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>>18734814Which fragrances best compliment the Old Money style?
>>18734827Whatever is the current top 10 on desifragranceaddicts
>>18734827>>18733707
>>18734812Fine. Centaurus (Creed)
>>18733707lol disgusting ai slop
>>18734827Real old money niggas have (relatively) bad taste. My dad worked as a driver for an old Americhud guy who spent his whole day in golfing and the dude doused himself in Cool Water
>>18734843So he had good taste?Compared to some nouveau riche guy who buys BR540 to layer it with Sneed Aventus
Are there any genuinely good metallic-forward fragrances?
>>18734844repeating digits of truth>sotd Dolce&Gabbana The One EdTthanks to the anons who discussed it last thread.first real perfume I've ever bought for myself. not using it much these days, but when the current bottle is gone (in 9001 years), I will probably repurchase.
>>18734850real answer would be Chanel Platinum Egoistememe answer would be Guerlain Metallica
SOTD: Al-Haramain Amber Oud Tobacco Edition. The opening is very spicy. Suitable for rainy days.
>>18734853I love that band but I'm more of a Megadeth guy.
this is my favourite frag of all time is there anything that improves on the musk/powdery/rose notes in a male fragrance?
>>18734827-Aramis New West-Montale Sandflowers-Drakkar Noir
>>18734827classic EdCs, most Hermes frags, Guerlain/Chanel/Dior exclusive line and pillar frags, stuff like this
>>18734827Why? Nobody who dresses Old Money actually looks old money. Just wear some designer amber with either sandalwood or tobacco.>>18734862Not really. It’s kind of in a leage of its own. I can only think of Amouage Royal Tobacco but that would be more of an upgrade to the dry, ambery tobacco side of Chergui.
>Buy concentrated perfume oil>Mix it with perfumers alcohol>At the right ratio (EDT)>Smells nice but lasts for 30 minutes What did I do wrong?
>>18734870You will never look like the guy in the middle, coomer mutt. Go back to your Epstein thread.
>>18733711BdC EDP does make sense for "old money" since it's a classy mature and understated sent, but AdG Profondo is just a really good modern man frag, very aromatic with aquatic tones, a little sweetness to round it up. I'd get the Parfum version instead of EDP even though a lot of people say thay're about the same, Parfum only needs 2 sprays to project like crazy and stays with you for many hours. TdH is a whole other story though, the bitter citric path is very interesting.>>18734827Givenchy Gentleman Society Ambré
I really really really like blue talisman
>>18734850H24 is metallic
>>18734837>Old Money frags are cheap designer shit except for that one Creed which is a expensive designer shit???
>>18734906I have a sample and it smells like green banana peel (I like it)
>>18734906>>18734923based, i think the EDP is the most metallic frag of the bunch
>>18734888No fixatives probably
>>18734814HOLY BASED OPSOTD: Violette Volynka but I had to spray some Basilic Poupre after work just now after seeing this
>>18734963you dropped this, King
>>18733707>>18734827>old moneyone of the dumbest memes in all of fragrance, right next to panty droppers. ironically, the fragrances that some will say "smell like old men" and avoid like the plague are probably what people with inherited wealth would wear
>>18734969Actually that's a queen's crown. The king's crown has a convex tapered top, like a ball. Well because it represents male and female genitalia.You may have noticed it in Christian art. It's what eventually influnced the shape of Pope's headdress.SOTD: Serge Lutens Ecree de Fumee
>Actually that's a queen's crown. The king's crown has a convex tapered top, like a ball. Well because it represents male and female genitalia.>You may have noticed it in Christian art. It's what eventually influnced the shape of Pope's headdress.
YSL Babycat Raw Bourbon is way too sweet and leathery and strong I don't like it, feels like it is choking me
>>18734814I need a nice deep, earthy/rugged patchouli to replace my beloved TF Patchouli Absolu and I need it to last more than 2 hours.Psychedelique doesn’t do it for me cause the marshmallow note stands out too much imo. What’s out there nowadays?I heard Cristobal is decent but there’s no Balenci store near me.
>>18734862Chanel Egoiste (not Platinum) is my favorite masculine rose
>>18734862I like Frederic Malle Promise
>>18734862Antaeus?
>>18735022Borneo 1834 and Vetiver Oriental both have prominent earthy patchouli if im remembering correctly. Theres also Zino and Beau de Jour.
>>18734862I would say there are frags that improve on just one of them, but nothing else does this mix this well.>>18734981I would bet money you shave your butthole.
>>18735062I have never shaved my butthole in my life, I actually like it now after a few hours it is less strong and became pleasent.When I just sprayed it it felt like each breath I took reminded me of unpleasant sweet alcohol shots drinking aftertaste.
>>18735067>I have never shaved my butthole in my life, I actually like it nowwelcome to the club
>>18735022Nicolai’s Patchouli Intense was like a very clean, earthy dirt scent to my nose. Might be worth considering.
Is tabac good or what after shave should I get? Is this the right thread for this?
>>18734850Creed Silver Mountain Water
>>18735027ah, a fellow man of culture
Should I wait for sales or how do I find the cheapest prices when buying a bottle?I'm in Europe, OP mentions notino for example, does that ever do sales? Should I wait for Black Friday or Christmas before buying something expensive?
>>18735170Since fragrances (and frag discounters) went mainstream the price difference discounters offer has gotten smaller and smaller from retail. If you’re really that hard up for money you can wait till a major holiday to get a minutely larger bargain, maybe 5-10%, but generally speaking real, meaningful discounts are a thing of the past. Just buy whatever you want from the gray market venue of your choice.
>>18735121i never tried it but i can't see why it'd be bad. plus isn't it dirt cheap?personally, i really like Old Spice, Brut, Pinaud and 4711
>>18735179Massively this. Discounters collectively realised, hold up, there's a lot more demand for this shit now and started rubbing their hands>Let's have a gentlemans agreement where we don't go below [x] price, shall we chums?
What are some good chypres that don't feel dated or unc-y? Wanna branch out.
