Fragrance general #963

[Anonymous No.17777061]

Iris edition

Discontinued: >>17774692 #

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W2C bottles
(USA-Canada)
http://www.fragrancenet.com
http://www.fragrancebuy.ca
http://www.luckyscent.com
https://www.fragrancex.com

Use Google to obtain the maximum discount code at fragrancenet (35%).

(Europe)
http://www.notino.com (see directory at bottom for your country)
https://www.jovoyparis.uk/
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General info
http://perfumesociety.org/discover-perfume/an-introduction/
https://nstperfume.com/2008/11/14/new-to-perfume-and-want-to-learn-more/
https://www.basenotes.net/features/3243-the-top-ten-niche-fragrances-every-beginner-should-sample
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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/
https://www.fragrantworldshop.com/
http://www.surrendertochance.com/
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/
https://www.lesecretdumarais.com/en/
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On DIY fragrances
http://www.perfumersapprentice.com/
https://pellwall.com/
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Affordable snice scents
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For /ourguy/ Luca Turin's books look up Library Genesis
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[Anonymous No.17777063]

The fragrance group 101 chart.

[Anonymous No.17777067]

[Anonymous No.17777075]

Gently reminder that chypre fragrances smell like makeup

>But the name "chypre" (chypvra etc), apart from any geographical connotations, had travelled in aromatic stanzas throughout the Middle Ages, Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment thanks to the vigorous commerce of the enterprising Cypriots who dabbled in a feminine product with an added scent: their famous "Cipria" powder, a cosmetic face powder -presented by various different local "houses"- which was further aromatized with the cypriot aromatic blends they had excelled at for centuries (And which, by all accounts, judging by the later specimens circulating into the 20th century, smelled not far off what we consider a chypre fragrance today!)

[Anonymous No.17777080]

>>17777061
what frag has the best iris notes?

[Anonymous No.17777085]

What should I add?

[Anonymous No.17777087]

>>17777085
that’s the wrong new york intense, dumdum

[Anonymous No.17777088]

>>17777085
What's the website?

[Anonymous No.17777096]

>>17777087
fixed thanks

[Anonymous No.17777097]

>>17777088
luckyscent

[Anonymous No.17777099]

What's the funniest pro/con you've found on fragrantica? This one cracked a kek out of me

[Anonymous No.17777126]

>>17777061
I've replaced my fragrances with a bag of cardamom. I just grab a seed and rub it on me

[Anonymous No.17777158]

In my opinion if you have under 30 bucks here’s the best frags to get:

Nautica voyage
Ted lapidus pour homme
Detour noir
Bentley for men intense
Encre noir
Montlblanc legend
Joop homme
Neroli Portofino
Eau d issey
Cool water

Feel free to critique my picks

[Anonymous No.17777174]

>SOTD: Cool Water
It just works bros

[Anonymous No.17777177]

>>17777158
I've never liked Nautica Voyage tbqh. And Joop homme is controversial.
I'd add Lalique pour homme and Jaipur.

[Anonymous No.17777192]

Got myself this one, smells heavenly and lasts forever.

[Anonymous No.17777235]

>>17777080
Chypres

[Anonymous No.17777250]

I found I like this fragrance and it works well with my skin pH.
Any recs on actual perfumes with a similar composition, only stronger and longer lasting?
Or is it only because I have the eau de toilette version? Is it really that much of difference in comparison to actual perfume?
Cedar wood, sandalwood, amber, mandarin and black pepper.

[Anonymous No.17777265]

What do you think of Santa Maria Novella fragances?

[Anonymous No.17777280]

>>17777250
have some self respect

[Anonymous No.17777310]

>>17777280
elaborate

[Anonymous No.17777334]

>>17777158

[Anonymous No.17777339]

>>17777085
Whatever you're interested in. Maybe get some ideas from the charts and see if they have it.

>>17777099
Picrel combination is still my favorite.

>>17777192
Been trying to find that at stores for a while now. It comes up very often and seems to have inspired the entire vanilla-amber category that is currently popular. Might have to buy a sample.

>>17777250
The notes for that stuff are made up and if this is your reference your number one priority should be going to a store to test the selection, and I don't mean a drug store, but one that stocks actual fragrances.

[Anonymous No.17777340]

>>17777080
seconding this question
I really like Prada L'homme but it smells a little bit too much like barbershop

[Anonymous No.17777356]

>>17777158
based as fuck
>>17777177
how is joop homme controversial? i wore it for 2 years

[Anonymous No.17777364]

>>17777158
pretty retarded list ngl

[Anonymous No.17777381]

>>17777340
>>17777080
in the modern designer realm, there is only one king of iris

[Anonymous No.17777386]

>>17777381
you know all you’re doing is giving the iris shitposter fuel for calling iris fragrances gay, right?

[Anonymous No.17777388]

>>17777381
>>17777386
DHP is literally the worst one out of the Dior Homme line, so who cares. cheap synthetic smelling junk

[Anonymous No.17777400]

>>17777340
Kek

[Anonymous No.17777422]

Anyone wore Calvin Klein Obsession before? How does it smell? Does it last long?

[Anonymous No.17777427]

>>17777422
You’re not and never will be James Gandolfini

[Anonymous No.17777453]

My regular rotation. I feel like for every occasion at least one of them is going to match well. I'm really happy with it.
>Carthusia 1681
>T&H Apsley
>Emirates Pride Mystery
>Versace Dylan Blue

[Anonymous No.17777456]

>>17777453
gross

[Anonymous No.17777485]

>fresh
>aquatic
>green
>amber
this lexicon is confusing as a newcomer to scent profiles. I’ve bought close to 20 samples just guessing at what they mean in reality. When I read descriptions and reviews I hardly ever smell what they are describing. How can I get on the same page?

[Anonymous No.17777488]

>>17777422
I've got a bottle of this laying around, it smells like an indian/arab market. It lasts forever, it will stay on your clothes even after several washes.
For me it's way too warm and spicy, it also smells old, not 'rugged and mature' old, but old as in grampa who is about to pass away kinda old.

I would recommend this only if you are in your late 50s and live in an extremely cold place and soijack at the sight of cinnamon

[Anonymous No.17777545]

>>17777485
sample and sample, you will find similar things when you smell green scents, or amber scents

[Anonymous No.17777549]

>>17777427
did he wear this?
>>17777488
wish i could come to your house and smell it desu

[Anonymous No.17777583]

>>17777381
poor projection and poor longevity

[Anonymous No.17777587]

>>17777339
Guerlain is very picky about which store they deliver that series to. Most of the time it is only one store in an entire country that sells it, at least in Europe. I guess that is the reason why you‘re struggling to find it.

[Anonymous No.17777598]

>>17777456
What's gross about it?

[Anonymous No.17777619]

>>17777422
Yes, too much iris for me.

