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imagine your most hated fragrance
i wear that

>>18488102
>your most hated fragrance
Behold, Patchouli by Gallagher Fragrances
good luck, that shit is vile

Any fragrance for this feel?

are there winter aquatics? I want to smell like being in a cabin by the sea with a fire in the fireplace and the marine fog rolling in

Rich 90's Dad has a subjectively cringe name but it's a wonderful kind of clean musky barbershop fougere. You really get the lemon, geranium, and an almost soapy musk. I think it's also sold out everywhere because it's a yearly father's day drop from some Tennessee candle company

>>18488146
Kenzo Homme EDP could work well

>>18488146
Invictus has that seaside feeling but I dunno if it works in winter.

>>18488146
Sel D'Issey EDP

>>18488146
>Eremia
>Every Storm A Serenade
>Portable Fireplace
>Pluviophile

>>18488181
I meant By the Fireplace by Margiela. Portable Fireplace was candle only by DS Durga

>>18488149
just wear egoiste platinum

>>18488194
they are very different and I actually like 90s dad a bit more

>>18488149
>>18488199
buy an ad

>>18488149
>no page on fragrantica
Stop shilling your garbage

>>18488106
Giorgio Beverly Hills Red

>>18488181
>>18488188
>BTF
>aquatic

>>18488229
not even him but the fragrantica db is a stale swiss cheese

What are your honest thoughts on Bois Imperial now that the hype has died down?

>>18488295
i like it. i find the smell very pleasant and the fact that it lasts all day makes it a great office frag

anyone tried the new version of Fico di Amalfi? or any of the new blue line for that matter?

>>18488301
Overrated like all Bisch sawdust creations

>>18488301
Meant to reply to him >>18488295

>>18488295
It's pretty good, though a bit linear for my taste. I understand why it's popular, it's a strong performer, well priced and smells unique among designers while still being easy to like. Maybe I'd buy a bottle, but it's gotten way too popular where I live, it's basically the local equivalent of Santal33 that every trend chasing faux-indie kid is wearing

>>18488303
No but every store near me has most of the collection, is there anything in particular you're interested in ? I may make a detour just for you <3

Do you wear unisex fragrances?

How do people normally buy fragrances?

I realized that I've only bought them online, and it's all been blind buys practically.

Is it the mall?
Do you y'all go to the malls and talk with the perfume people?

>>18488260
>you
>white
silence jeet

>>18488229
>implying that's a bad thing
reddit is that way, you brown Indian tranny

>>18488208
post hand street shitter

>>18488295
Performance is so good it’s borderline detrimental to me wearing it. The basil is a little too strong for my taste and gives it a sour scent that I don’t love, but my girlfriend loves it so I toss it on now and again.
Overall not bad, glad I own a bottle but don’t feel the need to wear it all the time. It’s a special occasions frag.

>>18488330
thanks big dog.
i own the OG fico di amalfi, so im curious to see how the new version, the riserva, compares. is it different? how's the longevity?
i don't own the other blues, but i'd consider getting one so curious about your findings.

also if you could compare the Colonia Il Profumo with Essenza, that'd be great.

>>18488359
the mall and palces like sephora is annoying. the sales people are really pushy and not really knowledgeable. i have good experiences going to niche perfume stores, though there's very few in my city. there, i like to chat with the sales rep since they're very friendly and they know their stuff really well. sometimes im not looking for anything in particular so i'll just try a bunch of stuff, but other times i have something in mind so they'll bring out a couple bottles for me to try and we go from there.

>>18488341
Do you not?

>>18488359
Mostly online, but I sample most things first with decants. There’s a pretty nice niche shop near me with a good variety of selections that I bought some stuff in person, but I haven’t done so in a while.

honest thoughts on oud zarian?

>>18488366
>>18488367
>>18488368
>the shill is indian
>three cow shit patties have been deposited in your account

>>18488295
I hated it at first, especially having to endure it for as long as it lasts. I like the way it smells now but I could never wear it because it smells too feminine to me. It smells nicer on ladies.

>>18488390
>oud

Im about to pull the trigger on musc ravageur. Am i about to make a mistake chat

>>18488419
Have you sniffed it before?
It doesn’t even smell that “musky”.
It’s fucking weird. Not bad, just… not musky.
Weird.

I blind bought three cheap frags.
Afnan Turathi Blue, Armaf Derby Club House Blanche, and Banana Republic Neroli Woods.

>>18488422
I have bought a sample and been testing it for 2 days. It makes me remember things i thought i have forgotten.

>>18488392
yes, you are Indian

What would make me smell good as a man?

>>18488419
>>18488422
It's super powdery. I was not a fan of my sample.

>>18488106
Stercus by Orto Parisi, it literally smells like a swaety female asshole.

Got gifted one of these. I know nothing about fragrances but I like it. Anons' thoughts? How do I use it? What does Eau de Toilette mean?

>>18488469
Eau de toilette has 5-15% fragrance oil concentration. Typically lasts shorter than EDP. That fragrance is wearable any time but performs best in warm days/sunny weather.

>>18488341
It’s all bullshit. I love citrus scents and most of those are for women it seems so my current day to day is a women’s perfume.

Speaking of, what’s everyone’s thoughts on Knock on Wood by Tory Burch? A little spicy, makes me smell faintly like a turkish delight. Vibes like vampires playing soccer on a romanian hillside. Fuckin love orange and vetiver

>>18488457
>>18488240
Thanks, bros.

>>18488295
it's a good frag, the hype is more or less justified

Blind bought H24 Herbes Vives, Encre Noir, and Davidoff Cool Water just to see what's up. let's fucking go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>18488469
it's a pretty good cheap fragrance. works in any weather.

