but not sure the price is justified for an aquatic frag.

>Etat Libre D'orange
>Lalique
>Andy Tauer
>Comme des Garcons

>>18074471
The guy who I'm talking to clearly does want an accessible, cheap and cheerful, inexpensive citrus and oceanic perfume what are you on about. Seriously what are you blathering about?

>>18074455
Thanks, man. Fancy bottles have actually been a turn off for me, even though technically they should have nothing to do with the scent itself, and it actually blew my mind the first time i saw unisex on a frag. That was one of the main points that had me leaning toward the ck in the first place. Ant this is how I know that I know nothing, my entire life I saw stetson as a meme, like the type of frag for the Marlboro man or a sleazy uncle. I don't think I'm ready for most of this, honestly.
>>18074459
I'll steer clear of the EL for now since id just be throwing money away from not knowing what I'm doing, but I do agree that many boards have a tendency to shitpost to where an outsider just sees noise so it's hard to really be in anyone's good graces here, not that there's a need for it.

what is with these threads and attracting people with personality disorders?

>>18074478
Stetson is hilarious because it smells super powdery and not like a tough cowboy at all. It's also quite good but won't be a compliment getter or whatever

>>18074460
That's one thing I've always been insecure but careful about. I think my issue would be too few sprays, which is fine for now. Also, sweet scents are definitely off the table, they make me woozy for some reason, so no worries there.

looking for a summer cologne. What's hot in ocean scents? It would be nice to smell like an ocean breeze

>>18074472
>i’m completely nose blind so it must be good
yeah, thanks for admitting that your word isn’t worth jack shit then.
>I've compared the two side by side
the two what? current kouros with charles of the ritz? or with YSL parfums era? or gucci era? late or early? if you can’t answer these questions, stop talking out of your ass.
>>18074476
these are not cheap and cheerful, these are just cheap and bad.

>>18074481
Imagine how terrible your life must be that you choose to spend your time here. So many options to chose from and you chose this.

>>18074486
imagine being self aware enough to realize that being here is retarded but not self aware enough to realize that said retards include yourself

>>18074469
You're losing me on that last bit, but I'm glad it's more focused on what I'm already looking into, so it should help me define those terms better when I'm actually there. Fruity/sweet isn't what I'm going for, so that might be a game changer for the AdG if something catches my eye/nose. Someone said the safest best would be the EdT, so I'll look into that one first. Thanks!

Any good fragrances that smell like cola? Not Enigma

>>18074332
Acqua Di Sale is actually pretty nice. It smells like skin after you come out of swimming at the sea

What is your SOTD?

can you please compare the cool water variations?

>>18074500
You mean the flankers? Fuck you there is like 30 of them. Nobody with a shred of sanity has smelled them all. Just get the normal one.

Batch variations? Still fuck you. You should not care about the batch code of some bullshit like Cool Water.

>>18074489
To elaborate, CK One is not particularly sweet, it just opens with citrusy scent that has some vague floweriness and grassiness. Green notes generally refer to grass / leaf / foliage vibes. Then it is carried forward by scent that reminds you of soap and laundry musks, so if I try to make a picturesque description of it, imagine hanging fresh laundry outside on a summer day. Perfectly unisex.

Meanwhile, Acqua di Gio also opens with citrus, but there’s more herbal and sea-remniscent elements in it. It’s decidedly more masculine. But both of those are very safe beginner scents, hard to imagine that anyone could actively hate either of them.

>>18074501
why are you so angry? forget to take that risperidone to curb your aspie anger? did mommy not let her use her credit card anymore?

>>18074500
Original or bust, flankers are not worth the time that it takes to ponder them

for me, it's got to be naughton & wilson

>The self proclaimed prestigious "House of Creed" is now being lumped with normalfag designer fragrances at hood stores aimed at attracting poor niggers
Ahahahaahahahahaha

>>18074500
flankers are almost universally worse than the original. rare exceptions are the likes of drakkar noir where the flanker obsoleted the original.
>>18074508
no one asked
>>18074509
creed has always been a scam artist house, run by a family of scam artists

>>18074509
Aventus: The Original Masstige

>>18074491
Blue Jeans

>>18074505
>But both of those are very safe beginner scents,
What makes a scent a beginner scent or advanced or whatever?/ Is it referring to as a person wears and experiences more fragrances their palate might appreciate things that would be missed on a new person?

