Fragrance General #777

[Anonymous No.17047707]

Discontinued Thread >>17042242

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General info
http://perfumesociety.org/discover-perfume/an-introduction/
https://nstperfume.com/2008/11/14/new-to-perfume-and-want-to-learn-more/
https://www.basenotes.net/features/3243-the-top-ten-niche-fragrances-every-beginner-should-sample
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Various fragrance communities/review sites/blogs
http://www.fragrantica.com/
http://www.basenotes.net/
http://www.parfumo.net/
http://www.nstperfume.com/
http://www.boisdejasmin.com/
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http://www.luckyscent.com/
http://www.theperfumedcourt.com/
https://www.fragrantworldshop.com/
http://www.surrendertochance.com/
http://www.perfumista.co.uk/
http://www.ausliebezumduft.de/fragrances.html
https://www.jovoyparis.uk/
https://www.lessenteurs.com/
https://bloomperfume.co.uk/
https://lulua.pl/en/
https://moodscentbar.com/en/
https://ecuacionnatural.com/
https://essenza-nobile.de/
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On DIY fragrances
http://www.perfumersapprentice.com/
https://pellwall.com/
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Affordable snice scents
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For /ourguy/ Luca Turin's books look up Library Genesis
https://scentertainer.net/en/top-10-best-perfumes-luca-turin

[Anonymous No.17047709]

>>17047707
The new Fragrance Groups 101 chart

[Anonymous No.17047716]

>>17047707
The fragrance flowchart for beginners.

[Anonymous No.17047725]

First for deer musk

[Anonymous No.17047755]

Is /ourguy/ Jeremy going to make it?

[Anonymous No.17047793]

i like dated frags but it's frustrating that i can't think of any occasion where i could wear them
they also don't fit me at all
anybody can relate?

[Anonymous No.17047798]

>>17047793
>i like dated frags
I can relate
>but it's frustrating that i can't think of any occasion where i could wear them
I can't relate i wear them all the time
Just wear them, are you waiting for 80s night at the local barcade?

[Anonymous No.17047808]

>>17047798
yea i know that don't give a fuck etc, maybe i had a crisis
i also like to wear something marketed for women, maybe I'm bored with the mainstreamest mainstream and i need some thrill, i tried to come to like newschool armanis, azzaros from wanted collection, ysl bleu electrique etc but it's all BORING, and sometimes it's sickeningly sweet

[Anonymous No.17047813]

>>17047808
Yeah i cant wear much of it, i do like hermes h24 but even that has sort of a gummy bear vibe
Just have some fun, get a bottle of sung homme off ebay $16
Enjoy it

[Anonymous No.17047815]

just got into frags damn bros CDNIM smells good af

[Anonymous No.17047816]

>>17047815
How does it taste?

[Anonymous No.17047822]

>>17047813
i actually had sung homme decant but i sold it, it smellt too much like early 90s shower gel with touch of leather, on the other hand picrel is based

[Anonymous No.17047825]

>>17047822
I was eyeing a bottle of that a while ago. Maybe i will grab one.

[Anonymous No.17047831]

>>17047825
it's something like more classic take on burberry london, but london is sweet from tobacco and port wine, whereas caractere has moss and leather and it's s bit sweet "in an organic way"

[Anonymous No.17047836]

>What am I wearing? Well, you wouldn't know the name, but it's a clone of a famous luxury fragrance called Green Irish Tweed.

[Anonymous No.17047838]

what does he wear?

[Anonymous No.17047845]

>try sample of masculine 70s fragrance
>smells good at first but then ends up smelling like mustard in the drydown
>try sample of masculine 80s fragrance
>smells good at first but then ends up smelling like piss in the drydown

Come the fuck on, guys.

[Anonymous No.17047847]

>>17047845
>try sample of masculine 80s fragrance
>smells good at first but then ends up smelling like piss in the drydown
What frag? I love pissy mens fragrances

[Anonymous No.17047854]

>>17047847
not this op, but boss no 1 opening smells like briefs worn entire week

[Anonymous No.17047882]

>>17047847
Lapidus Pour Homme
It actually smells like a more pleasant Kouros at first, then it's piss.

[Anonymous No.17047889]

>>17047882
Maybe i just have an old ass bottle but i don't get piss at all, it drydown smells like sweet tarts + some smelly old man fragrance

[Anonymous No.17047911]

Do you ever get your nose up close against the skin you sprayed on, and blow hot air out of your nose before inhaling again? Brings out some interesting qualities in some scents.

[Anonymous No.17047935]

My sister's signature scent is J'adore.
If she loves that, what else would she like?

I don't want to get her something exactly the same, either.

[Anonymous No.17047946]

My bottle of ombré Nomade arrives tomorrow. Best one I sampled in store, very pricey though

[Anonymous No.17047989]

>>17047845

>smells good at first but then ends up smelling like piss in the drydown

Kouros smells like piss and it's awesome.

[Anonymous No.17048008]

Anyone tried this before? They gave me a couple samples of it at the store today and I swear this stuff smells just like Pasha de Cartier.

[Anonymous No.17048027]

>>17047935
Chanel Coco Mademoiselle
D&G L'Imperatrice
Lancome La Vie Est Belle
Hermes Twilly
Dior Dolce Vita
Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille

[Anonymous No.17048128]

>>17047845
I'm trying to really like this drakkar noir bottle i have but the lavender is too harsh and synthetic on this one, are there any other classic fougeres with no lavender?

[Anonymous No.17048130]

Will you keep wearing fragrance that you love even if people around you think it doesn’t smell that good on you?

[Anonymous No.17048137]

>>17048128
>are there any other classic fougeres with no lavender
not really, fougeres have to have lavender
try chypres if you want old school masculine but no lavender

[Anonymous No.17048145]

Going to blind buy this. What am I in for?

[Anonymous No.17048149]

>>17047815
It is good, but I hate the opening, which is too strong. I recommend spraying it the evening before on your clothes since the drydown is just amazing. That being said, I prefer the other clone (Mont Blanc Explorer) over it, because it essentially smells the same but without the harsh opening

[Anonymous No.17048195]

Shitty thread. Fragrantica forums are literally more interesting to read than /frag/.

[Anonymous No.17048202]

>>17048130
Of course

[Anonymous No.17048203]

>>17048145
loud, sweet and synthetic mix of tobacco, spices, vanilla, fruit notes and a lot of other shit

[Anonymous No.17048286]

>>17048027
Thank you so much. You're really helped me out
God bless

[Anonymous No.17048309]

The Dreamer and Blue Jeans have arrived and from what I've smelled on my wrist, the free sample of Cool Water that was thrown in mogs them both.
The Dreamer smells like the shower gel from the dispensers at a Best Western hotel. A big "wtf" moment for me, since it was kind of a weird smell from that shower gel already.
I haven't decided yet what Blue Jeans smell like.
Gotta give both a full day of wear.

>>17047755
Nah, man. The descent into madness has started.

>>17047838
Azzaro Pour Homme. Bottle stolen from his dad, no need to repurchase yet since he only wears 1-2 sprays.

>>17048145
Reformulated disappointment, although I still kinda like my sample.

>>17048195
Goodbye.

[Anonymous No.17048314]

>>17048309
>I haven't decided yet what Blue Jeans smell like
it smells like cola to me
the dreamer is an interesting frag, pretty unique but a bit love or hate, might take some getting used to

[Anonymous No.17048336]

>>17048309
is cool water that good? I need a cheap frag for everyday use/holiday summer/hot weather.
Some people say it's shit and it has no performance?
Anything better?

[Anonymous No.17048356]

>want to get into the fragrance game
>enter a shop to try out a couple brands
>immediately assaulted by a hundred different smells
how the fuck am I supposed to shop around like this

[Anonymous No.17048359]

>mfw layering Eros and Sauvage

[Anonymous No.17048374]

>>17048356
you can always get samples

[Anonymous No.17048381]

>>17048336
It's awesome, but in all honesty, you can get a small bottle of it at many drugstores, so just test it yourself.
Performance might not be overwhelming, but considering the price, you can either just spray more or reapply after a couple hours.

