/fa/ - Fashion

The Fragrance Groups 101 chart

The Fragance Flowchart for Beginners

is it as good as everyone says?

>>18075030
>/perf/ - Perfume General
the fuck is this, faggot?

>>18075021

As much as it will enrage that psycho from the last thread who hates simple pleasures, Neroli Intense is a very unpretentious and pleasant neroli scent and in my humble opinion worth trying.

>>18075039
>nah, the Aventus coomer was around before that as the Bois Imperial coomer

Oh yeah. That was a dark time.

>Photorealistic woods

Horrifying.

How do you spray your cologne? I'm worried I'm overspraying.

>>18075041

>>18075048
It's such a shame this guy got raped.

>>18075049
Getting money and fame comes with a price

>>18075041
better than fucking trannies
>>18074962
quite literally, yes
>>18074995
they both posted pics of themselves
>>18075018
you need to get your lore straight

>>18075052
There should be a wiki with all this lore so someone can make a YouTube essay about it in 10 years

>>18075052
I think we've all seen the aventus coomers sex tape

>>18075047
liberally

>>18075036
this smell like erectile dysfunction

>>18075064
What smells like a fully functioning boner Dr.Erection Science?

Two zoomer whores spent like 5 minutes telling me how amazing I smell, how they love when I walk pas them etc.

>inb4 buy aventuuuuuuus

>>18075067

>>18075067
Here he comes, god's gift to bad perfume and slags.

>>18075036
it's good but not for everyone. it's sweeter than most other men's fragrances from its time so may read more modern, but it is a bit dirty too. definitely an interesting pick up for the price if you like stuff like Heritage or the Tom Ford that kind of rips this off

>>18075067
Or Cedrat Boise, it's creamier

>>18075036
wanna smell like a cadaver ? at least you will be the only one wearing this, go ahead siir

>>18075049
Wdym?

>>18075053
it's sometimes hard to tell the local schizos apart, but there was:
>aventus / BI / dakar / Kenzo coomer
>gothrock guy
>masstige guy
>brown guerlain chud
>"inexplicable hatred for the charts" guy
>cropped gay porn poster (possibly the same as BI coomer)

>>18075071
>it's good but not for everyone.

Name someone who would like to project a nursing home smell.

>>18075075
Jeremy fragrance intimates in several videos that he was molested during his early career

>>18075074
It really doesn't smell like a corpse I don't know what gave you this idea. It smells like the movie American Gigolo, high class and a little smutty

>>18075077
The venerable gothrock poster for one.

>>18075076
There was also a guy who was totally obsessed with spice bomb (maybe the snice poster?) but I think he got bullied off the board.

>>18075077
evidently many people, since it's still on the shelves and still has Tom Ford making "homages" to it

The sex fragrance

>>18075087
Ooops, wrong picture

none of you guys have sex.

>>18075096
Not really what these threads are about pal

I enjoy many fragrances and would discuss them
but I won't since you guys are a bunch of faggots, when you start behaving we will be able to have nice threads,
until then
fuck you

>>18075096

>>18075127
What a loss, whatever will we do without the fragrance opinions of the world's most sensitive baby

>>18075049
He's a jew so it's no big deal

has anyone tried this yet? any similarity to bleu noir line?

>>18075047
1 spray on the chest as a baseline.
1 spray on the back of my neck if I want it to be more potent.
1 on each wrist if I'm going anywhere that isn't work.

>OH wow anon that's a large perfume collection!! heheheheh :), but I noticed you don't have Louis Vuitton's Imagination. Is it too expensive for you?? All the rich men I date wear it and it smells soooooo good, in fact, all my gf's think the same!!! You're not broke are you?

>>18075176
are you afraid that anyone is going to smell your fragrance?

>>18075047
To work etc. subtler situations
>1 on chest
>1-2 on upper wrists (just high enouh that washing hands doesn’t hit the area) depending on fragrance, for strong ones 1 spray that I then gently tap (don’t rub) on the other after spray, for regular ones individual sprays for both

Then if I’m on leisure, I usually add one more spray to chest area. This routine works for all but the weakest and strongest fragrances.

>>18075196
I'd rather it not be too overwhelming in my office

>>18075032
garbage as always
>>18075036
yes
>>18075038
extraordinarily retarded and shit
>>18075054
i thankfully have not, and i never will.
>>18075087
for sex with men, yes
>>18075190
coming up with this fantasy in your head to shill subpar LVslop is definitely one of the sadder things to come out of this thread.

>>18075144
How is he a jew?

>wear this to work yesterday
>told by mean bitch dommy mommy boss that I need to wear it every day from now on

ermmmm.... based and Omanipilled much?

>>18075259
I've been wanting to pick up a sample of this for a while, shit's damn expensive though.

>>18075176
Ok, Michella

>>18075265

Oops, not for you, was for the reply>>18075176

>>18075048
>This 22 second clip cost a little over $20 to make.
>Nearly a dollar a second.


>Net return not considered.

>>18075196
This reply

>>18075265
>>18075270
>>18075272
anon are you doing okay...

>>18075273
isn't it obvious he needs some help?

>>18075273
Took a nap, was still waking up
Now laughing at my own retardery

>>18075281
Perfumes for the sensation of being half awake?

>>18075076
>"inexplicable hatred for the charts" guy

Kek

>>18075241
The world's toughest perfume general poster... Salute...

>>18075076
It's explicable: he's just easily angered by anything

25 degrees outside in Western Europe calls for JC Ellena

>>18075282
Interesting question, maybe has to be something cozy and fresh? Right now my brain can only crave for citrus

>>18075298
Freshly laundered linen

I ordered it and am going to sell my BDC EDP. What am I in for?

