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Thinking of getting Dior Homme Sport for next summer. Reviews say it has good longevity and I like the rest of the Homme line other than the parfum.

first for jimmy choo man extreme, a modern fougere hated by Indians, reddit, and tiktok zoomers

>>18516186
are you the retard who blind bought this only to find out that it is very similar to Sauvage?

>1 spray today
>women 15 meters away from me ask me what I am wearing

i'm gonna get rid of my collection and keep three frags, one for everyday/all occasions, one hot weather fresh scent and one cold weather warm scent
My favorite notes are cardamom and ginger, I also like (in no particular order)
>tonka, grapefruit, cedarwood, basil, neroli, lavender, geranium, pink pepper, sandalwood, tobacco
I dislike
>iris, powdery accords, leather, civet and castoreum, overwhelming earthy vetiver, stuff with too much amber and vanilla (like grand soir)
recommend me some fragrances

>>18516197
Also 28 and male if it matters, I work outdoors and dress casual most of the time

>>18516197
>im gonna get rid of my collection
>recommend me something to add to my collection
are you retarded?

>>18516203
>are you retarded
yes
but anyway there are none of my current frags which I truly enjoy so I'm going to give them to friends and buy three new ones

>>18516203
He wants to consolidate to 3 frags, you knucklehead.

testing recent samples.
XX ± Latex UERMI - Opens with insanely strong acetone note, nose hair burning, transforms into a vague smell of a stationery shop with some salty aldehydes on top and a bit of acetone in the background. Feels like something you shouldn't be smelling, reminiscent of raw dogging stuff in chem labs instead of gently wafting them towards your nose.
Actually, pleasant and strangely addicting, can imagine it being headache inducing under wrong conditions.

>>18516208
there is no hope for you, you are incapable of understanding basic english, end it all.

>>18516212
Are you a Habit Rouge fan, perchance?

After all the Guerlain talk in the last thread I made an educated guess and blind bought Héritage EDP. Tested it on paper first and thought I'd fucked up because it was really unlikeable. Wore it today and I'm very pleased with my purchase. A very gentlemanly scent.

>>18516214
are you going to disappear for 2 years after I call chevalier vert garbage again saar?

>>18516214
>>18516217
bros stop fighting and help me choose the 3 frags

>>18516211
also according to my gf, in the air it just smells vaguely soapy, maybe a bit sulphuric

Refuse to buy anything that comes in an ugly bottle.

>>18516171 (OP)
Guys stop. Ok? Stop.
Stop buying, spraying, thinking and analyzing fragrances. Enough is enough

>>18516257
i will FUCK you.

SOTD

Unum Lavs

I support white womens genes

Is Armani Eau Pour Homme being discontinued? It's gotten expensive at discounters.

The real east coast gentleman’s fragrance coming through.

SOTD photorealistic lemon and hojari frankincense

>>18516286
>We regret to inform you that this product has been discontinued

>>18516314
Damn, really? That's like Dior discontinuing Eau Sauvage. The L'Oreal kike is truly retarded.

>>18516315
Just checked their site:
https://www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com/discontinued/eau-pour-homme/A215.html

>>18516192
I think I prefer the extrait. Still has that chemical bug spray smell though.

>>18516243
Agreed. JPL, Rabanne, Bond No. 9, or anything Arab have the ugliest bottles. What bottles do you consider ugly?

>>18516197
D&G The One EDT
YSL LNDL
can't think of anything for the summer

>>18516197
easy. BI, PE, and the one.

can someone recommend me a scent that smells like japanese temples? the woods, incense, ancient mossy statues, ponds, bonsai garden, rock arrangements. emphasis on the old wood and smokey incense i guess.

>>18516315
it's not beyond dior seeing what they're doing to the l'homme line

>>18516337
>can't think of anything for the summer
me neither
>>18516345
dislike BI and I should try PE again but last time I did I didn't like it either
will probably get the one as a winter frag yeah it's very good
>>18516347
cdg kyoto

>>18516347
CDG Hinoki
CDG Kyoto
Aesop Hwyl

>>18516347
Amber kiso

Got my first fragrance insult today from my boss
Fuck this hobby seriously I’ve spent enough

>>18516398
Once you start wearing fragrances so repellant that people comment in disgust, thats how you know you’re finally over the hump and are no longer a noselet

>>18516398
>wears screechy lemon/rose concoction
>should've spritz Drakkar Noir instead

Your.
own.
fault.

>>18516325
I find creed bottles ugly
Replica's new bottles too
Le Labo kinda works because of hand made aesthetic

>spent my fragrance money on a pair of boots
fuck

>>18516413
Le Labo literally all smell great as hell.

>spent all my fragrance money on a teener of crank and some chewing gum
FUCK

>>18516415
Are they nice boots?

>>18516398
>first fragrance insult
>most of my collection is 80s and 90s POS uncle scents that make women recoil

>>18516413
I was going to mention Replica but while they are ugly they are not insultingly so. Creed are also ugly but they are so emblematic that you just get used to them, the bottles they use for their female scents are unforgivable however. So fucking dumb.

>>18516398
My brother bought me Lattafa Khamrah for by birthday, shit is vile.

