Just got a new niche called BeaverTaint EDP It smells SOOO animalic and fecal, truly a delightful niche that evokes a feeling that is indescribable. Cannot reccomend enough.

>>18107914
We are more about abstract perfumery in these threads

>>18107912
worry not, we find both your shitty dior hommo complimenterino worship and the literal fat gay nigger shilling bois imperial extraordinarily funny.

>>18107917
how long have you been posting here? If anything, frag has been about finding high quality, unique frags for amazing prices - not abstract fragrances. Encore Noire is a prime example of this. Most abstract fragrances aren’t worth more than a single discussion, and they’re overpriced. If you were right (you aren’t) the fragrance chart would only include obscure shit nobody has tried. Just give it up dude, you hyper-niche autists are what has ruined this place and you know it.

>>18107921
encre noire sucks cock lol

>>18107912
We talk about the art of perfumery in these threads, why on earth would we be discussing the "complimentability" of a boring drone clone flanker?

>>18107922
You haven’t been posting here long, thanks for confirming that you zoomer fraud shill. I’ve been posting here for over a decade, like I said you fags have ruined this place. Go spray yourself down with some vintage cat piss and take a breather nigga

>>18107921
Youth dew, aromatics elixir, mitsuoko are all excellent abstract perfume and affordable, what on earth are you talking about. Encre Noire is abstract! You simply are not conceptually prepared to step into the Dojo of the perfume thread and flex your chops. Stick to the porch and let the big dogs sniff in peace.

>>18107926
imagine pulling the newfag card because no one gives a shit about your el cheapo subpar iso e super “vetiver” ROFL

>>18107923
You guys haven’t spoken about the artistry of perfumery at all since I’ve been posting, you’re all just bitching. Go ahead, discuss faggot - let’s see what you have to say.

>>18107930
No you are a newfag, it’s just a blatant fact after what you said about EN. Anyone who has been a smellywater collector knows that it had its time and place - however you’re clearly a fetus, so you didn’t live through that time. To say that frag sucks is actually insane, it completely revolutionized cheapie fragrances and proved that you can get a fragrance of niche quality for a 1/3rd of the price of designers that are far worse. You’re just a larping newfag

>>18107934
>encre noire revolutionized fragrances
LMFAOOOOOO

>>18107935
>misquoting what I said to try and make it sound worse because it’s objectively true
I accept your concession, you didn’t live through the peak of cheapie frags and now you’ve been relegated to buying Arab clones. I’d be mad too honestly.

>>18107885
Whether you get compliments or not depends on the wearer and if they're hot. If you're hot, you will get compliments for anything due to the halo effect and vice versa. Don't wear fragrances for women and compliments.

>>18107940
hey buddy, i don’t know how to break this to you, but brut came out in 1968 and it’s $3. and it also smells a lot better than encre noire, but the bar was already on the floor in that regard.

I like oud but I live in a Mediterranean climate. Which ouds are the most summer-friendly?

>>18107962
imagine pining this desperately for shitty synthetic ouds that smell nothing like the real thing.

>>18107965
Dude you’re just bitching and providing zero contribution to this board lol. Go ahead, provide some information on a frag, begin a discussion - do anything but what you’re doing now please, it’s unbearable.

>>18107972
Not that anon, but I sprayed Bleu de Chanel EDP on my armpits this morning and it borderline stung. It smelled nice afterwards though.

>>18107972
such intolerable sobbing

>>18107974
Kinda based honestly

>>18107974
actual mentally disabled behavior

File: crow cigarette.jpg (50 KB, 673x484)

50 KB JPG

Newfag here. What are some good places I can buy fragrances I already like online?

>>18107992
can you read or not?

File: crow stare.jpg (2.18 MB, 2448x2950)

2.18 MB JPG

>>18107998
can you? I see the one website listed, but I'm asking for placeS, plural. I want to be able to compare.

>>18107926
Newfags, redditors and normies that watch fragrance youtubers all love Encre Noir. It's dogshit

>>18108009
so you can't, lrn2read first then comeback sweaty

Shouldn't all fragrances named "sport" compete in a league of some sort?

>>18107962
Anyone?

>>18108034
that would be one of the most boring sports event in the history of sports except for the literal handful of good sport flankers

>>18108040
Probably most of them, since oud frags originally come from countries where people ride camels.

>>18108043
there are no good sport flankers.

>>18108049
>he doesn't know

>>18108051
no, dior hommo shart is not a good flanker.

>>18108062
I wasn't thinking about that one

>>18108063
post it so i can laugh at you

>>18108067
maybe when you grow up and you and your tastes mature

>>18108077
lol, lmao, rofl even

File: Capture.jpg (75 KB, 570x700)

75 KB JPG

Just decided to say fuck it and ordered half of the fragrances I still want.
Still have 3-4 non-discontinued perfumes I want, but I need to space them out so I can actually wear and enjoy them individually for a bit.
Also never knew Rogue had 50ml bottles, and now you all know as well.

>>18107885
This post started its own shitstorm and no one even bothered to mention there’s no DHS2022.

It’s DHS2021

>>18108095
I would be wary of that Anon, even on his official site he lists no 50 ml bottles. Only 30 and 75.

>>18108113
because no one gives a shit about how many times dior has reformulated a flanker of a non-perfume.

>>18107992
>(USA-Canada)
>http://www.fragrancenet.com
>http://www.fragrancebuy.ca
>http://www.luckyscent.com
>https://www.fragrancex.com

File: 435b43q.jpg (206 KB, 2334x1326)

206 KB JPG

mr smelly tapping that ass

>>18108162
tappin that ass smelly style
if only he didn't have an underwhelming british cock
SOTD: layered Drakkar Noir and Kouros. I call it Blacked Elixir

>>18107910
ngl, I had no idea Drakkar Noir was a flanker of another fragrance

>>18108173
What are other examples where the Flanker is far more well known than the original? Ultra Male for Le Male? Though I feel like Le Male was very popular and most people known Ultra Male to be a flanker of it.

