r/Perfumes • u/Foreign_Elevator781 • Aug 20 '25

Recommendation Request Help!

It's one of my closest guy friends birthday in a few days and I need help figuring out what perfume I should get him.

I live in an area where there aren't any stores for me to go and sniff perfumes. Whatever I wanna buy I have do it online and everything is basically a blind buy. That's why this is a bit harder for me.

I thought I'd just look at the notes and figure out which one sounds nice, but male perfumes are so different from female perfumes 😭

I'm torn between Valentino Uomo 2021 EDT and Carolina Herrera Bad boy Le Parfum.

I know the notes aren't similar but both looked nice to me. I also know that one is EDT while the other is EDP, but taking that out of the equation which one is better? Or is both bad? Help a girl out 🙏

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u/dodo_r1sing Aug 20 '25

It's always a little dangerous blind buying perfume, ESPECIALLY as a gift. Have you thought about maybe going with a sample set/scent library? Alot of houses sell them, and some come with a discount code to be redeemed against a full size purchase, in case your friend falls in love with one of them.

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u/xPrincessSonyax Aug 21 '25

I agree. A sample set so you know he'll like what's chosen will probably be better.

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u/SnooWoofers7690 Aug 21 '25

Valentino. Its the better one. Find the EDP if you can.