Are we supposed to spray cologne concentrations on skin?
I spray my perfumes mostly on clothes, but when I use eau fraiche or eau de cologne there's zero performance

>>18488549
not bad choices, but a little unhinged to blind buy 3 bottles at once

>>18488565
why tho? that haul costs 100 EUR tops

>>18488568
it's still 300ml of smelly water you might dislike

>>18488572
yeah but he bought good frags so it's all good

>>18488565
Yeah I'm taking a gamble on these bois. Need more "disposable frags" in my collection so I'm braced for the possibility of disliking them. Will rate em when they arrive
>>18488573
Good to know.

>>18488384
I'll make a note of it, next time I visit the shop I'll report back.
Just be prepared to be very disappointed with the longevity. I owned Bergamotto di Calabria once, the longevity was shockingly short, I could do literally 50 sprays and by the time I went out nobody could smell it anymore.

>>18488594
All of AdP’s frags have below average performance, and then when you look at the blue line it’s basically nonexistent. It’s the main reason I don’t care for the house.

>>18488469
That's a nice gift, on soft the best affordable perfumes. Simply spray it on your skin , focusing on the hottest exposed parts of your body (wrists, neck), I'd say spray it between 10 and 15 times. Don't wait for special occasions, wear it everyday, even multiple times a day. In fact, maybe avoid wearing it for special occasions. It's a nice, uplifting , invigorating, even somewhat complex easygoing aromatic perfume , but not an elegant one

>>18488599
Their whole thing is making eau de colognes, not exactly the place to go to for performance

>>18488605
Even worse, they're autistic about natural ingredients. I suspect that's also to appease to the herds of primitive retarded monkeys that are illogically hostile to anything synthetic, and want everything to be 100% natural

>>18488095 (OP)
D R A C O N O I R

if kouros smells so bad why do they keep selling it? checkmate, indians

>>18488637
it doesn't smell bad

>>18488599
surprisingly the ones i own last decently long.
CLUB and Intensa i get a solid 4-6h, Essenze and Oud & Spice is all day.
Fico is super short, but whatever
>>18488594
yeah i know, but that's why im curious about he Riserva version. im assuming it's a stronger formulation

>>18488097
>>18488098
These are ass. Stop posting them.

>>18488564
Cologne is for men, you wear it for yourself, and clothes make fragrances linger for longer. Perfume is for women because they need attention from others.

>>18488194
Platty ego sucks

>>18488656
Funnily enough it tends to be the opposite nowadays. Women wearing Jo Malone and men wearing turbopowered gigaelixir performancebeasts

>>18488678
>gay men wearing turbopowered gigaelixir performancebeasts
ftfy

>>18488565
My record is 5. It was
>Lalique Les Compositions Parfumeés Imperial Green
>Lalique Les Compositions Parfumeés Glorious Indigo
>Versace The Dreamer
>Aramis Tuscany
>Polo Safari

>>18488678
The definition of "men" does not change. What you are describing are not men. Attention seeking is not a masculine trait.

>>18488684
LOL
As if men haven't competed and battled for the attention of women and the approval of their peers for as long as civilization has been around
Get over yourself faggot

>>18488685
>for as long as civilization has been around
even longer than that

>>18488682
This explains why I feel zesty when wearing something with oud

>>18488685
Killing someone and raping their women is not the same as spraying yourself 20 times with a sweet vanillin+ambrox perfume and waiting for a hungry hambeast to tell you you smell nice. Fighting for what you want and begging for attention are not the same, not like you would understand. Spraying Viking doesn't make you a Viking lmao

>>18488738
>he doesnt transform into a norsemen upon spray
ngmi

>>18488097
>>18488098
fantastic as always

Are there good "green" summer frags? something likr smell of cut grass in the morning

>>18488822
yea

>>18488677
absolute noselet opinion

>>18488518
>Vibes like vampires playing soccer on a romanian hillside

>>18488822
There are lots of them. H24, un jardin sur le nil, so many by Hermes alone. Lots of older fragrances like that too. Cerruti 1881, Guerlain Vetiver. Even some old feminines like Chanel No. 19

has anyone bought from casadelprofumo.it ?
fragrantica forum says they're legit, reddit says they're legit, trustpilot says they're legit, but their prices are a little too good.

>>18488822
try Ichnusa

>>18488915
that haul is only like 35 eur, order it
worst case: it's fake and you missed out on some xerjoff slop
best case: you made a good deal

>>18488915
>their prices are a little too good
???
a 100ml bottle or aramis costs 15€, they're charging 10x the ml price. same with all other oldies

what does dior sauvage smell like

>>18488963
salty milk and coins

>>18488822
Dior Dune pour Homme

Got a bottle of Armani Mania. I got a little citrus at the top and the saffron gave me a bit of a synthetic scent. At the core of the fragrance is a very nice cedar scent which gives me kind of a new book smell. The amber smooths out the cedar on the base. It's quite relaxed and inoffensive, unless you're sensitive to the BR 540 profile which you get a little bit of in Mania on the base notes. The performance is average, not too much projection but decent longevity, a nice casual scent. I like it except the base notes when the cedar becomes less detectable and the musk and amber get almost a bit sweet.

this smells exactly like the shower gel I used to use when I was a kid. I still remember that giant bottle of aqua blue soap from costco my mom used to buy over 20 years ago. honestly I like it better as a febreeze replacement, I already sprayed all my shirts and beding after doing laundry

>mfw all my favourite frags last barely an hour in +25C summer temps

>>18488678
gay men and indians*

>>18489074
your family tree in a nutshell

I bought a pricey niche perfume and it's been reformulated noticeably compared to my sample. Why the fuck do niche brands reformulate their fragrances? They're expensive and not made for the mass market anyway.

