/fa/ - Fashion

>>15525939
*this chart is outdated*
Current new chart WIP:
https://pastebin.com/2T6HuQgj

I want to try some Beauforts but I don't want to even bother with sampling anything unwearable, and it seems like half of their perfumes are just that. Does anyone have any experience with the house?

>>15525939
>affordable snice scents
>http://pastebin.com/VX6RDpm6
Let's revose /frag/ affordable snice fragrance list. What do you think? What to add/remove? No more than $50 per 100ml.
>Warm weather
Antonio Puig Aqua Quorum
Guerlain Homme L'Eau Boisee
Armaf Tres Nuit
Carven L'Eau Intense
Lalique White
Guerlain's Aqua Allegorias (Pampelune in particular)
Ferrari Bright Neroli
Ferrari Noble Fig
Mercedes Benz Cologne
Eau de Rochas
Bulgari Aqua Amara
Gai Mattiolo Uomo
Machrie Arran Aromatics
Acqua Essenziale Colonia
Profumo di Firenze 1954 Cinquantaquattro
Lalique Encre Noire Sport
Alfred Dunhill Icon
Cartier Declaration
Cartier Declaration d'Un Soir
Oscar de la Renta Oscar for Men
Caron Pour Un Homme de Caron
Lalique Hommage a L'homme Voyageur
Lalique Hommage a L'Homme
>Cold Weather
Rochas Moustache
L'Occitane Eau des Baux
Bvlgari Black
Versace Dreamer
Le Couvent des Minimes Cologne of the Missions
Aramis Havana
Trussardi Riflesso
Shay & Blue London Salt Caramel
Estée Lauder Youth-Dew
Baldessarini Ultimate
Junaid Jamshed Oudh Qadim
Lattafa Perfumes Raghba Classic
Bentley For Men Absolute
Lomani Intense Black
Versace Pour Homme Oud Noir
Lalique Encre Noire
Lalique L'Insoumis
Lalique Encre Noire A L'Extreme
Hanae Mori Him
Caron Yatagan
Caron Le 3' Homme de Caron
Mandarina Duck Pure Black
Adnan B. Ambre Noir
Boucheron Jaipur Homme
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme

>>15525970
Dunhill Icon has always interested me, the bottle looks nice too.
Can it be worn year round or is it too fresh to project and linger when it's near freezing in British winters?

>>15525961
Iron Duke was bold but wearable. I expect to get a sample of Fathom V to arrive some time next week, so will report.

>>15525972
Icon is a grown-up man's Sauvage. Not obnoxious but still pleasant and fresh. It is also quite spicy so perfectly fine in Spring/Autumn. Might be a bit too fresh for Winter though.

>>15525972
Icon smells good but it doesn't last at all. Might as well use 4711.

>>15525981
I was consistently getting ca. 6h out of my sample.

Opoponax smells like something between dry raisins and an old shoe

>>15525975
>>15525981
I'll snap up a 2ml of it just to see how it lasts on my skin and if its worth getting a bottle for my daily driver for work. i'm getting bored of Issey Miyake and Prada L'homme

Someone get it already and tell me how it is AHHHHHH

>>15525905
it does smell quite dated but i feel like it's worth smelling at least once. i found it to be mentioned a lot when i was still starting out. i think it's a good reference point.
>>15525935
puh is great, go for it. loccitan edt is very cheap as well and its comfy
>>15525970
how about guerlain vetiver for warm weather? i wear it a lot at the office when its not super hot outside

Am I alone in thinking Musc Ravageur smells like Dior Homme Intense? Not identical, but similar.

>>15526105
Guerlain vetiver is assy and boring

>>15526139
Yes, clean your nose. These are entirely different fragrances.

>>15526342
I know that, but there’s a kind of chocolatey sweetness to them both. I know the Iris in DHI separates them, but when I first smelled MR my immediate thought was it reminded me of DHI.

>Musc Ravageur
soft
>Cologne Indélébile
disappears in 15 minutes
>Vetiver Extraordinaire
Quite common actually

>>15526411
Almost every bottle is barely used. What the fuck?

>>15526411
Are those Xyrenas on the left? Also which Dua and Zootopia, and did you adopt that dog?

>>15526411
Pretty based but you've got an issue with compulsively splurging money on frags imo judginng by all these Guerlain Allegorias

NEW WAFTS
NEW WAFTS
NEW WAFTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKaePEBeJPM
NEW WAFTS
NEW WAFTS
NEW WAFTS

>>15526466
Cinemaniac, camp xyrena and cloud 9, the zoologist is bee and its one of my cats adoption papers

>>15526554
Oh and the duas are popped cherry, Italiano and Belgian truffle

>>15526554
How wearable are the Xyrenas in everyday situations? I might get samples of Cinemaniac (I'd wear it to the movies, I guess), Verified, and even Plastic some time in the future. I like the brand's trashy campiness, but I can't imagine a somewhat professional adult male wearing much of what they offer without repulsing half the surrounding population. Also, are they 50 or 100ml, doesn't say on the site?

This cap is going directly into my ass.

>>15526466
>>15526554
Any experiences with "Dark Ride" by Xyrena anyone??

>>15526591
They’re 50mls and all pretty wearable. I plan on copping a few more. Blue dream, neon sunset, the new et Forrest one, the pool boy one. Also my mom loves basic bitch

>>15526611
Yeah it smells like the time you visited your great aunt at the old folks home in New York that one summer

>>15526610
>three different fonts at the same label
>tacky cap
>'eat my ass' or something like that written as this arab rune on it
>13554729804561412345th ALD Musk perfume

They fucking stopped making Tsar. I stocked up, but some day I'll run out. What do I do for a SUPER CLASSIC MAN fragrance?

