My finger is on the "buy" button. I want to buy this watch because I'm seeking something understated and smaller. I just looked up some pictures, and the watch appears quite large in every photo I can find, despite the 35mm size. I'm worried that I'm expecting a small watch and might be disappointed by the size.
Is it too similar to the one I already have? I want a 35mm or below watch, and this has been on my list for a while - are there better options I'm unaware of?
Is it too similar to the one I already have? I want a 35mm or below watch, and this has been on my list for a while - are there better options I'm unaware of?
I searched for 20 minutes and could only find 1-2 posts in this subreddit about this fragrance, despite the mods telling me my post was redundant and to "just use the search feature" before posting.... I also said this fragrance had mixed reviews, and was told that if it already has mixed reviews, nothing new will come of posting about this. That simply isn't true. The consensus could've shifted, and the main gripe was that the performance is bad, which some people disputed, and is an opinion that is subject to change. Since no posts have been made about this fragrance in months, I'd love to know if opinions have changed, or if it has been improved performance-wise. I wear Angels Share as a daily driver, so I want to buy this to supplement my real bottle. I'd love to know - how close is this to the OG? Does it stand well on its own?
I had an iffy/bad experience with a couple discounters recently, and ended up returning a bottle of Baccarat Rouge Extrait and Angels Share. Today, I repurchased them directly from MFK and Kilian, for over $100 more each. I just worried that if I bought them from discounters again, I could have a bad experience again, so I opted for peace of mind. Does anyone do this too, or should I have just tried different discounters?
Oddly enough, the little old Seiko NHxx movement is one of the most accurate in my collection. Solid watch, even if it's overpriced.
Over the past few weeks, I've been searching for alternatives to Angels' Share to wear around the house, to make my bottle last longer. I was recommended two fragrances by the perfumer who made Angels' Share, Benoist Lapouza: Fervo Intenso by Granado ($165/75ml) and Sand Desert at Sunset Intense by Zara ($45/100ml). I got a decant of Fervo, and was so impressed that I almost impulse bought Zara's fragrance. I did buy Montagne's interpretation of Angels' Share, but I really want to get one of these two fragrances by Lapouza. There are almost no reviews of Sand Desert on Reddit, and the reviews I could find were all very mixed and complained of bad performance. Has anyone tried this fragrance? How is it?
I recently placed an order for Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait, and when I received it, it was far weaker than my sample of the fragrance, as well as the bottle of the EDP I owned. I returned it to Olfactory and I'm awaiting a refund. Of course, now, I'm stressing over my other bottles I purchased from them, and I'm worried my 100ml bottle of Angels' Share may be weak, as well as the 50ml bottle I nearly finished. I'm fairly certain I'm just being paranoid, so I'd love to hear some thoughts, since this is the main seller I buy from. For peace of mind, I think I will start buying from the houses directly.
Recently, replied to a TikTok asking for recommendations with some of my favorites from my collection: Angels Share, Baccarat Rouge Extrait, Gentle Fluidity Silver, SWY Parfum, Lazy Sunday Morning, etc. I'm well aware of how generic my taste is, and I'm not ashamed of it - I like what I like and I can't control it. Someone replied to me saying "TikTok taste," so I went to his profile, and his collection was full of Prada L'Homme, YSL Myslf, Gucci Guilty, popular Xerjoffs, etc. I was so confused. This guy also has "TikTok taste;" so why is he coming after me? I think the vast majority of us have "generic" taste because most people inevitably enjoy popular colognes. So I don't understand why some people decide to be pretentious about it.
New candle, and a question for those who use warmers!
I was debating whether or not to spend $120 on a candle because I already spend so much on fragrances, and I almost bought a dupe, but something possessed to me to pull the trigger, partially because I use a warmer and my candles all last a very long time. I don't know much about candles, but it fills the room with scent nicely without being overbearing, and it looks wonderful under the warmer. Very happy with the purchase! On a side note, this is a new warmer to replace an old one that I got tired of, and the instructions said to pour out wax after every 5-6 uses. Is this something I have to do? It feels wasteful. And how much wax exactly?
I recently gave my bottle of BR540 EDP to my mom for mothers' day, and bought myself a bottle of the Extrait, since I had a decant of it and thought it was much better. The EDP had decent longevity/projection, but it was a bit weak for my taste, and my sample of the Extrait was much stronger, which is a big part of why I got it.
Fast forward to now, I've worn the Extrait twice, and it projects for 2 hours max, then becomes a very weak skin scent. 6 hours later, it's completely undetectable on skin, and I have to bury my nose in my shirt to smell it. I know it's not an issue of being noseblind, because none of my friends can smell it.
Is this just an issue of maturity? I'm guessing my decant was much more mature than my new bottle, but I am a bit concerned.
I recently gave my bottle of BR540 EDP to my mom for mothers' day, and bought myself a bottle of the Extrait, since I had a decant of it and thought it was much better. The EDP had decent longevity/projection, but it was a bit weak for my taste, and my sample of the Extrait was much stronger, which is a big part of why I got it.
Fast forward to now, I've worn the Extrait twice, and it projects for 2 hours max, then becomes a very weak skin scent. 6 hours later, it's completely undetectable on skin, and I have to bury my nose in my shirt to smell it. I know it's not an issue of being noseblind, because none of my friends can smell it.
Is this just an issue of maturity? I'm guessing my decant was much more mature than my new bottle, but I am a bit concerned.
