tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69681064232937080952024-03-19T00:21:42.587-04:00Musings of a FragheadThis blog is to intended to inform, educate, and discuss fragrances (both men's and women's) and to share my thoughts on them.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-56694513004102096182022-11-20T15:25:00.001-05:002022-11-20T15:25:44.635-05:00Di Ser Kyara: Peace in its Purest Form<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFtGR4TJf8vFiEy_vPjZMhxRLaR-LHr4hoZ0jL3Wcs8ukhSpmxXTBu9l2ekV4YXKg-2q_pj8G3IoxPBIcchEExlS0QwlzbWHGXswga4QK__uAYxYmpIOaYs9zG7vZEieNeGyk4uc8h0iwGsbHDVmUWAGQfNu8oc_MrE8Eo0pBhyq97QtoVtFFr45nkg/s2048/Kyara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1532" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFtGR4TJf8vFiEy_vPjZMhxRLaR-LHr4hoZ0jL3Wcs8ukhSpmxXTBu9l2ekV4YXKg-2q_pj8G3IoxPBIcchEExlS0QwlzbWHGXswga4QK__uAYxYmpIOaYs9zG7vZEieNeGyk4uc8h0iwGsbHDVmUWAGQfNu8oc_MrE8Eo0pBhyq97QtoVtFFr45nkg/w299-h400/Kyara.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><br />Hey, folks! I am sorry that I haven't posted here much. I have been doing most of my writing lately for <a href="https://ifragranceofficial.com/" target="_blank">IFragranceOfficial</a>, so I have been neglecting my blog. My mother also passed away in August, so I am still getting over that. I am going to try to start doing more articles here, but it is difficult with work. I felt really inspired to do this article today, so I am. <br /><br />Before I get into this, I will tell you that I do know the perfumer behind Di Ser, Yasuyuki Shinohara. I have had many conversations with him and I do consider him as a friend. He is a very kind and passionate man. However, I would not be a real friend if I didn't critique his perfumes with an honest opinion. <br /><br /><b><u>The Fragrance<br /></u></b><br />Kyara...Some of us know the reputation of this mythical wood, and some don't. For those who don't, Kyara is pretty much the highest grade of oud you can get. It has to be at least 80 years of age to be considered true Kyara. As with any oud, there is a huge counterfeit market that claims substandard versions are pure Kyara, and they aren't. However, I can assure you that Shinohara-San only uses the real deal in his creations. If you weren't aware, in Japanese culture, it is dishonorable to craft things that lack quality. At least that is what I have heard from Japanese friends of mine. They take their art and craftmanship seriously there. <br /><br />I know that some of you may be thinking, "Oud? No thanks. don't want to smell like a donkey's underside". But take heart, my friends, Kyara lacks even a trace of animalic aromas. It is pure and ethereal. I would wager that most people wouldn't even recognize this as oud, since it doesn't have the typical features f oud that most westerners recognize. It doesn't have that dark and musty wood smell, nor does it contain musk or smoky frankincense accents. Kyara is green and medicinal, with a slightly bitter herbal bite and the serenity of minty coniferous tree needles, with a gentle woodiness. <br /><br />Di Ser's iteration of Kyara is not only pure Kyara. It has some features to accent the wood as a whole and bring new dimensions to it. It unfolds with a rose-sweetened mintiness, with the fresh orange facets of the Hamanasu rose painting a serene sun-laden landscape. It's fresh in an ethereal way, but not juicy. It's a sunny day with the light peaking through the morning fog fresh. As it evolves, the Kyara's bitter herbal quality starts to surface more. The soft earthiness of green patchouli with a touch of woody sweetness grounds the slightly sugared aspect of the rose, with delicate sandalwood running throughout. A slight dry cedar note weaves in and out of the composition, which provides contrast to the green nuances and rose, which is almost reminiscent of hinoki, a material that Shinohara-San is very fond of using. <br /><br />When working with naturals, it can sometimes be difficult to get them to stick to the skin. However, Di Ser's creation does not lack in this area. I get a full 8-9 hours from it, with a soft projection bubble. Keep in mind that this is a Japanese perfume. It is not meant to be loud and cloying. It's meant to meld with the person and radiate a picture of them and not overwhelm them. This is beauty and not the beast. <br /><br /><u style="font-weight: bold;">My Opinion</u><br /><br />By Nature, Kyara is a very expensive material due to its rarity and this particular scent will run you $1,150. Is it worth that? I absolutely believe it is. I do not have a bottle yet because I am saving up for it, and most of you know I don't believe in paying over $300 for a fragrance unless it is exceptional. Kyara exceeds that exceptional benchmark for me.<br /><br />The spiritualness of this scent is pensive and calming. It reads like the finest Japanese incense that you can buy. The delicate balance that is struck in the perfume, with no accords overpowering one another, is simply breathtaking. The blending is top notch and it evolved on your skin constantly over its duration, weaving in and out of herbal, woody, citrusy, slightly sweet, and minty nuances. It feels like poetry on your skin and summons your mind into deep thoughts and peace. <br /><br />I have never been so impressed with a scent. Honestly, I didn't want to like Kyara because of the price. I did not want to believe the cult following of this fragrance and thought it was all hype. The first time I tried it, I didn't get it. I let it evolve on my skin and it captured me in a deep trance and I can't resist its allure. Perhaps part of it was the chaos of my life in recent times. I lost my grandmother, father, and mother within an 18-month span. I was far into debt, but I am crawling out now. I know this is personal, but Kyara is a personal scent for me. It was my escape. My joy amidst the storm. It helped ground me and remember the light when things were so dark. A breath of fresh air when I felt like I was choking. I am thankful for this perfume and I will cherish my little sample and wear it in the chaos of life until I can afford a bottle. Your mileage may vary, but I am only telling you my story. <br /><br />Kyara will always reach a higher echelon for me. It will teach me, if I am humble enough to listen. It will comfort me, if I accept it. It will wash away the darkness and disorder, if I summon it. I struggle to find words to describe the fragrance. It took me a long time to be able to write this because I didn't know how. I finally just sat down and wrote what I was feeling and this is what I came up with. No scripts, just raw emotions and feelings. <br /><br />Now if you will excuse me, I am going to go enjoy the last few hours of this scent, since I only have a little bit left. I hope you enjoyed the review. Remember to say something kind to someone today. You never know what they are going through. We can choose to be the light to someone's darkness. MUch love to all of you and have a wonderful Sunday!<br /><br />Buy Kyara <a href="https://www.luckyscent.com/product/78803/kyara-by-di-ser?utm_source=fragrantica&utm_medium=www.fragrantica.com&utm_campaign=14508" target="_blank">here</a> (Not an affiliate link)<br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy amazing niche and indie perfumes at ZGO Perfumery. 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Click </span><a href="https://musingsofafraghead.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-support-my-blog-and-features-of.html" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Follow me on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/musingsofafraghead/" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">!</span></div></div></div><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-86054022468688061872022-08-02T08:37:00.003-04:002022-08-02T09:02:54.048-04:00Compliments: A FragComm Obsession<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJW9N0gW9OR97_0pN3AYZD2oA2mgcjWEn1BRQFqkj3sDaYT4H6CBE_qCmpQAH98Sjo1_38jqnHp0zVjSQ7OD-7tgOFVSR3iR4idVAkHPvcNLrru3on5Fc7n9-j3PWhc6k7UJNrvcJH5BlWaa0HISWERHXChAQiyAqnWKO1EgN7xmHtfQGgNT2qBm_tA/s1000/pexels-photo-1472999.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJW9N0gW9OR97_0pN3AYZD2oA2mgcjWEn1BRQFqkj3sDaYT4H6CBE_qCmpQAH98Sjo1_38jqnHp0zVjSQ7OD-7tgOFVSR3iR4idVAkHPvcNLrru3on5Fc7n9-j3PWhc6k7UJNrvcJH5BlWaa0HISWERHXChAQiyAqnWKO1EgN7xmHtfQGgNT2qBm_tA/w400-h300/pexels-photo-1472999.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Hello, folks! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day today. I am ready for fall and cooler weather already. Thankfully, it's only about two months away here, so I am excited about that. <br /><br />My articles are normally very positive, but this one isn't going to be. Sometimes I do topic articles like this and I might end up doing more in the future. I guess I will see how many people hate me for my opinion, haha. <br /><br />Compliments are one of the most talked about things in the fragrance community. You see them plastered all over Facebook groups and clickbait videos on YouTube about them almost every day. I want to take a look at this phenomenon. <br /><br />I will go ahead and let you know that I am against wearing fragrances for compliments only. I am not against compliments and I don't care what people choose to do with their money. This is just my stance and thought process on the topic. I assume it will rattle a few cages, but it doesn't bother me. I am still entitled to my opinion, just as you are to yours. This article is mainly for people who want something more out of their fragrances. <br /><br />I will stop rambling now. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>Compliments<br /></u></b><br />At some point, the fragrance community went from caring about the quality of a fragrance to only caring about compliments and performance. Do we remember what we actually enjoy wearing or do we only go on what is hyped in the community? <br /><br />Compliments are not a bad thing. Getting that fuzzy feeling every now and then does lift your spirits a bit. However, too much of something is a bad thing. When we are constantly seeking affirmation that we smell good, it has a tendency to make it less special. If you eat pizza every day, then you will get tired of it and it's not so special anymore, but if you only have it once per month, then you are excited about it. The luster dims as you get more of anything. <br /><br />I often hear people say, "Why am I spending money on perfume if I don't get compliments?". Would you pay someone $5 to compliment you? If the answer is no, then you are purchasing fragrances for more than compliments. I get that you want your money's worth, but there may be more to your fragrant endeavors than you believe. <br /><br />I have never understood why people brag about overspraying like it's some sort of personal identity that defines them. I personally don't care if you wear the whole bottle in one wear. I just don't get why it's considered cool to speak about it and count the number of sprays. It's similar to a "keeping up with the Joneses" mentality. People often try to one-up one another like it's a competition of hairy bare chested men bellowing out a primal mating call like they are wild animals. <br /><br />Overspraying can work to your detriment as well. Not everyone enjoys strong fragrances like we do. Some people also have allergies. You can overspray if you would like, I don't care. However, spraying more does not increase your chances of compliments. People can already smell you, trust me. I tend to get more positive reactions when I am wearing a moderate amount of fragrance and not something that is super strong.<br /><br />Of course, your mileage can vary. I am not trying to dilute your own experience. I am only telling you mine. I am also the type of person who will not compliment someone if they smell strongly of perfume. Instead, I am probably just trying to get away from you so that I can breathe. <br /><br />Then we always have the person who has watched too many Usher videos and acts like everyone flocks to them because of their scent. While this may happen on an extremely rare occasion, most of the time these stories are fictitious. Social media clout is a real thing, so don't believe everything you hear and read. Many of them are just fishermen's tales. They get bigger each time. <br /><br />Can compliments help you boost your esteem? Absolutely. So can wearing modern clothes. However, none of these things are going to help you in the long run if you only crave more. It becomes a subtle addiction, just like perfume itself. After a while it manifests itself and it's not so subtle. If it gets to a point that it is hindering your emotions or life, then maybe it's time to rethink your relationship with fragrances. That is just my advice. <br /><br />I was there at one point as well. I was addicted to fragrances and that is all I spent money on. It is all I wanted. I was obsessed. It wasn't until I had to sell the majority of my collection that I saw what it was because I only miss a few of them. When my finances become stable again, I only have a few that I will purchase. <br /><br />A lot of these fragrance reviewers will have you believe that they are the Usher I mentioned earlier and get positive reactions all of the time. This is just hype. You aren't doing anything wrong if you don't get compliments. Just enjoy your life and be thankful when you get them. Don't try to force things that you cannot control. It's much simpler that way. <br /><br />Of course, I am not telling you what to do. Again, this is only my own experience, You can take whatever you want out of it. I am just putting my opinion out there because it's an opinion of someone who isn't going to lie to you to sell you something and I think the fragrance community needs it. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />I hope you enjoyed this article. If you didn't and you curse me out, that is okay too. I expect it. I wouldn't have put this out if I can't take the heat for writing it. <br /><br />Much love to all of you and I hope you have a wonderful day. Don't forget to say something kind to someone today. You never know who it might help. <br /><br />Until next time, keep smelling great and being great. <br /><br /><br />Buy amazing niche and indie perfumes at ZGO Perfumery. This is an affiliate link, so I do earn a small commission from sales. Use MUSINGS10 for 10% off everything except for Byredo, Comme des Garcons, and Diptyque. ZGO Perfumery is a licensed retailer for every brand they carry. <a href="https://www.zgoperfumery.com/?afmc=1m&utm_campaign=1m&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Link </a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;">to ZGO's site<br /><br /><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. Mozzafiato is your one-stop shop for all of your Italian beauty needs. </span><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1746562&u=3060787&m=108709&urllink=&afftrack=" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mozzafiato</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;"> (affiliate link)<br /></span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><p></p><p style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><div style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Want to see what is going on in my group and vote on my upcoming articles? 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Click </span><a href="https://musingsofafraghead.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-support-my-blog-and-features-of.html" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Follow me on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/musingsofafraghead/" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">!</span></div></div></div><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></p>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-56975621985460830282022-07-24T12:22:00.000-04:002022-07-24T12:22:27.773-04:00A Passionate Endeavor: An Interview with Claude Gratianne of ZGO Perfumery<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10lrOzpk6333GkH_9fdjIp2_8_xFMsI1sPHiiYXHk2kV_u8_VcUM5Np1CEmHlf5_YlVx3_O6DPjtMuTw7K4avmxCQTRFcZs8vbBq3uUYxNOytYtUby_HMee2FsryICnnWCZU0vmQbtX4q0MauPdw88ohqo5VNV6O-hYpDbAdk5XfmdJpqEmwLp0PH3g/s200/ZGO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10lrOzpk6333GkH_9fdjIp2_8_xFMsI1sPHiiYXHk2kV_u8_VcUM5Np1CEmHlf5_YlVx3_O6DPjtMuTw7K4avmxCQTRFcZs8vbBq3uUYxNOytYtUby_HMee2FsryICnnWCZU0vmQbtX4q0MauPdw88ohqo5VNV6O-hYpDbAdk5XfmdJpqEmwLp0PH3g/w400-h200/ZGO.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Hello, folks! I'm back again with another article. This is one that I am SUPER excited for you to read. I have had this for a while, but I am just now getting around to posting it due to how busy I have been. <br /><br />Claude Gratianne is the owner of ZGO Perfumery, a small indie and niche store located at 600 Castro Street in sunny San Francisco. They carry a wide range of perfumes for your enjoyment. They even have tea, candles, and incense! <br /><br />I have shopped at ZGO many times after discovering it last year due to a good friend suggesting it to me. I have been speaking to Claude through email for over a year now. He's such a kind and personal person. I just had to ask him for an interview. He exceeded my expectations with his answers. I am so pleased to bring this to you and I am excited about it. <br /><br />Full disclosure: I am affiliated with ZGO. When this interview was done, I was not. So, I just want you to know that this was not done as a promotional tactic for my affiliation. I asked him to do it because I wanted to give his store more exposure because it's simply an amazing place to buy fragrances. <br /><br />With that being said, MUSINGS10 will get you 10% off anything in the store except Diptyque, Comme des Garcons, and Byredo. Sadly, they are not allowed to discount those brands. They sell many fragrances that Lucky Scent does and they have spray samples instead of vials. On that note, when you buy a full bottle, you get money credit towards choosing your own samples with it. So, it's pretty awesome<br /><br />Now for my affiliate link. I will be transparent once again and say I do earn a small commission from sales with this link. If you have any questions, you can message me on Facebook or IG and I will be happy to assist you. Even if you only need some advice on what I suggest from the store. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.zgoperfumery.com/?afmc=1m&utm_campaign=1m&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate" target="_blank">Link </a>to ZGO's site<br /><br />Okay, you are not here for what I have to say. Let's hear what Claude does!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Can you tell us a little bit about where you are from and what led up to you creating your own business?<br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I was born and raised in sunny California to a family of French immigrants. Having grown up in the town of Sonoma, the heart of the wine country, as a child I spent time in the French Pyrenees on our family's small farm, in Sonoma harvesting family friend's vineyards, washing planes at the local airport to earn my flight license and went to school to one day be an engineer. I did become a civil engineer and worked on quite a few projects before deciding to "retire" as it were, from an otherwise "normal" career job with my partner Tani. We had always been fascinated by the under-appreciated impact of our sense of smell. So we decided to embark on a personal olfactive adventure. With nothing but a vision of what could be a great fragrance shop, we resolved to put ideas to action and established ZGO Perfumery.