>>18074512
definitely not the original, but for sure the most prevalent

>>18074506
Yes it was all of those things thank you. Now that mommy gave me my risperidone I'm back to normal

>>18074516
>non-offensive, suits basically anyone almost anywhere
>not so strong that you’re going to give people migraines with just 2 sprays
>easy scent profile to appreciate

Doesn’t make them bad, it’s just the same thing as with clothes: if you’re gonna try to pull off something more special, you probably need some kind of idea about what you’re doing. Meanwhile, it’s pretty fucking hard to embarrass yourself by wearing a light blue collared shirt.

>>18074526
>it’s pretty fucking hard to embarrass yourself by wearing a light blue collared shirt.
it really isn’t, most people wearing business casual buttonups with slim fit chinos and dress sneakers look like fucking retards

>>18074485
>these are just cheap and bad
Why are they bad? Can you elaborate?

>>18074516
Think about it practically: if you own only one or two fragrances, you want for them to be as flexible as possible. I don’t think that the opposite of a beginner fragrance is necessarily ”advanced” fragrance, more like specialized fragrance. Someone who has never owned perfume before *could* love a strong tobacco / leather / agarwood scent for example, but you probably don’t want to smell like that every day. Meanwhile, when you already have a collection, it’s not a problem if some scents are so specialized that you use them only for some specific situations.

>>18074529
because they smell bad. is this that hard to understand?

>>18074505
gotcha, that makes me lean more towards the AdG since I think I already smell clean, or "soapy", but I could be way off. I'll look into those two primarily without delving too much into anything experimental. And if there's enough of a difference, they might be the two I go for in the end. Thanks for all the help, guys!

>>18074482
Makes me think of talcum powder, simply because I'm not sure what powdery would mean in this context. Maybe down the line I'll be ready to experiment with more unique scents.

>>18074526
>>18074532
Good posts, thank you.

>>18074498
Bortnikoff Sir Winston

>>18074533
Ok, you're low iq. The fact that in an fragrance assessment you can't fathom other variables like longevity, price proposition or be more specific about smell shows your retardery.

>>18074297
I plan on picking up their full sample set to speak from experience as opposed to just other opinions.

It’s common for people on here to hate on them because it’s niche in general and the animal branding on top of that (personally I think it’s well done, the branding).

Without having actually smelled anything by them yet, I’m guessing they’ll be -exactly- like ELDO where there are a handful (3-4) very good to good fragrances, a bunch of super mid stuff, and several shitters. It’s the way of almost every niche house.

At this point I’m not even gonna quote any posts because there are too many, but the thing with the Le Male line, and JPG fragrances as a whole is like this -

A gay bar is still just a bar, anyone can go there and drink, but if a dude hits on you, or someone assumes you’re gay, it’s on you. Maybe not everyone will make that assumption, but you can’t hold it against anyone who does.
If you’re unbothered by this, great, feel free to have some drinks at a gay bar or enjoy Le Male frags. Others do not wish to have, or even risk, that association.

>>18074597
>longevity, price proposition, how wide it makes my asshole gape, blah blah blah
so many words, so little said about how it actually smells (bad). it must be tough living life through the lens of excuses.

At this point I’m not even gonna quote any posts because there are too many, but the thing with Guy Laroche, and Drakkar fragrances as a whole is like this -

A gay bar is still just a bar, anyone can go there and drink, but if a dude hits on you, or someone assumes you’re gay, it’s on you. Maybe not everyone will make that assumption, but you can’t hold it against anyone who does.
If you’re unbothered by this, great, feel free to have some drinks at a gay bar or enjoy Drakkar Noir. Others do not wish to have, or even risk, that association.

>>18074617
this would be a lot funnier if you used an actual historically gay perfume like antaeus or kouros instead of just defaulting to the sauvage of its time.

>>18074611
What happens if you go to a gay bar just to make friends? Will people be hostile because you're being a larper or a tease?

>>18074620
why dont you try it and report back to us

>>18074332
Personally I only get spicy aquatic from Megamare, but there are loads of reviews saying they get fish market / low tide smells from it, so ymmv. Personally I like it but am hesitant to get it because it loud AF (limiting its occasion uses) and I care what others think I smell like.
Will you vomit, no, it’s not Secretions.
Is it blind buy safe, no, not unless you just fully dgaf of other opinions.

>>18074509
Don't see Guerlain or Jean Paul Gualtier on there.

>>18074614
Your inversion doesn't full anyone but yourself.
Still waiting for why it smells bad.

