I’m looking at the harmonist hypnotizing fire perfume on their site and it looks like they have the EDP for $250 and then the parfume for $320, aren’t these both the perfumes?
Wouldn’t a lighter version be EDT?
EDIT: i posted screenshots of what I’m talking about in the comment section
EDIT #2: which version do you prefer? Can you tell me why? Thanks!
Hello fellow fragrance lovers. I found this Cristal Collector Mon Parfum M. Micalleff in the office cabinet at work. Does someone have any info for it, when was it released, does it have any backstory etc?
I browsed the internet trying to find anything even with the barcode, but it seems it is something that was released either long time ago or produced in low numbers.
So I recently bought the discovery set Maison Crivelli offers as I’ve never smelled any of their fragrances, but yet I’ve heard great things about them. On the initial smell test of all of them, I thought they were okay, nothing to write home about EXCEPT ONE. Tubereuse Astrale…. I can’t even put into words how amazing this fragrance is. Fragrances don’t usually knock my socks off as I’m very picky and know my palette, but this fragrance is absolutely amazing. Main accords: floral, sweet, leathery,spicy, and creamy. Performance lasts for hours, much longer than Creed but not longer than a YSL or DS and Durga. Also, I have a lot of niche fragrances that have garnered compliments, but this is easily my most complemented fragrance from the janitor at my office, to the woman at the cash register at my gas station, to the majority of women I walk past at work. This fragrance is ELITE. As for the other fragrances, like I said earlier, I found them okay… the Oud Stallion, which is touted as one of their leading scents, was….okay…just okay. To be fair, I did not test them out on my skin; I tried them on test strips, so I might feel different about them on skin…. I’ll see as I cycle through the set.
Trying again. I really don’t see how this was breaking any rules. Please mods, if it is can you tell me specifically so that I can edit accordingly
Hi all,
I am a long time A&F Fierce user, but my latest bottle was really disappointing in terms of performance. I can barely smell it after 15 minutes on the skin. This sadly leads me to rarely using it.
I have been searching for an alternative, but in my search I stumbled upon a post online from 2 months ago that said that "They've fixed Fierce again" and specifically praised the longevity. This made me curious and hopeful!
Furthermore when looking at reviews on the official website, the ones from 3-4 years ago are very negative, but recent ones are all positive.
Does anyone here know if the reformulated it again recently (within the last couple of years maybe)? My current bottle was probably bought 2-3 years ago but is likely older than that.
I know I can't be the only one here. But I enjoy wearing my fragrances even when I'm at home and doing nothing. Some scents just give me a sense of energy, some make me feel cozy and some just calm me down.
I guess it's not so different to lighting a candle except some of these bottles are pretty expenisve.
So what are your guys go to scents that you use while staying at home? I really enjoy using by the fire place and sometimes I'll just go one spray of Imagination if I'm feeling baller.
Help! My mom bought a perfume from a second hand consignment shop a while back. Maybe 5 years ago. My sister stole it from her during her meth using days, and is no contact now.
My mom has been upset about it for a long time, but only recently told me about this. The problem is she doesn’t remember the name of the perfume.
She said it was in a beveled glass bottle that VERY closely resembles Ari in shape. But is not. The bottle is pink glass. You can see the perfume level in it.
I asked her if it was a clear bottle with pink liquid inside, but she said no, the glass itself was clear pink. She said she is having a hard time finding the color pink it was, but that maybe close ish to Flowebomb Pretty Peony in color, but not as bright.
I’m sorry the details are so vague. If I can figure out what it is, I’d love to purchase another bottle for her. Obviously I would just ask my sister, but she won’t answer any of us and denies having taken it in the past.
I’m hoping a connoisseur here can maybe point me to some products with bottles in a similar style to Ari in shape, that might match the description. She’s not very good at describing notes, but said it was a sweet smelling perfume.
I’m a guy, with probably no hope of figuring this out on me own. As digging deeper I’m not finding much.
Any help is appreciated greatly. Mods I’m so sorry if this post isn’t in alignment with the rules. The reminder kept telling me at the top while I was posting this that it may be deserving of going into Daily Discussion thread. I hope I’m not breaking the rule, as though I’m asking for help finding a perfume, or a recommendation for one. I’m just needing help identifying a vaguely described product.
With my luck this thing is discontinued and lost to time and space. But I know the power of experts in a community like this might be able to help me find it, if anyone can.