I've watched couple of Turin's videos and the second part where he discusses ingredients is really informative and relevant (the first part is mostly about basics of his vibrational olfactory theory). In this one he made a claim that all fragrances released these days smell 'woody-amber blue' because we're lacking good woody base notes. Sandalwood is barely available anymore, oakmoss banned. Good stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK5aUHDpWqI

>>15526723
I feel so stupid watching those lectures. Do they become more accessible or should I give up? I’ve only seen five.

>>15526726
you shouldn't be filling yourself with that pseudoscience nonsense anyway

reminder that his headcanon vibrational smell theory is accepted by very few, but no one else actually cares enough about the theory of smell to tell him to fuck off

also his book on perfumes is bad and half of his favorite fragrances suck

hack.

>>15526726
Skip the first part as I said. Watch the one about marine notes/gourmands/woody-ambers. It's more relevant, really accessible and still packed with knowledge.
>>15526731
>reminder that his headcanon vibrational smell theory is accepted by very few, but no one else actually cares enough about the theory of smell to tell him to fuck off
wrong
>also his book on perfumes is bad and half of his favorite fragrances suck
even more wrong

>>15526731
maybe vibrational smell theory is bullshit, but maybe there are still rules and patterns along which certain notes "harmonize"

turin is still a very tasteful guy and an expert on frags

I haven't been following the fragrance news since the beginning of this year. Has anything interesting come out?

>>15526757

>>15526681
Ideas? More generally, why did they stop making it? Is CLASSIC MAN not a good idea anymore?

>>15526777
>buying Russian bathtub forest fire water

>>15526757
new Caron >>15525997

>>15526646
convert to Islam or perish

wore Black Orchid, some zoomer girl in the shoe store said "it smells like angel in here" to her friend. then while walking down the street a literal 10/10 was wearing angel. weird how that happens. i love new york.

>>15526854
It can't possibly be cool enough now to wear Angel or Black Orchid, even in New York.

My rotation throughout the year.
1 spray of each on the chest. I put the clubman in a glass atomizer.

>>15527026
I know you probably think you're based but layering is autistic

>>15527058
It smells based

I just bought a 10ml of vintage MKK. I have a partial Gratte Ciel(?) bottle (only around 8ml). I can't decide anything before I test them side by side but would it be a bad idea to Frankenstein them together? The Gratte Ciel bottle's atomizer is screw-off, not crimped. My thinking on that is if the vintage version really is overly animalic, maybe the new formulation would balance it out, but it's probably a terrible idea.

snice

>>15526958
>buying into the fragrancejew's season suggestions

>>15526757
From Guerlain: L’homme Ideal Extreme, Patchouli Ardent, Iris Torrefie. Chanel Le Lion de Chanel. A new pillar masculine from Hermes is under way. Nuit de Feu from LV. Too many Diors from Maison collection.

>>15527303
Sauce on the Hermes? Holy shit if true.

>>15526176
but it smells clean and straight-forward. a bit sharp but not so sharp that it's cloying. for 25$ a bottle it's great value for your money

>>15527309
They patented name for it, Bolide d’Hermes, like their bag, it is official. There are speculations it comes out this fall, for instance, here: https://www.basenotes.net/threads/474951-HERMÈS-new-Men-s-pillar-fragrance

>>15527339
>Bolide

>>15527343
bolide = flaming meteor

>>15527359
In this case I believe "bolide" means a fast car

They also patented this shit. My expectations are quite low.

>>15527377
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIOAlaACuv4

Could any of you give me general advice on cheap cologne? An example of what I mean is one day I was given cologne as someone who never used it. I just put on a ton without care and smelled good. Then that one ran out and I used a different cheap cologne I was given. Realized "too much cologne" isn't bullshit and very real. So what I learned was that this "heavier" musky vanilla scent is better to use lightly. Looking at cheap cologne reviews I fount out there's even levels of wearing certain scents on certain weather.
I'm someone who works at a factory mostly in the hot side.
And I know I should probably spend hundreds but I'd rather just learn how to apply a proper amount and in what environment.

>>15527519

>>15527524
>Apply your fragrance on dry, clean skin
applying unscented lotion increases longevity from my experience, i use aveeno

>>15527524
you sure this can apply to cheap stuff? On the "non-musky" cologne I had I would apply like 8 sprays and would get no complaints. I could smell myself and it was good and I'm not being biased because when I used a musky one like I said I could tell it was nasty.

>>15527524
Yeah, but people never talk about how FAR from skin you should spray. Do I want a mist or a jet of fragrance?

Torn between buying Musc Ravageur, Lys Mediterranee and PoaL. As much as I love Carnal Flower it’s just far too strong.

>>15527639
>Musc Ravageur
stinky

>>15527263
is that Demi?

>>15527677
Why don’t you like it?

>>15527519
Go for either davidoff cool water or ferrari bright neroli. Really cheapo for big bottles, safe projection and generally likeable. Cool water is more grassy and aquatic while bright neroli is citric.

>>15526958
>not using “wintery” heavy tobacco fragrances in the middle of summer

>>15527687
i'll keep them in mind thanks. When you say safe projection do you mean how far the scent releases to other people because I'd like advice on how to tell on my own. I could just tell by how strong I can smell it from myself right?

>>15526757
OOOH
Sayat Nova
Tabacaurum
Fjerne
we'll see about ald6

>>15527221
Holy based

>>15527236
you’re still trying to convince yourself about your purchase pajeet?