>>17048356
Test 4 frags by spraying one each on your wrists and inside the elbow and leave the store, sniff throughout the day, repeat. It's impossible to smell anything useful inside the store.

[Anonymous No.17048394]

>>17048309
Cool Water mogs most fragrances

[Anonymous No.17048453]

>>17048309
The dreamer and blue jeans are the best versace fragrances imo. I unironically think blue jeans is a great everyday frag that can mog other blue frags

[Anonymous No.17048464]

>>17048336
Yeah total shit longevity wise, projection is incredibly moderate around thefirst hour and very, very rapidly drops off after. It smells good but it's the equivalent of spraying yourself with some air freshener.
And yes, I've tried spraying a shit ton of it and it still sucks

[Anonymous No.17048469]

recommend some boozy fragrances.

[Anonymous No.17048473]

>>17048469
Dirty english (the older batches)

[Anonymous No.17048492]

How long should I expect EDT's and EDP's to last for? How long do (you) usually get from your frags?

[Anonymous No.17048494]

>>17048453
that's cause it's not a ble frag bro

[Anonymous No.17048497]

>>17048492
edt and edp doesn't mean that much nowadays. sometimes you get edts that perform better than edps

[Anonymous No.17048500]

>>17048469
dior fahrenheit parfum, jovoy psychedelique

[Anonymous No.17048503]

I want to smell like a pear and basil separately.
Recommend 2 frags pls

[Anonymous No.17048506]

>>17048494
Yeah i know, but it is good to wear everyday and smells great, that usually what blue frags are

[Anonymous No.17048511]

>>17048506
no, usually they smell like shit

[Anonymous No.17048517]

>>17048503
The Dreamer smells like canned pears to me. Maybe try that.
Then just rub a basil leaf on your skin. They're incredibly potent.

[Anonymous No.17048521]

>>17048511
To normies they don't

[Anonymous No.17048549]

This is my collection.

I wear them as follows
>Office:Sauvage
>Gym:Sauvage
>With gf:Sauvage
>Anything in the evening:Sauvage

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.17048577]

How do you guys know so many fragrances? I just recently bought my first fragrance as a 26 year old (up until now I just wore what I was gifted) and I started lurking fragrantica and these threads. Do you just go to shops and try fragrances regularly and then make a wish list based on what you liked? So far I've tried maybe 12 fragrances and know what they smell like but that's it.

But honestly I'm hooked. I'm already planning on buying like 4 more at least. I bought Versace Pour Homme because I needed something fresh and light for everyday wear and maybe the gym, but now I'm eyeing Tom Ford Ombre Leather to wear for more formal occasions and during the fall, I also want to get YSL LNDLH Bleu Electrique as I really liked it. I also wanna get Sauvage and Montblanc Explorer just so I have those basic bitch likeable fragrances in my collection

[Anonymous No.17048588]

>>17048549
>Thoughts?
You're very practical and your gf is a basic bitch airhead

[Anonymous No.17048592]

What would they wear?

[Anonymous No.17048602]

>>17048577
I try to go everyday and test two fragrances on each arm. Soon Ill start to buy decants of niche fragrances. Also when I buy I always ask for free samples.

[Anonymous No.17048607]

>>17048577
Mainly by lurking fragrantica and exploring. I'd read about the frags i like and then go to the section where it suggests me frags i might like and i just keep going and seeing what there is. And also when I do find something i might wanna try i go to the store and spray it, so that's about it

[Anonymous No.17048629]

>>17048314
It was like cola-flavored bubblegum for a while, but it has changed now. I have smelled some note in it in another fragrance before, but I don't remember which one it was. As of right now, it also seems to be stronger than The Dreamer.

>>17048394
True.

>>17048453
They are the only Versace fragrances I have right now. Didn't like Pour Homme at the store and the store didn't have The Dreamer or Blue Jeans.

>>17048464
I'll probably just carry an atomizer with me to mist myself in it every hour.

>>17048492
12 hours in the world we all wished we lived in. 1 hour in the diluted reality. 30 minutes if it's L'Oreal. Doesn't matter if it's an EdT or EdP.

>>17048577
Buying samples, buying frags, testing frags at the store. Whenever you go into the city for whatever reason, stop by the smellyshop and spray some on your wrists for testing.
Also:
>maybe the gym
If one more person ruins a fragrance for me by mixing sweat and gym stank with it, I'll start wearing Sauvage Elixir to the gym every time. I hate all aquatics because my gym smells like them. Just don't wear a frag just for the gym. I will make the entire place smell like Sauvage Elixir.

[Anonymous No.17048634]

>>17048577
I'd hold off on buying too many bottles right now, if you get more deeply into fragrance autism your tastes might change. especially too many bottles of "basic bitch likable frags" because many people get bored with them as their tastes evolve
try dior homme parfum if you want another sweet leather frag, I prefer it to ombre leather personally

[Anonymous No.17048638]

>>17048629
>It was like cola-flavored bubblegum for a while, but it has changed now
yeah I think it goes into a sweeter tonka vanilla and slightly spicy base, sort of like le male
it's definitely worth a try at the price, it's fairly unique in today's market even though I'm not super into it because it's so synthetic and sweet

[Anonymous No.17048672]

>>17048634
Yeah, or just buy smaller bottles of frags because when you end up with so many bottles it will take ages to go thru all of them. I have about 10 100ml bottles and i kinda dislike that since i'm probably gonna need a long time to finish them

[Anonymous No.17048687]

Don't spray DHI on the sheets unless you want it to smell like powdery chocolate forever.

[Anonymous No.17048702]

>go to perfume store
>most testers behind the counter
>ask assistant if i can walk behind the counter and sample myself
>no
>she has to stand there while i ask her what to spray, she watches me think about each tester paper sample, and then i have to ask for the next one

[Anonymous No.17048704]

>>17048702
ended up buying this because i asked to try a million testers and felt guilty

[Anonymous No.17048706]

>>17048577
Samples. Focus on different notes to get an idea of how they smell. So for example buy samples of 3-4 amber perfumes, then vetiver, patchouli etc. Once you have a reference point you'll have an idea of what a fragrance might smell like from note list and description, and you can identify the notes more easily when smelling. Also sample famous fragrances. Luca Turin's 4-5 star frags is a good start.
It can get a bit pricey buying niche samples, but it's cheaper than buying whole bottles and it's a fun experience.

[Anonymous No.17048715]

>>17047813
>hermes h24
Yeah, tested this yesterday, what the fuck?
Does this shit even sell? I mean I do like synthetic watermelon flavor, but not really in my perfumes.

[Anonymous No.17048726]

>>17048128
It's harsh because it's cheap af and uses cheap ingredients. Get a sample of Rogue Bon Monseur and see if you like that.

[Anonymous No.17048766]

>>17048687
Thanks for the heads-up, will do that like right now.

>>17048702
>testing on paper
I wouldn't buy shit if they made me test it on paper. I wouldn't buy shit regardless because I just buy them online after testing them at the store, but still.

>>17048704
And that's how they get you.

[Anonymous No.17048808]

>>17048469
Is the Oud wood body spray worth it?

[Anonymous No.17048816]

Is it bad to store frags horizontally (laying down)?

[Anonymous No.17048845]

>>17048336
Yes. Vintage has good performance and nice dry down in the heat.

[Anonymous No.17048867]

A fragrance for this theme?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xx8V3j4MVUg

[Anonymous No.17048870]

>>17048715
I wish it's watermelon, after the green start it goes straight sugary fruity sweet for me.

[Anonymous No.17048883]

>>17048845
>costs 3 times more

[Anonymous No.17048899]

>>17048867
Boss Bottled Intense.

[Anonymous No.17048911]

>>17048808
yes, if you like the creamy vanilla/tonka scents. it skips right over the dank, earthiness thats found in the edp.
i spray it on my arms and around my neck. lasts a long time for me.
buy it on sale, its usually $20 less.

the other one in the photo is ombre leather body spray. its pretty rough, not worth buying.