>>18516257
I refuse to buy anything with a sentence for a name:

>La Vie est Belle
>By the Fireplace
>Portrait of a Lady
>The Most Wanted
>More Than Words
>Stronger With You
>Un Jardin sur le Nil
>La Nuit de L'Homme
>Hundred Silent Ways
>A Midsummer Dream
>Mémoire d'une Odeur
>Jump Up and Kiss Me
>The Ghost in the Shell
>Whispers in the Library
>Rose of No Man's Land
>L'Air du Désert Marocain
>You or Someone like You
>Five o'clock au gingembre
>The Tragedy of Lord George
>Sunrise on the Red Sand Dunes
>I Don't Need a Prince by My Side to Be a Princess

>>18516243
I refuse to buy anything with a sentence for a name:

>La Vie est Belle
>By the Fireplace
>Portrait of a Lady
>The Most Wanted
>More Than Words
>Stronger With You
>Un Jardin sur le Nil
>La Nuit de L'Homme
>Hundred Silent Ways
>A Midsummer Dream
>Mémoire d'une Odeur
>Jump Up and Kiss Me
>The Ghost in the Shell
>Whispers in the Library
>Rose of No Man's Land
>L'Air du Désert Marocain
>You or Someone like You
>Five o'clock au gingembre
>The Tragedy of Lord George
>Sunrise on the Red Sand Dunes
>I Don't Need a Prince by My Side to Be a Princess

Are there other fragrances with a prominent lavender note that's similar to Pour un Homme? Never smelled anything like it.

>>18516444
Yeah, they're vintage leather double-buckle boots.
>>18516467
You could try Le Male EDT. I think it does the lavender/vanilla profile better than Pour un Homme, honestly. It's also pretty easy to try at department stores.

>>18516460
>>18516466
>I don't like sentences
>posts a list of fragments

Just tried this at the store. Don't get the hype, it smelled ok I guess but nothing special. I sprayed it on my hand too and the smell went away immediately, like in an hour or so, just gone

>>18516490
what are you, some bro type? looking for that beastmode fix, huh?

>>18516490
You didn't like the pickle note?
I've settled on santal noble for my sandalwood fix

>>18516497
I don't really see the pickle thing. People also say montblanc explorer platinum smells like pickles but I don't really see, maybe pickles in the US smell different but here they just smell like vinegar. For me the santal 33 smelled like a woody aromatic cocktail, like a gin and tonic, nothing super special for me, I feel like it's just a middle class arrivista fad in big US cities

>>18516398
I got crowd-pleaser panty droppers and have yet to receive a compliment.

>fahrenheit gives me a headache
shame, I really like it

>>18516467
im looking for something similar. i love lavender. i tried Le Male as someone else recc'd it and i did not enjoy it whatsoever.
Beau de Jour has a sharp lavender note that i like and it lasts quite a while
others that seem interesting are:
>Burning Barbershop
>Fougère d’Argent
>Lavande 31
>L'Occitan Eau de Toilette

>>18516521
Paco Rabanne Pour Homme is heavy on lavender but sadly the current formulation is shit

>>18516187
no I get free bottles to review online from most designers

The parfum is better. I'm at the dry down and just smells like vanilla. It's way too expensive for what it is.

I'm thinking about getting reflection man, is that a good one or is it reformulated to hell?

>>18516192
Do you ever tell them? Cuz I think theyre just gonna tell their boyfriends and I like to gatekeep.

SOTD Caron Yatagan. Not for sjw snowflakes or neurotic smartphone zombies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwgJgTL5JmE

>>18516563
It's a nice frag for the 45 minutes it lasts

>>18516171 (OP)
I remember those little figurines from when I was a /p/hotofag. Only the chinckiest of chinks ever used them because they never leave their house.

>>18516579
funny, this also applies to the depicted fragrance

>>18516467
Try Beau de Jour, it was the fragrance that made me appreciate Pour un Homme, it has the same lavender vibe only smoother and fresher.

>>18516286
Where do you even see it at discounters? I had to risk it on eBay.

>>18516545
Is this from the mall testers? Wish my country already has one. Probably takes a month before I get one

Dior Homme is getting discontinued

Is there a fragrance that is loathed by Indians?

What resources are out there to help spot fakes when hunting for AdG Profumo? I bought a vintage bottle of Monsieur de Givenchy from an online seller, which came in and is definitely a true vintage bottle. Same seller now has a couple sealed bottles of Profumo for sale. Want to take the leap, but I know that this one in particular is notorious for fakes and would like to be extra careful, even if I had a good experience with this seller already.

I have like 6 pictures on this storage device, so enjoy Femguinius I guess

>>18516466
>t. retard

Myslf EDP, Parfum or Absolu? What are the differences?

>>18516707
Myslf EDP = Neroli expensive dryer sheet with patchouli amberwood drydown, good for fresh and elegant
Myslf Le Parfum = More on vanilla side, not sweet but bubblegummy, perfect for night outs
Myslf L'Absolu = Woodier, less citrusy, more spices, still bubblegummy

>>18516712
So the most versatile is the EDP?
Are they equal in terms of performance?

>>18516712
All of them lasts for long, about 7-8 hours. EDP is the safest but has a generic vibe to it. I personally prefer L'Absolu in the line but there are better ones out there in the same fragrance family.

>>18516713
>>18516716

>>18516716
>>18516717
>there are better ones out there in the same fragrance family.
Such as? I'm just looking for a dumb reach daily scent

>>18516719
Armaf Dubai Night or
if you don't mind leather and vanilla Habit Rogue
Try it first, it's good for daily scent especially EDP

>>18516725
Alright thank you

>SOTD: Etro Etra
a nice (and more airy) Le Feu d'Issey with okay performance

What's the verdict? How does it compare to the original and the parfum?

