Yes, you too can smell like Downy/Lenor and Sandalwood for just $500!
Sweet and modern, and different from the OG Society with the nutty opening from the coffee. Has a similar feel to other sweet, woody modern scents that lean more sweet and powdery than fresh/clean like CH Bad Boy/Azzaro the Most Wanted/Ferragamo Uomo but is more grown up and not as old or screechy. I don’t get an exaggerated iris or vanilla, more of just the sweet woody notes mixed with the nutty coffee and earthy vetiver. Not the most amazing scent, but it is solid and enjoyable. Could be redundant since there are a number of scents that occupy the same space regarding the smell, but this one seems to wear lighter and project less, making it an...
A powdery, slightly earthy vanilla. This is pleasant but it does smell more feminine than unisex to me. Persistent projection on me, and could get cloying. Not room-filling but it does have some reach and will get noticed if you spray too much.
Smells very similar to Ferrari Uomo, which I think is an excellent cheapie. It's slightly sweet, very clean, and extremely versatile. Probably won't be a favorite of young guys, but it just smells very pleasant and is easy to wear. My only issue would be that it costs more than the Ferarri currently and performs about the same, maybe a little worse. Projection is average and longevity is about 5-6 hours.
I really like Cow, the opening is stunning. It's interesting, and lovely but it all disappears so quickly. It really doesn't last very long, there are body lotions that smells stronger. If it had more lasting power, even a bit more then I would purchase a bottle but this is so incredibly light.
Sadly, this didn't do it for me. I has the Molinard signature, but there isn't much else to set it apart. I'm reaching the conclusion that if you have one Molinard fragrance, the others might not be different enough to warrant another purchase. WHich is a shame, because on paper I should be allover this but it left me looking for something else to wear too.
Guerlain Homme L'Eau Boisée by Guerlain (2012) gives evidence to a rumor going around about LVMH retiring fragrances from one house they own, editing them, and relaunching them under another; something I was not apt to believe at first, since it sniffs just a bit too hard of the usual online echo chamber paranoia, although here I am giving such tenuous theories at best, a little credence. So the rumor was started by news that Fève Délicieuse by Dior (2015) was discontinued, and that Fève Gourmand (2023) was a retooling of it LVMH swapped over to "team Guerlain" to sell at a higher price point. Both those scents don't seem so similar, until you realize...
Not what I was expecting. Opening came off as sour, I got a little bit verbena. Scent moved quickly to the heart notes which consisted florals and spices. My nose picked up geranium, lilac and carnation amongst the florals. The base becomes more musky and earthy. I picked up a leather like drydown. At no point did I detect any rose from the scent, perhaps it's subtle but my nose couldn't find it. I do think the name of the scent is misleading, it does not smell anything like rose.
Not for the meek. This is up there with the most true to life woodsmoke fragrances I've tried - which makes it divisive by nature. I can't fault anyone who thinks it smells like bacon or barbecue sauce. It does smell of hickory smoke after all. But if you find that smell intriguing, or comforting, as I do, you'll find the piercing smoke of the opening eventually gives way to a beautiful, dark blend of heady smoke, dry woods, tobacco, nutmeg, and salty vetiver. According to the brand it's meant to evoke peated scotch and thick cigar smoke, and if you squint the imagery fits. But that's not where my head goes first. To my nose it feels more primal, less of a...
Where do you guys order your perfume ingredients in Europe? German or Swiss Websites would be better.
Hello! I’ve been into the perfume scene for around two years, taking it seriously within this past year by delving head first in self-teaching myself anything and everything the fragrance world has to offer. With that, I am delighted and incredibly lucky to have been offered a job at the very store that kickstarted this undying passion of mine. To those of you who are working or have worked in the retail portion of the perfume industry; what tips/lessons/advice would you tell individuals like myself who are coming into a professional environment for the first time? Whether it be common mistakes to avoid, certain mindsets to have, or what to focus on...
So, BBC (Eye Investigation team) made a documentary called Perfume's Dark Secret. About child labor in jasmine picking. Implicating brands like Louis Vuitton, Armani, Lancome, Aerin. Despite claims of having no ties to child labor, apparently the documentary maker found proof of kids as young as 5 picking jasmine in the Egyptian fields they use. This supposedly aired/streamed this week and you can find it on the BBC site via Google; however, all pages are dead and there's no stream. Has anyone seen this? Anyone with a streaming link or more info?
I'll keep this short because I'm sure many of you will have no interest in a Chrome flanker but I sampled and really enjoy the scent so was wanting to know if anyone has found a place to buy full bottles yet? Have only been wearing it a few hours so not sure of lasting power but I really enjoyed the opening of it probably due to my limited knowledge of quality and depth of fragrances and it supposedly only having a couple notes but I'm assuming it will be reasonably cheap so wanting to grab a bottle of it.
First I want to say that some people on the internet must be very biased for a certain reason or probably they are tripping about some 'niche' fragrances. Amouage Journey - I don't like it. bleah , culinary spices and some church incense. I could see a priest wearing this. lol Herod PdM - vanilla-cinnamon-woody sweet gourmand unisex frag. Tobacco Oud T.F - yuck, indeed it has some tobacco-ambery notes but also it has a funky sweet dry 'feces' smell. wet dog frag imo :) Smoke by Akro - charcoal, burnt wood, ashy notes and some sweet benzoin/tonka notes. I could say this could be a real niche-manly version of TF TV. Yeah its smoky. Tobacco Honey by...
I have almost finished a small sample of Creed Royal Water, and really like it. I’m considering a FB but want to see if cheaper alternatives are available without losing the lovely lemon verbena opening or the classic Creed signature dry down (although ambergris isn’t listed everyone seems to suggest it’s there?). I like RW because it doesn’t go too herbal after the opening and the sharp citrus remains for most of the scents life. Other similar fragrances like ADP Colonia or Chanel Pour Monsieur. The verbena/lemon and go in different directions, the ADP goes very herbal and the Chanel goes too fuzzy, spicy and mossy. The Creed seems to have...
Hi all, I'm currently working on a perfume in which I am aiming too formulate an accord that may replicate the smell of the beach, more importantly the ocean breeze that it comes with. I'm planning on placing in order in perfumers apprentice but I was wondering if there's other raw materials anyone would reccomend for this type of accord. So far, I'm planning on buying the following... Algenone Seaweed Absoulute Maritima Scentanal Oakmoss Geosmin Algix Ultrazur Floralzone Aquamate Adoxal Cascalone Choya Nakh As well as a variety of arromatic naturals from perfumers world. I would also be interested in having a separate accord or some raw materials too...
Just want to vent about this awful redesign and perhaps someone with some control over it reads this forum. What was once a neatly organized and veritable tome of information, basically THE essential online reference book for natural materials is now a frustrating mess. Allegedly it is "cleaner" because it is "web 2.0", but in reality there is a ton more clutter, scrolling , and wasted clicking to access what was only yesterday readily accessible. What shame. Here are the problems: Everything takes up too much space and is way too big: Every single product page is now 4x larger. The "purchase" section has ballooned in size. Pages have gigantic images and...
Inspired by [USER=26382280]@Flakonkrystal[/USER] , I've gone ahead and created this thread to get a celebration of Cartier fragrances on the books for May. Most of us probably don't own enough from Cartier to do a full month-long celebration in the fashion of Guerlain/GuerlApril, but a week should be manageable.
Is there a good substitute for Exaltone? It’s a bit expensive for me. TY
Under the fig trees…