>>18489108
What’s the frag?

>>18488963
Brown people at the club

Best perfume for a werewolf to hunt and ravage in? Polo green is what comes to my mind, what else is suitable?

>>18489107
nah that's you

>>18489116
misread, he didn't ask what Drakkar Noir or Kenzo or Kouros smelled like (brown people at the club) - he said Dior Sauvage the least jeet least reddit least troon scent there is

>>18489108
i read a while ago that perfumes with a lot of natural ingredients are prone to having batch differences. it happens

>>18489121
>Dior Sauvage the least jeet least reddit least troon scent there is
kek

>>18489108
In my head small niche houses would have more variance because of smaller batches, not intentional reformulation. Samples are BS, every perfume company should have a batch tracking system so you can get perfumes from the same batch as your sample.

>>18489017
P.S. Box says "Avoid spraying in eyes" like most perfumes and I did not heed that warning. Now my eye is puffy. Stay safe out there bros and don't sit and spray like I did.

>>18489130
>YSL Myself not on the list

I knew I had good taste.

>>18489130
Thanks for posting this list of frags to avoid

>>18489115
>>18489127
>>18489137
Jovoy's Incident Diplomatique. My sample from a couple of years ago has a lot more vetiver. Even just smelling the atomizer I get bitter inky earthy dark vetiver.
On my new bottle? There's none of that, mostly just alcohol and faint mandarine on the atomizer. The opening once sprayed isn't much better either, although they do dry down similarly enough. I can't imagine this is down to mere batch variation. It's as if they've removed one of the two vetiver components completely, probably the java oil. I'm considering buying some and mixing it in myself to see where that takes things.

Jovoy isn't the most "passion project" of niche houses, they have niche perfumery boutiques, but at $220 and with Incident's whole premise having been to make an unapologetically masculine fragrance, I have no clue why they went and made it so much lighter and brighter.
It's as if they wanted it to be mass-appealing or more appealing for women to wear too. Noticeably sweeter, more mandarine.

Fuck that shit. If I'm not even safe from undocumented, significant, objectively downgrading reformulating with pricier niche perfumes I might as well not bother. Even if I sample and manage to buy the same batch or bottle, there's no guarantee I'll get the same thing again once it's empty.

There should definitely be more "batch awareness", starting with reviewers noting their batch codes but ideally of course the houses themselves making sure batches of samples and bottles are being communicated.
Better yet, they should have to announce reformulations, it's borderline a scam to build an image around a scent and then change it or water it down without denoting as much in any way.

What's the best oud you've smelt

>>18489130
Terre D Hermes not on that

>>18489192
Idiot

>>18489130
Aventusbros??

im starting to think i should not be using most fragrances after seeing that lilial was banned in 2022 for being harmful to fertility and unborn children
i might go through with making my own stuff again
in the meantime, what are some fragrances that are transparent about what's in them? maybe organic ones or somethin would be good

*gets you compliments*

>>18489187
I was gifted a cologne from Dubai in 2017 with cherry-oud scent. It's the best I've smelled, mogs Oud Wood. I remember it being earthy and deep with slight deliciousness and has no poopy vibes

Am I the only one who likes the original AHS more than Eau Extreme?

>>18489130
Grim. But that's also because those are heavily shilled by Jeremy on his prime.
Sotn le male le parfum.

>>18489130
>no oud noir
>no br540
>no oud satin mood
>no bois imperial
I'm good

>>18489167
it could also be that the sample was more matured with less top notes and more base notes? if you've had it around for a while it could have changed

>>18489233
yes but they are both worse than the OG Chanel Allure

>>18489141
Thank you for your cervix

scent of the day: lapidus pour homme sport
it's hot again and I need to do things

SOTD: Loewe Esencia Elixir

>>18489117
grow up

>>18489117
Perhaps not exactly what you’re after, but Pineward describes Nocturnis as “Wild and yet refined, a werewolf in a tuxedo.”

>>18489117
literally varuek
>>18489187
oud sultani 1975 by ensar oud

Not sure why you retards insist this smells like Dior Sauvage EDT

>>18489333
All ambroxan sloppa smells the same once it dries down

Wtf you niggers lied to me. Lattafa Khamra is not bad at all.

I tried Quorum, Aramis and Bogart Pour Homme, I enjoy them all.
Kouros, Boss Number One too.
It's funny because I feel more comfortable wearing those fragrances than the recent ones.
Maybe that's because I've been a Brut enjoyer since i as a kid.

>>18489333
never listen to /frag/

It's fresh clean and good. An easy neutral freshie

>>18489364
it's a little too sweet and powdery for my taste. somehow this doesn't bother me in the dior homme series, they have some cocoa and leather to counter it

tried out some rose fragrances at a store. Hermann a mes Cotes and Toy Boy and Experimentum Crucis.
what did I think of them?

I think my BR540has macerated for too long
It smells like coconuts now..

>>18489379
I think Hermann and Toy Boy are a bit closer than people think
toy boy is definitely sweeter and lacks the geosmin note, but they have a lot of similarities
Experimentum Crucis is quite different, even though it's another Bisch fragrance. it's a more elegant, less brash rose. maybe the most feminine of the three. Hermann is definitely the most masculine.

>>18489356
/frag/ don't like Arab clones

>>18489397

>>18489426
I would make him wear it

Fragrance with this smell?

