✧𝕄isc ℂologne ℂrew XXI: See your Reflection and behold: the Portrait of a *******✧

[Papillo]

SOTM: Creed Royal Mayfair
SOTA: UAE

[darkninja67]

SOTA: By Kilian - Intoxicated

[SSM12]

oooh very nice. I see what you did there bro LOL

Yeah I think the heaviest scent in my rotation is Tom Ford Extreme Noir which is more of a gourmand scent but I hardly wear it unless it's in the middle of a winter night or something. I may have to sample this MFK though just to see if I like it.

I do like unisex scents like patchouli.

Anyways its cool asf you're into candles too brah.



Any high end fashion store that sells fragrances you can more than likely get some nice candles. Nordstrom's for example. There is a Diptyque where I'm at so not too far. Also some more fashion oriented places where I'm at.

Online too of course. Harlem Candle is great and my GF put me onto them a few years ago.

Not sure where you live but I can probably do a quick search and find some spots nearby to check some out.

I appreciate it. I have Nordstrom etc around me. Ill have to stop in and check them out!

[2010JW]

Valentino Born in Roma Yellow Dream smells so similarly to Eros srs

SOTD: Born in Roma

[Coal Man]

SOTA: By Kilian - Intoxicated

Naxos or Ani? Gun to your head.

It's a rainy day and I have a thing coming over and don't know what to wear.

[dj006xx]

Root canal today at 2:00 boyos. If I dont make it back, please split up all my juice evenly amongst yourselves.

Thanks.

gl boyo. I will take good care of stairway to heaven.

SOTD-enigma

[FingerFood]

How do you guys not buy a new fragrance like every week when you frequent this thread?


I’m doing everything in my power not to

When you start getting into the expensive stuff you care less for most of what you got while staring out. You will try buying some cheapies from time to time and stop due to how synthetic they smell.

[Coal Man]

When you start getting into the expensive stuff you care less for most of what you got while staring out. You will try buying some cheapies from time to time and stop due to how synthetic they smell.

Not true at all.

Just because some really cheap designers smell synthetic (no schit they're so cheap) there are thousands of designers out there that smell exceptional. My la nuit would compliment mog the hell out of any niche in your collection while out on a date and that's fantastic because most of the time I don't want to smell complex or be snobby about "muh quality". Most of the time I want to smell great and pleasant.

[FingerFood]

Not true at all.

Just because some really cheap designers smell synthetic (no schit they're so cheap) there are thousands of designers out there that smell exceptional. My la nuit would compliment mog the hell out of any niche in your collection while out on a date and that's fantastic because most of the time I don't want to smell complex or be snobby about "muh quality". Most of the time I want to smell great and pleasant.

I have plenty of designers I enjoy, but find it more difficult to get something new I like in that price range.

I wear designer fragrances more than anything since they are more mainstream acceptable. This is the main difference. I have so many powdery, or spicy, or fresh designers that there is little nuance between them. Most people cannot tell the difference between Dior Homme and Midnight in Paris.

If I want a smell like damp fruit in a fu**ing bat cave or the musk of some wild ferret indigenous to sri lanka it is going to cost me money and I likely will never wear it, but only pull the cap off to sniff from time to time.

Edit- when I say synthetic I mean **** like mugler. I have about six mugler fragrances I liked and wore a lot when I started collecting. I first started with everything cheap on discount sites. I cannot wear any of it anymore since it smells synthetic and even my wife (who use to compliment me on it) complains now. She also knows nothing about perfume, but is on the hedonic treadmill with me unknowingly.

Oh, and **** off with your la nuit nogging my collection. You know nothing of the wild bat cave and panda with dysentery I have in my collection. Fu**ing normies.

[Dirtymanjames]

Got my mancera sample pack...

Red tobacco smells like Halls cough drops.

[IronCharles]

I have plenty of designers I enjoy, but find it more difficult to get something new I like in that price range.

