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>>18527221
>is it true
probably not, my 2022 bottle performs exactly as advertised (=nuclear)

Someone please post the green frag infographic.

>>18527237
Thanks.
Where would Sultan Vetiver fit in this?
Herbal? Woody? Grass?

Has anyone here smelled straight agarwood oil? I just found some and I’m kind of tempted to get it. I don’t know what I would do with 3 grams of agarwood oil though

>>18527240
not herbal at all. smells really musky. like a ferret's cage. idk if you ever smelled that. not sure if one of the vetiver types they use has a really musky smell or if they add musk but the musk smell overpowers everything else.

what does he wear?

>>18527261
Fortnight by Maison Alhambra.

>>18527261
leather jacket, jeans, black sweather, black shoes
>brut

>>18527261
Sauvage EDT, 12 sprays

>>18527228 (OP)
SAAR

>>18527261
Girl's panties

Can someone tell me what the intent behind "Sport" flankers is?

I understand that "Cologne" flankers usually end up being lighter, fresher, more citrusy, etc. And that "Intense" usually takes one note and cranks it to 11, while "Elixir" is basically just higher oil concentration but with the same scent profile overall.

>>18527257
I certainly don't think it smells like an animal's cage, and the beginning vetiver + anise accord smells quite like celery, though I'm not sure it's the kind of green to be called herbal.
>>18527416
Making more money by selling a frag that's similar enough but a bit fresher, leveraging the "sporty" connotation of the name.

>>18527416
In your thumbnail I thought that the melon was actually the cat's belly. I am glad that upon further inspection his harvest has been bountiful

>planning to get my german Girlfriend pregnant
Sotd Creed Royal Oud

anyone else notice the grey market has completely collapsed in the frag sector? my marshalls, ross, and burlington have NOTHING except the usual suspects like guess, brittany spears, and generic arabshit

there's zero chance to find a diamond in the rough and it's just not fun anymore. even decent normie staples like Burberry brit is now 45 dollars

>>18527416
"Sport" makes me think you can use it playing sports or at the gym but flanker nomenclature is pointless now.

>>18527483
I've noticed this too. The discount stores carry only the cheapest garbage, anonymous dollar store clones of bottles which were already cheap. Plus they're almost all locked in a case (thank you diversity).

>never buy fragrances
>buy some eu de parfum
>go on insta reels
>i'm constantly being baraged with 2 of the 3 fragrances i got
>"only cheaters buy these"
>"cheater fragrance of choice"
>"I smell these fragrances when I miss my abuser"
Versace - Eros
Armani - Stronger With You Intensely

>>18527483
>>18527493
Maybe it's the new thrift shop phenomenon where youtubers make videos like "Incredible Fragrance Haul at Burlington" so the secret is out and you can't find anything. What kind of stuff did you find before?

>>18527502
>go on insta

>>18527507
work lift shit myself insta reels sleep

>>18527416
Mixes well with sweat, I guess. Think of sport like a “cologne intense”

>>18527510
based

>>18527502
Its just a way of leveraging the idea that wearing fragrance gets you laid so buy more fragrance specifically these sex haver fragrances.
Do not consume fragrance content at all, its all rolling fields of slop as far as the eye can see.

>>18527510
The life cycle of the solar Evolian warrior

>>18527519
it entered my insta reels
I only got those fragrances because a girl I wanna cheat with recommended them

i just sprayed sauvage elixir and a woman broke into my house trying to have sex with me

>home all day
>pick something from my collection to sample
I'm a simple man, with simple pleasures.

Why is lavender associated with relaxation? this note makes me aggressively horny

>>18527506
no arab shit. less unboxed frags.
used to be able to find ck defy edt and edp - i haven't seen them in at least a year
still see D&G but way less often
i don't even see jimmy choo anymore

What i am seeing besides generic trash is things like bvlgari but the prices are almost what you would pay on jomashop and they never go on clearance so might as well just order what you want

Is this good? Looking for a coffee fragrance for men.

Which designer frags have a magnetic cap?
>BDC line
>Sauvage line
What else?

>>18527600
It's floral and the de facto detergent scent for decades. I even smell real lavender and I think of clean clothes. We don't smell with our noses, we smell with our brains.

>>18527616
the new Jacques Fath bottles also have magnetic caps
it's mostly used for normiecore frags tho

>>18527632
>it's mostly used for normiecore frags tho
I know, I'm looking for a list of these
The designer staples (or just designers really) that use magnetic caps

>>18527636
here you go (it's normiecore slop ofc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFz4xoq2wEU

>>18527637
Huh would've expected more designer stuff like D&G, Boss or whatever

>>18527483
blame tiktok fragzoomers

>>18527616
i love playing with the sauvage cap. the magnet is strong as fuck

>>18527650
Which is the best between edt, parfum and edp?

>>18527651
nta but the Elixir is way better than the rest

>>18527652
I mean among the usual sauvages, elixir is a different one completely

Is PDM Sedley overrated? I heard the whole house is but a 7-Up / Sprite fragrance sounds nice but it's so expensive for a freshie.

