/perf/ - Perfume General #1049

[Anonymous No.18076797]

Discontinued: >>18075030

NEW Luca Turin reviews on Substack: https://lucaturin.substack.com/

Informative Videos for newfags to Fragrance General
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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions for newfags
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W2C bottles
(USA-Canada)
http://www.fragrancenet.com
http://www.fragrancebuy.ca
http://www.luckyscent.com
https://www.fragrancex.com

Use Google to obtain the maximum discount code at fragrancenet (35%).

(Europe)
http://www.notino.com (see directory at bottom for your country)
https://www.jovoyparis.uk/
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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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W2C samples
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/
https://www.lesecretdumarais.com/en/
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On DIY fragrances
http://www.perfumersapprentice.com/
https://pellwall.com/
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Affordable nice scents
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For /ourguy/ Luca Turin's books look up Library Genesis
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[Anonymous No.18076799]

The Fragrance Groups 101 chart

[Anonymous No.18076801]

What’s the best Montale rose + oud fragrance out of their fuckhuge selection?

[Anonymous No.18076802]

The Fragance Flowchart for Beginners

[Anonymous No.18076806]

Say My Name.

[Anonymous No.18076808]

>>18076802
garbage as always
>>18076806
coomer mutt

[Anonymous No.18076809]

>Montale

[Anonymous No.18076810]

>>18076799
lol

[Anonymous No.18076811]

>>18076808
Did you try clicking on it big boy?

[Anonymous No.18076813]

>>18076806
Hey boss man I'll have kapsalon mit saus andalouse dankeshon

[Anonymous No.18076814]

>>18076811
i dont click on anything you post, coomer mutt

[Anonymous No.18076818]

>>18076813
these guys wear lataffa ouds nowadays (or sauvage)

[Anonymous No.18076819]

>>18076808
Just post your own flowchart

[Anonymous No.18076822]

>>18076819
no thanks, i dont contribute to posting garbage

[Anonymous No.18076823]

>>18076814
I did a funny joke with the thumbnails but fuck me anyway... I'll never win the esteem of the salty lower case poster... He thinks I'm the aventus cooker what can be done????

[Anonymous No.18076824]

>>18076818
You need something strong to cut through the Doner grease

[Anonymous No.18076828]

>>18076822
Why are you always around the garbage then?

[Anonymous No.18076829]

>>18076828
because the garbage always invites itself into these threads

[Anonymous No.18076833]

>>18076829
Your vibe attracts your tribe

[Anonymous No.18076838]

>>18076600
i don't really like fig as a note but it's alright. fragrantica says it's a leathery fig fragrance but to me it's more on the soap/shower gel + fig side of things.

[Anonymous No.18076840]

>>18076829
Are you the OP?

[Anonymous No.18076843]

>>18076840
No, I am. I use proper capitalisation.

>>18076823

[Anonymous No.18076848]

>>18076833
brainfried idiot
>>18076840
no, not that it matters

[Anonymous No.18076849]

>>18076848
As you can see this miserable bastard is incapable of performing a service on behalf of others like posting a new thread for us all to enjoy.

[Anonymous No.18076852]

frags for larping as a wealthy white man in a hispanic coastal town?

[Anonymous No.18076854]

>Chronicles - scents of history: Boston Tea Party, 1773
The top starts of kind of rubbery, I assume this is because of the castoreum and leather. Ambergris gives this a sort of a 'wet' character, but all in all it's definitely a tea scent. Not a cup of tea scent, mind you, but tea leaf in a crate on a ship scent. I like it.
>Cleopatra’s Power Play, 47 BC
Very green for an amber. Very delicious too, paradoxically. When it has stuck to clothes a bit it smells like freshly baked cookies, but on skin palm leaf and dates make for an interesting juxtapozition of a green scent and an amber scent. Lasts for an eternity. The former lasts long too, but this one is especially noticeable.

