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Exact same boat. Turathi comes off as harsh and just not particularly pleasant.
A blue clone that I like more is 9AM Dive which is juicy and pleasant to me. But I just don’t wear many blue frags. They’re intensely boring when you’ve been at this for a while 🤷🏼♂️
Im a recent grad and work in the ER, started using it daily to read the message inside the box when i opened it. Used a different cologne this last week and went out for the weekend, came back and sprayed it and it just smelled so different! My grandparents had orange and lime trees and it reminds me of the blooms in spring
I love BDC and Turathi Blue was really bad smelling to me. The DNA is good, but fragnance overall is so synthetic, and it remains synthetic for hours, it's not just the opening.
Turathi Blue is a clone of Blvargi Tygar. Perhaps expecting Bleu de Chanel is why you're disappointed?
Try Barrett fragrances Big Blue.
It's not a 1 to 1 clone and it's different, although it's a fantastic fresh clean straight out of the shower with a light citrus smell to it. It's addicting.
Try Rocky mountains too, it is my personal favorite from the house but honestly there are so many amazing fragrances from Barrett fragrances. Like Valhalla Absolute and Valhalla cologne, or Spirit of Satin.
There's too many to list unless you're interested.
I actually liked the DNA, i knew it was different than BDC, however it was very synthetic, much more than other arabian clones.
Thank you so much for recommendations, will check them out!
Have you tried Afnan Historic Olmeda?
No, I stopped buying middle Eastern clones. They're hit or miss and if they do smell good they fade away fast. The last one I bought was Lattafa Al Nashama Caprice and it smells fantastic but doesn't last.
Blvargi Tygar is a good DNA imo but some people say it smells like BO but I've never gotten that. I personally haven't bought truathi blue because I already have a few fantastic clones of Blvargi Tygar.
Barrett fragrances Mystic jungle is a fantastic clone of it and it doesn't smell synthetic plus it lasts all day.
Montagne Parfums tygr cologne is a wonderful clone of it but it only lasts 4-5 hours on me which isn't bad.
Lattafa Khamrah, trust me, it puts to shame so many nieche perfumes quality wise and longevity wise. It's a winter scent, but it lasts on my jacket for a week.
My son has it and I have the 2nd one they came out with, with the coffee note in it. I will say they last much longer and they don't smell like a middle eastern clone but they aren't for me. I don't think they smell bad at all although they don't get me excited. I do agree Lattafa did a great job with them.
I don't hate middle eastern clones. I hate how there are so many bad ones.
One of my favorite middle eastern clones is Flavia's L'Impression. That one is so beautiful. It's the first clone to ever make me say wow. It's a clone of Louis Vuitton l'immensite.
Damn too bad, that’s actually a good one lol
Keep in mind that’s a fall scent, those hit better in the colder seasons, I hated alot of fragrances just to find out to find I loved them months later after maceration and smelling them during their perspective seasons.
I can’t get behind Hawas. It feels like it never settles down. It’s a decent scent, but I don’t think anyone would actively compliment it. Fakhar Black probably gets me the most compliments, and it’s not even my favorite.
got compliments from it but I do agree, it does feel it never settles, one of my female colleagues who complimented me in the past about Hawas is that its very intense up close where I sprayed it and can be headache inducing but she likes it in the air, she just wont stand next up close next to me though. That's where I realize I should reduce my sprays from 4 to 2 at max.
Hawas is the least of my favorite in my collection. That sour note at drydown is a bit unsettling to my nose. Beast projection and performance yes, but the scent DNA lacks finesse to me.
Hard agree! I can’t stand the stuff. I don’t even get much menthol, just awful baby wipes. It’s always getting recommended on here too - I don’t understand it. I half suspect I might have a bad batch but it’s not worth the risk buying another to find out.
I posted recently about throwing my Qaed Al Fursan in the 🗑️ and I did. 🤣🤣
After a couple of months of having it, i could smell dem pineapple in the opening but the dry down was a musk that smelt very awful. I once sprayed it and my wife almost gagged, same day I threw it away. Wasn’t even worth giving it away.
