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>>18523442quite easily, it's among the most common frags targeted towards women that men wear.
I like Oud for Glory but I want to try something with more oud and less saffron, and other notes too because to me this just smells like Baccarat with an oud accord. I was about to get Amethyst from Lattafa but apparently it leans feminine.Any suggestions? Cheapies/arabslop if possible, I don't want to spend niche money right now
>>18523443probably. ive never bought a lattafa fragrance but if they make all their shit ahead of time then its already macerated since that process takes place before the product is even sold. its pure cope to think something gets better after you buy it as if it personally waits until you've used it to start smelling better.now if the fragrance is made literal days before its shipped off to you then thats a different story but theres only one clone house i know of that does that and its not arab
>>18523452>theres only one clone house i know of that does that and its not arabwho is it
>>18523454Dua I'm guessing
Can anyone compare AdP Colonia and Eau d'Orange Verte?
What's your favorite Loewe fragrance? I got loewe 7 for myself and the Ibiza cosmic for my mom. The loewe 7 smells amazing and unique but it is unfortunately a bit weak and I can't really smell it most of the time. What other frags from this brand are great? I already tried esencia edt and edp and they both smell nice, wish there was an edp version of the 7
Have you ever bought or sampled a really expensive frag (>300€) that you thought was actually worth the money?
>>18523481>300€not even that expensive for a full bottleeven Nasomatto frags cost more/100ml
>>18523481I mean in price per ML, multiple times
>>18523483And they're not even worth 1/5 of their price.
Tfw you go out in public spaces just to use your cologne because what's the point if you're the only one who smells it at home
>>18523329>>18523444>Reposting since I wasn’t paying attention to the new thread. I’ve been resisting the urge to pick this up recently and think I’ve finally committed to passing on it. It gets a lot of hype and is an interesting take on leather, but I’m fairly certain I would almost always reach for something else over this. Iron Duke when it’s cooler, Fahrenheit if it’s warmer, and that’s only comparing against other leathers. I like the overall profile it’s just not quite enough to be better. This is also ignoring the presumption it’s discontinued.
Got a bottle of Prada Infusion D'Homme. Everything about it is true, clean, soapy, and powdery. I like the neroli at the start which is green and starchy. Soon you start getting the cakey makeup iris, there is something giving me a bubblegum/eraser smell which I can only guess is from the iris and benzoin, not my favorite. I'm starting to think there's something about cedar that makes me think of an elementary school setting, don't know why. Performs very well, I don't get the frankincense directly but you can tell it helps build the background of the fragrance adding a smokiness to the base. I'm going to keep trying it because so far it doesn't suit me. I'm not the ironed shirt, clean cut type, I'm more scruffy and relaxed. Even Mugler Cologne fits me better because it's green and musky.
>>18523481Is there any luxury products that are actually worth the money? You know you're buying it at a premium, that doesn't mean you can enjoy it and you'll have to pay to get the real deal, because fakes and dupes usually don't measure up.
>>18523444Right, c'mon then, what is the best Creed Aventus clone that you can buy in 2025??Not 'inspired by', or 'its own twist on', I want the best 1 to 1 clone. What is it?
Opinions on Nikos Apostolopoulos Sculpture?
What's the best TdH?
>>18523582the OG
>>18523582They're all terrible
any recommendations for indian scents i want to smell like an authentic jeet
>>18523591fr*grantica top10 masculine fragsyw
>>18523591r/DesiFragranceAddicts/ no need to thank me, you can check out my new incense guide there as well!>>18523582og edt is a masterpiece and a classic by now, every flanker is also atleast fine.
>>18523591Do you mean the most popular designer stuff they use? See pic related. For what they traditionally would wear get an attar of Majmua oil or something:>This is one of the most popular fragrances of India.>https://nematperfumes.com/collections/exotic-perfume-oils/products/majmua
It's gonna be an Avignon Autumn (winter, too).
>>185234767 literally smells of nothing to me, I've tested it several times at stores but when they handle me the paper strip I smell nothing, I think the cardboard has a deeper smell than that
>>18523610>no drakkar noirwell I’ll be damned
>>18523582This fragrance makes me genuinely unsettled and angry if I can smell it for too long. Can't really explain. It's obviously a clever and sophisticated fragrance, but there's something about it that really bothers me, maybe the hot flint accord, I don't know.I just find it offensive on a psychological level.No other fragrance ever makes me feel this way, not even fragrances I hate the smell of.
>>18523619That's weird. 7 smells pretty strong from up close. Maybe they watered down the samples or something, I've never experienced this
>>18523631This is how I am with Hugo. I don't know why it just smells so bad, worse than any other fragrance I ever smelled and I don't understand why anyone would wear it. I still have the bottle, it was a gift from my mom so I'm keeping it. I can still smell it sometimes in the wild and flinch
>>18523610I wanted to buy Givenchy gentleman reserve privee. Am I turning into an Indian now?
>>18523650it's over saar, you've been redeemed
What is like Santal 33 but better?
>>18523650Overrated imo. It has that same "Boozy" note as Bentley for men, but done better. Bentley smells weird.
>repels Indians in your path
Any nice classic 'orientals' for fall? Something like Pasha or Opium Pour Homme, I'm not sure which are still good today.
>>18523663Why not opt for something less Indian smelling?
>>18523667Anything I wear smells white, especially because I don't spray it 15 times and hit the gym wearing a polo shirt and jeans.
>>18523660Nice classic frag, but Sel D'Issey knocks it out of the park, best freshie I've ever owned.
