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just got a full bottle of this. exactly what i've been looking for: a fresh citric and smoky incense. purpose goes too much into the bentley for men absolute / cdg2 direction.

What are some good rose frags for men? I like Oud Satin Mood but it's expensive

>>18511665
On the designer side I like Gucci Guilty EdP and Moustache EdP (not a heavy rose but it's there).

>>18511665
some masculine/unisex frags with a rose note:
>Guilty Pour Homme Eau de Parfum
>Chanel Antaeus
>PdE Le Cri
>Nicolai Rose Oud
>Prin Saringkarn
>ELDO Hermann
>Moschino Toy Boy (tested it at a store once, it's not bad)
>Tauer Incense Rose
>Tauer PHI Une Rose de Kandahar

>>18511667
>Gucci Guilty EdP
based

>>18511665
>>18511669
oud satin mood (and mfk in general) is shit tho

Thoughts on this fragrance house?

>>18511665
Egoiste
Hermann
Rose 31

>>18511672
bell curve median noselet opinion

>>18511684
>shilling MFKslop on a kazakh scuba diving imageboard
lol, lmao even

>>18511682
shit i forgot egoiste
i also forgot habit rouge

Good reliable deodorant?

What are some more fragrances like this?

>>18511726
Imagine being this mindbroken by leftists

Rate my order

>>18511740
tell me how infusion homme is

>>18511740
Brioni EdP or EdP Intense? I liked the latter of them better.

>>18511746
EdP, I'm mostly checking out iris/violet scents this time and I'm tired of citruses for now. They will be all decants btw

My 60 year old mother likes my sauvage frag. She told me to get something similar for her, what do I get fellas?

>>18511775
EDT to be exact

>>18511777
Probably Libre

>>18511665
The Spice Must Flow
Antaeus
Toy Boy
>>18511740
5/16 because you could have tried most of these at any store.

Wow, Jicky is so fucking good. I’m gonna be wearing this all week. Is Guerlain literally all you need?

>>18511665
Boucheron Pour Homme has a lovely rose note

>>18511665
bitter rose, broken spear
zino

Ignore the pricing. Ignore whether it's deep enough to be called an elixir. Just give it to me straight:

Does it smell good?

>>18511815
I thought it was bretty gud, a 'blue' shower gel with a woody/resin base. The downside is it's still sold at elixir pricing, more than $3/ml retail and half that at discounters. Meanwhile I can get Brioni EdP Intense for <$1/ml.

Just got 4 decants of Y edp, Prada L'Homme, Spice Bomb Ex, & Jazz Club. Prada smells good, but the powdery note was a little much, and Jazz Club smelled way too feminine.

>>18511788
>Is Guerlain literally all you need?
Yes. If you like Jicky, get your hands on Mouchoir de Monsieur. Also try hunting down some vintage extraits on ebay if you want your mind blown.

I'm a groomsman in a few weeks. Recommend me a fragrance that the bridesmaids will like

>>18511899
Cool Water

What's a gourmand for someone who hates sweet slop?

>>18511899
>>18511900
he means Green Irish Tweed
you really just want to smell clean and not be the center of attention
If it's out doors and really hot something like Galloway would be great

>>18511913
Not strictly a gourmand but try L'Instant de Guerlain EDP it has a prominent chocolate note

>>18511892
Eau Sauvage is my daily in the spring and summer it's so good

>>18511665
Rogue Rostracto

>>18511899
12 sprays of Sauvage Elixir

>>18511913
Akro Awake

I just think they're neat

>>18512107
>picrelated

>>18512111
Vetiver > Heritage > Habit Rouge >>>>>>>>>> Homme > L'Instant >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> L'Homme Ideal

>>18512116
yes but imo even l'homme ideal is okay

Fuck I fell in love with l'odyssey miyagi EDP yesterday

>>18511899
how old are the bridesmaids?
and how good are you at grooming?

>>18511740
>fahrenheit edt
i don't even smell the gasoline, smells castrated... I remember trying out an old Fahrenheit Aqua sample and it had this great violet-leather-minty smell, here I hoped for something somewhat rugged but nope, now that my nose is fatigued I can tell it shares the same base with Eau Sauvage baka
>gucci guilty absolute
one of the best, after one spritz i can still smell it four hours later, great take on leather and also an original smell
>brioni edp
generic clean smell, no longetivity, hoped for at least a hint of gasoline but nope
>narciso bleu noir parfum
it's good for a blue sephora-tier smell, that's all. Reminds me of semolina pudding. Reminds me of an arabian dupe DARK DOOR INTENSE
>cuoium
I like it very much, it's something I wanted Ombre Leather to be, rich, smoky. lowkey it smells like a charcoal grill with something delicious on it
That's all I got today, now I'm thinking of skipping the rest of fresh-iris scents as im getting fatigued of the freshies that are all bit different versions of the same. I'm intrigued by leathers and ouds now, maybe I should try delving into Arab houses?

>>18512111
>>18512116
How does L'Instant compare to Borneo 1934 and Coromandel?

>>18512159
>leathers
Knize Ten

>>18512111
>>18512116
How does L'Instant compare to Borneo 1834 and Coromandel?

Thoughts?

>>18512159
>leather
Rien

What's your favorite incense fragrance?

>>18512116
>>18512117
I'm interested in Ideal edt because of the almond note. Is it a pretty professional smelling are sweet / playful?

>>18512116
Habit Rouge is the most perfumey men's perfume I have ever tried.

