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I quite enjoy falafel honestly

>>18459288 (OP)
I was a little disappointed to see he’s no longer making the 5 ml bottles. They’re only splashes, which I hate, but I was planning on decanting them into an atomizer. Oh well.

What is the best ambroxan fragrance?

>>18459342
Tincture of whale vomit.

>>18459342
Initio side effect.

>Cool Water isn't an aquatic
>Boucheron Pour Homme isn't a fougere

>>18459288 (OP)
What perfume did he use?

>>18459372
Kouros

I got Mary Kay Quattro. The mid notes are a great grescent before it turns a bit soapy. Good thing that doesn't last because it's a cologne before it settles into the faint woody smell. Nice everyday, clean, splash.

>>18459372
egoiste

best rose frags for men?

>>18459372
Whatever is most effective at masking the smell of teenage pussy juice.

>>18459376
>great grescent

what are some good summer fragances(again)?
pajeets need not respond

>>18459402
Kenzo Homme EdP

>>18459372
eldo secretions magnifiques

>>18459402
>lots of Nicolai freshies (L'eau Mixte, Cap Neroli, Cedrat Intense, L'eau Chic, Week-End in Normandy, Fig Tea, etc.)
>Tauer LADAS
>Guerlain Homme EDP
>PdE Azemour, Le Cri and Un Bel Amour D’été
>ELDO YOSLY and Remarkable People
>Hermes H24 EDT and Un Jardin Sur Le Nil
>Heeley Sel Marin and Menthe Fraiche
and the list goes on

>>18459407
based

>>18459376
>>18459401
>a great green scent
My mistake.

>>18459391
eldo hermann

what opinion do u have for deodorant frags (like old spice), and i don`t mean like aquatic and fresh vomit scents, old spice have vanilla deodorants that smellls amazing like oasis (50% similarity to TF TV) and recently new in the line epic legend (lmao) smells very simillair to that smoky wood note from By The Fireplace by MM.

>>18459391
Toy Boy by Moschino, not a feminine rose, like whole rose plant with flower and greens was crushed to a smooth paste and after added pepper.

>>18459391
PdE Le Cri is great

best sweet wood frags primarily with cedarwood (affordable pls)

>>18459376
Also got Aramemes, it's nice but not for me so I gave it to my dad. It's very herbal at first before settling down, lasts quite a bit. It was just too cheap smelling for me. It smells like how much it costs. I also gave my dad an old Polo Blue because that's what he used to wear, I couldn't say what it smells like because all I smell is my dad when I was young. He now hints that his bottle of BdC has run dry so I'll try to find him a vintage one.

>>18459404
>>18459411
thanks,
is there a compilation of spring-summer fragances ?? like the 101 graphs??

>>18459371
well they aren't but you do you I guess

>>18459290
>>18459291
any idea what software/website I could use to make these or am I overthinking and photoshop or it's equivalent with good file compression would be enough?

thoughts on spicebomb(light) for summer?
And has anyone tried versace blue jeans?

>>18459444
blue jeans old school scent for occasions like go for groceries, overall default cheap citrus smell with a hint of soda

>>18459372
Interlude

it's great

>>18459449
>occasions like go for groceries
so am everyday wear?

>>18459444
all spicebombs are not worth buying nowadays

blue jean is a nice somewhat sweet floral
with this strange something in the background
wouldn't buy if I didn't know what it smelled like honestly unless you like trying new things for the sake of trying them

>>18459444
Blue Jeans was my first fragrance I think when i was a teen, or maybe Armani Eau Pour Homme from my Dad, I can't remember.
Have fond memories of it, and I recently tried it again in the store, it's good, if only a little generic, and I think I'm too old for it now.
No idea what the performance is.
Cheap enough for a blind buy though so why not just grab it?

>>18459471
>blue jeans
>$20 burgerdollars
am i trippin?

>>18459474
no, that's about right for a bottle of it

>>18459442
so a perfume that has a prominent marine note is not aquatic?

My birthday order came in:
>Bentley for Men Intense
Pretty fucking amazing. The rum note is subtle. You won't smell like a sailor on shore leave. Woody and rich without being astringent. Gonna be a real treat come fall.
>Bentley for Men Absolute
Kinda disappointed in this one to be honest. It's far more medicinal than I expected. Might still be good on skin though. Not giving up yet.
>Encre Noire Sport
I've got a bottle of a'la Extreme and the OG, and I think this one might be the best. It's certainly the most versatile and work friendly. I don't really get any of the aquatic notes I've heard folks talk about, but it is very fresh l.
>Eau de Rochas Home
This one came as a bit of a surprise. It's very similar to Plat Egoiste, perhaps a bit lighter and greener. Fucking excellent for $35. This will immediately be in the summer office rotation for the near future.

>>18459478
depends on the perfume and the prominent note

>>18459479
Happy birthday man

I consider Guerlain Vetiver to be a tobacco fragrance more than anything else.
They should have called it Guerlain Tobacco.

>>18459513
well, that's stupid since it's a vetiver fragrance

>>18459517
Oh yeah?

>>18459523
Oh, Yeah.

not only is the vetiver the foremost note it's also at least twice if not thrice as strong as the tobacco
granted the tobacco comes out more as the frad drys down and would be right in saying it's playing second role then but never is it the main one

>>18459525
>as the frad drys down and would be right
*as the frag drys down and you would be right

would be nice if I could spell but I have the excuse of being sleepy

Anyone know about creed atomizers? I decided kind of on a whim to get some of these probably-vastly-overpriced ($95) 5mL creed atomizers cuz I’m gonna be traveling a bit this summer. And damn they are actually really nice. Nicer than I was expecting. I mean they should be for that price but I was expecting to just get fleeced on brand name but at least still get something decent. The spray is way nicer than on their actual fragrance bottles. It’s like sauvage’s sprayer. Magnetic cap and the glass insert (I guess most of those travel atomizers with the spray-in bottoms are actually plastic?) is magnetic. Overall construction feels pretty nice.
Anyway, mini-review aside I was wondering if anyone knows if the 10mL and 50mL ones they sell are similar. Magnetic stuff and the most quality. It looks like the 5mL ones are new. Can’t find any info about them online

>>18459565
> the most quality
The mist quality*
It’s a really fine spray (again, like sauvage)

>>18459288 (OP)
What is the best version of Dior Sauvage? the EDT, EDP, or Parfum? (elixir excluded).