>>18516521
if you enjoy Beau de Jour, get Davidoff Zino for like 10th of the TF price

>>18516764
And a 10th of the quality thoughever

Do you /frag/ bros like French Lover?

>>18516490
It doesn't even really smell like sandalwood.

Tam Dao EDT
Heritage EDT
Egoiste

>>18516764
Not really the same at all.

Update to the blind buy that turned out to be Dior Sauvage clone :

First 5 minutes it does smell similar to Sauvage, about 80%. Quickly turns into Terre D'Hermes-like peppery with a hint of tobacco scent in an hour. The drydown is much more floriental rather than straight up woody, with nuances of amber and oud.

It's okayish, not bad as I expected. I don't like the Sauvage DNA but I love the oriental twist. It's surprisingly long lasting for only $27, as expected of arabslop. I'll let it macerate.

>Discontinued
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>18516746
It’s more savage

>>18516643
Yes it’s called water

>>18516801
>clone
>$27
>surprisingly long lasting
Is the reason why you're not saying its name that you're afraid someone will tell you you're an indian for buying arab clones?

C.R.E.E.D. R.O.Y.A.L. M.A.Y.F.A.I.R.

All you need.

>>18516829
I want you to guess it

>>18516197
>ginger
quorum silver

also you're kinda gay

>>18516778
It does you moron, there are more types of sandalwood but you're too dumb to understand that, australian sandalwood and mysore sandalwood dont smell similar at all

>>18516839
>also you're kinda gay
why

Picked up a bottle of Sartorial at a good price since its being discontinued. Really nice stuff, definitely hits the vision of a more tailoring oriented barbershop fragrance. The beeswax and slightly metallic aldehydes gives it a definitive clean pressed clothes feel on top of the soapy lavender and typical barbershop DNA. Shame its going away, glad I grabbed some. Its use is niche enough that my 100ml should last forever.

>>18516867
I don't think they're discontinuing it. They're just introducing a new packaging to match The Cut

>>18516867
Extremely retarded of Puig to discontinue to most popular and famous Penhaligon's fragrance. Puig has already destroyed L'Artisan.

>>18516878
I’m not sure if its the most popular. I never see it come up for sale second hand, but I see stuff like Halfeti and Tragedy of Lord George and others from that series come up all the time.

I can't believe this isn't marketed as a women's fragrance. It's so sickeningly sweet and nearly identical to Britney Spears Fantasy. Maybe it's just my skin. I get absolutely no tobacco. It's just gobs of headache-inducing vanilla and synthetic sweet smell.

>>18516900
Xerjoff is influencer slop for teenagers man

Xerjoff seems to me is like the iPhone of fragrances

>>18516911
Market leader for good reason? Marker of high sexual status and popular with the ladies?

>>18516914
Close!
Expensive and soulless.

>>18516900
I have a bottle of Renaissance, I enjoy it pretty well

>>18516900
>t.noselet

>>18516900
Jerkoff
Parfums de Marly
Initio
Mind Games
Creed

Overhyped and overpriced influencer slop. Absolute fucking trash and a total waste of money.

>>18516935
>Jerkoff
>Parfums de Marly
>Initio
>Mind Games
Thrash
>Creed
Actually unique and good.

>>18516935
I would unironically get VIW and GIT from Creed. The rest I don't really care for
PDM is borderline scamming
Haven't tried the others
>Overhyped and overpriced influencer slop
Almost all "niche" brands fall under this now. MFK, Byredo, BDK, Ex Nihilo, SHL, arguably Malle, Nasomatto, Amouage, and many others too

>>18516652
Just watch a couple youtube videos, the signs to spot a fake are mainly the glossiness of the caps, the lack of opacity of the bottles, the lack of texture of the bottom font, but mainly the thickness of the Q, in "Aqua". When it comes to the box the main difference is the indentation of the measurement numbers, and the glossiness of the box. Overall it's hard to spot without detailed images and you have to rely on seller trust and good refund policy. I haven't found one I'm willing to take the plunge on.

>>18516944
Would it kill you to type it out? How lazy can you get.

>>18516197
Bleu Electrique was the GOAT, great for hot weather, but is discontinued

>>18516944
I’ll be honest, some stuff from Malle looks to be actually worth trying, and I’ve been very satisfied with the Amouage samples I’ve tried. Many of those are shilled but not necessarily slop.

>>18516949
Type what out?
>>18516952
Malle has some good stuff but is extremely overhyped, especially its most well-known ones (Portrait of a Lady and Musc Ravageur are good but not amazing, Uncut Gem is mediocre, Acne Studios is downright bad, etc)
I liked The Night, Eau d'Hiver and Synthetic Jungle, Carnal Flower is ok too

>>18516776
lol, lmao even

>>18516777
yes, it's a great frag

>>18516914
lol, lmao even

>>18516935
this

>>18516943
>simping for cr*ed with brown guys
lol, lmao even

>>18516944
Malle and Amouage are overpriced indeed but at least good

>>18516949
VIW= Very Indian Water
GIT= Great Indian Trend

>malle
>good
kkkkkkkkk

>>18516944
>t. jeet or poorfag noselet

>>18516971
Sorry if I made you upset, which ones of the slop houses I mentioned is your favorite to consume from?

