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>>18484520 (OP)
scent of the day: Barberism byt captain fawcett.

>top
lime and orange

>mid
rose and galbanum

>base
cedarwood, patchouli and musk

this was a very fresh and citrusy scent which overtime developed beautifully into a musky scent, definitely liked it but i still have a few more to try before i can decide on my favorite.

>>18484520 (OP)
I don't like fragrances anymore. They're too intense and annoying. I just love the smell of soap in the shower

Sel D'Issey lists oakmoss extract in the ingredients, which is based

>>18484550
So do half the perfumes out there. Oakmoss is not banned.

>>18484531
I understand what you mean, I prefer fragrances that smell natural and don't have that cheap and sharp "perfume" smell. Every fragrance is different so you can try spraying less so it's not too intense.

>>18484555
The vast majority of modern designers that list oakmoss as a note don't contain any oakmoss whatsoever, not even the paltry amount allowed by IFRA, so I'm always pleased when I buy a frag and see it listed on the packaging.

>>18484523
Lime is such an underrated citrus note. It's what gives Habit Rouge such a distinctive opening I believe.

SOTD: Al-Rehab Balkis
It got it in perfume oil, very cheap. I spritzed small amount of Neroli Portfolio over it, smells quite nice, like an orange custard cake. I had to put three small rolls on my clothes though, because it's so strong as expected of any Arab frags.

>>18484564
Kenzo Homme EdP is outstanding in the hot weather and definitely not a freshie

>>18484520 (OP)
I'm bored of /frag/s try hard contrarian tastes of cheap ancient "powerhouses". it screams reddit indian in how desperately it's trying to *not* be those things

>>18484523
Looks goodgood. Booze and Baccy looks decent too.

>>18484569
>Bisch
Same guy that made Wanted by Night ? Interesting... I love that frag

>>18484531
I agree with this. Super clean skin scents are the current for innovators and early adopters. Late Majority (jeets, troons, soys, zoomers) are really getting into old school barbershop fougeres like Drakkar Noir, Kenzo, Bogart etc and are way behind.

If I don’t get a single compliment on my fragrance today, I’m going to kill myself.

>>18484573
He's made a lot of stuff, both designer and niche. He's a very trendy perfumer right now.

>>18484555
List 5 other frags sold today that contain oakmoss.

>SOTD Remarkable People
So good.

>SOTD: Versace Dylan Blue
Love this shit. I think I’m gonna make it my go to work fragrance.

>>18484575
>Super clean skin scents
Name them then. You only drop names when you're criticizing because you fear criticism.

>>18484576
Nice fragrance anon, you smell like old money.

>>18484610
How's the citrus in this? Planning to buy it but I'm not into heavy-citrus frags.

What are the best arab clones?
>inb4 there are no good arab clones

Dior Sauvage

>>18484649
I’m still a total newfag to fragrances but I think the citrus is very pleasant. Nothing too strong. It has a nice evolution throughout the day.

>>18484649
It's mostly amber

>>18484563
Captain Fawcett's Triumphant has an ever stronger lime note than Barberism, haven't gotten to try it properly but it smelled really good on a tester.

>>18484572
sadly B&B wasn't for me, although that was on the account of me having learned to despise the smell of liquor and tobacco.

>>18484619
>please stop gatekeeping your clean frags, so autistic faggots can meme them and make them trendy to the masses
get fucked, dweeb

>>18484718
Can't imagine being afraid of posting anonymously because you don't want strangers to call you out. Posting your shit taste to the 5 people on this general is not going to open any gates coward.

Rate my perfumes

>>18484728
Post ass

>>18484736
but this is a Christian blueboard

>>18484520 (OP)
The Fragrance Groups 101 Chart

>>18484520 (OP)
The Fragrance Flowchart for Beginners

Kouros smells alot more pissy in the drydown, I can still smell it on my arm after spraying it on yesterday, no shower.

The new Y Parfum looks a lot better than the old one, based on notes anyway.

What should I wear in the summer? I have no idea what to even look for. I only have what would be considered winter perfumes, since I like vanilla a lot.
The ones I have right now:
Hugo Boss Private Accord
Lancome La vie est belle
Nina Ricci Luna

>>18484797
Encre Noire Sport
That's all you need.

Putting aside all memes and shitposting, are some arab dupes worth it? Are arab dupes worth it in general when it comes to replicating a scent DNA at 80-90%?
I'm seeing all these alleged dupes of very expensive mass appealing frags like Aventus Absolu, the LV line, Sauvage Elixir, Tom Ford, various Creeds/PDM... It's obvious that none of these frags are worth the price, there's no way I'm paying 400 dollars for something like Ombre Nomade, but I do enjoy the scent and arab dupes seem like a decent compromise

>>18484801
This but Encre Indigo

>>18484802
I've never gotten a clone before but I have a Babycat clone coming in the mail. People are saying it's close enough and honestly for like $30 compared to Babycat's $450 price I could not care less if I'm wearing a dupe.

