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The Fragrance Groups 101 Chart

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The Fragrance Flowchart for Beginners

>>18674272
its mostly insecure normies, yeah. considering how defensive people get about their favorite fragrance, theres a good chance they also watch these videos for validation.
"the youtube man justified a fragrance i like so it must be good" levels of npc

>>>18674253
I actually just got Guerlain L'Homme Ideal L'Intense a few months ago and it is fantastic. I've already used like a 1/6th of the bottle, it is that good.

Looking for animalic oud recommendations
im thinking Le Labo Oud, King Blue, Notorious Oud but looking for some other options. ideally not too difficult to find (like Prin)

>>18674347
Did you score an older black bottle or one of the newer ones?

>>18674355
Bortnikoff is pretty animalic. I have samples of Oud Maximus and Oud Al Sultan, Maximus is much more raw and animalic, Al Sultan is a bit softer. Amouage Silver Oud is a good middle ground, it is more complex than synthetic ouds but handled well. It's quite dignified and wearable under day-to-day circumstance but keeps a bit of an edge. I also have a few drops of Crime and Punishment by Ensar and it's incredible, but you'll need deep pockets to get a hold of it.

Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter

Choose one frag for each season.

>>18674362
>Spring
Azemour
>Summer
Mal-Aime
>Fall
Eau de Gloire
>Winter
Ambre Russe

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>>18674356
New. I had a relative who really liked the smell and wanted something similar so I got him the EDP, which is also good imo and has a cherry note in it that L'Intense lacks. But I prefer L'Intense for it's smokiness more.

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>>18674365
Speaking of PdE. They got back to me after I sent them an email about shipping to the US and this is what they had to say. So, if there is something you want from them now and don't feel like waiting until some point in April you can do what Alexis here is suggesting. Might want to email them about the order though to be safe.

>>18674382
very nice

>>18674362
sneed viking or antaeus for all 4 of them

>>18674362
>Spring
Beau de Jour
>Summer
Fico di Amalfi
>Fall
Givenchy Réserse Privée
>Winter
Musc Ravageur

>>18674362
>Spring
Bon Monsieur
>Summer
Allure Homme Sport
>Fall
Antaeus
>Winter
Tobacco Vanille

>>18674274
sigh nothing i've tried replaces CH prive for men. i'll have to pay scalping prices then

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Looking for woody/smoky/musky warm weather recommendations - have been alternating between the attached during the colder months.

I typically enjoy prominent oud/tobacco/musk notes, but my current rotation is irreducibly overbearing in hot weather (even with 1-2 spray applications). Unfortunately, the citrus forward frags I've tried tend to not work well with my skin chemistry.

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I want to smell like shaving cream/soap. And when I say soap I don't mean fucking laundry soap. Also can't stand that half you fags run around here smelling like fucking desserts and shit.

>>18674422
look into barbershops. my favorite is Colonia Essenza.

>>18674420
i think Aventus and the like might be good. it's musky and a little smoky
Blamage or Black Afgano could fit the bill. Cuir de Russie Chanel, Crème de Cuir BDK i like as well

Which 2 Rogue fragrances should I buy? Mousse Illuminee and Bon Monsieur or Chypre Siam?

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>>18674422
Here you go. Rochas Aromatic Touch. Both the original L'Homme and Aromatic Touch are excellent.

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>>18674277
A bunch of these are discontinued, and big chunk are from 2001-2009 so they would be quite difficult to find.

>>18674443
Mugler Cologne is not discontinued.

>>18674362
>Spring
H24 EdP
>Summer
Guerlain L'Homme Ideal Platine Prive
>Fall
Rouge Derviche II
>Winter
Guerlain Santal Royale

>>18674446
Yea but you have to know to search for "come together" since it's part of that semi-discontinued "new" line. And that line is all but discontinued as well.

the new prada paradigm is good for a new fragrance

>>18674443
>Russian Tea
>discontinued
What? It's their most famous frag. They'd be shooting themselves in the cock.

>>18674420
>stercus enjoyer
Holy giga stratospheric tier based. Woody smoky musk is a tough sell for warm weather but flip through some of the stuff Amouage has. A lot of their stuff seems more suited for cold weather but it’s important to remember that they’re from an oppressively hot country, so the fragrances are built to not go off in the heat.
>>18674422
Bon Monsieur and Drakkar Noir are the closest to shaving foam I’ve come across.

>>18674277
The newer Tom Ford isn’t as good.
Chanel is mostly for women.
Dior is solid.
Everything else is mid.
Spicebomb is at the bottom.

There are a ton more, however I’m lazy
and I know what smells good.

>>18674431
Chypre-Siam dries down VERY stinky. Floral and pissy mostly with some moss to round it out.
Get MI and BM as a good intro to the house; Chypre-Siam is something you work up to IMO.

For summer you might like Fougere L'Aube. It can be shrill at a first try, but it's the greenest, freshest fougere I've ever smelt. I wish I could drink it honestly

>>18674443
Givencgy EDP, BdJ, Russian Tea are all still available

>>18674481
>>18674431
Forgot to mention; his sample kit is usually a great deal but he just DC'd like 6 of his frags so idk about now as much

>>18674482
>>18674451
Givenchy (the older line) is being phased out in favor of Society. Au Tea Rouge is no longer available. The Tea has been re-released but was unavailable for a while. There's now three "new" ones in that line including the refreshed tea.

>>18674508
yeah but Russian Tea not Givenchy EDP are discontinued as of now. maybe the Givenchy is getting phased out, but tbqh i don't see any indication of that

>>18674515
You keep saying Russian Tea has been discontinued, but who told you this? They still keep it in their kit, I would know because I went through the thing twice (and I hated most of it). I also can't find anything online that indicates they would ditch their most popular fragrance.

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The OGs came in. I now understand why these were the hype of their day. These fragrances have been decimated. I take back what I said about White Diamonds being the second worst fragrance I’ve ever smelled. It’s just the EDT. This is such a silk satin gown fragrance. For decades I wondered what beautiful fragrance my aunt was wearing to the family Christmas parties… she just had the dry vintage parfum. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

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Holy shit

>>18674449
No, it's called just Mugler Cologne again.

>>18674586
anon is right (again)
https://inter.mugler.com/default/fragrance/exclusivities/mugler-cologne/mugler-cologne-eau-de-toilette/M020604028.html

>>18674591
the description is still for Come Together, so it was just recently re-branded (again)
>discover the eau de toilette come together. as the original cult cologne from mugler, it retains the sensual and scandalously addictive essence that has made it a success since 2001: the fusion of petit-grain and white musks. feel the carnal freshness of these intertwined notes, both intimate and unforgettable.

>>18674592
Then they just haven't updated the description yet. I bought a new bottle in 2025 and it looks like the pic and says Mugler Cologne.

