/fa/ - Fashion

>>15720798
The new Fragrance Groups 101 chart

>>15720798
The fragrance flowchart for beginners

JEREMYPOSTING

>>15720794
Are you rarted, he's still alive

>>15720809
Berries and cream?

>>15720809
How does he look both so skinny and fit at the same time? Is he massively dehydrated?

Another day of testing Amber Teutonic. I noticed that the there is some coconuty nuance in the opening. It's really snice overall but a bit too unisex (I'd say feminine-leaning) and I will stay with Ambra Aurea, LDDM/ACCD and Chypre Palatin as my amber/balsamic fragrances of choice.

the lack of reactions to this is making me really excited to try it

Thoughts?

>>15720864
I got a sample of it. Smells like extremely generic aftershave

>>15720873
Meh, another boring blue fragrance

>>15720873
Good versatile crowd pleaser. Can be worn by anyone in all situations. Pretty fresh and a bit cheeky as well, so not as suit and tie formal as BdC.
I mean it's nothing special, you just smell good without looking like you're trying to hard. That's it.

Or in overly verbose review words: I imagine a laid back guy during a summer night, who is at a beach bar with his pals and half heartedly flirts with the waitress when she comes to the table, but just wants to have a good time.

If it was over ~110 bucks? Hard pass.
For that price? A great buy.

>>15720798
THE MEME THE MYTH THE LEGEND

I guess I'll ask in here since it's the OP, is it worth getting a 5mL decant of a L'Extreme for $10? Up here in Canada you can get a 100mL non-tester for $40 so it feels stupid wasting money on 5mL but I'm iffy on incense lately and don't want to blind buy

>>15720873
despite being npc-tier, i actually quite like it. it's one of the better "showergel" fragrances. i wouldnt be caught dead wearing it though
>>15720974
just ask for a freebie of it when you order samples from sellers, most people have a bottle of it from my experience

>>15720974
>a 5mL decant of a L'Extreme for $10
Lol, no. You can get a bottle for not much more. Either negotiate the price down or wait for the airports to open. Laliques are very prevalent in the Duty Free zones.

Today is a good day.

>>15720809
he's a total lunatic

>Got Rochas Moustache because everyone seems to love it.
>It just smells like a generic perfume for old women.

Amazing how easy a rose note can destroy a frag.

>>15721079
Orange and vanilla kills it for me
8 sprays of tuxedo unironically today

>>15721115
Haven't tried Tuxedo yet either. Getting something comfy for winter is too hard. There are comfy scents but they always seem too strong on the sweetness.

ladies
i came for

>>15720798
Can someone who's tried both tell me the difference between Clinique Happy and Clinique Happy For Men?

>>15720809
who dat

>>15721166

>>15721121
This is true, everytime I get a nice projecting winter scent or even a decant I end up hating it.
Might just get Beau de Jour and wear that all winter long

>>15720873
wearing it right now lmao

>>15721166
I smelled them both back in the day. It's been too long to comment, but I liked them then.

>>15721179
I ordered Happy For Men, but most of the Fragrantica reviews lead me to believe it's just Happy with a weaker sillage. Good to hear you liked them, were they mostly citrusy or did other notes come through a lot? Would you describe it as masculine?

>Hello sexy boys/girls!
>Jeremy Fragrance here
>Top 10 Most Sexy Compliment Getters Panty Droppers
>It's a BEAST
>I love God, I love Jesus
>I can't lie, you know I can't lie
>Of course I can put my own fragrance at the number one spot, the best fragrance on the market, for me at least, on every video - but I won't
>My fragrance is made with the best ingredients, no budget limitations, by master perfumer Alberto Morillas.
>SO SEXY
>There was this one woman, she tried to sue me for rape because I didn't love her
>BAYBIIIII
>I love you guys
>You made everything possible, and God of course, now I can say that Dior Sauvage is Shit - it isn't by the way, but I can if I wanted to
>Peace
Bros, is there a more comfy feeling than waking up and watching Jeremy's 4 uploads of the day?

>>15721079
The EDT is unironically better than current Eau Sauvage

>>15721185
I just remember light fresh oranges at a time everything smelled thick and heavy. Sorry I can't help more.

>>15721203
The EDT being the "Original"?

>>15721206
No worries, thanks for the insights.

>>15721218
Yup, probably isn't Roudnitska's original formula but it's still damn good.

>>15721192
>Alberto Morillas
The way he pronounces his name gets me every single time

I'm getting olfactory hallucinations again, I can smell a faint Le Male scent and I haven't worn it in like 3 months.
I also remember smelling Cool Water down the shop a few weeks ago. For the record i'm schizo so maybe that has something to do with it.

I'm looking for recommendations for a piney/foresty frag. So far I've tried Zagorsk (which I love) and I'm gonna try Fou d'Absinthe later today. I own a bottle of Pino Silvestre, but I would prefer something with less oregano/ball sweat. I wish the bottle wasn't so tacky.

>>15720864
I really like it. In the drydown theres a woody note that smells like old book pages

>>15720981
Oh good idea, maybe I'll order something else from them that's more substantial and ask them for a tiny 1mL of it
>>15720984
>wait for the airports to open
I don't think I'll be in a airport anytime soon but man, before coronachan I used to come here and yell at the shut-ins to go out and smell things and stop fantasizing about them on 4chan. I miss exploring downtown with my SO and going on a smell journey and pissing off SA's by not buying anything. How the times have changed

>>15721238
I have a bottle of Le Male that's like ten years old and I sprayed it on my wrist today to see if it's still any good - it's dried down and smells really funky but I can't tell if that's just what it always smelled like or if it's gone bad. It seems like it's lost something

>>15721290
I only just came back to this general a few threads ago after not visiting since like January or February and I feel like maybe corona has changed the discussions here. I notice people seem to be talking much more about niche frags than before and I wonder if it's because people can't just go into the city and smell cheap/designer frags at the store.

Sometimes I wonder why I am getting all these samples which nearly always somehow smell offputting to me while I would be perfectly fine if I would only have Cool Water to wear, even tho I am young.