>>18075322
Smelling like the first day at a big four graduate scheme

>>18075308
Good thinking. Linen... Has someone tried Lin Blanc from Jeanne en Provence? Beware, it may trigger that anon

>>18075330
I have and I don't like it. All the JePs apart from acqua and NI have cloyingly sweet drydowns to my nose. I think there are better fresh linen scents out there maybe the byredo or Demeter ones.

>>18075331
Thanks. That immediately puts me off

>>18075322
more screeching woody amber chemicals
>>18075330
lol retard

>>18075331
>have cloyingly sweet drydowns to my nose
huh, maybe I won't buy them after all

Why does everyone in the fragcom hate this brand?

>>18075348
the name certainly doesn’t help, and last time i checked flaming highlighter pink wasn’t the most popular color in the world, especially among men.

>>18075348
> this brand
not the brand but that specific frag cause it sucks
and their other fragrances aren't really worth discussing so that's that

>>18075348
It’s the first obnoxiously loud and sweet clubbing fragrance, a harbinger of things to come. It might not be the most annoying or offensive thing existing anymore, but as the granddaddy of the genre, it bears its guilt.

>>18075353
>It’s the first obnoxiously loud and sweet clubbing fragrance
That can't be true, jovan sex appeal is from 1975

>>18075348
it was basically the Invictus, Eros or 1 Million of its day. very sweet, in your face juice for gassing out people at the club

>>18075293
I love the presentation on these bottles and boxes

>>18075370
agree

>>18075368
But all the fragheads love those 3. Why is joop considered obnoxious but those 3 annoying hypebeazt club scents not?

I want to fuck JPG Le Beau Le Parfum. I have no idea what sugarcane actually smells like but it's what the woody sweetness makes me think of, makes me feel like a sophisticated plantation owner. Makes me feel like I'm sipping some whiskey on my porch as the sun sets. Holy shit.

>>18075322
A solid fresh peppery scent, with a creamy drydown.
Better than the edt

>>18075380
>fragheads love those 3
is fraghead a euphemism for retard if so then sure

>>18075380
Fragbros love them, online fragheads hate them

Bought this today at a small shop. Checked the batch code for curiosity and it turns out its a 2019 batch. Is this common? Or does nobody buy this shit and people over stocked?

>>18075420
>this much autism over a number
maybe there was one older bottle among newer ones or no one bought it from that specific store
the older the batch code the better for me

>>18075047
maybe 3-4 sprays on the little notch where the neck and head meet. Then press my wrists into it and press them behind my ears.

>>18075420
How is it anon? Been meaning to try that one out at some point

>>18075420
>Is this common?
yes
perfume doesn't have a defined shelf life

>>18075420
>>18075420
The way the perfume grey market works is highly mysterious.

>>18075420
is it any good?

just got samples of
PdM Herod
Chanel Sycomore
YSL Tuxedo
what should i try first, friends?

>>18075381
yes, we know you’re gay
>>18075476
what a travesty. sycomore is the only thing in that list worth a shit.

>>18075433
>>18075449
I quite like it. It smells unique to me in the current designer landscape and its more musky on me which I like. its great if you want a more interesting freshie

>>18075476
sycomore
ysl (get rochas moustache instead)
don't bother

Thoughts on my gay collection?

>>18075517
6.5/10
some great stuff dragged down by slop

>>18075517
Needs yatagan

>>18075517
needs drakkar noir

>>18075517
How is Sculpture?

>>18075519
I agree, a lot of cheap slop in there but I didn't want to hide that I own some of those too.
Honestly I could let go of quite some of these and I wouldn't really miss them, like the Rammstein Engel Pure (too much weed smell), Boss in motion (okay but poor performance, davidoff cw intense does that job but better imo, Sheikh Shuyukh Final Edition (supposed to be YSL Y EDP but nope) or the Fattan (supposed to be TDH but nope)
>>18075523
I was thinking of getting it unironically, liked it when I tried it
>>18075531
Funny bottle aside it's a nobrainer for 15 bucks I paid for it during a sale. For something fresh it has decent staying power and it smells very clean, a bit flowery too. Maybe weird to say but it's like a fresher The Dreamer to me

>>18075517
Which Arab clone is your fav?

>>18075548
For warm days: I don't know what Bvlgari Tygar smells like or if it's really a clone, but Turathi Blue is amazing. I can't believe how long I smell it for something so big on mandarin.

For the inbetween and rainy days: Lattafa Liam. Once again I'm a retard who never smelled Gris Charnel but if this is really close to that then I'd for sure love it too cause Liam is fantastic, that black tea and labdanum combined is just... it's so creamy and makes me feel like I'm in a cozy tea shop.

For the really cold days: Zimaya Sharaf Blend. Another one in the supposed "kinda like Angel's Share but not" list of which there are many, but it sure smells fucking good either way. Heavy boozy sweet, like a cognac but also some saffron and dates. Box is fucking huge (on the Liam too actually), very nice looking bottle.

Best place to buy Nicolai fragrances in the EU?

Why is this so good?

>>18075577
What can you say about this vs the eau extreme version?

>>18075517
mostly shit. very directionless and random.
>>18075569
why not just get it from her webstore?
>>18075577
it’s really not

>>18075531
NTA but I own it, it's very good, a nice mix of floral and ambers, powdwery om the drydown. it comes off stinging on certain skins (same with tonka bean)

>>18075577
Because it's chanel

>>18075581
High shipping costs, but I guess I'll have to order from the official site since every site seems to have equally high shipping costs.

>>18075577
What's the best in the Allure Homme line? Sport Eau Extreme and Edition Blanche seem to be the most hyped.

>>18075616
I love Blanche, it smells like a delicious lemon pie, but damn it doesn't last

>>18075614
I don’t get how they can have shipment costs of 26 euros for small parcels inside EU. Is Nicolai herself coming to deliver the perfumes?

