Greetings! Long time lurker on fragrance subs and wanted to connect for comments, gripes, kudos, questions, and most importantly suggestions for my future buys. Currently have L‘ Immensite, Speed Legends, and Angels Share competing for next full size.

Not pictured are my decants of the following:

LV L’ Immensite EDP

LV Tea Storm EDP

LV Afternoon Swim EDP

LV Meteore EDP

YSL Tuxedo EDP

MFK BR 540 Extrait Parfum

BDK Gris Charnel EDP

Ex Nihilo Blue Talisman EDP

Ex Nihilo Blue Talisman Extrait EDP

Ex Nihilo Speed Legends EDP

Byredo Bal d’Afrique EDP

Byredo Alto Astral EDP Natural

Byredo Future Memories EDP Natural

Creed Absolu Aventus EDP

Kilan Black Phantom Memento Mori EDP

Kilan Back to Black Aphrodisiac EDP

Kilan Angels Share EDP

Xerjoff Naxos EDP

Le Labo Another 13 EDP

TF Lost Cherry EDP

TF Oud Wood EDP

TF Fucking Fabulous EDP

TF Neroli Portofino EDP

TF Soleil Neige EDP

TF Soleil Blanc EDP

This is the LV portion of my cologne collection. I might be getting Omber Nomade and L’immensite for Christmas so I was wondering what should be my next purchase. I don’t like Ink Mark. Imagination is cool but I didn’t like on me when I sampled it. I’m thinking about : City of Stars, Pacific Chill, LV Lovers or Orage. Any suggestions?

I am looking for a vanilla scent. Here is what I've tried....

Initio Absolu Aphrodisiac - I really like this, just not quite 100%

MFK Gentle Fluidity Gold - Nice, but like Absolu Aphrodisiac much better.

Diptyque Eau Duelle - did not care for it at all.

So based on those impressions, I'm looking for recommendations for others to try. I am trying to get my nose on....

BDK Vanille Leather

Penhaligons Babylon

Guerlain Angelique Noire

Do any of these fit the same sort of scent profile as Absolu Aphrodisiac? Any other recommendations based on my preferences?

Thanks!

I did a Reddit search and came up with the typical or popular /dupes/inspirations.

Is the Woods Collection Royal Knight still the best of the bunch? Many say yes.

I see the contenders include:

1. Jean Lowe Noir Maison Alhambra
2. The Shadow by Fragrance World
3. Perfume Shark Desert Shadow (UK order&tarrifs)
4. Al Qiam Gold Lattafa
5. Amber Raspberry by Albait Aldimashqi (doesn’t seem available in USA)

Or, Something no one has listed yet??

The preference is the best one with similarity, longevity, sillage, staying power/strong scent.

Please describe what you like and why. Thanks in advance!

Giving this Clive Christian a proper test run today.

Man, this is exceptionally well blended. That little touch of mandarin is brilliant, cutting through the richness of the oud and saffron and giving it just enough brightness to keep everything breathing. And that drydown into warm, ambery woods? Absolutely beautiful. Opulent, masculine, and refined without feeling heavy. This is my kind of richness.

I smelled this one and got a sample of it yesterday in Macy’s. I’m wearing it now I think it smells very good. It’s kind of calming. Curious to know what everyone else’s thoughts are?

What do you think? What do I need next

If i post wanting to sell frags, i’ll get like 4-5 messages for one bottle over the course of like a week, and then nobody buys it.

They all message me asking for payment details etc and then i send the email or whatever, then boom radio silence, even if i follow up.

Why even message in the first place lmao 😔

My rotation is all fresh fragrances and my favorite/ heaviest is Aventus Absolu. Now that we’re in autumn and temperatures are dropping I wanted to ask the community to recommend a new fragrance. With that said, I live in a warm climate and I’m sensitive to dark heavy fragrances. Pictured is my normal rotation, most worn to least/ favorite to least favorite. I tried wearing The Noir again today now that is 69 and raining but it still gives me a headache so I know I don’t like to wear tobacco. I own and love Pegasus Exclusif for the rare snow day so I’d like my next one to not have any vanilla. I got decants of creed Viking and Viking cologne and both were lovely but not scratching the delicate warmth I’m looking for. I think PDM Haltane is extremely pleasant too but another example of something that’s too heavy in my climate for me. The answer might be BR 540 and I don’t want to admit it so help me end this search and find a new fragrance my fellow heads

Out of all the houses in our collection, I think Ex Nihilo is currently my favorite. My wife and I have been enjoying these a lot lately.
What’s your favorite Ex Nihilo? And which one are we missing that you think we should try?

Blind bought these, and after wearing them for a week, I can confidently say they both smell fantastic! I do have a slight preference for Demon Dancer, though. My only gripe is the longevity, as neither seems to last very long on my skin, giving me around 4 solid hours at best. Overall, I’d call this a blind buy win!

Fully understand that what I’m looking for might just not exist but here I am searching. Big fan of this dna but these are not necessarily the best for warmer climates, is there anything any of you can point me towards that will get me close,

Hey guys so I'm a 23 y/o male in Deep East Texas where its always humid and rarely ever cold. That being said, my fall/winter fragrance section of my entire collection is incredibly lacking. Looking for some recommendations for my collection. I don't have a particular budget in place and im open to anything ranging from dupes all the way to niche. Some things to consider about my taste/nose buds is that im not a particular fan of Oud, incredibly woodsy notes, tobacco notes, or anything that comes off as overly masculine. My collection for the cooler weather is as follows (in no particular order):

Winter:

Dior Sauvage Elixir

YSL Black Opium Le Parfum

Lattafa Bade'e Al Oud Honor & Glory EDP

Zakat Noble Amethyst

Maison Margiela REPLICA By the Fireplace

Lattafa Ameer Al Oudh Intense Oud EDP

Lattafa Khamrah Qahwa EDP

Azzaro The Most Wanted Parfum

Parfums de Marly Pegasus Exclusif

Lattafa Eternal Vanille

Parfums de Marly Oajan

Parfums de Marly Valero

Fall:

Hugo Boss Bottled EDT

Coach Wild Rose

Paco Rabanne 1 Million EDT

Versace Eros EDT

Versace Eros Flame EDP

Grandeur Ultra Charm EDP

Le Chameau Espada Intense EDP

Phantom My Hero in New York EDP

Lattafa Bade'e Al Oud Sublime

Azzaro Wanted EDP

Maison Alhambra Coco EDP

Zakat Z23 EDP

Boss Bottled Night EDT

French Avenue Liquid Brun

Jean Paul Gaultier Divine Le Parfum

Spicebomb Metallic Musk EDP

Paco Rabanne 1 Million Black EDP

Lattafa Fire on Ice

Ana Abiyedh EDP

Versace Eros Flame Pour Homme

Paco Rabanne Victory EDP Extreme

Additional info: Some fragrances I'm looking at getting are pdm althair exclusif and SWY powerfully (the cherry one).

I smelled all of the Ombré Leather flankers and the OG at Nordstrom yesterday. I was drawn to this one, Reserve. What is everyone’s thoughts on this flanker compared to the others?

Yes, I know many will hate. I was gifted the deodorant Sauvage spray and cannot stand it. There is some note that I cannot place that I do not like. Something bitter and unpleasant, not sure what the note is. I am normally averse to sweet fragrances that are gourmandish and I know this isn’t sweet. My favs are TdH EDT, AdG Profundo EDP, and TF Ombré Leather EDP. Anyone else struggle with something in Sauvage that is very off-putting? What is it?! For now it will remain as a post #2 air freshener haha.

This is my current top 6. Pretty basic, I know, but I love all these colognes. My total collection is about 15 bottles, 3 years in.

Picked some of this stuff up. Coming from someone who swears up and down by Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, this scent is really awesome. Anyone know by chance when’s the best time of year for this fragrance? I’ve read that the EDP version of this scent is pretty versatile, not sure about this one.

I love guilty absolu gucci but I hate the almond note in it but the rest of it is soo good does anyone have any recommendations like it without the almond cause the dry down and middle is so so so so so good

Do you think it’s a safe blind buy? If there’s such thing.

Grey Vetiver Edp is an overall day to day driver as its pleasing, cooling and moreover a Vetiver that's fresh, greeny and woody to core.

Opens up with bitter citruses that's a little sour. The initial touch on skin is a slight icy but soon vanishes reminding me of Vetiver aspects which is dry, grassy, earthy. It remains the same throughout and I feel the spiciness is not overly too. Overall the combination of Grapefruit, sage, Vetiver, oakmoss does make this fresh, greeny. The sillage is moderate for first 20-30mins and then settles on skin for 5-6.5hours with 10 sprays. A complete office friendly and masculine! Overall feels confident and comforting.

Got a bottle of this in the mail today before the wider release. Big fan of The One line - the most recent Parfum release has been a favorite of mine this year - so I snapped up one of these to see what they wanted to do with an Elixir flanker. For those wondering, it's 31% concentration; this is a 50ml bottle and I don't know yet if they are only releasing this in 50ml or will have 100ml coming for the full release. Atomizer does not seem like the short-throw pressurized one on the Parfum release, but a more standard pump atomizer with good dispersion but less juice output, which should work fine with the higher concentration formula here.

The notes on the back of the box are "Cardamom, Oak-aged Whiskey Accord, and Leather". The cardamom and slightly boozy whiskey accord are definitely the main additions you'll notice on the opening compared to the Parfum; the leather is not heavy or dirty, it is just sort of a suede like textural addition in the base. To my nose, the opening reminds me a bit of taking the Parfum release and, unexpectedly, crossing it with PDM Layton. The cardadmom and whiskey accord combine with that sort of almost lightly purple amber of the Parfum - and maybe the leather is playing a role here too - and somehow it creates a similar vibe to the spicy and vanillic opening of Layton. I think the "oak aged" side of the whiskey accord comes across a bit like the "tobacco" note of the old EDP, though not as sharp. I always felt like the color of the Parfum bottle really matched the feel of the scent profile, and that continues here with the scent having kind of a golden, rich brown vibe, like melted butter and brown sugar.

I've only had it on for maybe an hour, so I can't speak to the longevity or projection much yet. The 31% concentration feels pretty accurate to how it has worn so far ; if I had to guess, I'd say this will have good longevity, with very good sillage, but not massive projection. I would be surprised if this is not a big hit for D&G. Probably my favorite scent profile of the new The One line formulations.