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>>18612279I should get fath's discovery set>>18612103no, kouros is still being made as far as I'm concernedkouros body has been discontinued sometimes this or late last year>>18612170I think there was a bottle of this somewhere at my or a family member's house about a decade agono idea what it smells likesotd: One Man Show GOLD edition
>>18612286>I should get fath's discovery setyes, there is some good stuff in there
SOTD>Tragedy of Lord Giorgio
Posting again because I got no replies.I recently discovered Grey Flannel. Are there any other hidden gems in that same masculine floral genre?
>been eyeing new frag for months>have enough loyalty points at local niche shop to get significant discount>get birthday discount from said shop as well>decide to finally buy the bottle >shop is closed down>not even a firesale of all the remaining product>frag i wanted company doesn't even ship to my countryGoddammit
>>18612234I thought you wanted reasons not to buy it, you should definitely buy it>SOTD Valentino BIR Ivory, tested it in the shop but am going to purchase tomorrow ngl
>>18612311Our shipping is so far that the fee is more expensive than the perfume
>>18612311Which frag
IS 28 TOO OLD FOR THE STRONGER WITH YOU INTENSELY i'm asking once again
>>18612329Indigo Smoke by Arquiste. The smoke and tea on my skin is sublime
>>18611654>Don't know if I'll ever wear it outside, I didn't expect it to be that sweet. The benzoin gives butterscotch sugary notes during the first few hours, it's more enjoyable after 5-6 hours. I'm not getting the patchouli at all behind the rose.I can't overstate how much I enjoy wearing my vintage Portrait of a Lady with clean casual attire, even in daytime. Just jeans and a comfy sweater. I know most people probably dress it up in the evening but the vintage has really mellowed out. With two sprays on the wrist it's quite comfortable. The rose and sandalwood combined with the fruitiness has become reminiscent of a clean scent. I think the patchouli and incense is what has mellowed out the most making it more casual and relaxed.
>>18612343I hope Arquiste goes bankrupt. They have decent fragrances but their pricing and distribution is crap. Either they are intentionally trying to create exclusivity in an attempt to get bought out, or they are simply mismanaged and incompetent.>Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Posting this again.Thoughts on pic related? Heard good things about it. Never smelled it or the edt.
>>18612311Etiket?
>>18611640Kouros arrived today, opened the box with a knife while speeding, just as the frag masters intended.Not decided on it yet desu, it's not straight to the trashcan tier at all, but not the ultimate masculine pinnacle either. For 20 mins there was that "animalic" smell I guess, which stings a little, then what remains is a soapy, honey-ish base. It doesn't smell like piss but after thinking it 95% smells like: >entering a hot sauna with wood on the fire, in a roofed, humid pool. No chlorine. It's potent, despite being an Edt, lasts and projects like a today's absolu. >>18612103Not sure, mine is probably a newer edition as it lines up with it being modern and less harsh.>>18612377My notes I took says: blue bar of soap, light smell blue/black berries, rated 4.3/5. If I remember it well, it has a joe average projection and lasting, for a 2025 edp. It's a nice scent not harsh, not faint, I did not regret buying a 40ml bottle.Got>R. Lauren Polo Green edt>Versace L'Homme edt >Azzaro pour Homme edtall of them retro, not sure if they are actually 40 years old. Tried all three and they stink, like old alcohol, betadine, and ancient medicine. Not sure if it's supposed to be like that by default, the store is trusted so no dupes, arabs don't buy these anyway. I wasn't there in the 80s but I suppose all that unfiltered cigarettes, smokes and heavy smells had to be overpowered with something else..So as a fan of light easy sporty smells this was a good chunk of money wasted
How does patchouli smell? I only know it from MYSLF as that deep, bitter green note but apparently it has a chocolate vibes to others?
Just went back from shopping and I couldn't find anything interesting and cheap. So I bought two bottles of attar fragrance oil.
>>18612423It smells like chocolate
Spicebomb original or metallic musk for cold weather?
i (middle aged white man) want to smell like a kween of the night (brown). what's a proper bad gyal scent?
>>18612462Baccarat Rouge 540
>>18612464maybe something slightly less ubiquitous?
>>18612465Do you want to smell like a bad gal or do you want to smell like you're not like other girls?
>smelled Chanel No. 5>it doesn't smell unisexSOTD Musamam
I spent 1200$ on frags in a month, in a technically third world country.
>>18612467the latter
What does he wear /frag/?
>>18612454Might have answered my own question. Tested both today and the latter seems to have worse longevity on my skin, leaving behind no spice or musk while the former is still trucking on 6 hours later.
>>18612475Toy Boy
There are plenty of winter frags that you really can't wear in high heat, but are there also some typical summer frags that can't be worn when it's freezing? I feel like clean, fresh frags always work. Am I wrong?
>>18612501I love both Aqua de Gio and DS & Durga's Italian Citrus in the summer, but they lose all of their appeal in cold weather.
Who tf buys this brand?
Is it true that only guys with aura can pull this off?
>>18612515go to the mall and smell it. if you can pull it off, you'll know the answer is "no."
>>18612513>>18612129
>>18612332Yes. Plus SWY is so one dimensional.
>>18612279I have a sample of pic related, never been so disappointed. Just a boring neroli with something
>>18612515It’s a shame what they did to kouros
>>18612515>auranot sure what you mean, but I can kinda agree that you need to feel like a man if you will, for it to smell goodit just doesn't work when your feeling stressed or powerless that's why I didn't even unbox my bottle even though I bought it over a year ago. It's a great frag but one of these that choose you, not the other way around.Good that I was able to try cologne sport flanker, owning 3 bottles now and that should do, easier to wear than the og
>>18612434wow she's 100% my type...what fragrance will attract this kind of girl?