>>18075569
Have you checked makeupstore?

Anyone actually has/had this? Would you get it again?

>>18075631
no
no

>>18075631
total garbage
>>18075614
check on her website to see if there are any distributors within your actual country that you can buy from. i would have assumed her shipping costs within the EU would have been reasonable but i guess not.

>>18075080
Any examples? I've watched quite some Jeremy vids, but have never had the impression that the guy was suffering from molestation trauma.

Although if true, it would definitely explain his weird attitude towards women, sex and relationships...

>>18075658
he talked about it at some point, it's possible the videos were deleted though. IIRC when he was in a boyband, some industry people were taking advantage of him

>>18075658
He used to be in a boyband and got fucked by his male manager. He says when he was younger he did "some things he wasn't comfortable with" when he was in the band

Now that I have spent some hours reading the blog of that based perfume enthusiast gay dragon someone linked here, it makes me genuinely sad that our local masstige-critical voices can’t be more like him. A skilled nose, willing to call out overpricing and marketing bullshit, but doesn’t try to hard to look like an elitist and gives credit where it is due even when it goes against his average expectations.

>>18075669
it takes some knowledge and effort to do that. mass replying catty remarks to everything you didn't see while skimming turin's guide is much easier than actually judging a perfume by its merits

>>18075625
They have NYI and free shipping. Never heard of that place though.

now this is a winner

>>18075669
if anyone here was interested in being a reviewer, they would have done so already. not everyone wants to be a gay dragon.
>>18075674
as opposed to you, incapable of judging anything with any sort of discernment.

>>18075669
yeah im sorry the general isn't a big furry love in
>>18075674
fucking retard

Hi. Where do even start if I can't feel how any of these smell? I can see the charts but isn't there a catch all first try for retards like me?

Also looking for an after shave.

>>18075701
please don’t start, thanks.

>>18075701
Can you get to a department store or pharmacy that has perfumes?

What would an ideal aftershave smell like to you?

>>18075705
You are just such a negative Nancy you know that? Who pissed in your cologne this morning?

>>18075579
I only own a sample of the normal Sport one

>>18075709
what a crybaby

>>18075569
what about Notino?
also don't be cheap and buy from her website (protip: ask for lots of samples)

>>18075705
But it's time that I actually try. Like, using perfume. Dressing already improved lol. And I think perfume makes such a difference, no?
>>18075706
yes. I kinda feel like an ass if I go test stuff there and then buy on the internet. Or the prices are generally similar?
And thing is, it should smell good for others mainly? I feel like I'd like all perfumes. Mom used to use channel no.5 and I guess it's nostalgic. But smelled nice. My point is I don't really have a reference here

>>18075036
tested it recently. smells like a rich lemonade to me at first, which I did not like. now the testing strip is more of a boozy quality, but actually nice

>>18075701
No catch-alls, you just have to go to a store and start sniffing. It’s kinda hard at start when there are billion bottles and multiple variants of the same fragrances, yet you can’t really test out many fragrances before your nose goes kaputt for multiple hours.

It probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to make some
>here’s representatives of each main fragrance style that are easily found in every well-stocked store
list for newbies. Charts containing hard-to-find fragrances aren’t really good for that.

>>18075717
I know right that guy just can't stop throwing tantrums on here

>>18075719
>it should smell good for others mainly
No, find something you like. Don't wear shit to impress others if you don't like it yourself. Just go to a store and try shit out.

>>18075719
makes a difference to what? attracting women? no, they will fuck you if they are interested regardless of how you smell (as long as it’s not bad). dressing well? not if you’re going to just end up wearing bleu de chanel or sauvage like every other joe schmoe anyways. adding to your quality of life? perhaps. but what do you want, and do you have any idea of what you’re looking for or are you just looking to be spoonfed?
>>18075724
continue to sob for me

>>18075719
Smelling stuff at the store and not buying is totally normal and expected. Maybe keep a note on your phone of which ones you liked so you can look them up later and see what note they have etc.

If you want to learn more about perfume generally a good place to start is reading the Luca turin guide which starts with an introduction to different facets of perfumery and has lots of reviews of classic scents so you can get an idea of what stuff might smell like.

>>18075723
gotcha. What should a decent bottle cost? For a beginner? Read about the differences about the dilution and Eau de Perfum should last longer (and it's generally more expensive). Also won't wear that often, I suppose, so no need for a 150ml bottle. 50 euros? 100? Or price is not equal to quality here?
>>18075725
Oh no, didn't mean that. I mean that if I like most of them, the one I should prioritize should be one that is also liked by the ones around me. Would never use something I don't like.
>>18075729
Nice, thanks anon.

>>18075701
>Where do even start if I can't feel how any of these smell? I can see the charts but isn't there a catch all first try for retards like me?
Ignore everything you see here. Buy Drakkar Noir. You don't need anything else.

>>18075728
I thought you said you'd stop responding to me honeybun, what gives?

>>18075731
Start with clones and cheaper fragrances.

>>18075719
>I feel like I'd like all perfumes.
So do I, besides actually badly made stuff and synthetic sweetnessbombs, but through testing, you soon start to find out what you like, and what you *really* like. It’s one thing to find a perfume pleasant enough that you could enjoy smelling it on others, one thing to find them pleasant enough that you could theoretically use them but don’t find them worth the price when compared to competition, and one thing to like them enough to actually buy them.

The vast majority of stuff goes somewhere in the middle, in the ”alright” category, then there’s the stuff you really end up liking and disliking. Lots of stuff is easy to like, hate or love is rarer.

