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The Fragrance Groups 101 Chart
The Fragrance Flowchart for Beginners
>>18640756>signature/year round: H24 EDT/EDP>spring: Nicolai Angelys Pear>summer: PdE Un Bel Amour D’été>fall: Sartorial>winter: ELDO Rien
at München Airport rnthey stock both Antaeus and Paris-Edimbourg.I don't wanna go home.
https://www.allure.com/story/francis-kurkdjian-dior-interview>Kurkdjian admit that he doesn't wear his HRT-MtF scents>Kurkdjian says "in 10 years we will have chips in the brain and we will buy memberchips of digital slop scents"Giga j*wry in the making. The reason why everything smells the same today
MASSIVE HAPPENINGPRADA LUNA ROSSA CARBON EDP COMING
>>18640904>not l'elixir absolu concentréelol, lmao even
>>18640904Boring. Better release some groundbreaking fougeres or something like that.
Should I buy a 100 ml bottle of NYI for 120 euros?
>>18640933yes, it's a great frag
Bleu de chanel smells like absolute shit, why does it get shilled so hard?
>>18640950Zoomie and TikTok-NPC taste. Rather wear Neroli Canvas instead.
>>18640800You're lucky, I'm very peculiar and selective and I still find an infinite number of fragrances I want to try. It never ends.
>>18640902Damn, those Arab Baccarat dupes broke him. He’s going to donate to the IDF.
>>18640950Reason why I’m scared to buy Dior Homme, even just a decant. It smells too close to BdC. But ive been rocking DHS these winter days.
>>18640933Way too much for that.
>>18640902>It’s not Kurkdjian’s first time working with Dior: He created three now-discontinued fragrances in 2004, and before that worked closely with perfumer Calice Becker at Givaudan in 1999 as she created the original J’Adore.Taking Bois d'Argent from Annick Menardo, again, and they aren't discontinued. Also turns out Kurkdijan was actually at Givaudan in 1999 and co-created J'Adore with Calice Becker all along, totally. Fucking LMAO>gourmand is already, to me, outdated in a wayHe says while pumping them out like candy.
>>18641003>My reaction to that:
>>18640891>PdE Un Bel Amour D’ététell me about this one. it looks like a great summer pick
>>18641021It’s great
>>18641021It's shit.
>>18640950it doesnt, youre just being contrarian
There's this reputable website that sells tester perfumes with the original box and everything at a discount, so it's like 20-30% off the original price, is it worth it? Anybody here that has some experience in buying testers? They're selling D&G Light Blue Intense + Mercedez Benz Air new for like $100, pretty decent price in my country accounting the import tax...>SOTD Merced Benz Sea
>>18640950Why is she so cringe and vulgar? She's too ugly and old for her online personality.
>>18640877Should I buy the complete Parfum d'Empire Discovery Set? How many good fragrances does that have? I have only tried Azemour.
>>18641060>Should I buy the complete Parfum d'Empire Discovery Set?nobody cares>How many good fragrances does that have0>I have only tried Azemour.your problem
>>18641065Rude
>>18640979Why? What's an appropriate price?
SOTD: Zoologist Moth
>>18641060Is it the sample pack? More companies should do this as it is a cheap way to try them all. Idk though, I prefer trying stuff in the mall but it's kind of a hassle to deal with salespeople but if the collection has 2-3 frags you're interested then maybe go for it, don't do it blindly though>>18641065Retard
Is mixing batches a bad idea? I got some miniatures of frags I already own and thought about just pouring them into the bottle instead. I wouldn't mind leaving them as is, if they weren't in tiny bottles without an atomizer
>>18641095Parfum d'Empire isn't a mall brand tho and SAs hate people who want to try fragrances. Chanel SAs are the worst.
>>18641102If they’re not wildly far apart it shouldn’t be an issue.
SOTD Diadora Green Energy EDT
I made 600 euros profit in 5 days selling decants
>>18641050Testers are fine, and cheap, you just have to make sure you're getting a good discount. 20-30% is a regular discount when you buy from discounters and grey market, you can usually get bigger discounts for testers. Also some testers don't come with caps, just make sure you're ok with that.
