r/PerfumeIndia

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This fragrance has become incredibly potent since I bought it a year ago! I used to save it for cold nights, but now I'm worried it's too strong and might give people headaches. Even though it's super intense, I adore the coffee note, so I've repurposed it as a one spray room freshener!

This is my last one month perfume buys, everyone is a blind buy and I am buying all these according to youtube suggestions. Fragrance I bought varies from 300 to 5000 last. All are in the maceration period. IDK whether it's good or not cause I didn't like the first expression of max. Fragrances.

I recently started my perfume collection journey, I got the em5 most wanted which is one of the best that I've tried, but as I wanted to expand it, there's a deal going on olga's website which says buy any 2 at 799 that would be 100ml each. So I've researched a bit about both of them, and the longevity is expected around 5-6hrs. Can anyone advice me if this will be a good buy? or can someone suggest some other crazy ones that I can buy under 1k? As a starter for compliments ykwim Mostly | like subtle and citrusy fragnances, but a bit classy and should smell nice as they settle in. i'm 20 male mostly for all seasons and day/night occasions

Everything here is under ₹300, only EM5 Constant around ₹450.

I’m ranking these based on the overall combination of scent quality, complexity, performance, projection and how premium they feel, rather than simply asking which one lasts the longest.

🥇 TIER 1: Best & Most Recommended

1. EM5 Constant

Inspired by Narciso Rodriguez Bleu Noir

Fresh • Premium • Complex

The best overall perfume in my collection. It feels fresh, premium and complex, with noticeable changes throughout the wearing experience. The performance is also excellent.

It takes a little time to appreciate the fragrance, but once you do, it becomes the most complete perfume in my collection.

2. Wild Stone Edge

Invictus-style DNA

Fresh • Sweet • Aquatic • Uplifting

Honestly, this is probably the best perfume I own.

What I love most about Edge is how uplifting and fresh it feels. What really separates it from most of my other budget perfumes is the evolution. The fragrance changes noticeably over time, becoming warmer and deeper as it settles instead of smelling almost identical throughout.

The performance is also very good, especially when I'm indoors or not travelling around on a bike.

For the price, the combination of uplifting scent + evolution + performance makes Edge one of my strongest recommendations.

3. StudioWest Man – Bergamot & Oakmoss

Aventus-style DNA

Fresh • Fruity • Smoky • Premium

Very premium-smelling, fresh and fruity-smoky. The scent quality is excellent and it gives a refined experience.

The only major problem is performance. It lasts under 2 hours on me.

4. Engage YIN

Fresh • Citrus • Premium

Fresh, citrusy and premium-smelling, with a bergamot character that I really enjoy.

Again, the scent quality is much better than the longevity.

5. Park Avenue Set

Elegant • Spicy/Fresh • Night-friendly

Harmony, Euphoria, Conquer & Discoverer

All four smell surprisingly elegant and premium for their price, with around 4+ hours on clothes.

Euphoria is spicy and elegant, while Conquer is greener and refreshing.

Their biggest weakness is that they are relatively linear and don't change dramatically over time.

6. Engage Pocket Perfume Set

Fresh • Citrus • Easy-going

Mostly fresh, citrusy and easy to wear.

The brown variant stands out with a spicy-fresh character and around 4+ hours of performance. Another has a noticeable Edge/Invictus-style DNA.

The regular Engage pocket spray isn't particularly interesting to me. It basically smells like soap without much complexity.

7. Bella Vita 5 ml Tester Set

Complex • Strong • High projection

This set contains three perfumes: Night Fever, Dynamite and Upsilon.

Night Fever is my favourite. It is very complex, rich and has a lot going on.

Dynamite is probably the strongest projector and performer of the three.

Upsilon is also a good perfume, with a pleasant and well-rounded profile.

The set has some of the strongest projection and most complex profiles in my collection. The only reason it isn't higher is that the projection can become overwhelming if you overspray.

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🥈 TIER 2: Good Performers, But With Limitations

Wild Stone Liquid Perfume Range

This includes Iridium, Copper, Steel, Titanium and the other liquid-perfume variants, excluding Edge.

Iridium — Inspired by Dior Sauvage

Spicy • Fresh • Aromatic

There is a noticeable alcohol blast initially, but after around 10 minutes it settles into a very pleasant spicy-fresh fragrance.

Performance is genuinely good, with 5+ hours on clothes in my experience.

Steel — Acqua di Giò-style DNA

Fresh • Slightly Sweet • Aquatic

Fresh and slightly sweeter, with good performance and an easy-to-wear profile.

Titanium — Invictus-style DNA

Fresh • Sweet • Aquatic

Sweet, fresh and aquatic, with good longevity for the price.

Copper & other variants

Fresh/Spicy

Decent budget performers with different scent profiles, although they don't have the refinement or complexity of Tier 1.

One variant in this range also smells almost exactly like Wild Stone Edge, but feels like a cheaper version of it.

