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The Fragrance Flowchart for Beginners

>>18660945
>But maybe I'm paying too much attention to what others will think
yes
>just wear what I like with confidence
also yes

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Acqua di Sale
Montale Sandflowers

All you need.

>>18660904
Kouros, Montecristo, China White

>>18660909
Are you referring to Antaeus or Le Male? Both are must-trys and I have full bottles of each. For their age and concentration both have very much above average longevity. Le Male is also very much signature MFK with its short note list but perfect harmony. Its fresh without being a freshy, fougere without being barbershoppy, vanillic without being dominated by it, just an absolute masterclass.

>have some vintage and discontinued frags with potential value
>only a couple and purely by happenstance not a collection flex
Does any anon know or have experience of specialist or boutique (uk based) shops I can walk into and sell to or trade with? I am guessing most would only be interested in sealed boxes.

Don't have social media so groups, decanting and >>18660515 are not an option and I don't wear them so they are gathering dust.

>>18660966
Your best bet will probably be ebay or those secondhand fashion sites like mercari or poshmark, idk if those are in UK but you guys probably have similar. Bear in mind that boutiques will probably only give you 40-60% of what they are worth. The only value of going to a shop is if you want fast hassle free cash at the cost of getting a massive hit on the return. The vintage fragrance market is very slow moving outside of especially sought after bottles.

>>18660966
What are they? I'll tell you what to do.

>>18660975
eBay UK stopped allowing used cosmetics recently, think Etsy is the only option but with zero sellers history it would be a pain for probably less than 1k, and then risk of charge backs. >>18660975
Helena Rubinstein Mens Club less than half bottle, Armani mania 2009 but more than half bottle, CK Escape from 90's with sandblasted glass bottle mostly full.

i been out of the fragrance game for a while

what the FUCK has happened that people are paying $300+ for a louis vuitton frag

>>18660985

ment for>>18660982

>>18660986
people are retarded
simple as

>>18660986
Tiktoc brain aids, imagination is the heaviest shilled frag on the market today
>being influenced by a chinese robot to buy something called imagination
>ironing.jpg

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Friendly reminder, especially for newfriends: if someone posts about or recommends
>to wear more (classic) fougeres
>montale sandflowers
>9pm and flankers
>bruno banani energy
>interracial relationships
>fucking their german/white/aryan gf
>redheads
>Mila Kunis
Or they make lengthy posts completely unrelated to fragrances and add "SOTD: [one of the frags above]", their posts are spam and you shouldn't take their opinions seriously.
Ignore them and/or report them for off topic posting, spamming/flooding or avatar/signature use.

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>>18660986
Zoomers are becoming more and more like Asians. They have no self-confidence, they have to cope with Looksmax and fake, gaudy wealth.
In my local gym almost all zoomers wear Imagination. Always wear fougeres as a counter culture.

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>Secretions Magnifique decant arrived today
>smells like the glossy paper from Another 13 with the snowdrop and airy white florals/coconut from Snowy Owl
>if i squint really hard it kind of smells like very clean pretty girl spit
>light, pleasing, and very wearable
These edgy fragrances are just noselet traps, aren’t they? Secretions and Spinal Fluid have both been super pleasant, and unique note combinations and composition, but not the hoe-scaring body horror fragrances I was told they would be. Seminalis is closer to what I expected from Secretions, as it’s more challenging and human. I think so far the edgiest fragrance I’ve tried has been Cuoium, which absolutely exceeded my expectations and IMO is one of the best leathers in terms of overall execution. I tried T-Rex as well and that was pretty good, super intense smoky amber, and i could easily see that being normie repellant.

>>18660596
quorum

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>the ancient greek word kouros (κοῦρος) refers to youth, boy
>kouros represented and celebrated the athletic nude male youth form
>when a pubescent was received into the body of a grown kouros, he could enter the initiation fest of the brotherhood
>association with Apollo was supported by the description of the statue
>with his arms hanging by his sides and his legs parted
>kouroi were used as offerings to the gods
>some kouroi placed in sanctuaries were not inscribed with the name of the god but with a mortal

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>antaeus has a lengthy beard and a hairy body
>he would challenge all passers-by to wrestling matches
>he remained invincible as long as he remained in contact with his mother, the earth
>antaeus would force opponents to the ground, he always won, killing his opponents
>built a temple to his father using their skulls

>>18660985
>eBay UK stopped allowing used cosmetics recently
Same for the US, but that doesn't stop people from selling them, I buy them all the time.
>Helena Rubinstein Mens Club less than half bottle
rare but not very desirable, this is the kind of fragrance you just put up with a crazy price and best offer and hope it sells
>Armani mania 2009 but more than half bottle
even half bottle is desirable and will sell if fairly priced
>CK Escape from 90's with sandblasted glass bottle mostly full
not valuable, you can throw it in a lot with some of the others to get a few bucks

Put the Armani Mania on its own listing, put the other 2 together. If you are feeling extra entrepreneurial you can sell decants of them.

>>18661003
>Secretions and Spinal Fluid have both been super pleasant
This says more about your peculiar tastes and/or low sensitivity to aldehydes than anything else.

>>18661012
I’m just not sure what’s supposed to be unpleasant about them. Spinal fluid at the end of the day is an ozonic violet, there is nothing crazy about it. It’s cool and avant garde for sure but not le hecking epic spooky skeleton scent. Doesn’t it list meat as a note? I’ve only picked up a meal smell from Musk Khabib attar which uses natural musk. And for what its worth I love aldehydes, they’re probably one of my favourite notes. I love them in Chanel frags, I love them in Stercus, and I especially love them in New Look. That said I suppose my tastes are a bit peculiar, but probably not any more so than any of the real nigga autists in the thread.

>>18661011
Ty that's fair actually, it's almost not worth the effort for so few, probably I will just enjoy them and gift the ck

>>18660986
At first I thought you were surprised fragrances like LV are so expensive now, but I assume you're surprised they are actually so popular. Status items are in again but all people can afford are fragrances.

>>18661003
Anon will sell you a bottle of mens club. If you want that offensive ignorant bastard kick that would annoy your whole family and give you a rash, 80s vintage is tough to beat

>>18661038
I just wear ombre nomade when want that.

We don’t need more general thread spam and circlejerking. This is the most forced bullshit. Also nuke Brazil.

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>>18661093
>what is the purpose of a containment thread
I am now convinced you are suffering from a severe brain injury. Would you prefer a fresh thread every time some cunt buys a new watch/boots/dickie bow

I am gonna turn into Jeremy Fragrance the way I want to huff this shit into my veins.

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>>18661185
Why do brown incels want to be white so bad? Office One will not turn you into a slav.

>>18661003
Cuoium has been the most challenging one when i first tried it, but when i revisited it, i really liked it, especially on the drydown.
you could give Atractione Musk a go. it's very animalic.

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Thoughts on aventus cologne? Just received this as a birthday gift and love it so far. Performance is acceptable 4-6 hours

>>18661014
I've never personally tried Spinal Fluid so I can't say.
Secretions Magnifiques is a very linear overdose of aldehydes; an overdose of anything smells quite characteristic and odd and unnatural to people, think BR540 and, to a lesser extent, Encre Noire, and those two are overdoses of materials that generally smell good to people, while aldehydes typically smell odd.
New Look is the much same but with incense behind it, it opens up your nose in a way that no real smell does, and while it is definitely a matter of taste most people find that kind of smell odd at best.
>my tastes aren't any stranger than those of most people in this thread
That might be the case, but it's a worthless comparison because many people here are a very small percentage of frag autists.