I wear designer fragrances more than anything since they are more mainstream acceptable. This is the main difference. I have so many powdery, or spicy, or fresh designers that there is little nuance between them. Most people cannot tell the difference between Dior Homme and Midnight in Paris.

If I want a smell like damp fruit in a fu**ing bat cave or the musk of some wild ferret indigenous to sri lanka it is going to cost me money and I likely will never wear it, but only pull the cap off to sniff from time to time.

Edit- when I say synthetic I mean **** like mugler. I have about six mugler fragrances I liked and wore a lot when I started collecting. I first started with everything cheap on discount sites. I cannot wear any of it anymore since it smells synthetic and even my wife (who use to compliment me on it) complains now. She also knows nothing about perfume, but is on the hedonic treadmill with me unknowingly.

Oh, and **** off with your la nuit nogging my collection. You know nothing of the wild bat cave and panda with dysentery I have in my collection. Fu**ing normies.

Well, that escalated quickly.



Some designers are complex, beautiful, and perfect fragrances, while some ridiculously expensive niche stuff is absolute dog chit and not even worthy of a toilet burial.

[FingerFood]

Well, that escalated quickly.



Some designers are absolutely perfect fragrances, while some ridiculously expensive niche stuff is absolute dog chit and not even worthy of a toilet burial.

It was a little boring here with all the high fiving and if I call out Coal man for La Nuit I may get some of those sweet sweet Ninja reps.

I agree that there are perfectly good designers and you do not need to spend a lot to smell nice, but you cannot claim there is no quality difference between something like Tom Ford Noir Extreme and his exclusives like Oud Wood.

Your not going to find a designer fragrances that is going to clone Portrait of a Lady or Musc Ravageur.

Even so you may have them and still spray la nuit or cdg man 2 everyday. I find myself smelling three or four niche before putting a designer on everytime I spray.

My point is the odd or made with good ingredient niche are what I ended up wanting after I got all the less expensive main stream stuff. You never run out of things to purchase, but there are fewer unique scents unless you are really nuanced in how you smell them.

Now when I want to buy something it is usually going to cost more and I know I will not wear it. This slows things down. My last two purchases were Music for a While and Pure Distance M. The Pure Distance M was a mistake. I do not find it special enough to be worth the price and regret it.

[Coal Man]

If I want a smell like damp fruit in a fu**ing bat cave or the musk of some wild ferret indigenous to sri lanka it is going to cost me money and I likely will never wear it, but only pull the cap off to sniff from time to time.

In b4 W1LL reads this and gets a boner

Lol I hear you breh. With niche there's definitely more uniqueness which can keep the frag journey more exciting. I enjoy smelling challenging scents from time to time but don't care to wear them really. The niche I wear are like slightly weirder designers.

[darkninja67]

SPTN: PdM Carlisle
4 sprays
Raw out tonight

Call out Coal Man for La Nuit?
I own it too. No reps for you Finger food

[Coal Man]

you cannot claim there is no quality difference between something like Tom Ford Noir Extreme and his exclusives like Oud Wood.

Lol'd. Weird example to use. Noir Extreme is the better scent to my nose. Oh and just an FYI, you pay high prices for Luxury solely for the brand name and packaging. Both Noir Extreme and Oud Wood are MADE 100% of synthetic ingredients and the juice inside them are only worth a few dollars each.

When you say there's a "quality" difference you're just saying one smells better or is probably better blended to your nose but again, I prefer Noir Exteme and I know a few here do too.

I don't know anyone here who even owns Oud Wood.

[darkninja67]

Naxos or Ani? Gun to your head.

It's a rainy day and I have a thing coming over and don't know what to wear.

Fuk you
Death before dishonor
2 fav notes, tobacco and vanilla
FIGHT

[FingerFood]

Lol'd. Weird example to use. Noir Extreme is the better scent to my nose. Oh and just an FYI, you pay high prices for Luxury solely for the brand name and packaging. Both Noir Extreme and Oud Wood are MADE 100% of synthetic ingredients and the juice inside them are only worth a few dollars each.

