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I need help finding a fragrance and I don’t necessarily know what I’m looking for in terms of scent but let me describe the thought I want to evoke by scent alone (lmao) :

I want to smell like a pretty boy in a nicely tailored suit in like 1960s Europe in a smoky jazz bar smoking a cig and drinking a nice whiskey

So I definitely lean more toward cologne and I do not like smelling sweet or delicate I def want it to be masculine and I have a scentbird and I buy random things that seem appealing as I find them but everything I’m finding is soooooo sweet

My current go-to is to layer an APO Givenchy Gentleman dupe and Maison Margiela Jazz Club and that’s nice but it isn’t exactly what I want

If you know fragrance pls help a gal out bc I’m going crazy looking through forums and I’m so clueless

#also not looking to spend an arm and a leg esp if I can’t go somewhere and smell it in person #also I like to smell strongly I like to leave an impression #cognoscenti #fragrance #perfume #cologne #perfumer #fragrance collection #fragrancista #perfumista #fraghead #help #p

Geoff, you're the. man. ever.

I'm always on the verge of literal tears when thinking about this guy having the same level of olfactory obsession that I do. Like genuine fuzz fuzz happy tears🥹. Go fragheads🥰

I love you Geoff. You're so fucking DOPE.

#geoff rickly #man you smell good #get out the skank Sir #thursday #perfume #thursday band #your honor i love him #perfumista #also when he said there are certain frags Liza won't let him wear to sleep lol like fistbump sir🤣#skank glorious skank #who doesn't love to smell like barnyard i cannot fathom 😆

Have you smelled this perfume?

Have you smelled Cloud by Ariana Grande?

Yes

Never heard of it

Voting ended onNov 28, 2023

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It's all perfume.

On the topic of unnecessary gendering of products:

Did you know that the "men wear cologne, women wear perfume" convention is technically wrong? In the cosmetics world, it's all perfume. Then, based on concentration of perfume ingredients vs. alcohol (or other carrier material), it's a body splash, an eau de cologne, an eau de toilette, an eau de parfum, or other options. But "perfume" is the correct general term. Yes, males. You wear perfume. Hate to break it to you. But you can use the term "scent" or "fragrance" if you can't abide the word "perfume."

"Cologne," to add to the confusion, can also mean a specific style of perfume, named after the city in Germany, typically featuring a lot of citrus and herbal notes.

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Three fragrances that smell like the outdoors in their own way. Colorado by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. This is one that smells like you’re deep in a dark wood - pine trees and dried sap is what you’ll get this. Imaginary Authors The Soft Lawn. Literally freshly cut grass in the summer, wet and bitter. St. Clair Scents Gardener’s Glove. Fruits, florals, soil, and the soft leather of a gardening glove, it’s all in there. I like to wear these when I’m stuck inside or when I know I’m going to be inside. They’re good weekday scents for that. I think my favourite thing about perfumes is that they can really take you somewhere else. Do you have a favourite fragrance that takes you somewhere else? #perfume #fragrance #indieperfumer #nicheperfume #perfumista #fraghead #imaginaryauthors #thesoftlawn #perfumelover https://www.instagram.com/p/CblvbajrfSK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today I'm sharing three fragrances I have a love-hate relationship with:

Place Vendome by Boucheron

I actually don't like this fragrance at all. I'm ashamed to admit that I bought it purely because of the gorgeous heavyweight bottle. Otherwise, I find the syrupy concoction of benzoin, honey and praline headache inducing. That bottle though....

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Magie Noire by Lancome

This is a masterpiece with a gorgeous opening. I love ylang ylang and it is blended beautifully here with Bulgarian rose and raspberry. My bottle is not the original but it is older (from over a decade ago) so it still contains oakmoss, vetiver and civet. And that civet is where the problems begin and end for me. On my skin all the wonderful floral and aromatic notes give way to pure civet. And I like a little skank, but no matter how I try, this always becomes stale urine on my skin. In St. Lucian folklore and kweyol, a magie nwe is one of the many ghouls that haunts your sleep at night. Sadly Magie Noire is more monstrous than magical for me. I'm still going to hold onto it forever!

------------------------ Arpege by Lanvin This is the perfume which taught me about indolic jasmine. This is a complex perfume with a gorgeous progression--just not on my skin. My body chemistry transforms Arpege into something sweaty and almost fecal. Much like Magie Noire, I appreciate the artistry that went into it, can't bring myself to give it away, but these are definitely the wrong kind of 1-2 punch I'm going for.

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