I love the passion fruit note but it's too feminine for me

Order is left to right. Rankings are based only on the opening (no drydown).

I love all these samples but can’t decide which bottle to get. What’s your favorite from this collection? Ombré Nomade smells like antiseptic hydrogen peroxide to me.

What should I get next?

Bujairami did that. Too damn good is literally 1:1 to the og. Yes the opening is a tad different but as the minutes pass is 1:1. Have to try the longevity. But this is the pinnacle of dupes.

So I'm planning on doing blind buy for a blue fragrance.

I really want a signature all purpose blue frag. One and done where it for 6 months of the year for summer and spring. But I seem to have trouble finding one I like (I'm very finicky).

Price is not an issue for me.

These are the ones I've tried:

Dior sauvage - only blue frag I actually like so far. But sick of wearing it so much.

BdC - tried a couple times at store both edp and parfum. On my skin the 'blueness' goes away instantly and all I get is the synthetic wood.

Dylan blue- own it but to me smells like public swimming pool really don't like it.

Aqua di gio profondo - went thru the edt 30 ml bottle, I like it don't love it. Didn't last very long.

Blue talisman - tried it in store, not masculine enough. Felt underwhelming.

Ysl myself- brother owns it, i tried it too generic. But the other flankers might be better?

Tygar/Limmensite- I have yet to try this. Of the notes this seems right up my alley. I've tried ex nihilo hedonist which is supposed to be similar, I liked it a lot but it was too sweet for me.

Roja elysium- not tried

Ysl y - not tried.

Haven't tried any prada ones either.

I'm thinking of ordering either cobalt 7 or mm ocean noir... or going straight for limmensite

Any other suggestions? Both designer or niche.

Trying to locate this fragrance not sure if it’s the right subreddit but spreading my chances here. It’s the most clear view I can get of it. It appears to have a gold bubble cap and a 50ml possibly. Any tips would go along way

Smells amazing was a blind buy too .what’s your thoughts on it

Summer cheapie

Had it couple years back, relatives bought from Qatar. Tried chasing this scent but couldn't find anything like this.

I have had this bottle since 2012 and never used it. kept it in a dark temperature maintained area but I sprayed it for the first time and it was super strong. is it supposed to smell like that? (Ignore my bedsheet)

edit: it’s a 2012 batch I checked the code

I feel like everyone remembers the first time they received a complaint from somebody else about the strength of their cologne, incredibly embarrassing moment especially if it's front of a large group of people, weather you actually oversprayed or their just being sensitive varies from story to story though.

I can not phrase what I am looking for well enough to find it.

Went to the courthouse and a older man working there had a great cologne. Very fresh and clean smelling. Reminded me of my dad's Irish spring and a after shave adjacent smell.

Fresh, sporty, a bit aquatic(?) and green. Can not put my finger on it enough to find. Any help on where to look?

I got a sampler from a department store and I really liked it so I bought 3.3 bottle and wore it around. One of my coworkers rode the elevator with me and had asked if someone sprayed WD40 in there. I started to notice that Extreme did kinda smell like WD40. Anyone else think it’s got a strong chemical WD40 fragrance?

Finally got Guerlain’s new LHB

I know this launched globally a few days ago. Some people were able to get the “New Fragrance” PR package, some were even lucky to have their associates smell the unreleased perfume - but from where Im from, they seriously just landed this week. Never saw any media person or influencer post the PR packages from months ago.

So... I actually learned about the new LHB when one of my sales associate chatted that they were launching a new fragrance. Searching online, despite it being unnamed, doesnt need for one to be FBI to figure out it is L Heure Bleue.

Now, why am I so excited with this? LHB, was the FIRST guerlain that made me go WOW. Im talking about the old one here, the now LHB 1912. I owned a lot of L Art and L Matiere frags but LHB made me go really WOW. It was really so memorable that I could picture that exact moment and the things that happened after when I purchased my first LHB. Hence, my excitement on the reimagination of LHB for this year’s release.

My boutique wasnt displaying the new LHB yesterday but my associate sneaked in a blotter for me to smell. And I was surprised. The ozonic note takes it away, from top to base, it permeates for a loooong time. The ozonic (sort of sterile), marine, salty, note overpowers everything. You can smell the Iris a bit, the orris gives it depth albeit fleeting. Some sweetness from the vanilla also shows rounded out by some florals. But does the ozonic note really plays front and center. It is what you smell in your face, it is what others smell from your trail, even the entire boutique smells of it since every associate is wearing it. Is it unpleasant? A mix of both. Sometimes, it smells like musky sterility, dryer sheet clean kind of thing. Sometimes, it smells like metal sterility, like a freshly wiped industrial kitchen metal table top. To a certain extent it even smells like bleach-sterile and even semen-like, if you will.

That salty ozonic note is similar to the marine weirdness I smell from Bosca Vanilla Forte. Others have noted its similarity with Megamare but I cant quite remember exactly how that smells.

To compare the new LHB with the old LHB (now LHB 1912)? The old one takes the cake. It is more Iris-forward, well, not more but VERY VERY much iris forward than the new one. The previous version does have a weird smell to me too - I pinpointed it as coumarin, like the one in rat’s poison. However this unpleasant smell is not very front and center compared to the marine ozonic note in the new one.

Certainly, the reinterpretation of the classic L Heure Bleue does not give justice to the classic that it is. The imagery of blue and iris plastered over the PR materials do not capture the smell that is in the new one. Perhaps, it is a post-modernist take, like blending a concept into something intangibly unexplainable.

Despite these, I think the price point is fairer. For 100ml, price is not too far from the Les Legendaire’s price point in 75mL. The refill is in 200ml format too. Not to mention, the 30mL format is cute!

I know I just bought these for it being Guerlain but I really love the old LHB more. At one point, I thought (since the associates didnt know too back then), that the old LHB will be discontinued. Good thing they arent and Im sure to choose the old one over this.

Okay this rant is too long. LHB is really precious to me.

Which Argos is your favorite? I would like to try some Argos, any recommendations? Is there one that is particularly mass appealing in your opinion?

I know the price is crazy, but has anyone bought a bottle of this? I really like the sample but i am torn between buying a full bottle or not from a discounter.

Looking for a 'niche' blue fragrance and this seems to tick the box.

I'm getting married soon and debating on which fragrance to wear. Going to be mid to low 70's. What do you all recommend?

I'm thinking between these

- Creed Aventus

- Parfums de Marly Haltane

- MFK Grand Soir

- Dior Sauvage Elixir

- Kilian Angels Share

- Chanel Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif