brehs lets talk cologne game

[Karb]

I own like 30 colognes. Lately I've been dabbling into niche fragrances a lot more. My opinions change all the time, but my current favs are (in no particular order):

Niche:
Ambre Narguille
Herod, by PdM
Colonia Oud, AdP
Green Irish tweed, Creed
Aventus, Creed
Layton, PdM
Pardon, Nasomatto
Tobacco Vanille, Tom Ford
Back to black, By Killian

Favorite designers:

Acqua Di Gio Profumo, Armani
The One, D&G
Bleu De Chanel EDP

 

[Karb]

If you don't have the money for expensive fragrances, you can get your hands on cheap clones of your favorite fragrances that are also of high quality. Accuracy rates are almost exact for some of them. I can post some decent clones, if you are interested.

Otherwise, there are some decently priced, high quality fragrances that I can strongly recommend.

For spring and summer: check out Cedrat Boise by Mancera, smells kinda similar to Aventus but it's not a clone at all.

If you like the smell of Invictus Acqua (the 2016 batch which has now been discontinued), check out Hawas by Rasasi. Both of these will definitely get you complements and keep you smelling great for a very low cost.

There's no excuse in 2018 for not smelling great.

 

[Xtraz2]

I gave mine away to my cousin.
shyt is pretty much better as an air freshener

You tripping, you need to be near a beach to wear it tho

 

[Critical Distance]

ya'll buy stuff on clearance from fragrance.net? is it legit?

 

[FlimFlam]

Whats something as strong as spicebomb as far as intensity and lasting power

It honestly makes other colognes feel cheap (im late wit the spice bomb) two good places sprays will last you all day...take over ya whole aura in a manner that aint overbearing

Le male is the only one i have thats comparable in that sense, but its still a tier below in that respect....jimmy choo man intense is decent but a step below le man

All the other shyt i got u need to spray once every 2 or more hrs ...gucci guilty the worst...love the scent but the shyt gone in 20 minutes

And before anyone asks I don't even buy my stuff off the internet anymore because it feels like they water em down at times ...my shyt is retail str8 out of stores(mostly hookups and or deals...i try to avoid paying msrp on ANYTHANG)

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Bod?

That shyt is just alchoholic-locker room mess.

I’m just talking about something after the gym or for just running around out and about, I wouldn’t put it on if I’m going to any type of event or anything and I hate axe.

 

[DropTopDoc]

ya'll buy stuff on clearance from fragrance.net? is it legit?

It’s ok, a lot of there stuff, is old batches, technically speaking cologne has an expiration, and after it sits for so long most department stores or companies send them to discount places, so yeah you saved like 40-50 bucks but it doesn’t quite smell like the original and is stale, and you may have to apply multiple times

 

[Bboystyle]

I own like 30 colognes. Lately I've been dabbling into niche fragrances a lot more. My opinions change all the time, but my current favs are (in no particular order):

Niche:
Ambre Narguille
Herod, by PdM
Colonia Oud, AdP
Green Irish tweed, Creed
Aventus, Creed
Layton, PdM
Pardon, Nasomatto
Tobacco Vanille, Tom Ford
Back to black, By Killian

Favorite designers:

Acqua Di Gio Profumo, Armani
The One, D&G
Bleu De Chanel EDP

If u like Bleu De Chanel try Versace Dylan Blue. Its less citrus then Chanel and more aquatic and better imo.

 

[FLYINHAWAIIAN]

You tripping, you need to be near a beach to wear it tho

Yeah but that Moscato-lime scent smells like what u would smell in a car or something. Not a fragrance on a man

 

[FLYINHAWAIIAN]

ya'll buy stuff on clearance from fragrance.net? is it legit?

Yeah ita legit. I have an account with them. Most of the clearance fragrances aint all that tho

 

[FLYINHAWAIIAN]

I’m just talking about something after the gym or for just running around out and about, I wouldn’t put it on if I’m going to any type of event or anything and I hate axe.