>>17048867
something by mugler

[KetoSchizo No.17048920]

>>17048911
Rough in what way, friend?

[Anonymous No.17048922]

>>17048911
Awesome thanks!

[Anonymous No.17049000]

>>17048883
Yeah but i guess since it lasts longer on skin you won't be using as much of it so you won't run out of juice fast

[Anonymous No.17049016]

What are the most vaporwave fragrances?

[Anonymous No.17049031]

>>17048634
I've thought about this. Although at this time I really liked both Sauvage and Explorer. They smell good to me and everybody likes them so it's a win win. I won't be buying massive bottles anyway, max 60 ml if not smaller decants. Good recommendation on the Dior Homme Parfum, I'm trying it next time I go to the store. I'm also really attracted to D&G The One so I'm going to give that one another taste.

[Anonymous No.17049035]

>>17048629
Why the hell wouldn't I want to smell good at the gym? It's like one of the 3 places I go to on a daily basis, you bet I'll be having a fragrance for it as well. Nothing strong and overpowering but just a nice fresh hint of something to tingle the gym bunnies senses when I walk past.

[Anonymous No.17049052]

>>17049031
>max 60 ml if not smaller decants
yeah I recommend getting decants instead of full bottles for now if you want moe frags
>Good recommendation on the Dior Homme Parfum, I'm trying it next time I go to the store
the Parfum variant usually isn't available in IRL stores, but the Intense is pretty common. much less leather in the Intense though

[Anonymous No.17049056]

>>17047707
I just wear a chanel blue rip off.
I don't show anyone the bottle

[Anonymous No.17049060]

>>17049035
Because you don't smell good at the gym. It's like trying to combat body odor with a fragrance. The only reason I could see is if you work out like a pussy and don't even break a sweat.

Personally I just enjoy the final moments of my SOTD at the gym, before I inevitably shower it off.

>>17049031
>>17049052
DHP is unavailable as fuck right now. Not even the Dior website stocks it. Might be worthwhile to test DHI instead and then just imagining a leather accord over it.

[Anonymous No.17049077]

>>17049016
sung homme but its nasty. Maybe Comme des garcon Soda

[Anonymous No.17049093]

>>17049016
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nn6BZ1zuw0
Gainsboro gman
Jaguar Pour Homme
Drakkar noir
Cool water
Fahrenheit
Azzaro Pour Homme
Paco Rabanne Pour Homme

[Anonymous No.17049100]

>>17049060
>DHP is unavailable as fuck right now
it's available in Europe but yeah, I hear in the US it's very hard to get
DHP has other differences from DHI too other than the leather, I get pretty prominent rose and sandalwood in it
DHI is nice too though

[Anonymous No.17049102]

A fragrance should match one's personality, right?
what kind of frag would you recommend to a mid twenties guy who's usually described as introverted and reserved? People seem to perceive me as mellow mostly, if a bit too distant and private

[Anonymous No.17049107]

>>17049056
Can you compete with my ultra rare arabian oriental style of blue freshie?

[Anonymous No.17049108]

>>17049107
Nice bottle. But everybody who sniffs you doesn't know what it looks like

[Anonymous No.17049117]

>>17049108
Thats the downside of it

[Anonymous No.17049118]

Is this based? I like the shower gel.

[Anonymous No.17049125]

>>17049102
encre noire, encre noire a l'extreme, versace dreamer, incense: avignon, eau des baux, grey vetiver, dior homme 2020
just random frags that make me think of "introverted". mostly woody or incense types of scent

[Anonymous No.17049130]

>>17049117
That's the downside of not buying rip off fragrances. Just save your money for better stuff

[Anonymous No.17049138]

>>17049130
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FpWQ-GxsM&t=109s
It's actually an unique DNA not a clone

[Anonymous No.17049140]

>>17049125
Thank you
>woody or incense
Would it get cloying during the summer?

[Anonymous No.17049143]

>>17049130
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FpWQ-GxsM
It's actually an unique DNA not a clone

[Anonymous No.17049147]

>>17049093
Seems to be some overlap between vaporwave and sleazecore here

[Anonymous No.17049150]

>>17049147
it's because he is confusing vaporwave with synthwave, the latter being more sleazy.
80ies manly and loud frags= synthwave=sleazecore
floreal, dreamy, calming frags = vaporwave= hawaiian softboicore

[Anonymous No.17049152]

I dont know which mancera scent to get first

[Anonymous No.17049153]

>>17049150
>floreal, dreamy, calming frags = vaporwave
Yeah that sounds about right, what are you thinking of

[Anonymous No.17049156]

>>17049152
none, its one of those brands you get bored of in less than a month
skip

[Anonymous No.17049169]

>>17049016
Fabuloso lavender

[Anonymous No.17049173]

>>17049118
I wanted to ask this last thread because I'm searching for something for the rainy season, and could've bought it at a discount, but there's little to no reviews, and the only 2 videos about this on youtube can be summarized as: "Fresh, but it might smell like something you could already own" and "Smells like shower gel and doesn't last long". If you liked the shower gel, you might as well try it out.

[Anonymous No.17049176]

>>17049153
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1vfwVbu2A
Pour Un Homme de Caron
Versace The Dreamer

[Anonymous No.17049178]

>>17049153
I'm a complete beginner so I wouldn't know.
But I think Versace The Dreamer could be a good one, as it's both retro and floreal, also weird and "dreamy" (or so people describe it)

[Anonymous No.17049201]

>>17049178
>retro
The vintage version or even the current batches?

[Anonymous No.17049205]

>>17049140
depends which one. grey vetiver and dior homme 2020 are safe to wear anytime, same with normal encre noire I think
try them out at a store

[Anonymous No.17049207]

>>17049152
red tobacco is the only decent one. I wouldn't bother though honestly

[Anonymous No.17049211]

>>17049201
current batches are fine
I agree that it smells like vaporwave. a bit retro, a bit artificial but calming and with an abstract dreamy quality indeed
it helps that the bottle looks very vaporwave too

[Anonymous No.17049216]

>>17049211
I mean, just look at it

[Anonymous No.17049225]

>>17049211
>>17049216
Weirdly it doesn't seem to be very easy to get, sephora doesn't even have it in my country, is it gonna get discontinued or something?

[Anonymous No.17049234]

>>17049225
>is it gonna get discontinued or something
idk, but it's been like this for a while
seems like Versace has a policy of selling its older frags like Dreamer and Blue Jeans via stores like TJ Max or Rossmann and not in dedicated frag stores

[Anonymous No.17049240]

>>17049234
That's stupidly inconvenient

[Anonymous No.17049252]

>>17049240
it does mean the price is lower too, so at least that's nice. but it's hard to try them out, you have to either get a sample or blind buy pretty much

[Anonymous No.17049254]

>>17049100
Where in Europe? I'm in Germany, it's completely unavailable to me. Doesn't matter much, because I have a bottle already, but still.

>>17049118
Just go to a L'Occitane and sniff it?

>>17049234
Bought it at a regular online frag store here in Germany (flaconi) together with Blue Jeans. I guess it just depends on the country.

[Anonymous No.17049259]

>>17049254
>Where in Europe
here in Poland it's available from several discounters. I bought mine two months ago
https://perfumehub.pl/dior-dior-homme-parfum-woda-perfumowana-dla-mezczyzn

[Anonymous No.17049264]

My gf wants to smell like a freshly baked bread. Not sweet but warm.
Any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.17049269]

SOTD: ELDO Tom of Finland
quickly becoming a warm weather favorite, god damn i smell so fucking good.
And as opposed to 99% of other ELDO fragrances, it doesn't dissipate within the hour, longevity on the level of Secretions Magnifique.

[Anonymous No.17049272]

>>17049259
Damn, that's a lot of offers. There's no stock left in Germany other than rip-off priced bottles on eBay, and on "aduft" for a similar rip-off of 250€.