>>18640895antaeus is stocked at every european department store i've been tooparis-edimbourg i've seen at multiple department stores and airports (even on mallorca)
>>18641102I wouldn't do that just because I have found samples to be different from full bottles. Just save them for traveling or gifting.
>>18641124That's pretty good, I wish I could do that but I could never decant my good stuff. It's a nice hustle especially with how many people can't afford perfumes.
Thank you to ted lapidus spammer. This stuff is nice lavender and musk. Tamer then some of the other musk scents ive been getting e.g. jōvan sex appeal. It mustve been great when fragrances could be more powerful using crazy ingredients back in the day. Delightful to overspray then be room-safe rather quickly.
>>18641124what's a decant?t. ESL newfag (not a jeet i swear)
>>18640978They don’t smell anything alike, retard
>>18641175when you take the juice from a full bottle and put it in a smaller container. for some reason people buy them instead of just smelling the fragrance for literally 0 dollars at dept stores
>>18641195thanks
>>18640904New slop coming out just like every other year, what else is new you dumbfuck?
Friend gave me a 10ml bottle of Beach Walk by Margiela. While very feminine, I really do love sunscreen scents, so its nice
Had the opportunity to sample a vintage Habit Rouge, the eau de cologne version, from the late 1960's. It's much less candy-dandy than the modern formulation, being a soft, powdery, but spicy citrus laden against a deep earthy patchouli. Really incredible. I know citruses tend not to survive the passage of time very well, so maybe it was meant to be a much sharper citrus than I'm currently experiencing. Either way, glad I got to try it. No idea how long it'll last, but I'm a good hour into it so far with no loss of strength.
>>18640877TF lost cherry or bitter peach for a guy? or both? I'm talking about clones if that matters
I can't come to terms with the fact that I will never be Demi Rawling's boyfriend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZw4Q2vRPPwPierre Bourdon, most based perfumer, a short documentary.SOTD Montale Sandflower
>>18641523gigabased>4.4K views>Apr 11, 2025fucking grim
Is there an upscale version of Pour un Homme? Something with a similar lavender note?
>>18641546>lavander>upscalepick one and only one
>>18641378Lost cherry is a bit more masculine if I remember. But smells like a morgue
>>18641195I only order a decant if I wanted to smell something but I don't want to come back to the Sephora section with the same employee thinking I'm severely autistic
>>18641131probably new development, even the sales rep told me that the Les Eaux series is (was) usually not in their stock, only in the Chanel boutique.good for me, not so good for my wallet
>>18641583the sephoria employees dont make enough to care what you do
>>18641581is cherry smoke better?
Best frag to cover a 9-day, no shower goon session?
>>18641739Something with a lot of cumin.Just pretend the stench comes from the frag.
>>18641615The cherry feels more candied and syrupy and the whole thing is a tad smoky, but imo Lost Cherry is better.Cherry Smoke is also comically overpriced even if you consider how much the usual TF private blend frag costs.
What's a good, thick winter frag?Something like the thick tuberose in Cocaïne but with more of a contour, or something like the thick palo santo and myrrh in Ébène Fumé but less green and dry.Best if it's not ambery thick like Grand Soir.
>>18641546Beau De Jour
>>18641765EgoisteCherguiAmbre SultanHeritage EDT
>>18641765umbro action
>>18641065Fougere Bengal is literally one of the worst things Ive ever smelled. Its like the taint of a businessman from Mumbai.The Russian Amber is the only good one
>>18641832>Fougere Bengal is literally one of the worst things Ive ever smelledskill issue>The Russian Amber is the only good oneyeah, that's great
Any experience with this one or with this brand? Apparently it's a Good Girl dupe, I wanna get it for my gf and if she enjoys it I'll get her Good Girl next. I know she enjoys white florals so not much of a chance for it to be a wrong choice but I'm not familiar with arab clones
(I posted this in the 'attractive frag' thread by accident)I want to get Terre D'Hermes parfum as a blind buy.Is Terre D'Hermes common? Smelled it out in the wild? Or just very unoriginal.