>>18108175
La Nuit de L'Homme is definitely more popular than L'Homme. Le Male is less popular than the flankers these days, but it's arguably one of the most popular fragrances of it's time, so I don't know if I'd count it. Same with the ADG flankers. They probably sell better now, but the original is a legendary fragrance in terms of sheer popularity

>>18108176
>They probably sell better now, but the original is a legendary fragrance in terms of sheer popularity
Acqua di Gio is the best selling men's fragrance of all time. It's still a top seller.

>>18108172
Why are you stalking fragtubers to get a look at their cocks?

if you're not on smelly's stream right now you're missing out

>>18108172
no one asked, cock obsessed coomer mutt

>>18107910
>>18108173
Has anyone tried it? Sounds chypre-ish?

>SOTD Drakkar Noir
I was gifted a bottle, 2020 batch, and idk if something’s changed in their production or what, but this stuff is a lot stronger than people say, and lasts all day on me. Love the musky mossy dry down

Are there any clones you think are actually better than the original?

>>18108211
fucking retarded

>>18108211
al haramain portfolio neroli

>>18108211
Alexandria's Hawaii Volcano is Creed VIW but heavier on the citrus instead of overwhelming coconut.

>>18108119
It's from American Perfumer, they got a bespoke perfume from manual cross to sell exclusively on their site (that's the 1ml sample I've got)

>>18108227
That doesn’t seem to address the fact they’re selling a bottle size that the actual creator doesn’t sell on his own website.

Perhaps he did in the past, and they have a leftover stock, I don’t know, just pointing it out.

>>18108175
Allure Home Sport

>>18108231
complete garbage

>>18108230
It's "something that he offers only through a few of his retailers" according to an email I received from them about the bottles. I dunno who the other retailers that have 50ml bottles are.

File: Nasomatto-Product_Sadonas(...).jpg (150 KB, 2000x2000)

150 KB JPG

Mowgli, post your PO box so I can send you this. Your reward for bein the biggest dickhead in all of /frag/perf/

>>18108231
>>18108173
yeah Allure Homme Sport and La Nuit are the obvious examples I can think of, aside from Drakkar Noir. Le Male was a huge hit in the 90s and is still well-known

also:
>Versace Man Eau Fraiche vs Versace Man
>Tom Ford Noir Extreme vs Noir
>various "pour homme" versions of women's fragrances, if you want to count them. like CK Eternity for Men

>>18108238
Ahh, gotcha. Well enjoy your frags. Hopefully you’ve already tried Mousse Illuminee, it’s his best imo.

Also, heads up, Etruscan Water’s performance is off the charts, so go light.

>>18108245
I'd argue Dylan Blue is definitely getting close if not already in that territory. I feel like people talk about that one as its own fragrance more than a flanker of Versace pour Homme. It may as well be its own release anyway, they smell nothing alike.

>>18108240
looks like the florida schizo finally found out about nasomatto and made the same joke everyone did a year ago

>>18108249
I didn't know you a year ago, silly goose

>>18108252
quick, post another 2011 boomer song parody no one will laugh at.

>>18108245
>various "pour homme" versions of women's fragrances, if you want to count them. like CK Eternity for Men
True, like who even remembers at this point Rive Gauche was a women’s frag first

>>18108246
>Hopefully you’ve already tried Mousse Illuminee
It was one of my first niche perfumes. Only have a 30ml bottle of it though, wasn't all too thrilled to pay more than a $100 for a bottle when I was starting out.

>>18108257
everyone who gives a shit about perfume in general and not just retro genre rehashes? the original rive gauche is a classic.

>>18108259
RG pour Homme is considered a pinnacle of its genre, but I’ve never seen anyone talk about the original until you, idk

>>18108260
RG pour homme is not even the best aromatic fougere throwback, nevermind the best aromatic fougere

>>18108248
oh yeah, that's also a good pick
>It may as well be its own release anyway, they smell nothing alike.
I miss when flankers were recognizable and not just random unused mods put into a recognizable bottle to make a quick buck at little cost

>>18108262
Actual question no snark: what is, then?

>>18108265
NYI

>>18108265
azzaro pour homme, kouros, cool water, hell even drakkar noir is more important and better composed than some tom ford faux-retro shtick.
>>18108267
not an aromatic fougere.

>>18108267
>>18108270
I was gonna say, isn’t NYI closer to a chypre?


I really want to try azzaro ph, should I blind buy a bottle? Not redundant with drakkar noir?

>>18108274
no, it’s not a fucking chypre either. jesus christ.
>azzaro ph and drakkar noir
literally about as related as mitsouko and pour monsieur

>>18108275
Idk dawg, what is it then?

>>18108274
>I was gonna say, isn’t NYI closer to a chypre?
it does indeed have the prerequisite iris and vanilla accord

>>18108276
a semi-oriental fougere
>>18108278
dead meme

>>18108274
for the last time, NYI is a chypre and much better composed than incomplete tom ford trash such as rive gauche pour homme and bad boy parfum

>>18108282
dead meme

>>18108258
I don’t know if any discounter carries them (I would guess not) but don’t ever do the ml/$ math on Biachi’s stuff then. Etruscan Water is still the most expensive ml/$ fragrance I own and I regret it.

But then again, perhaps you’ve changed your stance since you first started.

>>18108258
Ah, mousse illuminee, one of my favorite chypres

I simply do not like vanilla, tonka, amberwood, or anything similarly sweet in the base of my perfumes.

>>18108302
sucks to be you

>>18108303
My options are quite limited, yes.

>>18108304
as is your intelligence, but that’s fine, not all of us can be born normal

>>18108306
Enjoy your dessert, fat boy. Have another helping, even.

