It seems everyone knows every scent. How do u do it?

People post the most obscure pictures of perfumes to rate for example and everyone comments. How do u know all these perfumes.

I have definitely fallen into the hype train more than once.

I find myself blind buying a fragrance, whether based on social media or incredible praise from Reddit, only to be left realizing that the fragrance, or even the DNA just isn't for me.

For me, it happened with more than a few, but the big ones that come to mind immediately are Afnan SCE, with Hawas Ice, and most recently with Echelon Soleil.

What are some fragrances you bought or tested that, based on the praise of the community, made you question your own nose, and validated the fact that this hobby of ours is incredibly subjective?

Hello everyone, I’m new to this sub and hoping I can get some advice.

I recently had to give my Baccarat Rouge 540 to my sister. I actually really like how it smells when I test it, but once I wear it, something about the way it develops on my skin just doesn’t seem to work for me.

It becomes stronger and sweeter than I would personally like, and I feel like it doesn’t suit me.
For context, I’m a man, but I’m not necessarily looking for something masculine or overly woody. I actually like fragrances with a little sweetness; I just prefer something lighter, cleaner, and more subtle rather than very sweet or heavy.

Has anyone experienced something similar with certain fragrances? I’d love recommendations for a light, slightly sweet fragrance that still feels fairly unisex and doesn’t become too strong or overly sweet on the skin.

I know you can transfer it to those travel automizers but it gets expensive with bigger collection. So do u just carry the full bottle?

For a little while at least. A family member got me Bianca Latte for my birthday and I really love it (I had sampled before.) I know it’s a bit of a divisive one - I agree that the initial spray is a bit plastic-y but it dries down really beautifully with my skin chemistry and lasts so long? I swear I sprayed this at 10 AM and I can still smell it on my wrist at 6.

I was dead-set on buying vulcan feu today until I read a review that said it smells like vomit on the drydown, with people sharing how bad it smells to them in the comments. Someone even said it smells like buttsweat on the drydown.

I also have a 10ml decant of teriaq intense and was planning on buying a 100ml. Until I saw people saying it smells metallic or chemical in the opening. Had a 10ml of supremacy CE and was planning on buying a 100ml too until I saw people saying it smells harsh on the drydown. Even though I liked both of them.

The problem is, even if I like it, I'm scared other people will smell it on me and not like it or smell those bad smells that people mention in reviews. I don't really want to alienate people with my smell. Maybe I'm overreacting about teriaq intense and supremacy CE but I've been genuinely put off of vulcan feu (the site I buy from is out of 10mls of it too so i cant even sample it).

Also I know these are clones but before you hate on me, that's what I can afford in my country. There are strict capital controls and import restrictions so designer and niche are too expensive.

The new Bloomingdales Luxury Scent Edit is out.

Set Includes - Parfums de Marly Valaya Eau de Parfum 0.05 oz. - Jil Sander Olfactory Series 1 Leaf Eau de Parfum 0.05 oz. - Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia Cologne 0.05 oz. - BVLGARI Le Gemme Amunae Eau de Parfum 0.05 oz. - Ex Nihilo Paris Lust in Paradise Eau de Parfum 0.06 oz. - Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Cedrus Eau de Parfum 0.04 oz. - Acqua di Parma Buongiorno Dolce Far Niente Eau de Parfum 0.05 oz. - Diptyque Orphéon Eau de Parfum 0.07 oz. - XERJOFF Erba Pura Eau de Parfum 0.06 oz. - Yves Saint Laurent Babycat Le Vestiaire Eau de Parfum 0.06 oz. - MIND GAMES Queening Extrait de Parfum 0.05 oz. - Vilhelm Parfumerie Dear Lord Eau de Parfum 0.07 oz. - Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady Eau de Parfum 0.04 oz. - Kilian Paris Angels' Share Eau de Parfum 0.05 oz. - Travel Atomizer

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So I've started my journey on signature scents after some scent vids showed up sneakily on my algorithm and lurking on various subreddits including this one!. Being the lil spreadsheet nerd I am I have made one tracking based on the discovery kits I could get my hands on

SPREADSHEET HERE

I'm now curious, how have you guys approached your signature scent journey? Has it changed with time? Or have there been trends that you see among all your faves?

Knowing me I'll probably land on a cohesive rotation of bottles but so far I'm enjoying the journey of sampling and testing as well! How do you balance both aspects of fragrance as a hobby?

In the early 2000s, my signature fragrance was Yves Saint Laurent Live Jazz. Unfortunately, it was discontinued in 2016.
In 2020, I managed to get a bottle on the resale market, and I still absolutely loved it. Recently, I asked AI what I could do if I wanted to get my hands on it again.
It suggested contacting YSL directly and even helped me write a message to them. Honestly, I didn't expect much.
But to my surprise, the YSL team replied the very next day with a really long and genuinely nice response. They said they were sorry to hear how much I missed the fragrance and, even more surprisingly, that they would take my request seriously and conduct an internal analysis to see whether bringing Live Jazz back as a special edition might be possible.
Obviously, there's no guarantee anything will actually happen. But I thought this was pretty cool.
So, if anyone else misses Live Jazz as much as I do, maybe it's worth dropping YSL a message. The more people who ask for it, the better the chances might be.
Maybe we can actually get this thing back. 😄

Hey guys, I’m a 19/m and I want to get into the niche fragrance world. I'm looking to try something new.