>>18512377
>LEDI Or Encens
Is this discontinued? Sounds great.

>>18512402
Only makes sense that it's so popular among the desi crowd.

>>18512377
Heeley's Eau Sacree. CDG zagorsk if I want a more pine/green take. CDG Kyoto if I want something light and airy.

Oud for Glory is like a masculine BR540, it's great
Are any other Lattafas as good as this?

Is Prada Carbon different enough from Dior Sauvage to not make someone say "smells like my ex" or just played out in general?

>>18512395
i think it's a balanced frag, good for most occasions (office and cheerful dates included)

>>18512377
Amouage Interlude, Search and Purpose 50.

>>18511665
>nobody mentions this masterpiece
sad :/

I’m so happy I don’t have to buy cope bs like kredo or carved oud. I’m getting the real deal and for only USD 200.

Best Tom Ford for those cooler days?

Too many noselets ITT

>>18512519
thank you for your opinion

>>18512464
I think it's discontinued

>>18512111
"I like" is a useless metric you can own too many and like all of them. I own all of the below. Here's my frequency of use, which is actually the real ranking by preference.
Homme (used the most) > Ideal Platine Prive > Ideal EdP > Habit Rouge > Vetiver > L'Instant > Heritage.
None of them are bad. Guerlain does not release bad frags. There are too many good/bad assessments on here that don't translate to reality.

The only posts on here that matter are: what fragrance do you ACTUALLY USE and when. If you like it and wore it once three years ago, then you don't actually like it as much as you think.

>>18512437
i don't think its similar fragrance at all anon

>>18512377
Reliqvia

Does anyone know of anything similar to TF Violet Blonde? Its a powdery/“perfumey” violet iris suede. I bought a partial on a whim and love it but I guess it was discontinued quite some time ago and costs way more than what I paid.

>>18512413
what the fuck is a desi crowd

>>18511913
i like my Noir Extreme parfum

>>18512631
jeets

>>18512631
Its what subcontinentals call other asiatic browns.

>>18512632
I mean it is still extremely sweet, just more intresting than "the new CARAMEL x AMBER" fragrance. Fairly sure anon wanted something that is a gourmand but isn't sweet

need a real autist here

bought a shirt from tracksmith about a year ago. it had some sort of cologne sent on it.

any ideas?

>>18512678
most likely just ambroxan from the dryer sheets it was last laundered with

Redpill me on arab clone fragranes.

>>18512604
Have you tried velvet iris?

>>18512651
gourmand perfume is sweet by nature. sure, it's "edible" but the category is pretty much sweet foods.
i saw it as he's asking something gourmand but not overly sweet. personally, i dont find Noir Extreme overly sweet but that's my opinion. maybe it is, but i find it bearable

H24 lasts and smells good in warm weather. I'm forgiving Nagel for this.

>>18512696
If it was audio It's like listening to a song in a low quality mp3 and the original is listening to it with studio headphones on CD.

>>18512729
low quality mp3s are pure soul normie

Seeing how ubiquitous they are at the moment, I’ve been tasked with creating gourmand type scents a couple of times now, although I’d like to differentiate between those I have created, and those that are most commonly associated with the label. There are two type types of gourmand scents, those who are as sweet as possible (imagine most of Kilians releases) and those who despite smelling sweet retain some semblance of what they are supposed to represent. Beginning with angel, Ethyl maltol has served as the backbone for many Gourmand fragrances, although it is found in nearly every fragrance nowadays, 2% in Blonde Amber, 4% in angels share, 5% in Oud satin mood etc. I believe that presently, they are only overrepresented because they sell “too well”. Gourmands aren’t very challenging fragrances, thus they offend no one, and in turn are always an easy reach. when I am tasked to create a gourmand scent I always attempt to remove sweetness by using chemicals that impart nutty, coffee or dark chocolate aromas. I am not allowed to disclose anything, but I would invite you guys to look up what new aromachemicals were presented at SIMPARR 2025.

>>18512735
when you get them for free, paying for a clone is souless

>>18512741
>SIMPARR 2025
A savory fig would be interesting. I'm not into sweet scents but the funny thing is that there is so much innovation possible with sweet scents but everyone defaults to chocolate, vanilla, coffee, and pastry.

Encre Noire projection is absolute shyte.

>>18511657 (OP)
Just picked up samples for:
>Serge Lutens Chergui
>Musc Ravageur by Frederic Malle
>Miami Tropical Confessions by City Rhythm
>Rien by ELDO
>Reve d'Ossian by Oriza L. Legrand

What am I in for?

>>18512772
you go nose blind to it quickly. It's not terrible.

>>18512508
How?

>>18512728
>H24
based

>>18512774
>Rien
based

>>18512789
Don't care. I love it. Reminds me of my trip to Granada and staying in Sacromonte.

Everytime I go on a vacation I buy a few decants and wear them so that when I go back and smell them I remember where I was.

>>18512772
It's that 30 bucks projection mang
>>18512774
>Chergui
Soapy spice
>Oriza L. Legrand
Kino.

>>18512696
Some are good, some are bad, same as with any other frag, so it's a good idea to try what you're interested in to see how you like it, same as with any other frag.
Some people dislike them out of principle because they're arab and clones, while some like them out of principle because they want to believe they smell the same as the genuine frag even if they might not.

>>18511913
dior homme original?

>>18512696
>made by arabs
>stupid names like Liquid Brown
>tacky presentation
>never smell quite like the real thing
Theyre fine if you’re a normie and smell in 480p i guess

>>18512779
Asian countries have 8.8 sales. I couldn't pass on that deal. Godsent.