>>18523670Underspraying is typical Indian whitefacing
>>18523680I can’t tell if you’ve been shilling or genuinely evangelizing this frag
>>18523690NTA but come on over spraying is known classless/brown behavior, I always give people shifty eyes when I'm at a restaurant and I get drowned by someone sitting at the next table over showered in perfume. They always dress the same too, like rich upper class but something's off, you know what I mean
>>18523577pineapple vintage, followed by the alt fragrance one (yes really)
what do we think of the newest Killian release
>>18523700You type like your eyes were shifty from birth if you know what I mean
>>18523610>tfw you own 4 of these
>>18523591Habit Rouge if you want to smell like an Indian uncle
>>18523610good thing these shitskins dont like polo blue and adg edt
>>18523444Just came to say that this smells like heaven. If you disagree then you are retarded.
>>18523703Thanks.
>>18523481I've tried Boadicea the Victorious's Valiant. Priced at 1300 for a full bottle. It was just a funkier AdP Colonia with too much jasmine and ylang. I found it nauseating honestly
>>18523631>TdH literally makes him seetheLolLmao
>>18523791cope harder poordog
>>18523660Thoughts on this?
>>18523451bump
>>18523714Imagine not beint confident in your taste just because some jeets in India wear the same stuff you do.
Can anyone give me a definitive Issey Miyake fragrances ranking please? Never tried anything from them other than the usual LPH (my bottle was from 2011).
>>18521336not unless it's one of your favourite frags
Best LMLP clone?
Are there any fragrances inspired by 9/11?
>>18523876Kerosene Sacred Memory
>>18523845Le Feu d'Issey >>>>>>> anything else they ever created
>>18523878But the story tells a pleasant memory?
>>18523885Ah shucks
Curious about Herod, got a little tired of TVI've seen mentions of it not lasting very long and being kinda weak in general, any truth to it?
>>18523481Not at all, the best ones I tried cost anywhere between €25 to €220 per bottle.>>18523663Plenty of nice orientals for fall, have you not seen the infographics at the top?If you want some more specific suggestions be more specific about what you're looking for.
>>18523610How can jeets afford this? I thought min wage over there was like 150 dollars. Are these upper class jeets? Like top tier scammers?
>>18523534that's how you do it
>>18523947they probably buy the dupes and claim that they have the originals
>>18523792Yeah it does lolWeird frag that has such a power
>>18523947Does she have a cock?
>>18523802mehit's a weaker Dior Homme Sport
>>18523860it would be a blind buy
>>18523988to me 120 bucks is too muchit's a rather strange frag and I don't know what to compare it to
>>18523947Based on my research while there are some high income Indians most of them see fragrances as aspirational goods. You know how you have a collection of bottles you spent a couple thousand on for shits and giggles as one of your many other hobbies? Not so for Indians, all their collections look the same featuring stuff from that chart. As status symbols they save up for them and being able to buy one is some sort of milestone. While saving up they buy some of the cheaper stuff on the image to tide them over. Clones and decants are quite common to ensure they are completely certain of their purchase. Unlike you or I they can't afford to blind buy or be stuck with something that's not a good value. After all this is less of a hobby for them and more of the one thing that will get them complements and the "old money" aesthetic. If you thought you spent a lot of time deciding on a fragrance imagine if that purchase was completely responsible for your self image and your self worth. Truly fascinating people.
>>18524004It's not so truly fascinating. This is just a good old case of the Nouveau Riche clique wylding. The Chinese and other browns too overcompensate like this.
>>18523988Definitely not then.
>>18524012It's completely different because Indians are more value and recognition oriented, Chinese are exclusivity and price oriented. An Indian will want a designer everyone recognizes and a scent everyone can smell for hours to get girls and validation. The Chinese will want the ridiculously priced limited edition real oud and musk to impress their business partner. I find it interesting because Chinese are more insular and I'm not interested in going to their social media and scouring for info while Indians are right there on Reddit.
>>18524020Fair. The jeets are like other people next to them like Iranians, Arabs when it comes to this at least. Dubai was unbearable with this 'beast mode' nonsense everywhere when it comes to their perfume souq markets. Maybe it's just a brown thing.
>>18523842brown hands typed this
There's only 24 hoursAnd that's not enoughTo lie like you lieor love like you loveSOTD: Valentino Uomo Born in Roma Ivory>>18524020The rich Chinese, yeah. Mainland poor Chinese overcompensate by buying literal counterfeits of anything. There's a reason why designer fragrance counterfeits are very close to the original, they're made in the same factory because China has massive underground counterfeits market
>>18523842this entire thread in a nutshell
>>18524041which fragrances are made in china you dunce.>>18524020chinks are 100% recognition oriented as well, they are also perfectly fine with cheating and faking as long as it gets the desired recognition.
>>18523446It would be good if somebody would update this but with bottles that are actually available to buy
>>18524054yeah but it's too much hasslefeel free to do it if you have the time
>>18524052I have never once in my life smelled perfume coming from a Chinese person living most my life in NYC. The cultural revolution banning perfumes must still affect their culture and how they wear perfume.
>>18524054replace:azzaro pour hommemugler colognebvllgari blackdior hommebentley absolutea*menferrari bright nerolia*men pure havaneARGUABLE:koublai khan, it has become neigh impossible to sample nowadays.
>>18524072most chinks in london will buy margiela, byredo, le labo if their tax bracket allows it they might buy some LV or some of the givenchy boutique collection
>>18523963Not a cock in sight.