>>18612343Just go with Masque Russian Tea, higher quality imo>>18612435Nope, patchouli centered frags often smell chocolatey but patchouli itself is earthy, musty, like potatoes in a cellar
>>18612286>>18612298I got it and I think the only good scents are Green Water and Curaçao Bay.I mainly bought it for Vetiver Gris which turned out to be terrible.
>>18612501Acqua di SaleYou or Someone Like You
>>18612571agree with Curacao, had a decant and bought a full bottleI'm curious of this new musk something but can't find samples/decants yet
>>18612564>that's why I didn't even unbox my bottle even though I bought it over a year agoKWAB
>>18612515If you can stand the piss smell in the opening
I love white women so much. SOTD Bugatti IconiQ Gold
>>18612580>the piss smell in the openingthe ultimate pleb/noselet filter
>>18612515the truth is that nobody can pull it off and the world will be a better place once ysl drops it.
I need a recI want to smell like the saltiest nastiest seadog/lighthouse worker I want people to smell me and think that I just had sex with a sperm whale during a stormI live in Europe, so no US specific recs pleaseprice is not an issue, I dont have money for any of them anyway
>>18612600megamare
>>18612601Yes.... I think I'll be able to try tomorrow150 eur though
>i like gourmands
>>18612501>Am I wrong?No. Clean and fresh always works. Some people just rather not wear heavy, intense fragrances in summer because they can be overwhelming. None of that changes the fact that some fragrances just shine in certain weather. A green floral in spring, a zesty citrus in summer, a smoky leather for fall, and that weird animalic in winter. I'm sensitive to sweet scents and winter is the best time to hide them. Learning how each scent behaves is one of my favorite things since they vary so much and the frangrance sites are inaccurate.
>>18612540no...then what are some fragrances for men in their late twenties? i've read mixed reviews on the SWY absolutely
If I have:Green Irish TweedZinoBel Ami VetiverPour MonsieurMousse IllumineeWhat do you think would be good for warm weather?
>>18612626rather, what else should I buy?
>>18612627not my problem
>>18612611me rn desu I redeemed the Akro Bake last week with minimal expectations but I'm actually liking it
>>18612600Megamare or Seemann Reloaded
>>18612423Patchouli has a ton of variationFor me its usually earthy and bitter, but some blends have it spicy, almost like the carbonation of a soft drink
I don't know much if anything about fragrances, which ones would you recommend if I want to smell like metal? I've already seen a few recommendations online but I couldn't find them for sale, I guess they're discontinued
I am back after 8+ months of worming my way in into my national frag community.There's nothing more pretentious than them, not even arts, because NOBODY is making frags, just yap reviewing, consuming and appreciating the branding and bottles rather than the scents.Having read very little about chemistry i dunked on every debate i found myself into to the point of being throw literal perfumers to debunk me in one instance by a seething richfag but i "won" that one because i was right and the other guy agreed with my very basic premise.I would like to apologize too for my trashbag attitude towards some anons back then but because i never used a name i will just carry on trying to be better, hope some of you aren't as clinically retarded as one year ago.My next step is to buy aromachemicals little by little to try and learn more and hopefully make my dream scent one day, which i know what it will smell like but i don't know the cause of a specific note/accord i want to pull out.>>18612308The powdery citrus aspect of Chanel pour Monsieur might be to your liking but it's much more expensive and doesn't last as long, not even close.GF is a masterpiece despite its reformulations, it's flatter but very cheap and lasts a lot. Have you tried Aramis?
>>18612681Very interesting, thanks for the blogpost anon!And please, keep us updated!
>>18612679H24 is green and metallic
>>18612683Your sarcasm is obvious but i wanted to post that as a faint, very faint warning to anyone who wanted to attempt the idea of going out with the fragheads. It's a waste of time.>>18612679Demeter has a bunch of specific accord bottles, perhaps there's one about metal, rust, tarnish, ferrous aspect of it.>>18612626>>18612627Fougere L’ Aube, Eau de Orange Verte Concentree or Eau de Citron Noir>>18612515You need a very specific set of circumstances to pull it out nowadays because back then the only people who did were men with yesfags and asskissers nearby, it was never a crowd-pleaser but a statement-maker with a great floral drydown.Even its creator was surprised by its popularity, but there's "worst" offenders like Hugo Boss #1.
>>18612626For summer:>Eau Sauvage>Armani Eau Pour Homme>Monsieur de Givenchy>Colonia / Colonia Essenza>D&G Pour Homme>Eau de Guerlain>Guerlain Vetiver>Guerlain Homme>Paris-Edimbourg>Dune Pour Homme>Eau de Rochas Homme>Mugler Cologne>>18612627>Platinum Egoiste>French Lover>Heritage EDT>Egoiste>Chergui>Ambre Sultan>Antaeus>Fahrenheit>NYI>Equipage>Kouros>Rien
>>18612525>>18612513that's right. love me ADP
>>18612610nta but megamare is objectively the best choice. Blu Mare Giardini Di Toscana is a good second option
>>18612679Super Nova by Gritty, but the most metallic smelling frag i ever tried was Reliqvia Filippo Sorcinelli. metal doesn't appear in the notes but it smells like rust
>>18612626boucheron ph edt
>>18612681>because NOBODY is making fragsit's very expensive and very time consumingit also requires a dedication and consistency that barely anyone has as well as at least a sprinkle of autism
>>18612681>i never used a nameYou don't need one, your spam is repetitively obvious and nauseating. The quality of the thread plummets whenever you're around just like your fellow spammers.