>>18512789
Why does this remind me of TDH?

>>18512857
it has some similarities for sure. both are citrus woody scents with a huge dose of Iso E Super in an otherwise somewhat traditional old school profile
TdH has more character and boldness though, Dior Homme is much more safe and inoffensive. it kind of smells like a blotter with TdH after several days when the spice and most of the orange is gone and mostly a cloud of Iso E hangs about

>>18511657 (OP)
ordered Acqua Di Gio parfum 2024 and Valentino born in roma intense. Blind buying the gio but i remember i loved roma intense when i wiffed it at macy's

>>18512696
im so racist i refuse to amuse the idea of buying arab shit. best i can do is think about buying D&G luminous night

went to a music festival. all i could smell was sauvage, multiple synthetic oud scents (especially a few oud maracujas), more sauvage, one occurence of guerlain homme or something similar, chloe edt, something like pink dior addict or versace bright crystal (idk much about pink slop)
fortunately the music was better

This thing is a compliment monster and /fa/ was saying that it doesn't project

Which Le Male?

>>18512892
the EDT or Parfum. Ultramale and Elixir and megasweetslop for 15 year olds

>>18512888
People compliment basically anyone that smells of perfume that's not strictly awful - just look approachable or have a rapport with that person and you'll get a compliment.

>tfw secretly smelled the worn off high heels, ballerinas, sneakers and thongs of my German girlfriend
>tfw thought that's the smell of a white goddess

SOTD Reynolds - Ocean Infusion

Is there a saffron-oriented fragrance for summer? I live in an all year round warm, country and most of the time I can't wear most saffron fragrances because it's paired with sweet heavy notes.

>>18512696
I've yet to find one that doesn't smell like an absolute synthetic mess, especially if they have any citrus notes they end up smelling like toilet cleaner.

>>18512962
maybe Ganymede?

>>18512962
I'm wearing Oud for Glory this summer and finding it very appropriate for hot weather honestly. It's very sunny here and temps are between 30 and 35°C. OfG is a very airy saffron in the same vein as BR540 but way less sweet and "thick"

>>18512962
Amber Saffron by Clean Reserve and Frenesie Thomas Kosmala. Theres others by CdG but probably impossible to get outside of japan

>>18512962
Br540 edp, it is sweet, but defintly not heavy, lots of ambroxan and saffron
ganymede is a good recommendation, on my skin it's very much pure saffron and metallic accords
Safran secret by Maison Crivelli - another spin on br540 dna this time less sweet and more metallic
crystal saffron - yet another spin on b540, slightly metallic, slightly less sweet with a bit of incense in the drydown
Safran Colognise Nishane - citruses, saffron and neroli, idk if I would call it saffron oriented, it's more like a saffron spin on classic cologne
Zafferano Acqua di Parma - very much a classic italian cologne scent profile with a bit of saffron, performance is garbage and is overpriced to shit

I am sure that some autist that knows a lot about vintage perfumes will find you a saffron chypre of your dreams sadly I specialize in everything b540

>>18512980
>sadly I specialize in everything b540
that's fucking grim indeed

>>18512983
it is, what it is, I really enjoy that dna.

>>18512962
Lalique Hommage l'Homme

>>18512508
>paying $200 for incomplete perfumery
lol. lmao.
>>18512678
seceretions magnifiques
>>18512877
hope you don't wear anything containing ambergris, musk and oud

>>18512989
ambergris and musk have been used by europeans long before being touched by the shitstained fingers

>>18512994
ha no

>>18512989
mowgli again with his jeet perspective on perfumery

any advice on finding a scent with having to buy 20 $150 bottles?
do i just have to stand in sephora like a good consumer and sniff bottles while some lady tries to sell them to me?
any /fa/ approved sample kits?

>>18513025
Decants from scent split or microperfumes or facebook fragrance buy/sell/trade groups

>>18513025
lurk moar
read the OP
decanted samples of stuff you like
eldo sample kit

>>18513007
Indiands are more attentive to smells, due to their proximity to spices, so their perspective on fragrances, is indeed valuable

>>18513034
nice bait, anon

i want dove deep clean scent
suggestions?

>>18513034
Right, just like how smokers have an accute sense of taste because they have brand preference.

>>18513098
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Nivea/Nivea-Eau-de-Toilette-32132.html

>>18512989
>the paki thinks $200 is expensive

>dream about trying or creating a fragrance
>can only perceive one note at most in a dream state
This is bullshit.

>>18513007
>>18513108
cope & seethe. even $20 is expensive for incomplete perfumery

>>18512377
Either Bois d'Encens or Casbah.
Casbah is better quality, a better quality to price ratio, more nuanced and more dynamic from start to finish, but Bois d'Encens has a sort of airy, soft woody quality that I've found nowhere else.
>>18512410
I've been told by a saleswoman at a duty free that it's a duty free exclusive.
It's no better than Dior Homme Sport even if there's a bit more incense in it, I found the contrast between that amount of blue/showergel/ambroxan and all and that amount of incense staggering in a bad way, as if I'd layered two fragrances that shouldn't have been layered.

>>18513112
>poorfag cope
Don't you have a cornershop to run, Khan?

Is TF Ombre Leather /fa/?

>>18513151
It's an ok masculine floral
Pretty one dimensional like most tom ford
Eau d'ombre leather is unironically better

Ordered decants of the following. What am I in for lads?