>>18489461
Cool Water

>>18489249
While it's plausible that the mandarine top note would have evaporated or otherwise degraded on the old decant, that doesn't explain the lack of vetiver in the new juice. It is there once sprayed, but decidedly less strong.
The drydown again is similar enough, and the new stuff does perform well. But I really miss that intense vetiver in the opening, and the way it bleeds into the heart.

I guess I will hope my bottle "macerates" a bit, but I'll also decant some to mix with java oil.

On a related note, Jovoy's Private Label is a splendid scent too. It's vaguely similar to Bentley's Intense, it has that serious but sexy edge that is dry and slightly sweet, boozy and powdery, only it is deeper, more complex, and has this very classy, sophisticated, feel that most Jovoys do.

>>18489361
or maybe because they used to make good fragrances and now they don't

>>18489130
>old picture
oh no no no

ooof barbershop fougere old school powerhouse bros our smells are objectively the official scents of Indians in 2025, replacing any pictures you see of outdated internet posts. what do we do

recently returned from a trip to france, now i truly feel like i’ve tested every fragrance that has even slightly piqued my curiosity (at least 700-800).

i’m done. this is the collection.

>>18489539
>only 6 results over 3 years

>>18489517
They really do seem more qualittative and also cheaper.
I also just got a new Brut flask at the mall, it's fucking timeless.

>>18489589
Rate Eau Rihla.

>>18489627
9/10

It’s the leather/raspberry scent I’ve been searching for all this time. The grown up, unisex version of Tuscan Leather.

Leather, raspberry, saffron, pink pepper, iris, cedar, vanilla.

I’d describe it as leathery, spicy, oriental, sophisticated, intoxicating, sensual. Definitely the sexiest unisex scent I’ve found. I wear it, my gf borrows it and it smells amazing on her.

My favorite opening of all time - my only complaint is that the drydown leans slightly more vanilla/feminine than I’d prefer.

Performance is incredible, one spray lasts all day but it does evolve and mellow out over time. I hate nuclear perfumes more than most people (Oud Maracuja, etc.) and find them sickening. Eau Rihla is not sickening.

I once heard it described as “daddy’s mistress borrowed the Bentley”

Personally, I was torn between this and Black Saffron when choosing a leather scent - this comes across as slightly more masculine.

>>18489632
Have you tried Widian - London? I still prefer Eau Rihla. But Eau Nabati is the best of the gold label Diptyques imo.

If something you love is worn by indians don't worry because you're tall and white to pull it off (assuming you are)

SOTD: YSL Libre x MFK Grand Soir

>SOTD Monsieur de Givenchy

does anyone know of any room sprays that smell like st barts? I want a big bottle of the stuff because it works so well as an air freshener

https://50-ml.eu/

is this site legit? anyone used it? they offer €4.00 shipping to my 3rd world country so kinda neat

>>18489590
>not understanding screenshots
KWAB

>apply kouros
>People literally tell me I smell like shit
Thanks /fa/

>>18489718
I have never bought from them but they are an authorized dealer for lots of brands so I sure they are legit. They are Italian and it's run by actual fans, I just hope their logistics are up to par.

>>18489718
prices seem strangely low like just a bit undercut

I've never used the site so I don't know if it's cool or not

So I got the Naomi Goodsar discovery kit, already knowing I loved Bois d'Ascese. Aside from that one, only Nuit de Bakélite comes off as something I'd want to get. It's probably the most intensely floral thing I've smelled and I quite like it.

The others are harder to gauge right now, a bit off-putting in the opening. Corpus Equus smells exactly like you're blowing into an inflatable rubber raft next to a campfire.

>>18489548
What even are the bottles there
I see the top one might be Armani but I dont see what kind

>>18489589
Surprisingly basic collection for having sampled 800 perfumes

>>18489756
just reviewing my fragrantica notes. during my search i came *this* close to buying from:
>atelier matieri
>marc antoine barrois
>bdk
>borntostandout
>clive christian
>eldo
>ex nihilo
>l’artisan parfumeur
>le labo
>maison crivelli
>matiere premiere
>nishane
>ormonde jayne
>thameen

in the end the classics are the classics for a reason, and i guess my taste is just pretty basic

>>18489752
cuir velour is pretty nice imo

>>18489779
Yeah it's coming off to me like a less offensive Red Tobacco, I don't love it or hate it.

What type of fragrance would /frag/ wear on their wedding day? Should it be something that you don't otherwise wear often, so it stands out even more in the future as a special memory of the day? Or, should it be an ol' reliable that you've regularly worn throughout your relationship?
>inb4 kouros layered with drakkar noir

Just bought a big bottle of aramis. What am I in for?

>>18489379
I like rose
I bought TB when it first came out. A kind of fuzzy rose. I'm over it now, it smells like pickles now to me.

>>18489807
It's nice, scent was a bit cheap to me like it reflected the actual price it sells for. There are some good notes in there but especially the herbal notes which I enjoy but the rest felt like a bit disjointed. I gifted it to my dad and it smells great on him. Maybe it gets better with time, spray a bit and let the bottle sit and revisit it. I wish I could smell a vintage one, might be more interesting.

>>18489589
Why do you have so many freshies? Do you live in a place that is perpetual summer or did you buy them all in less than a year?

I have the perfect fragrance for a funeral but the funeral is in summer and the fragrance is perfect for fall.

Is Le Male Le Parfum Jean Paul Gaultier a good buy?

>>18489832
try Fathom V it would fit perfectly for a funeral in summer

>>18489826
They're discontinuing it so I got like a 250ml for 45? Should be interesting at any rate

>>18489827
AdP’s freshies are beautiful but simple, I get bored spraying the same one every day. I like to mix it up or layer them so I don’t get bored of the same citrus day in and day out.