Why shouldn't I just sell the samples and get a big bottle of Cool Water and stop this addiction?

>>15721043
damn, based

>>15721251
https://bloomperfume.co.uk/products/silvestre
Notice that it is a Eau de Cologne though.

>>15720809
how to achieve this body?

>>15721350
You can if you want if that is going to make you happy.

New House Of Sillage. Price? $400.

>>15721350
Are you asking us or are you asking yourself?

I went through a phase of buying a ton of samples and even blind bought a few designer frags (bad idea don't do it) a while back, and I kinda did it just because I like smelling stuff. I think it's interesting. What did I gain from it though? Not much, I eventually found a scent that I have settled on as my go-to (coincidentally the most expensive one I've ever bought) but sometimes I still feel like buying more frags cause I like the exploration and discovery of it.

I'm rambling but really what I want to say is don't waste your money, if you don't have any real reason to buy samples and you like Cool Water then yeah just stick with that one and spend your money on a more worthwhile pursuit than smelly water

>>15720809
To put context into this, it's from his instagram where he was filming how he would eat a kilogram of skyr yoghurt.

>>15721389
Pretty much this. I am constantly looking for a signature scent but also love trying new stuff on the way so it's not wasted money for me.

>weaken the fragrance each formulation
>perpetuate deliberately the batch-wankery this way
>prices of """OLD'""" formulations skyrocket
>release a new flanker that is supposed to be strong again
Voila: Amouage interlude 53. And I'm 100% positive that shitload of people will buy it a lot. Lmao what fucking tools fragheads can be. That being said I tried both the non-magnetic cap Interlude from Oman and the new UK version and the differences are negligible.

>>15721371
It’s always funny to me how I underspray samples compared to the full bottle atomiser. The cloud on this was huge and I’d guess you probably need six sprays of the sample, if not more, to replicate this.

>>15721405
Shit, I got a full day performance out of 4 sample sprays myself. I reckon hence one spray is more than enough for this fragrance.

>>15721043
What an ugly box

>>15721413
Wait to see the MDCI boxes lol.

Thoughts?

>>15721413
I don’t associate it with “Blue” at all, it’s a strange choice, but fortunately I don’t have to look at it.

>>15721251
> piney
Bottega Veneta PH Parfum is an unexpected masterpiece.

>>15721192
Assemble, Jeremy brosl

Snice.

>>15721342
>I only just came back to this general a few threads ago after not visiting since like January or February and I feel like maybe corona has changed the discussions here. I notice people seem to be talking much more about niche frags than before and I wonder if it's because people can't just go into the city and smell cheap/designer frags at the store.
I think it's mostly because of corona - many people who were interested in fragrances casually don't wear any scents at all these days, so mostly people who are really interested in perfume stayed here. But I also think that we are leveling up. People who were new to these threads back then have already put their noses on many snice niche scents. Even tripfags leveled up. Given the recent long threads about Bianchi and other interesting discussions many people took part in, I really think that we got a new generation of oldfags in the making.

>>15721567
I started coming here in 2017/2018, the first thing I bought recommended by /frag/ was Prada L'Homme, fastforward to now and I'm getting the Bianchi and Ormonde Jay silk road sample sets.

>>15721653
Very snice but L'homme also gets its job done

So, got my duo booking with the fitness milf and the 10/10 Italian girl coming up in a couple days. What frag for this momentous event, lads? I was thinking Enigma or Musc Ravageur, but I’mmopen to other ideas.

Also, my Roja Burlington 1819 should be here tomorrow or Friday.

>>15721661
I still love L'Homme, I'm just saying I've come a long way from that, down the niche hole. Just bought Houbigant and Annick Goutal samples as well.

>>15720873
Amazing mogs 95% of all niche frags

>>15721773
I know that niche in your mind means probably Layton so not even triggered.

>>15720798
should I get Dior Fahrenheit or Spicebomb for the winter

>>15721869
Yes.

>>15721869
We call it Snicebomb here sir

Saw Opium pour Homme EdT for a stupidly cheap price so went for it. I'm so glad I did, it's truly beautiful.
Fragrantica talks a lot about the discontinued EdP being 10x the scent this is and so it's a shame I'll likely never smell that. Though apparently even the EdT has been discontinued now and I hope that's not true.

>>15721938
Old one had real sandlewood according to legend.

>>15721952
I'd believe that as it seems the original Opium for women had that - along with another 29 notes.

Did anybody ever try this? My dad gave me a half-used bottle when I was like 15, who knows how long he had it, but I forgot about it and so I've still got it and I'm 27 now. It's completely fucked and I should just throw it away and forget about it, it just smells of pure alcohol and the juice is cloudy and yellow, it looks like the designer version of a /b/tards anime figure cum jar

Any viable alternatives since it's discontinued? I remember really really liking this scent and I can still kinda smell what it once was through the alcohol

>>15721986
EDT obviously, not aftershave.

>>15721990
I just looked on ebay and there are several there, if you would like to rebuy, and judging from your story I think you should >:)
bedtime scent here: musc ravageur

>>15721986
I had the pain Jazz but never Live Jazz. Looking at the notes I'm unsure if you'll find much too similar but people are noting the coriander as the main scent.
Outside of >>15722009 maybe Kouros could be worth a go. Like Live Jazz, Kouros has coriander, is a fougere fragrance and also is made by Yves Saint Laurent. Pierre Bourdon also was the perfumer behind both scents. Lots in common even if not necessarily smelling the same.

>>15721986
I tried it. Very spearmint forward scent with some leathery undertones. It smells like a tad darker brother of Carven L'Eau Intense. From your description I can tell you that you can trash it and don't look back it shouldn't smell and look like that. I'd also look into Carven if you want an alternative (imo it's also way better than this YSL).

>>15722019
>Kouros
Don't get too obsessed about coriander. I tried it as I said and see no reason to get fixated around this particular note here. Kouros is great but not a reasonable alternative in any sense if he wants sth similar.

Does YSL Jazz Prestige last longer than regular Jazz?