>>18459568
I own EDT and Elixir. The rest of them I’ve smelled at stores. imo the two I have are the only ones worth owning. And EDT is overall still the best, because if you’re gonna get a small bottle of some strong winter frag you might as well get absolu aventus or just something else. I know you said no elixir anyway but thought that context might be useful
EDT is really good imo as a versatile freshie and imo EDP and Parfum are just riding the coattails and aren’t as good. The downside of course is that it’s not exactly a unique smell

>>18459156
>Cool water has more calone than bvlgari aqva
Wrong.
>I grew up in the 90s so I know calone
So did i, you are still wrong.

>>18459371
>Cool Water isn't an aquatic
Correct
>Boucheron Pour Homme isn't a fougere
Not anymore due to lack of oakmoss but it was and a good one, to be fair almost nothing is a fougere nowadays, genres were effectively killed by IFRA.

>>18459436
>It was just too cheap smelling for me.
>BdC vintage
Shit taste and retarded take, stop posting

>>18459478
Das rite, otherwise all water lilly perfumes would be aquatic, all perfumes with any amount of calone in the top notes would be aquatic too.
Don't be stupid.

>>18459565
>$95 5mL creed atomizers
Kill yourself or buy a Cartier traveler spray at that point if you are going to burn money
>>18459449
>a hint of soda
u wot m8

>>18459579
> Kill yourself
No, I don’t think I will
>buy a Cartier traveler spray
Why? Not exactly selling me on the idea. Sounds niggardly and “hood rich”

>>18459288 (OP)
for once can you guys suggest something that doesn't smell like a bottle of ink, or whale vomit, or a hayride, or a bag of moldy oranges?
asking for a friend, thanks

>>18459582
>Sounds niggardly and “hood rich”
>Meanwhile i decided kind of on a whim to get some of these probably-vastly-overpriced 5mL creed atomizers
Stop posting buddy boy
>>18459584
Or like something nice? or kinda fresh? or like a man? and not aromatic at all?

>>18459591
>Meanwhile i decided kind of on a whim to get some of these probably-vastly-overpriced 5mL creed atomizers
Is that supposed to be hypocritical or something? I make decent money. I’ll get use out of them. I could have returned them if they ended up being really jank, and it turns out they’re quite nice. I’d prefer to use a flacon and these to the spray bottles anyway. An unexpected happy ending

>>18459416
Toy Boy is gay, anon.

>>18459593
>Is that supposed to be hypocritical or something?
Actually yes, absurdly so, lurk more

>>18459584
>He doesn’t like the smell of whale vomit or hayrides

>>18459565
Unlike most people in these threads I love a good travel spray and have one for each of my fragrances, but 95$ for a travel spray is beyond asinine, regardless of the quality.

>>18459598
Ok you just don’t know what any of those words mean then

>>18459600
> but 95$ for a travel spray is beyond asinine, regardless of the quality.
That’s fair. I’d have thought the same thing a couple of years ago (made a lot less money) and if I didn’t have them in-hand to feel the difference. I also don’t have a ton of different frags in rotation anymore, either. So not like I’m gonna buy a ton more of them. Hopefully they’ll last for many years
Still in an objective sense it is quite expensive for what it is. Figured I’d covered that enough in my original post about it tho

>>18459391
eldo hermann
roja amber aoud
portrait of a lady

>>18459391
everything else is faggot shit

My innawoods scent. What's yours?

Montblanc Explorer?

Y le parfum or Y eau de parfum? and old or 2025?

Gonna buy ELDO's four-sample kit, help me choose the 4 most interesting amongst these ones:

500 years
Tilda Swinton like this
Dangerous complicity
La fin du monde
Jasmin & cigarette
Rien intense incense

>>18459713
Rien II and La Fin du Monde is nice
i don't know the others

>>18459664
>Montblanc Explorer?
Montblanc Explorer.

>>18459629
Fougere L'Aube

>>18459617
lol, lmao, roflmao even

Guys I just found my new favourite fragrance reviewer. Her name is Samiiscents.

>>18459713
Tilda Swinton like this
La fin du monde
Jasmin & cigarette
Rien intense incense

>>18459726
I'll go with this. Review time as soon as they are delivered

>>18459391
Rose 31
Egoiste
Antaeus
Portrait of a Lady
La Fille de Berlin
Hermann à mes Côtés me Paraissait une Ombre
Rose Atlantic
Incense Rose

>>18459402
Hermann
You or Someone Like You
Guerlain Homme EDP
Eau de Guerlain
Guerlain Vetiver EDT
Eau Sauvage
Pour Monsieur EDT
Platinum Egoiste
Paris-Edimbourg
Chanel Eau de Cologne
Colonia Essenza
D&G Pour Homme
Eau de Rochas Homme
Monsieur de Givenchy
Petit Matin
Gentle Fluidity Silver
Mugler Cologne
Geranium Pour Monsieur
Eau des Sens
Pacific Rock Moss

>>18459601
Lurk moar you stupid faggot, lurk moar

>>18459735
I find Hermann à mes Côtés me Paraissait une Ombre slightly too deep for summer. I'd say it's perfect for spring and autumn.

I wear Egoiste in the summer.

I wear Kouros in the summer.