[Anonymous No.17049278]

>>17048883
I bought my 100 ml bottles for under $40. They smell much better than the new bottles too

[Anonymous No.17049282]

>>17048577
>Try on a new random fragrance literally every time you are near a perfume aisle
>note sample sets
>brand sample sets
>random samples
>samples samples samples
>used perfume lots on ebay if you're adventurous
>t. 6 bottles and 200+ samples

[Anonymous No.17049286]

>>17047707
This opening is really, really fucking good.

[Anonymous No.17049292]

>>17047707
Any good attar stores recommendations from etsy? I've always been wearing perfume, figured out it might be time to try out attars.

[Anonymous No.17049295]

>>17049264
Wonder Bouquet is the only time i even recall thinking of bread notes

[Anonymous No.17049308]

This. Is. Peak. Fragrance.

[Anonymous No.17049324]

bros PLEASE tell me the truth.. is ADG Profumo being discontinued??

[Anonymous No.17049325]

>>17049308
anyone know how the Coral Fantasy duo turned out?

[Anonymous No.17049327]

>>17049324
Wh would it be discontinued?

[Anonymous No.17049329]

JEREMYBROS I DON'T FEEL GOOD AT ALL
https://youtu.be/ZIGGIUCwI6M

[Anonymous No.17049332]

>>17049327
because I keep hearing that and seeing fragtubers parroting it

[Anonymous No.17049334]

>>17049329
It hurts bros

[Anonymous No.17049344]

>>17048503
>pear
you know the one

[Anonymous No.17049355]

I’m not being funny, what the hell is the point of top notes? 99% of them smell nothing like the final smell of a fragrance, the thing you’ll be smelling like for the next 5 hours. So whether you love the opening of a fragrance or not it doesn’t fucking matter because that’s not what the fragrance actually smells like. This shit makes buying frags such a pain because you have to spray it on and walk around for an hour to get a sense of what it actually smells like. And I’m one of those people that rarely likes the top notes. They tend to be strong and sweet to get your attention and I don’t like that. But again, even if I did like it it wouldn’t matter because that’s not what the fragrance will smell like.
There are a few exceptions where the opening is a nice introduction to what happens next but rarely I feel.

[Anonymous No.17049358]

>>17049282
I've recently bid on used frags on eBay, auctions expire in a few days. Some are just backup bottles of stuff I like and which hasn't been on sale for a while now, some are new to me. Will see what comes from it.

>>17049324
Probably not. Just L'Oreal fuckery with raw material prices. When they get their stuff for the price they want to secure the margins they want, they will produce more.
Ever since L'Oreal cheaped down the bottle design (click cap instead of magnetic, matte-white painted letters instead of silver relief letters, etc.) they also diluted the stuff, anyway. Nothing but complaints since then. This is peak modern perfumery. Create popularity, create scarcity, inflate prices, increase margins.

>>17049329
Next video in two months where he wears a loincloth and hunts musk deer in the Himalayas using a spear:
>"Okay guys, I didn't realize that it would be this cold, but I'm still gonna do it."
>"POWEEERRRR"

[Anonymous No.17049362]

>>17049355
I like it when a fragrance evolves a lot. if it stays the same it can get boring

[Anonymous No.17049372]

>>17048920
it smells of nothing but an ashtray

[Anonymous No.17049373]

>>17049152
I get compliments for Wave Musk. And I like it personally.

[Anonymous No.17049378]

>>17049372
so a bit more like tuscan leather?

[Anonymous No.17049395]

>>17049355
I'd mostly agree with you. On some fragrances, the top notes are only used to hide the smell of the alcohol evaporating. On other fragrances, top notes are part of the whole fragrance, which is complex enough to change multiple times. More of an experience and an art compared to other frags, sometimes very enjoyable.
Then again many fragrances are just using the top notes to create an unrealistic image of the fragrance in order to sell quickly at a store. This is why I can also like a good and strong linear fragrance. No false advertising.

My favorite developing scent is still New York Intense, which is like 3-4 fragrances in one.
My favorite linear fragrance is Le Male Le Parfum (or something from Profumum Roma, probably Patchouly). Straight up no change whatsoever, strong and linear as fuck.

[Anonymous No.17049397]

>>17049329
jesus christ people can be so petty

[Anonymous No.17049412]

>>17049362
That’s nice if the evolution makes sense and if I actually like how it starts. But take CDNIM as an extreme example, it starts smelling like a lemon flavored floor sanitizer and then after 30 minutes it smells smoky and masculine and like Aventus. Who would ever buy this if they couldn’t know what the final product smells like?

[Anonymous No.17049425]

>>17049332
Sounds like fomo horse shit to me, maybe some faggot needs Gio affiliate money lmao.

[Anonymous No.17049443]

>>17049329
He had overpriced products, a bad business model, bad marketing, bad branding, relied solely on his YT reputation and his business failed?
Who could have seen that coming? Hopefully he'll learn from it, but I doubt it.

[Anonymous No.17049448]

Alvarez Gomez is a nice cheap citrus freshy.

[Anonymous No.17049484]

How do you deal with asshole sales people who think you're not worth their time?
Always happens to me anytime I check out some TF frags. It's like they hire the biggest cunts.

[Anonymous No.17049485]

>>17049278
What are you gonna do when the vintage bottles run out?

[Anonymous No.17049486]

>>17049484
Be a cunt right back to them.

[Anonymous No.17049489]

>>17049484
They probably just size you up based on if you look like youll make them a commission or not. See if you can find another sales person to give a commission to with your purchase, or just buy online.

[Anonymous No.17049516]

>>17049485
Fragrances change all the time, when it's not worth buying one just don't buy it. Nothing lasts forever

[Anonymous No.17049521]

>>17048145
most likely headache, same goes for people meeting you within the first 3 hours. Later a fruity tobacco scent that can be a bit too chemical for some

[Anonymous No.17049556]

>>17049362
What are your favorite? Guerlain habit rouge edc is probably mine. Changes so many times and always smells nice. I’m tempted to spray some tonight even.

[Anonymous No.17049610]

>>17049516
I have three vintage bottles of cool water. I doubt I’ll use them all. If I don’t I will give them to my kids or will sell them if the value increases enough. Most of the bottles I purchase are vintages. I especially like Guerlain vintages. But I will never pay more than what a new bottle costs at a discounter. It just requires some patience and luck.

[Anonymous No.17049617]

>>17049102
Sounds like me. I like Caron pour homme, guerlain vetiver extreme, and tam doa for you

[Anonymous No.17049646]

>>17049225
>>17049234
yeah, exactly. i get the dreamer and cool water at marshall's

[Anonymous No.17049663]

I'm sure this has been asked a million times but I'm not sure where to put it.
What are some common mistakes I should avoid as a skinny manlet?

[Anonymous No.17049665]

Fuck, wrong thread. Nevermind.

[Anonymous No.17049668]

>>17048870
And after that, it smells like soapy wet ground.

[Anonymous No.17049683]

>>17049665

[Anonymous No.17049721]

Any anons here own Azzaro Wanted by Night? What’s the performance/projection like?

[Anonymous No.17049729]

got a bunch of samples in the mail, looking to buy a full bottle for someone, and none of the samples were good enough. i hate this shit bros. this next shipment better deliver a winner

[Anonymous No.17049739]

>>17049484
the testers are just sitting out, right? go in knowing what you want to try. when the lady asks you if you need help, say "I'm fine thank you"

[Anonymous No.17049758]

is bleu de chanel worth it? or is it uninteresting

[Anonymous No.17049765]

>>17049758
It's worth it but it's uninteresting.
It's a better than average blue frags but like most blues it's not that unique or special. But if you want a really good all purpose non offensive everyday frag then it's a good choice. If that's not your thing then you're better off looking at something else.

[Anonymous No.17049767]

>>17048715
Not sweet at all. It’s what BI should have been. No bugspray. A good one, though not my personal fave.

[Anonymous No.17049771]

>>17049329
I own all of ‘em and would’ve bought Club.

[Anonymous No.17049778]

>>17049729
what did you get?

[Anonymous No.17049796]

>>17049758
I have the EDP and Parfum for the last 6 months. I think it’s great but I won’t be going to buy it again after I finish the bottles because how common and basic it is.