>>18527658
>PDM
>overrated
the answer is always yes
>but muh [insert PDM frag] is not that bad
no exceptions

>>18527655
i went with the EDT but others might disagree
depends on what you're after

>>18527663
>depends on what you're after
Just a solid daily

>>18527658
it's mancera quality for triple the price make of that what you will

>>18527665
this (slop) summary might give you an idea:
https://www.myperfumeshop.eu/blogs/perfume/which-dior-sauvage-is-right-for-you-edt-edp-parfum-or-elixir
ofc you should just test them yourself and choose what you like best

It’s finally here bros

>>18527672
Never been opened…

>>18527671
thanks m8

>>18527626
Interesting. Now it makes sense why oud reminds me of sunny beaches, because an arabslop that was gifted to me is all I wore in the summer when I was 12.

holy shit beach hut man smells heavenly

I just blind bought Imagination, BDC exclusif, and vibrato.

Smartest frogposter

>>18527446
Your larping is what drove away perfumeranon, I guess his nose was so trained he could detect your poojeet stench from over the www

i just bought boss bottled absolu, im based

>>18527701
Perfume anon silently disappeared weeks before, the crybaby who complained about leaving was not him.

>>18527672
>>18527673
v nice

>>18527672
>>18527673
beautiful
you should open it and send a sample to all /frag/ regulars

>>18527704
He literally posted the formula to Dior homme intense

>>18527703
>I consooomed therefore my existence has been validated
holy shit

>>18527658
The issue is mostly the price, it's not justified

>nooo stop buying fragrances I could never afford y- you CONSOOOMER!!!
Holy poorbrown cope.

>>18527710
You have to be over 18 to post on this site, you are too gullible. You can buy formulas online, and perfume anon doesn't work with dior shit. God! you're so fucking dumb.

>intense
>https://creative-formulas.com/product/d-homme-intense-type-formula/
>https://innosolinc.com/product/christian-dior-dior-homme-intense-type-perfumer-perfected-fragrance-formula/

>parfum
>https://archivesbendoni.gumroad.com/l/diorhomme?layout=profile

Formulas are not the super secret thing you think they are, you can even get some for free:
>https://fraterworks.com/pages/demo-formulas

>>18527737
He created a few of Rojas scents ofc he knows about Diorslop

>>18527739
That anon posted a basic formula you can find online, perfume anon wouldn't be using ingredient names from other companies. Fucking think.

>>18527743
Ok pajeet keep sperging out that you drove away the best poster we’ve ever had with your incessant spam

>>18527744
You just lack basic common sense and knowledge and jumped to the conclusion someone is Perfume anon because they copy pasted a formula. Here is the formula for The One:

Iso E Super™ 155
Hedione® 100
Habanolide® 85
Dartanol® 75
Vertofix® Coeur 62
Dihydromyrcenol 55
DPG 50
Bergamot “Superior” Oil, FCF 45
Ethylene Brassylate 44
Polysantol® 40
Cedarwood “Superior” Oil, Virginia 27
Coriander Seed Oil 25
Cedramber™ 23
Trimofix 18
Bicyclononalactone 15
Solgard® 15
Cashmeran® 15
Linalyl Acetate 15
Kephalis 14
Vetiver Bourbon “Signature” Oil 10
Grapefruit Oil 10
Patchouli Dark PA30 10
Damascone Alpha 10% 10
Cedryl Acetate, Crystals 8
Anethole 10% 8
Sublimolide® 7
Florol 6
Ethyl Vanillin 10% 6
Methyl Pamplemousse 5
Cyclogalbaniff 5
Plicatone 4
Sandalore® 4
Cardamom “Signature” Oil 10% 4
Ginger Oil Fresh, Côte d’Ivoire 3.5
Clary Sage Oil 3
Vanillin “Signature” 3
Galbex® 2.5
Givescone® 10% 2.5
Basil Oil ct Linalool, Org 2
Hydroxycitronellal 2
Cis 3 Hexenol 10% 2
Damascenone 10% 2
Triplal 10% 1.5
Mayol® 1
Total 1000 grams.

Does that make me perfume anon? No, because why would it?

Alright this 7 Cobalt had better be as good as you guys keep saying.

>>18527747
Perfumer anon said that formulas online are very unreliable and mostly a cash grab to sell materials, like this one from fraterworks

>>18527252
>Has anyone here smelled straight agarwood oil
yes
>I don’t know what I would do with 3 grams of agarwood oil though
you should get 1g, it's plenty

>>18527754
I agree, I don't think he would ever post such a shitty formula like the other guy did.

>>18527756
Still, perfumer anon left right when the Indian came back

>>18527758
Perfume anon had not been silent for weeks and he posted through way worse spam and shitposts. I don't think he was the guy complaining and certainly he wouldn't post such a shitty formula.

>>18527755
Whats it like? I don’t think this guy will decant a gram off his vial.

>>18527762
He’s a master perfumer man ofc he’s gonna be driven away by that shit

>>18527770
He wasn't a master perfumer, he was one of many that work on formulas, and no he ignored way worse which is why I know someone complaining about this shithole would not be him. The reason he came here was because this is a shithole he could post anonymously. He's not looking for an actual forum. This place always sucks.

>>18527439
Same.

>>18527616
The feel of a magnetic cap snapping into place never gets old. I think the only frag I have with a magnetic cap other than Sauv Elixir and BdCE is Missoni Wave.