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I like pic related better than Babycat.
It feels less realistic, especially the leather which is weaker and more of an impression of suede than the vivid and drier tannins of Babycat, but it feels richer and better blended overall.
If you're into Babycat for the leather there's going to be no substitute, but if you like it for the comfy, fuzzy vanilla dried by suede and spice pic related is the better frag.

>>18661213
with my blue light filter you looked brown and I got quite worried
as for thoughts I don't have any, I do not care for aventus or it's flankers, the cologne version is lighter and it lasts for less time which honestly might not be bad

Babycat or Encens Suave?
Strictly for winter (-10 to 5°C).

>>18661234
Babycat, there are no bad saffrons frags.

>>18661213
Based

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>smelling Acqua di Sale while this is playing in the background
https://youtu.be/xmj2QSbRZLE?si=yYsLBtPiBL7e3GBv

All you need, bros

how are the coach fragrances?

>>18661003
Either your nose is fucked or you got a fake decant of Secretions. I have a full bottle and it’s fucking rancid. Literally causes me to physically gag.

>>18661315
Are you saying it's literally, hypothetically, theoretically, possible to smell things differently and have different reactions to them? You better not.

SOTD Gucci Guilty Black.
My mom hates the smell. She looks like she hates fragrances.

I am 35 and single. I should get married and stay with my wife. I don't want to be like you know who.

>>18660909
You're right, I think it's the clary sage
>>18660963
Sounds like I have to try Le Male. I've tried Le Male Le Parfum, Elixir, Le Beau Paradise Garden... all very overrated with Le Parfum being the best but totally gives off old gay guy in an age gap relationship vibes. If OG Le Male is as uncouth as the others I'm giving up on JPG.

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Why can't I have enough money to spend my summers in the opposite latitude and have more time to wear my cold weather fragrances? It's not fair.

>>18659018
No, well maybe. I'm like that too, tried at this point 200 frags and not even own 10% of them. Around half was good, quarter alright i guess and quarter bad. And yet so few passed the "ok I got to have one" filter. Some pdm or creed picks didn't pass for obvious reasons, i do not shit out gold bars, but it was interesting to see how they hold up.

>>18661194
Anon, it's a fucking joke, relax.

>>18661382
Just wear what you want, man. I have become one with "fuck seasons" after being told I was overthinking it. Most frags only last a few hours anyway unless you spray yourself down like a Hindi. Put on what you want, be happy, no one will notice unless it's an office clearing fragrance. If it is, you have other issues.

My little brother is down in the dumps and struggling to find a better job to support his family (he went backwards career wise after moving), so I decided to gift him an entry-level cologne collection that I bought by looking around a little. I got him:

>Oud For Glory (I saw some Anons saying this was a good clone of Oud For Greatness)
>Y
>Encre Noire
>John Varvatos (a pretty good, cheap leather/amber option according to Fragrantica)
>Ferrari Bright Neroli

Am I missing anything in the $30-40 range? I plan on giving him these tomorrow, but I could grab him a few more to fill out things down the road. I also plan on grabbing him a case to put the cologne in because I know his dumbass will put them in his bathroom otherwise.

>Did you ask if he likes any of them?
No, he has no idea that I'm doing this, but I figure he'll appreciate it as a guy who just uses deodorant, and it can be a good pick me up at least work wise (I figure). I was considering grabbing something he can wear for the missus like The One, but I wasn't sure.

>>18661427
i think thats plenty since you dont even know if he will wear them

>>18661428
He is the kinda guy to use any gift I get him. If he likes any of the frags, I am going to bet dollars to donuts that he'll start using them regularly. If anything, I know he'll at least try the Ferrari a few times simply because he likes cars a lot.

I'm looking for frag reviews on youtube but all of the results are taken up by some ugly shmucks. What actually went wrong with the frag community? Why is it now so full of ugly gobs trying to imitate Jeremy?

>>18661437
I am going to ask you a question:

You go to a restaurant, you buy a meal to eat, do you care if the chef is effay or do you care about the food on the plate?

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>"NOOOOOO, DON'T WEAR DIOR SAUVAGE YOU'LL SMELL LIKE EVERYONE!!!!!"
I have never smelled Dior Sauvage on anyone ever. Have you niggas smelled a fragrance more than once on different people?

Any Creed frags that are worth it or just drop the entire brand?
Also, why does it say on fragrantica that GIT is animalic? All I've heard about it is that it smells like Cool Water. What about it is animalic?

>>18661528
>Any Creed frags that are worth it or just drop the entire brand?
they have some good frags, but all of them are overpriced
>Also, why does it say on fragrantica that GIT is animalic?
they are probably retarded

>the coomer mutt is fixated on Acqua di Sale this week
Now I understand the feeling some of you get when you discover one of your frags is popular among Indians.
>>18661511
>stupid greentext
>stupid question
>stupid image
I can't even imagine why you'd think that would make you fit in this thread.
>>18661528
Between the prices and batch variations they're not worth it imo.
if you're only concerned about how they smell there are many good ones though.
GIT doesn't smell animalic at all to me.

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>>18661382
You're a braindead retard if you spend alot of money on fragrance.
SOTD Aigner Statement

>>18661528
I am just gonna be that guy, but I don't know why you'd ever buy Creed when so many other perfumers exist. Especially at that price point. Tell me what you can't find from literally anyone that will make you just as happy (if not moreso), and does less of a dent on your wallet. I don't wanna be the resident PdE shill, but come on. Buy their big ass discovery box that has every single one of their frags for $80 and whatever money you would have spent on Creed, you could buy two frags from them that you'd probably like more.

>>18661540
What's PdE?

>>18661543
Parfum d'Empire

What frag should I wear if I want to communicate through scent alone that I hate black and brown people?

>>18661543
https://parfumdempire.com/en/

One of the best around, big selection, and they're not going to leave you disappointed. I suggest their giant discovery set because it's a fair price for what they are selling, and it covers their whole range. Prices are more than fair for the quality. Unfortunately, because they are a true Euro shop, you won't find many of their colognes on US sites. Or if you do, the discounts are usually non-existent and the selection is poor. You're better off ordering straight from them, as much as I wish Fragrancenet carried their shit.

>>18661547
anything made by Jean-Paul Guerlain

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>>18661540
rank your favourites from PdE

I tried the bourbon Vetiver and it was such a weird experience. Did a test spray with a decant and was immediately hit with what i suspect to be artemisia that to which my initial thought was "what the FUCK is this". I was so off put and confused about the scent, then I started to smell the vetiver and musk mallow which I found to be too dank and earthy.

A few days later I did another spray and spent the next few hours sniffing my arm getting to know the scent, all the while thinking, who in their right mind would make such a thing, I really didn't know how to feel about it. It was so earthy and brown with green tinges, like something Indiana Jones would wear.

Finally I gave it a full wear and have come to understand the scent, it is quite beautiful, manly and rustic. Not for beginners and you have to like vetiver, otherwise its going to stick its foot up your ass. Give it time because chances are you are a noselet and cannot fathom the thing. This is also somthing you would wear for your own personal enjoyment, do not expect anyone to understand the scent, you will smell like you have been digging a hole or raiding temples.

Solid 8/10, will probably get a full bottle.

>>18661550
In terms of what their best product is? I'd put my money on Cuir Ottoman. It is extremely accessible, and ridiculously enjoyable, however, I am a whore for leather. My only critique of the frag is that they don't sell larger than 100ml bottles. It's probably a lifetime pick for me, so I'll end up buying several bottles eventually, just in case. 9.5/10.

>>18661550
i kek'd at the shitty AI pic, thx (so maybe not so shitty after all)
this is my PdE ranking (the frags i own are marked with *):
>GOATed
Azemour*
Ruade
Le Cri*
Un Bel Amour d'Été*
Ambre Russe
Mal-Aimé*
>Great
Fougere Bengale
Musc Tonkin*
Vetiver*
Eau de Gloire*
Cuir Ottoman
Tabac Tabou
>(at least) Good
everything else

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>>18661540 >>18661548
https://parfumdempire.com/en/nos-parfums/complete-samples-collection/

>20 x 2 ml
>Free delivery all over the world
>You will be offered 25 € on your next order
Pretty good deal.

>>18661511
Dior Sauvage is overrated. Same with Aventus.

I just blind bought a pair of Arab frags this evening. Musk Kashmir and Mousuf. Damn, I love the smell of oud and musk.

>>18661240
Some people don't like saffron you know, especially on Arab fragrances.

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>>18661560
would (also the PdE samples)

>sotd: Chanel Paris-Edimbourg

>>18661234
Babycat is comfier and Encens Suave is more serious.
I like Encens Suave better but either works.
>>18661240
That's not true, Oud for Greatness is bad, and even worse if you take into account how unimaginative it is.

>>18661440
NTA but if I’m going to listen to somewhat talk about fashion, which is an aesthetic pursuit, they need to be both attractive and well dressed. I’m not going to take fashion advice from people uglier and worse-dressed than me. This is why I only follow anon accounts and actual perfumers and not hype chud influencers who look like they crawled out of a dude wipes commercial.

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>Frags for this feel

>>18661607
Yatagan

>>18661607
Antaeus
Kouros
Fahrenheit
CDG Black

>>18661423
I'm flexible with the seasons but some of my more intense fragrances are too much for hot weather and really shine in winter. It's more of a scheduling issue, I have too many cold weather fragrances to rotate through in the cold months. I don't know why fragrances don't last on you but I have fragrances that with two sprays last all day.

How do Amouage Silver Oud and Roja Aoud compare to ouds from Ensar or Bortnikoff? Sampling ouds is expensive and I’m not sure if I want to keep getting 2-3ml decants of high-tier (in terms of price) ouds until I settle on one, or get 3 Bortnikoff travel sprays (to hit free shipping threshold), or just spread my ass hole for a $400 15ml bottle of ensar that I know will fuck.

>>18661636
...or you can order some frags from Ecuacion Natural and get many small samples from Bortnikoff and co. for free

>>18661640
I haven’t heard of this site before. They have Bogue and Papillon which have also been on my radar, might have to order from here.

>>18661645
it would be nice to have them in the OP
...
oh wait, they have been there for quite some time now!

>>18661647
why are you gay?

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>>18661648
i might be gay (i'm not tho) but at least i'm not blind

>>18661528
creed has good frags but the brand sucks now due to being sold off and reformulations. i suggest you try all of them you can out at a dept store for free so you can either move on from the house or decide if you think buying an overpriced bottle is worth it

>>18661511
I have smelled Versace Eros, Nautica Voyage, Sauvage-likes and Aventus-likes in tons of people, sometimes on more than one person in a single day.

>only ever smelled a fragrance on a guy once in my city (Dior Homme 2020 on a guy working at best buy)
>cant walk 3 steps without smelling some foid wearing a 540 clone

My Black Afgano sample came today. I haven’t sprayed it yet but the atomizer smells suspiciously like a mixture of Cuoium and Stercus.

i've been walking on the beach for exercise around sunset, and i've noticed smelling other people's fragrances when i'm downwind. i never considered wearing a fragrance to the beach. what would you wear?

>>18661766
pde un bel amour d'été
nicolai cap neroli (or basically any neroli frag)
tauer phtaloblue

>>18661597
>oud for greatness is bad
That is because there are conversely no good oud frags fite me

>>18661774
skill issue
also sorry i'm not fighting noselets

>>18661766
Oud Minerale is my beach scent
>>18661774
Oud For Greatness isn’t an oud fragrance, its a 540 clone.

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>im not fighting noslets

I've not really gelled with anything Hermès. Tried the TdH line, H24 line, Rocabar... they're fine but not for me. Is it worth trying the older classics (Equipage, EdH), or maybe something less obvious like Voyage?

>>18661785
what kinds of frags do you like?

>>18661752
Okay, I just sprayed it. The oud accord here is obviously the same one used in Stercus, and it has elements of that oily rawness from Cuoium, but it still has it's own slightly balsamic and dry, sharp character that makes it unique. The hashish note is distinct without being obvious dude weed lmao and adds to the fragrance's character. Overall a little rough, a little edgy. Meets the expectations I had prior to sampling, does what it sets out to accomplish.

>>18661766
>warm
Viking, Green Water
>hot
Light Blue, LB Eau Intense, LB Discover Vulcano
>very hot
Acqua di Sale
>>18661779
Oud for Greatness is an oriental spin on BR540 with a semblance of oud, if it were a clone it wouldn't be bad.

>>18661786
Fahrenheit, Platinum Egoiste, M7, Halfeti, and Reflection/LADAS. The Hermès frag I liked the most was TdH Parfum, least was probably the new EdP Intense.
I'm not crazy into the NYI/BdP/Lalique PH lavender-heavy shaving cream profile, but Eau Sauvage and Pour Monsieur are fine.

>>18661797
imo Eau de Hermes is exactly in the middle between NYI and Eau Sauvage/Pour Monsieur so you might like that
maybe old school is not for you (maybe try them again in a few years)

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>>18661766
Dior Dune pour Homme

>>18661785
>not liking Rocabar
fukken filtered
jokes aside, if Rocabar was not up your alley, you will probably not like the other classics, either (Equipage, EdH, Bel Ami).
Read good things about Eau d'Orange Verte and Eau de Basilic Pourpre, tried Un Jardin Sur Le Nil and liked it.

>>18661800
Sounds nice, I'll probably try it if modern bottles are good. I would imagine Ellena had a hand in modernizing it.

>>18661822
I think Rocabar had a little too much cedar for my taste. But it might still grow on me as the weather warms up a bit. Some compare it to Lubin Itasca, which I do like. I love the idea of a 'forest walk' scent, I've just not found the right one yet.

i never used fragrances before, other than deodorant, but i had this idea recently.
what if i were to use perfumes meant for women to smell like a woman, as a cool eccentric thing to do? i'm not even gay or anything, but it seems cool to kinda give people this feeling of dissonance, since you wouldn't expect a guy to smell like that. also it would allow me to smell women at all times, which would be kinda erotic heheh.
so, what do you think about this idea? what scents should i look into?

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>go to drugstore because they are the only place with Terre D'Hermes Intense Parfum
>get flanked by two employees
>tell them I'm only interested in trying TdHIP
>keep handing me different cards with different scents
>keep telling them I just want to try Terre
>"are you sure we have woody scents all over here try this its called Light Blue"
>thefuck.jpeg
>they finally let me try Terre, immediately tell me they are sold out before Ive even gotten my nose on it
>okay thanks Ill leave then
>"here try this its really similar to what you're looking for"
>Toyboy

what the FUCK was their problem

>>18661852
It's up to you to decide if that's something you think is a good idea. You should go to the drugstore and smell the womens perfume on the $20 rack. Don't bother getting into weird or expensive perfume if your goal is just to jack off to it, just get something cheap and flowery and be done with it.

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>>18661427
Some absolute piece of shit opened the box in transit and took out the Y and the Encre. I called Fragrancenet, and they immediately put in a replacement order without even requesting images. If you're buying from someone else, you probably only doing it because it's a niche frag they don't have.

>>18661872
They did it themselves.

>>18661875
yeah, they stole two bottles worth about 50 bucks from their own package probably as a big middle finger to anon
there is no other explanation

>>18661852
Men regularly wear women's perfumes. Either because specific perfumes intended for women work on men or because the current landscape has markets traditionally women's scents as "unisex" or "men's". If you're doing it for self gratification you will have to find something specific to trigger your brain-goon.

>>18661876
And then proceeded to replace them for free.

>>18661883
free for anon but extra cost for fragrancenet with the new packaging and delivery fee
totally worth it

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Ah, yes, ETAT the most based perfumer on the planet and the cologne they made for the best movie of all time (don't look up the year the cologne came out, let me cope).

>>18661852
you should look into not being a fag and stopping any possibilities of autogynephilia which you obviously have
also fragrances don't have sex
>>18661858
it's almost like they have comissions or something
>>18661885
sir, that is very clearly an eau de parfum not a cologne

>>18661885
>etat
people usually call this house eldo

>>18661440
Apples to oranges. I wouldn't care how the food tastes because it doesn't have a social aspect. Frags are overtly social tools akin to clothing or accessories. I'm not going to trust some ugly fuck's reports of how many compliments they've gotten because I know for a fact they're peddlers selling bullshit.

Anon wasnt lying the edt of dakkar noir is very different from the deo body spray. Havnt given it a wear yet, only a test and it smells genuinely okay.

Wore Drakkar bleu all day and it is a nice quite youthful but refined blue shower-gel fragrance.

Sotd drakkar bleu

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I just revisited my sample of this and god, it smells majestic. Clean incense with musk and a hint of funerary flowers. Too bad im currently broke to buy a whole bottle. Wish there’s a similar cheapie you guys know.

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>>18661885
>ghost in the shell

>>18661953
Everyone should smell GitS to witness the power of marketing/aesthetics in perfume. Skim through the reviews on fragrantica, it's literally watered-down public bathroom handsoap that hypnotises people into thinking it has anything to do with robots or anime

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>>18661958
its targeted at asian people who like those kinds of scents but i do agree marketing does play a, dare i say, major role in it all

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>>18661960
Heh heh heh heh

>>18661958
Agree. It's not necessarily bad, just overpriced. Almost like a cheap feminine BdC clone

>>18661949
Exquisite taste. Excellent fragrance for being sad and brooding. Unfortunately, being under $100, it is a cheapie. Passage D’Enfer is similar but i think around the same price.

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>>18661999
>Unfortunately

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>>18661999
I actually have a sample too. I think it has matured a bit, the lily is more upfront, slightly leans more feminine than l'orphel8ine.

I wish we have infographic about white floral fragrances for men.

>>18661960
It's targeted at middle age american men who watch anime.

>>18661766
Day Three Del Mar

>>18661785
As >>18661822 stated I would lean towards no, older ones are probably not up your alley, although the Jardin line may be at least worth sampling.

>>18661800
Interesting that you consider it a middle ground between those two, the cumin in Eau de Hermes takes it in such a hard animalic, unwashed body odor scent I can’t get past it.

>>18661822
It’s such a shame Eau d'Orange Verte has terrible longevity (citrus, not surprising, just disappointing) and the concentre is basically a pure basil after 30 minutes. May as well just douse in 4711, inmyopinion.

>>18661852
You sound like you’re not old enough to post here.

>>18661885
I feel like this is a troll post…
But yeah I do actually love the frag.

>>18661958
For better or worse I’ve had two different women smell this on me and comment how it smells “Just like clean skin” - zero prompting from me. If they unconsciously associate dilute hand soap with the smell of clean skin, eh, works for me.

>>18662066
It is a very sincere post. GiTS is the best movie of all time.

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Fragrance with this feel?

>>18662094
valentino donna born in roma coral fantasy or donna born in roma original
i've tried a good amount of designer womens perfumes at sephora and as a guy and i find this one very attractive, even though it's noticeably synthetic. to be fair, I also like the mens side of the born in roma line. definitely works with the loud alt aesthetic. another one to look at is tom ford electric cherry.

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What does he wear, /frag/?

>>18662099
glasses, a t-shirt, pants and shoes

>>18662099
His dad's aftershave because he doesn't know any better.

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SOTD 9PM
I fuckin' love the vanilla smell in the drydown

Drakkar is growing on me. It has a bit of a generic toiletry smell but I might be able to put that aside.

>>18661852
>cool and eccentric
Because of the large overlap between male-marketed and female-marketed frags, nobody would even realize.
>>18661913
>food doesn't have a social aspect
>if someone looks good I trust them, if they look bad I don't
I recommend you read a book. >>18662040
>white floral for men
You're allowed to wear frags that say "for women", there are plenty of good ones starting from Alien.

>>18660993
i wonder how much is louis vuitton paying these influencers to promote their fragrances, i started to see imagination all over tiktok

what is a manly fragrance that women actually like? im kinda tired of wearing sweet easy to wear fragrances from jpg and armani

>>18662135
https://www.fragrantica.com/awards2025/category/Women-s-Favorite-Men-s-Fragrance

>>18661884
I know it's totally stupid to do this, but I guess there are also people who'd go like: well, it was stolen, I'll just suck it up and pretend that I received the order. Maybe even order the same thing again because I liked it so much haha

>>18662136
There are no woman on fragrantica.

>>18662146
wrong, there is a unique kind of retardation prevalent there (among others ofc) that only women can achieve

>>18662149
byredo foids

>>18662149
Thought it were trannys

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wassup haven't been here in years. how is the fragrance game nowadays. we still fuck with creed? seeing some complaints about them above.
SOTD:pic related
what do we think about my boy SMW?
Something I just keep going back to, icy cold mysterious, if only it lasted longer than 15 minutes.
I also heard something about armaf silage clone, anyone got experience with it?

Regarding Vintage frags and their modern equivalents, are they really so different to justify the high price?
Can any anon compare vintage Fahrenheit to current formula for example? Would they be so different from eachother that average Joe soap would be able identify the vintage blind or no. Because if not, I personally don't know if I care enough but at the same time I want to know, fomo.

Also what is stopping a seller backfilling a half empty vintage with a fresh bottle and resealing the box. Or filling a vintage fully with quality dupe. Do you really think you would know?

>>18662169
>are they really so different to justify the high price?
no fragrance is actually worth it's price

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>>18662146
You must be joking

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>>18661185
I hope you don't do drugs.

>>18662136
I can never understand if this category means "Men's frags that women like smelling on men" or "Men's frags that women like wearing".
Judging by the top scorers it could be either.
>>18662169
Some are nearly the same and some are quite different, but it's up to you whether the difference is worth the price.
If you ask me there are mostly always better modern alternatives if you're willing to pay such high prices.