[Anonymous No.18076856]

>>18076852
One of the royall lymes

[Anonymous No.18076860]

>>18076843
Thanks for pointing that out as well for keeping this general alive
I was just making sure of the delusion levels

[Anonymous No.18076864]

>>18076860
It's truly a pleasure and a privilege

[Anonymous No.18076866]

UPDATE: JPG Chads I hate to be the bearer of bad news. Today I went into my local macys to get me a bottle of Le Beau and they were out of stock (No surprise, everyone is trying to pull chicks with summer right around the corner). However, the store sales lady told me that in their recent orientation they got told Le Beau le parfum will not be sold in the US anymore. Will be exclusive to Europe. Stock up now while you can!

[Anonymous No.18076867]

are tom fords: noir extreme, tabacco vanilla and oud wood worth testing out?

[Anonymous No.18076872]

>>18076867
eh not really, they are overpriced for what they are

[Anonymous No.18076873]

>>18076867
almost all tom fords are good, maybe not perfect but good
solid buys from discounters or somewhere like costco

[Anonymous No.18076874]

>>18076867
Fundamentally incomplete perfumery and unethical pricing. Best avoided by people of taste

[Anonymous No.18076876]

>>18076866
I'll pass this on to the members of my bathhouse, thanks

[Anonymous No.18076880]

>>18076874
>incomplete perfumery
What does this mean. Missing notes?

[Anonymous No.18076885]

>>18076806
Good taste detected
One day... they will make it

[Anonymous No.18076886]

>>18076867
>Noir Extreme
Opening is perhaps kind of divisive with its feminine flowers, but then it’s pistachio and vanilla all the way down. You really gotta love pistachio to like this.
>Tobacco Vanille
A tug of war between tobacco leaf and vanille with some dried fruits dropping in to say hello at times. I like it, but it’s frankly kind of an impractical fragrance to wear.
>Oud Wood
Haven’t tried it, but apparently it has ghastly bad longevity for its price. Shame, because it sounds like it could be a rather pleasant woody scent.

[Anonymous No.18076887]

>>18076880
To me the quintessential Tom Ford perfume is half of a good idea: an interesting (or well quoted) top note or dry down but rarely a perfume that manages to have something interesting to say from top to heart to dry down. His best perfumes are usually just some older perfume slimmed down for modern tastes and simplified accordingly: Tuscan leather quoting from knize ten with it's salacious red berries and leather top note, beau de hour basically being a take on zino, neroli portofino being an interpretation of 4711. But at the prices he charges I would expect perfumes that display greater artistry, considering you can buy guerlains for a lot less and indeed get something like youth dew or cabochard or aramis or aromatics elixir or yatagan or... for comparative pocket change.

[Anonymous No.18076895]

why cant I find any summer scent i like? I only like date night and winter stuff, all the citrussy stuff makes me cringe

[Anonymous No.18076899]

>>18076849
as you can see this whiny bitch is spamming garbage every thread and then accusing others of not spamming garbage like himself.
>>18076866
no one asked, faggot.
>>18076867
no tom ford is worth anyone’s time.
>>18076885
no one asked, coomer mutt

[Anonymous No.18076902]

>>18076895
What about a light pine scent like they do in Italia?

[Anonymous No.18076903]

>>18076895
because you have terminally poor taste

[Anonymous No.18076905]

>>18076899

[Anonymous No.18076907]

>>18076902
could you be a bit more specific? Im a newfag

[Anonymous No.18076908]

>>18076905
you aren’t as funny as you think you are

[Anonymous No.18076915]

>>18076907
Pino Sylvestre is the one I'm thinking of. Might be worth a try. Most European countries have something similar, worth poking about on fragrantica.

[Anonymous No.18076916]

>>18076908
What's up man, let's rap. Why the aggro in the most blessed thread on /fa/?

[Anonymous No.18076926]

>>18076895
You can try Ghost in the Shell if you live somewhere with a dry summer. I was in the same situation before I got this one

[Anonymous No.18076927]

Thoughts on L'Artisan Parfumeur Timbuktu?

[Anonymous No.18076931]

>>18076916
no thanks, im not a nigger. maybe ask the coomer mutt if you want monkey music.

[Anonymous No.18076933]

>>18076927
A masterpiece, enough said.

[Anonymous No.18076938]

>>18076931
Scents for being so block headed and unpleasant and illiterate (rap as in talk
man cmon) even stormfront wouldn't want you posting there?

[Anonymous No.18076945]

>playing doom
>win the first fight
>entire enemy team swaps from doom/genji/echo/lucio/kiri to orisa/sombra/mccree/ana/moira
>lose next fight
>swap to winston, not a counter but a lateral move that at least gives me the option to make plays
>win that fight
>enemy team swaps to JQ/reaper/bastion/ana/zen
>call them out for being losers
>half of the enemy team has a meltdown repeating reddit oneliners about "core mechanics" and "feature of the game" like they aren't just crutching their way to wins by exploiting solo tank
>end up winning because they're too focused on typing, didn't even swap off winston
this game is so bad now lol

[Anonymous No.18076948]

my bad, two timing generals right now

[Anonymous No.18076950]

>>18076931
the unprovoked aggression suggests otherwise, post hands nigga and ill put some respek on yo name namsayin

[Anonymous No.18076954]

>>18076948
It's cool, we're free and easy in here except for one guy who's literally possessed by devils

[Anonymous No.18076956]

>>18076950
retarded nigger
>>18076938
>>18076954
retarded nigger faggot

[Anonymous No.18076958]

>>18076954
Ironically he's pretty on brand for the general I spend most of my time in. Hate to see how far this brainrot has spread, even to a general as niche as this one.

[Anonymous No.18076961]

>>18076956
what's your favorite fragrance?

[Anonymous No.18076963]

>>18076961
i bet you wish you knew

[Anonymous No.18076965]

>>18076963
yeah that's why I asked

[Anonymous No.18076966]

>>18076961
angel layered with baccarat rouge

[Anonymous No.18076967]

>>18076958
Yes it's a shame what monsters we can allow ourselves to become. A cautionary tale for sure.

[Anonymous No.18076972]

>>18076965
sucks to be you
>>18076967
homo alert

[Anonymous No.18076975]

>>18076972
You do realise you are in the perfume general right and not the heterosexual macho man general?

[Anonymous No.18076977]

>>18076975
i realize that you’re a faggot, yes

[Anonymous No.18076979]

Scent for a 21 year old student living in a humid tropical climate (rainy and sunny seasons only) that has good sillage and isn't expensive (>$100 preferably around ~$50 or less)? I just want to smell nice throughout the day without needing to reapply, or is reapplying not something you guys would recommend anyway? I don't really know what notes I like or don't like, I don't like strong, nausea inducing perfumes though. Thank you so much for the help. Also, I swear this general used to be called frag general, or am I experiencing the mandela effect?

[Anonymous No.18076981]

>>18076979
walk into your local sephora, ask the salesperson for the most popular man’s fragrance and just walk out with it. it’ll probably be better than whatever you end up buying.

[Anonymous No.18076983]

>>18076979
just get literally any blue versace fragrance like every other kid

[Anonymous No.18076986]

>>18076979
same age and climate here, acqua di gio profondo is my favorite for all 3 of the hot and humid seasons

[Anonymous No.18076987]

>>18076979
>this general used to be called frag general,
it did but... ...faggots and schizos

[Anonymous No.18076994]

>>18076983
it is scary how much money versace and d&g have made off of fine fragrance when neither has ever made a single good perfume.

[Anonymous No.18076996]

>>18076994
eros flame is good

[Anonymous No.18076997]

>>18076996
it’s really not

[Anonymous No.18077016]

>>18076996
You notice how, despite him replying to me, I didn't reply to him? Take a hint and do the same. He's just baiting for replies because he's bored.

[Anonymous No.18077017]

>>18077016
>i don’t like what it says so it’s bait
rofl

[Anonymous No.18077038]

I have a bottle of drakkar noir because of the meme, are there any other meme frags?
My actually collection is solved, I don't NEED anything new and I'm not asking for advice. I just think it would be funny to collect all the memes now

[Anonymous No.18077064]

The first 10 seconds of the opening smells like pickles. I don't know what is causing that, probably the vetiver, but it's a very pickly smell. After that it's a pleasant barbershop fragrance. I'd give it a strong recommend if it was 400 dollars cheaper than it is, I'd say this was pretty good.

[Anonymous No.18077068]

>>18077038
>because of the meme
What meme? You mean the fact that it is worn by grotesque Albanian human traffickers? That's not a meme, that's just the primary market for Drakkar Noir.

[Anonymous No.18077075]

>>18077064
hot take all creed frags are overrated as hell

[Anonymous No.18077077]

>>18077075
That take isn't very hot at all.

[Anonymous No.18077078]

>>18077077
very brave of me I know

[Anonymous No.18077079]

>>18077075
this isn’t a hot take, this is a fact

[Anonymous No.18077081]

>>18077064
i have the cologne version
its pretty nice
didnt pay full price tho

[Anonymous No.18077082]

>>18076867
i like TF as a whole, but they are defintely overpriced.
i think Oud Wood is defintely a good perfume, though longevity isn't the best.
I also like Tobacco Vanille, but as others have said it's not very practical to wear. it's nice to smell, but not necessarily nice to smell like.
i haven't tried Noir Extreme

[Anonymous No.18077096]

>>18077075
>>18077077
>>18077079
Honest question, how did Aventus get memed so hard? I genuinely don't understand it. I'm not going to go full contrarian and be like ItS fUcKiNg PiSs WaTeR, I think it smells nice, but I don't understand how it became le ebin "King of Fragrances". It doesn't even really stand out to me that much compared to other Creed fragrances. I've gotten more positive feedback from Acqua di Gio Profondo, which is a fragrance I personally think smells like vaguely lemony shower gel. Even when I ask people directly what they think of it, they're usually like "it's nice, but I like your other ones better".

Yeah, maybe the original formulation was better, but I can't imagine it's THAT different. It's really not hard to pull compliments with fresh citrusy/musky fragrances, but Aventus doesn't even stand out in that very crowded category. And I hate that I go noseblind to it within 15 minutes. How the fuck am I supposed to feel superior to the rubes when I keep forgetting I'm wearing the $10,000 meme water. There's no point.

[Anonymous No.18077099]

>>18077096
When it was released, it was a really big deal. So many maisons copied its DNA that you could argue that they invented an entirely new category. Now that everyone has an Aventus clone in their catalog (and some of the sub-$100 clones are actually better) it's not special anymore. It's a frag that was supposed to be the GOAT then everyone just did it themselves. Honestly if they were able to pull off Acqua di Gio type prices then I think we'd respect it a lot more since you would have piles and piles of better clones out there for less. If you want an Aventus DNA just get Cedrat Boise from Costco.

[Anonymous No.18077102]

>>18077099
wouldn't have* I mean

[Anonymous No.18077107]

>>18077099
>Honestly if they were able to pull off Acqua di Gio
I mean, we're all just kind of pretending they can't. Like you said, there are alternatives that do it better for a fraction of the price. Honestly, if I was Blackrock, I'd just start bottling CDNI or Explorer and continue to charge Aventus prices. If anything, it would end the batch variation complaints

[Anonymous No.18077110]

>>18077107
You aren't wrong, and even pre-blackrock I feel like Creed leans heavily into a false image. Many brands manage to project themselves as something that's worth the value just because it's them, even if it isn't uniquely special compared to other options. Creed is a perfect example of that.

[Anonymous No.18077111]

>>18077096
>>18077099
>>18077107
>>18077110
They managed to convince everyone that they have Francis Kurkdjian pedigree when in reality they only have like Harry Fremont pedigree.

[Anonymous No.18077115]

>>18077038
davidoff cool water

[Anonymous No.18077119]

>>18077111
francis kurkdijan has no fucking pedigree lmao

[Anonymous No.18077120]

>>18077119
>the entire reason JPG is even successful
>no pedigree
not sure if bait or....