>>18516947
Thanks; definitely very hard to tell from any pictures I find from any seller. Doesn't help that most are "brand new sealed box" so I can't even look at the bottle itself. Maybe one day.

>>18516197
turathi blue for summer
or bvlgari tygar if you're a baller
citruses, ginger and musk

>>18516776
*10 times the quality

>>18516858
for not liking leather and animalics

you do like tobacco so you're not full gay

>>18516973
what exactly is overhyped influencerslop about Nasomatto and Amouage? please respond with your SOTD

Egoiste or Antaeus?

>>18516976
what's tygar like? it's hyped a lot but if it's a generic citrus bomb like dior homme sport I probably won't like it
>>18516980
some animalic frags I enjoy on other people but not on myself, like antaeus and kouros
leather makes a scent too situational imo, it's not a very versatile accord

>>18516982
Egoiste and Antaeus

>>18516985
At the same time???

>>18516987
yes, you can have both of them at the same time

>>18516981
All of Gualtieri's creations are being shilled nonstop on tiktok and other zoomer social media. Orto Parisi is gimmicky and Nasomatto has some high quality, fairly interesting stuff but remains extremely overhyped online, especially Fantomas and Pardon.
>SOTD
Tauer LADDM

>>18516944
>Overhyped and overpriced influencer slop
>Almost all "niche" brands fall under this now.
That's why you gotta go for indie-niche. Support the little guys

>>18516944
Malle is overpriced by definition because the brand is positioned as a luxury brand. The fragrances mostly good or at least used to be until EL acquisition.

>>18516984
it's very citric in the opening, for me it's 'drinkable'
in the mid and dry down, that's more tame and I can barely smell the citruses
never smelled dior homme sport, so I can't compare them
for summer I also like GIT

I have an old bottle bought from some company that claims it's the exact same juice (it's not)
and it's very close to the old formulation because that's what they had when they made their batches and never changed the formula

Also, any aventuslop clone is good for summer
Maybe you like something like Afnan 9pm rebel
It's not a clone of anything, but don't blind buy it
Zara has a frag that smells close to that called vibrant leather bogoss elixir
Maybe smell that before
The whole vibrant leather line has a nose behind it - jerome epinette
>inb4 brown
balkaner
PDM Sedley is nice, but it's way too expensive for what it offers

>>18516989
No you cant. Masked men with baseball bats jump out of an unmarked van and beat you if you do that

>>18516984
They're all the same unsophisticated ginger ambrox bombs. I've tried Tygar, Vibrato, Aqua de Dora, etc. There's no difference between those and the cheap Arab clones. G&B Bohemian Lime was an outlier.

>>18516989
Damn, well I'm going to make a Chanel sales rep very happy soon.

>>18516999
oh shit, gotta hide now
wish me luck

>>18517002
pls also get Pour Monsieur EDT while you're there

>>18516998
thanks, appreciate it
>GIT
it's good but overpriced considering the performance and cool water is similar but not close enough imo, some might say it's placebo but I swear green irish tweed is rounder, greener, less aquatic and overall way more smooth and pleasant
>aventuslop
eh I guess, why not, not my fav kind of scent but I should try it again and see
yeah sedley is overpriced
>>18517001
>no difference between those and the cheap Arab clones
isn't that good?

/frag/ share some note/accord pairings and scent ideas that you don't see often enough or not at all.

for me it's:
fruits with leather
refined animalics
fruits that are sweet being reined in and balanced by other ingredients
I also would like more tobacco variety and combinations

also recommend frags in the style that anons mention if you know of any

>>18517018
>fruits with leather
tuscan leather, tmw elixir, oud maracuja
they're pretty popular

>>18517023
>dogshit
>interesting will look for it
>oud breaks the composition

there was that michael kors one with plum and leather but it's long discontinued and extremely expensive

>>18517018
I never see iris-incense accords outside of Interlude Black Iris

>>18517026
>tmw elixir
it's called azzaro forever wanted elixir

>>18517026
That's Michael Kors Michael for Men
But yeah its virtually unobtanium. Shame since it was probably the most masculine frag ever produced

>>18517029
for me it depends what kind of iris it is

lipstick or the dior homo one?
terrible I hate it

but the more masculine iris, the slightly carroty variation that is used in masculine iris-violet combinations
getting more of those and some with incense would be great

a masculine iris-violet is I remember violet by the different company
I have it and it's great

>>18517032
google found it through the acronym no problem
but thanks for expanding it anyway

>>18517033
nta
I might be able to get a bottle of this
is it that good?
some local well known perfume guy has it

>>18517037
I normally hate iris but I feel like a powdery iris would be offset well with a light, airy incense with vetiver like you find in EN a l'Extreme. A thick, sweet incense like Montale Full Incense or Avignon would just be nauseating with iris imo

>>18517039
Its very good, but valued moreso for its history than scent imo. The Gay Dragon has a good video on it if you have a half hour to kill

>>18517039
if the notes sound interesting then yeah it's great
(wouldn't pay more than for a 100ml of serge lutens from a discounter though)

>>18517042
I'm not sure how vetiver would play into it but light incense would combine well
that or cypriol
thick cypriol smoke with powdery iris punching through

>>18517044
>>18517045
it's $78 for 75ml
this has has been doing this for 20 years, has some really old rare frags
I doubt it's fake

>>18517037
Soft: iris bleu gris

>>18516466
This but anything with some variation of "absolue", "extreme", or "elixir"

>>18517068
>he didn't get the panty dropper head turner dumb reach signature worthy compliment monster JPG Le Male Extreme Elixir Absolu

anyone know how i can get a sample of fueguia 1883 chamber without blowing the fucking bank on 250 worth of five other 5 ml samples? one of you fuckers recommended it to me a year ago, i know they used to be on luckyscent but apparently arent anymore

sotd tabac vert

Might just cop a bottle of Le Male for this winter's dumb reach since it's usually cheap enough from discounters I know of

>>18517005
>>18517002
add two bottles of Paris-Edimbourg while you're there. keep one, send me the other.