[Anonymous No.17777646]

>>17777583
this shit lasts like two days on me, what are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.17777648]

>>17777422
not enough iris for me

[Anonymous No.17777681]

>>17777158
>>17777364
What would be a non retarded list sir?

[Anonymous No.17777682]

Opinions?

[Anonymous No.17777683]

>>17777682
a masterpiece

[Anonymous No.17777685]

>>17777646
2 hours on me
>sad pepe.png
I prefer YSL La Nuit De L'Homme anyway

[Anonymous No.17777686]

>>17777685
that's crazy, it has hilarious longevity on me. you sure you're talking about the parfum and not the 2020 Dior Homme or something? there's a lot of confusion with that line

[Anonymous No.17777692]

What's the best oud+amber fragrance?

[Anonymous No.17777757]

Asking again, if you had to choose one:
Azzaro pour Homme
Bentley for Men Absolute
Lalique pour Homme

Thanks to the anons that already replied. We have 1 for Azzaro and one for lalique, so far

[Anonymous No.17777780]

Remember.

[Anonymous No.17777832]

>>17777085
>Fragrance du Bois
KWAB

[Anonymous No.17777834]

>>17777085
Patchouli intense smells like geranium btw like bitter green shit. Not really the patchouli I know.

[Anonymous No.17777838]

I need to come clean. I recently found a sample of Aventus cologne and I like it.

[Anonymous No.17777848]

>>17777757
I have smelled all three, for my taste it's the Lalique
Azzaro is an important piece of perfume history, but it's really getting up there in the grandpa factor
Bentley Absolute is just okay to me, I don't really get the hype. just smells like a very generic woody oriental
Lalique pour homme is a nice slightly updated take on a sandalwood-heavy barbershop fragrance. it's more mellow, creamier and sweeter than most. very comforting and pleasant

[Anonymous No.17777858]

why is everyone on here such a pretentious faggot? (not including me)

[Anonymous No.17777859]

>>17777834
Good call thanks.

[Anonymous No.17777860]

>>17777858
Redditroons migrating here

[Anonymous No.17777873]

Opinions on this? What's the difference between the modern one and the OG 1974 one you can buy on ebay?

[Anonymous No.17777883]

>>17777838
Is liking aventus frowned upon? I thought people agreed that it is a good fragrance. I never tried it myself, I stick with female and unisex scents, so I wouldn‘t know.

[Anonymous No.17777896]

>>17777860
this. we need to filter them.

[Anonymous No.17777897]

*melts any pucci in your vicinity*

[Anonymous No.17777910]

>>17777587
If they don't want to sell it, they can just say it. Having only one or two stores in Germany that stock it would be stupid, since Germany is highly decentralized (especially in the West). If I look it up, they have one store in Berlin and one in Munich which might stock it, somehow failing to realize that the highest GRP as well as the highest population is in the West German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Overall, not my problem. I test other stuff instead, so I buy other stuff instead. Both Chanel and Dior have a store here in my city, with Les Exclusifs and the Prive Line being available.

>>17777682
Hit or miss.

>>17777686
Bro, he's shitposting. LNDL is known for its great smell and subpar longevity, while DHP is the most brutal designer hammer in terms of longevity and sillage, even if you apply it carefully.

>>17777757
APH for scent, Lalique PH for performance. The APH I have just doesn't perform, while Lalique's Lion fucks, but has a schizophrenic opening and then goes mild in the drydown.

>>17777859
It's smooth and clean patchouli in Patchouli Intense. Not dirty like some people prefer it.

[Anonymous No.17777916]

>>17777910
>>17777859
its barely even recognizable as patchouli

[Anonymous No.17777917]

>>17777061
Are fragrances important?

[Anonymous No.17777918]

>>17777860
>>17777896
see >>17777897
simply put "naxos" in your filter, gets rid of every redditor that has just watched another top 10 panty dropper video
>>17777897
melts any boypucci because you smell like freddy mercury deepthroating cotton candy looks you fucking gay club dessert

[Anonymous No.17777919]

>>17777897
it just smells like chapstick

[Anonymous No.17777921]

>>17777910
>has a schizophrenic opening
You mean it has the contrast of fresh and herbal with sweet and creamy?

[Anonymous No.17777924]

>>17777897
I have yet to find a Xerjoff that does not smell absolutely ass on my skin. There are so many and all I tried smell terrible when I use them. I wonder if this one would be different.

[Anonymous No.17777926]

>>17777780
Fuck off

[Anonymous No.17777928]

>>17777921
It has a cacophony of notes that all just seem to work against each other. When I sprayed it, it was weird; when it dried down, it was snice.

[Anonymous No.17777935]

>>17777910
You‘re actually correct, only Munich and Berlin actually have them in stock.

[Anonymous No.17777940]

>>17777061
Isn't fragrance stupid? I mean it's scented water. You're spending money on scented water and it's not even cheap, it's very expensive sometimes

[Anonymous No.17777947]

>>17777940
i'm an HIV positive lesbian transwoman BTW

[Anonymous No.17777959]

>>17777940
>Isn‘t good food stupid? Dug up roots also fill the stomach
>Aren‘t nice clothes stupid? Rags cover me just as well
>Aren‘t nice, pretty girls stupid? I can just shag my mom

[Anonymous No.17777960]

>>17777940
It's scented alcohol.

[Anonymous No.17777961]

>>17777940
It really isn't expensive in the grand scheme of things. A single 100ml bottle will last you like what, half a year to a year? 100$ to always be surrounded by a nice smell for so long isn't much at all and you can get good scents for much cheaper if you look around a bit.

[Anonymous No.17777965]

>>17777928
I like a bit of contrast personally. Have you tried the EDP or EDT?

[Anonymous No.17777966]

>>17777965
EdP. Never smelled the EdT and have never even seen it on sale.

[Anonymous No.17777968]

Good frag to go with cigars?

[Anonymous No.17777971]

>>17777883
>Is liking ... frowned upon?

[Anonymous No.17777976]

>>17777924
I haven't tried a lot of other Xerjoffs but the problem with Naxos is it's too dependent on other smells you're exposed to. 30% of the time it could be the best citrus, lavender, tobacco combination but then other 70% it's enough to just walk past someone smoking ot even frying something and it just turns into this incredibly cloying honey vanilla.

[Anonymous No.17777978]

>>17777968
based crocs enjoyer

[Anonymous No.17777985]

>>17777897
yes, it's good

>>17777918
cope, seethe and dilate (also take your meds)

>>17777940
if you have to ask...

>>17777968
depends on what you're after, many 70s/80s masculines are said to go well with cigars if you're looking for that - i'm not too familiar with those but other anons might have some suggestions
Naxos might also be a good fit if you don't mind sweet frags and you're not an autist about masstige

>SOTD: Profumum Roma Acqua di Sale
this is a very good aquatic frag, nothing more and nothing less - the name (salt water) is very fitting
summer/spring frag, not too versatile imo, performance is very good, less complicated but more focused/better blended than Tauer Pthaloblue (which has a similar concept imo)

[Anonymous No.17777990]

What do you guys think about this post by Manuel Cross from rogue?