>>15527320
Yes, good call. I’ll add it

Any other Ausfags here? Where do I got to buy samples online?

>>15525939
Pic related are my three most recently used scents. I liked the Lancôme one best, but it's also the most expensive – naturally. Currently falling back to Bottled.
Any suggestions what else to try based on these three?

Why waste money on Layton when you can have Boss Bottled Intense EDP for a fraction of the price.
You're literally paying for a bit of vanilla smell and a slightly more aesthetic bottle.

>>15527748
i buy full bottles from fragrancex, everything else from local fragrance groups

>>15527592
about 5 inches or so

>>15527787
For super strong frags like Interlude and Joop to name a couple, does the spraying in the air and walk through it thing work? Or is it a retarded meme?

>>15527790
I mean it could work, but you'd just be wasting perfume. I say just go lighter on the sprayer instead

But yes if you have a nuclear perfume and nly want less than one spray, spray it frm a bit further away

>>15527686
not the same anon, but it's just a mediocre gourmand
if you want an actually good musk frag, check out musc tonkin

>>15527692
This. I scentmogged the shit out of aquaticfags this summer with Aramis Havana.

SOTD: Lalique Hommage a l'homme Voyageur. Just finished my sample. It's raining cats and dogs here, so I thought that it's appropriate. Probably the best budget patchouli (+vetiver) scent I tried. Really earthy+woody but in a cheerful not dusty way. What are you wearing lads?

>>15527790
Lol, don't do it. Some people on internet are too insecure about their scents. Go outside and see how much of cologne normal people wear.
>>15527798
>MR
>gourmand
yeah buddy
>>15527804
S L E A Z Y

I'm looking for recommendations for tabacco frags that are at most 1$/mL. So far I've only tried One Shock (eh, okay) and The Dreamer (hated it).

Currently looking at Aramis Havana, Pure Havane, and Spicebomb Extreme. I also found Tobacco Vanille and Herod but both are quite pricey.

Recommend me a frag that matches the feeling of the Forest Temple from OOT

>>15527828
Chopard Oud Malaki mogs all of those that you listed

>>15527852
Ooh that actually sounds nice, though it's a little bit above my budget. I'll add it to the list.

>>15527798
Musc Tonkin is disgusting

>>15527901
Qualitywise it could easily go for $300+ per a bottle if someone slapped a Roja Dove logo on it. Try to look more carefully for it on internet. For example I can find one shop where I can get it for $56 for the 80ml bottle. Prices of it vary widely.

>>15527957
french Notino sells 80ml bottles for 53 euros, other french stores are doubling that price.
You should see how they're jewing people with grey flannel, right now I'm seeing a bottle of 125ml sold at 90 euros and it's a discounted price

>>15527957
unfortunately i can only really order from fragx, otherwise shipping will absolutely fuck me over. i'd order using a forwarding service but covid fucked that up

What's the best version of Bdc for me to cop as a normie dumb reach?
Do I even bother since its played out and popular?

>>15527705
Not always. You can go noseblind, where you don't smell it but others very much do. Happens to me on many "blue"/versatile scents.

>>15527748
Facebook groups or eBay. Obviously do your research.

>>15527828
I'm inexperienced but I like Macera Red Tobacco. It's sweet and yummy. Depending where you are in the world you could get close to $1/ml on the 120ml bottle.

>>15527837
I bought DS & Durga Amber Kiso because it promises to evoke some of those Jap feels

>>15528041
>EdP
>No

>>15528101
have you tried it yet or are you saying you just bought it?

>>15528080
This, I absolutely oversprayed my fragrance because I wanted to finish my sample today. Could barely smell it after 1h but my sister that I was riding a car with had to open her window because I was gasing her out. Spraying behind your neck and under a shirt on chest are the best to get whiffs throughout the whole duration imo.

>>15528083
This, nothing beats local fb fragrance freaks. They often split bottles that they got on massive discounts themselves so you can get way better price per ml than by buying a full bottle yourself. But one definitely spend a bit of time to figure out which groups are legit (often those where you see knowledgeable people with varied niche collections and some discussion around frags happen) and which are scams.

>>15528098
I've recommended Chopard but Red Tobacco is also definitely a good call too. One of best Manceras out there (and obviously a nuclear performance so you won't need 120 ml).

>>15528143
Too right brother. Just copped a 50ml decant of Tuscan Leather for $125 ozbucks off FB. Less than half the price of buying the 50ml bottle.
>>15528145
I find the opening a bit much but the mid and dry down are great.

Might try out a decant of Kouros alongside buying a cheap ring to test my ring size since it's easier than leaving the house and sampling or getting measured

>>15528171
The thing that fascinates me about Kouros is how different it can smell day to day. Last night I got serious aldehydes, but a few days prior I got a really skanky feel from it. I know fragrances all change, but none seem to as much as this.

>>15528265
I will be honest, my only concern about being lumbered with even a 2ml sample is the strong urinal cake association I got from the initial blast. that alone was enough to make me throw away the test strip within 30 seconds. Keep in mind this was a couple years back in December so maybe it's different in slightly warmer weather?

>>15528102
Thanks for your honesty, anon
You saved me £60

>>15528359
I get the association, but the more time I spent with it the more nuances I picked up on. For an old designer fragrance that’s relatively cheap it has a lot to offer. Compared to an old sample I tried it’s extremely tame these days.