</span></span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2. ZGO stands for "Zen Garden Oasis". Can you tell us why you chose that name?<br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">From our travels throughout Asia, we had a deep appreciation for Buddhist practice (Tani grew up Buddhist, and I was Catholic). I've been a lifelong space enthusiast watching almost every space launch live if I can. Our notion in the name of our business was that the planet Earth is a garden in a vast desert, like an oasis. So this duality of desert and garden gave us the name Zen Garden Oasis). </span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Where did your perfume journey begin?<br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Olfactive journeys begin for all of us when our sense of smell is first awakened and we start to process the world through the olfactory colors of our nose. It's so underappreciated because smell is not as tangible as our other senses and far harder to describe in a precise way. Yet our world is telling a lot about itself through the sense of smell. Looking back to my childhood, the strongest impressions of various scents were formed on the small farm in France, where odors are very keen, not always pleasant but very distinct- especially hay, manure, mud, animals, mountain air and rain, and of course the cheese aging in the cheese room next to the barn. The small farm is an olfactory zoo. </span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">4. At what point did you decide that you wanted to work with niche and indie perfumers over designers and why?<br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;">Our story at ZGO is only one of many stories. We always thought that what we are bringing forward to our customers isn't our story, but that of the brands in our store. Each brand has its own personal fascinating story and our goal is to tell those stories. Every person has an olfactive story and some lucky people make a career out of it by being a perfumer- a storyteller through scent. These people are artists in every way and so it's the art of olfaction and the perfume artist and their interpretation that is of interest. Thus when it becomes a mass market tool, it's just not as interesting.</span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">5. What is your most prized fragrance in your collection and why?<br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I went through a period, a sort of rabbit hole I guess, of a fascination for oud. It's an onion that has so many layers- Like studying the various scent profiles of oud from different regions, the history, the cultural and religious significance of oud, the harvesting and exploitation of this wondrous resource, and the sustainable practices of farming agarwood trees (the tree that oud is harvested from). After all this, I had a chance meeting with an Agarwood farmer in Thailand and thought about importing his oud to the U.S. There are some oud oils already for sale in the U.S., but their sourcing and legal importing were too clear, so we set out to import this farmed oud through proper channels, get it permitted in Thailand and in the U.S., which we did, and actually sold it in our store under our own label. So, all that effort for about a liter of oud, but sold out in a few months. I don't know if we'll import that again since the logistics were daunting, but I'm glad we did it. So that was my prize- an oud journey. I still have an Agarwood chip from this journey, so that's my prize I guess. <br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fFFtu8Tf7bjIex39xw86gjhY3JFf1dKJHrrA7A7XK7VTqGa7-xdkOJZanpGxQ9uYLvD9j7jJ3B9mdM59KfEqlAGo7YcsohRTXz62uWiWI-iiDRGrLLMs8tc5eogAnXyyKTKlMS0_8-_h-ED9U7IS8DP1PnrnD04qjZsGlMAuN7QeuNBkOcWs-Zbv-g/s4032/Claude%20oud.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fFFtu8Tf7bjIex39xw86gjhY3JFf1dKJHrrA7A7XK7VTqGa7-xdkOJZanpGxQ9uYLvD9j7jJ3B9mdM59KfEqlAGo7YcsohRTXz62uWiWI-iiDRGrLLMs8tc5eogAnXyyKTKlMS0_8-_h-ED9U7IS8DP1PnrnD04qjZsGlMAuN7QeuNBkOcWs-Zbv-g/s320/Claude%20oud.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claude's prized piece of oud</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">6. What do fragrances personally mean to you?<br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">The fragrances we smell are our universe telling us about itself. It took how many billion years of evolution for a rose to smell like a rose? The universe created that rose scent- Amazing when you really think about that. It's offered up to us to experience through our God-given sense of smell- Do you accept that gift? Can we appreciate it? What does it say about the universe and ourselves? If we weren't here at all, a rose would still smell like a rose, but our being here makes it significant. So, let's appreciate that, and each other on this little raft called Earth. </span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEhFKkW3p-eSuGXThcmGDdRsxd7U6CJCfzilyWG0BMWo2SPOoUdhtbJWW9_myUj0z1upMLSy77Ed90tA-Z3_SQLqWKeGyC0slQy43nCMJNgZb5K6gDHWQfKw8nn71IvfEe0tzWjUFUZ1dnMtpUW1ipBTRuKc5Y5qemTmvAfkIt1PTGmkqwGaA8yD4Lg/s2992/20220706_165055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEhFKkW3p-eSuGXThcmGDdRsxd7U6CJCfzilyWG0BMWo2SPOoUdhtbJWW9_myUj0z1upMLSy77Ed90tA-Z3_SQLqWKeGyC0slQy43nCMJNgZb5K6gDHWQfKw8nn71IvfEe0tzWjUFUZ1dnMtpUW1ipBTRuKc5Y5qemTmvAfkIt1PTGmkqwGaA8yD4Lg/s320/20220706_165055.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The inside of ZGO Perfumery</td></tr></tbody></table></span></blockquote><p><br /> </p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">7. Can you name some of your favorite perfumers and/or fragrance houses and tell us why you enjoy them so much?<br /></span></b></blockquote><p><span style="color: red;">(John's note: Sorry for the white box. I have tried and tried to edit it out and it just won't go away. Pesky little bugger.) </span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I've come to enjoy a challenge, to push limits, and even if it's not so good, I still appreciate the effort. So anyone who's a creator- I appreciate that they are out there doing that. </span></span></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">8. If you could make your own perfume, what would it be and why?<br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">If I could be a perfumer I would be living a personal dream. I did make a perfume- only for me, and it wasn't very good- so I'm not yet ready to make a living as a perfumer. <br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">9. Can you tell us about a memorable sale you made in your store and why it was memorable? <br /></span></b></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">We get quite a few customers that don't know where to start and so helping them figure it out is always rewarding. However, one particular day, a mother came in with her young daughter for her first perfume. The little girl was so curious and enthusiastic- She was trying quite a few she liked and didn't like- we found one she loved. Kids trying perfumes is always fun because they don't hold back their opinions about it. </span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">10. Do you have any future projects that you can tall us about? What is your goal for ZGO going forward?<br /></span></b></blockquote><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #500050;"></span></span></b></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Well, we always have some plans on the burners and back-burners. Some turn out well and others not so well, but that's what keeps it interesting for us. Our latest project is to develop an online Fragrance Fitting that has enough intelligence to be able to actually provide a good fragrance recommendation over our website. We've been working on that for months and it is still a work in progress. Our first version of this was made available through the Match It app created by Michael Edwards- the world-renowned fragrance expert. We're continuously updating this app and are going to roll out version 1.3 soon. We've kept it low-key because it is still buggy, but it is available to try on our website by clicking Fragrance Fitting in our website footer at the bottom of the page. After that, well, I probably shouldn't talk about it...TBD. </span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLOcznYfMYbmz7qliq-GtvXZvK3xbypsnB37EFdj5BeBF1NTtWrw0c1SiisrILi30nUapQO42sEJyW3dMO2RDrnJdWXT7CvfwYiremq9ISx9DtzYh1CkVGkMnNl3fvczRPpOkk0v_uf9Jcxj2nc0CQJAVzmpsFhDFvKoi4319KM8rUrw6FbDAgeV8Ew/s4000/20220721_181419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLOcznYfMYbmz7qliq-GtvXZvK3xbypsnB37EFdj5BeBF1NTtWrw0c1SiisrILi30nUapQO42sEJyW3dMO2RDrnJdWXT7CvfwYiremq9ISx9DtzYh1CkVGkMnNl3fvczRPpOkk0v_uf9Jcxj2nc0CQJAVzmpsFhDFvKoi4319KM8rUrw6FbDAgeV8Ew/s320/20220721_181419.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gateway into a magical world</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /><br /><b><u>Conclusion<br /></u></b><br />Thank you very much, Claude! I appreciate the effort that you put into the interview and I thoroughly enjoyed it, so I am sure others will as well. It's always interesting to me to get a look inside someone's brain and what they think. I also love hearing about their memories. It really gives you a sense of connecting with someone. This is one reason why I like to connect my reviews to stories. I think it helps people like myself be able to feel the fragrance and not only smell it. <br /><br />Now, I would like to say something about paying it forward. We all have probably received kindness in the fragrance community. I am not only speaking about physical things. I am speaking of emotional aspects, advice, and many other intangible things. Pay forward your kindness. Pay forward your love. Pay forward your passion. It helps all of us stay positive and grounded in these tumultuous times we live in. The person who introduced me to ZGO is the same person who taught me the importance of paying it forward, so I am mentioning it here.<br /><br />As always, don't forget to say something kind to someone today. You never know what they are going through. One kind word can keep someone grounded when everything is crashing around them. We all share this planet together. It will be what we make it. Let's make it a better place. <br /><br />Thank you for all of the support. Much love to all of you and until next time, keep smelling great and being great!<br /><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. 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I am sorry that I haven't posted in quite a long time. I have had some major financial struggles that had to be taken care of. I am still not out of the woods yet, but I will hopefully have a job shortly. <br /><br />I have been meaning to review this for a while. I wanted to check out Samy Andraus because I heard good things about the house. So, I purchased this one from his site and he gave me a free Hessonite Kosmos to review, which will be coming next week. I was looking for a peach fragrance, so I couldn't resist purchasing this one. <br /><br />You folks aren't here to watch me babble. On to the review!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Notes<br /></b></u><br />Peach <br />Elderflower<br />Champagne<br />Blackwood<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Review<br /></b></u><br />Samy Andraus Summer Peach opens up with a bright fizzy champagne note that is followed by peach. This reminds me of the fuzzy texture on the outside of a peach, like when you smell the raw fruit in your hand. This isn't a juicy sweet peach scent. The smell is almost airy and transparent at times, but it is also ever-present. It's quite unique to me. <br /><br />A bit of an earthy woody smell comes forth in the dry down. This is no patchouli-leaning earth. This is clean and almost dry. The peach because a bit sweet during this, but it is still not juicy. It just reminds you more vividly of the peach's skin over the delectable juicy fruit once it is cut open. <br /><br />This fragrance makes me think of a late summer/early autumn peach orchard. Peaches grow late summer to early autumn, so I must have some sort of memory of it in my brain that takes me to that. Walking through groves of fruit is a favorite pastime, so the scent memory reminds me of those warm days picking refreshing fruit. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />This is a great fragrance for a mere $30 bucks for 30ml. I honestly didn't think it would be as good as it is for that price. At first, I was confused since I was expecting a sweet peach note like the majority of fragrances use, but once I came to understand this one, it spoke to me. <br /><br />It is unique enough while still being mass appealing. You could pull this one off in a suit or a T-shirt and shorts. It's quite versatile. This is also perfectly unisex due to the implementation of the peach note and not being overly sweet. <br /><br />The performance is just okay. It's not a fragrance that will fill a room because it has a light and airy quality, but this is a summery fragrance that you could wear to work because the champagne doesn't come off like alcohol to me. It lasts 6-7 hours on me, which is perfectly acceptable for any summer fragrance, especially with the lack of ambroxan and hedione in this one. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />Samy Andraus has impressed me with this one. I think it's a fragrance worth purchasing. I would still suggest sampling it first, since he does offer samples. However, you won't be out too much if you blind buy it and happen to not like it. I will be buying more from his brand when my finances stabilize. <br /><br />I hope everyone has a great evening. Be good to one another. Don't forget to say something kind to someone. You never know what that person is going through. You could bring them back from a dark place. Much love to all of you and I appreciate you still supporting me through the struggles of the past year. I love all of you and just want you to know someone cares. Feel free to reach out to me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/john.harper.564813/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> if you ever need anything. <br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br />Buy Summer Peach <a href="https://samyandraus.com/ols/products/new-summer-peach">here</a> ( I do not get any sort of commissions if you buy it)<br /><br />Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. Mozzafiato is your one-stop shop for all of your Italian beauty needs. </span><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1746562&u=3060787&m=108709&urllink=&afftrack=" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mozzafiato</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> (affiliate link)<br /></span><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Want to see what is going on in my group and vote on my upcoming articles? We also discuss fragrances and fragrant topics in a drama-free environment. You won't see any troll Aventus and CDNIM posts in my group! 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Click </span><a href="https://musingsofafraghead.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-support-my-blog-and-features-of.html" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Follow me on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/musingsofafraghead/" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">!</span></div></div></div><p><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-47742679985769851932022-04-18T20:08:00.002-04:002022-04-18T20:08:29.938-04:00Paying it Forward in the FragComm<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZF2fL_PhHQXk5kYJKLQz05tPU_uO6-Lb-B23ZALM7n0JtceeLMTEFxtfTC71zBz74jS2Zbtp4U0Z5NIaU7uCW_-xVhG7Iy9hd8cDDE4bveVT6cm-GNkLIa01YDzcDnR8jYs81AMfFJSKt9ht-0LLZNEzaLrZjN3tXawvp-hnBmPLMOlInAx4Bt07Ag/s960/beach-1852945_960_720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="960" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZF2fL_PhHQXk5kYJKLQz05tPU_uO6-Lb-B23ZALM7n0JtceeLMTEFxtfTC71zBz74jS2Zbtp4U0Z5NIaU7uCW_-xVhG7Iy9hd8cDDE4bveVT6cm-GNkLIa01YDzcDnR8jYs81AMfFJSKt9ht-0LLZNEzaLrZjN3tXawvp-hnBmPLMOlInAx4Bt07Ag/w400-h266/beach-1852945_960_720.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br />Hey, folks! I hope everyone is doing well today. I am doing pretty well. It's a cool spring day here and these are probably favorite days when the temperature is in the high 50s Fahrenheit. It's perfect for me. <br /><br />This is a sponsored article. Not the way you would think though. A friend of mine wanted to sponsor an article about paying it forward and kindness. I am such a sellout now! Seriously though, this is the one type of sponsored article that I don't mind doing at all. I think they mostly just wanted an excuse to give me some money to help me out, but that is okay. It gave me the motivation to do this. They actually sponsored a few, so you will see this theme in a few upcoming articles. <br /><br />Just let it be known that you can PM me and I might do an article you request. I don't have to be paid for it. In fact, this is the only article I have ever been paid for. So, I just wanted to be transparent about it. This person is not affiliated with any fragrance brand or company and wants to remain anonymous. I certainly have a deep appreciation for this person though, so thank you!<br /><br />One more thing, this person only gave me a subject. They did not tell me how to present it. So, all of these words are my own. <br /><br />I have blabbered enough, so let's get into it! <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Kindness at its Core<br /></u></b><br />People often speak about the negative stuff in the fragrance community. We talk about shills, scammers, reformulations, perfumers, and all manner of negative things. In fact, I just did yesterday and I am guilty of this as well. The bad things stick in your mind a lot more.<br /><br />Maybe I am wired differently, but the acts of kindness are never forgotten by me. Every gift, kind gesture, and kind word is remembered. I hold these close to my heart. It is what motivates me to keep doing this, even though I am not a popular reviewer. I am too honest and hold some different ideas about fragrances. My goal was never to be popular though. My goal was to be honest and kind, at least as much as possible. <br /><br />I know how much a kind word can mean. Someone can be in a dark place and a kind word can show them the world isn't so bad. You can seriously change someone's life with a kind gesture. Not everyone has had the same upbringing as you. Some people have had it rough. Some folks might look happy now, but they came from nothing. The point is that we don't know someone's life story, so we should treat everyone with respect and help them if we are able. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Paying it Forward<br /></u></b><br />If someone is kind to you, then you should return the kindness to someone else. I had someone who purchased a few fragrances for me as gifts and they told me to pay it forward when I was able to. I did pay it forward to some of my friends when I was able to. I won't say how I exactly did it, but I gave in the same manner that was given to me. I still have a few on my list to give something to, but that will have to wait until my finances stabilize more. <br /><br />It's a reward in itself to make someone else happy. I was selfish when I was younger. It made me depressed. I felt like I was owed something for growing up poor. This mentality is not helpful to you or anyone else. You might think it benefits you to only look out for yourself, but it doesn't. It only makes the world look like a bad place, as the media describes. However, in reality, the world is a wonderful place...if you know where to look. It's all about perspective. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Perspective<br /></u></b><br />We should never take more than we give, There needs to be a balance in life. Just like a relationship, both sides need to put effort forth to make it work. The amount you take and the amount you give needs to be the same way. I am not saying to give with the same monetary value, but with the same heart. <br /><br />Giving because you "have" to or feel obligated to is not the way. You should give with an open heart that expects nothing in return. I truly believe this is the only way to really enjoy the joy that you bring to people. What you give with is what will be returned to you. If you give with a happy heart, then that is what you will get from it. If you give while expecting something in return, then you don't get it, then it will be ruined for you. <br /><br />When I speak about gifts, I am not just speaking of monetary things. I am talking about a wide spectrum of words of encouragement, material gifts, or even physical ones. A poor humble man has just as much to give as a rich and generous one. You just do it in a different way. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Conclusion<br /></u></b><br />This is an article that you won't see many reviewers cover. It's not popular to encourage people to be better. I just wanted to say some things about this and hopefully, we can make the fragrance community a better place for all of us. <br /><br />I always say at the end of my articles that we should be kind. Kind words are free and use them often. I mean this and that is why I say it every time. That is not a copy and paste. I type it differently almost every time. Doing this helps remind me to do it as well.<br /><br />The world is not so dark when you let your light shine. Shine bright like a star burning hot in that diamond-filled sky, you wonderful-smelling people. Keep being great and smelling great. Much love to all of you. <br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> <br />I am working on some historical articles for my Patreon. So it is taking a bit more time to do them. </span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. 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There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. 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I hope everyone is doing well today on this Easter Sunday. Happy Easter, Ramadan, Passover, or a normal Sunday if you don't celebrate those. My scent of the day is Nicolai L'eau Mixte and it's wonderful. A review will be coming soon. <br /><br />I hate being negative and talking poorly of houses. I normally don't do negative house reviews, but this brand just deserves it. I will explain why soon. I won't talk too much. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Review <br /></u></b><br />Michael Malul is a house that seems to have come out of thin air and got some massive hype from Youtubers. It made me curious about the house. My friend sent me some samples of this house and it allowed me to try them.<br /><br />So, before I get into the bad stuff...I will say that Jet Black Enigma is okay. That is the one they did with Ashton from Gent Scents. I do not think it's worth its retail price, but anything under 70 is acceptable for the scent. It's a nice boozy and warm woody scent with vanilla. Not bad at all, but not amazing either.<br /><br />Now for the bad...<br /><br />Visionair- A cheap smelling aquatic that is so synthetic that I think it's a clone of some Wal-Mart body washes in perfume form. Nauseatingly mundane and screechingly like a high school lock room and their thought of something "fresh". Utterly terrible. <br /><br />Visionair Night Blue- Slightly better than the first one, but still very synthetic and makes me think of another body wash that would be called "Deep Blue Ocean". <br /><br />Ktoret Bloom- Citrus and a headache-inducing cheap metallic musk. This stuff is so strong that it made me nauseous. No rose or jasmine as the label claims. Just an overload of musk. <br /><br /><br />I think I have some more samples somewhere, but I am not going to try them. I have had enough of this house. 1 out of 5 fragrances is decent. They are supposedly made by actual perfumers. These must be the formulas they sold them for 5 bucks because no one else would want them because they are so bad. No self-respecting professional perfumer would release such terrible scents and attach their name to it. <br /><br />These are seriously the most confused and synthetic scents I have ever smelled. Cremo has better quality and they are a fraction of the price. Let's talk about the price...90-110 USD for this stuff? This is a huge ripoff. These things belong on the bottom shelf of a rack store on clearance for 15 bucks, not for the same prices Chanel. If you are going to charge those prices, then you better deliver at least a decent product. <br /><br />The influencers who pushed these fragrances should be ashamed. This isn't even subjective to me. I tried a few of them and they are all bad, except for Enigma. There is no way any reviewer would say these are good if they weren't paid to do so. Enigma might be subjective, but the rest aren't. They don't care one bit about your pockets and want you to purchase this cheap junk for 90+ bucks. It makes you wonder if some of these guys know anything about perfume. <br /><br /><br />I know that I might be flamed for this, but I don't care. This is MY truth about this house and I want to warn people about this house. Also, what's up with them putting London on their logo like they are from England? They are from London, Ohio. <br /><br />This brand is just sketchy all around and I would not support them if I was you. You can get far better things in this price range. Buy a Chanel, something from Prin, or a 30ml of a Nicolai. These are real houses that create good fragrances and not this rubbish. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion</b></u><br /><br />I am sorry for being so negative in this post, but I am insulted that this house was ever given praise for their stuff. It makes me angry when influencers try to take advantage of their viewers who trust their words. If you don't believe me, get some samples for yourself and see. <br /><br /><br />I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Remember to say something positive to someone today. You never know how it could help them. I know I wasn't positive here, but sometimes the truth isn't. Much love to all of you who have supported me. Keep smelling great and being great. <br /><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;">Also, I am working on some historical articles for my Patreon. So it is taking a bit more time to do them. </span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. 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There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. 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Click </span><a href="https://musingsofafraghead.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-support-my-blog-and-features-of.html" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Follow me on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/musingsofafraghead/" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-79935346364660966762022-04-12T21:21:00.003-04:002022-04-12T21:21:21.672-04:00Desires Unraveled: Libertine Fragrances Sex & Jasmine Review<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvERf6a3MFvxU_Lvid12nfWLjZfa_vbZkRPXUUuaNat8rTsy36H_k7mgcDyyxe0PJ5gkPLO7gwykRrgpugGXSqEc23OZ1MHwLtu6Agz_BgwcNJUcWQFKAVIWsB4MQ9WNTcBp8BgvcjqG11MFvnJszt_pWI4viw0xguFwpxTg_hvgBso5Q4GgRptAIbWQ/s500/Sex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvERf6a3MFvxU_Lvid12nfWLjZfa_vbZkRPXUUuaNat8rTsy36H_k7mgcDyyxe0PJ5gkPLO7gwykRrgpugGXSqEc23OZ1MHwLtu6Agz_BgwcNJUcWQFKAVIWsB4MQ9WNTcBp8BgvcjqG11MFvnJszt_pWI4viw0xguFwpxTg_hvgBso5Q4GgRptAIbWQ/w300-h400/Sex.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Libertine-Fragrance/Sex-Jasmine-43626.html" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Hello, folks! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day! I decided to give this one a review after wearing it today. I have only worn it three times, but it inspired me to go ahead and write about it. So, I hope you enjoy it. I picked up my sample from Ministry of Scent. <br /><br />Some of the content in this review is sexual in nature. If you are under 18, then please leave now or get a parent's or guardian's permission to continue. Thank you. <br /><br /> I won't talk too much this time. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Notes</b></u><br /><br /><br />Jasmine Sambac, Neroli, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Geranium, Bourbon Vanilla, and Ambergris<br /><br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Story<br /></u></b><br /><br />It's a sunny day in our apartment. The door is ajar and letting a gentle breeze blow the delicate white curtains. It's one of those lazy summer days that makes you not want to get out of bed.<br /><br />It's a hot day, so the gentle touch of nature cools the skin. The look in her eyes shows her thoughts. As sweat beads down her skin, the embracing smell of her musk captivates you. Liquid ecstasy. Lust. Longing. The scent of her passion and love is undeniable. <br /><br />The world withers away as you caress her face and take in her beauty. Nothing else matters at this moment. Only her. As your hand slides down her skin as she leans in, you feel the silky sheet fall off of her figure. A time when all inhibitions are thrown away and you fully embrace each other. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent<br /></b></u><br />Sex & Jasmine opens up with a clean floral jasmine that has an audacious naughty side. This is not the jasmine that is used in a clean garden scent. This is very indolic. Animalic ambergris joins the fold and creates a musky skin feeling. It only gets naughtier from here. <br /><br />The floralness of the jasmine withers and the indolic aroma dials itself up. I believe that there is also a naughty musk in this fragrance, but don't quote me on that. It just feels musky. The vanilla comes forthy like a silky sheet gently sliding through the composition. The patchouli here is a bit musty and the sandalwood feels smooth to me. I don't really pick up creaminess from the sandalwood. I feel like that creaminess is coming from the vanilla alone, but I could be wrong. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Other Notes<br /></b></u><br />I am not one to judge a scent by feminine or masculine, but this feels like it leans feminine to me. That is probably because I'd love for a woman to wear this. <br /><br />The performance is decent. I was clocking around 6-7 hours. The first 2 hours were pretty strong on projection, but not too strong. <br /><br />This is more of a flirty or romantic scent to me. I wouldn't wear this casually. It's probably best for summer and spring. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Thoughts<br /></b></u><br />I read some other reviews before I purchased this sample that said this is a very wearable and it's not animalic. However, in my experience, this is not true. Maybe my skin amplifies the animalic notes. I am not sure, but this is not a pretty mass-appealing jasmine scent in my eyes. This is why this fragrance is fantastic. <br /><br />Ladies, give up your Ariana Grande Cloud, BR540, and Lost Cherry. This is what is sexy and attractive...At least to me. I would much rather smell this than saccharine sweet candied stuff. I don't compliment women often because I don't want them to think I am a creep, but I might have no choice but to compliment one wearing this. <br /><br />Sex & Jasmine is beautiful and fully lives up to its namesake and delivers it in droves. However, I can't see myself wearing this one. I just don't think it fits me, but as I said, this would be one of the best things for a woman ever. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />I hope you enjoyed this review. I usually don't do reviews like this, but I was so inspired that I had to. It was just calling to me. <br /><br />Be sure to say something positive to someone today. You never know who it might help. A kind word can save a life. They are free to use, so be sure to use them often. Much love to all of you and have a wonderful day/evening. Keep smelling great and being great. <br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Until next time, keep smelling great and being great. Much love. </span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Also, I am working on some historical articles for my Patreon. So it is taking a bit more time to do them. </span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. 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There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. 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I hope everyone is doing well today. I am sorry for not posting for a while. Life has been very busy for me lately. I have a lot of new stuff to bring to the table soon, including some reviews of incense and other aromatic materials that can be burned. <br /><br />So, Moschino Toy Boy was hyped to the moon as a niche style rose fragrance for warmer weather. I hate the bottle, so I just got a decant from my boy Dino at <a href="https://www.scentualcharms.com/" target="_blank">Scentual Charms</a>. I am not affiliated with his shop at all. I am just telling you where I got it from. This review doesn't impact Dino's service at all. It was excellent. <br /><br />Without further ado, let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Notes<br /></b></u><br /><b>Top </b><br /><br />Pink Pepper, Pear, Nutmeg, Elemi, Bergamot<br /><br /><b>Heart <br /></b><br />Rose, Magnolia, Clove, Flax<br /><br /><b>Base<br /></b><br />Cashmeran, Vetiver, Sandalwood, Amber<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent<br /></b></u><br />Toy Boy opens up with a moderately sweet rose that tickles with hints of fresh lemony magnolia, which is no doubt used to give the rose a lush feel. Along with a crisp pear note and rosy pink pepper, this creates a somewhat vague interpretation of a rose with a slight hint of crushed leaves in the background. <br /><br />It stays pretty linear on me with the added cashmeran musk which gives the rose more body and texture. A slight bit of grassy vetiver is also found, so it does give a somewhat bright and sweet rose on a sunny day feel. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Other Notes<br /></b></u><br />Moschino Toy Boy has good performance lasting around 7-8 hours with moderate to strong projection. This is a loud fragrance that lacks finesse and class. <br /><br /><br />The scent is quite unisex and can be worn in any season. Any age group can easily pull this off. <br /><br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />Moschino Toy Boy is a failure to me. I heard people talk about this being a nice summery rose and I wanted to try it, even though I know that lower-end designers very rarely nail a rose scent properly. I have worn it around 4 times and in different weather situations and it's just not good. <br /><br />The rose is very synthetic, sweet, and unrealistic. I am not asking for natural rose at this price point, but it's like they didn't even try. It's like candy-infused cheap rose water that is sold in a plastic vial for 5 bucks. If this is natural, then so is Axe. This is on the same level to me. <br /><br />This fragrance isn't niche to me. When I hear niche, I expect something different and groundbreaking. This is only niche to some people because they have little to no experience with rose.There is nothing new and exciting here. <br /><br />Toy Boy could have stretched some boundaries, but instead, it fell flat with a terrible bottle design that even the liquid inside can't save. Cheap rose boosted by cheap musks that a decent magnolia accord cannot help. <br /><br />To each their own. If you like it, then like it. I am not stopping you from wearing it. This one just failed on many fronts for me. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Conclusion</u></b><br /><br />I don't like doing negative reviews. I have very few of these on my blog, but this one just keeps getting hyped and I do not think it's worthy, so I am offering my opinion on it. I am not trying to dissuade you from purchasing it. I am just trying to give you a different viewpoint. <br /><br />I hope you enjoy my review. Don't forget to say something positive to someone today. You never know how you can change someone's life by just being kind. <br /><br />Until next time, keep smelling great and being great. Much love. <br /><br />Also, I am working on some historical articles for my Patreon. So it is taking a bit more time to do them. <br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. Mozzafiato is your one-stop shop for all of your Italian beauty needs. </span><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1746562&u=3060787&m=108709&urllink=&afftrack=" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mozzafiato</a><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> (affiliate link)</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">About my Patreon- I decided to start a Patreon to give people an inside look at my life and my actual thoughts on some things. There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. I wanted to make this cheaper, but it's just not efficient for me to charge less. It takes me 5-6 hours to make an article. Sometimes more if a lot of research is required.<br /></span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am working on trying to start a podcast for interviews with perfumers and business owns, along with weekly discussions on fragrances.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The 12/25 tier now includes a free Musings of a Fraghead mug with my winter logo on it. 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I hope everyone is having a wonderful day today. I am doing just fine. I've been testing out some great fragrances that I will be bringing to you in the next week or so. <br /><br />Compliments...This word gets thrown out quite often in the fragrance community. YouTubers and Instagrammers use it as a kindling to start a firestorm of clicks on their pages. I very rarely cover this subject, but I was inspired by a conversation that I had with a friend earlier to write this. There are so many myths and misconceptions about this subject and I wanted to say my piece <br /><br />In this article, I will be referencing women quite a bit. This does not mean that every woman thinks this way. That would be asinine to state such claims. This is only based on my personal experience with women in my life. <br /><br />Furthermore, I am not claiming to be any sort of expert on women. Again, these are just personal experiences. I am not even an expert on myself, much less anyone else. <br /><br />This article is not directed at picking up a woman for a one-night stand in the club. I am not a fan of that lifestyle and I do not promote it.