>Here’s the scoop:
Although I am using heavily regulated materials, after dilution in alcohol my fragrances interestingly fall right within regulation. I began sending samples of my frags to an independent lab and found that out. I was then able to obtain proper SDS forms to be able to ship to retailers overseas.
>I had a feeling that would be so which is partly the reason I had the frags tested, I wanted to confirm my suspicions. The results are not entirely dumb luck however; I rash up quite easily with Lyral, Lilial and bergamot so I had been formulating with lower amounts and supporting with other skin-friendly materials to achieve the effects I sought.

>To be honest I was quite ignorant going into this whole thing; thinking these materials were banned completely, hence the whole “non-IFRA”touting. This is why I dropped that motto a few years back. It just seemed irresponsible and infantile.

>Since finding out the lab results I’ve been theorizing that many of the classics are being gutted not so much due to regulations but to suit the current tastes of the wider market. If a little guy like me can achieve vintage-like effects within regulation what’s to stop the big companies who have all the resources and captive materials?

[Anonymous No.17777994]

>>17777990
Hating IFRA is one of the biggest midtwit takes in fragcom

[Anonymous No.17777998]

>>17777990
i'm a noob with vintage frags tbqh but the few niche frags i tested that go into that direction seem to confirm his theory

[Anonymous No.17778003]

Thoughts on Sex and the Sea?
Which Bianchi frags are the freshest or most fit for warm sunny weather?
>>17777985
What does ADS smell like?

[Anonymous No.17778009]

>>17777976
Never thought about issues like that. Really interesting. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.17778010]

>>17777692
Amber Oud by Nicolai

[Anonymous No.17778020]

>>17778003
not sure if you're serious but it unironically smells like salty water

[Anonymous No.17778027]

>>17778020
It doesn't smell just like salty water.

[Anonymous No.17778030]

>this perfume has the vibes of a vintage perfume, like shaving foam. But on the dry down it goes powdery, like the Dior homme line.

Talking about Etruscan water. This guy was memeing even before the meme was made

[Anonymous No.17778035]

>>17778027
feel free to share your thoughts if you know it better than me
also i could have used better wording - it smells like the sea (and not 'just' salty water) with everything that entails

[Anonymous No.17778041]

>>17778035
Myrtle is the most predominant note in Acqua di sale so, you tell me

[Anonymous No.17778048]

>>17778030
Etruscan Water is a great example of chypre with iris/orris note in the base.

[Anonymous No.17778057]

>>17777174
baste

[Anonymous No.17778058]

I want something fresh but not fresh as "I'm young and full of dreams, I'm about to take my admission exam at uni and I like to chill out with the bros". But fresh like " Positive, genuinely encouraging me and others for constant self-improvement, but still a little bit of nostalgia in my speech". Any ideas?

[Anonymous No.17778100]

>>17777422
just the right amount of iris for me

[Anonymous No.17778111]

What fragrance do y’all think Jeffrey would have worn

[Anonymous No.17778118]

>>17778111
Idk what's the sleaziest frag you can think of?

[Anonymous No.17778119]

>>17778111
Rumor is he used to bath himself in Virgin island water.

[Anonymous No.17778133]

>>17777985
>Naxos might also be a good fit if you don't mind sweet frags and you're not an autist about masstige
and while you're at it, down a 7up with your cigar, perfect drink for it

[Anonymous No.17778135]

Cremo Spice & Black Vanilla, should I buy it?

[Anonymous No.17778147]

>>17777990
I really feel like a lot of shit just gets reformulated in order to sell stuff with better performance at a higher price. There's a clear divide appearing, in which cheapies aren't allowed to last and the greatest performance can only be had in the fragrances with the highest price. The IFRA is just an easy target. I'd still blame the houses for their bullshit. There are also some very common "notes" going around right now, I'd assume they are cheap raw materials so they get recycled into as many fragrance releases as possible at the moment. In the end it's all about maximizing margins and purely about profit.

>>17778058
Yeah, go to a fucking store and sniff stuff.

[Anonymous No.17778152]

>>17777990
I love the Guy , chypre Siam, despite being quite feminine on the drydown , is an absolute masterpiece of a fragrance.

Easy to believe that this guy is the nose behind valentine uomo in Roma, all fragrances share the same base.

[Anonymous No.17778165]

>>17778135
Depends on your circumstances and what youre looking for.
If youre buying blind and are just interested by the notes, its a pretty safe purchase. its easily likable and only $20
Samples are your friend if you have the money to explore or potentially get something more expensive.
I found it surprisingly good for the price actually and enjoy it a lot, but I dont wear it

[Anonymous No.17778180]

>>17778165
I really like Spicebomb Extreme and heard this was a great similar frag that costs nothing

[Anonymous No.17778181]

>>17777873
Smell like your cig smoking distant uncle who molested you in the closet at Thanksgiving. Delicious.

[Anonymous No.17778182]

How did they do it bros?
I'm so aroused.

[Anonymous No.17778200]

Acqua di gio profumo is so good bros

[Anonymous No.17778220]

what did I think

[Anonymous No.17778230]

>>17778220
How much did you pay ?

[Anonymous No.17778233]

>>17778230
$50

[Anonymous No.17778306]

>>17778180
Ah sorry my friend, I dont have spicebomb so I cant help you with the comparison. id like to know too. Hope the search goes well

[Anonymous No.17778314]

If I put my nose close to my skin I can smell literally any scent in different degrees after a 12 hours work shift, I tested it.

Is my skin good or is my nose good

[Anonymous No.17778372]

>>17778182
dior is the best designer house bar none, every release is at least 8/10

[Anonymous No.17778381]

>>17777075
I'm sorry but how the fuck is Cypress a female-centric scent base? It's a woody earthy scentbase. There's no powder to it. Any powder is almost anathema to Cypress. What the fuck am i missing?

[Anonymous No.17778399]

>>17777968
quorum

[Anonymous No.17778402]

>>17778119
kek

[Anonymous No.17778406]

>>17777061
I wear Oajan at home and it is so fucking good it makes me want to go outside just so other people can get some.

[Anonymous No.17778416]

>>17778406
is that your first niche frag? we all had the impression at first, then we discovered the truth

[Anonymous No.17778418]

>>17778220
you're gonna hate all of them, i already have the samples and they're shit. Except for aesop tacit, no clue what that is

[Anonymous No.17778447]

>>17778314
You're good

[Anonymous No.17778451]

>>17778058
Idk, some fresh Vetiver scent?

