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>>18677142>boys imperiumsounds gay kinda ngl
Friendly reminder, especially for newfriends: if someone posts about or recommends>to wear more (classic) fougeres>montale sandflowers>9pm and flankers>bruno banani energy>aigner statement>interracial relationships>fucking their german/white/aryan gf>redheads>Mila KunisOr they make lengthy posts completely unrelated to fragrances and add "SOTD: [one of the frags above]", their posts (see pic related) are spam and you shouldn't take their opinions seriously.Ignore them and/or report them for off topic posting, spamming/flooding, avatar/signature use or ban evading (he's been banned countless times already).
>>18677154>not imperial boyslol newfag>SOTN: Parfum d'Empire Le Cribeautiful, PdE is GOATed
>>18677159you forgot Bugatti Gold IconiQ
I got memed into buying this because of the /fa/ charts. Let my friend at work sample it and he hated it, other friend next to me said it smelled like his great grandma. Never touching this shit again.
>>18677202It's not bad, it's just not worth the price in modern times. I would easily wear this, but not at that price.
>>18677202Anon >>18677203 is right that it's overpriced. I was able to score a partial tester for like $40 and I probably wouldn't want to pay any more than $70 for a full bottle. Economics aside though I really hate to say it but you are a noselet. Let it sit for a while while you develop your taste, because it's one of the best men's fragrances of all time.
>>1867720And the reason you're a noselet isn't because you don't like an objectively great fragrance, it's because you can't form an opinion for yourself and think that your retard coworkers know their ass from a hole in the ground.
>>18677213it's bofa
>>18677202that's a shame. i love my parfum version of it. think it's discontinued though
>>18677142anon from previous thread who talked at length about ormonde jayne here. it showed up today for the first time in months on fragnet so I bought 2 bottles, also bought gf another bottle of mugler's angel, the sample pack of mugler's alien and alien goddess for her as well, also blind bought le cris today just because I went and got drunk and was already blowing up my money hard as fuck. see you guys in 2 years. oh also to the anon who pointed out that I'm pretentious and want to be seen as cool you're right and I drank beers with homeless people today and now I'm going to a fancy bar and then I will have sex tonight which you have never done
>>18677193>Joop HommeYou want to smell like blacks in the 80's?
>>18677202People meme this crap too much, it smells ok let's be honest, but shouldn't be worn in this day and age by people under 45. The first thought that hit me when I initially sprayed this was old person. There's no way you can get away with wearing this without receiving such a response.Another thing is Azemour is a way better version of it. It's more natural, even youthful although it still has an old person vibe to it.
>>18677202this is why you smell things for free in department stores, anon
>>18677278>buy Eau Sauvage>get orange essential oil for a dollar>pour into Eau Sauvage so you don't have to pay $200 dollars for Azemour
>>18677142Will I regret spending that much on a fragrance? I really like it but this is almost double of what I'm used to spend
>>18677284You're an idiot..
>>18677285will you regret not having it? Have you used up a decant of it already?
>>18677287
>not using le male elixirlmao couldn't be me
>>18677285Posts like this always interest me because I look up whatever the hell stuff like this is and see something like a grand total of 40 people have ever even left a preliminary review of the frag. Reminds me of those micro-niche small batch guys who sell like 30 vials of a frag through Instagram for $400 and that's it, they'll never make it again. Why buys that? I don't mean that as a criticism Anon, I just am wondering how you were presented with this and then took such a liking to it that you are considering spending a lot of money on it.
>>18677312ive never smelled it
Opinions on this house?
>>18677329based on the name it's slopno, i won't look it up for you
Just ordered, I don't know shit about fragrances. What will I think of it? More importantly, what will people think of it?
>>18677362it's lk a summer gothrock frag fr no cap ong
>>18677142any thoughts on this one?
>>18677213What makes a frag objectively great? (are you the idiot who got repeatedly btfo in the last thread who couldn't stay silent when someone slandered Vetiver?)
>>18677396nice projection there, mate
>>18677399Alright so we know good projection makes a frag great, anything else?
>>18677396but you were the one who got btfo'd?(as shown by you bringing it up)
I need a fragrance that smells very masculine. Something like warm spicy, oud and animalic idk
Has anyone tried this? I sample this and it smells so good but I think it might be polarizing.