>>18075734
as it turns out, you're talking to more one person, insufferable faggot. who would have guessed?
>>18075739
lol what a fucking idiot

>>18075742
He's not wrong though. Someone starting out is going to like pretty much everything at first. It's better to buy cheaper shit at that point rather than buying $100+ bottles.

>>18075731
Price doesn't really correlate with quality and loads of great perfume can be had for very little. Just smell a lot of stuff and then shop around.

>>18075740
I see.
I'm normally on the watch thread. There things are easy since either you like how the watch look or not. Even if it has amazing movement, if you don't like the looks, there's no point. Perfumes it seems, for untrained noses, I guess, not so.
>>18075744
gotcha

>>18075743
if you're stupid enough to buy every single thing you like without hesitation, you deserve to be made a living example of a fool and his money.

>>18075742
Your posting style is completely distinctive. I know who I'm talking to pal. Just couldn't stay away huh?

>>18075745
Whatever you do don't take the advice of the salty lower case poster he's not being very brave about things right now and needs time to cool off.

>>18075745
perfumes are easy too, if you don't like how it smells, there's no point. it's really just that simple. whether or not you can figure out what you actually like is the real question.
>>18075747
did you come up with this retarded posting style shtick on your own or did your boyfriend teach it to you?
>>18075751
faggot

>>18075731
As general rule, most atomizers get around 10 sprays per 1 ml. And unless you really want to light up a room, usually 2-3 sprays of most stuff is enough, so yeah, 100ml bottles and larger are generally only worth it if you find a scent you really love and use multiple times per week (unless the price difference is so miniscule that it would be dumb to get the smaller one).

I’d also recommend smaller and cheaper fragrances to beginners just because you really don’t know what you like yet, and even if some scent seems really interesting at first, who knows whether you like it in the long run? Wouldn’t go over 100 euros per 50ml, most easy to like designer fragrances should go somewhat cheaper than that anyways. Price doesn’t have a direct 1:1 relation to quality, there are some cheap gems and many expensive failures, but realistically, if you go to store to sniff out stuff, the cheapest options are generally crap.

come back in like five thread when these faggots hopefully settle down somewhat so you can get actual advice

>>18075752

>>18075698
>>18075699

Ok, Fragrance Justice Warriors

>>18075755
what the fuck are you talking about, what is this "advice"

>>18075757
fucking faggot baby dont post that at me
>>18075756
faggot
>>18075758
retard faggot

>>18075755
more actual mental retardation
>>18075757
very nice selfie, but this is the perfumes thread. maybe try something gayer like a WAWYT or something.
>>18075758
ok, whiny faggot.

>>18075701
go to the store or the mall
smell some testers, once you get tired, get an orange julius, hang out, whatever
you'll at least know what the basic stuff smells like, repeat as necessary

>>18075733
based

>>18075759
faggot

>>18075755
Nice, thanks. What's the thread opinion on the Dior Sauvage? Is it really common? Dunno, it's a name I remember for some reason

>>18075761
>>18075764
hope the janny bans you like he did before

>>18075765
you remember it because it's been shoved in your face every 10 seconds on billboards and on social media advertising. if you want to smell like every other clueless idiot on the street, by all means, get sauvage.

>>18075765
Unremarkable and overpriced

>>18075767
>>18075768
thanks

>>18075765
Common enough to be overplayed, it’s one of those fragrances that even many people who don’t give a shit about fragrances recognize. Then again, most people not into fragrance like it, and most people aren’t fragrance hobbyists, so it’s not necessarily that bad if you don’t mind up smelling like many others.

As for the scent itself, it’s a very synthetic blast of ”freshness” that is dominated by ambroxan, which probably doesn’t say much to you now, but try it and you will understand. EdT is the most metallic and aggressive, EdP adds some spices to it and then vanilla to drydown making it a bit less aggressive as whole, and Parfum and Elixir are very different from the two first mentioned.

>>18075771
Thanks as well.

How do you guys use perfume with a post shave? Post shave without scent? I like to use it for the practical part since it helps if I cut myself

>>18075773
scent aftershave has historically just been an excuse for men to wear fragrance without being seen as excessively dandy or feminine. just use unscented aftershave and let your perfume do the talking.

>>18075773
I moisturize then apply perfume. My other skincare stuff is unscented.

I hate faggots that come into generals without any lurking or reading anything in the OP and then expecting to be spoonfed absolutely everything whilst acting and being faggots
I hope they all die

>>18075784
actually the worst part is that even spoonfeeding sessions are better than having to read your posts, you literally contribute nothing but complain

if everyone was like you how them would this thread even work when everyone would just be waiting for someone to post something to bitch about?

>>18075784
Post your collection, faggot

>>18075787
coomer mutt tier

>>18075787
>Drakkar Noir
Based. All you need.

>>18075786
>your posts
that was my first post in this thread

>>18075787
you post yours first cuz that's not it

>faggot got banned
actually good job janny

>>18075631
Yes and yes. I would try it out in case you're not a fan of the tea note

>>18075631
masstige

after smelling real oud all the synthetic imitations feel like a bad joke.

>>18075809
Even Montale?

>>18075809
agreed, same with ambergris

>>18075827
synthetic ambergris is responsible for the absolute trainwreck state of perfumery today

>>18075827
>NoOoO muuhh whales
Why don't the Japanese tell these people to fuck off

>>18075866
They do, and there's still lots of real ambergris out there and being used in perfume. I just ordered a bottle of Papillon's Spell 125.

Coffee is the only gourmand worth a damn.

>>18075787
Gayest collection I’ve ever seen. This screams “i exclusively bottom”

what's a good fragrance for a convicted rapist who's out on parole?