>>18459736
I’ve been here longer than you’ve been alive. Not /fa/ tho and I’m not gonna lurk /fa/ cuz I don’t give a shit

SOTD: Dior Higher
Pretty generic for the era but nowadays it's an interesting choice, clearly a frag that smells like late 90's akin to the older line Axe, think the Dunhill frags catered to young men like X-Centric, but very clean fruity without being sweet, quite dry woody with the cedar with a hint of musk, dries down to a creamy soapiness common in expensive hand soap. Manly as fuck somehow despite being sprayable soap.
It's Ultramale but for men, like a Nautica Voyage but expensive, not quite atomic but it does last 6 hours. Calvin Klein Underwear-tier ads but oh well.

I wear Boss bottled absolu in the summer.

>>18459748
>I’ve been here longer than you’ve been alive
Doubt it kid
>I’m not gonna lurk /fa/
You more than anyone here then would know you are going to be called out for your obvious newfaggotry. Lucky for you in every thread there's guides some old sages did, so lurk nigga lurk >>18459291
Money doesn't buy good taste nor criteria, save it until you pick your mojo. Or don't.

>cumin

>cumin

you dont need more.

>>18459763
You mean pdm layton?

>>18459763
>oud
>notes: no oud

>>18459766
yes but this is better

>>18459782
Because it's cheaper, right?

>>18459785
Not hard to be better than PdM, they are very harsh in the synthetics

Based
a
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SOTD: Mildly sweet and fruity creamy scent. Unisex but a bit feminine. Pretty linear, average sillage, great longevity. Not bad for a blind buy. Someone gave me a compliment, they said "Did you go hiking? You smell like bug spray." YMMV

>>18459629
Yatagan, all the fukkin way

Anything like Le Labo's Vetiver 46 but doesn't cost 400 dollars?

>>18459853
CdG 2 Man

Need a cheap, attractive, coconut-centric frag for this summer.
Do I have any better options than this?

>>18459860
Heeley Coccobello

>>18459860
>summer
>Le Beau
That's a sweet bomb, is your summer 15 celsius?
>cheap
Armaf, Emper or Maison Alhambra dupes

>>18459860
You want coconut? Try Asad Zanzibar.

>>18459617
i'll bite. what do you see in this brand? all their stuff smells like a 80 dollar fragrance at 4 times the price

>>18459861
Seems nice but on the expensive side, I can get Le Beau for 70 euros which is half of what 100ml of Coccobello costs
>>18459866
Thanks
>>18459864
I don't mind wearing sweet stuff in the summer

>>18459869
>Seems nice but on the expensive side, I can get Le Beau for 70 euros which is half of what 100ml of Coccobello costs
yeah but Coccobello is nice and Le Beau is shit
you get what you pay for

>>18459444
Blue Jeans is pretty good and affordable. sweet and somewhat juvenile though, in a similar way to OG Le Male
>>18459579
it did have a listed soda note. I think it reminds me of vanilla coke a bit. maybe vanilla coke with lime and a shot of gin.

>heeley
>nice
lol, rofl, lmao even

Where do you guys sell fragrances you don't want anymore?

>>18459860
cool water intense

>>18459875
facebook groups

>>18459860
Define cheap? I love Del Mar by Day Three, but you’re not gonna be picking it up on a discounter.
>>18459869
Nevermind.

>>18459875
I don’t.

Rate my perfumes/fa/

>>18459513
>>18459525
all i smell is lemon lemon dry lemon. was extremely underwhelmed.

>>18459869
>I don't mind wearing sweet stuff in the summer
You have balls, the arab slop dupes are actually pretty good, particularly the Emper one, as the original isn't that great anyways. You can get them for 30 to 40 bucks.
Paradise Garden would be my top pick, but if you want cheap and not Le Beau then >>18459877 this, CW Intense is a very zoomer but subtle take on the DNA.
>>18459872
>soda note
But what is soda? carbonated water smells very faintly bitter if anything, it's very ambiguous
>vanilla coke with lime and a shot of gin
That's not soda
>>18459875
I trade them or ZOGbook, but often the first option with resellers as i've ended up befriending a lot of them.
Haven't found a group of people in person so impulsive and drama-hungry as frag peddlers.

>>18459895
Unfathomably gay
>>18459898
I agree, it's very tarty lemony as it was the trend back in the 60's, but the vetiver is there in wet hay form and the sweet tobacco in the deep drydown.
Vetiver is a somewhat misleading name but it does have it.

>>18459045
>dirt cheap at discounters
care to share any discounters?

>>18459899
>Paradise Garden
I own Kenzo Homme EDP already and I was made to understand Paradise Garden has a similar dna which is why I haven't considered it
I tried CW Intense a while ago but I remember disliking how screechy the mandarin was. Might try it again

>>18459898
>all i smell is lemon lemon dry lemon
>t. noselet

i want tuscan leather so bad...

>>18459899
Soda is always an accord not a note (like leather) so it varies depending on the perfumer. Most of the times it’s achieved it’s using something with a black cherry note and a few other notes I don’t recall off the top of my head, but there’s definitely an element of interpretation.

>>18459860
DS&D Debaser has lots of coconut although leans slightly feminine

>>18459903
>and I was made to understand Paradise Garden has a similar dna
You were made to understand wrong, same designer but their top and heart notes develop quite differently, the drydown is akigawamalawood but i do think they are not redundant at all
>I remember disliking how screechy the mandarin was
Mmm, perhaps Boss Bottled Pacific? i am reading it's salty citrus and coconut, can't be that expensive
>>18459909
>like leather
Well said
>there’s definitely an element of interpretation
That can be said about anything, and black cherry is certainly not a soda note universally known. There's way too many soda flavors to use "soda" as a valid accord name.
>>18459910
>although leans slightly feminine
Coconut is hardly a masculine note

>>18459912
>Coconut is hardly a masculine note
I never said it was dipshit. God i hate you

>>18459912
There's always something that bothers me in these Bisch frags, be it Kenzo or BI or Ganymede
Anyway thanks I'll take a look at all of these recs

>>18459914
>God i hate you
wish he'd put on a tripcode so i can filter his boring posts

>>18459754
It’s called being a tourist. Saying “lurk moar” every post isn’t going to make you look like an oldfag. Obvious fag is obvious

So I've basically resigned to only wearing Guerlain, Rogue Perfumery, and A*Men flankers. I don't ever feel the need to reach for anything else. Is this endgame?