Also some people view Aventus and TdH as freshies, but I’ve always enjoyed them most in the fall. And Creed Vetiver is my GOAT for spring.

i just sprayed bdc on myself

Neroli smells really nice, actually.
I think I love it

>>18489807
Aramis

>>18489807
gay grandpa juice

>>18489807
It's harsh and in-your-face. Unabashedly masculine. Don't overspray or it'll melt the paint off the walls.

>>18489548
Stop wearing frags?

>>18489864
>t. underage

Dad just called me gay for liking gourmands

>>18489896
you should listen to him, fruity cake ass fairy

>>18489897
He's a Cool Waterfag noselet

>>18489896
he might be correct

>>18489849
Which one?

What do we think about creeds new 650 buck fragrance, Oud Zarian. According to them it contains 80 year old oud

>>18489930
No perfume is worth more than 2$/ml

I don't what other animalics to try besides Kouros and Antaeus. Should I go for Yatagan and Musc Ravageur?

>>18489930
might as well buy ensar oud if i want to get fleeced

>>18489937
Neither one is very animalic. Kouros is very tame, I blasted through a bottle last summer, it's so light nowadays

>>18489896
It's just the trend and changing tastes. All the mainstream masculine scents today are sweet and sometimes gourmands. I wish I could enjoy them but like your dad they smell very feminine to me, even small amounts of sweetness ruins my personal enjoyment. Just wear your gourmands.

master perfumer or just another pretty face?

>>18489957
Like so many, a talented perfumer who ruins their formula to comply with current market demands for massive sillage and eternal longevity.

>>18488915
>Ambre Sultan €91/100ml
>Kirké €92/100ml
>Hacivat €169/100ml, or €140/100ml for a tester bottle
>Not a Perfume €67/100ml
It's impossible these bottles are genuine.
Their cheaper and arab stuff is reasonably priced though, same as the samples in your picture, so my guess is that they sell both legit cheap bottles and replica expensive ones.
I'm reading the italian reviews on trustpilot and there's plenty of people saying "this is definitely not original", "this doesn't last more than a few minutes" and what have you, so I'd avoid it 100%.

>>18489718
They're legit as far as I'm aware, but I've never bought from them personally.

>>18489766
>classics are the classics for a reason
lol, lmao even
>i guess my taste is just pretty basic
this

>>18489803
i'd wear NYI or ELDO Remarkable People
jk, it's obv kouros layered with dn

>>18489859
based

>>18489896
based dad

>>18489937
yes

>>18489975
No, all of those fragrances regularly go for those kinds of prices at discounters. I've seen Ambre Sultan go for even lower than that.
People say "bad longevity, definitely a fake" even about stuff they bought at retail from Sephora. The store doesn't look like an obvious fake seller.

>>18489975
clueless retard

>>18489893
no I'm switching to women's fragrances - indians are afraid to wear them because they're already so feminine that they can only wear masculine fragrances

>>18489896
he's right

>>18489985
>Hacivat regularly goes for €169 or €140 for a tester at discounters
>Kirké regularly goes for €92 at discounters
Can you link me to the discounters you're talking about?
>many niche frags for half the retail price or less
>a number of reviews complaining about frags being fake
If those aren't any indication the store's selling reps what would be?

>>18490032
>Can you link me to the discounters you're talking about?
examples:
https://www.jomashop.com/nishane-hacivat-3-4-oz-edp-spray-8681008055180.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqcppemtqq_gYndq9AYIKRZ4prqmRrrsrWrqKo5KrPZezQqmfO0
https://www.fragrancex.com/products/nishane/hacivat-perfume

can't be assed to look it up at discounter sites that sell in Euro, but where I'm at it's also available for around 160$ / bottle, 130$ / tester in my currency

>If those aren't any indication the store's selling reps what would be?
the real red flags are:
>a bunch of fragrances priced identically (50$ Sauvage next to 50$ Aventus next to 50$ BR540 etc.)
>mostly sells very popular fragrances (no one really cares enough to fake some random Serge Lutens fragrance when you can sell more units of fake Aventus or BR540)
>ebay seller / private seller

My gf literally has no sense of smell and she wants me to pick a frag for her to use. Any good starting points so I can order a dozen odd samples

I used to like CH prive for men but they don't make it anymore. Any similar scents out there?

>>18490056
Jo Malone or Diptyque

Is D&G's The One a female scent?


They say it's for men, but when I smelled it for the first time my immediate imagery is a girl with a chihuahua names snow ball in one hand, and a little pink purse in the other, wearing a big fur coat, boots, and big round rimmed sunglasses stepping out of a limo, am I wrong ?

>>18490056
depends what kind of frags you like
some random women's frags I enjoy a lot:
>Guerlain Shalimar EDP
>Guerlain Mirsouko
>Dior Poison
>Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil
>Cartier La Panthere
>ELDO Eau de Protection

>>18490056
Get her Bois Imperial or PHI Une Rose de Kandahar. They smell great on women and some men wear them as well.

>>18490074
>>18490083
>>18490086
Added to the list! Going to drag her around next week

>>18490056
La belle EDP

>>18490082
There is "The One" and "The One for men", they are supposed to be for different genders.

>>18490056
my last few that i tried and liked are
Marc Jacobs Perfect
Nina Ricci Nina
Chloe Rose Tangerine

>>18490090
I smelled The one for Men
This specific bottle.

>>18490094
nta but try female version and let us what do you think

>>18490094
I don't imagine a woman wearing this at all, but then again I've smelled Jazz Club on my gf and it kind of works.