>>18075971
Something sweet

So I was here yesterday asking about recs for my first frag, looking into CK one and Acqua di Gio, and many leaned towards the AdG EdT. So I checked them out and the AdG was a little too lemony, and I wanna say almost soapy, if that makes any sense. I think I was already subconsciously wanting the CK One so I looked into that one and noticed there were two boxes, the white one seen most everywhere and a beige box, but they said the same thing on the box as far as being eau de toilette, ingredients, oz, etc. I've been reading around and saw something about a vintage bottle, or being before reformulations. Any input? To be perfectly honest they smelled the same and I attributed that to just not being experienced enough to notice a difference, but based on what I've seen here many seem to prefer older versions of the same fragrance so I think I'm going for that but wanted to get some opinions. Everyone was super helpful in helping me decide and I just wanted that last bit of info before pulling the trigger.

Got Vibrant Leather its so good and totaly worth the money

>>18075991
CK1 is shit. ADG is the best selling fragrance of all time for a reason. ADG is the GOAT maison. Either get ADG or try a different safe fragrance like Versace Eu Fraiche, Bleu de Chanel, or YSL Y. If you want to pick up teenagers get Sauvage. Avoid EDT unless the EDT version is specifically good like Versace Eu Fraiche or Sauvage EDT. Thought many people argue that Sauvage Parfum or Elixir are much better than Sauvage EDT. (I would agree)

Don't worry about reformulations or vintage batches until you're deeper into it. The only thing I would suggest is researching a fragrance you want to make sure that the current formula isn't dogshit, like Creed Aventus or Spice Bomb.

tried versace dylan blue today
nice opening, citrus, fresh, aquatic, with a bit of muskyness. reminds me of bleu de chanel but more soapy/fresh shower smell added to it. dry down is much different. leaves you with a floral/sweet but with a bit of musk scent. very similar to a soapy smell.
despite being a 'blue' fragrance and having similarities to BdC in the opening, the drydown is very very different which will be the majority of time you spend with the frag. BdC is much more woody and warm and a bit classic masculine. Dylan Blue is very much just fresh soap smell.

>>18076011
are you >>18074768? you need to shut up if you are, you're not helping

>>18076013
I like Dylan Blue. It's like the "shopping date" version of other typical daily drivers like BDC. I put it on if I want to be safe but not office or church safe.

>>18076016
No lol we're just citing popular fragrances that are widely appealing and easy to wear. It's your first fragrance, that's what you should be aiming for. Inoffensive, hard to misuse, and easily found. Sorry I didn't suck your cock and tell you that CK1 is good.

>>18076016
??? I feel like that's pretty good help for a noob wdym

>>18076017
>I put it on if I want to be safe but not office
What's "office safe" to you? I find it to be a pretty mild fragrance in the office space.

>>18076011
speaking of versace eau fraiche the 200ml is only $65 at costco rn

>>18076023
Ironically I actually wear more unisex/androgynous choices at my job these days. Usually Santal 33. Acqua di Gio or Bleu de Chanel were my old daily wears. My current boss is a major lib dyke and treated me noticeably better once I started wearing S33.

>>18076017
>>18076020
Original noob asking for advice here, I thought CK one was also one of the classics, it was a big reason for considering it in the first place. I liked a bit of the AdG but couldn't avoid thinking it smelled like dish soap with too much lemon. Again, I'm most likely way off and just need more experience, and figured I'd be safe by going with the one I preferred most that didn't seem too "citrusy". especially since many here told me to go with what I liked amongst the safe bets.
>Inoffensive, hard to misuse, and easily found.
Does this not describe CK One? Honestly asking, I feel like I missed a huge part of the conversation yesterday.

>>18076039
In my experience CK1 is very femme and is arguably warm/hot weather only. Other classic daily wear options are going to be more versatile and comfortably masculine. I own and wear fragrances that some people consider to be female perfumes outright, but there are absolutely days where I just can't pick them up because I'm not feeling confident enough. I think CK1 is femme enough that you might run into that feeling. Other people may disagree though.

Absolutely go with what you prefer, it's your choice, but understand that these fragrances will transform and develop as the day goes on. Some dry into very warm and smooth states, others lose their depth and become flat. If you have two or three that you're zeroing in one try getting samples or mini-bottles so you can actually try wearing them. You could be like me when I first started and spend a couple grand and never touch half of them, that works too because at least you'll still find what you really like. You're looking at this correctly by being hesitant and doing your best to find the right choice first. Once you get a bottle or two the anxiety will be gone and you'll start blind-buying just like retards like me.

SOTD: Club de nuit
Smoky pineapple goodness

>>18076024
>versace eau fraiche
Yeah, if you're fine with it lasting 30mins

>>18076041
Thanks for the honesty. I could be wrong, but it almost seems like the "femme" description comes from it being considered a unisex frag, whereas others that were recommended came with the specific description of being more masculine, but then the notes described didn't really fit what I was looking for, and I definitely didn't wanna stray too much into the fringe with scents that I wouldn't even be able to appreciate. So I ended up focusing on those two because I did notice more appreciation for the AdG, and tried both on my skin and walked around for a couple hours. I gotta say, some salespeople are too pushy for comfort and I ended up with a bunch of strips of all kinds of stuff off the shelf that I didn't care for, at least not as a total beginner. At the end of the day, I decided for the CK One as a safe bet, I liked how it developed, even if it seemed mild in strength throughout the day, but that actually seemed perfect for me as a first-timer. I can see why many prefer the alternative, but it just didn't seem as pleasant and soft to me as the CK One. Now the issue I'm facing is the whole different box thing that caught me off guard and figured I had the rest settled. Turns out I still don't know anything.

SOTD: JPG ULTRA MALE

>>18076088
someone’s looking for an assfucking tonight it seems

>>18075048
He keeps going. Where does he get such limitless fragrance power?