[Anonymous No.17778495]

>>17777838
First I got my 5ml sample and just loved it. Then I saw 180 usd tester and copped it. Smells really great. Not niche great, rather designer great. Also it's very mass appealing

[Anonymous No.17778496]

>>17778495
Nice man. You spent 180 dollar on scented water. Good for you

[Anonymous No.17778498]

>>17778496
It lasts on me good 5 hours in the heat. Also it makes me more confident and happy. When you niggers finally realize that it's all about the scent you love

[Anonymous No.17778500]

>>17777968
Etruscan Water by Francesca Bianchi

[Anonymous No.17778503]

What are some good alternatives to JM's Pomegranate Noir?

[Anonymous No.17778504]

>>17778182
How is this at least 15x better than the original Sauvage EDP

[Anonymous No.17778505]

>>17777838
>>17778495
Can you guys redpill me on Aventus batch numbers? For whatever reason Creed appears to have rather shaky quality control and their Aventus batches have different smells to them.

[Anonymous No.17778508]

>>17778498
Dude 180 dollar? Nobody cares about how you smell. Sometimes you can't even smell yourself because you get noseblind. You're full of excuses.

[Anonymous No.17778509]

>>17778503
Jean Paul gaultier ultramale smells like pear. If your idea of an ultramale is a pear shaped body, then I guess go for it. I find nothing ultramale about it.

[Anonymous No.17778518]

>>17777339
If it
>doesnt actually smell of anything described on the package, retard
how the fuck would I even go about asking in a parfume store about a similar scent? The fuck does it smell of, then, if not what is described??

[Anonymous No.17778519]

>>17778505
the gay dragon claimed that Creed just buys the most expensive materials they can get that year without caring how it affects the overall scent, which is where all the batch variation comes from
sounds retarded, but if any brand is capable of doing retarded shit like that, it's Creed

[Anonymous No.17778525]

>>17778505
>redpill me on Aventus batch numbers?
I just heard that anything post 2016 not worth the price. The new F batches seems to get a lot of positive feedback.

>>17778508
>Sometimes you can't even smell yourself because you get noseblind
Don't spray on your chest and you won't go noseblind
>Nobody cares about how you smell
I care. What is your point anyway? That it's expensive? Well, this hobby itself is very fucking expensive. Now that some "niche" freshie is 70 dollar more than a regular Chanel I should just forget about the scent I loved?

[Anonymous No.17778529]

>>17778509
Pomegranate Noir doesn't smell anything like pears, the hell are you on

[Anonymous No.17778532]

What's a good fresh citrus bomb with decent longevity that doesn't smell like a citrus candy?

[Anonymous No.17778538]

>>17778532
dior homme sport or terre d'hermes

[Anonymous No.17778545]

>>17778519
i honestly believe that

[Anonymous No.17778549]

>>17778406
I liked Oajan when I smelled it at a store, and then I bought a sample. The performance of the sample was abysmal and it was a renowned sampling website, so I knew that whatever performance it used to have has died with the reformulation PdM did to all their frags (one of the few edge cases where the reformulation was obvious due to changed ingredient lists and alcohol content). Also, as is par de course for PdM, it's just a clone of Ambre Narguile from Hermes, with the difference that Ambre Narguile is impossible to come by for most people. Luckily the Hermes store in my city stocked it and I almost bought it, but I then considered how often I would actually wear it and I found myself not wearing vanilla-heavy stuff that often.

>>17778505
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NoPpK1UBVzc6phitle3eFAEOOSkjqMysfHYWzl3kbKg/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=2117459015
Try your luck with the Aventus autists. YMMV.

>>17778518
You don't ask in a perfume store. Simple as. The salespeople have zero clue about fragrances and just need to sell stuff. They will offer you the current trends and you will inevitably like one of them. My suggestion is going there when it's the busiest and hit them with the "just browsing", then sniffing a bunch of stuff.
Cheap fragrances have notes just to advertise them. Mexx Black doesn't really smell like cedar, lily, sandalwood and patchouli, but it sounds nice on the box. I used to have the regular Mexx Man back in the days, which calls itself a fougere and I know now that it simply doesn't fit its description.

[Anonymous No.17778550]

>>17778519
Thanks for the information, that brings me to the next question: Why are Creed known as morons/shitheads?

[Anonymous No.17778559]

>>17778550
they lied about their history, claiming they've been making perfumes for royal bloodlines since the 18th Century, even making one for King George III... "Royal English Leather" which of course smells nothing like anything they would have used in the 18th Century
they also lied about their owner composing the perfumes himself. in reality, he hired perfumers on an NDA or bought stuff rejected by designer brands

extremely scummy behavior

[Anonymous No.17778566]

>>17778525
Maybe your brain is too expensive as well huh? Smartass

[Anonymous No.17778567]

>>17778550
this: >>17778559
and if you want details read the ghost perfumer

[Anonymous No.17778576]

>>17778566
Not only can't you properly explain your complaints, you can't properly insult me. Now let people enjoy the stuff they like and fuck off

[Anonymous No.17778590]

>>17778549
So going by that logic, how do I go about looking for that smells similar, if not the ingredients we mentioned being written on the box, that are absolute bullshit somehow, as you opined.
I hate interacting with people, much less with NPCs just trying to rub some unsellable shit on me.
You have had it, you out yourself as an expert. What DOES it actually smell of, so I can at least navigate through colognes that have a similar pattern or composition.

[Anonymous No.17778618]

>>17778576
Yeah whatever. Now go buy some 180 billion dollar scented water. What a fucking loser. Get a load of this guy everyone, he thinks he's so much better than everyone because he smells like 180 dollar of water.

[Anonymous No.17778626]

>>17778559
>>17778567
Wild stuff, apparently they are still using those claims today, wouldn‘t that be false advertisement or something?

[Anonymous No.17778642]

>>17778618
You'll never be able to talk sense into fragranceniggers. That faggot probably has a "collection" and he deserves to die.

[Anonymous No.17778643]

>>17778111
He seems like a New York Intense type of guy.

[Anonymous No.17778648]

Thoughts on Colonia Futura?

[Anonymous No.17778655]

>>17777985
I prefer Sel Marin but AdS is extremely high quality.

[Anonymous No.17778660]

>>17778590
I had Mexx Man, not Mexx Black. It smelled like a fresh and ever so slightly sweet fragrance. These types of fragrance are a weird concept best described by accords, not by notes. Once you smell different fragrances of higher quality (than drug store), or even raw materials, notes will become clearer and more distinguishable and you will realize that this type of fragrance doesn't really care about individual notes. Other than that, it's impossible for me to describe something you can smell, in the same it is hard to describe something you can taste. What would you describe the taste of steak like other than like the taste of steak?
If you hate interacting with people, don't interact with them. Like I said, my "just browsing" has always done the trick. If this interaction already overwhelms you, you don't need a fragrance. My best suggestion based on the description of Mexx Black would be that half of the masculine store selection of so called "freshies" could be similar to it. This is why I repeat my actual suggestion, that is going to the store to sniff stuff.

[Anonymous No.17778664]

I've just moved to Florida and I need a new fragrance to match the constantly warm and humid climate. Would something with more citrus notes or woody notes make sense?