What are some good animalics for summer?

>>18517086
lapidus pour homme sport
bogart signature (but the castoreum has been lowered dramatically)

How can I change the fact that aromatic fougeres remind me of my deadbeat dad?

Do I just wear it until I get rid of associations?

>>18517094
yes (unironically)

>>18517033
I see this everywhere because I buy a lot of vintage perfumes, relatively speaking it's quite common and affordable. I glossed over it because I'm not a fan of sweet scents.

>>18517094
you could also stop larping as muh gentleman and start wearing fragrances that are not dated

What's the best of all the Acqua di Gio flankers these days? They release five new different ones with the same name.

>>18517094
>Do I just wear it until I get rid of associations?
This has worked for me for various perfumes. Don't try it with cheap perfumes because it will just ruin those notes in good perfumes.

>>18517105
The 2024 Parfum version that comes in 30, 50, 100 & 200 ml.

Nº 15 Jungle Tobacco - overdose of heliotrope and orris, decent ammount of tobacco leaf, very slightly animalic, some hay reminiscent of pinewards, the fragrance would be right at home among older bianchi offerings and would be one of the more intresting ones from the line.
Blue Mai Tai - beautiful in the air, tons of lime and ginger, decently sweet, slightly green in the dry down. Smells quite girly on my skin, meanwhile on my gf's skin the rum and patchouli become more pronounced making it feel more manly. Nuclear performance.

>>18517101
>noooo you cant like dry accords that only last 6 hours you have to like sweet vanilla amber that lasts for 15 hours!!!!!!!!!!

>>18517115
no problem, go be special then. just don't cry because people don't want to be near you.

>>18517121
People would rather be near a subtle smelling grandpa than an inescapable toxic sugar bomb, except for hambeasts.

>>18517121
Woman brain response

>>18517127
there is a woman / mentally broken redditor in these threads for sure, not the first time you can clock the creature

For me - it's one man show.

>>18517159
basado
for me it's the whole line (except for 24K edition)

>>18517109
I gathered it's the replacement for profumo?
I've only tried the Absolu and I don't care for the mix of fresh marine and amber.

>>18517159
EMERALD EDITION IS BETTER

>>18517189
Yeah parfum and Profumo smell quite similar except parfum is more expensive. The elixir is also nice but the price is retarded

Can I get a quick rundown on the encre noir line?

>>18517207
QRD: don’t bother

>>18517191
depends on the weather

I've actually come around to liking emerald edition after wearing it in high heat a few times
it works really well and all the notes just work
in the cold I still think it's bad

>>18517207
og is moist forest with vetiver and depending on how your nose works pencil shavings
sport adds some citrus
alextreme adds incense instead
indigo adds tea instead

t. never smelled any of them except for a bit of the original so I can't say how they compare

>>18517198
I wouldn't mind the Elixir tag (and price tag) if it actually performed like one. Same deal with Y Elixir.

>>18517207
I have all 3
A l’extreme is the only one worth having only if you really really like it
Don’t blind buy it
It can attract goth girls if you have the looks

>the sexiest scent in existence (The One) is also one of the most poorly performing
Truly a tragedy

>>18517231
the sexiest scent is a tall height and a handsome face

>>18517235
I don't care about what women think

>>18517236
nice cope

>>18517231
I still don’t get how it wasn’t cloned by arabs

>>18517239
You shouldn't either
>>18517240
Not only wasn't it cloned but it's pretty much a unique scent dna, there's not even a niche equivalent or anything.

This has me intrigued.

>>18516545
Decided against both, tried Guerlain vetiver parfum and I bought that instead.

Sotd Kouros. Works great with the sweat and exercise, that's the magic of kouros. I wouldn't wear it for work or dates or anything else. I'm about to finish my 100 ML bottle and might consider buying it again.

I have a date to a jazz club with a very interesting, pretty and young lady, chatgpt is recommending me to use ADP leather, and going with black shirt and black Chelsea boots. I think it'll work.

>>18517304
>chatgpt is recommending me to use
ngmi

>>18517304
See if there's still a bottle of the man silver on eBay. It mogs modern kouros in every way. Better hurry, it's discontinued.

>>18517304
kill yourself

>>18517310
>chatgpt is recommending me
for this part specifically

>>18517304
Every jazz club is different but I would wear either a t-shirt, jeans, and jacket if I'm trying to be casual or shirt, slacks, and jacket if I want something dressier. I wouldn't wear leather notes but not the worst, I would wear tobacco, incense, or cognac notes. A modern vetiver scent if the date is young.

>>18517274
I find it too sweet, powdery and a bit cloying as it dries down. Feels kind of musky and not fresh.

