The Fragrance Groups 101 chart

The Fragrance Flowchart for Beginners

I'm wearing Hacivat now bros. It's great. Tomorrow, I will probably wear more Hacivat to work, or possibly Encre Noire.

threadly reminder to not interact with the coomer mutt

>>18367040
Ordering 20x2ml replicas of real frags for 20 euro to find out wich I would roughly like?

>>18367076
it's okay, i guess
i1ve done that with Eclat once and while the testers were mostly good, most of their full bottles were subpar (to say the least)

>>18367077
dupes are almost always shit and way different than the real frags unless it's dupes of 70s/80s stuff that have been made worse through reformulation. milton lloyd makes some that are supposedly better than the real modern day versions but I wouldn't even bother with anything except of milton lloyd of that walmart "classic match" dupes of drakkar noir and stuff like that. dupes of anything remotely modern is going to be garbage.

>buy Fahrenheit tester since fragcom claims that the post-2020 reformulation is close to the original
>get soapy florals with a faint leather
>no gasoline accord
>weak longevity and projection
Did I get baited or what?

>>18367106
it will get stronger with maceration. the decant I got 5 years ago smelled like straight gas and the full bottle I got last year smells the same. smelled weak when I first got it though.

>>18367106
>get soapy florals with a faint leather
that's basically what it smells like
some people seem to not get the phantom gasoline accord, for others it's overpowering

Two thirds of the designerslop I try smells the same.
The same ambroxan 12-in-1 discount shower gel accord in men's frags with a bit of pepper here, vetiver there, maybe a touch of ever so slightly indolic white flowers if we're daring, the same vanilla-heavy sweet amber accord in women's frags with a hint of white and yellow flowers here, a pinch of mature aldehydes or classic rose there, even a hint of fruit in some cases.
Niche frags might be overpriced and bad smelling at times, but at least they have some character.

>>18367076
If they're replicas of real frags you should rather go to a sephora or some such store and try the originals out, then you can figure out what you generally like and then if you won't pay for the legit stuff you can try replicas of only the stuff you're interested in.
Contrarily to what >>18367083 posted there's plenty of good replicas, though it's always difficult to say for sure whether a specific replica is good with people on one side saying all replicas are shit and people on the other side saying "it's 95% the same" about everything, so you should definitely try the actual thing you're going to be buying a full bottle of, be it an original frag or a replica.

>>18367089
why do you keep posting pictures of this male paedophile?

>>18367151
Sorry, are you referring to the one on the left or the one on the right?

>>18367106
>feline fetishist taking the L
just nature taking its course

sotd cool water

Is Avignon the reference (wearable) incense scent? What is the best?

>>18367040
The fragrance game is a meme.

Just wear the one her dad wears

>>18367040
>>18367041
>>18367042
Forget this autism and just buy aventus creed or new black aventus if you want to be cool NT fuccboi

>>18367199
this too

>>18367141
Are you surprised people want to smell good to the majority instead of walking around smelling of animalic bodily fluids?
Your odor is fundamentally different from let’s say clothing. Nobody is offended (at least even remotely close to the same degree) by a ill-fitting suit than by bad smell. You also can’t escape someone in a meeting if they reek.

>>18367199
>>18367206

So that means any Boss or Acqua Di Gio because those are dad fragrances

>>18367141
>Niche frags might be overpriced and bad smelling at times, but at least they have some character.
not anymore, half the brands people call "niche" nowadays are even less creative than designers

Any advice for a 24 year old guy who's never worn cologne? Looking for something I can wear to bars and possibly at work (laid back tech job). Don't need anything too classy, but am interested in trying lots of different scents, including female-oriented ones.

I tried picrel a few days ago and liked how it mixed with my scent, but I have nothing to compare it to. Going to a local Perfumania with a friend today, are their sample packs any good?

>>18367295
D&G The One EDP could be a good start. It's simultaneously a good office and date night scent. Not super overpowering, but very nice when close to someone.

>>18367295
>>18367295
No, it's sweetslop
Get Kouros, Antaeus, Fahrenheit or Terre d'Hermes

Which one

>>18367213
>at times
At times they're overpriced and bad smelling, but many times they're quite wearable on top of being a lot more interesting than the usual designerslop.
I don't like Aventus very much but that's wearable and it was pretty unusual before it became this popular and everyone and their aunt started wearing clones of it.
Reflection Man, Enclave, Ichnusa, Fat Electrician, Cocaine... all of that's perfectly wearable.
>>18367191
I agree, Avignon is the frag with the highest mix of incense and wearability.
The best is obviously subjective because there are plenty of great quality incense frags, each with its different qualities.
>>18367263
>but what about masstige
This has nothing to do with what I've posted.

>>18367191
Encre Noire A'Lextreme

>>18367361
They're both awful.

>>18367361
Neither if you're older than 18

>>18367320
>>18367323
I'll look into these, thanks. Can you define sweetslop? I may want something sweeter for the Minnesota winter but idk how sweet

>>18367440
Sweetslop = frags loaded with vanilla and/or overly sweet fruit notes.

>sotd
smells exactly how I imagine its namesake pastry would smell like, great longevity (9 hours and going strong) is a plus

>>18367440
please ignore this guy unless you're just buying samples. they're fine to try if you're just starting to explore fragrances, but some of the posters here have autism and meme the same shit no matter who asks.