[Anonymous No.17778667]

>>17778664
>i need
nigga you DONT need any fragrance period, you just want an excuse to buy a new one

[Anonymous No.17778672]

>>17778618
OMG you nigger started it, I just mentioned the price I paid, not that I bragged about how expensive it is. The only loser here is you, who counts other people's money like some fucking kike

[Anonymous No.17778673]

>>17778667
You're right, so I WANT a new fragrance for the environment.

[Anonymous No.17778674]

>>17778664
Get tobacco vanilla or a* men mugler. Best choices.

[Anonymous No.17778676]

>>17778672
Nigger, you could easily go do a dupe store and buy a god damn creed aventus cologne for 20 bucks. Dupes are extremely high quality, very close to the originals (but not identical) and sometimes even perform better. So don't you talk back on me cause you started it. Bragging about how much money you have and what a nice expensive cologne you bought. nigger, you're probably one of those people complaining about the economy with a smoke on your hand.

[Anonymous No.17778685]

I just bought Azzaro pour Homme and Kouros at the airport duty free, got both for a pretty good price

[Anonymous No.17778686]

>>17778664
if only we had charts, guides and stuff for newfriends, that would be great...
it is clearly stated there that JPG Ultra Male is the best citrus frag for summer (with just a hint of iris in the base)

[Anonymous No.17778687]

>>17778686
Ultramale, just like it’s creator is the epitome of faggotry and smells awful

[Anonymous No.17778691]

>>17778676
>buy a god damn creed aventus cologne for 20 bucks. Dupes are extremely high quality
If I want to be chemically castrated, I'll choose a more interesting way. The only people who buy dupes are noselets. Creed's high quality components are essentially a meme, but I can still tell the difference in terms of quality and composition.

>So don't you talk back on me cause you started it
I replied to a guy who mentioned AC here in the first place. And mentioned how much I paid, cuz creed's prices may vary from 160 to 400 usd in different areas. The only one who started fucking around about money is you. If money is such a sensitive topic for you, maybe you shouldn't be in a thread about an expensive hobby like perfums?

[Anonymous No.17778700]

>>17778691
stop replying to the guy, he's obviously trolling. no one gets this mad about another man spending 180$ on something

[Anonymous No.17778703]

>>17778691
Or maybe you and your CA friend can get the fuck out of here and go to school. Maybe learn how the world works and why you shouldn't have stupid hobbies like this. Why don't you try music instead? Or gymnastics? There are plenty of hobbies that doesn't turn your parents bank account into an absolute ruin. And if it's your money, then you have some serious budget issues my friend. I can't believe it, 180 dollar. For what?

[Anonymous No.17778706]

>>17778687
There's nothing ultramale about pear. Imagine a man with a pear shaped body. There's nothing ultramale about that. What the fuck is everyone thinking? Fuck everyone's opinion man.

[Anonymous No.17778707]

>>17778700
Yeah, and who's talking to you? Nobody asked for your opinion.

[Anonymous No.17778709]

is it just me or has this thread been going in circles with the same 2 or 3 topics for the last 100 posts?

[Anonymous No.17778710]

Any anon have personal experience with Varvatos Vintage? It seems to get good reviews for what it is, and would work well with the coming fall weather.

[Anonymous No.17778718]

>>17778709
Who asked nigger? We're talking about stuff here and you come here talk your nonsense out of nowhere

[Anonymous No.17778719]

>>17778710
Buy the Jean Paul gaultier ultramale fragrance. It's the best, you won't regret it

[Anonymous No.17778722]

>>17778706
>turn the pear upside down

[Anonymous No.17778723]

>>17778718
trying too hard

[Anonymous No.17778724]

>>17778709
the bot broke, give it some time to randomize its replies a little bit

[Anonymous No.17778728]

>>17778719
Why are you like this

[Anonymous No.17778736]

>>17778700
I will. I don't think he's trolling btw. That's apparently some boomer on low budget.

[Anonymous No.17778737]

This seems like such a basic topic, but at the same time it’s nothing I’ve ever really discussed in depth before.

One of the general fragrance suggestions is to wear an odorless deodorant. In my understanding there are antiperspirants and deodorants. Antiperspirants (are supposed to) stop you from sweating, deodorants just cover up the smell of the sweat with some other scent.

I stopped wearing antiperspirants years ago because they don’t work for shit and just slowly ruined the armpits of all my shirts, now I strictly use deodorant.

So my question is, is my understanding of a deodorant incorrect? An unscented antiperspirant I can get, it’s the part that stops you from sweating without any fragrance, but isn’t a deodorant by definition a fragrance spray or gel applied to the underarms to cover up the natural smell of sweat?

[Anonymous No.17778739]

What is a good all-around cologne that doesn't make me smell like an old man?

[Anonymous No.17778747]

>>17778737
Deodorants deodorize, not reodorize. The odor isn't caused by sweat, it's produced by metabolic products of the bacteria on your skin. Deodorants will either kill or disturb these bacteria, ideally enough to stop them from doing their thing and producing a scent. Deodorants can also contain compounds which chemically "capture" the metabolic products in order to not let them evaporate. That way you also won't smell.

[Anonymous No.17778748]

>>17778739
Geo. F Trumper Sandalwood Cologne

[Anonymous No.17778749]

>>17778737
Everyone is lying. Don't believe anything. Nobody knows what deodorant really is and if they claim they do they're liars.

[Anonymous No.17778750]

Went to local frag shop recently and sniffed Neroli Mediterraneo by Perris Monte Carlo and enjoyed it.

Suggestions on similar smells?

[Anonymous No.17778752]

>>17778739
Brut original

[Anonymous No.17778754]

>>17778737
>>17778747
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

[Anonymous No.17778756]

>>17778750
I haven't smelled it, but it sounds like a take on the classic neroli cologne style. Neroli Intense for a super cheap version of this.

[Anonymous No.17778762]

>>17778496
Lol poorfag.

[Anonymous No.17778764]

>>17778739
4711

[Anonymous No.17778769]

>>17778737
Even "unscented" antiperspirants have some kind of odour. Like Borotalco or HidroFugal.

[Anonymous No.17778794]

what is a good smell for autumn? I imagine something from tom ford that smells like woods, but I never smelled one parfum of the brand. It should be something everyday, like going out, going to work, meeting with friends shit like this.

[Anonymous No.17778802]

>>17778794
>tom ford
lmfao

[Anonymous No.17778806]

>>17778794
Dior homme intense

[Anonymous No.17778810]

>>17778802
dunno but when I hear tom ford I think of something woods and autumn related
>>17778806
thanks anon will check it out.

[Anonymous No.17778812]

I love the smell of new clothes

I gather that the smell is likely formaldehyde, which is probably not good for the skin

Anyway, is there a scent that smells like new clothes/formaldehyde, but that is not formaldehyde?

