Well what can I say, I’ve really been enjoying this classic, masculine fragrance. I think it was my SOTD on Saturday and today I wore it again. Love it and love it more because my wife gifted to me, she also loves it so it’s a win win. Very clean and aromatic at the opening, it has a good projection for the first two hours, it does not have the longevity it needs but it gets the job done. Hope you had a good day Gents!

Fahrenheit / Dior — cool wet day, again, perfect day to pull out the petrol and leather masterpiece

This is one of my first colognes that I bought when I started out. Whenever I smell, it brings me back when I was studying abroad during my first year. I always wore it out during those times. This cologne is a safe buy and affordable, recommend if you want to start your cologne game.

And i don’t just mean boring generic ones like “Performance is important”, I mean like your smoking hot takes on this. Start off simple, and as they go on, they get progressively hotter. Be respectful, but also don’t hold back! This is a safe space, and we all respect the subjectivity of this hobby :) I’ll go first. 1- Parfums de Marly is a highly overrated house, and not worthy of the true niche title to me. I might be a bit of a Charlatan for saying this, and i’m aware that the term niche can apply to a lot of fragrance houses, but as i’ve really done my research and understood it better, i’ve realized the quality isn’t there, compared to other niche brands like Roja and Clive Christian. You’re paying absurd amounts of money for something that smells designer in quality. Theres no doubt that they’re still great scents, but to me personally, pale in comparison to brands like Diptyque and Le Labo. 2- Synthetics aren’t bad… but blending determines quality. Now, considering the knowledge and wisdom here, most of you probably already know that, but hey, i need to admit that i didn’t realize this sooner. A lot of ingredients in affordable fragrances are synthetic aromachemicals. And that’s not a bad thing. They improve performance, add room for unique notes or experimental ideas, and also cut costs. The difference between good and bad synthetics is the quality of chemicals used, and the way they’re blended. Compare Mancera to Diptyque. Mancera is a performance beast house, but to me personally, a lot of their scents, especially in the openings aren’t the best blended, especially scents like Red Tobacco. Drydowns are good on a lot of them, but the blend quality is still there. Then compare it to a house like Diptyque. They might not be as loud as Mancera, but a lot of people wouldn’t even be able to guess they use synthetics in their fragrances. It’s because of how well blended the scents and ingredients are. The key for me is, every brand uses synthetics, what separates the good from the bad is how detectable those synthetics are.

Which is the best JPG Le Beau? (From these 3)