>>18367440
ignore the guy unless you want to smell like an old man. terre d'hermes is fine though

>>18367323
>Kouros, Antaeus, Fahrenheit or Terre d'Hermes
All garbage

Kouros smells like the end of my cock after I've shagged the missus up her arsehole.

>>18367498
Why are you sniffing your cock?

>>18367497
>t. noselet

>>18367498
that's kinda based ngl but you should stop smelling your own cock after anal, it's not healthy desu

>>18367440
imo you should simply choose a frag you like at the local dept.store and either work it out from there or just use that and that's it

>>18367497
Nah, they are good.
>>18367295
If you want a good all-around fragnance then Bois Imperiale by Essential Parfums. My advice is to find interesting scents and buy samples. And don't just smell a sample on paper and throw it away. Even if you like or dislike it on paper initially-you might change your mind later. And also smells might develop a lot over time. Something you think smell awful the first 10 minutes might become your favourite on the drawdown. Also if you sample and wear a whole day will give you an idea how long it lasts. Also it might last different on clothes than on skin and might smell different as well. Two fragnances that is advertised to females that I wear and like is Tom Ford's Black Orchid. And you should also try YSL Black Opium Illicit Green. I think they are both wearable.

>>18367475
>>18367480
>>18367506
Well yeah I'm not gonna buy a whole bottle without sampling first, but I just need a little advice on where to start. I'm very cost-sensitive so I'm planning on going through a lengthy process of smelling it on paper, then on myself, then buying a small sample to wear over a week or two. Glad to hear some dissenting opinions though.

>>18367542
Thanks, this is very helpful. Do fragrances last long enough on paper that I should be bringing blotters home with me? Also if I end up never liking the smell on paper, what are the chances I'll like it if applied to my skin?

ok, when are we getting the Air France Sport flanker?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0NoRCRrkVE

>>18367542
I also wear Black Orchid. It's really nice.
>>18367575
Yes. I've had test cards hold scent for weeks in my car during winters. They obviously don't all last that long, for example Eau Sauvage EDT lasted less than 2 days on paper in my car. It's a good and free way to refer back to scents you're interested in though.

>>18367295
montblanc explorer

>>18367149
The thing is I would have to travel to another town for at least like 2 hours to test some frags and even then, Im very indecisive so I would need to travel multiple times

>>18367040
There was some dude in a store who had a really good fragrance. It smelled like your regular masculine fragrance but it smelled so good I just had to keep inhaling it. Same with other people. Now I have no idea what it was but do you know any that smell so good? Like you could take a deep breath and it didnt smell even slightly bad. It also covered the whole room

>>18367642
dior homme intense
you are welcome
(you're probably gay tho)

>>18367454
>anon has never eaten a st. honoré
What the hell are you waiting for?
Go somewhere and buy a slice, it's just going to cost you the price of a slice of cake, and the experience is priceless.

Was Luca Turin right about Platinum Egoiste and Allure Homme?

>>18367575
>Do fragrances last long enough on paper that I should be bringing blotters home with me?
Yes, they should last for a day on paper at least. But spray on skin too, it's more accurate to how it will smell on you

>>18367642
>Like you could take a deep breath and it didnt smell even slightly bad. It also covered the whole room
Could have been Bois Imperial, it has that property. More likely if you live in central-easter Europe as it's very popular here

Also popular is Shaghaf Oud, I smelled it again today

>>18367719
Allure Homme yes, Platinum Egoiste is quite nice to me, but probably seemed bland at the time. Considering it was basically a higher end take on stuff like CK Eternity for Men

>>18367575
If you don't like it at all on paper at any point then I don't think you would like it on skin. There are enough scents around so you don't need to spend time on that. But there are scents that I thought was "meh" and then later came back and fell in love with. So having samples and not just papers is not a bad idea. At least look up stores that sell decants and samples. Some stores also love giving out samples. They are great stores.

>>18367642
Could be many. The other guy mentioning bois Imperial is a good suggestion. But it would be more useful if you could remember some note or something. Was it sweet, or citrusy? Pineapple?

>>18367719
Who cares? Try forming your own opinions for a change.

>>18367743
Don't do this

This is nice stuff. Very similar to Oud Malaki withm stronger spice notes and no oud. I think it has somewhat better quality materials than the Chopard. I'd like to compare this with the current formulation of Égoïste.

The new AdG Elixir has violet leaf… my curiosity is piqued.

>>18367725
>>18367743
The last good fragrance Polge created was Egoiste.

>>18367810
and even that was garbage if we're being honest

>>18367440
Don't bother with Kouros. It's a really old scent that literally smells like a urinal.
The Bois Imperial rec is legit, though. It's basically thai basil and akigalawood, so slightly sweet and slightly woody. Very even and balanced, but with good longevity.

>>18367719
>Platinum Egoiste
probably not
>Allure Homme
yes, by all means

>>18367928
>Don't bother with Kouros. It's a really old scent that literally smells like a urinal.
>t. noselet

>>18367788
I agree, it's very nice and does remind me of oud malaki. Similar use of spices, sale perfumer. More unique as it doesn't use the oud and tobacco trope, ot's harder to pin down

>SOTD: Rogue Tabac Vert
nice mature scent (30+ maybe?), imo office friendly

>>18368071
I've got the Rogue discovery set, and I think on a long enough timespan I'm gonna end up owning half of them
Mousse Illuminee and Bon Monsieur were no-brainers. Then I tried Fougere L'Aube, and I think I like it more than the other two. I need to pull the set out again and see if another one emerges as a must-have.

>>18367440
Good sweet for winter = "by the fireplace" by maison margiela in their replica line.