>>15722009
Yeah I checked, over £100 - I'm not about to drop that kind of money just now, and even then I'm pretty paranoid about paying through the nose for a discontinued scent and getting a fake in the post. Then again... fuck it's tempting

>>15722019
>>15722037
Yeah I've never tried Jazz but I don't think they're similar. Kouros is definitely something completely different

>>15722028
>>15722037
Now that I think about it. You should also try Amouage Enclave and Beach Hut if you liked Live Jazz. These are a bit darker mint-forward scents than Carven L'Eau Intense that reminds me a bit of the Live Jazz structure. All three are great and I'm sure you'll find your new favorite replacement for it :^)

>>15721192
This is an exhaustive representation of Jeremy

>>15722085
>I'm not about to drop that kind of money just now
Again me. Don't do it. I know that you might have good memories but this scent is 100% not worth paying this kind of money.

Jazz has the similar mid-late 80's, early-90's scent profile of spicy lavender and patchouli with sandalwood giving a musty accord.

Kinda like a more spicy, less woody version of Guerlain Héritage that doesn't last as long.

>>15722142
Comfy desu

>>15720809
>>15721139
>>15721192
>>15721236
>>15721482
>>15722091
https://youtu.be/iaqXZC6HnZM
How is you Christmas spirit coming along Jeremy bros, have you prepared your Spicebombs?

>>15721869
Farenheit is a summer frag

>>15720835
fatty detected

>>15720864
rather than being a hidden gem, it is just so irrelevant nobody wants to bother talking about it

>>15721377
you have zero chance of achieving this body because you're posting in this shit hole, welcome

>>15721567
>niche
>levelling up
LOL

>>15722404
>>15722400
>>15722396
>>15722394
What's up sperg?

>>15721826
massive cope

pic related average niche frag consumer

>>15721178
>>15721773
These unironically, thought youtubers were just shilling it but finally bought it for myself and its easily worth whatever cheap price it is. Its nothing crazy special tho just smells good

>>15720798
Currently working on a project with a certain nose and house for their next autumn/winter releases, hopefully to be announced and released in a/w 2021.
I just want to know what your guys' opinions are on certain notes, accords, and classes you love that aren't very common, popular, or "trendy" at the moment (or in general). This is something I prefer to do to anyways, but at the house I'm working with now it's also become a bit of a marketing directive moving forward.
I'm really interested in what you guys have to say and what you'd like to see- far more than the retards at fragrantica or reddit. I'm open to anything, as well- not just notes suited towards cold fragrances. Hopefully next year I can put something together that you all can enjoy with scents that are hard to find from other large houses.

>>15721869
Fahrenheit Parfum or Absolute or 32 for winter

>>15722717
I was thinking (smoking weed) of directing a frag for zootopia called Hippopotamous. A green fougere heavy on fruits with a heavy note of cocaine on the opening and oudy sour in the base(think Tom Ford´s Tuscan Leather note but heavy) having Pable Escobar in mind.

>>15722746
Thanks for the shout on Fahrenheit 32. What's Absolute exactly? Can't find anything searching Dior Absolute

>>15722361
Personally I wear more citrusy frags like Happy and CK One in the summer/spring, and spicier frags like Youth Dew during winter/fall

>>15721421
upper class NPC tier.

>>15722788
> Dior Absolute
Search for Fahrenheit Absolute. It is a darker “oud” version of the original.

>>15721421
I own a bottle for nostalgic purposes as it's what I remember my grandfather wearing. Every time I try it on, I like it less and less. It's just a cheap, sugary mess IMO. The cinnamon in the opening is kind of nice, but that's the nostalgic part of it for me, and it only lasts for a couple minutes before the FUCKACUMBUTT kicks in.

>>15721869
i ordered a 5ml decant of spicebomb extreme
will arrive later today i can tell you if yes or no

Have any of you other spergs gotten into making your own perfumes? I finally figured out how to get my hands on perfumers alcohol, so I'm just waiting for my pay to come in.

>>15722955
It's pretty difficult to create a good perfume without huge costs. Synthetics are the cheapest but it takes a fuck tonne of effort to make a decent perfume with synthetics since there are so many combinations.

>>15721251
Cape Heartache, if you're okay with a candy-like strawberry. The woodsy component and vanilla are fucking amazing.

>>15722958
>Huge costs
Surely if you go about it systematically, the prices are going to be pretty acceptable for a hobby, right? Naturals don't seem crazy expensive to me. Please note that I'm not trying to do this as a way to save money on buying perfumes, it's more about making something I enjoy.

>>15722955
I looked into it and considered it, read a book and all that. Decided it was too faggy to pursue.

>>15722961
>Naturals don't seem crazy expensive to me
Yeah... Try getting some legit natural civet paste, agarwood, ambergris, musk, etc. for reasonable prices

>>15720873
This was one of my first fragrances and it's a pretty great place to start, particularly if you're in your late teens/early 20s, in my humble desu. It's strong enough to get you noticed and works in most occasions, and it can be found for cheap online. Go to Macys/Sephora/whatever to try it out and if you like it buy it on fragrancenet or fragrancex. You can find it cheaper elsewhere, but if you're not used to buying online those are the two I recommend most given that they are decent price wise and they don't sell fakes (and if on the off chance you do get a fake, they're good about returns and exchanges). I buy all my niche frags from them and have never been fucked over

>>15720984
pretty sure it could be found on amazon for >35 usd. I don't have l'extreme, but I bought the original on amazon for 25 usd a few months back

I had ENS and EN and I wonder if a l’extreme is worth it... is EN A L’Extreme worth it? How different is from the normal one?

>>15720798
Why do plebs say Viking is the worst Creed? Is this simply heard mentality stemming from the shaky reception it got on youtube? Went to the Creed Boutique yesterday and smelled...basically everything, and Viking was one of the best ones easily.

>>15722971(me)
Also, I use GIT now but thinking to get something else. Thinking to get ysl la nuit de l’homme.
I’m a new fag with frags. Appreciate any other recs.

>>15722971
vastly different than sport, modestly different than the original. If you like the other two I see no reason not to try it given how inexpensive it is.