>>18524073>azzaro pour hommewhy?
>>18524004I'm not a jeet and I also don't like blind buying. I have a bottle that I shouldn't have bought and I don't like and I get annoyed when I see it
>>18524079wasn't it discontinued?
>>18524082Sell it thenUnless you're like me who hates dealing with customers and potential scammers
>>18524084nopehttps://www.azzaro.com/en/fragrances/azzaro-pour-homme
>>18524068I would if I knew anything
>>18523990Strange how? Is it wearable? Is it nice? Maybe ill just put the money into interlude black iris
>>18524073>azzaro pour hommediscontinued but still cheap and easy to find>mugler cologne>bvllgari black>dior homme>bentley absolute>a*menAll still available.I thought people complaining about the charts were legit but they're just retards. Few stuff has become hard to find like pure havane but most should still be easy to find.
>>18524085Idk it's not worth that much and I don't really like dealing with selling shit. It's a YSL l'homme EDP 100ml wouldn't get more than 50 euros for it
>>18524096bulgari black is discontinuedog dior homme is discontinuedbentley absolute has been reformulated to shit and the profile no longer matches, same for a*menthe only retard here is you, and if "easy to find" means you are fine with paying double or even triple the retail for designers, it just goes to show how fucking retarded you actually are
> In store trying out perfumes on my skin>Heh, why not test my social skills and ask if a fragrance I'm looking for is available >Ask the salesperson>Oh yes, that's available. >She removes the cap and gave it to me>I stare too long at the cap, autsim kicked in>I hold the cap in my hand for seconds, staring at the bottle she's holding .....>I-I'm expecting to spray that bottle because it literally says tester on it>Oh! I'm supposed to smell the cap? I said in my head>It took a painful 15 whole seconds for that entire interaction Never asking sales again.
>>18524106please tell us you made this shit up, anon
>>18524106I can smell you from here
>>18524109I didn't. It happened months ago. I am actually relieved when others said online how that particular brand has a habit of their salesperson not allowing customers to spray testers lol
>>18524105>reformulated to shitThat's true for most perfumes, picking some out is nonsensical.
>>18524116LV? I've heard they make customers smell old perfume sprayed god knows when in a slop trough in front of the testers. Very lowbrow and undignified.
>>18524123>doubling downlol, lmao even>>18524124grim
>>18524123how is it nonsensical when in those particular cases it makes them not fit the place on the flowchart anymore?
>>18524124"wow chang! these pefumes are so exclusive that we are not even allowed to touch them, you NEED to get them now"
>>18524116>LVTom Ford. kekI think it depends on each store though. Some will let you spray the ones from new boxes. Lucky.LV needs some quality control though, people have found counterfeit bottles in the store probably replaced by someone at some point.
>>18524136That's interesting. Sephora here just got a big shipment of tom fords and you can freely magdump even the really expensive ones like Fucking Fabulous.
>>18524136meant for >>18524124
>>18524123My theory is that the "everything is reformulated" shit is just people comparing new bottles to old ones that had time to age and change the scent. Like I saw some YouTuber comparing his 2 boss bottled bottles saying one was a different "spicier" formulation/batch. No man one is just older and probably evaporated that's why it smells more intense
>>18524128>particular casesIt would be impossible to keep track of all the reformulations. Are you going to have a live document like Aventus retards: >https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NoPpK1UBVzc6phitle3eFAEOOSkjqMysfHYWzl3kbKg/edit?pref=2&pli=1&gid=2117459015#gid=2117459015It's a fucking guide, the expectation that it's a live document updated regularly that looks at every reformulation and stock status is insane.
>>18524141>comparing new bottles to old ones that had time to age and change the scentThat is just one of the hundreds of variables that can affect how different bottles smell. Do reformulations happen? Obviously. Is the guy that smelled two random bottles and goes "dude trust me" enough evidence? Doubt.
>>18524095>Strange how?rare note combination>Is it wearable?during autumn>Is it nice? if you like incensy resin with sage on cedar and eukalyptus
>>18524164that sounds like something i would like. what's a good price for it? I rarely see it for sale and the guy won't budge on the price.
>>18524143nobody ever implied that the guide should be a live document, but in the context of "hey, I think the guide is quite outdated" it is absolutely reasonable to point stuff out, worse yet by the time the guide was being finalized half of the discontinued frags were already gone or obviously on the chopping block.You are just an utter moron, retarded midwit that continues to create strawmen to "win arguments" on fucking 4shit of all places, go back to where you belong, there is no awards for your kvetching here.
>>18524074>byredoThat's the Swedish npc middle-class upgrade for women. It's like going from Ikea kitchen knives to Global knives.
>>18524176>the guide is quite outdated>strawmenMost of the stuff in the guide is easy to find and useful, you're the one creating a strawman. Get fucked.
>>18523802It's like DH2020 but sans bergamot and a touch more herbal, the sage and vetiver give me an earthy almost medicinal quality. It's okay, I'd get DH2020 or other Isseys before this one.
Creed Royal OudAll you need.
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>>18522129Perfumanon, on the off chance you should stop back in and see this, I just thought of a great question for you that I’ve wondered about in the past. How much does the color of juice play into a fragrance as a whole?Eg, do customers ever reject briefs because a juice is too dark? (If you get feedback) Or as part of your training/education do they say to avoid anything beyond ‘X’ opacity or w/e. Weather is cooling down so I can finally start breaking out some of the more rich, and typically darker frags, but several of them can be non-options if I’m wearing a white shirt to work. >SOTD: The Most Wanted Parfum
>>18524202That's not the perfumer anon. Different writing style.
