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I totally get it too :laugh:

Adding Hyde.

My top 3 monsters are Patchouli Intense, Hyde, and Toy Boy

And if you had to pick two?

Hope the next are more to your liking!

You‘re really mixing up these threads. I like that. Daring choices :thumbsup:

I still haven‘t bought anything in 2021. I guess the real confession is that it feels so unbelievable.

My best friend (female) doesn‘t like LADDM (“marshmallows“) and GGA (“stinky new car”)...

Noir Patchouli and 1740 are top notch imo. I also own 1899 and Fidelis and like them a lot.

1725 I find boring and too sweetish, Ambre 114 is very nice with its thyme note, Jules Verne is kinda...

Id like to start with a nice little splash :D

Silver Mountain Water!

still nil

I disliked the EdP, so probably won‘t try it. Bottle looks nice!

On the topic of machine translation, it‘s true, it doesn‘t work out that well yet, but has improved significantly. In the early days they sort of chose the wrong approach for it in the field between...

I don‘t really get all the criticism, it seems like an interesting topic to me. I don‘t speak French unfortunately (and am one of the very few Germans it seems who does not love the sound of it. They...

My 50ml Aventus I‘ve bought January 2020. Maybe 13ml left.

Certainly not an expert, but have tried (rough rating included):
Anubis 9
CdG 2Man 8
Montale Full Incense 5
Cdg Avgnon 7
CdG Kyoto 7
Passage d‘Enfer 7
Etro Messe de Minuit current form 4...

Fantastic post. For me reaching finality with something doesn‘t necessarily mean stasis.
The opposition of collector (with growing wardrobes) and connoisseur (with a set, smaller wardrobe) doesn‘t...

1. Knize Forest — although not exactly in the category, a wonderful green fougere
2. Nicolaï Patchouli Intense in a very light application (edit: whoops, didn‘t see your notes on this category. I‘m...

Did they kick the exclusive edition thing? It was only available in Paris, London, and on the Nicolai website last year. Anyway, hope you‘ll get it and enjoy!
Apart from the stars NYI and Patchouli...

I have it and have worn it 3 times. It‘s very nice! A typically strong, but diffusive airy woody and tea (mate) combination. It feels freshly elegant. I like the projection more than close up...

The only two smoke bombs I know are Hyde and Lonestar Memories, and both are excellent.

I‘ve been on and off trying to find vintage here in Europe for months and it seems to be pretty hard. I could buy Or Black anyday for peanuts, as opposed to Americans I get the impression, but Warner...

In the form portion of BN I‘d say NYI also, although it‘s not on the most worn list. I count myself part guilty... Oh, and Guilty of course, GGA.

Anything Nicolaï, especially NYI, PI, BBI
Noir Patchouli
Heritage
Bois du Portugal
Villa Nellcôte
M

Gucci Guilty Cologne - pretty abstract juniper violet floral
Breath of God - everything
Bois Belize Intense - breathy tea and woods
Timbuktu - best when sweaty

Fantastic fragrance. Wore 25 myself the other day.

2021 01:

Fragrances: 34
Backups: 7
Total: 41

Given your love for Guerlain, I think you‘d appreciate it.
Congrats Mr G!

Did you sample it beforehand?

Happy New Year to you all!
Mods, would it be possible to move all these new monthly/yearly threads over to the GFD? I feel they fit much better there :smiley:

You are a wise man

25 sprays of Iceberg Man

Terre d‘Hermes Parfum
Geranium pour Monsieur
Grand Soir
Layton Exclusif
Pour un homme
Y EdP
CdG Black
Full Incense
Messe de Minuit current
Encre Noire

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I loved that one when I was a teen. Vintage pour Homme version.

I consciously chose to only take 2 bottles and 2 samples with me driving home for the holidays and I can‘t wait to come back. I really miss the others :laugh:

New York Intense usually performs around 12 hours on my skin, but three times, it only lasted 8 hours, and sometimes, it lasted 24.
Patchouli Intense lasts 24 hours usually and sticks to my pullover...

Anat Fritz (s/t or the reworking called Classical) is very nice.

Anubis
Tuscan Leather
Tom of Finland
Leder 6
M
also contain the note

M also has a noticeable cumin note

I used to wear this in my teen days, around 2000. Loved it. Dont know where I got the bottle from. Same goes for Live Jazz and CK one.

New York Intense!

1. New York Intense
No order:
Silver Mountain Water
Hyde
L‘Air du Désert Marocain
Or Black
Gucci Guilty Absolute pour homme
Noir Patchouli
Patchouli Intense
Bois du Portugal

New York Intense

Thank you Mark. Have fun woth your new NYI :)



That sounds pretty likely!

