Fragrance General

[Anonymous No.13001035]

LAST THREAD >>12984847
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BBC perfume documentary (part 1 of 3):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annRzLYrRwM
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general info
http://fragrance.org/intelligence/knowledge-center/
http://perfumesociety.org/discover-perfume/an-introduction/
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various fragrance communities/review sites/blogs
http://www.fragrantica.com/
http://www.basenotes.net/
http://www.parfumo.net/
http://www.nstperfume.com/
http://www.boisdejasmin.com/
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w2c samples
http://www.luckyscent.com/
http://www.theperfumedcourt.com/
http://www.surrendertochance.com/
http://www.perfumista.co.uk/
http://www.ausliebezumduft.de/fragrances.html
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on DIY fragrances
http://www.perfumersapprentice.com/

[Anonymous No.13001040]

>>13001035

[Anonymous No.13001052]

Anime

[Anonymous No.13001119]

>>13001052
the company has some good scents I guess if you can order their stuff from japan

their official american versions suck though

I like Revolution for Girl's Utena and FLCL, and some of their more experimental stuff is pretty good until the top notes wear off. Too much shilling, repetition, playing the numbers game hoping to accidentally blend a hit fragrance, and catering to devote customers who've never used fragrance from another company and have shit taste though.

People say the American and Swedish knockoffs are "just like the real thing" but they're so much more like other American and Swedish smells that really how the fuck does anyone think they are smell-alikes. Avatar is good though if you can get the discontinued original version and not the shitty live-action remake.

[Anonymous No.13001126]

>>13001119
>Swedish knockoffs
????

[Anonymous No.13001281]

I tried my Aventus sample again after a few months. I realised a guy at my work wears it.

It's breddy good but honestly I prefer Sauvage over it. Aventus is nice becuase it's more fruity but Sauvage just smells better.

[Anonymous No.13001348]

>>13001281
Sauvage is just a synthetic mess, I can't stand it, seriously I don't understand how can people fall for it.

[Anonymous No.13001377]

Christmas present arrived today, addicted already. Name a better woody fragrance, I'll wait.

[Anonymous No.13001609]

Okay I'm a REAL brainlet when it comes to aftershave and can't seem to make head nor tail of >>13001040

What group do you recommend for a male to wear year round? looking for more of a daytime/casual aftershave

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous No.13001620]

Better than Sauvage lads

[Anonymous No.13001647]

>>13001609
Givenchy Gentlemen 2017

Dior Sauvage

Or if you're willing to have a Summer and a winter frag

Givenchy Pi Nero / Armani Acqua Di Gio (Summer)
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D&G The One / Viktor and Rolf SpiceBomb Extreme (Winter)

[Anonymous No.13001651]

>>13001609
>Sauvage
>Dylan Blue (i.e. Sauvage)
>Bleu de Chanel
>Aventus
>Luna Rossa Carbon (i.e. Sauvage)
>Aqva Atlantiqve (i.e. Sauvage)
>Allure Homme Sport
>YSL L'Homme
>YSL L'Homme L'Intense
>Acqua di Gio Profumo

[Anonymous No.13001654]

Tried Dior Homme Sport (I think 2017?) on skin, like the drydown a lot, since I want something fruity and also something aquatic for summer. Might try Aqua Atlantique to match the aquaitc criteria.
Also tested Kouros on card. Wewlad.

[Anonymous No.13001658]

>>13001654
If there was clearly a bright orange in the opening it was 2017

[Anonymous No.13001748]

What are some good modern frags, besides pic related, that are still in production and include dat glorious oakmoss (evernia prunastri)?

[Anonymous No.13001769]

How's the longevity and sillage with this one?

[Anonymous No.13001783]

>>13001769
It projects for about two hours and dries down to a skin scent that lasts until you scrub it off.

Same with the Extrême. Only difference is the extra notes during the two hour projection. Dry-down/skin scent is still the same ol' vetiver that sticks to you until your next shower. Rumor has it this one has no iso e super since it's an EdP.

That's why this line is only $30 on the gray market.

[Anonymous No.13001795]

>>13001748
Roja Dove Haute Luxe

But for something relatively affordable,
Chypre Palatin is the most dense, dark undergrowth of oakmoss you'd hardly believe it was possible in this day and age. Although they reformulated last year, I'm sure you can find one of the dark red juice anywhere online.

Current mitsuoko is honestly not too bad, especially after the last reformulation- although surely no real oakmoss is in there, it's still a golden standard and an amazing likeness to the real ingredient.

[Anonymous No.13001825]

>>13001748
>>13001795
I am thinking of buying some high quality oakmoss and adding it to aventus and my favorite barbershops

[Anonymous No.13001831]

>>13001795

Different anon but its probably worth sampling the pre-reform HL, tested a lucky scent sample (which im guessing is the 2016/2017 batch that is the reform) against mine and the oak moss isn't as prominent, everything overall feels toned down, even the methyl ionones.

Still wearing out Irisoir and VN, which kicks HL's ass (both pre and post reform) in terms of using actual orris, one of them even has a tiny tiny tiny amount of violet flower absolute which hasn't been in the commercial world for around 100 years. Looks like ol' Roger doesn't have all the connections in the world of perfumery, or more likely is making sure profits are to the brim with his cohort Dominic Venton.

Going on smell, proper carnation absolute has been used rather than just a mix of eugenols, I'd say that it matches what people describe vintage L'heure Bleue as, something more than a perfume, not just a diffusive something or other. Maybe the fact that its an undiluted oil just adds to the rich textured effect.

I still feel for the influencers (im guessing some of them are shilling and want to believe the hype and feel special but whatever idk) but I guess if people want to feel special even if they are paying for a little deception then who am I to judge.

[Anonymous No.13001844]

>>13001795
>Current mitsuoko is honestly not too bad, especially after the last reformulation

2016 Guerlain formula includes their proprietary oakmoss substitute which some reviewers say brought performance back to pre-restriction levels.

[Anonymous No.13001852]

>>13001844

Was the sub. Veramoss or a blend that included it?

[Anonymous No.13001863]

>>13001852
Something about extracting a restricted molecule from the oakmoss. Only they know for sure.

https://www.fragrantica.com/notes/Oakmoss-39.html

>Guerlain now uses oakmoss that doesn't have the specific molecule which is not allowed by IFRA regulations. Thanks to the modern chemistry, this new raw material is a 100% pure and natural extract that complies with the amendments of IFRA.

[Anonymous No.13001881]

>>13001863

Ah yes ok I heard about that one, I think there were two specific molecules that were the "allergens" labelled by IFRA, forget the names but good in Wasser for doing that. I think he finally convinced LVMH that they would win back some previously alienated long time Guerlain fans.

[Anonymous No.13001897]

>>13001844
Which Guerlain is the most versatile? Been interested in trying some and the bottles look alright

[Anonymous No.13001960]

>>13001897
Guerlain Homme Leau boise I think would be the most versatile. Also vetiver extreme is a modern version of the original it is very nice.

[Anonymous No.13002024]

>>13001377
ive never tried any of the CDG wood frags (didn't care for amazigreen)

i love dsquared's wood frags though. Silver Wind Wood and Rocky Mountain Wood are excellent

[Anonymous No.13002036]

>>13001769
I have the Sport one and I love it, not gonna lie. Someone in /frag/ recommended it to me and it's the best blind buy I've done so far. I have a sample of the one you posted and it lasts for a few hours depending on your skin. After that you can only smell it if you get closer to where you sprayed it.