[Anonymous No.17778816]

>>17778806
rofl
>>17778810
roflmao even

[Anonymous No.17778819]

>>17778816
kek

stop beeing a faggot and answer normally if you have to say something

[Anonymous No.17778823]

>>17778819
nice spoiler, newfag

[Anonymous No.17778824]

>>17778810
>>>17778806 (You) #
>thanks anon will check it out

Despite what the other anon says, Dior homme intense is widely regarded as one of the best designer scents of all time and is probably my favourite fragrance.

And I have stuff ranging from designer brands to super niche artisan stuff with real castoreum .

[Anonymous No.17778825]

>>17778823
doesn't realize it was intentional

[Anonymous No.17778829]

>>17778824
thanks I will also check pic related out. Is dior homme intense something you can wear to work? Or is it too heavy?

[Anonymous No.17778832]

>>17778824
lol, lmao, rofl even
>>17778825
being retarded on purpose is still being retarded

[Anonymous No.17778833]

Do we seriously need another shitposter on the block

[Anonymous No.17778836]

>>17778829
Is a bit too heavy , I don't wear to the office, but It won't offend anyone if you spray accordingly.

Nerolí nassimba is a summery leather nerolí fragrance, is beautiful, but wouldn't wear it to work either.

To the office I wear normally orada l'homme l'eau, terre de Hermes parfum and whispers in the library.

Try the whole Prada l'homme line and Dior homme line and see what you like . All of them are great fragrances that would work in autumn in most social situations.

[Anonymous No.17778839]

>>17778833
agreed, we don’t need yet another moron shilling for subpar demachyslop

[Anonymous No.17778846]

>>17778839
Do you have something to prove or is the value of discourse simply lost on you

[Anonymous No.17778854]

>>17778846
the value of demachyslop is lost on me, yes. i can’t believe anyone would prostate themselves for something so banal.

[Anonymous No.17778861]

>>17778836
alright thanks a lot anon

[Anonymous No.17778867]

>>17778854
>demachyslop
Can you speak English?

[Anonymous No.17778880]

>>17778824
Hey guys guess what this is the best fragrance of all time.

Jesus, how many times have I heard this? A million? A couple million? Everyone thinks they found the best stuff in the world.

That's why you should never listen to other people's opinions

[Anonymous No.17778883]

>>17777174
As a Cool Water enjoyer i recently discovered Gentle Fluidity Silver.
Such a great scent, imagine Cool Water but smoother with juniper berries.

[Anonymous No.17778889]

>>17778880
If you are a moron that doesnt know what subjective opinions are it's not our problem

[Anonymous No.17778893]

>>17778883
Literally thought it was my gf for a second

[Anonymous No.17778919]

>>17778867
can you? everyone here knows what demachyslop is, courtesy of francois demachy

[Anonymous No.17778922]

>parfumo user for over 10 years
>entire collection consists of xerjoff, MFK, tom ford, LV & roja
>claims that xerjoff is the #1 niche brand
>says he dislikes mainstream fragrances
how do you end up loke a redditor who discovered fragrances a month ago after being on parfumo for over a decade, holy shit
but the level of discussion on the forums and the chat really show how clueless they all are, it's always the same 20 masstige frags they're talking about. sad state of affairs

[Anonymous No.17778927]

Redpill me on the original Eau de Cologne.

[Anonymous No.17778936]

>>17778927
it's not the original. farina is.

[Anonymous No.17778939]

>>17778936
the current version of farina almost certainly has no relation to the original.

[Anonymous No.17778949]

>>17778922
there just isn't that much to talk about, and there aren't that many frags unless you go into vintage but most people won't go down that rabbithole
most releases are goyslop flankers that all smell basically the same, and any discussion about fragrance has been solved for 2-3 years now

[Anonymous No.17778950]

>>17778939
and you think 4711 has never been reformulated? farina was is the original cologne and thats a fact

[Anonymous No.17778955]

>>17778949
Prin, rogue , Nicolai and Beaufort are releasing stuff every year that is interesting. To name a few

[Anonymous No.17778962]

can someone recommend something similar?

[Anonymous No.17779021]

>>17778962
Yeah. Soap and water

[Anonymous No.17779065]

the girl I'm seeing tells me she absolutely fawns over the smell of pic related, is this a worthy buy? we smelled the frag together, I like it, but I'm worried about performance and I already have 2 spring/fall fragrances

keep in mind that this girl is a literal 10/10 who got an offer from IMG, I would probably wear literal dogshit on my skin if that was what she liked but I still wanted to ask you guys

[Anonymous No.17779069]

>>17779065
it's alright, I mean you sampled it yourself so you know whether you'd like it or not and can decide if you should buy it. If the only reason is because she likes it and it's going to take a toll on your budget then don't buy it.

[Anonymous No.17779081]

>>17779065
you answered it yourself. You feel like you are less than this woman and want to coat yourself in her preferences so she will like you more. Buy the cologne if you want, maybe work on your sense of self worth, she probably likes that more than smelly water.

[Anonymous No.17779085]

>>17778812
Kiton Men (discontinued)
Polo Sport before its reformulations

[Anonymous No.17779097]

>>17778950
>and you think 4711 has never been reformulated
4711 has some provenance to using the same neroli fields that the original did. farina doesn’t. reformulation doesn’t matter

[Anonymous No.17779104]

>>17779081
oh she likes me plenty already, I was just curious about the frag

[Anonymous No.17779144]

Is there something like gentle fluidity silver but different? I like how fresh, cozy and soft it is while still being masculine but I'm looking for alternatives, maybe something more natural smelling and/or a bit more sensual

[Anonymous No.17779146]

>>17778664
FL here. Molecule 01 is an easy wear in the heat. Try that or other Escentric M0x frags.

[Anonymous No.17779156]

I'm wearing Ganymede to work.

How am I doing?

[Anonymous No.17779165]

>>17779097
>4711 has some provenance to using the same neroli fields that the original did
wow clearly they must've never changed anything then.
>reformulation doesn’t matter
that was your entire point in your first post. my point stands, farina is the original and not 4711. you're trying to argue that george busch was born before ludwig IV.

[Anonymous No.17779166]

>>17778812
Hermes H24

[Anonymous No.17779188]

>>17777757
Azzaro PH, I love star anise.

[Anonymous No.17779194]

Bought this earlier. Smells very nice imo

[Anonymous No.17779198]

>>17778003
>>17778020
>>17778035
AdS smells like myrtle and the sea, somewhat briny and somewhat like seaweed, and a bit of ozone.
The bad is that it's quite sharp, costly, and it doesn't change significantly from start to finish; the good is that it's amazingly realistic myrtle and it has nuclear performance.
It smells a lot more raw, salty and sharp than Sel Marine and it has much better performance, you owe it to yourself to try it out if it sounds interesting.