Received mine yesterday and wore it two days in a row. It‘s a coincidence that it‘s Friday, but a nice one to start a new frag journey. Needless to say, I love it.

It‘s also available in 30ml now, if anyone is interested

This is an extremely hard one for me. I started this hobby in 2020. Everything I‘ve smelled, all my bottles, all my samples, everything in my wardrobe except for 5 or 6 scents, I got to know during...

Wearing it right now for the first time - I like it, it seems pretty original. The beetroot is clearly noticeable, especially in the heart, where it comes off juicy, fruity, and earthy. It goes well...

YSL Y EdP
Layton Exclusif
Unique Wood

Great selection

Nice!

5 more,

Gucci Guilty Cologne pour Homme
Eisberg Man
L‘Eau Mixte
Knize Forest
Je suis un Homme

Ive read some naysay here and there about the brand and haven‘t tried any of her other scents, but this one is really special. Keeps on giving.

Heritage because nice

Thank you!

Thanks man, I hope so

Wow! Congrats

As a present - 1740
For myself - Fahrenheit EdT. I‘m going the same way here as with Polo, Gentleman, Heritage, ... buy a well regarded current version blindly, and if I like it, get a vintage as...

Noir Anthracite, CdG Black

+1! There are many threads that have me wondering why they‘re not in the GFD.

1899 - very wearable imo, almost a dumb reach for me
1740
Land of Warriors
Je suis un Homme
M
Kasbah by 19-69
Noir Anthracite

Try again when it‘s cold :wink:

Saw the title, came here to write this. Dang.

Jean-Louis Sieuzac
Nicolaï

Everyday: Silver Mountain Water
Money: Portrait of a Lady
Date Night: Hyde

:shocked:

Nice, congrats! Have also considered this as a blind buy

Noir Patchouli because

I see!

Thanks!

Thank you! I know you haven‘t been too fond of it. Did you try it on skin?

It‘s very seldom I layer, but last week I used 1 spray of LADDM over 1 of Hyde :lolk: which had dried for a good hour.
I wasn‘t feeling too fit, so it nearly killed me. Smelled great though! Like,...

A controversial one:

140074

I‘m only so-so on the opening, but after that, I find it stunning.

Plus samples:
CdG Rouge
19-69 Capri

Nicolai has a very classical style in general

Didn‘t even dare to put this on my skin. One spray in the air and it smelled so vile, I actually got a little angry :laugh:

Did you tell her? Or is she now searching for the legendary tobacco fragrance Aventus?

The scrubbers for me were:

Ormaie Le Passant
Caron pour un Homme
Layton Exclusif
YSL Y
Orange Star
Novellista Unique Woods

Having a rosy day with Toy Boy in the morning and now Rose & Cuir

Not a real disappointment, but I haven‘t been terribly impressed with Encre Noire Sport.

Top performing current niche formulations I know:

BR540 Extrait
Bond-T
Cedrat Boise
Hyde
M
New York Intense
Patchouli Intense
Toy Boy (not niche, but smells like it and is a monster)

Very hard.

New York Intense
Anubis
Patchouli Intense

Number One Intense sprayed in the air - I don‘t know if I can this

Patchouli Intense has nice floral notes, the rose geranium is pretty prominent for me
Rose & Cuir is a daring unisex floral rockstar :laugh:
Portrait of a Lady, of course
Toy Boy for its unique...

Polo because it‘s my go to scent for getting stuff done on the weekends.

:grin: “Anyone can reply“ caught me off guard

Anubis is missing here

Thanks for the warm reply :smiley:

Sampling Beat Cafe today

Sampling Tzora and Mr. Vetiver today

Whoa!

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

And that’s exactly what makes it correct. Language is descriptive, not prescriptive. So when a large group of speakers uses a phrase that way, it slowly becomes correct. Btw, this is not some...

Anat Fritz Classical — I totally understand why this gets rave reviews and is considered an absolute under the radar gem. Very aromatic, sharp lavender, sharp cedar (not ISO - likely to be in there...

I wore Anat Fritz‘ Classical and Schwarzlose‘s Leder 6 for sampling today. Only later realized it was a kind of Berlin day fragrance-wise.

For anyone interested in Europe - notino.de has these for under 50€ for the huge 150ml.

It‘s nice, but extremely weak. Others say it was way better in the past

I experienced the same. But try it when it‘s hot outside, then it shines

Tried my new arrivals Bois Bélize Intense and Incense Oud today and it seems this woman can do no wrong... Both very impressive. BBI has a certain sharpness during the first hours I’ll have to think...

Nicolaï Bois Bélize Intense - just arrived today. Pretty wow.