[Anonymous No.13002038]

>>13001377
I bought wonderoud and sold it on ebay about a week later. It was a very underwhelming smell and has shit performance. Why does /fa/ have such a hard on for CdG?

[Anonymous No.13002057]

>>13001035
Rate me.

Also, I've heard great things about Serge Lutens. What are your thoughts?

[Anonymous No.13002063]

>>13002036
Is it really as dark and mysterious as people say it is?

[Anonymous No.13002090]

>>13002057
They tend to make very heavy, sticky sort of fragrances. Lots of orientals. Lots of very sweet scents. If that’s your kind of thing, definitely look into their frags.

I have Arabie and Un Bois Vanille, personally, and they’re both very nice, very high quality scents. They’re not something I’m in the mood for all the time, but they’re great comfort scents.

I’d say Serge Lutens is a pretty consistently solid house overall, but you have to like the sorts of fragrances they produce. If you’re more into aquatic freshies, clean woody scents, or fruity scents, it may not be the house for you.

[Anonymous No.13002111]

just ordered this, did I get memed?

[Anonymous No.13002143]

>>13002090
I am still discovering my own taste. For now I am testing woody/leather fragances, but I am willing to try new things. I am not really into aquatic fragances, I consider that it always smell like alcohol.

Btw, I always wanted a linden fragance for male. Any idea?

[Anonymous No.13002151]

>>13002111

Did the Vatican have a history of covering up for cases of abuse?

[Anonymous No.13002161]

>>13001897
Heritage EdT and Vetiver are wearable year round in my experience.

I would say Habit Rouge EdP as well because of the citrus opening. Its famous dry-down doesn't project far enough to cause any headaches in the heat.

Now that I think about it, their classic masculine frags aren't known for being projection beasts.

It's just there's something odd about that sandalwood note in Heritage EdP that makes it a bit inappropriate in the heat.

[Anonymous No.13002174]

I really don't understand the hype behind the A*Men line, they all smell like shit to me (especially Pure Havane).

[Anonymous No.13002184]

>>13002057
I love Serge, not only because orientals are my kind of frag, but because they're genuinely interesting, ground breaking concepts and notes put together. See tuberuese criminale.

However, one of my normie friends who I brought to the Palais Royale store andcan be said to be a perfume lover as well said that all the perfumes were nice, but they all smelt like home fragrances instead of perfume. I can get why she said that- almost all his blends have the trademark camphorous smell which makes them incredible dense and heavy and more often than not, sheathed in smoke.

[Anonymous No.13002206]

W2C fragrances for the cheapest price?

[Anonymous No.13002211]

La Nuit lasts 8 hours on my skin and projects decently with a bit of sillage.
This is from a near colourless sample, I take it that's from a 2015/16 bottle? Was thinking of getting a 60ml bottle so I have something else to wear in the cold for casual use.

[Anonymous No.13002256]

I really like some of tom fords women's fragrances. Would it be okay to wear them as a guy? Sorry for this question I'm unsure of my sexuality and need affirmation on a mongolian basket weaving board

[Anonymous No.13002267]

>>13002111
Does the pope shit in the woods?

[Anonymous No.13002271]

>>13002256
If you like them, wear them. Masculine/feminine is like 99% marketing when it comes to scents anyway. I mean, rose and lavender are generally considered “masculine” notes. What kind of sense does that make?

[Anonymous No.13002273]

>>13001035
Perfumes with a dark liquor like this intimidate me.

[Anonymous No.13002282]

>>13002174
A*men Ultra Zest was the first blind buy I made when I was first getting into fragrances, I loved it and it really shone in the summer.

[Anonymous No.13002288]

>>13001377
Really hoping to open this one on christmas. If I dont I will promptly be buying for myself.
Interestingly, first time I wore it I liked it, but it didnt wow me.
Second time, pepper was so strong I almost ruled it out.
Third time, wow, I could actually where this
Fourth and most recent time - wow, yes, this will be my signiture.
Hopefully the trend continues.
>>13002024
Wonderwood makes RMwood smell so boring and one dimensional. Eventually the floral overpowers the wood too.

[Anonymous No.13002291]

>>13002038
I've found wonderwood to have really good preformance in the past and lasts the whole day at work

[Anonymous No.13002503]

Thoughts on the made in Italy formulation? Wearing a sample of the vintage of this, and its not really TOO different to my nose, although my current formulation is pretty old and wasn't stored too properly. Longevity seems a little better.

The 75 ml bottles are all only like sixty bucks on ebay so I guess it isn't awful or anything, but even if it's one of my first frags I still always find myself coming back to it, so maybe stocking up wouldn't be an awful idea.

[Anonymous No.13002510]

>>13002288
Well unless everybody is wrong the one thing I say RM has over it is longevity. Shit lasts all day on my skin, it's great.

I'll try it sometime though, Ive always been interested in it.

[Anonymous No.13002552]

>>13002063
Hey, I have this. While it does come off as /dark/, it's a really earthy, damp grass kinda dark. I'm not sure I would call it mysterious, as that's a really vague description. Also, while I do love the scent, it's a bit difficult to find a time to wear it (I find cold rainy days to be the best).

[Anonymous No.13002627]

>>13002206
bump

[Anonymous No.13002651]

>>13002503
Have been wanting to try this out sounds underrated

[Anonymous No.13002676]

/diy/ke here

could /fa/ hook me up with some nice bouquets? also, any advice for blends that last longer without ambergris, oakmoss, or similar?

organized by height, category, and name

[Anonymous No.13002681]

>>13002111
does the tinman have a sheet metal cock? you should of just bought some iso e on ebay for cheaper.

[Anonymous No.13002685]

>>13002206
fragrancenet and ebay

[Anonymous No.13002723]

Can I wear Boss No 6 any time? The cinnamon may mean I can only wear it spring/summer nights, and I'd love an all weather frag that isn't Dior or Chanel expensive. I love vanilla, lavender, watery and fruity notes.

[Anonymous No.13002766]

>>13002723
Get Mont Blanc Individuel

[Anonymous No.13002780]

>>13002723
Sure cinnamon is pretty versatile imo

[Anonymous No.13002821]

>>13002766

[Anonymous No.13003196]

>>13002174
It's a lowkey artistic niche frag line, aside from pure malt. i tried havane, tonka and wood. they're all unwearable, harsh and strong, but interesting in terms of scent.

pure malt is actually nice desu

[Anonymous No.13003200]

>pineapple vintage
>club de nuit intense
>insurrection ii pure

which one lads? I already spent like $2k on frags and I can't bring myself to splurge for aventus

[Anonymous No.13003261]

I use 3 fragrances, can someone who's more into fragrances recommend me stuff in same "family"? So as you see, I like manly but fresh fragrances

- Chanel allure homme edition blanche
- Boss bottlet
- Guerlain Vetiver

[Anonymous No.13003264]

>>13003261
>aventus
>versace man
>versace man eau fraiche

[Anonymous No.13003273]

>>13003261
unironically Aventus and Sauvage

[Anonymous No.13003279]

>>13003264
>>13003273
thanks guys, will try

[Anonymous No.13003282]

>>13002256
Black Orchid is more popular with men than women, it all depends on you and if you think it suits you. And some are better than others too, all depends.

[Anonymous No.13003292]

>>13003200
pineapple vintage without a doubt

[Anonymous No.13003309]

>>13003292
Second. PV is a really solid line. Honestly makes Aventus obsolete.