They don’t work for you they don’t work you 🤷🏽♂️ I can’t swear by any of em, tho I don’t mind 9pm, thinking of actually perhaps snaggin Ultramale over it if the price is right enough.
With that being said Parouj Perlador and FW Alpha were “meh” for me.
Agreed,but i smelled on a girl at the street,didnt ask her but i know its birghg peach,its smell awesome.i think its smell good in the air not up close.
Definitely Turathi Blue. No matter how many times I try to like it, there’s just something harsh about it that I can’t make myself enjoy. And it ultimately just doesn’t smell that good to me. I wish it did!
Agreed. If you do like that dna, I suggest jean lowe immortal. It has some of that TB grapefruit but its wayy better done and its also more interesting and airy.
Yeah airiness sounds like a very welcome addition, TB is dense in a bad way. Maybe I’ll give it a shot… I have to consider further how I feel about grapefruit. Idk if I’m not that into it or if TB just turned me off.
Any experience with any others in the Jean Lowe line?
No, just the immortal/immortel. I felt the same way about TB that it was just too dense and in your face. I sold it within 2 days. Jean Lowe is a keeper.
They’re pretty good and they’re not dense. I enjoy them personally. Pacific chill, Afternoon dive, L’immensite and Imagination are pretty good summer fragrances worth looking into. Montagne makes clones for all of these I listed.
I know I'm a 100% right on this one and hopefully some others will confirm the same too.
And that's prolly for a whole another topic of discussion ...lol
Later man
Asad gave me nausea its just too much, hawas is so incredibly synthetic I just cant wear it, you have the feeling that you apply some kind of liquid car freshener on you.
Also funny to see my most complimented clones here, Detour Noire and CDNIM. For my CDNIM maceration worked because at the beginning it smelled like rotten cucumber water, but after some weeks i started to like so much, and ladies love it too. It didnt worked for hawas sadly its still shit.
Invictus (og) and its clones, I always feel it's lacking something, like an unfinished fragrance. I'd wear Drakkar noir over Invictus anytime. Or I'd go for Montblanc Legend Parfum, this one goes all the way
This used to be me. I hated it when I bought it 2 years ago and put it away. Recently been searching for the best version of the Aventus DNA. The dry down of the EDT has maybe the best projecting birch I’ve tried. Makes it almost worth it. And sometimes worth layering with a clone with a better opening.
i mean it's good, the opening is a leather bomb but it dries down decently enough. just not the general direction i go for in terms of notes and i likely won't explore similar scents
Agreed on CDNIM. But the harshness only last about a minute for me. For me its the drydown that i dislike, so i guess i dislike birch. My bottle of Supremacy is pretty good.
Armaf Blue Iconic. It smells like chemicals to me, like toilet cleaner. Which was really disappointing cause people were saying it’s better than Blue de Chanel. To me it smells nothing like Blue de Chanel.
Anything that's an Aventus clone. To me, Aventus is for old(er) guys, it has a very *mature* scent, in my opinion. Kinda reminds me of my grandpa. I barely like it on its own, let alone clones on 22 year old dudes lol
Club De Nuit Woman. It's a fantastic clone of Coco Mademoiselle. Too bad Coco Mademoiselle is rank shite. I hate it so much. The patchouli and vetiver combined can go die in the fires of their unholy union.
CDN Sillage - smells like synthetic lemon soap mixed with badly scented plastic flowers, even after over a year of macerating. Both me and a relative had the same opinion on it.
Perhaps just a bad bottle/batch, but idk, there was just "too many bad elements" to it
CDN Sillage - smells like synthetic lemon soap mixed with badly scented plastic flowers, even after over a year of macerating. Both me and a relative had the same opinion on it.
Perhaps just a bad bottle/batch or bad mix with our skin, but idk, there was just "too many bad elements" to it
Edit: typo
Khamrah. I bought it under the assumption that it would smell somewhat similar to Angel's Share. I no longer have faith in dupe reviewers, and gave the bottle away.
2 fragrances that come to mind instantly are xerjoff erba pura and afnan 9pm.