>>15528115
I bought it last week, coming in the mail tomorrow hopefully

>>15528426
It's really good. Very strong though, you don't need much.

sotd gypsy water
Kinda smells like woody lemony paper and wax.

Trying to get into the least flashy scents possible, know what I mean

New to fragrances. Whats a good one for someone who works in uniform during fall/winter?

>>15528692
Super ambiguous question. It's like saying "what t-shirt should I wear in the winter?"

There definitely are staples that work anytime, anywhere but it even then boils down to preference. Could you provide more specific details?

every year when the weather gets cooler day by day I appreciate L O N D O N a little more and more

>>15528701
I guess something in the more woody or leather direction. Definitely something masculine but also something that is not polarizing. Smooth rather than sharp. Am i helping?

>>15528715
PDM sir

>>15528715
Tom Ford Ombre Leather sounds up your street. Very smooth, VERY leathery, very masculine although I must admit, has the potential to be polarising as it feels pretty grown up and that can be kind of intimidating for some guys. To me this just smells like straight up leather, it's fantastic. Definitely smoother rather than sharp, which is what you'd like for winter.

Montblanc Explorer is also pretty universal and is probably the best Creed Aventus clone out there, which I'm sure you've heard of. Timeless masculine DNA and nothing polarising about it, pretty much smells like a modern man in the best possible way. Very woody and mass appealing.

May I also recommend Boss Bottled intense, smells like a very well to do man, definitely suited for winter and definitely a beginner fragrance. Has an apple pie vibe which is very appealing and definitely falls along smooth rather than sharp.

Does Oud Fleur lean too fem, or is it the ideal frag for a short trenchcoat, cargo trousers and wrinkled up boots?

>>15528730
Thanks bro, ill check them out. Sorry if i was being a bit vague in the beggining

>>15528080
Thanks that's frustrating. I've been thinking about it and might one day ask a female at my job how I smell if I just can't figure something out

>>15528840
No worries dude, definitely check them out and sample them in stores before you buy anything.

>>15528847
That’s sexual harassment if you aren’t hot

>>15528730
personally I'm not a fan of Explorer but I do appreciate the drydown and how it can be a fav for many.
I've had enough of the ambroxan bombs at work that I turn my nose up at it so ymmv

>>15528918
i'm hot bro. Plus the thinking I've been doing has also been how do I ask because I am very aware I'll look weird

>>15528928
just ask a woman at a mall

>>15528171
just remember to d o u s e

>>15528921
>I've had enough of the ambroxan bombs

So have I. The problem is they still work well. The ambroxan bomb truly is the scent of this generation of fragrances.

>>15528937
i'm a shut in who only goes to work. I'll still consider something like that

>>15528730
TFOL is a rec I can get behind

Anyone try this? Bombay gin made it with gerza shown, supposed to smells like Gin, is it a gimmick or nice?

>>15529610

>>15529610
gin stinks

This is very good and you should try it.

What is /frag/'s opinion on clones? I mean straight up clones not "inspired by"s.

>>15529934
Most are absolutely dogshit. Very few are good like Meharées L'Erbolario

What’s a good fragrance for femboys? I’m running out of my Dior Homme, looking for something more effeminate

>>15529952
Eros. Ultra Male.

>>15529946
Just looked it up, is that actually a good clone for Musc Ravageur? I've been thinking about buying MR but if it's just as good I'll go with the cheaper option.

>>15529952
just wear Angel

>>15529986
It's not 100% the same but the drydown gets really, really close and it's the part people usually enjoy the most. Also performs okay. It's very worth it for the price

>>15529934
I've tried many clones and it's hard for them to tick all the boxes. Usually they perform poorly or the scent is straight up different. Aventus clones are even worse because not even the original fragrance knows what to smell like

>>15529934
Usually cheaply made bullshit. A few can be very good, but most of these clone houses are literally Pajeets or Arabs buying the cheapest aromachemicals they can find online and mixing them in their garage. I mean, Dua churns out dozens of new scents a year, there’s no way they can possibly be high quality. Plus, to me, buying knockoffs in general just feels cheap and tacky. Like, the point of having a LV bag is to have the prestige of owning a LV bag, no? Doesn’t owning a fake one totally diminish that? If you want one that bad, save up and buy the real thing. What do you think people would think of you if they found out the bag you’ve been flaunting everywhere is fake?

>>15529952
For you, it’s Chance by Chanel.

>>15530008
>Plus, to me, buying knockoffs in general just feels cheap and tacky
Found the pdm hater

>>15529934
>I mean straight up clones not "inspired by"s.

Honestly I don't know if there's a difference at this point. Zara no.9 for example smells EXACTLY like Valentino Uomo, I mean possibly even better. Is it marketed as such though? No. So is it a clone? I still think so.

There are some incredibly good clones, I mean some that I think beat the originals, There are also a lot of cheap shitters that you should avoid wherever possible.

just got my first two frags, what's the correct way to apply them? how many sprays, where should I spray? ik neck and wrists are common but idk what's the best way to do it

>>15530034
Just do one either side of your neck and one at the back of your neck. Wrist shit is a gimmick IMO.

If it's cold where you're at do a few sprays under your t-shirt or whatever clothing you're wearing. Your body heat will help the scent simmer up nicely and blend well with the chemistry of your natural scent.

>>15530016
90% of the thread, brainlet.

>>15530039
nice thanks man

>>15530033
>smells EXACTLY like Valentino Uomo
smells amazing on wool in cold context

>>15530008
>Usually cheaply made bullshit.
I mean, everything is nowadays. Reformulation after reformulation, watering down and corner cutting. At least for frags that are being cloned, popular stuff.