[Anonymous No.17779210]

>>17778648
abysmal performance like anything else from AdP, I'd avoid it by virtue of that

[Anonymous No.17779217]

>>17778691
>smelly water will chemically castrate you
you guys come up with the funniest, most comically retarded shit ahah

[Anonymous No.17779226]

>>17779097
>>17779165
Are either of you going to answer my original request, or are you both going to just be pedants?

[Anonymous No.17779233]

SOTD Mauboussin Pour Lui
Another Fierce clone that doesn't reach the greatness of others, yet can be mindlessly oversprayed due to its low price. Besides Fierce, it's most similar to Bentley for Men Black Edition - a little bit fruity instead of dry and herbal like other Fierce clones.

>>17778883
They aren't really that much alike but considering that you spampost for 10 threads every time you smell a new fragrance I'm happy for you that you managed to get your nose on something new.

>>17778922
They only buy what they have been advertised. I could never.

>>17778949
There is so much stuff out there, though. I technically should go into the city every weekend to smell stuff, but I just don't. Instead I post shit on the internet for whatever reason.

>>17779065
Smells great, performance sucks. Unironically try Layton (or Detour Noir), it was inspired by an improved flanker of Boss Bottled (the original BB Intense). I feel dirty shilling that shit but if your girl likes BB, at least get the one with good performance.

[Anonymous No.17779236]

>>17779065
try Brioni EDP Intense. it does the oriental apple thing way better

[Anonymous No.17779267]

4 months later and i almost emptied 200ml bottle, shit is so bad it sad

[Anonymous No.17779277]

>>17777381
>>17777388
>DHP is literally the worst one out of the Dior Homme line
why?
intense vs parfum? why should I get?

[Anonymous No.17779279]

>>17779277
>why
what*

[Anonymous No.17779281]

What's the best prin lomros fragrance?

[Anonymous No.17779283]

>>17779277
Both are great, test both first tho

[Anonymous No.17779286]

>>17779283
thanks
my intense sample should arrive in a couple of days

[Anonymous No.17779291]

>>17779277
I prefer the Parfum personally. it has more leather and is less sweet and more complex to my nose. I like the addition of the rose too

[Anonymous No.17779294]

tested knize forest water, i'm kind of disappointed in it. it smells very generic and cheap.
>>17779281
sohrab
>>17778927
it smells fresh, like nerolo. it was widely used for all sorts of things way back then, to disinfect, to freshen up, to help against headaches. you can even put a few drops in cold water and drink it as a refreshing drink in the summer. some people associate it with their grandmothers. it's lindy.

[Anonymous No.17779297]

>>17777682
Godly frag, been wearing it all week. Will prob write a fragrantica review for it soon. I have both the EA and the FF vintage and have a backup FF bottle on the way. Both the current stuff and vintage are intensely soapy and bitter, but the FF juice is much more of a real chypre, with strong rose and oakmoss pervasive throughout the entire fragrance. The scent you get from afar is a woody violet/violet leaf, tinged with sudsy chamomile and lilac much like vintage Fahrenheit. The sillage is really like an extremely soapy version of vintage Fahrenheit with the “gasoline” and iso e super removed. 10/10 fragrance, I like the FF era stuff more than Fahrenheit and Sung Homme now.

The current EA juice was a gift from my girlfriend last winter before I got the FF on my own accord. It still smells like Grey Flannel, but its noticeably simpler, with its sandalwood, oakmoss, and intense floralcy shaved down a bit in favor of more powdery musk. The scent up close is reminiscent of the sillage or vintage, and the sillage of current stuff is quite fresh and powdery. I don’t think I can call the modern EA Grey Flannel a true chypre as it lacks the intoxicating, standoffish bitter oakmoss and rose from the vintage, but it still smells great and gets a 8.5/10 from me. Thank you for reading my blog

[Anonymous No.17779303]

>Age.
31

>Provide the season or climate you intend to wear the fragrance in.
UK (damp most of the year).

>Provide your ideal price range for buying a recommended frag.
<60£

>Provide some details on what type of scent you are looking for (favorite notes and accords, hated notes and accords, etc.)
I liked Bleu de Chanel when I wore that like a decade ago. I like something traditional and rich/woody. I really don't like spice.

>Provide some details on your intended aesthetic and setting for wearing a scent (frag for school, the office, dates, casual daily wear, etc.)
Daily casual and office.

I have no idea about all this so any pointers would be great.

[Anonymous No.17779315]

>>17779226
Haven't you figured out, everyone is selfish and nobody cares about you?

[Anonymous No.17779316]

>>17779156
You are straight stuntin on those HR hoes

[Anonymous No.17779320]

>>17779217
I know right? Some people are also afraid of fragrances, they think they'll develop Cancer from them because of the "oils"

[Anonymous No.17779324]

>>17779267
You emptied it in 4 months though, that's very fast. That's around 500 sprays per month which is around 16~17 sprays per day. Care to explain?

[Anonymous No.17779327]

>>17779165
the farina of old is the original cologne. current farina is a facsimile of it.

[Anonymous No.17779328]

>>17779303
dior homme 2020 or dior homme sport 2021

[Anonymous No.17779332]

>>17779303
depends on what kind of wood you want

>really modern, abstract soft musky wood no one will dislike
dior homme (2020)
>vetiver, a more old school, traditional note that varies from earthy to smoky to soapy
terre d'hermes intense vetiver
anything from the encre noire line
guerlain vetiver (the OG vetiver, good but very old school)
>sandalwood. rich, creamy and powdery
lalique pour homme (lion)
davidoff zino

[Anonymous No.17779336]

>>17779303
Creed Aventus

[Anonymous No.17779337]

>>17779198
>it’s quite sharp
Completely agree. Thats why I stan SM—so wearable. Soft, well-rounded, and has stages of dry down. AdS is a bull in a china shop by comparison.

[Anonymous No.17779343]

>>17779332
nta but thanks for this. I really need to give TdH another shot. The opening smelled like OFF bug spray on me.

[Anonymous No.17779344]

>>17779233
There are some similarities, green, aquatic, sharp-fresh. Check your nose, big guy.
>>17779156
I dig the mineralic opening, the overly sweet curry drydown sucks.
>>17779144
Maybe Creed Himalaya

[Anonymous No.17779348]

I want to try some good niche artisan shit . I'm into chypres, fougeres and oud fragrances lately. I dislike Bianchi's signature base and love prin, rogue and Nicolai.

Any recs? Open to anything really

SOTD: ma nishtana

[Anonymous No.17779353]

>>17779328
>>17779332
>>17779336
thx

[Anonymous No.17779356]

How would Jesus smell like?

[Anonymous No.17779359]

>>17779356
like real myrrh, the kind that weeps from miraculous icons.