Serge Lutens Chergui
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan
Diptyque Tam Dao EDP
Dior Fahrenheit
Creed Himalaya Cologne (EDP)
Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur
Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver EDP
Parfums MDCI Invasion Barbare
Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel Cologne
Lalique Encre Noir Pour Homme EDT
Xerjoff XJ 1861 Naxos
Caron Yatagan
Halston 1-12 Cologne
Knize Ten
Marc-Antoine Barrois Ganymede
Tom Ford Oud Wood

>>18513105
description looks right, but doesn't sell in the us. rip me. guess i'll look around that scent profile. mostly the sandalwood that does it for me i think

where can you buy the new 2024 reformulated acqua di gio edt, besides macys? its so fucking hard to find it, i think im not looking in the right place

>>18513170
Duty Free a month ago but not sure if it's a reformulated batch

>>18513167
The EDT is better

>>18513122
Ah okay, sounds like the Issey is not really worth tracking down then.

The new Sel D'Issey EdP actually has an incense note, but I don't think there's any way to try it yet without getting a fb.

>>18513158
>dior Fahrenheit
One of my favorites: ozonic, green, leather and gasoline. Really unique and surprisingly wearable for the right guy.

>Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
Polarizing and old school. Very, very green. Lots of violet. Kind of feminine. Smells like a rainy garden in England but also kind of like cheap public bathroom air freshener.

Haven’t tried the others

does anyone have experience with State of Mind? I tried AESTHETIC TURBULENCE and OPEN MIND and they both are pretty synthetic, especially the latter having the same cheap base as inspired/arab/dupe slop. seems inexcusable for such "Artistic Niche Perfume House" as they call themselves

>>18513158
>chergui
Very comfy clean hay and dry tobacco
>ambre sultan
dry unburnt incense resins with middle eastern kitchen spice
>grey vetiver
Very crisp and clean vetiver with zero longevity
>grey flannel
very challenging, i absolutely hated it at first but it grew on me. Very dry bitter green floral, like smelling the cut stems of a bouquet of flowers. Once you give it a chance its a beautiful rainy day fragrance
>encre noir
I didnt get the hype for this one. Very camphorous and bright
>yatagan
Masterpiece. Smells like a cowboy camp on a wooded trail with dirty smoky leather. One of my favourites
>Knize Ten
Incredible. My other favourite. Where to even start? This is a fragrance that you’ll appreciate more and more, as you try other fragrances and see its influence.
>ganymede
Very artificial but in an intentional and well executed way. Your AI boyfriend would wear this.

Looks like a good haul anon, enjoy exploring it all.

>>18513108
200 usd is expensive

>>18513158
all good except geoffrey beene and knize ten unless you want to smell like a retirement home

>>18513151
it's good and the best signature line if not overall TF frag

anyway here's my recent pickups
>Oud for Glory
Rougeslop. Yes it's more masculine but it's just unappealing. I should have known it would be a sweet mess but at least rouge is a bit more balanced
>Cool Water
Goated, classic, unfortunately fleeting in its current formula but cheap enough to bathe in. Will be using this a lot around the house
>Terre d'Hermes
Ending my vetiver hunt here, this is really all you need. Great smelling, all season, long lasting.
>Jicky
So fucking good, rocketed to the top of my favourite list instantly. Very very excited to wear it out and about. Love the old-style bottle too. Inspired me to start planning out some more early Guerlain pickups, and possibly some vintage parfum dabbers. If I can get a good vintage of this and Mitsouko I will be thrilled
>Dior Homme Intense
I wanted this to be something it's not, unfortunately. I was hoping it would be DH2011 with some more oomph but it's secretly a bottle of gourmand vanilla bordering on slop which is only saved by the iris being pretty nice. I'll give this a fair shot over the next couple months as it cools off but I'll probably end up selling it for Prada L'homme Intense or just coughing up for a bottle of 2011.

>>18513108
>200USD in inexpensive
>for 100ml of smelly water, of which about 80% is solvent and the remaining 20% of which costs some 100 to 200USD/l in materials
Regardless of whether you're able to throw away money on useless things, it's ridiculous to pretend that's inexpensive.

>>18512138
>how old are the bridesmaids?
Late 20s/early 30s
>and how good are you at grooming?
Mediocre

>>18513098
Guerlain Vetiver

any oud recommendations?
i usually like florals and sweet frags

>>18513183
>The new Sel D'Issey EdP actually has an incense note, but I don't think there's any way to try it yet without getting a fb.
It's available on Notino in the UK but I haven't seen it in any physical stores yet.

>>18513269
Did you get a vintage Jicky or the new 2021 reformulation?

>>18512994
It's shit like this that makes me realize that we're dealing with indians, niggers, south americans or just flat out retarded people online.

But I digress. Today I got a message from a Chanel sales person. She offered me the new BDC l'exclusif on the online store. It can be bought and they'll ship a decant so I can try it first. Most reviews say that it's like the parfum and I love the parfum. But if it's overlapping with it I might as well just send it back.

I was also able to add two other samples and went for woman's frags, I'm giving them away to any of my sisters or someone at work. I'll report my findings after it arrives.

Hello friends, I was looking for a floral unisex fragrance for the summer and came across this one. I liked it since it's not as citric as neroli portofino and while it doesn't have the best longevity it managed to last quite a while on my skin.

I was wondering if there's any similar smelling summer fragrances that focus on those slightly sweet floral azahar scents rather than the the citric ones.