>>18108307
>food analogy
lmao

>>18108304
I mean I guess you can vetiver, or patchouli, or oakmoss

>>18108308
You’re the one who insists on wearing gourmands, apparently.

>>18108309
Love them all!

>>18108310
>every oriental and fougere ever made = gourmand
ROFL

>>18108311
Might as well be! :)

>>18108288
I paid $80 for that bottle of Bianchi, so it isn't much off from what I paid for Mousse Illuminee. Jomashop carries Bianchi fragrances. The most expensive perfume I own is $420 for 30ml (I paid $250 for a second hand bottle). I don't regret it at all, I understand a number genuine ingredients are increasingly more difficult to come by and are worth far more than their weight in gold.

>>18108317
simply delusional

>>18107910
What perfumes have the absolute strongest anamalics ?

>>18108337
Tsvga Fiona has pretty much every animalic note possible. Areej le Dore just released a new collection based on animal musks, Cuirtis has like 3 or 4 different kinds of castoreum and beaver tail oil in it, I'll post my thoughts on that one next week when I get it. And the skunk oil frag, Forbidden Flower, but that one's not supposed to be too overpowering, skunk musk is obviously a powerful substance.

>>18108337
just buy some civet or castoreum musk from a perfume supply distributor or something

File: 375x500.84094.jpg (14 KB, 375x500)

14 KB JPG

why do we hate it again

>>18108347
lorealslop

File: 99c759b9-4f9e-4b36-b7ea-d(...).jpg (97 KB, 720x960)

97 KB JPG

>be mid30
>go to dating website
>almost all women between 30-40 are single moms
Should i go full passport bro? Sotd
Executive Shaving Company - Lomond

>>18108175
Platinum egoiste, unfortunately.

>>18108175
I’d argue Hypnotic Poison is more popular than Poison.

>>18108418
maybe, but people still know about Poison, it's a pretty famous fragrance. hypnotic is just "safer" and "more modern". it's not a case of Drakkar vs Drakkar Noir
>>18108175
Bentley for Men Intense over the normal Bentley for Men. I don't really hear anyone talking about the standard one

File: newyorkintense.png (679 KB, 578x796)

679 KB PNG

>>18108175
New York Intense vs New York

what's your 2024 white boy summer frag?

>>18108450
black afgano

>>18108274
>I really want to try azzaro ph, should I blind buy a bottle? Not redundant with drakkar noir?
it's not redundant, they're the same genre but don't smell too similar. drakkar noir is more fresh and soapy, azzaro is a bit heavier and richer with that nice anise licorice thing going on. it appears classier, more gentlemanly and old fashioned than Drakkar

>>18108450
Kouros

>>18108450
Cerruti 1881
and Eau de Rochas Homme when it gets here

>>18108450
le labo bergamote

File: acqua-di-gio-parfum-armani.jpg (116 KB, 600x600)

116 KB JPG

>>18108450
making the turk pussy squirt

>>18108500
Based
https://v96.erome.com/2408/fhsltznt/hSAFAKws_720p.mp4

>>18108450
Kouros

File: pepe confused.png (89 KB, 379x330)

89 KB PNG

Why Rasasi Hawas though? Why did every influencer decide to start shilling a 9 year old Invictus Aqua clone? Out of all the cheap ass ISIS fundraisers on the market, why are they hawking that one specifically? People don't even really bitch about Invictus Aqua being discontinued anymore, everyone's moved on to other terrible fragrances.

Man, i tried myself to get into asian and brown girls, but white girls always draw me back.
https://v96.erome.com/2408/fhsltznt/avpp8uK0_720p.mp4
>>18108513
Just buy Invictus Aqua 2024, they rereleased it again. Reviewers describe it as the 2016 formulation.

>>18108513
>everyone's moved on to other terrible fragrances.
We're doing elixirs now. All of us love elixirs. Even Mowgli is waiting on baited breath for Jelk to drop Habit Rouge elixir.

>>18108515
This is not perfume thread material

>>18108513
they just love shilling clones for some reason. at least Rasasi Daarej also got a bit of hype, that one is not bad for a dirt cheap fuckoffstrong arab. I don't think that's a clone of anything in particular, right?
>>18108517
Habit Rouge Parfum just came out, I doubt they'll do an Elixir too

File: Loewe Agua El.jpg (209 KB, 1080x1242)

209 KB JPG

>>18108450

>>18108484
That's a nice frag and Le Labo's best, ngl. Very expensive for what it is, though.

>>18108450
My spring/summer rotation:
>Eau Sauvage
>Guerlain Vetiver
>AdP Colonia & Bergamotto di Calabria

>>18108536
yeah thats the reason why i bought 5$ 33 ml dupe of it
also any bergamote essential oil is 80-85% similar while lasting a little longer

File: asdqf.jpg (72 KB, 1617x1080)

72 KB JPG

why is nobody talking about biggest release this year

>>18108450
TdH Eau Givree

thanks to whoever shilled giorgio beverly hills for men, it's good

>>18108571
Care to describe it? Is it similar to Paco Rabanne Pour Homme?

>>18108583
>PRPH
not at all

an aldehydic fruity opening, which then turns into woods with patchouli and some florals in the background and the fruits make way for honey sweetnes which stays to the end, spicy all throughout and a warm drydown
good projection and lasts for quite a while, "grandpa scent" but very good quality especially for the price

>>18107914
going to cop and post about it all over fragrantica and reddit for that sweet clout

>>18108450
Armaf's clone of Millésime Impérial, Milestone.

File: IMG_1767.jpg (31 KB, 375x500)

31 KB JPG

Has anyone smelled this? Want a good eucalyptus fragrance

>>18108745
which pierre bourdon work is this one an overpriced dupe of i wonder

File: IMG_8892.jpg (2.46 MB, 4030x1807)

2.46 MB JPG

Alright boys, The Zoo(logist) is in town. Which exhibit do you go to first, or which was your favorite that you’ve previously visited?