[Anonymous No.13003319]

>>13003279
green irish tweed or cool water too

[Anonymous No.13003388]

>>13002651
It's an excellent fragrance. Year round, perfect for most occasions, I honestly can't see anybody going wrong with it. I think it was the second fragrance I bought when I first started and I fell in love with it.

Made in Italy formulation seems to be a little better than the made in UK, it's a steal at the price I might cop a few bottles just to use until I die.

[Anonymous No.13003397]

Is buying cheap clones like CDNI, Insurrection II Pure and Très Nuit worth it?
I'm worried that I'll be disappointed that they're not good enough.

[Anonymous No.13003590]

>>13003397
>I'm worried that I'll be disappointed

Armaf frags are known for containing a shit load of iso e super, which is known for murdering olfactories.

They last a while, but you probably won't be able to smell them if you overspray or keep sniffing yourself.

Pic related does the same, except it's not cheap.

[Anonymous No.13003760]

Just grabbed a few samples from my local Hudson's Bay. 1 million isn't as bad I was told, but the fruity scent isn't for me. Armani Code Colonia is real meh. Mr Burberry EDP was nothing special.

[Anonymous No.13004080]

wtf is acqua di gio profumo? very strange scent, it stinks

[Anonymous No.13004188]

>>13003200
Club de nuit intense gets people coming up to me saying "wow I really recognise that scent, is that aventus" and people who don't know about aventus tell me how amazing it smells regardless

[Anonymous No.13004193]

>>13003397
Are you blind buying?
I blind bought 4 armafs.1 I dislike 2 are ok and 1 I think is pretty nice. I'd consider buying maybe the 1 I like again for maybe like <30eu but not much more (I only wear this one at home desu) but they're going for 30-40eu now. However from none of them I'd buy the original for even for half the price, so it's not like the armafs are shitty it's just I wouldn't buy the scent anyways.

I think they are worth it as standalone scents but not as replacement of the original. If you really love the original, get the original. If you just want some cheap scent you can spray on whenever I think armafs are pretty good value for the price. Problem is when you get load of cheap scents the price adds up and you could have bought an expensive one you do really like instead of 5 cheap ones that are decent. Yeah the 6 bottles are 500ml cheap vs 100ml expensive but I'm not using up that 600 ml before I buy even more bottles.

[Anonymous No.13004226]

Is Dior Homme Eau worth checking out for a fresh, flowery and sophisticated frag I can wear for nights out and dates?

[Anonymous No.13004290]

>mfw everyone at work starts a conversation about frags but don't want to sperg out and admit I have 30 bottles so I just play dumb that I don't know anything about frags

[Anonymous No.13004308]

>>13004290
Nothing wrong with talking about something you enjoy! Don't have to tell them the number!

[Anonymous No.13004313]

>>13004308
well I didn't play totally dumb but I basically tried to seem more normie than full frag autist

[Anonymous No.13004321]

What's a good entry level fragance (in-terms of price) that is fairly 'young'. What I'm trying to say by that is the sort of fragances that the cliche of a classic/typical gent would not wear.

I.E things like Commes Des Garcon's stuff. I'm asking because I'm only really aware of CDG, what other brands would /fa/ say are a bit 'different' in this way

(I'm aware that CDG is super mainstream and very popular, I'm not referring to the popularity of the brand more the image/instituion of said brand)

[Anonymous No.13004331]

>>13004321
Commodity, Maison Martin Margiela, Imaginary Authors, L'Artisan, Andy Tauer.

[Anonymous No.13004336]

>>13004313
That's fair, I haven't been reserved about it and people react weird

>all these colognes haha why bro are you gay
>no I just like sme-
>haha bro that's stupid you're wasting your money

[Anonymous No.13004341]

>>13004321
AQVA Amara

[Anonymous No.13004380]

I just blind ordered this. Am I gonna regret it? Give me some opinions.

[Anonymous No.13004402]

>>13004380
>Am I gonna regret it?

That depends.

Do you enjoy the smell of vetiver?

If you don't know what vetiver smells like, then you're about to find out.

[Anonymous No.13004410]

>>13002111
did goku land on namek?

[Anonymous No.13004414]

>>13004188
honestly I dont get the hype associated with this

it just makes me smell like an arab

[Anonymous No.13004430]

>>13004341
>>13004331

Thank you anons, leaning towards Commodity and Maison with a cursory look at their pages.

[Anonymous No.13004474]

Hey guys I was looking for suggestions. I'm 20 years old guy. I have several perfumes but the one I like the most Bleu De Chanel, and my girlfriend loves it also.
What should I look for? I'd want something that isn't too strong and I could use it during daytime.
Thanks guys

[Anonymous No.13004495]

Rate my most worn past couple of weeks, recommend me better/similar scents

[Anonymous No.13004500]

>>13004474
BdC in my opinion is the best of its class. If you want more of the same try Dylan Blue, AdG Profumo, and of course Sauvage. I have heard L'homme Libre is a lot like it. I also have to suggest Aventus here. You might wanna try one of the safer iris scents like Dior Homme Sport 2012, Dior Homme Eau, or Prada L'homme. Also try Chanel Allure Homme Sport if you haven't already.

[Anonymous No.13004502]

>>13004474
Sauvage, never more than 2 sprays.

[Anonymous No.13004513]

>>13004414
what's wrong with smelling like an arab?
asking because I'm arab, is it the overspraying or oud based scents?

[Anonymous No.13004521]

>>13004513
its the heavy scents

I suppose overspraying, but its more commonly associated with arabs.

It almost fits an arab man better than others. Not necessarily a bad thing, but its a bit random if you're not arab

[Anonymous No.13004669]

I put on CK One as its a fresh scent, my parents say its too feminine for me to wear, even though I wore it in summer working housekeeping as it was fresh lol

[Anonymous No.13004699]

>>13004336
Go to Europe and talk to women. They’ll love it, you can have conversations for hours. You might even get laid.

[Anonymous No.13004705]

Opinions on Eau My Soul? The notes look right up my alley, and since it’s semi-limited edition, I’m thinking of copping a 100ml.

[Anonymous No.13004854]

>>13004705

DO EET

[Anonymous No.13004869]

>>13004513
The Arab miasma is typically the result of overspraying of strong, common perfumes (Bleu, One Million, Aventus and clones) mixed with lingering body odor. Like they don't shower properly and don't use deodorant, then think that their fragrance will make up for it. I don't mind heavy application of scent, but it's the lack of hygiene part that grosses me out.

[Anonymous No.13004890]

Newfag here, bought pic related a week ago, really digging it.
Also tried kouros, it's really unique, though did not strike me as a type of fragrance i'd wear too often.
A relative of mine has been sperging about gucci pour homme (first one i think). Is 2 any good?

[Anonymous No.13004904]

>>13004521
>>13004869
Thanks for telling me what it means, I hate racist stereotypes but at least I'm in the loop now. I hear that word thrown around a lot in here and I'm always confused, cause it sounds like if I said I don't want to smell like an African or an Asian??

anyways since you filled me in on a prejudice, I'll fill you in on a word in arabic that if you hear you'll know what it means around you.
"Abyaad netten" means white stink, often used to describe this wet dog like smell most middle class white people project. I think it's white people who let their dogs sleep in their beds and go nose blind to the smell, lingering body odour plus smelling like a dog is known as "Abyaad netted".

you're welcome, if you'd like I can teach you simple arabic comeback to that.

[Anonymous No.13004966]

>>13004869
Why do they do this? It isn't even arabs in particular but all people from the middle east

[Anonymous No.13005093]

>>13004904
Protip: the comeback is extrajudicially arresting you and throwing you in Gitmo.