>>18513300
Just the current one, but I'll be instant buying any vintage that comes up at a decent price. Even the current formulation feels very timeless though, really really great fragrance.2

>>18513305
I don’t dig the amberwood/ambroxan in the base of the Parfum and the mid is a bit powdery for my taste, but my god is the opening heavenly. If the l’exclusif fixes those issues and keeps the top notes, which it sounds like it does, it might be worth trying

>>18513315
>Even the current formulation feels very timeless though, really really great fragrance.2
supposedly wasser's goal was to bring the classics closer to their roote again

Cool Water is the gayest scent of all time. Not surprised you faggots love it.

We wouldn't have such a tranny epidemic if more men just tried putting on Drakkar Noir and realized damn it feels good to be a man

>>18513347
Real men wear heavy gourmands. They smell good and contemporary, also ladies love them. Fougeretards are so goofy and try hard. It's like when guys watch Peaky Blinders and then dress like that in real life.

I want women to be drawn to me for my fits and then repulsed by my fragrance.

>>18513354
I enjoy gourmands strictly as olfactory art. I don't want to actually smell like whatever my wife toiled over in the kitchen while I spanked her ass. There comes a point in a man's life where he must step into his masculinity and embrace being offensive because that is the essence of man. To upset. I don't want to be with a woman who isn't down with that.

>>18511665
some great picks in there.
in my collection i own:
>Toy Boy
>Baraonda
>Oud & Spice
>Tabac Rose
>Antaeus

some other that i like, but don't own:
>Radical Rose
>Portrait of a Lady
>Eau Capitale

>>18513305
>Today a salesperson informed me I had the honor of paying full price for their latest product.

ordered some samples, hoping etruscan water is as good as I remember so I can commit to a 100ml bottle.

>>18513354
Ladies like feminine fragrances? Shocker! I rather smell like a man.

>>18513354
A real man don’t smell edible, that’s why fruitcake means gay…

Anything more like this? This is my brother's one ane only fragrance that he rebuys. I thought I'd ease him in with familiarity and eventually break the mold

>>18513390
Neroli Portofino but I personally like Bvlgari's Wood Neroli

>>18513340
>t. filtered noselet

>This cheap knockoff has gotten me more compliments than any expensive fragrance
Why?

What do you guys (niggers) think of my summer rotation
>Versace Man eau Fraiche
>Lalique pour Homme Equus
>Boucheron pour Homme EdT
>Aramis New West
>Aramis Tuscany Uomo
>Cerruti 1881
>Vetiver Guerlain
>Laura Biagiotti Roma Uomo
>Lalique Hommage a l'Homme
>Hermes H24
>Frederic Malle Geranium pour Monsieur
>Kouros

>>18513464
all 3/10

>>18513437
Probably because it's designed to appeal to the most people possible. It fits people's expectations of a good 'cologne'.

Is Dior Homme Intense supposed to smell a bit earthy?

>>18513269
>I wanted this to be something it's not, unfortunately. I was hoping it would be DH2011 with some more oomph
Yeah, I prefer the discontinued Parfum, which I have a bottle of. This one goes in a darker leathery direction and is very long lasting

>>18513485
A bit, yeah

*WINS*

Does anyone know a fragrance close to the L'Oréal Barber Club products? I'm a noselet so I can't identify the notes.

>>18513390
lol, my german grandmother who died at 94 yrs old wore this.

>>18513464
jeet/10

>>18513390
Not exactly the same, but give Tabac Original a try, either the aftershave splash, or the EdC, not the EdT which is different.

>>18513378
whats the site my polish friend?
>>18513390
perhaps Jeanne en Provence Néroli Intense
>>18513501
this seemed to me like a tonka scent for a very classy man

>>18513390
Chanel Allure Homme Sport Cologne. Adds a little extra wood in the bottom, but is still heavy on the neroli in the top.

post headache inducing scents. i will buy all of them and wear to places where i have to go but dont want to so that others will be miserable too

New classic incoming.
Can't wait to be able to get it.

>>18513599
Headache inducing scents don't really exist. If you want something extremely strong and pretty off-putting to most people, it's hard to go wrong with Rien by ELDO. The combo of industrial detergent smelling aldehydes, extreme smokiness and animalic notes really sells the "I'm schizophrenic and I have a hun" vibe

>>18513603
desu why do i get headache 2 times out of 3 from spicebomb nightvision. also got a headache from gritti pomelo assoluto today (sweet candy "niche" slop) and some tonka bombs. cigarette smoke in a room also gives me a headache after some time

and then bergamot oil helps me ease them and sometimes they go away completely

>>18513605
They don't exist in that they're very personal, there is no one scent that will give everyone a headache

>>18513599
>Gallagher Fragrances Behold, Patchouli
one of the worst frags i've ever smelled

>>18513599
overspraying some red tobacco might do the trick

captcha: nyggs

>>18513603
>>18513605
The opening of the entire Azzaro Wanted line also makes me dizzy, it smells like a drunk man's mouth but the dry down is ok for me it's just the opening that's odd l

