/fa/ - Fashion

>>15633800
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Current new chart WIP:
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>>15633800
The fragrance flowchart for beginners

>>15632799
>Profumum Roma Patchouly
I like dark stuff but it's just too much for me. This brings the darkest, most earthy and complex aspects of patchouli that one typically knows only from its sweet (often complementing rose) facets. Probably the second most gothic Profumum Roma after Arso. 8/10
>Profumum Roma Orangea
Absolutely stunning green, citrusy fragrance. Very poor performance for Profumum Roma though but it's to be expected given that it's made of natural ingredients and citrus are fond of being very short lasting. 8/10
>Profumum Roma Ichnusa
This is the fig winner of today. Imagine the zesty greenness of Xerjoff Nio mixed with figs taken from Diptyque's Philosykos but both with more natural ingredients and better blended. You'll end up with Ichnusa. There's also some herbal-green dustiness to it coming perhaps from hay. I copped a roll-on. 10/10
>Profumum Roma Audace
Nice smooth vetiver, 7/10
>Profumum Roma Antico Caruso
Soft sillage, but I definitely could get wafts after 9h. Quite nice and smooth but not particularly remarkable 6/10
>Profumum Roma Dulcis in Fundo
Performance is ridiculous. Both of my Uber drivers on the night I was testing it had to open windows despite wearing 2 sprays (and every full spray makes me choke on the moment of applications). It's so concentrated it also leaves trails on shirts. Very creamy, feminine drydown, 8/10
>Profumum Roma Acqua e Zucchero
More masculine and interesting than Dulcis in Fundo thanks to forest fruits. Not as creamy drydown as Dulcis in Fundo but as good vanilla-wise. 9/10
>Profumum Roma Dambrosia
It's alright fruity salad. Profumum accurately puts classical pictures of cornucopia on their marketing materials for Dambrosia. Heavy on figs but a bit too baroque-ish. There's too much happening here and I'm actually surprised that it's a Profumum Roma's fragrance. They're typically very minimalist with their means of expressions and you can't count more than 4 ingredients in their note breakdowns. 7/10

>>15633833
>Profumum Roma Arso
Imagine a pine forest that got burned down entirely. That's the smell day after. Austere smokey woody scent. Absolutely amazing stuff. 9/10
>Profumum Roma Acqua di Sale
The most realistic sea smell I've tried (and I tested many aquatics). You don't get here simply the salted water smell. You get it together with seaweed (with some camphor quality that some people don't like) and all of other nuances. The performance, like with most of PRs, is amazing. I get easily 8h+ of projection. 10/10
>Profumum Roma Acqua Viva
I remember testing it in Jovoy, Mayfair, Their official notes breakdown was:
>head: lemon
>heart: lemon
>base: lemon
and they were not wrong because it is basically a lemon soliflore. Imagine taking the most juicy lemon freshly out of a tree during a long summer somewhere at Amalfi coast in Italy and then scratching its skin with your nail. That's how Acqua Viva smells like. However, the more you smell the more slight nuances your nose pick up. There are definitely some woody and green undertones to it. Sadly, just like with Orangea the performance is moderate. 9/10
>Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea
When I got it, I was expecting an animalic monstrous ambegris bomb that will not be wearable based on what people were saying about it but to my nose it's quite different than that. What I get for the first 30minutes is actually ambery leather (ambery as in amber not ambegris). It's really snice and balanced, not reeking at all. I can also get incense, that together with amber gives it a bit of sweet edge, and some smooth labdanum with its more powdery facets. At this stage it reminds me a lot of Tauer Lonestar Memories and I was actually surprised how much its note breakdown is more accurate to what I get than Ambra Aurea's one on fragratica. That being said I think it's way better than Tauer and having certain edge making it stand out unlike Lonestar Memories that in my opinion is quite an unremarkable leather thingy.

>>15633855
>Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea cont'd
After 30 minutes I can start getting some saltiness which is the first omen of Ambra Aurea turning into an ambegris fragrance that I expected it to be. Vanilla-like sweetness comes out soon after and it starts reminding Ambre Lumiere a bit. After the first hour my mind is bouncing back and forth between amber and ambegris and I think that Ambra Aurea is actually a mix of both. Overall it's the best amber fragrance I've tried. 10/10
>Profumum Roma Olibanum
Breathtaking fresh (!) incense. 9/10
>Profumum Roma Fumidus
It goes without saying that Profumum Roma mastered smoky fragrances in all incarnations. Here you get a realistic smoky, peaty single malt whisky. 8/10
>Profumum Roma Sorriso
Profumum Roma's vanilla as known from Dulcis in Fundo meets chocolate and they have a child. Probs the best chocolate fragrance I put my nose on but it leans feminine. 8/10

Overall if I were you anon, I would like to try 5 PRs I would choose the following.
>Acqua di Sale
>Ichnusa
>Arso
>Ambra Aurea
>Acqua e Zucchero
It should give you a good feel for the brand and how they approach fresh, woody, oriental and gourmand scents. Let me know if you have any further questions or some of these are not available to sample so we can work out replacements.

To the other anon who was testing FM Promise: I think I figured it out. My SOTD is Tabacora Parfums's Salim Attar and it occurred to me that it was where Ropion might had took the inspiration from or at least it parallels his Promise heavily. It's special for at least two reasons. It was the first and only attar and rose+oud fragrance that made it to The Art and Olfaction Awards finals (that everyone in the industry follows). It already says something given that the niche market has been literally flooded with rose+oud frags over last 20 years. If you liked the idea of Promise but not execution then I'd suggest you trying Salim. It has amped up rose, no apple sweetness of Promise or animalic vibe you don't like but stays as heavy on cypriol that makes Promise with addition of deep dark oud and earthy patchouli. Beautiful stuff.

I gave my girlfriend Auphorie Miyako to spray in the morning before we left and now am considering giving her the entire decant I have given how great it smells on her.

bright neroli has great value for the price. haven't had a lot of chances to wear it outside the past few weeks but it smells great on my blankie. best sleep i've had this year

>>15633901
Yes, one of the best cheap fragrances out there.