Two of my favorite fragrances are Baccarat Rouge 540, and Angels Share. I purchased the EDP of BR540 for $277 2 months ago, and a week ago, I bought the $400 extrait. With Angels' Share, I got a $200 50ml bottle a month ago, and a 100ml bottle for $300. I'm not bragging, there's a point to this. Importantly, I order hundreds of decants, and out of curiosity, I bought some samples of some dupes - mostly because I wanted cheap alternatives to wear to bed, and also to see why people rave about dupes. Out of everything I tried, Royal Blend by French Avenue, and Shobi's Angels' Share dupe both got VERY close to AS, Shobi's dupe being almost 90% similar upon dry down. When I tried Le Bon Bon Intense/Le Bon Bon by Montagne, my mood got even worse: they smelled almost identical to the fragrance I just payed $400 for. All these dupes have some differences to the OGs, especially in the openings, but who cares? The Montagen dupes and Royal Blend are noticeably weaker, but for $360/$160 less, that's a non-factor. I'm genuinely upset; I just pretty much wasted 100s. I'm gonna buy one of the Le Bon Bons, and the Shobi Angels' Share dupe, both to wear to bed and maybe to work, and save the real things as much as I can (I don't sell bottles).
I don't know why but I'm more attracted to this watch than any of my other watches! I love a couple of them almost as much, but my Baltic gets the most wrist time by far. I'm even thinking about selling off a couple of my other watches just because I see no point in having watches I don't wear. The odd thing is, my Aquascaphe isn't even that accurate compared to my other pieces, I lose like 15 seconds per day, but it doesn't bother me. It just looks so good, it goes with every outfit, it's versatile, and, I mean, just look at it!!
I don't know why but I'm more attracted to this watch than any of my other watches! I love a couple of them almost as much, but my Baltic gets the most wrist time by far. I'm even thinking about selling off a couple of my other watches just because I see no point in having watches I don't wear. The odd thing is, my Aquascaphe isn't even that accurate compared to my other pieces, I lose like 15 seconds per day, but it doesn't bother me. It just looks so good, it goes with every outfit, it's versatile, and, I mean, just look at it!!
When I initially purchased this, I fully expected a full-sized bottle of lotion based on reviews I saw and the image on Kilian's website. Instead, as you can see, the bottle is quite small. For $90, I expect much more. However, the initial disappointment faded instantly when I put this on. Not only does it smell exactly like Angels' Share, it surprisingly has very good projection. What's more, a little goes a long way. A couple small pumps was enough for both of my hands, and enough to make them smell incredible. I tend to have dry skin and I'm never incentivized to moisturize with normal lotion, now I'm actually happy to wear it! Obviously this will also be incredible to layer with Angels' Share, which I plan to do tomorrow (I'm wearing Gentle Fluidity Silver today). Overall, the value gets a 4/10, but the product itself gets a solid 9/10. Completely overpriced but also somehow worth it.
I've been doing a hunt for the best Angels' Share/Baccarat Rouge inspired candles and lotions, something I've seen very little discussion about. I will only discuss candles on this post, because I caved and bought Kilian's $90 Angels' Share lotion.
Here are the options I found that are said to be inspired by/smell like Baccarat (I'm sure there are many more):
- MFK makes a Baccarat Rouge Candle for $125. I could go with this, but I just spent $90 on Angels' Share lotion which is absurd enough, and I feel ridiculous spending that much on a candle.
- Quince's candle called "Oud Rouge" for $24.
- House of Monac's $20 candle called "540."
- Perfume Parlour's candle called "Card Red Surplus - 1850" for $32. Sadly, their US site isn't working, and their international site doesn't have candles...
- Salt and Stone's $49 candle called "Safron & Cedar."
- DW Home's $18 candle called "Rouge."
Here are some options for Angels' Share:
- The First Burn's $32 candle called "She Talks to Angels."
- Perfume Parlour also makes an Angels' Share-inspired candle, this time for $36 called "Saintly S," with the same issue of the site not working.
- House of Monac also makes a sold-out $20 Angels' Share-inspired candle called "Divine."
- Overose's candle, "Bourbon Vanilla Apple Pie," retailing at $60.
- Joocier's $38 candle called "Cherub."
- Unfortunately, Kilian does not make an Angels' Share candle.
Edit: Scentemy also has a Baccarat Rouge-inspired candle and an Angels' Share-inspired candle for $40 each.
These are all the options I could find after scouring Reddit and the internet for a couple hours. Unfortunately, I am skeptical of all of them besides MFK's candle, because I have seen VERY few Reddit/online discussions about these, many of them never being mentioned once - I guess this is a niche topic! Let me know if you have some better options!
TLDR: I found a lot of options inspired by both Angels' Share and Baccarat Rouge, but since there are almost no reviews/discussions about any of these products, I will probably just buy the official Maison Francis Kurkdjian candle.
I've recently been on a hunt for candles (as well as creams) that are inspired by my two favorite fragrances. For the purpose of this post, I'll only speak of Angels' Share. On my hunt, I stumbled upon a few companies that make scented candles inspired by perfumes: House of Monac, and Perfume Parlour. House of Monac has none of their "Divine" (the dupe name they use) candles in stock, and Perfume Parlour's US website isn't working, while their UK website doesn't offer candles. I could still buy a lotion from either of these brands (or buy the actual Angels' Share/Baccarat Rouge lotions), but I'm still on the hunt for a candle! Any help? Edit: there's also a company called thefirstburn that has one, but I can't find reviews.
My favorite fragrances in my collection are Angels' Share and Baccarat Rouge. I've been burning through both, partially because I wear them to bed. What are some of the best 1:1 clones for these?
I find when I look into dupes, there are so many options and so many mixed reviews for each that I can't decide. I would love some help!