>>18075787
Doesn't even hold a candle to the Hogh IQ posters collection from the last thread.

>>18076041
CKOne is not particularly feminine what are you on about? Because of the rose? You need to start wearing mistuoko and gain some confidence boy

>>18075798
Who got banned sweetie?

>>18076158
yeah, that guy is retarded and the newfag is believing him
oh well not my problem if you believe the first thing you hear on a subject and don't question it

>>18076166
aw, you're back?
unfortunate

>>18076169
Hey nice job going crying to the mods like a baby btw, very mature and level headed behaviour

>>18076167
Who asked you?

I went and smelled the new (sort of) Angel flanker yesterday. What a nothing fragrance, it didn't have anything to do with dirty sweet patchouli. Nothing but a cash grab. What have you all sniffed recently?

>>18076171
I am not who you think you are dumbass
but I was glad you got banned cuz you're annnoying as fuck

>>18076011
never give anybody advice again
>>18075991
you sound so new you shouldnt buy anythingbut instead test more until you know what you want
>>18076039
>CK one was also one of the classics
not really, the classics are older. maybe try l'eau d'issey pour homme. maybe not a classic either but at least it's good.you'll probably get filtered by the classics but eventually you should try them or you'll end up like the gothrock fag

>>18076173
your mother

>>18076180
I've memorised your posting style and I've got a lot of time on my hands. I'll be seeing you.

>>18076041
>>18076011
holy retard

>>18076183
you and that other guy both thought I was the other one of you which shows how fucking retarded you are
if you like each other so much fuck off to discord with your worthless posts

>>18076180
If you're the guy who's constantly posting negative bs in lower caps then you're easily as annoying as the other guy.

>>18076058
>>18076088
Awful SOTDs

SOTD:
Carnal Flower

>>18076058
Indeed aweful, atleast go with the limited edition

>>18076143
not the high iq posters collection jesus
>>18076013
dylan blue sucks faggot
>>18076179
yeah it's awful
>>18076005
cheap zara slop

>>18076185
What are you even talking about

>>18076193
the fact that you're retarded and should fuck off from this general

>>18076196
That was my first post in the thread I'm trying to figure out why everyone's so mad

>>18076187
that would be the guy that I responded to

>>18076199
because two or three faggots shat up the last thread for like a hundred posts and I really wish they didn't

>>18076200
But his posts aren't lowercase?

>>18076201
How is that different from any other perfume general?

>>18076203
then it's that other annoying fag

>>18076201
That's not how it went down, some guy posted his collection and the whole thread erupted into a paroxysm of jealous rage. It was very unbecoming.

>>18076205
there used to be at least some discussion but due to many faggos and schizos most posts are terrible bait, terrible advice, worthless one word responses or bitching and arguing

>>18076209
>a paroxysm of jealous rage
no just two retards arguing for no reason

You may ask if you can wear mossy fougeres. You can test your voice, when you can't speak this deep https://youtube.com/shorts/6dex2Nu69A8?si=2hcmqfRn6DG1Zli8
you rather should go with Bleu de Chanel instead of Drakkar Noir.

>>18076215
You don't even know what a paroxysm is

>>18076217
Wow this is easily the gayest thing ever posted in a perfume general

>>18076222
Lel, found the high pitched voiced gourmand enjoyer https://youtube.com/shorts/9mtBEzr26rY?si=jmP7bJX05__SyI1D

>>18076226
I wear aromatics elixir, something I doubt you know very much about since your brown.

>dior sauvage and versage eros: universally loved, *solve perfume*
>people: insist on trying to reinvent the wheel just for the sake of being contrarian
Why? Beauty is objective; no one argues that Aivazovsky paintings, the island of Thera, or 1991 Ferrari Testarossa are objectively beautiful. How are smells different?

>>18076221
I do even know what a paroxysm is

>>18076228
Isn't Sauvage Elixir sickeningly sweet?
https://youtube.com/shorts/h2cVrg_XV0I?si=wSxRyLADJ5O1SOkj

>>18076241
Aromatics elixir isn't savage, it's an oldshool feminine chypre and one of the greatest perfumes ever commited to bottle by not only Bernard Chant but anyone.

>>18076241
Sauvage elixir is more like spicy tobacco

>>18076024
good fragrance desu, I like it better than Versace Pour Homme

>>18076256
I thought it had a licorice note, although I guess tobacco can smell somewhat licoricey

GOATed

>>18076273
Smells like banana peel. I dont get the hype for this one.

>>18076189

>>18075031
>>18075032
Why are the chart pics so tiny?

>>18076326
Nobody reads them anyway

>smells like banana peel
>smells like a woman
>smells like a vanilla cookie
>smells like chocolate

>buy real frags like Drakkar Noir and Tabac Official

I'm at the duty spraying myself down with 10 sprays of amarige. I hope whoever's sat next to me likes floral perfume.

>>18076367
*duty free

>>18076322
What wrong with banana

Frags to smell like this song?

https://youtu.be/FKwVFWwA_x8

>>18076390
It doesn’t even smell like a banana, it smells like the peel. It’s just a very weird kind of fragrance. People fanboy it just because it’s Hermes, when in reality it’s not all that much. But I mean if you want to smell like a banana peel go for it.

do you guys organize by brand or by style?
my collection is in my closet so no one sees it so I've started storing everything based on an arbitrary spectrum that helps me more quickly decide what I want to wear

>>18075787
>5 nearly identical fougeres
Boring, it's not 2019 anymore. I've been almost exclusively wearing boswellia sacra frankincense oil from oman mixed in jojoba oil nowadays. Plebs don't understand but olibanum by itself is a complete perfume if you get high quality oil. My oil has notes of citrus, pine, camphor, "puffyness," smoke, and woodyness/pencil shavings. I've also experimented with combining 3-4 drops of either myrhh or sandalwood oil but neither mixture is as good as the frankincense by itself.

tl'dr fougeres are pleb tier compared to resins/incense

>>18076341
This
I love DN so much, so many intense nostalgia moments everytime i smell it.
I wish someone create a more natural, upgraded version of the DNA.
I'll throw all my financial savings at it.