Stinkbugs. The stinkbug molecular theory.

Stinkbugs... an insect you learn quickly to write off as kind of a joke in elementary school, like a dung beetle, only less noticeable. Honestly, they only portray it as such because they don't want you to believe that certain objects are made of tiny, beyond microscopic stinkbugs, and not little universes like the cringe infinity theorum. Basically, it's what gives things their own smell; the arrangement of the little stinkbugs messes with your olfactory sensors in a different manner. This is why certain things smell different when inhaled quickly vs. slowly; it's because you're disrupting the poor little stinkbugs and changing their smell.

Careful what stinkbugs are in your parfum. Don't shake

Kek

Any thots on Olfactive Studio?

>>15633833
>>15633855
>>15633870
Wow, thanks for all the details. I think I'll try most of them. I'm especially interested in Ambra Aurea, Fumidus, and Arso. Arso sounds similar to Incendo by La Curie. I've never smelled it but just ordered their discovery set. I'm pretty excited for it. Incendo, Faunus, and Larrea sound good.

>>15634085
I really want to try this one purely based on the picture on the box but it has somewhat mediocre reviews. I'm gonna check and see if they have a discovery set.

>>15634199
Forgot the picture but nevermind anyways I went and looked at their write-up of it and it mentions "oakmoss accord". That's unforgivable, fuck IFRA, but fuck the company too. For such an expensive perfume they could do the special technique to remove the irritating chemical from it. MDCI did it for Chypre Palatin, supposedly.

>Rasasi La Yuqawam
def in the ballpark of Tuscan Leather, the leather note is almost the same, only the Rasasi is a bit sweeter and more 'watery'. I've yet to compare them side by side, but tuscan leather was drier, with leather note being more prominent. Doesn't smell like a cheap clone and has an ok performance
overall opinion: good

>>15633894
Thanks very much, your knowledge blows mine out of the water but I’m glad people like you still post. Are you the Polish Brit?

It’s kind of a shame with Promise that things things I like, I love, but the things I dislike, I really dislike. But I guess it goes to show how well blended it is that I can pick out those separate elements without it becoming a mess.

>>15633833
>>15633855
>>15633870
thank you for the effortposting

>>15633918
nigger what the fuck are you talking about

What is a decant and how to get it

>>15634250
Just get Nabeel Arab Tradition

>>15634328
It is a bigger sample (typically at least 5 or 10ml) of a fragrance. You can get them on eBay, dedicated websites or facebook fragrance groups. The last option is the cheapest and most of the time most reliable.

>>15634210
I'm eyeballing Chambre Noire, Ombre Indigo and Panorama but Chypre Shot seems snice, too.

>>15634258
Yeah, that's me. I got a bit more over last month after taking a break from /frag/ for the summer.
>>15634269
>>15634194
No worries, happy to help. The house is really worth checking out imo. They consistently pull of great fragrances (albeit a bit linear).

>>15634338
>$16 for a product
>$33 delivery

I've been watching Hand Shakers and whilst it's a very generic anime, the chain guy is /fa/
I've just copped a leather jacket, gonna get some black skinny jeans and a breton top and for his sneakers with chain I might grab some Jeremy Scott x Adidas if any are in my size, otherwise I'll attach a short gold chain to a pair of white AF1s
Any frags to match this ultimate fuccboi vibe?

>>15634362
I thought so, there’s nothing distinctive about my posting to make me memorable except that time I was in Cambridge but I took a break from here too.

I’ve been focusing on learning more about the other fragrances I have and sampling where I can.

>>15633800
Can anyone recommend a scent comparable to a bonfire that's not a city on fire?

Whoops, accidentally posted in last frag
>>15632905
>fizzy
Okay so the best way I can describe this is that I recently got a patchouli citrus (lime) soap that has a really effervescent quality to it. I guess it's the lime here so I should be looking for a citrus based frag then.

Anyway, not really sure if I could be a true patch head. Might be looking for something very mellow

>>15634458
Look at Incendo or Fume.

>>15634407
You probably want to explore Bulgari Black path here if you want something with certain edge to it. >>15633803

>>15633918
Did I just have a stroke?

>>15633803
>Chypre
>no Aventus

>>15634464
I see. Fizzy is overall a quite rare quality among any perfume (ELDO Remarkable People is for undoubtedly an example of one - smells like Fanta) let alone patchouli-forward ones but let me think of something. Patchouli is for the most of the time quite dark, earthy note that doesn't go well with lighter ingredients. Pierre Guillaume Coze 02 is probably the closest to what you are looking for (and quite remarkable on its own). It's a cannabis+patch dominant scent with some refreshing pepper and sweetness. Lalique Hommage a l'homme Voyageur is a patchouli with a strong vetiver note that gives it a tranquil vibe that's rather leaning forward a sterile not fizzy scent but could be worth checking out. When it comes to mellow patch then there's way more possibilities. Psychedelique by Jovoy is perhaps my favorite one. It's a balsamic patchouli+vanilla scent with a comforting vanilla drydown.

>>15634515
Consider going back to r/fragrance.

>>15634468
Thanks anon

>>15634515
oakmoss accord ≠ Chypre

The sheer amount of people that review mentioning shit like "this is such a chypre!" just because there's an oakmoss-esque element or two.

Fart huffing pseuds.

>>15634577
You are fighting the right fight but Aventus is actually a (fruity) chypre anon.

>>15634517
Thanks anon going to look up these reccs. I actually went to Remarkable People on Fragrantica and clicked on the champagne note (I guess it's the closest to "fizz") and noticed Vraie Blonde had both patch + champagne: Aldehydes, Champagne, Rose, White Pepper, Myrrh, Patchouli, Peach. People talk about fizz a lot in the Fragrantica reviews, might be a reason to finally check out ELDO.