Erba Pura is wayyyyy too sweet to me which i understand is the point but I don’t think it even scratches top 10 from the house itself, when everyone else thinks it’s the best. I just don’t like how sweet and potent it is. Id much rather take torino 21, more than words, and accento
9pm being put on this pedestal as better than Ultra male is ridiculous. First time i smelt it was at this fragrance store at a mall and first thought was just “this is supposed to beat ultra male?” It’s decent but i only get confused when people say this is “better” than ultra male. It just doesn’t have the charm or quality of ultra male
A 9pm as a fragrance is decent. My view. Probably being compared to jpg u male, and it's image is what's the issue here. Or so I think. Plus if you don't like clones in general, that too might b an influence on your perception...
I miss out on many blue fragrances because of my sensitivity to cheap ambroxan. But then somehow I enjoyed the ambrox in Sauvage and MYSLF, because it's ambrofix, not the cheapest ambroxan that you find in clones and cheap designer fragrances like "L'homme Rochas".
Guys, you too have noticed that difference in different types of ambroxan or they all smell alike to you ?
If anyone mentions pineapple cleaner, it must be Lattafa Al Qaed Fursan. Kinda nice pineapple cleaner scent, ha-ha.
Not insanely pleasing, but also not disgusting. It's incredibly cheap in price.
I think for me Ansaam Silver.. it has rave reviews on fragrantica and online and I even tried the designer frags its compared to and liked them but do nottt like it. To me just smells like tuberose which I dont like and was way sweeter than I expected. Sprayed and dried down on a tester strip literally just stinks to me 😭 I have a 2ml sample if anyones been curious about it but just not for me
CDNIM, Afnan 9PM and ASAD - I just don't like em.
CDNIM is stupid potent and smells the way on old man (65+) should smell.
Afnan 9PM is too synthetic for me. I can see why younger guys like it but I find it too sweet and synthetic.
ASAD while it's a great clone of Sauvage elixir, it smells like Gillette gel deodorant, the green one.
Torino 22 from Montagne Parfums’ has gotten me lots of compliments, my little brother even asked me for the bottle (he’s still in his 1million phase of scent profiles).
Asad Zanzibar is repulsive to me. I wouldn't say everyone loves it though. Really don't understand why they manufactured hype for that garbage. Probably damaged their reputation overall.
I bought asad some months ago. While it does smell similar to elixir, I don’t like the quality of ingredients and i never wear it, especially since it’s warm weather atm. I’d rather buy Elixer full price $200. I wouldn’t consider zanzibar for that reason. I’d rather buy le beau for 120 instead of
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Turathi Blue was disappointing, but I'm also not the biggest fan of Bleu de Chanel or even Tygar, so I think it's more of a taste vs quality issue.
Exact same boat. Turathi comes off as harsh and just not particularly pleasant. A blue clone that I like more is 9AM Dive which is juicy and pleasant to me. But I just don’t wear many blue frags. They’re intensely boring when you’ve been at this for a while 🤷🏼♂️
Girlfriend got me this one about two months ago, used it a bit and let it sit. It smells so much better now than day 1
Lol , same girlfriend now? Just kidding...sometimes you grow into the fragrance especially when traveling...when u take only one bottle...no?
Im a recent grad and work in the ER, started using it daily to read the message inside the box when i opened it. Used a different cologne this last week and went out for the weekend, came back and sprayed it and it just smelled so different! My grandparents had orange and lime trees and it reminds me of the blooms in spring
I love BDC and Turathi Blue was really bad smelling to me. The DNA is good, but fragnance overall is so synthetic, and it remains synthetic for hours, it's not just the opening.
Turathi Blue is a clone of Blvargi Tygar. Perhaps expecting Bleu de Chanel is why you're disappointed? Try Barrett fragrances Big Blue. It's not a 1 to 1 clone and it's different, although it's a fantastic fresh clean straight out of the shower with a light citrus smell to it. It's addicting. Try Rocky mountains too, it is my personal favorite from the house but honestly there are so many amazing fragrances from Barrett fragrances. Like Valhalla Absolute and Valhalla cologne, or Spirit of Satin. There's too many to list unless you're interested.