>>18074642
fool, since you're a retard you may not understand the typo

>>18074642
>>18074645
how about you stop coming up with excuses for bad perfumes by bougie soap shops and start moving on to good ones instead

i like le male but i could never own a bottle because the size of the bulge is making me feel inadequate

Is Cool Water actually good? What variety should I get?

>>18074660
I made no assessment about them. You did. We are still waiting for you to tell us why it smells bad. C'mon expert, you can do it.

>>18074677
Are you over 40? If you are then maybe. They gave it to my dad for his birthday and it smells like grandpa.

>>18074679
you excused them based on “price proposition” and “longevity”, both irrelevant when you’re shilling glorified bath and bodyworks perfumes. no one is falling for this shit.

>>18074683
What's a good fragrance for a 29 year old guy

>>18074690
Cuoium, 20 sprays

>>18074686
Better improve that reading skills. And once again, you keep not telling us why it smells bad.

>>18074714
>that reading skills
rofl, the absolute state of glorified bath and bodyworks “perfume” shills

what perfume to pair with michael jackson's dangerous album?

>>18074720
Predictable low iq reaction. Of course I don't know those. So, where are those reasons to why it smells bad?

>>18074728
lmfao you don’t know the difference between that and those, shut the fuck up about IQ you easily impressed moron.

>>18074731
The fact that you don't see other options is a tell. Midwit gonna midwit I guess. But where are those reasons to why it smells bad?

>>18074742
the retard has lost the plot, surprise surprise. too many french bath and bodyworks bathsalts fried his brain.

>>18074749
So many replies and still those reasons to why it smells bad are nowhere to be found. SOTN Tsar and maybe tomorrow I'll try those JeP

>>18074758
>p-please spoonfeed me reasons! please!
learn english first you moron, and please, brag about wasting your money on garbage elsewhere.

>>18074690
If you're new into fragrances just go to a macys and sample to see what you like and go from there. Scent is very subjective and it depends on what occasion you want to use fragrance for but overall young men are wearing
>Versace eros
>Sauvage
>Blue de Chanel
>Any jean paul gaultier
>One million line
>Versace Dylan Blue
>Versace pour homme
>creed aventus
>Gucci Guilty
Idk what else is popular but this is what most guys will wear.

>>18074768
extraordinarily foul

>>18074742
>>18074758
Can't believe you're arguing with that spastic schizo lol

>>18074771
can’t believe you’re sobbing and seething on 4chan lol

>>18074768
Strange, I spent quite a while asking for opinions on CK one and AdG, and they're not on your list. Any reason in particular?

>>18074784
because he is a fuckboy and he only shills fuckboy perfumes (dark blue ambroxan norlimbanol bombs)

>>18074690
If you can afford it, Aventus is the best, imo. But I have a handful of different frags for different occasions. Drakkar Noir and Oud for Glory are two I rotate regularly.

>>18074768
>Scents young men wear
>Creed Aventus

I've smelt Aventus once on someone in public and he was a mid 30s oil worker. Occasionally I smell CDNIM or MB Explorer but with the exception of the one time, never real Aventus.

I would also argue that 29 is not young. I'm 30 and realize that my youth has passed. In your late 20s you should have already settled into life and have a firm idea of where you're going.

>>18074804
>In your late 20s you should have already settled into life and have a firm idea of where you're going.

lmao boomer, you are completely out of touch with reality

>>18074807
By 30 years old, you should be settling into your career with a good paying job, bought a house or buying one shortly and looking to establish a family if you haven't already. Most people live to be 80 years old, at 30 your life is more than a third over and you're almost halfway done with your working life.

>>18074804
imagine being 30 and still being enough of a faggot to shill for creed

just made a red haired bbw squirt

SOTD: sauvage elixir

>>18074812
let it be known that fuckboy norlimbanol bombs net you the passaround fat chick at your local dive bar with an ashtray pussy

>>18074768
You forgot Habit Rouge

>>18074807
Stop spending all your money on Onlyfans subscriptions. Pull up your bootstraps save up some money and move out of your mom's house.

>>18074842
he forgot to include just about any good perfume really

>>18074804
Try Cedrat Boise, it's an upgraded Aventus. Creamy drydown is amped up.
>>18074812
Too sweet, too synthetic smelling

>>18074845
no one asked, coomer mutt

I just bought "Imagination" and "Ombre Nomade" from Louis Vuitton, anybody have any opinions on these? I also picked up "Millisime Imperial". I am only disappointed in the M.I. not smelling like the sample I bought, the L.V. shit is fire.