I stopped by my local Sephora on the way home to smell some Serge Lutenses available there. Holy shit there's such a massive difference in quality between old and new releases. I tested La Religieuse, L'orpheline, Dent de Lait from the new (post 2015) releases and what the hell are these. The first two smell of laundry musk (L'orpheline has a a slight woody-incense twist but Passage d'Enfer absolutely moggs it) and the Dent de Lait despite promising notes (milk, metallic notes, incense, heliotrope and almond) smells literally like a synthetic fabric softener. Then I tried two early 2000s releases Datura Noir and Vetiver Orientale and Datura is a beautiful gourmand tuberose with floral undertones and the latter a chocolate vetiver that I seriously consider getting a decant of for the upcoming fall. Is La Couche du Diable the only great new SL release reminiscent of huge opulent orientals that this brand used to be fond of?

>>15633855
really like Profumum Roma Arso, but it only comes in 100ml for $265 so haven't pulled the trigger :.(

>>15634711
Get a decant

Rate my monthly blind buy order for october

I really like Tuscan Leather, but I'd feel like an idiot buying it when this exists. However, I've got a sample of it and I swear it's not as good. Anyone with an opinion on this?

How good is Versace The Dreamer actually?
I felt like it is a forced meme, something that is bad but liked for the sake of being different than others.
However this year I realized what kind of notes I actually like for myself. Soft floral notes, tobacco notes, amber and musk. All but one, musk, seem to be in it. And even then lots of people claim they smell musk too.
So should I get 50ml of this forced shit?

>>15634761
Retarded

>>15634764
Clones are never worth it

>>15634768
No, don't get anything because of other people

>>15634774
I was put off trying it especially because of other people. But I realized I might like it based on the notes.

>>15634764
Split the difference and get Ombré Leather.

>>15634761
the guerlain is alright but otherwise you bought 6 bottles of mall tier stuff, you could have gotten a bottle of something good instead

>>15634764
I got a 10ml decant a few days back, it's almost as good as the original. I think that the original is better, but it's also costs three times as much

>>15634768
just sample it bro

>>15634724
decants are pretty annoying to get here in Canada :(

is luckyscent the only way to buy profumum Roma in canada?

I own Maacks Coal. The papery notes - not the ISO - smells like a girl I had a crush on in school. I still catch whiffs of the scent every once in a blue moon. I think it may be washed/cleaned textiles? Linen tends to not smell like it though, and the scent is only ever fleeting. I imagine women have a similar reaction to ambroxan.

>>15625559
tobacco flowers and tobacco smell very different, this can be contributing to your perception!

>>15627685
It's pine wood for sure. You perceive it as bitter? Hm. Woodsy and sweet to me. Sweetness and bitterness are close to antithetical.

>>15627852
Tobacco vanille

>>15634870
>Tobacco vanille
Phaedon Tabac Rouge

>>15634865
I was in their nyc store last year and almost bought it there to bring back. they at least gave me a 1ml sample
buy it and sell me 30ml out of it? lol

>>15634870
>I own Maacks Coal.
Snice

Holy fuck, Sauvage Parfum is such cloying disgusting mess.

>tfw when I won't even consider most fragrances because most have ugly bottles and I'm not willing to keep them ugly shits around.

So few frags have bottles I actually like. It's not wrong for me to skip shit because of the bottle right?

>>15634921
Post the most handsome bottles you have anons.

>>15634921
no, i agree. if it's taking up room in your space it's gotta be decent to look at.

>>15634925

>>15634931

>>15634925
Yeah that one is ugly too. I'm only into minimal bottles. Looks like try hard nouveau riche shit

>>15634936
Not him but I don’t think it’s possible for me to disagree more. The 100ml bottles in that line are perfection.

>>15634936
>t. thinks having a mattress on the floor instead of a bed in a white room with a few plants is 'style'

Does anyone know of a purely bergamot scent that actually lasts? I have the AdP one, but it only lasts for like an hour at most.


>>15634761
Don't blind buy bottles, dude. I love that Prada, but I'm going to to through my 8ml mini before I even think about purchasing a full bottle.

>>15634942
Sorry to bring bad news but bergamot on its own can't last much longer. Think about it this way: this is its beauty that it's so ephemeral.

>>15634761
I think r/fragrance might be more up to your speed. You can post your monthly blind buy hauls there and upvote other redditor's ones.

>>15634941
Not even close. My home is decorated in mcm furniture I just like certain things not to be gaudy and over designed. Seeing bottles with fucking starfish on them or sequence shit is so gross.

>>15634949
Then maybe take a look at this bottle again retard

thoughts on dior homme?

>>15634954
It's got a tacky metal band around it with a plaque that breaks the pattern in a really awkward way.

>>15634768
Try it yourself of buy a bottle. You can find it for like $20, so you won't be out much if you don't like it. I don't know what you're talking about with the musks. Dreamer is just a nice, warm lavender fougere; a bit of a synthetic edge on first spray but that doesn't matter.

>>15634946
Oh, trust me I know unfortunately. I figured there might be a Bno9 or mancera synthetic monstrosity that might work all right and last.

>>15634965
the 2020?

>>15634965
2020 is perfectly pleasant, decent performance and very safe, in both a good and bad way,

Original is more interesting but also less mass appealing. The Iris is what makes it unique among designers, but it’s also what some people dislike.

>>15634517
>>15634652
Me again. I just stumbled upon the new release of Gallagher Behold, Patchouli.
>Behold, Patchouli opens with a bright mélange of orange citruses, like bitter orange, blood orange, sweet orange, clementine, and Tunisian neroli. Then follows sparkling Oman frankincense, a cream soda accord, and rich, root-beer-like benzoin. Patchouli also tends to emit chocolate-like nuances, represented in Behold, Patchouli by a powdery chocolate accord. Sweetness is represented by honeyed amber and tonka bean. Rounding out the base is Australian sandalwood, and a regal, refined Tonkin musk accord. The Patchouli featured in Behold, Patchouli is an 8-year aged Indonesian patchouli which comprises over 10% of the fragrance concentrate.
Haven't tested it but citruses, 'sparkling' incense, cream soda accord and the rest of the description sound like something precisely you might be looking for. I haven't tried it but know other Gallagher frags and they're always high quality.
>>15634942
Now that I started thinking about this house, Gallagher Bergamust is exactly what you are looking for. It lasts a long, long time and smells divine.