Thoughts on Dior Homme Sport for daily use? Wanted to buy Sauvage but there are already like four guys at work who wear it
>>18677411Vetiver is bad by modern standards, and no one attractive wears it. Prove me wrong and post a picture of yourself.
>>18677421you're still assblasted over vetiver being an objectively good fragrance
>>18677405i chuckled, thanksit's a shame you are retarded
>>18677381Never heard of it but they stole the bottle design from Arquiste which is based because it's the best feeling bottle on the hand.
>>18677422this you?
>>18677405lmao, another L for the guerlain shill
The other day there was this aldehydic -bubblegum perfume everywhere in the mall I keep smelling, I think a girl wears it, kinda unisex leaning.
>>18677437a handsome, well dressed young man?sure
>>18677319It's a new release, anon could have smelled it at the store or they sent him a sample. I have some vintage stuff I blind bought that I wish had that many reviews.
>>18677439That’s suavitel fabric conditioner from the Mexican cleaner lady bro
>>18677202Francis Kurkdjian was told to reformulated Eau Sauvage in order to make people dislike it so they don't get upset when they discontinue it, the penny pinchers at Dior were onboard because they are convinced that it creates confusion amongst their customers and affects sales of their cash cow. They pitched the discontinuation to Francois Demachy but he thought it was an important part of the Dior history and wouldn't do it. They're going to do the same thing with everything that is not a top seller.
>>18677456nice schizo theory (probably also true)
>>18677440kek made my point for me, this is your taste
>>18677456No the original ingredients were just unavailable/banned by IFRA so they resorted to cheap slops. That’s why new releases all smell the same, they’re all slops
>>18677458highbrow? yessotd: guerlain vetiver
>>18677461People are complaining specifically about reformulations happening in the last 5 years since Turkdjion took over. You IFRA babies have no connection with reality.
>>18677350correct>>18677396i stopped arguing with you after like two posts and someone else took over for the rest of the thread (and was correct to do so). The same things that make any art objectively great make a fragrance objectively great. Loosely I would say it's when the creative vision is executed at such a level that the work accumulates meaning outside of itself.>>18677421Standards are timeless. Tastes are modern. You know nothing about what you're trying to talk about.
Mancera Red TobaccoWore this on my trip to Italy it was winter that time so couldnt smell it that much and it didnt work for that weather came back to india and its like 46*c and omg this perfume is bomb for summer time, really loving it.
>>18677496>t.
Rate my collectionn please... also, whats a fragrance profile im missing? something you think its not redundant... something that will make woman turn their heads around and people in general just thinking"wow whats that smell" as soon as i enter the room?
>>18677496>when the creative vision is executed at such a level that the work accumulates meaning outside of itselfThat's cute snowflake definition that has nothing to do with either formal or informal art education. Clearly stems from someone who never set foot in higher education.
>>18677508>this has nothing to do with what other people say>clearly you've never been told what to think by other peopleare you a woman?
>>18677504
>>18677502Is this the one with Osmanthus?
>>18677478I find it funny how Turkey is so hated it even gets collateral slander from an Armenian
>>18677518You can educate yourself like I said "informal education". Having a brainfart is not an education.
>>18677541you clearly have neither if your standard for greatness is whether a 22 year old zoomer from ohio (You) likes it, or if you can picture a badly dressed tradfag wearing it.
>>18677543I have both, I'm older than you and this place is not one person. You're wrong on all counts. Perfumes are not art by the way.
>>18677543We can picture you wearing Gayerlane Vetiver
>>18677552Wow, all those years of experience and still a retard. It must be fun being so confidently stupid. You can stop replying to me now.>the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects btw
>>18677502>>18677506the memes make themselves
>>18677552>Perfumes are not art by the way.uh oh soulless retard alert
>>18677589Art can be soulless and most of it is. If perfume is art then all of it, from the arab clones to the amateur essential oils lady.
>>18677160>Le CriOk, tell me about it.
>>18677473It's common for perfumers not to wear fragrance tho. Almost none of them do.
>>18677627to my nose it's a high quality, natural smelling soft musky rose (rose-y musk?) frag with good performance, a bit feminine leaning but unisex, spring-fall frag for me, full bottle worthy for sure
>>18677629That's not true. I have heard perfumers talk about not only wearing perfume but how they wear it and even testing them on themselves. Perfumers I admire and respect all wear perfume. He's the first one I ever heard saying he doesn't wear perfume.
>>18677627It's based. Wait for PdE to get their shipping fixed to America next month so you can get 100ml instead of an overpriced 50ml from a reseller.
Porto Neroli by Maison Alhambra vs. Neroli Intense by Jeanne en Provence?For a friend who wants an easy orange flower frag with maybe some citrus.Orange and Neroli by Emir (copy of Sundazed by Byredo) is another option, though it's the only one I've tried and it performs fairly bad while costing about the same as Porto Neroli.
>>18677679>Neroli Intense by Jeanne en Provenceyes, it's a great cheapie
Has anyone tried Tobacolor? I am considering a clone.
>>18677681I'm aware, I'm rather asking which one among the three I mentioned best fits the description.>>18677683I have, it smells like fairly dry, aromatic tobacco and a bit of oddly stinky honey, it's quite linear and I don't think it's particularly good or worth anything near its list price.Why are you considering a clone of it if you haven't smelled it though?Go to an upscale dept store or a Dior store and try it out or buy a sample, or better yet, buy a sample of the frag you're actually consider buying since it might very well have the same character but not the same quality.
>>18677202funny enough this is the one I've gotten the most "my bed smells like you" texts from after banging new girls
>>18677690I like tobacco fragrances and it seems interesting, I didn't find the expensive diors anywhere and I looked at 2 airports, 2-3 niche stores and 5 sephora-esque places.
>>18677624you're so close to getting it
After side by side comparison between Calvin Cologne and Tuscany per Uomo I have found that they are not at all related as I previous claimed. Calving opens fresh fresh fresh, clean and fresh, soap and shampoo, step out the shower clean. It has some floral and herbs but the clean musk and moss dominate. Tuscany chokes you out with spice first, almost asking you to hold your breath. The spices relent but never go away and then you get a bit of the freshness and woodiness. My opinion on Tuscany has not changed. I don't like the spice attack of some old fragrances. I'm going to give Calvin an honest try, the opening is quite something for an after shower cologne for a hot summer day. I'm trying to remember why I thought they were similar, maybe something about their cleanness. Tuscany is a yellow/brown scent while Calvin is white/blue, not similar in my opinion.
>>18677748Why reply to my posts if you're scared to say anything?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnBdGTX3vZc
>>18677753If you accept that arab clones and essential oil blends are art, you have chosen them because they are examples of art that is bad. You know that there is an objective metric to measure aesthetic objects because it's >implied by your examples. You therefore have conceded that art can be judged on objective metrics, which was my initial point in the previous thread.
>>18677456I actually sought out a vintage travel spray because I thought it would be better than the modern. Rest assured they are both shit and there is no difference.
>>18677760>If you accept that arab clones and essential oil blends are artI don't l2read.Nothing about this is objective, once you use words like "judged" it becomes subjective. You can't name a single objective metric.
>>18677552>Perfumes are not art by the way.Why?
I wish more male fragrances have ylang-ylang. >Just wear unisex broNah, i just like the aromatic + yellow floral combo like in H24, it’s unique. I know they use narcissus flower but it smells like ylang-ylang anyways.
>>18677842You just like banana bro, find a banana fragrance.
>>18677842>just wear unisexJust wear women's frags, Bloom Profumo di Fiori sounds right up your alley.
>>18677842try bijan for men
Why is fragcomm so based?
>hear about Yatagan>seems fun imma check out reviews>2/3 of reviews are novels about man fighting against nature, raw animalic musk, don't buy this if you're a pussy, etc etc>1/3 of reviews: "this smells like an obscure perfume y but kinda more like obscure perfume x with obscure perfume z and a xyz accord, a masterpiece, I never wear it though">the one single actually useful review: "smells like soup packet with pine needles"Why are frag reviewers like that?
>>18677907all are correct
>>18677910Yeah ok thanks you made me realize frags are a multifaceted thing, I was thinking most frag lovers are just gay retards.
>>18677911both are true
My leather so soft, my top so softI probably have it off, these niggas so softAnd I go so hardBitch I go so hard
Is Bon Monsieur the best fougere?