I understand your sentiment. Personally, if the clone doesn't smell cheap I don't care. I have no loyalty to gigantic brands, and the majority of people that smell you will have no idea (with a good clone of course).

>What do you think people would think of you if they found out the bag you’ve been flaunting everywhere is fake?
Normies? They will think "wow, I had no idea. Where can I get one?". I have firsthand experience with this. I have a few fake designer belts I picked up in Vietnam. Very few people comment on them, and the ones that do are surprised they're fake (I outright tell them). No one cares.

>>15530033
True. I was just trying to distinguish between taking a popular scent and putting a twist on it, and straight up arab clone house frags. The two are converging I agree.

>>15530046
Couldn't fucking agree more. I've got 30+ fragrances in my collection and this is still my go-to for that setting. Going to pick myself up a bottle again as soon as I can.

>>15530034
Depend alot on which kind of frag, shit like Atelier i have to spray like 6-8 shots, where something heavy and strong i only need 1

>>15530046
Is your bottle of that one fake too?

>>15530034
>>15527524

>>15530008
if you care about anything other than the smell you are a faggot

>>15530065
We’ve been over this, coomer. You’re just as much of a “consumer” than anyone else, you buy overpriced horse water because an autistic German man tells you it’ll get you pussy. Don’t start with your le mass appealing designer Chad bullshit.

>>15530071
lmao fuming

>>15529934
I fell the clone meme two years ago. Bought some perfume parlour clones Burberry London and a Creed Tabarome just because I couldn't find the real stuff anywhere. Wasn't even close. ABSOLUTE DOG SHIT. straight up oven cleaner.

>>15530073
Not an argument.

>>15527682
Yes

>>15527303
WACK PACK. Should I try Nuit de Feu? Im liking the idea of an incense for this winter.

>>15530065
This. Giving a shit about "niche" status, bottles, a company's """ (((history))) """, compliments is for faggots.

The smell is all that matters

LDDM is what Terre D'Hermés could've been if it wasn't dogshit

What‘s a fragrance a girl could wear that makes her smell pure and innocent. Obviously if paired with the appropriate aesthetic and character.

>>15529727
Idk my bottle of gin ingredients us lemon peel, coriander, juniper berry, angelica, orris. Seems like a pretty standard perfume

>>15527524
I can smell Interlude Man on my skin for nearly 12 hours and the scent trail is fucking huge. If you wear 3 sprays of that shit, you're going to nauseate the entire room. Definitely not a "crowd pleaser" scent by any means. Most people (not into frags at all), cannot stand the smell of many of Amouages colognes. Reflection Man is the only one that seems to take an inoffensive approach wherein most people would like it.

>tfw you buy a 100ml bottle of Tobacco Vanille but can't wear it until December because you live in Texas

>>15530170
You're probably sitting in your air conditioned apartment anyway. Wear it, pussy.

>>15530170
Why would you even buy a full bottle if you live anywhere warm... fucking consoomers

>>15525939
Sauvage gets women
/thread

>>15530226
Women literally have instant aversion and nausea from sauvage because of how common it is

What frag would Hellsings Alucard wear? Any incarnation.

>>15530244
adp leather

>>15530008
> the point of having a LV bag is to have the prestige of owning a LV bag, no?
It’s durable. My Filson medium duffle looks pretty tired after two years of traveling but Keepall 55 looks like new after four. And nobody would ever touch your LV in the overhead compartment.

>>15530047
It's not limited to fragrances either. The real scam is big brands marketing themselves so hard that they become luxury.

I only buy the real deal when it's something I can't find a clone of. And in that case, I'll happily pay the price, since it's something unique.

>>15530065
Smell is all it comes down to, but concept and bottle are nice things that add to the experience of buying something. How much of the money you paid do you get back as that experience, though? Not a lot. How much of the money you paid went into that concept and bottle? Not a lot. Is it worth paying hundreds of dollars for these? Plainly, no.

>>15529934
It just feels weird to wear a clone. But there are people wearing fake rolexes and jewelry so maybe it works for some. Another thing is that they are very rarely close to the original. Which is a pity because there are some clones that would be excellent cheap fragrances on their own (e.g. Tres Nuit)

>>15529986
It's a pussified version of MR

>>15530085
>giving a shit about company's history is for faggots
>falls for the brand whose only trick is faking history to seem luxurious

>>15530100
Clean your nose
>>15530114
Fresh white florals. For example Cartier Baiser Vole

>>15530226
It did lbut maybe like 10 years ago

>>15530229
literally not true, they get nausea from clones with bad synthetic santal. also wear less fragrance if anyone can smell you walking outdoors

>>15530552
Not him but you picked the most retarded come back you could. There's not a tiny bit of a natural santal in Sauvage. It's a really expensive ingredient buddy. Very rarely expensive niche companies use natural santal. Don't be a tool and don't believe in everything some 30 yo marketing Jane working for Dior puts in advertisement blurbs.

>>15530226
>gf loves me wearing Sauvage
>snuggles like a cat and kisses my neck every time I wear
>feeling breddy good about it
>ask her what's that she likes about it the most
>'ah nothing anon'
>ok, rocking Sauvage almost every day
>some time later by a slip of the tongue she says that her ex-bf was wearing Sauvage
>a guy who was not texting her back for weeks and treated like shit overall and almost made her pregnant
>every time she smells it on me, she thinks of him
I stopped using it and bought Prada l'Homme as it was recommended by here but still think about the entire Sauvage thing.

