This is a thread about perfumes and colognes in general. I want to know your favorites and your least favorites. I want to know your thoughts about various perfumes, houses, perfumers. At the airport in the duty-free shop tonight I smelled YSL Kouros for the first time and felt myself sweat a little. Are the accords and notes listed on Fragrantica bs? How do you train your nose? What is your favorite ingredient? What are you wearing this summer?
No.4949
Anonymous
2025-05-24 03:14:20
Tell me your favorite fragrances
No.4950
Anonymous
2025-05-24 03:49:48
The flowchart from the /fa/ fragrances thread.
No.4951
Anonymous
2025-05-24 04:01:02
I favor Tauer's L'air du desert marocain (a amber/oriental mix from a small-volume manufacturer), Guerlain Vetiver (classic), Chanel no. 19 (arch) and no. 5 (as magical as ever). I am not particularly a fan of Kouros on me as it smells too masculine and 'animalic' (this is the actual term used in the perfume world), but I can see how others would like it.
The notes on Fragrantica/Basenotes are reasonable but be careful to use them as advice rather than as a handbook. All notes are are, in the end, someone else's impressions. Like other industries, there is hype in the perfume world and sometimes, after a decade, I look back and think: how could that ever sell so much? it was so awful. Luca Turin's reviews are not bad; he published them in book form.
The notes on Fragrantica/Basenotes are reasonable but be careful to use them as advice rather than as a handbook. All notes are are, in the end, someone else's impressions. Like other industries, there is hype in the perfume world and sometimes, after a decade, I look back and think: how could that ever sell so much? it was so awful. Luca Turin's reviews are not bad; he published them in book form.
No.4958
Anonymous
2025-05-24 10:04:42
You can tell this is a male-heavy board by the lack of replies
It's male-heavy but not enough so to have in-depth technical discussion apparently
No.4971
Anonymous
2025-05-24 14:28:04
>>4959
Well, Red Scare male-heavy
Well, Red Scare male-heavy
No.4975
Anonymous
2025-05-24 16:21:49
>>4959
It’s heavy in the type of male that isn’t inclined to enjoy in-depth technical discussion.
It’s heavy in the type of male that isn’t inclined to enjoy in-depth technical discussion.
Yay thank you for the Luca Turin rec. I just read one of Chandler Burr's books and love getting to reference his takes when I have tghe opportunity to test one he talks about.
He says the "clean fresh" smell is a deeply American thing and he and Jean Claude Ellena look down on it. Also SJP said we all secretly love the smell of B.O. Idk I am doubtful that theres a way to romanticize the smell of sweaty feet. And my "chosen perfume" for so many years has simply been Pantene shampoo and conditioner. Would be nice though to get over my human smell aversion for a quickly approaching swampy New York summer.
He says the "clean fresh" smell is a deeply American thing and he and Jean Claude Ellena look down on it. Also SJP said we all secretly love the smell of B.O. Idk I am doubtful that theres a way to romanticize the smell of sweaty feet. And my "chosen perfume" for so many years has simply been Pantene shampoo and conditioner. Would be nice though to get over my human smell aversion for a quickly approaching swampy New York summer.
I wear Aesop Tacit occasionally; it was given to me. I like it. In the future, I'd like some more tobacco forward scents. Unfortunately, I don't really spend a lot of time fragrance shopping.
If this thread's focus can be expanded to all things smellable, I have been really into incense lately. I've been into Shoyedio Morning Zen. It's very churchly, but lighter than, say, Orthodox incense.
If this thread's focus can be expanded to all things smellable, I have been really into incense lately. I've been into Shoyedio Morning Zen. It's very churchly, but lighter than, say, Orthodox incense.
>>5420
You are likely already aware, but there's CdG Avignon in the incense group
You are likely already aware, but there's CdG Avignon in the incense group
I just rub my hands in rosemary whenever I meet a bush.
No.5442
Anonymous
2025-06-08 09:59:34
No.5448
Anonymous
2025-06-08 10:27:46
>>5029
Idk who SJP is, but I think there is definitely a pheromone-esque phenomenon occurring with BO, especially wrt romantic/sexual pursuits. The smell of someone's sweat is way different if it's a sexual interest, it simply just tickles some sort of lizard receptors in the "right" way. Whereas, say, locker room sweat smell or even the smell of foreign things creates an entirely different response.
Idk who SJP is, but I think there is definitely a pheromone-esque phenomenon occurring with BO, especially wrt romantic/sexual pursuits. The smell of someone's sweat is way different if it's a sexual interest, it simply just tickles some sort of lizard receptors in the "right" way. Whereas, say, locker room sweat smell or even the smell of foreign things creates an entirely different response.
Chanel Egoiste is my everyday/signature scent. Platinum Egoiste is great too.
No.5982
Anonymous
2025-06-29 11:02:10
No.5989
Anonymous
2025-06-29 19:37:31
>>5978
I was actually going to get someone "You or Someone Like You" for a birthday, but ended up going with a different present instead. Haven't actually smelled them in person, they seem interesting though.