>>18662169
Unfortunately vintage/modern is not binary but a line. It has to do with which vintage. If you're looking at a fragrance available today that was created over 30 years ago it could have gone through a dozen reformulations, some minor some major. If you are not vested enough to find out what you're buying you are just poking in the dark and rolling the dice. Unless you are familiar with how vintage frags can deteriorate, mainly in the top notes you might also be disappointed. I'm a vintagefag and so I go for the oldest vintage I can find and afford, I'm not comparing it to the modern and have no interest in the modern. I work under the impression that if I don't like the vintage I wont like the modern. I only briefly tried the modern Fahrenheit and it seemed like a different fragrance to my vintage. The modern was fresh and pushed the gasoline smell, my vintage is more floral and subtle especially with the gasoline smell. I didn't put the modern on skin and just took some whiffs off a napkin at the store so it wasn't a fair assessment, I don't know how it performs on skin.

The most reasonable approach is to focus on the modern formulations, if you don't like it move on with your life, don't try to hunt down one you will like. If you find a modern formulation you do like enough you can try to look for a vintage to see if it's better and worthwhile.

Give me some of the best niche animalics and dirty fumes.

>No Kouros

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>>18662233
Kouros

>>18661890
Oh I get it but like why the hesitation to let me try Terre first is what annoys me

>>18662233
Cuoium
Montecristo
Seminalis
Antaeus
MKK
Yatagan
Gold Man
MAAI
Civet
Black Afgano
Oud Maximus
Secretions Magnifique

>>18662246
They’re normie NPCs who don’t understand sales nor perfume. Don’t look to deeply into it.

>>18661785
You might like Voyage. It's a very clean and fresh cardamom, bordering on aquatic.

>>18662233
Bortnikoff Musk Cologne & Siberia
Siberian Must I, II, & III
Kiehl's Original Musk
L'Artisan Pafrumeur Mute et Musk Extreme

>>18661852
U go down tescos after doing this youll have someone try to bum you right in the middle of the meat aisle.

watch out lad you dont wanna get bummed. Theyll bum u rotten.

>>18662135
wrong point of view. you should find fragrances that suit your style. this is like asking if women like leather jackets or suits on guys.

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Went into the perfume store to spray a bunch of paper strips and two on my wrists, and my kid accidentally sprayed pic on his hand and it's my favorite scent out of the entire haul lol

Your thoughts?
Pleb catcher?

>>18662233
Aromatics Elixir
Rien II

Thoughts on these

>Marlou Ambiloux
>Marlou Carnicure
>Marlou Doliphor
>Marlou Helidose
>Marlou Poudrextase
>Marlou Corpalium
>Fraceska Bianchi Under My Skin

Why does every Armenian, Iranian and Chaldean smell like he just bathed in rubbing alcohol and gasoline to mask his B.O.?

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>>18662136
>DON'T BUY TOM SLOP, ANON, IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY!
>Women love the smell of Tom Slop

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>>18662321
>liking a JPG frag on accident
Same happened to me with Ultra Male. Never thought I'd enjoy them but the salesperson at Sephora sprayed it on me and I bought it one week after that, but...
>Le Beau Paradise Garden
I despise this frag. It's meant to be a summer frag but it's way too sweet, immediately makes me think that the target audience is gay guys in florida, but I digress. I live in a warm country but I could never bring myself to wear something that smells like I swam in fruit punch, gotta have a citric/fresh profile. It's definitely high quality though, I'd try regular Le Beau and see how it compares.

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I love german women so much, it's unreal. Sotd Cool Water

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Finally got a picture of the collection on the big table. I am planning on downsizing the collection and the two rows in the back are the ones likely getting axed.

>>18662136
damb, does no one actually sell Bleu de Chanel? It looks like the only places that sell it are Dillards and Sephora. Nightmares.

>>18662390
noice

>>18662390
>based mania and fahrenheit
You should sell the rest and just buy whatever new/old stock of these is available.
Not hating, abit jelly but if I was THIS into frags I would want to try and make it work for me monetarily aswell. I imagine with some foresight and lucky auctions you could end up with a monopoly on the price of some of these.

>>18662392
Chanel strictly controls who is allowed to sell their stuff
They sue anyone selling decants or bottles without their approval, even going after small-time hobby shops

>>18662400
It's not a bad idea but it's too late for Mania, the price is too high and it has too much recognition to find deals. As for Fahrenheit there is just too much stock. You could probably find a specific time period, buy up all the stock, and then pay influencers and youtubers to promote it a "The Lost Fahrenheit Batch", the "The Most Mystery Fahrenheit", then invent some story or ingredient that you can "totally smell". You could make a killing but it's a huge time investment.

>>18662403
fugg

>>18662314
you sound like this gag kek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl1giOAPc9E&t=154s

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Came in the mail today from Lugxery. He had it discounted almost 40% on eBay. I am pretty sure it's at least a few years old. It's strong as hell. One of the strongest colognes I've encountered so far that doesn't have that as a selling point. Fragnatica say the main accords are rose, citrus, powder, and musk. I can absolutely pick up on the rose, powder, and musk, but I don't get an citrus. Ignore what Amouage advertises this as if you ever consider it (they claim it's a spicy amber EDP, it absolutely isn't). I bought it knowing that it was rosy, and powdery since I didn't have anything in that realm but damn. I don't think it smells like soap, but I can see why people think that because of the way the rose hits with the powdery-ness.

It's alright, not the best, and it certainly leans more towards the feminine but if for some reason you really wanted something rosy beyond belief with extreme longevity, here it is.

>>18662353
>Fraceska Bianchi
havent tried any of her stuff yet but i have heard great things about the house. waiting on a decant of black knight myself currently

>>18662390
Good collection Anon.

>>18662392
Macys as well, but yes as >>18662403 stated, Chanel got along with the Nazis just fine for good reason. Chanel is also one of the brands that literally -never- discounts its products, and they *destroy* unsold stock as opposed to putting it on discounters. They chase and shut down anyone who decants their shit, which makes sampling stuff extremely difficult. The only company that comes close is Bond Fragrances who will cease and desist you if you speak poorly of their products, then try and sue you for defamation or some such bullshit if you ignore them.

>>18662549
Her stuff is pretty good, and very, very strong, but her DNA makes a lot of her fragrances smell quite samey, so much so that owning different frags by her can feel redundant.

>>18662579
>her DNA makes a lot of her fragrances smell quite samey
on one hand its cool that she has a signature style but yeah ive also heard thats an unfortunate side effect. in reality you probably dont need to own the full collection from any house if we're being honest. most people can usually narrow it down to 2-4 favorites max

>>18662579
I would argue Bond No. 9 is worse. They're run by an ex-Creed marketing goon that gets off on intimidating people into court cases and bleeds them dry until they don't have resources to defend themselves. Chanel might be stuffy and think they're too good for "the poors," but Bond No. 9 are run by a bunch of puppy-kicking shitheads and can't make a decent fragrance to save their lives

>>18662392
it's not worth buying anyways

Well, it looks like Pd'E doesn't ship to the US. I was going to buy the discovery set.

>>18662655
Get it forwarded to you by a forwarding service and then buy from Joma since PdE apparently only allows a few etailers to sell their shit in America.