Thank you all. If you have any cross posts community recommendations I can try to post in for more help, please recommend them too. I’d love to help reunite her with her favorite fragrance.
My fragrance journey has led me to gates of heaven that is Guerlain. I walked away from my first encounter with this house with several samples, confidently purchased the Eau de Cashmere.
Two samples: Shalimar and Peche Mirage have not landed well on me. Shalimar was plasticky. The Peche went to gasoline on me. But I am a girl for second chances and today spritzed the Shalimar on my sweater and went out for an evening walk. It’s not me, it has a powdery note I don’t love, I won’t purchase, but I didn’t get the plastic when it wasn’t on my skin. So this has me thinking—perhaps scents can be better not applied directly to skin? Thoughts or feedback appreciated!
My mom came to visit me yesterday. When I welcomed her in, I was startled for a second: a faint amber-incense scent came in with her.
I said nothing. I thought I was imagining it. My mom rarely wears fragrance, and she definitely would never wear anything incense-y.
The I went to take a shower. When I came back and sat next to her, I smelled it again. I was hypnotized. At first, I thought maybe I was still smelling incense from earlier, except I hadn't burned any incense that day.
So I asked her, "Do you smell that? That incense smell?"
She said, "It might be me. i just showered at the gym and used this Dove product I only use there."
She showed me the bottle. I opened the cap. I took one deep sniff.
Pure bliss.
That was it: Dove Nourishing Care with Argan Oil.
It smells much better on skin, though. It is warm, ambery, resinous. There's something almost incense-like about it once it settles. And the scent actually lingers on the skin for a few hours.
Anyway, an hour later I was at the store buying it. I tried to find other products with the same scent, but couldn't find anything.
Has anyone else tried it? I am crazy thinking this thing smell like incense or do you guys smell it too?
A Dove product has become my newest obsession and I'm trying to process that with dignity.
Olivier Creed, sixth-generation descendant of James Henry Creed and guardian of The House of Creed's extraordinary heritage has passed away.
In the statement released by The House of Creed, Olivier, described as a visionary creator, devoted his life to perpetuating and reinventing the art of Haute Perfumery.
“Guided by an unwavering pursuit of excellence, he travelled the world in search of the finest raw materials, forging enduring relationships with trusted producers and shaping the House's distinctive Art of Millésime.
Under his creative direction, some of Creed's most iconic fragrances were created, each reflecting his singular talent, curiosity, and uncompromising standards.
His legacy lives on in every Creed fragrance-timeless expressions of elegance that will continue to inspire generations to come.
Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones, and all those whose lives he touched.”
RIP.
Hi, I am going to be in the south of France soon and want to sample some of the diptyque perfumes not available in my country. Are there any Diptyque shops or stockists in the city if nice in France? I am having trouble confirming this via search online.
Recommendations for that waffle cone scent- vanilla, yes, but also burnt sugar and smoke, and maybe a touch of musky sunscreen and pavement because you are in a long line in the hot sun outside an ice cream shop in a coastal town.
I need this ASAP. I tried it and gosh… how beautiful, ethereal, delicate yet strong. A genuine masterpiece, the quality of this is just incredible. Worth the cost I’d say
I don’t really get vanilla though? This thing is extremely green on my skin, anyone else the same?
For my grams birthday, I got her a full size bottle of her late husband’s (my pap) cologne he wore everyday. It was the cheapest on MicroPerfumes, and I saw the good reviews, so I thought why not…
I ordered it Friday. It’s now Wednesday night, and the order still hasn’t shipped. I bought the express shipping too. On my orders page it says “order unfulfilled”. I got a text message friday saying “We will text you once the order ships.” They haven’t texted me. They took the money out of my bank account, so there’s no issue there
Are they usually this slow with shipping orders?
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And just get samples of things I want to try. Recently I got samples of 5-6 LV sents. I also ordered a couple matching dupes... And while the dupes are really good, I have the same problem I have with most clones/dupes.
A bit of back story...
I started off with collection with tom ford Tuscan leather, tabbaco vanille, ombre leather and a few others, I basically got them from a "plug" for dirt cheap, then I ended up picking up some bond 9 mfk and kinda expanded from there.