[Anonymous No.17049896]

Toxic Tuesday Livestream
https://youtu.be/r-7KTI68Nhw

[Anonymous No.17049928]

Got a bottle of snicebomb edt since I found it at a decent price and it's not what I expected at all. Was hoping for a lighter extreme and it ended up being really fucking strong and harsh with the pepper smell at the start and it dried up "okay" but not as good as I hoped. Definitely gonna return it.
Is extreme really the only one worth getting? Haven't tried any of the others but haven't heard many great things about them.

[Anonymous No.17049952]

>>17047707
I wanna smell like ballsack and musk in a hot way.
No I don't care if it runs the risk of catching the gaze of gays because it smells too masculine
>inb4 ELdO

[Anonymous No.17049954]

Anyone smelled Tam Dao?
Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.17049960]

>>17049952
Unironically Sauvage.

[Anonymous No.17049964]

>>17049960
Bit basic, isn't it though?
Incredibly overplayed

[Anonymous No.17049995]

>>17049928
>Is extreme really the only one worth getting?
no, it's cheap and synthetic smelling

[Anonymous No.17050012]

>>17049952
just get a real deer musk attar

[Anonymous No.17050044]

>>17049016
CdG 2

[Anonymous No.17050046]

https://youtu.be/RWZFa7W-kkY

Frags for this feel?

[Anonymous No.17050054]

>>17049928
The EdT is better than Extreme. Extreme is just another watered down vanilla "tobacco" bomb. Not enough spices, at all.
Gotta say that I had a diluted batch of Extreme. Thanks, L'Oreal.

>>17049964
I don't think there's an artisanal "ballsack and musk" smell, so Sauvage is a valid option.

[Anonymous No.17050059]

>>17049995
this. eau des baux is better at half the price and tobacco vanille is much better if you don't mind spending more. Chergui is better too though a bit different

[Anonymous No.17050073]

>>17047989
I put one spray of kouros before going to the gym today (to switch things up, its not a gym scent I know) and I was disgusted whenever I smelled it throughout my workout, kept reminding me of bathrooms and piss. Terrible decision

[Anonymous No.17050099]

Anyone try Missoni Wave? Opinions? Or suggest alternative summer frags around the same price (or cheaper)

[Anonymous No.17050102]

>>17050099
It's okay if you like aquatics. It's an aquatic fragrance that smells like an aquatic fragrance.

[Anonymous No.17050165]

>>17047911
Yes, often I give it a big ol warm & moist breath like I was cleaning glasses

[Anonymous No.17050167]

>>17049216
>checked all the perfume selling stores in my area
>none of them have it
what in the fuck

[Anonymous No.17050202]

>>17050167
it's not really stocked in dedicated fragrance stores >>17049234

[Anonymous No.17050205]

>all the stores near me have testers of Antaeus
>none of them have testers of Fahrenheit
wtf
I woukd have thought Fahrenheit should be way more popular, right?

[Anonymous No.17050210]

>>17050202
Well there's nothing like tj max and rossmann in my country, it's pretty much just sephora and whatnot

[Anonymous No.17050212]

>>17050210
really? I'm sure you can find it online though

[Anonymous No.17050225]

I can't sample Versace the dreamer, can anyone describe the smell to me?

[Anonymous No.17050226]

>>17050205
It's in all the stores I have been to (not many), even at the airports. But I'm in EU

[Anonymous No.17050240]

>>17050225
A mix beetwen Le Male and D&G Pour Homme.

It was Versace's attempt to fight against those two fragrances.

[Anonymous No.17050245]

>>17050225
powdery, sweet floral and very round.

[Anonymous No.17050249]

>>17050225
Le Male's introverted, floral-tobacco cousin

[Anonymous No.17050257]

>>17050212
It's on amazon but I don't trust it not being a fake
Other than that it's out of stock everywhere lmao

[Anonymous No.17050262]

>>17050257
>It's on amazon but I don't trust it not being a fake
I doubt anyone fakes The Dreamer, it's like 25$ per bottle. no reason to fake that when you could fake more popular and more expensive frags like Sauvage or Aventus
weird situation though

[Anonymous No.17050263]

>>17050262
I don't know, some comments say it's a knockoff

[Anonymous No.17050294]

What's your favorite casual/every day scent?

Mine is Prada amber. Didn't like it at first, but it grew on me.

[Anonymous No.17050298]

>>17050294
I tend to alternate between neroli intense and terre d'hermes depending on the weather

[Anonymous No.17050312]

>>17050099
smells way more like AHS than VPH does. The opening is a less creamy, almost blue, version of AHS, but it quickly fades into something muted and weak.

[Anonymous No.17050321]

>>17050263
a lot of times you just say that and then you can get a refund on it

[Anonymous No.17050346]

Worst fragrance note?
I'd say mint just because it has like a half hour of longevity no matter what it's in
I don't know of any that I outright hate to smell
Naturally, all fragrances are made to sell no matter the retarded spiel of their designers, like ELdO. If they actually smell like shitty ass with no redeeming qualities then it will literally tank hard

[Anonymous No.17050348]

>>17050346
>all fragrances are made to sell no matter the retarded spiel of their designers
I still wonder what led Gucci to make Guilty Absolute. who makes a super smoky, dry to the bone harsh leather fragrance as a flanker to some generic mass-pleasing shit?

[Anonymous No.17050397]

is it weird that i bought le male to use solely as an air freshener

[Anonymous No.17050461]

>>17050397
sounds like a decent idea honestly. I really like the smell of le male on paper, but on my skin it becomes too cloying

[Anonymous No.17050474]

anything else I should try if I like Antaeus?

[Anonymous No.17050482]

>>17050321
You think a fake is unlikely even if it's way cheaper on amazon?

[Anonymous No.17050490]

What were the biggest men's fragrances of the 90s?

[Anonymous No.17050510]

>>17050490
Acqua Di Gio
JPG Le Male
Mugler A*Men
CK Eternity for men
Paco Rabanne XS
Chanel Platinum Egoiste

basically, male fragrances started going more fresh and sweet than before, starting a trend that continues to this day pretty much. the rise of aquatics like Acqua di Gio and light, fresh fougeres like Platinum Egoiste contrasted with sweet, loud clubbing frags like Le Male and A*Men
a time of big changes in male perfumery, which I think is why 90s fragrances seem much more "modern" to most people than 80s ones, we're still continuing the 90s aquatic and gourmand trends in some ways

[Anonymous No.17050511]

>>17049152
got a gold aoud sample i'm happy with
synthetic, rosy, musky

[Anonymous No.17050518]

>>17050490
In term of sales: Le Male, Acqua di Gio, Hugo Boss Bottled, Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey and CK One if you want to include unisex.

[Anonymous No.17050527]

My initial results on some oakmoss extract mixtures (entire Encre Noire line and Cool Water) are very promising. They all got noticeably more intense from the first spray, and even now more than an hour later, they are still as present as they were within the first 5 minutes of spraying. I can see why oakmoss was so important as a fixative.

I can't say EN and ENAL have changed their scent profile much, but their foresty DNA is just intensified, and as they are drying down that seems to be getting more noticeable too.

ENS gets a lovely green colour with the added oakmoss, but it's still not really noticeably foresty at all to my nose. Maybe I will up the oakmoss amount on this. However, I also added a drop of lavender oil, and that surprisingly did exactly what I hoped it would: add back to the heart of the frag what reformulations took away, which is a lovely accord of the aquatic with the lavender, very smooth and pleasantly fresh. The lavender definitely drowns out the citrus though, especially in the opening, which is otherwise much more present in the reformulation. So I don't think I'll add lavender to my entire bottle. Then again, as the mixture macerates into my decant, perhaps the lavender will get more subtle, allowing the citrus to shine through more again.

Cool Water is noticeably more aromatic with the added oakmoss, it has a musky roughness to it in the opening that it did not have beforehand. And yeah, it also performs much better now.