Or lattafa khamrah for a nice cheap one.

>>18367440
>Can you define sweetslop?
Parfums de Marly and Le Male flankers.

>>18368078
>no-brainers
yup, gotta lack a paleocortex to be able to enjoy rogue
>must-have
must have been nosebroken
must have been fooled by your broken nose

>>18368123
Why do you hate Rogue, Rajeesh?

I'm gonna blind buy polo green (:

>>18368135
good, go ahead

>>18367361
Azzaro The Most Wanted Parfum.

>>18368135
Do it. Buy Azzaro Pour Homme as well.

Best versatile, well performing fresh frags for men? Something attractive not a weird niche concoction
I like DHS but would like other ideas
Kenzo line is too aquatic, I prefer woody and/or citrusy scent profiles

>>18368118
why didn't you make follow up for a date with the fat milf while wearing drakkar noir?

>>18368155
BdC is legitimately better than anything Issey Miyake have released

>>18368183
objectively wrong
>pic related

>>18368165
Acqua Viva.

>>18368165
PDM percival but its overpriced

>>18368194
Is there another very good Fierce clone? The Zara one is disappointing.

>>18368165
Platinum Egoiste

>>18368200
Montblanc Legend

>>18367276
Based

>>18367040
My CdG Zero arrived.
Really like it, like a woody sweet, Another 13.

How do you even know if you like the smell of a fragrance? It almost all just smells like cologne.

May indulge and get a discovery set, thinking either the latest Balmain, or Francesca Bianchi

>>18368285
if you like the smell of something, you shouldn't have to think about it this much
>It almost all just smells like cologne.
you're probably noticing a similarity in the fragrances that you smelled because they're all following a similar trend and trying to appeal to what's popular. but literally smell more. and then smell more. you learn to identify specific notes. you will find that you like the smell of some things, and you hate the smell of other things. you also get to a point where you have a rough idea of what something will smell like based on the structure/notes listed. scents are like colors. you might have just been smelling blue.

>>18367723
Yes Im exactly in central east europe. I will check it out
>>18367729
Its really hard to explain since Im not into fragrances. Im sure it wasnt sweet at all. I got a knock off of aventus creed rn and it smells citrusy and kinda uplifting? It wasnt like this. I also got real le male sample and it wasnt anything like that either

I got these because of you guys and I feel ripped off

I didn't think I would enjoy Guerlain Vetiver because I tried the Parfum first. But you EdT purists were right again. Now I want to chuck my TdH and EN Sport in the trash.

>>18368350
skill issue

>>18368358
you are welcome
>chuck my TdH and EN Sport in the trash
skill issue (again)

Any earthy recs that do well in summer? Please no encre noir

>>18368365
Guerlain Vetiver

>>18368364
What do you mean skill issue? My fault for buying these or not liking them?

>>18368350
you learned something valuable from this.
1. buying bottles of something you haven't smelled is fucking stupid (unless you are very experienced)
2. you may not like heavily vetiver-forward fragrances (i don't like encre noire either, but i like plenty of fragrances that have vetiver in the base. tom ford grey vetiver is a smooth and soapy use of the note and feels a million miles away from encre noire.)
3. you may not be into classics from the 80s and earlier (i see oakmoss+carnation/geranium listed and i'm 90% sure i'm never wearing it. it can still be fun to explore these things to understand them though, and your taste might change if you decide to make a hobby of this. or you can just do cocaine instead, it's probably a cheaper way to have fun with your nose)

>>18368365
Polo Green

>>18368350
Why? You spent max 60 euros total.

>>18368358
EDT > EDP/Parfum for Guerlain, always.

Which fragrance has the best pine note?

>>18368415
Norne is good, but it will stain anything it touches green, so wear black.

>>18368412
Yeah now I ought to try Habit Rouge, because same deal I only smelled the new Prive EDP. It's so annoying that these aren't commonly in the shops here in Burgerland.

Odd request but anyone know any male fragrances that smell like mirrors edge?

>>18368415
i would dig through the offerings from slumberhouse, pineward, sonoma scent studio, and juniper ridge. i have not specifically chased pine.

>>18368415
Polo

>>18368415
Polo Green

Most of the fragrances Ive tried always smelled... too sweet I guess. It was always overwhelming. I also feel like most of them smell kinda gay or girly. Could you recommend a male fragrance that's cold, bold and loud but not too heavy and feels like silver?

>>18368452
>>18368454
Is the current version any good?

>>18368460
H24

>>18368464
Current version is fine. Don't listen to everyone whining about how the older versions were better. They were, but the modern version is still great.

>>18368460
>>18368465
never has a rec nailed the brief so well

>>18368464
It's fantastic. Fresh resinous pine/juniper opening that lasts a good 2-3 hours before drying down to a warm tobacco scent that stays for another 3-4 hours.
My daily for the Winter.

>>18368452
>>18368454
another terrible rec from people who think everyone in 2025 wants to smell like a 50 year old. this thread didn't used to be like this. what happened to this place

This smells like cough syrup

>>18368479
Damn, sounds legit amazing. My current winter rotation is mostly Egoiste and Heritage.

>>18368465
horrible rec

>>18368467
samefag

>>18368487
oh, nevermind you smell like a 45 year old already. polo green is perfect for you

>>18368486
Probably the spicy incense + sweetness is making you think of cough syrup. I imagine you wouldn't like Layton or its imitators due to the "Vaporub" accord a lot of people experience. Nor the Nuit D'issey line which also has incense.