>>18612718>it's very expensiveFragfag collectors already spend a lot, it's comparable in the end, a good kit is like 10k. I was/am retarded, i already spend 4k and i have nothing but frags>very time consumingIt can be done as a hobby over the years>it also requires a dedication and consistency that barely anyone hasSkill issue. The real problem is perfumery, at a low-scale, needs massive amounts of practical knowledge like knowing 1000+ aromachemicals and knowing how to combine them and there's little documentation for that, ironically one of the first good widespread documents about that was made by Hermes' Ellena less than 10 years ago.
>>18612722>spamSpam is the act of repeating, i do not repeat unlike your seething replies every time you witness me>your fellow spammers.Cry more faggot, i do not belong in any imaginary guild of "spammers" like you pretend>>18612470Use them or trade them, at least some bottles do not lose that much value>>18612468>Quintessential women's frag>Unisexu wot
Chanel No 5 is objectively more masculine by modern standards than any recent designer sweet frag (DHI, SWY, etc.)
>>18612738yes
>>18612731>Spam is the act of repeatingThat's literally what you're doing right now and the reason the threads were so much better without you around. You're like a plague that everyone does their best to avoid. Everything you touch turns to shit.
Out of everything I've sampled I'm ashamed to say Creed Aventus and Aqua di Gio EDT are my favorites. I feel like such a fucking normie, I want to be cool and different like you guys. Are there any good frags similar to either of these (fruity chypre or aquatic) that aren't normgroid tier? Thank you.
What do we think of Acqua di Parma's high-end Signature of the Sun collection?
This is the most generic, basic thing I've smelled in a while and I can't believe how much I like it. It's the cleanest scent I found yet. I like it mora than BDC EDP.I already ordered a bottle of this mainstream shit.
>>18612749try Dior Homme 2020
>>18612742>That's literally what you're doing right nowWrong>reason the threads were so much better without you aroundWe'll see the archives, meanwhile these threads haven't been good since #500-ish but it is notable that this one has been slow compared to a year ago>Everything you touch turns to shit.I sense my superiority has taken its toll on you, truth be told you are also corrupting me a lot. Accept my presence or tell one of the lackey pajeetoid mods to ban me again, all i can say now is that i will honestly try to behave much more better.>>18612738The aldehydes+florals situate it firmly in the feminine realm and DHI/SWY are for homosexuals, so you are not saying anything controversial. I would also add D&G K, that really is cloyingly sweet, and some years ago One Million too.Also goes for the other way, some girl perfumes smell like old timey men's classics or really can be considered "Unisex" or walking that line.
>>18612748Once you have Fico di Amalfi the rest of their catalog pales in comparisonI do have Colonia Essenzia just because tho
>>18612745Aventus is not really a chypre due to the lack of the chypre accord since a decade ago but stuff similar to the Morillas' reformulation can be Terenzi Orion or Cedrat Boise Intense, some arab clones also go very close to it. AdG EDT is a classic but what alternative can be said, my favorite one was Essenza di Zegna, it's a lot similar but with an added tea/myrtle accord that makes it a bit darker and camphorous. Discontinued, so you might be better with Profumo dupes like Bentley Silverlake, a bit fresher, costs a lot less and still performs pretty solidly, 6 hours at the bare minimum.
>>18612748she has the mr beast thumbnail stare
>>18612756The threads are slower and better without your constant spam, you're slowly getting it.
I found out that Albero Morillas copies the work of Jacques Polge quite a lot
>>18612748Essenza and Oud & Spice are great. they're especially long lasting on me. the other ones in the linup are nice, but never considered purchasing them
>>18612763>Slow and lack of discussion is goodI get the former but not the latter, you are a petty nigger so better shut it>>18612764Morillas has a book with 20 accords and all his work is just putting 3 to 5 of those in a bottle. He's not original at all but he can be identified very often in his work, aside from the dupes like Aventus or Man In Black.Most of his most famous work is actually as head of laboratory, the actual designers were others like Menardo, Fremont or Cavallier.
>>18612748goodthey're almost all francois demarchy creations
>>18612769>Morillas has a book with 20 accords and all his work is just putting 3 to 5 of those in a bottle.imagine being such a cognitively deficient ape that you think structuring your work process is a bad thing.
>>18612769Daniela Andrier-Roche is the best perfumer
>>18612728>Fragfag collectors already spend a lotfair but consider low vs high time preference>It can be done as a hobby over the yearsagain low vs high preference and consumerism>Skill issue.then why complain no one is making their own frags if you're just gonna brush away the biggest obstacle
>>18612761I appreciate the info and I've saved it for my next sample order, but I feel like I'm already heading in the wrong direction. Personality-wise, I don't think I should be wearing aventus or AdG, I'm not that guy. I tried Luckyscent's Male Essential 14 awhile back but it was less informative than I'd hoped, are the 10 scents listed in the flowchart >>18612281 still relevant? Are there other sample packs out there that you would recommend?
>>18612745>different like you guysare you sure that's a good idea?>coollol, lmao even>>18612780nta, but>I don't think I should be wearingthat's retarded, just wear what you like>flowchartthe flowchart is outdated (some of those frags are discontinued, better frags were released, etc.) but it's still a good start (eg. Eau Sauvage, Pour Monsieur, Mitsuoko and Azemour are all great chypres)>sample packslurk moar, read the op, check out the charts, read the Luca Turin guides, etc.this is a shithole but still better than anything else you can find on the internet>SOTD: Chanel Pour Monsieur EDT
>>18612783I appreciate the input, I'll stop whining about it and put in more legwork.