>>18074067
>ultra dogshit fake AdG from shartmart for $7.99 got more compliments in 2 weeks than all my other frags combined for years
the absolute state of normies. I will admit I probably sprayed this cheapie way more because it was so cheap and didn't last long, so maybe just spraying a shit ton is the key.

I'm not actually chasing compliments, of course. I usually just wear shit for myself to suit my mood but I figured maybe I should get something that normal people will find pleasant that I can just put on without thinking instead of my autistic old man scents.

I dropped the cheap bottle on accident and it shattered, but considering the price and the fact that people actually thought it was AdG, I think I'll get the same one or another cheap ripoff scent for my gym bag and stuff.

What are your favorite super cheap clones?

>>18074874
CdNIM limited edition
105ml of musky pineapple juice, could bath in it
The citrusy floor cleaner smell from the edt got smoothed out

>>18074491
Youth dew

>>18074485
Nose blind to ISO e super, keep up darling. It's a common thing and in any case the inky vetiver is the interesting thing about encre noire. Speaking of, OP encore noire is a very cheap and good (don't know why this enraged freak speaking to me is so against things being cheap and good but whatever...) way to dip your toe into more challenging perfume.

>>18074549
Powdery typically means smells like women's cosmetics, as in "in going to powder my nose". Once you've smelled a powdery perfume it's really distinctive.

>>18074758
Luca turin himself in the guide says one should have some cheap trivial perfumes to spray about and play with. It's important to remember that perfume is meant to be fun, a lesson that many in this thread have forgotten. The JeP neroli intense smells almost identical to 4711 and lasts just a little bit longer. This salty moron (who if we are being honest is probably the brownoid aventus coomer based on how hes reacting like a rat exposed to dazzling light at the mere mention of the high IQ poster) couldn't possibly understand someone playfully covering themselves with Irisch moos or Kolonya as I doubt they have much of a culture of bathing where he comes from.

>>18074151
Halston Z-14 is great, by the same nose that brought us perhaps the most interesting male perfume of all time: Caron Yatagan. I highly recommend at least smelling it if not having a bottle simply to help develop ones nose.

>>18074867
all really fucking shit
>>18074884
being nose blind to a critically important component of any perfume should ban you from saying anything about it. imagine trying to comment on cool water without being able to smell dihydromyrcenol, or jicky without being able to smell coumarin. that’s how absurd you sound right now trying to justify noseblindness. and no, encre noire is neither cheap and good nor challenging, it is merely cheap and shit and terribly simplistic, iso e super or otherwise.

>>18074884
>>18074891
also
>this shitty bougiefied bath and bodyworks thing smells identical to this other thing you can buy at any pharmacist! you should trust me because it’s… cheap?
oh i wish i viewed the world so simply too

i dont mind gays but is there a straight version of this general? should one be made if not? serious question

>>18074895
pointless as the gay guys here are all closeted enough to think they’re straight, so they’ll all funnel into the straight thread regardless.

>>18074891
Iso E super is not a critically important considering most of the best perfumes ever were composed before it was created. And not to mention somewhere between 10-25% of people are anosmic to some extent to iso e super. Your bizarre screed against a well beloved (for a reason) cheapie is barely worth responding to.

>>18074893
The JePs are good, no amount of filling your diaper about them will change that. Not sure why you become so aggressive about them but it can't be good for your wellbeing honey.

>>18074895
Can you imagine how horrible that would be? Endless discussions of female perfume YouTubers and Creed Aventus. I shudder to think. The problem with these threads is that they aren't gay or sensitive enough.

>>18074901
are you pretending to be a fucking retard or do you seriously not realize that i’m talking about the important of iso e super in encre noire specifically?
>it’s well beloved so it must be good!
lol
>it’s good because i say so!
lmao
>honey
stop being such a massive illiterate queer rofl
>>18074902
please take your sensitive faggotry to >>>/lgbt/, or better yet, a gayer website like reddit

>>18074907
If sensitivity to beauty is so threatening to you why enter the perfume general?

>>18074907
>are you pretending to be a fucking retard or do you seriously not realize that i’m talking about the important of iso e super in encre noire specifically?

Then why did you specifically state it's importance to "any perfume"?

Do they not have proper English lessons in the country you come from sweetie?