>>18368483
Bore off you miserable incel bastard.

>>18368483
>>18368491
lol, lmao, rofl even

>>18368494
>>18368497
keep reccing drakkar noir an kouros to every 22 year old who wanders in here, it's hilarious

captcha: saaar

>>18368504
I bought drakkar noir and it smells like shaving cream. Not a fan :/

>>18368488
What would you recommend if h24 is horrible?

>>18368509
mitsouko

>>18368510
look
>>18368497

>>18368504
Kouros smells like actual shit, no wonder fags love it.

>>18368515
body kouros was the superior kouros but it was too straight so they stopped making it. sad!

>>18368515
It doesn't even have castoreum.

Frags for this feel?

>>18368515
>>18368516
It's kinda hard to imagine Kourous was made by the same guy that did Cool Water and Green Irish Tweed.

>>18368519
Obsession for men

>>18368519
Any Pineward fragrance. Or Encre Noire.

>>18368524
>Pineward
They have one called Snoqualmie, so that's actually perfect.

Got a replica of opium pour homme and I really dig it. Its not something I smell on other men. Reminds me of Egypt. I think Im gonna get the real thing. Your thoughts on it?

>>18368528
unlike a lot of the old slop that people rec around here, this aged really well and smells great.

>>18368486
this is the best masculine vanilla (and incense & vanilla) fragrance on the market

>>18368528
had it, somehow didn't click with me. maybe nowadays I'd find something in it. what I'm looking for at the moment is something like YSL pour homme without going vintage, because I don't want to deal with bottles that went off or someone filling an old bottle with mystery frags

>>18368460
Platinum Egoiste

>>18368350
You'll end up loving them.

>>18368442
Reminds me of Lacoste Live, don't know about the scent, though.

>>18368527
it's extremely weak.

>>18368563
Oops, already ordered some samples. Well maybe it'll be a good winding-down/bedtime scent.

looked at the fragrances at my local drugstore toady. might pick up versace man eau fraiche if i like the sample i ordered. price wasn't far off discounters. also noticed fahreneit was priced the same as discounters "after coupon" price. like the smell of it, but i know for a fact i would wear it like twice a year, so it just seems so silly to own.

Opinions on Yohji yamamoto homme?

Please help me decide:
>bleu de chanel
>ysl y
>ysl opium pour homme
>montale black aoud
>club de nuit intense
>dior sauvage
I know its generic but I only have cool water and encre noire so far

>>18368576
Man eau fraiche is underrated. Honestly the cheapo old versaces that land at drugstores are kind of the best ones

>>18368584
i had a bottle of the original formulation but sold it. expected to love it (because i love lolita lempicka au masculin and body kouros) but it never sat right with me. i think i remember it having a cinnamon note that bothered me. anyway, might be worth sampling. i actually tried the re-issue and preferred it to the original. i also have this advert framed in my bathroom.

>>18368599
Opium pour homme if you are based, bleu de chanel if you want a generic npc fragrance but not lame like Y or a meme like sauvage

>>18368599
get dior sauvage ELIXIR next.

>>18368442
comme de garcons 71, maybe alkemia deus ex machina or industrial sabotage
>>18368508
>Not a fan :/
why? does it remind you too much of the smell when you shave your pussy hair, sissy?
>>18368518
and castoreum doesn't smell like shit
>>18368584
i'm assuming you are talking about yohji yamamoto homme (2013) edt and not yohji yamamoto homme (2004), yohji homme (2013) or yohji homme (1999). fuck their naming scheme and reusing the bottles for completely different scents. anyway it's alright. inoffensive woody office scent, fresh and with some clary. considering it's like 20 bucks it's not bad but i sold my bottle because i have no need for something like it

>>18368437
The new Habit Rouge Parfum sucks. I thought Vetiver Parfum was alright, though the original is better

oh, my (>>18368603) mistake. i assumed you were talking about yohji homme since that's usually the one people bring up

>>18368442
Secretions Magnifiques
CDG Hinoki

>>18368519
Follow
Snowy Owl

>>18368350
>not liking Drakkar Noir or Cool Water
Kill yourself

>not liking the stench of dryer sheets or cheap shaving foam
wow, what a crime

Something valuable I have learned from this thread after falling for many memes is this: if you want to smell like shit follow the recommendations in this thread. If you want to smell good buy whatever people here are seething and and hating on the most. The more schizophrenic the hate the better

I've tried another BR540 clone today, reaching a total of 4 (or 6 if you also count the elixir variations).
It was good, but leaned too heavily on the almond compared to the cotton candy accord.

Is Grey Flannel good? Turin gave it 5 stars, but I can't find it anywhere, so I could sample it. It's cheap af tho.

>>18368757
It's boring like most Tom Ford frags.
Cafe Rose and Beau de Jour are the only two I would spend any money on.

>>18368774
lol he wasn't talking about grey vetiver, anon

>>18368415
Pineward Greymist

>>18368519
>>18368527
>>18368569
I never watched Twin Peaks, so I don’t understand the show, but they made 3 fragrances dedicated to the show. They were eventually discontinued and Pineward purchased the original formula for one of the three and re-released it as Snowqualmie.

>>18368757
yes, it is good

>>18368125
Rogue is some line cook that makes bad indie clones of 70's/80's fragrances (most of which aren't even discontinued) in his basement. You can't get more spiritually Indian than that.