>>18735207There aren’t any. Go back to your 1 Million.
>>18735207Etruscan Water
>>18735212Rude.>>18735213Will try and check it out thnks.
What do you guys store your fragrances in? my top dresser drawer is starting to run out of room
>>18735179Suggest me a gray market venue
>>18735229[your country/city] fragrance exchange on facebook. Find the largest groups that have been around the longest and join them.
>>18735045I've been trying to track down a sample of Borneo forever but no luck still. I have BdJ but it's more creamy lavender barbershop than earthy to my nose, I like it for different reasons. I'll check out the rest.>>18735102I have a sample of PI and it's just not for me. Too sharp and screechy for me. I know Patchouli can smell wildly different between patch frags but I basically want to smell like dark chocolate soil the way Patchouli Absolu does it.
>>18735215shoeboxes lel
When I first smelled Le Beau Narcisse about a month ago I thought it was disgusting. I didn’t understand what I was smelling. Now after having tried many samples and smelling many paper strips I went back to try Narcisse. I now find it addictive, I still don’t think it smells particularly good but I’m probably gonna buy a bottle.
>>18735314>I still don’t think it smells particularly good but I’m probably gonna buy a bottle.What causes this form of retardation?
>>18735317same reason people buy vinyls even though you can get .flac for free
>>18735317Listen man, I’m not good with words. I don’t know how to put it. It smells pleasant and it’s a scent I will keep going back to but for lack of a better example it’s not like the smell of vanilla where you can go “Yeah, that smells incredible”
>>18735325LMAO the gorilla kids, mythic rare mutt W post
>>18735320Women. I have a vinyl and record setup specifically because it adds a certain... tactile sense to your living space. It's a collection without it being Funkopop-tier, and every woman likes music. You throw in a few albums that everyone likes, and if it works out, you can buy an album that they like and add that to the collection, blah, blah, blah. It works. You aren't trying to get laid, you're trying to signal that you've got interests they can physically see and participate in. There's also the ritual of putting a vinyl on they like (or the pair of you like), and just doing whatever while that plays. It's romantic shit in the same way that they might have a fragrance they really like you to wear on a special night, or what not. Keep the pirating to movies and TV shows since you can just use a Plex server; which also shows a sort of handiness if you explain you can get anything (even that show/movie they can't get on streaming), and you can get it for free forever. This of course requires them to be into actually watching movies/TV shows that aren't The Real Housewives of Detroit. IDK, ask if she has a Letterboxd.
>>18735215I have mine in a wall mounted cabinet. It fits just over 50, which frustrates me because I need space for another half dozen but I don't want to sell anything I own except maybe two bottles.
GIVE ME YOUR OPINION! Pic related shows the top 30 most popular designer fragrance families right now.Rules:Reply with the number, tell me which one from that family you're judging (if you have a favorite flanker), and say BUY or PASS.If it's a BUY, feel free to recommend a specific bottle or decant. If it's a PASS, let me know why.Drop your takes!
I purchased reverie aqua. It's quite good.:)
Is it possible to like a fragrance from afar but not up-close? Is it possible to like it a few hours after spraying it but not the first hour?I feel like this happened to me
>>18734870I dont like that you've started claiming New West. I wear it a lot and I don't want to be associated with you
>>18735215>top dresser drawerI do this, but I rotate my cold and hot weather bottles in and out of a plastic storage bin that I keep under my bed and out of the sunlight.I also have my dresser inside my closet, like a true incel would
>>18735243not a bad idea. id be too afraid of dropping it unless theyre in the original boxes too>>18735347time to put up another one senpai>>18735392i cant do this because i like to wear cold weather stuff sometimes during summer if im staying indoors that day
>>18735243Hey I put my frags in shoe box too>SOTD: 9PM Rebel
I thought tj maxx was a discounter, why the fuck are they selling bottles at msrp
>>18735421lmao. If you're in the US, the only discounters you're going to find are online. Unless it's a brand that doesn't allow their frags to be sold by discounters, in which case your option is to go to a brick and mortar store like TJ Maxx, Sephora, Macy's, etc and see if they doing any specials on the brand you are interested in.
>Dolce and Gabanna The One>a billion flankersNot really an accurate name, is it
reminder only one perfect fragrance exists, pic very related
My oils and absolutes arrive and none of them smell like what I want lmfao. They're all DAMP earth, not dry; and hay absolute smells like cinnamon. I don't wanna smell like wet earth atm lmao.
>>18735459Not all of us here are femboys, thank you very much
>>18735488I'd hazard a guess it's the concentration. Diluted in a test run it may smell entirely different.>SOTD Interlude Man
>>18735459JPG's bottles are disgusting
>>18735362kill yourself
>>18735503>fragrance is from a homosexual brand>surprised the bottle is homosexual
>>18735459I really like the opening, the drydown is nothing to write home aboutI got gifted a 100ml and I don't like to waste gifts, I'll probably use it as my gym scent this fall/winter. It seems a bit too sticky/sweet to be summer-appropriate
>>18735507Tom Ford is a homosexual brand and their bottles doesn't look gay
>>18735207Kaszebsczi Mech?
Are there any frags that feel airy, maybe ozonic, synthetic-fresh (idk how to describe the feeling, sorry) but don't have piss-poor performance? Bois Imperial is a good one even though it has no ozonic notes, Megamare is pretty good too, but I'd like other optionsI've heard pic rel was good
Does anyone use this little sprayers to carry their /frag/s around with them in their wallet? Anyone got any tips on which kind is best to use? I've end up with quite a few from fragrance samples over the years.
Kek at the commentary
>>18735525Notice the position of the springs is different in each one does that make a difference to their reliability or anything? I've found the type on the far left of my first pic can jam sometimes ehich is really annoying, but I haven't really used the other types as much yet so I don't know if thats just innevitable eith these little sprayers.
>>18735528Here's what the spring mechanism looks like in the black- capped one and the blue opaque one
What does "he" wear, /frag/?