I'd rather start lathering myself with the stinkiest oud possible daily than unironically pay half a grand for a bottle of perfume.

>>18484727
why are you begging for me to tell you what to buy, just figure out the best obscure luxury clean scents in your own

>>18484667
oud for glory

>>18484802
a select few are worth it, but by wearing clones of Aventus and PDM you'll just smell like every pajeet on the street
usually it's better to just buy one of the many great original fragrances that go for normal prices instead of some arab's mediocre clone of an overhyped 400$ fragrance that smells like it's worth 50$ at most

>>18484802
Ok, so you like Ombré Nomade.
Why not buy yourself a 5-10mL decant of it?
100mL bottles are a big investment and who knows if you’ll even like it as much by the time you go through a few mL. I’ve definitely learned the hard way that my tastes can change after some exposure and I’m left with most of a bottle I don’t want to use anymore, stings doubly when it’s something that expensive.

Stop it with the arab slop and shilling, it's literally disgusting. No one wants to smell the latest panty dropper that smells 90% like an expensive fragrances.

There's always something with those that smell wrong and cheap, and the projection is insane, I was in Costco earlier this week and there was this brown guy with skinny jeans, horrible and cheap leather shoes with a bright green sweater wearing the most obnoxious arab slop, it was very noticeable from two aisles away and it smelled cheap, something like a BDC clone. It's humiliating. Why would anyone do that to themselves?

There's also a Mexican guy close to me in the office, he discovered a 90% sauvage elixir arab clone and he bathes himself with it, everyone in the office complains about the smell, it's linear, pungent, repulsive. And it's a very short guy that dresses with t shirts one size too small. It's ridiculous.

And also I was dating this crazy crazy girl that always wears a clone of mon Guerlain, that smells only like sweet dense slop. I gave my ex a bottle of mg and I'm familiar with the scent, that shit was nothing like the original.

Here's a truth nuke, go out and smell the perfumes, don't blind buy. Try them out and see what you like, don't bother with clones, they never smell good.

>>18484926
I've sampled tens of arab frags and clones, and some do smell good. What do you make of that?

>>18484926
shut the fuck up retard

>>18484931
>tens
>What do you make of that?
a joke

>>18484936
Cope seethe and dilate you closeted tranny

>>18483879
>Guerlain Vetiver
>under £50
Where? I’ll buy asap.

>>18484936
poor Indian seething about his lattafa slop being trash

>>18484996
Saw 200ml was going for $40 but it's out of stock

>>18484520 (OP)
Has anyone smell Buongiorno? It sounds like a cleaner Torino21/YoSLY. I don't think that scent profile is worth $300+ at all but if it somehow ends up at discounters at like ~$120 then that's fair.

>>18485000
spill it anon. where?

>>18485015
India

>>18484926
the clones i wear are good, thoughever

>>18485029
name em please

>>18485036
Saar please donate I need to buy perfume clones
Pathetic

>>18484919
best advice imo

>>18485036
no, theyre the ones i gatekeep

>>18484531
You could just use a fragrance that isn't super intense.

Do women even wear perfume anymore?

Is anyone else anosmic to Chanel Allure Homme Sport??

>>18485093
yes, they do

>>18485008
i like it a lot, but mostly because of the top note. unfortunately it fades after 10 mins. it's definitely overpriced right now

>>18484996
On Notino, but it fluctuates a bit, currently £61 for 100ml which is still a bargain imho

>>18484907
It's not like the only clones that exist are for Aventus and Layton, there are plenty of more uncommon frags that are duped. Unless you live in NYC or something I have a hard time imagining the average pajeet wearing Pacific Chill, Tuxedo, Bvlgari Tygar, etc
>>18484919
I guess that's an option. But I go through bottles pretty quickly honestly. My summer rotation for example has been Kenzo Homme EDP, Zara SORSD and MB Legend for two years and all three bottles are about 2/3 empty.

Really want to try Guerlain Homme but it's never gone below £90 on Notino which is a bit too much for me to blind buy
>>18485144
>Kenzo Homme EDP
Based

>>18485146
>Based
I'm getting really tired of it. I got tired of Bois Imperial too so I should've known. Now I'm on the lookout for something fresher, more natural/fruity, perhaps with coconut, and with good performance. Fuck paying ~400 for Virgin Island Water or Pacific Chill though. Heard good things about pic rel but blind buying it is risky

>>18485148
>>18485148
>I'm getting really tired of it.
Yeah it's definitely not a daily for me either, but I love it for hot days or evenings out.
Expecting the Santal Marin flanker for my birthday next week so looking forward to trying that.

>>18485165
I think this typical Bisch dna is interesting and can be pleasant but definitely not for daily use yeah
>Santal Marin
Apparently it's fairly similar to the other flankers but replacing the leather in EDP with sandalwood sounds good

Wow Lattafa is such a dogshit brand. Just smells like a shower gel or soap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1rpLa-6FU&

didnt know that luca turin is such a chill guy

>>18485148
Look into Del Mar by Day Three, it’s not going to be fruity (unless you consider citrus notes as fruity) but it is very fresh, has coconut, all around great summer frag.