>>18677801>commercial productWhile I don't believe in auteur theory, perfumers lack more control compared to almost any other medium. From the brief, to the economics and market pressures, the difference between the original intent and the final product is huge. You can argue that this is not too different from art, I would respond that while that is partially true it's just way worse for consumer products like perfumes. Just because a company hires a designer to help them make money doesn't make that person an artist. You can also argue that independent perfumers get closer to their original vision, but that would imply that 99.9% of perfumes are not art which counters the idea that the medium itself is art.>barrier for entryThe level of expertise required to be a perfumer far exceeds that of any other medium. The end result being a tiny pool of people in the field. I'm not making an exclusivity argument, I'm making a technical argument. Perfumery schools are not taking candidates from art schools or creative mediums, they take students from technical and scientific fields. They enroll those with backgrounds in chemistry, biology, physics, etc. because perfumery is a science. The greatest achievements in perfumery are technical, No. 5, Fougere, Jicky, Diorissimo, Angel, etc. are all the result of scientific breakthroughs. While technology and science can be used for art in perfumery the science is always first.>barrier for entry 2Not only the creation of perfumes requires high expertise but their observation and appreciation is beyond the scope of most. Again this argument is not unique to perfumery but to all mass media, I think what sets perfumery apart is the nature of smell. As our most primal of senses it's unlike our more developed senses like sight and hearing. It means that to analyze a smell requires us to override our most basic instincts, a burden higher than any other medium. The end result turns into binary taste and subjective.
Does this thing dry to some shitty vanilla or "spices" sweetness or creaminess or is it sharp and dry?
>>18677952No anon it's a real rugged frag for real rugged men, no shitty vanilla or "spices".
>>18677954I just don't like sweet frags, I have bad associations from when I was raped in a bathhouse.
>>18677955tdh is anything but sweet
>>18677955I love sweet frags because they stir fond memories of when I raped a guy in a bath house.
>>18677954I don't have strong feelings towards sweet frags, they bring up memories of that time I saw a guy get raped in a bathhouse.
>>18677948>functionalityAs a product perfumes serve a purpose, they are designed to smell appealing. For my own special definition, subjective I know, art is devoid of purpose and exits for its own sake. You can have a coat and it can be decorated but if it has the purpose to keep you warm it's not art. Perfumers want to be seen as artists and get recognition as artists but they're simply highly skilled designers. Their work is to achieve a specific purpose for consumers, not independently for the art. They might brag about their "artistry" and how that sets them apart but they are not unbound. As previously mentioned they are held back by pressures from all sides.>good is not artThe folly of people thinking perfumes are art is that they equate art with execution and talent. I'm not saying perfumes are bad or without merit. I just think they don't rise to the level of art due to all the points I have made. It's natural for people to think that art is just the creme of the creme in any medium but that's simply not the case. Art stands on its own, a perfume does not. A perfume is a packaged marketing product, the scent is just part of it. Once the scent leaves the perfumer and gets butchered by committee it goes in a bottle, it gets a name, it gets a story, all beyond the hands of the perfumer. There are many arguments that could be made but I simply believe perfumes are a product and a product is not art. It is too far removed from the creator and imbued with too much purpose to stand on its own. Not even going into the changing landscape of fragrances, their status, and usage.>inb4 if you are arguing about its merits as an art form it's an artformIf you don't want to discuss it you don't have to but there is a discussion to be had.
>>18677952Every fragrance has some sweetness to make them more palatable but Terre d'Hermes has very little maybe only for the citrus top notes. The mid and base notes are pretty dry.
wahts a good frag for spring / summer im in the foothills of Alberta
>>18678008Bigarade Concentrée
>>18677842obscuratio 25 is nice
l wish there were more good green and mossy fragrances
>>186775061. Why are you black?2. L'homme ideal is a great choice3. Layton/Exc is fine but severely overpriced I hope you got it for $150 max4. Nothing from Bond#9 is interesting; I'm shocked they haven't gone out of business. Even the best of their house Lafayette Street is not as good as Wake Up World.5. Apple Brandy is nice but overpriced like PdM. best of their house is either black phantom or intoxicated6. Hacivat is fine but it's just Aventus again, although I think Hacivat is slightly better.
>>18677940No. It's not even particularly good. It's just fine. I like Fougere Furious more and the Mugler private line dropped of the face of the Earth.
>>18677952There's no vanilla or sharp anything. You get the slate-vetiver and the blood orange. It just just more airy and open as time goes on.