>Like a true autist, I visit them in alphabetical order.

>>18108771
for some reason, i had a dream a few weeks ago about a perfume with a distinct salty animalic marine accord, and now i’m curious about squid and seahorse. maybe try those in my stead.

File: o.Vwks5isneyy.jpg (365 KB, 1959x1186)

365 KB JPG

>>18108450

File: 521f5b24f0b5fe9753a06ee5f(...).jpg (135 KB, 700x966)

135 KB JPG

>>18108450
>White boys scent
Literally Sauvage edt or Dylan Blue

>>18108302
This is correct. Why as a man are you wearing sweet fragrances? And yes, anything with even a hint of sweetness is a sweet fragrance

sotd jules
>>18108771
trex

>>18108788
i hope you exclusively wear leathers, and they’d better span the range from cabochard to bvlgari black, or not even you can live up to your own shtick.

>>18108790
Plenty of manly scents that aren’t leather. I wouldn’t expect you to know that though

>>18108827
post one so i can laugh at you

>>18108835
Don’t want to be laughed at so I’ll pass. In the mean time I can just laugh at you for wearing feminine fragrances

>>18108844
>don’t want to be laugh at
what a pussy, lol, lmao, rofl even

>get a sample of a fragrance you really wanted to try
>smells great in the opening
>top notes disappeared in a few minutes
>base notes evaporated to nothing shortly after
bruh. It was just a nice citrus and woody scent and the opening smelled liked you literally zested a bitter orange on your skin. can't tell if it was an age thing, a sample thing cause i'm not getting a bottle to check.

File: Screenshot 2024-05-05 213125.png (156 KB, 542x546)

156 KB PNG

>>18108450
Sarah Baker Bascule

>>18108911
>citrus and woody scent
what did you expect also what was it?

File: 375x500.10834.jpg (40 KB, 375x500)

40 KB JPG

SOTD Hyperborea

>>18108941
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/4160-Tuesdays/London-1969-29125.html

it's an indie fragrancer? perfumer? in London that I'm a fan of. Is that a flaw of all citrus scents that they last about 5 seconds?

>>18108992
not all of them, just the ones by mediocre indie perfumers like 4160 tuesdays.

Why does people even care about top notes? They’re gone after 30 min. Most of the time I haven’t even gotten to where I’m going by that time so no one ever smells the top notes. I guess you can argue that they’re for the person wearing it, but then I’d rather just buy a candle. This is why houses like Creed fucking suck bc the only thing good about their fragrances are the top notes. Every creed fragrance after 30-40 minutes is insanely boring.

>>18109003
because most people are low attention span retards who buy perfumes based on their top notes and their top notes alone, so of course perfume houses are going to blow their ingredients budget on their top notes. it’s not their problem what happens after the bottle is sold and the consumer realizes that the overpriced dreck they bought dries down to a faceless woody amber base.

>>18108995
fair enough, it was free so no great loss.

>>18109003
when most people try perfumes, they try them on strips at the store for a few seconds. so most people only get the opening and not even on skin. so most people only care about the opening.

File: lol.webm (1.41 MB, 1280x720)

1.41 MB WEBM

>>18108789
>sotd jules
Nice

File: chart.png (3.36 MB, 5233x3383)

3.36 MB PNG

>>18107910
The Fragrance Groups 101 chart

>>18109003
It's nice to have things just for yourself

File: flowchart.jpg (3.02 MB, 4000x3000)

3.02 MB JPG

>>18107910
The Fragance Flowchart for Beginners

>>18108992
citrus notes are usually lighter yes

>>18109074
>>18109076
looks like garbage as always finally woke up

>>18109003
>>18109042
>>18109075
this but also some frags have top notes that persist through the whole duration

>>18109074
>>18109076
fantastic as always

>>18109003
top notes generally bleed into the rest of the fragrance at least a bit

>>18109082
retarded as always

>>18109082
>top notes that persist through the whole duration
Then it's not a top note

>>18109113
yeah it fucken is if it appears at the start and there are other notes after it
>>18109107
thanks florida schizo

>>18109117
>shalimar opening with vanilla against bergamot must mean that vanilla is a top note
retarded as always

>>18109003
While true that most of the lifetime of any scent will be what it smells like in the dry-down, the initial application still matters. Some of my favorite notes, like citrus and floral rarely last more than 30-45 minutes. Grey Flannel notably excluded.

>>18108176
Le Male is in a weird place where it used to be hyper popular, but nowadays it feels almost forgotten and underrated in comparison to its flankers. IMO it’s much nicher than most of its hyped flankers, sweet but not annoyingly so.

>18109123
I'm not even going to respond to this garbage retarded post that is laughably something or other and shameful

>>18109188
hilariously embarrassing as always

>>18109195
thank you florida schizo

>>18109197
laughably retarded as always

Is Alhambra's Lovely Cherie a good dupe of Lost Cherry or should I just go with Oil Perfumy?

>>18109076
>>18109074
The fuck is this

>>18109225
yeah it's good
>Oil Perfumy?
what is that?

>>18109228
It's a dupe but just in oil form. I've heard it's really close.

>>18109234
I can't speak for it but the cherry, blue aquatic(neroli portofino?) and the peach are quite good from alhambra

>>18109226
garbage, probably

File: IMG_4281.jpg (57 KB, 1000x1000)

57 KB JPG

Sampled Viktor & Rolph Night Vision EDT, went online and bought the EDP instead. What’s the difference between the two?