You can put on

Or

For that breh

 

[Karb]

If u like Bleu De Chanel try Versace Dylan Blue. Its less citrus then Chanel and more aquatic and better imo.

The Bleu de Chanel Edp concentration has less citrus than the Edt concentration, . I haven't checked out Dylan Blue, but from what I've read it's got a similar time to some of the ones that I already have.

 

[Karb]

Whats something as strong as spicebomb as far as intensity and lasting power

It honestly makes other colognes feel cheap (im late wit the spice bomb) two good places sprays will last you all day...take over ya whole aura in a manner that aint overbearing

Le male is the only one i have thats comparable in that sense, but its still a tier below in that respect....jimmy choo man intense is decent but a step below le man

All the other shyt i got u need to spray once every 2 or more hrs ...gucci guilty the worst...love the scent but the shyt gone in 20 minutes

And before anyone asks I don't even buy my stuff off the internet anymore because it feels like they water em down at times ...my shyt is retail str8 out of stores(mostly hookups and or deals...i try to avoid paying msrp on ANYTHANG)

Popular designer fragrances get reformulated every so often, which means that they pretty much get diluted and performance begins to suffer. So it depends on what batch you have. For instance, I have a 2014 batch of Invictus that was gifted to me and it performs and projects quite well yet I've been told that the newer batches are very different and are poor in comparison.

Some fragrances are notorious for their good performance though. If you're into mass-pleasing designers, Dior Sauvage has beastmode performance as does Acqua Di Gio Profumo. Armani code Profumo is also beastmode.

You should sample these colognes before you buy them breh. Get them on your skin and see how they perform. There are many things that can have an impact on the performance of a fragrance. The climate that you're in, your skin chemistry, how much you spray, what season it is. Some fragrances, especially the heavier more spicy or gourmandy type fragrances, are made for winter. If you wear a fresh, fruity or floral type fragrances in the winter, they will not last long because they are mostly made for summer and spring. However if you wear one of these winter type fragrances you can easily suffocate those around you with the heavy scent unless you go super easy on the sprays.

 

[Karb]

It’s ok, a lot of there stuff, is old batches, technically speaking cologne has an expiration, and after it sits for so long most department stores or companies send them to discount places, so yeah you saved like 40-50 bucks but it doesn’t quite smell like the original and is stale, and you may have to apply multiple times

Not true at all. Colognes can literally last for a decade or so if they are stored properly. Older batches might even be better than newer batches. YSL La nuit del Homme is the perfect example. The newest batches are extremely weak. A vintage bottle of that shyt goes for hundreds of dollars on ebay.

Just keep your colognes in a cool environment away from light and you're good.

 

[FlimFlam]

Popular designer fragrances get reformulated every so often, which means that they pretty much get diluted and performance begins to suffer. So it depends on what batch you have. For instance, I have a 2014 batch of Invictus that was gifted to me and it performs and projects quite well yet I've been told that the newer batches are very different and are poor in comparison.

Some fragrances are notorious for their good performance though. If you're into mass-pleasing designers, Dior Sauvage has beastmode performance as does Acqua Di Gio Profumo. Armani code Profumo is also beastmode.

You should sample these colognes before you buy them breh. Get them on your skin and see how they perform. There are many things that can have an impact on the performance of a fragrance. The climate that you're in, your skin chemistry, how much you spray, what season it is. Some fragrances, especially the heavier more spicy or gourmandy type fragrances, are made for winter. If you wear a fresh, fruity or floral type fragrances in the winter, they will not last long because they are mostly made for summer and spring. However if you wear one of these winter type fragrances you can easily suffocate those around you with the heavy scent unless you go super easy on the sprays.

Dope shyt...im gon look into those ....ive gotten into the habit of spraying my arm when sampling because it smells completely different on skin than that paper thing

And ive had a generally satisfying experience with cologne.....its jus that spice bomb took that shyt to a level i never experienced as far as graceful strength