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Which arab clones are genuinely worth it?Tried Oud for Glory and Asad and they sucked
>>18782366I liked Oud for Glory. As a rule of thumb, Afnan has good fragrances that are actually worth trying, Maison Alhambra has decent dupes for the price, Lattafa and Rayhaan are mixed bags, and Armaf disappoints.
>>18782392>I liked Oud for Glory.It felt like a Baccarat dupe to meI wanted a heavier oud rather than a saffron bombAnyway thanks
Thoughts on Fan Your Flames?
>>18782366It pains me to shill this because it has a youtubers name attached to it but picrel is genuinely a good fragrance. You can actually smell it evolve throughout wearing it. Never smelt YSL 6 but Thriller is good on its own merits. I'd also like to suggest Exotic Oud by Gulf Orchid, an Oud Maracuja clone. Those two are my favorite arabs out of my collection right now. There's a few more I'd wanna suggest but I'm practicing restraint.
best gunpowder frag?
>>18782442Dior hommoe
SOTN Ombre Leather
Thoughts? Also got a sample of Althaïr Exclusif
Orange fragrances with good longevity besides TDH?
>>18782461Scandal Pour Homme
I got my 300$ scentsplit sample order last week but fedex forgot to update the status to delivered, should I try to lie and act like I never received it to get a refund
>>18782465Yes. They make millions from decants and their bottles aren't even discounted
>>18782442ELDO Fin Du Monde
>>18782366none (still commend you for dem digits)>sotd: HdP Encens Roichurchmaxxing and autumnmaxxing at the same time
>Burberry LondonJust got this in today. Any idea what I'm in for? Smells like cold air to me.
Is the a scent that replicates a dark wet rainforest?
>SOTD: Dior Jules (2026)this is fucking awesome>>18782589Yatagan but this new Jules also matches that vibe
SOTD meo fusciuni luce
Goddamn this is good. Absolutely beautiful.
Very glad I tried Hermann again, on skin this time. Easily my favorite from ELDO, so far. Afternoon of a Faun sounds interesting, that might be next on my list.
>>18782660not even the best rose frag from ELDO imho
Pulled the trigger on this. Thoughts?I did sample beforehand, it smells like a woman's hair without scented products. PS. i'm not a creep.
>>18782686I hate fragrances that smell like nothing
>>18782698Me too but I have too many vanilla, tobacco, and spice bombs. I've tried white musk and L'eau Papier but they just dont click. Another 13 has this weird yet addictive musky trail
>>18782448Nice picks, anon. Buio and Isola are two of my favourites from Meo. Buio is a real 2-3am kind of contemplative scent. Varanasi is a stanky and dirty Indian oud. Definitely an experience
>>18782612Based, I tried it last week at the Dior boutique and had the same reaction. Really different from anything currently in Diors lineup.
>>18782720niceimo it's somewhere at the intersection of Yatagan, Polo (Green) and Equipage which is incredibly based in 2026 and the quality is also great - a rare Dior/Kurkdjian W in my bookinitially i thought this will be the worst combination of cash grab and butchering classic frags and now i am actually tempted to buy other frags from this collection
Where do you buy samples from in Europe? Like Notino has a very limited pre-arranged packages to chose from but I can't find anything like>>18782448
received one of the nicest complements ever today wearing LV Lovers... a supervisor told me I smelled so good she was going to take me home and have her way with me (jokingly of course)
>>18782700how good is the sillage? I want to buy it, but i'm worried it stays very close to the skin and doesn’t project much
>>18782731fragrantworldshop
>>18782735Thanks! Is this a legit site? It's got some vibecoded red flags
>>18782736I ordered twice from them and it was very goodIf you live in western europe there's also noseparis which I can attest to being good though a little pricy
>>18782738thank you
SOTDI like it although I’m surprised how sweet it is. Fig isn’t listed in the official notes but I’m getting like a salty fig/salty sweetness
>>18782741I owned the EDP for more than a year and while it was good, it ended up being really boring due to how linear it isThe EDT Intense is better imo, the fig note is more prominent with added watermelon and no leather. Less versatile though, strictly for summer
>>18782735 Use them as your very last option. -Their products might be authentic, but their ordering process and shipment partner are not on their game. I ordered a few samples two weeks ago. Its been "in transit" for five days and still not left the country. I'm not the only complaining on that part of their operation
>>18782743Huh, things went well the two times I ordered from them but it was a while ago, maybe their logistics have worsened
What kind of accords do I want for winter?