<br /><br />This is my truth when it comes to these things. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Preying on the Young<br /></b></u><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsaE5jkgt3IYr_NtkbtocQlgdIFZ7Mh_DUfmpQBB9rtb89BBaCzrE80LMDL1ZTcbEWcgmarWfj_O1H80dVSVBjb9EmO7TBG5LAOVcZvVSRPoOR24UodlOw3jZ24lw8lH7EBWKouLE44iK5Rldbf63F5XMtiOC_MiOUSgiljMJzu71Qky1sl_ouhH18Jg=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsaE5jkgt3IYr_NtkbtocQlgdIFZ7Mh_DUfmpQBB9rtb89BBaCzrE80LMDL1ZTcbEWcgmarWfj_O1H80dVSVBjb9EmO7TBG5LAOVcZvVSRPoOR24UodlOw3jZ24lw8lH7EBWKouLE44iK5Rldbf63F5XMtiOC_MiOUSgiljMJzu71Qky1sl_ouhH18Jg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@jvdm?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Jean van der Meulen</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-owl-with-one-eye-open-1564839/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Influencers often prey on the young and/or gullible with flashy titles that include promises of compliments or getting women to notice you. I am not saying that younger men are more gullible. Only that influencers specifically target them, This is a bunch of malarkey and it's designed to generate clicks. They would have you believe that a fragrance will get you the attention that you desire, but it's not like that in reality. Can a fragrance get you unsolicited compliments? Of course, but not at the rate they suggest. <br /><br />This also happens in Facebook groups. People suggest that they walked into a room and every woman in it took notice. Tolkien couldn't even write something rooted in that much fantasy. It's just an attempt to get clout or make people jealous. I am not sure why people tell such exaggerated stories on social media, but I guess it's the cool thing to do. <br /><br />Could this happen? It's possible, but you have as much of a chance of dying from a rabid wolf attack as you do experiencing this "dream" scenario. Take note that there have only been 21 rabid wolf attacks that led to a fatality in the US. That is not per year, that is ever since they started recording them. They are so infrequent that even Wikipedia lists every attack. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Sprays are not the Way<br /></b></u><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjujikAsLw1dnLtRAWgl43EIQRv7Qv8y56YGsTS6hU5-bXh4dueYtupAHTBjq8g1pAvUs4kt7C3MPqqDTYfKoE5ga18_phdde4weKJUNdD5uE6WwyFQo4dtWyjS_Ok397jzVBa03Mf0S2xflAnRSvXDdH4ZMNSq8zdHiVAZLLqU1xAT_nSQFvGr4T6hKQ=s5675" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3783" data-original-width="5675" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjujikAsLw1dnLtRAWgl43EIQRv7Qv8y56YGsTS6hU5-bXh4dueYtupAHTBjq8g1pAvUs4kt7C3MPqqDTYfKoE5ga18_phdde4weKJUNdD5uE6WwyFQo4dtWyjS_Ok397jzVBa03Mf0S2xflAnRSvXDdH4ZMNSq8zdHiVAZLLqU1xAT_nSQFvGr4T6hKQ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@ron-lach?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Ron Lach</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/young-woman-spraying-perfumes-onto-her-face-10544091/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />A lot of these influencers will also tell you to just spray more or they can't smell you. I don't care how much you spray. I don't have to smell you. This is your choice, but I think spraying more to try to receive compliments is not going to increase your odds of getting a compliment. <br /><br />The majority of my female friends think it's terrible when someone smells like they bathed in a fragrance. This is quite subjective, but in my experience, many other females seem to share the same sentiment. <br /><br />I am not telling you how to use your fragrances at all. I am simply saying the mentality that some women have towards overspraying. You might be turning more people off from speaking to you than you realize. On the other hand, there are a few females who love strong scents. It's all about perspective. If you are targeting one specific girl(which you should be and not any that you can find), then figure out if she likes strong or softer stuff and go with that.<br /><br />I am not telling you not to wear strong stuff if you like it. I am saying that maybe Red Tobacco could use 1 or 2 sprays instead of 14 until you figure out what she likes.<br /><br /><br /><b><u>Manners Matter<br /></u></b><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLdjIt2agSbDp_rak8ABrm63HKg1yWpNKT_7gIvDqerhKDIeXSC3ymEK2sgPnSXTasKYwRmtRqFqX0iSR3pvbPkFRzrVNJfDPI-WcLJz-3-PtXST4e0udDaCynldUuU3PyofnSvkuk_pgxFO8FsvCktjmmkO8L_mhIIVA7gZXdc-c8Tlcs78GMWjpMAA=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLdjIt2agSbDp_rak8ABrm63HKg1yWpNKT_7gIvDqerhKDIeXSC3ymEK2sgPnSXTasKYwRmtRqFqX0iSR3pvbPkFRzrVNJfDPI-WcLJz-3-PtXST4e0udDaCynldUuU3PyofnSvkuk_pgxFO8FsvCktjmmkO8L_mhIIVA7gZXdc-c8Tlcs78GMWjpMAA=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@dinielle-de-veyra-2610843?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Dinielle De Veyra</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/elegant-young-bearded-businessman-in-suit-and-tie-in-downtown-4195342/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Manners matter, gentleman. You may not think anyone pays attention or that gal you like doesn't see, but she does. There are some women who don't like polite men, but they are few in number from what I see. <br /><br />If you are out there thinking someone is going to sleep with you over a fragrance alone, then they can tell. How many other guys have hit on her and told her that she is beautiful? You gotta stand out. Be someone that respects her as a person and not just a body. <br /><br />How does this tie into compliments? Well, women can tell by your body language what type of man you are. Many of them are not going to speak to you if you come off as arrogant or rude. I am not telling you to change your body language to play a part. I am telling you to become a man that you would want your daughter to date and you will find that women are keener to compliment you. Body language is not a dead art. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Appearance<br /></b></u><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoPn_XIfbrGK_fYdlsOm5TYmmzzVYvSWZVht_m0Wv059SgDipUcMyZGLiDPyauprurGk7qH9fi_of_cNZoo-yYUArOHKcny3Ytd9UWmqEXp4URxiwxxyO3VNx7wfQOomgRIFx6VYBAEX73jnMFhVAUrhiyC7A2VRr1EQi7YLF96Q7zmD68PUlsTRsWlg=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoPn_XIfbrGK_fYdlsOm5TYmmzzVYvSWZVht_m0Wv059SgDipUcMyZGLiDPyauprurGk7qH9fi_of_cNZoo-yYUArOHKcny3Ytd9UWmqEXp4URxiwxxyO3VNx7wfQOomgRIFx6VYBAEX73jnMFhVAUrhiyC7A2VRr1EQi7YLF96Q7zmD68PUlsTRsWlg=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@kevinbidwell?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Kevin Bidwell</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-riding-on-black-motorcycle-2042281/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />People will often tell you that appearance means everything. I say this is wrong, to some extent. Of course, bathing is part of your appearance and you want to bathe at least once per day to find off body odor. No one wants to be around someone who stinks. You should probably ditch the homeless look and wash your clothes too. <br /><br />However, these people make it sound like you have to be Idris Elba or George Clooney to get a compliment. This is not true. Just be yourself and make sure you are clean. One of the kindest men I have ever known is a guy named Joe. Joe was a tall biker who looked like he would snap you in half for looking at him. Joe was one of the kindest and most honest men I have ever known and he taught me a lot about life growing up without a father. Women adored him for his humor and kindness. He would often get compliments on his clothing just because they enjoyed his personality. This can work the same way with fragrances. Don't focus on superficial things and work on being a better man. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Money means Mischief <br /></b></u><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAJo7r8_t-FSbjxHe6iZVPb8lz2aYvA7sZdnANQ_kJ0R36RCg16YuS1Wj3WtPmRoMbHjtH3kjDhNxDMJrjEs39_OetYSlY1YiY-KYb0Z_qNwvzSUb9nKiMgNIdWwxNC8Y4mM4Z0zl2rW7QJlKfmZpSTdo2gNuYrOo5Bx2tAhLspsuhTiE7v_lihN_uJg=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAJo7r8_t-FSbjxHe6iZVPb8lz2aYvA7sZdnANQ_kJ0R36RCg16YuS1Wj3WtPmRoMbHjtH3kjDhNxDMJrjEs39_OetYSlY1YiY-KYb0Z_qNwvzSUb9nKiMgNIdWwxNC8Y4mM4Z0zl2rW7QJlKfmZpSTdo2gNuYrOo5Bx2tAhLspsuhTiE7v_lihN_uJg=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@john-guccione-www-advergroup-com-1874301?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">John Guccione www.advergroup.com</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/100-us-dollar-banknotes-3483098/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />A lot of guys will say money will get you attention from women. This is true. However, this is the wrong type of attention from the wrong women. Gentleman, look for a woman that values you for you and not your bankroll. That sort of thing is fickle and will end in heartbreak. I know. I am 36 and I have been down that road. Just trust me on this. <br /><br />How does this tie into compliments? Women can tell when you think money can buy them and they will probably be less likely to compliment you. When you have this mentality about women, they will take notice and probably steer clear of you. It ties into them being able to tell if you are respectful or not. Don't be arrogant and treat women well and others will take notice and be more open to compliment you. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Fragrance Compliment Factor<br /></u></b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn9C3urRpgbSylbb4vfotB14kp3KFg6jmzTAL01WfpV-yL_QCF1RB1rDVTQrQi-Hrf33mf_oxMkj8QGlNTncQZg-02rcGif6TxCWAXln1iNTuzxi4yAslQ3m_ivc6spraijgOmwAU75YdzGUJOb8bcuaXF3N0XNjMZdAHLcfAVTSEWtFnXYmFfpurO7w=s4870" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3247" data-original-width="4870" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn9C3urRpgbSylbb4vfotB14kp3KFg6jmzTAL01WfpV-yL_QCF1RB1rDVTQrQi-Hrf33mf_oxMkj8QGlNTncQZg-02rcGif6TxCWAXln1iNTuzxi4yAslQ3m_ivc6spraijgOmwAU75YdzGUJOb8bcuaXF3N0XNjMZdAHLcfAVTSEWtFnXYmFfpurO7w=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@rodnae-prod?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">RODNAE Productions</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-wearing-coat-looking-sideways-8052805/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I often see questions in the Facebook groups about compliment factors of fragrances. While there is nothing wrong with seeking a fragrance that most people will find enjoyable, I think there is a disconnect somewhere.<br /><br />If you are purchasing fragrances just to get attention and compliments, then I think you are going about it in the wrong way. A fragrance is never going to do that on its own. You are just wasting money because a fragrance will never fill that void in your life. <br /><br />A fragrance can absolutely give you confidence and help you with your everyday life if you are emotionally impacted by scents like I am. However, I do not think a fragrant band-aid is what you are really looking for and it's only going to make the issue worse. <br /><br />Don't take this as me judging you. I think we have all been there and sought to impress a woman before. We all learn from mistakes. I am not saying this is a mistake, but maybe you need a different perspective than what is being fed to you in order to find a solution, <br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent of Love <br /></b></u><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivH8Ys8_dSujterycacCa271K7TXYuD9QnrBVbrNm6TfDcvzRhS_L4xi_LoffW8zDIFasMLadQ8n3qS60cuoQ3YSqrUPlb7N-iCF7DiQyEnKDPz3BuG8e5PvwcAkTahgMGM17lIyXr3muBvSkkf9LrAu2HYdX_C2RyzLhqNrqq7jVPdQsi7K36agmATw=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivH8Ys8_dSujterycacCa271K7TXYuD9QnrBVbrNm6TfDcvzRhS_L4xi_LoffW8zDIFasMLadQ8n3qS60cuoQ3YSqrUPlb7N-iCF7DiQyEnKDPz3BuG8e5PvwcAkTahgMGM17lIyXr3muBvSkkf9LrAu2HYdX_C2RyzLhqNrqq7jVPdQsi7K36agmATw=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@hannah-stevens-1271742?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Hannah Stevens</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-blue-kissing-woman-on-forehead-3724031/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Have you guys ever seen a woman and thought she was okay looking, then when you got to know her she became absolutely beautiful to you? Well, fragrances work like that too. If a woman is already into you, then she will enjoy your scent because it is probably comforting to her. It's the scent of your love and care for her. It doesn't matter what it is, usually. It's what she associates with you. <br /><br />Oftentimes, you are told that you can grab her attention with a scent and it doesn't work like that. A scent just accentuates what is already there. If there is nothing there then that scent does nothing for her. It might smell good to her, but that is the extent of it. <br /><br />If you really want to capture a woman's attention with a scent, then capture her heart first. After that then she will probably enjoy your scents unless she is allergic. This isn't always the case, but there will be at least a few that she associates with you and she loves when you wear them.<br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Man makes the Fragrance<br /></u></b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH-RDJf3bYz3MrVwPnv_wpaGGBQCEgWuc8WQ2G31LC-qMlo0Z1oYFun2DFkHyyYeJ-48Z5eJSSVtxTMW8cBkplWBWSAfO2f3ZQH2UqlkHFMVCto5ntF88OZgSOtZtm6YpjP_dOYztQzV1Bau0kZ3O1msfnPKusGI4oQEJtC_GEd8wnrQjsNeZUVEvT_Q=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH-RDJf3bYz3MrVwPnv_wpaGGBQCEgWuc8WQ2G31LC-qMlo0Z1oYFun2DFkHyyYeJ-48Z5eJSSVtxTMW8cBkplWBWSAfO2f3ZQH2UqlkHFMVCto5ntF88OZgSOtZtm6YpjP_dOYztQzV1Bau0kZ3O1msfnPKusGI4oQEJtC_GEd8wnrQjsNeZUVEvT_Q=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Photo by </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/@marcelochagas?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Marcelo Chagas</a></span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> from </span><span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", roboto, oxygen, cantarell, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-happy-man-smiling-near-modern-building-6930504/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pexels</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The fragrance doesn't make the man, so don't use it as a crutch. You make that fragrance better by being you. Be kind, be respectful, and be happy. This is the most important point in this article and why I saved it for last. <br /><br />Don't try to be a man that you aren't with your fragrance. Pick stuff that fits you and your personality. Wear what you like to wear, not things that will bring compliments. Your confidence is far more important than any hyped-up fragrance. I don't care how many women say they love it. You need to do what makes you happy and extend that to others. <br /><br />Don't let the "alpha" males tell you that you have to wear something masculine. Don't like the hype followers tell you that you have to wear something that gets them compliments. Wear what makes you feel confident and shine like the gem you are. Women will notice and that will get you compliments because they want a conversation starter to speak to such an interesting and self-assured man. Don't be a prototype. Break that mold and show them that you are a really caring and kind man. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Conclusion</u></b><br /><br />I cannot stress this enough, there is no cookie-cutter way to get compliments. What works for me may not work for you, so some of this advice might not work. I am not claiming to be an expert or to know everything. I am just sharing the realizations that I came to from my own experiences. <br /><br />Women are not robots made to compliment you. My advice is not a replacement for anything in your life, but only a template to a new way of thinking if you want to embrace it. If whatever you are doing works and makes you happy, then disregard what I said. I am not telling you how to live. I am just telling you what I have learned in case someone out there is like me and searching for answers in the same way that I was. <br /><br />Remember to be kind and say nice things to someone today. You never know what someone is going through. One kind word can pull someone back from the brink. It costs nothing to do so. <br /><br />Until next time, much love to all of you. Keep being great and smelling great. <br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. Mozzafiato is your one-stop shop for all of your Italian beauty needs. </span><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1746562&u=3060787&m=108709&urllink=&afftrack=" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mozzafiato</a><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> (affiliate link)</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">About my Patreon- I decided to start a Patreon to give people an inside look at my life and my actual thoughts on some things. There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. I wanted to make this cheaper, but it's just not efficient for me to charge less. It takes me 5-6 hours to make an article. Sometimes more if a lot of research is required.<br /></span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am working on trying to start a podcast for interviews with perfumers and business owns, along with weekly discussions on fragrances.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The 12/25 tier now includes a free Musings of a Fraghead mug with my winter logo on it. 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I hope everyone is doing well today. I am doing just fine. I am still getting excited for spring. It will be here in about a month here. I just love the smells in the air during this time when the earth comes alive once more. It's just so enchanting. <br /><br />Speaking of spring, this fragrance screams it and that is why I chose it today. Montale fragrances are typically loud, screechy, and headache-inducing. They have a few gems in their collection though and today I am going to let you know about one that no one talks about. <br /><br />I hope you enjoy this one. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>Notes </u></b><br /><br />Jasmine Sambac<br />Honeysuckle<br />Orange Blossom <br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Story<br /></u></b><br />A spring garden is a wondrous thing. The air is already ripe with the greenery of the earth sprouting once again and it's accentuated by the warm temperatures and a light breeze. The delicate smell of blooming flowers, stems, leaves, and trees wafting through the air and bringing about a sense of joy and contentment. <br /><br />A walk through the garden reminds you of life being awakened and new beginnings. A time to start over and be a better you this year. The pensive melancholy is swept away in a subtle breeze of joy as you feel the warm sun on your skin and the soft sound of the blades of grass blowing. This is blissful motivation towards happiness. Mother nature has a way of reminding us of the simple pleasures in life. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Scent<br /></u></b><br />Jasmine full starts out with an almost soapy fresh blast of jasmine sambac. If you are not aware of the differences between sambac and grandiflorum, sambac is the more intensively floral sort that has a freshness to it. It's also the more masculine leaning to me, while grandiflorum is more fruity and rich with hints of apricot. The jasmine in Jasmin Full is not indolic in any way. It's very clean and floral with creaminess and the smell of fresh stems. <br /><br />This is a rather linear fragrance that focuses solely on jasmine and it is supported by a honeysuckle note that lends its jasmine-like quality to the picture to paint a more realistic smelling fragrance. It's also supported by a bright and fresh orange blossom that makes you believe this is a sunny spring day. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Other Notes<br /></b></u><br />Jasmin Full is a perfect springtime fragrance, but it can be worn in the summer as well. It has a luxurious feel to it and can be worn casually or formally. However, I think this pairs beautifully with a white shirt. The cleanliness of this scent just screams white to me. <br /><br />This is a decidedly unisex fragrance. As most of you know, I am a male and I adore wearing this scent. Flowers aren't only for women. Any age range could pull this off with ease. <br /><br />It's a Montale, so it is a powerful fragrance. However, this one is not as cloying as most of their offerings and lasts a good 9-10 hours on skin with 3 of those hours projecting quite heavily. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>My Opinion<br /></u></b><br />Montale Jasmin Full is a gem in the midst of Montale's collection of cloying roses and shower gel-like scents. This one doesn't come across as overly synthetic, although it is. It has a realistic and believable smell to it. It's essentially a jasmine garden, complete with flowers, stems, and leaves. It's absolutely beautiful and soothing.<br /><br />You know, I almost sold this one and I am glad I didn't. This one is going to stay in the collection. It's difficult to find a jasmine scent that doesn't make me think of a female because I have known many women to wear jasmine over the years, so it's just my personal association when they make it light and airy. This one is one I wear proudly and I know I will smell darn good while wearing it.<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />I hope you enjoyed the article today. Remember to be kind and do kind things. You never know how you could help someone with one act of kindness. Much love to all of you. Stay great and smell great! <br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. 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I hope everyone is doing well today. It's almost Valentine's Day and I hope some of you are looking forward to time with your loved ones. I wish you all a wonderful day. <br /><br />I rarely do lists like this anymore, but I saw a bunch of other reviewers posting fragrances for Valentine's Day, but most of them were gourmands and had rose in them. I love rose, but it just seems so cliche and banal to do it for Valentine's Day, so I came up with a list of some unique fragrances for you to smell a bit different for the festivities. I just don't think people should always smell like cheap Russel Stover chocolate and clearance Aisle wilted roses for the holiday.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy this one. These are in no particular order. Let's get into it! <br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Dunhill Icon Elite<br /></b><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMBbj7SiOnXbPY8TJy6-MbesOnLR6hQNjaqscqrw-YVpu9dj2Yzs9qyUsb__h1lUsQfoDKr17aguc48fzbaGwjapGv-cr3_nui0tjofFxWasUw_3JWgwlQ_cZ4dj3rojfFOfJmy0iG4QkiqeYBN2B7xdYGKbwbUHD9f_AP6TvOgtNzc3MNb9EyEnubUA=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMBbj7SiOnXbPY8TJy6-MbesOnLR6hQNjaqscqrw-YVpu9dj2Yzs9qyUsb__h1lUsQfoDKr17aguc48fzbaGwjapGv-cr3_nui0tjofFxWasUw_3JWgwlQ_cZ4dj3rojfFOfJmy0iG4QkiqeYBN2B7xdYGKbwbUHD9f_AP6TvOgtNzc3MNb9EyEnubUA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Main Notes: Cashmeran, Cardamom, Pepper, and Sandalwood<br />Season: Autumn or Winter</div></div>Preferred Age: 30+<br />Longevity: Good<br />Projection: Low<br /><br />Dunhill Icon Elite is a cashmeran bomb with dark sandalwood, and black pepper. This fragrance doesn't have much sweetness to it and that makes it lean slightly mature. It's spicy and heavy on the woody notes. This is a serious fragrance and it's pretty good for the price. It's not going to win any awards, but it's a solid pick up for those who don't like much sweetness. It has a certain resinous quality about it as well. <br /><br /><br /><b>Terre d'Hermes Parfum <br /></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFdcqBj-kij3PNU0aHIH_RPYdiiYt4QWmOeQ-EEk8ZbJoGXhXFw0TZ7Y-eLOqJbp9hd_X_Z7Oi_ozsE3q8yy9H6nG3lqEZfbQTu6aJ1yGklNDopoY20HiVyQ6vZKD5JToSlsovE95FVAIth4NI-Fx_XfILfSjeqO_7Dopi5S2TpebmETxwZSofR52QnQ=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFdcqBj-kij3PNU0aHIH_RPYdiiYt4QWmOeQ-EEk8ZbJoGXhXFw0TZ7Y-eLOqJbp9hd_X_Z7Oi_ozsE3q8yy9H6nG3lqEZfbQTu6aJ1yGklNDopoY20HiVyQ6vZKD5JToSlsovE95FVAIth4NI-Fx_XfILfSjeqO_7Dopi5S2TpebmETxwZSofR52QnQ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Main Notes: Vetiver, Orange, and Flint<br />Season: Any<br />Preferred Age: 30+<br />Longevity: Mediocre <br />Projection: Low<br /><br />Terre d'Hermes Parfum was chosen over the EDT because it's smoother and more elegant and therefore suited more for a date night. It almost feels like a classic with that earthy orange opening that is quite linear. This is particularly good for autumn dates, but it can be used in the winter for something different. </div></div><br /><b>Zaharoff Signature Royale <br /></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc34ETBP4CS2ZvXyCkKevEU344NUV9ETbmFw5MnXBr8NMz9s4wLC6sQRR4UZ91G57QhhUscKNmrVtFd2Y2L3msF-B7b7q7Hn2g8bEDw_1GC4wMfz_g79gvXu7y8pzhS-h7aOqIIqiRddwYe7MOU8MtCUUdFfsK2PmW75deur_nWsFntZU9rqcFIRSeuw=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc34ETBP4CS2ZvXyCkKevEU344NUV9ETbmFw5MnXBr8NMz9s4wLC6sQRR4UZ91G57QhhUscKNmrVtFd2Y2L3msF-B7b7q7Hn2g8bEDw_1GC4wMfz_g79gvXu7y8pzhS-h7aOqIIqiRddwYe7MOU8MtCUUdFfsK2PmW75deur_nWsFntZU9rqcFIRSeuw=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br />Main Notes: Sandalwood, Lavender, Cardamom, Apple, Vanilla, and Suede<br />Season: Any<br />Preferred Age: 30+<br />Longevity: Good<br />Projection: Average<br /><br />Zaharoff Signature Royale is a creamy and buttery sandalwood fragrance with spices and powder. It's quite a unique creation and very elegant. This was my least favorite of the line, but it grew on me quite a bit. It's still not my favorite in the line, but it works quite well for a date night when you have to dress up. It's not too overpowering in a warmer climate either. <br /><br /><br /><b>Issey Miyake Nuit d'Issey Bleu Astral <br /></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixvJpEkx0URqT86BSlNyz-En36tiq8M52F-imE4xTf_9Ein5xLFhKU2aM6r1eMK1eSrRBcISofV6TDuyjzgoRyrVKyeYSYuY-r-is2JdGnoRWGS37Oj8O2CHGP7gseQkEgChO0L0ubwganAfSqDbpDvz7XF4hnlxFaRLDxt1gvzkHcPmBnwIg7ELrvew=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixvJpEkx0URqT86BSlNyz-En36tiq8M52F-imE4xTf_9Ein5xLFhKU2aM6r1eMK1eSrRBcISofV6TDuyjzgoRyrVKyeYSYuY-r-is2JdGnoRWGS37Oj8O2CHGP7gseQkEgChO0L0ubwganAfSqDbpDvz7XF4hnlxFaRLDxt1gvzkHcPmBnwIg7ELrvew=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br />Main Notes: Amberwood, Leather, Lime, and Coriander<br />Season: Any <br />Preferred Age: Any <br />Longevity: Powerful <br />Projection: Strong<br /><br />Our friends down under are experiencing some warmer temperatures right now, so I wanted to give a warmer weather option. Nuit d'Issey Bleu Astral is a cold and darker blue fragrance with a leathery touch. It's fresh and deep at the same time. It's like looking up at the stars and seeing the moon cast its glow on the ocean while seeing your breath in the air. A pretty unique and refreshing release from the house and a very underrated fragrance in general. <br /><br /><br /><b>Swiss Arabian Mutamayez<br /></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSAvwLe8E7Qd1ZsXzJPStLu90CjJCt3Y-mw8qFEi25sIbpZeCMmPopWV5tXbDq8rBpJX48wwd3u0mYkSyA-XB5AkAU3LpGXnOBG1Frvw9qKjlFUw3iZTZdl6Wr7NKYYjvcwPGeU0GqrVSs2lJ-Uae5Bw94hM5kFSSfZ1jcHLmPwkiG8Bb2bm_obToc-Q=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSAvwLe8E7Qd1ZsXzJPStLu90CjJCt3Y-mw8qFEi25sIbpZeCMmPopWV5tXbDq8rBpJX48wwd3u0mYkSyA-XB5AkAU3LpGXnOBG1Frvw9qKjlFUw3iZTZdl6Wr7NKYYjvcwPGeU0GqrVSs2lJ-Uae5Bw94hM5kFSSfZ1jcHLmPwkiG8Bb2bm_obToc-Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Main Notes: Cashmeran, Oud Accord, Clove, Cardamom, and Amber<br />Season: Autumn and Winter<br />Preferred Age: Any<br />Longevity: Powerful <br />Projection: Powerful <br /><br />Mutamayez is a dark woody cashmeran and oud fragrance offset by sweet spices and warm amber. It would be in the same genre as Oud Wood, but it's different. It's dark, resinous, slightly sweet, and warm. This fragrance has a somewhat mysterious vibe to it while being exotic at the same time. This is a real winner from the house that doesn't smell cheap or overdone.<br /><br /><br /><b>Oscar de la Renta Gentleman <br /></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmw-LagHV_Vu5V_k96qdiL-iiS8gmzwFZpatqQ3rzMhnF88Zr_O48OrS2wKyK3suZuhERY9Nx3N0AeA6wXylCD3gRG1T5jB50aismyEDKcksAx1PCzdzCd5Fhs751TKnyvHhCuoThtSv_IW5NGRrObfKA1lYF-A9pdCbeTn3uCxTPHuJ3m9G_Q14-klw=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmw-LagHV_Vu5V_k96qdiL-iiS8gmzwFZpatqQ3rzMhnF88Zr_O48OrS2wKyK3suZuhERY9Nx3N0AeA6wXylCD3gRG1T5jB50aismyEDKcksAx1PCzdzCd5Fhs751TKnyvHhCuoThtSv_IW5NGRrObfKA1lYF-A9pdCbeTn3uCxTPHuJ3m9G_Q14-klw=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Main Notes: Champagne, Cardamom, Grapefruit, Oolong Tea, and Vetiver<br />Season: Any<br />Preferred Age: Any <br />Longevity: Average <br />Projection: Average <br /><br />Oscar de la Renta Gentleman was hyped a while back and then it just died off. I am not sure why. This is an outstanding blend of fizzy champagne and grapefruit with oolong and spicy cardamon resting on a solid woody vetiver base. The bottle is strange for some people, but I like it myself. Regardless, this is an unexpected date night in any season. <br /><br /><br /><b>Bottega Veneta Pour Homme EDT <br /></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb--piMDNu09QS0ab6Yq-2aq-UPM__M0XAYUj3kZHrZUKTSWTGLCv-McAVUz_ntbvCTUzCiANKS02hHGGsG7T4OeiFNQ93RCthqpFcEa_G4BkHontXSTLsMw6KgCQT2u4Vg_EOiZDClw95ft3vX02jzyU_tPgnQaYEfW4vpIJsj_ubCFWdoH9L5V3OXg=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb--piMDNu09QS0ab6Yq-2aq-UPM__M0XAYUj3kZHrZUKTSWTGLCv-McAVUz_ntbvCTUzCiANKS02hHGGsG7T4OeiFNQ93RCthqpFcEa_G4BkHontXSTLsMw6KgCQT2u4Vg_EOiZDClw95ft3vX02jzyU_tPgnQaYEfW4vpIJsj_ubCFWdoH9L5V3OXg=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br />Main Notes: Pine, Leather, and Patchouli<br />Season: Autumn and Winter<br />Preferred Age: 30+<br />Longevity: Slightly Below Average<br />Projection: Low<br /><br />I am probably the only person crazy enough to put Bottega Veneta on a list with date night fragrances. 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I hope everyone is doing well. I am doing just fine. I have a lot to catch up on and I am trying to get it done. Time just keeps going by so quickly. <br /><br />I am a bit late to the party on this one. I have had it for around 6 weeks or so, so I have thoroughly tested it. Home for the Holidays is my favorite from Happyland, so I was sure how this one would hold up with the coffee being taken out. <br /><br />I was sent this fragrance for free from Happyland. However, there was no agreement that I would review it. So, I am under no obligation or pressure to review this or say it is good. This is solely my opinion and it is not influenced by anything. <br /><br />Without further ado, let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>Notes<br /></u></b><br />Caramel, Apple, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Rum, Musk, Coriander, Orange, Rose, Labdanum, and Soft Spices<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Story <br /></b></u><br />It's a blisteringly cold night. You decided to walk to the Christmas party this year. Your company requires you to show up. It's times like these that you regret even working for this company. Maybe I regret more the fact that I was too stubborn to take a cab on this frigid and snowy night. Maybe one day I will gain some common sense. I will have to let go of my ego and call one for the ride home, even if it is only a few blocks. <br /><br />As you arrive at your office building, the warm ambery glow of the lights shifts your focus to a feeling of warmth. Like a hearth for a weary traveler in ancient times, the building beckons you forth to bask in its splendor. You accept its offer of refuge. <br /><br />As you walk into the building, you realize that it wasn't a mirage cast upon you like a weary man in a desert picturing an oasis. It was calling to you for your safety and it has stayed true to its word. The sound of soft jazz fills in the air with a calming and classy demeanor of joy, while the crackling of the fireplace interjects every now and then. The smell of maple-glazed roasted nuts fills your nose and reminds you of your hunger. It must have taken a lot of energy to walk here. <br /><br />A young lady approaches in a green Holiday sweater adorned with tacky Christmas designs and offers you a drink and roasted nuts. You accept and take a sip. It's spiced rum. It warms you to your core and brings a smile to your lips that you assumed had been frozen shut before then. <br /><br />The soft sounds of people merrily chatting is noticeable under the calming music. You grab a blanket and go and sit by the fire. The warm wool and heat of the flames feel like a soft hug to your soul. <br /><br />This was a blissful evening. A memory of contrasts that would not be so special without the whole story. However, I pick up my phone and call a cab. I have no intention of walking home. There is no spiced rum to save my sanity there. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent<br /></b></u><br />Homme for the Holidays Decaf opens up with what I perceive as maple glazed nuts. It must be the type of nutmeg with the maple. There is also some cinnamon in the opening, but to me, the nutmeg and maple take center stage. <br /><br />After about an hour and a half, the fragrance shifts gears a bit. That nuttiness subsides and it becomes a warm spiced rum fragrance with warm amber and some soft patchouli to rest on. <br /><br />The fragrance is somewhat linear after the heart develops, which isn't a bad thing. The spices dance in and out of limbo with shades of maple and amber in the background to give the rum note its spiced and warming feeling. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Other Notes<br /></b></u><br />Happyland Homme for the Holidays Decaf is not just for the holiday season, although it does work wonderfully for that. This spicy and boozy concoction can be enjoyed in the autumn season as well. Early spring would be fine as well, but I don't see this one working very well in the heat due to having a sweetness to it. The spices are also quite potent. Maybe it would work on a cool summer date night. <br /><br />It's a Happyland fragrance. Do I need to even mention the performance at this point? I am only joking. This is no exception to the powerful scents that owner E.J. Wells creates. You can expect a good 3 hours of projection and another 6-7 hours of longevity. I did test this one with overspraying. One of my friends wanted to try it, so I asked her to spray it 10 times. I didn't like it when it was oversprayed. It takes over everything with powerful projection and the spiciness and amber dominated everything else in the vicinity. The sweet rum and nutty facets aren't as noticeable. I would keep this one as a 3 spray max fragrance, but your own personal testing might yield different results.<br /><br />This is more of a casual fragrance, but it would be dressed up into semi-formal or business casual wear. I think this fragrance leans a bit on the masculine side, but a woman could certainly pull it off. <br /><br />These are just my personal thoughts from testing it. Your mileage can vary and you should take every fragrance and explore its full capabilities. I have not been able to test it in warm weather yet, so I am only guessing based on the composition and smell. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />Happyland nailed it. I love coffee, but I think this one is more nuanced and tells a better story. The original Homme for the Holidays is certainly great as well, but this one just speaks to me on a personal level and fits my tastes better. I am typically not a fan of gourmand scents, but this one isn't overly sweet and it's blended in a very smooth way that makes it appealing without smelling juvenile or cady sweet. The inclusion of maple and amber would normally make something excessively sweet with rum being added, but the notes are dosed in a pleasing way that makes them work with each other and not against one another.<br /><br />It's a magical and warming scent that is a pleasure to wear and fans of spicy and boozy scents are sure to enjoy this. However, you should always sample first. My nose is not yours. Happyland offers samples, which I will link below with the full-sized bottle. <br /><br />I am not sure what the actual concentration is on these, but they are extraits. They leave an oily sheen on your hand for around 15 minutes and I would take caution with spraying this on lightly colored clothing due to that. <br /><br />The 50ml is $55, which is more than fairly priced for an extrait. Considering you only need 3 sprays at the most, this will last you a long time. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />I hope you enjoyed my review. I am planning on getting to Foux de Fafa and Diabolique soon. Remember to always be kind and say some kind words to someone today. You never know who it might help. These are dark times and one act of kindness is one more step towards making this world a better place for all of us. Keep smelling great and being great. Until next time, take care and thank you for the support. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.happylandfragrances.com/product-page/homme-for-the-holidays-decaf-edition" target="_blank">50ml Bottle</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.happylandfragrances.com/product-page/one-sample-pack" target="_blank">Sample</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. 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There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. 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I hope everyone is doing well. I am doing quite well. I am still waiting for spring to hit in full force to wear some more freshies, but other than that life is going well. I do turn 36 on Sunday, so I guess that is news that you might not know. <br /><br />I have been thinking a lot about my fragrance collection lately and wanted to share some of my thoughts. I did watch a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNYvw-FLLfY" target="_blank">video</a> from Justin Copeland that did make me think of this more, although it's been on my mind for a while. I guess you will see it in a bit.