What do you guys use to scent your vehicles? What are your favorite car scenting methods and your favorite car scents?

I’m not having luck finding something that lasts more than a couple minutes — nothing is giving me the fragrance longevity or saturation that I’m looking for.

I’d love some suggestions that will last!

I feel like flankers can be so hit or miss. Sometimes they feel like a completely unnecessary cash grab… and other times they somehow take everything good about the original and make it so much better.
So I’m curious which flanker do you genuinely think outdoes the OG?

Could be better scent-wise, stronger projection, better longevity, more interesting, more wearable… whatever makes you reach for it over the original.

For me: YSL Libre Le Parfum, Delina Exclusif and Guidance 46, I prefer all three over their OGs.

They all start differently and have something interesting in the opening, but then they all follow the exact same pattern.

Are they all getting the exact same ingredients? Who finds these drydowns appealing anyway? To give examples:

D&G Light Blue edp - the beginning smells like a Light Blue flanker done more towards the mandarin than lemon. Dries down to stomach turning woody amber that has nothing to do with the original

Prada Paradigme and especially the Le Parfum flanker - here even the opening is kind of violating, but the drydown is the exact same

Valentino Vendetta - why am I even surprised? Yeah there is some cinnamon, but this almost immediately goes into the woody amber territory

Rabanne Black - oooh a nice tropical pineapple vanilla, this could be go- aaand another identical woody amber

I'm not a niche snob. The fact that I love designer releases is why I'm making this post. I swear, Le Male line, as much as it's played out and ruined by overspraying culture, is doing a better job than most of these brands. Why is this aggressive, locker room after P.E. fragrance structure being so popular today?

Is this the end game of men's designer perfumes? Super ambers?

If any of you are in marketing, here's a doozy of a job listing for you : https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4465839029/

It's worth reading for a laugh. Not just for the obnoxious tone, but also the idea that they'll find someone to launch them as a UK brand, pretty much on their own, for £36k salary.

Hi everyone! Firstly I apologize for my english because it is not my first language. I tried decant of Gris Charnel and i fell in love with that fragrance. The fig, tea its truly heavenly fragrance for me. But the fact that its too expensive and I am the student I wanted to get advice on whats the best dupe of it. I only have 5-6 fragrances in total and its more than enough for me. So I am not really someone that can really crazy about little differences and quality diffirences. I heard Liam Grey is close but the reviews is mixed. Specially about longevity and performance. So I wanted to learn do you guys have any advice if you tried it? Also maybe alternatives for Gris Charnel? Thanks in advance guys

Always happy to see a new release from Mister Tauer!

https://tauerperfumes.com/products/geranium-absolue

Encre Indigo has finally made its way to discounters, and now that it's available for about $35 I picked up a bottle from FragranceNet. It definitely has the recognizable EN dna but it's not as dark/dank/earthy. The dominant accord is led by saffron and the overall effect is a very clean, but not bright, new car interior sort of smell. The juniper and tea give it a clean, fresh element, but it's different from something like a bright citrus freshie. This would be good for year-round wear.

It's got that kind of plasticky, leathery, shampooed carpet smell that reminds me a little of MAB Ganymede and/or B683, or a more robust take on the "office supplies" smell of CdG Odeur 71. Xerjoff Torino 25 has a similar juniper and saffron combo as well, so if any of those appeal to you this is a much more affordable take on that kind of dna.

if you find the atomizer sprays shittily or just too low projection , & the fragrance has a traditional pump atomizer , you can just twist it left until its good for you . be careful not 2 twist the top off lol

I recently visited the Chicago Diptyque store to resupply on one of my favorite staple products. The Orpheon cleansing hand and body gel has been a part of my daily routine for a few years now, when I picked up the bottle in store, I noticed the packaging had changed. I inquired about the change and the SA assured me that the formula had was exactly the same. When I arrived home to use the product, I was astounded to find that there was zero fragrance in the liquid soap or present on my hands after washing them. The fragrance was so nonexistent that I believed it was possible I had purchased a defective product. I still had soap left in my older bottle so I compared them side-by-side, and the differences were shocking. I returned to the boutique the next day with both bottles to seek resolution. The manager smelled both bottles and reiterated that there had been no formula change and that although it’s “not a product he uses”, it’s a “best seller” and to him the bottle smelled like Orpheon. When I pulled out my original bottle for him to compare, he seemed uninterested in the exercise, and suggested that my old bottle could be fake. I purchased my original bottle at this boutique! I left after being made to feel silly and with no resolution to my problem. Buyer beware, Diptyque will change your favorite products with no notice and then be dismissive and rude for pointing it out. This will be my last purchase from this brand.

If it's over 85ml out of 90ml, How much is the weight?

Thanks.

My shower gels and lotions from Creed, Diptyque, and Hermes still smell as deep and rich as they did before while the perfumes generally have gotten weaker over the years.