[Anonymous No.13005117]

>>13005093
>>>/pol/

[Anonymous No.13005137]

>>13005117
Relax bro, it was just a prank.

[Anonymous No.13005158]

>>13005137
Dang I didn't read your post properly. Not the arab btw.

[Anonymous No.13005159]

>>13004904
Are you an Arab?

>>13004869
How do you know this? Whenever I pass Saudis here in London I do note the excessive over spraying (and genuinely wonder whether their noses are dumbed down or something to be able to put up with the cloying stink) however it's so over powering that there'd be no chance in hell that I could smell the faintest whiff of BO.

[Anonymous No.13005177]

>>13004380
Anything?

[Anonymous No.13005195]

>>13004495
How's the sillage and projection of Mancera's Back to Black?

[Anonymous No.13005211]

>>13005177
Used to be my go-to cold/rainy day fragrance. Harsh, minimalist and bold, mostly consists of Iso E super. It stands out among all the common winter fragrances as it has absolutely no sweetness. You'll probably either love it or hate it, but nevertheless never overspray it, two sprays at most, there will be people that find it outright repulsive.

[Anonymous No.13005217]

>>13005177
At first it smelled like a wet forest to me and I loved it but now I get a big pickle vibe from it that sort of ruined it for me. The bottle and sprayer are awesome though.

[Anonymous No.13005218]

>>13005159
Fragrance doesn’t cover up BO. It just mixes with the BO and makes your frag smell rancid as fuck. That’s why you don’t wear fragrance at the gym.

[Anonymous No.13005227]

>>13005211
When you say it doesn't have any sweetness do you mean that there is nothing fruity or flowery about it? Just dry woods?
Cause that sounds like it could be a very masculine fragrance and I like it.

[Anonymous No.13005267]

>>13005227
For the most part, yes. It avoids the usual winter powerhouse notes of tonka, leather, vanilla, gourmand and boozy notes, which is uncommon for a designer fragrance.

>it could be a very masculine fragrance
It is, though its simplicity makes it wearable for both genders, at least in my opinion. The Extreme flanker, on the other hand, I couldn't imagine on a woman.

[Anonymous No.13005280]

>>13005159
I grew up in suburban Los Angeles in a community with many Persians and Arabs. It could be that those people tend to be more hairy than average and that body hair retains odors, or it could be cultural differences with regard to personal grooming. It's not even a huge deal to me, it's just one of those things like how Asians often smell of garlic and cab drivers smell of turmeric.

[Anonymous No.13005293]

>>13005217
P I C K L E R I C K

[Anonymous No.13005339]

What's your favourite ingredient/note /frag/?

[Anonymous No.13005352]

>>13004904
I'm asking the Afghani at work about that that's funny as fuck

[Anonymous No.13005377]

>>13005339
Oud and Ocean/Sea. But that's a bit deceiving since I generally quite like sweet frags but less the particular notes.

Reminds me, everyones thoughts on leau majeure d'issey? I see a lot of bad reviews but I quite liked the dry-down.

[Anonymous No.13005385]

>>13005339
Probably tobacco or vanilla, they're so comfy.
I also love grapefruit and incense.

[Anonymous No.13005395]

>>13005385
Reccomendations for a nice tobacco frag? I find tobacco oud a bit too strong and mature and Tobacco vanille is a bit too powdery

[Anonymous No.13005402]

>>13005395
Try Herod, it's probably my favorite fragrance.

[Anonymous No.13005431]

>>13005339
ginger

[Anonymous No.13005462]

Gonnabuy my mom Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile Eau de Parfum.
Thoughts? Experiences?

[Anonymous No.13005469]

About to buy a 200ml Sauvage bottle, do girls really like it?

[Anonymous No.13005480]

>>13005395
Herod, Back to Black, and Roja Enigma are the best tobacco scents IMO.

[Anonymous No.13005481]

>>13005469
I would never blind buy 200ml of anything. If you absolutely have to have it, at least buy a 50ml or something first.

[Anonymous No.13005487]

>>13005339
sandelwood and/or vanilla seem to always come back in frags I like.

[Anonymous No.13005507]

>>13005481
I tried it today, it smells pretty good but I mean you don't wear a fragrance for yourself right? And since every girl seems to love it...
I found a 200ml bottle for 110€. 60ml already costs 65€...

[Anonymous No.13005529]

>>13005339

Orris, either the earthy or fruity kind rather than the ionone/irone makeup vibe. It pairs really nicely with peach, spice notes and jasmine.

[Anonymous No.13005545]

>>13005339
Vetiver, it can smell like various things depending on the variant and the other notes it comes with, but I love all of them.

[Anonymous No.13005575]

>>13005507
>I mean you don't wear a fragrance for yourself right
the absolute state of /frag/posters

[Anonymous No.13005597]

>>13005507
>wearing a fragrance for anyone other than yourself
Pretty fucking idiotic

[Anonymous No.13005605]

>>13005507
>2017
>wearing frags for yourself
How insecure are you

[Anonymous No.13005637]

>>13005402
>>13005480
Thanks, just bought a sample of Roja and Herod

[Anonymous No.13005695]

>>13005637
Roja Enigma is very interesting because it really doesn’t smell like your typical tobacco fragrance. It’s not spicy or dusty, it’s this really smooth, boozy vanilla/jasmine scent. You definitely get the tobacco, but it’s not the main note.

Very unique scent, nothing quite like it, and one of my absolute favorited of all time.

[Anonymous No.13005698]

>not stockpiling a lifetime supply of 2009-2010 vintage CH Men

it's like you don't want the GOAT pussymagnet frag on deck AT ALL TIMES

[Anonymous No.13005785]

>>13005698
Women would rather be with a guy who smells like peppermint & Lavendar Fragrance Oil than a guy who smell like Carolina Herrera.

[Anonymous No.13005895]

>>13005507
>This is how Sauvageposters think

[Anonymous No.13005907]

>>13005698
Dude, shut the fuck up, Gary.

[Anonymous No.13005915]

>>13004290

>be me in similar situation
>Well I own about 15 frags
>People become interested
>Dude who has said nothing the entire conversation says he has over 100
>whatnoway.gif
>Pulls out his fucking phone and goes right to a picture of his collection that covers an entire dresser, the long feminine style
>Turns out he is gay

[Anonymous No.13005916]

>>13005339
vetiver

[Anonymous No.13005920]

>>13004904

Cat owner here. Is there a similar term for people who may smell like a cat?

Also my experience with Arabs is hit or miss. It's either no detectable scent or a fragrance bath.

[Anonymous No.13005933]

>>13005507
I really like Sauvage but i hate the scent it leaves on clothes - it smells like bandaids and Neosporin.
I can never wear it with clothes that I don't wash with every wear.

[Anonymous No.13006128]

>>13005377
Blind bought a tester bottle of this recently. Dry, fuzzy, salty citrus wood. It's L'Eau d'Issey torn down to its core and reconstructed using modern scent molecules - cashmeran, Iso E, and whatever mineral ocean note is used in AdG Profumo. A good choice of aquatic for those who love gaudy ambroxan bombs like Sauvage (I really enjoy Sauvage). Whether sometime enjoys it probably hinges on how they react to the cashmeran, which is uncommon in men's fragrance (L'Eau Majeure is intended as a unisex scent). I think this is the primary reason for the negative reviews.

[Anonymous No.13006276]

>>13002111
do roja enigma owners own roja enigma

[Anonymous No.13006293]

>>13006276
Why are you so autistic about Enigma?