>>18523610Jesus fucking Christ
>>18524202not perfumer but look on the ingredients and if you see dyes in the list you can assume that the colour is just part of the marketing. When I was researching vintages before buying my mitsouko extrait there was some people saying that juice can darken with age and that with vintages darker is better but that seems to be all unsubstantiated fuddlore.
>>18523610What's wrong with this list? Fragrantica's top is fairly similar. Of course if you ask a lot of people about their favorite fragrances they'll tend to choose safe, mass-appealing options.
>>18524214Nothing. People just like making fun of Indians and calling other people Indian when they disagree with them.
Anyone try the new Essential Parfums Iris?
>>18524186>>18524176I'm the anon who suggested an update is in order. Didn't mean to start a flamewar, just genuinely trying to get into scents and frustrated. You would never expect a beginners flowchart for film to consist of obscure stuff that only screened at festivals in Asia, or a chart for beginner car enthusiasts to have a bunch of custom kit cars that require proprietary tools or whatever. Or is it common for scents to have limited runs and then be gone forever like how it is with designer clothes? If so, it would be helpful to notated that on the chart.
Will this get me a rich italian sugar mommy?
>>18524232nope
>>18524172dang I just checked a price lister for frags in my cunt and kouros body has nearly tripled in priceI paid ~85usd on some notino sale back in april last yearso maybe 120usd is a decent price if you're interested in the scent and can spare the cashthe frag actually used to hover around 100usd before I bought it and seeing as it's seemingly discontinued and you think you'll like it I think you should go for it (might go up in price in the future so there's a resell opportunity)
>>18524187Thanks
>>18522129>You can use this to create your very own Dior homme intense,why the fuck would I want to do that>>18524230>Or is it common for scents to have limited runs and then be gone forever like how it is with designer clothes?that's quite literally exactly what happens with the vast majority of fragsonly the most popular ones stick aroundthe rest get discontinued when the (((suits))) see a drop in sales and then old stock mostly goes to discounters where it will hang around for a while
>>18524230>is it common for scents to have limited runs and then be gone foreverEverything good gets discontinued and what doesn't get discontinued gets reformulated to hell. Most stuff can be found on ebay but you will have to pay the price if it was something rare or desirable.
>>18524268Some very popular stuff will most likely never get discontinuedCool Water, TDH, BDC, etc
>>18524277They've been reformulated. Very popular stuff like Aramis and Profumo have been discontinued. Being popular is no guarantee.
>>18524250>>18524268Dang. I guess my concept of the industry was all wrong. I would have thought scents were more like paints, with a finite number of combinations they must have all been made already. Or like books and music, with the classics of each genre being perennially popular and in stock. Frustrating.
I sprayed TdH Eau Givree on myself at the store and two older black women who were shopping nearby audibly started gagging and saying "Ew" over and over until I left.I am now considering buying it just for its repellent properties.
>>18524291based
>>18524291I do like eau givree but not for the price that it's being sold at
>>18524073Most of these are still available. Just got a new bottle of Mugler Cologne yesterday. >koublai khanAvailable in the Flacons de table collection.
>>18524291Uhhh, based.
>>18524291Makes sense. 'Eau' and 'givree' are both things they'd be afraid of.
>>18524294the guy was wrong about mugler cologne, and azzaro pour homme, one got rebranded and the other one is getting limited distribution routesa*men and bentley absolute got reformulated to the extent that they barely share anything with their orginal form and he is also right about koublai khan being impossible to samplebest case scenario he was right about 7/9, worst case scenario 5/9 in what world 2/9 or 4/9 counts as the majority
I want a cologne that smells like a library/old books
>>18524330I don't think such a cologne exists diptyque has l'eau de papiere which smells somewhat like paper
>>18524330Encre Noire
>>18524141I sampled Green Irish Tweed (2025) and it's literally beast mode. Solid 8+ hours of projection and I could still smell it on my skin 12 hours after. I have no idea how people could think the longevity of the current formulation is poor. Makes me wonder if I got memed on buying Sillage instead of actual Silver Mountain Water.
>>18524330Commodity Book is meant to achieve this. It's a pleasant light/woody scent, not a Santal 33 'dupe' as some say.
>>18524330check out Athenaeum from Jorum Studio
>coworkers talk about fragrance everyday and their favorite tiktok fragrance influencers>designer and masstige slop like Sauvage, PDM, Xerjoff>always been an undersprayer Chad because fragrances are personal and I don't care about compliments>coworkers are discovering that I'm wearing niche fragrances because sometimes they come up close to meHow do I play it off cool? Do I say me mum bought it for me?SOTD: Cologne Du Maghreb
>>18524354nobody is ever going to talk to you, the fact that you unironicaly use the word masstige means you are inssuferable beyond a shadow of a doubt
>>18524354>Cologne Du MaghrebNo way anybody can smell this after 30 minutes. It smells nice though. I only talk fragrance with normalfags to humiliate how little they know. Just talk about IFRA for 2 minutes and they will never talk to you again.
>>18524291Can you wear this outside of summer? Not sure I can handle dirtier and earthier than this.