>>15634978
Also Le Labo 22 but fuck this shithouse. Get Gallagher.

>>15634761
Ahhhh my 0.7 liter of blind bought fragrances for October.

>>15634978
Ah, thanks for letting me know. I have the Gallagher sample set but not with me right now, so I'll give it another sniff. I also was really impressed by his stuff. Rose all Dae is legitimately incredible. I like Fineaplle and Eau Fraiche too, but I don't know if I can justify his prices. The goofy BLM email he sent a few months ago pissed me off a bit, but I'm not enough of a /pol/fag to get upset enough not to buy his stuff.

Does the le labo last though? I have no interest in buying from that hipster bullshit house, but I'll keep the option in mind.

>>15634976
I'll corroborate this. You've definitely smelled the 2020 before; it's very familiar and safe. The drydown is surprisingly nice, but there's no real reason to get it when there are many much more affordable, readily available, and actually somewhat interesting designer flagship homme scents.

>>15634085
I've tried Chypre Shot, it's pretty good but nothing to write home about

Which Tom Ford do I pick? I'm thinking of Black Orchid or Grey Vetiver. 26 y/o living in Sweden.

>>15635115
The one that you like more.

>>15635123
Can I wear BO daily? Grey Vetiver works as a signature office scent but idk about Black Orchid.

>>15635115
What kind of choice is that? They're totally different scents, so why are you simping over the name on the bottle? Do you have a gift certificate or something? Stop being a consoomer and just buy what you like after considering your options.

>>15634761
Why bother? Why not buy 1 or 2 really nice frags for the same money? You’re not gonna end up wearing all of those, there’ll be one or two you like and the rest will gather dust.

>>15635020
>The goofy BLM email he sent a few months ago pissed me off a bit, but I'm not enough of a /pol/fag to get upset enough not to buy his stuff.
Lol as soon as I got that email I decided I wasn't going to buy any more of his perfumes, at least directly from him. Good thing I bought Rose All Dae first. BTW to anyone thinking of sampling Behold Patchouli, don't. It's gross.

Just found out LT's blog.
>Duchaufour’s Chypre Palatin ilustrates what happens when you do a proper job with a woody chypre, without over-egging the pudding as in Roja Dove’s Diaghilev. A fresh, handsome, complex start, a rich, warm middle and a lovely oakmoss drydown, all present and correct.
>I am not overly fond of sentimental white florals, the romance novels of perfumery, but I am bowled over by Cécile Zarokian’s Nuit Andalouse, a superb, soft, powdery gardenia that takes its place next to Harry Frémont’s Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia as one of the best in the genre.
>Fêtes Persanes, another Zarokian creation, is a lovely spicy-woody structure very much in the manner of Déclaration, but less overtly masculine, and with a soft, expensive-smelling drydown.
https://perfumesilove.com/2016/05/11/mdci/

Is there anyone selling niche deviants in Canada? shipping/exchange from USA often makes it not as good

>>15635275
Look up your local fragrance facebook groups

Is it common for sample atomizers to smell weaker different than their bottles? I got sent some of these travel size atomizers and the big bottle smells as it should while the small 3ml samples smell like oil and barely any fragrance. Like wtf.

>>15635284
No they should be the same. However keep in mind that 1 spray from a sample is way, way less of juice than 1 spray from a bottle.

>>15635115
have you even smelled them? black orchid is an absolute nuke for daily wear

>>15635115
Jag har en flarra GV I am allergic to and will never use up if you want to cop. Drop some contacts or something.

>>15635298
EDP eller EDT? copernicusthoughts@gmail.com

I know that Tuscan Leather is a very strong perfume, but does anyone else have sort of a hard time smelling it? I like it a lot when I'm wearing it, when it's kinda just lightly wafting up to your nose, but I feel like since it's so synthetic it makes you go anosmic/noseblind to it really quick if you're digging your nose into your wrist/arm. I'll add that I'm not at all sensitive to smells but I think it actually gives me a headache if I smell it too close.

Oh also earlier in a Saks department store I tried Noir Extreme and liked it, but when I checked YouTube reviews from when it came out they all complained about how weak it was. I don't think it's weak at all, did they possibly increase its strength?

>>15635439

AND WHILE I WAIT
I PUT ON MY PERFUME, YEAH I WANT IT ALL OVER YOU
I'M GONNA MARK MY TERRRRIITOOORY
I'LL NEVER TELL, TELL ON MYSELF BUT I HOPE SHE SMELLS MY PERFUME

>>15633800
checked
can someone recommend something similar to Dior Homme Sport? just fresh and clean. it's such a pleb frag but smells snice and lasts hours.
I normally wear Lonestar Memories and Naxos but I want something to wear at night after a shower.

Anyone who says Roja perfumes aren't worth the money hasn't smelled this.

I was gifted a bottle of acqua di gio profumo today and holy shit you autistic cunts weren't lying, this abhorrent creation stank up an entire room with only 2 sprays and gave me crippling headache to the point where i couldn't socialize, it's the first time i hated a fragrance so much i had to scrub it off.

>>15635613
Absolutely one of the best orientals ever created. I do think some of his frags aren’t worth it, like his super expensive chypres, Haute Luxe, Diaghilev, and Chypre Extraordinaire, I think Chypre Palatin is better than all of them and a fraction of the cost. I do think some of his main line frags are nothing special (like Vetiver), but a lot of his more eclectic creations are absolutely spectacular.

I think a lot of people are just contrarians or poorfags who immediately balk at anything in Roja’s price range, or perhaps some people just got samples of his core line, which again, aside from Enigma I find largely unremarkable, but to say his frags are all shit is just objectively incorrect.