I was actually going to get someone "You or Someone Like You" for a birthday, but ended up going with a different present instead. Haven't actually smelled them in person, they seem interesting though.
There was a pine tree near my highschool classroom, I used to take some leaves from it, crush them and put them close to my nose. That's the only fragrance that has leave an impression on me, so I guess is my favorite
No.5992
Anonymous
2025-06-29 22:24:02
>>5991
I live in an area with a lot of ponderosa pines, and they are a beautiful scent. Deep vanilla, like natural butterscotch.
I live in an area with a lot of ponderosa pines, and they are a beautiful scent. Deep vanilla, like natural butterscotch.
No.5997
Anonymous
2025-06-30 09:22:11
What about lily of the valley perfumes?
For me, it's CdG Avignon.
No.6400
Anonymous
2025-07-20 00:19:45
>>6393
CdG is a SNEAKER COMPANY
CdG is a SNEAKER COMPANY
No.6402
Anonymous
2025-07-20 00:52:40
Only got into fragrances recently, tried the montagne dupes of creed aventus and margiela jazz club. really didn't like the former, love the latter. thought it smelled too strongly of cigarettes to begin with but it died down after a few days, either went nose blind or it marinated long enough lol. love the rum in it.
ordered their dupes of by the fireplace and lv imagination a few days ago.
want to get tom ford leather ombre at some point, it sounds good.
ordered their dupes of by the fireplace and lv imagination a few days ago.
want to get tom ford leather ombre at some point, it sounds good.
No.6404
Anonymous
2025-07-20 09:22:55
Tom Ford neroli
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baccarat rouge
No.6496
totally a girl
2025-07-24 02:07:07
> Are the accords and notes listed on Fragrantica bs?
a little bit, but they're a good guideline on what you should generally expect before you smell a frag for the first time
> How do you train your nose?
wdym by this
> What is your favorite ingredient?
like, chemical...? or notes?
> What are you wearing this summer?
JHAG pear inc, glossier you, & gucci memoire d'une odeur
a little bit, but they're a good guideline on what you should generally expect before you smell a frag for the first time
> How do you train your nose?
wdym by this
> What is your favorite ingredient?
like, chemical...? or notes?
> What are you wearing this summer?
JHAG pear inc, glossier you, & gucci memoire d'une odeur
No.6513
Anonymous
2025-07-24 16:57:01
What's the best way to buy cologne on a budget, I don't have the three figures to drop on nice smellz.
Indie brand called Pineward. Kinda rips off another niche (and now defunct) brand called Slumberhouse but they make some insane woody fragrances that actually smell like what they advertise. And some are really bad (Borealis)
No.6835
Anonymous
2025-08-09 05:19:03
Philosykos by diptyque is the next bottle I’m going to buy. It smells identical to dried apricots to me, which happens to be a very nostalgic scent. The dry down is a sweet creamy coconut but its a very green scent so the coconut doesn’t feel nauseatingly sweet
No.6855
Anonymous
2025-08-09 09:30:17
Philosykos used to be one of my favs until my friend said it smelled like a balloon, can't unassociate it
No.6877
Anonymous
2025-08-09 15:05:40
versace eros its normie but whatever i get hella compliments on it
No.6961
Anonymous
2025-08-11 09:38:28
oud minerale
No.7487
Anonymous
2025-09-16 09:01:03
>>6824
i tried some of their samples last week, think it was snoqualmie, greymist, tome, and holy cross. last one made me gag
i tried some of their samples last week, think it was snoqualmie, greymist, tome, and holy cross. last one made me gag
No.7496
Anonymous
2025-09-17 14:40:48
I tried Nasomatto Black Afgano, bit of a meme fragrance (cos of the weed note) and I liked it. (I don't know what cannabis smells like so I had no pre-conceived views, but this smells pleasant, like saffron mixed with coffee and cinnamon and vanilla, with a burnt note, like phenol). Far too expensive, but I received a 2 mL sample which I'll use with care.
Cooking oninons
No.7501
Anonymous
2025-09-18 19:31:06
Tome was rly good and I liked some of the pine ones but yeah hated the Holy Cross sample and didn't like Apple Tobacco one either
No.7543
Anonymous
2025-09-24 12:03:49
>>7497
When will they create a garlic and onions cologne?
When will they create a garlic and onions cologne?
No.7566
Anonymous
2025-09-25 11:49:57
I have two demons inside of me one says miss Dior essence the other says alien by mugler. depends on the vibes I want to give that day
No.7576
Anonymous
2025-09-26 13:06:58
I'm a man (male) who wears Chanel no. 19. While marketed to women, it is more or less unisex and smells like lily of the valley, leather and neroli.
No.7577
Anonymous
2025-09-26 13:08:41
Charlie Chaplin wore Mitsouko, although Diaghilev did too, so the jury is still out on whether men can wear the less feminine of the feminine perfumes.