>>18368793
Oh interesting. Tie-in perfumes seems a touch bugman-ish to me (see: the new Nosferatu perfume), but if it smells good that's cool. I also ordered samples of Greymist, Murkwood, and Fanghorn.

>>18368799
cope, seethe and dilate
ywnbaw

>>18368793
>Pineward Greymist
one of the worse pinewards desu
>>18368793
>Snowqualmie
seems to be future's past. i've wanted to try the three house of matriarch scents for some time but they were too rare, the few times i saw bottles pop up the prices were ridiculous and the few things i tried from them were not that great. but future's past and the pineward equivalent look good, i'll try to find a sample
>>18368808
at least it's by a """"proper"""" perfume house and not some merchandise tier slop. although the house of matriarch branding is awfulast time i checked. gwt steading, bindebole, cotswold and eldritch next time. murkwood is great but i couldn't get past it's oilyness

>>18368775
Oh yeah my bad.

>>18368862
>nicolaitranny leak
grim

sotd zino

I'll probably never try Davidhasselhoff Cool Water because the name is corny.

>>18368902
And the name isn't even the worst thing about it

Just received 3 frags in the mail
Guerlain L'Homme Idéal Extrême edp
Tom Ford Grey Vietiver edp
Encre Noire(yeah I fell for the meme)
The Guerlain might be the best thing I own for cool weather. There's a fruity plum not that is subtle under the spiciness of pink pepper. I'm pulling out cinnamon and tobacco that balance each other out, this shit fucking slaps.
Excited to wear this to work tomorrow.
Tom Ford is similar to TDH Vetiver but not soured oranges, stout and masculine vetiver with some mild citrus
Encre Noire smells like a skin scent after the Tom Ford
>>18368902
the water in Flint Michigan has stronger sillage

>Aventus + Silver Mountain Water - Creed
>Art of Arabia I + Khamrah + Atlas + Qaed al Fursan - Lattafa
>Y - YSL
>Hawas
>Invictus Aqua
>Acqua di Gio Profundo
>Louis Vuitton Imagination
Gonna head to Sephora and look for some of these or order samples if I can’t test them. I know nothing about fragrances but I like aquatic, fresh, clean, and fruity I think. I was gifted Aqua Dubai by Al Haramain, a supposed clone of Imagination, and I’d like to see what the real thing smells like. I smelled a very nice scent 3 years ago and I think it might have been Imagination but I’m not sure. If it is, I’ll easily pay $330 for it

luca's new email said tommy girl:
is a good masculine fragrance
turns to shit after a few years in the bottle
is going to have to be reformulated because ifra just banned bourgeonal

so, are YOU picking up a bottle of this cheap MALE floral? are YOU a tommy girl?

>>18369004
always do the opposite of what he says

>>18368996
you probably haven’t even smelled it

Imagination is around £150 over here, similar to a lot of Tom Ford or Chanel. Never tried it though so can't say if it's worth that.

>>18369009
i have, it's nothing special

SOTD: Ombre Nomad. 4 sprays.
Got fragmogged by a friend of mine who was wearing the Kenzo EDP I gifted him. Fml.

YOU FUCKING RETARDS STOP FALLING FOR THE ENCRE NOIRE MEME. IT IS A MEME. Rather get Encre Noire Spor and A'lextreme.

What does he wear, /frag/?

>>18369032
Drakkar Noir or Cool Water because of muh 80's nostalgia meme.

>>18369032
Le Male

Is Turin a fraud?

>>18368609
Elixir smells good but its not really an office/school fragrance

>>18369030
I thought that too when I first got all 3. later, I realized the og was the best.

Is AdP Colonia a bit redundant if I already have Eau Sauvage? I only have a few fragrances in total.

Thoughts on black aoud?

>>18369102
if you want to limit your collection then yeah, it is a bit redundant

>>18369117
thanks

>>18369102
In the sense they are both citrus aromatics, but they don't smell very similar at all. AdP Colonia is similar to Eau de Guerlain.

>>18369090
He's an old man with a huge ego.

>>18369123
Thanks. Yeah I'm looking at this pretty broadly. I'm not looking to accumulate two to three variations per sub-family if one will fulfill its purpose.

>>18369124
a combination that punishes one's patience

>>18369125
Well, then you have the best one.

>>18368381
You didn't like any of those classics? Some of the most crowd pleasing scents in human history? You must have a weird taste, I'm interested in seeing what someone like you DO like.

>>18368442
I can't believe someone else already answered comme de garcons 71. I had to do a double take, but that would be my answer as well.
>>18368519
Pretiosum Vetiverum
>>18368599
Montale black aoud is really different from the rest. It is dark and oud-forward.
>>18369104
You'll smell like Laurence of Arabia. You should sample it first. It has some similarities to Tom Ford's Oud Wood. In the sense that it is equally as dark and has that prominent oud.

>>18369135
>You didn't like any of those classics?
Cool water reminds me of vodka, drakkar noir smells like shaving cream, encre noire is cool but cant smell it after a short while

>>18369127
I've been really enjoying sampling, reading the archive, and newfag charts.

Masculine rose fragrances? Under 150 euro ideally. Something dark and loud that fills the room but not too aggressive and has depth

>>18369145
Nicolai Rose Oud

>>18369145
>dark, loud, under €150
Antaeus
Though you might enjoy The Spice Must Flow, which is not as stinky and earthy, and Portrait of a Lady, which is more about the rose and is certainly dark, if a bit soapy.