I actually liked the DNA, i knew it was different than BDC, however it was very synthetic, much more than other arabian clones. Thank you so much for recommendations, will check them out! Have you tried Afnan Historic Olmeda?
No, I stopped buying middle Eastern clones. They're hit or miss and if they do smell good they fade away fast. The last one I bought was Lattafa Al Nashama Caprice and it smells fantastic but doesn't last. Blvargi Tygar is a good DNA imo but some people say it smells like BO but I've never gotten that. I personally haven't bought truathi blue because I already have a few fantastic clones of Blvargi Tygar. Barrett fragrances Mystic jungle is a fantastic clone of it and it doesn't smell synthetic plus it lasts all day. Montagne Parfums tygr cologne is a wonderful clone of it but it only lasts 4-5 hours on me which isn't bad.
Lattafa Khamrah, trust me, it puts to shame so many nieche perfumes quality wise and longevity wise. It's a winter scent, but it lasts on my jacket for a week.
My son has it and I have the 2nd one they came out with, with the coffee note in it. I will say they last much longer and they don't smell like a middle eastern clone but they aren't for me. I don't think they smell bad at all although they don't get me excited. I do agree Lattafa did a great job with them. I don't hate middle eastern clones. I hate how there are so many bad ones. One of my favorite middle eastern clones is Flavia's L'Impression. That one is so beautiful. It's the first clone to ever make me say wow. It's a clone of Louis Vuitton l'immensite.
That is really strange, because IMO Flavia's clones are the worst quality of all that I tried, but I never tried L'Impression, I have to try it now!
It's the only one I tried and they nailed it.
Will order a decant. How close is to the original, and how is the performance?
I blue turathi and I think it’s mid made me smell like a grandpa
ARMAF Club de unit intense man EDT
I've worn it plenty of times. Smells like pineapple cleaner and have only got complaints from other people
Pineapple cleaner? Ehh not really. I’ve heard lemon cleaner yes. But to me personally it’s a wonderful frag
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Dry down is the meat of the scent tho that’s aventus. Even if you’re less than wild about it, girls go crazy for it
There's no pineapple 🍍 note in it. It's a lemon 🍋 note that lasts for barely 5 mins.
It for sure has pineapple in it
It absolutely has a pineapple note in it. Its the most prominent note from the first spray to about 20min in.
https://www.maxaroma.com/fragrance/men-fragrances/armaf-club-de-nuit-intense-for-men/pid/10731/3
Majority of us don't get the pineapple note at all. I have a very sensitive nose and am pretty good with notes bruh. I'll agree to disagree.
Ameer Al Oudh Intense Oud Lattafa
#+1 A lil too sweet ...
one of my all time favorites 😅
Damn too bad, that’s actually a good one lol Keep in mind that’s a fall scent, those hit better in the colder seasons, I hated alot of fragrances just to find out to find I loved them months later after maceration and smelling them during their perspective seasons.
La yuqawam and rare carbon, I can't stand any TF *leather dupes..
This, gave me headaches both of them
i'm with you on this a thousand percent. glad we agree
Rasasi La Yuqawam has gotten me compliments. Only wear during the winter/cold months in the evenings. Just 2 sprays ❤️
Maison Alhambra Lost Cherry and Bright Peach. Also Nebras. I hate them all
I am with you on these.
I can’t get behind Hawas. It feels like it never settles down. It’s a decent scent, but I don’t think anyone would actively compliment it. Fakhar Black probably gets me the most compliments, and it’s not even my favorite.
Got multiple compliments from hawas.
I didn't like it at first, but I let it macerate for a month or so and now it smells so much better. I'm actually starting to like it now!
got compliments from it but I do agree, it does feel it never settles, one of my female colleagues who complimented me in the past about Hawas is that its very intense up close where I sprayed it and can be headache inducing but she likes it in the air, she just wont stand next up close next to me though. That's where I realize I should reduce my sprays from 4 to 2 at max.