>>18074339
maybe you're anosmic to patchouli or your nose detects it in a strange way

>>18074908
equating an eye for the beautiful and sublime to an eye for taking cocks up your ass is at best completely retarded and absurd.
>>18074909
i stated the importance of anosmia towards any given critical accord to any given perfume, and gave 2 examples of anosmia towards important molecules in their relevant perfumes. your english is somehow worse than the guy who was talking about “that reading skills” earlier, and you’re just as if not even gayer.

>>18074074
I like it, but for most people it's not going to be different enough from the edt to warrant a new purchase. But if you like the original and you're running low and will need a new bottle soon you could always test this one. I just don't see anyone NEEDING both unless you're a collection autist like myself.

I was having a hard time finding something I enjoyed that didn’t get too sweet in the dry down. BDC Parfum started out promising, but after working on a bottle for about a year and a half, the iso/amber/tonka/sandalwood base is somehow even sweeter. Dior Homme sport 2021 opens with the relatively dry citrus aldehydes, but quickly goes full incense on my skin and then turns into a molasses/nougat amber. DH2020 is the only thing I’ve found that hits a perfect balance, a heavy iso-E and musk backbone with none of this artificial sweetness, without being completely grandpa bone-dry. I really haven’t found anything better

>>18074455
>>18074451
>>18074461
that's not his collection dumbass
stop trying to larp and gaslight others into thinking your collection and posts are someone else's when they clearly aren't

>>18074918
>I was having a hard time finding something
have you tried looking at literally anything that’s outside the perfume section of your local sephora?

>over 100 posts of retarded shitflinging
wow I sure love fragrance and discussing it

>>18074919
Look back in the archives, you'll find that it is.

>>18074915
Your posting style is not the same as the poster I was responding too, butt out, you'll get your turn babe.

>>18074925
i’m sorry it’s not 100 posts of gay guys bragging about bedding trannies and fat women with sauvage and aventus, i mean cedrat boise

>>18074925
Despite the macho facade a few of the lesser minded posters ITT put on, we all love to passionately gossip and bicker in these threads.

>>18074927
i mean, if you’re going to pretend to be retarded online, you could at least find better excuses than “y-your posting style looks different!”, or in other words the bizarre anti-samefag. what a fucking stupid thing to even try to say.
>>18074930
retarded faggot

>>18074930
>passionately gossip and bicker
that did not occur in this thread

>>18074931
I can honestly hardly parse this. "the bizarre anti-samefag", it's like I'm reading a dark souls item description. Who even talks like this.

I can confirm by posting style analysis that you are indeed the original ESL I was taking to.

>>18074927
>you'll find that it is.
no it fucking isn't it was just some random guy posting his collection a few threads ago and the high IQ guy hasn't posted anything in much much longer

>>18074932
Read the thread again it's clearly getting catty

>>18074933
>who even talks like this
i’d direct that question to the retard posting sweeties and honeys all fucking day but we all know who talks like that, a condescending faggot, and an effectively illiterate one at it.
>posting style analysis
make that a condescending pretentious faggot.

>>18074934
It's clearly stated in the archives. The high IQ poster dipped back in after a long hiatus to post that then went back to his High IQ pursuits. You can even see a few disciples of his occasionally decrying his absence in the interim.

>>18074940
Maybe try some lavender essential oil boo, it might calm you down.

>>18074925
>SEA white worshipping Prin shill
>luca turin shill
>nazi christian oxymoron female fragrance wearing shill
These schizos ruining everything

>>18074940
mate cmon he's clearly just winding you up lol

>>18074943
This is not an accurate portrayal at all of the rich diversity of characters that frequent these threads.

>>18074941
no it's not you retard that is not his collection and some fags crying after him doesn't change this simple fact

>>18074942
sounds like the pretentious faggot has run out of things to say. you got boring fast, homo.
>>18074944
he sucks at it, i’ve gotten way funnier results from calling shit gay 100 times to the right people in these threads.

>>18074943
not all the bad schizos plus not the main ones actually ruining the thread

>>18074617
This post is totally historically illiterate. Drakkar was famously a LESBIAN perfume.

>>18074949
drakkar noir being a lesbian perfume doesn’t exist as an anecdote outside of luca turin’s guide, and even then it focuses on france (and not anywhere else) regardless.
>>18074943
i’m glad you included all those people and not the freaks posting edited porn and grindr hookup screenshots all day.

>>18074946
I really didn't want to have to show you up like this.

>>18074948
Getting irate and slinging slurs around like your dirty harry is an odd conception of comedy.