>>18513502
It says cedarwood right there. Unfortunately cedarwood is a very common base in perfumery so it would be hard to pinpoint something similar without knowing the other notes. Here are some woody masculine scents with cedarwood from the database:
https://www.parfumo.com/s_perfumes_x.php?v=grid&filter=&b_id=&m_id=&pf_id=&c_id=&col_id=&n_inc_id=3140&n_exc_id=&nc_inc_id=&nc_exc_id=&t_id=&o=nr_desc&filter=&wr_id=&g_m=1&s_0=1&y_t=2&y_0=&y_1=0&y_2=0&y_3=&n_t=1&cl_35=0&cl_26=0&cl_13=0&cl_14=0&cl_38=0&cl_15=0&cl_16=0&cl_17=0&cl_18=0&cl_27=0&cl_31=0&cl_19=3&cl_20=0&cl_21=0&cl_22=0&cl_36=0&cl_37=0&cl_34=0&cl_33=0&cl_23=0&cl_24=0&cl_9=0&cl_10=0&cl_11=0&cl_12=0&cl_25=0&cl_6=0&cl_7=0&cl_32=0&cl_8=0&cl_5=0&cl_4=0&cl_3=0&cl_1=0&cl_2=0

>>18513599
Cover all of your bases.
1. something sweet, synthetic and loud, red tobacco is perfect for that
2. really strong incense, cannot help you with that one as incense in any form becomes really overpowering on my skin, but if I had to say, anything with dragon blood reisn in it should keep people away, nocturne alchemy has a whole collection based on it
3. smoke, trex from zoologist
4. sickly sweet flowers, very good girl or delina
5. animalics, hyrax from zoologist to smell like actual feces, ambilux to smell like an unwashed old person

Alternatively, something straight up disgusting like eau de space, have never seen a positive reaction to that one

>>18513599
There is a company that specializes in headache inducing and offputting scents, it's called Imaginary Authors. Their most offensive ones are "A Whiff of Waffle Cone" and "Bull's Blood" because they project and last the most. Everything else from the company is equally gross and poor quality.

SOTD: Al-Rehab Silver
SOTN: Kouros

>>18513579
>Indians
>wearing Kouros

>>18512913
Why don't you get married and reproduce?

hot take: current Kouros is a great summer day frag

>tfw I can't remember my late father's signature fragrance
All I can remember was the smell. It was blue, fresh and aquatic. It ain't Cool Water.

>>18513645
I prefer to wear it at night

>>18513646
why don't you ask your mom?

>>18513390
I’ve always very much enjoyed this fragrance, both because of history and simplicity. This is the perfect cologne, and mostly natural too being comprised of citruses and other EOs such as lavender, rosemary, and clary sage. As is the case with most fragrances using an all natural palette, they don’t smell extremely complex, but nonetheless possess the depth typical of such compositions.

I find it a little disappointing that the post quality seems to have gone down a bit. I understand the role that fragrances play in the mind of the average consumer, being seen as somewhat of an aphrodisiac, but really?

>>18513647
it's okay, King

>>18513599
Poison by Christian Dior

>>18513648
>asking a cancer patient who can't smell anymore

>>18513655
irrelevant desu
she doesn't need to smell it, she needs to remember it
(thoughts and prayers tho, fuck cancer)

>>18513108
You can't call him Paki. That's a slanderous word.

Best vintage Dunhill frag?

>>18513298
You can wear anything but Tom Ford Oud Wood

>>18513633
I have Al Rehab Lord and Dalal
I use Dalal for layering. The hint of oud smells nice
>>18513646
Have you seen the bottle? there's lots of blue aquatics but the bottle can narrow it down

https://files.catbox.moe/tpeu1j.mp4
Frags for this feel?

Received my blind buy of Prada L'Homme EDT today. It's pretty much exactly what I imagined it to be, pleasant and clean, powdery yet masculine.
Is there something similar but without the iris powderiness?

>>18513689
DH2011 is a more waxy iris.

>>18513689
Just buy Myslf at this point

>>18513692
I own DHI but that's the thing I don't want iris
>>18513696
Isn't the note pyramid completely different?

>>18513685
>Dalal
I love the caramel smell in the drydown

*wins*

>>18513701
Don't buy MYSLF thinking it'd smell like Prada L'Homme EDT, it's way worse. Try the L'eau version, the ginger tones down the powderiness a bit

>>18513714
...the "most unremarkable, nondescript scent of the 2020s award"

>>18513464
>Aramis Tuscany Uomo
Tell me about it, right now.

>>18513645
it's my yardwork and gym frag. or when it's very hot and humid. to me, kouros is a sweaty frag

Prada Luna Rossa EDT, what do we think of it

>>18513646
there's many options. if i look at popular frags of late 90's and early 2000's, i'd look into:
>Acqua di Gio
>Azzaro Chrome
>Polo Blue
>Polo Sport
>L'eau d'Issey
>Kenzo Pour Homme
>Nautica Voyage
>Versace Eau Fraiche

like the other anon said, if you could remember the bottle shape or colour we could help more

>>18513714
i tried it last week because it keeps being shilled. although pleasant, it smells like a generic body wash. not bad by any means but i wouldn't pay 100$ for it

detour noir is really good.

>>18513464
very good
which one do you like more, the Boucheron or the Cerruti? people often say they are similar

>>18513687
Virgin Island Water

Recommend me some actually masculine fragrances
Not necessarily caricatural macho man stuff, but i'm just tired of metrosexual unisex scents. I want to smell clean and masculine

>>18513752
Terre d'Hermes

is a near full 125ml of Profumo worth USD160? what should i get it down to, if that's too much?

>>18513689
>>18513701
>I bought DHI and PLH EDT but i don't like iris
Are you retarded

>>18513753
A lot of people wear it here, it's almost as common as Sauvage
Anything else?