>>15722981
GIT is a pretty interesting pick for someone just getting into fragrance. If that's in your price range just about anything should be. You can do a hell of a lot better than la nuit for $400. You could do better than la nuit for $150

>>15722981
Unironically Layton

>>15723002
based and laytonpilled

>>15722966
There are cheap(er) agarwoods out there though. I get your point, but there seem to be cheap naturals.

>>15722997
Name doesn’t matter to me as long as I like how it smells and lasts long enough.
Though, I don’t want Aventus since everyone and their uncle wears it.
I have a 35ml sample of GIT, wasn’t crazy expensive.

Disgusts me how many here suck Arab terrorist dick. Only French brands should be respected.

hey dudes what's a nice fragrance(s) that hold a foresty, playful, down to earth feel to it

perhaps something that evokes moss, walks through verdant summer time woods and comfy campfires at dusk

maybe also an tinge of the otherwordly and alien

Has anyone tried Zoologist stuff? Specifically the Squid, Bat, or Camel

>>15723063
I'm a pretentious cunt who would love to wear nothing but french frags, but I somehow ended up with a lot of english and italian frags in my collection as well. I refuse to even sample anything made in the US though. I would sample russian frags as well.

>>15723100
Camel is v snice if you like spicy orientals. Doesn't smell like curry or BO which was a problem for me with a lot of amber frags I tried. One of my favourite Zoologists.

Old Bat/New Nightflyer smells like damp and tropical fruits. I really enjoy it, but the people who have smelled it on me all disliked it.

>>15723090
Amber Teutonic

I've been trying out some Olympic Orchid scents and Woodcut is not at all what I expected. There is the freshly sawn timber but there's also this massive cloying Arabian perfume-esque caramel note that ruins everything. 2/10 would not wear again.

>>15723090
The Vagabond Prince Enchanted Forest

>>15723090
Malle - French Lover

I can't buy any frags other than CDG, they're all interesting but also easy to wear. I'm about to finish my bottle of CDG2, is there anything similar or should I just cop again.

Has anyone here tried Enchanted forest by Vagabond prince? Is it any good?

Also, what is the general consensus on zoologist perfumes? I hear they are overpriced but the bottle design is so good that I still wanna give them a try

>>15722353
wtf he can sing im wet rn

I want to buy a fragrance as a present for my dad. Is a pic related good choice if he likes whisky? He is slightly over 50 and works in a bank, but still likes to go to bars with friends. What are other good dad core gift choices?

>>15723247
Why do I need 100ml of any of their scents? Top notch marketing.

>>15723273
CH Men Prive
Basically flavoured whiskey

>>15720873
The most iconic fragrance for gay community. That's how they recognize each other.

>>15723273
I like Pure Malt a lot (the best A*Men flanker for me) but it doesn't really retain the whisky note so I'd say it's a good one to go for because just because someone likes drinking whisky it doesn't necessarily mean they want to stink of it. Rum is a more common alcohol note as it's a far more pleasing smell, plus it comfortably fits that age range you're talking about.

>>15723168
not really foresty, it's a cozy balsamic

>>15723108
>I'm a pretentious cunt who would love to wear nothing but french frags
This reads like some boomer post. Who the hell cares about country of origin? I reckon only Guerlain is true to their origins and 'french' DNA these days.

>>15717865
Working through it slowly, but have really enjoyed La Fin du Monde, Rien, and I am Trash. I also love Jasmin et Cigarette, but I think most people would just think you've been smoking menthols like a chimney.

>>15723175
>There is the freshly sawn timber but there's also this massive cloying Arabian perfume-esque caramel note that ruins everything.
This also ruined it a bit for me but I wouldn't call it arabian. Maybe try Durga Bowmakers it's mostly woods.

>>15723241
>I can't buy any frags other than CDG, they're all interesting but also easy to wear.
And all last about 2 hours.
>I'm about to finish my bottle of CDG2, is there anything similar or should I just cop again.
It's pretty unique but check out Andrea Maack Craft for a similar vibe

>>15723247
>Has anyone here tried Enchanted forest by Vagabond prince? Is it any good?
It's good but very fruity-jamy-forward. I expected it to be more foresty.

>>15723100
Squid is probably my favorite zootopian. Camel is a great winter scent, and bat (original) is also very good, though a bit more experimental. I tend to wear bat around Halloween even though it isn't really that dark.

>>15723167
>nightflyer
Had not heard of this, is it similar to the original bat formulation?

>>15723241
Try L'Artisan Timbuktu if you haven't already. It's like a sweatier, hairier CDG 2.

Thinking about buying dates of delight because I liked Farah and Oajan. Has anyone tried it?

Any salty sea frags worth testing out that are suitable year round? Only one I've tried so far is Oud Minerale and I'm spoiled by it. Just a touch steep for the few ocassions I'd wear it though, it wouldn't be in regular rotation.
And before anyone suggests it, I'm not getting that one Invictus flanker.

>>15721971
I have a bottle from 2001 and even that one is crazy deep

>>15723317
Nightflyer IS the original formulation

Is Encre Noire Extreme worth a blind buy? I don''t own the original, but I have smelled it. How does it compare?

>>15723338
> Timbuktu is like CDG2
Maybe they taste the same for you but the smell is as different as it can be.

>>15723344
> Muslimcore
Go back to rddt

>>15723361
Some say Bvlgari Aqua is just that. I've tested it long ago and it smelled like a tweaked ADG. 10 ml should arrive in the next few days, somehow the smell stuck and I want to try it properly. Aqva Marine should be saltier, tried that one too, can't remember the smell. They are generally summer fragrances though.


Anyone can describe how Chrome Aqua smells, How does it compare to the original Chrome? Looking at the notes I would expect a mix of Chrome original and Versace Each Fraiche, but then again I don't really trust listed notes.

>>15723374
>Nightflyer IS the original formulation
Welp, instant buy. How did it come about that the original formula is being sold by a different company now?