It’s also interesting, I just went and picked each up, Sauv and BdC both lock the cap into a specific position horizontally, as in the magnets are on the side of the cap. The Missoni just locks it straight down, meaning the magnets are vertical, if that makes any sense.

>>18527672
>>18527673
Congratulations Anon, truly a special item there. Enjoy.

>>18527774
He created frags for Roja tho, that makes him a master perfumer. He’s not stupid ofc he’s gonna downplay what he does, just the fact that he basically knew every frag by memory and wrote in super high English shows he wasn’t just some normie worker bee, plus iirc he owned like half a kg of some super rare oud oil

Yeah the other anon is right if my memory serves me correctly he’s the ghost perfumer for Roja or something like that

>>18527770
I think he left because of the new Chanel release

>>18527790
I think you went from speculation to wishful thinking. We assumed he worked on Roja because he could never give information about it. A whole team of people work on a fragrance, there is nothing to paint he was the head honcho. He talked about his experiments into making longer lasting citrus notes, that is not entry level but certainly not what a master perfumer would be focusing on, he was more in the sidelines. Again we are speculating based on very little information.

>>18527801
Nah I think Chanel has got their own in house perfumers doing most of their stuff, plus the new Chanel is pretty goysloppy icl

>>18527252
>>18527755
You may already be fully aware of this, but be conscientious of what you’re buying.

If it’s being advertised as agarwood you’re not getting oud. Oud is infected agarwood and they wouldn’t advertise it as agarwood when oud is more valuable.

>>18527810
The first thing he said was where he worked but he realized it was too much info so he was a bit mute about further details. That's why I don't like to bring it up. He mentioned something about the region where he worked but again that was TMI but from his posting times it's easy to determine where he was. I don't remember him mentioning assistants but if he did he wasn't as green as I thought.

Anyone familiar with this? Got a decant today and I immediately bought a 100ml because of how good it is.

Considering Paco Rabanne Pour Homme as a blind buy. If you like it, tell me what else in the same category you like so I can see if our tastes align.

>>18527815
Yeah he discussed how a few of his lab assistants blend up his trials

>>18527827
Irish Spring soap, basically. Don’t need to blind buy it, that’s what it is. Bogart (Signature) is similar with a more leathery take.

>>18527860
We don't have that here.

>>18527829
doesnt a robot do that

I currently own NYI. Would get Amouage Gold or Civet be too redundant?
Also looking for an Oud fragrance, but without a rose accord since i already own one (Oud & Spice). Open to suggestions, but i am considering these:
>Burgundy Oud Atelier Materi
>Voluptuous Oud Francesca Bianchi
>Notorious Oud DS&Durga
>Erba Oud Sospiro Perfumes
i also really like The Moon since i like the fruity oud accord, but at that price point, i may hold off.

>>18527881
I'm not familiar with NYI but I have samples of civet and gold man and they are not very similar. Civet is an old-school french-style perfume, and Gold is very luxurious soapy-musky

>>18527885
To me, NYI is citrus/fresh with civet, which i really like. i don't necessarily mind some overlaps since i like to change it up.
i would use them in professional settings most likely. i guess i have to sample them again

>>18527658
it's a freshie that lasts
you won't regret it

Yesterday I tried Habit Rouge and it smells like straight up Mukhwas. Absolutely horrible.

I'm not autistic so can someone please tell me what the heck is "powdery" as a note?

>>18527968
something musky, subtle, sometimes with nuances of sweetness. It literally smells like plain baby powder or make up. Iris and violet notes dominate the powdery accord.

>>18527968
It's more of a texture and feeling, the same with watery and airy notes. like if you eat mint it has a cooling fresh feeling. It makes sense when you smell it.

>>18527968
It's not a note; it's an accord. Buy a sample of Dior Homme Intense, that should give you a solid reference for powdery fragrances

>>18527968
You'll know it when you smell it. In plain terms it smells like make up. It's like a thick, caked-on scent sensation. As the other anon said, Dior Homme Intense is a pretty textbook example. Invasion Barbare is another that comes to my mind.

>>18527826
Got a sample of it a few months ago and immediately spent about 10 minutes trying to scrub it off. Vile.

>>18527658
>7-Up / Sprite fragrance
Buy Mugler Cologne it's literally this

>>18527968
We use a specific word to describe it because it is a specific enough note/accord/sensation. Most of the time it happens due to iris or orris. Iris mostly leans towards beauty-product-like powderiness, from lipstick to baby powder to soapy. Usually has some sort of sweet quality to it, and it's an accord that lifts the rest of the fragrance, making it lighter without having to touch on citrics. Orris comes from the roots of iris flowers. subtler, and does indeed have an earthy quality or something sediment-like, mineral qualities, sometimes even woody, albeit still being very much powdery.

Prada, specifically Daniela Andrier, is the flagship for powderiness in designer perfumery. You should start by trying the Infusions line for classic iris, Prada L'Homme for a sweet scent that is made light by the powdery accord (powderiness and its lightness is usually contained on middle notes, therefore the drydown leans warmer and sweeter), and Cargo de Nuit for a very Orris-centered powderiness (results in a woody maritime scent despite no calone)

nice totally organic "perfumer anon" simping

>>18527881
i need to test Civet but NYI and Gold Man are two very different fragrances, not redundant at all

>>18527968
you will know when you smell it
+1 for DHI

>>18528027
>Prada, specifically Daniela Andrier, is the flagship for powderiness in designer perfumery. You should start by trying the Infusions line for classic iris
I wasn't a big fan of powdery but Infusion D'Homme is not bad and really different from anything else I have. My favorite thing about it is actually not the powdery iris but the neroli, cedar, and frankincense. The neroli adds crispness to the top, the cedar gives some foundation at the heart, and the frankincense adds interest to the base with balsamic notes. It's a strange composition which would have done better marketed in a different line since it's not very mainstream friendly. It's a bit of a bait and switch because it starts fresh powdery and clean, then under the surface there are strange things brewing.