[Anonymous No.13006338]

>>13005695
That sounds amazing, like what I wanted tobacco vanille to be, keen for my sample

[Anonymous No.13006356]

>>13006338
It is. It smells kind of like cola in the opening, then dries down into this beautiful creamy, boozy goodness. I’ve sampled pretty much all his scents and Enigma’s his best by far IMO. Also worth noting: the EDP gives 10-12 hours of longevity and projects better than the extrait, so if you wind up getting a bottle, you can save yourself like 150.00 and get the EDP version. The extrait is wholly unnecessary.

[Anonymous No.13006383]

anyone tried this? man ...

[Anonymous No.13006432]

Anyone tried this?

[Anonymous No.13006433]

>>13006383
What's it perform like?

[Anonymous No.13006537]

>>13006432
Didn't like it/was forgettable to me. Don't remember how it went.

The only one (s) I really liked from SHL777 were Khol de Bahrein and I Hira. I say maybe because I was blown away by the depth and chewiness of the labdanum in O Hira, but it got tiresome and exhausting after a while. It felt like I had run through a burning and resinous ash lake. Very tenacious.

[Anonymous No.13006694]

If you only had to spray cologne on just one part of your body would it be your chest or neck?
Also, this may be a stupid question but is spraying cologne on your hair retarded?

[Anonymous No.13006794]

>>13005159
yeah I'm arab, we care about the way we smell more than westerners I think but I also agree with smelly ass NYC arabs. I think it's a class thing, arabs willing to immigrate for money and leave their heritage behind are no different than Americans savages who murder natives and rewrite history. Money is the fall of honour.

[Anonymous No.13006797]

>>13005920
no Arabs love cats, most arabs have at least one family cat.
Cats are not najs, which means they clean themselves and are sort of conscious about there excrement and they bury it meanwhile dogs will literally stick their noses in shit.

[Anonymous No.13006800]

>>13005195
fucking incredible, it's a hard one to pull off if you're a young white dude tho.
Very exotic middle-eastern scent but I say go for it.

[Anonymous No.13006871]

Anyone has it? Do you like it, do others? What's the longevity, how versatile is it?

[Anonymous No.13006953]

>>13001348
>Sauvage is a synthetic mess

[Anonymous No.13007018]

>>13006871
I'm currently trying to decide dropping the money on the EdT or the EdP. Both have things I like in it.

I personally enjoy both, the projection is pretty good in the EdT, longevity is fucking insane for the price.

Lot of people don't like the lemon notes and the black currant notes that mix with the sweeter notes, but personally I like it

[Anonymous No.13007022]

Should I?

[Anonymous No.13007041]

>>13006871

I have a bottle of the EDP and multiple testers of the EDT.

The blackcurrant note shows through more in the EDT and it just feels more fruity in general. The development of the fragrance feels pretty generic. Fruity/citrusy opening with slightly vanillic and sweet base. It's nice, though.

I prefer the EDP. It's one of the few fragrances where a lighter note (lemon) actually overtakes the heavier note (vanilla), on my skin. I think the notres compliment each other really well.

That's why I prefer the EDP. There is, however, a slightly 'metallic' overtone because of the citrus that pervails throughout its entirety.

Longevity is fine for both the EDT and EDP. EDP does last longer, of course..

[Anonymous No.13007044]

>>13007022
I'm actually asking myself the same thing right now.
I'll probably end up buying it as a christmas present to myself, it's just so good.

[Anonymous No.13007049]

>>13007022

Definitely not. You can get one of its imitations for 10 % of the price and 99,99999 % of the people you encounter will never know the difference between the two.

There's no reason to get a fucking $200 cologne. Ever.

[Anonymous No.13007052]

>>13004380

Encre Noire truly is a special kind of fragrance, not generic by any means.

It could possibly be the best purchase of your life, or the worst.

I wouldn't have blind bought it, though..

[Anonymous No.13007065]

>>13007049
>99,99999 % of the people you encounter will never know the difference between the two
That's completely irrelevant if it's not good enough for you.
In my opinion, buying a bunch of cheap clones you'll never use while trying to get the same results as the original is even more retarded than just saving up and getting the real thing.

[Anonymous No.13007083]

>>13006383
I have the whole AC discovery set. Just opened Rose Anonyme again and a drop of perfume flew into my eye. Fuck you.

Anyways. I think that it's one of the most wearable rose fragrances out there. Sweet, slightly powdery rose. Woody and earthy background. Zingy and slightly fresh in the opening from the bergamot and the ginger.

[Anonymous No.13007090]

>>13007065

>cheap clones you'll never use

The point was that you can get the same fragrance for much cheaper. If you wanna spend nine times the amount, do it. Just know, no one will care about it except you, and you'll be an idiot for doing so

[Anonymous No.13007107]

>>13007052
People say it smells like fire or a fireplace. Is it true? I can't think how they would do that succesfuly.

[Anonymous No.13007113]

>>13007107

It kinda smells like a forest, very earthy

[Anonymous No.13007118]

>>13007049
What's a good imitation? If you say cool water I'm going to report you

It's not meme tier like Aventus. On my skin it lasts all day into the next and is fucking awesome.I haven't really tried any imitations but nothing I've seen from them implies the performance is anywhere close.

[Anonymous No.13007121]

>>13007107
It smells like different things to different people. I do get a faint smoke note from it at times, but one of my friends once said: "is there something burning?" before pinpointing it to my fragrance, so I guess there's truth to those statements.

[Anonymous No.13007134]

>>13007090
>you can get the same fragrance for much cheaper
No, you can't.
All you can get is a relatively close approximation of the original that has a fraction of the longevity and lacks any depth.

>Just know, no one will care about it except you
That's the only thing that matters if you're not an idiot who only wears fragrances for compliments.

[Anonymous No.13007137]

>>13007118

Raghba Lattafa is a good clone.

[Anonymous No.13007150]

>>13007049
>There's no reason to get a fucking $200 cologne. Ever.

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

[Anonymous No.13007151]

is notino trustworthy? i really enjoy casbah by piguet and i found 100ml edp for 65 € on notino but on most websites it's around 145 €. im afraid it wont smell like the sample that i currently have

[Anonymous No.13007157]

>>13007151
In my experience, yes

[Anonymous No.13007187]

Considering a cheapie like Play It Wild for casual use year round. The price isn't the issue, its the longevity and sillage, plus it being seen as a fall frag on fragrantica.
Just don't want people to be choked out in summer, where I plan on using it a lot

[Anonymous No.13007224]

>>13007107
just birch tar oil alone smells like a campfire in the woods

[Anonymous No.13007336]

So after reading this general for the first time last week, I had a nice time today going around Fenwicks and testing a load of fragrances.

I've settled on Sauvage and Givenchy Gentleman. Is eBay reliable or am I going to get scammed?

[Anonymous No.13007355]

So for this thread I gathered that iso is the culprit for olfactory fatigue.

Is there a place where I can check which frags have high amount of these iso?

[Anonymous No.13007393]

>>13007355

Ionones also cause olfactory fatigue, they are kinda like cousins with iso e, its how it was discovered decades ago. I'd say look on base notes to see if someone mentions strong doses of iso e (sometimes they confuse it for other synths like norlimbanol even though they don't smell the same).

As for ionones, look where "Alpha-iso-methyl ionone" is on the ingredients list of the box, its a restricted material but the amount in a perfume is usually dictated about where on the list it is (near the beginning a higher concentration, lower on the list a lower concentration), although they might have changed that rule to just being alphabetical.