>>18674481
>>18674485
I have the discovery set with 10+ fragrances. My favorites were Mousse Illuminee, Bon Monsieur, Chypre-Siam, Fougere L'Aube, and Targhee Forest (and maybe Tabac Vert as well). Looks like he discontinued most of the other fragrances and there are only three other fragrances left.

>For summer you might like Fougere L'Aube. It can be shrill at a first try, but it's the greenest, freshest fougere I've ever smelt. I wish I could drink it honestly
Reminded me of GIT.

sotd: lapidus pour homme sport
it's getting hot again (terrible) which means that I can wear some great fragrances again (fantastic)

I think I should get a backup bottle of this

>SOTD: Gucci Guilty Cologne Pour Homme
weird in a very good way
can someone pls post more weird shit from Morillas?

>>18674422
Bad and mid, left to right. There is no soap smell, all soap is scented so when you say soap you mean whatever scent of soap was used in the households you spent time in.

>>18674651
>guerlain vetiver is bad
noselet supreme

>>18674651
>>18674652
if sampled at the store sometimes the fragrances went off already and will not smell the same as a fresh one

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I hate that I unironically love this. Are they any recommendations that hits that strong citrus front like this, that won't make me feel like a tool anytime I wear it? How does Eros Flame compare?

>>18674664
haven't smelled the diesel frag but eros flame is a very warm not too sweet spicy orange

>>18674652
You only like gaylane vetiver because people told you it's trad and only supreme gentlemen wear it.

It's legit ass as a fragrance, if the job of a fragrance is to smell appealing in any way.

You are literally the equivalent of the fragrance influencer follower consoomer, you just fell for a different meme.

>>18674672
>the job of a fragrance is to smell appealing
noselet tell for sure. The job of a fragrance is to beautiful. Whether or not beauty appeals to you is a skill issue. Vetiver is great fragrance, goodluck though.

>>18674673
>Whether or not beauty appeals to you is a skill issue.
Beeuty is in the eye of the bee holder.

>>18674672
I only like guerlain vetiver because it's one of if not the best vetiver fragrance around.

you are a zoomgroid with a brain fired by goyslop and arab gourmand clones incapable of appreciating perfumery

Luv' da Kouros. Similar ones?

>>18674679
>You are literally the equivalent of the fragrance influencer follower consoomer, you just fell for a different meme

Oof. Must have stung.

>>18674680
Try literal eau de toilette, a public one.

>>18674676
No, it isn't.
>>18674680
Antaeus is Kouros with pants on.

>>18674688
huge projection, fag

>>18674694
Yes it is, unobserved beauty is not beauty at all. It's tough having conversations with people who lack both formal and informal education.

>>18674698
Unbeheld ugliness that your retarded ass thinks is beautiful, is still ugly. The bee holder has nothing to do with aesthetics.

>>18674672
post your favorite vetiver frags, anon
i love guerlain vetiver (edt) but i might have missed something even better

>>18674700
Aesthetics are always observed. Why are you going full retard over this? Who is making the assessment if not the observer?

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just bought this pussy magnet
dont know anything about fragrances

>>18674747
don't know anything about the scent but I can't fucking stand that bottle design

>>18674711
You are dumb as a bag of hammers, jesus christ. I am not saying you need to look at things. I'm saying aesthetics is objective. Whether the bee holder says something is beautiful or not does not make it so.
>>18674747
this fragrance hit black communities like crack in the 80s

>>18674766
>aesthetics is objective
Stop taking advice from literal donkeys. Aesthetics are subjective but you are objectively wrong.

>>18674797
No, anon. Taste is subjective. You can like bad art, that doesn't make it good.

Would it be worth humoring the idea of buying Toskovat' Empty Wishes Well, or is that a little too tryhard?

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>>18674798
Whatever I like is good, whatever you like is bad.

>>18674747
black olive accord
iykyk
>>18674802
blind buy?
retarded
you tried it and liked it?
see no argument against it

>>18674652
I've been here for years and I've never understood why people get this defensive about Vetiver, especially these days.
It's a classic vetiver frag and it's easy to see how it would appeal to some people just as how it would not at all appeal to some, and there are plenty of other vetiver frags for all tastes - want something cheaper? Something more mass appealing? Something more realistic? Something more abstract? Something sweeter?
We got all of that.
Guerlain's Vetiver is just a frag like any other, chill out.

>>18674802
I have a sample and it's wearable but not worth $400 or whatever the fuck they charge for bottles imo. It smells like a pile of dead leaves

>>18674825
Rank every vetiver then.

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The drydown on this is so unexpectedly gorgeous. It turns into something so gentle and pleasant yet sovereign and always lingering that I can barely believe the drydown and the first half hour are the same frag. Really weird to say it, but the word beautiful fits perfectly imo. So glad there are many other LV frags that share the limelight so Orage is almost a sleeper.
If I had to imagine a figure smelling like this, I would say a respected commander known for his calm and reserved, yet warm demeanour.

>>18674517
i meant to say Russian Tea NOR Givenchy EDP are discontinued. i was saying that because the Russian Tea was crossed out in the pic

>>18674863
bro its just aventus without the pineapple

>>18674867
Strongly disagree. Aventus is barely green and it's not earthy. Orage is big on both of those plus it has no or very little fruitiness while Aventus even without the pineapple has fruitiness.

does the discount always apply on fragrancenet and do i just need to sign up for it?

>>18674274
what is the consensus here on aventus? i ordered a sample from decant and its just okay. i ordered a sample many years back and thought the same thing but got curious again/maybe i had a bad batch the first time. its not bad or anything but doesn't seem like its worth the money

>>18674877
its a good fragrance but its also very played out and like many creed fragrances, is vastly overpriced for what you get

>>18674875
it's a gimmick. all these sites show a discounted prices or have "sales" year round

>>18674875
you can find the coupon by googling for it. it changes frequently and sometimes you only get 35% instead of 40%.
>>18674884
yep

>>18674865
Okay, my bad. I felt like I was going crazy.

>>18674664
Hahaha, you love the same frag as my 86 year old grandfather. That's his favorite smell. I am blew his mind when I bought the giant fuck off bottle for 30 bucks on Fragrancenet last month. He spent $120 on the half-sized one and was really upset that he was almost out. I felt like Santa Claus.

I have decided to do a social experiment and wear a different frag from the Fragrantica 2025 women's favorite fragrances on men list (that I own).

>Day 1
>Versace Pour Homme Dylan Blue
>2 compliments including, "What smells so good?"
>Day 2
>Gentleman Eau de Parfum Reserve Privée
>1 compliment including wanting to smell where I had sprayed it on the wrist of my office dress shirt

All three of these were different women. I am off tomorrow and don't plan on going anywhere, but the next SOTD will be Emporio Armani Stronger With You Intensely. I will be disappointed if this garners no comments when I wear it given how highly rated it is compared to the other two.