They also do samples and take the price of their discovery set off the price of a full bottle, and have smaller travel sprays if you want a bit more volume to test first.

What does he wear, /fa/?

>>18485241
The Dua Brand stuff
or idiotically overhyped apothecary perfumes

'Member when Bois Imperial was shilled here?

blind bought encre noire and holy fuck it smells good, anything else like it?

>>18485280
>anything else like it?
No.

What does musk smell like? Reviews always tell me it smells like skin, however I smell nothing when i sniff my skin

>>18485288
Stop destroying your skin flora by using soap everytime you shower.

>>18484926
Truth nuke. “Smells 90% similar and lasts longer” is such cope. The goal isn’t to smell similar to something, it’s to smell good. Just get honest cheapies or have a much smaller “collection”

>>18485292
I lightly soap up every other day.

>>18485297
Try to soap is even less, then, experiment, to find a good balance, see if it changes anything, if not, then continue your routine.
In any case, skin, even dirty will not have a strong scent in itself.
I would say that the musk skin smell is more something like a nicely balanced armpit, not stinky, clean, but still you have that musky scent, same with a nice crotch.

>>18485288
warm, earthy, a bit sweet. sometimes furry or pissy. but no description does it justice. that's for real musk from the musk deer.
>>18485303
what the fuck are you waffling about

Ideal cologne smell to handsomeness ratio?

>>18485332
basically none if youre ugly which is why everyone rags on indians for wearing fragrance

Why the fuck is Kenzo Homme EDP impossible to find? it's sold out everywhere all the time

>>18485280
You might like Eucris

>>18485288
>What does musk smell like?
You know when your perfume has evaporated after hours of being worn and your skin just smells like you have a nearly unscented lotion on or you just got out the shower and you still have a little soap on? It's not what your skin usually smells like, just a lightly scented creamy scent. That's musk, I guess.

the damages that perfumers have caused with ambrette seed are unfathomable.

>>18485371
Wrong.

>>18485235
Thanks friend

/fig/ lovers, I got this sample from the mall, it's quite nice scent, fig, green, slightly lactonic but it's for women.

You know any favorite fig fragrances or recommendations?

>>18485420
the popular ones are
>Fico di Amalfi
>Debaser
>Parisian Musc
>Philosykos
>Fig Infusion

>>18485280
A L'Extreme is better - more interesting, and lasts longer.

Blind buying Cerruti 1881. What am I in for?

>>18485420
Ichnusa Profumum Roma

>>18485471
>>18485471
>>18485471
Classic cheapy barbershop, fresh, green and herbal, but not great performance, like 3 hours tops.
It was my daily for years before I got into trying other frags.

>buying lalique products
lol

>>18485495
>buying products
lol

>>18485280
Sycomore
Vettiveru

>>18485498
>buying
lol

>>18485522
>products
lol

is this good?

>>18485558
yes, it's very fresh and clean. though it's too subtle and shortlasting for me. i gave my bottle to my gf and it suits her better

>>18485558
>doesn’t list the cumin
uh oh stinky!

>>18485558
If you like Terre d Hermes you will like this, they have the same style of bitter and classy citrus.

>>18485420
Ichnusa is hailed as one of the best, along with Fico di Amalfi. The first one is rather genuine, it doesn't try hard to be pleasing, it asks to be appreciated as something that's the representation of the spontaneous and rough beauty of nature. The second one is more perfume-y, and widely appreciated.

Philosykos is simply an incredibly photorealistic fig, with its leaves and everything and all the facets of its smell. Not perfume-y.

>>18485558
>for men
It's a lie.
I'd you don't want to smell like an old woman, get the parfum version.

>>18485471
A pleasant green and floral fragrance that will make you smell like an uncle, but in a nice way

>>18485558
Yeah, it's good. Cartier's most famous perfume.

I want to buy L'Ombre Des Merveilles Hermes once the cold weather rolls around, anyone have experience with it?

>>18485614
I want to smell like an old woman though

Can you use this in fall / winter?

What are some arab dupes that are actually worth it? Surely, most of them can't simply be loud overhyped trash, right?

>>18485725
I have Rasasi La Yuqawam and it’s quite close. But it’s the small gap that sets apart the real deal. The real leather notes of Tuscan Leather just smells a bit more expensive. Rasasi is ever so slightly sweeter though so that may be a plus or minus based on your tastes. It’s fine for me, I just got it as part of the hobby but obviously something with this profile isn’t for daily use.

>>18485725
>Surely, most of them can't simply be loud overhyped trash, right?

>>18484756
The opening is straight piss. Drydown is old cum and sweaty genitals.

