⚔ Misc Cologne Crew Part XVIII: This is our homme, you can't Invictus ⚔

[HoustonMiscer]

I spray myself down with Gucccccccci Guilty because I'm guilty

[azerty23]

versace man eau fraiche

bvlgari Aqua amara. Good price point too

Bvlgari Aqva Pour Homme.

You're welcome.

Profumum Roma Acqua di Sale

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/...Sale-3886.html

thx for these, will check it out

[IronCharles]

Took a nap and woke up and I'm shocked that the BVA is still surprisingly kicking while the MIP is still there but subtly. Must be dat edp concentration. Anyways, even more shocking is how fuarking smooth this vanilla is. My lawd u guys were right. The last whiffs of this drydown is very similar to that of Givenchy pi to me, but even smoother.

Lawd. I have a feeling this frag might approach the GOAT la nuit status for me. Esp if the performance remains true to what I'm seeing here. Time will tell.

OBVA is a fabulous fragrance, and a great value as well. Some blow off Perry Ellis because it's a budget house, but they have some very good offerings, and should not be overlooked.

[dizzin9]

I can't find any reviews online about these particular Ocean Pacific fragrances. It's not even on Fragrantica but fuk it, I'm buying the coffret of these 3:




Note breakdown: https://www.opfragrance.com/shop-him.html/


Also bought the English Laundry coffret while I'm at it:

[W1LLW]

Malt/floral? Lol gtfo. If it doesn't have that exact sugarcane leather playboy daytime smell it's a no go for me bro.

I'll just turn a blind eye to this.

I spray myself down with Gucccccccci Guilty because I'm guilty

Welcome to Cologne Crew.



SOTD: Venetian Bergamot.

[CandyMane]

Sotd: Bleu De Chanel

Snow and sunshine. April Ohio

[Coal Man]

OBVA is a fabulous fragrance, and a great value as well. Some blow off Perry Ellis because it's a budget house, but they have some very good offerings, and should not be overlooked.

You were the one who got my attention to this frag bro. Along with the other boyos who compared it to SDV and recommended it. Well played.

Today it's rainy. Did 3 sprays of spicebomb for casual Saturdays and my worker asked if I wanted to kill her. Lol dat beast performance tho

[W1LLW]

Today it's rainy. Did 3 sprays of spicebomb for casual Saturdays and my worker asked if I wanted to kill her. Lol dat beast performance tho

Tell that sl00t to respect the goatness that is spicebomb.

Spicebomb vs Spicebomb Extreme

Spicebomb: Reviewing my full bottle off a strip of paper for comparison's sake. This seriously is like my favorite scent of all time. There's no hint of musk really. It's just a strong cinnamon/amber note with a light floral note that shows out on the top note and then peaks back in from time to time as it dries down. Can wear summer, winter, beach side or in the office. I don't think I'll ever fully abandon this scent.

Spicebomb Extreme: I'm confused, it's called Extreme but it projects less than the original. I have coffee beans here to clear out my scent palate a bit but this is very interesting. You have to get in closer to smell it, but what you do smell is quite nice, it's just lighter. Okay after spending some time smelling both, the OG dries down with a spicy/floral base, and the extreme dries down to simply a spicy/spicy base. I would say it's a cheaper L'Air du Desert Morocain. Its weaker projection works in its favor in this case. I said Desert Morocain was a "room fragrance" because it was too stronk for personal use. SBE won't be nearly as offensive so it's very wearable but it doesn't have half the versatility of the OG. Strictly fall/winter frag in my opinion. It's kind of like the difference between CH Men and Men Privé. Definitely see this being a full bottle buy in October very cozy and pleasant.

CH Men Privé vs Layton vs Layton Exclusif

CH Men Privé: Top note smells like a freshly poured high end whiskey. Malt note stays and develops with more Cinnamon. While not high end niche, it doesn't choke you out with overly synthetic notes.

Layton:Smelled this already but got another decant for direct comparison. Elegant perfumey opening, develops into that sweet/boozy top note that reminded me of Men Privé. As others of said, you just can not stop smelling this stuff. Where Men Privé is mostly malt/spicy. This is a more amber/malt. It doesn't transform into something unexpected either. It's just holding that same killer date night amber/malt characteristic. It really is a Great Scent. You can definitely smell the difference between the two, but if you don't have Layton money. CH Men Privé is VERY close in execution.