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>>18674747
You can't attract chicks with that
>>18674752
Just an average citrus frag

>>18674517
>>18674865
Au Tea Rouge is gone from their site in both America and France. The Vert, Blanc, and Imperial are available. Rouge is gone from their side and resellers are out of stock.

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>>18674939
I am going to kick you in the head. We've been talking about Russian Tea and only Russian Tea because either you, or the guy who posted this image riddled with mistakenly crossed out frags crossed out Masque Milano's most popular and still available frag.

>>18674430
Aventus dry down is great, but I find the top notes unfortunately over-prominent in the recent batches I've tried. So unfortunate.

>>18674825
not defensive
and you clearly didn't understand my 6 word post
you can like or dislike anything you want but you cannot call a good frag bad unless you are a noselet

>>18674935
>invictus
>average citrus frag
what

>>18674963
Am I wrong?

>>18674841
For the sake of the argument here's a few examples.
>cheaper
Encre Noire and flankers, Lavande & Vetiver.
>more mass appealing
Grey Vetiver EDT and EDP, Sycomore EDP, Bal d'Afrique, Terre d'Hermes, Velvet Vetiver.
>more realistic
Sultan Vetiver, Vetiver Java.
>more abstract
Vetiver Extraordinaire, Sycomore EDT and EDP.
>sweeter
Fat Electrician, Bal d'Afrique.
>rank
My personal favorite amon these is Sycomore EDP.
>>18674962
>my own taste is objective and if you disagree you're a noselet
>beauty is objective, it's a coincidence that whatever is objectively beautiful I like and vice versa
That's being defensive.

>>18674986
good
imo Guerlain Vetiver EDT is still the reference vetiver and all other vetiver frags can and should be compared to it (just like you did it) and it's a great frag because it hits a perfect balance between all metrics you listed
why do you think it is not a good frag?

Why are fragrance threads almost perfectly parallel with watch threads in terms of posts?

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>>18674992
Because it's ass. There isn't an attractive guy in the world that wears that, it's only literal boomers and supreme gentlemen like you.
This is a best case scenario for a Gayerlane vetiver wearer.

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>>18675004
i lol'd out loud, thanks

>>18675004
>>18675005
also, where did you find that picture of me?

>>18674986
>>my own taste is objective and if you disagree you're a noselet
not what I wrote
>>beauty is objective, it's a coincidence that whatever is objectively beautiful I like and vice versa
not what i wrote
>That's being defensive.
not what I'm doing

>>18675004

Honestly, people should post their picture along with their fragrance recommendations. Think of how many times you've seen a good looking man walk into a niche perfume shop and buy Maison Crivelli or Zoologist or some shit.

They don't even do ads with models like designers do, because they know attractive people wouldn't buy their shit, there's nothing to aspire to as a niche perfume buyer when you look at a model on an ad, you will NEVER look good.

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Any recs for freshmaxxing? Been using this as a daily for uni. Imagination clone but lasts whole day.

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>>18674962
>you cannot call a good frag bad unless you are a noselet
>>18675007
It's a low bar but you really do stink up the thread.

>>18674992
Why do you think it's THE reference vetiver?
I never even got the impression it's particularly popular or well known outside of /frag/.
Surely you can see I made these comparison because Vetiver was brought up, and the same comparison could be done with any other vetiver centered frag.
I don't think it hits a perfect balance at all, and I think the Parfum is better than the EdT in that regard, though that's obviously a matter of taste.
I don't think it's a bad frag, as I wrote earlier I think it's just a frag like any other, and that /frag/ overrates it by a wide margin seeing that there are many vetiver centered frags that are improvements in all sorts of directions, starting from the examples I listed.

>>18675020
No one buys Maison because it's overpriced shit. No one buys Zoologist because they are a weird brand who don't follow their own thesis namesake. Ex. Camel? That's a Winter frag, despite it being named after perhaps the most well known hot weather mammal on the planet. The different bugs? Those are almost all winter frags, despite winter being when bugs die or migrate. Elephant? Ah, yes, the great, bull elephant, I think Montana when I think of the elephant. They're retards.

>>18674362
>Spring
Lauder for Men
>Summer
L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Sport
>Fall
Encre Noire
>Winter
Grey Flannel
this is casual btw

>>18675083
>Grey Flannel
based

Afnan is surprisingly non-slop. Too bad their ingredients give me a massive headache.

>arab swill shop opened up in my town
any suggestions for non-dupe frags from the usual arab suspects that are worth testing? Even just on a strip. Surely the greatest minds of the arab world can make an interesting fragrance for under $50...

>>18675045
you are incapable of reading and it seems like you hold a grudge against guerlain vetiver
did a guy wearing it fuck your gf or something?

>>18675077
I couldn't get past the cringy anthropomorphic portraits. The more a perfume is advertised conceptually, the further it gets from the relevancy of the scent. It's not just Zoologist either, designer brands talk about how a perfume is inspired by the founder's muse or the house they grew up, niche brands get a blurb about their fragrance being inspired by a store location or city, or they have some other shitty gimmick. It's all advertising nonsense that has nothing to do with the scent and people fall for it. The worst offenders in my opinion are the rare ingredient peddlers who advertise their non-IFRA, aged, vintage ingredients or the "we grow our own" designers. I know it's all standard marketing fare but it's just so irrelevant.

TLDR: fragrance marketing is fake and gay

>>18675101
I avoid all fragrances shilled by resident schizos on /frag/.

>>18675105
Honestly I disagree with this entirely. If you look at a fragrance this way it diminishes it entirely into a commodity. Not every fragrance is created by psychopaths who throw ingredients together and then come up with some bullshit after the fact to justify what they concocted. Perfumers are creative people and for many (not all) of them, fragrances are the creative outlet for their various inspirations. Those inspirations are not nonsense at all, to me they are meant to prime you and set your frame of reference to what the perfumer was thinking about or feeling when they made the fragrance. It really has everything to do with the scent, because the scent is what spawned as a result of that inspiration. I do understand your perspective though as there are also a lot of dishonest peddlers of retarded concepts, I myself am especially jaded toward brands that lean super edgy or conceptual with notes like blood or moon dust or whatever, but there's a middle ground between focus group scents and concept slop which has a lot of honestly inspired fragrances. Something like Sables or the entire line of Orto Parisi that are coherently inspired and the fragrances genuinely represent that inspiration are arguably some of the most interesting scents on the market, and the marketing they use is relevant and in service of that vision.