>>18109314
Meant as in I got the EDP by accident when I wanted the EDT

>>18109314
>>18109315
I hope you recover from your issues

>>18108450
versace pour homme

>>18109165
Yeah, I agree with this pretty much all of this. Only reason I wouldn't put it on the list is because, despite the original being vastly overshadowed by the flankers at this point, I still feel like most people are aware that there is an original. But that could just be because I'm a millennial boomer. Could be that zoomers/gen alpha have never heard of le Male

File: Courtship of the Watchers.jpg (162 KB, 1024x1024)

162 KB JPG

What is the ubiquitous "old man" smell found in a lot of older fragrances? I always assumed it was oakmoss, but there's oakmoss in plenty of things that don't have that smell. Is it carnation?

>>18109390
no one but you can answer this, because no single “old man smell” exists. it’s an association you formed with specific older men you met in your life that no one else but you has.

>>18109390
honestly, i think it's florals in general. we've moved so far past that in men's fragrances. rose and carnation are huge "old man" notes. same with vetiver, although we still see it a lot.

>>18109390
Depends on exactly what you're referring to, but it's likely a combination of oakmoss, citrus and carnation that used to be in everything but fell out of fashion in the late 80s. It's definitely in fragrances like eau Sauvage, Drakkar Noir, Polo green, Bois de Portugal and a lot of the older barbershop fragrances. Habit Rouge kind of has it in the immediate opening, and all the notes I listed are present in that fragrance, but it's not nearly as pronounced for some reason.

I should also point out that I like all of those fragrances lest someone become outraged by me calling their 40+ year old fragrance kind of dated smelling. Something about those old scents open weird but dry down very pleasantly to my nose.

>>18109404
This is also true. It's rare to find a men's fragrance that actually smells like flowers these days. They're still used as supporting notes, but even men's fragrances where rose is a primary note don't actually smell like a bouquet of roses. I don't know nearly enough about the alchemy of it all to say how the fuck they achieve this, but they somehow take the floral component out of the rose accord while leaving behind the sweet/somewhat winey smelling component. They somehow create a scent that simultaneously smells like roses but not like flowers. It's all very strange.

But that's what I like about Habit Rouge. It's a masculine rose scent that isn't afraid to smell floral. It smells of freshly cut roses and I'm there for it.

>>18109390
For me?
Vetiver for sure.

>>18109360
Have you ever tried Chanel Allure Homme Sport?

File: 84d081aaecd429201f9b2f144(...).jpg (65 KB, 564x564)

65 KB JPG

>>18108450
Chanel Allure Homme Sport

>>18108450
Tom Ford Noir Extreme

>>18108450
I do not like fragrances

>>18108450
Aventus and Sedley

File: frog jpg.jpg (58 KB, 976x850)

58 KB JPG

>Florence Nightingale wrote a 25 July 1863 letter thanking Mr. Floris (Floris of London) for his 'sweet-smelling nosegay'

>>18109577
BROS! What's the sweetest smelling nosegay in your collection?

File: 1714764908365443.webm (3.74 MB, 1080x1918)

3.74 MB WEBM

What's a fragrance that attracts zoommettes apart from YSL Y EDP?

>>18109580
Ultra Male

>>18109581
Ysl Myslf

File: bernard-chant-1723945116.jpg (20 KB, 400x400)

20 KB JPG

Aramis is so beautiful bros, how did he do it?

>>18109577
>'sweet-smelling nosegay'
that's the 1860s equivalent of "blue masspleasing beastmode complement getting panty dropper"

>>18109586
I think it should be brought back into common usage

>>18109585
Believe it or not, there was a time when perfumers were allowed to do their job and make fragrances that smelled good instead of being forced to put ambroxan in a bottle with more ambroxan and slapping a name on it.

>>18109585
Life was a lot richer back then. People dressed better, perfume smelled better. I don't really know why everyone decided to abandon taste altogether sometime around the mid 70s. I don't see why we can't have both the internet and well fitted suits.

>>18109577
Is Floris of London's story actually real? Creed makes me question everything.

>>18109598
I have no reason to doubt it. Unlike Creed, there are ample references to Floris all over pop-culture and actual culture. Ian Fleming wore Florence 89 and it's actually referenced in the James Bond books.

>>18109604
They also have royal warrants dating back to the 1700/1800s, as well as warrants from Elizabeth II from the 1970s. If they're frauds, they've successfully fooled the crown.

File: 1606833499967.gif (2.85 MB, 200x234)

2.85 MB GIF

>decide to buy a fragrance from a discounter
>the same day it got dispatched its price on the site was reduced by 25-30%

I hate it when this happens. At least it's not an expensive frag and the price difference isn't that big, but it's still annoying as fuck.

>>18109598
>>18109604
it's always funny to me how hard brands like Creed or PdM try to connect themselves to some non-existant royal heritage when you can literally just buy something like Guerlain's EDC Imperiale for 50$ and have a fragrance that is well-documented as being comissioned by Napoleon III

>>18109621
What's particularly funny about the whole thing is just how well it worked and is, some fucking how, still working. People used to justify Creed's pricing because of their special snowflake maceration method, while Guerlain was ACTUALLY doing what Creed claimed to be doing (right down to sourcing ingredients globally and making many of their oils in house by hand) and selling their fragrances for completely reasonable industry-standard prices. And unlike Creed, Guerlain fragrances are actually stable and smell consistent batch to batch.

how do you guys feel about scentbird? i got a dolce & gabana fragrance from their subscription but then i got a new credit card and they wont let me add the one for some reason lol.

>>18109634
Seems like a meme to me that includes a lot of shit nobody wants. Why not just pick your own samples out of well-regarded scents? Private decant sellers will also give you better value.

>>18109621
>>18109630
Guerlain is based. But you’re not finding $50 bottles anymore. Now that they went to square bottles and charge more the demand went up. People are retarded. I’m glad I bought so many bottles while they were cheap.

>>18109656
you can pick your own samples. my last two months were $10 for .27oz samples. that doesnt seem unreasonable at all.