>>18524291samefagging is insane
>>18524362sure, but the colder it gets the sharper vetiver feels, assuming winters are really cold you might end up smelling "overdressed"
>>18524354>sissysprayer>chadlol, lmao even>Cologne Du Maghrebnice
>>18524330Comme des Garcons Avignon
130€ for 2009 kouros, worth it or is it already reformulated by that point?
>>18524291Fuck foids. If you feel good, you are doing good.
>>18524371Everything gets reformulated all the time, you just have to see if it's any good.https://raidersofthelostscent.blogspot.com/2014/01/kouros-scent-of-gods-12.html
>>18524354Never mention fragrances to them ever, and gatekeep everything you wear by only naming the brand if they ask
>>18524371The current formulation is honestly fine. I don’t know what year my Kouros is from but its not vintage and it has very very good longevity, durability, and projection. You can probably find it for like 80 euroids or less. I think I paid about 80-90 canadian pesos for mine.
>>18524400I can get current one for 50€, I like the current one but I want more animalic honey notes.
How's the new cool water, bros?
What frag would you wear on a date with her? Would you overspray or sissyspray?
How it feels to pronounce Ghehr-len ah-bee roozh
>>18524412your alphabet is lacking.gerlą abi róż
>>18524291When I first sprayed it on I thought it had a fishy smell with that cold metallic juniper smell.
>>18524418gift it to your daddy twinky winky boyo. Real MANs smell is not for you
>>18524418Well, what's the problem?
>>18524418That's what fahrenheit smells like
Bought AdG parfum, first time I've had anything from that line, funnily enough I had Emporio Lui when I was a kid. Simple and familiar dna, but well made and addictive. I was surprised that it has a persistent freshness and doesn't dry down to the typical heavy base notes.
>>18524401Then you’ll probably want to look for a bottle from the early 90s. They still used real civet and oakmoss then as well as other ingredients that were banned or restricted. If you want more animalic you’ll have to look for true vintage and prepare your wallet accordingly.
>>18524430>They still used real civet
Bijan for men or Giorgio Beverly Hills?
>>18524436Bijan.
Best Zoology scent? Portuguese Man O War sounds nice
>>18524450I'm Portuguese should I buy this? Don't even know where to buy it here.
>>18524450*Zoologist
>>18524450Civet. Old school glamorous spicy floral amber.
>wear 80s slop from recommended by /frag/>people tell me I smell like shit>wear designerslop>people tell me I smell good
>>18524462Well, they can be a bit funky and mossy by today's clean and fresh standards.
>>18524430Kouros never used real civet
>>18524450They're all very different so it will depend on your taste, but I liked Civet and Snowy Owl the most
>>18524462>caring what retard normies thinkalso nobody spoke to you about your fragrance, good or bad. Cool story though.
Bought this shitter since tester bottles are cheap. Pretty nice, nothing really special though. Bergamont, ambrox, and very clean vetiver. Worth the $50 IMO.
>>18524450best perfumery? probably civet or the old mothmost accurate projection of the animal? bee no questions asked, it's beautiful honey and wax scent. as for my recommendations? rhino, bee, squid. Also sample camel and hyrax, it's crazy that the same formulations of hyrax can smell like an outhouse portapotty on some people, and on others it's sweet earthy, ambery leather scent.
>>18524471trooning out at your age may be challenging, but natalie mars pulled it off, so have at it champ!
>>18524479>ambroxinto the trash it goes
>>18524291Same bugspray smell Bois Imperial has.
>>18524427Smells like semen.
>>18524485Everything smells like semen to you people
>>18524450They're all crap desu
Do you think there's a chance that Amouage will bring back into production some of Christopher Chong's era releases like Myths Man and Figment Man?
>>18524517luckily, no
>>18524528Why luckily? What are your favourite Amouages then?
>>18524462This is going to shock you but all those people are wrong. Do you trust their tastes in music, shows, and movies? Why would you trust their tastes in fragrances? Older stuff is just unironically better.
>>18524476>caring what autistic, lifelong bullying victim contrarians on 4chan thinkthis is somehow even more sad than caring what normies think
the thinking man's option is only caring about what women think
>>18524545women don't think
>>18524462When a woman says that she likes your fragrance, she doesn't necessarily mean that she likes it on you. She likes it as in she would wear it herself. Very important distinction to consider. If you want to wear something that 99% of women will like, wear something that is unapologetically masculine and lavender-forward. They figured all this shit out back in the 70s and 80s. Lavender makes people feel safe. If you know women then you know they love to feel safe.
Got money to blow. What should I get?
>>18524450Koala is best but camel is very nice to.Get your nose in t Rex though
>>18523578Bought it because of the Noel bodybuilder influencer guy. It is alright, smells like Baja Fresh/fish tacos to me.
Just bought this. The smell is much better and stronger than Brut. I don't think jeets will wear this. Who fougere master race here?
>>18524602I have this too, both the oil and spray version. It's nuclear. Smells like Lapidus PH to me. The cap is ass tho, gets worn out after some time.
>>18524410You shouldn't be going on dates with girls that young at all
>>18524565Tom Ford Grey Vetiver
>coworker sprayed shitty arabic cologne and it stunk up the break roomArrrr
>>18524517You're telling me Figment Man is discontinued?
>>18524218Yes. I already knew I disliked iris prior to sniffing it and I continue to dislike it after sniffing it.