>>18675115
Perfumers are gay and you fell for it. It doesn't matter if the inspiration is a 14th century castle garden when the fragrance is a generic green cologne or if the inspiration is the perfumer's alcoholic father who busted their bussy after church when the perfume is another musky leather. Good fragrances stand on their own without the fanfic, a fragrance that can't supersede the copy writing and become its own thing has no merits. The greatest fragrances ever made, like Fahrenheit, Portrait of a Lady, and Mugler Cologne, are regarded because they smell great and they have influenced everything that came after. No great fragrance makes an impact and becomes a classic because every time people wear it it reminds them of the incestuous rape that inspired it.

half my outfit was green today so sotd: agua brava from a 500ml bottle of course

>>18675162
I agree that the marketing can't save a fragrance or make it better, but the presentation and market copy add dimensions that aren't trivial. Take kouros for example. It's always going to be a good fragrance regardless, but fragrance itself means something different when you encounter it with the name, the pillar bottle, the greek motifs on the box, or if you see the ads for it. Those elements are directly downstream from Bourdon's inspiration of being in Greece, which means the fragrance has a theme, because all art has themes, and the execution of the fragrance within its thematic bounds are a valid metric for assessing whether or not the fragrance is a critical success or failure. All of those marketing elements and presentation choices are a part of the whole of the fragrance as a unified aesthetic object.

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>>18675168
>500ml

>>18675169
Kouros smells nothing like the marketing. They could have put in a clear bottle and called it "Poudre" and women would still be telling you how nice you smell. Heck, they could have marketed it to women and it would have still been successful. If the marketing for Kouros was used for another fougere we wouldn't be talking about right now. Kouros is a perfect example of a fragrance that lives on its own merits.

>>18675187
>they could have done this
>if they had done this instead
yeah but they didn't because the marketing and the presentation and the fragrance are all downstream from a unified creative vision. None of it is arbitrary, even if the composition itself has standalone merits.

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SOTD: Come A Little Bit Closer
SOTD: Guerlain Homme Eau de Parfum

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Amouage should sue.

>>18675204
Arabchads did it again?

>>18675195
All the could-haves are to express how the fragrance and not the marketing determined the success of the fragrance. There are way better packages than Kouros which time forgot because the fragrance couldn't stand on its own.

>>18675210
I found like two videos on it, and Fragrance World doesn't sell it anymore despite it only being two years old. I am guessing Amouage did threaten them legally since they cloned not just the frag but the bottle.

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>>18675168
>500ml bottle

>>18675216
>since they cloned not just the frag but the bottle
they do that all the time desu

>>18675220
>implyign fragrances expire

>>18675216
>threaten them legally
Bottles are not copyrighted, you can't sue for that.

>>18675220
won't last more than a few years
sissyspraying should be frowned upon globally desu

What bottle do you guys think is the coolest? Even if it isn't practical or the frag sucks.

>>18675222
Why wouldn't they? There's nothing magical about a fragrance that would keep it fresh forever.

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>>18675225
>DK Men
It's not even close.

>>18674422
Clubman - Pinaud Clubman

>>18675224
it doesn't have an atomizer so I just D O U S E
>sissyspraying should be frowned upon globally desu
based
>>18675228
>Why wouldn't they?
why would they?
at worst you lose some of the top notes and that starts at the 3-5year mark depending on how well the bottle is sealed and what materials are used

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>>18675232
>D O U S E
gigabased

>>18675225
>picrelated
all Nasomatto bottles look and feel great
runner-up: the current Hermes (Eau d'Hermes, Equipage, etc.) and square Guerlain (Vetiver, Heritage, Homme, etc.) bottles

>>18675232
>lose some of the top notes and that starts at the 3-5year
So you agree fragrances expire then.

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>>18675234
no
it takes many years to start and many more to be noticable and when it's noticable it's a small inconvenience
and seeing as top notes go away quickly when sprayed on skin anyway it is barely a problem if at all


writing that out I realise that I'm either being baited or engaging in a pointless semantics war about what "expired" means to products
where to food and medicine it means it can no longer be used and must be disposed of whereas for fragrances it is a small decline in quality that doesn't stop the product from being good or being used

>>18675236
still though fragrances don't expire they just experience a small very slow decline of potency of their certain parts

>>18674443
Is worth getting some of the older ones here on the list? Heard Spicebomb turned to shit. Looked into extreme, apparently same problem with reformulations.

What about D&G The One edp?

Any good alterantive to acqua di gio profumo (discontinued)?

>>18675240
spicebombs have been neutered
the one has always been a "weaker" fragrance and it remains pretty much unchanged

>Any good alterantive to acqua di gio profumo (discontinued)?
might be some arab clones out there but otherwise not really, no

>>18675240
According to Anon from the last thread:
>>18673468

>>18675236
Not only are you retarded but you're blind too. Your literal definition says "should not be SOLD because of an expected decline in quality". Just because a fragrance expires in years instead of weeks doesn't mean it doesn't expire. There is a "decline in quality or effectiveness" as per your definition and brands that care about quality don't sell them after a certain time. I'm confused how you're still alive when there is no oxygen going to your brain.

>>18675251
so I was being baited then

>>18675253
If you call not knowing that fragrances don't stay fresh forever "being baited" then yes you were baited by your unfathomable stupidity.

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Got a few decants, amongst them is Bleu de Chanel EDP. Why does it feel so weak on projection? It's almost understated for an EDP, hell even L'Eau D'Issey PH projects more and lasts longer. Is this just how it is or is it possible that the store fucked up by sending me BdC EDT instead?

>>18675245
Hey that comment was mine :D and I was talking about Profondo, whilst >>18675240 was wondering about Profumo. I guess since it's a marine-aromatic with a woody spicy drydown, maybe Montblanc Explorer could work but I'd still recommend AdG Profondo Parfum(even over BdC since it projects waaay more). And to that same anon, the only thing extreme about Spicebomb Extreme is that it's extremely underwhelming, decant I got left me disappointed.

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>>18675225
JPG Fragile
it's a snowglobe and it sprays from the base

>18675254
a sprinkle of subtlety at least

>>18675258
Generally Chanel as a brand does not make beast mode projecting fragrances. They are meant to be understated with a modest bubble.

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Damn, this stuff projects wayyy more than Homme Eau de Parfum.

>>18675101
>I don't like this frag
>you're a noselet and what I like is objectively good and if you dislike it you must be a cuck or something
Definitely not defensive.
>>18675204
That, and all other frags from the Abraaj line, are very difficult to find at this point, so I guess Amouage did (threaten to) sue Fragrance World.
That's a real shame because Abraaj Viking is better than Creed Viking in more ways than one, and I would have really liked a cheap Enclave clone.
>>18675225
They're nothing special but I like the YSL Vestiaire bottles, they strike the right balance of understated and luxurious.

>>18675281
>>I don't like this frag
no, you called it "bad"
which it is not
>>you're a noselet and what I like is objectively good and if you dislike it you must be a cuck or something
honestly true and you are a cuck
a noselet incapable of reading too

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>>18675225
any tall bottle i think looks cool like the old chanel bottles. no idea why they stopped doing that

>>18674680
El by Arquiste

>>18675233
My problem with square Guerlain bottle is that they moved all their men's line into it, even Vetiver which had a cool and unique bottle before

>>18675004
It was Arnold Schwarzenegger's favourite though

>>18675076
It's the reference because it was the first truly Vetiver centric fragrance to become a big hit. Presidents and celebrities were wearing it left and right

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Thoughts on pic related? Seems to be a pretty good release if one were to believe what people are saying online.

