Fragrance General #798

[Anonymous No.17127821]

Discontinued Thread >>17122888

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http://www.theperfumedcourt.com/
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http://www.perfumista.co.uk/
http://www.ausliebezumduft.de/fragrances.html
https://www.jovoyparis.uk/
https://www.lessenteurs.com/
https://bloomperfume.co.uk/
https://lulua.pl/en/
https://moodscentbar.com/en/
https://ecuacionnatural.com/
https://essenza-nobile.de/
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On DIY fragrances
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[Anonymous No.17127824]

>>17127821
The new Fragrance Groups 101 chart

[Anonymous No.17127825]

>>17127821
The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

[Anonymous No.17127829]

Were there any good prime day frag deals?

[Anonymous No.17127834]

>>17127829
>Were there any good prime day deals?
No they raised the prices on everything by 40% last week and then marked it down to the price it was before for pime day

[Anonymous No.17127852]

kind of tempted to cop a 30ml bottle of H24 right now, should I go for it?

[Anonymous No.17127858]

>>17127852
its not bad, but its overhyped
i like hiris better but its more feminine leaning

[Anonymous No.17127868]

>>17127852
It's fantastic for a mdern fragrance, im buying a bottle soon

[Anonymous No.17127870]

>>17127852
No, get Bois Imperial instead

[Anonymous No.17127873]

>was really warm saturday
>don't really like aquatics 'cause of their weakness
>wear my cheapest frag as only option
>nautica voyage
>get a handful of compliments how good i smell

I hate when that happens.

[Anonymous No.17127882]

>>17127858
this one has been a curiosity to me for a while but hard to find samples
guess I'll stick to my le cri by parfums d'empire when I itch for an iris

[Anonymous No.17127991]

What's a good men's beginner's winter fragrance? The lowest it gets is about 50 degrees F, so I don't think I need something for snow, just something for colder weather.

[Anonymous No.17128010]

*mogs everything in you're path*

[Anonymous No.17128011]

>>17127991
London for Men Burberry
This is Him Zadig & Voltaire
Replica jazz club or replica by the fireplace

[Anonymous No.17128013]

>>17128010
Based.

[Anonymous No.17128032]

>hithisisjuanfromhuelememucho

[Anonymous No.17128071]

>>17128032
This fucking guy

He once said of a frag: “this smells like a sexy black pipe”. He also said Nenuco (cologne for babies) is sexy and will make women cream their panties

[Anonymous No.17128077]

>>17127834
I take it the Fragnet 35% coupon works the same way then?

[Anonymous No.17128090]

>>17128077
If you want to buy a single bottle from fragnet and it's not expensive enough for free shipping the cheapest place to buy it is actually from the fragnet store on ebay. Fragrance buy CA also sometimes beats their website price + shipping with their ebay price

[Anonymous No.17128108]

What flankers of Azzaro PH are worth it? I have Night Time and like it. Looking at L'eau as a summer frag, and one for a wintery one.

[Anonymous No.17128126]

>>17128108
i only have ph elixir, face it its not the best frag in the world but for cooler evenings it's pretty nice, i like it more than OG pour homme

[Anonymous No.17128135]

>>17128108
Oh i can think of one...
Azzaro Pour Homme Limited Edition 2016
The nose behind this fragrance is Quentin Bisch

[Anonymous No.17128138]

>>17128135
I even see a bottle o ebay, there are probably more
https://www.ebay.com/itm/295086225182

[Anonymous No.17128189]

>>17127821
Can anyone recommend me a cologne for a late twenties jacked sporty type guy to fuck freshmen and sophomores at university?

I have Dior Sauvage EDP but everyone has it. I also have Channel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme, but I think it smells to powdery on my skin.

Preferablely something leaning masculine. Also if it could fit for the Fall and Winter that would be great. I had these suggestions from some kind anons in the last thread:

Bois Imperial
Phantom by paco rabanne
Sauvage Elixir
montblanc explorer
Prada l'homme

Thank you

[Anonymous No.17128243]

>>17128108
>>17128108
>>17128108
>>17128108
I don't know any of the other Azzaro PH flankers but I love Night Time so I'm happy to see someone else enjoying it. Actually never tried the real PH.

Also had good luck with Chrome Legend, but I have an older bottle -- pretty sure it's gone through reformulation since then.

[Anonymous No.17128246]

>>17128108
I don't know any of the other Azzaro PH flankers but I love Night Time so I'm happy to see someone else enjoying it. Actually never tried the real PH.

Also had good luck with Chrome Legend, but I have an older bottle -- pretty sure it's gone through reformulation since then.

[Anonymous No.17128298]

What's similar to guerlain vetiver? Its such a pleasant sweet scent. I can't find that shit being sold anywhere

[Anonymous No.17128302]

Just realized I almost exclusively own aquatics

[Anonymous No.17128369]

>>17128298
tom ford grey vetiver, givenchy vetyver, carven vetiver

[Anonymous No.17128371]

>>17128302
I can't imagine owning more than one or two aquatics. most boring fragrance genre of all time

[Anonymous No.17128381]

taking a break from incense, my bottle of Machrie from Arran Aromatics has finally arrived
I've sprayed it once on a tissue and my first impression is that it's a cooling smell, definitely marine, somewhat balsamic, with a hint of lavender-y aroma on the top and a distinct, though subdued stinkiness which reminds me of the smell of dirty, foamy sea water you might smell at a port, which might or might not be a realistic enough recreation of ambergris, I've sadly never had the opportunity to smell it by itself
I'll write about it in more detail after spending some more time with it

[Anonymous No.17128407]

>>17128371
I live next to the sea so it feels appropriate

[Anonymous No.17128447]

Looking for a warm, slightly sweet wood frag for winter. What you got?

[Anonymous No.17128452]

>>17127852
I'd like it more if the metallic accord were more dimmed and the woody aspect boosted.

[Anonymous No.17128458]

>>17128447
bentley absolute
this is him
egoiste
oud wood
eau des baux
encre noire a l'extreme

[Anonymous No.17128459]

Asking again for suggestions for a colder weather equivalent of the GOAT

[Anonymous No.17128461]

>>17128459
drakkar noir, pasha de cartier... any of the more classic fougeres, really

[Anonymous No.17128498]

>>17128459
davidoff hot water

[Anonymous No.17128514]

Man CW would literally be the perfect frag if not for the terrible longevity.

[Anonymous No.17128543]

I’m interested in buying some pure ambroxan for layering purposes. Does anyone here have experience with this or with fragrances like Molecule 02?

[Anonymous No.17128551]

>>17128071
>(cologne for babies) is sexy and will make women cream their panties
makes sense in a way

[Anonymous No.17128572]

Was thinking of buying Roja Elysium PC since I sampled it and loved it but man, the performance is so bad. I also have an Aventus sample and it smells surprisingly similar but is still way longer lasting. Aventus smells nice too but it has some "douche" alpha male smell to it that I don't like that isn't present in the Roja.

[Anonymous No.17128583]

>>17128572
Check out Esencia EDP. I would say it's a smoother, more refined, more mature version of Aventus.

[Anonymous No.17128585]

Went sampling again after a break. Damn, I already sampled everything I was interested in at that douglas. The power of autism.
Missoni Pour Homme EDP is very good, can't believe they had it. Safe fresh frag, smells better then BDC to me.
Clown Water is still shit though sorry /frag/, not even 1 hour in and I can barely smell 3 close range sprays. Stop the shilling...
I think I'll go to another frag store now lole
>>17128108
Have not sampled it, but APH Intense supposedly smells like cinnamon and cognac/brandy. Sound very comfy, albeit grandpacore. For winter and fall.

[Anonymous No.17128606]

Rank these houses from best to worst.