>>18524287If you were to get down to the technical nitty gritty, yes, there are only a finite number of permutations and ingredient combinations that can be made, but the number is so large as to be imperceptible. On top of that there are new fragrance materials (aroma chemicals) being discovered/created intermittently which shake up the landscape to varying degrees. Akigala wood is still in a bit of a hype phase right now, Calone was during the 90’s. The weird thing to keep in mind about scent perception is it’s never just about a smell being present or absent. The way we smell things changes based on the concentration of the ingredients. The easiest example is Gentle Fluidity by MFK, there’s a gold version and a silver version. Both fragrances use the exact same ingredients, but in different concentrations and smell very different. So in short, there are near infinite fragrances that can be created. There isn’t much in the way of perennials trends, but there are however waves of things that are popular. You can go way, way back looking for trends, but the 80’s tended to be overtly masculine and powerful. 90’s were leaning towards blue aquatics and clean. 00’s continued this trend. 10’s started towards the “post blue” movement and sweet gourmands continue to gain traction. Ouds took over for a while there, I don’t remember when exactly. They’ve died down a little but are likely to never fully go away now that they’ve engrained. We’re still pretty set in the middle of the Ethol Maltol era of sweet fragrances atm and a lot of people are waiting to see what the “Next new thing” will be.
>>18524330Pineward is releasing Tome September 1st, go check it out. (Not a cologne though, prob parfum concentration)“It’s moody. It’s warm. It’s complex.It smells like ink on old paper, worn leather, cool skin, and late-night thoughts.Or, as a Pineward customer once eloquently said, “Exactly what an old world, young professor on [an] expedition tent would smell like in the early morning.”Notes:Parchment (nagarmotha), sandalwood, leather, cedar, Jade 403 (binding glue), vintage book (furfural, vanillin, benzaldehyde), orris root, black tea, coffee, ambrette, tobacco.”You could also consider Cœur de Noir by Beaufort London.
>>18524430>>18524432>>18524470Cinarome animalis, never real civet. >>18524450I’ve been curious about Man-O-War myself, but been waiting for their next release because I hate paying shipping for a single 2ml sample. Also, >>18524474 is correct, their fragrances run the entire line from sweet gourmands in Bee to a shitty pissy scent in Hyrax. If you can afford to drop the cash buy their full sample set or one of the smaller mixes. Ignore the people who shit on them, I won’t claim every fragrance is a hit, but they’re certainly interesting. My personal favorite is Penguin, mossy leather base with a cool airy top feel, but Civet and Musk Deer are good, I didn’t care for Snowy Owl. I actually can’t stand Bee even though it’s one of their best rated, it smells sweet the same way artificial sweeteners taste “sweet”. Squid is somewhat unique, Hyrax is one of the few fragrances that uses Hyraceum. And T-Rex is famous for almost always being in the top 5-10 for loudest, most bombastic fragrances, I quite like it myself but would never own more than a travel spray at a time of it.
>>18523451I am once again asking for your help
>>18524410>oversprayvery hard to do>>18524620post beef curtains
>>18524436botht. has both
>>18524479>Worth the $50 IMO.most certainly not when picrel is the best vetiver on the market
>>18524545that's the one thing you should not care about>>18524602sandniggers wear this>>18524623>>18524728
>Myrrh oud and frankincense oil>6 sprays of CDG Avignon>Platinum cross pendant>White linen shirt>Pocket Bible on one handI think I'm ready for the Sunday mass bros
>>18524736Where'd you get oud oil and myrrh oil?>>Platinum crossbased, I wanted to get my baptismal cross done in platinum originally but went for 18k in the end
>>18524641>people are waiting to see what the “Next new thing” will be.I'd expect the aquatic blue fragrances to develop into more light, airy, transparent and modern. H24 and Bois imperial type of scents, but something that actually smell nice and mass appealing. With the trending interest in fragrances and explosion in niche brands, there's also much more competition and there's more diversification in what people like and can choose from. Same as with fashion and music. So is there going to be a new bdc or sauvage in the foreseeable future that dominates the market?
>>18524620That's my 22 year old girlfriend you freak
>>18524629It's not on Amouage's website, so yeah. Fate Man and Imitation Man are also discontinued.
>>18524754I don't think so, we're just gonna see more choices pop up, things will be less centralized. It's not gonna be "blue showergel frag or nothing" like in the 2010s, we'll have everything, gourmands, synthetic ouds, airy woods, white florals, and all will be popular
>>18524746I use Nemat Oud oil from Amazon. It's no more than 50 bucks. The myrrh and frankincense is from my local grocery but I'm sure you can find it online. >Baptismal crossThat's great. I wish we have that too but mine's just passed down lol.
>>18524736>>18524746>>18524776what do you do with the oil?just put a dab on your skin?
>>18524776>Nemat Oud oilWhat kind of oud smell is it, barnyard, medicinal?I wouldn't really want to smell like frankincense but I've been curious to know what myrrh smells like>mine's just passed downThat's based actually>>18524778Yeah pretty much, behind the ears, not on the neck so I don't stain clothing
>>18524776Ah man nemat is US-basedI'll have to find a euro alternative
Are all women ugly without makeup?Also SOTD pic related
>>18524556Is that why a lot of women like the Myslf line? It's something they can imagine pulling off?
>>18524778I put some on my finger, depending on the intensity and just rub it on my neck or behind ears, maybe on my wrist if weather is colder>>18524781>What kind of oudIt's not really barnyard-y or fecal, it's more smokey, dry wood. You get hints of earthy vibes in the background but it's not overpowering. >Myrrh If you ever smelled unburned incense resin it smells like that, with bit of pine-y nuances. It's got a Christmas tree vibe going on but personally I like frankincense more as a perfume note, not so much for myrrh.