[Anonymous No.13007428]

>>13007336
Very possibly scammed. eBay and Amazon are not reliable, lots of fakes.

[Anonymous No.13007465]

>>13007393
Thank you. Every day I learn something new.

[Anonymous No.13007502]

>>13001035
Just ordered this

[Anonymous No.13007553]

>>13005507
nice bait

[Anonymous No.13007569]

TOM FORD.
CAFÉ ROSE.
THOUGHTS?

[Anonymous No.13007603]

Anyone knows what would be a non-sweet, kind of sporty fragrance that would be suitable for a woman in her late 40s that loves to play sport? Ideally something she could wear while playing

[Anonymous No.13007856]

>>13007569
I HAVE THEM ON OCCASION, YES.

[Anonymous No.13007857]

>>13007603
Idk but show me ur boobs

[Anonymous No.13007859]

>>13007603
It's a little late to be buying your christmas presents dude

[Anonymous No.13007877]

>>13007859

whatever

[Anonymous No.13007891]

>>13007118

[Anonymous No.13007917]

>>13007553
It'a not a bait, I ordered the 200ml bottle.
So Sauvage will be my daytime fragrance and I think I'm going to pick Eros for nighttime

[Anonymous No.13008063]

>>13004226
bump

[Anonymous No.13008170]

>>13007022
just get cool water AND tres nuit

[Anonymous No.13008182]

hey guys broke fag here too cheap to buy any high end ones
What are your thoughts on those frags in those containers shaped like cigars

[Anonymous No.13008512]

anyone have opinions on pic related other than the bottle looking like a dildo? Deciding whether I should return or keep. I like the scent, but wondering if there is anything better.

[Anonymous No.13008594]

>>13008182
Cuba Gold is a nice cheapy. Smells like le male and only like $7 on amazon.

[Anonymous No.13008607]

>>13006953
I went up to a guy that smelled of sauvage, told him he smelled s y n t h e t i c

[Anonymous No.13008671]

>>13004495
Hello again almost-me. Here's my most recent week according to BN. Most of these are fresh blind buys. I find One Million Absolutely Gold to be very much in the family of 24 Gold / Gold Oud. Mancera Gold Intensive Aoud should also appeal to you if you think you'd like a dry rose / geranium and assorted woods with your "(a)oud". Since you like sweet stuff, sample Dunhill Icon (Terre de Skittles). No suggestions for Aventus-likes; you're already doing that right.

I'm likely going to buy Mancera Back to Black and Black Line when Notino run their post Christmas sale on "niche" brands again. Also interested in Charriol Royal Gold, which is reviewed as a sort of Black Orchid Intense that can be had for $35 on fragnet.

[Anonymous No.13008697]

>>13007502
Great stuff, definitely the most alpha of the spicy/sweet frags.

[Anonymous No.13008703]

>>13007603
I.e. something for an aging cougar who does yoga with her other old friends. Get her anything, it doesn't matter at that point. Women age like shit, a 40 yo woman is actually 60 in female years.

[Anonymous No.13008752]

Post beautiful bottle designs. I don't even care if the frag is shit, I just want to look at pretty bottles right now.

[Anonymous No.13008793]

>>13008182
They’re ok. Highly synthetic smelling, certainly smell cheap, and they don’t last at all, but for the price they’re surprisingly decent. Just have to reapply it like 10 times a day.

[Anonymous No.13008840]

should I? Really itching to since it's on sale and probably won't be again for a while

[Anonymous No.13008946]

>>13008752
The Agonist bottles, but that's cheating because they're from the commissioned art pieces collection, not their normal range.

[Anonymous No.13008952]

>>13008946
Besides that, I truly think the Vol de Nuit bottle is a masterpiece of design.

[Anonymous No.13009196]

anybody any experience with keiko mecheri

[Anonymous No.13009326]

Fuck off I'm not a shill like Jerememe lol

[Anonymous No.13009357]

>>13001035
Creed Mementus all day erryday
Feels good not being poor

[Anonymous No.13009408]

>>13008840
It’s very nice stuff. Very unique and lasts ridiculously long for an aquatic. Can’t really go wrong with it.

>inb4 some autist accuses me of being a shill

[Anonymous No.13009421]

>>13004890
Where’d you get this? Been planning on getting it for a while but when I checked recently I realized it’s sold out almost everywhere because it’s been discontinued. Might have to resort to eBay.

[Anonymous No.13009608]

>>13009408
I said fuck it and bought it, really liked the sample I had of it. I'll just call it a Christmas gift to myself.

It's really one of the only frags I tried that I really liked. Might experiment with Bergamust a bit more but I was never bit on bergamot notes anyways, so adding musk to it kind of makes me uncomfortable

[Anonymous No.13009647]

>>13009608
Exactly, why not? I’m thinking I’m gonna grab myself a bottle of Eau my Soul as a Christmas gift to myself, because why the fuck not, right? Gotta treat yourself sometimes.

Personally, I like Bergamust a lot. I have both Amongst Waves and Bergamust. I didn’t love it when I first sampled it, but it grew on me. Kinda reminds me a little of Sauvage, but much smoother and less woody and peppery. If you still have a sample, give it a couple more wears, it’s really become one of my go-to casual scents.

[Anonymous No.13009667]

>>13004854
I DEED EET!

[Anonymous No.13009726]

>>13009357
it's nothing about being poor for me. (Even though I am)

It's just that Creed cannot into fucking quality control between batches and it's a tossup between shit and great. Not worth the time and effort, I'd rather just Pineapple Vintage. Especially since I don't even care for the scent too much.

GIT though...that's legit

[Anonymous No.13009927]

>>13007336
>>13007428
EBay is fine. You just avoid bad retailers wigh little to no feedback, ANY negative feedback over the product itself, only sells one product, etc

[Anonymous No.13010060]

got gifted a 50ml of TF champaca absolute. i could get $230 credit if i return it at nordstrom but i haven't opened it. does it smell good enough to keep?

[Anonymous No.13010066]

my skin seems to swallow up scents giving my low sillage etc.

If I used a body moisturizer after a shower would it remedy this situation?

[Anonymous No.13010191]

>>13010066
Which scents? It's usually the perfume rather than >muh skin is special.

>>13010060
What a generous gift. Is the person who gave it to you a fragrance enthusiast, and are they going to be hurt if you never wear it around them? When someone gives me a nice present I generally like to demonstrate to them that it's being enjoyed, usually by wearing clothes that they gave me around them etc. It's only polite.

[Anonymous No.13010209]

>>13010191

it was like a "mass gift" from my company head to everyone. everyone got the same thing. nobody has met the guy lol.

[Anonymous No.13010425]

>>13010209
Oh well fuck. In that case trade the shit in to Nordstrom for whatever you'd prefer. Personally, I'd get 50 ml of Le Labo Thé Noir 29 and buy a $50 gift card with the balance for someone's birthday or whatever.

[Anonymous No.13010551]

>>13008671
which website is this

>>13009357
what does this feel like

[Anonymous No.13010553]

>>13008671
which website is this

>>13009357
what does owning all this aventus feel like

[Anonymous No.13010573]

Interlude Man is fucking revolting. The fact that some fragrance nerds are so obsessed with projection and smelling different that they think smelling like a literal forest fire to anyone within a hundred feet is "bold" and "daring" is fucking hilarious.

[Anonymous No.13010613]

What frag smells like a wood fire?