>>15723406
>Some say Bvlgari Aqua is just that
It certainly was when I had it but that was over a decade ago now. I wouldn't doubt it's been reformulated but recent reviews still note the seaweed/salty notes as standing out.
It's shot way up in price though, double what it used to be, certainly wouldn't be paying that much for it.

>>15723403
>he doesn't know the flavor profile of his favorite frags

>>15723423
It's the original perfumers brand. She had some kind of issue with Victor Wong and ended up taking the formula back. I can't remember what happened but they both posted on Fragrantica about it if you're looking for something to poke into

What's a fragrance you regret buying?
For me it's pic related, first time i sampled it i loved it so much i immediately bought it but then came to realize it's way too feminine to actually wear plus the performance is abhorrent so i ended up just smelling the sprayer at home, it pretty much ended up being a glorified room spray.

>>15723423
It was a huge scandal when it happened, imagine if Ellena or Ropion took back their scent from Malle, or Dutchaflower from MDCI.

>>15723480
Halloween Man X. Cloying muddled mess. Also The Dreamer, it's nice enough I never wear it.

I've purged my collection of most of the stuff I didn't love, so I regret all of those. Mostly cheapies, all blind buys.

>>15723480
Don't know what the fuck I was thinking. Smells like if you were to pour chocolate syrup into a warm half-empty can of coca-cola.

>>15723480
Luckily it wasn't expensive but I gave Encre Noire Sport away after one use. Just didn't see any point in wearing it over the normal Encre Noire.

>>15723544
Really? Sport was way more wearable for me than the normal one. I guess it's because I'm from a tropical country?

>>15723100
I'm going to say arguably the most controversial utterance ever on /frag/: the newer reformulated Bat is good. It's slightly wild and very animalic. It isn't worth ignoring because a different formulation is better.
Camel is also very pleasant. More so than Bat.

You can buy a sample of the entire line of Zootopian for like $110. Great deal, easily worth every cent.

my bortnikoff cologne sample set came.
threw amber cologne on my hand immediately.. hooh....

>>15723551
Yeah, it could be. It wasn't that I disliked it but I just saw it as pointless to keep when I have the superior original & there are loads of lighter fragrances I'd sooner wear in place of Sport.

>>15720798
Just rewatched the Grand Budapest Hotel for the 183rd time. What could L'Air de Panache actually smell like?

I'd guess something like Habit Rouge would be fitting, it's the only fragrance I love but don't feel worthy of wearing.

>>15721342
Same anon who was asking about a L'Extreme again. I was a regular in these threads before I took a break and lost interest in frags (for the better). There was a guy that frequented the general (that made one of the charts up there) that pushed for MDCI, then there were Zootopian memers, eventually we even had niche tripfags. The general is what you make it and these anons made it a higher end perfumery discussion
>>15722777
Checked and pilled

>>15723241
CdG are all great, specially 2, but they really should be labeled eu de toilette instead of parfum. I really fades quick.

>>15723338
>Try L'Artisan Timbuktu if you haven't already. It's like a sweatier, hairier CDG 2.
I thought the silver CdG 2 not CdG 2 Man.
>>15723344
No but go for a sample
>>15723361
Acqua di Sale /thread
>>15723578
It's good but the thing is that the OG bat was exceptional so it's really bland in comparison.

>>15723673
>Same anon who was asking about a L'Extreme again. I was a regular in these threads before I took a break and lost interest in frags (for the better). There was a guy that frequented the general (that made one of the charts up there) that pushed for MDCI, then there were Zootopian memers, eventually we even had niche tripfags. The general is what you make it and these anons made it a higher end perfumery discussion
I'm still here :^), I only took a break over the summer.

>>15723480
78 Vintage Green from Banana Republic.
Sure it smells great at first, but if you actually wear it the synthetic notes give me a headache.
Guess I did not waste much money anyways.

>>15723241
You could explore Mark Buxton's other work (not Le Labo fucc dat), or some floral chypres. But if you like the artistic facets of 2 then instead of re-exploring CdG you should dip into some niche/indie houses. I'm not sure why I don't have any specific reccs but CdG was a lot of our first foray into niche frags (being connected to fashion)
>>15723630
Speaking of Buxton, apparently he did pic related. Panache always made me imagine some really old vintage Guerlain or Chanel, or maybe some musky Russian fragrance like an Areej. I dunno

>>15723510
My manager at my old office job used to wear this every day and it was fucking ridiculous, why anybody would wear this in an enclosed heated space with a ton of other people I have no idea

This got me thinking about that job so I'm gonna do a little blog post here forgive me

I started it in September last year and only stayed until February. It turned out a bunch of the management guys who seemed to be between 27 - 40something years old were really into fashion and shit, they used to hang out at the Ops Manager's desk (who I sat directly beside) and talk shit about people in the office, it was pretty funny. I learned that one of the managers had a Jerememe style Youtube channel where he reviewed frags and the other managers made fun of him for it behind his back, apparently he was doing that thing where he would go up to girls in the street and ask them to compare perfumes. I never checked out his channel and I don't remember the guys name now. They talked a lot about Aventus and I also smelled a few guys wearing it in the office which always made me laugh (I would always wear ADG so maybe I should be careful about casting stones here) but often guys would wear totally inappropriate shit for the office like my manager. Sometimes I wanted to talk to these guys about frags cause it seemed like they were having fun but the office was very cliquey and I didn't want to try to insert myself into that little circle cause I wasn't management and they all talked shit about each other anyway. The Ops Manager was this super bitchy woman in her 50s who seemed to know about perfumes but didn't get roped into discussions with the guys, she only sometimes talked about very expensive niche perfumes. She was horrible but funny to listen to, sitting next to her I heard every bit of office gossip cause she would shit talk literally everybody. I hated that job but honestly I kinda miss it

>>15723673
I always liked the variety of discussions, a good balance of cheap shit memeing/arguing about designer frags/snobby niche talk is always good. I remember back when I was here there was some guy who kept shilling Bogarts and Quorum, and there was a lot of seemingly serious talk about Pino Silvestre, and I thought it was fucking hilarious. I get bored when it's all about niche frags

Just got my bottle of Bois Belize Intense + set of candles for my gf's birthday with plenty of freebies: a bottle of NYI, samples and a cedar soap :^)

Will stercus make good for the sex?