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>>18675287
>gets BTFO
>"y-you can't read!"
evrytim

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>>18675337
This is who wears it in 2026.

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I spent another winter barely going out because of working from home, I didn't wear the stuff I wanted enough.
I found the best winter time fragrance though, and I used like 40 ml already, it's this.

Summer soon, and I'm buying some more fresh stuff. I'm excited to wear Eros Energy, Rasasi Fattan, Rue Broca Theoreme, CK Eternity and the Boucheron Pour Homme duo.

>>18675347
My bottle came today, I like it a good deal. Definitely a crowd pleasure. Not complex. Soft and smooth, but with enough presence and longevity to get through the day.

>>18674888
>>18674887
thanks anons, first time buying so I was gonna buy a handful of travel/sample sprays

>>18675225
Arab frags of course.

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>>18675225

>>18675364
It's a sort of gimmick. The other sites rarely actually shift their prices. Fragrancenet has such a massive inventory that they do legit liquidations on stock. They also get so much it allows them to depress prices on certain frags to stupid low rates. Now, often that's because the stock isn't moving, but it's just as likely that the output is so high that they got a ton of volume coming in. They also do actual 40% off rates that are different from their 35's. My point is, getting texts and emails from FN can be worth it. A lot of time it's puffed up and useless shit to get you to click, but... That extra 5% isn't nothing on a big order, their Purple Rewards program is legit, and they will replace shit for you sight unseen (I had it happen when some shit bags tampered with a box from them and stole two frags at random).

>>18675378
This is a great one. I like the smell, it's not my top 30 but it's solid and always been solid and the bottle is great.

>>18675380
yeah they gave me a 40% off coupon and I'm just looking through fragrantica on what to pick, is versace eros (blue) as good as the reviews make it out to be?

>>18674422
YSL rive gauche...

>>18674457
Stercus is elite. Thanks for the reccs will cop a few Amouage samples - Bracken Man and Interlude sound really nice.

>>18675390
I have seen people argue about this to the extent that I just put my hands up in the air and backed away from buying it from now. It was in my shopping bag a month ago, and people squabbled over it to such an extent you'd think I was buying an overhyped mid-tier $500 frag. Meanwhile it's $60 if you buy the tester. Hopefully someone else can get to you with info.

>>18675395
NTA, but grab a sample of Interlude 53. It's so fucking kino. It should be easy to get off LS.

>>18675378
Agreed, it's a beautiful bottle

>>18675394
Discontinued years ago.

>SOTD D&G Pour Homme
So good and underrated.

My sample of Myths Man arrived yesterday. First impressions are good. I think the hype around this one is pretty warranted. The name and bottle are apt, it's has a sort of spiritual, ghastly feeling. Elegant and ethereal, but slightly earthy as well. Hard to say where you would wear this. Would be perfect at a funeral if it were appropriate to wear perfume to funerals. Mood is melancholy and wistful. Colour is pale grey and lilac.

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>>18675632
>he doesn't have a funeral scent
I wear perfumes to funerals themed around how the person died. As long as people can only smell you in an embrace it's fine.

>>18675632
I read several Serge frags described as sad, moody, melancholic. What precisely does that mean? I can't associate a smell with that. The only thing that comes close is like, the general human sadness of volunteering at a food bank/shelter, or an old folks home and both of those smell repellant and can't possibly be what you mean.

>>18675629
Smells like Fkn Fabulous mixed with Estee Lauder Pleasures for men. D&g intenso is really similar but strictly better.

>>18675651
When I smell it, the parts of my brain associated with those moods lights up. If I had to be more precise I would say that the notes and structure and textures of the fragrance associate with images in my mind that also carry associations of melancholy. Weathered, empty stone buildings. Grey skies on a windy day. Cemeteries with flowers beside the headstones. Myths doesn't "smell like" those things, it smells like the notes, but the combination of all the notes combined in the scent pull those associations out of my mind.

Something to keep in mind when people say these sorts of things about fragrances is that neurologically, the sense of smell completely bypasses higher-order processing. The olfactory bulb is directly connected to the limbic system and has no links to cortical processing. The limbic system also processes emotion and memory, so scents are very powerfully connected in a physical, neurological way to these more abstract aspects of the mind.

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Profondo EDT is really not as bad as you guys make it out to be. I smelled it on a couple of people, its good

>>18675661
Profondo smells like a generic blue fragrance. Parfum is the good one.

>Got a compliment at the grocery store wearing drakkar noir yesterday
>I told her it was my deodorant because I didn’t want to cop to wearing drakkar noir to the grocery store

>>18675627
It's widely available in my side of Europe.

>>18675682
they sell Drakkar Noir at the grocery store

>>18675701
reposting here since old thread is autosage

>>18675707
uhh secretions maybe? i mostly get clean pretty girl spit with white florals though.

>>18675709
Do you mean like actual secretions or is that a brand

>>18675716
Secretions Magnifique by ELDO

>>18675684
Rive Gauche Pour Homme? Doubt it.

>>18675360
Nice. Candidate for year-round use?

>>18675756
>Rive Gauche PH
No, Rive Gauche, the frag we were talking about.

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I know I'm late to the party, but just found out the discontinued Missoni wave

>>18675684
which side do you live in?
bumfuck nowhere au francais near a rive gauche warehouse???

>>18675629
Smells like the inside of a scented garbage bag

>>18674274
givenchy reserve privee - SUCKS

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>>18674274
Is amazon full of fakes? I found some Versace eros there for 58% off retail
It has 1100 reviews (4.7 star) and says that it's shipped and sold by Amazon

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>>18675885
As far as I know, it's possible that you will get a fake, even if you order from Amazon. Fake sellers who use FBA will send their inventory to a Amazon warehouse their stuff get sorted together with the non-fakes if the ASIN is identical.
If they Pack ur order its totally possible they will grab u a fake one.