>>15530572
>Not dumping the slut
It's your life but idk man :/

>>15530563
i specifically said bad synthetic santal

>>15530578
Because of what? Her ex-boyfriend wearing Sauvage too? I'm not an insecure incel.

>>15530584
>>15530572
let this serve as a warning that if a woman ever recommends a fragrance to you, she has definitely fucked someone wearing it before.
>be me
>be 19
>be dating a 23 year old
>she tells you to go buy a cologne you don’t know
>you smell it
>smells bretty gud
>get tons of fuck
>meet her ex because you’re all at same uni
>smells like you
>“you too, huh bro?”

>>15530584
>I'm not an insecure incel.
Then why did you stop wearing it?

>>15530591
This should be obvious for anyone with any social skills. Why would a Becky know what are good men's fragrances if 99% of them wear whatever Sales Assistants shill them into in malls.

>>15530082
Try Nuit de Feu, Nouveau Monde and Ombre Nomad. They somehow represent the exact idea of existence of LV for me. I wouldn’t apply the last one on the skin right away unless you really like it since it lasts up to three days.

Guys, I looked up the archives and it's the 457th edition of 'Fragrance General'. With the first named that way instance of this thread posted on Sun Jun 16 19:38:25 2013 with this as the OP picture.

>>15530692
Another Ford's chart from 2012. Wondering how this guy's taste has developed since then.

Choose for me fraggots


Costume National Soul
MFK Grand Soir
Ds & Durga Amber Kiso

I fucking love all of them but can't decide how intense I want to go with this musky ambery vibe. Soul is pretty bright compared to the other two and is quite sweet, Grand Soir is super cozy, little bit darker but still pretty sweet and Amber Kiso is really fucking dirty and awesome.

I want them all but they're too similar to justify all three

>>15530836
Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea

>>15530840
senpai

don't add another one ffs. I'll look for a sample

I have 2 questions.
1. I know that D&G Intenso gets shat on on fragrantica, basenotes etc but I do like it. There's something about the light aquatic tinge that makes it comforting fresh out the bath. I'm still not sure on spending £25 copping a 40ml when, which leading into my 2nd question..
2. Is VIW a meme with Creed tax applied for it? Or do I sample it, I've got a rotating air freshener at home and one of the scents is light, floral and a little coconutty. If VIW is similar, I wouldn't mind trying that however Creed is expensive for what you get.

Lads, I want a CITRUS frag. Not a woody, dirty or sweet citrus. Just citrus. Bright, sour and tart, like a real fruit. What would you recommend?

>>15530979
Dior Homme Cologne

>>15530979
aqua chadlegoria

If i'm planning on copping some black suede chelsea boots and a black trenchcoat what frag do I wear to give a serious, mature vibe without seeming like a mass murderer?

>>15531006
Unironically Terre. Maybe Encre Noire if you want to go for a darker look.

>>15530979
Chanel Eau de Cologne.

>>15531006
Tom Ford Oud Wood. Prada Black or Prada L’HOMME. Narcisco Rodiguez for him.

>>15531006
> inspector gadgets
> in need to prove his harmlessness
lol

>>15531006
>>15531044
DO NOT fucking touch Narciso. Prada is just some sweety bullshit cologne, don't believe the reviewers who talk about "clean soapy smell", they just keep repeating it one after another. Couldn't be further from the truth. Oud Wood is decent, yes. But kinda pricy for what it is.

Cathédrale by Berry absolutely moggs CdG
Avignon.

>>15531096
one has myrrh and one doesn't, what a shitty comparison

whats the advantage of perfume oil?

>>15531087
What absolute bullshit. You know we're talking about scented fucking water right? Why should he not fucking touch Narcisco?

>Prada is just some sweety bullshit cologne
Weak bait too lmao

>>15530692
That's cool. Maybe if we started putting the thread number on the OP we would get less Igor and tranny threads

>>15531137
Le labo is so pretentious go damn

>>15530692
>>15530701
Note no PDM. Even back then we knew they were shit.

>>15531137
for muzzies who cant touch alcohol lol

>>15531369
it's because no youtubers could shill for them back then

>>15531369
Also no MDCI, profumum Roma, Frédéric Malle, bond9, Etat, Xerjoff, Zootopian, or anything niche except Tauer
That list is entirely designer shit and frag learned a lot since then

Frederic is a such a gay name made for BBC

>>15531556
M8, the second chart has both an MDCI and a Bond.

Got Amber Kiso in the mail. Better than I could've imagined. Very similar to Ambre Sultan, but there's a makeup powdery element that makes Amber Kiso better. It's super sexy. I don't think I'll need anything else.

>mfk removed apom homme and lumierre noire homme from the sample selection

RIP. i love lumiere noire homme but not enough to buy a full bottle

>>15531556
there's clearly MDCI gayboy

>>15531556
also never compare PDM to Xerjoff again bitch

Perfection.

>>15531994
Lmao you can't stop sounding like a faggot can you

Bring back Samplesperg! We must create a ritual! Preferably human sacrifice including Gorswipe, slaughtering a hyrax for good measure, and tracing an outline of a sample vial using rose absolute around the spectacle.
INVOKE! INVOKE! INVOKE!

snifff

>>15532125
I’m in Toronto, it’s not too far from Montreal. I could probably go grab GORsWIPE. build a pit trap, tell him someone was saying his Aventus is fake on the other side. Shouldn’t be too tough,

>>15532125
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mFEzW1Z6TRM

why is perfume so expensive

how do I smell sweet but complex for less than millions of quid

>>15532375
Chergui

>>15532383
now that's a lot a money

>>15532375
>>15532384
Pure Tonka

>>15532384
It’s 75$ on fragrancenet

anyone ever tried Mandarina Duck Black?