>>18459873
post your own recs or stfu

>>18459895
gay/10

>>18459902
would be nice to have some of them in the OP
maybe one day...

>>18459907
even more gay than >>18459895

>>18459923
wearing only Guerlain Vetiver (EDT) for all occasions is the endgame

>>18459923
>Is this endgame?
if you're happy with your choices then yes

>>18459926
>>18459901
>gay
Maybe you have shit taste

My first full serious bottle. For some reason, a decant from a tester is more mossy. Oxidation or am I just unlucky with batch variations?

>>18459914
>>18459918
Stop seething and get schooled, that's how we learned here pre-#750 threads

>>18459957
fuck off pretentious faggot

Anyone else sniff Acqua di Parma's EdPs (the black bottles)? I've been trying Oud EdP and the performance has been average at best, maybe 2 hours before it's a skin scent. It's pretty damn good so I might just get it anyway.

>>18459923
>A**Men flankers

>>18459950
Was this their window display?

>>18459972
No, it was a different bottle. Not sure about the batch of the tester, but mine is from 2023.

She needs to make more fragrances for men

>>18459982
yes

>>18459982
Overrated as hell.

>t. tried almost everything from her, nyi and saint honore are the most pleasant ones

>>18459984
wrong, she is highly esteemed for a good reason
>t. own many of her frags (20) and tested almost everything else from the house

>>18459982
I don't buy fragrances made by women. I only wear stuff they don't like.

>>18459987
based retard

>>18459986
What fragrances don't you like? With so many fragrances from one brand it just seems like you don't have any discernment.

>>18459990
>it just seems like you don't have any discernment
go fuck yourself

>>18459986
Ok, let's go one by one:
>L'ol lmaoxte: literally listerine
>Yuzu: good if you want to smell like basil
>Riviera Verbena: good start, then turns into something chemical and unpleasant
>Kiss Me Intense: could be a great one but she overdid it with the vanilla
>Caravanserail Intense: leave it to pajeets
>Bois Belize: petroly leather that turns into something incomprehensible and unpleasant, also weak
>Angelys Pear: shampoo-tier pear, a failure
>Néroli Intense: yet another boring soapy frag
>Cuir Cuba Intense: this one is not bad, but it feels cloying and a bit pissy after some time
I think that should be enough.

>>18459991
>nicolai shill
>PMSing

>>18459993
an opinion of fig tea?

>>18459993
>I think that should be enough.
correct, you are clearly a noselet

>>18459996
I don't like fig personally, so I didn't even try that one.
>>18459997
Wrong, it's not me who has 20 bottles of mid-tier frags collecting dust. Are you a woman?

>>18459999
nice digits, checked
>mid-tier frags
wrong
>collecting dust
wrong
>are you a woman?
no, thank God for that

>>18459999
>I don't like fig personally
one of the critiques is that it doesn't smell like fig

>>18459982
why? it's not like they would be any good.

>>18460002
feels a bit like fig but it's mainly osmanthus+mate, smells natural, and lasts surprisingly long, unisex (a bit feminine leaning), loses much of its initial sweetness for the drydown
good stuff

>>18460004
keep on malding, ywnbaw

blind buying is based ngl

>>18460010
True. All my best purchases have been blind buys.

>>18460012
You don't have to gaslight yourself into liking bad buys, you know?

>>18460013
You don't have to but you can.

What's the point of freshies? They're heavy on the top notes, and so don't have any longevity. The best you can get is some flowery leftover smell, but that is usually quite boring and soapy.

>>18460034
because oranges and lemons smell nice fuckwit

>>18460034
The technical answer is that citrus and fresh molecules are lighter than heavier woody and musky molecules so they don't last as long. The functional answer is that fragrances can overstay their welcome, you might want a cologne to freshen up after a shower but you might not want that smell in the evening. Long lasting fresh scents like Bois Imperial are chemical warfare that are more detergents than perfume.

>>18460053
>Long lasting fresh scents like Bois Imperial are chemical warfare that are more detergents than perfume
>some cost-cutting dude at <housename>, probably

>>18459957
Its not my fault you cant fucking read. 750+ threads later and youre still no better than the brownest indian

>>18460053
I will not tolerate Bois Imperial slander

>>18460067
Bruh, you smell like chemicals...

>>18460070
Ackchually... everything is le chemicals...

>>18460067
My apologies, it wasn't for me and having to endure it for as long as it lasts was torturous. It is popular with ladies however.

Just sprayed Habit Rouge on my pillows so they smell all nice and rosey sandalwoody when I go for sleeps :)

>>18460073
Yes but my chemicals smell natural. And yours... let's just say I'd rather smell jeets than bois imperial.

>>18460078
Jeet spotted

>>18459966
>performance has been average at best
>maybe 2 hours before it's a skin scent
Choose one
>It's pretty damn good
Top kek friendo, nothing with 2 hours of performance is good, regardless of the scent.

>>18460067
I love that this Pepe is loading 12 gauge shells into a 20 gauge shotgun.

>>18460074
It's really only the akigalawood parts that last forever, and it sticks to clothes on top of that. I get it though, I prefer my frags to not last more than 6 hours or so myself

>>18460094
>nothing with 2 hours of performance is good, regardless of the scent
r/desifragranceaddicts is that way

>>18459991
>go fuck yourself
what a fucking autistic baby you are lol.

>>18459966
oud & spice last all day for me. havent tried the others. Essenza too.

Might blind buy Guerlain Heritage, just can't decide on EdT or EdP.
Some reviews suggest the performance is about the same for both which just makes it more difficult to decide.

>>18460150
stick with the orginal formulation. EDT

>>18459987
Based

>>18460172
>stick with the orginal formulation. EDT
They were both released at the same time.. also it's been reformulated since, so neither the current EdT or EdP are the original formulation.
You haven't even tried it have you.
I hate this place.