>>18735526>the absolute state of Jeremy
>>18735510Yeah but Tom Ford sounds like a name that’s straight as hell
if a fragrance makes your skin turn red for like 10 minutes thats not normal or a good sign, right?like it goes away, but that probably means im allergic to something in it right?
>>18735362What even are half of these? I am really not tapped in with normies. The only two decent ones in that image are Bleu and Code. >>18735381Sounds like you were smelling middle eastern stuff. >>18735514Another 13>>18735525I bought decanting stuff from temu. If I need a travel spray I can just make one with a mini spray and a syringe. >>18735538Correct. Avoid that fragrance. I got a rash from Montale Black Aoud.
>>18735543>Another 13Isn't this supposed to be something everyone smells on you but you don't smell on yourself? I want something I can smell
>>18735533Adrenochrome Elixir
>>18735544I can smell it just fine on myself.
>>18735569I'm anosmic to iso E so it'd probably smell like nothing to me.
>>18735381Of course. Different molecules have different weights, marketing sometimes separates the lighter molecules as "top notes" and the heavier ones as "mid notes" or "base notes". The denser molecules will stay closer to the skin, and the lighter ones will fly further. Your body heat evaporates them so weights matter a lot. I'm trying to smell fragrances in the air more and stop sticking my nose on my wrists.
>>18735215Closet, I'm scared it traps a bit of heat in the summer. I have space in my fridge, I could put my valuable vintages there. I'm not sure.
Lads, they've arrived.Off the bat already tried Odor 93 on skin and it's incredibly good. Rich, nuanced florals, woods. It's got that vintage slightly spicy fougere type of scent. Not much sweetness, quite masculine Going to test them all thoroughly over the coming week or so and report back
Same 3 retards who only recommend nasty shit like kouros and other urinal cake smelling fragrances. God I wish you mentally ill trannies would just kys already
>>18735583Post your top 5 fragrances then, faggot
>>18735583>taste not good enough for 4chan>attitude not gay enough for redditMust be tough bro.
>>18735583You sprayed too much
>>18735582Im gonna test my autism out, let’s see:Varanasi smells like sandalwood and incense?
>>18735612Funnily enough that's the second one I've sprayed on skin tonight and m8, it is certainly rather strange. Unique, pleasant, but also musty and abstract.Can't remember if sandalwood is supposed to be in there, but i can sense next to none.The incense is indeed there and it's really prominent. I get a good dose of agarwood, and this muskiness that almost makes me think of ancient Egyptian embalming oil or something of the sort.I like it, but I really struggle to see where i would ever even wear it
>>18735525I have one for my strongest frags. Usually I like to spray in threes in sparse locations to minimize the projection ,especially in warm nights. They’re usually handy.
>>18735615Well that’s close to what I would imagine. Varanasi is actually a place in India that’s why I thought of sandalwood. Judging from fragrantica it seems like a very oriental fragrance. I usually wear my orientals when I go to church. >>18735574If im not wrong direct sunlight is what destroys your fragrance. A bit of heat is okay as long as your bottle isn’t leaking, also humidity can make it go bad so don’t store them in bathrooms. My dad has a bottle of Polo Blue in his cabinet for decades and it smells just fine.
>>18735623It actually smells like it'd fit right in with the CdG Incense series, as an Indian/Hindu entry.
>>18735243based, I still keep my testers in shoeboxes, although (most of my) frags are on display in a cabinet>>18735450kek>>18735583skill issue>sotdperfection in a bottle
Looking for a summer frag. None of the samples I got recently scratched the itch.Looking for coconut vacation pool vibes. I'm a very tan, tall, blonde man and I wear a lot of silk and linen and gold in the summer. Pinky ring.Any suggestions before I shotgun blast order a billion samples again?Pic related, tried these. Not quite there.
>>18735669Maybe >>18735514
>>18735669Jacques Fath Curacao Bay maybe?
I got galactic men elixir and intense both for a total of 25 euro and they are among the top perfumes in my collection and that I've ever tried.Insane. Also the bottles, unreal in terms of quality. How do they do this.
Has anyone tried BI extrait and can tell me if it's alright? I see people compare it to oud wood for some reason
>>18735669>vacationLiterally Vacation by Vacation, haven't tried it myself.
>>18735538No it’s not a good sign. I’m allergic to like half of my 50 bottle collection and it takes weeks for the red patches to go away on their own. But I wear some of them on skin anyway because fuck it. Just load up on steroid cream like I do lol. Art is pain
>>18735669Snowy Owl is a white floral coconut. Summery profile but it smells like crisp snowy air on a sunny day. Its one of the few Zoologist samples I kept from my order of 25 or so.
SOTD: Etruscan WaterI still associate the Labdanum+Oakmoss combo primarily with Antaeus, but the way this feels "cleaner" (to me its the orange) makes it feel more casually acceptable in the summer, at least below 30 degrees Celsius. Single spray is enough tho desu
im going to dillards this sunday. is there anything new thats worth checking out, bros?
>>18735669If it's vibes only that you need, Light Blue Capri in Love could work because of the fig sweetness, but there's not coconut note. Have you considered God of Fire?
Should I blind buy really cheap bottles?Lalique Encre Noire, Rochas Moustache, Davidoff Cool Water, Bentley For Men etc... they're like 20-25 euros for the full bottle, I can just gift them if I don't like them
>>18735751People cream themselves over Moustache but if I had to buy it again I would unironically pay the full price for Tuxedo instead. Moustache is screechy
>>18735751>Should I blind buy really cheap bottles?No. Blind buy expensive bottles.
>>18735751Encre Noire is comparable in quality to 100 euro designers
>>18735751If you’ve got $25+ea. to waste. If you’re buying them all, you can buy a niche or a few designers. Buy decants first. They reckon enough you can find a single seller and save on shipping costs.
>>18735669these all fucking suck, synthetic slop made for zoomers and faggots
>>18735669Go to Sephora and try out Le Beau Narcisse. It’ll match your silk and linen vibe otherwise get virgin island water or one of its dupes
>>18735669Le Male EdT by Francis Kurdistan
>>18735751Yes but only bother with time tested or widely acclaimed stuff. I recommend Neroli Intense by Jeanne en Provence.