>>15723480
the same bro, the smell is beautiful, but is lasts literally minutes
i'm thinking of making scented candles out of it or something

>>15723774
Yes, it smells like an unwashed girl's anus.

>>15723774
Can get a hooker for cheaper
Alternatively, YSL M7 which is bottled sex

>>15722887
Good shout! I love Montale ouds

>>15723480
JPG Ultra Male, i dont go clubbing

just ordered a sample of Vetiver Extraordinaire Frederic Malle because apparently it's an upgrade from terre d'hermes
pretty excited

It’s here! The sample is Oceania.

Oceania pretty snice. Kind of smells like eating an orange creamsicle at the beach. Has that Typical Roja DNA and quality. Not sure I’d buy a whole bottle yet, but I like it.

Burlington... wow. There’s a lot going on here! There’s a lot of citrus, notes say grapefruit, mandarin, and bitter orange. To me, it smells like blood oranges, but I definitely do get hints of mandarin too. There’s also mint in the opening, which gives it a very green, vegetal vibe. Amazing opening, and the drydown gets even better. Tons of spices and resins, rum, oakmoss, tobacco, ambergris... it’s a bit sweet, a bit spicy, very fresh, citrusy, warm and rich. Like I said, really a lot going on. Easily one of Roja’s best releases.

>>15724035
Same. I actually really enjoy the smell as a kind of contrast to all the dark, dry, heavy scents I wear, but it's absolutely not suited to me when I go out.

what does boyband era jeremy smell like?

Guys rate my minimalist collection? I'm not into fragrances like you guys, I've just transitioned to using all fragrance free cosmetics products and want to ensure I smell nice and am memorable when I have to be around people.

Fall/winter: Frederic Malle Musc Ravaguer
Spring/ summer: Creed Aventus
Date night: PdM Layton

I'm not sure if Layton is considered a date night fragrance and I considered dropping it entirely and just using Aventus for warm date nights and Musc Ravaguer for cold date nights, but im concerned Aventus isn't deep enough to be used as a date night frag and I considered Musc Ravaguer isn't crowd pleasing enough. I have a hard time getting dates as is, dont wanna scare away a girl because of how I smell.

Ive tired samples of Aventus and Musc Ravaguer and already own a bottle of each. I haven't sampled Layton, but I looked at the notes and it sounds like what I want. Honestly I can't spend much more time sampling so many fragrances. I've sampled about 20 different stuff and am tired and overwhelmed. I just want something crowd pleasing but seductive so I dont scare a girl away on a first date but I want something a bit more unique which is why I'm not considering the more popular La Nuit or The One

Thoughts?

I just tried Music Festival by Maison Margiela.
When I were younger, we would use a hookah to smoke hashish.
Music Festival reminds me of this taste, plus incense.

Disgusting.

>>15724214
Layton is basically fancy Eros. It’s not terrible, but it’s nothing special and not worth the money. I personally think Musc Ravageur is a perfect date night scent. One of the sexiest niche scents ever created, in my opinion. It just smells like sex. Just don’t overspray it, you’ll choke people out.

>>15724211
Versace Eros

>>15724214
Your choices are tourist-core, and your mission is pathetic; wanting to fit in badly but you'd like to pretend that you have a personality at the same time. I think you should be a bit more honest with yourself and just get a mall fragrance like eros or whatever. Also, stop the wack misspelling of ravageur, it makes you look even more touristy. Your post made me a bit sad, anon.

This post was written wearing coup de foudre, its great broskis. The 3 bortnikoff I've sampled today (vesna/amber/coup de foudre) have been some of the better citrus/orange I've ever smelled.

>>15724324
A fedora just flew over my house

>>15724324
take a deep breath buddy
its just smelly waters

>>15724348
..exactly, which is why it makes zero sense to make pleading posts asking /frag/ to pick a scent wardrobe -- just buy something, no one gives a fuck what you wear

>>15724324
I cringed. Hard.

>>15724379
Sad to hear that anon, I'm sure you would've given that a downvote if you could, right?
I will now go and have a late dinner with my model gf, I surely hope I don't scare her away with how I smell >:)

So I like Layton's spiciness, but I'm not paying fucking stupid money for a glorified Hugo Boss clone with some pajeet spices on top. Where do I go from here for a nice spicy, actual niche tier scent?

>>15724428
Reflection Man could be an option

Any of you got any candle recommendations? Not strictly the kind of fragrance we talk about, but still fragrance.

what did he mean with this?

>>15724579
and what the fuck is this guy talking about

Hewwo? any fwagwance di bwois frens in this thread? owo

>>15724115
Snice. So how many samples you got?

>>15724115
is the lid supposed to look like a pair of testicles

I'm finally giving Terre D'Hermes EDT a whirl.
I like the orange in AHS but dislike the basic aquatic/vanilla drydown it has, also like TF Grey Vetiver a lot but find it a touch too stuffy. Am I going to be disappointed or not do you guys reckon?

>>15724214
Your list gets worse with every fragrance.
>Fall/winter: Frederic Malle Musc Ravaguer
Very good.
>Spring/ summer: Creed Aventus
Lol
>Date night: PdM Layton
Lmao

>>15724599
TDH is great, probably the best "mainstream" frag out of the bunch
there's a couple willyheads in here who will tell you it's for bankers or whatever but it's a nice masculine scent that is pretty interesting due to the mixture of vetiver (bitter) and orange (citrus) so you smell clean but also a bit sleazy and somewhat high test
it's great

>>15724604
Sounds good enough to me, I don't mind the "mature" smell you might associate with GV, but stuff like Habit Rouge and Guerlain Vetiver is just too old fashioned for me just as a reference to my tastes.
I'm not a hypebeast or nothing, I just like what i like really.