>>18517307
>>18517313
Lmao I did not expect this kind of response, I find it very useful to coordinate between occasions and also with shoes, but I'm leaning to a couple of sprays of Dior homme parfum the old one.

But it's a warm night, so I could just use the sample of l'exclusif. I think that'll do better. It's not bad at all, it's just very similar to the parfum just sweeter.

>>18517309
Nah, I'd rather not fuck with eBay. Also if it's discontinued I'm not going to use it as often and I don't want that.

I'll douse myself with ADP leather after I'm done with work, do some exercise and hit the shower and see if works.

Btw this lady I'm going out with smells great, she used YSL libre when I met her and on the first time we went out. I don't want to mog her with my own fragrances so I'll keep it light.

I'm intrigued by Body Kouros. Anyone here have it and want to give me a rundown?

>>18517319
I absolutely blasted through a bottle of kouros last summer. It's so weak. I don't know what you're on about not wearing it certain places. It's a freshie. A musky freshie, but still. The man silver is OG kouros in all the glory. You have no idea how good it can be.

>>18517320
pretty much exactly the notes from fragrantica

it's very warm
the eucalyptus and resin are present all throughout
the incense goes away in the middle (like ~2hours after spraying) in favour of the cedar and herbal clary sage
both of which slowly go away and you're left with almost all resin and a touch of eucalyptus in the base

I have no idea where else besides autumn I could wear it
I started enjoying it only after the fourth of fifth wear when the composition finally made sense to me

>>18517324
Kouros weak? Are you sure you're not getting nose blind?
It lasts all day for me.

I rather not chase the dragon of discontinued or vintages, I have plenty of smelly water bottles to go through the next 20 years.

>>18517332
You talk like a fag and your shits all retarded

Thoughts?

cdg Kyoto is a summer fragrance.

>>18516171 (OP)
Anyone here use scented bodywash?

>>18517335
Well, fuck you too lad. We're talking fragrances here. English is not my first language but I do speak 5 different languages, have plenty of sex, dates, a house, a good reliable car, a comfy job, I'm over 1.90 meters, strong build, a handsome face and reasons to always smell nice.

Sotn BDC l'exclusif, I on my neck and it's starting to burn a little. Still smells a lot like the parfum though. And I rather wear the parfum.

>>18517403
Only if I'm having a shower with a girl after sex, I only have a bottle of le male le parfum body wash but it's pretty good.

>>18517403
method man cypress and cedar

>>18517411
Is it hard to breathe with your head that far up your ass?

>>18517105
>>18517109

FYI I tried the new Profondo EDT this week and the EDP is still better. Also, they pretty much only changed the top notes, so after a few hours it smells virtually identical to the EDP.

L'exclusif is now reminding me of ultra male, which is not particularly good.

>>18517414
Method 'Men', not Method 'Man'. I was hyped up for a Method Man branded bodywash.

Picking up a Bath & Body Works cucumber/melon body spray vibe from this but in a good way. Brilliant stuff

>>18517207
>Encre Noire
dusty attic in a decrepit old tower

>Encre Noire Xtreeeeeme
Vampiric dark vetiver and incense, but more accessible than the OG ironically

>EN Sport
A bit more of a citrusy take on the OG, good for warmer weather but takes on a bit of a picklejuice note in part due to sandalwood being increased

>Ombre Noire
Thick, boozy cognac, amber, and vanilla. Mostly a boozy frag but layers well with lavender and vanilla if youre into that

>Encre Indigo
Boring vetiver-tea freshie, but good for professional settings

>>18517332
>I rather not chase the dragon of discontinued or vintages
I would kill myself if I was stuck in the reformulated and neutered hellscape of the current fragrance market. Irrefutably, they don't make them like they used to.

>>18517159
Have you tried signature? I love it.

Copped an H24 edt sample. I love it more than the EDP. I like how metallic it is.

Also why does Sauvage Elixir smell like soapy root beer? Is it supposed to smell like that

>>18517508
>le dusty decrepit vampire tower
Don’t listen to this guy, he fell for the reddit memes

>>18517511
Agreed

>>18516192
am i supposed to be totally anosmic to this shit, it smells super weak to me

>>18517524
>Is it supposed to smell like that
doesn't to me

SOTD Al Rehab Dakar

Purpose 50 is hyped too much
Smells really bad to be honest
Like a suede cloth that's been sitting in an attic around spices
Fucking middle eastern brands and their glazers

>>18517601
Quentin Bitch really fucked up recent releases with his Akigala-trash.

there is no such thing as unisex fragrances, everyrthing leans masculine or feminine, so you decide how much of a fag you want to smell like.

>>18517399
It's too dry and airy and contemplative.
It's a spring frag.

Is Black Afgano a dry fragrance?
I kinda like that kind of scent profile, somewhat woody and smokey with hints of herbal

>>18517631
no

Name fragrances with this aesthetic

>>18517619
What about CK One?

Whatever happened to perfumer anon?
Haven’t seen him in a long time

>>18517638
He's fine, he's needs to lay low because Roja sent an Arab hit squad to kill him and Nicolai shills are trying to backtrace him. Give him a couple weeks to avoid them.

I’ve finally decided. L’extreme is better than plain encre noir.

>>18517619
>there is no such thing as unisex fragrances
true
>everyrthing leans masculine or feminine
true

Unisex fragrances all lean feminine, "masculine" fragrances sometimes lean feminine, but feminine fragrances never lean masculine. Curious, isn't it, almost like it's clearly intentional.