>>18527902
I think you need both a Rochas man and an Evolve and you can make any woman happy.

Bought decants of Ganymede, Jo Malone Myrrh & Tonka, Dior Fahrenheit Le parfum, Initio Side Effect, Guerlain L'Homme Ideal Parfum, Tom Ford Noir Extreme - all heavily mogged by Prada L'Homme Intense

Expensive perfumes are not worth it

>>18528081
Aventus still is the niche king but this place doesn't like it because it's a very masculine fragrance.

D&G Intenso is an absolute masterpiece, it's insane that people are going crazy over smelling like cookies and things like that get no attention.

>>18528084
you can be masculine without smelling like a grandpa

>>18527711
>other people know I own something expensive (not very much but it's still a luxury-ish good) therefore my existence has been validated
FTFY
>>18527737
>we have different opinions?
>god you're such a fucking stupid underage retarded helpless nigger faggot little shit
Huh.

>>18527710
Never shilled that overly sweet shitfrag. I'm that brown anon who filmed himself having sex with a white women, while Bois Imperial is in the background. My sotd is Creed Royal Oud.

>>18528084
Aventus is alright. If its the best niche perfumery has to offer, though, I feel far more vindicated in my leaning toward designers for daily wear. Looks like another perfect late summer day to wear Terre d’Hermes.

>>18527982
>>18528003
>>18528036
>you will know it when you smell it
>there are frag enthusiasts on this mongolian flipbook teleconference who can't describe what a powdery accord smells like
On an unrelated note, what do you guys usually report the coomer mutt for?
Spamming often does the trick, but if it's his first post in the thread it often does nothing, and off-topic works roughly half of the times.

>>18527763
that very much depends on the oud. hindi oud and borneo oud are more different than most designers out there today. but then quality also factors in. i'd just stick to reputable sellers that are known in the oud community
>18528124
why leave out the part you're best known for, having unprotected sex with polish men?
>>18528127
avatarfagging for me. when i feel especially spicy i mix it up

What does a lafufu smell like tho

>>18528147
smells like salty milk and coins

Thank you to the anon that suggested pic related. It mogs Dior Homme 2020 EDT, Cool Water and all the other signature scents shilled here to oblivion and I got it for 45 euros.

thoughts on penhaligon’s halfeti?

>>18528157
>penhaligon
Sartorial is good, everything else is mid at best

>>18528157
Halfeti is mediocre

>>18527939
kek, it's considered the indian aramis for a reason

Thinking of not replacing any of my collection when they run out except Guerlain Vetiver, and just to wear that for ever.

>>18528177
You’ll come crawling back

Can anyone compare early vintage Drakkar to Bon Monsieur? I can get first run 100ml Vintage DN for around $250CAD and a 30ml Bon Monsieur is $165CAD before duties. I don’t mind the smaller size since I rotate enough it will last forever. I had the current formula of DN on last night and it’s just so good, I’d like something with better performance.

>18528186
>Can anyone compare early vintage Drakkar to Bon Monsieur?
I own both.
The first edition of DN is much dirtier and earthier due to the heavy patchouli, but it mostly fades away into the DN you're more familiar with, but with oakmoss. If it's a true first edition vintage, then prepared for it to be quite muted by now compared to its former glory, especially if opened.

Bon Monsieur will have the best performance out of the three choices, and is most similar to the 2nd+ editions of Drakkar Noir up until they took the oakmoss out. From a FOMO standpoint, you'd want the DN, but I think you'd like Bon Monsieur better based on your enjoyment of current-formulation DN.

Someone knowledgeable explain what is Cashmeran? I see it on fragrantica from time to time, I think it's supposed to smell similar to leather but when I went to a candle store they have this scent and it just smells like clean laundry to me

>>18528177
Notino has 150 ml for 80 euro now, and it's still not worth it IMO.

>>18528215
It's supposed to evoke essentially a warm clean wool smell you get from clothes. Could come off as leather I guess if you mean suede.

>>18528210
Right on. I’ll probably go for Bon Monsieur then. I don’t really care all that much about the vintage aspect. I just like the scent profile and want it to be stronger.

>>18528127
If he couldn't figure out what a powdery note was from the word alone, more words will likely not help. As far as reporting, mods are fags, they rarely do anything. I report stuff just to hide it.

The rarest fragrance ever posted on the internet. Only known bottle in existence. Thoughts?

>>18528245
None whatsoever

>>18528147
Hior Domme Intense

>>18528245
Slow. Ugly. Gay.

>>18527686
Too bad they're discontinuing it

>>18528216
Why not?
>>18528248
Why do you say that? Are you jealous?