>>18109676
>>18109656
forgot to mention, you get more uses out of it and you can still acquire a nice amount of scents.

>>18109674
To be fair, the price of everything has gone up since coof. I don't think $40 was ever the msrp, though. All the old school fragrances still used to cost $80-$100 at Macy's and the like, it's just that nobody ever bought them there because they were always at TJ Maxx and Marshalls for half price. Obsession costs $120 at Macy's right now. That's actual fucking insanity. I've been buying Obsession for my dad for Father's day since I was like 16 and have never paid more than $30 for a bottle.

I'm still alright with paying a slight premium though, because unlike most of the other old school fragrances that only exist as shadows of their former former selves, Guerlain actually keeps full time in-house perfumers on the payroll whose sole job is to make sure that the classics survive IFRA hijinks. For the longest time that was Jean-Paul's job after the buyout. I think Wasser does it now. He was talking about it on one of the fragtube channels a while back.

>>18109674
>Now that they went to square bottles and charge more the demand went up
I think it has more to do with LVMH tightening up distribution. They're trying to rebrand Guerlain as more of a lux house. You really can't get anything other than a handful of Aqua Allegorias at most department stores now.

Unless there's some dank new alpha-zoomie meme I'm unfamiliar with and Vetiver is the new Rasasi Hawas. In which case... Based I guess? I'd much rather smell that everywhere than Rasasi fucking Hawas

>>18109713
It feels so weird to look at the Guerlain department in my local mall, it feels almost as if they were ashamed of their old perfumes and it’s all Aqua Allegoria.

>>18109713
Who picks what the next TikTok meme fragrance is? Do all the shills have meetings? We should do a betting pool to guess which random and irrelevant decade-old bargain-bin fragrance is going to be the next Hawas.

My vote is for English Laundry Windsor. I want to see TikTok influencers spraying English Laundry Windsor and saying it's the best thing they ever smelled.

>>18109726
I dread for the day when Joop! Homme returns with vengeance, using overspraying zoomers as its vehicle.

File: 1686055696855139.jpg (157 KB, 750x1000)

157 KB JPG

>>18109693
I bought a few bottles of Guerlain vetiver 200ml for $40 during the wuflu time. I doubt I’ll see those prices again. Today I’m wearing Caron yatagan.

File: photo-output.jpg (867 KB, 4902x2758)

867 KB JPG

I see these fuckers all over TikTok, are they actually good or are they being shilled

>>18109765
>I see these fuckers all over TikTok
>are they being shilled
gee I wonder

Afnan Turathi Blue What's our opinion on it?

>>18109773
arabslop

>>18107921
kill yourself you retarded nigger

>>18108040
Oud Immortel by Byredo

>>18109713
>Unless there's some dank new alpha-zoomie meme I'm unfamiliar with and Vetiver is the new Rasasi Hawas
well "old money" was a big meme, but I don't think it got the zoomies wearing Mouchoir de Monsieur

>>18109731
I could definitely see it happening. Joop Homme was basically the OG equivalent of Le Male Elixir, a super sweet, super youthful and super performing clubbing scent

sotd jules

>>18109536
No, but I've heard it's very similar to VPH.
I'll consider buying it once my bottle of VPH runs out

https://www.fragrantworldshop.com/collections
Which samples should I get from this? Just give me some ideas

>>18109536
you really need to try the Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme. It is just better than the Homme Sport.

>>18109859
no its not

SOTD Bleu de Chanel, including armpit application

>>18109859
>>18109536
that whole line is so mid, it just smells like "beige". maybe the edition blanche is okay

>>18109731
learning that pierre bourdon actually did joop homme along the same time he did cool water has me interested in owning a bottle which i could never have imagined would ever have happened before. i think i have autism.

Every single woman in the world wears BR 540 or its clones. What's the male fragrance equivalent to this? Is it Aventus and its clones?

>>18109902
Sauvage

>>18109674
Tester bottles can still be found around 50-70$ where I'm at. Just two years ago you could buy 200ml bottles for that, at least for Habit Rouge and Vetiver

>>18109902
>Is it Aventus and its clones?
Yes, pretty much, at least in the west. Explorer and CDNIM are very popular.

any fragrances ideal for cardiothoracic surgery? typically, we keep the or around 19 degrees centigrade

>>18110007
dior sauvage elixir

>>18109864
Nah, the sport flanker smells pretty aquatic, metallic to me. Royal blue almost light blue.

>>18110007
>some female gourmand

when is azzaro chrome azure coming out

>>18110007
Rien Intense Incense, 20 sprays. assert dominance over the nurse and anesthesiologist

>>18110007
i seriously hope no one is getting the bright idea of wearing perfume to an operation

>>18110007
Don’t be cheap wear something expensive.

>>18110007
the most fecal oud you can find. make them think you shat your pants and laugh at them afterwards
>>18110035
i always wear a frag during colonoscopies

File: 375x500.50458.jpg (30 KB, 375x500)

30 KB JPG

Is there anything similar to Fougere D'Argent if I dont wanna give Tom Ford my money? I tried most of the "reminds me of" on fragrantica but they're not really close.

>>18110093
muscs koubhlai khan
>i always wear a frag during colonoscopies
so surely you spray your ass, right?

File: 6105##S.jpg.1400x855_q85.jpg (92 KB, 982x600)

92 KB JPG

Can anyone recommend me a fragrance like Apoteker Tepe - After the Storm
I love the dirty, mossy, aquatic but still fresh smell, but it doesn't really last that long for me and it's not really strong either.