>>18369145
Antaeus

>>18369145
Don't listen to the people shilling grandpa shit like Antaeus. Get Toy Boy or Hermann a mes Cotes

>>18369147
Super feminine and old ladyish

>>18369153
>>18369145
try the Etat Libre d'Orange catalogue in general, they have so many masculine fragrances with rose. some are total room-fillers like Hermann or Rien (that one is agressive though)

>>18369157
to my nose it isn't THOUGH

>>18369145
Montale black aoud

>>18369030
Extreme is a really nice incense frag.

>>18369145
For me, still Rose 31, but it's expensive like all most of the good ones. La fille de Berlin is nice as well and cheap at discounters.

>>18369172
>tfw we've reached the point where Serge Lutens is considered "cheapies"
the nicheflation has to stop. can't wait for the fragrance market to crash when people realise the emperor has no clothes and perfume prices are 99% mark up. every new no substance, all marketing "luxury" brand like Mindgames is bringing us closer to the crash, the bubble can't last forever

>>18367040
Who else uses Brut?

>>18369174
La fille de Berlin costs €50/50ml at discounters in the EU. That's cheaper than most designers.

>>18368442
Jo Malone french lime blossom

>>18369165
I completely forgot it had rose. But you're right. It is definitely dark and masculine rose exactly what >>18369145 asks for. I only remember the oud note, but I'm smelling my sample again and there is definitely plenty of rose. I decided to wear it today.

The rose is dark, almost bitter because of the woods. Definitely masculine would feel strange if a girl wore this.

SOTD: montale Black Aoud

Any reccs that smell like a wet temperate forest? Is Margiela soul of the forest any good?

>>18369175
I do from time to time.

>>18369200
Caron Yatagan

What are the most indolic white and/or yellow flower frags?
I'm looking for heady stuff.

I might have allergies to some substances in perfumes. For 3 years now (weirdly once I started using more colognes) I experience respiratory issues like itchy eyes, sneezing and sometimes problems with breathing. Yesterday I tested myself for allergies and it came out I am allergic to cats but there's no cats around me so yeah. Are there any high quality fragrances I could be less allergic to? Which substances am I allergic to, maybe some synthetic molecules?

haha, /ourguy/ Luca Turin is shitting on MFK in his latest blogpost

How does Herbes Vives compare to the H24 edp?

>>18369200
1+1 Folia by NEZ. Although they don't make it anymore. But I would look for a note called "Geosim" which is literally a type of chemical that we can smell when rain falls on something dry. I'm looking through other fragnances on Fragnatica with the note, but I haven't tried any of those.

I haven't tried the margiela you mentioned either. But "Magic Mushroom" by bohoboco smells like a wet mossy temperate forest. Although it is the forest in Alice in Wonderland.

Trying to gradually change my collection over from designer to niche with similar/better frags. Is Mousse Illumine a good replacement for Polo?

>>18369267
Herbes is more fresh and fruity. I would say it's like H24 mixed with something from the Jardin line. More refreshing and summery and not as metallic.
they're both good

>>18369250
you could be allergic to oakmoss
not sure what the other common allergens in perfumes are, stuff is pretty controlled nowadays

>>18369264
Based, MFK is overpriced generic trash anyway. Designer-quality fragrances for luxury-tier niche prices.

>>18369294
No, Mousse Illuminee doesn't smell like Polo Green despite what some might say.

>>18369267
They're both equally bad

r8/h8

>>18369333
checked, but
>Vetiver Parfum
ngmi

>>18369333
l'orealslop
arab trash (get the original)
ok

>>18369333
>Y EdP
Showergel but chicks like it.
>Vetiver Parfum
Nah get the EdT bro.

polo green gave me a headache a year ago. wear it again, smells great, no headache, just pure greeny goodness. how come?

>>18369359
You were probably gonna have a headache that day anyway and just wrongly attributed it to Polo Green. Or your nose just became more acclimated for stronger fragrances.

>>18369360
idk, had it on all day, still smells woody to me

>>18369250
You gotta remember that perfums are mostly aerosolized denatured alcohol. The fumes coming off of that can irritate sensitive membranes and your lungs even without essential oils thrown in the mix. Try spraying them somewhere else on your body that doesn't rise directly up to your nose. Like the top of your forearms or down your back after putting on a shirt.
Or, you might have an allergy to some ingredient. There's thousands of oils used in perfumery; you're bound to be sensitive to at least one of them, and it's relatively common.

>SOTD: YSL Tuxedo

got a sample from a sales rep. Holy crap this is lovely

requesting frag-related images like pic related. anything fun.

Anyone try Montage Parfums? It’s an American dupe brand from NYC. Redditors coom for them but there is barely any reviews for their shit elsewhere.

>>18368442
CdG zero

>>18369294
hell no. and bon monsieur isn't a better drakkar noir either.

>>18369315
>>18369461
any idea what I can actually expect from Mousse Illuminee then? The reviews seem misleading

>>18369175
Only the shower gel and deodorant. The modern formulation of the fragrance is bloody awful.

>>18369483
Moss, wood, and frankincense.

Tell me about Chergui and Five O'Clock au Gingembre?

>>18369533
Chergui is good. there are kind of too many sweet tobaccos out there nowadays, but this was one of the first to popularize the style

does anyone else's skin seem to just not hold onto frags? what do I do?

Never paid any attention to the Acqua di Gio line before but I'm going to give them a try out.
The original and the Parfum in particular sound like I might like them, but I'm going to try them all at the department store next week.