>>18734817So what is the $5000 designer bag scent now that AdP Leather is discontinued?
Just smelled this for the first time, what did I think of it?
>>18735794Any new school leather, really. If you don't want one of the tom ford ones, you could try Cuir Intense by Guerlain
>>18735836Will just stick with Ombre Leather then desu
>>18735810I don't know what (You) thought of it but I fucking hated it. Based off the notes and vibes it seems like something I would enjoy but it just smells chemical to me and not even in a pleasant way. Like actual cleaning supplies, just sharp and astringent. Anytime I go to Sephora I put it on a tester strip to see if my nose has changed but so far its been a miss every time, it smells nothing like the listed notes. I get zero tobacco, vanilla, or rum.I'm gonna bite the bullet and put it on skin next time I'm there.
Is it reductive and potentially even harmful to compare one fragrance to another with minimum to zero attempt to describe what one is actually smelling?Eg; Saying X perfume smells like Y perfume with extra raspberry instead of saying X perfume smells like *notes* and/or *place*
>>18735849Not really, sometimes that's just what it smells like. It's also helpful because it refers to a concrete sensory experience (eg Y perfume) with a modifier rather than something entirely subjective like a place. If you have smelled a lot of perfumes I actually find it more descriptive to compare similarities and differences. But there is a time and a place to describe fragrances as such, and a time to describe them in terms of notes, compositional qualities, or poetics.
>>18735669go to sephora. what you're looking for is the easiest shit to find. try the Maison Margiela's Beach Walk and Soleil Blanc from Tom Ford. sounds like those would be up your alley
>>18735215frags on the top shelf of a cabinet in my room, samples in a shoebox ofc>>18735362just off yourself at this point>>18735583kek what a kwab>>18735590kek>>18735669Le Beau is gay (waaaaaay gayer then Le Male - yes, it is possible)coconut beach vibes are meh but if that's what you want then get VIW or one of its clones (Malibu Party in the Bay, etc.) or Coccobello from Heeley>>18735701yes, it's good (imo better than the EDT but also much more expensive)ofc it's redundant if you own Ganymede or the OG>>18735729>Etruscan Waterbased>sissysprayingcringe>>18735751yes also +1 for Neroli Intense by Jeanne en Provence>>18735810you thought it's low quality and boring af (the only correct take)>SOTD: Hermes Equipagegoated>SOTN: PdE Ambre Russegoated
All the cheap arab fragrances I've tried were weird or mid, how can people not tell the difference between them and the expensive stuff?Are they noselets?
>>18735884worse, they're coping.
>>18734815There's like 26 groups here.If I buy one 2ml sample from each group that's almost 300$, if I buy two samples from each group that's almost 600$.Wtf...
>>18735923so be thoughtful about it. you will not be worse off if you don't know the reference woody-fruit fragrances
i love a petrichor note, bros...
I just saw a summer fragrance with oud and coconut note in it, I wanna try it.
>>18735925Nosferatu, Heretic
>>18735941Oh I'm familiar, I do really love it, just not on myself. Very autistic about floral notes. I did see that they made it a pillow spray that I'm tempted to get, though.
redpill me on but not today bros
>>18735526how is this body shape called?
Imagine if something happened to the digital infrastructure in India and Dubai that made it go quiet for a while. That would be kickass.
>>18735972Cocainum
>>18735976Then we wouldn't have the mutt poster in these threads
>>18735976Also>Singling out Dubai specificallyBasedIt's fucking hindustan out there with 10 jeets to 1 sheikh
>French company ignored my repeated requests for a sample>Finally give in and fucking blind buy a $225 frag from a company no one has heard of>Don't get a confirmation email>Think that this was just a scam outfit and it was all generative AI >harass them via email>they get back to me and tell me that my frag will ship out on Friday I ORDERED IT ON MONDAY. HOW DOES IT TAKE FIVE DAYS TO PUT A BOX IN THE MAIL. IF THIS SHIT IS TERRIBLE, I AM GOING TO DUMP IT, PISS IN THE BOTTLE, AND MAIL IT BACK.
>>18736017why care so much for a single frag?
>>18736024Because I like the notes, and literally no one here has tested it because there's no way to test it unless you go to their store. I am interested in seeing if this is any good, or if I am going to be horribly disgusted like I was with my EPxSkins purchase. The notes on it all said this should be something great, but the reality was that it smelled horrible. Let's give this another go. It'd be nice to find something super niche that actually fucks wouldn't it?
>>18736017This is why I fear going after local niche fragrance houses in case I fall for a scam like this so I end up just buying designers from retailers, one of these days I'll do it just for the thrill of it
>>18735669>silk>gold>wear JPG fragrancesThat sounds very gay
>>18735514>>18735698I used to love blue/aquatic fragrances until I found out Indians wear them
Sometimes fragrances make me feel sleepy or drowsy. Is this common?
>>18736119Lets make this less broad.What fragrances make you sleepy and/or drowsy
>>18736123CK Eternity or any Arab fragrances with oud and musk.
>>18736017yes, you're a pussy for not posting the frag
>>18735669God made you tan, tall and blonde.But then nerfed you by making you gay.
>>18735669Consider Born in Roma Melancholia
What does he wear, /frag/?
SOTD
>>18736174some retard shit like sauvage elixir
>>18736207>sauvage elixir>retardI doubt that
>>18736207>sauvage elixirit is a good frag tho
SOTD Cuir d'AngeLate stage Jean-Claude Ellena at Hermes was cooking with the musk+leather+spicy mix here, bro was clearly fed up with the "watercolours" at this point.Still looking to try Eau de Neroli Dore and Bel Ami Vetiver from that era (+ the original Bel Ami)...
SOTD I'm Not Going to Disturb You HommeI love black pepper, I love amber accord
>>18735669Check out Del Mar by Day Three.
>>18736026>It'd be nice to find something super niche that actually fucks wouldn't it?No. Niche and designer are meaningless distinctions, all that matters is that it smells good.