>>18662353

Under My Skin is my favorite fragrance. Powdery and animalic. It smells like your bed the next day after someone slept in it with you. I've smelled Ambilux and Carnicure. I like Carnicure. Kind of similar vibe though not as beautiful as Under My Skin. If you like that kind of stuff, I would also recommend
>Jean Depres Bal a Versailles
>Papillon Salome
>Serge Lutens Muscs Kublai Khan
>Miller Harris L'Air de Rien
>Dana Tabu (very cheap as well)

>>18662376
>It's meant to be a summer frag but it's way too sweet
lel that was my first thought when I smelled it too, that it was a winter fragrance. I hadn't seen the bottle clearly, and had to look it up when I got home.
It kinda makes sense though; it's sweet but a lot of it is coconut for instance, so that does make it summery.
I do like the overall scent profile though. And the longevity and sillage are apparently very good, so it is high quality.

I'm gonna spray it on the wrist on Monday and report back with my findings. It's supposed to be a nice sunny day, so I can even larp as though it's a summer's day.

anyone have trustworthy ebay sellers they use other than foreverlux?

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Know the difference it could save your life

>>18662668
Weird. It looks like it's cheaper to just buy decants at that point

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>>18662708
I can't see you from up here lil bro.

Why does Al-Rehab smell acceptable while Lattafa smells like the aromachemicals they put in detergent?

>>18662713
Al Rehab uses natural oud. I wonder how haven’t they pulled it because of laws and shit about agarwood cultivation.
Almost all of their fragrances have oud, even the fresh ones lol. I don’t like their pure ouds though, the ones in rollerball because it has barnyard quality, you gotta be a big cock big beard to pull it off.

>>18662159
At that price id rather buy Green Irish Tweed. SMW is a scam. Smells like shit lasts like shit

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>>18662712
From were up there? Boomers, porkllennial podest?
Cool Water is literally superior to any aquatics released today.

>>18662390
nice

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>>18662733
Women don't give a shit about Cool Water.

>>18662733
Al Rehab Dakar is the only good acquatic

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World record horsepower scent????

>>18662740
>Dakar
>aquatic

>>18662744
Drakkars used to swim in the ocean dumbass

>>18662745
What?

>>18662723
on the topic of green irish tweed. does it make for a good summer daily? i like pine scents, yet they are often too heavy. would green irish tweed scratch my green summer itch?

>>18662762
Yeah, it’s an easy wear for me and one of the best in the Creed house. If you like pine scents you would love GIT, it has a misty green forest vibe. Very mature-leaning though, imo like Terre D’Hermes’ datedness which is why I like it.

>>18662673
>Papillon Salome

I loved this. Has to be one of the best and strongest animalics. Gonna be hard to find something better but I'll check out the Marlous.

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a recent formulation of Drakkar Noir lasts 12h+ on my skin
am i alone with this?
btw, it is still a perfectly fine frag which can be bought for pebbles (200ml for about 25 EUR)

>>18662655
Well fuck. I’ve been planning to pick up their discovery set myself and just haven’t bothered yet. It’s probably the import tax.

Oh well.

>>18662762
Pineward’s Greymist

I don't understand perfume terminology. All I know is, musk = soap, warm spicy = sweet slop

>>18662390
What's your favorite Gucci fragrance?

>>18662697
>trustworthy
>foreverlux
If you trust a seller with a 98.8% rating your bar is too low to be asking for trust. Just go with anyone at that point and rely on the ebay money back guarantee.

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What does he wear?

>>18662786
>12h+
That's impossible

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>>18662740
>>18662745
Dakar is more spicy than Drakkar Noir

>>18660997
What are your favorite fougeres? Fougeres are fragrances for truck drivers.

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Should I buy Dakar (spray) or keep the roll on?

>>18662830
Probably something with leather

>>18662812
>Gucci pour Homme II
By far my favorite. At first all I got was a sweet tea scent which wasn't bad but didn't explain the acclaim. Once I started noticing the tobacco and clean musk notes it became one of my favorite fragrances. It's not super complex but it's just a stellar scent with nice nuances. It doesn't have the best performance but it's good enough for me.
>Gucci Nobile
My favorite of the few vintage fougeres I have tried. It's very 80s powersuit with a sharp green edge. The oakmoss is very nice and lasts. Fits me very well.
>Gucci Envy
I was undecided because all I was getting was sweet ginger but it has been getting more animalic and masculine. I don't know if my nose got activated to its animalic notes since I never noticed until I read it online randomly. I'm still undecided, but I'll see how it goes.
>Gucci pour Homme 2003
I really wanted to like this and I did at first but I'm pretty sure I go noseblind quickly to its best mid notes, leaving behind only a sweet ambery base. I keep trying it but the mid and top notes just disappear. I even bought a second bottle thinking it was fake or a dud and they smell exactly the same.
>Gucci by Gucci pour Homme
This is nice smoky tobacco with lots of patchouli and cypress. It's just too sharp for me, similar to Mary Kay Tribute for Men, another great fragrance. Nice fragrances for people who want to project masculinity, aggressiveness, and strength.
>Gucci by Gucci Sport pour Homme
Very uplifting top notes and a refreshing fig but I don't like how it settles into muskiness. Not bad but not interesting to me. Similar to how I feel about L'Artisan Parfumeur's Premier Figuier, amazing top notes but then it settles into some cheap woodiness. I would enjoy them as a colognes without the base notes which I feel are only there for performance.

TLDR: Gucci PH2 is my favorite, unfortunately they are all discontinued.

>>18662786
that sounds terrible. who the hell needs a fragrance to last 12 hours?

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>>18662851
Not him but what's wrong with 12 hours? I've seen frags that last for 1-2 hours.

>>18662803
Kek, that’s fine, just lurk more and you’ll learn.

And it’s funny because what you currently know isn’t even completely correct. Musk is a general term that applies to the chemical structure of the material. Synthetic musks are accurate to what you described, clean and soapy. They’re often described as laundry musks because of how ubiquitous they are in (laundry) cleaning products, but natural musks, those derived from animal secretions, are the exact opposite, smelling anywhere from faintly sweaty, furry, and somewhat akin to skin in low concentrations, to downright fecal and urinous in higher concentrations.

>>18662857
its overkill. sometimes people want to wear something else later in the day. you can also just reapply if you want something to last that long. something lasting 1-2 hours is shit too, there is pretty much no excuse for anything lasting less than 6 hours unless its some citrus based edc

Is Avignon the best Catholic church incense fragrance? Cardinal etc. aren't as good as Avignon, but I haven't tried LAVS yet. Is LAVS the ultimate church incense since it was literally made for the Pope?

>>18662882
I like Hexannacht Sanctum/Requiem a lot. Sanctum is pretty much Avignon cranked up to 11.

>>18662882
>Is LAVS the ultimate church incense since it was literally made for the Pope?
what?

>>18662882
Amouage Royal Tobacco

>>18662891
Yeah, Filippo Sorcinelli was a tailor for Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV. LAVS was originally a room and clothing spray for Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.

>>18662825
their negative reviews are almost entirely shipping related issues.

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Very very new to fragrances.
These are the two that I love so far, but I've noticed they are very similar and according to fragrantica, typically work during the same season/time of day

How would I go about finding something for spring and summer that is similar to these without leaning right back into warm spicy?

>>18662927
weather is mostly marketing. you can still wear these in spring and summer, just spray less

>>18662929
Oh sweet. I assumed it was some psychology thing that I was too new to appreciate. That's a bit of a relief.