>>18369599
Find the people who say this usually have poor hygiene and are expecting fragrances to cover up their disgusting BO, which of course it won't.

>>18369599
Heat makes fragnances disappear. Putting it on clothes is an alternative

>>18369175
i use Brut and 4711 after i shower and dont plan on going out. i dig the scents, but they dont last so id rather wear perfumes if i intend on going out

>>18369145
i own baraonda and oud & spice. love em both.

>>18369388
Black Afgano has a "baby shit" smell at the dry down, Oud de Burgas smells like a barnyard, Ministry of Oud's Strictly Oud is a The Night dupe but smells more fecal.

>>18369637
Wonder what happened next.

>>18369104
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XQk9loaQE_E

i literally only used ralph lauren silver for years but im running low, what frags are similar? i did the meme and blind bought encre noire today.

what's the most autistic fragrance and brand on the mark? something that smells like shit except for a cryptic group of basenotes retards? maybe areej le dore?

13 samples in my cart (was 27 but once you cross the hundred dollar mark reality sets in and you ask yourself why you are setting money on fire). anyway, if dubs i hit the apple pay button.

>>18369682
unrelated, i really want this bottle. i would try to re-fill it with something cheaper (like avignon) when it runs out.

>>18369686
i also plan on buying a bottle of dylan blue to refill with something else. current thought is tauer lonestar memories. might get a decant and transfer it to the splash mini blue jeans bottle, just to save myself the effort of fucking about with syringes

>>18369689
>dylan blue
typo, you know what i meant. anyway blog over

>>18369682
i wouldn't buy this for the bottle alone, just like i would never put a zoologist bottle with a heccin wholesome reddit animal on my shelf

>>18369569
I wish I could get more of the notes people talk about in Chergui, I'm mostly getting just sweet powdery florals.

>>18369294
niche = le good

>>18369707
fair, but i want to do something like this. i just need to find the location of this cabinet and steal it.

>>18369264
paste it here please, assuming you have the part behind the paywall

>>18369200
I’d have to spend some time dedicated to reading through my sample reviews to pinpoint a specific frag, which frankly I don’t feel like doing, but Pineward is pretty much always the best choice when it comes to forest scents, just read through his catalog and fragrance descriptions.

>>18369294
>>18369483
I won’t claim that they’re “close enough” but they’re both worth testing.

>>18369533
Chergui is weird for me. The very first time I tested it, it started out as this fantastic smoky sweet scent over a thin layer of leather, really just can’t do justice for how complex and unique it smelled. But every time I’ve gone back to test it after that initial trial, it’s still sweet, but instead of that smoky leather, I basically just get this slightly feminine powdery scent that I don’t hate, but don’t love anywhere near as much as the first try.

Gingembre is relatively short lived, 2-3 hours on my skin, but it’s in my experience a very unique fragrance as it perfectly encapsulates what it’s trying to mimic - candied ginger.

/frag/ always shits on sweet gourmands, but if there’s any they would enjoy, I imagine this would be it, as it’s not nonsense sweet scent, it’s just tasteful, reserved, ginger candies.

The problem with Gingembre is I have no idea when I’d use it, besides rare personal enjoyment around the house. Not a killer mind you, but it’s hard to rationalize a 100 ml bottle taking up space on -my- shelf for such a rare use, others may not mind it as much.

>>18369707
Depends on the animal. I love Penguin, both the scent and the image, T-Rex makes chuckle internally, Rabbit on the other hand I couldn’t do.

thinking of getting pic rel. whats your guys opinions on it???

SOTD: Boss Orange For Men

>>18369900
Is it always you making these posts or is there an army of console war kids browsing this general?

>>18369897
Comfy smokey scent, very well suited for someone 50+, but you could probably pull it off starting from 30.

I like those laid-back knowledgeable-guy-talks-about-his-interests type channels (usually <7k subs) not the typically sterile, corporate prostitute grifters.

>>18369961
so stuff like varanis ridari, ramsay, wafts from the loft etc?

>>18369868
pineward is trash. go to the health food store and buy some essential oils and attempt to make your own frags. that's what pineward is. except he charges 10x what you'd spend at the health food store. the few good things he accidentally made are also the weakest and last for 5 minutes.

>>18369868
Yeah, Lutens fragrances do that for some reason. The first time I tried Ambre Sultan all I could smell was oregano and hay, but now I barely smell them.

>>18369979
That's literally Rogue as well. Very amateurish and uncreative clones of classic fragrances.

>>18369707
the aesthetic may be a bit cringe, but at least they're doing something different rather than "generic minimalist rectangle with letters" like most niche brands

>>18369657
EVERYONE with an interest in real niche or oud knows ALD and his shit isn't so controversial. there is a basenotes guy who made his own brand, alternatively some super obscure house from cambodia or pakistan like jogi

>>18369983
>amateurish
wrong
>uncreative
probably

>>18369897
You gotta be a certain kind of man to pull this off.

>>18369897
Doesn't do anything for me, smells cheap, because it is.
I put it in the same category as Denim, Brut, and Old Spice.
Classics from their time, but that's it.

>>18369991
it is, tho. everything you said about pineward also applies to rogue.

>>18369979
>charges 10x what you'd spend on ingredients
That's less than most designer frags.

>>18370058
>everything you said about pineward
The person you’re quoting wasn’t me, and I disagree. Both Pineward and Rogue have some fantastic fragrances, but you’re not interested in discussing that, you just want to shit on things you don’t like, so you do you.