>>18517660
>but feminine fragrances never lean masculine.
this man has never smelled jicky

>>18517660
It's almost as if this hobby is feminine at the first place

>>18517663
>at the first place
hello esl

>>18517656
Absolutely. It makes the original feel incomplete by comparison.

>>18517660
This is all subjective and based on contemporary social attitudes.
Chanel No5 or Shalimar are much closer to current men's fragrances than they are to current women's fragrances.

>>18517603
>t.noselet fragcom opinion

What are some good sample selections for a complete beginner?

>>18517709
Essential Parfums, ELDO, Parfum d' Empire - these are good sets

>>18517709
Go to the local sephora or some such store, try a bit of everything, note what you like and what you don't like, and then look everything up on fragrantica to see what notes and accords work for you.
If you have no idea what you might like there's no point in buying a sample set, the samples you'd be buying would be a toss in the dark.

>>18517555
Only a redditor such as yourself would make that connection. Kill yourself

>>18517633
Unum Lavs

>>18517709
assuming you are just looking for "greatest hits in niche", go and get your nose on:
Musc Ravageur Frederic Malle
Ganymede Marc-Antoine Barrois
Bois Impérial Essential Parfums
New York Intense Nicolai Parfumeur
Beach Hut Man Amouage
Reflection Man Amouage
Interlude Man Amouage
Jubilation XXV Man Amouage
Salome Papillon Artisan Perfumes
Sale Marino WienerBlut
Acqua di Sale Profumum Roma
Bon Monsieur Rogue Perfumery
Avignon Comme des Garcon
Psychedelique Jovoy
Black Orchid Tom Ford
Grey Vetiver Tom Ford
Noir Extreme Tom Ford
Oud Minérale Tom Ford
Tuscan Leather Tom Ford
Oud Wood Tom Ford / Carved Oud Thameen
Rien Etat Libre d'Orange
Grand Soir Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Baccarat Rouge 540 Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Hacivat Nishane
Ani Nishane
Babycat Yves Saint Laurent
I am sure I missed a lot of stuff, and that I will be called a retard for recommending to sniff X but w/e this is a decent list that will get up to date

I've finally decided. The One EDP is the best sweet fragrance.

>>18517801
It's got a strong sour note to it
I was extremely underwhelmed smelling it for the first time

>>18517801
How is there still no overpriced neech version? Scam houses like PDM/Initio could clean up.

>>18517709
>>18517781
This list is alright but the flowchart in the OP will give you better direction

I like the smell of Noir Extreme but I get the feeling it's too sweet for how I dress/carry myself

>>18517825
You could try and get your nose on the original Noir

Man In Black is supposed to be this masculine gentleman's scent but the drydown is very sweet/floral in a "grandma's house" kind of way. Overhyped I say.

>>18517844
Noir is a completely different scent from Noir Extreme and Noir Extreme Parfum

>git and poal
somehow, it just works

any bdc l'exclusif chads itt?

>>18517864
Wearing it right now, applied 6 sprays at 9 am, it's now 12 pm and I smell nothing. It's not worth it.

>>18517864
Honestly silicone tiddies are equally poisonous as filling your body with KFC or whatever. This is outrageously gross. I see three guinea pigs full of chemicals.--We need to be filled with aromachemicals rather. Maybe something indolic and full of florid life, or fetid life,--no matter.--That.

Best fragrance right now?

Best perfumer of all time or just a pretty face?

>>18517965
>eau de coke and blue cheese
nah

>>18517932
thats unfortunate. i havent even had a chance to smell it yet but i cba to drive somewhere to do so

My samples of Sultan Vetiver and French Lover should arrive in a couple weeks.
What will I like best?
Sycomore's the vetiver frag I liked the most among what I've tried.

>>18517969
*blocks your path*

SOTD Royal Mayfair

>>18517990
Sycamore is vetiver for people that hate vetiver
So french lover
The sultan will be be too much for you

>>18518002
By perfumer anon's own words Sycomore smells like a high quality vetiver oil.
How's that for people who hate vetiver?

>>18517965
a week into owning this it turned from loud green synthetic smelling fragrance with an almost too strong basil note into the aforementioned cola smell. barely perceptible unless im right up to the skin i sprayed it on und with a staying power of like 4 hours max.
i thought maybe i got a bad batch or something so i tried my sample from the discovery set again and its smelling the same to me now as well.
i dont know if its masturbation, my nose changed or im just going crazy.

>SOTD Pour Monsieur
Is it just me or is this a really sweet fragrance? It smells nothing like Eau Sauvage even though people like to compare those two.

>>18517990
>>18518002
>>18518005
How does Sycomore compare to Guerlain Vetiver?

>>18518005
>appeal to authority
>especially in a subjective hobby

>>18518011
Sycomore is green but airy and flowery vetiver.
It's quite similar to EN, though not nearly as inky, softer, a bit of white and yellow flowers.
Vetiver is sharp green, dry, earthy, with citrus oil at the top, there's tobacco, a hint of leather, and the vetiver is not as prominent, with none of those hints of soft flowers.
The last time I smelled Vetiver was maybe 6 years ago though, so my memory might not be reliable.
>>18518014
I was hoping you could argue your point.
Should I have called you retard/noselet/pajeet and left it at that instead?
Do you not think that Sycomore smells like vetiver? (what does vetiver smell like then?)
Do you think Sycomore is not a good representation of vetiver? (what does it have that's unrealistic/questionable?)
>a subjective hobby
Liking a frag better than another is subjective, but whether two things smell the same, or close enough that "the same" is a good approximation, is not subjective, and a professional would reasonably be better at telling what fragrance smells like what ingredient.