>>15635687
Go watch his Q&A vids and take a drink every time you you hear an exotic name.

>>15635711
No thanks, I like my liver.

>>15633800
any good? people here saying it lasts longer and smells better? I have a giftcard to the store? Any ratings. Im a fragnoob and just want some fresh easy shit

>>15634761

which dior homme would suit an early 20 years old men?

>>15635949
none of them, department store frags suck
>>15635768
no, its old
>>15634761
lol

why does nobody talk about the cdg x monocle scents? pleb shit? I really like what I've tried so far, particularly Hinoki

>>15635641
ahh yes, blame the fragrance for your inability to socialize like a normal human being

>>15636013
cdg fragrances are a joke. might as well just spray water on yourself

>>15636068
ahh a man of culture, only beast mode scents are allowed

>>15635641
Profumo is so radically different (and so much worse?) compared to the main ADG???

>>15636068
It does fade way too quickly... What would you recommend in its place?

>>15636120
re-spray

>>15636068
or rien

>>15636013
gone in 15 minutes
id wear sugi if it lasted, it smells just like a bottle of tanqueray

>>15634925

What's a nice good 'everyday' perfume?
I want it to be quite unique and be that guy who wears really nice smelling perfume that leaves an impression.

>>15636336
Anything Prada. Rec. Luna Rossa Sport for something nice and sweet.

>>15635687
These are my thoughts too

>>15636336
You sound gaudy and corny as hell, so Tom Ford will be perfect for you.

>>15635687
Yeah, I should have put more effort into my post, I agree with what you're saying. I haven't tried many Rojas and I doubt that most of them are worth the money, but Enigma Parfum is. If you were a super fancy rich woman then I think Diaghilev would be as well. I'm kinda good with just eventually purchasing Enigma and not trying any more Rojas, I don't need to find a couple more that I have to have.

>>15634764
The raspberry is brighter in the clone and the cigarette scent more 'ashy' also. I have both and prefer the original but this is a good clone.

>>15636545
unironically, tuscan leather has been great for me on the daily. it's a bit insane, but at the same time, it performs well enough that I can spray modestly and enjoy it all day.

I was going to get an Amouage tester kit and a few samples of Diptyque but now my car won't start up due to an immobiliser fault.
Why does god hate me buying nice things?

>>15636614
anon, god sent me to you today to tell you to buy samples of clones from places like perfume-parlour or alexandria
amouage clones are good on their own but not perfect copies

>>15635298
>>15635338

Still here?

>>15636658
Shit, yes, I am, my bad. EDP. Sending you an email.

>>15634925

Spicebomb Extreme just came in the mail, still very new to this but to me it smells wonderful. Tried some other stuff in the store like Nightvision and Fahrenheit but didn't really like them, but I would be interested in seeing how the latter develops. Any other fall/winter stuff to look for as a beginner?
Also how many sprays?

>>15636718
if you're wearing designer, at least 5 sprays
as a beginner, you won't really appreciate challenging fragrances, so if I were you, I'd stick to 1-2 fragrances for a few months

>>15634978
Thanks again anon, going to compile all your reccs. It's kind of fun to take something oddly specific and see if it exists out there. Funny that the Gallagher was just released and has a cream soda accord. I've been wanting to try Gallagher so maybe I'll try to sample this one, although an initial look at the reviews shows the chocolate is dominant and I'm not really sure whether I'm into the choco
>>15635260
>BTW to anyone thinking of sampling Behold Patchouli, don't. It's gross.
Hold my Sauvage anon, I'm going in :^)
>>15635275
All of my Canada based sellers have been via eBay, there are a lot of them there. Other than that I caught a Basenotes Canadian seller doing partial bottles. I don't have a real Facebook, so ditto the other anon to check that too
>>15636013
Frag loved this for years, often recommended to anyone asking for woodsy scents. It just got tired

SOTD: Au Coeur du Désert. Damn it's on par with PR Ambra Aurea. Will have hard time deciding which one I should get a full bottle of once I finish my decant.

Any of you tried FM En Passant? It sounds like it’s very light and ephemeral but I’m intrigued. I’m hoping to sample it soon but I’m wondering what others think.

Thinking of ordering Oud Assam, Amber ash-Sheikh, Islamabad, Musk Bushi Sensei from Abdul Karim Al Faransi. Any opinions on these?

>>15637133
My favourite scent because it reminds me of my sick mothers lilac garden.. I usually wear stronger stuff but love this so much. It smells like lilac after heavy rain and as you mention its quite subtle

>>15637151
Oud Assam is glorious. Rich, resinous spicy woods. Really enjoy it, had to get a lil bottle.

Other ones I don't know so cop them and let me know inshallah

SOTD: Polo Green. Nice but a touch dated with the tobacco and leather.
Any recs for a modern, heavy hitting pine frag?
Kinda drunk so I'll likely cop samples of recs

>>15637111
Nice
>>15637215
Ecstasy by TT is on my pine sample list

>>15637205
Apparently Oud Assam is similar to Jubilation. Is this true?

>>15637172
Thanks, it’s always nice to have those associations.

I’m the same in that I favour stronger, bolder scents, but it can’t be that all the time which is why I’m curious about it. I also realised I don’t think I have any scents by female perfumers which seems strange considering I own about thirty.

>>15634942
Xerjoff Renaissance - Longest lasting bergamot Ive tried

>>15637284
Except bergamot is only an undertone in XJ Renaissance. Mint and tangerines are dominating this scent.

>>15636616
Fuck off, cloneshill. No one with any dignity would ever buy a knockoff.

>>15635613
Ordered a sample a few days ago. I read on fragrantica that it smells like something an older guy would wear. Could a 20 something pull this off?

>>15637295
I get tons of Lily of the valley also
>>15637301
I would love to try fetish, along with about 5 others

>>15637298
Calm down there, Jeremy Fragrance.

Lads, if I were to sample precisely one Francesca Bianchi scent what would you suggest?

It doesn’t strictly need to be the most wearable as I’ll only get 1ml but one you think epitomises her work.

