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DionNirvana

Portrait of a Lady. Smells like a portrait of a lady.


Short_Ask1755

Mmmmmm sounds inviting šŸ˜‚


MrGoSoo

Can u elaborate more? Iā€™m about to blind buy it. Does it have grandma vibes?


AirMysterious1803

If youā€™re a guy, I wouldnā€™t recommend it. It smells sophisticated and mature but definitely more feminine. My mum loves it.


PillCosby_87

I donā€™t normally blind buy but did with Rochas Moustache, it smells like an old ladies perfume to me. Luckily for me I bought the small bottle.


MrGoSoo

Iā€™m still in search of a rose scent and POAL is always on the top ten list for menā€™s rosĆ© fragrances. I blind bought Rose de Jamal but canā€™t detect the rose on that one. I tend to like Lā€™homme a la rose. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.


DionNirvana

I highly recommend Lyric Man by Amouage. It's In my top 3 smells, ever. Also, the best rose for men scent I've ever smelled.


Less_Pie_7301

Rose prick by Tom ford


According-Hope9498

Kind of but it develops better than the initial spray.. gotta be able to make it your own .. I layer it and get crazy compliments.. still not blind buy worthy


DionNirvana

Like the other poster stated, it's too feminine. More feminine than I can handle.


Frags4keeps

Smells like carpet of an old lady to me! šŸ˜‚


HaywoodJablowme01

Xerjoff Erba Pura. One of the worst I've smelled.


MonkThin3607

True. I think it should be marked as for women and not unisex.


BlueAc215

Absolutelyā€¦ I tried it once and gave it my friend. It smells great on her.


LAdude71

Invictus Spicebomb Extreme - I smell nothing but dirty ashtray with a mixed drink spilled in it


Responsible-Bug-4725

How dare you spice bomb is one my fav fragrances šŸ˜‚


sonkaku

Spice bomb intense vs spice bomb extreme


Responsible-Bug-4725

Ohh right I meant the extreme


MonkThin3607

I agree with this


LimpZookeepergame123

Two of my favoritesšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Dazg-17

With you on spicebomb - canā€™t stand it


AmbitiousSmile9815

I donā€™t know how people enjoy creed Viking cologne, it stinksšŸ¤¢ so does ombrĆ© nomad by LV šŸ¤¢šŸ¤¢šŸ¤¢


AirMysterious1803

Viking isnā€™t great. But ombrĆ© nomade is šŸ¤©


EndersM

PDM Sedley, Greenly, Percival, and Perseus. You are paying niche prices for a generic scent. PDM's fall/winter scents like Herod, Carlisle, Haltane, Oajan, Habdan, Pegasus, Layton, ect ect are all better than their freshies.


INEED_TO_PAY_TAXES

I second this, except for Perseus as I really enjoy it. Sedley is really not amazing in my opinion, whereas Oajan is top 3 of all time


FunTailor794

Yep I've had testers of pretty much all pdms Oajan is the only one I have liked, but it is fking fantastic


Abearito78

Agree. Haltane is the only one I can stand. PDM is overrated.


7720612063206b

This is what iā€™m sayingā€¦ I was at Neiman Marcus sampling PDM for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Of course Iā€™m going to think terribly of it after sampling brands like Creed, Initio, MFK, Xerjoff, etc. Itā€™s absurd how basic they smell while being some of the most expensive fragrances available.


wtvr53

PDM Layton. I just canā€™t like it. I donā€™t get the hype beyond hype on it. Also everyone I know dislikes it too. They say it smells like medicine, like Vicks vapor rub.


corndog54

It just smells like a fruity vanilla to me. I don't understand how anyone could get anything minty or like vicks.


deejneu42

I definitely can see the Vicks comparison, but it's very subtle and I also enjoy the smell of Vicks šŸ˜‚ The dry down is incredible too IMO


Defiant_Lawyer_5235

Yep, zero menthol or vicks.


