I usually buy a few samples since 1ml lasts longer than it sounds, but this is the only thing I've ever bought a full bottle of:
https://sucreabeille.com/products/blood-and-bone-with-old-gods-of-appalachia
Beyond that, I really like Imaginary Authors, particularly Sundrunk and Slow Explosions. Really want to try their new glacier named fragrance too, but they aren't selling sample sizes yet :(
Normally I like outdoorsy, foresty, or watery scents. What are your favorites?
I specifically like the smell of when I’m hiking in the woods and come across a grove of pine trees
Vetiver, pine, cedar, minerals. I like to smell like a hike in the mountains.
I'm a big fan of the vetiver blend by Royall Spyce, blends well with my wood and spice beard balm from Proraso. When I do shave I use the Sandalwood cream from Taylor of Old Bond Street.
from comments in a prior thread, i'm waiting for an Imaginary Authors sampler-- excited to smell like a bougie ice cream cone.
but back in the day, i got laid once explicitly simply by using Old Spice after shave; incredible bang for the buck, as it were.
Right now I'm using Leather Skies by All Saints because I'm poor and it's cheap
That sounds really good, I like it when scents have some black pepper in them! I've got an oud wood, vetiver, and black pepper soap bar I'm looking forwards to cracking into
What do leather fragrances smell like? Whenever I think of a leather smell, the first thing that comes to mind is the new car smell or the weird chemical smell on some Chinese products. Both of which make me gag lol. But I don't think fragrances tend to be that literal
I like floral colognes. The best I've found so far is this knock-off of a really expensive one called Layton by Parfums de Marly: https://us.oilperfumery.com/products/parfums-de-marly-layton
It's a lovely unisex mix of jasmine, vanilla, citrus, sandalwood, lavender, and violet.
That same store does another good knock-off of my other favourite, Dior Fahrenheit: https://us.oilperfumery.com/products/christian-dior-fahrenheit . This one is more traditionally masculine-coded. It's still a really complex and florally-dominated scent but there's a big pine and musk element. Unlike the real thing, which I think is out of production now, their knock-off adds more floral counterweight to that. It has a great jasmine and lily of the valley smell. But the difference between the two is like a sour versus a dark beer.
Where/how do you all acquire this stuff? I've never really gotten into it but I think my partner might like for me to spruce up sometimes, I'm a bit of a lout most of the time. Real peasant energy. You just order online?
Yep, just right on their site. There are a few other sites that sell samples of bigger name stuff that you can try, but yeah.
I used to think I liked YSL Y, but it's given me nausea several times and possibly made me vomit once. I even bought the Arab knockoff from Lataffah and that shit made me nauseous as well lol.
Currently I like Ameer al Oud (a clone of By the Fireplace), although it might smell too much like a fireplace (and possibly incense) lol. I like it because it has caramel notes, but I think it's off putting for others.
I might consider Vicebomb because it's cherry and caramel which sounds good to me lol, although I've read that cherry scents can come off as medicinal. It's also $200 for 100 mL which is insane lol. But really I'm in the market for something cherry and not too feminine. Montagne and Dossier are cheaper alternatives that I've heard good things about, but the fragrance world has too many shills that it's hard to find honest opinions.
I'm actually a really big fan of my Moscow Rouge. Some friends got it for me after I showed them the Lady izidhar video on it and it actually smells really nice!
I got a sampler pack of colognes from Dollar Shave Club
fivewait, sixseven years ago, and there's a vanilla, suede and cacao one in there that's been my go-to when I need to fancy it upAll I know about it is that it's called
No.203#202 and it smells pretty damn good for something I only spent like $30 onSandalwood. I use sandalwood-scented beard oil and beard butter. I also like cedar. I think Swagger is cedar-scented, which is the body wash I use.
I also like lavender, vanilla, tea tree oil, peppermint, petrichor, pine, a bunch of other ones. But I don't wear any of those.
yuzu is nice. I don't think it's inherently better than other citrusy fragrances at all but it is something different to what a typical citrus smells like which is nice
I have some very old Ralph Lauren orange scented stuff that I must have been given about a decade ago, thats nice, it'll be sad when its empty
oh that reminds me I should get some more of that lavender soap I like, I deserve to smell cosy