>>18612689>those people who like frags are all SO pretentious and less knowledgeable than me>I destroyed them with facts and basic chemistry and I won arguments>I'm here to warn you about how pretentious and less knowledgeable than me they areIf you're as amiable in real life as you are online I can see how you wouldn't have gotten along with other people.sotd: Encre Noire
SOTD: Lorenzo Pazzaglia Incenso NotturnoBasically incense and a touch of oud. Can't identify anything else.I continue trying but I don't get incense frags. It covers everything and after 5 minutes it stops being pleasant.Does anybody enjoy things like Avignon or Cardinal?
>>18612810>Does anybody enjoy things like Avignon or Cardinal?every once in a while, i like the strong stuff more (UNUM LAVS, Rien, etc.)
>german GF told me she wants me to make her pregnant soon>while Bugatti IconiQ Gold is in the airBasiert. I hope you bought some fougeres or aquatics
will people think im gay for wearing a unisex perfume?
>>18612816>will people think im gay for wearing perfume?ftfy, also yeah, probably
>>18612769Again, you're borderline retarded so I'll slow it down for you, faggots calling each other tranny pajeet niggers for 310 posts is not discussion. While you were out everyone changed and grew their knowledge base while you are still stunted. In 8 months you will still be spamming here about the same shit.
>>18612816How would people know it's marketed unisex?
>>18612816only if you act gay about it
>>18612816yeah. women will think youre gay just because you dress well instead of being another man who wears baseball caps inside and athleisure everywhere he goes
is it me or are 90% of male fragrances woody?
>>18612833it's you
>>18612764Which ones? What is Polge's Mugler Cologne?
>>18612816Its fruity for a man to be wearing fragrance in the first place
>>18612773Structuring and streamlining to the point of formulaic notebook creations is a bad thing you retard, it stops being designs and become recipes.>>18612778>then why complain no one is making their own frags if you're just gonna brush away the biggest obstacleI expect more from people aside from mindless consumerism, in these threads plenty of anons knew their stuff and i think many initiated here can easily mix accords having the materials on hand and very basic knowledge of dilutions, that Ellena book gives a good hint for that. The biggest obstacle is having materials to study. The hardest skill to master IMO is commercial batch making and material logistics, not even many "master" perfumers know that. But yielding 11lt of perfume to make a batch shouldn't be too hard, problem is the design process AND knowing materials to know what to design in the first place.>>18612794Yeah i agree i am a faggot character here but i behave myself IRL until they start telling you lies, only retards would think a perfume has Stardust and yet it happened and they insisted. The bridge from consuming to creating is steeply marked in perfumes, more so than stuff like video games, movies or music.>>18612833Probably, yeah. Depends on what you are smelling, most blue frags use cedar notes, most homo male frags use sandal+iris notes, old school used sandal+oakmoss, IES is used very often too.
>>18612816Just wear women's perfume like a real man. All joking aside, there are unisex fragrances that are clearly masculine and unisex fragrances that are clearly feminine.
Im a brown boy and I can only pull off coconut fragrances. If I tried to wear something sexy like Dior Homme parfum on a casual time I would seem like an Indian
>>18612816>will people thinkyou are already gay for caring what others thinksotd: Jacques Fath Encens Copal
>Female friend in mid-20s.>prefers woody smellsWhat buy?
>>18612902nothing, retarded simp
>>18612773so you think your favorite monkey perfumer creates every accord from scratch each time he's working on a new brief? lmao
>>18612909for>>18612862
whats the worst fragrance u have in ur collection?For me its pic related, got it for 30 bucks new but i cant stand it, smells like dill pickles
>>18612902Santal 33
>>18612932I have a counterfeit Boss fragrance, the dark blue one which oddly performs better than the OG but I don't spray it on my skin because I might get balls cancer
>>18612515I really don't understand all the faggy nonsense surrounding Kouros. I find it absolutely effortless to pull off, but I guess the direct answer to your question may be 'yes' if we are to judge by online comments.This is one of the most majestic fragrances ever made, and wherever I've worn it, people seem to absolutely love it. It's probably one of the few fragrances I've ever been "complimented" on, annoyingly so; And though that really isn't something I've ever paid much attention to, with Kouros it's almost tiring.>Yo, you smell amazing<Yeah, I know, now please shut up as I've heard this 49 times today already At any rate, this is one of the few fragrances I've found to be somewhat demanding, it really is a 'summer frag', it just doesn't feel right in a colder weather, this is a scent that benefits from the scorching summer heat where you can feel the full contrast between clean aldehycic lavender and sweaty musc.And that is kind of lame imo as I've been wanting to wear Kouros for the past couple of weeks but it just doesn't feel right.SOTD aramis
Thoughts on Carthusia?I tried both 1681 and Carthusia Uomo and found them both to be meh
>>18612932i hate all my fragrances
>>18612943Carthusia has horrible performance unfortunately
>>18613047who cares
what's a fragrance for white guys who act black and are almost convincing at it?
>>18612775Not bad. But the GOAT is, easily, Cavallier
>>18613055sauvage elixir
These are the fragrances I am going to buy a full bottle of>Aventus>Narcotic delight>Baccarat rouge 540>Angels share>Gentle fluidity silver>Bond no 9 Lafayette st>LV imagination >Sauvage elixir (already own it)
>>18613073I tried all the gay masculine frags that u fags jizz over and honestly they are all trash
>>18613073These are the fragrances I truly enjoy smelling on myself. Honorable mentions>Naxos>CC blonde amber/town and country>Side effect>Elysium
what's a good frag for then you're the blackest, most charcoal skinned gorilla nigger you can imagine?