<br /><br />This article will be sort of raw and it might be a bit disorganized because I am just writing as my mind thinks and I am not following a prepared prompt or anything. Without further ado, let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>How the Times Change<br /></b></u><br />When I first started reviewing, I just wanted fragrances to make content with. There was no reason to buy or get some of the fragrances I did. I just did it to reach a number count to try to get some sort of credibility with reviewing. My approach was totally wrong and wasteful. <br /><br />I thought that having hundreds of bottles would give me some sort of credibility like Ashton or Steven have, but I never will that and I am okay with that. I always had credibility. Maybe it's not nearly as much as those two, but people do know me and enjoy my style.<br /><br />I just look at these dozens of bottles of cheapies that I never wear and I wonder what the point was. I blind-bought them because the notes looked good or some Youtuber did a rack haul and said it was good. It's my fault for falling for it. <br /><br />This article isn't to demean any of those YouTubers but to look at my own personal choices with fragrances and how I went down the wrong road. Maybe it can help someone who is in a similar situation. <br /><br /><b><u>Cheapies are Cheap for a Reason<br /></u></b><br />You watch a video or read about a rack store haul and you think "bro, that looks like a good fragrance. Imma go blind buy that". Then you get it in and it's boring and generic and wonder why people said it was good. <br /><br />The cold reality is that most cheapies are cheap because they are bad fragrances. I am not a niche snob by any means. Some cheapies are very good. In fact, my next article will probably be on cheapies that are actually decent. <br /><br />The majority of cheap fragrances just plain suck. I searched for years for those hidden gem cheapies that had different notes and might be something new. I wasted a lot of money and now I have a bunch of bottles collecting dust. <br /><br />I haven't smelled an Armaf I like yet. It is okay if you like the brand. I don't judge you for it, but in my eyes, they are all cheap and synthetic and smell nothing like the fragrances that inspired them. At some point, we have to admit to ourselves that the same ingredients aren't in that $20 bottle as the $200 one. I personally don't care as much about performance. I want to experience and love my fragrances. I could care less if no one comments on them. I do get compliments sometimes and I appreciate them, but that is probably the thing I look at the least when buying a fragrance. <br /><br />The most common thing I see is "I can't afford originals". Yes, you can. Well, if you live in a developed country. I won't act like I know what it's like to live in a poorer country because I don't know the circumstances there. However, if you live in a first-world country, then there is no excuse. <br /><br />I see people with 40 cheapies saying they cannot afford niche. That is at least $800 sitting there. You could buy at least 4-6 niche/high-end designers with that. I understand that if you are new and trying to fill out your fragrance wardrobe for different situations why you would have some cheapies, but once you hit 20, I think it's time to stop and save up for some good stuff. I am not telling you how to spend your money, but I am giving you advice to not do what I did. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>It's Just a Number <br /></b></u><br />As I said before, I chased the numbers. I thought having more would give me more credit. I think having more would make me happy. It doesn't. If anything, it depresses me more to know I could have some niche fragrances that I have wanted for a while instead of those cheapies that get no use. I also can't sell them very well because the shipping costs as much as the fragrance. I would have to bundle them to even make it remotely worth it.<br /><br />I would rather have 30 fragrances that bring a smile to my face than 400 ones that are just grab-and-go fragrances. It makes no sense why some of us collect until our souls are crushed and we get burnt out. Again, this is coming from a place of experience. There will be nothing new and exciting if everything you purchase is made with the same lackluster ingredients to maintain a cheap price. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Influence<br /></b></u><br />I am not trying to knock YouTubers. I have suggested things in the past that I would no longer recommend too. I am just as guilty. That new fragrance might spark joy for a bit, but unless it's a love, then that feeling will fade with time. If everything fades, then maybe you need to fill your life with something other than fragrances. Maybe we need to look at what thing we are trying to compensate for and why we are relying on fragrances to fill that hole. <br /><br />We can watch these hauls and get excited based on what reviewers say, but in the end, it can be a fruitless pursuit. Being in the game myself, it's all about clicks. It's not about encouraging you to be responsible with purchases. I always encourage sampling first, but I see that it's not enough now. We need to encourage people to not be addicted to fragrances and to tell them it's okay to skip on mediocre offerings. We need to be sterner in our reviews. We need to stop pushing junk to people and encourage them to create a collection that speaks of their style and not our own. We need to start caring about our readers and viewers and stop caring about cutting that check. <br /><br />Just to be clear, I have never been paid for a review. I decline to work with companies that do not encourage honesty and that is why I only have one affiliate. Honestly is the best policy, as they say. It's the tougher road, but at the end of the day, it's much more rewarding and helps me sleep more easily at night...At least when my cat doesn't dart around like a streaker at a soccer game at 3 in the morning. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Appreciation<br /></b></u><br />Most of us have at least 50 fragrances. How many of us can tell you how each one makes us feel? If we can't, then those fragrances need to go or we need to learn to get to know them better and not just move on to the next purchase. <br /><br />We are often chasing that euphoric feeling of a new purchase. I get it. It's exciting to blind buy sometimes. It's just not practical. I am not saying to not blind buy. I am just saying that maybe there is a better way that will help us appreciate what we have. <br /><br />Some of us can't even tell you the actual performance of a fragrance because we never gave it enough time before we move on to a different spray. It just means we do not know the fragrance well. I wore John Varvatos Artisan Pure and thought it only lasted 5 hours until I really gave it good wearings and discovered it still on my skin the next morning. Warm skin reignites a lot of notes. Give it some time. Learn to love them. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Resolve<br /></b></u><br />My resolve for this year is to not focus on quantity and focus more on quality. I don't want to fill my shelves with cheapies. I want to fill my collection with stuff that I love and want to wear and in turn, I will share it with you folks. I want this to be John's collection and not someone else's. <br /><br />I want to bring the best reviews to all of you and if I am buying mediocre stuff, then you will get mediocre reviews and you deserve better. I also need to hold myself to a higher standard with my reviews. <br /><br />I have thought about giving up so many times since people don't like to read blogs, but every few days people tell me how they like my content, so I keep pushing on. So, I am going to save up and get fragrances that really move me and review those. I want my passion to be sparked once again and I want that to ignite your passion as well. I don't want you to just smell a fragrance, I want you to connect with it and feel it. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />I hope you enjoyed this article. I don't often do things like this before, but I just wanted to share. Be sure to let me know what you think. Again, I will state that I am not telling anyone who to spend their money. I am only giving you my raw perspective on it. What you do with what I said is up to you. You don't have to do as I suggested if you are truly happy with your collection. <br /><br /><br />I hope everyone has a lovely evening. Remember to say a kind word to someone today. You never know who it might help. That is something cheap that will never get old. Be great and keep smelling great. I appreciate all of the support. Much love. Be safe until next time. <br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. Mozzafiato is your one-stop shop for all of your Italian beauty needs. </span><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1746562&u=3060787&m=108709&urllink=&afftrack=" style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mozzafiato</a><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> (affiliate link)</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">About my Patreon- I decided to start a Patreon to give people an inside look at my life and my actual thoughts on some things. There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. I wanted to make this cheaper, but it's just not efficient for me to charge less. It takes me 5-6 hours to make an article. Sometimes more if a lot of research is required.<br /></span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am working on trying to start a podcast for interviews with perfumers and business owns, along with weekly discussions on fragrances.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The 12/25 tier now includes a free Musings of a Fraghead mug with my winter logo on it. 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I hope everyone is having a wonderful day today. I am still craving some spring weather and fresh fragrances. I realized that I haven't reviewed this one yet, so I decided to finally do it. <br /><br />Absolu is the underappreciated flankers of the Acqua di Gio line that never caught too much traction compared to Profumo and Profondo. It doesn't quite smell like an Acqua di Gio fragrance, so maybe that is why. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>Notes</u></b><br /><br /><b>Top <br /></b><br />Sea Water(Calone)<br />Pear <br />Bergamot<br />Grapefruit<br />Apple<br />Lemon <br /><br /><b>Heart </b><br /><br />Lavender<br />Rosemary<br />Geranium<br /><br /><b>Base<br /></b><br />Amberwood<br />Tonka Bean <br />Patchouli<br />Amber<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent <br /></b></u><br />Acqua di Gio ABsolu opens up with some sweet-smelling citruses and fruit. The calone and sparkling bergamot show in this phase as well, which are the only things that remain from the original ADG. The pear provides a sweet twist upon the DNA. It comes off a little bit like Paco Rabanne's Invictus Aqua, but it doesn't stay that way. <br /><br />As the heart shows itself, A bit of sweet lavender comes out and you get the creaminess from the tonka and amber accords. You can detect a slight bit of the patchouli, but it errs on the dry and only slightly earthy, but not dark at all.<br /><br />At the base, the fragrance still has a fruitiness that lingers, but the sweetened patchouli is much more evident now. The creaminess of the fragrance with the woody notes and a bit of lavender and fruit makes for a nice sweet woody dry down with some aquatic freshness.<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Other Notes <br /></b></u><br />This is a year-round fragrance. It's sweet enough to cut through the cold, yet fresh enough for summer days. However, I would choose Profondo or the original ADG over this one for the very hot summer days. <br /><br />This fragrance caters to a slightly younger crowd, but not as young as Invictus Aqua. Sure, a teenager could rock this, but the woodiness and creamy facets give it a more mature approach. I use mature loosely because this is not marketed towards older men. <br /><br />I do believe this fragrance is more masculine, but I could see a woman wearing it as well if they like woody fragrances. I would say the fragrance is the most fitting for men 22-40.<br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />It's no secret that I do not like Invictus Aqua. I am not a fan of Rasasi Hawas either. They are just too sweet to me. However, ADG Absolu takes the same genre of fragrance tempers the sweetness and adds creamy woods along with its signature fruity freshness.<br /><br />This fragrance is not a love, but I do like it quite a bit. It's not something I reach for often, but when I am feeling playful, this is one of my first picks. It has just the right amount of sweetness for me. So, it's a win in my book and an overlooked flanker that is quite good. The others in the ADG line are still better, but this is still work owning in my opinion. <br /><br />The ADG line isn't super cheaper, so I certainly suggest sampling this one before buying it. It retails for $102 for 75, but you can get it for around 70-80 bucks from discounters. This is an EDP concentration, so it does cost a bit more than the original.<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />Thanks for checking out my review and I hope you enjoyed it. Much love to everyone and remember to say a kind word today. You never know what someone is going through. A bit of kindness is free. 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I hope everyone is doing well today. I am doing fine. I am quite ready for spring to start, but I am not looking forward to tornado season. It is what it is, I guess. I am just ready to bust out my warmer weather fragrances, since spring is pretty warm here.<br /><br />You didn't come here to hear me talk about the weather. Today I am covering Zaharoff's newest release, Signature Royale X. Initially, this was meant to be a limited release, but people seemed to like it so much that George is trying to make it a permanent part of the line. It is not official yet, so don't quote me on that. <br /><br />This fragrance was originally not meant to be released and it was quite animalic. George changed it a bit to make it more palatable for most of his fans and released this version. This review is only pertaining to the version that was released. Also, I will note that this fragrance is a parfum extrait with 27% oil concentration,<br /><br /><br />Without further ado, let's get into it!<br /><br />Note: This article may not be appropriate for anyone under the age of 18 due to some sexual references. If you scroll past this, then you are verifying that you are over 18 or that you have a parent's permission to view this article.<br /><br /><b><u><br />Notes </u></b><br /><br /><b>Top</b><br /><br />Bergamot <br />Citrus <br />Lavender <br />Guatemalan Cardamom <br /><br /><br /><b>Heart <br /></b><br />Himalayan Juniper<br />Pimento Berry <br />Virginian Cedar Leaf <br /><br /><br /><b>Base</b><br /><br />Australian Sandalwood<br />Indonesian Gold Patchouli <br />Chinese Oud <br />Vetiver<br />Rock Rose<br />Benzoin<br />Musk<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Vibe<br /></b></u><br />I can see the love in her eyes. The twinkle in her eye is like the passion to light a thousand suns. Her kiss is like the sweet citrus blooms in the summer. As our bodies meet, the smell of sweat and lavender mix as a narcotic obsession to the senses. The feel of her warm skin makes my heart race. The longing overwhelms us as our bodies meet in joyful ecstasy. <br /><br />I apologize if this is a bit cheesy. It's just something this fragrance sparks in my mind. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent<br /></b></u><br />Signature Royale X opens up with a bright bergamot that is lifted by a clean and slightly powdery lavender. The fresh cardamom smell adds a bit of spiciness without making it too warm. This gives it a fresh soapy vibe that will persist throughout the fragrance, but the bergamot will taper off before the base comes out. <br /><br />As the heart emerges, you start to get the musk in full force. You can pick up the musk in the opening, but it doesn't really start showing until the heart comes out. Some people have said this is a clean musk. I strongly disagree. This is not a soapy white musk. This musk is rich, warm, and animalic. It's not overpoweringly animalic. It just adds a touch of skankiness to it. It combines with the creamy and buttery sandalwood that the original Royale and Signature are known for to create an creamy animalic woody musk. It's quite beautiful when paired with the lavender and some smooth woods. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Other Notes<br /></b></u><br />Signature Royale X is a hard one to pin down for a season. I think the musk and sandalwood are a bit too rich for the hot summer days and it's not spicy or rich enough to cut through the cold very well due to the underlying freshness. I think this is a better transitional season fragrance for autumn and spring. It can be worn all year long, but I think it will do the best on mild days. I have only had this fragrance in the winter, so I am just guessing based on the composition and how it smells to me. <br /><br />The fragrance performs well for around 10 hours on my skin, with 3 of those having decent projection before it creates a scent bubble that softly radiates around you for the next 3 hours. It becomes a skin scent at around the 7th hour from my testing. <br /><br />This fragrance is more casual in its approach. It could be used formally, but I would certainly go easy on the sprays. It does have that Zaharoff classiness that he puts in all of his fragrances. This fragrance does lean masculine to me. However, a woman could wear this. <br /><br />The X on the back of the bottle creates this triple X mirage. I thought this was quite interesting. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />Zaharoff Signature Royale X could be a signature scent for me. It has a lot of things I love...bergamot, lavender, cardamom, sandalwood, and musk. It's blended beautifully in a way that showcases both the fresh and skanky notes while not being overwhelming on anything. This is my favorite ones from the brand so far. It's a happy scent with a dark twist. This is an imaginative fragrance that is original, but very wearable and not too artistic. It wears like a designer, but has niche quality ingredients. <br /><br />It is priced at 145 USD for 60ml, which is not cheap. I truly think it is worth that. You have to realize this has 27% oil concentration in it, so that would put it around the price of Sauvage Elixir. It's a beautiful fragrance that is worth the asking price if you want to treat yourself. I am not sure if he is offering samples yet, but I would highly suggest ordering a sample when he adds it to the main line(Hopefully he is able to). <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion</b></u><br /><br />I hope you enjoyed today's review. I certainly enjoyed dissection this one and bringing it to you. 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I hope everyone is doing well today. I am doing well. I won't talk too much in the intro this time. I am just going to say that I have been thinking about things that make little or no sense to me in the fragrance community and here are some of those things. Let's get into it!
