User
Write something
Pinned
🍋 Fresh & Summer-Ready – Citrus and Aquatic Steals
🌴 D&G Light Blue Pour Homme Summer Vibes – 54% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1nA2 Breezy Mediterranean vibes — your instant vacation in a bottle. 💧 Bvlgari Man Rain Essence – 51% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1YeO Cool aquatic freshness with an unexpected green-woody depth. 🍊 ADP Colonia Intensa – 57.8% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1Wi3 Classic Italian citrus-neroli — timeless, clean, impossibly refined. 🍋 Hermès Eau d'Orange Verte – 51.1% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1f50 A crisp, effervescent orange-mint splash that never goes out of style.
🍋 Fresh & Summer-Ready – Citrus and Aquatic Steals
Pinned
Questions for Marcelo Oillataguerre
Hey guys, Joe A. here with another one for ya’! So this next meetup is a pretty cool opportunity to talk with @Marcelo Oillataguerre , aka, The Niche Fragrance Collector, and since time will be limited, I personally don’t want to waste the moment asking the usual “what’s your favorite fragrance?” type of questions! Don’t get me wrong, favorite scent questions are fun. We all love hearing what someone with a serious nose reaches for. But when you’re talking to someone who has smelled deep into the niche world, traveled through a lot of brands, explored different styles and built a real point of view around fragrance, I think the better question is not just 'what do you like?' It’s more like 'how do you think about fragrance now?' Right now, one question I’m leaning toward is this: ----------“With niche fragrance becoming more mainstream and more expensive, what separates a truly artistic niche release from one that is just wearing the "costume" of niche?”---------- That one interests me because we are living in a strange fragrance era. Everything is “exclusive,” everything is “extrait,” everything has a dramatic bottle, a moody campaign and a price tag that looks like it comes with a monthly payment plan. But does that automatically make it art? Or are some brands just throwing on a velvet jacket and charging admission? The other question I’m considering is: ----------“After smelling as much as you have, what has changed the most about your own taste over the years?”---------- Because honestly, that might be the real collector question. Most of us start this hobby chasing compliments, performance, hype or whatever bottle the algorithm keeps shoving in our faces. But over time, your nose changes. Your patience changes. Your standards change. Sometimes the fragrance you've ignored two years ago becomes the one that finally makes sense! What say you, guys? If you only had a few minutes with a serious niche fragrance reviewer, what would you ask? Would you go for something practical, like underrated houses and buying advice, or would you ask something deeper about artistry, taste and the direction of the hobby? Conversely, what is one fragrance reviewer question you are absolutely tired of hearing? Love to hear from ya'!
Questions for Marcelo Oillataguerre
Advancements In Perfumery (Givaudan)
Givaudan and the Idea of “Sleeping Nose Receptors” Givaudan is doing some really interesting work in the science side of perfumery. They are studying what some people call “sleeping” or “silent” smell receptors in the nose. The way I understand it, our nose has hundreds of smell receptors, but science still has not completely matched every receptor to the exact scent molecules that activate it. Some receptors are difficult to study because they do not respond strongly in the lab, or they barely respond at all. That is why they are sometimes looked at as “silent” receptors. Givaudan found a way to make some of these receptors more sensitive during testing. By doing that, they were able to wake up or detect responses from receptors that were not really showing activity before. A simple way to picture it is this: Imagine the nose has hundreds of locked doors. The scent molecules are the keys. Scientists know the doors are there, but some of them will not open in the lab, so nobody really knows what keys fit them. Givaudan found a way to make some of those doors easier to test, and now they can start seeing which scent molecules fit which receptors. To me, this is a big deal for the future of fragrance. This does not mean Givaudan is literally spraying something in your nose to wake up receptors. It means they are learning more about the hidden parts of how we smell. They are trying to understand why certain materials smell fresh, musky, woody, creamy, floral, calming, clean, addictive, or realistic. For perfumery, this could eventually give perfumers more precision. Instead of only relying on trial and error, experience, and artistic instinct, they may be able to understand more clearly why certain molecules create certain effects. That could help create better musks, better citrus effects, more realistic naturals, smoother woods, cleaner replacements for restricted materials, and maybe even fragrances designed around mood, comfort, relaxation, or sleep. In my opinion, this is where fragrance is heading: part art, part science.
SOTD
Blockade / Mind Games — finally got a sample of Blockade, been on my “to-try” list for a while now. I think I’m love … While I don’t get the Aventus style-DNA that I had read about from others what I do get is a slightly sweet mango ( not my favorite note in fragrances ) and a wall of tomato leaf ( the star of this show ) that gives this an earthy summer vibe, drying down into smooth suede/patchouli and smoky Oud, making this a really unique summer scent ( and definitely full bottle worthy down the line )
SOTD
Figuring out what fragrances I like
This is a bit of a weird question but I am genuinely wondering how I know if I like a fragrance. I sometimes can tell that I like something but then other times I'm waffling. Yesterday I tried on Tom Ford noir de noir and liked it because smells sweet at the beginning but then liked it less and less as the day went on and I was waffling cuz I like it oh I don't oh I like it and I don't I couldn't make up my mind. It smelled a little bit like more than words by Xerjoff which I tried a few days before that and love. Also I use the fragrance recommender on wiki perfume and I'm wondering how to make the most of the algorithm and not be too relaxed or strict on what I like or dislike.
1-30 of 43,472
Brotherhood Of Scent
#1 Fragrance Community 🏆
Our mission is to help YOU leverage the power of scent to become the man you know yourself to be.
Leaderboard (30-day)
Powered by