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Company looks promising and fundamentals also looking solid.

Profitability is improving much faster than sales. FY26 PAT grew ~22%, while revenue grew ~5%. EBITDA also increased ~22%. This indicates significant margin expansion/operating leverage.

Margins have improved substantially: EBITDA margin went from 12.8% → 14.4% → 16.6% between FY24 and FY26, while PAT margin went from 8.0% → 10.4% → 12.1%.

Balance sheet is relatively strong. Borrowings fell dramatically from ₹41.2 crore in FY24 to ₹7.6 crore in FY25, although they increased to ₹17.8 crore in FY26.

Hey folks, Hope yall doing fine.

These are what I spent my money on the past few months.

1. Armaf Odyssey GoMango: My most recent one, always wanted a frag that smells like photorealistic mangoes, tried a decant of vulcan fue, didn't like it tbh, then I scourged through the internet and found this and mykonos dreamscape, the later is super hard to find nowadays and is expensive as well. This cost me 2k and didn't bother getting a decant since it was already cheap.

Absolutely loved this one, smells like frooty but I love it, all year round frag. Not everyone's cup of tea though and definitely not office friendly lol, coworkers thought I poured frooty all over my dress.

Scent: 7/10

Projection: 9/10

Longetivity: 6/10 (may improve after maturation ig)

2. Afnan Tribute Blue: Oh boy, this one was a blind buy for me, was looking for a fresh and green scent like YSL Y (big fan), this was more on the expensive side but the notes compelled me to buy it and I did. Did it deliver?? Hell Yeah. This smells 80% like Jamun for some reason and reminded me of my younger days when I used to go jamun hunting with my friends. Brought back so many fond memories. Not a scent I expected but I'm very much happy nonetheless. Smells fresh too at the same time. Projects and lasts long too.

Scent: 9/10

Projection: 9/10

Longetivity: 9/10

3. Salient Shrine by XACT perfumes: This is from a new house, and they mostly clone stuff but this one is their original creation. Bought it just out of curiosity but didn't end up getting disappointed. Quality wise it is very good but very feminine leaning. I got too much florals from this and didnt really like it that much, the drydown becomes woodier and vetivery and much apt for colder climates. This to me feels like one of those scents that tries to be a lot of things, something like an unfinished painting, but my girl liked it, she did agree it smelled feminine but she liked it very much, also projects and lasts good long, amd she's got a lot of compliments with this. I'd say this is a perfect office scent for peeps who love florals. FYI I'm not promoting anything, just want people who deserve attention get their due. He has many other good clones as well and creates new ones every week or so. Do check him out. I got this for like 1k for 50ml.

Scent: 6/10 (GF rating: 8/10)

Projection: 8/10

Longetivity: 10/10 (not kidding, lasts infinitely long on clothes)

4. YSL LIBRE LE PARFUM: A scent primarily marketed towards the feminine counterpart, but I say fuck that shit, let's wear what we want. Smelled it at Tira while contemplating whether I should get another YSL Y bottle or not. Man smelled so fucking good to me. This is one of those designers that I can comfortably call "niche" . The initial spray gives off a boss chick vibe but the drydown becomes very much unisex, Bought it at sale last month from Tira and never looked back. (The dent speaks for itself). Even my dad who's not much of a perfume guy (the only one he wears is YSL Y and Brut lmao) loved it and asked me to buy another bottle lol. Trust me guys, the opening may seem sharp and feminine but what I feel overall is that this is fairly unisex. It's sweet and citrusy. The honey note in this makes the sweetness a bit more unisex leaning. Pulled off a few compliments in the office with this one and nobody felt it was feminine tbh. Not blind buy safe though. Definitely check this out in a store, it's pretty much available everywhere.

Scent:10/10

Projection: 10/10

Longetivity: 8/10

Copped em all black

Touched my max heart rate today. Pushed VO2 to my max.

Was just casually strolling around the mall and this suddenly caught my eye, I never knew we had a boutique in India.

Instantly rushed to the place, a lady greeted me very warmly. Man I couldn't stop smiling, it was like I found heaven on earth. Tested almost everything out there and was genuinely feeling bad for doing this, but I won't have this opportunity anytime soon. The saleswoman was also quite polite (Ig she understood). Was wearing Ysl y edp and she instantly recognised that. We talked a little about perfumes. Asked her for a discount and she laughed it off lol.

Coming to personal three favourites.

1. Amouage Outlands: Man this is soo fucking goated, no wonder people glaze it like some immortality elixir. Prolly the most expensive there. To me it smelled like DSE on steroids. Very earthy, green, vanilla, tonkas, ambery...all of these just blasted into my nostrils. I just couldn't contain it, felt like I need 10 more pairs of nostrils. All of those notes playing an orchestra in my nose. The smell ..so overwhelming. Today I understood the true definition of niche.

2. Amouage Interlude: This one seemed to be a toned down version of outlands to me, for people feeling the other has a bug repellent feel, this would be a better choice, this for me smells adventurous, subtle and doesn't blast you with a lot of notes upfront. A very nutty smell associated with it which smells like you're in a jungle. Something I would wear for a jungle safari. The spiciness is also very balanced with the perfect touch of incense. God I still can't comprehend the quality of these.

3. Amouage reflection: The most popular of this house and for the right reason. I personally despise florals in men's fragrances but this one has done it right. My worst blind buy (Prada lhomme intense) had me staying away from powdery scents but this one had me going "damnnn". I love jasmine and I think this is the best out there, this has to be the best out there, there's no way you can do better than this. Absolute flowers with this one. I would wear this if I have an interview and my interviewer was a 40+ year old woman.

Never in my life had I thought I would get to smell Amouage this soon. I can very well afford decants and if I squeeze I can buy it now for retail, but I think now's not the right time. Anyways I've gotten a taste of it, I will come back maybe not anytime soon, but I will. Mission Amouage.

Fellow fragheads living in blr, yall can check it out too.