Finally wearing one of the gift bottles @Darren Poesel gave me several months ago thinning out some of his bottles. This one is interesting. Below is a description from the website. It lasted about 4 hours. Still need more time with it. F'ing Royal Chariot by The Dua Brand is a masculine-leaning hybrid fragrance (Extrait de Parfum) released in 2022, combining Tom Ford's Fucking Fabulous and Parfums de Marly's Layton. It features notes of lavender, clary sage, leather, almond, vanilla, and woods, designed for longevity and ideal for fall/winter. Key Details About F'ing Royal Chariot: - Hybrid Concept: The scent blends the aromatic/woody notes of Fucking Fabulous with the creamy, sweet apple/vanilla profile of Layton. - Scent Profile: Rich notes including Clary Sage, Lavender, Leather, Bitter Almond, Vanilla, Tonka Bean, and Cashmeran. - Performance: Formulated as an Extrait de Parfum to provide high concentration and longevity.

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So I did cave and grabbed the Azzaro Wanted By Night EDP. I mean at better than 50% off RRP it was basically Free 😂 RRP is $190 AUD (135 USD) and selling for $89.99 AUD (64 USD) for the 100ml I just caved and added it to my small collection. I will give it a wear tomorrow, but so far my 8 year old Daughter and my MiL think it smells nice.

Taking a leaf, or in this case Spines, out of @Darren Poesel’s play book and trying to get some faun and artsy photos. Today I am wearing Dior Fahrenheit Parfum, remember it is opposite land Down Under, as I am in the cooler months of Autumn (fall) heading into Winter. Thanks to the Fahrenheit Kind that is @Michael LoCascio Sr for putting me onto this super amazing Fragrance. Have a great day Brothers

A lot of the time, no, not the way influencers make it sound on video. I think what happens is a mix of experience, memory, suggestion, and sometimes just knowing the listed notes before they even start talking. Most people are not actually smelling every single note one by one like they are reading ingredients off a label. A lot of the time they are picking up the overall scent profile, recognizing certain familiar qualities, and then translating that into note language. To me, smelling fragrance is usually more about catching the main impressions. You might clearly get something fresh, fruity, woody, musky, floral, spicy, smoky, or creamy, but that does not mean you are truly isolating ten different notes with total accuracy. A lot of perfume is blended in a way where things overlap, so what you are really smelling is the composition as a whole more than each separate piece. I also think once someone reads the note breakdown, it becomes a lot easier for the brain to “find” those notes. So if the brand says fig, incense, suede, or vanilla, people start looking for those exact things. That does not always mean they would have pulled all of that out on their own without seeing the note pyramid first. In my opinion, people with a trained nose can absolutely get better at recognizing certain materials, styles, and accords, but even then, I do not believe most people are naturally smelling every note the way some videos make it seem. Sometimes it is real experience, and sometimes it is just review language. That is why I think it makes more sense to focus on what a fragrance actually smells like to you overall. Is it green, sweet, clean, dark, airy, creamy, smoky, resinous, or fresh? Does it change over time? Does it lean high quality, synthetic, natural, dense, or transparent? That tells me more than somebody listing twelve notes in thirty seconds. So no, I do not think most people can smell all the notes in a perfume the way influencers claim. I think most are picking up the main character of the scent and then filling in the rest with experience, comparison, and sometimes a little bit of performance, because even experienced master perfumers cannot tell all the notes in a fragrance.