>orginal

Lalique pour Homme Lion.

>>18460183
That's it, I'm buying every Guerlain fragrance I can.

is it weird or stupid to wear an ocean frag if youre town is nowhere near the beach?

>>18460193
The company fired him for that so shouldn't you boycott them instead?

>>18460195
No, that's what they are for. If you are at the beach you already smell it.

Is cool water good? Just blind bought

>>18460197
That's it, I'm selling every Guerlain fragrance I own. Kek.

>>18460215
Except those released before 2010, right?

>>18460195
no you should wear frags you like and not worry about the opinion of online autists

>>18460213
yes

>Mogs so hard it remains obscure to both XJ fanboys and haters
How does it do it

>>18460195
I don't live near a tannery but I wear leather frags.

How can I smell like a powerful, sophisticated, bisexual sex pest? I want something that leans feminine but at the same time is very imposing, or even has notes that imply promiscuity and dominance. I tried Byredo Animalique and it was a very close to what Im looking for, leather, floral, musky, maybe if the leather scent was stronger. Any pointers?

>>18459923
which is the better Habit Rouge, EDT or EDP? I assume L'Instinct, Parfum and Spirit are just slop.
And why L'Homme Ideal has a shit ton of flankers, but just a single Homme one?

>>18460256
Faggot

>>18460256
Just wear women fragrances. Gucci or Chanel

What frag screams dadcore and why is it picrel?

>>18460266
They're very different.
EdT is fresh and citrusy with a more prominent floral heart.
EdP amps up the leather and vanilla.
In the dry down they both have that long lasting guerlinade signature accord.
So it's more a matter of preference rather than one being better than the other.
The only flanker I've tried was the Parfum, which to me just smelled like cola candies, but it was only a brief sample at the airport on a tester strip.

>>18460266
The EDT is generally considered better and the more "canon" version than the later EDP concentration

>>18460190
Yes.

>>18460256
Kouros is the classic "hairy gay man cruising, doesn't take no for an answer" fragrance

You could also try Rien

Why do all of Laliques frags need mascerating for ages?

>>18460420
They don't, they're all just kind of weak. Still worth it.

>>18460418
How do you know that?

SOTD: Baldessarini by Hugo Boss
Really damn good, an eau de cologne with an orange and mint top and a light woody amber drydown with mildly-spiced tobacco. Somehow works like a freshie, airy but distinguishable.
Got discontinued but this should've stayed in the Boss line-up, 4-hour performance and got it quite cheap despite being vintage, zero staleness.
A tragedy this is no longer around, supposedly the original 150+ dollar Tom Ford for Men was a dupe of this baby created by Pierre Wargnye, the mind behind Drakkar Noire and Boss #1 among other gems like the one today.

>>18460423
>They don't, they're all just kind of weak.
They do genuinely improve after a few months though. Just wondering why they can't do it themselves in the factory.

>>18460425
It was the biggest hit fragrance among the gays for years, it's common knowledge. It was strong and distinctive, so they used it to signal (homo)sexual intent in public.
Only got dethroned by Le Male, but many gays still wear Kouros

>>18460384
Also a lesbian frag

Wearing Incense Extreme today because it's my foggy/rainy day fragrance and my signature scent. Today I actually smell some incense and old musty closet.

>>18460450
I think you made that up. Probably even with a half-mast

>>18460442
>Just wondering why they can't do it themselves
French are going full arab and do not macerate their shit, let's be honest the fraghead addiction in the community is a thing now and frogs move lots more volume than ever and have to phase out the stuff in their vats more often than before.

>>18460450
>Only got dethroned by Le Male
Wrong, Boss #1 was known for that way before Le Male, being that frag was more sold in the US than the YSL, although to be fair the Hugo Boss is a variation of the Kouros DNA.
What really dethroned them was Joop! in its original formula, notorious in the gay clubbing scene. Then Le Male came around a couple of years later but both were present until the mid-00's.
>to signal homo intent
Kouros was a massive hit and everyone used it, it's not like it was dead-on used only by fags. Although there's room for interpretation that everyone used it because fags made it popular or the other way around, after all Le Male got popular due to the homosexual club scene in France and Dior Hommo sweet iris DNA is popular among the youth due to trannies and butches using it initially in the gender fluid fashion movement in the mid-10's.

It better be good and not some meme like encre noire or nicolai. 15 eurorinos for a single sample! What a robbery.

>>18460442
If you didn't pay MSRP for your Lalique purchase you wouldn't have payed the premium for maceration and that's why they don't do it. It's up to the customer. What you can do is go to a physical store and look up the batch codes until you find the oldest in which case you will likely be paying MSRP.

my father uses dior savage as his only perfume so i want to get him something
i was thinking of creed aventus since it's pretty hyped and smelling it had a similar vibe, but suggestions are welcome
when is usually the time frame where discounts happens so i can buy it? it's quite expensive

>>18460487
You got scammed unless those are at least 5ml samples.


>Sundowner
It's a nice evening scent but for my taste it's a bit sweet and too much vanilla. The tobacco and cocoa notes are fantastic.
>ACDD
A spicier, fancier version of LDDM. Quite popular but gets too ambery on the base notes.
>Air Suisse
The top notes are amazing and realistic to the theme. People pleasing but some notes displease me.
>LDDM
Another people pleaser but the ambery base is not to my taste. The rest is quite spectacular and the performance is fantastic.
>Rose de Kandahar
The best from the brand. Men can wear it but I think it suits women better. The apricot, almond, rose are quite captivating and the performance is fantastic.
>Incense Rose
Quite interesting and unique. I like it a lot but want to test it more before I buy it. I get camphor and rose but it's unlike anything I can articulate.

Andy is very talented but I don't like putting perfumers in a pedestal like so many easily do. Every nose is different and I can appreciate his work even if it doesn't suit my nose. I always think it's funny that he is known for his oriental ambers but I enjoy his rose perfumes better, by a lot. As long as you have realistic expectations it's a great brand to sample.