>>18612944Zoinks! Do you not like any fragrances or did you just go down the wrong tech tree?
Anons were right, Patou PH is nice, still doesn't account for the crazy prices. It has some interesting woody leathery smoky notes and transitions a bit. Unfortunately I can't pull it off, it's very of its time and that's saying a lot because I have plenty of vintage fragrances. I'll try it again for Christmas, maybe it will work better at an event.
>>18613082Green irish tweed
Egoiste somehow reminds me of...toilet? Why is that?
>>18613101Tobacco note probably. It happens with my Tobacco Vanille too
>>18613095!!!
SOTD Asad
>>18613082Joop Homme
>>186130551 Million and all it's flankers
>>18613073>Bond no 9>>>/trash/
Good men’s or masculine leaning unisex scents for spring? Definitely looking for something floral/green but I’d like it if it had some vanilla/amber sweet/warm notes.
>>18613101>>18613109One Man Show reminds me of hospital
>>18613101Tobacco. Urinal cake note similar in Polo Green, Kouros, etc
>>18613160CK One
>>18613148Do you have Urban Man Elixir? If so, how does it compare?
>>18613180Gold or essence?
what's the cologne version of picrel?
>>18613181No
>>18613194Brut?
>>18612833It's the current year. Most male fragrances in the 70's and 80's smelled like shaving cream.
>>18613200nah
picked up --Dolce&Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme, Eau De Toilette Spray-- not impressed
>want a frag for uni, gym and daily use>everyone has different take on every scents>feel lost>too broke to buy a frag for every use case and preference>budget: around $50need one affordable frag that works for most situations, cheaper is better to start.
>>18613205This is safe but not particularly uniqueSmells like a barbershop
>>18613205the fragrance industry would be so much better if there was a sample kit you could buy that had like 20-30 top fragrance swabs so you could at least see which territory to search in
>>18613205Sauvagelacoste blanc L. 12 12 if you wanna be unique
>>18613207This.
>>18613205chrome azzaro
>>18613207That exists, you just need to walk into the local sephora.>inb4 I don't know what to look forYou have many options: trying everything, asking the sales assistant to recommend something, and looking up "best/most popular men's/women's fragrances" to arrive with a list.
>>18613206>>18613209>>18613215ty anons, these seems like what im looking for.really appreciate it, you made it easy for me.
>>18613209>SauvageYou're not helping him at all
>>18613203Old Spice then
>>18612731I heard men also can wear Chanel No. 5Is this true?
Redpill me on JPG Scandal
What scents is the /frag/ queen lady gio rocking?
>>18613225ELDO Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, YES I DO
>>18613225Acqua Di Gio? I wonder is there a female version.
>>18613230There is indeed>>18613225She would wear a fancy guerlain I think
>>18613073grim>>18613160h24 edt and herbes vivesnot that unisex but they are quite good for spring>>18613221yes, you just need to be based>>18613222sweet slopworse than any of the le male line desu
>>18613153retard
>>18613280It's a terrible brand
>not as safe and professional as Grey Vetiver>not as green and realistic as Sultan Vetiver>not as airy and luxurious as Sycomore>not as sweet and comfy as Fat ElectricianWhy do you people like Guerlain Vetiver EDT so much?I can imagine it was unique in 1959 when it came out, but having tried many of the vetiver options available nowadays I can't find anything special about this.
>>18613287>Why do you people like Guerlain Vetiver EDT so much?because it's the best vetiver around and the price is rightthe four "accusations" are not reasons against guerlain vetiver but instead arguments for itI don't want safe and boring like grey vetiver nor do I care that much for realism and I prefer tobacco to sweetness with vetiver (I really like tobacco in general)
>SOTDKouros>>18612515No, its just a strong old fashioned soapy babershop edt, and I guarantee not one of the hype faggots can pick this out of a blind test with Polo Green or Paco Rabanne Pour Homme for example.
>>18612939It is demanding, i don't know about compliments but it projects like a fucker in heat, only 40+yo ladies appreciate it tho and not all of them, most of them like the most simple blue frags around and girls like the most homosexual thing over a dude.We are not far from smelling aldehydic strawberry body mists peddled as men's frags.>>18613057>easilyBourdon is a behemoth to discard him so easily but Cavallier keeps going.>>18613101Cinnamon in it is of a very dirty cheap variant, smells like butt funk, and the old batches have the old manly 80's base which was copied by urinal cake masters.>>18613055Drakkar Noir dupes from Walgreens for oldhead larp, Armaf Odyssey (any flanker) for young thug mode.>>18612909You don't even know how to post kiddo, settle down
>>18613287It's simple. Grey vetiver and guerlain vetiver are the best vetiver frags and one cost 2 or 3 times more
Good milky masculine scents?
>>18613201>Most male fragrances in the 70's and 80's smelled like shaving cream.Wrong, perhaps in the 50's and 60's but the years you mention were the era of chypres and complex fougeres.>>18613205Go to Walmart and buy a dupe of AdG, CW, Drakkar Noir or Polo Black. If not in Walmart USA then some Armaf, Afnan or Rasasi bottle. Le Parfait, Modest Une or Hawas (normal or Ice)>>18613221You can wear anything but you will be judged. #5 is too floral and aldehydic by the common nose, perhaps you can use it but you need to have natural cigarette and booze smell all over you too.That one line from Chanel that looks like generic slop is actually pretty good but expensive, that you can pull out, like Paris and Biarritz.