I know that fragrance knowledge runs deep like that sometimes

>>18662927
Also wondering if anybody has cheaper recs based on these to wear daily? I'm not trying to break the bank

>>18662949
to see some degree dousing yourself in tobacco in 110 degree weather is cloying but i think you can discern the different between extreme case scenarios and what you are wanting to get out of your own fragrances

>>18662953
Yeah I think I have enough general common sense in that regard. Thanks for the help

>>18662923
>shipping related issues
>not getting an item
>getting the wrong item
>getting a used item after paying for a new item
>ridiculously long shipping times
True, they have thousands of "shipping related issues" in the last 12 months alone. Again, that's a ridiculously low bar for ebay. I stick with 99.9%+ sellers who ship what you pay for and fast.

>>18662909
That's cool, thanks for the info

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just bought Libre Flower and flames
you jelly /fa/ ?

>>18662927
L’eau D’Issey Pour Homme Intense might be something you would like. Overall you’ll probably like stuff with more of a Fresh Spicy rating for summer and spring, but Citrus and Aromatic do well in warmer weather too.

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>>18662882
>>18662891
It's a matter of taste.
>LAVS was made for the pope
LAVS was not made for the pope, this story comes from the fact that Sorcinelli has been commitioned robes by the Vatican over time, and he sprayed LAVS over at least some of them.

>>18662981
What do you recommend?

>>18662927
I'm not familiar with the Penhaligons but Escada is the quintessential cozy cool weather and night scent. Ignore >>18662929, while you can wear light summer fragrances at any time, even one spray of a heavy winter fragrance like the Escada in the summer heat is not pleasant or enjoyable for most people. There is no reason to torment yourself and others around you with an overpowering fragrance in the summer when you can just wear a light fragrance or nothing at all. Sample Grey Vetiver or other vetivers for classy smooth fragrances you can wear in summer. You can also sample Bigarade Concentree, it's not smooth like Escada but has cardamom and it's pretty classy for a summer fragrance, it doesn't last long unfortunately. Don't let what you have lock you in to a fragrance, the world is your oyster, there are many things you never knew you would enjoy until you try them.

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>>18662974
NTA but that and Givenchy Pi are my signature frags; the amber and warm spices in both really work for me as an underlying "theme" despite everything else being totally different.
Still looking for a hot weather frag that would complete this triumvirate in the way I want but haven't found it yet.

>>18662831
no, it isn't
i definitely get whiffs of DN after 12 hours

>>18662851
i don't, that's part of the reason why i'm asking

>>18662999
>nooo you must adhere to weather memes
one spray is not tormenting anyone, blud

>>18662981
image for ants
thanks for clarifying

>>18663003
>I have to wear the most annoying and irritating heavy scent in hot weather.
There is zero reason to torment yourself with this asinine behavior.

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>>18662996
I like Casbah the best among these and recently I've been enjoying Encens Suave for the cold weather.
That said, there are many high quality frags in this list, so more than finding one that people agree is good it's a matter of finding the one that's a good fit for your taste.
Hopefully the infographic can help.
>>18663010
My bad, here's the full size one.

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>>18662233
Get a discovery set from Calaj, most of their scents have an animalic feel to them. My favorite was Love Toxin it smells like a pissier and gayer Kouros.
Also Lover's Tale by Francesca Bianchi, that smells like a worn leather thong.

>>18662800
I ended up buying decants from luckyscent. They have almost the entire collection. Picrel, I only bought the ones I'm interested in but you can get an idea of the pricing. 10% off with SHARIDA10
>>18662834
(NTA) You haven't smelled the right fougeres then. You could even argue that fragrances like Naxos and BIR Extradose are technically fougeres. I'm still in the process of trying the 'staple' fougeres but so far I would recommend Egoiste Platinum and Bleue D'issey to sample.
>>18662971
Enjoy anon

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>>18663104
>$20 for 4ml
I've seen worse.

>>18663113
the alterrnative is paying $30-40 for a forwarding service and getting your shit stolen

>>18663114
I'm only opining on the price per ml, your shipping issues are not my concern. I'm not interested in jumping through hoops for a company that doesn't want my money.

>>18663122
for sure. i'm giving pde a chance though. i don't care what they think about the us if the product is actually good. toskovat on the other hand is gay as hell and i refuse to participate in the cucking ritual of wearing a pro-ukraine frag

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SOTD Khamrah Qahwa

>>18663103
I bought their Discovery set and I am going to have it forwarded. I'll let you know my thoughts, but from what you got, I have tried Azemour les Orangers, Cuir Ottoman, and Ambre Russe. Ambre Russe and Cuit Ottoman are enough to make you Ric Flair. I passed on Orangers, not because it's bad, but because I don't have a sweet tooth like that. It's not feminine, but god damn is it desert-y. Almost like melted orange sorbet put into a vial. I avoided Aziyade for the same reason, so I can't speak on it. Wazamba wasn't on LS at the time I put my order in, so let me know what you think of it since it'll be weeks before my set shows up.

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>>18663122
You can buy PdE through Joma, which is what I did. It's not top terrible since Joma will run deals, or keep their stock at MSRP (they won't even factor in exchange rates). Weirdly, when I grabbed the Discovery kit off PdE's site... it only ran be the same price it would have been in Euros, but PdE's website (I noticed) is rather poorly coded so it's likely that even though the website calculate the difference in currency, the shop itself just charges the price in EU but alters it to whatever currency you're paying in.

Pic related as proof. If you put their Grand Discovery set in your cart, it'll automatically change to almost $89 USD (assuming you're from the US), but then on check out it just... doesn't. I'm not complaining, I just think it's funny that if it weren't for their refusal to sell on more sites (or directly) that we'd be getting a better deal than the Frenchies due to the Jenga Code that powers the site.

>>18663103
>You haven't smelled the right fougeres then.
It was a joke. Jean-Paul Guerlain said that. He also said Jicky and Mouchoir de Monsieur were the only good fougeres.

>>18663160
A seller inside the EU can not charge VAT to customers outside the Union, who will be charged local VAT by their customs.
This requires a bit of paperwork on the seller's part, so they might charge an extra for it, but it's always a net gain because then they don't have to pay the full VAT they have (not) collected from the customer to the national tax authority.
So it's more than likely that the website converts the full price to whatever currency you want, and the checkout page also takes the destination into consideration to adjust the price.
SOTD: Babycat (finishing my samples to decide whether to go for this or Encens Suave)

>>18663214
I suppose my confusion stems from me changing the website to English and it automatically switching from EUR to USD (jumping from 75Eur to 89USD), and then keeping that price until I actually got to the final step in the check out and it dropped to $75. What you are saying makes sense if I am interpreting it right (it's 5 AM), which is that they can't charge VAT because I shipped the set to France even though I am physically outside of France and not a French citizen.

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What frags seem like total meme frags but are actually based? There being multiple Tom and Jerry ones out there is so very interesting to me (even if they are total shit). I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I think it's almost... endearing how they actually spent time making a proper bottle for the stuff. I assume there's actually good things out there that follow this same premise of "Ah, that has to be total shit, just look at it" but it's good.

>>18663225
They can charge you VAT, they likely don't based on your location (from your IP address) if you're in the US.
>I shipped the set to France
That's odd but, again, it's likely because of your location.
I'm inside the EU and I see all prices in EUR regardless of site language or shipping destination during checkout.
>>18663226
Most frags that are total memes according to /frags/.
Sauvage EDT, BR540, Le Male...