Having owned 10-15 or so arab dupes all with a lot of hype and praise I'd honestly repurchase none of them, would instead spend on a lower amount of, but higher quality designer/niche that I know wont miss or I've tried and liked. Theyre all redundant UNLESS 1. you like a unique scent profile that is only in ridiculously expensive perfumes 2. you are legit dead broke and need guilt free sprays (NOT guilt-free cheap way to creating a 'collection') 3. enjoy overspraying for playing sports and stuff. Otherwise, theyre a waste of money in my experience, you hesitate to reach for them when better is there while being 30-70% more expensive. That being said, the ones I think are were sort of worth it were
>Rasasi Hawas Fire (not sure what this is a dupe of desu)
>Armaf CDNIM EDT (made in UAE bottles only)
>Liquid Brun + Azzure Oud (pretty impressive, not too cheap, but as a bundle they were)
The rest were just obnoxious, missing an important note, or way too cheap-smelling for me to enjoy wearing (Jean Lowe Ombre, 9pm rebel, Bade'e al Oud, Lattafa Asad, Khamrah)

>>18484801
I liked it the best of the 3 when I first got it. But now when I wear it it just smells sweet and feminine to me. The og is the one for me. Even in hot weather it's great.

>>18485719
you can use anything during that time. its only during intense heat where you can argue not to wear something

>>18485288
I made a short post about this something like 10+ threads ago, but it’s a slightly annoying topic that doesn’t get discussed much. I don’t feel like searching up the post, but the (slightly) quick version is that the word musk actually refers to a chemical structure, not really one scent, at least not anymore.

Originally it referred to animal secretions which in small concentrations could smell pleasant and somewhat like the descriptions here >>18485327 or in large concentrations smell like literal feces.

As perfumery and chemistry advanced we started creating synthetic musks, as in, not just synthetic recreations of animal secretions, but chemical compounds that fit the structural definition of a musk despite not being found anywhere in nature. It just so happens that most of these synthetic musks smell incredibly “clean” and thus they gained wide popularity in laundry detergents and other similar products.

Unfortunately the naming convention of “musk” or “musky” stuck with both the animalic scents and the modern synthetic clean scents, so now-a-days when someone describes something as “musky” it’s an incredibly vague description because it could smell either like laundry detergent, or dilute animal shit and either one could be correct if they don’t clarify.

It’s like describing something as “sweet”, cane sugar is sweet, corn syrup is sweet, and honey is sweet, but they all taste distinctly different. Likewise jalapeño peppers are spicy and horseradish (or wasabi) are spicy, but they’re very different.

>>18484667
I got Wajood from Lattafa because it was 15 bucks and why not, was pleasantly surprised, apparently it's a clone of Kenzo Homme intense (I haven't smelled it) to me it smells like a Blue fragrance mixed with the opening of Encre Noire minus the grandma musk that EN has in the dry down.

To refill and save money or spend more cash and explore?

>>18485780
both

Rate my recent purchases
>The Ghost in the Shell
>Hermann

>>18485878
3,6/5
not great, not terrible

>>18485878
Hermann is great. I wish Bisch made more stuff like that instead of just doing the Ganymede DNA lately.

Ghost smells like some sort of skin cream to me. Interesting idea, but not something I would wear personally. I feel like it leans feminine.

>>18484802
Maybe a few are like a aventus that there are many clones of and a larger market for. Just because they smell similar doesn't make them smell good. Chimpanzees share 90% DNA with humans, doesn't make them human.
typically they'll lack the refinement and quality. They'll often use overpowering screechy synthetic substitutes instead of the expensive natural derived materials.

There are a lot of overpriced shit with a shitty price/value ratio and brand premium, just like anything in fashion.

There needs to be a study conducted on frequency of sex after applying BdC, everyone I know who wears it seems to be drowning in pussy... or maybe its a scent that very masculine, conventionally attractive men are drawn to for some reason? It begs the question of 'why would a man wear anything else?'

>SOTD: JPG Paradise Garden
Happy Saturday

>>18485901
>pic
and i thought homosexuals were supposed to have good taste

Going to go test Nishanes in a few. Does anyone have any suggestions for the summer? I was going to do Ani X (as a bit of a year rounder) and Wulong Cha.

When I feel angry with the world I feel like dousing myself in Kouros, even though I don't own it and never will because I hate it.
Which frags do you guys wear when you're angry and hate everyone?

>>18485916
tonnerre and t-rex. kouros is a rather bright scent for me

>>18485916
>even though I don't own it and never will because I hate it.
kwab
>which frags do you guys wear when you're angry and hate everyone?
something calming like >picrelated

>>18485916
Maahir Black Edition

>>18485916
>Which frags do you guys wear when you're angry and hate everyone?
That's the theme of my entire collection. If someone gives me a compliment I stop wearing it.

>>18485970
based

thoughts?