>>18517965
i much prefer ganymede and hermann to bi. it's good but most mornings i feel it's too loud to wear it to the office, so i rather wear mfk masculin pluriel or a nasomatto silver musk

>>18518024
suck his cock next and don't forget to swallow

How does one test out classic guerlain frags? Regular stores might have them on display but not for testing, guerlain stores only have the expensive parfums and not a single classic. Do you just need to blind buy them?

>>18518028
get lucky with some frag store carrying them or blind buy

>>18518027
Maybe I'll suck yours as well as soon as you give me any impression that you know what you're talking about, maybe by explaining why Sycomore is for people who hate vetiver :^)
>>18518028
Find a frag store that has tester bottles or buy a sample online.

>>18518028
buy decants from people on facebook swap groups.

>>18518028
Samples from sample site or blind buy. I have blind bought Vetiver, Heritage, Habit Rouge, Homme, and Eau de Guerlain and fortunately they are all great.

cash money righ here. One of the best spins on le male dna up to date for sure.

>>18518073
Isn't it more Myslf.

>>18517664
what
>>18517760
I want a sample but the shipping is too expensive
>>18517965
Encre Noire Indigo...
or Terre D'Hermes

>>18516306
Super weird but I love knowing this exists. My family vacationed at the Outer Banks many times and my dad loved lighthouses. Hatteras, Currituck, Body Island, Ocracoke, went to see a ton of them. Plus the Wright Brothers monument and all kinds of other local things. Jockey’s Ridge… fun memories.

>>18518093
if you are talking about the edp, absolutely not.

Please recommend me some good floral fragrances. They can be more feminine, I don't really mind. I love Violet Blonde and may pick up a dupe of it since I only have about 30ml, but I find myself enjoying florals more and more lately. The main ones I'm using right now are Dior Homme 2011 and Intense, but I'd like to get some Rose and other lighter, more delicate florals. I have a good deal available on MYSLF too but I'm gonna do a skin test at sephora this weekend before I commit. That's also if I don't drop bags on some yeezy stuff lmao

>>18516521
Burning Barbershop is interesting but the lime note fades from the entire bottle after like a third of the bottle is used. The lavender also isn’t particularly forward imo, it’s mostly the interesting burnt oil/smoke scent.

I wanna smell like straight smoke
No vanilla or sweet scent

>>18518238
Beaufort has plenty like that
Encre Noire a L'Extreme maybe

>>18518238
I have The Trail by Maison Alhambra, a copy of A Midnight Stroll by Gucci, it is pretty smoky, it reminds me of winter.

>>18516171 (OP)
Got my delivery today. The reviews are shit. This frag is wonderful. The woody iris up top with the cognac/rum accord is fucking excellent.

>>18518073
While the price is high it makes up for performance, two sprays and you are set for 14 + hours.

>>18518238
Mississippi Medicine smells like a wet firepit with old smoke rising out of it

>>18518238
Arso by Profumum Roma.

>>18518160
Cocaïne, Portrait of a Lady, Shalimar, The Spice Must Flow.

>>18518160
PdE Le Cri
Tauer Golestan / PHI Une Rose de Kandahar
Grey Flannel Grey Flannel
Nicolai Cap Neroli
Malle Cologne Indélébile

€122.70 for 50ml vs. €180.94 for 100ml

Which one?

>>18518389
depends on the frag

>>18518389
I usually go for the 50ml/smallest size because unless I’m positive its going to be a daily driver 50ml is going to be more than enough. Now you have 58€ that you didn’t spend that you can put toward another fragrance.

>>18518390
French Lover

>>18518392
>>18518390
depends on if you like it and how much
and depends on how much cash you have
I should have added

>>18518394
I have a 3.5ml sample of it and I like it. That's why I'm considering a FB. Usually I buy the smallest full bottle because I like to rotate fragrances. 30ml is ideal.

>>18518402
>of it and I like it.
>Usually I buy the smallest full bottle because I like to rotate fragrances. 30ml is ideal.
well you've got the answer, you prefer smaller bottles and you're not crazy about the frag so get the smaller bottle

>>18518160
Amouage gold
Toyboy
Bois belize intense

>>18518392
i bought a 50 ml of French Lover for the same price today
let's hope they have more than one bottle in stock

>>18518442
They have > 5 bottles in stock. I think I'm going to buy the 50ml as well.

>>18518448
good luck, it's a great frag

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>>18518160
Myself is a good fragrance. I like what they did with the orange blossom. They seem to have found the sweet spot; too much and you get that gross artificial grape smell that’s in Joop! and too light and it just disappears. I could be wrong but i think they used habanolide or some other metallic musk to round it out.

>>18518260
is the original Habit Rouge sharp citrus opening even there?

>>18518681
Yes, but there's some magic going on. You get Rum + Iris + Wood up at the very top. Then as that layer dissipates you start getting the classic floral & citrus combo. I have no idea how they stuck citrus UNDER wood. I'm guessing they completely recreated the accords using other ingredients because otherwise the density differences would force it up. I'm guessing it's florals, sharp woods, and lemongrass.