>>18613234With Gioia it's two actually, but Gio is better, great green melon ozonic freshie
>>18613301Valentino uomo BIR Ivory. It is way to expensive for what it is and leaning towards unisex/fem, but I tested it last week and enjoyed it. Pure creamy smooth woodie scent.
>>18613280he might be a retard but he's not wrong
>>18613296you're the dumbest motherfucker on the internet
How similar is the drydown of EN a l'Extreme to that of the original EN?I'd like a more rounded and not-as-damp vetiver as EN and the opinions I've read range from "they're the same after 1 hour" to "they're completely different and Extreme is so much smokier and sweeter", so I'd love a sensible take, please and thank you.
>>18613216i'm on 4chani'm not going to sephora
best fragrance for slaying milfs?
>>18613368this meme is so dumb. this place has more normalfags than reddit
>>18612515Just blind bought this based on post in this thread, holy fuck this shit is tiring to wear
>>18612943carthusia is retarded for removing discovery set from their offeringhowever mediterraneo is great... i might cop the solid perfume version of it>>18613365on me the l'extreme has additional amber/balsamic note the whole time, including drydown. in the beginning it is much more prominentsotd encre noire 21 sprays
>>18613368>go to sephora>they're out of test strips so I ask the lady for more>she says they're out but I can use tissues>ok>she compliments my rings>thank her and spill my spaghetti by ranting about one of my rings and early Christianity10/10 would go again but all the perfumes they have are modern slop
>>18613368I think you should be glad you found a reason to come out of your (parent's) basement for a couple hours, just imagine how many frags you could try.>>18613392>milf with absentee (ex) husband and a young kid, wears skinny jeans or leggingsBlue de Chanel Parfum>milf who recently divorced her husband because she was fed up with him and has a teenage or older kid, wears Chanel-looking topsVC&A Pour Homme, Chanel Pour Monsieur>>18613407Much appreciated.So those notes are all on top of what's in the original EN?Do they make the whole thing smell more mellow/not as damp/more refined?
SOTD: Lorenzo Pazzaglia Evil AngelCringe name for a boring frag.Some mint during the first hour then very sweet and fruity. The vanilla + musk base makes it smell like an Initio frag. Also rum and resin.Very good performance.
>>18613421>So those notes are all on top of what's in the original EN?id say so, yes, but there is not much of the "inkiness" in l'extreme. the amber/balsamic note is 70% of the scent or even more. >Do they make the whole thing smell more mellow/not as damp/more refined?it is effectively amber frag for me. not sure if more refined as it is still a fairly simple frag. its just different and not damp earthy vetiver forward anymore
>>18612943aloe vera is shit, a'mmare slightly better but still mid as fuck
>>18612286sotd almost the same today but ruby edition instead
>>18613225wtf bros I thought our queen was curly. Who tf is this itty bitty bih?
>>18612281I'm just trying to pick up chicks
>>18613421the only frag i'll be getting is bottom frag bot lane
Thoughts on polo green? Seen a lot of anons here trash it but I quite like it personally.Good winter scent, only complaint is the strong tobacco notes. I like some tobacco but not too much. I'm a college student so I sometimes worry people will assume I ripped a dart in the hallway or something.Normally priced over 100 dollars but if you're patient or buy on other platforms you can get a 125ml EDT for $40-50. I think it's a pretty good value.
>>18613296>urinal cake mastersi lol'd out loud, ty>>18613368>i'm not going to sephoratouch grass, anonthe stakes can't get any lower than this>>18613407>sotd encre noire 21 spraysstop with the sissyspraying, thanks>>18613483k>>18613522it's great
>>18613455Right, thanks for the description.
>>18612388Yea.
>>18613522yes you are in fact correct
>>18613365To my nose A l'Extreme is EN reinvented as an incense fragrance, they really missed their chance to name it "Encensoir". They share core dirty vetiver note, but while EN smells green, sharp and minimalist, Extreme is complex, warmer and resinous. It remains such into the drydown where it also gets a powdery undertone due to orris root. If you get the chance try smelling Chanel's Sycomore as it is the closest thing to original Encre Noire, but more refined in my opinion.
Wore L'Orpheline to midnight mass and it just got mogged by the frankincense scent
>>18613639orpheline is prone to being mogged, next time try encens roi, liturgie des heures or something elseCDG incenses are also too soft
hey peeps could someone suggest me a frag that gives off the same vibes as picrel? key words: rustic, druggie, vagabond, lost. posted something similar way back and ppl suggested that i got Quorum. got some compliments from that but not as many as i'd like.
>>18613683Jacques Zolty Me Gustas
>>18613632 #Thanks for the input.>core dirty vetiverThe vetiver in Encre Noire is anything but dirty imo, I believe one of its main ingredients is vetiveryl acetate which is a highly refined derivative of vetiver oil, and while EN is sharp in a sense, it lacks that very dry green celery/hay side that's very apparent in Sultan Vetiver or Vetiver Java by Perris for example.>complex, warmer and resinousDoes it have that churchy sweet-ish frankincese+myrrh accord found in Cardinal, Avignon, Casbah and such, or is it more of a dry woody frankincense like that in CDG 2MAN and the actual smell of burning frankincense by itself?>try smelling SycomoreI wish I hadn't and I agree with you completely, it's one of the few frags that really wow'd me, but I'm not going to give Chanel €3,33 per ml of smelly water, no matter how good.
>>18613653They don't ship to my shithole. Probably just gonna buy benzoin resin oil and add perfumers alcohol once my decant runs out.