SOTD: YSL Y EDP

>>15637361
Jeremy is a faggot, daily reminder

>>15637390
IT HAS A SAGE NOTE, HOW CREATIVE IS THAT? THE NOTE OF SAGE, GUYS.

>>15637390
You'd better be a cute little twink

I just found the best leather fragrance i've ever smelled but i don't want it to be hyped by cringy redditfags so i'm not telling anyone.

any good finds right now on amazon prime day? I havent seen anything too promising, not surprisingly I guess

>>15637510
>buying fragrances on amazon

zez

>>15637510
Beware lots of fakes

Bought Dior Fahrenheit off ebay, it it fake?

>>15637542
Hey, at least you’re not buying it off perfumeonline like that absolute mong, GORsWIPE.

>>15637547
You are the mong lmao
https://www.reddit.com/r/fragrance/comments/iv89iu/creed_aventus_a4219s41_legit_or_fake/

>>15637547
You're a retard lol stop embarrassing yourself. http://PerfumeOnline.ca is legit.

>>15635166
Seems like you’re already wearing BO

>>15637547

You're a retard lol stop embarrassing yourself. http://PerfumeOnline.ca is legit. Prove me wrong. https://www.reddit.com/r/fragrance/comments/iv89iu/creed_aventus_a4219s41_legit_or_fake/

>>15635554
> similar to DHS
Which one since there are three of them?
> fresh and clean to wear at night
Are you working night shifts or just retarded?

>>15637542
eBay is legit but make sure buyer has tons of posting reviews. If they have even one negative review then bail

>>15637374
You just made it up, imbecile, there’s no such brand.

>>15637589
Yikes

>>15637559
Go away, GORsWIPE. Your Aventus is fake.

>>15637589

???? What??

>>15637586
> ebay reviews
Please tell me you’re joking. Every Russian seller has hundreds of positive reviews and each of them is selling PoAL in the first iteration.

>>15637592
>>15637604
Reddit just called, it wants you guys back

>>15637603
Your mom is fake

>>15637414
I’m not, sorry.

>>15636064
stop projecting your own insecurities on others you meaningless hubris of an existence

>>15636109
it's very different from the original, however i may just be allergic to one of the ingredients hence the horrible headache, if you're interested just test it and formulate your own opinion, many people like it so you could be one of them

>>15635439
Yes, exactly this. It’s also definitely not a projection or sillage monster on me, albeit it has excellent longevity.

>>15635613
Is the parfum cologne worth sampling?

>>15637634
You are literally too stupid to insult.

>>15637634
I mean, I exist, so that seems axiomatically untrue to me.

>>15637400
I like it and that’s all that matters. It also has bergamot.

Um yeah I’m thinkin coconut fizz

>>15638001
learn how to cut/care for your nails jfc

when someone asks what you're wearing and you're wearing a clone, do you tell them the clone name or the frag it's trying to clone?

>>15638095
That's one reason why you shouldn't wear clones

>>15638095
If you’re ashamed to tell people what you’re wearing, you shouldn’t be wearing it.

>>15638001
these seem like a highly enjoyable luxury. Light fun scents that dont last too very long, but you have so many to choose from. Probably not the most cerebral, but thats not really the point.

>>15638095
literally no one is ever going to ever ask you what you're wearing stop larping

>>15638137
this is the kind of brainlet faggot that keeps tommy freljord in business

>>15638173
you never interact with other people? that's really sad man my condolences

>>15638173
???

>>15638173
It happens all the time, m8. Maybe you’re just ugly or wear mainstream bullshit that people smell everywhere?

>>15638226
Hey.......I don’t wear mainstream bullshit

>>15637712
No IMO it's not nearly as good as the Parfum. It's very different.

>>15637676
t. seen the word "projecting" used once

Is Versace Eros EDP worth it?

>>15638321
No

Snicebomb really is worth it. Olivier Polge really elevated it above other designers.

>>15638350
Thanks

>>15637111
Damn it's been 14h+ since I applied ACDD and can still get whiffs of it. It's a monster of longevity on par of Interlude but not as loud as it.

>>15638358
Spicebomb is great. I used to have it but then I got Spicebomb Extreme and that’s even better IMO.

>>15637509
Yes, it's Cuir Ottoman.

This thing is apparently similar to Chypre Palatin. Someone has tried it?

>>15638384
nope

>>15638074
what's wrong with his nails?

im running outa rooom

>>15638457
>zoologist
how the fuck do people keep falling for this shit?

>>15638294
I mean, you’re not gonna call out the egregiously wrong usage of “hubris”?

>>15638521
Oh wow! Zoologist has finally become popular enough for there to be contrarian hipster faggots who’ve never smelled them shitting on them. Man, these dudes are wild!

>>15638533
cope harder you hypebeast monkey
those bottles are worth even less than you

>>15638556
Both those zoologists are good fragrances. Along with dodo ,moth ,dragonfly and nightingale ,panda and bee.

>>15638457
>he fell for the laphroaig meme

>>15638457
muslim-core with all that arabic design

>>15638556
You seem like a completely miserable faggot. I pity your joyless existence.

>>15638789
cope is real

>>15638521
Legitimately a good house. Get out.

>>15638533
>>15638828
imagine coping this hard for a virtually unwearable kitsch house

>>15638837
Fuck off, retard.

>>15638851
nice answer buddy. nice full bottle too

>>15638521
rhinoceros is a good fragrance, nobody falls for it, it's not even given any attention. and they are reformulating it and probably gonna dumb it down it like they did with the bat one. very good bottle to own actually.