I only have dupes and clones from the Arabs companies. I think my most expensive purchase was 30 yuroobucks and I got my enjoyment out of them. is there any other anons here who has similar buying habit, and what would be your recommendation.
>>18736266>I got my enjoyment out of them.You can't ask for more than that, how you get there doesn't matter.
>>18736266Just chiming in to say, same. I own a few “designer” and niche I bought secondhand, but a majority of my collection are Arabians. I blind buy what sounds appealing and just wear it if I like it. So weird that people are pressed if something isn’t 1:1. I don’t care what something is a dupe for 99% of the time. I buy it because I like it as a standalone frag and I have no idea what the OG smells like. People are pretentious.
>>18736207Sauvage Elixir is genuinely good. It's because of that exact release that we see every single fucking designer release some elixir flanker to cash inDemachy did not miss with that one
>>18736210>>18736224>>18736291ok retards
>18736293>ok retards
Does YSL Y EDP has longevity issues or am I going nose blind?
>18736294>i think johnny depp looks so cool!!1
>>18736296Probably noseblind, those ambroxan frags tend to do thatI used to do 8+ sprays of Sauvage Elixir because I couldn't smell it anymore after two hours lmao
>>18736296all Ys have horrible longevity in my experienceedt completely disappears in like 30 min, feels like a scam
>>18736297This is 99% of these threads. Cologne threads are inherently jeet threads from India and Dubai.
>>18736115Highly doubt pajeets are wearing Wavechild
What is the difference between YSL Y and YSL MYSLF? They both seem like easy-to-wear, casual, fresh fragrances. They smell very similar to me. Are there notes I'm not picking up on?
>>18736207>zoomer never heard of Guns and RosesShiggy diggy
>>18736189This fragrance is too masculine for a unisex fragrance
>>18736331Maybe they never heard of it
>>18735582Last Season piqued my interest, please tell me what its like
>>18735925Silent Rain Almost Human
Anyone tried anything from Une Nuit Nomade?
>>18735582tried shukran recently - pretty disappointing for the price. let us know how is the rest
Is that Anon who likes Pineward here? What discovery set from them should I try?
Wearing Chergui makes me want to smoke a cigar
>>18735514>Are there any frags that feel airy, maybe ozonic, synthetic-fresh (idk how to describe the feeling, sorry) but don't have piss-poor performance?Bumping this
>>18735514My favorites are JPG Paradise Garden, Lattafa Waha, Lattafa Liam Blue (Aqua Di Gio Profondo and Parfum hybrid), Afnan Supremacy in Heaven (Creed Mountain Water), Dossier Ambery Mint & Woody Sage layered (Versace Eros & Jo Malone Sage & Sea Salt), and Aeropostale Maximum Blue.
Thoughts on Santal 33?
>>18736508Smells like dill pickles
>>18736332>They both seem like easy-to-wear, casual, fresh fragrances.They are. MYSLF is more simple, just a few notes that stay mostly the same for the entire duration. Y has more noticeable transitions through the notes, and more notes overall. But they are are both casual fresh fragrances.
>>18736513Is sandalwood sometimes smelling like pickles real the same way imortelle and fenugreek can smell like curry or is pickle sandalwood a meme. What about mineral notes smelling like eggs, it’s gotta suck to suffer from those afflictions
Would appreciate some frag suggestions, I'm>28, male, /fit/, med phenotype>dress simply and minimally, straight and large cuts, mostly black with some white/beige/sand etcfavorite notes are, in no specific order>mineral accords, cedar, cashmeran, dry sandalwood, violet, frankincense, olibanum, elemi, iris/orris, tea, clean musks, ambroxan, marine notesI like frags that have staying power and a nice sillage but don't feel too "thick" or overpoweringBudget is around 200-250€ but I'm looking for several options
>>18736508Very linear composition. It smells like very creamy, clean leather, like a shoe store. It's leather, but not like TF's leather. No smoky undertones or petroleum notes. Somewhat damp and watery.
>>18736538>Tom Ford Oud Wood>Prada Infusion Iris Cedre>Carner Barcelona D600 >Chanel Sycomore>Chanel 1957>CK One
thoughts on another 13?
>>18736266I used to buy designer but now just buy clones.
>>18736365Yup, I’m here, and it depends on a few things. First and foremost, what do you like? Secondly, how much are you willing to spend?If you’re just looking for new experiences and money is no object, may as well buy the full sample set then just sample stuff based on descriptions that appeal to you. (I fully recognize this will not be the ideal choice for most people)Barring the previous option, you kind of have to get the Forest Collection if you’re getting any discovery set from him as it’s a mix of all the stuff he’s famous for. If even that is too pricey (you’re gonna have a problem) but I could pull out a few specific recommendations, but you really should just get the whole thing. If you can afford a little more AND you like gourmands, pick up his Winter discovery set, you’ll find there are some duplicates with the Forest set, but he has some well done sweet and/or fruity gourmands if you’re into that. His Glühwein and Christmas Wine were the first fruity frags I really enjoyed. If instead you enjoy a good hay scent, pick up the Fall Collection. People talk about frags having a hay note, but I’ve never smelled anything that actually smells as real as his stuff. Personally, I find his Spring and Summer collections to be the weakest, but that’s also personal bias against some of those styles. Juniperus, which is in the Spring Collection, I absolutely love. Lastly, I will always do my best to warn people, the shirt (and skin) stain is a real thing. He distills a lot of materials himself and so they’re naturally highly colorized. It’s not ALL of his fragrances, but I would say roughly a third. Caravansary is the perfect example, it’s this highly complex, very evocative frag but will stain your skin a deep green color, it’s prob why he started selling lockets. Others like Greymist (the most realistic evergreen frag in existence) are perfectly clear.
>>18736538Dior Homme Sport 2021
>>18736525No, it’s definitely real. It’s like how cilantro tastes like soap to Northern Europeans. Something genetic.
>>18736558Its good. Cool take on a fresh fragrance, which is a genre very starved of cool takes.