>>18528245
instead of spamming this shit in every thread you could tell us about the frag

>>18528255
It's from Italy, 1996. Smells like... Musk and lime, has that piss/man's toilet smell a lot of old frags have in the opening, otherwise smells nice, it's a pretty sweet and clean smelling scent. Reminds me of a clean fresh smelling old person.

>>18528221
Cool, thanks

>ebay is flooded with fake Frederic Malle that are a pain to tell apart
shit's fucked

>>18528407
do people really buy frags off ebay?

>>18528409
Yes, it's great for vintage stuff. Anything modern that gets faked you have to shop the seller and scrutinize the images. I'm just surprised by the sheer number of them.

>>18528407
>he did not get his discount frederic malle from ukrainian refugees
ngmi

>>18528259
Who cares, it's aquolina tier , it's 10$ garbage

>>18527616
Armani Profumo does, or used to. My bottle's from 2017 so

Recommend a floral heavy fragrance that is masculine / unisex and NOT sweet.

>>18528552
See >>18525645.
You don't need anything else.

>>18528425
Being jealous of someone for having what you can't have is an unsightly look

>>18527082
>>If you want Drakkar Noir but "better" you could try Sauvage Elixir, or Lattafa Asad on a budget. They smell identical to Drakkar Noir except for the pepper opening

noselet retard

I've gotten more compliments from my deodorant, which smells like Allure Homme Sport, than YSL Myslf edp which was not cheap.

>>18527510
same but for me it's facebook reels
and I have taste in fragrances

>>18528552
Habit Rouge or Egoiste

>>18527672
>>18527673
fucking sweet

>>18527790
>He created frags for Roja tho, that makes him a master perfumer.
no it doesn't

and can you stop sucking his/your own cock?

This smelled surprisingly good off of the tester. Is the drydown still good?

>>18528657
Sort of related to this but I was in London last week and smelled the new Perfume de la nuit, that stuff was amazing, too bad it costs a kidney

>>18528177
in a way, based

>>18528552
Paco Rabanne Ténéré
Amouage Opus IX (probably the most piss civet floral in the modern age)
reflection man is also something I would put in the category of florals

>>18528670
just find out which old frag they're copying and get that

>>18528674
Looks like someone’s salty, calm down baljeet not everyone buys arabslop “clones”

>>18528663
Yes.

Does anyone here mostly purchase decants? I only occassionaly like a fragrance enough to want to buy a full bottle and it feels fun to try loads of new ones

>>18528692
I'll go through phases of buying a ton of decants, and then pick up a few full bottles from the decants I liked. I have been blind buying bottles more lately though.........

>>18528692
I got a 100ml of a generic designer to hold me over because it felt expensive to get decants. I'm already getting bored of it and have like 80% of it left. I want to go the decant route when I have the funds but something else that bothers me is not having a bottle as a memento. I wish 30ml bottles were more common, that might be the middle ground I'm looking for.

>>18528736
I like to go through the hefty 5ml and 10ml decants but I think you could still have fun with say 1 or 2ml working your way through a different house every couple weeks

Considering this for fall. It's cheap on discounters.

>>18528762
i had the blue parfum gift set, you can tell it is super smooth blend. it's almost gone and its hard to appreciate how nice it is until you go back to a synthetic cheapy

>>18528762
Is this the one with coffee drydown? I liked that one when I tested it in the store

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1u40efoS3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1u40efoS3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1u40efoS3U
BRRRRAPPP

>>18528789
Masshhculine and sshhexy

>>18527673
what year is this?

Does anyone here have experience making homemade LittleTrees? What is the ratio of essential oils to solvent I should use? Dowanol DPM or TPM?

Big Car Freshener keeps their cards close to their chest. Pls halp.

>>18528692
I can't buy decants because A) I mostly buy vintage and discontinued fragrances that rarely have decants available and B) I'm paranoid I'm going to get something cloned, watered down, or both. Also I love looking at my bottle collection, it makes my pp twitch every time.

>>18528818
Wear Pineward fragrances, -be- the little tree.

It’s kind of weird, I didn’t realize how cheap the older Chanel’s are… Antaeus, Egoiste, they’re both less than $150.

I had never actually looked at the price and just assumed they were expensive af, and on top of that never showed up on discounters (because fuck Chanel), but that’s actually pretty affordable…

I fucking hate blind buying… but I may have to blind buy some Chanel shit the next time I feel like treating myself.

>>18528829
chanel is brownpipo brand, buy dior instead

>>18528846
loyal chanelista phenotype

I was given "Oud Minérale (2023) Tom Ford" to me last christmas what do you guys think of it? it has a nice smell but is it "effay"?

>>18528891
Who the fuck gifts a perfume that smells like a dirty dock?
I totally agree that it smells nice, but it's objectively challenging to an extent

>>18528919
>it's objectively challenging to an extent
what do you mean?

Are there any yellow floral/banana-like fragrances for men? I really like the narcissuss in H24 but the longevity is disappointing.