>>18490094
Are you 30+? Older folks like us associate sweet scents with women.

>>18490099
28, Pretty sure that makes me a zoomer.

What do zoomers think about dry masculine frags then?

>>18490097
damn, if I smelled Jazz Club on a woman, i would definitely want to know what that thing smell like
https://youtu.be/RRALVGE9HtI?si=uNFUUw0Fx4Dk43Xz

>>18490105
That they make you smell like a grandpa

>>18490112
Nah. no way

>>18488419
I sampled it. I smells like eating a girl out. It may also smell like sucking a dude off, which I wouldn't know, but I assume there's some similarity there. Either way, it's basically the scent of oral sex.

Cinnamon, vanilla, and other accords are present, but they're background elements--they smell like your date's perfume lingering in the background. The main core of the frag is faint piss and hot human skin.

"It tastes like salty milk and coins".

>>18490120
another poor soul psyopped by the term "musk"

>>18490120
salty milk and coins bros, we won

>>18490127
To be fair to Frederic Malle, something musky is most certainly being ravaged.

Is there anything that mogs YSL MYSLF in terms of masculine white floral?

>>18490054
Thanks, though those both ship from the US, and I'm not aware of any discounter that sells frags at those prices here, and discounters like fragrancenet, fragrancex and what have you don't exist here.
>no one cares enough to rep some random niche frag
For a bit I also saw ads of another italian site structured similarly and selling the same frags at about the same prices, narcisolopez.com, which was also obviously a scam website, so it's certainly not unheard of for those things to be faked as well.

>>18490144
Nikos Sculpture
Reflection Man

>>18490149
Thanks. As a guy i really love white florals

>>18489410
Completely ignoring the body odor cumin in Experimentum Crucis

>>18489859
‘Tis great

>>18489896
>doubt
But also >>18489956

>>18489932
Accurate. Not that I haven’t paid more, but it’s still annoying when you do have to.

>>18490153
there is also a ton of masculine Neroli scents out there, mostly based on the 4711 DNA. Jeanne en Provence Neroli Intense was a popular one ITT that happens to cost 10$

>>18490155
>Completely ignoring the body odor cumin in Experimentum Crucis
I did get a lot of cumin, but I don't associate that scent with body odor. it's just a spice to me. mostly reminds me of my late grandma's caraway spiced rye bread that she used to bake all the time

>>18489937
Feel free to try them, but neither is particularly animalic. Yatagan is more herbal green and Musc is more powdery sweet. Musc’s name is legit annoying by how much of a poor fit the fragrance is.

>>18489957
Ehhh, neither, he has some talent. He knows how to play to what the masses want, which there’s nothing wrong with, but he also has access to the new ‘hot thing’ in Akigala Wood which automatically helped propel him into star hood, and it’s much easier to keep the ball rolling once you’ve got it started.

>>18490120
>>18490127
Indeed. MR isn’t musky in either the clean or dirty way. It’s just powdery sweet.

>>18490161
Glad you can still enjoy it.

what's a giid iris frag you'd recommend?
im looking at Iris Malikhân, Leather Iris and Velvet Iris at the moment.

Vetiver smells bad

>>18489957
he's obviously still very capable
all his ELDO releases were great
just like many perfumers, he's forced to make a lot of slop and nowadays to spam different iterations of the Ganymede DNA too (a fragrance which was very cool and unique when it came out too)

>>18490119
Not just zoomers, anybody who prefers modern sweet scents finds older dry scents outdated and grampa-ish. Even I had to wear them a couple times to get stop associating them with uncles and grampas. One thing I have not been able to dissociate from is carnation. Carnation was used in a huge chunk of vintage perfumes and at the turn of the century it was just dropped from almost all perfumes. It instantly reminds you of grandma. I had to stop buying them but if I ever get over it there are so many vintage perfumes I can put back on the list.

>>18490181
can you handle it in Jaipur Homme? I find that one to be old school but still a crowdpleaser, it's hard to hate something so deliciously creamy, sweet and spicy no matter how young you are

>>18490184
I'm old, 35. I have never tried Jaipur Homme because sweet scents always end up smelling feminine to me. I do have Gucci Nobile which has carnation but it must be a tiny amount because it's not too bad. On the other hand I have Fendi Uomo which has a lot of carnation and smells super outdated. The amount matters but I try to play is safe.

>>18490158
Neroli smells good but I'm more of a jasmine guy

>>18490144
xpec original

>>18490198
Notes looks nice but can't buy it in my country

what should i get. i want something that makes me feel good about myself when i go out and also maybe lingers in a one or two people's brains but nothing obnoxious. bad boy vibes...i'm 40

>>18488098
Okay /frag/gots, I finally decided to go and get a perfume. Was using Sauvage EDT before but that was a gift, this was the first time buying my own. Sephora in UK stocks a bunch of the popular ones from this list and a few other good options. Here's what I got to try:

1. Sauvage Elixir - Decent but very strong, scent is not that similar to Sauvage EDT, a bit much tbqh
2. Eau Sauvage EDT (the one in picrel) - barbershop smell, crisp af, definitely a grandad type scent
3. Kiehl's Original Musk - Not great, almost like incense
4. Oud anything was bad, I might just not like Arabs
5. JPG Le Male - Meh, literally nothing to write home about
6. Tom Ford Ombre Leather - It literally smells like a leather belt, not sure why you would get this

For me it came down to:
Dior Homme
Terre d'Hermes
Chanel Egoiste Platinum

Now this might be my plebian nose, but they all smelled like they were from a similar family, not in scent specifically but in vibe. I will struggle to tell you the exact differences here, but out of them all Egoiste stood out the most, especially that first hit of pine you get. Got me bottle, happy as.