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>>18663228
Sorry, what I meant was it would go:
>VAT
>go to to final check out page
>"Oh, you're sending this package to FRANCE? Never mind that. Price dropped!"
Here is the order I just placed for Cuir Ottoman since you literally cannot purchase the 100ml bottle over in the US. There is one (1) listing on eBay for $212, and it uses an older style of bottle, as well as the bottle being partially used. Joma and the few other sites that have PdE are selling the 50ml for $140 at a minimum. Granted, my price also included the $25 discount I got from buying the Discovery set. I already knew I wanted Cuir Ottoman since it was (IMO) the best thing of theirs I got to test. I am going to probably buy a few others once I get the larger testers forwarded to me along with this bottle.

>>18662981
I imagine the Pope wears something simple, like Cool Water or Clinique Happy

>>18663235
Old Spice and Irish Spring.

>>18663155
What could you compare Azemour les Orangers to in sweetness? More than something like Dior Homme Cologne? Yes, I'll definitely leave a review here when they come in.
>>18663235
Knowing the Vatican he has a Creed sponsorship

>>18663251
Imagine a middle ground between Dior Homme Intense and JPG Ultra Male.

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Haiii /fa/!
Rate my perfume collection

>>18663264
I hate that fucking L'eau Dissey bottle.

Should I buy Rogue Bon Monsieur? I found a good price on it but I’m on the fence. I love Drakkar Noir and I wouldn’t mind adding another summer fragrance. On the other hand, I could just use that money to sample other fragrances and upgrade my skill trees.

>>18663228
Le male smells like sweat. tho.

>>18663231
Go to bed mate.
>>18663235
Benedict XVI, famous, among other things, for his enjoyment of showing off material goods, had commissioned a frag for himself alone, an outdoorsy freshie according to a few news outlets.
No info on Francis or Leo XIV, but based on his work and public image I would bet Francis didn't wear any frag, and I suppose if Leo wears anything it's Dior Homme Sport or some such, but he might as well not wear anything.
>>18663277
I've never smelled it but yes, definitely.

>>18663264
>haiii
>that selection
Femboy 101/10.

>>18663264
I hope you don’t wear Paradigm. 3D printed AI generated ass perfume. I really hope Prada fixes it in the flankers.

>>18663277
yes if you like DN

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>>18663267
tall bottles are cool. i wish they were more common

>>18663277
>I found a good price on it
That would be the price listed on his official website, if it’s more than 5-10% lower than that (or NOT partially used) you’re buying a fake. Yes, even artisanal like Rogue gets faked occasionally.

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Aura came in. Kinda disappointed. I’ve smelled this before. Smells like Daisy Wild and OG Daisy had a baby, but super fruity, fruit focused instead of floral, and a touch of rhubarb, like Perfect. I would have loved this three years ago when I downed bottles of Perfect. The reviews on Fragrantica describe it as wintergreen, menthol/minty, spicy, fairy and/or forest-like. Many didn’t like it for the spices and it seemed polarizing, but it’s just a basic green fruity-floral fragrance. Not bad, but I was hoping the million tons of spice and woods in the base notes would come through in some memorable way. Mugler is usually better. This could be a Marc Jacobs frag. GORGEOUS bottle though, I would assume something edgier and alien with the goth design. Not worth resale prices, but good for an entry level collector who likes green and sweet/bold fruit frags if you want to splurge.

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>>18663264
Need more fougeres

>>18663382
Yeah, the price wasn’t suspiciously low. $100 CAD for 28/30ml with no box. Beats $120USD plus duties and cross border shipping. I know fakes are out there for everything but oddly I feel way more sketchy buying cello wrapped boxes secondhand than I do buying partials.

>>18663392
cute bottle they should do an edgy unisex green citrus flanker that borrows from mugler cologne

>>18663411
Absolutely. I was kind of hoping this was just a feminine leaning/marketed unisex that borrows heavily some clean citrus and masculine spice in the background. This one is SWEET SWEET SWEET. I almost don't get any literal citrus in there either. Orange blossom done in a way that smells like tea. Now that I think about it, it's Papa James Shi. Don't know if you're familiar with Daniel Rene, fragrance review TikTok. He's very inspired by Mugler. I didn't realize that's what Aura smells like to me. Daniel did it better. Toned down the fruit and made it a slightly spicy unisex.

>>18663411
Have you tried N.19 or Futur by Piguet?

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Hiram Green Ultra
Smells literally like gifrel.

Opens way to fem. But still wearable as a man, citrus, powdery, and strong DAFFODILS.

1-2 hours after the bright citrus goes it changes to like a just broken or mushed with a football wet daffodil, much greener and damp, still powdery but more unisex when the citrus goes

6 hours it really turns farnesol heavy, earthy oily grassy. but still daffodil but oilier far more unisex and easier to wear at this stage.

Changes a lot the day from very fem to something more unisex than no.19, then later even greener earthy masc scent, still daffodils but earthier.

After spraying it though, and getting over that powdery fem strenght, there was something familiar and after googling it is farnesol, the orris butter in DHP25 has some but very this has loads, very different scents tho. It is a very more-ish chem, like the umami of perfume.

Hyde smells like ACF-50 and Arbole smells like Hyde because I cant smell anything else now

>>18663030
Everybody keeps posting that chart but I want to know which one of those frankincense fumes smells warmer/spicier. Because I've been reading they all smell cool or cold.

>>18663030
I need a frankincense, oud, and/or myrrh done right by a relatively high end or well regarded fragrance house in the middle east, preferably one that specializes in appealing to eastern taste (and not a western dupe house like Lattafa), American and European ouds are TRASH. I was so disappointed falling in-love with oud because of Swiss Arabian. Pretty much all of them are discontinued or impossible to get in the states, and everything with that note in our frags are just stale? No wonder so many people don't like it. I never knew until I started buying western frags.

>>18663433
Frankincense by itself doesn't smell particularly warm or cold to me.
Sometimes it feels balsamic/cooling in the same way camphor does, but it's a contrast to the resinous, smoky, warm characteristic smell of incense, so overall it's possibly on the warmer side.
So it's not so much the incense that makes those frags smell warmer or cooler, rather the notes that support it, and the stronger the sensation of warmth or cold the less incense there is in the mix.
Spicy is something else entirely and it's not correlated to warmth - star anise is plenty spicy and cool, while nutmeg is plenty spicy and warm.
Also, instead of reading they all smell cool or cold you should try out a few and see how they feel to you.
That said, if you ask me the warmer frags in there are Interlude Man, Encens Suave, Myrrhe Mistère and maybe This is Him, and the spiciest are Interlude Man, Incense, and maybe L'Eau Trois and Fille en Aiguilles.
If you want something where the incense is still front and center but that's also wearable in the cold, I recommend Avignon and, after that, Encens Suave.
>>18663451
>frankincense, myrrh and oud
I'm not aware of any specifically, though it sounds like something that Amouage might have in their catalog if you don't consider them too westernized.
At any rate, I don't like oud so I'm afraid you won't ever see any such frag in the infographic.

>>18663409
Oh yeah, no that actually sounds pretty legit. And in that case most definitely get it, Bon Monsieur is good.

I actually gifted a bottle to a work buddy a while back and he has been wearing it the last couple weeks so now I get to enjoy both my own choice as well as that.