Amouage
Creed
Guerlain
Parfums de Marly
Penhaligon's
Xerjoff

[Anonymous No.17128605]

>>17128585
CW is exceptional, noselet

[Anonymous No.17128609]

>>17128606
Xerjoff >>> PdM > Creed > Guerlain > Amouage > Penwhocares

Xerjoff is really good, the others have 1-2 decent frags.

[Anonymous No.17128627]

>>17128605
Exceptionally weak that is. Great scents with bad performances should be regarded as total trash and never bought.
Like having a ferrari with no engine, absolutely worthless.

[Anonymous No.17128631]

>>17128627
just spray more dumbass

[Anonymous No.17128632]

>>17127821
This fragrance hoarding "hobby' is just as bad as watch fags. I want OUT.

[Anonymous No.17128661]

>>17128632
way cheaper though.

[Anonymous No.17128669]

>>17128627
protip: you stink

[Anonymous No.17128680]

>>17128010
>*mogs everything in you're path*

you are path

[Anonymous No.17128684]

>>17128680
This was witty in your head but it's actually retarded

[Anonymous No.17128690]

>>17128669
I smell incredible.
You smell like laundry detergent.

[Anonymous No.17128805]

>>17127821
can anyone rec me a very fresh summer fragrance with strong performance, prefferably a designer frag

[Anonymous No.17128806]

>>17128805
preferably*

[Anonymous No.17128808]

>>17128805
D&G light blue forever/italian love
Sauvage EDT
don't listen to the incels

[Anonymous No.17128816]

>>17128808
im an incel but thats beside the point, i like sauvage but its not fresh enough for me and light blue performance is pretty shit isnt it?

[Anonymous No.17128823]

>>17128805
Ten sprays of Cool Water

[Anonymous No.17128829]

>>17128816
LB forever and italian love have good performances for feshies, you are thinking of the other flankers. There is no citrusy very fresh summer frag that is a beast unfortunately, you'd have to look for something more greener, like ted lapidus pour homme sport. it's a different kind of fresh but lasts longer.
>>17128823
nice meme, at least recommend the vintage bottles

[Anonymous No.17128830]

>>17128829
>vintage bottles
Same shit

[Anonymous No.17128841]

>>17128829
doesnt need to be citrusy as long as its fresh, thanks for the recs.

[Anonymous No.17128864]

>>17127829
Bought Cool Water 200 mL and Cool Water Intense 125 mL for a total of 52.23€.
Neither of them had the lowest price for either within the past year, but I'm afraid that those prices won't come back, so I decided to panic-buy and hoard fragrances.

>>17128189
Add Eau Sauvage Parfum, just to see how you'd respond to something a bit more classic.

>>17128585
>3 sprays

>>17128606
Guerlain > Amouage > Creed if they had proper quality/batch control or would cut their prices in half > Xerjoff's 6-7 good fragrances among their overpriced crowdpleaser crap > Penhaligon's which is basically just Sartorial > clone-house PdM which somehow managed to turn creating powerful clones into an even bigger business.

>>17128805
Carven L'Eau Intense. Wearing it right now, paid a little over 50€ for the 100 mL, that stuff lasts and lasts. Fresh as fuck.

>>17128823
>Ten sprays

[Anonymous No.17128868]

>>17128447
Just bought 1270 as my first fragrance. It’s been described as having a top of canned pineapples but not strong like you might expect. I really enjoy it and it was between this or Serge Luten Ambre Sultan.

[Anonymous No.17128883]

>>17128805
It’s niche not designer but Bois Imperial costs less than most of designer frags. Last ages and makes girls wet. Get some.

[Anonymous No.17128886]

i love how boomers on fragrantica call every fragrance "mature"
it's at the point where they're even calling versace dylan blue mature

[Anonymous No.17128893]

Lets be honest, the only two fragrances that you really need in your life are Cool Water and Chanel Antaeus.

[Anonymous No.17128899]

The most important thing to learn when getting into frags in that fagrantica is retarded and you should ignore everything they say about fragrances.
If you need reviews basenotes is several times more accurate and actually has quality reviews, especially good quality negative reviews which you almost never see on fagrant

[Anonymous No.17128906]

>>17128893
I could make due with that

[Anonymous No.17128907]

Any anons sniffed Frederic Malle En Passant? I love Giacobetti's Tea for Two and Philosykos.

[Anonymous No.17128915]

>>17128883
This is a good recc

[Anonymous No.17128958]

>>17128883
I think I'm going to order the 10ml BI sample, you faggots finally got to me with the memes.

[Anonymous No.17128965]

>>17128893
>>17128906
I love cool water but because of the longevity I think this will be my last bottle. Shame because it's a simple yet great frag, and cheap to boot
I need a replacement, what's a great cheap fresh fougere?

[Anonymous No.17128973]

>>17128958
Get the full sample pack. I bought the 10 mL BI and I've only worn it twice. It's a unique but mediocre scent. Varnished woods and some basil in the opening.
In case you don't like BI, you might like one of the other ones, and in case you like it, they will substract the sample set price from the full bottle price, anyway, so you basically get free samples from their whole range.

[Anonymous No.17128977]

>>17128973
Thanks for the tip. I'm tired with buying bottles just for the novelty, I just want a signature scent at this point, ideally one for all year but two (one S/S, one F/W) would be fine too. I was under the impression BI was that kind of frag, kind of suited for everything, versatile and pleasant from what you guys say.

[Anonymous No.17128980]

>>17128977
But taste is still unique. There are people in this thread who probably hate Bleu de Chanel, which is rather universally liked by MOST, but not all. Better to be safe than sorry, especially if it doesn't even cost extra money.

[Anonymous No.17128984]

>>17128980
Yeah, you're right.

[Anonymous No.17128997]

>>17128965
>I need a replacement, what's a great cheap fresh fougere?
Not cheap but just get hermes h24

[Anonymous No.17129002]

Armani Code EDP is underwhelming, barely any sillage and just comes off as fresh bedsheet smell on my skin

[Anonymous No.17129010]

>>17128965
Sung Homme

[Anonymous No.17129021]

>>17128090
I'll check out their ebay stores, But I'd definitely be getting more than one bottle.

>>17128808
How is Italian love? I've been kinda eyeing it.

[Anonymous No.17129048]

>>17128886
idk if it's the boomers or the fragrancebros who think everything less sweet than Eros is automatically for older men

[Anonymous No.17129049]

>>17128893
I agree with Antaeus, but cool water smells too much like an air freshener to me

[Anonymous No.17129052]

>>17128899
the final frag review redpill is that the gay dragon guy from basenotes is the only good fragrance reviewer on the internet

[Anonymous No.17129056]

>>17129021
very good, on the same citrus photorealistic line of forever. Very similar I would say. Both great.

[Anonymous No.17129065]

>>17129056
So if I already have and love Forever I should get this too? Also what do you mean my photorealistic?

[Anonymous No.17129066]

>>17128189

[Anonymous No.17129067]

Give me the exhaustive list of meme frags I should try aside from Bois imperial and Ganymede

[Anonymous No.17129076]

>>17127870
>>17128189
>>17128883
>>17128958
Bois Imperial is do damn good, Ganymede always put a smile on my face while i spray it.

Tested also Kenzo Homme Intense 2021, boi oh boi, it's literally Bois Imperial freshened up with peppery gherkins.
Absolutely should get my hands on the 2022 Kenzo Parfum version.
Quentin Bisch uplifted the Kenzo Aqua line from a VW Polo(skipped all the flowery, citrusy shit before) to a VW Phaeton 2.0(Akigalawood).