For me it smells literally like it's name: the dirty wet grassland that blooms with mushrooms and after the flood is gone
pic related what it smells like for me

>>18110113
check out Petrichor Plains from Mihan Aromatics

>>18109621
How on earth would you ever know how badly it had been reformulated from when Napoleon III first smelled it? You can't, it could be pure shite with the same name by now

>>18110133
I'm sure the resident vintagetard will argue the pre-wide release early 19th century version is the only one worth smelling
but it's not like there were any animalics or oakmoss there to be removed, so the overall scent is probably still similar to back in the day

>>18110133
It was a family owned business for a long time. Why would they throw away a nice formula fit for royalty? Anyway, last time I was at the flagship store they had original formula bottles on display. I own a couple vintage bottles from the early 1900s I suspect and they smell great. I also tested the modern formulation and it smelled very similar. They do a good job at reformulations. Sure vintage is best, especially with the real civet in Jicky and Habit Rouge edc, or the Mysore sandalwood in heritage, or the heavy oakmoss in vetiver, but the modern versions are nice too.

>>18110101
Vert Fougere by Floris

File: IMG_0420.jpg (208 KB, 2000x2667)

208 KB JPG

>>18107910
My mom got me this for easter and my gf hates it lol

>>18110176
Nothing says "Christ is Risen" quite like a $400 cocaine scented perfume by a flamboyant 60 year old homosexual

>>18110181
>cocaine scented
I wish this was true

>>18108450
H24

>>18110133
it’s an eau de cologne, virtually nothing in them has been restricted. the most relevant are probably specific types of citrus oils (easily sidestepped) and nitro musks (irreplaceable but not something of major effect, and probably invented after the likes of edci and 4711 anyways).

What's a good summer scent if I don't want to smell like everyone else?

>>18110215
if you think in terms of “summer scents” you already smell like everyone else

>>18110215
just avoid all replies to >>18108450

>>18110215
Acqua di Gio by Armani

File: chanty binx.jpg (70 KB, 1280x720)

70 KB JPG

What's she wearing?

>>18110254
Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely

>>18110254
cat piss

File: Sauvage EDP.jpg (69 KB, 1020x1020)

69 KB JPG

I'm pretty sure half the reason Sauvage sells as well as it does is because it makes other fragrances smell worse in comparison. If you've ever smelled a bunch of fragrances at the fragrance counter in succession, Sauvage always smells richer and more vibrant than everything else. It doesn't matter if you smell it first or after trying 50 other fragrances, it always smells the same, and it's the only fragrance I've ever encountered that seems to never be effected by the sort of quasi-olfactory fatigue you get from smelling too many fragrances at one time.

>>18110275
so what you’re saying is that it’s the rick rubin of the olfactory loudness war, which is really just all the more reason to despise it.

>>18110277
That's correct, yes.

File: 375x500.91208[1].jpg (36 KB, 375x500)

36 KB JPG

Forbidden Flower and Cuirtis showed up. FF is interesting, has almost a baby powder and playdough note to it, can't smell the skunk at all, I do get the weed notes . It's pretty nice, not really offensive in any way. Cuirtis is an animal, an intense leather oud that will likely just get stronger with time. There's something very familiar about it I can't really place. I haven't tried Cuirtis on skin yet so it'll be interesting to see how it changes.

Is nitro red actually worth the hype or is it youtuberbait? To this day my only bubblegummy frag is Z&D This is Him and I kinda want another one.

>>18110101
Give your money to some random guy on facebook or reddit for a bottle at a quarter of the price instead

>>18110215
Read the post above you retard. It’s made for royalty

File: Luca Turin tedtalk.jpg (31 KB, 1280x720)

31 KB JPG

>I like ehhhhhhhh to sniff on the paper. I like ehhhhhhh the feeling of cocks in my but, you know? Yes?

>>18110312
the old man is living rent free in your head

>>18110275
There was an Anon that made a similar post within the past 2-3 threads, I think.

Basically saying the reason Sauvage is so popular is whatever ingredients they use to make it are extremely resistant to olfactory fatigue.

It’s an interesting theory and may have merit.

>>18108771
I’ve gone through everything in the top half so far (plus moth) and it looks like my prediction is going to hold true; they’re essentially the Canadian version of ELDO.

Which is to say they have a few big hits (probably), a few hard flops, and a bunch of mediocre things that are somewhere between ‘okay’ and ‘good’.
I’d argue they trade having slightly better branding/marketing than ELDO, but slightly less interesting fragrances.

Thus far 3/20 were straight up foul - oddly enough Cockatiel and Dodo were the worst. Hyrax was weird, and frankly I’m surprised I didn’t *dislike* it more than I did, but it still wasn’t good.

3/20 were slightly off-putting - Bee has this very strange synthetic sweetness that I believe they refer to as the “royal jelly accord”, Bat was mostly just earthy soil, and Dodo Jackfruit covered up original Dodo’s rotten scent with a bit of fruit, but the rot was still there.

Cow was a bit interesting but nothing crazy, Camel is basically ELDO’s Spice Must Flow, Harvest Mouse is Pineward’s Hayride.

So far my favorite two have been Koala, a great mint tea scent although I don’t love the dry down, and Macaque Fuji Apple, which is surprisingly clean and fresh though I can really only discern the apple scent after directly comparing it to the Yuzu version.

>>18110446
try squid and seahorse already

>>18110446
Also, small addition, perhaps it’s an artifact of the atomizers they use for their sample vials, but the longevity of all their stuff seems below average.

I test most frags out to 4 hours, with everything except freshies usually doing pretty well. Almost everything by Zoologist has dipped in strength HARD by either the 30 min or 1 hour mark, and basically nothing makes it to/past 3 hours.

>>18110457
>>18108774
Yeah sorry Bro, I saw your response as soon as you posted it and didn’t have the heart to break it to you, but they’re gonna be second to last that I test.