The biggest limitation across this category is the alcohol opening and simpler liquid-perfume construction. But considering the price, the performance is genuinely impressive.

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🥉 TIER 3: Lower Quality / Not Recommended

Brit Accent: Canyon, Dune, Rain Forest & Depth of Ocean

Canyon & Dune

Night • Woody • Warm

These have some redeeming qualities. They smell reasonably good and are somewhat different from the rest of the collection. They also work better as night fragrances and have decent longevity.

Rain Forest & Depth of Ocean

Fresh • Aquatic/Green

These are weaker. Performance is poor, and the alcohol opening is much more noticeable, giving them a cheaper overall impression.

Arabian Aroma Emperor

Inspired by YSL Y Le Parfum

Fresh • Sweet • Aromatic

Currently the weakest perfume I own.

I paid only ₹118, so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt. The bottle may have a bad or defective batch because online reviews are considerably better.

My experience is very poor: an extremely harsh alcohol blast, enough to make me cough, followed by almost no identifiable scent.

So I'm keeping the possibility of a bad batch open rather than completely writing off the fragrance.

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One Practical Tip

For these budget liquid perfumes, spray on clothes and carry a small bottle for a quick respray about 5 minutes before reaching your destination, especially after travelling by bike.

discuss the scent profiles and performance. need a clean soapy fresh fragrance for all weathers.

I have perfumes for winter, Ive been struggling on what to get for summer

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Hero — Easily my favourite from the bunch. Aquatic, salty and a little soapy. Very easy to wear and feels perfect for daily/office use. Around 1 hour of decent projection and I get roughly 6 hours on skin.

King — Opening is probably the best here. Nutty vanilla + fresh-cut woody smell in the background. But after like 5 mins, most of the sweetness disappears and it becomes mainly woody. 🥲 Wish the opening lasted longer. Longevity is decent.

Icon — Gives me almost CDNIM vibes but with an extra burnt/smoky touch. Smoky citrus, and definitely needs some time to settle. Once it does, it’s basically a linear CDNIM-ish smell with that burnt nuance. Decent longevity.

Chief — Most generic/common smelling of the four for me. Opening is a strong green/medicinal blast 💀 but after around 15 mins it settles into a nice sandalwood-ish drydown. Projection and longevity are probably better than the others though. Overall, just okay.

Overall: Presentation is actually pretty nice and the atomizers are decent. For ₹400, I’d say they’re fine if you just want to try different cheapies without expecting miracles.

Don’t buy these expecting beast mode + nuclear projection 👏😅

What’s the lowest price I should look for in India? Also, where can I buy them from a trusted seller?

As a 17 year old it was tough to get these perfumes aswell

Okay, I fell for the hype. And honestly, Whiskey Smoke is a banger, so I can’t even be mad about that one. But the rest of this experiment? Financially irresponsible.

Blue Curse — Turns out, the curse is actually on the person who bought it.

The opening is basically an alcoholic explosion, and then… nothing. Gone. Vanished. Reduced to a faint memory. They’ll tell you there are notes of water lily and white musk, but my nose apparently has been blacklisted from the fragrance industry.

₹300 down. Never to be recovered.

Sea Borne — Synthetic pineapple. That’s the review.

A loud, artificial pineapple blast in the opening, followed by absolutely nothing. Another ₹300 sacrificed to the alcohol gods.

So here I am, once again, wondering:

Why do I keep doing this to myself?

I see hype.

I see a ₹300 price tag.

I lose all critical thinking.

Apparently, this is my fragrance journey now. 🤡

Should be long lasting and very similar to the og.

Dior Sauvage,

Bleu De Chanel

BDC

I am so incredibly disappointed right now. I recently bought a 50ml bottle of Ajmal Ascend EDP from Blinkit, and it is completely useless.

Here is my honest breakdown:

• The Hype: I fell for it. I purchased this blindly after watching a glowing influencer review video. Worst mistake ever.
• Performance & Projection: Non existent. I did 8 to 10 sprays today. Within 15 minutes, the projection completely died out. No one around me could smell a thing.
• Longevity: It becomes a very weak skin scent almost instantly. Total longevity is barely 1 hour before disappearing completely.
• The Bottle/Volume: To make matters even worse, looking at the bottle, it does not even feel like a full 50ml.

Do not fall for the social media hype like I did. This is a total waste of money. Has anyone else had such a terrible experience with this one, or did I just get a bad batch?

Just received my rue broca theoram ordered from ivory scents...

Ordered from ivory after seeing lots of review..

Smell is exactly like decant (bought decant from sovereign scents)..

It took little bit time for delivery but nonetheless it was good experience overall..

Ivory scents replying all queries within minutes...

Put my theoram on maceration now .. cannot wait to review

edit -initial impression

first of all I am new in fragrance world so in raw language

definately not pan masala type smell..i don't know much about notes but it's definitely not pan masala.. opening is citrus type and after few minutes spicy bubblegum type .. according to me all weather smell