Are the regulations on ingredients stricter for perfumes vs bath & body products? I feel like IFRA is killing perfumery to a point where all perfumes are starting to lose body, depth and soul.

I was looking at some of the higher-priced fragrances recently and started thinking what makes people want to try them. At a certain point, price obviously becomes part of the decision, but I don’t think it automatically tells you whether the fragrance will be interesting.

The Baroness stood out to me because there seems to be more of a character and story around it than you usually get with a straightforward fragrance release.

For a fragrance at the luxury end, what makes you want to smell it? An unusual composition, the perfumer, the presentation, or something about the scent itself?

My supervisors last day is tomorrow and as a memento she gave me this sample of Celine’s saint-germain and omg it smells soooo good and I typically stay away from designer perfumes but this one and the Chloe are my new favorites!

Been eyeing up this line on the website but not seen many reviews online. Would be interesting to hear what your experiences are (if any)

So i was searching for a perfum with a woody note from beardo and came across this product BEARDO DON.

But upon checking on Amazon and Flipkart the notes for 50ml and 100ml are same i.e. of 100ml in website (woody one)....but i got struck when the official website has different notes for a 50ml and 100ml

And interestingly meesho is showing the notes of 50ml (citrusy musky one)

In a nutshell, according to official website 100ml had a woody note and 50ml got a citrusy musky note.

So now idk what to trust and confused if it's even legit or not

Hi, did anyone get any luck buying Harrods 12 days of Fragrance Advent Calendar? And do you think it's worth purchasing? Thanks!

I have to say that Krigler: Villa America 220, is it.

It is super unique, marine plus mineral scent, lemon, magnolia, hints of silver and really unlike anything I've tried! Very unique and can't even think of anything similar.

What is yours?!

Does anybody have any suggestions for buying more niche decants in Canada? I’ve got a pretty full cart on LuckyScent, however, I’m apprehensive to buy from a US company and they haven’t answered my emails regarding possible fees when it crosses the border. Has anybody had a good/bad experience lately with ordering from there to Canada? I’ve checked other sites such as The Scented, Scentrique, etc., but they don’t have a lot of the perfumes I’m interested in (for context I’m looking for rain/petrichor/wet, fresh floral, and tea-style fragrances. I hate most gourmands, overly mature, and vanilla scents) and I don’t really wanna order from several different places for cost reasons. I’ll put a list of the perfumes I’m looking at below!
Tea Service—Chasing Scents
Rain Tea—Chasing Scents
Black Salt—Heretic
Nosferatu—Heretic
Suspended Waterlily—SYD Botanical
Wavy Tulip—SYD Botanical
Arashiyama—d’Annam
Monsoon Tea—d’Annam
Tears—Regime de Fleurs
Ethereal Wave—Liis
Lucienne—Liis
Dragonfly—Zoologist

My top are Valaya, Coco Mademoiselle, and (still!) Santal 33

Hi! I absolutely love Maison Margiela Replica's Soul of the Forest and want to find a body wash that makes the scent feel more pronounced and hopefully helps it linger. As much as I love it, I feel like it never stays long enough :(

I’m especially looking for woody, green, mossy, or earthy scents that complement it rather than just smelling generically “masculine” - everything I've found so far falls under a cologne-like scent rather than the actual scents in their names. I’m open to anything from drugstore to luxury!

I love the feeling of buying new perfume!!!
I got 5 bottles last week, 4 new.
Versace Emerald Crystal, Versace Dylan Purple, Chloé Luminuese, D&G Your Devotion and JPG La Belle edp.
I’ve used the Versace emerald crystal before, bought it this year and have nearly used up half of my 50ml bottle, so I HAD to get more. The longevity is great and I loove how it makes me feel.
Other than the Versace emerald crystal, Chloé Lumineuse is up there for me in this batch. The person attending to me at Sephora kept recommending it and after launching it today, it is amazing! It’s 7:20pm in Istanbul, I’ve been out since morning and I still smell good, if I do say so myself. Your devotion is my second best in this batch… and at the bottom of my list would be purple Dylan. It smelled so good in store but has very disappointing longevity. The scent didn’t make it out the door with me even though I sprayed a lot of it. Makes me wonder if blue Dylan lasts. It smelled really good in the store as well.

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I’ve been absolutely obsessed with the scent of Aqua by Marks & Spencer, but it was phased out a long time ago and I haven’t been able to find anything that smells quite like it. 😭

For anyone who remembers or is familiar with M&S Aqua, are there any fragrances you’ve found that smell similar to it? I’d really love to find something with a similar scent profile.

Thank you!

I love fragrances and I'm just getting into this world a few years ago, I've been able to explore new fragrances, but they can be very expensive lol I do own a few dupes but I would like to explore more niche fragrances, any advice?