>>15638457
neat

>>15638457
>zootopia

>>15638294
You talk too much, at least i won't be the one who will be jerking off to cock hero porn while sniffing his arm at night. Have fun collecting bottles of scented liquid to make up for your non existent personality and chronic lack of human affection lmao, you better amaze me with you next witty point and sputter response kiddo, you got this

>>15639027
post your collection

>>15637542

I don't buy eau de toilette's anymore unless a specific version doesn't make an EDP

>>15633800
Thoughts on Boss Bottled? I've been using it for like 12 years cus it's what my late father was using and I liked the more "mature" smell it had compared to the trash I was using when I was in middle school. However I'm not sure if it's that great of a smell to others and if there aren't superior versions with a similar kind of frgrance.
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Hugo-Boss/Boss-Bottled-383.html

Also, how much parfume do you guys apply? I always do two spitzers on each side of the neck and one on my left wrist. I then rub my wrists together for a sec and then rub each wrist on their respective side of the neck where I sprayed the parfume. Is this too much? Are there better techniques for applying parfume?

Thoughts on Boss Bottled? I've been using it for like 12 years cus it's what my late father was using and I liked the more "mature" smell it had compared to the trash I was using when I was in middle school. However I'm not sure if it's that great of a smell to others and if there aren't superior versions with a similar kind of frgrance.
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Hugo-Boss/Boss-Bottled-383.html

Also, how much parfume do you guys apply? I always do two spitzers on each side of the neck and one on my left wrist. I then rub my wrists together for a sec and then rub each wrist on their respective side of the neck where I sprayed the parfume. Is this too much? Are there better techniques for applying parfume?

>>15639112
Do not apply to your decollete areas, as the sun can discolor the skin.

>>15638457
One here is not like others. Otherwise very snice (but just get Musc Ravegeur not copies ffs). What are these attars?

>all these newfags talking shit about Zootopian
Victor is obviously a faggot but the house wasn’t nominated and won the most of awards of Arts and Olfaction in history for no reason. Get real philistines.

>>15639179
He's reformulating half the line up, so maybe he can double up on the awards now

>>15639201
mfw my zootopia frags are already vintage

>>15639215
Even funnier when people talk about "vintage Creed"

>>15639078
LOL, drinking the marketing kool-aid

>>15634761
Careful with the Bentley, that one is an absolute monster. I bought it because I initially thought it was nice, but its far too potent for my liking. Any more than one spray and even people 5 metres away will feel nauseous

>>15639311
They're not even the same scent most of the time

>>15639201
Maybe he can indeed as for example Prin Lomros is responsible for some of them

>>15639161
L 'Erbolario is far from being a clone house like dua or alexandria and I wouldn't consider Meharees to be a clone either because it's missing the animalistic musk from Musc Ravegeur and it leans a bit more feminine but still very unisex . It's a very good higher end niche smelling custard, vanilla, cinnamon gourmand fragrance for just 45 bucks I can't really complain.

>>15639343
>automatically buying EdP believing it is better than EdT
>denies feeling like a brain-dead consoomer

>>15638392
Just buy Opium if you want a cheap CP clone?-wafts
>>15639428
Ooohh those on the right is like to try. Pricing seems excessive unless they're beyond nuclear. Umm stupid question, but what happens when you add alcohol to attars? It's only traditional because of religion, correct?
>>15639418
Yes. I think that is exciting for the brand.
For once.
>>15639429
Consumer vs. collector, all the same to me.

>>15639233
checked
creed doesn't even need to reformulate with the enormous variations within the same batch
literally buy a new flanker, wow new scent

>>15634935
Is he holding his dick or what?

So my partner is going trans (please don't bully, I get it I should go dialate and die) but they want to smell fruity, sweet, kinda like cotton candy. Anything berry/sweet that's got medium sillage and projection? Nothing too overpowering. Thanks!

>>15639481
MFK baccarat rouge is sweet and smells exactly like cotton candy.

>>15639483
Spot on! Thanks!

>>15639481
Lol you're going to have to fuck a woman now, good luck with that.

>>15639504
Meh still think they're male, the extra dressing doesn't change the fact they are a man in my mind.

>>15639481
go on like lucky scent and get a gourmand sampler
its all foodie scents, then get more samples of the ones you like

>>15639445
>but what happens when you add alcohol to attars?

nothing i guess, just becomes more diluted and it would be classified as an extrait . I Wouldn't do it tho because I like wearing straight oud oils, essential oils and attars applied right on my cheeks ,neck and beard.

>>15639512
Thanks thats a great idea!

>>15639428
Why do you have 2 Cuir de Russie and could you give short breakdowns of these Ensars?

>>15639428
Any recommendations for Ensar?

>>15639523
Who is this Semen Demon?

>>15639511
do you tell him/her that?

>>15639530
Cause it takes months to get stuff from Anna Zworykina due to Russian customs and postal service being abysmal and I wear a lot of it during the fall/winter so I got a backup bottle.

Sultan Leather Attar: Rose with heavy petroleum and dark leather smell created by mixing different types of stinky ouds . ( I think it has been changed because it was a lot stronger before but this new one is still a really good leather fragrances)

Oud Yaqoub: Fruity , floral and creamy oud oil not my favorite desu I think it would be great for girls.

Musc Royale: Deer musc aged in mysore sandalwood and that's exactly what it smells like. animalistic musc steeped in a creamy woody beautiful sandalwood. I love putting a line of this and a line of oud extraordinaire together and just smelling my hand for hours on end.

Aroha d'afrique/ khus d'afrique: pure vetiver oils that are both grassy sharp and woody and both have a bit of a sweet halva pastry smell to them on the exhale.

Jasmine: smells like you stepped into a greenhouse that grew nothing but Jasmine . You get the greenness from taking a huge sniff of a blooming jasmine flower at the same time there is a creaminess and a funkiness to it.

Oud Extrodinare: My favorite oud oil hands down. smells like extremely dark resin mixed with honey and incense I wish I bought backup bottles of this cause its all sold out now so I use it sparingly.

>>15639584
Many thanks anon. That's a really nice collection. Have you gotten these off someone's recommendations or just bought the sample set first and picked your favorites yourself?

>>15639613
Thanks man.
Ya I used to buy sandalwood and oud wood chips for incense burning purposes and he would send me samples of his oils which got me into them.