[Anonymous No.13010615]

>>13008840

have you sampled it. i got a sample and don't know if it gone bad or something but it smelled like mold to me

[Anonymous No.13010631]

>>13010553
Basenotes scent of the day

[Anonymous No.13010670]

>>13010573
Hey better than skanky barnyard oud shit

[Anonymous No.13010866]

>>13009421
At a local mall, I'm not american

[Anonymous No.13011028]

>Blackened Oak
>Cashmere Wood
>Birch
>Nordic Woods

this candle might be the best thing I've ever smelled. any frag recs that are similar?

[Anonymous No.13011193]

Who else orders decants of different batches of Aventus so you can layer sprays of different batches and smell like a whole kaleidoscope of Aventus?

[Anonymous No.13011201]

>>13002291
I had a sample could barely smell anything lasted 5 mins maybe.

[Anonymous No.13011210]

>>13005698
ch men is shit. you probably like individuel too.

[Anonymous No.13011212]

>>13007107
I kinda thought when I first sniffed it that it smelled like wet ash.

[Anonymous No.13011252]

>>13001035
CHRISTMAS

O Joyous occasion and sacred holiday
Blessings upon this fragrant and fleeting world
Let us remember the life and times of our LORD the saviour
And rejoice among in perfumed halls
A great feast of sugared plums and fragrant wines

FILLE EN AIGUILLES

[Anonymous No.13011258]

Which brand generally has the better fragrances between commodity and Maison Margiela? I'm a first time buyer and don't really no where to start so was just going to go to a big department store and try them out.

[Anonymous No.13011264]

>>13011028
I like Bryedo vanquish

[Anonymous No.13011292]

>>13010613
bois d'ascese by naomi goodsir

[Anonymous No.13011369]

Since my mum's working and we celebrated xmas early, I got a 100ml bottle of CK Truth.
Would be nice for casual spring/summer wear I think and the bottle design is different.

[Anonymous No.13011398]

I've been using Truefitt & Hill cologne for a while now (mostly Grafton and West Indian Limes).

Are they good to you?

[Anonymous No.13011419]

Has anyone tried Insurrection II Pure?
I'm considering picking it up for $15, but I keep seeing people talk about how shitty the performance is and how terrible it smells.

[Anonymous No.13011444]

tfw want to buy Aventus but im too scared of ordering it

like, what if its not the real deal

[Anonymous No.13011472]

This is now my #1 fragrance for going partying, since a chick I made out with told me I smelled fucking great.

[Anonymous No.13011476]

Sauvage is a cloying chemical mess.

[Anonymous No.13011482]

>>13011476
Peppery, ambroxan synthetic mess. Never understood it's appeal.

[Anonymous No.13011495]

>>13010615
Yeah, on my skin I get a melon aquatic opening to die for (aquatic note comes out a lot more than the melon for me) with this nice patch-vanilla drydown. Great scent imo, excited to wear it in the summer

[Anonymous No.13011497]

>>13011419
The reviews are accurate. It's like a black and white photocopy of the scent - kind of accurate but paper thin and with zero depth. Aventus if ambroxan were banned by IFRA and the Creed brand were sold to Coty.

>>13011444
Where are you shopping? The Aventus sold by the major US discounters are legit, though they're not exactly cheap anymore and who knows what kind of batch you will end up with.

Honestly both of you anons can spare yourselves a lot of neurotic worry by going with Pineapple Vintage Intense. I don't think there has ever been a clone fragrance with the kind of crowdsourced feedback and iterative development cycle that PVI has benefited from, and as the third entry in the PV series they've finally hit the mark. It's what I personally reach for nowadays.

[Anonymous No.13011504]

New Pineapple Vintage
https://www.parfumsvintage.com/product-page/x-batch-50ml-dispatched-6-10-days

Kind of interesting in terms of notes, Pineapple + Black Currant is a combination ive never really smelled before

[Anonymous No.13011508]

>>13011497
>Where are you shopping
idk, trying to find some online store, but every site i check -- the price is so much lower than the one on Creed's official site, so im scared

why is it like that

[Anonymous No.13011510]

>>13011497
>Pineapple Vintage Intense
The price is too high for a clone IMO.

[Anonymous No.13011545]

>>13011258
Bump prease

[Anonymous No.13011547]

>>13011510
90 dollars is honestly chump change considering the fact that it's a great clone at a third of the price. I'd rather pay more for a high quality clone than 30 dollars for an "almost but not quite" clone. Imo it's better too since you have so many options

[Anonymous No.13011553]

>>13010670
>skanky barnyard oud shit
Oh jesus. I sampled TF Tobacco Oud last month and that was the impression I got.

Disgusting.

[Anonymous No.13011555]

Christmas Eve

Where my Burberry London boys at?

[Anonymous No.13011564]

On days where I want to be low key with a scent, would a deo stick be a good option?

[Anonymous No.13011657]

>>13011555
My negro. Specially brought this home for Christmas

[Anonymous No.13011669]

>>13011510
The $25 I spent for CDNMI is completely wasted because I will never wear that trash. Same with Insurrection Pure II. Between the two I could have had half a bottle of PVI, which would be thoroughly enjoyed.

[Anonymous No.13011714]

>>13011510
Depends on the clone. For something that’s meh but close enough for some people, yeah. For a clone that’s as good as the real thing that some people actually enjoy more? No way.

PV is priced very fairly IMO.

[Anonymous No.13011807]

>>13011476
Still smells better than your shitty stinking soyboy fragrance

[Anonymous No.13011866]

i swear girls keep looking at me when i wear Sauvage

dont know if its a good thing or not, i think they like it

[Anonymous No.13011893]

Am I a pleb for using just this? Is there a good way to find out how to branch off from this one based on wanting something that smells similar?

[Anonymous No.13011895]

>>13011866
My normie perfume thot coworker specifically talks about how she thinks Sauvage is sexy af. Same with Wanted (she's too dumb to remember / pronounce Azzaro), but you can practically see her getting wet when she's talking about Sauvage in particular. I don't wear Sauvage to work anymore since I'm not trying to touch this one, but it does have an effect on certain women.

[Anonymous No.13011908]

BDC > Sauvage

Stop with this Sauvage meme already.

[Anonymous No.13011916]

>>13011893
Maybe try the EDP and then going for aquatics that match the airy feel it has? Like ADG, Kenzo Pour Homme for example, with prominent sea notes?

[Anonymous No.13011923]

>>13008671
>>13004495
What website is that?

I'm new here, sorry!

[Anonymous No.13012349]

I'm thinking of taking the leap. I hear the longevity sucks ass so am I just wasting my shekels here?

[Anonymous No.13012455]

>tfw spent like $3k on frags (bottles & decants)
>trying to sell about of half what I bought
>hardly anyone wants to buy the stuff
>$150 of decants that are going to be wasted

I wouldn’t say I regret it because I know a lot more about my frag tastes now, but with the stuff I didn’t like I could have bought aventus, green Irish tweed and Ambre Nuit and still have money left over.

[Anonymous No.13012463]

>>13012455
How does this even happen?
Did you just buy a bunch of bottles without trying them first?

[Anonymous No.13012499]

>>13012463
y-yes

Then I realised you could buy 5ml samples from eBay

At least the bottles I’ve sold so far I’ve broken even on

[Anonymous No.13012528]

>>13012455
Post what you have and maybe somebody will be interested.

[Anonymous No.13012585]

>>13012528
All the bottles are designer
>ch men prive
>la nuit
>invictus aqua
>hypnose homme

Some samples are niche like reflection man, millesime imperial etc

[Anonymous No.13012590]

>>13012528
All the bottles are designer
>ch men prive
>la nuit
>invictus aqua
>hypnose homme
And lots more

Some samples are niche like reflection man, millesime imperial etc

[Anonymous No.13012608]

Please tell me why this fragrance is not renowned. Dark, leather, smooth, super cheap, 12h longevity, what could go wrong?