[Anonymous No.17129077]

>>17129067
Kenzo intense 2021 & Kenzo homme parfum 2022

[Anonymous No.17129086]

>>17129067
Kouros
One Man Show Gold Edition

[Anonymous No.17129105]

>>17129067
Eros

[Anonymous No.17129109]

>>17128906
dad is that you

[Anonymous No.17129119]

>>17129109
Hi son how is school
Just found this four chanel thing its pretty funny but i not very familiar with your silly slang
What is ybwnaw or chud

[Anonymous No.17129122]

>>17129065
Yes, but it could be redundant. Photorealistic as it smells exactly like grapefruit, 100% realistic. I would say you only need one of the two, but both are great.
>>17129076
I tested Kenzo EDP today. Honestly, all Kenzo frags are pretty meh at best. If BI smells like any Kenzo, you all are confirmed retards for shilling it that much. Cool bottle at least but the plastic caps ruins it a tad.

[Anonymous No.17129128]

>>17129122
I agree. Kenzo EDP is good but nothing spectacular. Is BI really similar?
>>17129076
Nothing in the current Kenzo lineup is better than Pour Homme 1991 or L'Eau Indigo

[Anonymous No.17129132]

>>17129076
>>17129122
>>17129128
Another anon. I like BI but disliked Kenzo. They have some similarities but BI smells just much better for me. Kenzo is like a live child of BI and Santal 33.

[Anonymous No.17129134]

>>17129067
neroli intense
kouros
secretions magnifiques
one man show gold edition
eau de Squidward
Ultramale

not sure if anything else was particularly memed on here

[Anonymous No.17129135]

>>17129052
The Venisomething dragon guy is an average reviewer. Stop shilling him so much

[Anonymous No.17129137]

>>17129134
>neroli intense
JEP or Nicolai?

[Anonymous No.17129142]

>>17129135
idk, dude seems to have way more knowledge about the history of the western frag market and about individual aromachemicals than any other reviewer I've seen

[Anonymous No.17129143]

>>17129134
NI and BI are actually good. Can’t say that about the rest. Also Kouros is not a /frag/ meme really and I have never seen ultra male being memed here. It always seemed to be called as incredibly gay

[Anonymous No.17129145]

>>17129132
>disliked Kenzo.
EDP?

[Anonymous No.17129147]

>>17129137
JEP

[Anonymous No.17129158]

>>17129145
The new one by Bisch

[Anonymous No.17129164]

>>17129147
Doesn't it basically smell like orange blossom?

[Anonymous No.17129173]

name a shittier “niche” brand. I’ll wait.
seriously why is this brand even relevant? everything I’ve tried from them was just bland, boring or straight old-ladyish

[Anonymous No.17129200]

>>17129173
It’s alright. Nicolaï is the ultimate low/middle-brow filter. You’re not supposed to “get it”. It’s a brand produced by and for European elites. Basically what Guerlain used to be 60+ years ago. I bet you must look at e.g. Loro Piana clothes and also say that they are “ bland, boring or straight old-ladyish”.

[Anonymous No.17129208]

>>17127821
Whats the best cheap fragrance t. new to this general. I use montblanc emblem atm but I find it boring.

[Anonymous No.17129212]

>>17129208
>>17128459 if you don't mind having to reapply regularly

[Anonymous No.17129219]

>>17129208
Bois Imperial is the biggest discovery of this thread.
>niche
>more affordable than most of designers
>compliment getter

[Anonymous No.17129257]

Is this one better than the current lineup?

[Anonymous No.17129264]

>>17129002
That's disappointing, especially because the OG Code has also been l'orealed. Got a sample of the Code Parfum coming (new release I think), will see how that one is.

>>17129067
The iris-heavy Dior Homme frags, of course.
Also One Million and Sauvage.

>>17129164
Like 4711, with the citrus start and neroli drydown, yeah. Just longer lasting.

>>17129173
Aight more bottles of New York Intense for me.

>>17129208
Probably Nautica Voyage for most people.
For me it's Dunhill Icon, besides Cool Water.

Captcha: R000T

[Anonymous No.17129280]

Not trying to samplesperg but how do you keep track of which fragrances you liked the most, performance etc.? Do you use some Fragrantica star rating system or are you just able to remember more or less how it went? I'm asking because rating with stars seldom translates properly my impressions of the fragrances.

[Anonymous No.17129282]

>>17129257
no, stop shilling Kenzo just because you are all anime-watching autists. They are not good.
>>17129264
I wanna re-sample Icon, I really like the bottle and it wasn't bad.
>>17129280
I rate the frags I liked on Fragrantica and add them to the "want" list.

[Anonymous No.17129301]

>>17129143
Newfag who don't know about Kouros anon. Sad!

[Anonymous No.17129302]

>>17129280
I write down my impressions of them on a notebook.

[Anonymous No.17129305]

>>17129302
That seems like a useful way of keeping things organized. I think I'm gonna write what I remember about some of the more recent samples I've picked up on a markdown file.

>>17129282
How many times do you feel like you need to wear a fragrance out before deciding you want to cop a full bottle?

[Anonymous No.17129308]

>>17129132
>Kenzo is like a live child of BI and Santal 33.

I couldn't have said it better, Kenzo Intense 2021 is a cross between Bois Imperial and Santal 33, for me the peppery gherkins are a plus on the already good BI DNA.
Really wanna know how the edp smells like.
For me>>17129257 can't even compete.

[Anonymous No.17129311]

>>17129282
>no, stop shilling Kenzo just because you are all anime-watching autists. They are not good.

Quentin Bisch made Kenzo great again, really. Just smell the Kenzo Homme edp 2016 version, it's an even more synthetic interpretation of Invictus.

[Anonymous No.17129312]

>>17129280
a colored dot on the label or cap with a sharpie
purple: love
red: like
orange: neutral
yellow: dislike
i don't keep the ones i hate

[Anonymous No.17129313]

>>17129308
>how the edp smells like.
Ozonic and one-dimensional.
>>17129311
Stop jacking this guy off, Kenzo had great stuff before Bisch took over

[Anonymous No.17129316]

>>17129002
I have it, with 6 sprays on my neck im good. Its not a beast of proyection, but it works ok for me. Also, it makes women want to get closer to you, thats the point.

[Anonymous No.17129330]

>>17129282
I was surprised by how good Icon actually is, and it's even long-lasting on clothes. Not the biggest sillage, but it's for summer, anyway.
It also managed quite the good rating in one of those blind-reaction vids, specifically this one:
https://youtu.be/ZVZ5DYSgwhE
(The Dreamer fans shouldn't watch that, though).
Didn't even have it on my list of "crowdpleasers", but for the price it costs both the bottle and fragrance are quite impressive.

[Anonymous No.17129334]

>>17129330
>(The Dreamer fans shouldn't watch that, though).
It's obvious when you first smell it that it's not a pleaser. Doesn't matter though

[Anonymous No.17129341]

>>17129147
>>17129132
I disliked the new Kenzo EDP as well, smells like salty cucumber water to me, in an oddly boring way
but I'm not really a fan of the ganymede DNA anyway

[Anonymous No.17129346]

>>17129002
I also have that frag and I don't need more than 3 sprays on my neck to get "good" projection

[Anonymous No.17129347]

>>17129164
yes. it was memed here because it's stupidly cheap compared to the other stronger 4711 alternative, neroli portofino

[Anonymous No.17129349]

>>17129347
Acqua is more interesting

[Anonymous No.17129410]

>>17129305
of the few frags I own, 2 were gifted to me, one I tried a few times and just ticked all the boxes, 2 I blind bought. To this day, I have never been disappointed.
I don't need many times to try out a frag that I really like, but there aren't that many, that's the thing. I am very picky with frags, so if a frag convinces me, I directly consider it as a possible future buy.
Some other frags (like CW) I try to sample every time hoping they will grow on me cause i like the bottle/their "status".
I think I like sampling new frags more than actually wearing frags.
>>17129330
Ever tried desire?
>>17129334
I don't understand the Dreamer hate at all. It smells like lavender to me, very nice, at worst it smells a bit feminine, it's sweet. Love it.
Captcha: HRT4Y HAHAHAHAHAA

[Anonymous No.17129412]

>>17129410
Well I don't get the hate either but it's just not a mass pleaser, it's quite an unconventional frag. I think it's very pleasant and soft but it obviously wasn't intended as a compliment getter

[Anonymous No.17129424]

Which arabic perfume brand is best? I don't mean niche ones like amouage, i'm talking about lattafa, armaf etc

[Anonymous No.17129425]

Are "which frag should you wear depending on your personality" vids and stuff bullshit or is there some truth to the idea that certain notes convey certain moods?