>>18513722
Italian-style fougere with a strong lime-leather accord present throughout. I personally get an ashy tobacco smell from it but I don't see any of the ingredients indicating that was their intention. Medium projection, longevity average. If you start sweating in the summer heat it can get a little cloying from the lime

>>18513757
I don't dislike iris I just want my next frag to not have it but have the same comfy, kinda cuddly vibe.

>>18513741
I like Boucheron more just because it's more versatile for whatever I'm doing. There's not a single setting that I find it unsuitable for, but Cerruti feels out of place in professional spaces. Cerruti's drydown can also feel a bit sour due to the heavy pine.

I don't really find the two to be all that similar, imo. I guess they share some notes.

>>18513765
nice, very nice

>>18513689
You could try Prada Amber pour homme, if that's still available

>>18513752
I feel like leathers strike a good balance between caricatural macho man grandpa fougere and metrosexual twink masculines
>Gucci Guilty Absolute
>Knize Ten
>Francesca Bianchi Etruscan Water
>Dior Fahrenheit
>Aramis Tuscany per Uomo

>>18513756
Assuming it's not fake it's close to a fair price. You have to get it down as much as you can maybe $130 because it's such a gamble that it can be fake.

>>18513773
Are all fougeres dated?

>>18513785
Fougeres are still coming out all the time since its such a versatile template, but it's not "in style" right now
When most people think of fougeres they think of the "80s powerhouses" which are in fact dated

>>18513785
kind of? hard to make a classic one without lavender and oakmoss and most people will associate those scents with more mature men.

>>18513790
>>18513792
>"80s powerhouses"
Which ones aside from Drakkar Noir?
Isn't Cool Water a fougere? I wouldn't call it dated, it's pretty timeless

>>18513794
In my country lots of barbershop aftershaves and tonic uses the Kouros DNA, im actually surprised I was a bit more familiar to it than Drakkar Noir

>>18513794
define what do you think dated means in regards to fragrances

Man they might not be interesting or masterfully made but you gotta admit that sweetslop gourmands make you want to smell them over and over again
Just tested my free sample of LM Elixir Absolu

>>18513800
I'm not sure. There's a combination of notes I think which give off an impression of old school, stereotypically "perfumey" scents. I get it in NYI, Kouros, Antaeus, Eau Sauvage, that kind of thing
>>18513797
The blue Reuzel hair tonic smells amazing but I've never been able to find a frag with that scent

>>18513785
After trying a couple different ones it depends on what else is in it. Is a lavender/carnation/oakmoss fougere outdated? Maybe. Is a lavender/mandarine/ginger/oakmoss fougere outdated? Maybe not, in my opinion. They are all so different and have so much potential.

>>18513811
Lavender depends on different fragrances but usually if its upfront it smells dated and more masculine (like in Libre). Geranium smells the most outdated for me but I actually love it, sadly only old fragrances uses it nowadays

>>18513772
this. it's been relaunched recently

>>18513714
I love it. Great performance in hot weather which is not typical of aquatics and the lack of any kind of citrus opening makes it stand out in the genre.
>>18513736
I agree it's not worth $100 but definitely worth paying $50 for on sale

Also, it uses real oakmoss which is always a plus for any modern designer in my view.

>>18513752
Guerlain Vetiver

>>18511726
kek I thought it aggregated the most common review points

>>18513642
Already achieved that with my ex. At this point i only try to get as many authentic german women pregnant as possible.
If i meet the right german women for marrying, i would do it.

Sotd L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme

>>18513818
Lavender, even natural lavender just smells clean because it has been so overused in cleaning products over the years. I am not familiar with Libre but it's a woman's scent, so I don't know what's masculine about it. Geranium doesn't smell too dated for me because while it's less common it's not like carnation that went from being everywhere to being nowhere.

Can you guys please recommend 2 masculine fragrances for me? One that smells like the beach/ocean for summer and one that smells like the woods for fall?

>>18513844
>>18513846
Drakkar Noir

>>18513846
>one that smells like the woods for fall
Encre Noire

Do you think there are any truly year-round fragrances that can be worn anytime, anywhere?

>>18513850
Truefitt & Hill Sandalwood

It just works

>>18513785
No, the king still reigns.

>>18513887
lmao what a lame ad. But Egoiste Platinum is nice - I got the Armaf clone of it and whenever I wear it it's a confidence boost.

>>18513901
>his confidence comes from a bottle
You are no man at all

>>18513850
Not even memeing, but honestly TdH

>>18513901
>Armaf clone
Never smelled anything of theirs. Is that one good?

>>18513850
Guerlain Vetiver, Jicky, DH2011, Prada L'homme, Ganymede, Bois Imperial, TdH, Kouros, and Platinum Egoiste all come to mind.

>>18513927
Didn't try side by side, I tried the original like 3-4 times when passing through duty free, for my nose I can't remember differences, both feel of equal quality (only very few fragrances bother me and feel very synthetic to me, could be different for other people).

>>18513850
Everything that's appropriate for summer is appropriate for all year round wear.

>>18513910
Why do you wear cologne if it does nothing for your mood?

>>18513850
Aventus, Dior Homme 2020 EDT, Sauvage EDT, Chanel Allure Homme EDT, Y EDT, ADG Profumo

>>18513954
Appropriate? Yes. Ideal? lol no

i find platinum egoiste way too floral-sweet. what a shame, could've been nice.

>>18513850
Drakkar Noir

Rate OG Allure Homme?

>>18513987
5/10

>>18513977
10/10

Libre is so masculine lol who tf greenlighted this as a women's fragrance? I wear Zino on top of it and it's just perfect.