[Anonymous No.18077121]

>>18077120
JPG is successful because of gay guys, le male smells like total shit. the only good work FK ever did was for MDCI.

[Anonymous No.18077122]

>>18077121
oh so it's the guy that's been baiting the thread all day okay then

[Anonymous No.18077123]

>>18077122
oh so it’s the closeted faggot who thinks le male isn’t the gayest perfume of all time

[Anonymous No.18077124]

>>18077107
>If anything, it would end the batch variation complaints
The batch variation issue likely stems from the use of cyclogalbanate, which doesn't have an isomer and can smell different from batch to batch. I don't know enough about the chemistry behind it to say why they need to use that aromachemical in particular, but apparently a lot of perfumers think that is what's causing it. Chemistry is tricky and you can't always just easily swap out one chemical for another without it effecting the entire fragrance. But what I can say is that, to my nose, there is definitely a noticeable difference between Aventus and the myriad clones. I wouldn't even say it's better or worse, it's just noticeably different. If I were a betting man I'd guess that changing whatever chemical is responsible for the batch variations would cause Aventus to lose that quality.

[Anonymous No.18077128]

>>18077123
i will take advice on how women think i smell from women, not from you, retard. picrel is money

[Anonymous No.18077130]

>>18077128
well i won’t stop a trannychaser from taking tips from his quarry. be my guest.

[Anonymous No.18077131]

>>18077128
cope nigga

[Anonymous No.18077135]

>>18077128
based

[Anonymous No.18077138]

Layering Encre Noir and L'orpheline if anyone cares.

[Anonymous No.18077140]

>>18077135
based on sex with men, yes
>>18077138
no one cares

[Anonymous No.18077143]

>>18077140
Little brat, let me smell you

[Anonymous No.18077144]

>>18077138
How's it working out for you I feel like that's a pretty aggressive blend

[Anonymous No.18077157]

>>18077143
no thanks, go find a fellow gay guy’s butthole to sniff

[Anonymous No.18077163]

Guerlainchads... What version of Jicky do I get

[Anonymous No.18077167]

>>18077138
i care :)

[Anonymous No.18077171]

>>18077163
the current EDP
>>18077167
you don’t

[Anonymous No.18077175]

is there anything worse than waiting for new frags to ship

[Anonymous No.18077178]

>>18077068
OMG! Mr. Liam Neeson, welcome! It's an honor and thanks for that privileged information. Could you tell us what's your favorite fragrance?

[Anonymous No.18077261]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176309211229
Too good to be true? Is it fake or something? The legit site has it for much more

[Anonymous No.18077263]

>>18077261
malles get discounted extremely heavily on ebay. they’re insanely overpriced at retail.

[Anonymous No.18077274]

i just bought azzaro wanted
and tom ford black orchid
redpill me on them

[Anonymous No.18077275]

>>18077263
So random sellers buy it at full price, then discount it out of the kindness of their hearts? Or is it some kind of at-cost thing?

[Anonymous No.18077276]

>>18077274
>azzaro wanted
fine but a little too sour
>tom ford
gay
you could definitely do worse

[Anonymous No.18077281]

>>18077275
do you not understand how discounters work? never mind, go ahead and pay MSRP on the malle website.

[Anonymous No.18077286]

>>18077281
I really don't. I've never needed to know because I don't really buy anything, ever.

[Anonymous No.18077289]

>>18077286
you might be better off not buying anything this time around too then

[Anonymous No.18077299]

>>18077289
That's not the case because I actually want this thing. Not understanding how discounters work doesn't really exclude me or make me a poor candidate for buying things on the internet.
I'm a naive retard, sure. Who cares? Just asked a question.

[Anonymous No.18077303]

>>18077299
nah, take the advice and skip this one

[Anonymous No.18077332]

smelled Aventus out in the wild today. middle aged bald, bearded, husky dad looking guy. asked if it was Aventus
"wow, good nose"
real aventus, not a clone?
"yeah"
damn, baller. from a store, or did you get it discounted?
"once a year, Costco has it for cheaper"
still, it's pretty expensive stuff
"yeah, but what I like about it is it lasts and lasts"

he went on his way, but for a while afterward I was dwelling on "it lasts and lasts." LASTS AND LASTS? Aventus?