>>18460487
You will keep getting memed if you keep asking for memes you dumbass drooler, explore by yourself
>>18460505
>i was thinking of creed aventus since it's pretty hyped
*sigh*
What can we do with this one, chat?

>>18460505
Ask him. He probably wants Sauvage again. I don't think Creed goes on sale much, it's overpriced just to scam the gullible.

>>18460564
i dislike the EdT, perhaps ill give him the elixir since he liked it a lot, but dont have it (and i personally prefer over the EdT)
thanks still!
>>18460561>>18460561
>*sigh*
>What can we do with this one, chat?
why do you write like a 14 yo?

>>18459869
fucking based

>>18460541
Thanks!

Those should be around 3ml, you can't get 5 for that price anywhere in the EU.

>>18460256
Layer Tom Ford Noir Extreme with YSL Kouros

Never a single bloody compliment for Hermann

>>18460599
Just as it should be.

>>18460577
You're welcome. For what you paid you could have bought two sample sets directly from his site for a total of 10 samples. Unfortunately his sample sets are grouped weirdly so you end up with some you probably don't care about.

Jasmine smells masculine to me
am I crazy?

>>18460599
Are you ugly?

>>18460625
not necessarily

>>18460384
Why does that beach look so comfy?

>>18460618
I'm retarded to not think about that, but also lucky: there's no set combination for the same price that would give the same set I want to try. And they only offer custom sets for customers in the glorious Switzerland.

i mog you

>>18460647
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
oh no, you don't

>>18460647
Are you a divorced dad

Current rotation, WDYT?
Some smells overlap but this is what I like now and I've just tried like a dozen of fragrances and don't feel like looking for more for now
Spring and Autumn/Summer are flexible BTW

>>18460625
Not really, some non-indolic jasmine worked with aromatics makes it smell like cigarette, which is neutral to manly

>>18460568
>why do you write like a 14 yo?
Why do you have the wit and experience of a 3yo?

>>18460647
3/6, could be better

>>18460659
Wasted money but not necessarily bad, somewhat feminine with the MFK

>>18460662
> Wasted money
I'm buying 3ml atomizers
> somewhat feminine
I've tried some default stuff like creed aventus, some marley, tom ford oud and to my nose, this balanced patchouli-bergamot-cedar are all the same, while i can distinct amber and almond better

>>18460183
they've scrubbed it pretty hard, but the house used to be called Ni-Guerlain

Le Labo Thé Noir 29 thoughts?
Was gifted 100ml bottle

>>18460647
>Platinum Egoiste
Based
>Green Irish Tweed
Based
>Prada Homo
Cringe
>MB Legend EdP
Based
>MB Explorer
Cringe
>Dior Homo 2020
Cringe

>>18460727
>>Green Irish Tweed
>Based
cringe phoneposter

>>18460659
You're quite lucky, I wish I could tolerate sweet scents but I find them repugnant. Pretty pricey stuff, you should do blind testing to make sure you don't fall prey to luxury pricing and placebo.

>>18460666
>I'm buying 3ml atomizers
Oh, didn't know that meaning of frag rotation. Very interesting, i might try that later
>default stuff
You seem to have tried the pretentious pseudo-niche slop, why? you can do just as well with Guerlain and other brands like that, seeing Delphinus i think you might like L'Homme Ideal (Intense to be specific) it's a similar premise but for men.
>>18460729
Price is cringe but the scent itself is manly stuff for men

Best Silver Mountain Water dupe/alternative?

What are some good attar holes in Paris? I'm looking for the cheap stuff, Al Rehab, El Nabil etc known brands - stuff I can later on find online as well. I've no clue about how muslim stores work though, how can I find some?

>>18460755
>I've no clue about how muslim stores work
bring a goat

>>18460755
>attar holes
Ah yes, nothing as spicy as a good sniffjob from a stranger.

>>18460745
Mefisto

>>18460745
Grade One Silver Water, hard to get in Europe due to ignoring the IFRA limits, in this case oakmoss which is weird as the original didn't have that much moss if any but makes the tea note much stronger in this bottle.
>>18460761
Mogged by a couple of arab dupes

Why oakmoss le bad

>>18460772
it's good actually but ifra faggots banned it because one stupid nigger out of one hundred thousand niggers got a small rash after they dumped a bucket of oak moss absolute on him and now we have to suffer

>>18460776
>ifra faggots banned
>translation: fragrance companies mutually agreed
lol lmao

>>18460799
those are oil houses not fragrance companies
also what is a >regular member

>>18460817
>FRA's members include Regular Members, National Associations and Supporting Members.
>Regular Members are multinational fragrance companies who make direct financial contributions to IFRA.
>National Associations represent companies in 24 countries and are grouped in four regions. >Regional Committees bring together representatives of National Associations and IFRA Regular Members.
They literally voted for it.

>>18460828
who did?
because I assume it's something like lvmh or loreal or gucci

also that's implying they can vote for it and ifra doesn't do what it wants

>>18459436
Got Armani EPH in a vintage lot and it's quite nice. Top notes are very citrus cleaner but then you get a bit of florals before it settles down to mildly sweet watery scent. Very old school.

>>18460756
Habit Rouge sucks, Pajeet.

>>18460745
Silver by Al-Rehab

>>18460772
i'm glad it's gone. good riddance.

>>18460599
>Hermann

This smells like your friend's mom with the big hair and the big tits who made you feel these strange new feelings for the first time. You didn't know what exactly you felt, you just knew that something had shifted. You were no longer a child.

How many sprays, /frag/?

For me , 5-10 if going out, 5 indoors. If the perfume is weak I might do more than 10

>>18460984
anywhere from 3 to 20

>>18459950
Things smell different in air than they do against skin. If you're just sniffing directly, you're going to get a better whiff of the base notes. You get the top notes more otherwise.