>>18782741I like it in summer or autum. I dont want marine scents other time long lasting too
>>18782746labdanum, olibanum, styrax, vanilla, tobacco, tonka, incense, rum, honey, leather, anything dense, cozy and enveloping
>>18782746Cinnamon or amber scents.
>>18782743what do you recommend then?
>>18782752I haven't found any place. Just go to Douglas and get in a conversation with the old lady with experience.
1 Million Black smells very familiar and I can’t quite reason out what it reminds me of.
>>18782717Thanks. I've been checking out a lot of Meo's stuff and it's become one of my favorite niche houses.
>>18782731scentsplit ships to europe too pretty quicklyI also used eurodecants and testyourparfum because I wanted to try some designers not just niche
>>18782762Does it remind you of the smell of your mother's couch smells when you get home from a weekend at Dad's place?
Do you guys ever buy backup bottles? I'm always afraid a brand will suddenly discontinue a great fragrance because muh sales even though theyre raking in a shit ton of money anyways
>>18782660I like it too, but I find it hard to come up with an outfit that matches it.
SOTN Amouage Lustre.
Should I blind buy this?
>>18782817I would
I work in a fragrance house and I'm in a position where I can have pretty much any perfume I ask for. I work in the flavor side of the company, so I really appreciate all the guides here, as this is a completely new world to me. Anything in particular to take advantage of? Today I was given Delina Exclusif and I love it. Another piece of information: the best thing I've ever smelled in my career is pure Exaltolide.
Just blind bought dior pour homme parfum, what am I in for bros...
>>18782856should have bought dior homme original instead desu
Just pulled the trigger on a full bottle of Amore Caffe. It just fits perfectly with my personal style.
>>18782734Sillage is good. I think that is one of the main points in contrast to projection. it’s not a room-filling fragrance. It’s perfect if you want non-perfumy perfumes or if you work in a very sensitive office setting.
Bought a bottle of Oud Minerale. Love this stuff. Smelling like a coastal shipwreck.
>>18782856the kurky version is fine but i don't know the old version, drier than DHI and maybe a bit more linear
Is Imagination a meme?
>>18782898it's probably a good frag sold for an exorbitant price and made artificially scarce due to marketing considerations related to the notion of exclusivity (not unlike Creed before they went all out with beastmode sloppa)>tl;dr: yes
>>18782723Indeed I shall no longer call him Turkdjian [spoiler]at least until his next L[/spoiler]
>>18782906fuck, i forgot /fa/ doesnt do spoilers
>>18782804I have. Either so I can open it myself later, or berhaps so i can rub my hands together and resell it for 5x the price someday. I've got several backups of Dior stuff unopened
>>18782766Aye, Meo's one of my favourites too atm, I've got samples of their whole collection. Definitely one of the more unique houses I've tried. Got a fb of last season, planning to get a few more when on sale from one of my local stockists. Haven't tried Amara Vita though>SOTD BuioThat resinous and dry patchouli hits good, sprayed it at 6am and still somewhat detect it now at 6pm
>>18782872I've been eyeing this one for a blind buy. How does it compare to other marine scents?
>>18782908ohnoanyway>SOTD: Oud Ispahan Esprit De Parfumi like it but wouldn't pay 440 eurobucks for it, good stinky oud with rose and spices, quite similar to Prin's Saringkarn (which is imo more interesting), unisex, performance is good
I bet the future of fragrance is just recycling accords and then slapping a unique note on the marketing. Bet you in 5 years there will be a Drakkar Noir dupe with notes of "Italian herbs, gin, and Japanese hotel soap".
>>18782839No great suggestions for specific frags, only thing that comes to mind is if you have access to more raw materials, that can be interesting, though understand they all smell different at various concentrations. E.g. the stock pure stuff of some materials may smell bad, but smell heavenly diluted out to 1% or even 0.01%. Similar vain but less ‘exclusive’ is just using your “in” status to sniff random perfumes.
>>18782839a list of the fragrance houses company has access to would make it a bit easier desuyou can also lurk moar and check out the frags anons are shilling
>>18782736Definitely very legit.
bang for you buck