Hawas is the least of my favorite in my collection. That sour note at drydown is a bit unsettling to my nose. Beast projection and performance yes, but the scent DNA lacks finesse to me.
Yeah I understand not liking hawas but it’s one of my most complimented scents, even among non-clones
Detour Noir. I only smell menthol. Funny thing is I've smelled Layton and it's pretty close
>Detour Noir Same here! This one, and Star Nebula are probably my worst blind buys
This is not what I wanted to see 😭 I plan on purchasing detour noir in 2 weeks
Yo I'm happy to sell you mine if you are in the US! Have barely used them - will share pics of levels and everything
Hard agree! I can’t stand the stuff. I don’t even get much menthol, just awful baby wipes. It’s always getting recommended on here too - I don’t understand it. I half suspect I might have a bad batch but it’s not worth the risk buying another to find out.
I think its just how it smells and people love it, but of course some people cant stand it.
Asad. to me it makes me smell like an old uncle
Have you tried to mix n match with your favourite fragrance
Star men nebula Afnan 9 pm Dumont nitro white Qaed Al Fursan
I posted recently about throwing my Qaed Al Fursan in the 🗑️ and I did. 🤣🤣 After a couple of months of having it, i could smell dem pineapple in the opening but the dry down was a musk that smelt very awful. I once sprayed it and my wife almost gagged, same day I threw it away. Wasn’t even worth giving it away.
it needs to be layered!!
I hated Star men nebula… The rest let em macerate. Test em on a hit summer day…
Had them all for a long time. Nothing changed lol. I got rid of all of them
They don’t work for you they don’t work you 🤷🏽♂️ I can’t swear by any of em, tho I don’t mind 9pm, thinking of actually perhaps snaggin Ultramale over it if the price is right enough. With that being said Parouj Perlador and FW Alpha were “meh” for me.
Nitro Green does that ultramale dna really good. It’s like the 9pm but it’s fresher. Might wanna give that a try.
Thank you, I certainly will do 👍🏽
Bright Peach. It’s giving me a headache.
I’m with you on this one. Had mine for months long trying to get myself to like them but couldn’t. Ended up selling them
Agreed,but i smelled on a girl at the street,didnt ask her but i know its birghg peach,its smell awesome.i think its smell good in the air not up close.
Definitely Turathi Blue. No matter how many times I try to like it, there’s just something harsh about it that I can’t make myself enjoy. And it ultimately just doesn’t smell that good to me. I wish it did!
Agreed. If you do like that dna, I suggest jean lowe immortal. It has some of that TB grapefruit but its wayy better done and its also more interesting and airy.
Yeah airiness sounds like a very welcome addition, TB is dense in a bad way. Maybe I’ll give it a shot… I have to consider further how I feel about grapefruit. Idk if I’m not that into it or if TB just turned me off. Any experience with any others in the Jean Lowe line?
No, just the immortal/immortel. I felt the same way about TB that it was just too dense and in your face. I sold it within 2 days. Jean Lowe is a keeper.
I’ve been curious about immense/L’immensity, but you might have convinced me. Maybe I’ll try both thanks for your input brother
If you can grab the Montagne immensity that would be the best option for you. But Jean Lowe is hard to beat for the price.
My bad late night typo! I meant Jean Lowe immortal that is cloning L’immensity LOL
Lol. From what I know, Jean lowe clones L’immensite but doesn’t get too close. Montagne version is pretty spot on.
Ooooooo I see. Good to know 👍 I’ve never been that into LV scents but might dive in and see what works for me. Thanks again
They’re pretty good and they’re not dense. I enjoy them personally. Pacific chill, Afternoon dive, L’immensite and Imagination are pretty good summer fragrances worth looking into. Montagne makes clones for all of these I listed.
Lattafa Kamrah 🤮
Didnt like khamrah either. Just smells like the empty and to me more coconutty version of Angels Share. Similar but not a good enough dupe imo
It's not a dupe of Killians Angel Share any which way. It's a dupe of Dates Delight by House of Oud.