>>18459288 (OP)
what do y’all think of Burberry goddess? I just got some and I think it smells amazing but my boyfriend doesn’t like it

>>18460992
>my boyfriend
YWNABAW

>>18460996
>YWNABAW
Fuck off Mario

>>18460984
depends on the frag, temperature, humidity. I also worry being noseblind, and turns out I'm being an obnoxious faggot (not a problem with basically any current designer fragrance though).
So, usually one spray in 3, 5 7 or up to 10 places in the body. I rather re-apply after around 3-4 hours. But I always feel retarded on _where_ to reapply? in the fucking bathroom? autism_intensifies.

>>18460876
Which Poison? the old school one you posted was an indole bomb, smelled like rotten flowers, incense and musk.
nuPoison is a sweet fruity frag for girls, i know that perfume well because i had to track down various versions for my mom, it got so reformulated it should be considered a different scent nowadays like how YSL had to relaunch Opium

>>18460984
More than 4 means the fragrance is weak, for outdoors perhaps 6 if i really want to do an impression, if not then a traveler spray with 4 sprays when i arrive where i intend to stay. Usually outdoors what smokes a frag is the sun and air of moving around.

>>18460992
Goddess is a great vanilla for girls, either your bf is a closeted homo, he likes strong musky girl smells like the vintage Poison i mentioned or he simply finds your choice too cloying.

>>18460984
8 max. for weakest fragrances like eau fraiche or other colognes
3-6 for freshies & herbal
3-4 for heavy fragrances like sweet, tobacco, boozy ones
2 for absolute bombs like Carnal Flower and BR540

>>18460743
Not all stuff I can buy in atomizers where I live, I'll stick to these for some time and then when I'll be running out of them, I'll try some more
>>18460731
I hope I'm not to sus to placebo given how many Creed's and Marley's I've discarded

>>18461001
sometimes i go to other cities to visit friends so i take trains
i usually dont put fragrances before the train and just apply them 5 mins after leaving, usually on the bathroom or just on my seat for the power move

>>18461029
silly autistic esl

I will now start interacting with the opposite sex

>>18461039
is uhhh.. is that your declaration?

>>18461034
sorry for my ESLness I just woke up :(

>>18460984
Between 3 and 30 it depends. On average a dozen. I hate sissy sprayers more than cyclists.

>>18461050
Sissy sprayers are just used to buying good frags because 2 is all you need(ed)

The new fragrantica stat cards should include masculine/feminine, price/ml and pros and cons

>>18461043
anon...

>>18461074
>should include masculine/feminine
I don't know how new are you but the frag industry in Europe has been pushing the unisex tagline for almost 2 decades by now, Vagrantica are so not going to include it ever at this point, it's part of the androgynous agenda and the reason why iris is being pushed as a masculine note when it never has and never will be one.
>price/ml
You can deduce it in the shopping window, also hard for discontinued frags

Am I the only one who, when buying a new fragrance, sprays it 10-15 times and then lets it macerate for a couple of months?

>>18461090
no but for me it depends on the frag

>>18461090
It should be standard by kinnoisseurs but depends on the frag like anon said, vintage stuff with sprays on it need it but for different reasons, small fry niche companies don't need it that much.
>>18461097
Based and Bourdonpilled

>>18461097
Are all coolwaterfags spraying in such a gay and wasteful manner?

>>18461101
no

Suggestions for something that gives off an "outdoorsman" vibe? Woodsy, hints of leather, maybe some sweet notes reminiscent of honeysuckle.
Besides spending a day out in the forest, filled with the smells of blooming wildflowers and natural wood.
My colleagues always say I smell the best after a trip to the woods and know if I had slept out in them or not

SOTD: Khamrah Qahwa

>>18461105
>know if I had slept out in them
u wot m8

>>18461118
Probably from the aromas my clothing picks up. One of the spots I use is overrun with honeysuckle, wild bergamot, phlox flowers, thistle, and is protected by a canopy of old oaks and a few cedar trees.
Oh and a magnolia tree. That thing smells heavenly

SOTD: Lattafa Khamrah Qahwa Eau De Parfum

>>18461105
>>18461120
Pineward does trees very well, he has some florals included with some of his frags but they’re typically not a star player. Perhaps Nocturnis, Oxylus, or Pastoral?
I dunno

>>18461097
Dress up, fine dining, flower and (cheap) candles
>crappy $10 fragrance
Fragrance advertising can be hilarious. Should have been two fatties eating burgers in a McDonald’s.
The guy even knows it’s shit
>Maybe if I spray it over my shoulder she won’t notice and I won’t get any on me

We should make a Top25 Fragrances OAT list like desifragranceaddicts, everyone gets 10 submissions

>>18461141
>calling cool water crappy

leave noselet

>>18461146
I hate the fagmods removed the user count, I swear there are fewer than 10 regular posters here.

>>18461146
or everyone can post their current top10 and people reading them can draw their conclusion(s)
my current list (in no particular order):
>bogue mem
>nicolai new york intense
>ysl kouros
>caron yatagan
>guerlain vetiver edt
>dusita erawan
>tauer l'air des alpes suisses
>nasomatto baraonda
>pde azemour
>dior sauvage elixir

>desifragranceaddicts
nice bait

>>18461158
more like 5 regulars, excluding op's multiple personality disorder.

>>18461221
i think it's a bit more than 10
together with this i made 24 posts in this thread and i count myself as one of the current regulars

>>18461158
i just lurk and take notes so i can blind buy later. i hate going into shops and bothering people if im not going to buy anything and it looks like i can get stuff way cheaper on fragrancenet or wherever online. I also enjoy everyone calling each other fags over cologne

Why is pic related so hard to be found on discounters, considering it's not even discontinued?

>>18461268
>people buy stuff
>said stuff does not get discounted
simple as

>>18461270
There are a lot more popular Amouages than Beach Hut Man that are offered by discounters on a regular basis.