>>18110462
spray T Rex on your balls

>>18110462
fuck you too lil nigga

Been trying 'clean' fragrances lately, and what I've learned is that I don't like citruses too much, specifically those that have 'lemon-candy' openings. Stuff like ADP Colonia, Eau De Rochas Homme, Eau Sauvage are all examples of this. I also hate cheap blue synthetic shower/hair gel smells like Chrome Extreme or any sweet synthetic stuff like YSL Y.

What I do like is clean laundry, soapy, maybe some woods, citrus with no candy feel, not powdery, not fruity. Gentle Fluidity Silver, Green Irish Tweed, Khiels Original Musk, Dior Cologne, Prada Amber Pour Homme I all like. Platinum Egoiste and Cool Water, too. Do you have any recommendations for fragrances like this?

I have a NIB, full presentation, 75ml Chanel Sycamore EdP I'm looking to offload. $300 shipped

>>18110478
If you like apple, Macaque Fuji Apple, or Beaver takes it a bit clean floral to my nose.

Bon Monsieur or Fougère L'Aube are both clean/green, Champs Lunaires for floral.

Alfiryn by Pineward smells like liquid fabric softener in a very natural and yet uncanny way. It’s not at all in the notes but I get the same thing from Ponderosa.

Phtaloblue is also infamous for being the most synthetically smelling “clean” scent out there, but it’s smack dab in the uncanny valley of “clean” scents.

>>18110478
just buy anything with dihydromyrcenol in it.

>>18110446
That weird synthetic sweetness in Bee has to be in Hummingbird too. It's unbearable.

New Essence-tially Dacob kino just dropped:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLuk0I39Vw

How long do we have to wait for Kurkdijian to do something interesting at Dior?

>>18110605
>kurkdijian
>do something interesting
based on these requirements i wager you’ll be waiting forever and then some.

>>18110605
Expect Bleu de Chanel Elixir in 2025. I hope you're excited!

File: ce6.png (48 KB, 622x622)

48 KB PNG

>>18110619

>>18110478
Can you describe you Eau de Rochas Homme?

>>18110633
Opening is a nice citrus that is reminiscent of lemon candy or lemonade. And as it dries, that refreshing sweet is replaced by something more grounded (I’m guessing it’s the vetiver). If you’ve smelled Colonia or Eau Sauvage, this is in a similar vein. I like the bottle a lot. Performance is bad, but what do you expect.

>>18110633
NTA, but I'll be getting my bottle today and I'll share first impressions tomorrow

File: IMG_9297.jpg (160 KB, 600x790)

160 KB JPG

What is he wearing in 2024?

>>18110680
Hitler didn't wear fragrances

i fell for the cedrat boise meme, glad i only bougt a tester. now i smell cheap and oriental for the next few hours

>>18110684
yes, it's horrible. vile, cheap smelling and harsh stuff and probably the single most overhyped fragrance I know

File: erawan.png (1.3 MB, 847x768)

1.3 MB PNG

rate my recent purchases:
>Dusita Erawan
>PdE Azemour
>Nicolai Cédrat Intense

>>18110517
Yeah, Moth and Hummingbird both have it, but I think Bee has it in the highest concentration.
Moth and Hummingbird I don’t mind it so much, but Bee makes in unpleasant.

>>18110684
i hate it as well. going back to my Chanel Allure Homme masterpiece

>>18110665
I wonder if you should buy it then if I Colonia and Eau Sauvage are some of my favorite fragrances and I like Bohemian Lime as well. Some reviewers say it smells very synthetic, though.

>>18110684
Ahh, fruit candies in an ashtray…

File: 60fe982acd233446021325.jpg (992 KB, 2353x1920)

992 KB JPG

why is it so good

>>18110482
Kek they sell the 200ml bottle in Japan for $125. It’s not that special and wasn’t even worth that price. Good luck getting $200 for 75ml

I am wearing dior homo intense rn. I really like it. I dont get why it is hated and called gay. I dont feel like this would be a fags frag of choice to be honest. I just dont see it

>>18110776
don’t worry about it, you’d have to be straight to understand.

>>18110776
it's just a meme forced by a vocal minority ITT. with the state of modern men's perfumery, dior homme intense doesn't really stand out as overly feminine. maybe disliking powdery florals is more of a US thing too, considering that it was pulled from that market but seems to still be selling pretty well in Europe

>>18110792
t. intensely homo

>exit my 10 year depression
>start earning good money again
>remember /fa/‘s obsession with creed tabarome
>buy samples
>smells like tiger piss
Okay I have matured but some things did stick with me and I will never forgive you for making me believe you.
Aventus a shit too
Millesime imperial is just okay
My last hope is on virgin island water
I’ve learned my lesson so will just get advice from some bodybuilding forum here on out.
This is a warning.

>>18110816
this thread hasn't liked Creed in a long, long time

>>18110816
>complains that brand is shit
>continues to buy said shit thinking “maybe this time it will be different”
perhaps this is what is known as mentally retarded behavior

>>18110819
Doesn’t matter, lesson learned. Never trust /fa/.

>>18110820
Retard, I bought a sample pack and they gave me 6 fragrances instead of the 3. Two of which were womens.

>>18110822
>i bought a sample pack from creed and got scammed on top of the usual creed scam
behold, mentally retarded behavior

>>18110776
>iris note reminiscent of makeup / hand cream. Add vanilla to the mix
>not gay
I'd dare to say that even pr ultrared man is a more masculine frag than dhi

>>18110825
>t. I, the unscammable one not engaged in ANY current or former trends
Must feel good being the best of the best.

NEW THREAD
>>18110829
>>18110829
>>18110829

>>18110828
dude, everyone has known creed is a scam for years. you’re way late to the party.

I am exclusively interested in pheromone colognes. is there a guide that I can use to guide my understanding?

>>18110844
Great reading comprehension. Refer to the first line in my first post. I don’t live 24/7 here like you.

>>18110816
>buying creed in 2024

>>18110680
Incenso Delle Chiese Di Roma