[Anonymous No.17129434]

>>17129425
If you're a really serious guy, don't wear Squidward EDT
If you're a manchild, don't wear Oud Wood

[Anonymous No.17129446]

>>17129349
Haven't tried any Dunhill frags outside the Icon line. Have to look out for them.

>>17129424
Al Haramain, they used to be a frag and incense house before they started cloning, although you often can't get their own frags around here.

>>17129425
You should sniff stuff and then wear what you like the most, because it's all about confidence.

[Anonymous No.17129461]

Thoughts on Roja Parfums?

[Anonymous No.17129466]

>>17127821
Based OP for posting Eucris as opening pic. The edp is an oakmoss bomb similar to mousse Illuminee, but not that much expensive.
The edt is similar to Quorum.

[Anonymous No.17129479]

>>17129466
> The edt is similar to Quorum.
Except it’s actually good

[Anonymous No.17129495]

>>17127852
It’s sophisticated. Do NOT get Bois Imp over this, BI is bugspray. H24 mogs it.

[Anonymous No.17129506]

>>17129495
H24 has that smoothing iron theme, gets ruined by a kelly bear drydown.

[Anonymous No.17129511]

>>17129495
H24 has that smoothing iron theme, gets ruined by a jelly bear drydown.

[Anonymous No.17129514]

>>17129461
Expensive, unnecessary.

[Anonymous No.17129515]

>>17129466
Speaking of oakmoss what has happened to the oakmoss chart of sorts thing like this one >>17127824
?

[Anonymous No.17129520]

>>17129515
Allegedly mousse illumine and fougere Laube from rouge got reformulated this year. According to a post on the fragratica page for fougere Laube the listed ingredients changed and the new bottles smell different.
You would have to verify for yourself if it's true.
The poster says both no longer have
4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde
Listed as an ingredient.

[Anonymous No.17129542]

>>17129122
Ah ok, gotcha. I figured as much, just thought it was a weird term to describe a smell. I'll hold off on it for now since I already have the Forever and wanna get a bunch of other stuff first.

[Anonymous No.17129549]

>>17129461
Enigma Pour Homme has a place in my heart. I don't disagree with anon >>17129514 with the house being expensive but unnecessary? Not any more unnecessary than other overpriced houses with huge marketing budgets like current Jo Malone and Byredo that are notorious for having generally awful performance for the price.

And as far as rich old fops go, Roger seems like a genuine guy judging by his Youtube persona.

[Anonymous No.17129565]

>>17128010
Incredibly based

[Anonymous No.17129593]

>Zino by Davidoff if you want the same brand. good enough for Tom Ford to release a frag heavily inspired by it for 5x the price

What was the anon in the last thread talking about?

[Anonymous No.17129600]

>>17129593
Beau de Jour

[Anonymous No.17129602]

>>17129593
Zino and BdJ have a similar aromatic fougere structure but the former smells so cheap and synthetic that I will gladly pay 5x for Tom Ford just to don’t smell like some sleezy arab car dealer lmao

[Anonymous No.17129603]

>>17129593
Beau de Jour. they're not exactly the same, but the similarity is obvious

[Anonymous No.17129610]

>>17128805
LV freshies like L'Immensite
Dior Homme Sport
Tom Ford Oud Minerale
Bvlgari Aqva Amara

Can't think of many designers that last 8+ hours though. Literally just buy Beach Hut Man or Etruscan Water and completely mog everyone else in the room with just 2 sprays.

[Anonymous No.17129640]

>>17129520
hope that bon monsieur is not on that list, fougere laube I can let go of but BM is just perfect when my Gucci Nobile runs out

[Anonymous No.17129646]

>>17129640
I'm just kicking myself for not buying a bottle of fougere laube last year. Eh whatever i have plenty of other bottles to get right now

[Anonymous No.17129652]

>>17128071
>explains women's mindset
>hehe I won't play to a woman's mind
An Aventus connoisseur!

[Anonymous No.17129665]

stopping by a diptyque in a few days to pick up samples of phyilosokos and tam dao. might grab oud palao too.

any other samples i should grab or notable scents i should try? i tend to like herby, woody, natural, and spice smells. stuff that smells like yummy plants or outside.

[Anonymous No.17129680]

>>17129665
Some of their boutiques have exclusive scents so ask if they have one.

[Anonymous No.17129685]

>>17129410
>but there aren't that many, that's the thing. I am very picky with frags
I go kind of on the opposite direction. I find most frags pleasing, and sometimes I end up buying a frag and not really wearing it much. Today I tried an old sample of Luna Rossa Carbon (actually a copy of it) and despite me very much liking it when I sprayed it on (as I recalled doing back when I first tried it), now that some hours went by I'm kind of feeling a bit nauseated by it. Other I just can tell how much I like without trying it for weeks (e.g. I feel like I really like Habit Rouge, but maybe if I wear it a month I'll start to find it cloying).
And that's without taking in consideration blind buying (which is a terrible habit I stopped doing).

[Anonymous No.17129691]

>>17129010
Notes, release date, performance look great but does it smell good? Can anyone vouch for it?

[Anonymous No.17129695]

>>17128189

[Anonymous No.17129698]

>>17129685
I love Jeremy so damn much, truly one of us.

I guess the good thing about blind buying is that you tend to appreciate what you got as a coping mechanism, otherwise you would regret wasting money, so you end up liking it just because you bought it. I'm not sure I would have picked up the frags I blind bought if I tried them at the store beforehand.

[Anonymous No.17129704]

>>17129691
We have at least one regular who swears by it, ill post his review.
>I've already written about Sung Homme at length, but after not wearing it much at all in 2020 and recently picking it up again in the beginning of the spring, it's become one of my all time favorites and I've got a few more points about it:

>-The perfumer is James Bell, who has criminally received no credit for this. He's also the nose behind Elizabeth Taylor Passion which coincidentally also has purple juice and features a smoky chypre backdrop.
>-This perfume is mislabeled by almost everybody as an "aromatic fougere," (hilariously, Fragrantica now labels Dior Fahrenheit as an "aromatic fougere" as well...) most likely because it is very soapy. In the minds of these people, anything from the 80s that is "soapy" must automatically mean it's "barbershop" style and thus it's a fougere. It's not the case here. It's a main point that I've written about before but there is no lavender anywhere in the composition, and definitely no sweet powdery coumarin. What I do get is a refreshing citric bite in the top colored in by a nuclear eugenol bomb, with a resinous woody-ambery labdanum and pine mid (colored by yet even more eugenol) and a heavy oakmoss base. These three components make up the chypre, so a chypre it is, albeit a very clean, fresh, virile "soapy" chypre.
Contd

[Anonymous No.17129705]

>>17129704
>-This is a eugenol bomb and a case study in the ingredient. Eugenol is the secret ingredient which is responsible for the infamous pink "urinal cake" smell which Kouros is maligned for, and it's distilled to it's very essence in Sung Homme, where it's used in varying ways throughout the life of the perfume to represent the notes of bay leaf, cloves, carnation. It has narcotic effects and is what the dentist rubs on your gums to slightly numb them before injecting you with novocaine. This aspect of Sung Homme could make it a bit challenging for some. This narcotic, medicinal aspect of Sung Homme is for sure amplified by spices like cinnamon and caraway.