>>18461271
k
in this case the discounters simply hate you and won't stock Beach Hut Man to spite you

>>18461273
kek

>>18461090
>macerate
its already done that before you even bought it

>>18461105
Aramis. Growing up it's what every straight timber guys wear where I'm from.

>>18461090
>>18461091
>>18461099
>>18461319
what kind of fragrances would need it? This topic is full of "broscience". At most, I've seen some consensus that cheap arab slop needs it the most, but why? Does the overall manufacturing process change that much?

>>18461351
its a process that happens after the fragrance is made. unless the product youre buying was made literal days or weeks before purchase, it has already accomplished the maceration process.
think of it like how alcohol sits in a barrell or how wine ages x years before its even sold

>>18461360
>t. retard

>>18461364
>no argument
its okay if you dont know anything about fragrances

>>18461319
>>18461351
I've heard that the first time you spray a brand new fragrance, you let a little bit of extra oxygen into the bottle, and the more empty space (oxygen) the bottle has, the faster the perfume macerates.

i haven't sprayed my MFK Fluidity Silver yet. In fact I still keep it in the packaging. Is this some sort of mental illness?
Some samples I got:
Amyris Homme
Aqua Celestia Cologne Forte
Grand Soir
Fluidity Silver
and a 5ml of L Homme A La Rose.
Which one should I wear to work later?

>>18461360
> unless the product youre buying was made literal days or weeks before purchase, it has already accomplished the maceration process.
So, at home maceration in fragrances is bs

> think of it like how alcohol sits in a barrell or how wine ages x years before its even sold
Yes, but there is an interaction between the ingredients that keep fermenting. And, as said, takes years.

>>18461369
that's what I heard to do with Arab slop, but it seems like such a small thing, that oxidation could have happen in the vats before filling up the bottles.

>>18461373
>at home maceration in fragrances is bs
mostly, yes. if its a clone or dupe, there might be a reason for it as they were probably made on an order basis. if youre buying a direct niche or designer frag, then its good to go out of the box.
your nose and taste changes overtime so i guess people think when they start to like a fragrance more after having it for awhile then thats "maceration"

>>18460183
>the "nose" knows

You have to macerate your fragrances for at least 8 years but that's when it starts to lose the potency especially in the top notes. So you only have about 4 months of peak performance, any other time is suboptimal.

Christ, the original Cedrat Boise is nasty smelling, the opening being especially abrasive. The drydown is more tolerable and of course lasts an eternity. I think they fixed a lot of the problems with the Intense version, but still I don't know how the o.g. got so popular.

>>18461409
>Christ, the mancera catalogue is nasty smelling
ftfy

>>18461412
Well, yeah that's true as well. There was one in particular, I think Black Noir, among the worst things I've ever smelled.

>Sniff the atomizers of each of my fragrances before going to bed
>wake up
>BR 540 top notes still in my nose

>>18461417
grim

>>18461141
Many words just to seethe about Cool Water chads here laughing at your life
>>18461319
Wrong.
>>18461351
>This topic is full of "broscience"
Wrong.
Read nigger read
>>18461373
>So, at home maceration in fragrances is bs
Wrong
>takes years.
Wrong.
>>18461409
>I think they fixed a lot of the problems with the Intense version
It's synthetic slop but the Intense version does not fix the poor performance in the latter batches, Mancera went full slop when they got popular.
A friend of mine picked it as his signature and he hates it's not abrasive enough, some people are loonies, particularly him who unironically sprays more than 10 times. HR and administration people are just attention whores.

>>18461420
CB Intense is weaker yes, but the opening is also less nauseating. I wouldn't buy it regardless.

Finally got my nose on Baccarat Rouge. How did they convince women to wear this shit? Smells like Cool Water but with the faintest hint of fruit in the opening.

>>18461420
>Wrong.
thats right, though

>>18461448
women love sickenly sweet frags which is why gorumands exist

Eww, women...

>SOTD: zino coolwater

How is it? Is it really EDP?

SOTD Jeke by Slumberhouse.

Thoughts on this house? I've tried 3 and it seems incredibly overrated and overhyped. I'm on the fence. Two of them were candy tobacco balsamic shit and another was marzipan shit. Nothing to write home about but I've never seen a house so overhyped and celebrated (by redditjaks mostly)

>>18461645
One of the perfumes also stained my arm where I thought I developed a bad case of jaundice for a split second.

>>18461645
I looked into them a month or two ago and got the impression the guy that made them had stopped production (for a year or two).

>>18461645
>Thoughts on this house
run by a retarded schizo. i've never seen someone releasing in such a retarded way. it's like he hates all of his customers. and his fanbase is filled with the worst kind of cutthroat scalpers.

>>18461652
The instagram was deleted recently, never any word when he releases a frag, just dumps them out spontaneously. Everyone goes crazy over them. I thought he was kinda based until I tried the perfumes now I get the impression he's a hack, though I'll reserve my final opinion once I try more Slumberhouse candy syrups.

His black metal history is cringe too with him lying about having female bandmembers (saying in an interview "oh ya we would smoke a joint, dress up funny, douse ourselves in perfume and jam"), taking other band's recorded songs and slowing them down to make "ambient". Gives off nothing but really gay incel vibes. His penchant for lying/trolling the public raises A LOT of suspicions.

Thoughts on Montagne? Hebrew Sloppa?
I usually avoid clones for the obvious reasons, but I recently heard about these guys and it peaked my interest.
My addiction to smelly water is under control, but I could justify buying a few more bottles if they were only $40 or $50 bucks.

>it's juicy, it's fruity, it's woody, it's sweet, it's floral, it's rich, it's smooth, it's animalic, you get a a green anime note from the hentai accord, it's smoky, it's musky, it's aldehydic, it's ambery, it's a little pissy. you get a little pissy note but it's not enough to throw you off

>>18461672
>Cubicle for men

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Someone bake new.

>>18461720
>>18461720
>>18461720
>>18461720
>>18461720

GET THE FUCK IN HERE

>>18461105
Dusita Issara