Hallo gentlemen,
after collecting fragrances for around a year now, acquiring 16 full bottles and alot of samples I noticed, that, even so worth it, its a rather expensive hobby for a student. Originally I was planning on buying several bottles of niche parfum soon, that striked me as rather unique during my sample sessions, but I was hesitating. I decided to add some more cheaper fragrances to my collection and realized, that there are alot of cheaper substitutes and often equal rivals among the designer/departmentstore offerings. Fragrances like Dolce&Gabbana pour homme, Egoiste, Terre d'Hermes Parfum, Declaration, Dior Homme, Body Kouros etc. are nothing short of pure beauty in my opinion. The only problem I found is, that there seem to be certain notes of fragrances like rose, oudh, (heavy) spices, incense that are underpresented in non niche fragrances, at least as a dominant note in a fragrance.
So my intention for this thread is to collect recommendations for the best, most outstanding non-niche, not discontinued fragrance that has a strong presence of the notes/styles of each of these categories:
Leather
C&E Sienna
Tabacco
Dolce&Gabbana pour homme
White Flowers
Fleur de male
Iris
DIor homme intense
Rose
Dominico Caraceni
Aoudh
M7
Incense
-
Sandalwood
Egoiste
Dry woods
-
Violet
-
Spices
Armani Night
Patchouli
-
Amber
-
Musc
Kiel's Musc
Chypre
Numero Uno by Carthusia
Gourmand
Rochas Man
Aquatic
Kenzo pour homme
Oriental
Opium pour homme EdP
Please fill out and add categories if you please
after collecting fragrances for around a year now, acquiring 16 full bottles and alot of samples I noticed, that, even so worth it, its a rather expensive hobby for a student. Originally I was planning on buying several bottles of niche parfum soon, that striked me as rather unique during my sample sessions, but I was hesitating. I decided to add some more cheaper fragrances to my collection and realized, that there are alot of cheaper substitutes and often equal rivals among the designer/departmentstore offerings. Fragrances like Dolce&Gabbana pour homme, Egoiste, Terre d'Hermes Parfum, Declaration, Dior Homme, Body Kouros etc. are nothing short of pure beauty in my opinion. The only problem I found is, that there seem to be certain notes of fragrances like rose, oudh, (heavy) spices, incense that are underpresented in non niche fragrances, at least as a dominant note in a fragrance.
So my intention for this thread is to collect recommendations for the best, most outstanding non-niche, not discontinued fragrance that has a strong presence of the notes/styles of each of these categories:
Leather
C&E Sienna
Tabacco
Dolce&Gabbana pour homme
White Flowers
Fleur de male
Iris
DIor homme intense
Rose
Dominico Caraceni
Aoudh
M7
Incense
-
Sandalwood
Egoiste
Dry woods
-
Violet
-
Spices
Armani Night
Patchouli
-
Amber
-
Musc
Kiel's Musc
Chypre
Numero Uno by Carthusia
Gourmand
Rochas Man
Aquatic
Kenzo pour homme
Oriental
Opium pour homme EdP
Please fill out and add categories if you please