>>15639567
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNgxyL5zEAk

>>15639640
Kek

>>15634764
I'd say it gets 95% of the way there, it's just a value judgement on your end. I'd never buy TL over this but I'm also jewy as fuck.

what does everyone think of Le Male Parfum?

>>15639807
i dont think about it at all

>>15638421
thanks for defending my nails bro.

>>15639807
Never tried it

What's /fa/ opinion on Gents Scents?

>>15634664
I've got a decant of La couche du Diable recently, and I don't know what to think of it. It kinda smells like my basement and then like a church incense

>>15639807
>Le Male Parfum
even sweeter than the original, so way too sweet

Why is it so good bros

>>15640160
Because it's Paco Rabanne.

Post fragrances that would be 10/10 if they were just slightly different.

For me it's pic related, it's different enough to stand out but it has a twink-ish quality about it, if it had a darker note like tobacco/booze or some dark woods it would have been perfect. Would love to smell it on a woman tho

>>15639968
One of the only good reviewers and I'm looking forward to trying his new perfume line.

>>15640201
I wonder how much he's gonna charge for it. If it's Creed prices, he can go fuck himself.

is cdg2 too feminine

>>15640206
I try to steer clear of unisex fragrances.

>>15640216
may I ask why that's ur preference, just curious.

>>15640219
I like more masculine fragrances. None of my colognes are unisex at all.

>>15639032
THIS is how you go about patrolling someone, not schoolyard peepeepoopoo tier insults.

> allure homme
> allure homme edition blanche
> armani code profumo
> aramis tobacco reserve
> fico di amalfi
> rive gauche
> adg profumo (unfortunately)
> dior homme intense
> luna rossa black
> oud wood
> green irish tweed
> eau sauvage parfum (one of my all time favorites)
> by the fireplace
> bee
> t-rex

I also have a bottle of invictus that i use as toilet spray. What are yours friend?

>>15640228
Why unfortunately for ADG Profumo?

>>15640231
it was given to me as a gift, there's something about it that gives me a severe literal headache, i might just be allergic to something in it who knows

>>15639968
He’s good. Most people that have fragrance channels suffer with a complete lack of understanding of what “brevity” is. He’s flirting with being too repetitive but just about gets the length of his videos right. The bloke with the hat repeats himself way too much and I find him unwatchable because of it. I know they pad the videos for ad money but no thank you, I’m not watching all that.

It’s funny how a Jeremy has some of the shortest videos but is equally repetitive.

>>15638457
>Meharees

Is it actually worth buying?

>>15640245
Ash seems like a fucking snob though.

Should I buy Amouage Reflection Man for 195€ for 100ml?

>>15640289
Yes

>>15640206
No, it's neither feminine nor masculine. Actually this one is not a human fragrance at all.

>>15640015
For me is really snice and similar to the philosophy SL used to have. I wouldnt buy a bottle because it's too heavy on spices for my personal likings but an excellent fragrance otherwise.

>>15640228
Quite snice collection overall.

>>15640246
No, it is and always will remain a lesser, more feminine Musc Ravageur.

>>15640246
Musc is a night out ending in sex with a stranger.
Merahees is afternoon tea at your nan's place.

>>15639445
Hiram Green is not exactly cheap

>>15640289
It's a great fragrance but the price is so-so. Wait for black friday and get it 30% cheaper.

>>15640358
Yeah I'll wait a bit more. I think it's also better for spring/early summer and I wouldn't even wear it now in the colder weather.

>>15638457
I really like everything here but Layton (lol, I hope it's a good deal because you should know better given how sophisticated and complex stuff you have there), Grand Soir (which is sickeningly sweet - wondering what's the reason for it here if you got Ambra Aurea that is 100x better balanced and natural smelling) and Tom Fords (but I can clearly understand someone finding some allure in the synthetic smell of sauna in Oud Wood). Tell me what bottle of Jovoy you got there? If it's Les Jeux Sont Faits then our taste for F/W fragrances is so similar that I will start thinking that you're my lost brother.

For some reason I really want to try out a very herbal frag, not particularly fougeres but that line I'm happy to try out.
Would bleue issey be a nice foray for a snice cheapie?

>>15640373
Also given how close your taste is mine tell me your top 5 out of these and how is Nanban. I've been eye-balling this one for quite some time.

Any thots on Gallagher Rosé All Daé?

>>15638001
Jesus Christ dude, have you collected the entire Aqua Allegoria line already?

>>15640386
His only scents that are worthwhile are Amongst Waves and Bergamust, and evening those are questionable since he raised his prices.

>>15640160
>>15640193
I found an old bottle of one million from 2009 in my house and it smells HEAVENLY. Has the reformulation killed it? I don't see anyone talk about it anymore. Should I buy a new bottle? This one is has like 5ml left in it.

>>15640348
Sounds good too honestly.

>>15640464
I smelled the original 1 Million at Macy's a few weeks ago and was not impressed, it smells too soft and weak. The Prive though is something else entirely. What a scent

>>15640464
If I wanna dress like a Deano in a rugby shirt, Stan Smiths, black skinnies and jacket, do I cop Sauvage EDP or 1 Million?

>>15640464
>1 Million
>discussed unironically in 2020
Get out of my thread

>>15640473
It's basically the exact same thing as musc ravegeur but without the musc and misc ravegeur has been reformulated and it has been toned down so you're better off just buying meharees for a fraction

>>15640415
Have you tried all of his scents? Rose All Dae was the only one that made it to finals of A+O award, so I wouldn't call it not worthwhile (but it's obviously subjective - I know plenty of scents that were there or even won in their respective categories but I didn't like them).

I hate that the ethnic minorities overused 1 Million to death. It's literally impossible to wear it nowadays.

>>15640261
How so? Like I said, I rarely watch him.

NEW THREAD
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>>15640551

>>15640373
>Les Jeux Sont Faits

damn that is my favorite Javoy but that bottle is psychedelique . ambre premier is also a really javoy. Private label is okay and i didn't really like incident diplomatic. Nanban is crack you definitely gotta get it if we have similar tastes.

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