>>15531769
wow, they just got rid of their 2 best frags, what a bunch of retards

I am a very manly man pulsating with testosterone and cum. What fragrance will project this and make bitches ovulate?

>>15532954
BR540, pussy

>>15532972
FUCK YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT BR 540 IS FUCKING DISGUSTING. It smells synthetic, clinical, latex, fluoride, exactly like the dentist office. Not even lying I almost gagged when I first put it on, felt like someone was about to drill into my teeth.

by far the WORST frag i had ever smelled. Fuck you cock sucking useless aids infected asshole fuckacum butt

>>15532954
Ultra Male

Trying out Amouage - Overture Man today since I got the sample in the mail. I already know I'm going to wear this a lot in winter, it's such a cozy scent. A lot of myrrh, a lot of cognac, great sandalwood backing, and some funky animalics to back it up. Then there are hints of saffron and spices, specifically cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg, that you can feel throughout. It kind of reminds me of mulled wine somehow, in the best way.

>>15526411
>burt's bees and rohtos
incredibly based taste

whenever you're at work, a muscular chad has been fucking your wife

this is what he wears

>>15533263
asexual fragrance

I know frag is a caring community despite the shitposting.
I know this is >>>/lgbt/ territory but I've had doubts over my sexuality since some things that happened to me as a child...
I recently confessed to my best friend that I love him.
Frags for this feel? Anything I should wear for him exclusively?

>>15533277
no it isnt, its very masculine?

>>15533291
Eau de Bareback

Also good luck. It can be hard telling straight friends stuff, most of mine at some point thought I wanted to bed them

>>15533396
Haha, nice one.
Thanks for understanding anon, I was thinking of grabbing a bottle of Polo Blue EDP at some point to wear as a contrast in a black biker jacket, cream turtleneck and black jeans with leather hi-tops. But I could get the same fresh scent profile with Perry Ellis 360 Red for a 1/4th of the price

>>15533305
It's for men who doesn't have sex

Fuck it, just bought 50ml of Portrait of a Lady.

Tempted to get a decent of Le Parfum de Therese just to have another Roudnitska creation.

>>15530856
For me VIW is a meme. It smells like spilling some gay cocktail at beach bbar all over you.
>>15530979
>Grapefruit
Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune
>Orange (entire tree)
Azemour Les Orangers
>Lemon
PR Acqua Vive
>Blood orange
Orange Sanguine
>>15531006
Something powdery like Dior Homme Intense for example
>>15531103
Notes =/= ingredients, they're both in the same ballpark
>>15531137
Jumping on the bandwagon that most perfume houses do these days, i.e. prioritizing middle-eastern clientele. That's where money is.
>>15531556
You seem triggered. The funny thing is that if you look up these two threads then you can see MDCI, FM, Eldo and Xerjoff being discussed. Zootopian didn't even exist back then.
>>15531769
They're offering 30ml bottles now. Quite a good deal.
>>15533121
Thanks for the post, sounds interesting. I smelled Overture only briefly in Harrods last year. Might revisit it.

Quite an unusual one for TF Private Blend. Anyone has already tried it?

>>15533473
> 50ml
> another Roudnitska
What is the first one, Mr Small Bottles?

>>15533588
I don’t need 100ml of PoaL, Billy Big Bottles.

I have 100ml of Eau Sauvage.

>>15533482
I've had the Overture on since posting that and unfortunately I'm not too big of a fan of the drydown. You definitely have to try it on skin to see if you like it, the opening had all those things I wrote but the drydown is unbelievably smelly, a lot of animalics and cumin making it BO central. For some people this drydown would be great but for me it's a but too much.

>>15533605
>I have 100ml of Eau Sauvage.
based, it's my sotd

>>15533482
>>Blood orange
>Orange Sanguine
aqua allegoria orange soleia is better. We literally cant stop winning allegoriachads

Got my Lulua samples today
>Piotr Czarnecki Shihan
>Piotr Czarnecki Kiviskin
>Kerosene Follow
>The Different Company De Bachmakov
>The Different Company Sel de Vetiver
>Geo F Trumpers Eucris
>Geo F Trumpers Sandalwood
>Gallagher Bergamust
>Hiram Green Hyde
>Olympic Orchids Woodcut
>Olympic Orchids Blackbird
>Beaufort London Fathom V
It's a gloomy day so I'll spend the evening testing them. Still waiting for my attar sample of Tabacora Salim and Auphorie Miyako minature.

Seems like half of fragheads say ambroxan smells disgusting. If the molecule is so controversial, then why are fragrances that are loaded with it considered safe, mass appealing, panty-dropping, mainstream, etc.? If half of people truly find it disgusting, then it sounds not very mass appealing.

Anyway here is a straw poll: Do you like ambroxan?
http://www.strawpoll.me/20874929

>>15533747
Just noticed that they attached a sample of Hiram Green Vivacious as a freebie. Top customer service from Lulua given that I paid only £25 for all these samples. Shipped in three days too.

>>15533747
Absolutely based picks. Give me a review of Follow and Blackbird, I've been eyeing them too

>>15533748
It's not disgusting as in vomit-inducing but rather as in prevalent, overdone and having this awful property that it's both very loud and also almost immediately drilling your nose. I know that some people get headaches from it, too (just like from other chemicals like ISO E Super) but it's only a small percentage. I also wouldn't say that it's mass appealing, panty-dropping per se but rather used in mainstream 'blue' fragrances that are marketed as such hence the connotation. For example Ambre Royal by Ormonde Jayne is an amazing quality niche floral scent with a big dose of ambroxan that costs ca. $300 and completely different from Sauvage and others.