>>18613160Habit Rouge
>>18613722sorry rajesh
>>18613746It's worse (I'm Filipino)
>>18613599yeah was a real bummer. loved the staff there. too bad it was impossible to buy stuff since they were always out of stock
I'm selling a decant of Durbano Spem Petram and i'm doing a last test for a review and it smells kinda dull, I've had it for a year and it lost a good mLI'm feeling like a scammer now, like I'm selling a flawed product, but nobody wanted to buy it before so I guess I'm fine loltesting rasasi oudh nashwah at the same time and it's also milder than before and I got the decant about 2 months ago so I guess it's just my skin today
>>18613803>Selling a decantYeah nobody really trusts a decant, just sell it to your dad like I do with my extra fragrances
>>18613807>Yeah nobody really trusts a decant,haven't noticed so far>just sell it to your dad kek why not give him stuff for free? I think I’ll give him a few, cause my decant box doesn’t seem to be getting any emptier.
Smells good
>>18613831Based gourmandchad
I just blind bought Chanel No. 5 and Escada Sunset Heat for Men
>>18613831I hope you're a woman
>>18613912I am
>>18613916Prove it
>>18613927Go talk to women outside kid
>>18613928Don't make me say the t-word
>>18612515Dookie nigga aura
>>18613935>Dookie nigga auraDark horse poty kek
>>18613725Parfum or EDT? The parfum seems like I’d enjoy it
SOTD Chanel No. 5For some reason it reminds me of White Musk by The Body Shop minus the grandma smell. The drydown smells kinda pissy.
>>18613949Indians wear the EDT
>>18613301A*Men
Is Rasasi Hawas a clone/dupe of YSL Y?
yeah, I don't like African Leather after all. Some kinda minty note or something in there
The Indian armpit note in Spicebomb Extreme is not bad
i blind bought lv imagination and now i smell like a faggot
>>18613996serves you right for being retarded
>>18613996Buy Pacific Chill next time
>>18614029Is any Toskovat worth buying? Their fragrances are kinda meme worthy. What’s the safest from that house?
Sorry, misquoted
>sotdGuerlain L'Homme Ideal EDTperfect for a shitty winter day like this
>>18613996Imaging buying the hyped LV slop. Should've bought Sur La Route, a modern take on Fougeres.Be a fougere chad, not a hype slop.
>>18614046>Is any Toskovat worth buying?no>Their fragrances are kinda meme worthy. What’s the safest from that house?just no>>18614054based
>>18613949EdT always with Guerlain.
>>18614046I have several decants and all of them are basically wearable. Bottles are way overpriced imo. Don't believe the hype, perfume nerds have vivid imaginations>Age of Innocencestrawberry candy and paint thinner>Born Screamingcherry cough syrup and rubber>Empty Wishes Welldamp conifer forest. pretty basic>Inexcusable Evilwet band aids
>>18613683you mean a gothrock frag?
>>18614097Thanks for the insight. Empty Wishes Well is the only one that I think I can enjoy. Well, off to fragrantica to see similar ones.
>>18613522Vintage version was awesome, reformulation fucking sucks but recently they reformulated it again and it smells way better, more ashy tobacco and more green but in the process it is now fully dry compared to its original mossy humid base.It smells more like Givenchy Gentlemen than Quorum which was its original dupe. It's great, not the same as the old one.>only complaint is the strong tobacco notesIt is a tobacco scent>I'm a college studentYou are in a homosexual college if they think it's bad to smoke a cigarette>Normally priced over 100 dollarsI don't know, you could find it often at Ross and other discounters. Walmart has a tobacco-less version for 12 dollars. Quorum might be also more on your alley, also quite cheap to get.>>18613964It's a clone of Invictus Aqua with some "acid ginger" and fuzzy musk base common in arab blue frags>>18614054Homme Ideal Extreme was great but got reformulated, Cologne was as good but got discontinued. Guerlain keeps making this dumb decisions.>>18613342>Still seethingYou are making my mission to post often just to flame your bitch nigger ass up
is Moschino effay?
>>18614116it's the opposite of effay so kina based desu
>>18614054It's insane how much better this is than the EDP sweet cherry slop or the over hyped parfum scam >>18614093This
>>18614073You inspired me anon. Wanted to wear something kinda green today.SOTD>Sur La Route
>>18614116I really don't like their advertisings. Reminds me of Jean Paul Gaultier.
>>18614073>>18614137>Iso E Super
What's the most realistic-smelling perfume? Like realistic-smelling oranges, chocolate, etc., where people on the first sniff might mistake the smell for the real thing instead of a fragrance.Note doesnt really matter
>>18614150essential oils
>tfw Curly pronounce anything French
>>18614152My uncle is into them, they smell good, but not like a real Orange for example, the bitter and green notes arent there for example
>tfw Curly
What is the minimum number you could reduce your collection to and still be happy with your rotation?
1
>>18614159>>186141621
>>186141591. I am lucky enough to have already found my dream signature frag. All the other frags are merely for variety but I could live happily with only my sig frag.
>>18614159bout tree fiddy
>>18614137Aromatic fougere kings
>>18614150Most Profumum Roma and especially Ichnusa, most Atelier Cologne and especially Jasmin Angélique, Cardinal by Heely, Sultan Vetiver by Nishane.
I ordered Aqua Quorum recently. What am I in for?
>>18614164Reveal, master.
>SOTD: Nicolai Vanille Tonkacomfy holiday frag, kinda masculine leaning due to the incense-y base
>>18614159Maybe like 12. I very much enjoy having a collection full of variety for a wide range of weather and settings.
>>18614198zingy ginger with guaiac wood
>>18614203Esencia EDP by Loewe.Other than that the one that would hurt me the most to lose would be Orage by LV.