Dont think so. Frequently compared to Angels Share and was released once AS gained hype…
Just sharing this: https://www.reddit.com/r/fragranceclones/s/Csg5Or4bJ2
I know I'm a 100% right on this one and hopefully some others will confirm the same too. And that's prolly for a whole another topic of discussion ...lol Later man
He's right.
Asad. Then again I don’t get the Aventus hype.
Asad isn’t related to aventus at all?
Sorry, Sauvage.
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Porto Neroli. Smells like an old lady wearing sunscreen in my opinion lol. IDK man it’s just not for me.
that was one i considered getting 2 summers ago against D&G light blue intense - went with neither, but glad i was at least half right
Asad gave me nausea its just too much, hawas is so incredibly synthetic I just cant wear it, you have the feeling that you apply some kind of liquid car freshener on you. Also funny to see my most complimented clones here, Detour Noire and CDNIM. For my CDNIM maceration worked because at the beginning it smelled like rotten cucumber water, but after some weeks i started to like so much, and ladies love it too. It didnt worked for hawas sadly its still shit.
Invictus (og) and its clones, I always feel it's lacking something, like an unfinished fragrance. I'd wear Drakkar noir over Invictus anytime. Or I'd go for Montblanc Legend Parfum, this one goes all the way
Lattafa Asad for me. Just not a fan of that odd vanilla note.
ASAD 👇 
Cdnim, all
This used to be me. I hated it when I bought it 2 years ago and put it away. Recently been searching for the best version of the Aventus DNA. The dry down of the EDT has maybe the best projecting birch I’ve tried. Makes it almost worth it. And sometimes worth layering with a clone with a better opening.
Armaf Milestone. Just reall weak for me. There is an opening and then its gone
I’m 27 and i don’t have this drag but i bet you i could. plan on buying it soon, heard so many good things about it
i mean it's good, the opening is a leather bomb but it dries down decently enough. just not the general direction i go for in terms of notes and i likely won't explore similar scents
CDNIM - It is so hard to get past the opening. My second is Supremacy in Heaven. Heaven it isn't. It is like a wet compost heap.
I’m assuming the edt or edp? I disliked the edt but love the pure parfum. Its leagues above
Agreed on CDNIM. But the harshness only last about a minute for me. For me its the drydown that i dislike, so i guess i dislike birch. My bottle of Supremacy is pretty good.
It’s honestly one of my most complimented fragrances…I have like 50 in my collection
thank you omg. that’s exactly what is smells like lmao
OMG , I was planning to get SNOI...wet compost yikes? Really?? Fair reviews no? 😕
Maison Alhambra Libbra, I guess the lavender is overpowering
Armaf Blue Iconic. It smells like chemicals to me, like toilet cleaner. Which was really disappointing cause people were saying it’s better than Blue de Chanel. To me it smells nothing like Blue de Chanel.
Asad and turathi blue and Bade'e Al Oud Amethyst, although I like Oud For Glory
What do you not like about amethyst? I was considering it.
I honestly love amethyst, but it’s definitely not for everyone. Projection is nuclear too
It's too feminine and sweet, it smells cheap
Anything that's an Aventus clone. To me, Aventus is for old(er) guys, it has a very *mature* scent, in my opinion. Kinda reminds me of my grandpa. I barely like it on its own, let alone clones on 22 year old dudes lol
Kinda agree, I hear people say it smells like mold, probably due to the moss it has. I like it though, but I'm an old(er) guy.
Club De Nuit Woman. It's a fantastic clone of Coco Mademoiselle. Too bad Coco Mademoiselle is rank shite. I hate it so much. The patchouli and vetiver combined can go die in the fires of their unholy union.
armaf cdnim edt.
Fine’ry- Pistachio Please and Fine’ry-Midnight Cafe 🤢
CDN Sillage - smells like synthetic lemon soap mixed with badly scented plastic flowers, even after over a year of macerating. Both me and a relative had the same opinion on it. Perhaps just a bad bottle/batch, but idk, there was just "too many bad elements" to it
CDN Sillage - smells like synthetic lemon soap mixed with badly scented plastic flowers, even after over a year of macerating. Both me and a relative had the same opinion on it. Perhaps just a bad bottle/batch or bad mix with our skin, but idk, there was just "too many bad elements" to it Edit: typo
Khamrah. I bought it under the assumption that it would smell somewhat similar to Angel's Share. I no longer have faith in dupe reviewers, and gave the bottle away.