>>18076417
It's basically just the herb aisle at a grocery stored shoved into one bottle. I like it, I have a bottle. It's classic and great for the occasional party filled with middle aged moms. I don't think maisons will ever make a fragrance like it again, though. The suicide style "shove as many notes as you can into it" of the 80s is long gone. They're much more focused on creating high performing fragrances with mass appeal. So just citrus or sugary scents for you. Buy Sausage and be happy or else!

>>18076408
Season

>>18076422
good point, time for me to rework the spectrum
if I add season then my thought process would look like this
season>activity type>people I'm with>time of day>matching my style/fa/>confidence level

probably gonna have to rework it into a few mini spectrums now

>>18076421
I mean Bon Monsieur is great and all, but it's not exactly Drakkar Noir. It lacks the freshness, probably no dihydromyrcenol in it.
I'm not the biggest fan of Roja, but Roja parfum still are blended in the oldschool way throwing thousand oils in it.
I just want a new Drakkar Noir blended with upgraded high quality oils and make it an extrait de parfum.

>>18076429
>I just want a new Drakkar Noir blended with upgraded high quality oils and make it an extrait de parfum.
You could try the Dakar perfume oil by Al Rehab

>>18076432
I already own in it >>18075787

>>18076167
Yeah, never said I believed, there's just so much contradiction here it's tough to just let and get definitive answers. Even asking a straightforward question gets me to this. I questioned what the other guy said and you came along with no real addition to the conversation.
>>18076181
I gotta buy something at some point and had narrowed it down to two preferences and actually chose one. What exactly did I do wrong by adding questions? Recommending something you like in particular that's also
>not a classic either
just puts me back at step one. CK One is clearly a popular frag that seems to work well in the coming warmer months, everyone is gonna have their own preferences and reasons to trash whatever's popular, that's a given. I just wanted to know if there was any difference between the beige box and the white one, and didn't really get any more help. Thanks, though.

>>18076435
I'm talking about this

>>18076438
It's also good, but similar like Cool Water to Green Irish Tweed, GIT smells smoother and "upgraded". Dakar is definitively rougher around the edges.

>>18076394

>>18076437
I wouldn't get calvin klein one because it's dated but if you wanna smell like the cast of friends go for it walmart has the 100ml for $26 right now which is my blind buy range so who cares lol

>>18076451
very clever sir

>>18076437
>just puts me back at step one.
don't get fixated on something being a classic, you probably won't be able to appreciate the real classics anyway if you're new. if you like ck one, buy it. it's cheap enough you won't regret it in a few months when you smelled more stuff and don't like it anymore and if you keep liking it, then it doesn't matter. it's just that if you want to go deeper into fragrances you should get familiar with the real classics sooner or later
>>18076442
>GIT smells smoother and "upgraded
don't get it twisted
>>18076453
>dated
embarrassing, honestly

>>18076464
you're the worst troll I've ever seen come through this general

Stinkbros. Just got some samples to try several fragrances for the first time. Blogpost, trying to get fragrances for summer/fall/spring

Picked up samples of
Dior homme cologne
Neroli portofino
Terre d hermes edt
Ysl edp
Creed Irish tweed
Pdm edp
Creed aventus
Dior Sauvage edp
Elysium

>>18076487
>Neroli portofino
I've been wanting to try this one out. You should do a short post on your thoughts here

what's the /fa/ consensus on this

>>18076487
Dior Homme is probably my favorite of what you listed

>>18076487
>King tier
Creed aventus
Dior Sauvage edp
>Based
Dior homme cologne
Neroli portofino
Creed Irish tweed
>Not Based
Terre d hermes edt
Pdm edp
Elysium
>>18076497
Highschool juice

>>18076466
are you confusing me with the guy who posts two word insults constantly or are you really that mad at one single post?
>>18076487
masstige/10

>>18076497
Transcendental

>>18076508
embarrassingly terrible

>>18076508
it's the same cycle with you every time
>shitty replies
>shut up troll
>I'M NOT THE TROLL IT'S THE OTHER GUY THAT BEHAVES EXACTLY LIKE ME

Anyone tried this?

>>18076508
Ever wonder why people mix you up?
So, you're the persistent "garbage as always" guy?

>>18076487
complete and utter trash
>>18076515
>>18076531
why so much whinging

Uh-oh

>>18076543
stop watching retarded nigger videos

>>18076232
i like how this post was so unfathomably retarded that no one bothered to even give it time of day. for once this thread is learning.

>>18076514
horrifyingly humiliating

Can anyone confirm the musky-creamy elements in this fragrance?

>>18076566
can you confirm that you’re a brainfried coomer?

>>18076567
Please answer my question, i also asked you to post your collection

>>18076567
why so much whinging

>>18076569
retarded coomer adding shit to his post that he never originally stated

>>18076571
because coomer mutts deserve death

>>18076572
Post your your collection >>18075787

>>18076576
lol, the coomer mutt is angry (and also fucking retarded and a faggot, but we all already knew that)

>>18076578
Still, post your collection and contribute

>>18076580
how about you post some more gay porn and get yourself banned again so i can laugh at you

Got a sample of the new K EDP Intense, been trying it today.
I kinda like it actually. Opens with strong saffron and there's leather behind it, then after an hour or so you start to notice a nice fruity fig.