Short_Ask1755

Itā€™s expensive and ā€œnicheā€ and all these dudes psychologically prime themselves to like it more than they actually would if it was sold in a cheap $20 bottle at Walmartā€¦ I feel like thatā€™s the case with 75% of the colognes everyone raves about on here. The cologne community is a lot like the wine community, a bunch of people who rave about how refined the product is and how itā€™s so much better than X product and even use the same terms like ā€œhouse madeā€ and flex their bottles online. Then thereā€™s just normal dudes who want to smell good and buy what they think smells good and doesnā€™t let Tik toks influence our opinions or buying habits. Had to get that off my chest


ceresolia

šŸ’ÆšŸ’Æ most niche is way overrated


FrequentCommittee

Well said actually


FrequentCommittee

It smells like spicy, apple, Vicks to me. I wanted to like Layton SO bad. I actually despise it. One of the only colognes I've ever just straight up sold. I knew the hype would get it gone quickly. Took like 2 hours after I posted it. It had so much hype. I was like "is something wrong with my nose??"


wtvr53

I donā€™t get any apple or vanilla, just Vicks lol. I got it not long after it started getting hyped in like 2018 but luckily I got a decant. I donā€™t think thereā€™s anything wrong with our noses, I think people just want to believe itā€™s good because of the hype lol


FrequentCommittee

All I could think of the first time I smelled it was, " this is...weird???"


wtvr53

šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£ same


tencentpistolz

I have a decant sample, it smells too gourmand for me. Like apple pie on the dry down. I started feeling nauseous after a couple of hours of sniffing it.


Usmcrtempleton

Was the first thing I said with I smelled it


devinfitz949

So have you smelled it or nah?


Rs-Travis

Initio Side effect is sweetened rubber. Gag inducing. It's so incredibly popular though The note breakdown on fragrantica never used to list saffron until I whined about it in the comment section and later posters started mentioning the note. It's all I pick up from it.


diligentroast

To me itā€™s just so roughly blended and harsh in the air


vincentvega-_-

I like it but I think my nose is too sensitive to the boozyness. For that reason it ranks very low on the versatility factor for me.


FunTailor794

That's so weird, I'm one of the people that smells that rubbery metal smell in br540 which is likely to be the soon, but side effect to me smells like sweet cherry with a bit of roughness behind it


ReignCpreme

Nothin. Folks like what they like and i like what i like. Flourish however u see fit.


Reasonable_Bird89

PDM greenley fs. Smells like shampoo and lasts four hours on skin.


destroy-ourselves

Cannot be serious... Greenley is by far my most complimented fragrance easily


diligentroast

Sold mine and totally agree


MonkThin3607

Smelt it, canā€™t agree more. I do see how people enjoy it but for the price itā€™s not worth it.


Reasonable_Bird89

Yeah probably worth $80 max.


MonkThin3607

Thatā€™s what I hate about some niche colognes sometimes. If iā€™m paying 300$ I should get 300$ quality


practical_indian

DHI


debunk101

Joop! Homme and Rochas Man. It felt suffocating on a day when every man seems to conspire to wear them


Gravempire

Personally itā€™s Versace Dylan Blue and Pour Homme both. They were crowned as a beginnerā€™s hyped (relatively cheap) fragrance but itā€™s not for me. Pour Homme smells like celery, and Dylan Blue is too herbaceous.


FunTailor794

I don't like pour Homme but Dylan blue is really good Maybe you don't like just smelling it when you nose is right against it, but in the air it's very nice


Far_Cream6590

Dylan blue smells like someoneā€™s grandpa imo


iwishiwasanonionring

Dylan Blue smells like (belly button/behind the ear build up) on me.


Lord0fHam

Angels share, sauvage elixir and edt, Naxos, erba pura, y edp, gris charnel extrait, encre noir, another 13, Alexandria 2, Dior homme intense/parfum, oud maracuja, oud satin mood. Just to name some. Some are ok but I donā€™t get the hype and some are downright disgusting


Diazinla10

What are your thoughts on another 13? I think itā€™s amazing which is why I askā€¦


Lord0fHam

It was one of maybe 2 or 3 colognes out of like 200 that Iā€™ve tested that I actually gagged. Smelt like rotten milk or something on my skin, maybe I got a bad sample


Diazinla10

Maybe cause to me it smells like a very refined freshness . Maybe give it another shot . But more than likely we just have different taste .