>I've got to say that this thing is a bonafide masterpiece and that's not even considering it's price point. Despite the challenging aspects I've discussed, Sung Homme is easy to wear and always comes across as clean, even garnering positive comments. It easily lasts the entire day and the vivid bright soap is lifted out of the resinous woods and spices when your body heats up, even 8 hours after applying. It also represents the "synthwave/vaporwave" retro aesthetic better than any other fragrance I've come across, so if you are looking for a sleazed out anachronistic neon powerhouse with a melancholic-nostalgic chypre drydown to match those vibes this stuff destroys the likes of Drakkar Noir in my humble opinion. 10/10 masterpiece.

[Anonymous No.17129720]

>>17128864
Okay, I’ll check it out, appreciate it
>>17129066
Checked this and it has great reviews, Jeremy Fragerence looked surprised
>>17129076
Yeah, I’ve been looking up Bois Imperial and from what I’ve been told they have great prices that are affordable. I’m for sure going to buy at least that one.
>>17129695
Thanks for the suggestion will research

>>pic unrelated

[Anonymous No.17129733]

>>17128189
>>17129720
I'm going to recomment the recent Hermes H24 hype train, it's pretty great. mass appealing yet there's not much else like it
Dior Homme 2020 would also be a good choice

[Anonymous No.17129735]

>>17129704
>>17129705
I will now buy Sung Homme by Alfred Sung.

[Anonymous No.17129763]

>>17129119
Seriously, wtf is ybwnaw. And I’ve been here since 2015

[Anonymous No.17129766]

>>17129735
Who has the story behind this image? He looks like he’s looking out for niggers.

[Anonymous No.17129778]

I am a bit worried though. I hate Kouros and Anteaus, I don't want to smell like piss. But everyone says Sung smells like soap and pine, so no way it's as pissy, right? please...
>>17129763
You Will Never Be A Woman, grandpa
>>17129766

[Anonymous No.17129799]

>>17129778
Sung homme doesn't smell like piss, it smells like those old orange urinal cakes from decades ago. People just associate that smell with bathrooms and say it smells piss like, kourous actually has some other aspects that give it some urinous accords. I wear piss loads of antaeus and it doesn't smell like piss at all. It has a blast of castoreum which is animalic but not reall pissy. I would know i have a sample of this fragrance that smells like someone just pissed on you for the first 10-15 minutes of the opening.(Sous Bois if you are interested)

[Anonymous No.17129822]

>>17129799
I only saw a urinal cake for the first time like a month ago in a McDonald restroom.
Unironically, should I try to sniff one the next time I go?
Glad to hear though. And to me the opening of kouros smells exactly like Antaeus', idk.

Sung is 18.30 on Notino, should I wait for something lower?

I'm so happy cause I was considering Ted Lapidus PH sport and this seems like the better, winter version.I will always want that bottle though... Oh well.

[Anonymous No.17129857]

It smells like a sweaty beaver dragged its balls across my skin. I unironically love it.

[Anonymous No.17129865]

>>17129822
>Sung is 18.30 on Notino, should I wait for something lower?
Thats about as cheap as it gets
>sniff urinal cake
I really don't even think they are the same anymore as the ones people keep talking about, they used to all be orange or pink and have the sane strong scent, now they seem to have all kind of different ones with different smells. I can't remember the last time i saw one of the old style ones, maybe a public bathroom on a highway rest stop

[Anonymous No.17129875]

>>17129865
Aight, I won't be sniffing urinals, yay.
One last thing, I read there's a newer version, with blue juice instead of purple and a different removable cap (called EA version). Now, notino shows the older version on their pics, will they deliver the same one? are they precise with these things that you know of? I really want the purple synthwave juice...

[Anonymous No.17129881]

>>17129875
They will probably have the newer one, the old one is not common and probably less common in europe. If it makes you feel better i have seen reports that the older purple juice could stain clothes, so im guessing that's part of why they changed it.

[Anonymous No.17129883]

>>17129875
Also the review that was posted and the other anons that have liked it all have the blue juice version. So don't worry you will be getting something different

[Anonymous No.17129885]

>fall for the meme and blind buy eau de guerlain
>it literally just smells like sprite if it was a frag

i mean it smells nice but is this really it?

[Anonymous No.17129891]

>>17129881
>>17129883
Aight, thank you anon. Tomorrow I'll place the order, can't wait

[Anonymous No.17129900]

>>17129885
Its best as a pick me up or refresher, spray a bit when you get up in the morning, or after a showe
Or spray a bunch, there should be a bit of a drydown hiding in there.

[Anonymous No.17129935]

>>17129865
>now they seem to have all kind of different ones with different smells.
My office just got ones that smell like cucumber & melon. It's actually really nice.

[Anonymous No.17129960]

Is there a louder alternative to D&G the one EDP? I liked the smell, but I found it too "subtle"

[Anonymous No.17130198]

>>17129735
>>17129766

[Anonymous No.17130277]

>>17129691
It’s a shitty cheap fragrance. It smells like something you’d expect a chav bloke in his 40s to wear on his way to Sainsburys in flipflops while waking his pit bull. It’s just one retard forcing it here. Don’t fall for it

[Anonymous No.17130279]

>>17129704
>>17129705
>his
Sad samefagging

[Anonymous No.17130281]

>>17129960
A louder version of that sweet synthetic mess? Do you wanna kill people?

[Anonymous No.17130290]

>>17129960
not sure if there's anything super similar, but Oud Malaki is also this kind of ambery, spiced tobacco fragrance and it does perform much better

[Anonymous No.17130308]

>>17128684
Why didn't you say the same thing when >>17128010 said it mogs everything in you are path. Why reply to the second person who says it.

[Anonymous No.17130314]

>>17128447
>>17128447
Tom Ford's "Tobacco Vanille" or "Vanille Fatale". Both have woody notes and are warm and sweet. I love them both, they are totally different.

[Anonymous No.17130319]

>>17128189
don't get prada l'homme for that purpose
get sauvage parfum or versace eros parfum

[Anonymous No.17130370]

>>17128189
>twenties jacked sporty type guy to fuck freshmen and sophomores at university
Bois Imperial works well for me for this exact purpose

[Anonymous No.17130382]

>>17130370
BI is pretty based, Kenzo 2021 for a freshened up version

[Anonymous No.17130385]

Anyone here tried Orage by Louis Vuitton? Sounds pretty good.

[Anonymous No.17130386]

>>17127852
update: tried it at a sephora. it's nice but hasn't really floored me the way terre d'hermes did. I like how unique it is, but I wish it was more green with less of the banana / melon whatever that weird fruity top accord is
I hope they'll develop it further with some flankers - a greener, more complex, less sweet EDP version could be amazing

[Anonymous No.17130390]

>>17130386
It's that jelly bear similar shit they put in there that ruins it, the iron machine accord is pretty dope.

[Anonymous No.17130391]

>>17130386
I'm wary of anything shilled by this general. Kenzo EDP is decent but far from being as great as people here make it sound, H24 is okay, and I haven't tried BI yet but I'm anticipating a fairly generic fresh woody scent.

[Anonymous No.17130394]

>>17130391
I surely need to try Kenzo edp 2022, 2016 version is a plasticy Invictus clone.
Kenzo homme intense 2021 is a cross between Santal33 and Bois Imperial.

[Anonymous No.17130397]

>>17130391
You're right in expecting nothing special, BI is a pretty by the numbers modern woody scent, just as Kenzo EDP is a competent but unexciting marine scent.
I actually like most of the frags this general shills. Neroli Intense is a really safe blind buy, Antaeus is a masterpiece, the classic Guerlain frags and the Dior Homme lines are great too.
It's just the Quentin Bisch frags I've been underwhelmed by.