>>18524786>Are all women ugly without makeup?mostlywhen they are young and their skin isn't yet ruined by make up they can be attractivebut then they wear more and more make up ruining their skin which they then have to hide behind more make up and then it's over for thembut if any woman wants to break from the make up world she's gonna put herself at a disadvantage attractivness wise since decent make up can easily give a woman +1 or even +2 of facial attractivness
>>18524556You are retarded, and if you had any experience with women you would realize that, which proves that you're also an incel.Women are attracted to raw masculinity, not the performative one - wearing a perfume never makes you more masculine to a woman by itself, even if it smells like cigarettes and mold. Just as an anecdote, my gf says she loves a bunch of fresh floral fragrances on me that are not what was considered masculine in the 70s and 80s (which is what your idea of masculine is), and also routinely sniffs my neck, armpits and crotch and says she loves that as well, and that's not because she imagines herself smelling like that.
>>18524790>smokey, dry woodThat's nice, I've been on the lookout for a clean woody oud
>>18524556that is not what women mean when they say that>>18524796>Just as an anecdote, my gf saysyou have never touched a woman
Ambroxan is genuinely disgusting yet so ubiquitous in modern mens perfumery. I refuse to wear anything with ambroxan in the dry down.IFRA are to blame for it's proliferation by restricting all the natural fixatives.
>>18524815Your favourite perfume probably has ambroxan in it too. What you dislike is an overdose of ambroxan
I like Ambroxan in aquatic fragrances. Particularly the briney oystery types
>>18524730>>18524545no no not women's opinions, you have to be obsessed with not wearing anything that may be worn by arabs, jeets, or reddit like the incels here
>>18524754yes and it's le male elixir rn
>>18524828women have no opionions, they have the general consensus, which can be broken if she is attracted to you enough, but assuming she is tapped into social media trying to fight against the social pressure in todays age is not a smart thing to do.
>>18524556Fragrance reviewers asking girls on the street if smells good and then if it would smell good on a guy, then they have to think about it.Women typically don't consciously know what they like. They conjure up an image of something based on the emotions they feel subconsciously. That's why they tend to have these idealized images of a man. "This smells like a clean fit man fresh out of the shower with a white tshirt" or "this smells like a mature mysterious wealthy man in a dark suit who knows what he wants" or the badboy in a leather jacket. It's their idealized idea of a man.You don't hear a man talk like that "this fragrance smells like a sexy girl straight out the shower with a clean white tshirt and her life in order".
>>18523481I think they were all slightly sub 300 but I’ve bought a few MDCI perfumes that were all worth it (Invasion Barbare, Chypre Palatin and Cuir Garamente). Oud wood and Tuscan Leather were worth it too imo
>>18524815What does ambroxan even smell like
Why do people say this is a "blue" fragrance? Because the bottle is blue? Because there really isn't anything else blue about it
Does anyone get immediately tired of scents? I can't wear even my favorite scents more than once or twice in a few days before I get sick of them.
>>18524857that is why you should have at least 100 frags so you can rotate them without getting bored
>>18524862I'm probably close.
>>18524864>I'm probably close.good, then what's the problemkeep on rotating those frags and you should be fine
Hello smell thread.I tried this the other day and it lasted 13+ hours on me. I like the idea of a vanilla scent, but is it appropriate for a man to smell like something so sweet? Vanilla is my favourite flavour, however I don't know if I want to smell like it.t. used the same handful of stuff for years and years and curious of new shit >polo green>geo f trumper skye>any vetiver I get as a present
>>18524291If you like Eau Givree you'll likely like Eau De Rochas, and that's cheap enough to spray 20 times to get some performance out of it (while if you spray Eau Givree like 6-8 times you won't smell it in 30 mins).
>>18524871Love the original Habit Rouge, don't care for any of the flankers. It's a gorgeous fizzy citrus, drying down to a sweet woody rose.But it's not versatile at all. I have to be really in the mood to wear it.
>>18524871Sweet fragrances are fine. I have this stuff which is very sweet and plummy but at the same time it's most definitely masculine.
>>18524878>ideal homo extreme>definitely masculine LMAO sure
>>18524871It's quite common these days. Depending on how sweet it is you just have to be mindful in warm climates if it becomes cloying.
>SOTD Azemour Les Orangers Is this what oakmoss smells like?
>>18524871Have you tried the "original" EDT? Not nearly as sweet.Best vanilla fragrances>Eau des Baux>Un Bois Vanille>Eau Duelle
>>18524871my favourite vanillasvan sea - salty, marine very clear acqua di sale DNA softened by an everlasting vanilla in the base, really nice releaxing summer scentbabycat - olibanum, vanilla, suade. Sweet but not sickening and everlasting, heard vanagloria is very similiar to it but it's hard to sample it where I liveani - ginger, florals and spicy vanilla. spiritueuse double vanille - boozy vanilla, intoxicating.
>>18524871Vanillas I wear in order of increasing sweetness>Shalimar EDT, current formula. Easily worn by men in current year. Very nice ambery vanilla with very little sweetness.>Tobacco Vanille. Slightly sweet vanilla but nicely balanced with sharp tobacco>Dior Homme Intense. Sweet and pillowy musky iris vanilla.
>>18524871Serge Lutens Chergui is a good mix of spice, tobacco, and vanilla. Like a more refined Eau de Bavx
>>18524880Masculine yes. Manly no.