>>18677142meanwhile women in real life are most attracted to a man's scent when they are clean and smell very very lightly of soap, if anything at all.Only gays on "no shirt allowed" dance floors get attracted by a heavily perfumed man emanating vapor stink lines as he twirls with his hands in the air.
>>18678054
>>18678066nice projection, gay anon
>>18677506Stop buying perfume and help that poor woman raise your son.
>>18678089>buyingx doubt
>>18678066just be attractive and women will like anything you wear
>>18677948>brief and lack of creative freedomWhat about brands like Matiere Premiere (owned by the perfumer behind all frags) or EdP Frederic Malle (the point is(was) to give noses creative freedom)?>it requires more expertise than anything elseAnyone can mix aromachemicals in their own bathroom.If you meant that becoming a notorious and successful perfumer requires a great deal of expertise, the same is true for anything, from music to painting to driving cars to scientific research.>No.5 and Angel are results of a scientific breakthroughsThat's like saying that a house is the result of a hammer.>the appreciation of frags is beyond the scope of mostI can't think of anything easier than appreciating Sauvage EDT, so much so that it's become one of the best selling men's frags on the market.
>>18678093Not really. Women routinely get the ick over nothing.
>>18678092is nudism the endgame of fashion?
>>18678104yeah whatever man. chad could wear coco mademoiselle and it still wouldnt stop women from throwing themselves at him
>>18678141You have a distorted view of the world.
Best Imagination dupe? Or at least the DNA. Marwa is alright but doesn't project very long.
>>18678151Sadly my nose is broken when it comes to this. On two separate occasions did I buy samples of this and I just find it smells terrible. To my nose there is something very harsh about it and I don't know what it could be. Nothing fresh or fruity or aromatic, just something nasty and harsh.
>>18678104icks don't apply to attractive people.
>>18677142
>>18678151Why did this become the #1?
light blue edt or intense? or edp?
>>18678144
>>18678104Ick is just when a woman loses her sense of verisimilitude and can no longer suspend her disbelief of the male in question being low quality in some specific way. This doesn't apply to high quality males because there is no disbelief to begin with, he's the real deal. A woman will, for example, get an ick when a short male does something that makes his shortness impossible to ignore, like needing a ladder to reach the top shelf or change a lightbulb. A tall male wouldn't trigger an ick because he wouldn't need a ladder for the same task, and if he does need a ladder, it speaks more of the task itself, given he's objectively tall.
>>18678156It came out in 2021, that's when everyone got into perfumes because of the pandemic. It became a status symbol as well. The smell probably has something to do with it but not as much as the other factors.
>>18678182I'm short and I never give women the ick, I have to resort to ghosting them.
>>18678187
Should I buy a full bottle of this guinea slop?It checks a lot of boxes and smells great, but not the best performance
>>18678208Only AdG flanker that I've yet to try. If it's a more powerful version of base AdG EDT then it should be good. I want to pull the trigger on AdG Profondo Parfum, really liked the profile and the performance/projection, but I'll try this one before I decide on one of them, heard it's more on the citric side which I enjoy more than Profondo's almost excessive aromatic vibe.
>>18678156shills
>>18678156rich basketball players kept saying they wore it around 2020-2021 in men's lifestyle videos. shit like "10 things I always have on me during the season"shit like that.
>>18678152That was my experience as well.
>>18678156I'm baffled, I haven't found the original to try but I have the Zara dupe because I sort of liked it on first smell and it was on sale in a bundle. After a single wear I realized it's actually disgusting.
>>18678173I liked Eau Intense more than the EdT, but the last time I tried them side by side it was with the older EdT formulation, which seems to have been replaced by a similar smelling and better performing one.Eau Intense has also disappeared from a lot of places, including the D&G website, so I figure they're discontinuing it to make room for the new EdP.Anyway, they're going to be available at any frag store in a few weeks tops, so go try them out and then decide for yourself.