>>18074297
old fragrances were interesting, then they became greedy and released boring scents

>>18074953
i bet you wish anyone could muster any emotion close to irate from reading your subpar posts, queer.

>>18074953
>guys it's totally this and not something else
>why? because uhh uuhhhh uhh I say so okay

Seriously, Imagination is the new aventus and there is no acknowledgement of this.

What are the goodies on the lower end?

>>18074952
I remember there being some references to it in an old OUT magazine somewhere

>>18074956
You asked for receipts you got them. Incontrovertible proof that the High IQ poster previously posted his collection.

>>18074955
You're the one who got irate from reading them babe

>>18074958
So it's an over hyped and crude perfume for morons to overspray?

>>18074952
>i’m glad you included all those people and not the freaks posting edited porn and grindr hookup screenshots all day.
Have sex
>>18074958
>Imagination
Is it creamy musky?

>>18074960
>High IQ poster previously posted his collection.
he did but that is not it

>>18074963
It would be more honourable to have a heart attack than have sex with trannies wearing aventus.

>>18074966
lel

>>18074964
That is the only collection you'll find in the archives when looking at the high iq posters posts (easily identifiable by style).

You must be thinking of one of the many poor imitators.

These threads are atrocious now. What happened to the real posters like the Rheinmetall German.

>>18074971
Post your collection

>>18074968
>easily identifiable by style
you are so unbelievably retarded it's not even funny

>>18074974
Ok I get it, finding and then using the archives is beyond you. That's the problem with these threads no respect for the past, it would be endless discussion of blue woody slop if it weren't for the preserverence of a few posters.

>>18074972
Tell the cowardly rheinmetall German to post first.

>>18074943
at least the trannyfucker and the closeted goth guy were fun to laugh at. now the threads are just some terminally online schizos seething at eachother for no reason and mass-replying with sassy passive-agressive remarks

>>18074976
He's busy playing Bahn Simulator probably wearing Methaldone

>>18074966
why not have both simultaneously?

>>18074978
He's just too powerful, he's seen of all adversaries.

>18074976
you are too retrded to respond to, in fact no one should respond to you to make the thread better

>>18074980
I think he got sent to the front after the tanks he sold the Ukrainians all got blown up within minutes of hitting the battle field. Hopefully he was wearing his lucky marbert.

>>18074978
Always sounded to me like indians and sea people shitposting
First worlders shitpost passively

>>18074993
The gothrock poster and the aventus whoremonger are the same poster I am convinced. Same obstinate personality and lack of tact. I prefer his previous incarnation, at least the spreadsheets were funny.

Need to get my paper up and buy this. Has anyone used his online perfume database?

>>18074995
nah, not at all. two different schizos. the goth rock guy was afraid of being gay, the brown guy embraces it. also, different tastes in perfumes - for the goth guy it was edgy niche brands (Beaufort and ELDO), for the coomer it's whatever he likes that week

>>18075017
But one appeared as the other disappeared. I'm convinced goth rock hit his head or something, moved to some 3rd rate city in Germany, got a tan and took up the mantle of banging eastern European prostitutes.

Love that note so much

>>18074472
You may not be noseblind to iso e. I tried molecule 01 and couldn't smell anything in the shop, but when I left the tester in my car and came back I could suddenly smell it. It's weird like that.

>>18074919
I thought the "High IQ" poster was a long running inside joke from back when there was an active discord associated with the thread. AFAIK it was never just one guy

>>18075021
Yes it's just a shame it's so fleeting. Did anyone here ever try that Ferrari neroli that people claim is so good?

New general

>>18075030
>>18075030
>>18075030

>>18075018
nah, the Aventus coomer was around before that as the Bois Imperial coomer

>>18074784
I don't know many young guys rocking adg, more likely Armani code. But if you like adg I think profondo is there best one.
>>18074804
My whole college gym smells like creed aventus or sauvage elixir, the Elixir is the annoying one

>>18074949
>Lesbian
Oh so GAY, got it, thanks for clarifying

>>18075173
Sauvage Elixir is a recipe for disaster in typical college fragbro hands

>>18074960
i bet you wish anyone could muster any emotion close to irate from reading your subpar posts, queer.
>>18074963
please keep your faggotry to yourself

>>18074922
Why would I look outside the perfume section at Sephora? I don’t wear makeup.

Anyone else watch "Eau de Erica"? She mostly does women's perfume and does some men's stuff less often. I just like watching her for her massive tits.