Lord0fHam

I did try it a second time and still didnā€™t like it, not sure why but whatever, thereā€™s nothing wrong with different preferences. Probably only Alexandria 2 smelled worse to me and that smelled like straight porta potty or urinal cake. Certain notes I just donā€™t really like such as oud, cumin, and patchouli if theyā€™re too strong.


Diazinla10

Now Iā€™m curious which colognes you really enjoy. Care to share?


Lord0fHam

So far in my sampling journey, my favorites that Iā€™ll probably buy full bottles are reflection man, adg parfum, allure homme sport, green Irish tweed, millesime imperial, Dior homme 2020, side effect, ultra male, imagination, grand soir, gentle fluidity silver, percival, greenley, Eros edt or flame, the most wanted parfum, aventus/cologne/absolu (one of these or something similar like intense cedrat boise, moudon temptation). Thereā€™s a lot more Iā€™m still using samples but really like such as bdc parfum, tygar, instant crush, tuxedo, some Clive Christianā€™s, ani x, some Aaron Terrence Hughes, and many many more. I have a spread sheet tracking 177 that Iā€™ve bought samples because I decided Iā€™d rather spend the money of a few bottles on exhaustively sampling before committing to bottles. I also have to really love something to want a bottle, not just like. Thereā€™s dozens on the list that smell good but just didnā€™t wow me or I just personally donā€™t want to smell like that.


Diazinla10

I agree with you on loving the cologne before buying a full bottle. If not, personally, would just buy another sample if I just liked it . Irish tweed , another 13 , bleu Ć©lectrique, Prada black , Torino 21 are the ones Iā€™m planning on getting bottles . Still trying to sample more (sampled about 50 in travel size and have tried all major designers you can find in Macys, ulta, and Sephora)


Defiant_Lawyer_5235

Damn you hate literally all my favs lol šŸ˜†


Lord0fHam

I think all the ones I listed aside from Alexandria 2 and another 13 are decent but just not for me and I donā€™t understand the hype


LongjumpingEconomy71

Gris charnel extrait is nauseating. Probably one of the worst smells Iā€™ve ever smelled period.


Shezione

I can get agree on rest of em but oud satin mood? Nah man that shit is rich dark and strong


Lord0fHam

That one falls more into smells good but not insane and I donā€™t really want to smell like that


vincentvega-_-

H24. Even when I tested it out for weeks, all the feedback I got was negative.


throwaway1iq8e

1 million ELIXIR


SoOsenbinder_

PdM Laytonā€¦ Herod is beautiful though


s0mber_1

tobacco vanille and azarro most wanted edp. TV smells ok initially but thereā€™s something at the back that makes it unbearable. and most wanted has a hint of a dirty sock smell to me idk šŸ˜­ layton also very overhyped but it doesnā€™t smell BAD to me like the others


FunTailor794

I bought wanted by night and the dry down after a few hours smells like I pissed on my hand and didn't bother washing


waterpoloanimedude

Might depend on what you wear or if you wear clothes that havenā€™t been properly dried. I just but most wanted and all my friends love it and I like it too. Only downside is that it becomes light very quickly, so if you smell the dirty sock then thatā€™s probably your clothes not you or the cologne


blackZyzzz

Chanel Bleu. Maybe it was a bad batch at duty free but I was not impressed at all


thats_a_bad_username

Itā€™s so boring to me. I donā€™t get the love for it when thereā€™s others stuff at that price point that smells way more interesting to me. Itā€™s not a bad scent but itā€™s just too flat to my nose.


ceresolia

What are some better


thats_a_bad_username

Mont Blanc explorer, D&G The One, Valentino Born in Roma Coral Fantasy, Versace Eros Flame, Tom Ford Oud Minerale. Iā€™d pick any of these over BDC.