I've been sniffing it a bit too much perhaps cause I think my nose blindness is setting in but what I've experienced for the first 3 hours so far is pleasant.
I've really come to like fig in fragrances.

>>18076586
funny, i just sprayed on a sample of this a couple of minutes ago.

>>18076589
Let me know what you think about it in a few hours, would be curious to hear from someone else.

>>18076515
might be hard to believe but there are more than 2 people in this thread. being so insecure that fucking CK one is dated is arguably embarrassing.
>>18076531
no and no. i can't be assed to be here all the time

imagine going on an anonymous imageboard and thinking “yes i shall try to characterize and identify every single poster in a regular thread”.

imagine trying to cover your traces by larping as more than one person on said anonymous imageboard

>>18076648
>cover your traces
lmfao shut the fuck up goofy ass nigger this is an anonymous imageboard, the fuck you talking about covering traces like it’s some CSI hacker bullshit

Heya Frag, have you ever been fucking your girlfriend cowgirl pos and you go to slap her ass and you miss and slap one of your nuts by mistake?

Frag for this agony?

>>18076543
you can disregard anyone's opinion about perfumes who characterises smells as "synthetic" or "chemical"

I own...
>Aventus
>Club de Nuit Intense Man
>Club de Nuit Intense Man Parfum Collector's Edition
>Montblanc Explorer
>Cedrat Boise
>A smaller bottle of Aventus from a couple years ago
>L'Aventure
And what I can tell you is this... It's fine. It's a pretty okay scent DNA. It's not as crazy as everyone says, but I've gotten many compliments.

>>18076586
The branding on this just looks incredibly gaudy and cheap. And for that reason, I’m out.

>>18076682
I've never heard anyone say anything good about it. The fragrance or the packaging.

>>18076680
Cedrat Boise is the best one, right?

>>18076680
congratulations, you’re the most basic bitch to ever live

pic related samples arriving next week, i hope that sanguinem harena is the mixature of dark amber and sweet notes that i imagine based on the notes. tobacco jam is something i have been wanting to sample for ages, especially after kerosene discontinued their raspberry. verge is a potential summer fragrance that i'm looking at, depending on it's complexity

after this i'll be buying the following:
- andrea maack's lightsource and hermann miniatures for spring and summer
- possibly sampling tilia but probably cba because yellow and white florals are disgusting
- puredistance's white: looking to get the best clean musk out there for easy wear
- jul et mad
- maybe un air d'apogee by nathalie lorson, there was something nice about the combination of hay and tobacco that i miss during springs - issara is of course the better interpretation of this, but i gave my miniature to a friend

>>18076682
The bottle looks like it was purposely made to engage the auto-ignore function of my brain. Ugly and gaudy, but not ugly enough to engage the what the fuck reflex that makes you pay attention.

>>18076692
>puredistance's white: looking to get the best clean musk out there for easy wear
are you really going to pay puredistance prices for something so generic?
tilia seems to be good from what i heard

Fuck the actual smell, which frags have the best looking bottles?

>>18076686
Depends. It's probably the one I'd recommend most. It doesn't really smell like Aventus, but you can get it for a reasonable price and it smells better than any of the cheaper clones. But if your favorite aspect of Aventus is the opening, Cedrat Boise does something really similar and lasts longer. I like it a lot. And it lasts fucking forever without being an obnoxious projection monster, which is rare for this kind of fragrance.

>>18076699
Phenalgin's or Parfums de Marly

>>18076703
kek. Penhaligon's*. Interesting autocorrect

>>18076699
I don't even need to say his name.

>>18076702
Every time I say this people look at me like I'm crazy, but Cedrat Boise smells the way key lime pie tastes. It doesn't smell like key lime pie, but it smells like the taste of key lime pie. It's a really strange sensation. I like it.

>>18076698
>are you really going to pay puredistance prices for something so generic?
sorry i should have clarified: i'm buying a sample, not a bottle. but i don't mind paying their prices if i cant find a better alternative, i feel like at this stage i have learned to pay for a good product instead of collecting garbage that i wear for 3 mils and then i stop caring about the scent.
do you have any recommendations in the genre that are not the usual suspects?

>>18076712
What I like most about the Drakkar Noir bottle is the cheap plastic cap that breaks if you look at it too hard

>>18076703
>phenalgin
>An ammoniated compound of phenyl and acetamide, used as an analgesic and antipyretic, and resembling phenacetin in its therapeutic action
That’s pretty niche, anon

>>18076719
Doesn't really make sense to spend a lot of money packaging a fragrance that cost $10 at walmart

>>18076692
all complete garbage, jesus christ
>>18076703
actually hideous bottles. i cannot believe anyone likes the retarded steampunk-adjacent old timey top hat and monocle shit that penhaligons does. i saw an instagram reel claiming that penhaligons represented the “golden age of perfumery” like ROFL

Why are horses so associated with perfumery

>>18076740
they have huge cocks which fragtards don't (except for the women involved in the scene)

>>18075129
Would rather be celibate then interact with those STD charities

>>18075631
Yes, despite what the anti-masstige autist here say it is a great clean fragrance but quite overpriced

>>18076699
MFK and Dyptique

>>18076699
Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle

>>18076753
>clean fragrance
roflmao what an idiot

>>18076699
Filippo Sorcinelli
Floraïku
Nasomatto

>>18076699
I like the Eau Sauvage bottle. Dior has great bottles in general, Fahrenheit and Dior Homme are great designs too

>>18076777
I agree, I like the minimalism.

>>18076699
The shalimar bottle

>>18076777
> Eau Sauvage
Disgusting

>>18076794
you're disgusting, it's a really nice bottle

New thread up

>>18076797
>>18076797
>>18076797

>>18075030
Whats a good cold, damp, scent?