>>18524944chergui is great but vanilla is not one of the notes I'd use to describe it and I definitely wouldn't call it a more refined eau de bavxchergui is in another league
>>18524966Noselet
>>18524980but enough about you
>>18524565A Gibson Les Paul or a datejust. If it’s a significant enough amount a Hyundai ioniq 5 because I just drove one and for the price that car is excellent
>>18524985>gibson>fwd>electric "car"Jesus christ, a golem among golems.
Where do you sell used fragrance bottles?
>>18524990facebook, ebay and it's equivalents
>>18524986Idk what fwd means
>>18524990in europe it's local fb groups.idk how well that works in USA where building a trust based community will never work due to negros and jeets
>>18524986Also what you play a jazz master you faggot. (jk I have a jazzmaster too but they are gay and Gibson is straight as fuck)
My Oud Wood bottle is coming in 5 days, it has no reformulations right?? it's made in December 2024.
>>18524998jaguar, but you got disturbingly close
>>18524995Fuck white dicks
>>18525002So you’re trans
>>18524997i don't want to kiss up to a bunch of retards who think they're a "community" for six months before i can sell a frag
I guess I should test this considering I bought it nearly a week ago.
>>18525020thats not how it works at all, you just have to have proof of purchase
will any of you cunts attend this event?
>>18525023>proof of purchaseWhat happened to you "trust based community"? I buy shit from randos here in the US with nothing but their "dude trust me" and I have yet to be let down.
>>18525045you trust them not to decant the og juice and fill it with cheapest replacement, which I guarantee happens among negros, jeets and spics.
>>18525056Solution: don't buy from negroes, jeets, and spics.
>>18525064telegony and microchimerism are brootal mate, you don't get to chose.
>>18525028Why would I pay to enter a trade show about things I can smell the following week at a store?Same thing with esxence.
>>18525028Might just travel there in hopes to meet perfumer anon, I’m sure hell be there
>>18525067If you can't psychically detect minorities and nigger blood by this point you're just a failure
>>18524728When?Not right now surely, that's not even the best vetiver frag in its price range.
>>18525103nta but it's the best choice even for 100 bucks
>>18525086is that a rape threat saar?
>>18525028If it's the perfumery equivalent to pretentious shitshows like pitti uomo I rather not.
>>18525134>turn-upsfucking milaniggers
I did it... I actually ordered BDC L'exclusif...
>>18525134uhg that's disgusting
>>18525148meant for >>18525147
>>18525147I heard it's just a slightly better version of the parfum. I'm wearing the EDP today and I probably won't get anything else from the line.
>>18525021>Don't post at me or my son ever again.
>>18525105Terre d'Hermes is better.Please don't reply saying TdH is not a vetiver frag because if it's not then Vetiver's a tobacco frag.>>18525145>milaniggersNot to say that Milanese have good taste, but Pitti Uomo is held in Florence.
anything worth sampling from ds&durga?
>>18525214Nothing
>>18525214Coriander is nice, basically og Acqua di Gio on steroids
>>18525023i don't keep receipts of my frags wtf
French Lover sample soon (two weeks ffs it better be great).
Frag for attracting this kind of girls?I generally dress sharp but I've gotten a lot of compliments for my mesh ballet flats in recent weeks.
>>18525240They're currently all fat single moms covered in tattoos pushing approaching middle age.Whatever attracts that.
>>18524997I'm portuguese and you can't basically buy anything second hand, not because of scams (although the brazillians are trying to change that), but because people basically want to sell second hand used shit at full or near full price, I seriously can't believe these people
>>18525252I meant young girls who currently look like Hayley Williams did at 18 to 25, not girls who looked like that 15 years ago.
>>18525261I see this a lot even in Canada. I tried finding a better price on Jicky EDT in the 75ml old school bottle from second hand sellers. Discounter price was $99 and they were asking $120-140 for the same bottle. Asian sellers though.
I sprayed ONE spray of Sultan Vetiver near my bed a few days ago and I still smell it.I don't like it enough for a full bottle, but the quality's there.
>>18524836idk, if there was a perfume that smelled like debt free fair skin virgins without tattoos or hardcore political beliefs - I could see it being mens favorite on women
>>18525272Yeah its called freshly distilled lavender hydrosol from very very very old money french estates, reserved only the monsieurs daughters.
>>18525271available at 90$ for 50ml here.>>18525261lmao, in Poland we get people selling stuff at insane sale prices sometimes, like recently rossman had a 1+1 sale which resulted in people getting some amouages, crivellis and tom fords at around half the retail, even funnier some groups, specificaly the ones centered around niche would shame people for trying to resale
>>18525214Cowboy Grass is pretty great
Guerlain l'homme ideal worth? found a tester for 50 euros
>>18525214I like St Vetyver which is supposed to be similar to Cowboy Grass (mentioned by >>18525307), but goes for a boozy/sweet take.
>>18525309Absolutely
Can someone explain why civet musk (or literally any other body odor of a mammalian animal) is attractive, while human body odor is disgusting? Why are we repulsed by our own shit
>>18525364read any studies regarding androstenol? we also find our "musks" attractive. Human body odour is disgusting because it's usually related to bacteria. Also have you never felt attracted to the scent of your sweaty partner? not to mention that a fair portion of humans will find their some excretions atleast intresting, sniffing your own farts or swabbing your grundle and sniffing.
>>18525371>>18525371>>18525371
>>18523444Has anyone tried the new Prada Paradigme? Is it too generic man frag or is it a love letter to the genre?