I recently in the last 4 months loaded up on dupes and clones, a lot of the smell incredibly good. My issue is I notice on my skin 75 percent of them just died after a certain amount of time. I don't think I've gotten a single compliment while wearing dupes/cones which I wear interchangeable with my niche and designer stuff and will get compliments while wearing those. Ive worn my xerjoff and xerjoff ebra pura clone and legitimately only get compliments on the real deal.
Also personally I noticed that the clones tend to end up sticky or kinda sour on me especially if I sweat. The only designer I've had to do that is JPG and I think it's just because of coconut used.
Imo the clones and dupes have a super sharpness to them that I can't really get explain, but they are typically not as smooth as the whatever they are based off.
Could be placebo, but man it sure doesn't seem like it
Got the absolute best early bday gift from my husband! The whole 38 2026 Q1 sample collection from Zoologist. I've only smelled t rex and hummingbird so far (they say to keep it at 2-3 per day) and I can say I'm quite impressed.
T-rex; based on other reviews, I thought I would absolutely despise this. But I'm quite intrigued. It's like no other fragrance I've ever smelled before. Very smokey, very earthy, and not quite as disgusting as I expected. It smells like a wooden ashtray in which incense has been burned.
Hummingbird; WOW. Absolutely beautiful and so well blended. Sort of icy, I think of the colour white and a clear sky. The only other fragrance I've ever had such a 'wow, gorgeous' reaction to was Delina, years ago. I can see this being beast mode, half a spray and the whole room was filled.
Hello! I’m new to fragrances and trying to get out there and smell more smells to grow my collection. I already know I prefer mostly sweet and gourmand scents so I recently went to Ulta to try out their Snif testers because I have heard so many positive and interesting reviews. There were a few that I thought smelled ok initially on the tester strips and I really liked the Swede Tooth one. It smelled exactly like a watermelon jolly rancher to me. I thought about buying the bottle of that then and there but ended up buying the snack pack sample kit which had a sample of that included.
It turned out that the watermelon smell only lasted for about 20 minutes, and what was left on my skin was a kind of resinous woody smell that I think was the cedar note? And I hated it. I was genuinely shocked that something that started out smelling amazing could turn into something that I wanted to escape my own skin to get away from.
I tried out the other ones in that pack as well. The naughty nonna had that same atrocious smell to it as well after 15 minutes, although it does not have that cedar note listed. Crumb couture and soda snob weren’t quite as bad, but I can definitely tell there is something that I think Snif uses in most of their fragrances that doesn’t sit well with me. I wanted to like these but I just couldn’t.
I can’t tell if there is a specific ingredient I need to avoid or if I will just have to give up on Snif and look elsewhere to smell delicious.
It is my all time favorite fragrance. I found one bottle from my childhood, and the scent just brings me immense insane amounts of joy. I am utterly absolutely obsessed with it. I could bathe in it. The type of bottle I have, I can’t even find resales of online.
(Correction… I found 1 posting with the type of bottle I have. Still, very hard to find many.)
It is unfortunately discontinued, and finding any online is scarce. I am unaware of anyone still making it, PLEASE correct me if I’m wrong. I wish there was some way to mass purchase some.
Anyways, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone mention it, and the research I’ve done shows no one else talking about it, but I’m SURE someone must remember. It’s the best scent I’ve ever smelt in my entire life, truly. Nothing tops it.
While I’m at it, if you DO remember it, is there anything that comes close to this smell?
Hello guys, I am travelling to London, Paris and Madrid this year, and would like to know the best place to buy some niche fragrances. I know harrods is amazing, but are the prices better in london or paris? And do you recommend any specific stores to visit?
Also, I will take some planes, is it okay to travel with 4/5 100ml bottles, inside the box, in my backpack?
Hi all! I am truly feeling crazy trying to find a perfume/body spray I would have worn in 2007-2008. It was a fragrance from aerie called Blushing - I have googled it up down and backwards and I can't even find a picture of it? Can't find it on any discontinued fragrance sites, nothing. I can still smell it in my head. Does anyone know what I'm talking about/also remember this, or was it just a years-long fever dream I had in middle school?
I am debating whether it should be three or four and what wohld be the absolute best way to apply them
Edit: They are all minimalist or fairly minimalist scents - Byredo Blanche, Chabaud Au Lait Concentrate, Comme de Garcons Mariselle, Teon de Neige. I think maybe use Comme de Garcons Mariselle and Teon de Neige as base compliment with either Chabaud Au Lait Concentrate or Byredo Blanche, Chabaud Au Lait Concentrate