>>15533769
Thanks for the explanation, I'll check out Ambre Royal, sounds cool.

Which one has the highest rating on fragrantica. so far the highest i've found is 4.48 for Herod

>>15526551
S O Y F A C E S

>>15533795
Depends on how many votes do you want. Plenty of 5.0s with 1 or few votes. AKAF Sheikh Al Faransi has rating 4.88, Amouage Overture 4.80, MDCI Cuir Cavalier 4.78.

>>15533800
Yeah, it's super cringy. But I guess that's their way to play along the yt-influencer standards with clickbaity minatures. At the end of the day I don't care too much as they don't do any of this shit during the actual videos.

that'll be $54, infidel
no refunds mashallah

>>15533748
I don't find it disgusting or mind it in small percentages, it is only when a frag is as you said it loaded with the thing that it causes me somewhat of a sensory overload resulting in a temporary sharp headache. Many cheap deodorants and body sprays will also do this to me so I subconsciously view ambroxan-loaded frags as "cheap smelling", despite cases where it was is masterfully and with taste.
>then why are fragrances that are loaded with it considered safe, mass appealing, panty-dropping, mainstream, etc.?
Pure marketing. Mythic pheromone molecule that makes women wet is a great pitch to sell perfume to men and it's not the first molecule that was pushed as such, it's an old trick. It is not mere coincidence that fragrances that have lots of ambroxan are also the heavily-advertised ones.

>>15533818
To his defense, it's enough to drop him a DM or mail and he'll send you the broken sample.

heyhey
can anyone recommend a good masculine scent that heavily features lavender?

>>15526459
i feel like if you had that many it would be a bit hard to just run through bottles. i dont even have half the amount as this guy but i've prob only emptied one of my bottles

>>15533891
Look up last thread

>>15533826
>Pure marketing. Mythic pheromone molecule

Exactly the same marketing that is used for Iso E Super, that it "blends with your own skin chemistry" and "smells different on everyone" and works like a pheromone and what not.

>>15533900
will do, thanks

>>15533907
>>15533891
Long story short, Caron Pour Homme.

>>15533905
Yes

Do you dummies even know that Ambroxan is a natural chemical that's responsible for the majority of the smell of real Ambergris? Everybody talks about Ambroxan like it's some sort of grossly synthetic abomination but it's not.

>>15533955
yeah and vanillin tastes just like real vanilla extract (lol)
give it a rest man

>>15533971
the only thing thats going to be extracted is my foot from your ass

>>15533993
And your ass will have my dick inserted into it :^) spray up bottom boi

>>15533955
I hate ambergris too

>>15533291
anon, you should feel free to love your friends. but don’t feel like you loving them and also being attracted to men means you’re also in love with them. i would advise to start off dating men you don’t already know so as not to jeopardize your current friendships. once you gain some relationship intelligence from dating a bit, you’ll be more prepared to come to terms with your true feelings for your friend, whether platonic or romantic. i sincerely wish you the best! now show us your dick.

>>15532088
Wanted to like this but stinks like hairspray in the drydown

>>15534179
>show us your dick

I have a feeling we're gonna get an Amouage Journey picture moment

>>15534174
?
but it's expensive

>still no mothball fragrance

Why is Pryn a separate thing from Prin with the same fragrances but with different names?
Did he sell Pryn?

>>15534419
https://www.prinlomros.com/collections/prin

Also this site doesn't even show up when you google Prin Lomros, I just found it by searching for Aran after wafts said it was cool.

>>15534419
he's a money laundering prick asshole, that's why

>>15534427
Speaking of prick, is TF Rose Prick too feminine if I find Reflection man too floral for me (also it is 85% Le Male imo)

>>15534458
>TF Rose Prick too feminine
100% agree

>>15534427
Please

Boss Bottled EDT / Intense EDP / Intense EDT
What's the difference, which should I get? I've been using EDT and I feel like it doesn't stay well throughout the day, so I end up using too much and smelling too strongly in the morning and not at all in the evening – I'm assuming a different version would help with that? Help a /frag/ idiot out, lads.

>>15534427
proof

any recommendations for cold weather masculine florals?

>>15534510
Nicolai Patchouli Intense
Montale Black Aoud
Amouage Gold Man

>>15525939
NEW THREAD
>>15534540
>>15534540
>>15534540

>>15534487
Eh that's complicated. In theory it should work just as you're saying, in practice there are EDTs that last way longer than EDPs or Extraits because they typically don't just increase the concentration but change the fragrance in this or other way. 'Intense' is purely a marketing term. You should really just try to sample them or spray in a shop and see how they work with your skin.

>>15533761
I will

dumping thread with Eau Sauvage posters

>>15534557

>>15534559

>>15534565

>>15534568

>>15534570

>>15534573

>TV clone makes me sneeze like a motherfucker and makes it hard to breathe
>Interlude Man is far more potent, pungent to the point of tickling my nose, but produces no such effects
what the fuck

>>15533747
Ah, you're the one I recommended woodcut, aren't you?

Blackbird is extremely pungent, almost headache-inducing. Some will like it, I did not.

>>15535286
No, I was looking at The Art and Olfaction Awards from past years and that's how I stumbled upon Woodcut. Obviously knew Olympic Orchids for Night Flyer but have never tried any of her frags.