>>18485995
Bergamot is the protagonist of the opening, then it subdues. Citron + barbershop vibe. Very clean, very bright, very uplifting. No scratchy citrus. Very safe. It has a reflection man kinda vibe. Something between le male and Bergamotto di Calabria.

>>18484573
Wanted by night is my sex perfume.It seems that since I originally got my bottle its become a bit of a meme and It's kind of expensive and often not in stock
What are some others that are similar?

what were you wearing on your last fragrance compliment received
what was the context and what did they say
no made up stories allowed

>>18484802
I think so. I have woody oud which is good but i have no idea how close it is the tom ford. I also have an arab clone of gissah imperial valley (and arab perfume lol) which smells fucking awesome and lasts forever but i never smelt the og.

>>18486033
Fat female friend complimented me on Ganymede, asking "who smells so good?"

>>18486033
>I walk into the room searching for some documents.
>It was early in the morning so I was still projecting hard.
>Lesbian co-worker from across the room looks up from her desk (velma type, glasses, short, fat ass)
>I ask her if she had seen said documents
>No, but you smell amazing
>I get all autistic and shit
It was Sedley

>>18486029
Literally the rest of The Most Wanted line, particularly the Parfum. Haven’t tried the most recent release however, in the gold bottle.

What will help me more in stealing my friend's stepmom: an 80s manly fougere like Armani EPH or a Y2K boyish sweet freshie like Victoria Secret Very Sexy for Him?

>>18486082
Definitely 80s/90s manly fougere

>>18486082
>stepmom
How old is she?

>>18485995
>>18486014
What about this one?

>>18484570
just say you have no taste

>>18484667
there are no good arab clones
>18484728
post it again for at least the third time next thread maybe it'll get funny then

>>18485097
there were surprisingly many

>>18485288
depends on the musk

>>18485471
floral masculine fougere with some chypre in it

>>18485487
wrong

>>18485522
>>18485526
>lol
lmao

>>18485901
>roidtranny has terrible and faggy taste
not surprised

>>18486371
>implying liking drakkar noir is "taste"
pharmacyslop

>>18486383
didn't say a thing about DN

did a guy wearing drakkar noir fuck your gf or something?

My bottle of Armani Eau pour Homme came in.
It smells like a half-way between Chanel Pour Monsieur and Eau Sauvage. Incredible. I can't believe that they would discontinue this.

>>18486224
>>18486222
She's probably 50. I pussied out and went with Cologne Bigarade but I got to do a dance with her. She got to smell my hay.

>>18486405
The top notes are amazing, I'm sensitive to sweet scents and the mid notes get a bit sweet but I'll wear it tomorrow and see how it goes.

underrated tea forward frag
been gravitating toward it this summer

It just works.

are there any Nasomattos that are worth it?

>>18484801
>>18484859
Won't it make me smell like a man? I am not usually a fan of fragrances marketed as for men (even on men)

>>18486443
oh you wanna go Hommo sport
Dior, Chanel, Prada, Kenzo
pick your poison

>>18486443
Well, I don't know anything about women perfumes, I checked fragrantica and I picked J'adore L'Or, or La Belle Paradise Garden or those JPG ones, because the bottles are nice.

>>18486440
>>18486440
Baraonda for sure

Has anyone here tried both the vintage and modern formulations of Monsieur de Givenchy?

I acquired a vintage 30mL and it fucking rocks, but it makes me wonder what I'll do when it's gone. A 30mL will last me years of occasional use. Don't know if I'd want to hunt down a vintage again or just stick with the modern after this, but I haven't tried the modern. Seems hard to find samples of it also.

Has anyone tried Dior Sauvage?

>>18486491
yes, it's not bad but a bit overused

>>18484797
Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil or Sur Le Toit
any of the Guerlain Aqua Allegoria range

>>18486436
It sucks
Musty steamy jasmine and some light citrus
Truly terrible

>>18484797
Paradise Garden
Elysium
Torino21
Imagination
Greenley

What's a perfume that smells like this?

>>18486445
>>18486448
OK thank you, I'll check those out!

>>18486523
CDG Marseille is supposed to smell exactly like a bar of white soap

Saw a nigger selling stuff on a beach in Greece yesterday. He smelled like LV Imagination. Do what you wish with this information

>>18486538
Black people are cool and Greece is proving once more that it may be located in Europe but mentally, its inhabitants are still caught up in orientalist despotism and fascist thought patterns. SOTD Cool Water

Strongest animalics out there?

>>18486563
Kouros

SOTD: Ameer Al-Arab Imperium
I'm not sure what clone this is but the apple smell in the drydown is very soothing. I like it.

>>18486570
YSL Y

>>18486563
siberian musk
>>18486568
you are like baby

>>18485995
One of the best freshies ever made. The smell is very nostalgic.

>>18486568
Not strong enough

Just received Oud for Glory
I haven't smelled Initio, but I have smelled MFK. Is my nose dysfunctioning or is this extremely similar to BR540?