[Anonymous No.13012619]

got a 212 men sexy as a present, did I like it?

[Anonymous No.13012632]

Why is Sauvage so cheap?

Like, it's probably one of the greatest fragrances ever created yet it's so cheap and accessible for everyone.

[Anonymous No.13012639]

just moved to nyc

thoughts on cb i hate perfume and aedes?

[Anonymous No.13012734]

>>13012455
I'm interested in niche decants if you'd ship to the UK.

[Anonymous No.13012740]

>>13012639
I hate perfumes is great

[Anonymous No.13012748]

Is CDG MAN have the ink like smell like CDG 2?

[Anonymous No.13012757]

>>13012748
it's not ink, more like snuffed-out candle.

[Anonymous No.13012760]

>>13012639
I've heard CBIHP excels at masterful, literal reconstructions of environment/nature but there's a question of them being actually wearable + performance is a joke w/ water perfumes.

[Anonymous No.13012763]

>>13012632
>sauvage
>one of the greatest fragrances ever created

[Anonymous No.13012769]

>>13012757
Like wax?

[Anonymous No.13012770]

>>13012763
t. sample de toilette

[Anonymous No.13012771]

>>13010573
what is it like being a close-minded faggot?

[Anonymous No.13012778]

>>13012757
literally like you just blew out the candle w/ some woody, masculine incense.

[Anonymous No.13012783]

>>13012763
Suck my fucking dick you fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.13012786]

>>13012769
literally like you just blew out the candle w/ some woody, masculine incense.

[Anonymous No.13012793]

>>13012632
I don't think it's cheap when you can buy Chanel 100ml instead.

Sauvage smells like generic popular male fragrances but also step up from them, that's why it's inoffensive and popular. By making it similar but upscale.

[Anonymous No.13013264]

MERRY CHRISTMAS FUCKLORDS <3

[Anonymous No.13013379]

>>13012455
It took you 3k to know what you like? Literal autistism

[Anonymous No.13013383]

>>13012632
Ikr? Bought myself a 200ml bottle for 100 bucks. Meanwhile some autists spend hundreds of bucks on some stinking "niche" fragrances

[Anonymous No.13013479]

>>13012763
It kind of is though. This shit's the next 1 milly, people love it.

[Anonymous No.13013596]

I've narrowed down some colognes I like. Help me pick my signature scent!

>Issey Majeure
This is probably the one I like on smell alone. It's very unique and smells very elemental. It has the same "personality" as Terre Hermes. I'm not sure about wearing it because it smells completely asexual. It's the kind of smell you want your bedroom to have but not yourself I think.

>Acqua Di Gio
I'm a 90s kid so I'm very nostalgic for this one. Nothing much to say except that it's good, masculine and fresh. I don't think people where it as much so that wouldn't discourage me.

>Sauvage
Also is up there on scent alone. Definitely a next gen fragrance. You smell nice and a bit dangerous. I like it because it has some edginess instead of smelling like a floral french boy. I don't like the $99 price.

>Gucci Guilty
Incredibly mainstream and boring but that's actually a good point. I don't think people will have anything bad to say about it. It's the kind of scent you wear when you go out and rock the town with your squad. Feels like a more juvenile Sauvage.

So what do you think would be a good signature scent? Can you recommend something with the same personality I'm looking for?

[Anonymous No.13013656]

>>13011258
>>13011258
>>13011258
>>13011258

Please help me you pleasant smelling cunts

[Anonymous No.13013663]

>>13013596
Just get Sauvage, get a gf who lives Britney Spears' Fantasy and never come back here or any online fragrance discussion site again

[Anonymous No.13013668]

Can someone enlighten a Fragrance pleb on why everyone unashamedely loves Sauvage?

I understand that, in the end, it's all about the smell of product. But how can you all seperate the fucking mess of a commerical starring cunty Depp, from the final product? I could never bring myself to buy that shit.

[Anonymous No.13013710]

>>13013668
Not everyone, even in this thread. Personally, i think it’s astoundingly boring. Even bleu de chanel has something about it to justify the popularity, at least to an extent.
You should spend less time contemplating others’ tastes, especially since most don’t have any to begin with.

[Christmas Tripsk !!NfEoAU6E/r3 No.13013755]

>>13013656
Just go to Sephora and try them out and see which you like better

I personally prefer Maison Margiela frags to Commodity because the concepts tend to be better developed

Commodity concepts are, like, Demeter tier

[Anonymous No.13013761]

>>13013710
BdC is much more generic

you don't know what you're talking about

[Anonymous No.13013865]

Why is Sauvage such a panty dropper? Do they really put mind altering pheromones in?

[Anonymous No.13013872]

>>13013668
It causes females to get dirty thoughts about you.

[Anonymous No.13013892]

>>13013668
We've been moving away from gourmands and vanillashits like A* Meme, Le Meme/Ultrameme and 1Memeion for a while now, and this is the direction we're headed in.

It's also versatile, which will ultimately be its downfall. Next year, every guy you see at work, in the shopping mall, in a club, on the beach, in the gym, in the cinema or at a resteraunt; all of them will be wearing this. You will buy a bottle too, it's just the way things are going to go. Then the trend will die out and be replaced by woody citrus, it's all cyclical you see?

[Anonymous No.13013899]

>>13013668
I’m not a huge fan, to me it smells like wet, peppery cardboard and citrus. Women really do seem to love it, though. Every woman I’ve talked to about fragrances mentions that they like Sauvage. I don’t wear it, personally, since I have other scents women also love that I actually like (like Creed MI), but Sauvage is a legitimate panty dropper.

If all you care about is female attention, Sauvage is certainly an appealing choice.

[Anonymous No.13013901]

>>13013892
Fuck that. I’m still loving my orientals and gourmands. I just got a bottle of Back to Black, and I love it. Gonna wear it every chance I get.

[Anonymous No.13013903]

>>13013899
>Creed MI
Doesn't the projection kill MI?

[Anonymous No.13013948]

What kind of parfumes (not Eau de Parfum, but Parfum with 20-30% concentration) can /fa/ recommend?
Im using pic related and it is quite nice, even lasts through a 12 hour work day and makes heads turn afterwards.

[Anonymous No.13013978]

>>13013755
Thank you my man, mainly just wanted a nod in which direction to lean towards, I'll pay more attention to Maison then

[Anonymous No.13014221]

>>13013948
H E R M E S

[Anonymous No.13014232]

Requesting an edit of this but with Sauvage

[Anonymous No.13014252]

Just rename it Sauvage General at this point.

[Anonymous No.13014414]

Don’t really know shit about fragrances. I got Armani Code as a gift for x mas. What’s the consensus on this one?

[Anonymous No.13014424]

>>13014252
Yes that would be a perfect name since Sauvage is currently the only relevant fragrance

[Anonymous No.13014479]

>>13011564
bump
Also on the topic, would a deodourant of a strong scent such as Gucci Guilty work well year round?

[Anonymous No.13014559]

New thread:
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[Anonymous No.13014648]

>>13013761
See my third paragraph

[Anonymous No.13014736]

>>13011419
Projection and longevity aren't amazing, and the scent can smell kinda thin and "sour" if that makes sense. It is by no means a niche quality scent. That being said, I've gotten compliments on it, and quite enjoy the scent. Almost smells like freshly printed money at times.