[Anonymous No.18077334]

top three animalics? GO!!!

[Anonymous No.18077335]

>>18077128
I’ve never heard of a woman complimenting a man on this in real life but I’ve heard of men complimenting men

[Anonymous No.18077343]

>>18077332
you expect some bald fat guy to know what lasting means with perfume? dude’s just trying to justify his overpriced blackrock shite

[Anonymous No.18077346]

>>18077334
Date
Jovan Musk
Bleu de Chanel

[Anonymous No.18077354]

So are vetivers hit or miss? Do some people just dislike the smell of it?

[Anonymous No.18077362]

>>18077096
There's a fascinating book about it called The Ghost Perfumer

[Anonymous No.18077364]

>>18077334
zoologist hyrax

[Anonymous No.18077365]

>>18077175
Yes having to share a perfume general with the lower case aggression midget. He's even started stealing turns of phrase from the posters arguing with him like "being brave about it"

[Anonymous No.18077370]

>>18076979
There's been a change of management, the High IQ poster is back is town. Some things had to change.

[Anonymous No.18077373]

>>18077096
If you're interested read Gabe Oppenheim's book the Ghost Perfumer where he researched the creation of Aventus or watch one of his interviews.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWuAz2pT5rY

[Anonymous No.18077382]

>>18077334
That I own?
Triad
Sir Winston
Iron Duke

Bonus points to Cuoium just for it's unbelievable projection, but that stuff is very divisive. I might order Cuirtis when Areej's site comes back online in a few days, seems like a pretty wild leather scent with a ton of castoreum in it.

[Anonymous No.18077386]

>>18077346
lmfao
>>18077354
why would you think this?
>>18077365
rent free
>>18077382
really foul stuff

[Anonymous No.18077390]

>>18077386
Triad and Sir Winston are gems, they smell incredible. Cuoium is a stanky meme, but it's a fun ride, definitely not something to wear out.

[Anonymous No.18077393]

>>18077373
>>18077365
>>18077373
retarded faggots
>>18077124
dont pretend you know aroma chemicals faggot

[Anonymous No.18077395]

>>18077386
Yes I should start charging you rent to post in these threads, I wish I could maybe then we could afford a babysitter for you

[Anonymous No.18077398]

>>18077390
trying too hard
>>18077393
lol are you seriously batting for aventus of all things? embarrassing stuff.
>>18077395
you wish anyone would pay your broke ass for anything

[Anonymous No.18077401]

>>18077398
stop pretending to be me faggot

[Anonymous No.18077405]

>>18077401
you bore me already and you’ve barely even begun

[Anonymous No.18077408]

Oh great now there's two of them

[Anonymous No.18077411]

>>18077393
kys bitterfag

[Anonymous No.18077414]

>>18077405
you aren’t as funny as you think you are

[Anonymous No.18077416]

>>18077414
you suck at this lol

[Anonymous No.18077419]

>>18077334
Yatagan for all three

[Anonymous No.18077439]

>>18077121
this is true, cockdirjan is a hack
>>18077334
castoreum, civet, goat hair

[Anonymous No.18077455]

>>18077334
obsession for men

[Anonymous No.18077459]

>>18077064
the pickles smell is usually caused by australian sandalwood

[Anonymous No.18077463]

changing the name to /perf/ - Perfume General is so gay it makes frags like Ultra Male and Dior Homme Intense look straight
congratulations

[Anonymous No.18077475]

>>18076797
The Fragrance Groups 101 chart

[Anonymous No.18077476]

>>18076797
The Fragance Flowchart for Beginners

[Anonymous No.18077478]

>>18077475
>>18077476
useful as always

[Anonymous No.18077567]

>>18077334
Smegma

[Anonymous No.18077603]

Are there any outstanding and impactful fragrance like Aventus around recently?
Everything i tried, especially new releases sucks brown girls asses.
>inb4 curly is the best of the trio