>>18528676
you retarded no knowledge pajeet that can't read, roja's model for frags is taking old frags, adding a little citrus or whatever up top and selling it for hundreds of dollars

kill yourself

>>18528958
Alright ranjeet whatever you say

>>18528572
>you're jelly because you can't have this one of a kind bowl of dogshit how unsightly of you

lol

>>18528891
>tom slop
not a fan

>>18528970
Calm down little baby. Hey listen I don't like seeing you like this.. I'll sell it to you, how does 30k sound? I wanted to redecorate my apartment

>>18528891
it's great. Smells great and is quite unique compared to other designers

Guerlain feminine frag recommendations? I wanted to buy one for my mom as a birthday gift, I've been eyeing mitsouko. She currently has cacharel ella Ella, Burberry women and loewe Ibiza cosmic, the last two I got for her

>>18528993
for a bottle of a mediocre frag that I've never heard of?
what mental illness do you have?

>>18528998
mitsouko is a fantastic fragrance but it's not sweet like those other ones
maybe try shalimar?

>>18528999
I had my eye not, but I haven't smelled it, I thought it might be too similar to the Burberry women because of the vanilla notes

>>18529002
Eye on it*

>>18529002
the burberry seems to be a fruity vanilla and shalimar is more oriental

I'd recommend maboussin maboussin but that would very much overlap with the burberry
there's lou lou cacharel a cinamonny plum, not very sweet
the original alfred sung is a great floral fragrance
and if you don't mind the change of genre to mitsouko from your mother's other frags then you should go for it but it is very different
there's also youth dew, more in line with the rest, a warm somewhat spicy amber that can sometimes smell like cola
and there's paco rabanne calandre but like mitsouko it's a very different style, it's an elegant floral with some greenness and aldehydes in the opening on a bed of a warm ambery sandalwood and musk

these 6 frags I can vouch for because I have them
there's also giorgio beverly hills for women but that is a huge tuberose bomb and it takes a certain type of person to wear it (I use it extremely rarely)

>>18529016
>mabussy mabussy
The absolute state of /f(r)ag/

>>18529020
the state of (you) to make that connection

>>18528926
It's a dirty smell
You get algae, you get wood imbued with salty sea water etc.
I love it, but it's far from safe

how2smellmaxx???

>>18528998
Insolence is a very safe option. In my experience most women find frags like Shalimar or Mitsuoko too old fashioned.

>>18529054
Live like a pajeet. Never shower or change clothes, sweat profusely, eat spicy food, take huge smelly shits, etc.

>>18529016
I kinda wanted to buy a guerlain (probably vetiver) for me and another for her, but I'll look into those too
>>18529070
I mean she's over 60 so I don't think she has a problem with them being old fashioned

>>18528818
The Black Ice one smells just like Cool Water. You can use that as a solution.

Another day, another compliment from ol' reliable.

Is Armani Eau Pour Homme good compared to Eau Sauvage, Colonia, and other classic citrus aromatics?

>>18529108
I see well I just remembered l'heure bleue and champes elysses from guerlain but I've never smelled them so I can't say what they are like

>>18529167
I only remember liking it much more than Eau Sauvage. I tried to find a clone but apparently there's nothing and I'm not spending money on the original.

This is pretty nice https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Giorgio-Beverly-Hills/Giorgio-for-Men-1891.html
I know a couple of other people like Boucheron pour homme here, if you are one of them you can try picking this up. It's not close but it's in a similar realm.

>>18529167
the vintages were reall good but the reformulations took away a lot from it
the gay dragon compared the two somewhere in text or video
>>18529176
I have both and jaipur homme too and yes they are all great
dare I say that giorgio beverly hills for men is a [spoiler]hidden gem[/spoiler]

This thread has never had anyone with actual taste and a good sense of smell in it, only noselets unfortunately

>>18528814
1950-52

Anyone ever wear the original Kenzo Pour Homme? Seems a bit divisive for an aquatic, but I'm interested in 90s scents generally.

Has anyone tried this? Heard it was a better Dior Homme Cologne.

I will simply buy Sauvage.

>>18529283
>taste and a good sense of smell
I have neither because I'm a man and women are scientifically proven to have a measurably better sense of smell. As per taste I'm a contrarian so whatever people dislike I will intentionally wear.

>>18529054
>>18529071
I worked with Indians who smelled like they just ate onions 24/7
truly terrible stuff

>>18529476
>are scientifically proven to have a measurably better sense of smell
if that were true they wouldn't be wearing this much slop

>>18529476
>women have better sense of smell
>all good cooks are male
>all respected food critics are male
>women eat semen
>many women have fish caves
???
what did he mean by this

>>18529547
You confuse taste with olfactory acuity, rookie mistake.
>>18529549
It's not a matter of opinion, this has been known for ages and tested extensively.

>>18529549
Let’s not forget, there are no good female perfumers, as per perfumeranon

>>18528829
thats not cheap

>>18529671
anything under 250$ for a 50ml is cheap

>>18529683
idiot

>>18529671
You’re right, perhaps “cheap” is not quite the right word, but affordable is spot on. $1.5 per ml is not bad at all, and certainly “affordable”.

>>18529692
fair

>>18529152
I wish I could wear this but it makes me feel 13 years old again. First fragrance I ever bought in the 8th grade. Still one of the best aquatics of all time

anybody know any good pot frags? I bought an old formulation of cowboy kush since I liked the equivalent candle scent but the cologne is more leather than kush.. inb4 smoke a joint in a closet. I don't smoke anymore at all but I still really like the smell

>>18529819
Black Afgano?

>>18529751
I found Voyage d'Hermes to be similar.