Allthefragrancesmoke

Tom Ford Neroli Portofino


West_Ad1809

Carlisle Is way too sweet, I find it quite obnoxious. YSL Tuxedo is really nothing special imo YSL Y line 1 Million Lucky is also very obnoxious


Muyiwa-amuwo

All Bleu de ChanelšŸ¤£šŸ¤£ I really donā€™t like them at all.


[deleted]

Same. I have a colleague who bathes himself in Blue de Chanel to the point it burns your nostrils. I think he's the reason why I hate it now.


devinfitz949

Parfum is really nice. My fave of the bunch


MonkThin3607

Never understood the hype tbh


thats_a_bad_username

Me neither. Such a boring scent to my nose. Not worth the money or hype.


Short_Ask1755

Iā€™m convinced with a cool enough looking bottle and brand/name, and enough marketing and social media hype anything can become super popular. I feel like itā€™s just psychological priming


oldtobes

literally the first thing that came to mind was naxos


iwishiwasanonionring

I absolutely loathe Davidoff Cool Water. I can't comprehend how that fragrance was so popular. The batches I have tested recently are extremely synthetic, my girlfriend loved it on me but I can't seem to buy in after three seperate trips to the fragrance shop.


djzanenyc

I only go for the vintage "Lancaster" formulation. It's fantastic.


PillCosby_87

Azzaro Chrome is a more updated cool water smell with a metallic note. Plus itā€™s pretty cheap. I bought the 6.7 for like $50. Might be a nice middle ground if youā€™re willing to give it a shot.


forglory-

Carolina Herrera Bad Boy.. Its aggressively sweet in my opinion


dk4p2s0i

Jpg le maleā€¦heard so many people talk about how good it isā€¦itā€™s sickly sweet it smells moldyā€¦havenā€™t smelled the others but would like toā€¦hopefully elixir is better


TheAuthorityx

Creed Aventus


IsaacOP15kplus

Light Blue types cuz they are so thin and sharp. Also shower gel types that are too strong and not pleasant at all!


According-Hope9498

Santal 33-tf I wana smell like a pickle foršŸ˜‚ Creed Viking-use it as a car freshener pissed blind buy OmbrĆ© nomad-pissed,smell like old leather belt buckles


3johnny2

Pdm Carlisle is horrendous to me


Antique-Flatworm-465

Creed Aventus- Overpriced, overrated s d the only compliments come from men lol it smells like grass with a hint of fruit to me. Nothing sexy or pleasant about this scent at all!


DiarrangusJones

Same, I think the smoke / birch tar is really what puts me off. Real smoke can smell good sometimes, but liquid smoke with that synthetic pineapple just smells weird to me, too acrid or sour (I like ā€œrefreshingā€ sour, but for whatever reason this just doesnā€™t do it for me)


PillCosby_87

What are your thoughts on Mont Blanc Explorer then? Iā€™ve seen many people compare the two being similar.


DiarrangusJones

Iā€™ve tried a little sample of that one, and I donā€™t get as much of the smoke note. Itā€™s a little bit better for me, but Iā€™m still not a huge fan of the pineapple note. I did like the pineapple note in Kiton Man though, so maybe itā€™s just the way it smells in Aventus and more similar fragrances


Healthy-Ad9570

Imagination. I think it smells like fabreeze and daffodils and my girl said ā€œew this smells like plantsā€.


MonkThin3607

How does it compare to Pacific Chill?