When you say there's a "quality" difference you're just saying one smells better or is probably better blended to your nose but again, I prefer Noir Exteme and I know a few here do too.

I don't know anyone here who even owns Oud Wood.

I also prefer Noir Extreme and wore it most in the past. It has a screechy synthetic in it that only tends to do well with other people while in the cold. Oud Wood is definitely over priced and I would not pay retail, but my wife likes it when I wear it and I although it may be small I think there is a quality difference either in material or just blending. If you wear Oud Wood for a while you may find you like it. It works very well on summer evenings. All the girls say it beats la nuit hands down and we all know that is how we rank things here.

I have the Luca Turin books and have read his biography by Chandler Burr, but that is my only insight in the industry. It is all chemicals and we are probably giving ourselves cancer sniffing carcinogens all day.

I still like the smells some of these robbers like Tom Ford and Frederick Malle put out. It is all psychology, but there is a difference when you hold that quality bottle with a perfect sprayer.

[FingerFood]

SPTN: PdM Carlisle
4 sprays
Raw out tonight

Call out Coal Man for La Nuit?
I own it too. No reps for you Finger food

In all honesty you probably cannot even rep me if you wanted. I can no longer rep anyone in this circle jerk due to needing to spread reputation.

I hope I did not offend.

[frozennorth]

SOTE: Sauvage EDT

[darkninja67]

SOTM: Memo Paris - Italian Leather

Coal Man:
Gun to your head

MFK BR540 Extrait or Oud Satin Mood??



sloop, Sedley a good spring signature scent?

[twovalvekid]

Back in!

SOTD: Sweet Smoke. So much better than tobacco vanille.

Wut i miss?

[feck]

the australian version of Axe does a couple of deodorants that smell similar to boss private accord. every middle school / high school kid wore it when i was in school lmao

[feck]

Got my mancera sample pack...

Red tobacco smells like Halls cough drops.

mancera/montale is the most overrated frag house on the planet srs

[sloop]

SOTD : Dior - Homme Eau

Still alive, root canal got bumped back to this afternoon, so you vultures will have to wait to cannibalize my collection.

[SSM12]

SOTD : Dior - Homme Eau

Still alive, root canal got bumped back to this afternoon, so you vultures will have to wait to cannibalize my collection.

RIP

I wrecked my 2 front teeth in half playing hockey and got extremely lucky I didn’t need a root canal and they just filed down the stubs to screw in veneers. Thoughts and prayers brah lol

SOTD:

[darkninja67]

mancera/montale is the most overrated frag house on the planet srs

yes synthetic smelling but cheap for niche and they perform great. They have some bangers in their lines.

[Coal Man]

SOTM: Memo Paris - Italian Leather

Coal Man:
Gun to your head

MFK BR540 Extrait or Oud Satin Mood??

You already know the answer.

I went with Ani last night so today's SOTD: Naxos.

Ninja I can't remember what 1981X smells like exactly but what's the differences between it and Naxos?

[darkninja67]

You already know the answer.

I went with Ani last night so today's SOTD: Naxos.

Ninja I can't remember what 1981X smells like exactly but what's the differences between it and Naxos?

The Alexandria is a clone of Naxos, so it's pretty spot on. I'll try to spray both on at once soon. I recall it being very close to Pure Havane as well. Maybe not as much honey.


You choose BR540

[Coal Man]

The Alexandria is a clone of Naxos, so it's pretty spot on. I'll try to spray both on at once soon. I recall it being very close to Pure Havane as well. Maybe not as much honey.


You choose BR540

Yeah of course.

And that goes to show because Oud Satin mood is a 9.5/10 full bottle worthy for me. The harder choice would be OSM vs Amyris Extrait because the former is my favorite sexy time scent and the latter is the closest thing I have to a signature bar/lounge scent.

I'd appreciate the Naxos v 1981x comparison because my memory tells me they were kinda different and not spot on.

[Papillo]

SOTD: Killian Rolling in Love