I think pretty much any frag can benefit from added oakmoss. If you don't add a lot of it, it doesn't change the scent profile a lot, it intensifies that profile and adds some edges to it, particularly in the drydown, and it significantly improves the performance. Keep in mind that not all oakmosses are equal though, there's different qualities, origins and concentrations. I used a rather cheap extract, which I wouldn't say is very pungent, but there's much more expensive ones that I suspect are better.

[Anonymous No.17050533]

>>17050527
Drakkar Noir gets more darker and intense adding Oakmoss absolute to it. Encre Noir Sport with oakmoss extra sounds interesting too.

[Anonymous No.17050577]

>gift my dad pic related because It's not my thing
>he now wears it when it's 40 degrees celsius outside and sprays like 6-7 times
What have I done

[Anonymous No.17050595]

>>17050294
Dior Homme EdT

[Anonymous No.17050632]

>>17050577
My dad did the same thing with Aramis, so I gave him AdP Colonia Essenza as a gift as well.

[Anonymous No.17050653]

Are Deodorants/Bodywashes with frag smells memes or is there anything to them that I can't get from using unscented soap and liberal applications of the frag itself?

[Anonymous No.17050657]

>>17050482
no, im just saying that I know that if you say its fake you get a refund, so its probably a bit overblown

[Anonymous No.17050659]

>>17050046
Jo Malone's Myrrh & Tonka. Dark, warm, pleasant, somewhat dreary-dreamy, a bit of a rough edge, but pretty, and creamy. Oh to be.

I also love Bronze Wood & Leather from Malone, it is the true encre noire (since it smells of black ink).

[Anonymous No.17050707]

Just came home from Douglas. Tried out a bunch of frags. from what I remember:
>Kouros really smells like piss
>all the tom ford frags had like 5 boxes each and no testers
>Cool Water smells like freshly washed laundry, a bit disappointed
>All the "panties droppers" frags I tried smells feminine
>Fahrenheit still is the best frag I have tried, starts as leather and develops in this dark, misterious woody scent, making me happy I blind bought it as my first frag

[Anonymous No.17050708]

What are your current favorite fragrances for summer, winter and fall? For me it's the following

>Summer: Bvlgari Aqua Amara
>Fall/Autumn: Tom Ford Noir Extreme
>Winter: Spicebomb (the original, tried Spicebomb extreme and liked it but I honestly like the OG Spicebomb quite a bit more)

[Anonymous No.17050718]

Got my bottle of ISO E Super yesterday, very interesting scent. Lifted weights after applying and it certainly seems to become stronger with elevated body temps. I'm curious what /frag/ thinks about the molecule...

>>17047889
I just get honey and amber on the drydown. I basically just wear this when I want to LARP as a 1980s working stiff.

[Anonymous No.17050742]

I FINALLY RECEIVED MY BOTTLE I SMELL LIKE A KING

[Anonymous No.17050759]

>>17050527
Another two hours and they are still just as present. This is fucking amazing. Is there a cheaper material with fixative qualities comparable to oakmoss? I want this for all my fragrances now.

Cool Water is starting to fade a bit though. Needs More Oakmoss.

I also decanted more ENS to tone down the lavender, and added more oakmoss to compensate, and damn, this stuff is special. Compared to my sample of the original ENS, which is soft, almost detergent-like, this has a harsh freshness from the citrus and intense natural lavender, and the aquatic drydown while pleasant is still also striking. I feel like the lavender evaporates relatively fast though, with an a bit disproportionally subtle drydown, maybe I need some other lavender material rather than this essential oil. But for now this is good enough.

>>17050718
I love Iso E, pure (however pure Molecule 01 is, anyway) and in the Iso E-heavy frags I've smelled it in (primarily Encre Noire, Terre, Fahrenheit).

It is also great to layer with. Try it with Dreamer (or really much of anything else, I just think Dreamer is magical in combination with woody stuff, if usually more darker woods than Iso E).

[Anonymous No.17050763]

>>17050474
You should buy a backup bottle

[Anonymous No.17050765]

Any Oud Wood dupes out there that are somewhat intense and much more woody?

[Anonymous No.17050766]

>>17050294
Chanel Bleu, it just werks.

[Anonymous No.17050770]

>>17050759
Oh man, I'll try it with The Dreamer this evening! Tried it with my Aventus clone yesterday and it didn't really add anything, although the performance was maybe a bit better since I can still smell it 15 hours later

[Anonymous No.17050775]

>>17050707
>Cool Water smells like freshly washed laundry, a bit disappointed
This is true but it's because laundry detergents and dryer sheets have been cool water clones for decades now. Not because cool water was based on some laudry detergent smell.

[Anonymous No.17050777]

>>17050708
>Bvlgari Aqua Amara
Based that shit is so fucking good

[Anonymous No.17050798]

>>17050708
Gainsboro Gman, Fahrenheit, Drakkar Noir + Oakmoss

[Anonymous No.17050805]

>>17046537
>I ordered The Dreamer and Blue Jeans (for a grand total of 23,02€)
Where did you order anon?

[Anonymous No.17050820]

>>17050775
well I guess they ruined it then. It's not bad but people will think I just did my laundry. I hoped for something more marine, to go to the beach with

Ofc they didn't have the dreamer.

[Anonymous No.17050827]

>>17048359
he fits this board so well

[Anonymous No.17050833]

>>17048549
how u liking jungle? thinking of getting a 7ml to try it.

[Anonymous No.17050845]

So i finally stopped being a poorfag student and bought my first fragrance bottle ever
>Lalique Encre Noire Eau de Toilette
And while do absolutely love the scent
There are some reviews on my country's Notino that keep saying that it wears off quickly and has very weak projection.
I can't really tell for myself since i literally have nothing to compare it to. But my friends say that:
>yeah they can't smell it.
Might be because the reviews are right, or might be because i spray too little (one spray) and my skin is naturally extremely dry.
So could any of you anons who have used this particular frag and are more experienced in these matters tell me your, as unbiased as possible, opinion on those aforementioned characteristics before i YOLO another bottle on a sale? I would be so grateful

[Anonymous No.17050857]

>>17050845
one spray is nothing, everyone recommends from 2 to 4 at least. try this:
>2 spray on the chest, left and right
>1 spray behind each ear
>1 on the neck
and this is still light for some frags

[Anonymous No.17050860]

>>17050845
>one spray
Lol fucking sissysprayer. Maybe when you have some strong shit you just want one spray.

[Anonymous No.17050861]

>>17050845
>or might be because i spray too little (one spray)
well duh they can't smell it

[Anonymous No.17050867]

What are the best websites to order samples in europe?

[Anonymous No.17050869]

whats a good frag that makes me smell like an old italian mafioso uncle in summer
thinking of something grassy, heavy on lemongrass or similar fresh, but not citrusy
thinking of lacoste fragrances or maybe some cartier eau fraicheur

[Anonymous No.17050876]

>>17050869
Guerlain Vetiver

[Anonymous No.17050880]

>>17050845
Put unscented lotion on when you get out of the shower after you dry off but while your skin is still slightly damp. Use a mild soap like dove.
At least put lotion anywhere you will be spraying. After this if you still don't get the longevity you want spray more.
Encre noir can be a bit confusing because it has a lot of iso e super in it and some people go nose blind to it pretty quickly.

[Anonymous No.17050882]

>>17050857
>>17050860
>>17050861
Alright then so it's mostly my bad, unironically thank you for this info
>2-4 sprays
Is this counted by every spray i make on the entire body?
So for the example of >>17050857 a total of 4?
Or 2 sprays means 2 sprays per every spot i spray on?

[Anonymous No.17050888]

>>17050869
Basile Uomo
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Basile/Basile-Uomo-9543.html

[Anonymous No.17050891]

>>17050882
A total of 4

[Anonymous No.17050892]

>>17050880
Yes that is actually on my radar, i usually apply a lotion after showering every day, but i stopped until i get a unscented one. The one i use right now has a light whiff of cream to it and i did not want to muddle the perfume with it.
Good to know it does make a big difference so thank you kind anon

[Anonymous No.17050893]

>>17050820
In the summer if you really sweat and stuff, even the reformulated lighter Cool Water gets more aromatic, especially in the air. The right people will love it, has distinctly more character than just a nice laundry scent.