Copped a bottle of Interlude Man from a local store and, along with some various samples, they gave a complimentary Akro discovery set. I've tried Smoke and Breathe from Akro previously, both really quite good (unfortunately Breathe isn't in the discovery set).>Breathe - Reminds me a fair bit of AHS, has that cleanly fresh light aquatic mixed with a good clean citrus and lavender. Complete banger and highly recommend trying it>Smoke - Very... Smoky. Voluminous cigar smoke is what it reminds me of, but leaning a bit more on being incensey.
Is Prada L'homme discontinued now?
>>18736355Out of everything I've tried so far, it's actually one of my favourites. Has a definite raw leather accord, well rounded oakmoss, a lot of varied woody notes and something smoothly herbal (not bitter whatsoever) just underneath that uplifts it and gives it a pleasant freshness. Could be the seaweed. It very vaguely reminded me of Black Knight by Bianchi, which I really enjoy. It's fresher, not as dense and pungent. Has this L'Air vibe to it, as if Tauer was tasked with making a Bianchi fragrance. Overall very good first impressions>>18736363Funnily enough, I specifically avoided ordering a sample of #2, because the writeup seemed somewhat bland and it looked like one of the weaker entries. Conversely Nota di Viaggio #1 is really solid. It has this warm balsamic ambery aspect somewhat reminiscent of Le Lion/Ambre Sultan, but with a definite fresh/green spiciness.
>Patou Pour Homme >The Queen Is Deadnice combo for bedtime
>>18736338i'm 32, i have and its fuckign trash and you should kys for enjoying such bullshit
>>18736538Ganymede
>>18736740>i'm 32Nice LARP, zoomer. SOTD: Al-Rehab Dakar.
Fragrance with this smell?
>>18736808all frags from Marc-Antoine Barrois fit this bill
I don't know much about incense, what's the difference between normal incense, labdanum, olibanum, frankincense, myrrh, benzoin, elemi and all the others?I'm guessing they produce different smells but are all incenses sticky and ambery, or do some incenses have a colder and more airy profile?Where do I begin?
>>18736817begin with this chart (courtesy of anon™), happy sniffing
>>18736818Thanks anon
>>18736538Rosendo Mateu 1, Montabaco Intensivo, MDCI Invasion Barbare
>>18736820How does Montabaco Intensivo compare to Montabaco Verano?
Tomorrow is Election Day and I'm going to vote. What fragrance should I wear?
>>18736848my last election day frag was Sartorial
Visited the local Sephora equivalent just now.Gonna bring the blotters back, impressions from the stuff I tried sampling in store before going (noticeably) noseblind.Sampled previously, resampled:Fahrenheit EdT: Its more spicy/floral than anything in the top. Not "beastmode" like its reputation would suggestPlatinum Egoiste: Solid office scent but I just personally don't enjoy fougeresBdC EdT: Ironically I've sampled the Parfum and Exclusif before, where I immediately felt the woody ambers right from the top. The EdT is actually straight up unashamedly "blue shower gel" in the top. I don't need this but I respect it.New samples:Le Male EdT: Spicier/sweeter take on a fougere than Platinum Egoiste. Not """"beastmode"""", but honestly that should be expected, being a Francis Kurdistan concoction instead of Bischslop. Actually not bad.Oud Minerale: I like the salty-aquatic part, mixing with the mineral/rocky parts of something close to TdH. Might buy online on sale if I like the drydown once the weather cools down.AHS Superleggera: "masculine fragrance", overpricedPolo Red: somehow I'm sensing a slightly less sweet 1 Million in this. pls no
SOTD HacivatNow on my skin, I get something like pineapple. I never sampled Aventus, but I somewhat feel the resemblance of Hacivat to something I often smell on other people, which is probably Aventus or its dupe. Anyway, Hacivat is nice and pleasant but rounded and a bit boring. I think that after a few months of testing samples, I want at least a little bit of spice/incense/aromatic herbs in my fragrance.
>>18736867>Le Male EdT: Spicier/sweeter take on a fougere than Platinum Egoiste. Not """"beastmode"""", but honestly that should be expected, being a Francis Kurdistan concoction instead of Bischslop. Actually not bad.Le Male is pretty misunderstood because of the fucking memebottle. It's really just a barbershop fougere with a big hit of vanilla in the base and some mint up top. The mid 90s brought back a lot of the old style barbershop scents after the chypres 80s.It was pretty powerful in its earlier incarnations, though. These days, frankly, it's totally office safe.
>>18736872Spice, incense and aromatic herbs are a lot of what I've been getting in my sampling of Meo Fusciuni tbqh. Odor 93, Buio, Sogni, Nota di Viaggio #1 come to mind>SOTD: Encore du TempsIncredibly comfy tea note (like a jasmine green tea), white florals and a hint of citrus and woodiness
>>18736874Am I the only one here obsessed with bottle design?For example, I think TF Private Blend's bottles are great, but Le Male's is awful. I'd be ashamed to own one.Most niche perfumes have terrible bottles.
>>18736874Ironically, at the store counter the Le Male EdT almost looks "limpdick chud" compared to the flankers, and the Le Beau bottles.
>>18736877I like thematic bottlecaps of Orto Parisi and Nasomatto
>>18736877Bottle design is one of my favourite things too.
how similar is Vanille Havane by Les Indemonables compared to Tobacco Vanille by TF?
>>18736877Hard agree. I refuse to own a single JPG frag because of that. Similarly goofy bottles like those robots, etc, are an instant miss. You absolutely can judge a book by its cover a lot of times -- if the artistic vision behind the bottle design is shite, then likely the fragrance itself very well may be slop too.
>>18736885Orto Parisi has the best bottles imo, simple yet unique and immediately recognizableTauer is also like that
>>18736558Basically a weak rip off of 212 by Caroline Herrera.
>>18736840idk I only have Intensivo
>>18736877>I think TF Private Blend's bottles are greatNot really. If you consider the price of the PB line, it really is embarrasing how little care does Ford put into their bottles, especially those dogshit caps. There are plenty of luxury/nice houses with much better quality of their bottles, caps, boxes etc.I do agree about JPG, their bottles are horrendous and I'd never ever want to own one.