[Anonymous No.17130398]

>>17130394
2022 is a sweet-ish ozonic freshie with not much depth to it. It's good, but the hype is undeserved. I wouldn't buy it for more than 50 euros for 110ml

[Anonymous No.17130401]

>>17130397
I wonder why it's specifically shilled as the ultimate compliment getter then. Just memes?
>Neroli Intense
I should get this one, it's so fucking cheap that even if I don't like it I can just use it as an air freshener or whatever.
>most of the frags this general shills
The cheaper stuff is decent. Cool water is Cool water, Encre Noire is situational but quite good, and The Dreamer is interesting at least. On the other hand Platinum Egoiste is boring for example

[Anonymous No.17130402]

>>17130401
Not sure if it’s the ultimate compliment getter but I for fact can say that it is the only fragrance in my rotation that gave me (multiple) compliments from women. Before that I assumed that compliments/pantydropper frags are a meme to generate views for Jeremy and women never compliment your Cologne

[Anonymous No.17130403]

>>17128690
Still a citrusy aquatic frag, mate, millions of that type under the sun.
Atleast get Bois Imeprial or Kenzo 2021.

[Anonymous No.17130413]

>>17130402
What's your rotation?
Pretty sure nobody in these threads wears the usual compliment getters because they're too "pleb", when's the last time anyone here wore Profumo, Fierce, Jazz Club...?

[Anonymous No.17130415]

>>17130277
OHNONONONONO
elaborate
>>17130403
Just the opening is citrusy like Versace PH (a great frag), the drydown is sopay, creamy, very comfy. I wanted a blue everyday frag for the hotter days and this is perfect for that. 28 bucks 100 ml magnetic cap and shipping YO

[Anonymous No.17130419]

>>17130402
protip: when a woman compliments your cologne she is really saying "what is that godawful stench that is triggering my migraines?" but trying to be nice about it so they say "oh, i like it!"

[Anonymous No.17130430]

>>17130413
I regularly wear Armani Diamonds and Fuel for Life for work as my safe scents in the summer

[Anonymous No.17130448]

>>17130419
try being around women just once in your life, maybe even talk to them. would be really nice if you did.

[Anonymous No.17130454]

>>17130370
based, BI just ticks every box for me - fresh, easy to wear and great price

[Anonymous No.17130483]

BI is the new aventus - poos and retards will now slather themselves in it

[Anonymous No.17130495]

>>17130483
BI is only a meme in this thread though, it will never be as popular as sneed amogus

[Anonymous No.17130499]

>>17130402
>compliments/pantydropper
these are two completely different things

[Anonymous No.17130507]

>>17129685

[Anonymous No.17130529]

Can we talk about shower gels? what brands would you recommend for men? is it worth paying a premium for non-mainstream shower gels?

[Anonymous No.17130536]

Yesterday i was at the perfume store, and on my way out, Karl Lagerfeld´s "Bois De Vetiver" caught my eye.
I sprayed it on my arm and sniffed it....."Chamomille...dafug...." all through the shopping centre and on my way home i kept sniffing my arm like a madman every 10 minutes or so.
Truly a strange, yet calming and intoxicatingly addictive smell.

The drydown was quite rosy, grassy and calm.
Wonderful, yet too bad projection.
It´s been 24 hours and i still sniff my arm, that has this veeery faint memory of it still left.

I´m gonna buy it next time, i could wear it through the summer and most of the autumn.

Has anyone else smelled it ?

[Anonymous No.17130538]

>>17130529
I use Nivea Maximum Hydration with aloe.
Keeps my skin from getting dried out, doesn't cost much and smells nice without overwhelming whatever frag I use.

[Anonymous No.17130540]

>>17130529
I just use a bar of soap

[Anonymous No.17130541]

>>17130483
>>17130499
No chance. Aventus checks all boxes for sweet, overly fruity, fresh pakibois.
Bois Imperial is niche but wearable. It fulfills my need of a woody sawdust scent.
Pajeets most in time don't go by a specific smell, but how intense sweet or fruity a scent should be.

[Anonymous No.17130543]

>>17130541
>woody sawdust scent.
Is it similar to molecule 01? If so I won't bother

[Anonymous No.17130544]

>>17130541
>It fulfills my need of a woody sawdust scent
needs already fulfilled 15 years earlier by Encre Noire and Terre d'Hermes

[Anonymous No.17130555]

>>17130507
kek

[Anonymous No.17130559]

>>17130543
Akigalawood could be described as a much more intense Iso E super or lighter and woodier Patchouli.

[Anonymous No.17130569]

The quest for the perfect signature scent is a fucking scam, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.17130570]

>>17130529
Big bottle of the drug store house brand.
Sometimes I buy the "duschdas men" shower gel when it's on sale, because it smells like Drakkar Noir. Shower gels don't have enough longevity and they only make you smell nice for 15 minutes tops.

>>17130543
Bois Imperial is not similar to Molecule 01. The former is varnished wood with basil, the latter is pencil shavings to me. The "georgywood" in BI is structurally similar to Iso-E, but might smell different. Haven't smelled georgywood on its own so I can't say exactly, I can only say that they don't smell alike.

[Anonymous No.17130573]

Where the fuck do i buy neroli intense? Everywhere it sells for 3 ot 4 times its price link me a proper vendor ffs

[Anonymous No.17130581]

>>17130570
Based german bro

[Anonymous No.17130593]

>>17130573
Depends on the country, I guess?
Notino Germany sells it for 8,15€ excl. shipping, Amazon Germany sells it for 8,15€ with free shipping when you have Prime. If you're in the US, tough luck.

[Anonymous No.17130683]

>>17130281
Nah. I'm just looking for a fragrance with better projection than the scent I stated in that post and similar smell (not literally similar though)

>>17130290
Thanks anon. Btw, which oud malaki are you talking about? Chopard?

[Anonymous No.17130770]

>>17130483
It’s too niche for that but it’s been indeed getting more and more popular since I have read about it for the first time here which worries me. Now I have even seen some posts and bottles on my local facebooo groups about BI. I’d prefer it to stay a 100% /frag/ “meme”

[Anonymous No.17130777]

>>17130683
>Btw, which oud malaki are you talking about? Chopard?
yes, I meant the Chopard
you could also try Chergui by Serge Lutens or Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford if you're willing to spend more. I guess there is also Spicebomb but I think the Chopard is a better frag personally, more refined and less of a "loud basic bitch clubbing" frag

[Anonymous No.17130783]

>>17130569
I can't imagine only wearing one scent personally, it would get boring

[Anonymous No.17130849]

>>17128189

[Anonymous No.17130857]

>>17130536
I just came across it yesterdy on fragrantica, looks like a fun little frag, would buy. Don't forget to check online discounters before buying it in the store, you might get a much better price

[Anonymous No.17130864]

>>17130529
Unscented Aveeno brand shower gels
Dove brand if you can find one whos scent isn't too strong
Fancy shower gell just gets you fancy smells, you should be focusing on ones that dry out your skin as little as possible and are unscented or lightly scented.
Most people use wayy to much shower gel or soap in the shower, use as little as possible, a bottle of shower gel should last nearly a year if you are using it right.
If you really want to go hard you get get the oil based shower gels they make for people with skin conditions.

[Anonymous No.17130869]

>>17130849
It’s more of a fragrance for a 50yo balding accountant.

[Anonymous No.17130871]

>>17130529
This shit feels fancy and costs the same as adidas

[Anonymous No.17130874]

>>17130871
based petit marseillais chad

[Anonymous No.17130875]

>>17130869
>It’s more of a fragrance for a 50yo balding accountant
No thats Terre d'Hermes

[Anonymous No.17130882]

>>17130869
Exactly.