[Anonymous No.17779362]

looks like the mulatto coomer just got back from his vacation

[Anonymous No.17779363]

>>17779356
>Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume
spikenard

[Anonymous No.17779364]

>>17779356
Like Robert Piguet Casbah

[Anonymous No.17779366]

>>17779297
why would you want to post on fragrantica?
>>17779327
if we assume you're right and not pulling it out your ass, even then it doesn't make 4711 the original
>>17779348
i think you're mostly wasting your time if you want artisan chypre/fougere, i'd look for more experimental scents because everything else has been done better/cheaper already. that being said most artisans are in the USA and they don't ship alcohol oversees most of the time so if you aren't american you're fucked anyway

[Anonymous No.17779367]

>>17779359
>>17779364
>Zagorsk sucks
Orthosisters…not like this

[Anonymous No.17779374]

>>17779366
it makes 4711 the closest thing one can buy to the original, not current farina.

[Anonymous No.17779375]

>>17779367
Nah Zagorsk is truely an amazing incense scent. With the dry pine it's one of my favorites. But Casbah is a gem too.

[Anonymous No.17779376]

>>17779366
>i think you're mostly wasting your time if you want artisan chypre/fougere, i'd look for more experimental scents because everything else has been done better/cheaper already. that being said most artisans are in the USA and they don't ship alcohol oversees most of the time so if you aren't american you're fucked anyway

I'm open to recs of any kind, just something that is not the usual kind of shit

[Anonymous No.17779377]

>>17779376
Literally the left side of >>17777780

[Anonymous No.17779378]

>>17779324
its so weak, it smell amazing but only first 5 min after that u can barely smell it, even on cloths

[Anonymous No.17779380]

give me best frag for gym milfs

[Anonymous No.17779389]

>>17779380
Gentle fluidity Silver, the niche dad scent

[Anonymous No.17779413]

>>17779380
Drakkar Noir, 40 sprays

[Anonymous No.17779414]

"3/5 All you can expect from an el-cheapo firm like Dana is what the French would call beaux restes. And that’s what you get: Jean Carles’s prodigious, balls-to-the-wall accord used to contain every note known to man as of 1932. Tabu was the Genghis Khan of orientals: break a bottle in your luggage and you wouldn’t need the Golden Horde to clear your way. The modern version still has swagger, even looks dark and mean, and stains fabric like mad, no doubt due to the presence of a powerful Schiff’s base in its composition. But it is now simply too cheap to bid credibly for a place among the great orientals of all time. LT"
>it's bad because it's cheap
what the fuck did turin mean by this

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>>17779414
Can you even read?

[Anonymous No.17779416]

>>17779414
cheap as in the ingredients are low quality.

[Anonymous No.17779417]

>>17778003
>Which Bianchi frags are the freshest or most fit for warm sunny weather?
Etruscan water and Libertine Neroli. I suppose sex on the beach works but I don't like it.

[Anonymous No.17779419]

>>17779374
you're just making shit up
>>17779376
i've tried grauton, barrister and mann, chiseled face, house of matriarch and abdes salaam, their stuff is decent to very good. there are also alkemia, cinislabs, black phoenix, fyrinnae, anna zworykina, stirling soap, arcana wildcraft, andromedas curse, black phoenix, death and floral, solstice scents and many others

[Anonymous No.17779421]

>>17779419
how am i making up the fact that farina was out of production for literal decades and only recently revived with no relation to the original?

[Anonymous No.17779438]

>>17779419
>>>17779376 (You) #
>i've tried grauton, barrister and mann, chiseled face, house of matriarch and abdes salaam, their stuff is decent to very good. there are also alkemia, cinislabs, black phoenix, fyrinnae, anna zworykina, stirling soap, arcana wildcraft, andromedas curse, black phoenix, death and floral, solstice scents and many others
Thank you anon, checking those now

[Anonymous No.17779477]

>>17777780
What about Xerjoff makes them not-niche?

[Anonymous No.17779485]

>>17779344
Don't worry about my nose, it perceives notes quite fine. You seem to be focused a lot on the accords. Maybe train your nose a little until you can better tell GFS and CW apart, which really have next to nothing in common.

>>17779414
The most interesting thing about this is that often Schiff bases are formed by fragrance compounds, which I should have expected as a chemist, but never really given much thought to. I had thought of creating fragrances myself at some point and using reversible reactions to make fragrances last longer, e.g. like Febreze uses cyclodextrin to capture smelly molecules, I would add cyclodextrin which has already captured smelly molecules and then using body heat to release them over time. But getting into that is very expensive and acquiring diverse enough raw materials is a real hassle.

>>17779419
I found Grauton a bit underwhelming. The Pour Homme one is just a renewed take on Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, although not necessarily a bad one. Ceylongrau was my favorite, a straight up citrus scent with surprisingly good performance.

[Anonymous No.17779527]

>>17779421
>fact
back it up if its a fact
>with no relation to the original
yeah no relation at all, other than that it's owned by the farina family. remind me, who owns 4711? was it mäurer & wirtz?
>>17779485
it is similar to PRPH, which i don't mind since PRPH feels too weak for me. but since the grauton is more soapy, it'd fill a different slot in my collection. PRPH is redundant to me because of bogart signature

[Anonymous No.17779536]

Are bortnikoff attars worth it

[Anonymous No.17779543]

>>17779527
>other than that it's owned by the farina family.
it could have been revived by johann maria farina himself for all i care. if it doesn’t use the exact same materials sourced from the exact same fields, it’s not the same fragrance.

[Anonymous No.17779555]

>>17779543
they still use the same orris root fields in cologne-ehrenfeld though. in fact johan maria farina is burried there, so he is directly a part of the fragrance

[Anonymous No.17779559]

>>17779555
a bit too heavy handed on the shitposting with this one, i must say.

[Anonymous No.17779568]

>>17779536
I have Triad and Tabac Dore, they are both good and last for hours on the skin

[Anonymous No.17779572]

>>17779559
water tends to pool in the limbs in the evening

[Anonymous No.17779606]

>>17779568
How do you use them? You dab? And for how long does a 3g attar last

[Anonymous No.17779640]

>>17779477
>What about Xerjoff makes them not-niche?
They are owned by some shit brand conglomerate that makes 20 other faux niche brands

[Anonymous No.17779644]

>>17777968
>Good frag to go with cigars?
Loud as fuck 80s powerhouse frags were made with rooms full of smoke in mind, get a bottle of lapidus pour homme or bijan man or something

[Anonymous No.17779704]

>>17777968
Quorum, Azzaro pour Homme, fucking Grey Flannel

[Anonymous No.17779786]

Can anyone tell me some more super potent 80s powerhouses?

I already have Lapidus pour Homme and One Man Show Gold Edition

[Anonymous No.17779806]

Man I tried some Dior Homme Sport (2021) today and dayum it's good.
Not sure why the fuck they put a sports label on it tho

[Anonymous No.17779889]

Open a new thread you fucking lazy faggots

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>>17779889
why? bump limit is 310 and this is one of the slowest boards on 4chan

[Anonymous No.17779896]

>>17779889
I’d do it but idk how to

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>>17779896
h mutt

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>>17779942
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>>17779942
lol

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