>>18486583
>extremely similar to BR540?
quite similar, it's the saffron

Thameen Carved Oud or TF Oud Wood?

>>18486595
CO

how does this smell like

>>18486574
>siberian musk
Impossible to get

>>18486476
vintages are fantastic
the new ones don't hold a candle to them
the gay dragon has a video on this frag and it's reformulations

I added a layer of YSL Libre on top of Kouros (2 sprays) and it smelled incredible

>>18486603
pepper + some bergamot + generic fuzzyness

>>18486610
that's the nature of the beast. the strongest animalics contain real animal ingredients and are therefore limited. however, you can find siberian musk and others if you look hard enough.
alternatives for musk are russian musk and mongolian mriga.
for castoreum there's cuirtis, cuir de russie (by zworykina), le cirque bleu and you can get castoreum tincture on it's own.
prin is one of the few who uses a bunch of other animalic ingredients regularly, such as goat hair. homa is a good example of it, a worse aksum. there's also varuek, aran and onthamara. the new 0125 is also pretty animalic.

any perfume that will make me smell like a noble dwarven blacksmith crafting artifacts of great power in ancient mithril forge?

Got the best compliment I've ever received wearing Antaeus at a 90 degree wedding kek

>>18485008
it was a big meh for me. too much basil.
i love ADP and hate 95% of xerjoff, but this is a rare case where torino 21 just does it better.

having said that, i get what ADP is going for - it is a more natural smell.

can’t comment on longevity because it was a scrubber for me, but i would expect typical ADP longevity

I'll probably just suck dick or date an old gay guy If I don't get employed after graduating just to buy all of my favorite perfumes

>>18486595
oud wood mogs
carved oud is for people trying too hard to be different

>>18486636
damn that's expensive lol
but thank you!

>>18486642
>my favorite perfumes
Which are?

>>18486637
I feel like Antaeus might be easier to like than its reputation suggests. It's not pissy, just dark, leathery, musky.

>>18486642
>Gay man using women’s methods of moving up in the world
Sounds about right.

>>18486636
It's not much but I have lots of Xerjoffs inmy wishlist
>>18486647
You do realize straight dudes do it too just to get their bag, right?

>>18486650
>guy
>sucking old man cock
>straight
lolno

>>18485420
Dior Dune pour Homme

>>18486644
It’s not, it’s really not

>>18486650
>straight dudes
Kek
>their bag
You’re black, aren’t you?

Just cause you’re doing it on the DL doesn’t mean you’re not gay

>>18486650
>Xerjoffs
>sucking cock for money isn't gay

>>18486633
Iron Duke

>>18486658
don't act like you ain't never been thug hunted
it's just the grind, sometimes you cap fools, sometimes you blow old dudes tbqh

>>18486671
how do you get your dick ate from the back, anatomically speaking?

>>18485420
Ferragamo Pour Homme

>>18486674
I think the ghetto lady used this term to imply ass-licking, though I am not fluent enough in ghetto talk to know for sure

>>18486674
I guess you get on all four and she pulls it back and work it, she's got a view of your asshole and your balls on her nose.
Something like that.

>>18486644
how new
>>18486650
average jerkoff enjoyer

>>18486671
Looking at the width of those fingers, that woman knows a thing or two about eating.

>>18486538
Imagination is one of the worst from that insanely price line. Most of the LV fragrances are HUGELY overrated due to being a rich-bitch brand. L'Immensite is not particularly good, but still much better than any of those other fragrances. They should all be around $80 tops.

is this a good alternative to dior sauvage?

I wanna be an Iron Duke man but sadly I'll never be more than a CK One boy

Good afternoon. Layer Lalique Encre Noire with Bvlgari Tygar. You’re welcome.

>>18486721
why settle for one of the worse beauforts?

Opinions on Narciso Rodriguez for Him Bleu Noir Parfum?

>>18486768
How do you rank them?

>>18486409
Wearing it today it's an amazing scent. Yes it has a little sweetness to soften the spices but it's not too much.

>>18486612
Who the hell is the gay dragon
I dont follow reviewers

>>18486820
>Who the hell is the gay dragon
Varanis Ridari. Knowledgable guy active on basenotes, youtube and his blog. Happens to publish everything under his furry dragon avatar for some fucking reason

>>18486788
tonnerre, coeur noir, the grudge, vie et armis, rake & ruin, pyroclasm, cape wrath, fathom v, t&m, iron duke
from good to not so good

SOTD Haltane by Parfums de Marly

6.5/10

>>18486832
Interesting choices, our tastes seem to run opposite one another. Best to worst imo, not including the most recent three as I haven’t given them a proper testing yet.
Iron Duke, Acrasia, T&M, R&R, Tonnerre, Lignum Vitae, Absent Presence, Fathom V, Coeur de Noir, Vi Et Armis.

>>18486831
>Happens to publish everything under his furry dragon avatar for some fucking reason
as he said it's to filter those who don't like furrys and gays

to me it's to filter retards since if you can't look past the avatar you're stupid
still I would rather derek not be a faggot furry but what can i do

>>18486585
Any recommendations for something more oud-forward but just as versatile?