>>18736999hot take: i do like the OG Le Male bottle (up until LMLP, the Elixir bottle is ugly af), i think it's well made and not gay at all>inb4 screeching about homosmeh
I like Terre d'Hermes EDT but scared it won't perform very well, how similar does the parfum smell?
>>18737011it does perform well tho
>>18737011edt performs better than the parfum
>>18736999>Private BlendI agree that the material of the plastic cap could be improved, but as far as the design goes, they're impeccable. Their rectangular and square shapes, their symmetry, remind me of a Greek temple or a column from a classical building.Other bottles that I love:>Almost all Chanel bottles, especially their classic perfume bottle and the simplicity of Les Exclusifs. >Le Labo>Acqua di Gio>CK One>Dior Eau SauvageThe bottles from Creed, Amouage, Xerjoff, and Nicolai are very ugly, tasteless, and look cheap.
>>18737030I've forgotten about Hermes, as the OP picrel, what beautiful bottles!
>>18737030I like Guerlain's classic beehive bottle, but I don't think they use it anymore.
>>18737039I'm seeing EdG in that bottle on their website, only the label has changed.
>>18737011Performance is great on the EDT. Parfum is what you would expect from a parfum, exact same profile but with more density.>>18737030I like Dries Van Noten bottles.
>>18737030>Amouage, Xerjoff, Creed>ugly, tasteless, cheap>TF>impeccableYou're a fucking lunatic. Not only does their overall presentation mog the shit out of Ford but also any kind of detail is pretty much objectively better>weighty bottles that don't feel like some massless cheap plastic>caps that securely stick to the bottle which you can easily pick up by holding the cap without fear it'll unlatch and fall on the ground>house name and the frag title is engraved onto the bottle itself not on a gayass little plaque that you could peel off with your fingernail like it's a sticker>higher quality atomizers>only some frags have surface that's fingerprint prone unlike all of the PB lineDo you actually own any frags besides TF you goddamn retard?
>>18737048i'm not talking about the quality of the materials; as I mentioned in my previous post, the quality of the bottle caps could be improved. I'm referring to the design itself, which I find beautiful. It's understated, without being flashy, but with a recognizable shape.
>>18737061Your love for TF while hatered of those other brands makes no sense, how are you calling them tasteless and cheap looking while adoring this very minimalistic, almost bland design. How tf does that bottle not scream cheap to you while others do
>>18736906It's too bad that Tauer's bottles fucking suck ass>cheap cap that doesn't stay on>garbage atomizer that leaksAndy should apply himself.
>>18737080I suppose it's a matter of taste. I love the simplicity of the 50ml bottles and the geometric shape of the cap. The same goes for the 100ml bottles; I'm fascinated by them. They remind me of the Egoïste bottle, one of my favorite Chanel bottles. I guess I'm autistic. As for the brands I mentioned earlier, I have a 100ml bottle of Creed Silver Mountain Water and I love the fragrance, but I find the bottle ugly.
bring back tall bottles>what about serge lutensn-not like that
>>18737090Beautiful bottle, exquisite fragrance, possibly the best men's fragrance from Chanel. A beautiful blend of citrus, cardamom, green notes and oakmoss.
I like this bottle
It gives me mixed feelings when designer and niche brands use simple bottles because the implication is that the prices should be lower but we all know that’s not how it goes
>>18737099The only ones who aren't hypocrites about this are Essential Parfums
Among the worst bottles ever designed. I am actually thinking about dumping it because it's so fucking awful and I simply don't wear it enough. There are a few others I'd put on par with it, but they are far less prevalent in terms of market saturation.
Speaking of dumping is anyone in western europe interested in trading something for a bottle of Tauer Phtaloblue? It's about 4/5 full and I want to get rid of it
>>18737099On this topic, I believe that the most important thing in a fragrance is the quality of the composition, followed by the ingredients. The perfume bottle should be a functional object whose purpose is to preserve the fragrance as best as possible. However, a simple, well-executed design can be very beautiful.
>>18737105Unironically I think it’s one of the best bottle designs. It has some personality but it’s not tacky. The lid/cap is a little funky and cheap feeling though.
>>18737111It's a 0/10 from me due to the storage. It is taller than most cabinets will accommodate, it's ridiculously wide for how tall it is due to the thinness (which sucks even more room), and the thinness isn't even uniform since its base is an oval.
Khadlaj Island Dreams smells nice but it just reminds me of soap
>>18737113There’s just something very charming about the atypical shape and the frosted glass.
>>18737115Sure, but it doesn't make up for the storage issues. Most people either store it on its side, or have to set it somewhere unsafe like a counter top where it could be knocked off. Some people here have better places to put their frags, but this very thread mentions most people keep theirs in their clothes drawer or a shoebox. Fine places, but not great for this fucker.
>SOTD: Fugazzi - PassionfroudhThis shit is insane. Passion + ginger is very prominent on the opening, and dries down to a mango-oudh combo that has some crazy projection but still smells very nice. I don't get any of the black tea notes but the pepper bite comes through. I sprayed it before work at 9AM and at 4:00pm it's still going strong.They included a 2ml Pomegranoudh that I'm excited to try now, poms are my favorite fruit.
>>18737129Sounds very nice but those names are fucking awful, literally Ashleigh tier
>>18737131>those names are fucking awfulI agree they're not the most creative, but it says what it does on the tin which I appreciate. Kind of undersells it a bit, if anything. I genuinely don't know if it's going to go away until I shower lol
>>18737092>A beautiful blend of citrus, cardamom, green notes and oakmoss.didnt the reformulation remove most of this?
Has anyone tried Metal Lavender and Crystal Saffron from Matiere premiere?