>>18641933>Is Terre D'Hermes common? Smelled it out in the wild? Or just very unoriginal.It's all of the above.
>>18641765If you want to smell like you were sitting by a campfire all night try D&G Velvet Desert Oud.
These threads are shithouse. Archives are meh.Make an account on basenotes and use the search function. Sotd: Castle Forbes Neroli Reseve
>basenotesMight as well walk away from perfume entirely.
>>18641961Basenotes is pretty cool if you want to make a perfume, they can be helpful but for anything else is useless. Just a bunch of boomers using their collections as a substitute for dick measuring. They're not helpful, and compulsively post the most banal and trite shit.
>>18641743Cumin to hid the cum in my pants. Hmmm theres a thought.
>>18641985As opposed to the noslet poorfag freaks in these threads? Honestly i've been browsing here for ages now and gleamed little to no insight except from an extreme minority of posters. Surprisingly those boomers can give you a list of Vetiver fragrances and tell you distinctly the differences between them.
>>18642063>and tell you distinctly the differences between them.and it's all made up!
I live in Japan, outside of Tokyo, so in-person fragrance shopping is actually a bit of a challenge. There's one (1) "specialty" fragrance store in my city and they mostly stock bottom shelf Sephora stuff. Other than that you kind of have to hope one of the big department stores has a men's fragrance section or that Donki might have something (hit or miss in my experience). I have spring and summer locked down, but I've really struggled with finding a good fall and winter frag to wear here. Mainly because anything too sweet and/or smoky would annoy the coworkers more than it already does, but at the same time I still want something with reasonable sillage and projection that I can wear when going out, whether it be a day trip or a night out - just a real one-and-done that I can spray on in the morning and not have to worry too much about what I smell like. I wonder is it even worth it to keep searching for a cold weather frag with February almost here? After March we usually just get a lot of rain but it's not particularly cold, hell, you might even get away with short sleeves in the early evening. I might just call off the search and wait until September.
>>18642065It’s not made up, because I’ve also tried them and can discern different degrees of accuracy.Anyway fuck this captcha bullshit.
>>18642069cool water
>>18642074the power of suggestion makes people believe the wackiest things
>>18642069https://www.youtube.com/@CurtisNoseThis fag lives in japan. His tastes are centered around whats acceptable in the culture. He has some informative videos around it, including where he fucked up one time by spraying Sultan Vetiver before a work meeting and everyone pulled out their masks.>>18642075No, synthetic trash. Do better i.e GIT.Anyone sampled Etro Palais Jamais?
>>18642078I believe you're a fucking faggot with no friends and nothing to contribute, hows that?
>>18642084quite rich coming from a literal furtranny
>package was supposed to arrive today "by the end of the day">it never did and there was never any update from fedexchrist, fedex sucks. i get theres a winter storm but maybe just fucking tell me thats the reason so im not left wondering?
>>18641941Fuck I hope it stays uncommon. The reason why I made it my signature scent is because of the grandpa vibes that turns off normies.
>>18642093Fedex driver took it and sprayed it before having a date with your wife
>>18642095>it was antaeusthat absolute bastard
H24 Herbes Vives is such a let downIt just smells like a Acqua Di Gio dupe.
How factual is "noseblindness" really? If i spray a fragrance too much, is it more likely to make it harder for me to smell it than if I had only sprayed three or four times?
>>18640879I never wear cologne, but someone got me a bottle of BVLGARI Man Wood Essence. It makes me want to gag, and it smells awful to me. What would be the spiritual opposite of this based on the chart?
>>18642151It depends on the notes, for me at least. I used to be anosmic to BR 540 but I learned how to identify saffron in the air. Currently my noseblindness is Aventus Absolu, but mostly because of the low temperature
>>18641779>>18641789>>18641950Thanks.>>18642065>I've never smelled the frags they're talking about, nor even know what frags they're talking about, but my intuition tells me they're making everything upYour intuition is entirely based on contrarianism.>>18642151>how factual is something I can look up anywhere reputable and also unreputable really?Habituation to static sensory stimuli makes you less sensitive to them, same as the pink dots disappearing if you look at the cross in the center for a few seconds.
