There are three meaningful developments this week, and one is a major fragrance-business move. The biggest is Interparfums signing an exclusive worldwide fragrance license with Puma on September 22. Interparfums will take over the creation, production, and worldwide distribution of Puma fragrances, with the first new signature fragrance planned for 2027. The agreement runs through December 31, 2037. Interparfums has been building an increasingly large fragrance portfolio, so this is much more than a one-off celebrity-style release. Upstream, MANE announced a €45 million investment in a new fragrance creation center in Bar-sur-Loup, France, while Symrise inaugurated a new production facility in Grasse for its Lautier 1795 natural-ingredient operation. These investments matter because they're going into the actual infrastructure behind fine fragrance creation and the production of fragrance compounds and premium natural materials rather than consumer marketing. There is also a new niche release that looks worth knowing about: Perfumer H launched Clay on September 24, created by Lyn Harris. It's built around a baked-clay accord, with charred woods, sandalwood, cedarwood, orange flower, maltol, and Ambroxan. The concept came from Harris's travels through Morocco's Haouz Valley and High Atlas Mountains. It's the kind of unusual, material-driven concept I consider more interesting than the routine designer flankers released this week. One regulatory point is also worth keeping on the radar: The International Fragrance Association says the upcoming 52nd Amendment is expected to introduce 48 new restriction Standards, primarily addressing dermal sensitization, with formal notification expected in January 2027. That's not a new restriction issued this week, so I wouldn't treat it as a fresh alarm, but it's the regulatory development most likely to affect future formulations.

I stepped away from the forum for a while but remained casually engaged. Occasionally, I read posts and comment but I haven't been posting myself. I am surprised and disappointed in the decrease in engagement on the board but I am looking forward to rebuilding my connections. That said, here are my most recent full bottle pickups. It's been so long since I posted I am pretty sure that some stuff is missing. My recent purchasing declined for a couple of reasons; first, I have shifted from a full blown acquisition mode to consolidation with less blind buys and random purchases. 10 ml decants is the primary method for trying new fragrances. But these are the bottles that I felt were worth acquiring: 1. Falcon Leather Extrait (very excited to wear this in fall and winter) 2. Lunar Vetiver (bought because it got rave reviews and I got it for $60.00). Trying to like it. 3. Uden, consistently one of my top 3 fragrances and the only back up bottle I have ever bought. 4. Blue Panda by Alexandria, because I was not going to pay $600 for the original. The second reason my purchasing fell is that The Parfums just won't deliver the stuff that I order. I now set a 5-week timeframe for cancelling late deliveries.

I'm very confused. I sampled this two months ago and didn't like it. Wore it again tonight and it's absolutely terrific. Does this happen to you at times? I've had it on now for 7 hours and it's really GOOD.

Yes. IMHO, definitely yes. Last year as I was getting into this hobby, I was umm influenced by multiple YouTubers who glazed the house of Superz and so I decided to give the house a try and get a whole bunch of decants. I’m so glad that I did, I ended up finding several that were not only full bottle worthy but that have become some of the most reached for bottles in my collection. Below is the list of what I tried, in order of most to least favorite. Have any of you explored Superz? - Morocco: this is a soapy clean sweet almond that is absolutely delicious to wear - my go to when travelling (just theee sprays will last hours but not choke anyone on a plane out) and when I need an emotional pick me up - Smesh: this is a unique powdery spicy aromatic, I’m not even sure what I’m smelling when I put this on but I love its sharp rich profile, one of the more “masculine” scents in my entire collection - Unique Blue: I’m not the biggest fan of fruity profiles but this is just a perfect aquatic freshie with some zing (yuzu, pineapple and ginger make this crisp and refreshing) that I reached for all summer - Lake Balaton: this is almost fbw to me. Zingy pineapple aromatic with some richness from saffron that is well balanced and not metallic harsh like some other saffron forward fragrances I’ve tried - Memories Gold: Delicious and beautiful warm sweet amber vanilla, enjoyably smokey aspect to it. But on my skin it had super weak performance and longevity which kept it from being fbw. - Gentleman: Lovely vanillic spiced dry tobacco. It’s got the powdery soapiness of Morocco with a hint of dried tobacco leaf. It was almost fbw but redundant vs my Morocco for powdery soapiness and vs something like SWYT for tobacco, and unfortunately had weak performance on my skin - Amber & Woods: Also very nice, powdery woody ambery. It kind of has the powdery woods and amber of Smesh without the spices and bitter citrus. Nice but was kind of redundant vs Smesh for that powdery woodiness. Very nice amber vanilla musk drydown, kind of like absolute aphrodisiac - Dominance: very well balanced; Aventus DNA but juicier and less sharp. But redundant vs my bottle of Aventus Absolu - 1723: this is their take on Layton, which I don’t love (I don’t like apple notes in my fragrances) but otherwise this is well balanced - Tenerife: my sample exploded in transit but from what the box smelled like, this was an enjoyable sweet spicy vanillic scent with a “fluffiness” that reminded me of Lafayette Street - Space Cake: I’m not a big fan of gourmands and this one is a gourmand through and through. It does what it says - it’s a weirdly delicious cake with some funkiness that somehow works. I just don’t want to smell like a funky delicious cake - Caesar Ultra: earthy woody patchouli but the iris straight up murders it for me (for the most part I really can’t stand Iris) - Endless Sea: this was the only bad pick for me - something extremely grating and unpleasantly sharp, I think it was their choice of marine note maybe. I really hated this one - like the nasal equivalent of tasting ear wax

Valentino Uomo intense discontinued. Prada L'homme intense discontinued. Dior's homme line has been reformulated, and Prada L'homme EDT is impossible to find for at least few months. Im currently comparing Dior's Homme Intense 2025 to Givenchy's Gentleman Réserve Privée and the Givenchy is the clear winner, IMHO. (Although its only been 45 mins since spraying) Given the current market conditions, whats your recommended Iris scent? Is there anything better than Réserve Privée? (Cause its pretty darn good!)