>>18614206Did I make a right choice?
>>18614159About 32 if I really try. Once I find something I like I can't go back. Smelling it once or having it live only as a memory is not enough. Then again I'm intrigued even by the stuff I don't like so maybe I'm a weirdo. I just like unique smells.
>>1861415910, no kidding.
>>18614212you certainly made A choiceI like it, I like the whole quorum lineeven though I'm not a fan of guaiac wood I still like it
>>18614159Three.But that's hardly relevant because I'm not even happy with my current rotation and I've slowly but surely come to the realization that most of my frags I've bought in an attempt to get the same effect/mood/scent as more expensive frags and failed.It's not even about arabshit and clones as I'm very happy with two arabshits and two clones I have, but some things, like Casbah and Ambre Nuit, simply have no alternative.
r8 bois
>>18614229these amouages are meh, especially epicmy fav is journey
>>18614229could be bettercould be far far worseso you're good
>>18614198For a superior aromatic aquatic ride>>18614229All niche slop
>>18614159I have about 18 and all were gifted by senpai over the years but have never used a full bottle of anything so they just built up in sort of an n+1 situation.Although have almost used up my favorite of them and am going to need to spend my own money on replacing it, which frankly is heartbreaking
>>18613996lv imagination smells exactly like this nivea roll on
Ok, testing Catalyst again, it smells better in the air, projects well but it's just too much if you smell it up close. It's a strong spice with an analgesic scent, very aromatic. It's hard for me to resist smelling my skin up close but this will be a good exercise.
I hope none of you try to judge frags based on putting your nose an inch from where you sprayed it. I know plenty of people do because they talk about Layton's medicinal edge when that is only smelled when you almost touch your nose to the spot. Perfumes aren't supposed to be smelled like that. They waft towards your nose and that is very different from sticking your nose to a wet spot.
>>18614159Basically this >>18614164, only 1 if i had what i wantPerhaps 2 to give a variation>>18614374Imagination is an old school powdery floral because Cavallier wanted to give tribute to that era, LV just hyped the shit out of it to con hypefags and dummies.They basically rebottled old Guerlain frags for women and called it niche, sad!>>18614198Plastic watery notes, lilly weirdness at least my vintage bottle, perhaps it got damaged over the years as happens with blue frags.Silver is the top choice for me, a bitter fresh woody citrus, like an italian lemonade tonic drink. Very underrated.
>>18612515>spray this shit on right hand on Saturday>still get faint whiffs, even without raising my hands>it lives in my nosewhat the fuck
>>18614404Sounds like someone got his favorite frag criticized
>>18614409Now praise.
>>18614412I don't wear Layton. I used it as an example because it's one of the most popular frags out there and that medicinal stuff about it is also pretty well known within frag communities.
>>18614409gigabased>>18614417hail to the GOAT
Scent of the day Bleu de Chanel
>>18614420>that medicinal stuff about it is also pretty well known within frag communities.Camphor was well-known before in perfumes and the current frag community in its majority are a bunch of jabronis who know nothing before the plandemic and are collectors in disguise rather than scent hobbyists, do not be discouraged.You should not care what the cattle thinks, it is a phenomenon that perhaps might pass, every serious person knows it's the base notes with some of the heart ones that counts, not the initial sniff from the arm.See how corrupted is the hobby nowadays, a fucking wiki page about it even exists>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smellmaxxing
>>18614404>Perfumes aren't supposed to be smelled like that.That's how both perfumers and normal people test scents. Wearing and testing are two different things. I have some fragrances that I wouldn't be able to smell after their short projection dies down unless I stick my nose in them. I don't buy anything I don't like up close and I think that is true for most people.
>>18614450There is a world of difference between a perfumer smelling something and random person smelling something.Like how both an artist and a random person can look at a painting and have a vastly different understanding and impression of it.
>>18614467You're overthinking it, everyone instinctually brings things closer to their nose to smell better. That's not how we wear perfumes but that is how we test them and get a better smell.
>>18614469Testing and wearing are different. Judging a perfume based on testing rather than wearing is stupid. That's how department stores sell their slop frags. They smell good from close-up but have a garbage sillage and disappear after 4 hours.Counting a note you can only smell from very close up while the spot is still wet against a perfume is idiotic.
>>18614478>Testing and wearing are different.That's literally what I just said: >>18614450>Wearing and testing are two different things.Thank you for agreeing.
>>18614483So you added nothing? Got it.
>>18614485What would you like me to add? If you're lonely and begging for conversation I can oblige but you're not disagreeing or disputing anything I said.
Got my first compliment from a stranger today, some fat lady said I smelled great. Fantomas Nasomatto
>>18614374>be me>anon wanting to get rid of some arabshit>nobody on ebay, vinted, ... wants it>remember someone here talking about fb frag swap groups>find the national fb arab frags group>one bottle already sold for the asking price>three comments under the listing saying "it's such a great frag" and "why would you sell this!!!???"Wow I thought you people had questionable opinions about frags but I really had no idea what's out there.
>>18614493>Fantomas Nasomattodangerously baseddid you have sex with her afterwards?>>18614494kek
>>18614494>People have different opinions than me WTFFF!
>>18614490Mate I don't know if you ever had a conversation before but if a person says something and you reply to it as if you had something different to add only to end up agreeing with the initial claim then you just wasted the time of two people. You talking about begging for conversation is hilarious considering the fact that you decided to insert yourself without adding anything of substance.
Fgts be sniffing their Parfums lmao.I judge fragrances by the number of women I see in random YouTube videos approving of the scent.
>>18614539a picture you can smell
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