Thoughts on Oud Maracuja?

All the perfumes I like are too wintery and I can never find anything appropriate for hot weather that I like. I was hoping chanel pour monsieur would be it but it smells disgusting. Currently spamming the zara aventus clone and it smells just ok, for winter I like TF oud wood, tuscan leather, gucci guilty absolute, bentley absolute and gucci pour homme which is sadly disconituned afaik. Any recommends?

>van cleef brings back pour homme & tsar
huh, didn't expect that. i hope they didn't reformulate them (they most likely did)

>>18490217
>Now this might be my plebian nose, but they all smelled like they were from a similar family, not in scent specifically but in vibe.

The scent profiles (or "DNA") of those 3 frags are actually quite different (having only the base note vetiver as their common unifying element), but you did a good job of identifying their common "vibe"--specifically that those 3 scents are more or less *formal* rather than casual and are appropriate for daytime office wear, or any function where the formality level is "business casual" or higher. They each have a polished, presentable character that is functional in a professional setting or any setting where the formality level demands a polo shirt/button down with khakis/slacks or greater.

I've sampled all three of these frags and Terre d'Hermes was by far the one I preferred (and went on to purchase), but Chanel Egoiste Platinum is certainly an all-time classic in its own right. Congrats on your first purchase. You'll be chasing your next fix huffing syrupy chemical warfare barnyard Bisch bombz str8 to the dome in no time.

>>18490217
>Now this might be my plebian nose, but they all smelled like they were from a similar family
Terre and Dior Homme are actually from the same family. Platinum Egoiste not really, but it's also a classy office scent

>>18490243
Maybe Ganymede or Kenzo Homme EDP? Since you like bold leather scents, those are actually wearable in hotter weather
Ganymede is better but the Kenzo is cheaper

I could set my watch to the guy posting Kenzo edp

>>18490217
Platinum Egoiste is peng mate. Could easily wear it as a daily signature all year round.

>>18488523
kek
what would the official Adriano assdrunk frag be?

>>18490252
Akshually TDH and Dior Homme also have some form of cedar, some form of pepper, as well as patchouli in common--not to mention top notes that feature citrus. So they're much like cousins within a broader extended family.

>>18490297
they also both use a shitton of Iso E
Dior Homme 2020 is kind of a less characterful, more inoffensive version of TdH to me, without the orange or dirt

>>18489130
KEK
tastelets on suicide watch

>>18489752
>Bois d'Ascese
I enjoyed my sample of this, lush do a scent called 'vegan leather jacket' that is basically a dupe imo, the solid perfume lasts like 24 hours

>>18490301
no, that's their take on a caron style leather

>>18489859
based knower

>>18490303
the wood smoke note is basically identical, I guess dupe was an exaggeration lol

>>18490217
You did pretty well Anon, your final three were all solid choices and as >>18490252 said they’re all very professional business casual.

>>18490250
Saw that as well, undoubtedly reformulated to shit, but I’ve never smelled Tsar (the only one I would really care about) so it’s neither here nor there for me.

>>18489808
what's that bottle?

>>18490173
One of the newer Givenchy Gentlemans has a nice citrus-iris accord. I also like Zara Imperial Purple, but it's discontinued

>>18490250
WHAT
I've been dying to try Tsar. Maybe I should splurge on a Vintage before ebay gets flooded again

>>18490250
>>18490327
It indeed seems that Tsar has been reformulated to hell if you look at the parfumo notes list app
This is the vintage note list

>>18490250
>>18490327
>>18490331
This is the modern one they just put in an entry for. Parfumo is pretty stingy about adding notes too, I dont think they would list this unless this was actually what VC&A intended

>>18490325
Reserve Privee? i actually own that one. it's fantastic. i use for date nights since its boozy and smoky to my nose. im looking for something a little more casual however.

>>18490331
>>18490332
ingredients != scent pyramid. they might've just reduced them to look cleaner. we'll know when someone who knows the original tests the new one.
the notes on parfumo are peer reviewed, however they will often generalize notesy especially super specific fantasy notes

>>18490331
>>18490332
Broadly speaking I always find it comical that a vintage fragrance would list 38 notes and a modern fragrance would list 3. I wonder if they used to put tiny bits of everything in the fragrance as an arms race to get the most notes listed even if they couldn't be picked apart. There are definitely some vintage stuff where it lists dozens of notes and I can only pick out a handful. Maybe they had an internal IFRA memo where they said "Bros, we gotta stop it with all the notes, tone it down before we make it a thing." Then there are modern fragrances with a literally couple of notes listed but you can smell other things because they just want to advertise it a certain way for the masses.

>>18490322
Umm
Bijan

>>18490285
off your meds are you

Does Dior Homme Sport work for office? Didn't come off as a gym scent and if you didn't tell me the name I'd assume office wear.

>>18490360
>Bro I don't post it every day, just... Every other day

>>18490362
it's not a gym scent, it's more formal
great for a wedding or out door event
when I wear it to work, I feel a little gay desu

>>18490367
That must be because you're a closeted homosexual
>>18490362
It's perfectly fine for work, it's clean and fresh

Sotd Gucci guilty absolute, the opening smells like booze, then it settles down to something woody that reminds me of
Dior homme 2020 and dries down to a leather scent, not like ombre leather or ADP leather, a bit like Guerlain cuir intense but that one is I a much better leather fragrance if not the best. Can't wait till it goes down in price, right now it's more than I feel comfortable paying for a fragrance.