To anyone else in the thread, pick up samples of both. Rogue only has a few hits, but the ones that are, are great. Most of the rest are mid but interesting. Pineward has a much bigger selection and doesn’t have as many clear cut stand outs, but there are still a ton of great frags depending on your taste.

>>18370136
cope and seethe with your poorly blended indieslop

>>18369868
>Depends on the animal. I love Penguin, both the scent and the image, T-Rex makes chuckle internally, Rabbit on the other hand I couldn’t do.
Tee-hee, faggot. What a hoot and a half. The fact that you think a T-Rex is more "badass" than a rabbit just confirms that you're a mentally impaired manchild. Enjoy your Froot Loops.

>>18369968
i like some of kurk's work, and i like a lot of fragrances that have le male comparisons, but that bottle is simply too gay for me to bring into my home so i've never even sampled it.

I personally enjoyed every single sample I got from Rogue's discovery kit.

thinking of copping 3 frags next. one for cold weather, one for warm and one daily/year round. here's what im thinking of:
>Musc Ravageur
>Neroli Intense
>Eight & Bob Original
i was thinking L'Air des Alpes Suisses, but the drydown is too similar to Prada L'Homme

thoughts?

>>18370175
Your reading comprehension in inept. Never once used the word “badass,” and it isn’t even implied by chuckling at something. That’s the baseline of what you responded with, but it gets worse.

Regardless of the anthropomorphized animal in the art, the wide sweeping majority of the world would see the imagery depicted on T-Rex as masculine and the imagery on Rabbit as feminine.

Come back with some form of actual argument beyond name calling and inserting your own malformed interpretations of what I stated and I might be interested in discussing it. Continue with your inane insults and I’ll let you have the last word so you can feel good about yourself.

>>18370195
Kudos, glad you could enjoy them. Frankly I’m surprised it was all of them. He’s got a lot of heavy florals that I didn't hate but didn’t love.
L’Homme M. LaCroix is a weird dirty leather for me which I didn’t much care for. Rostracto is incredibly interesting, and immediately makes me think of a better done ELDO Jasmine et Cigarette, but I don’t think I could ever wear it. And then A’Oud Ancienne just didn’t do it for me.

What were your fave 3?

>>18370206
>b-b-but le anthropomorphized animal in the art
Thank you for corroborating the cartoonbrained manchild hypothesis. The fact that you wrote half a book in defense of your creepy geekiness makes it even more pathetic. I bet you're wearing an Adult Swim t-shirt right now.

i love the smell of jasmine bros.

>>18370219
I do too, but I think I love it because it smells very sweet to me. One of the OP stickies says it’s the scent of American pink bubblegum, which is exactly what it smells like to me.

Anyone tried this? Sounds somewhat interesting

>>18370226
You can go into any Hugo Boss store and smell them all. I wasn't impressed with your pic rel but ended up buying this.

>>18370232
I tried this actually and I really liked it, but it was pretty sweet for something I would want to wear

smells that will get me pusy?

Ended up trying a sample of Mousse Illuminee and I hated it. Nothing like Polo and it just smelled like grape soda. Where am I supposed to get pine and oakmoss?

>>18370195
>>18370213
I want some rogue samples, but the discovery set is rollerballs and Luckyscent is splash/dabbler vials. Does anyone have spray vials of these?

>>18370226
not my type but elixir and absolu punch above their weight. stupid to make them a boss bottled flanker.

>>18370241
Catnip

>>18370226
This just smelled like honey to me maybe with some spices on top but mainly honey

>>18370246
Not as far as I’m aware, the rollerballs are still better than giving money to Luckyscent for those shitty dabbers.

>>18370226
Super sweet syrupy amber. I preferred the Elixir but both will get you attention.

>>18370262
edt or edp?

>>18370246
Just buy a pack of cheap travel atomizers on amazon and decant the splash vials into those

>>18370195
cheers, anon

>>18370204
>based
>based (especially if it's the Nicolai frag)
>meh
LADAS is good

>>18370213
nta, but
>Mousse Illuminee
>Fougere l'Aube
>Bon Monsieur
>Derviche (I) (+1)

>>18370246
getting small splash samples from Ecuacion Natural is your best bet

>>18370226
my next frag, smells amazing with great performance and very different from any other designer fragrance

NEW THREAD
>>18370284
>>18370284
>>18370284
>>18370284
>>18370284

Any Imaginary Authors worth looking into? i know it's in the realm of meme frags, but i'd consider getting a novelty perfume for kicks.

>>18370280
>meh
i did enjoy it when i tried it at the store. im looking for versatile easy wear. im open to suggestions though. also yeah it is Nicolai. i own NYI. i like the brand as a whole

>>18370291
>Imaginary Authors
No, just no
They are definitely “novelty” fragrances as in literal kiddie shit, don’t expect serious perfumery
t. had a discovery set

>>18370268
Elixir Eau de Intense Absolu

>>18370291
Buy the discovery set, I own it and haven’t really broken into it yet, but I own A Whiff of Waffle Cone and it’s a performance beast crowd pleaser, although a few of their other offerings have been fairly weak.

>>18370306
>>18370298
i was considering whiff of a waffle cone since i dont own any gourmand. the tennis frag would be funny because i play tennis. i think it'd be hilarious to have a tennis club scent, but i have also better perfumes for when id be at the club

>>18370315
There are two versions of The Soft Lawn, and I think it’s the original but I may be mistaken, one of them a lot of people associate with the smell of pickles because it has a dill note.