>>18514009
YSL owes much of its fame to the adaptation of a traditional men's outfit to women, and even nowadays it sells women's jackets with square, wide padded shoulders and men's high heeled boots, so it doesn't sound at all odd that they would sell a masculine frag as feminine.
Libre is also not that masculine.

Aramis came in
Galbanum and Artemisia bomb some cumin and oak moss, a hint of leather
8 sprays on about to head to the gym
It's leg day and I don't want to be able to walk tomorrow

>>18513846
for the summer one sample oud minerale, black sea by lorenzo pazzaglia, acqua di sale, sale marino by wienerblut. If you want something safer and designer just get acqua di gio profondo it's great.

Going to Santorini, bringing with me Rasasi Fattan for the day and Versace Eros Energy for the night, how does this sound?

>>18514084
yikes

>>18513667
I fucking love Edition, but current formulations are weak as hell. Not to big a problem, since it's like $20 USD for 100 mL. It's a very well composed chypre with a prominent nutmeg note in the middle. One of my favorite springtime selections

>>18511665
i have:
tobacco rose, very good, very fucking good
rosae mundi, fucking great jammy rose and a DANK patch
black aoud, nuclear rose
santal royal, pretty rosy but not really
Antaeus but really it isint a rose perfume
toy boy, but i have grown to dislike the pickle note, fuzzy rose otherwise
ambre nuit is good
.
.
.

oud satin mood is garbage
eau capital is garbage, sharp green rose
i have tuxedo, but i guess but not really a rose perfume

>>18514019
Damn, son. 8 sprays? That stuff has a kill radius of about 20 feet.

Recommend me some houses / basement creations that are unique to the US, I will be going to states for work and getting access to stuff unavailable in europe would be nice.

>>18513309
I've smelled Nice Bergamot and Supernova and I think they're both Nice (haha). Supernova is likely closer to what you're looking for.

Check the perfume finder page
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume-finder/

>>18513390
This is a citrus HEAVY and floral aftershave, so the most classic fragrance that's quite similar and is actually just a great fragrance is Habit Rouge EdT, but it's for 28+ year olds, so I wouldn't recommend it to a younger guy.

I would say Dior Cologne because it's a Citrus forward + woody cologne so it still works in the EdC style OR if you want the more classic Citrus + Floral mix I would recommend Wake Up World by Parle Moi de Parfum. Both are for younger guys and they're both excellent.

>>18514019
I got this for my dad and he wear it to church, smells real nice.

>>18514019
Got a big enough bottle there idiot?

I'm new to fragrances. What are some socially accepted workplace fragrance notes? I'm not a fan of the typical "masculine" smells so many colognes have.

My favorite smell ever is cigarette smoke but I don't think my co-workers would enjoy that either even if I only leave my office for lunch.

>>18514084
Synthetic TdHermes for day and a shower gel + Aventus designer for nighttime.
Horrible choices. Well done. Use the Eros Energy in the day and something woody / leather / tobacco / patchouli at night.

>>18514132
Not sure what is unavailable in Europe because you can likely get everything. Rag and Bone has a fragrance line in the US that's solid. Xinu is Mexican so you likely won't see it at all in the EU.
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Xinu/Ummo-67782.html
Commodity has a full line here. DS & Durga is from Brooklyn. Tom Ford is available everywhere. Le Labo is New York but available everywhere. Imaginary Authors is solid and has an interesting line if you can find it. Gallivant might available in the EU but is from LA.

>>18514210
Fougere for most classic. Chypre for some green edge. The most safe note is Lavender.
Lavender + Vanilla + Musk is a fougere.
If you want a nice easy approachable work safe but fun smell that has a thin line of tobacco try The One by Dolce and Gabanna. The Eau de Toilette specifically. The Eau de Parfum is heavier and less work safe.

>>18514132
Rogue is based out of a dude's basement in Idaho Falls.
Folkwinds is pretty limited but is also based somewhere in the western US.

>>18514234
>Lavender + Vanilla + Musk is a fougere.
Wrong

>>18514255
Not OP but you're retarded if you think fougere cannot contain notes other than lavender

>>18514260
>he thinks lavender is the is what defines a fougere
Wrong again

>>18514210
>My favorite smell ever is cigarette smoke
jasmin et cigarette

for a work scent go to a department store and sniff everything there to find out what you like

>>18514234
Fattan is better than Tdh for me, lasts longer too.i won't weather leather patchouli in 40 degree weather, thanks. Eros energy is also only vaguely similar to the aventus dna, and only someone who hasn't tried it would say it's designer aventus when there are actually tens of designer aventus clones.

can i wear eau sauvage if i dress in jeans, sneakers and a t-shirt?

>>18514333
yes

Is Tobacco in perfumery the unlit cigarette or is it the smell of the smoke? Because i like the smell of unlit cigs but I hate the ones on fire

>>18514352
tobacco is the smell of tobacco most often

there's a few different types of smokinesses

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>>18514357
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>>18514333
You can wear Eau Sauvage with anything and to any occasion.

>>18514255
If I said lavender oakmoss coumarin that isn't helpful. No regular person knows what oakmoss is or smells like. No regular person ever heard of coumarin. No regular person even heard of tonka bean. You frag autists need to remember your audience.

>>18511726
Midnight Oud by Ard Al Zaafaran, if you want to smell evil and shock people. swiss aragian abyad too, or go with the original amouage's, interlude or jubilation. they are overpriced though.