>>18529613
lol, lmao even

I can't decide if I like Le Male Elixir enough to get a clone. Wore the Absolu version yesterday and I think I enjoy it, but probably not enough to go through a bottle ever.

>>18528663
This is a 9/10 frag that's everyone agrees is very nice and everyone forgets because of the flankers. Personally I think this one is the best out of the Allure line, but it's light and fizzy and reformulated. I think this is an easy buy for any guy and can be worn in any situation.

>>18529868
If you're over 25 years old, don't. If you have one Le Male, then you have enough. The Le Male flankers that are worth getting are about 7 years old now, and they're not readily available.

>>18529849
Tbh this anon is right, I couldn’t name one good female perfumer off the top of my head

>>18529869
Actually, you’re a cornholing cocksucking fag if you own LeGay, which was made for effeminate discogoing queers in the 90s

>>18529871
may have been once, but it was so common in the 2000s that it smells like an average chump's office friendly scent now

>>18529869
>If you have one Le Male, then you have enough.

There's nothing that really ties all these together, they're each extremely different, with the only thing connecting them that ones for last few years are syrupy sweet.

Le Male is one of my top 3 scents and I only really like Ultra Male on occasions, everything else in the line I'm ambivalent about.

>>18529871

That's extremely stupid, Joop already existed as a male fragrance and it's way more feminine smelling, and Le Male just smells clean (I have 2 shower gels that actually copy Le Male).

>>18527616
acqua di gio 2024 reformulation

Dior Fahrenheit Le Parfum

>>18529870
>nicolai
>goutal

Why does everyone go crazy about oud? It just smells like a black Sharpie to me.

>>18529898
white peepo really love strong colognes that people can smell in a radius of 20ft while Indians and Arabs like lighter ones

>18529900
lol

>>18529886
Nicolai is a well known fraud who buys up failed briefs, despite that fanboys permanently fellatiate her to no end… that only leaves goutal which I guess is fair, still, not many good ones around

>>18529870
yes, that means you are retarded
>Nathalie Lorson
>Patricia de Nicolai
>Christine Nagel
and many others

>>18529869
>Allure Homme
i have some left in my full bottle, it's agreeable and nice but boring

>>18529934
source?

>>18529898
Its a complex scent profile and real oud is constantly shilled as the most expensive and prestigious ingredient in perfumery so people are instantly ready to cum over it because of that.


SOTD: Acqua di Gio EDP
I miss him already bros…

>>18529934
>Nicolai is a well known fraud who buys up failed brief
how come I've not heard of it?
seems like a big one like creed

>>18529938
everyone in the industry seems to be in on it and (((they))) suppress all critical voices
only this one heroic anon tries to keep us informed about the biggest SCAM since cr*ed got found out and many people ITT simply don't believe him
we should be grateful

>>18529935
Perfumer anon talked about it at length, but tried to frame it as a good thing making the industry more “inclusive”, he also discussed how many female perfumers are figureheads meant to show how progressive the company is, that they don’t actually work on the fragrances while the actual work is done by ghost perfumers,

>>18529949
lol, lmao even

>>18529947
cocksuckinganon please go away or at least stop sucking cock

>>18529951
T Indian coomer mutt

>>18529953
whiter than you

>>18527261
Dior Farenheit desu

>>18529886
lol, rofl, lmao

>>18529955
Sure pal, ancient aryans and all saaar

>>18529953
no meme arrow so you are in fact the indian

sotd naxos

>>18529949
Appreciate the screenshot, I hadn’t quite interpreted it the way most people are when he first posted it, but I have to agree. He’s dancing around the fact saying she/they’re bad without stating it verbatim.

Im thinking of buying Beach Hut Man. Is it good? It seems good.

>>18529991
good but overpriced

>>18529991
the recent tester I've smelled was weirdly sweet in the opening, but in general it's very good and has an intresting scent profile

>>18529949
imagine respecting that slob, he sounds like he genuinely belives that toskovat is "art" and gaultieri is a good perfumer

>>18530024
If you work in a libshit industry riddled with gays you have to learn doublespeak, learn to read between the lines pajeet

>>18530030
you disgusting retarded mutt, faggot apologist. Why would you use doublespeak here? Why would you write a completely soulless pr statement, riddled with doublespeak here?

>>18529870
Christine Nagel is a great perfumer.
>>18529934
>>18529940
>well known
I haven't seen or heard of anyone even suggesting that outside of this general.

>>18530056
rofl probably the worst big house perfumer currently active

>>18530059
>who is Francis Kurkdjian

>>18530056
>I haven't seen or heard of anyone even suggesting that outside of this general.
of course not but i could not make >>18529940 any more sarcastic, sorry

only good fragrance ever

>>18530062
no but it's a great masculine pillar frag

Today I tried
>Sauvage Elixir
Really nice, fresh yet deep masculine fragrance
>D&G The One
Very attractive, suave, no idea why people say this isn't good for summer it really strikes me as a year-round scent
>Sauvage Parfum and EDP
Less remarkable than the Elixir, I can't properly judge since I applied them on my skin and sweat kinda made them come off
>TF Noir Extreme
Probably the best Tom Ford by far imo
>Le Beau Paradise Garden
I like the fresh, aquatic fig but it's kinda summer-only and comes off as overly youthful imo
>Le Male Le Parfum
Nice gourmand iris. I prefer The One and Noir Extreme as far as warm spicy scents are concerned
>Le Male Elixir
Mediocre
>Boss Bottled Absolu
Very good, I was surprised since I thought Boss only made garbage but this actually smells good
>Armani Code Parfum
Like a more powdery LMLP. Not as good
>new DHP
I understand why everyone is so mad, it can barely even be called a shadow of the original. It's good in its own right but clearly inferior

Anyway now I don't know what to buy. I think I'll get The One. Unsure whether I should buy one of the Sauvages too

>>18529949
That's not perfumer anon, like most perfumers he had to study different perfumers to become a perfumer. The post about not knowing female perfumers definitely didn't come from him and interestingly enough it was a reply to my post.

