Strong as all hell. I just got out of the shop after the lady was nice enough to spray some on a strip, and then on my hand. It’s about to be released on Tuesday so they didn’t have it on display just yet. Remember the following. The projection from this is insane. It’s on my forearm and I’m walking down the street and I can smell it like I sprayed it on my neck. I have a scent bubble around me from my goddamn forearm. It’s very spicy, very woody, tad sweet. I gotta explore it some more but goddamn.

This has been on my radar since I got my hands on Art of Arabia 1, which I like a lot. I’ve never smelled blue talisman which is this frags inspo. First impressions are that it’s opening is nice and light and fresh, but not long after I feel like it starts to lean feminine. Is it just me 🤔? This is obviously a warmer weather scent but I figured what the heck. I can’t say yet if it’s bottle worthy and at the same time I’m glad I didn’t buy it blind. Sample first sometimes boys. Enjoy the day frag fam. Smell great.

I’m a fan of the Club de nuit intense line and I have a 30ml version of the pure parfum and the limited edition parfum. Big fan of both. Pure Parfum is earthier, muskier and Limited Edition is fruitier but what I’m really curious about is trying the Extrait de parfum! I have never tried the original and I understand that the Extrait is the original edt formula but richer, deeper, more concentrated. Has anyone tried Extrait de Parfum yet and what do you think of it? I don’t have it yet because I live in the UK and it’s just not available yet.

I finally got Armaf’s Club De Nuit Precieux! Goddamn it gents! Another winner. These guys are good at this. I still regard Club de nuit intense LE as my favorite fragrance but this is good. I need to get my hands on CDNIM Extrait de parfum but I live in UK and it’s supposedly not available here just yet. I also have Afnan’s Supremacy Collector’s edition and I’m a fan. My girlfriend also loves it when I wear it. The differences between the two are as follows: Club de nuit Precieux is a lot more woodier, deeper and heavier of a wear. It’s sweet in the beginning but then it dries down into a woody, ambery, musky, peppery and leathery and white floral thing. Supremacy does the same thing where it starts sweet from in the beginning but it sort of maintains that note and it’s still musky and woody but it’s a lot fresher and more airy to me like it’s difused whereas Precieux is more intimate and like I said deeper. Supremacy lasts a long time like 9-10 hours and projects for at least 2-3 hours. This one I have yet to test to see what the performance on my skin will be like. One thing I can say is I can’t stop smelling the bugger. It’s phenomenal. Tomorrow’s gonna be fun. What do you gents think of this?

When you think of a men’s fragrance, what’s the first quality that comes to mind? Is it the actual notes? The story behind it? How it makes you feel? Or is it more about the context, the image, the status, or the mood it evokes?