<b>Performance</b>
I get it. People want fragrances to perform. They want what they perceive is value for money. I just don't understand why it is the main factor for some people. Every fragrance has a place. Sometimes you don't want a super-strong fragrance. Subtlety is beautiful sometimes.
I don't think you should base your whole collection around strong scents. Diversity is much more versatile and gives you a lot of options when selecting a fragrance to wear for certain events. You don't need a 10 hour fragrances for a date.
I sometimes like to change my scents throughout the day and it's impossible to wash some of these stronger scents off.
I am not saying performance is a bad thing. I am just saying that I think judging every fragrance on this metric is limiting your options.
<b>Projection</b>
I understand this one too. Some cultures love fragrances that strongly project. However, not everyone does. I don't think projection should be a determining factor in every purchase.
I think summer scents that project a lot can be cloying and make me nauseous sometimes. How are you going to draw your date in closer to you when he/she can smell you from halfway across the room? I don't know about you, but many of the females I personally know don't like it when someone smells like they bathed in a fragrance. Of course, there are ones who love it. There are just far fewer of them, in my experience.
Again, having projection is not a bad thing. I am just trying to make a case for some diversity in your fragrance wardrobe. It's like having only one type of shoes. If you have all dress shoes, then you are limited in what you can accomplish with them.
<b>Hate
</b>
It's really annoying when people post "I hate (random fragrance) because it was hyped and I don't like it". Most of the time, this is stated by people new to fragrances. I see that many people things like this only try the fragrance once and give their opinion right off. Either that or they are trying to be edgy.
I have also never understood why some people look down on others for fragrance decisions. It's their money. They can spend it how they'd like. I know the two sentiments above contradict that a bit, but they are just my opinions. I don't look down on people who like strong fragrances all of the time. I am just trying to make a stance that they might not have thought of. The fragrance community is about learning from one another and not putting people down.
<b>FOMO(Fear of Missing Out)
</b>
FOMO happens quite often with discontinued fragrances. Yes, a fragrance like Prada L'homme Intense had a small cult following before being discontinued(if it even is. there is conflicting information on it), but why is it all of a sudden a "masterpiece"? This causes people to just buy it because they are afraid of missing out on a fragrance and generates unwarranted hype sometimes.
Some people might actually love it and that is fine. However, if people didn't only try what YouTubers hype and actually sought out these fragrances, then they wouldn't have to scurry around to find a rare bottle. Experiment and find what you love, not what someone tells you to try.
<b>Compliments
</b>
Compliments are nice. Don't get me wrong. However, I think there is an issue when people go to Jeremy Fragrance's lengths and say a fragrance is bad because you don't get compliments on it.
If you want to get compliments, then you need to have confidence in yourself and wear the right fragrance to fit that. It's like a relationship. It's a two-way street and you have to cooperate to make it work. People will never make you happy until you decide to be happy yourself.
You can't just expect to spray a fragrance on and get compliments. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not being honest with you. No fragrance is guaranteed to turn heads or get you noticed.
<b>Panty Droppers
</b>
Ugh. I hate even typing that word. Can we stop treating women like they are robots to smell our fragrances and that alone arouses them? It shows a lack of understanding and maturity when this term is used.
Women are just as diverse as men are. Let's not act like they aren't and pigeonhole them into a box by saying these fragrances will excite them. Will it work for some? Sure. However, by saying this we are disregarding their individuality and making them seem like they will just sleep with anyone because of a smell. It's just demeaning to think that about anyone.
I know this term is normally used in a flippant fashion, but we need to learn to stop disrespecting women. That is probably one reason why people aren't getting the compliments they seek.
<b>Oud Smells like Feces
</b>
I get it. Oud is not everyone's cup of tea. However, I do not think most people who say this have smelled real oud. Yes, some start off with a fecal or skanky vibe, but they normally get much better over time. I don't think many people have smelled real oud or even the synthetic stuff when they say this.
Real oud is a journey in itself. They have top, heart, and base notes and evolve beautifully when it reacts to skin chemistry. Some of it is fecal, but most of it is beautiful. It heavily depends on the region, variety, distillation, and many other factors. Oud is very diverse in its scent profile.
<b>Your Nose is Broken
</b>
I see this comment a lot in certain groups. There are new people in the groups who can't differentiate notes. Education is better than damnation. I don't understand why people have to feel superior in this regard.
I have seen some comparisons that made me raise some question marks as well. One guy was saying Bentley Intense is just a stronger version of a Tuxedo clone. When I first started collecting, I thought Burberry London and D&G The One smells similar. It wasn't long before I figured out how dumb I was, but I am just saying...We all came from somewhere. Mockery doesn't help anyone.
<b>Overspraying</b>
I understand that some people like to overspray. I don't care. I am just glad that I don't have to smell you, haha. However, when someone says I sprayed this fragrance 30 times and can't smell it, that is deceiving to me.
Spraying a fragrance 30 times is sure to make you go nose blind, just from the alcohol content along, much less the fact that you just overloaded your nose with a fragrance. Our nose has a tendency to shut off strong smells in order to look for threats(i.e. smoke, gas, and other things that could be dangerous to our health).
You can wear the whole bottle if you want. However, don't blame the fragrance for not performing when you decide to numb it with so much fragrance.
<b>Feminine/Masculine
</b>
Mother nature never said flowers are just for women and woods are for men. Wear what you want and be yourself. If you are a man, then wearing a fragrance makes it masculine on you. The same with a woman.
I understand that some smells associate with a certain gender. My grandmother grew gardenia bushes, so I associate gardenia with her and as feminine. It is okay to have scent memories to associate with certain people, but I think judging fragrances on a purely generated line alone is not productive.
Then you have the guys that call people "soy boys" and think everything has to be uber-masculine and smell like pure testosterone. This is just insecurity creeping through. I don't believe in the whole alpha male idea, but if these guys were actually alpha males, then they would not be worrying about what other men smell like. A man who is actually "alpha" never has to call anyone beta or claim himself as alpha, because he is already who he is and doesn't care about your opinion on it.
<u><b>Conclusion
</b></u>
These are just a few things that I do not understand in the fragrance community. I am perfectly aware that these things will continue to happen and I am okay with that. I am just stating my opinion on such things.
I hope everyone has a wonderful evening. Don't forget to say something kind to someone today. You never know who it might help. Keep being great and smelling great. </span><span face="aktiv-grotesk, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: #241e12; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span></p>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-25270513451827599022022-01-21T14:19:00.002-05:002022-01-21T14:19:31.452-05:00A Powerful Oakmoss Cheapie: Jacomo de Jacomo Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcSHQqcC7VMvaArcczrCgDFeA4EMaIDdwvp5IMNxM9o7K0bqcfpMGeWbCiFfkPCBT_sDU3itRCQ84s3KGi1SozYLaGGIBdXKHND3KM3jE3fsNGg_Di6AJMJUEVyfioICo2gvSgiBJBXfWiLGBQsDMJYLj6uJ6gOrAxaNtTG4D7rnFGWpq5RTtf5zlXXw=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcSHQqcC7VMvaArcczrCgDFeA4EMaIDdwvp5IMNxM9o7K0bqcfpMGeWbCiFfkPCBT_sDU3itRCQ84s3KGi1SozYLaGGIBdXKHND3KM3jE3fsNGg_Di6AJMJUEVyfioICo2gvSgiBJBXfWiLGBQsDMJYLj6uJ6gOrAxaNtTG4D7rnFGWpq5RTtf5zlXXw=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Hey, folks! I hope everyone is doing well today. The snow finally melted from our first snowstorm of the year, but we might get some more tonight. This has been a strange year. We are lucky if it snows once per year, but now they say it could snow 3 times this year...<br /><br />Anyways, you didn't come here to hear me talk about the weather like an old man. Jacomo de Jacomo was released in 1980. I didn't even know about this until a friend of mine sent it to me. So, thank you to that friend. I really do appreciate it. <br /><br />I have done enough talking. let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Notes</b></u><br /><br />There are a ton of notes and they vary per site, so I am only going to list the main ones. <br /><br />Clove, Basil, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Cinnamon, Lavender, Rosemary, Rosewood, and Musk <br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent <br /></b></u><br />Jacomo de Jacomo opens up with a masculine powerhouse feel of those vintage fougere with bitter woody oakmoss, warm clove, powdery lavender, sweet cinnamon, and aromatic herbal tones of basil and rosemary. It might make you think of a fresh out of the shower clean fragrance or a fresh barbershop from the 80s or 90s like Drakkar Noir or Houbigant's Duc de Vervins. It's in the same category, but not a copy by any means. <br /><br />As the fragrance evolves a bit, a smoky wood note comes out. I cannot directly identify what note this is, but my guess would be birch. I liken it to taking a bottle of Houbigant Duc de Vervins and dashing some clove on top before throwing it in a campfire. There is a certain tree sappy feel during this stage too, which I am guessing might be an amber accord. There is an ever so slight hint of sweet rosewood to round it out and not make the fragrance too aggressive with a base of clean musk. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Other Notes<br /></u></b><br />This fragrance costs under 20 USD for 100ml. For that price, I can suggest blind buying it if it sounds like your type of fragrance.<br /><br />This is a fougere that will last you a good 10 hours with heavy projection for the first 3. It does have a vintage feel and it is very masculine to me. So, I would say this fragrance is for men who are 35+ and love old-school fragrances. This fragrance is best used during the fall and winter months. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />It's hard to believe this fragrance is so cheap. This is a masterfully crafted mossy fougere that is clean and interesting with the warm clove and cinnamon leading to the smoky woody note. This is one that every classic aficionado should try. The vintage was probably more complex and so forth, but this is still a beauty in its current state. <br /><br />I would put this on par with Zino when it comes to value for your money. I will say that I did see some people perceive the smoky note as an ashtray. I do not get that, but I just thought I would warn you that some people do.<br /><br />This is not a top 10 for me, but it is certainly worthy to have in my collection and it's something that I reach for about twice per month. I did have someone ask if I was wearing aftershave. I am not sure if that is a compliment or not...lol<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion</b></u><br /><br />I hope you enjoyed my take on this vintage powerhouse. Remember to say a kind word today, you never know who it might help. We all have our struggles and helping a stranger won't hurt you. I promise. Much love. Until next time, be great and smell great. <br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. 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There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. 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I apologize for not getting to my winter list yet, but I will get to it soon. This year will be a better year than last year. Positivity is the key to success!<br /><br />I had someone ask me about fragrance predictions in 2022. So, I thought about it for a while and came up with a few things. Some of these are more fun and sarcastic and some are more serious. <br /><br />I won't waste time going on about this one. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b>A Magnetic Trend<br /></b><br />Given the success of Hermes H24 and Sauvage EDT, I think some companies will look to make their own version of ambroxan-infused metallic scents. It seems like companies are trying to be "futuristic" with their blends now, so this makes a lot of sense to me. <br /><br />Given that the blue ambroxan market is already saturated and beaten down at this point, I think a rise in mineral-rich or metallic fragrances is the next trend. <br /><br /><br /><b>Sauvage Perfume Oil or Cologne?<br /></b><br />Dior has done just about everything it can with its Sauvage DNA. The next move would be a cologne version or a pure perfume oil. I don't think they will do the perfume oil route, so the next thing would be a cologne-style scent that focused on the bergamot from the EDT. They could always do a Sauvage Noir or Sport, but the Very Cool Spray probably covers the Sport version. <br /><br />I doubt they will come out with an entirely new line this year, even with Francis Kurkdjian at the helm. I could be wrong, but I just don't see it until year 2 or 3. <br /><br /><br /><b>Tom Ford<br /></b><br />A friend of mine, Jeff, made a post with Tom Ford predictions. I want to add my own. <br /><br />For his signature line, I agree with Jeff saying one of the Neroli fragrances will probably be put in this line this year. It could be something like Noir de Noir as well. <br /><br />As far as new releases go, considering his recent fruity fragrances go..I could see him releasing a Sweet Sakura fragrance that feature cherry blossoms. It sounds like something Mr. Ford would do to me. <br /><br /><br /><b>Mancera/Montale <br /></b><br />They will continue to churn out mediocre releases and probably have one hit this year. It's high time for them to release a fougere type fragrance that showcases lavender. given the current metallic trend that I predicted earlier, I expect a metallic barbershop from them soon. It might not be this year though. <br /><br /><br /><b>Upcoming Brands <br /></b><br />I agree with Jeff on another thing, people will discover how good Molton Brown is this year and they will be hyped. Their Russian Leather is superb and they seem to have a great quality to cost ratio from what I have tried. <br /><br />Another house on the verge of a hype train is Nicolai. I have been singing Madame Patricia's praises for almost 2 years. People will realize what a skilled perfumer she is soon. <br /><br />Diptyque and Jovoy will get some limelight when reviewers figure out how good these two houses are and actually talk about them.<br /><br /><br /><b>Parfums de Marly <br /></b><br />They will probably release another fresh fragrance this year. Reviewers will hype it. Customers will say it doesn't perform and call the reviewers shills. Ah, some things never change, do they?<br /><br /><br /><b>Zaharoff <br /></b><br />I don't think this is a prediction, but I caught wind of Zaharoff releasing a fresh fragrance this year. We shall see. If he does, it will be well received. <br /><br />However, his Royale X will not be for everyone. It's skanky and sexy. For the guys and gals who love animalic fragrances. It will be a love it or hate it fragrance for many. <br /><br /><br /><b>Acqua di Parma <br /></b><br />Where is AdP to go from here? They have great success with their Blu Mediterraneo lines. Releasing a special edition Bergamotto fragrance and Colonia Futura is not the answer.<br /><br />Acqua di Parma is going to release an aquatic or a blue fragrance with a dominant lavender note with hearty amounts of petitgrain. It's the next logical step for them if they want to reach a new generation of fans. <br /><br /><br /><b>Creed<br /></b><br />I don't think Creed will release anything this year. If they do, I think it will be a woody and spicy fragrance. Their last two releases have been a "Cologne" version of something in their lineup. I don't think the flanker thing is working too well for them. They could perhaps release an "Aventus Noir" with the dark smokiness highlighted with tropical sweetness and tempered with amber. We shall see, I guess.<br /><br /><br /><b>Xerjoff <br /></b><br />Xerjoff makes some great fragrances and I like them, but they release too many. I want to see Xerjoff return to their roots and make some inspired fragrances and not just play the dart game this year. Give us some of those zesty Italian citruses this year!