That said, the accords of neroli, jasmine and amber really create this laundry detergent feel, I get the same in the drydown of other frags that feature them together (such as neroli intense).

I had this girl over in the summer a couple of years ago and she wore a pair of tight shorts of mine while we were being sporty outside, and before washing that pair of shorts, I kept sniffing it. So for me, this fresh laundry + aromatic muskiness thing of Cool Water is exhilarating, reminding me of that. :^)

If you want to enhance and enrich its character and can't get your hands on a vintage version, add oakmoss to it. Look at that thick juice.


>>17050845
I can attest that the new Encre Noire batches are not great performers. A couple of things though:

You need more sprays. Try 4-6, ask your friends again, increase from there.

Spray your clothes. Ideally you drench a spot on a sweater containing natural fibres, by getting the atomizer within a centimer or two of the spot and spraying a good 4-6 times, soaking it. Watch out for stains on light clothing though.

Maceration seems to be a thing with these. I have noticed with mine that as the weeks pass, they get more intense and long-lasting.

It's possible to go noseblind, primarily due to the large amount of Iso E in them, as >>17050880 mentioned. Spray further away from your face, maybe even hold your breath/pinch your nose while spraying, let the frag dry down and smell it from some distance rather than pressing your nose against it.

You can consider using oakmoss to spice it up. Works amazingly well.

[Anonymous No.17050895]

>>17050891
Great! Thanks for that info as that was kind of unclear to me

[Anonymous No.17050902]

>>17050805
Interested in this
I was about to order on notino but a lot of people say they sell fake shit

[Anonymous No.17050907]

>>17050902
Notino doesn't sell fakes, they are very established in places like Germany and even have physical stores. They'd already be sued out of existence if they were selling fakes of popular stuff.

[Anonymous No.17050917]

>>17050907
Why do so many people on the internet say they've been sold diluted shit, bottles that don't smell the same, etc

[Anonymous No.17050924]

>>17050917
Sauvage melted the brain down
Just read some reviews on Fragrantica

[Anonymous No.17050929]

>>17050924
How come they're so cheap

[Anonymous No.17050932]

>>17050917
Because the fragrance industry sucks and constantly dilutes and reformulates fragrances. It's the perfume brands running the scam not Notino
Especially if you bought a newly release frag in a store and worse it for a few years and then bought a new bottle from a discounter, the bottle from the discounter probably will be watered down compared to the first one. But it's not anything that the store is doing

[Anonymous No.17050939]

>>17050932
>dilutes
In select stores though right? I doubt that if I went to the largest physical retailer in my city which also does luxury clothing etc they'd be selling diluted shit

[Anonymous No.17050950]

>>17050917
I'm mostly only reading of people attesting to their legitimacy and reporting positive experiences. My (admittedly limited) experiences with ordering from them have also been good. There's simply no way these are fakes, everything is perfectly in order and a bunch of the stuff I ordered I even knew beforehand/still had samples of.

And again, they most likely wouldn't be around anymore if they were outright selling fake shit.

I'm not gonna unconditionally vouch for them, it's not impossible they dilute stuff (although that seems like it would be more work and effort itself than they make up for), but it's mostly what the other anon said, the perfume houses themselves reformulate and dilute their stuff over the years.

[Anonymous No.17050974]

>>17050845
>might be because i spray too little (one spray)
yeah one spray is too little for almost every frag. I'd start with four for Encre Noire and ask people if they can smell it, then increase / decrease accordingly

[Anonymous No.17050978]

>>17050869
Guerlain Homme Eau Boisee maybe?

[Anonymous No.17050983]

>>17050917
maybe the fragrances changed, or maybe their memory is faulty or their tastes changed (more common than people think). frags are subjective after all and they do get reformulated
notino doesn't sell fakes

[Anonymous No.17050985]

>>17050294
Dior Homme Intense, although I don't wear it as often in summer as I do in the other seasons.

>>17050346
"Aquatic", "marine", "sea notes".
If it goes past Cool Water in terms of how aquatic it is, I don't want it.

>>17050653
The corresponding deodorants and bodywashes are usually massively overpriced. Probably not worth it, but I haven't tried it (yet).

>>17050805
Flaconi with a 30% student discount.

>>17050820
Now that I have The Dreamer, it's not necessarily a fragrance to chase. And it absolutely doesn't last.

>>17050845
40 sprays and they might be able to smell you in today's diluted fragrance world.

[Anonymous No.17050987]

>>17050929
discounter sites like Notino buy unused stock from retail stores for dirt cheap AFAIK and that's why they can sell it for so much less than retail

[Anonymous No.17050994]

Guys how safe is it to buy testers? they said they are full and might not coe with the box and/or the cap.
Is it worth it?

[Anonymous No.17050995]

Does heat damage fragrances if they're left in the dark (not in direct sunlight)?

[Anonymous No.17051000]

>>17050994
>Guys how safe is it to buy testers?
it's safe as long as you don't care that it might not come with a cap or have TESTER written somewhere on the bottle or something
>Is it worth it?
depends how much cheaper it is and how much you value presentation

[Anonymous No.17051003]

>>17050867
parfumaria

[Anonymous No.17051012]

I tried Mitsuoko and I like it a lot. Are there other similar frags to keep an eye on? What about Jickie?

[Anonymous No.17051018]

>>17050653
I have a Montblanc Explorer and True Religion deo stick, and while they smell fairly nice, they aren't very intense at all. The latter more so than the former, but neither will really add much at all to your scent bubble. I also have an Old Spice deo spray, it has stronger projection but doesn't last all that long.

They are not worth the increased price at all I think, just get odorless quality stuff. Or even generic deo, as its scent will disappear anyway.

That said, sometimes there are offers that bundle deo, shower gel and perfume, and if they aren't that much more expensive than the frag itself you may as well go for it. Having nice scent-sations in the shower is worth it if nothing else.

>>17050985
>And it absolutely doesn't last.
That's odd, for me Dreamer is a fairly good performer. Even on skin, but maybe try clothes? Or use it as a pillow mist/bomb your entire bed with it.

[Anonymous No.17051020]

Bros I just had the best idea ever, hear me out.
A masculine tobacco-based fragrance and its bottle is a zippo lighter that opens and operates just like a real zippo but it sprays parfum instead. 50 ml bottles.
How cool would that be?

[Anonymous No.17051027]

>>17051020
it would be a bit gay

[Anonymous No.17051029]

Gonna wear Midnight in Paris tomorrow at the office. People will tell me I smell like baby powder again

[Anonymous No.17051030]

>>17050708
wish Amara wasn't discontinued. not paying 170 for it

[Anonymous No.17051031]

>>17049211
>>17049216
Just bought The Dreamer and Cool Water, hope I'll like them (I'll probably like Cool Water anyway since I remember loving my GIT sample)

[Anonymous No.17051032]

>>17050939
>dilutes
>In select stores though right? I doubt that if I went to the largest physical retailer in my city which also does luxury clothing etc they'd be selling diluted shit
No everywhere, basically everything on the market gets diluted to shit and made as cheaply as possible within a few years of going on the market.
Maybe a physical department store will have older batches in stock but they don't make different bottles to send to different stores

[Anonymous No.17051033]

>>17051027
what the FUCK they literally sell this shit and no one bats an eye??
>>17051031
wanted to buy the same 2, please report back what you think

[Anonymous No.17051035]

Oud Wood has such a nice DNA, love that shit

[Anonymous No.17051036]

>>17051033
I paid extra to receive them on friday, will post my take here but I'm a beginner when it comes to this stuff, haven't tried many fragrances

[Anonymous No.17051040]

>>17051033
>please report back what you think
different anon here, but I do like the Dreamer. it's pretty unique though I do have to be in the mood for it, sometimes all the tobacco and herbs smell a bit harsh to me
Cool Water though has smelled like air freshener every time I tried it on. maybe it'ss just some unfortunate association with an air freshener based on the scent

[Anonymous No.17051047]

>>17051020
They made bic brand fragrances at one point that looked like bic lighters.