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>>18675891
yeah that's what I'm afraid of. there's 3 different variations of the product listed ("fruity" "woody spicy" and "musk") even though it's all the same scent
might go for the $20 more expensive fully prime shipped option just to be sure. or what if that increases the risk of a fake getting pooled? being stingy is so spiritually demanding

>>18675906
>spiritually demanding
save your soul for only 10 extra dollars and buy from a trusted site
https://www.fragrancenet.com/cologne/gianni-versace/versace-eros/edt#232011

>>18675906
you can find it cheaper on reputable ebay shops like https://www.ebay.com/itm/365352409102

>>18675910
(emphasis on reputable as there are a fuckton of fakes on ebay)

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>>18675908
>>18675910
thanks anons, I'm new to fragrance I don't know what's reputable and what isn't

Today I went to ulta and sephora and tried some smells :) I really liked the Y Le Parfum, Acqua di gio profondo, and weirdly the Le Male Parfum elixir although I'm not sure if it's too sweet or not. I was looking for an aquatic scent
the eros flame I only got a tiny fart out of the sample bottle which was practically empty but I think I liked it, and I'm going to find another one in-person to make sure. There was another spicy scent like that that I found appealing. also the Aramis Intuition, but the sillage is too weak on that I think

I just bought picrel off amazon because the internet is saying it's a great chanel bleu/ acqua di gio clone and with the saved money I can buy another fragrance :)

>>18675857
I liked it at first
Now its just the same synthetic-woody-sweet-gourmand shit that all mainstream men's winter frags smell like
Like an overpriced Prada Luna Rossa Black

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>>18675918
>thanks anons, I'm new to fragrance I don't know what's reputable and what isn't
Always be buying FragranceNet (or LuckyScent if it's something niche they don't carry, or Joma if there's a coupon [and it's even more niche].)

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>>18675885
>full of fakes
Yes, all the time. They will pull the lot(s) and then offload to stores like the kind you find in pic related.

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hi guys, i'm putting together what will probably be my last order of 1ml decants for a long time. i'm looking for a really good leather frag - i like the idea of leather with lipstick iris or oud, light fruit, mildly animalic. i have samples of cuir ottoman and ELDO nostos, love them both, i just want to see what the other options are before committing. i'm also looking for stuff similar to ELDO you or someone like you before i commit to buying it. looking at herba fresca. is torino 21 good?

here's the cart:
>EP velvet iris
>l'homme ideal edt (can't find edp or extreme)
>eau d'hermes edt
>eau d'orange verte
>SHL soleil de jeddah
>mugler cologne
>tuscan leather
>interlude man & interlude black iris
>black afgano
>forever wanted elixir (not sure abt this one)
>bentley intense
>og ombre leather
>bel ami

>>18675225
guerlain exceptional rendezvous series
>>18675707
eldo archives 69 is most of the way there and actually a wearable fragrance in the right situation

>>18675931
You'll probably like Tuscan Leather. Black Afgano isn't very leathery. It's more resinous with a specific accord of oud that is pretty different from most other ouds. Cuoium would be a better pick, but it's very animalic. ELDO Rien is another interesting leather but unlikely to fit your desired profile, one of a kind scent though.

>>18675932
Cuoium is probably a pass for me. Yatagan, Promise, and African Leather were too animalic - African Leather is on the fence. Rien looks interesting but I don’t like aldehyde bombs like CDG 2. I thought the aldehydes were at an acceptable level in Clean Suede and maybe Le Cri.

any frags that smell like mayonnaise?

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Arrived this evening (fuck knows why UPS was out delivering at almost midnight). I like the idea behind using extremely stripped down and "essential" packaging, but I feel like the paper ribbon being taped onto the box is a mistake. It couldn't be that hard to slice two hold downs onto the back instead and slide the ends of the ribbon in.

>>18675931
>leather with lipstick iris or oud, light fruit, mildly animalic
Cuir Cannage is really good but discontinued. They say Cuir mauresque is similar but I haven't tried it myself. If it's anywhere close to Cuir Cannage it's worth a try.

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>tfw my mom said Al-Rehab Lord smells nice
SOTD Al-Rehab Lord

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>>18675342
Seriously?

>>18675329
that's the way it is with bean counters, i guess
the square bottle is still awesome, so i'm ok with this

>>18675962
i assume it is used as a seal to show you that the bottle was not tampered with

>>18675821
Weird, I thought it was a bestseller

>>18675931
>i like the idea of leather with lipstick iris or oud, light fruit, mildly animalic
This just sounds like the og Dior Homme Parfum before they changed it

>>18675931
mint:
>you or someone like you (a bit pissy from the cassis note, the frags below aren't)
>heeley menthe fraiche
>guerlain aa herba fresca
>lush dirty
>torino21 (it's good but overpriced, also lol jerkoff)
>nicolai l'eau chic (geranium+mint+musk, could do with a bit more mint desu)
>guerlain homme edp (mint as in mojito)
>diptique eau de minthé (mint but it's drakkar noir)
>cdg green (i don't know this one but probably fits the bill)
leather:
classic hermes is based, maybe get equipage as well if it's available
pde is also based, maybe add eau de gloire if you don't have it already, it's pretty similar to bel ami (vetiver)
for a more agressive leather check out rien (i/ii) and gucci guilty absolute (if you can still find it) as well
>>18675931 is probably right about dhp, maybe check out the current dhi as well

>>18676013
Old DHP has way more leather than DHI and a bit of fruity rose and oud, I have a bottle. It should fit the bill well.
It's a shame that they didn't keep it around. Not that I will run out anytime soon, this is 2 or 3 sprays max.

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>Sotd: China White
Probably my favourite from Nasomatto so far. It’s delicate but still strong, old school powdery and slightly waxy. Very restrained for a Gaultieri fragrance but still carries that humanistic and slightly dirty edge that he does so well. If I were to compare to his other well known white scent, Seminalis, China White dials back the animalic by about 95% and rounds off all the edges, and flattens it down from something very lively and unabashed to something far more reserved.

Has anyone tried L'Occitan Lavande Poivre Noir (L'Occitan Eau de Toilette)? Any good?

Im looking to buy another fragrance. Something like a billionaire pretending to be a rough neck biker vibes. Bruce wayne. The emo bruce wayne Any reccos

>>18676158
francesca bianchi the black knight

>>18676158
black afgano

>>18675938
>African Leather is too animalic
Based on this I don't think you really want a leather frag, African Leather is among the mildest leather frags you can find.
>Torino21
Yes it's good, fresh and very nicely juicy, but performance leaves to be desired even regardless of the price.

>>18675931
>ELDO you or someone like you
Green Crush. fantastic summer frag. very underrated
but for mint, ADP CLUB is great too

>>18676206
You're right, but he still wants strong leather middle notes. That's why he mentioned Cuir Ottoman and ELDO Nostos. Both have a top accord that's something else (amber and oud, respectively) but they have leather in the middle, and are punctuated by spice and flowers. Should probably remove everything that doesn't fit this profile.

>>18676158
I swear to god I read someone on here or on Fragrantica describe a frag that fit this exact description and I hate that I can't remember it.

>>18676217
You must remember it

>>18676217
I feel like I have too. A few come to mind like JV Dark Rebel, CDG Black, TF Black Lacquer, Nuit d'Issey Parfum. But I don't think it's one of those.

>>18675627
So?

Today I got:

Afnan Turathi Electric which is a Blue Talisman clone. This to me smells like it's in the Tyga family, but it's got some pepper or something that makes me feel like it's meh. No one mentions the pepper which makes me feel like I'm going crazy.

Paris Corner Khair Pistachio - very smooth pistachio gives way to vanila an hour or so after. Pleasant, maybe too feminine but I will wear it a lot.