What the fuck does ambroxan smell like
>>18737136You know how some fragrances have a soft and smooth feeling? Ambroxan is the oppositeIt's slightly sweet, airy and screechy but not in a bad way imo
>>18737061Whenever I see those bottles it reminds me of this quote from one of Gucci's former creative directors after hiring Tom Ford>Maurizio [Gucci] always wanted everything to be round and brown, and Tom wanted to make it square and black.Cool to see that expressed in the bottles too.
>>18737136To me it reminds me of the smell of a new magazine, with a salty edge. Or doctor's office latex gloves.
>>18737138>soft and smooth feelingWhen I think soft and smooth I think white musk but I do not think that is the note you are trying to elicit I do think I'm starting to smell the ambroxan though since you mentioned slightly sweet and airy
>>18737061This Anon is right. TF bottles are very basic, but instantly recognizable due to their shape. Most others are just blobs to me, or they don't have a strict, uniform design for all their products to be on brand. Many that do still suck shit. Creed's are bad. PdMs are bad. I know who they belong to at sight, but I think they look awful. The TF bottles do just enough to be recognizable without being overdesigned. Not easy to pull off.
When you go to frag stores, and especially niche frag stores, do you already know which frags you're going to try or do you ask for suggestions to the salespeople (provided you ever go out of the house)?Store chains and big beauty retailers are filled with people who really don't care nor know anything much about frags, but with more niche stores I found a great deal of people who are at least trying to give you meaningful suggestions, so that's what I usually go for at this point.On the topic of bottles, I too like the understated, thick and solid look of the YSL Vestiaire bottles, but if I had to pick just one design I'd go with the more intricate glasswork of Le Galion, both the updated bottles like pic related and the older, rounder ones.
>>18737142No I meant it's the opposite of soft and smooth, it's like if a smell could be jagged and coarse, yet still very airy and not substantial at allHard to describe
>>18737136it's the MSG of fragrances
am i trippin or does anyone else see it
>>18737141>To me it reminds me of the smell of a new magazine, with a salty edge. Or doctor's office latex gloves.Interesting, I'll definitely be thinking about this next time I'm in a medical waiting room>>18737146Im pretty sure that they are the same use case so thats not that far off>>18737145>I meant it's the opposite of soft and smoothYeah I got that>jagged and coarseI wouldn't exactly call what I'm smelling now jagged or coarse, I guess I just gotta keep smelling more thingsThanks for the help anons, some of these notes are fucked up and have no real analogue and I appreciate yall trying to help me understand
holy shit this is phenomenal. kinda reminds me of a very high quality calvin klein eternity with leather
Finally found something cheap I like, shame about the bottle being so ugly
>>18737167Does it really smell like "energy drink"I assume it smells like monster, hence why the bottle looks like that. Hows the tobacco note
>>18737105Not even close to the worst, m8. Get a better shelf or cabinet, or sit it at the top. So it can stand imposing, like a nipponese spire of yuzu reaching for the ceiling.Sleek, elegant bottle, nostalgic. A mixture of sushi and baguette design sensibilities.
>>18737134I have tried Metal Lavender, and actually remember rather liking it. Very refreshing, sleek and not overwhelming. Pretty unique too, which is something I can't say for a lot of other Matieres.Conversely I disliked Vanilla Powder, Santal Austral, and a few others that were just forgettable
>>18737167It's got that lynx body spray teenage boys first fragrance aesthetic
Is there a non aquatic analogue to Megamare? Potent ambery woods and hedione but without the calone and marine accord?
>>18736877I enjoy a bottle with a good design, specially if the bottle sells the fragrance. It's the reason why I want a John Varvatos frag. Flashy bottles keep me away but I actually bought Ultra Male because I tried the frag and enjoyed it more than I care for the bottle. Would be interesting to see how it changes my perception of the frag if it was in a classy bottle.>>18737093Good simple design, I do enjoy bottles that remind me of alcoholic beverages, Encre Noire A L'Extreme reminds me a lot of a whiskey cup.
>>18737236>It's the reason why I want a John Varvatos frag.I really want a bottle of Dark Rebel, even if it's d/c
Should I blind buy Dylan Blue?
>>18737242I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that at burlington, so probably
>>18737147Maybe, or a corset.
>>18737048Absolutely. Butt. Blasted. Amouage, Xerjoff, Creed, and Nicolai, have the most tacky, tactless, and disgusting bottles. Westerners would instantly avoid those gaudy gold caps and Islamic convex shapes. It shows a tasteless lack of restraint. When you look at properly designed bottles: LV, Dior, Tom Ford, Chanel, Frederic Malle, you see a stoic, serene, masculine, and unassuming design. One that doesn't overdo the fragrance and becomes almost a blank canvas for it. It invites but doesn't impose. I would never buy a fragrance with a gold cap or gold tone anywhere. It would stand out like a sore thumb.
>>18737236nta Choosing Artisan Blu instead of Pure or Acqua to illustrate your point on a nice bottle is fucking criminal. Borderline makes me question your aesthetic judgement
>>18737133It's a soft fragrance; it's lost much of the moss, but you can still perceive it. The dry is quite lovely with the soft moss, and you can still detect a spicy citrus note. I prefer the Chanel to Eau Sauvage and Monsieur de Givenchy; these two have lost all their oakmoss. The Chanel is a delight for the chypre lover.
>>18737295sounds nice. id sample it but stores dont carry it and i dont have nearly as much confidence in blind buying it as i did antaeus
>>18737167Mine arrives tomorrow and I'm hyped I also bought a real Ck be bottle since I been enjoying my clones of that and one...
>>18735669Da blue one wit da boat
>>18737301Please write a first impressions on it in the new thread and let me know if it smells like monster
>>18737305I've heard that it smells like dr pepper to some people but the notes look like it'll be a good frag, ck one essence is my current white whale, as white tea is one of my favorite scent notes
>>18737242It's quite good and inexpensive to boot
>>18737306>White tea>Green tea>Musk>tiny bit of incenseShit you might've just put me onto something. On paper it sounds like something I'd enjoy.>current white whaleUsually when I hear white whale it means its something elusive but I see that its in stock on the online retailers I use but I'm in america so I figure you must not be
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>>18737242if you're a basic bitch