Layton Exclusif: EHHHHHHHHH not remotely like Layton at all. It smells like your living room when you set up freshly cut Christmas tree. VERY pine-y. It's definitely not a cheap "Pinesol" smell, it is PDM after all but it's just pine and more pine with a hint of mint? As a newb fragrance addict looking to have a frag for every occasion, I would spray my snowboarding jacket with this before hitting the slopes lulz. Okay after 5 or so minutes now it's Pine with cinnamon, this is way more appealing than the top note but it's still very outdoorsy. If we have any cologne crew that enjoys hiking/camping this is your frag. Develops into a really intriguing Pine/Cinnamon blend that I like. Okay yeah, this frag did a complete 360. First 5 minutes 100% pine. After 10 minutes 70% pine/30% cinnamon. After 15 minutes 60% maltyspice 40% pine. That was a pretty trippy experience. I wouldn't buy this personally but it's def not a nasty frag.

****Random****

Commes Des Garcons - Gosha Rubchinskiy: GR is a Russian fashion designer that made a few pieces I liked so I felt compelled to try. Let's put it this way. It's not as disappointing as Elevator Music because at least it smells like SOMEthing. It just so happens to smell like cheap dime a dozen chit you can pick up in a bin at Walmart for $14.99. Smells like rubbing alcohol, pine leaves, with some poverty musk thrown in. GR grew up in Russia during the transition from USSR to the Russian Federation today. His clothes reflected this sort of dark/rough time. This scent captures the poverty and shame well. So 10/10 in that regard.




Blind Buy: Shout out to Dizzin9 for the links/tipoff to the sale on this frag. It's my first of the house. Including a pic because I bought a 100ml "tester". The brand new in box 100ml was selling for $105, the tester was selling for $41. Went with the tester fully expecting about a quarter of the bottle to be gone, but to my surprise it looks like it's missing 4 or 6ml at most. This will be steal of the year if this smells even halfway decent, so can confirm buying a tester bottle from fragrancenet is legit.

Elie Saab - Essence#6 Vetiver: Interdasting, a barbershop-ey/piney vibe initially but then the pine note quickly becomes more aquatic in nature. This is not; an office scent, a beach scent, a date scent, or anything of the like. This is a "ah fuk it's Saturday and I have a ton of errands I need to run today" scent and you want to smell clean. I'd think of this as an extension of a body wash. Like taking the fresh shower smell with you on the go. I can live with that. I wouldn't gift this to anyone or spam someone itt to run out and buy it, but snagging 100ml of this for $40 was a good acquisition to my collection. This will be my defecto "3 quick sprays before hitting the gym" frag.

[NLNFunKti0nz]

For the love of god, dont wear cologne to the gym. Nothing like trying to breath deeply mid-set and getting a lung full of A&F Fierce LOL

Lmao! Fuk reminds me of when this guy max sprayed ADG. Couldn’t breathe when I sniffed it while I was deadlifting

[dizzin9]

Elie Saab - Essence#6 Vetiver: Interdasting, a barbershop-ey/piney vibe initially but then the pine note quickly becomes more aquatic in nature. This is not; an office scent, a beach scent, a date scent, or anything of the like. This is a "ah fuk it's Saturday and I have a ton of errands I need to run today" scent and you want to smell clean. I'd think of this as an extension of a body wash. Like taking the fresh shower smell with you on the go. I can live with that. I wouldn't gift this to anyone or spam someone itt to run out and buy it, but snagging 100ml of this for $40 was a good acquisition to my collection. This will be my defecto "3 quick sprays before hitting the gym" frag.

Chit, it's up to $60 now for the tester lol

Good thing it came with a cap. Sounds like an 'OK' at best buy, at least it's an MFK fragrance. It'll probably sell for $300+ if it was in a MFK bottle.

[W1LLW]

Chit, it's up to $60 now for the tester lol

Yeah the prices jump over time. When I first clicked the link after you posted the tester was only like $37 or something. Went and looked at some reviews of it on Fragrantica, and by the time I came back to the site it went up to $41. I was like fuarrrrk buy buy buy.

[acy274]

Sup boyos, been a while! Still catching up on 3+months of the thread, but I had to stop here and comment on the following post. Managed to bite my tongue on all the previous ridiculous fragbro-science stuff re shaking bottles etc, but this is too much.