[Anonymous No.17130910]

>imaginary authors sample set doesn't ship in my country
Fuck.
Any other brands do nice sample sets? I'm also going to order MFK's (BR540, grand soir, petit matin, GF silver)

[Anonymous No.17130911]

>>17130849
Something tells me that you don’t have any sex let alone with freshmen/sophomore girls.

[Anonymous No.17130915]

>>17130875
Even TdH smells much modern than that synthetic, stinky Quorum

[Anonymous No.17130918]

>>17130910
Essential parfums

[Anonymous No.17130931]

Any other fragrances that go on this alley of old, cheap, somehow memed by /frag/ scents? I already own Kouros. Maybe One Man Show Gold?

[Anonymous No.17130943]

>>17130931
One man show gold isn't really actually good like yatagan or the others.
Antaeus if they offer samples, polo green, Versace L'homme, zino davidoff

[Anonymous No.17130946]

What are the best frag channels on youtube?
Yeah I know jeremy has the meme factor but I'd like something with actually insightful content and good reviews if that even exists

[Anonymous No.17130948]

>>17130943
Oh cheap well definitely versace lhomme
Insense Ultramarine Givenchy is more of a 2000s vibe but interesting if you are into those frags
Versace the dreamer gets suggested a bunch
Maybe aqua quorum if they have it

[Anonymous No.17130949]

>>17130931
>Any other fragrances that go on this alley of old, cheap, somehow memed by /frag/ scents
Keep in mind that Sung, Bogarts and Quorums are shilled here just by one guy and it doesn't really reflect what this thread thinks about them (most people are much much less enthusiastic about these). That being said Carons are good.

[Anonymous No.17130950]

>>17130946
Wafts from the loft is okay but they are a bit up their own asses
This guy is pretty damn good if you like his taste
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aUrdXDqeux8

[Anonymous No.17130962]

>>17130943
>>17130948
Thanks. I've tried Anteaus and I've liked it quite a bit, although it wouldn't actually suit me (very much like Kouros, which I own so how could it matter anyway). Will take a look at the other ones you've mentioned.

>>17130949
Well, I've seen much more comments about Carons, that's true. There was even a meme about Yatagan, what was it? Maybe something SEX-related.

[Anonymous No.17130979]

>>17130931
Might as well get the trifecta and go with Caron le3. Also recommend trying the Guerlain masculine classics. Guerlain heritage, vetiver, and habit rouge edp or edc. I’m wearing Yatagon today and wear Caron pour homme to bed every night. I bought a 750ml bottle for $70 a few years ago on eBay. Frag prices have been going up quickly as of biden inflation.

[Anonymous No.17130980]

>>17130529
L'Occitane Cap Cedrat. Absolutely based.

[Anonymous No.17130982]

>>17130910
ELDO

[Anonymous No.17130989]

>>17130962
>There was even a meme about Yatagan
Bunch of reviews say it smells like a cave man fucking in the woods next to a beaver damn or some shit. Its one of may favorites but the reviews are totally over the top, it's just fantastic well composed fragrance

[Anonymous No.17130990]

>>17130931
>>17130979
Also if you find you like Caron pour homme but want something more modern try Caron pour homme leau. Has real ambergris and vetiver base plus citrus opening

[Anonymous No.17131006]

>>17130982
What are their best scents?

[Anonymous No.17131007]

>>17130946
they're almost all shit. Ramsey is probably the best one, followed by Wafts (though the latter is only really good if you want reviews of niche shit)

[Anonymous No.17131009]

>>17131007
How bad is are Baldassarre and TPG

[Anonymous No.17131023]

>>17131009
forgot about TPG, he's not bad either, probably the best out of the bigger channels
Baldassarre mostly focuses on le feedback from the same couple of ugly women and his wife. while his videos are entertaining and have good production values, I wouldn't treat them as serious reccomendations, it's a meme format. you can even see it when in one of his videos the people hate Versace Dreamer and on the other one, his wife says it's her favorite fragrance
he also shills luxury brands a bit too much

[Anonymous No.17131029]

>>17130931
Ted Lapidus pour homme.
Or the fresher geranium and green bomb TLPH sport.
I bought Sung today, 100 ml. I was torn between it and TLPHS but went with Sung in the end.
>>17130949
Well I really hope him and the others on forums are right then. If it's not too different from Paco Rabanne pour homme I will be happy

[Anonymous No.17131030]

>>17130979
750ml was a typo or is that a real thing? Also I really like Habit Rouge, I just don't know if I'd keep liking it after wearing it for a month or if It'd become cloying. Maybe I'll cop a small 10 ml split and see how it goes.

>>17131029
Hmm the sport version seems like the kind of fragrance that would be easy to wear on the warm as hell Brazilian weather.

[Anonymous No.17131042]

>>17131030
>750ml was a typo or is that a real thing?
Real, there are still decently priced bottles like that 500ml and 750ml at least in the US on ebay

[Anonymous No.17131045]

>>17131029
>Or the fresher geranium and green bomb TLPH sport
Fuuuck im going to have to buy this arent I? God i love geranium

[Anonymous No.17131048]

>>17131030
It's 15 bucks for 100 ml, the bottle is also amazing. I would go for it. Performance goes from great to nuclear, and no reformulations I think since it was released in 2015

[Anonymous No.17131050]

Fuuuuck

[Anonymous No.17131063]

>>17131045
>>17131050
Told you.
But please report back here once you have it, the only thing keeping me from getting it is that it is compared to kouros, the opening at least, which is supposedly as pissy. That I don't like much. Some people say they dont smell kouros at all but I'm not sure yet, would like some more confirmations. An anon here owns it and says it's not the case btw.

[Anonymous No.17131092]

>>17131063
I will buy a bottle soonish and share my results. I really doubt its pissey, i have a vintage bottle of lapidus pour homme and that isint pissy at all.

[Anonymous No.17131101]

I have taken the /frag/ memepill
do I douse myself in nautica voyage or C O O L W A T E R for the remainer of thr summer

[Anonymous No.17131102]

>>17130370
based chad

[Anonymous No.17131105]

>>17131101
Cool water

[Anonymous No.17131108]

>>17131092
Clown Water for me as well. I want to sample voyage how come no one has it in shop

[Anonymous No.17131109]

>>17131108
You in Europe?
I mostly see it listed on ebay in the US. But euros dont really like ebay and I'm not sure what if any equivalent they have

[Anonymous No.17131112]

So what's up with toy boy? Is it any good? I was interested before and i see it was awarded some best futuristic fragrance award on fragrantica which makes me more interested.

[Anonymous No.17131115]

Didn't know that my crush recently presented a fragrance.

[Anonymous No.17131131]

>>17131009
>Baldassarre
I want to kick him in his stupid face. Bet he likes to dress lika a baby wearing diapers saying gogo gaga and gets pegged by Courtney, she looks like the dominant type.

[Anonymous No.17131133]

>>17131112
I had overlooked it because of the shitty design but it actually sounds interesting. Not sure if I could pull off a rose scent though.

[Anonymous No.17131136]

>>17131092
Ups wrong reply.
Good to know, would love to sample the og too even though im not a huge honey fan.

Very related, has anyone tried this bad boy? Basically same sick as fuck bottle and similar notes too (who copied who?).
Very interesting
>>17131109
Yeah ebay is still kinda used here but feels old, like early 2000 online shopping you know, like Craigslist or something (not that we use that either lol). Nah we have lots of online shops which sell voyage, I was talking about irl parfumeries not having it. Also getting samples of designer frags in eu is much harder, especially for cheapies. we don't have many sellers like the US. You can get samples on amazon there. guess maybe I could find a group of enthusiasts which organise swaps and sell decants.
I'm blind buying too much i am playing with fire and i will eventually get burnt I feel haha we'll see

[Anonymous No.17131138]

>>17130536
I tried the bois de... line by Lagerfeld and I liked Bois de Yuzu the most, but the performance was a letdown, so I didn't buy it despite the low price

[Anonymous No.17131146]

>>17131133
It reads as a metallic green rose and not a plush floral rose, at least from some of the reviews ive seen

[Anonymous No.17131149]

>>17131136
>, I was talking about irl parfumeries not having it.
Oh yeah, once a perfume gets to a certain cheepness you can only find it at weird dscout stores i dubt you would find it on a shelf anywhere except some weird store run by foreigners or some kisok at al mall.