>>18642151Spray something and leave it outside or near a heat source to simulate body heat (but not too close to start a fire). Come back after like 2 days and sniff it again. You'll still smell the frag. People who overspray are genuinely retarded and think "hurr durr me no smell after 20 mins, maybe me spray more"
>>18642094what a socially crippled shut-in incel
Which version do I get? Parfum or Intense?
>>18642209>I've never smelled the frags they're talking aboutIn fact, I have that's why I know they're full of shit. Enjoy your constant stream of false information, though.
>>18642063This place sucks but saying Basenotes is better is plain wrong. This place is way more beginner friendly and schizos just get ignored while in Basenotes there is a cult where the people who spam unhelpful shit every single thread are treated like gods. On average there are more expensive collections here but there is no need to brag because you don't get brownie points for your fancy collection. Their DIY forum is occasionally useful but outside of that it's just senile boomers who treat their opinions as fact, and the parasites who can't disagree.
>>18642151There are three kinds of noseblindness, the first is quite easy to understand, you wear a perfume all day but you don't smell it all day. It comes and goes because your nose is not going to remind you of your fragrance every second. It identified the smell and it's ready to identify other smells, when it forgets about your fragrance it brings it up to your attention again later on. You know your fragrance didn't go away because other people smell it and you don't until they remind you. That brings me to the second type, what some people call anosmic. It's when you don't smell an entire fragrance or it's really muted. You keep spraying and other people tell you they smell it or it's really strong and you barely detect it. This might come and go but for some fragrances and notes it can be permanent. The third and final type is habitual exposure, it happens when you wear the same fragrance and over time you stop smelling most or all of it. It happens too when people grow used to the smell of their house or car and it bothers other people but they don't notice it themselves. With fragrances you can end up noticing only the alcohol or a single note. It can usually be reversed by not using the same fragrance repetitively.tldr: It's real but every nose is different so it's hard for people to agree. If you're concerned, rotate your fragrance so your nose gets a break.
Is there a dupe or similar profile to Dior Homme Sport?
>>18642311yes, L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Vetiver
>>18642275>there is no difference between these frags, whatever they arethe power of suggestion makes people believe the wackiest things
>>18642262I went and sprayed some on my wrist at the store just now, and I seriously have no idea how to feel about the iris lipstick scent.It's like a chalky frangipane, and even now after two hours it's all I can smell.Not even sure if it's a masculine scent at all.
>>18642262IntenseI say this as someone who compulsivly bought the parfum 2 weeks ago and have never smelled the intense.Demachy > Kurkdjian
>>18642345I sprayed some Intense on my wrist two hours ago, see >>18642342Not sure how to feel about it.
>>18642346To me the parfum is pure heavy amber for hours then drys to a saltier iris, but that is all it is I can't pick up anything else or much nuance at all. The iris is definitely girly, not 'salty' like Born in Roma dry down. I bought it based on the rep not knowing about the reformulation hence recommending intense, just because it's the original demachy (re)reformulation.Honestly just buy Fahrenheit parfum instead before Kurkdjian fucks that up aswell
>>18642351>The iris is definitely girlyI saw the reviews and recommendations everywhere, but when I read about the lipstick iris I just couldn't fathom it being a manly smell.I was completely open to it though, and went out to try it fully expecting to love it.But it turns out my instincts were right the first time; it really does smell like a ladies' beauty case from the 80s or some shit.Maybe I just don't get it.
There's something about the drydown on this that drives me absolutely wild, both on the skin and on clothes.Supposedly it's a fougère, but no other fougère does anything like this.Too bad it doesn't really have anything else going on.
>>18642353>Maybe I just don't get it.It had a fairly decisive reputation in the past tbf and became known as the OG iris scent for men, but now iris is everywhere. Valentino do the male iris scent better imo and even their stuff is very fem