Envy of Fomo - supposed clone of Gucci Envy, this is very retro, just ginger and vague piss. I will wear it when I get sick of sweet stuff but doesn't stand out, I would say it's at best mid.

Rasasi Hawas Tropical - JPG Paradise Garden clone - nice for the summer honestly although there's a note I don't love and makes this and a bunch of other "summer" frags flawed for me.

is it just me or does fragrantica no longer display store links beneath fragrances

>>18676256
depends on the frag
i get notino ads for some of them, only ebay for some others

>>18676057
It wears incredibly light, bordering on imperceptible
It is the driest, most airy lavender I could possibly imagine. Barely got any pepper from it

>>18676256
Just you. Sometimes it does the eBay thing like >>18676258 said but it just as often will point to Fragrancenet and tell you that you can buy the Brand there even though there isn't anything, or it is there but you have to look for it.

>>18675967
Grabbed a sample of Cuir Mauresque, I'll leave a post if it's good
>>18676009
I decided to buy a travel spray of Leather Intense by Alexandria Fragrances which is supposed to be a DHP 2014 dupe
>>18676013
Much appreciated
>>18676206
I don't mind a strong leather note, but African Leather has what I'm guessing is a strong labdanum / patchouli accord that I pick up as animalic in a bad way.

>>18674274
Please provide recommendations for:

- gift for my girlfriend
- age 17
- last perfume she had was Lattafa Yara
- would like to give her something not used by most other girls
- budget: up to 100€

>>18676515
>gf, 17
CH Good Girl Blush. Base version of Good Girl is too serious, GG Blush is more fun so it fits her age better.
>not used by most other girls
That really depends on what's popular where you live. Coco Mademoiselle or Coco Chanel are interesting choices in my country as they're not common here, but one of the cons on fragrantica is how commonly worn they are.

>>18676515
Lancôme La vie est belle

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>>18676515
Cristalle

>>18676515
What is her race? Mexican girls love Valentino and Miss Dior, Black girls love BR540 and Delina, and white (and asian) girls love whatever unisex niche shit you give her like Jo Malone, Dyptique, Byredo.

>>18676547
She's black, but very much so. Both in terms of skin (very dark skinned, almost pitch black) but also in terms of upbringing (grew up in the ghetto, only moved out after 15).

>>18676553
she might like some of the feminine stuff from JPG like Scandal

Fragrances? Are you guys gay gay?

At least call them perfumes.

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>>18676576
theyre colognes when its for men bro

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im a rose chad

>doesnt own a bidet
>ass smells like rotten shit from a distance
>spends whole days discussing perfumes on the internet
fucking subhumans lmfao

>>18676547
mexican is not a race retard

>>18676515
Chanel Chance Tendre EDT (i think the 50ml or the travel spray is below 100 bucks)

>>18676595
Races are made up so if I say Mexicans are a race, they are.

>>18676581
which hand do use to clean your ass?

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>L'Homme Idéal Cologne Forte
>Esencia EdP
>Orage
>Percival

Feel like I got my dream fresh aromatic rotation finally dialed in.

>>18676634
cheers, anon
how's the Guerlain?

>>18676636
Thanks. The citrus/grapefruit accord at the beginning is intense. Very strong and juicy but also a bit bitter and tart reminiscent of rind. After 15-20 minutes or so the almond comes out more and after some time the incense also joins. At first I didn't like it too much because of the potent opening that I wasn't prepared for, but after some wears I started to really enjoy and appreciate it. The drydown is very nice and classy. It's currently pretty cold where I live so I can't speak to how it is in high heat.

>>18676579
What's your opinion on Le Cri? Wrong answers will determine if you are a shitter or not.

>>18676652
1/10

>>18676652
havent smelled it

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>>18676656
noselet spotted

>2026
>reddit frog

>>18676634
based notcareabout/frag/sopinioner
SOTD: Bal d'Afrique

>>18676634
How's Loewe Esencia?

What are your favorite fougeres, fougere Chads?

>>18676716
im not telling you unless you can prove to me you arent that spamming freak

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Has anyone here tried Lanvin L'homme? Worth grabbing for $30 or is it just another morillas freshslop

>>18676714
It's my favorite and consider it my signature frag. It shares certain similarities with Aventus, but it's smoother and more grown up. It's much less fruity and smoky and more green. Currently on my 3rd or 4th bottle and still the one I use the most, by far.

>>18676722
>Currently on my 3rd or 4th bottle and still the one I use the most, by far.
Damn. Have you tried the EDT?

>>18676723
No, but from what I've learned online they are completely different. I've tried the Elixir though, which I also liked, but overall I still prefer the EdP.

>>18676720
Not very fresh, quite powdery for me. One of my worst fragrances and I have like 50-100 scents.

has anyone tried cool water by davidoff? it's like $20 right now on fragrancenet

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Which is better? Which is more iconic?

>>18676760
>Which is more iconic?
Probably CW
>Which is better?
Definitely DN

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>>18675187
What do women think of Kouros?

Had good reactions from from Hacivat X and Black orchid.

>>18676791
Can't speak for zoomettes and younger but millenial and older women like it. It's not like they are going to go crazy over it but they think it smells nice. I think they respond to the fresh and airiness of it. It's doesn't really smell like anything else in the mainstream so it ends up being unique. It's not modern but not dated either, it's strangely relevant today. I say that as someone who has a lot of vintage stuff. I find it really interesting to see what survives and what doesn't.

>>18676808
I take it back, it is dated, but still interesting.

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>>18676808
Thanks for your input. I find the vast majority of women to be noselets, which is why I would probably refrain from wearing particular scents which I personally enjoy when I'm looking to get potentially intimate. Not trying to illicit a particular response from the scent, but trying to bridge a gap with things I personally like and something they would enjoy also.

Have you found anything decent that zoomies like that isn't generic trash?

Another anecdote, was watching that Dimitri guy on YouTube and he said his Mrs wouldn't let him out the house wearing Lyric Man, she appeared in one of his videos I think and from memory she was quite attractive. I like Lyric man but sometimes rose can give me a headache, will need to see if Le Cri has the same effect. I'm not crazy about rose, but in the right set and setting would be really great.

>>18676838
I reviewed both in a previous thread. Lyric Man is a freight train compared to Le Cri in terms of rose. It's far more palatable and friendlier on the nose, IMO. I prefer it over Lyric for this reason.

>>18676760
CW for both
>>18676756
not a single person has ever smelled that niche scent, sorry

>>18676716
In no particular order: Dakar, Sauvage EDP, Viking.
I should also try Cologne Nocturne and Special for Gentlemen.
On an unrelated note, what do you think of Bois Imperial?

>>18676885
It's a worse/lower-quality clone of Ganymede. Personally I would never get Bois Imperial when Ganymede exists and isn't all that expensive.

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Will be moving away for a few months, taking some favourite bottles with me
Interesting exercise to see what my favourites are and what I can live without

>>18676921
How do you rate Encre Noire and its flankers?