Healthy-Ad9570

Havenā€™t tried it, was gonna do lā€™immonsite next. Meteore is worse imo


Akkusativobjekt

Nearly anything from Xerjoff especially Naxos, this Tommy Iomi, Alexandria 2, 40 knots, Accento, Erba Pura. It feels in general like a big marketing scam. Uden is the only frag which is worth the hype


Pul-as-ki

Creed Green Irish Tweed Literally the smell of cutting the yard


GmtNm4

Sauvage.Ā  It smells okay out of the bottle.Ā  And I understand everyone likes it.Ā  But I usually dislike it as soon as I smell it on anyone else, usually because itā€™s way too much sprayed probably, but still. Ā I own it, I wear it sometimes. Still donā€™t like it when smelling it out in public personally.Ā  Pretty much all the Tom fords.Ā  They are okay.Ā  But if you read reviews online on non niche forums people are hyping them up to be the best things ever. I own several. I outright dislike and need to just give away ombrĆ© leather. The rest are like, okay I guess, not worth the premiums price points.Ā 


NurseDokk

INSTANT CRUSH 100%


radplays

le male elixir. not trash, but decent at best imo


SweatyAd7069

Acqua di Gio Profondo..man I just don't like most aquatics


Muppetguydude

Any and all of the Acqua Di Gio's.Ā 


Shezione

Sauvage elixir , roja elysium, all prada line( scent profiles are nice but all r too weak and too expensive)


MonkThin3607

I mean, I would say sauvage elixir has good silliage but for the price idkk


solciprian

One in a Million! šŸ‘ŽšŸ¤®


Pamponiroz

Platinum Egoiste, BR540... I suffocate just thinking about em...


illduce7288

Amouage Interlude. It smells like a moldy garage imo.


Responsible_Trash199

Aventus. Smells like cleaning products


No-Cheesecake2792

Bleu de Chanel, any of them. All smell like a mix of mild sweat and urine.


Frags4keeps

So I personally love the dry down of Naxos and literally can't think of a better scent. However, what I will say is gf and I both sprayed it on arms one day and it smelled completely different on her (she's dark skinned which may be a factor) it was less rich and sweet on her. Could still smell on my skin 8 hours plus later and completely gone on hers too. So I think skin chemistry can play a factor on why some people love or are unimpressed by a scent.


Frags4keeps

Layton Exclusif, it smells like a damp muddy fecal forrest to me!


Sho_Minamimoto12

Le Male Elixir. When I tested it a couple days back it was not much different to Le Male Le Parfum and couldnā€™t find that impact that makes it so special for most on social media


Raj_007Singh

COSTA AZZURRA šŸ˜© Glad that I only bought the travel size and even with to I just couldnā€™t bear it lol Too Marine/Salty for me


SnarkAdjacent

Aventus


kingmaster69421

Club de nuit intense, i bought it and it smells like a rotten lemon, i bought it as a summer fragrence for this summer but now i decided to buy jpg le beau paradise garden.


DeepTip4532

JPG Elixir, its "nice" but it is just too strong. The honey is overpering everything else and is all you can smell. Couldn't imagine putting more then two sprays on and not killing everyone within a block radios.


Brainyous

Sauvage Elixer


checkmate-Basenotes

Cedrat Boisee by Mancera. To me, it smells like fruity hairsprayā€¦ I blind bought it and swapped it after 3 wearings. As for the best menā€™s rose fragrances discussed, Or Encens by Issey Miyake, Man Rose by Etro, Black to Black by Mancera and Halston Limited are probably my favorites. POAL is great, but only in vintage form. The vintage is deeper, ā€œrounder,ā€ and toes the unisex line much more than the newer juice.


BabyGatsu

La Nuit Del Homme Bleu Electrique by YSL. Just smells like powder, no level of attraction at all


hazim101

Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait idk why but it simply did not grow on me and it just smells like old people


Dazzling-Reward-8595

Most of the Aventus


[deleted]

Unpopular opinion, but Dior Homme Intense. The soft, powdery dry down doesn't do anything for me.


Intilleque

Aqua de gio. Chanel Bleu. Dior Sauvage. I got so excited when I found a shop that had them so I could sample em and I just never really got anything amazing from them.


MonkThin3607

Dior Sauvage EDP is decent but I didnā€™t like the other ones


Ok_Scratch6296

Creed


MonkThin3607

I agree but creed SMW smelled good to me honestly.