>>18678093this but unironicallyI have scoliosis and look like a cripple and nobody compliments my frags except mom and dadmeanwhile when I borrow those same perfumes to my 6'3'' brother everyone compliments him
>>18678054I have a couple but they're discontinued. Today I'm wearing Fleur de Liane. It's very green and a bit mossy but it's so realistic it's hard to call it a fragrance. It's like you're a walking marigold plant. I also have Gucci Nobile, I almost wore it today but it deserves a better day. Of the fougeres I have tried it is my favorite by far, I don't think it's overly green but the green notes in it are quite delicious. The moss helps it last and stay pleasant throughout.
dont be fags just give it to me straight i dont need to know whyBest green:Best blue:Best red:Best black:
>>18678421polo greenpolo bluepolo redpolo black
Which of these is better for the most formal occasions?
>>18678443Of those two I'd pick Halfeti as it's more polite/less sweet.
>>18678422this is what i like too
>>18678443i dont really like tobacoo vanille but my wife goes fucking crazy for it.
>>18678421fuck green we're going yellow
>>18678152I am this anon. So I dug up my old sample bottle of Imagination because I wanted to give it another try. And you know what, suddenly I really like it. I don't know what happened. Maybe me trying so many different frags in the meantime has matured my nose or something but for the first time it smells pleasant to me.I also gave another try to Meteore and L'Immensite while I was at it, which I also didn't like back then. Still don't like Meteore but L'Immensite is very nice.
>>18678421Drakkar NoirCosta Azzurra EdP or Light Blue EdTBaccarat Rouge 540Drakkar Noir
>>18678421>Best green:Hermès Eau de Basilic Pourpre>Best blue:Hermès Eau de Narcisse Bleu>Best red:Hermès Eau de Rhubarbe Ecarlate >Best black:Hermès Eau de Citron Noir
>>18678093The truth is be wealthy and women will like every single thing about you, even your 80 year old wrinkly balls hanging down to your knees.But even an attractive man will put a woman off if he's too heavily perfumed.
scent split or lucky scent?
I just want enough money to afford to have a second home on each hemisphere so I can have a place to winter and wear my cold weather fragrances year round.>inb4 just wear your heavy fragrances in summerNo faggot, that's not enjoyable.
>>18678549just live someplace that doesnt get warm in the summer, sis
give me your best chypres, anon[spoiler]do not say creed aventus[/spoiler]
>>18678568hacivat
>wearing my signature scent>effortless>fits in any setting>works in any weather>works with any outfit>complimented all the time>composed by a well-respected and fairly well-known perfumer>has zero hype amongst fragheads>just picked up a 100ml bottle on ebay by lowballing with a $50 offer 6 months apart (i assume because there is zero interest/hype and i'm the only person with this frag on my watchlist)>now have 6 reserve bottles, but it's not enoughincredible that this was released and discontinued so quickly. depressing that i know i will one day run out and have to choose a new scent.
>>18678583It's just another flanker, they always get discontinued when they are too generic. For people who only have one perfume it works but as people expand they want greatness not a master of none. Ropion deserves the praise he gets.
>>18677202a bitter lesson for a newf(r)ag to be very considerate of fragrances before 2000, and to an extent, opinions about smells mean shit, it's (You) who has to smell and decide
>>18678602i'd love to know what you think i'm wearing. it's not ropion, whom i like, and it's not a flanker
>>18678604(if no one wants to play the game i'll just tell you, it doesn't matter, it's an irrelevant frag and no one cares)
>people buy Maison Crivelli unironically
>>18677362regret and money lost>>18677420it was dh edt but a bit lighter at first, until it settled to a noticeable pink pepper, so depends whether you like that or not>>18677952no creams vanilla or spices, maybe a touch of sweetness but only so much you find in a freshly peeled orange>>18678208i found it a bit expensive for the simpleness of the scent, tho I only liked this and adg elixir out of the whole AdG branch. These two "flow" nicely others have some harsh qualities or not too pleasing smells.>>18678583maybe an ysl edp /le parfum variation , based on price range, and their flankers come and go often
>>18678605American Crew Classic
>>18678609yes, see also>people buy Xerjoff unironically>people buy Mind Games unironically
Huge haul today. Very happy with everything that came in. Many were blinds suggested by the server. >Frederic Malle French Lover>Guerlain Home>Guerlain L'Homme Ideal>Acqua Di Parma Essenza>Sergio Tacchini>Nasomatto Black Afgano>Acqua Di Gio Profondo>Hermes Rocabar>Hermes Eau d'Hermes>Mont Blanc Explorer>Caron Pour Homme>Caron Santal Precioux>Caron Tabac Exquis>PdE Le Cri
>>18678641nice haul, coincidentally>SOTD: Caron Pour un Hommelavender+vanilla, super simple but that is what makes it good
>>18678609>people unironically buy frags that smell good to themContrarily to what people in this general might lead you to believe, that's what the majority of people who buy frags does.>>18678642>simple and great lavender + vanillaI too like Le Male, it's not as popular as it used to be but it's still up there with the best designer frags you can buy.