>>18490360
There's only like 5 posters here, it's quite noticeable when you spam the same fragrance.

>>18490331
>>18490332
Seconding >>18490344 and >>18490345
There’s a happy medium to be achieved with listed notes but brands keep swinging violently between the two ends of the spectrum. The note list for new Tsar is (without having actually smelled it) probably a pretty good summation.
Old fragrances would basically list every single note that could be perceived from the materials included, even if they were a fraction of a percent of the total volume. And now new frags just list a single note at each level, sometimes not even a key player.

>>18490362
You could, it’s not your standard office style scent, but it’s also not really a ‘sport’ fragrance either. The top is certainly bracing, but after you get past that it’s pretty deep and resinous/incensy.
I wear it to work semi-regularly, but I also wear all kinds of shit that isn’t typical office material, especially in the winter.

Kenzo has been recommended twice by two separate posters in a thread with 282 posts but the schizo thread monitor thinks that's spamming.
He's very mentally disturbed.

>>18490381
What's the core of office scents?

>>18490374
Damn now I wish I'd tried GGA before getting Black Incense Malaki. Oh well always room for 1 more.

>>18490382
I very lightly poked fun at the frequency that it gets mentioned/recc'd, no need to get defensive bro.

>>18489364
If I were to recommend a fragrance to someone who just wants to smell clean it would be this.

>>18490390
Core of the core? Mass appealing.
The most basic bitch, everyone will find it somewhere between pleasant or enjoyable, no one will dislike it except the 4 standard deviations out contrarians. Short to medium projection so you’re not gasing out those around you even if they enjoy the scent, because that’s what is polite.
That’s the core of an office fragrance. How you get there specifically can be through several different paths. The most common theme is probably citrus top, (masculine) floral heart, woody base, but the trend for sweet elements has certainly had an effect and is quite common as well, although it should be a much more restrained sweet scent to be ‘office’.
Bleu de Chanel, Prada L’Homme, a Dior Homme of your choice are all various takes on office frags.

>>18490211
Acqua di Parma Colonia Futura

I layered Myslf with La Nuit de l'Homme and holy smokes! it gives LNDL that push it needed.

>>18490462
Gay

Im picking up the fragrance hobby again after almost 10 years, I have a bunch of frags that are very overly sweet, unisex or have a teenage boy vibe (specifically Ultra Male, Side Effect, Eros, Erba Gold) that I cant wear and not inclined to sell as there is only around 25-40ml left. They still smell great but, not mature enough for who I am now. Is there something I can layer them with to make them unmistakably masculine scents for 35+? Like an attar oil or layering them with a pure wood frag?

>>18490331
official notes changing doesn't mean anything. just compare Dior Homme (2011) and Dior Homme Original note listings or something. still the same scent, they just deleted most notes from the listing because the fashion is for "minimal" notes nowadays

>>18490292
Something that smells like, I imagine, a freshly gaped asshole.

>>18490471
Iris works well with sweet scents for me. I spray a bit of Iris Nazarena over my Azzaro TMWI to mute the sweetness. Even iris essential oil works.

>>18490478
If you don't mind the powdery notes, ofc

>>18488513
>>18488557
Nice
>>18488602
Thanks for the detail! Isn't 10 times way too many? I used to wear CK's Euphoria and while that thing didn't have sprays I did maybe 3-4 rubs

>>18490483
sissy sprayer

>>18490227
>>18490227

>>18490483
>Isn't 10 times way too many?
yeah it's too many for most fragrances. Blue Jeans is kind of a weaker fragrance though so it can probably take it. I'd usually do 6-8 sprays with it myself, while with most fragrances I do 3 or 4

>>18490250
Pour Homme was my father's signature since before I was born, I can't wait to see how it holds up.

>>18488095 (OP)
Thread's almost full go to >>>/715864896/

>>18490485
Yes

Why is /fa/ sleeping on Prada Carbon?

Been gifted Kenzo Santal Marin and I swear I go noseblind to it almost instantly, 3 sprays, and a minute later I can hardly smell anything, but 4 hours later I'm getting compliments from people 3 feet away from me, even a cashier who was behind plexiglass.
Then the weirdest thing is the morning after I can smell this weird pickle smell on the clothes I wore.
Very weird fragrance.

>>18490525
>the morning after I can smell this weird pickle smell
this is normal, australian sandalwood reminds many people of pickles. Santal 33 is the same way

>>18490056
kouros

>Spray on clothes
>no projection
>Spray on skin
>no longevity
What do?

>>18490670
Spray twice down the front of your shirt

>>18490345
it's just minimalism faggotry

>>18490670
spray on both obviously

anyone here have Clean Suede / Tom of Finland by ELDO?
any thoughts? what's it similar to? is it like a more wearable Rien? or more like Ombre Leather?

>>18490679
more like OL

>>18490670
Let it macerate.

>>18490679
I’ve tried Tom of Finland, the iris and fresh laundry elements are nice but I found the powdery sweet vanilla to be a bit sickening after a while. The rubber accord is an interesting choice that works with the other notes but I’m really not into getting pegged by my fragrances. 6/10 no homo.

NEW
>>18490705
>>18490705
>>18490705

I have access to a rare discounted Allure Homme Sport. It is a modest one but it's at a store so no shipping. That being said, I can still get a same sized bottle of Versace Pour Homme off of a discounter, add shipping and it's slightly over a third of the price.

I didn't test VPH's drydown but at least in the opening the creaminess of Chanel was more gripping. Some have said that even a well-trained nose won't tell the difference in the air. Is it worth sinking the extra dough into a 20 year old fragrance?

Banger