Pic related is what perfume anon actually said and also proves the faggot that posted a formula talking about leaving wasn't him because perfume anon actually likes the "atmosphere" here.

>>18530065
yeah, pillar up your colon you gamer faggot

>>18530109
>

>>18529900
But arabs all stink of oud though? And indians stink of sweat and curry?

Is €99 too much for an unopened 50ml bottle of Armani Eau Pour Homme from 2001?

>>18530067
Why didn't you try any good fragrances?

>>18530122
Why don't you direct him to some rather than being a snide little weasel?

>>18530067
>TF Noir Extreme
>Probably the best Tom Ford by far imo

Neroli portofino is great, the vetiver one is good too, ombre leather not bad. Everything else is overdone.

>D&G The One

It's one of the most loved perfumes of all time. I need to get at some point.

>Le Beau Paradise Garden
>I like the fresh, aquatic fig but it's kinda summer-only and comes off as overly youthful imo

It's all that, but I don't think someone will be mad if you're old and smell like that

>Boss Bottled Absolu
>Very good, I was surprised since I thought Boss only made garbage but this actually smells good

If I remember correctly this is similar to Elixir, and they're both quite unique and nice, serious, interesting.

>>18530126
thats the funny thing about boss bottled, some of the flankers will just randomly out of nowhere be really good.

>>18530121
Seems like a good price in general. What are they going for on ebay?

>>18530122
I don't try niche fragrances anymore.
If you're talking about stuff like Antaeus and Kouros I tried them already, not my type of fragrance
>>18530126
I don't mind Ombre Leather. Neroli Portofino is underwhelming imo especially for the price. I like Noir Extreme because that cardamom/neroli/sandalwood/amber is just very attractive to me
>one of the most loved perfumes of all time
Yeah. Too bad about the performance
>unique and nice, serious, interesting.
Definitely, can't really justify getting one of them because I'm either buying Noir Extreme or The One as a warm spicy frag for special occasions. And some Sauvage, either EDP or Elixir as an everyday frag

>>18530061
Francis kurkdjian isn't bad, he just wanna be different so bad
SOTD: Orto Paris Stercus

a new Nicolai frag just dropped - Crème Ébène
top:
>Cardamom Essence, Cumin Essence, Saffron
middle:
>Cedar Essences, Atlas Cedar Essence, Virginia Cedar Essence, Medjool Date
base:
>Essence of Papyrus, Sandalwood Essence, Patchouli Essence, Vanilla, White Musk

>>18530144
>Francis kurkdjian isn't bad
wrong
>he just wanna be different so bad
no fucking way, his output with Dior and his own brand is the definition of 'bland' and 'conformist'

>>18530145
>sandalwood
Fuck. it's almost perfect to me

>>18530135
New full bottles are around that price. 100ml bottles are 200+.

>>18530069
Jumping up and down on nicolais shenis, doing tricks on it.

>>18528998
Vol de nuit. Very timeless. Everyone I've shown it to has loved it, both young and old.

>>18528998
Mitsouko, L'Heure Bleue, Jicky, La Petite Robe Noire - these are all great

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Armaf/Legesi-Homme-52265.html is gold for anyone who wants to try egoiste platinum

>>18530213
>Similar to Platinum Egoiste but without mushroomy scent
No, not the mushroom scent! Major dealbreaker.

stop me brehs. i'm so fucking close to buying guerlain vetiver EDT. because of you fuckers. all saying it's good despite not standing out at all today. and not being innovative at all. but alas i must follow my 4chongz brethren. like i always have for the past 17 years in various boards.

>>18530218
do it, it's a great frag

>>18530218
>the past 17 years
Lurk more newfag

>>18530147
so conformist he's pissing fragtards off left and right. what a brainlet you are.

>>18530218
It's very specific, I'd try before buying. It's not bad but it's not a cheap perfume so you better like it. It's cheap on notino btw, 80 euro for 150.

>>18530145
Another magic Trick from the Great cornholio, let’s See what other Rabbi(t) gets pulled out of the hat

>>18530218
it's one of if not the best vetiver on the market

>>18530281
not even top 10

>>18530286
wrong again

>>18530286
noselet or retard or both

>>18530218
>past 17 years

That fucking scared me. Is there even an end to being a 4chan autist? I'm only on my 3rd year and planning to stop once I find a job

>>18530312
>Is there even an end to being a 4chan autist?
nope

>>18530218
Vetiver and tobacco. It's good still.

NEW THREAD
>>18530329
>>18530329
>>18530329
>>18530329

>>18529871
you have a glandular disorder