>>15724614
I don't think you'll be disappointed
my gf loves it if that means anything

>>15724428
MDCI Fetes Persanes

>>15724516
Frederic Malle Jurassic Flower

>>15724601
Whats wrong with Layton and Creed Aventus? Stop being an elitest. Its very cringe

>>15724324
People like you make me have second hand embarrassment

>>15724630
I do like the sound of lots of his, it’s just a shame they’re so expensive. Would you consider them good value?

>>15724108
Please keep us updated because
>an upgrade from terre d'hermes
sounds very interesting to me.

I WANT MY FUCKING MONEY BACK

>>15724733
I looked this up assuming it would be cheap and I'm stunned, how much did you pay for it?

Is there something that's just BDC with better projection and longevity? I like BDC, I get compliments on it, I've never ran into anyone using it in my day to day life.
Only problem I have with it is that it falls off after an hour.

>>15724733
I LOVE YOU JESUS; THANKS FOR FEEDING MY FAMILY ANON!

>>15724743
Normally people recommend the Eau de Parfum in these cases but for Bleu de Chanel I've owned both and they're honestly about the same longevity-wise, in fact the EdP is probably even weaker.

>>15724738
almost $200 and it's a piece of shit, smells generic, lasts like 2 hours, and nobody has mentioned anything about it, or even tried to get closer to smell like when I wear Samsara or fucking Ultra Men. I want my fucking money back, Jeremy you fucking faggot.

>>15724766
kek, why can't we stop winning, Jeremy bros?

>>15724585
Just got the one. Ah well. Incidentally, now that I’ve been wearing Oceania for a few hours, it is snice, but it smells quite a lot like ADP Essenza. It’s better, but not by a whole ton and costs like 5 times as much.

>>15724592
That, uh... might be a you thing, friend.

Guys, I'm getting sued. What's a good frag to wear in court?

>>15724766
Ah that's bad. I suppose you could regift it, just say it didn't come with a cellophane wrap if they ask.

>>15724766
>He trusted the con artist

>>15724733
Act like a pajeet, get played like a pajeet. Remember this moment next time you spend money on a supposed “panty dropper”.

>>15724778
Terre D’Hermes. They’ll mistake you for the prosecutor and let you go.

>>15724778
Arabian Nights by Jacques Bogart, I wore it the first time I got sued and when I got called to the podium the lawyer couldn't stop thinking about her dripping vagina.

>>15724733
What were you expecting? this guys is the Alpha M of perfume. Faggots here just chill him to see retards like you fall for it. Nigger.

>>15723510
An ex bought it for me as a present. It's the kind of scent that men hate but for some reason women love, she literally drooled when i wore it and so did other women after her, obviously i stopped wearing it because of how juvenile it is but it gets the job done.
Sucks to not get the same feedback from stuff we actually like bros.

>>15724733
T.

Sandlewood antaeus, really grown on me, love wearing it.

This post makes me feel like I’m smelling FdB - “New York Intense. Nauseated.

>>15724733
>I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY

>>15724752
kek that's exactly what he would say.

>>15721251
Hwyl by Aesop

>>15724816
Has anyone smelled this? Anything else like it?

>>15724778
based q poster

worth $450?

do any of you have expiriance with making your own perfume/cologne

>>15725104
no fragrance is worth 450

>>15724743
> BdC longevity
I get 12 hours out of the Parfum version
> BdC projection
All Chanels are relatively quiet.

>>15724788
>>15724604
>>15724599
> TdH
Drydown smells like cold borscht for me.
t. sleigh rider

>>15725104
7ml of each is a lot for sampling purposes. Imagine you end up hating one of them, that’s ~28 wearings of something you hate

>>15722777
I like the way you think

Only just realized brexit will make my orders from the UK cost more (probably) and I'm fucking pissed, man.

>>15725552
Imagine actually living here when every fucking other thing will be more expensive.

>>15725580
Hopefully the UK doesn't go it alone and we get another trade agreement. The EU really are overreaching.

>>15725639
I honestly think Biden getting elected is better for the U.K. than it is the US. I work for an American company too, and they have plants all over Europe, I do worry about how worthwhile it is keeping the places in the U.K. Maybe I should learn Italian or French. I don’t think knowing what “Cuir de Russie” or “Eau Sauvage” means is quite enough.

>>15725552
Voted Brexit mate, won't bother me because I'm sensible with money :^)

>>15725112
You always ask the sane question. Is there anything you’d like to learn or just over and over ask if someone has done perfume here? You got an answer plenty of times: yes but it was an amateur job

>>15725737
I never really come to /fa/ idk what ur talking about m8

>>15725737
I asked it in an earlier thread this week, this is another person. Never actually saw this answer. Just got the answer that it's difficult.

>>15721377
Coke

>>15721377
Don't workout whatsoever and don't eat either.
Literal hungry skelly mode

SOTD is Eau Capitale by Diptyque. Portrait of a Lady stripped to its essentials and all the worse for it. It’s very good but quite uninteresting.

>>15723467
>>15723487
That's interesting. I figured there was drama when the discontinuation of orginal bat was announced, but never dug into it. I've ordered some Nightflyer to compare, and if it is really indistinguishable from OG bat, I'm going to be very happy.

Many thanks, friends.

>>15725923
More like stripped of chypre goodness of oakmoss and labdanum. It's like the top notes only, a chypre for Becky.

Maison Margiela By the Fireplace, any good for everyday? I don't want to smell like christmas

>>15725963
Absolutely not. A novelty at best.

TdH smells like a plastic toy to me, i hate the type of vetiver used in it

>>15725973
Novelty for what occasion? I'd love to smell like Christmas on Christmas.

>>15725999
For very cold winter. Anything else and it gets very cloying, so yeah it works for Christmas
But be ready to smell like a roasted marshmallow

Which imaginary authors are worth trying? It seems they don't sell a complete sample set.

>>15725999
The opening does indeed smell like a fireplace, it’s warming and pleasant, but then it becomes a cloying marshmallow scent with barely any Christmassy qualities. To me Snicebomb Extreme and Tobacco Vanille are Christmas scents. I’ve heard Burberry London is too but I’ve not tried it.