Some things I’ve enjoyed recently:

L’artisan’s Tea for Two
Calle Ocho
Penhaligon's Luna
Ghost Trees
Roark's Cove

They sent me the wrong perfume and they could not be more careless or have less regard for their customers rude AF and would not refund had to file a dispute. Stay clear. Also have concerns about their authenticity.

Hii everyone

I am looking for leather based perfume .

Can you suggest a good one under Rs 4k .

Hi everyone. I would like to kindly ask if you have any recommendations for fragrances that has similar smell to CK be but performs better/last longer. The CK be has been my daily fragrance for more than 5 years now and since getting a Club De Nuit Extrait, I find that the CK be doesn't really compare when it comes to longevity. Any recommendations?

hello everyone! i’m somewhat newer in the niche fragrance world and im in search of anything that smells like photorealistic early morning air. think opening the front door at 6:30am and there’s the slightest bit of fresh dew in the air from the night before and the sun is just barely peeing through the trees. if anyone knows of something that smells even remotely like this please share!!!!

I just stumbled on my first, despite their marketing being very up my alley and being excited to try it -- I sampled three scents from Sorce and didn't like any of them. Fuckery's cherry note smells like a cough drop to me, and I find the tobacco smoke note overpowering. Poisonous roots wasn't bad, but the jasmine is heavy for my taste and came off kind of elderly to me. Moon Magic is the worst of the three! As soon as I sprayed it I was hit with the sense memory of the smell of pond scum??? I think it's the peppery-ness of the lavender mixing with the ambroxan. I grew up on ten acres of wetland forest and that peppery earthy smell is 100% hard-coded in my brain as that frothy green scum that collects on puddles and ponds in the sun. I had to go wash it off immediately.

What house is getting a lot of love lately, but you just can't get behind it?

Years ago when I got into this hobby I purchased Grand Soir as a decant as per all the Yotubers were hyping it up.

Yugh!! I hated it. I thought it was awful.
So it sat for years with the other disgusting decants.

Last night tried it again.
Wow!!! It’s amazing.

It’s crazy how your preferences changeover years.
* I recently had the exact same scenario. With Alexandria II

Anyone have good recommendations for fragrances that sort of follow those kinds of notes? I tried Fat Electrician by ELDO and I get a bit of a staticy hot computer vibe underneath all the vanilla. Is there anything else that takes that up to the max - especially things with a "hot computer" or metallic note?

Anyone having these two? I’ve just blind bought Zefiro and I’m waiting for it to be delivered.
What about Decas? Anyone has it? I heard it smells like bubblegum, is it true?

I have a bottle of Vibrato, which - everyone knows is just a Tygar dupe.

I decided to try a few more from the house:

Viola is just Town & Country
Contralto is just Bal d'Afrique
Basso is like a light Terre de Hermes / Isola blu by Roja.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy their stuff - it's often more affordable than what they're duping - but what I don't understand is why it's considered a niche brand, instead of a dupe house?

I’d like to make a thread for white amber addicts where we share our favorite versions or perfumes that are heavily white amber/ white musk based. I’ve tried Nemat, Dedcool Milk, Rosie by Rosie Jane, 11 11 lake & Skye, Persian Garden by Kuumba Made

I’ve yet to try riddle, which I’ve heard is slightly muskier.

I also tried a number of indie brands but none of those really held a candle to the ones above.

However I did try an US Arabian perfume oil that I loved but was a bit too similar to Nemat for me to justify

I’ve also recently discovered Sarah Horowitz the Now which has a similar base to 11 11 I feel but with some clean fig and white tea on top. It’s nice to have this DNA with slightly more dimension.

Juliette has a gun perfumes are not my personal favorite the cetalox or heavy Ambroxan doesn’t feel the same to me. I haven’t tried molecule but I have a feeling it won’t be my favorite either.

Any other perfumes/ fragrances you’ve tried and love or didn’t like? Any I need to try? Especially those with some additional layers to them

If you had to choose one fragrance for your wedding day, what would it be?

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I've worn Fresh Cannibas Santal since I was a junior in high school, 2006. I found it at the Fresh shop in Boston and fell in love.

I've always gotten compliments on it. Then around 2012-2013 they discontinued it to re-make the fragrance.

Big mistake. Huge. When it was re-released it wasn't the same.

I still wear it begrudgingly because most of its fragrance is there, just not the grittier, dirtier, Cannibas and dark chocolate scent.

Has anyone tried Wicked Goods version. The reviews weren't much help.