>>18486861
>actually he's only pretending to be a furfaggot

>>18486885
Where in that post do you see him saying The Gay Dragon is NOT a furfag?

>>18486798
>julio iglesias
Very based

>>18486885
I would ask if you are retarded but judging by the itoddler filename and your post being proof of no brain activity inside your head, I'll refrain

>>18486820
Massive retard with poor taste

>>18486925
>being contrarain for the sake of being contrarian

>>18486931
I'm sorry you're cognitively underequipped, anon.

>>18486476
I have the current reformulation. It's so good I don't feel the need seek out the vintage.

>>18486931
>furry defense force
lmao

>>18486939
who are you quoting

>>18486933
why are you talking about yourself

is lower karazan on turtle just the first half of normal kara or is it actually a different raid

Recommend a tea fragrance.

I do not care for Platinum Égoïste. I find it to be a sweeter, worse version of H24.

>>18486970
Tea for Two.

>>18486970
victoire, tea rose

>>18486974
your findings are wrong

>>18486981
>your findings are wrong
I find my findings to be correct and heterosexual in nature

>>18486984
gake and fay h24 and platinum egoiste are somwehat similar but the latter is not simply a sweeter former

>>18486987
It simply is, actually. Sorry you had to find out this way.

>>18486988
you got the best kind of dubs so I'll let you off with a spray

>>18486820
a bitter mutant with dunning-kruger. the embodiment of everything that is wrong with fragcom along with his fat faggot failed perfumer friend. sotd dove soap bar

>>18486970
Wulong Cha X is decent. There's also an Australian-Asian brand called Chasing Scents which has a whole line of different realistic tea frags. I went on a quest a while ago trying to find the perfect tea frag. I ended up with the conclusion that while I love tea and the smell of it, realistic tea alone just doesn't make for a very good perfume. I ended up Guerlain Neroli Outrenoir.

>>18487007
>Guerlain Neroli Outrenoir
That's a woman's fragrance. Return it. Now.

>>18487039
NTA, but I’ll give you credit that when you go wrong, you go full retard wrong.

>>18487060
What, you gonna clap back like a catty bitch by wearing some Elizabeth Arden next? N.O. is feminine, period.

How do you spray? Do you spray close to your wrist covering a tiny spot and leaving a wet dripping mess, or do you spray from a distance covering a larger area but wasting at least half the spray?

Right now I'm transitioning from B to A, spraying from a distance feels nice and refreshing especially for fresh scents but it feels so wasteful. Maybe I'll switch back to B for longer lasting scents that I might find overpowering.

>>18487088
here and the back of the neck
I'm a habitual hand washer and worry If it's on my wrist I just wash it off

>>18487088
For me, if the frag has weak/poor performance then I spray close (A) if it's strong then (B).

>>18486395
>getting defensive
looks like the DN comments hit close to home

>>18487102
This was my thinking as well.

>>18487088
C in between
just close enough for almost all to get on me but not so close that it makes a puddle

>>18487104
I own a bottle, don't like it, want to sell it
you on the other hand are projecting

Top Notes: Bergamot, Lemon

Middle Notes: Lavender, Sage, Geranium

Base Notes: Musk, Sandalwood, Amber

>>18487113
pretentious name
rest of the label is pretentious too

they can shove the frag up their pretentious asses

>>18486523
Jo Malone Musk Memento Cologne

Having a hard time deciding between Amouage Jubilation XXV or Beach Hut Man. Which one would be a better all rounder?

>>18485420
Fico Nero by Simone Andreoli was a pleasant discovery.

>>18487117
Welcome to the fragrance world you fucking idiot
It's a haute luxury industry, the whole fucking thing is pretentious

it do be like thta

>>18487190
>inb4 those are not colognes

Here’s the truth.
“Gatekeeping” just means that you’re embarrassed about your beloved frags being called slop, so you hide behind the excuse of not wanting them out for the masses to see when in reality you just fear your taste being critiqued.
SOTD: colonia futura

>>18487199
reddit opinion

>>18487200
Don’t worry tranny, you don’t need to gatekeep your estro stack on here

>>18487202
is this your new bit?

>>18487190
the irony being that the soijack's fragrances are even more overrated?

>>18487162
No it isn't, you don't know the meaning of the word.

>>18486779
its not bad but too similar to DHI and the likes. its very different from the rest of the NR bleu noir line
>>18486970
- le labo matcha is cool but not really matcha i think
- armani eau de cedre has a nice tea note. great for spring but you can wear it anytime
- the yulong seems to be the most tea forward and is my favourite
- heard good things about russian tea and wulong cha but i am yet to sample them

would love to see others rec a good earl-grey-forward scent

>sotd encre noire extreme 21 sprays

>>18487300
Post collection

what's the best currently available AdG to purchase

>>18487199
Nope, I just don't want you weird autistic losers liking the same things as me
SOTD: Wouldn't you like to know, bullying victim incel

>>18487202
Indian hands typed the post I'm replying to

>>18487305
>I just don't want you weird autistic losers liking the same things as me
if we handled the gothrock anon this way, he never would've become so cocky...

>>18487199
No, gatekeeping means I don't want fucking Indians to start wearing what I like. Because I am racist against Indians, like any sensible human should be.

>>18487331
>SOTD: Sausage EDT

>>18487199
This reads more like a tantrum that you're not being validated.

Calm down.

>>18487331
not racist enough since you capitalized them, rajesh

>>18487199
still not telling you about them, rajeet

>>18484576
wearing fragrance because you hope to get a compliment is a losing game.
find validation in what you do, not what you wear

>>18484996
>>Guerlain Vetiver
>>under £50

>>18485015
>where

>>18485022
>India

surely genuine lol

>>18484996
>>18487374
I remember when Guerlain Vetiver was 40$ for a 200ml bottle

>>18486650
>to get their bag
you typed that

>>18487199
I don't fear critique I just don't want the auction prices for my discontinued fragrances to go up. Old fragrances have carcinogens by the way so stop buying them.

Today I'm wearing [REDACTED]

What do we think of them? I personally very much enjoy The moon, very interesting oud note built around Cypriol and musks

>>18487387
Don’t worry Rajesh I’m not gonna buy the “100% same clone panty dropper nuclear sillage and projection gayventus clone” that you are indubitably pouring on your wrists and neck right now, either that or a vintage bottle of zino that smells particularly Raj-y

>>18487514
would love to try them but even the fm boutique in paris didn't have them in the front

>>18487518
I literally posted the bottle and you still got everything wrong. That is why I gatekeep.

>gatekeep
Can you half-literate jeets shut up for once

>>18487541
Brown hands, like rodents and roaches in an ill-kept Indian kitchen slithered across the keyboard to type this

>>18487370
KWAB

>>18487518
now type that without crying, you perpetual bullying victim

>>18487518
you must not be in the know. lurk some more

i bought a brand new 200ml bottle of le male parfum and it smells sickly and pathetic compared to the sample i had from microperfumes
will it get better if i leave it or should i just get rid of it somehow

>>18487574
Every perfume smells different from the sample, it's a fucking scam.

>>18487574
>>18487576
My brain doesn’t want to believe it’s true but unfortunately I’ve had this exact experience multiple times

>>18487552
T Bantu

Ironically every straight white man in the restaurant I work at wears wears Tom Ford and the indians wear Saarvage.

>>18487643
horseshoe theory

Never really had an interest in Aventus but a friend gave me a sample, sprayed some on just now and holy shit this is so much more pineappley than I could have imagined. People really like this?

>>18487514
I've tried a big chunk of these fragrances and I wasn't particularly impressed with any of them. They all have this dusty/powdery muted feeling to them.

sotd

Encre Noire kind of just seems like a cypress bomb with not much else, but maybe that's because the bottle and atomizer are still fresh? I like it, though.

>>18487798
this just smells like cleaning product to me

finally smelled this beauty yesterday

never knew how much I love fig notes in perfumery

>Ordered some frags online
>they also sent some free samples
>they forgot to label the third one
>asked them and they said they just grab three randomly and toss it in
oh well, I kinda liked it too.

>>18487889
lol that's incredibly retarded
how can you buy it from them if you don't know what it is + they also don't know what it is
fucking clowns

>>18487655
Aventus has infamous batch variation and got changed a lot. earlier batches were more smoky, more modern ones are usually very pineapple heavy
I also don't like this DNA

>>18487894
No, they threw in like a grab bag of three random samples on top of the ones I ordered, self bottled, and one had no label.

>>18487903
what i mean is 'how can you buy a full bottle of that product later on if you don't know what it is and the store doesn't know what it is?'

>>18487904
Yeah, I mean, obviously they planned on it being labeled, but I guess the guy fell asleep when it came to the last bottle.

Dior Fahrenheit smells like pickle juice to me but I like it

>>18487927
you eatin some weird pickles

Why do old men's fragrances from the 70s-80s have that pissy drydown? what's causing it?

>>18487954
Animalic notes? In Kouros it's Civet.

I smelled some higher end essential oils and they smell amazing. So much depth to them. Even the most basic stuff like cinnamon or pine. Just amazing.

>>18487954
>be old man
>wear pissy cologne
>the pee drops in your trunks don't even matter, "it's my cologne"

Le Male Le Parfum actually smells so nice.

So nice and creamy, a much more pleasant sweetness than dylan blue.

>>18487904
by guessing the notes and finding it

>>18487960
I get it on Dior Fahrenheit, too. Is it the violet leaf?

>>18488021
This, but without the "be old man".
Pissy jasmine or other pissy notes are also great for pretty girls.

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