When I got my bottle of Encens Chembur, I noticed that Byredo uses magnetic caps for their fragrances. Knowing how sensitive their formulas can be, it leads me to deduct that the magnetic caps might be intended to naturally preserve the integrity of the formula. The electromagnetic field from the magnets creates a resistance factor, which slows down the movement of the chemicals, and would make it harder for those chemicals to engage in any volatile reactions.

papillo already schooled you on this BS tomfoolery 'electromagnetic field' theory. Why are you still going on about it? Once again, from the founder of Byredo:

"And the packaging is part of it – I think a Byredo bottle must be one of the most Instagrammable things imaginable…
It took a while. It has been almost 10 years since I started now and there have been continuous updates to the graphic identity, the packaging, the detailing… In the end it was very subjective. A lot of focus was placed on what was inside the bottle, so I wanted the packaging to be almost generic, but of a very high quality. Simple and clear. And the magnetic caps are a result of the gadgety part of me. It was a technique that one of our suppliers had and I just wanted it. So it’s all about detailing, and taking time to perfect something."

Where do you come up with this stuff? You should dabble in science fiction because you have quite the imagination...


http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/inter...byredo-founder

SOTD: Spicebomb Extreme

[W1LLW]

Sup boyos, been a while! Still catching up on 3+months of the thread, but I had to stop here and comment on the following post. Managed to bite my tongue on all the previous ridiculous fragbro-science stuff re shaking bottles etc, but this is too much.



papillo already schooled you on this BS tomfoolery 'electromagnetic field' theory. Why are you still going on about it? Once again, from the founder of Byredo:

"And the packaging is part of it – I think a Byredo bottle must be one of the most Instagrammable things imaginable…
It took a while. It has been almost 10 years since I started now and there have been continuous updates to the graphic identity, the packaging, the detailing… In the end it was very subjective. A lot of focus was placed on what was inside the bottle, so I wanted the packaging to be almost generic, but of a very high quality. Simple and clear. And the magnetic caps are a result of the gadgety part of me. It was a technique that one of our suppliers had and I just wanted it. So it’s all about detailing, and taking time to perfect something."



SOTD: Spicebomb Extreme

This is a solid 20 to 30 pages back. 'Mirin grudge holding length brah.

[W1LLW]

[niospecv]

I spray myself down with Gucccccccci Guilty because I'm guilty

You're guilty for being a Texans fan with an owner you hate. LOL

[Team Punishment]

It’s 2018. No one wears Aventus anymore.

[Vayne]

Wouldn't mind having some Aqua Di Gio!!

[lnvictus]

Wouldn't mind having some Aqua Di Gio!!

I have Aqua Di Gio Purfumo. Don't like it. Wanna trade?

[W1LLW]

In the uber now. This is definitely not a leather jacket frag. Im still getting Cinnabun vibes like I did from the cuir bulaga or whatever it's called.


Inb4 my drunk post 4hours from now "Fast misc! My cawk is inside her! What fragrance do I spray on midstroke!?"

[Vayne]

I have Aqua Di Gio Purfumo. Don't like it. Wanna trade?

I have the profumo version, I like it. Maybe not ideal for warmer weather.

[NZdude]

It’s 2018. No one wears Aventus anymore.

haha nice joke brah

[sloop]

It’s 2018. No one wears Aventus anymore.

The OG has returned.

[acy274]

Blind Buy: Shout out to Dizzin9 for the links/tipoff to the sale on this frag. It's my first of the house. Including a pic because I bought a 100ml "tester". The brand new in box 100ml was selling for $105, the tester was selling for $41. Went with the tester fully expecting about a quarter of the bottle to be gone, but to my surprise it looks like it's missing 4 or 6ml at most. This will be steal of the year if this smells even halfway decent, so can confirm buying a tester bottle from fragrancenet is legit.

FYI for future reference - unless specified, testers from fragrancenet and other legit sites (notino, fragrancex, etc) should all be 100% full and never sprayed. Sometimes they are missing the cap, but otherwise it's the same exact juice as a retail bottle. Great way to save money if you can do without the box and occasionally the cap.

Finally caught up with the thread. Good to see a few of the OG's back in here as well as some solid newer posters!

SOTN: Creed Royal Oud

[RoyalRyy]

SOTN: Royal Oud

[Lt.Dangle]

Anybody selling Aventus at the moment?

[CandyMane]

Sotd: Creed Silver Mountain Water

It's very light, maybe that's why it doesn't much love, but it has its moments for me. Reminds me of early mornings in Negril- crisp clean citrusy airy vibes. It just puts me in a chill, no worry mood

[sloop]

SOTD : Terre d'Hermes - Eau Tres Fraiche

[CandyMane]

It appears Jeremy doesn't like it lmao

[dizzin9]

Aroma Of The Afternoon:

[MustardTiger17]

Sotd: Creed Silver Mountain Water

It's very light, maybe that's why it doesn't much love, but it has its moments for me. Reminds me of early mornings in Negril- crisp clean citrusy airy vibes. It just puts me in a chill, no worry mood

I love SMW, it's a great fresh/clean fragrance.