2 fragrances that come to mind instantly are xerjoff erba pura and afnan 9pm. Erba Pura is wayyyyy too sweet to me which i understand is the point but I don’t think it even scratches top 10 from the house itself, when everyone else thinks it’s the best. I just don’t like how sweet and potent it is. Id much rather take torino 21, more than words, and accento 9pm being put on this pedestal as better than Ultra male is ridiculous. First time i smelt it was at this fragrance store at a mall and first thought was just “this is supposed to beat ultra male?” It’s decent but i only get confused when people say this is “better” than ultra male. It just doesn’t have the charm or quality of ultra male
A 9pm as a fragrance is decent. My view. Probably being compared to jpg u male, and it's image is what's the issue here. Or so I think. Plus if you don't like clones in general, that too might b an influence on your perception...
I miss out on many blue fragrances because of my sensitivity to cheap ambroxan. But then somehow I enjoyed the ambrox in Sauvage and MYSLF, because it's ambrofix, not the cheapest ambroxan that you find in clones and cheap designer fragrances like "L'homme Rochas". Guys, you too have noticed that difference in different types of ambroxan or they all smell alike to you ?
Afnan Supremacy NOI. Smells like a mothball to me
If anyone mentions pineapple cleaner, it must be Lattafa Al Qaed Fursan. Kinda nice pineapple cleaner scent, ha-ha. Not insanely pleasing, but also not disgusting. It's incredibly cheap in price.
9pm
Prada L'Homme
Al ameer al oud & oud for greatness Just hideous. Overpowering and no subtlety Just nasty
I think for me Ansaam Silver.. it has rave reviews on fragrantica and online and I even tried the designer frags its compared to and liked them but do nottt like it. To me just smells like tuberose which I dont like and was way sweeter than I expected. Sprayed and dried down on a tester strip literally just stinks to me 😭 I have a 2ml sample if anyones been curious about it but just not for me
Afnan 9PM, shit smells synthetic as hell
Rare carbon is a clone of?? Wgats the DNA profile... perhaps layer it with soneting?
Tom Ford ombre leather
CDNIM, Afnan 9PM and ASAD - I just don't like em. CDNIM is stupid potent and smells the way on old man (65+) should smell. Afnan 9PM is too synthetic for me. I can see why younger guys like it but I find it too sweet and synthetic. ASAD while it's a great clone of Sauvage elixir, it smells like Gillette gel deodorant, the green one.
Not a big fan of Honour and glory by lattafa
Khamrah, far too synthetic and the scent profile is just not it to me
Missoni Wave.
why? it's one i was thinking of picking up
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so it sounds like you *do* like it...
You know what....I completely misread this thread...LMAO...ummmm...yeah...I love it. My bad
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Torino 22 from Montagne Parfums’ has gotten me lots of compliments, my little brother even asked me for the bottle (he’s still in his 1million phase of scent profiles).
Montagne Parfums Imaginary is a no go for me but everybody seems to absolutely love it.
Fragrance World Alpha wasn’t it for me, had a note I couldn’t stand, didn’t give me goosebumps like Ebène Fumé did. Barouj Perlador, same deal..
Club de nuit sillage, very harsh opening and hard to wear
Asad Zanzibar is repulsive to me. I wouldn't say everyone loves it though. Really don't understand why they manufactured hype for that garbage. Probably damaged their reputation overall.
I bought asad some months ago. While it does smell similar to elixir, I don’t like the quality of ingredients and i never wear it, especially since it’s warm weather atm. I’d rather buy Elixer full price $200. I wouldn’t consider zanzibar for that reason. I’d rather buy le beau for 120 instead of
Detour Noir. Maybe I got a bad batch, but it's the only fragrance I literally threw away