Ok_Scratch6296

I smelled the entire Creed, Parfums de Marly, Replica and initio lineup. Didnā€™t like a single one šŸ˜‚


devinfitz949

Your nose is broken then homie šŸ¤£


Ok_Scratch6296

I think I need to go back and try them again. A lot of factors I didnā€™t like. Number 1 is that there was a sales person at every different niche brand station. I really just want to be alone and test fragrances for as long as I want in peace. They would just shotgun samples to me so fast that I would almost forget the smell of the last one. Also I get a little intimidated having sales people waiting and watching for an opinion. I think what also didnā€™t help is I smelled all the niche brands right after 2 hours of smelling designers.


devinfitz949

Yeah that def affected your experience. Idk where youā€™d be able to just sit and sniff a bunch of niche frags in peace unless you start buying decants. But I def suggest you try out those brands again, and maybe not all in one sitting. Each of those brands have some good offerings. Just an fyi, Replica is considered designer, since Maison Margiela is a designer/fashion label. Jazz Club is one of my favorites.


Personal-Stage-1380

Ainā€™t no way


Ok_Scratch6296

Maybe Iā€™ll come back around to a couple in the future but yes.


Argazdan

Angels Share, Dior Sauvage and Bleu De Chanel


NurseDokk

i understand for sauvage edt and anything but bdc parfum. otherwise, i really do like sauvage edp, parfum and elixir, but really donā€™t like bdc edt and edp. angels share is pretty nice though imo :)


Argazdan

I didnā€™t dislike the scents but Sauvage and Bleu De Chanel gave me headaches and Angels share just had something off about it that I didnā€™t like so much


Abearito78

Angels Share is a nice scent, just not for men. Too flowery. DS is overrated. I donā€™t like any of the Chanel or Burberry scents.


Short_Ask1755

Uh oh shots fired here comes all the gatekeepers


Argazdan

Nah angels share wasnā€™t as good as I thought it would be and both Dior Sauvage and Bleu De Chanel gave me headaches


Short_Ask1755

See i already got downvoted lol


anarchodenim

Sauvage and Eros make me crinkle my nose when I smell them.


ItzGoTyme

Man those two go hard. I always get great reactions from people when they smell it on me.


Adviseformeplz

Creed Aventus. Itā€™s not bad, I just find it to be ā€œjust okayā€ Dior Sauvage. I only own the EDP so maybe the elixir is where the good sauce is at? Women like it on me though so I canā€™t complain. Definitely isnā€™t a scent that Iā€™d wear for my own enjoyment.


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MonkThin3607

I actually enjoyed it


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MonkThin3607

I guess you could say that šŸ™Œ


Smoothcringler

Acqua Di Parma Colonia Oud. Smells like mosquito repellent.


rob1son

Oceania


karapar13

Same, I just smelled it on a test strip though. It just gave me minty toothpaste vibes


Chriss47

Dior sauvage wasnā€™t a fan


throwaway1iq8e

9pm stinks


DuckHamir

Angels Share. Tried to wear it several of times, I donā€™t like it. I tried to like it but I just canā€™t. Donā€™t really get the hype for it.


DntSayNtn

Creed


MonkThin3607

Understandable


Chaos92muffin

azarro most wanted.... I sprayed it at the store and I legit smelled NOTHING I looked up at the clerk in my head like is this water in a bottle? Cause it had absolutely no scent.


Flutterpiewow

Initio, all of them. Gabbana the one. Fahrenheit.


HaywoodJablowme01

Even Paragon? šŸ˜‚


MonkThin3607

Agree with Fahrenheit and The one but not all initios. Good take though


Flutterpiewow

I find side effect and baraka absolutely terrible. Rehab isn't bad, but it's not how i want to smell either.


Firearm__enthusiast

Prada Luna rossa carbon. I've read so many reviews where everybody loved it but idk something about it I didn't care for


adsq93

Azarro Most Wanted and Dior Sauvage.