>>15720798
Rate me
24 yo male, 6,2 ft slim build casual/sporty style wearing:
everyday scent: mount blanc explorer
gym/outdoor activities :mount blanc legend spirit
family time: calvin klein shock or coach for men depending on time of the year
party: JPG ultra male or dior sauvage

NEW BIANCHI

>>15726054
>Rate me
Your taste in fragrances is determined what you got for Christmas from Mom&Pops. Not much to rate here, these are as generic as fragrances go.

>>15726005
Cape Heartache, City on Fire, The Soft Lawn

>>15726054
>I wear t-shirt and jeans every day, shorts and sneakers to gym/outdoor and a shirt for party. Rate my style guys!!!!!!!!!!

>>15726005
Memoirs of a trespasser

>>15726105

just tried black afgano

pretty good for a meme perfume and the smell of hash/opium more subtle than I expected. Idk how I would feel about wearing it in public tho

>>15726289

misquote

meant for >>15720804

Practice mindfulness, everyone.

SOTD: Office for men.

I tried Nicolai Amber Oud sample I got with my order and lads, it's brilliant. She did a very out of the box thing: took a classic gentlemany fougere with dominant lavender (very much in her Patchouli Intense style but not as much geranium-forward) and married it with an oriental ambery-(slightly)oudy base. It works really well and I thin all fans of APH, PUH, Rive Gauche and all other aromatic fougeres should check it out. The way she brought up the dirty aspects of lavender with oud and labdanum reminds me a lot of how it is done in Caron Pour Un Homme where it's rather accented with musk. I really think that people like Wafts would go nuts over it and I'm only 30 minutes in.

He just arrived boys

>>15726361
It's probably not the best option for guys in their 20s though. When I smell it I picture a suave guy in his 30-40s who got his life figured out, he has a fulfilling well paid job, a sharp suit and charm on the way to become a silver fox.

FUK OUD

>>15726289
I think that that's the power of Black Afgano - it reminds you of hash but it's so abstractly and smoothly blended that you wouldn't figure this out if not told in advance. Try Ambre Russe by Parfum d'Empire. This is the one I'm not sure how I would feel about wearing in public. It smells of vodka and champagne. I would be afraid of smelling like on a day after heavy drinking with Eastern European colleagues of mine. I am curious though what people who don't know that it has these two notes would think of it smelling it blindly.

>>15726385
Thank you for your contribution to the thread friend.

>>15726372
Burst of mint in the opening, disappears very quickly into extremely screechy lemon disinfectant, then about five minutes later this calms down into a sort of baby powder, but still with a hint of chemical bitterness. Not for the faint hearted.

>>15726372
Now that's what I call based. Tbh I would just refill it with some normie crowdpleasing fragrance and let everyone test it when they visit me and ask about the Sponge Bob bottle lol

>>15726400
Fill it with Aventus and send over to some YouTuber for reviewing

>>15722934
So how is it!

>>15726392
Honestly, I love the many scents of the cannabis plant. It can just be very pungent/BO musky, particularly when burned. But it can equally smell like fresh tea.

>>15720809
based

So once and for all...

Fragrantica, parfumo, or basenotes for regular use?

I'm getting really tired of Fragrantica's note lists, it feels like they just make up notes out of thin air and there is now way of sourcing where they got the notes from. I just wish there was a Rate Your Music for perfume

>>15726361
How would that compare to zaharoff

The patchouli in Eau Capitale is actually pretty nice now I’m several hours in. It’s no PoaL though.

>>15726629
Parfumo.
Best features and design.

>>15726653
What's tempo like? EC was light and luminous for me, Paris as the city of lights seemed a fitting name. They don't really seem to be going for the same story.

>>15726664
I’m afraid I don’t know, but I’m interested in trying more of theirs, but it probably won’t be until next year now.

>>15726659
>>15726629
If only you wouldn't have to pay 15€ to be able to use the Souk.
Anyone actually got validated for the Souk without paying or writing in their forum over months?

>>15726400
Fill it with Samsara and send it to Eugene with no stamp so he has to pay to pick up a parcel of something he already owns.

Between Givenchy Gentleman OG, Azzaro PH, Paco Rabanne PH, and Aramis, which would you say smells the highest quality?

/b/ is making fun of us again :(

>>15726795
/b/ is a fucking shell of its past, full of newfaggot normies, I don't give a fuck
this thread is one of the few things that are still good on this site

>>15726795
Cool, good to know.

>>15726289
when I was a teen I was a heavy stoner so smelling Black Afgrano brought back mediocre memories. To me it smelled like week old bong water

>>15726702
What are you talking about?
I could use it directly after my registration.

Prada L’Homme, yes or no?

Liz Moores from Papillon is doing some live video thing with that “Smurfygirly” YouTube woman and I don’t think I’ve ever seen Liz Moores do a YouTube video so I’m quite excited. Serious milfage.

>>15726795
Link?

NEW THREAD
>>15726928
>>15726928
>>15726928

>>15726314
Convince me.

>>15726419
Love this idea. Aventus is too obvious, though.

>>15726385
NO OUD
>>15726795
Fuck those newfag kumbrains

>>15720809
When will he cross the Atlantic and conquer the American southwest?

>>15720809
When will he cross the Atlantic and conquer the American southeast?

>>15724743
dylan blue

>>15726629
doesn't matter, notes are hardly "specs" for fragrances, they're not ingredients. it's what the brand/perfumer wants you to think of when you smell the fragrance.

Are there any fragrances that have that sense of wanderlust? It is quite vague but just something that makes you feel like you are somewhere else, exploring some part of the world

>>15720864
I've gotten more women thanks to YSL colognes than ever in my life. Though it's all pretty flowery, dudes hate it when I hang with the bros.
Still my favorite stuff

>>15720873
Generic and smells like something a highschooler would wear

>>15720798
Why the fuck are green frags so underrated bros? Like they are so versatile and smell so different from anything else. Pic related smells so futuristic and good

>>15729312
>green fragrance
>called Ultraviolet
can see why they're so overlooked 2bh

>>15721079
You'd probably think the same about Dior Homme EDT, but Moustache knocked it off the place of my one sweet fragrance