Can any anon redpill me why fragrances trigger allergic like symptoms to me? Itchy mouth palate, inflamed nose, teary eyes
>>18677362That's all you need.
>>18677952Sharp and dry.
>>18678671Plants have evolved toxins for millions of years to avoid being eaten, humans have spent their entire existence taking plant essence and rubbing it in their skin to impress others. It doesn't work out for everyone. Get a comprehensive allergy test.
>>18678705What am I supposed to do with that information?
>>18678723Wear more fougeres
>>18678638ive noticed mind games is very popular with black people
any jasmine forward frags that are masculine leaning?
>>18677952it's not bone dry but there is not much sweetness, certainly nothing compared to modern sstandards
its so fucking strong its annoying
Help>>18678800>>18678800
Which one should I wear tomorrow?
>>18678804it's definitely a 1 or 2 spray scent and no more
>>18678817the Guerlain>why?why not?
>>18678817The Loewe
>>18678804Literally says Elixir on the bottle dumbass. Don't overspray.
Still my most complimented fragrance ever and I barely wear it nowadays. Can someone explain why? I've been stopped by women almost of any age - young, old (asked me what I am wearing to buy it for their sons) and so on.
>Parfumo says it's almost 20% aquatic>Fragrantica doesn't even list it among the accordsWhom to believe?
>>18678855i dont understand it either but if i had to guess its because it stands out from typical designer scents while at the same time being just as mass appealing and safe as one
>>18678856Fragrantica is just the editor guessing, Parfumo is consensus, they're both wrong.
>>18678860>Fragrantica is just the editor guessing, Parfumo is consensus, they're both wrong.yes + the only objective source of truth is the /frag/rance thread on a mongolian throat singing imageboard (fr no cap ong)
sigh, i bought some dossier
>>18678866what did ya get sis
>>18678856I think the tea note has something aquatic about it. In the air it feels aquatic.
man polo 67 is STRONG
>>18678806versace pour homme
>>18678806this >>18678936 but dylan blue
Are there more Neroli Iris fragrances like Prada L Homme or something like that but better?
>>18678856>>18678860Doesnt Parfumo use the manufacturers' note list as a reference for entries?
>>18678959Sometimes. It's decent for new releases but for older stuff it's a guess at best. It's not that hard to find this info either. Some vintage stuff has the notes on the boxes or testers which you can find on ebay. The problem is that the note pyramid is a modern invention that wasn't part of perfume advertising until maybe the 90s and even then it was sparse. I find Basenotes is usually more accurate for old stuff, but really you just have to use all 3 if it matters to you. Another thing to point out is that the same way fragrances get reformulated sometimes they get different notes form the manufacturer. Fragrantica sometimes lists the reformulations as new fragrances with the new notes but with the other sites you get stuck with whichever ones they picked with Parfumo usually having the most resent and Basenotes having the oldest. It's not a big deal because notes don't matter but Parfumo has a fantastic search function and the wrong notes screw with the results.
>>18678928six sevenn
Stepped away for the past month or so. Thanks to the Anon from the last thread who mentioned Missoni Wave is discontinued, had no idea. What’s the consensus on Rogue’s Mousse Illuminée Grand Cru? I have a sample sitting beside me but haven’t bothered to (fully) test it yet.
>>18678969Get Reebok Move Your Spirit
>>18678969>What's the consensus on a frag that shipped 5 days ago?I dunno, man.
>>18677202You and your friends are retarded. First, you need to sample. Every single Sephora and major department store has a Dior section with most of their fragrances. Eau Sauvage is a fougere, so it leans mature, but it's fresh enough to be an every day wear. I think it smells good, not great. I'd be happy to wear it to most locations.
huh
>>18678568Club de Nuit Intense Man
Am I retarded or does this shit smell like a twist on H24 EDP? There are differences, but to my nose, the similarities are striking