>>18676925
They're good. I like the Extreme the most. It's basically like the original but with added resins and a little smokier, feels more balanced and less stripped down ro me. But the OG and sport are nice too. I get really bad performance from Sport unfortunately, though none of them are too strong performers for me.

>>18676921
I don't particularly like the encre noir line (only own the original) but the others are among my top 10-15 of all time. So, yeah, nice. Although summer is coming, DHP can stay for now.

>>18676935
Might take my decant of DHO instead desu

>>18676838
>the vast majority of women to be noselets
The opposite is true, women on average have better noses than men. They pick up scents faster and more accurately than men. In my opinion this is why men are able to enjoy more unique and complex scents, since our smell is slower and duller.

The only fragrance my zoomette coworker has liked on me was Lancome Miracle Homme. It does have an amazing woody note but I find it a bit sweet. She usually wears those light and sweet florals. Another young woman in my office liked YSL Libre Homme and Tauer LADDM. They both project very well, the Libre Homme is a nice spicy violet leaf but the sweetness muddles it. I don't like her so I stopped wearing those, she's addicted to Bath and Body Works.

I think young women just don't like big and dense scents, they like their light and fresh fragrances. Don't be shy, it can surprise you what young women like. It's never what I expect that gets me attention. I'm usually very subtle so it's rare people can smell me unless they are close to me. It doesn't matter if females like it when you don't like it yourself, so just wear what you like.

>>18676959
left looks better, unironically.

>>18676960
Yeah, it's a decent physique, he's just not a roided professional bodybuilder

>>18676791
i doused in kouros tonique before going to mcdonalds once and the zoomette seemed very uncomfortable while taking my order. i think it's because of how horny she got upon first whiff

>>18676944
Being clean and having a bit of a scent, any perfume, is good if you're trying to be attractive to women.

Anything loud is bad, and also anything that masks your own natural smell too much is also not good.

I regret blind buying boss bottled absolu
too sweet and not really a pleasant scent at all
at least I only git 50ml of it

>>18676944
Being clean and having a bit of a scent, any perfume, is good if you're trying to be attractive to women.

Anything loud is bad, and also anything that masks your own natural smell too much is also not good.

>>18676974
This sounds like a job for Allure Homme Sport
>light and fresh
>modest projection
>almost zero density
>musky base for an enhanced skin scent later in the day
god i love allure homme sport, maybe i will wear it again today

>>18674274
Got a rec request.

Just turned 27, male, decent job, pretty good life right now. I spent my time with my girlfriend or studying languages or writing or reading mostly, drink a lot of sencha and oolong too. Usually wear corduroy pants and dress shirts, Merrell shoes when walking around (not too pretentious).

5 favorite perfumes right now in order:
Ormonde Man
Chopard Oud Malaki
Tdh edt
Rochas moustache
TF Grey Vetiver edp

Last time I asked for a rec (about 2 years ago) I was told to buy ormonde man. Definitely gonna get another bottle soon. Probably the best rec I’ve ever gotten, my favorite perfume, and an excellent choice at the time in price. Now the price has inflated and you can’t get really any OJ on reselling sites, so I’m trying to decide what to do. They also have a massive 24 perfume sample pack available on their site, but I feel like I’m getting raped if I get something anywhere other than jomashop fragrancenet etc.

Anyways - I want to try something new, so any recs based on how I described myself above would be appreciated.

But yeah on top of new recs - should I bite the bullet and buy ormonde man from the OJ website? Also curious about opinions on nawab of oud or the OJ sample packs. Also if there’s a reseller I missed that has cheapo OJ any insight appreciated

>>18676988
You seem pretty enthralled by Ormonde Man. If it's your favourite perfume you shouldn't suffer to be without it. If you like TDH EDT, the pure parfum is absolutely magnificent. It's the same profile but much, much richer and deeper. YSL Tuxedo could be an upgrade to Moustache, but it's private line so $$$. Based on your post I'd prioritize picking up the new bottle of Ormonde before committing to a private line bottle.

>>18676988
I think we have similar tates. Try:

CDG 2 Man
Guerlain Vetiver
Encre Noire line
Costume National Homme (a bit similar to Oud Malaki but without oud or tobacco)

>>18676988
>ormonde man
that might have been me lol
not sure if i shilled it here (probably did) but i have a full bottle and i like it a lot
recs:
>Guerlain Vetiver (EDT)
>Guerlain Homme (EDP)
>Encre Noire
>classic Hermes frags
>for something more niche try some PdE frags (see previous threads)

>>18677005
What are the best classic Hermes fragrances?

>>18677011
I like eau d'orange verte, that's an easy one to like if you don't mind weak performance because it's EDC

>>18677011
>Eau d'Hermes
>Bel Ami (+Vetiver)
>Equipage
>Rocabar
>Eau d'Orange Verte

>>18676844
I found the ambrette softened the overall profile aswell, I do like the lime in Lyric, very good for super hot days.

>>18676719
Based on >>18676898 anon is unlikely to be the spammer, so would you like to tell the class what your fav fougeres are?
>>18676988
Wow anon you're so cool and refined and confident and cool.
>what should I get? I love Ormonde Man
You should get Ormonde Man.
If you want something else, I recommend Coromandel and Psychedelique.

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Will this be the big summer frag this year? Light Blue finally gets an EdP. How do you guys like the EdT?

What is something in Sauvage that makes me gag? I smelled Dior Homme and the Sport flanker and that one is a great blue fragrance that I dig, but I smelled Sauvage and it still makes me nauseous like it did in 2016.

Recommend me a green fragrance for spring.

I like:
>French Lover
>Guerlain Vetiver
>Mugler Cologne
>Mousse Illuminee
>Dune Pour Homme

>>18677060
sneed viking by far. it just works every time

>>18677075
>light blue
>isn't light blue

>most, if not all, of my local discounters haven't restocked any Amouages recently
>the ones that are still available have been at least 25% up in price than they used to be for some time now
War and inflation has been extremely damaging to the fragrance world.

>>18677100
have been*

>>18677100
It's hitting all the brands desu. A bottle of Cuoium at discounters is like $250CAD now, and other OPs are like $190.

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Blind bought Sergio a while back and only tried it today. Not bad for a $20 bottle. It's slightly soapy, but the wood helps to cover that.

I got a bottle of The Musc from EP. They let you pick two samples from their line up, so I grabbed The Musc Extrait and Bois Imperial Extrait.

The Musc smells good, and the Extrait smells even better. The Bois Imperial on the other hand smells terrible.

>>18677119
does the extrait smell different than the regular BI? i can't imagine BI needing more staying power. that being said, you should try Nice Bergamote

>>18677136
Yes. The scent profile is different.

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>>18677085
Most likely the huge overdose of Ambroxan it has. It can be hard on the nose

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>>18676529
hot