[Anonymous No.17131154]

>>17131146
Going from reviews, it's a pretty loud and outgoing type of scent, the kind you need to be able to wear and not have it wear you. Similarly to something like Black Orchid for example, not easily wearable

[Anonymous No.17131157]

>>17131154
I guess i just need to try it

[Anonymous No.17131158]

>>17131157
Report back when you do, I'm interested

[Anonymous No.17131216]

>>17131115
Not this shitposting faggot again…

[Anonymous No.17131228]

>>17131216
Kek

[Anonymous No.17131235]

>>17131228
Funny how you “accidentally” make a come back just at the same time as Bois Imperiale and Quorum shilling increased. Leave this thread forever

[Anonymous No.17131249]

>>17131228
Damn I thought this was dasha

[Anonymous No.17131255]

>>17131235
If you own Bois Imperial and Ganymede already, you should invest in Kenzo Homme intense 2021 too.
It checks all boxes:
Niche quality, fresh sawdust woody, fig-green, peppery gherkins

[Anonymous No.17131309]

>>17131030
750ml bottles are real. They’re huge and it makes performance a non issue. You just reapply. Works well in up to 30c even. Habit rouge edc is probably what you’re looking for. You can even wear this one in 25c without it being too cloying.

[Anonymous No.17131312]

These are the top 3 frags I wound up liking after going through samples over the last few weeks:

L'Occitane Eau des Baux (using for everyday)
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille (using for date nights cause this shit is $$$)
Chopard Oud Malaki (haven't found a use but I like this one)

The other ones I tried were just mid.

I did not like the Snicebomb (too fruity), the Burberry London (just not me), nor Tom Ford's Tobacco Oud (I thought mixing Oud+Vanilla would be good... but this scent explains what's wrong with that).


Looking for other recommendations outside of the beginner's flowchart now that I have somewhat of a scent profile.

[Anonymous No.17131381]

>>17131312
I see you like rich orientals with tobacco, we have similar tastes. If you want to branch out into other notes but still sweet, rich and ambery I recommend Dior Homme Parfum / Intense for iris and Jovoy Psychedelique for patchouli
you could also use something for the summer I guess, unless you have something more fresh already

[Anonymous No.17131408]

Has anyone tried "THE SOFT LAWN" by Imaginary Authors? It has "Fresh Tennis ball" as a note.

[Anonymous No.17131413]

>>17131312
Encens Mythique Guerlain
Bois Mystérieux Guerlain
Les Absolus d'Orient Santal Royal Guerlain (maybe)

[Anonymous No.17131415]

>>17131408
fresh tennis balls smell like rubber, therefore very artificial... Wouldn't want that in a frag ever. Interesting though

[Anonymous No.17131453]

>>17131415
I always heard tennis ball players say that they love the smell of a newly opened can of tennis balls. I never smelled it, I don't play the game.

I don't mind that it is artificial or synthetic. it might smell good. I never tried anything from Imaginary Authors, but their notes are interesting. One has asphalt and another has "first kiss" as a note. "Alpine air", "Burnt match".

I have been pleasantly surprised by strange notes. Like Hiram Green's "Hyde" which has tar. But it really works fantastically.

Or, I love how it smells on myself. I don't think it is necessarily crowd pleasing.

[Anonymous No.17131464]

>>17131408
>>17131453
Sounds pretty fricken gay mate.

[Anonymous No.17131465]

What does a successful 30 year old racist white male wear?

[Anonymous No.17131467]

>>17131381
>>17131413

I actually have tried Dior Homme Parfum. It felt like a sexier L'Occitane Eau des Baux but I couldn't find a use case for wearing it over the latter. Definitely going to look up the others though, thanks anons.

[Anonymous No.17131469]

>>17131464
I found one you might like. It smells like a garage

"Comme des Garcons Series 6 Synthetic: Garage" by Comme des Garcons

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Comme-des-Garcons/Comme-des-Garcons-Series-6-Synthetic-Garage-1236.html

>>17131465
see pic

[Anonymous No.17131476]

>>17131453
well I love the smell of gasoline, that doesn't mean I would want to smell like SIKE I LOVE FAHRENHEIT

[Anonymous No.17131483]

>>17131469
>pic
extremely gay

[Anonymous No.17131491]

>>17131469
Anteus sounds nice. Have you tried yatagan. The notes sound somewhat similar

[Anonymous No.17131494]

>>17131491
I havent tried it no , but late 70s like Yatagan and the 80s like Anteus has some similarities. Less fruit notes and so on in male fragrances and more animalic and I feel more masculine than what is trendy today.

But even perfumes with the same notes can smell wildly different I noticed. Like those dark vanilla fragrances by Tom Ford "Vanille Fatale" and "Tobacco Vanille" etc. they have lots of the same notes, wood notes and so on and they have a similar mood, but they smell very differently.

[Anonymous No.17131501]

>>17131408
I own it, and it does have that smell similar to a can of tennis balls or new carpet with some green grassy notes. It's an interesting frag, but one that should be sampled first to see if you really want to smell like tennis balls

[Anonymous No.17131505]

noselets call BI a molecule-type fragrance
false
it's not. it's a throwback fragrance like pour monsieur.

[Anonymous No.17131509]

>>17131476
I recently tried Gallivant London, and I find the violet leaf in that with the rose makes a more realistic gasoline scent than Fahrenheit which I've always found more like diesel or two-stroke fuel with the violet paired with strong leather

[Anonymous No.17131512]

>>17131491
I have both antaeus and yatagan, they aren't all that similar outside of the beaver ass note. Yatatagan is more of a green aromatic fragrance, lots of bitter greens, moss, slightly sweet actually, but with an oakmossy drydown. Antaues is much more floral, with a decent amout of Carnation in the mid and a slightly powdery musky drydown, also modern antaeus doesn't have any oakmoss and i don't even detect any significant amout of any synthetic substitute.

[Anonymous No.17131518]

>>17131501
i think im gonna do it. there are several of them I wanna check out.

[Anonymous No.17131521]

Shit thread

[Anonymous No.17131533]

>>17130370
Did you smash her?

[Anonymous No.17131535]

>>17131521
It is now that you're here

[Anonymous No.17131536]

>>17131509
I never got the gasoline smell but I bought it anyway as it's such a great floral leather, but recently I sampled it at stores (even though I own it I know I'm autistic) and I finally get it and I'm happy

[Anonymous No.17131540]

>>17131465
Guerlain Derby

[Anonymous No.17131544]

New
>>17131541
>>17131541
>>17131541

[Anonymous No.17131585]

>>17131540
Too hard to find for a reasonable price. I can afford it but would rather find something that isn’t expensive just because it’s discontinued

[Anonymous No.17131645]

>>17131309
>You can even wear this one in 25c without it being too cloying
This one what, HR EDC or Caron pour un homme?

[Anonymous No.17131656]

>>17127991
Uomo Intense Eau De Parfum

[Anonymous No.17132188]

Any intresting ginger+lavender fragrance?

[Anonymous No.17132235]

>>17130507
this pic doesn't even make sense kill yourself

[Anonymous No.17132360]

Most of the ones that I sample that I end up reaching for are reasonably priced. Any recommendations also in a similar price range? I'd like something more aquatic

[Anonymous No.17132527]

>>17131465
Eau d'Insecurity