[Anonymous No.17051055]

>>17051020
Pretty cool. Give it some smoky, petroly and flinty notes too. Maybe something metallic.

I think something you touch on with that is that the perfume world has never really embraced the idea of reapplying. People have their shit at home, but we are in the age of dilution, reapplying every 2-3 hours while you're out and about should be more common practice now. Travel bottles exist, but they're not mainstream products, houses don't even have travel-sized offerings of all their frags either, and without a purse to throw them in they regularly aren't even that effortless a carry.

So packaging frags such that they can be carried around and fit into casual use stylistically as well seems worthwhile. Zippo lighter, lipstick, flask, maybe even vials that can be incorporated into jewelry or some shit.

[Anonymous No.17051064]

>>17049952
YSL Kouros. The greatest "ballsack and musk" in existence, thanks to how those aspects are blended with incense and floral/herbal notes

[Anonymous No.17051068]

If I buy Aura Sublime and a.e.o.m. I get a bottle of Menthe Froide, which is getting discontinued, for free. Worth jumping on the offer if I’ve never tried any of them?

[Anonymous No.17051080]

>>17051047
this looks like an asthma inhaler, we should make one too and make it smell like some sweet medicine or an old drug store
>>17051055
yeah that sounds handy, objects that aren't weird or impractical to carry around
>>17051064
that's the smell of the ballsack of someone who pissed himself

[Anonymous No.17051092]

>>17050474
Egoïste (the OG, not Platinum), Jacques Polge's other masculine masterpiece for Chanel. They're pretty different--Antaeus has an oakmoss/patchouli base, while Egoïste has a sandalwood base and no oakmoss or patchouli--but they both have a similar mature, luxurious Chanel vibe. If you like one, it's hard for me to imagine you not liking the other

[Anonymous No.17051093]

>>17050995
Depends on the actual amount of heat. Any kind of reaction that is happening inside your fragrances will double in speed with each 10 °C of additional temperature. The main problem is autoxidation, and that's mostly sped up by UV light and not temperature.

>>17051018
I'm wearing it on skin and clothes right now. I can smell it's still there, but it doesn't seem to project. My bed smells of Dior Homme Intense ever since this thread today so misting it with The Dreamer would be pointless.
Hoping that I'm noseblind right now because of the insane amount of sprays I'm wearing.

>>17051033
That's a physically fit male torso, it can't get any more masculine. Nothing gay about it.

>>17051047
That juice looks potent as fuck. I want to spray myself with the brown single-use sludge.

[Anonymous No.17051098]

>>17051093
they didn't have to include the bulge did they. It looks very silly and very gay.

[Anonymous No.17051099]

>>17050653
I don't think they are worth the overprice. But regarding Fahrenheit, try Axe Peace, they are close enough.

[Anonymous No.17051101]

>>17051093
>Depends on the actual amount of heat.
Say around 30°C?
What's the ideal temp to store frags? I live in a warm climate

[Anonymous No.17051108]

>>17051101
Cool room temperature in place that don't shun ac cool (65°F) i don't know how that translates in euro, if you want to go full autism you can put them in the fridge

[Anonymous No.17051113]

>>17051108
65 is like 20°C, a closet should be alright I guess

[Anonymous No.17051117]

>>17051098
Sounds like you're getting mogged by a bottle bulge.

>>17051101
I doubt 30 °C will do anything. Most people store them at room temperature of around 21-22 °C, and they can be stored for a very long time that way. At 10 °C more, they could be stored like that for half as long, which is still a long time.
The "ideal temp" is obviously the temp right above the point where they would either freeze or separate. The colder, the better. If they can be frozen without separation, that would be the best temperature, obviously. -273.15 K.
This is purely hypothetical since the coldest I've ever seen anyone cooling their frags was by using the fridge.

[Anonymous No.17051122]

>>17051117
>he doesn't keep his backup bottles in the freezer

[Anonymous No.17051124]

>>17051117
Would there be any risk of food in the fridge "contaminating" the scent somehow?

[Anonymous No.17051125]

>>17051122
My freezer is filled with food as my physique mogs the Le Male bottle and needs to be maintained. I keep them in the basement, that must be enough.
It's just a bottle of Neroli Intense and Le 3e Homme de Caron, anyway.

[Anonymous No.17051132]

>>17051124
Personally, I doubt it. My fridge doesn't really smell of anything, though, since it's nice and clean. My knowledge is limited to chemistry and I have never stored my frags in the fridge, so I can't give you an answer based on empirical evidence or theoretical knowledge.

[Anonymous No.17051135]

>>17051132
I guess it wouldn't do anything unless you consistently stored extremely smelly foods like aged cheeses and whatnot, but I don't know.

[Anonymous No.17051139]

>>17051124
If you left a frsg in a smelley fridge for a long time the first spray woulf probably be a bit off but i don't think the smell would work it's way into the bottle

[Anonymous No.17051147]

I took out my bottle of ultime just now and shook my head in disappointment again. I spent 90 bucks for 100ml and it's barely used. Should I dump it and buy something else or just use it until it runs out? I hate wasting money. Bought it years ago. It fucking SUCKS.

[Anonymous No.17051192]

>>17051020

[Anonymous No.17051193]

>>17051192
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Anonymous No.17051215]

>>17051047
did they put fucking tobacco attar in that

[Anonymous No.17051245]

>>17051215
It's just a home picture of an old ass bottle. The ones with stock pictures look normal. It does look like they go pretty heavy on the coloring added

[Anonymous No.17051267]

>>17051029
i envy, how much did you pay?
i only have 10 mi decant i bought in 2019 and at least 2 mls are gone already, i used only like 6 sprays of that

[Anonymous No.17051291]

>>17051020
>>17051192

[Anonymous No.17051304]

>>17051291
What is with the English and fake tans?

[Anonymous No.17051315]

Holy mother of reddit

[Anonymous No.17051350]

>>17048592

[Anonymous No.17051352]

>>17051350
>asians
>needing to shave

[Anonymous No.17051372]

New
>>17051361
>>17051361
>>17051361

[Anonymous No.17051382]

>>17050653
I got a kouros body gel with my bottle. Decided to use it one day and I stunk (in a good way)
Had to grab another shower later on as I was seeing a prostitute that night and didn't want to offend her.
Personally I wouldn't bother buying one unless you were gonna use it when to bed.
if you wanted to smell like the frag during the day, you could just use the frag, no?

[Anonymous No.17051481]

Recs for a spring/summer alternative to picrel?

[Anonymous No.17052068]

>>17051481
any more classic vetiver. Guerlain, Givenchy, Tom Ford etc.

[Anonymous No.17052152]

>>17050346
>Worst fragrance note?
Saffron
Honey
Pink pepper
Artemisia
Civet

[Anonymous No.17052202]

Just sprayed La Yuqawam Pour Homme for the first time 5 minutes ago
WHY IT SMELLS LIKE KEROSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENE!?

Will update later

[Anonymous No.17052297]

>>17052202
One of my top 3 fav frags. Could wear it when I wake up in the morning, in the afternoon, evening or to bed. Just so great. I don’t really like leather frags either

[Anonymous No.17052300]

found this absolutely laughable and unwearable at first, but in love with it now
there's something grandmaish about it that's very comforting and whitepilling
however i feel like this is a hard mismatch for me as a 6'1 straight young dude, it's very grandma-ish and pink-dyed hair petite girl-ish

not gonna buy a full bottle, but i'll miss this sample when i run out

[Anonymous No.17052314]

I love Amouage Boundless and like amouage gold a lot
which one(s) do i sample next from amouage?

[Anonymous No.17053539]

>>17052297
The kerosene smell died down to raspbery and leather later on but the kerosene smell linger for an hour or so.
As someone who used to use kerosene for cooking and sometimes kerosene lamp (older millenial here) I'm not really fond of kerosene.
For most westerners they probably use gas stove since the 80s so they never have to handle stuff that use kerosene as fuel. So they will find this frag smells nice.
But me, I rather use LY Tobacco Blaze