<br /><br /><br /><b>Oud Mood<br /></b><br />The oud trend will continue with both western and eastern houses. Some people will still think oud smells like a horse barn because they heard it from someone else. Oud fans will call people who say this "noobs". Yep, more of the same. <br /><br /><br /><b>CDNIM<br /></b><br />People who never smelled Aventus will say this fragrance smells exactly like it. Nope, it still doesn't. <br /><br /><br /><b>The Sun is Rising as an Orange<br /></b><br />Orange and grapefruit will continue to be the trendy citruses. Lemon and bergamot dominated perfumes will be on the decline. This is both a good and bad thing to me. I love orange and grapefruit, but I love lemon as well. People just aren't as tolerant of lemon because it's not as sweet and fresh, so it's going to take a back seat. <br /><br /><br /><b>Intense</b><br /><br />Companies will still use intense in the way it was intended. Intense means deeper, richer, and darker. It doesn't mean it's going to project more. People will still ponder this in 2022.<br /><br />Extreme will mean the same thing as intense, just in a more tacky way.<br /><br /><br /><b>Versace<br /></b><br />I could see Versace coming out with an Eros Cologne with the fresh notes amplified and the sweetness toned down. It will probably smell like Invictus with mint though. People will say it doesn't perform and it won't get hyped. The bottle will probably be a lighter blue shade. <br /><br /><br /><b>Pino Silvestre<br /></b><br />Pino Silvestre will still be the greatest fragrance around and will continue to be the signature scent of a certain fragcomm celebrity. <br /><br />Prada Candy will still be the preferred choice for those who want massive amounts of compliments. <br /><br /><br /><b>Performance<br /></b><br />People will still ask about the performance of a fragrance before they ask about how it smells. <br /><br />I get it, people want a fragrance to perform. At least get one that smells good though...It doesn't matter if it performs if you smell like a wolverine's den that is doused in beaver butt glands. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion</b></u><br /><br />I could probably go on for hours, but making articles too long makes people stop reading them. I know the feeling, I have ADHD as well.<br /><br />I hope you enjoyed this article. Let me know what you think of my predictions! Have a safe and blessed new year. Don't forget to say something kind to someone today!<br /><br /><br /><br />Buy fragrances with an Italian soul. Mozzafiato is your one-stop-shop for all of your Italian beauty needs. <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1746562&u=3060787&m=108709&urllink=&afftrack=" target="_blank">Mozzafiato</a> (affiliate link)<br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">About my Patreon- I decided to start a Patreon to give people an inside look at my life and my actual thoughts on some things. There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.</span><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. I wanted to make this cheaper, but it's just not efficient for me to charge less. It takes me 5-6 hours to make an article. 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I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. Mine has been okay. I honestly don't have much to look forward to. I did get one present though! A reader gave me a bottle Houbigant Fougere Royale, which I am eternally grateful for. It's the only present I will be getting, but I love the fragrance so much, that it's okay. Christmas isn't about gifts anyways. <br /><br />Anyway, enough about that...let's get to the reason you are here, Italian fragrances. Italy doesn't have as many houses as France does, but I think they are overall better. Don't get me wrong, it's very close. I love many French houses as well. This article is the list of reasons that I think Italy is ahead in the game right now. <br /><br />Before I get into it, I just want to say that I have partnered with Mozzafiato. This article isn't sponsored by them, but I just want to say some things they have going on right now until December 25th. You can get 15% off gift card purchases for that one person you forgot a gift for. They are also selling subscription boxes where they will send you 4 boxes over the year, one for each season, that is filled with Italian goodies. The links provided here are affiliate links and I do get a commission if you buy anything. Anything you read here is still my own opinion. Those of you who know me, know I would never partner with a brand unless I believed in them. I have turned many brands down before, but Mozzafiato carries some hard-to-find Italian fragrances and for that alone, I think they are worth checking out. They also carry grooming products, beauty, and some other Italian-themed things. Here are the links if you're interested: <a href="https://shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=872212&m=108709&u=3060787&afftrack=" target="_blank">Gift Cards</a> and <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1863810&u=3060787&m=108709&urllink=&afftrack=" target="_blank">Subscription Boxes</a>.<br /><br />Now, let's get into the actual article!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Timeless Refinement<br /></b></u><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsWOicm_tl65_pda3ik_AMxoBSMWgPnTJuu1t3FpPE3YFZkCso8c-XlNnaV2DuR9YKn8SbsQRJOerXyT3ShtP8OTeghjgEgiVON7C8dQULcGt0UouU6DxsvYxZa-RO6XpjundzoS6Op7mOofnYGwE7elo_fcgcBO5oaodZwbIrrBD5Qv75ekglBJ70og=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsWOicm_tl65_pda3ik_AMxoBSMWgPnTJuu1t3FpPE3YFZkCso8c-XlNnaV2DuR9YKn8SbsQRJOerXyT3ShtP8OTeghjgEgiVON7C8dQULcGt0UouU6DxsvYxZa-RO6XpjundzoS6Op7mOofnYGwE7elo_fcgcBO5oaodZwbIrrBD5Qv75ekglBJ70og=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carthusia Uomo</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Italian fragrances have this panache to them that is both carefree and timeless. They embody classic elegance while still smelling modern at the same time. That is certainly something I can appreciate.<br /><br />Take, for instance, Carthusia Uomo(Available at <a href="https://mozzafiato.com/products/carthusia-uomo-eau-de-parfum?variant=37370699546818" target="_blank">Mozzafiato</a>). It's a classical composition that is modern. Clean florals, a minor aquatic feel, soft leather, and woody oakmoss with cedar. It's just how Italians do their perfumes. It's fresh, but deep and luxurious at the same time. I never thought I would say that about a fragrance with an aquatic note...<br /><br /><br /><u><b>It's in the Citrus<br /></b></u><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWY7Zm6LIluCe_w6Dot9Gqi8t2mfy6yMS2cP-Bu6jovS-BDq8dCOrDUoWFZFbCOIqAgmykSTudIhlP0Nz4Kcx3GxBOcUFMOLVkURmoqNSpgCK9MqowryvdwK76brZFjdA3JZzhawxR1Qu0Gga0Ot4WxIC3vuMBl897d8O07PqrePu8HnZ8Hrs4vZoDPw=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWY7Zm6LIluCe_w6Dot9Gqi8t2mfy6yMS2cP-Bu6jovS-BDq8dCOrDUoWFZFbCOIqAgmykSTudIhlP0Nz4Kcx3GxBOcUFMOLVkURmoqNSpgCK9MqowryvdwK76brZFjdA3JZzhawxR1Qu0Gga0Ot4WxIC3vuMBl897d8O07PqrePu8HnZ8Hrs4vZoDPw=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Acqu di Parma Arancia di Capri</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Sorry, France. Italy does citruses better than you. Part of their culture is built around citruses and they know them better than anyone. Whether it's a juicy freshly squeezed orange, a sparkling bergamot, or a bitter lemon...Italy knows their citruses and how to execute them perfectly. <br /><br />Acqua di Parma and Profumum Roma display this affinity for citruses the best, from what I have tried so far. They are happy, energizing, carefree, and cooling. They are also not shy about putting several different ones in one perfume. It's evident that they love them.<br /><br /><br /><u><b>A Carefree Style<br /></b></u><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHQTzKEMJQ3IUz32uApEfnsivn4ma1pHUqt7u0HC0KykGdfuiOK-Ha0SJdGPItxnF7UUJvfpgYuie4ofFBEsk8_TD3fPRxy24n7cMBi35yU1Gbi96ulV7uhUBSjw9UA7C9JxQePkBnj56EpFg16e2CPheWzlR04HvLMSg_TOSFNFO6hBVnRP_dSjGg8Q=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHQTzKEMJQ3IUz32uApEfnsivn4ma1pHUqt7u0HC0KykGdfuiOK-Ha0SJdGPItxnF7UUJvfpgYuie4ofFBEsk8_TD3fPRxy24n7cMBi35yU1Gbi96ulV7uhUBSjw9UA7C9JxQePkBnj56EpFg16e2CPheWzlR04HvLMSg_TOSFNFO6hBVnRP_dSjGg8Q=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Missoni Pour Homme</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Italian fragrances are usually not made to be as elegant as other countries like the UK and France do. They have this playfulness. This aura of a sea breeze in a white linen shirt that just makes you think about relaxing. <br /><br />They are vacation in a bottle, but not your standard tropical beach vacation. These are sunny, fresh, and almost flirty at times. There is a beautiful simplicity to them, while also being complex. That is what I love about them, <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Attention to Detail<br /></b></u><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG25Wh8s96e1rIFdo-dWQX2Blj1nq0bZ-DkgYupg5AOPomoLWD1EbXa32a1qiGD2MDi5QXWYtpYrK2P7svyl1gjlIddIkHq8duaPQrl4l_fCs_kxOQ8cAZbv94qWBvATLOkk0hgJRz718iNNs15KCRVBrZ6TJ00gD0Woyqf-wbsdd0b_QgmtUFStVClw=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG25Wh8s96e1rIFdo-dWQX2Blj1nq0bZ-DkgYupg5AOPomoLWD1EbXa32a1qiGD2MDi5QXWYtpYrK2P7svyl1gjlIddIkHq8duaPQrl4l_fCs_kxOQ8cAZbv94qWBvATLOkk0hgJRz718iNNs15KCRVBrZ6TJ00gD0Woyqf-wbsdd0b_QgmtUFStVClw=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Xerjoff Naxos</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Italian perfumery isn't always about being carefree. They can still do luxury as well. Xerjoff is a brand that speaks to the Italian dedication to craftmanship. The bottles themselves present like a high-end luxury experience...and many of them are. <br /><br />Every little note is meticulously selected. They still included the citruses that Italy is known for and combine them with rich woods, tobacco, and ambers to create something that speaks of French luxury, but is still quintessentially Italian.<br /><br /><br /><b><u>Conclusion<br /></u></b><br />I hope to visit Italy one day and experience it for myself. But for now, I will keep experiencing it through fragrances. I will continue to discover new citruses from this country. I believe Carthusia Mediterraneo will be next since I was so impressed with Uomo. I still want to collect almost all of the Acqua di Parmas as well. It's almost Christmas and I already want a vacation thinking about those fresh fragrances. <br /><br />I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. I am going to try to post my winter list tomorrow, so stay tuned. Remember to smell great and be kind. You never know what someone is going through. One kind word could save them. <br /><br />About my Patreon- I decided to start a Patreon to give people an inside look at my life and my actual thoughts on some things. There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it.<br /><br />I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. The top tier includes you being able to choose an article topic(within reason) for me and have the article dedicated to you on this blog. I wanted to make this cheaper, but it's just not efficient for me to charge less. It takes me 5-6 hours to make an article. 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Click </span><a href="https://musingsofafraghead.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-support-my-blog-and-features-of.html" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Follow me on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/musingsofafraghead/" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div></div></div><br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-62156205742583693052021-12-20T17:39:00.003-05:002021-12-23T15:14:48.966-05:00Unique and Safe: Vadig & Voltaire This is Him! Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrTsCQgibrbaQBeQPFoPuRUWMROEYzxCCX6SVi_c1YwpsUcStcF-pI_SDDmMaHEr2WLx-YW7FBkOTGkLLxoWkVBLR-IjLpcRY3uoEvhYo54CrnO4qMFE2yajLdxYv_h2Yg2Opg7S_TbJWMTYvGx0vM77vGjeLsgvAjYQRbDIl_2KEbZ2h4K3vShiaXZQ=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrTsCQgibrbaQBeQPFoPuRUWMROEYzxCCX6SVi_c1YwpsUcStcF-pI_SDDmMaHEr2WLx-YW7FBkOTGkLLxoWkVBLR-IjLpcRY3uoEvhYo54CrnO4qMFE2yajLdxYv_h2Yg2Opg7S_TbJWMTYvGx0vM77vGjeLsgvAjYQRbDIl_2KEbZ2h4K3vShiaXZQ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Happy holidays, everyone! I hope everyone is having a lovely festive time of the year. It doesn't feel quite as festive here because it's supposed to be 60 degrees on Christmas day...Southern weather for you. I can only remember one white Christmas here. Oh well...<br /><br />You didn't come here to hear me blabber on about the weather like a bitter elderly man who loves his grass way too much. Today I am bringing you This is Him! from Zadig & Voltaire. This fragrance has seen a bit of hype, so I am going to break it down for you and let you know if I think it's worth it or not. <br /><br />Oh, one more thing. Some of my readers encouraged me to open a Patreon account. Yeah, I know...spending money and stuff. I am just giving you a chance to support me more and see some more of my unfiltered content. Here is a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/musingsofafraghead" target="_blank">link</a>. I will speak more about it down below. <br /><br /><br />Without further ado, let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Notes<br /></u></b><br /><br /><b>Top </b><br /><br />Black Pepper and Grapefruit<br /><br /><br /><b>Heart<br /></b><br />Vanilla and Incense<br /><br /><b>Base<br /></b><br />Sandalwood<br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Scent<br /></u></b><br />This is Him! opens up with sweet grapefruit and creamy vanilla. The grapefruit isn't realistic at all to me, but it's done very well in unison with the vanilla. It's quite peppery in the opening, so I would suggest not sniffing it right away, sometimes it makes me sneeze because I am sensitive to black pepper. <br /><br />As the heart shows itself, the vanilla becomes stronger and you get some warm incense. The sandalwood starts to be recognized now. It's creamy and beautifully merges with vanilla and grapefruit.<br /><br />What you end up getting is a beautiful creamy sandalwood with vanilla and grapefruit, accented by warm incense and dry black pepper. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Performance</b></u><br /><br />This is Him performs very well. I get around 9 hours with moderate projection. It performs much better when it's cold or raining in my testing over the past few months. <br /><br />It's not the most powerful scent on the market, but it leaves a nice wafting sillage that people around you will be pleased by. At least that is essentially what two friends told me. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>When to Wear it<br /></b></u><br />Since this fragrance captures both light and dark tones, it can be worn all year...except on very hot ways. It's much better in the cooler weather though. <br /><br />It works wonderfully with a flannel, like in the picture, or even a sweater or jumper. You could even wear it formally. It's quite versatile. <br /><br />I do think this fragrance errs on the masculine side, but a woman could certainly wear it too if she is into masculine leaning stuff. <br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />This is Him doesn't evolve much and the note structure seems simple enough, but the way it is executed is interesting, well blended, and beautiful. The way the vanilla and grapefruit work together is especially nice when coupled with sandalwood. The incense and black pepper give it a warm darkness.<br /><br />This fragrance contrasts light and dark in a simple way that is very understandable. Nathalie Lorson helped compose this and it's not surprising. She's a brilliant woman when it comes to making beautiful fragrances with budget-friendly materials. <br /><br />I would give This is Him! an 8.5 out of 10 without considering its price. When you factor in that it's under 60 USD, it would be a 9. It used to be much cheaper, but it's getting harder to find now. I would still suggest sampling it first, if you can. My nose is not yours. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Conclusion<br /></u></b><br />I hope everyone has a lovely holiday season. I will try to make my winter list before Christmas. No promises though. Until next time, be safe and be kind. One kind word can change someone's life for the better. We never know what impact we can have on someone else or what they are dealing with. <br /><br /><br /><br />About my Patreon- I decided to start a Patreon to give people an inside look at my life and my actual thoughts on some things. There are going to be some very raw and unfiltered posts on there about the fragrance community and reviewing, as well as some exclusive fragrance articles. I have been doing this for 3 years now and never made any money off of it. <br /><br />I am still not asking for money. This is just a way for you to support me more if you'd like and I will give you some exclusive stuff for doing so. 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I hope everyone is having a wonderful morning today. It's pretty darn cold here. My heat seems to be failing and it got down into the 40s(Fahrenheit) in my house last night, but I will survive. <br /><br />I woke up and decided I needed something warm to give me the illusion that it wasn't so cold. That fragrance was Zaharoff Tabac. I only recently obtained this fragrance. However, I tested it a while back as well, so I am confident in my assessment of the perfume and its character. <br /><br />I have been waiting to review this ever since I tested it. Let's get into it!<br /><br /> <br /><b><u>The Notes<br /></u></b><br /><b>Top </b><br /><br />Rum, Cognac, Guatemalan Cardamom, French Lavender, Star Anise, and Indian Davana<br /><br /><b>Mid</b><br /><br />Gold Honey, Indonesian Temple Oud, American Tobacco Leaf, Jamaican Pimento Leaves, and Canadian Fir Balsam<br /><br /><b>Base</b><br /><br />Australian Sandalwood, Plum, Black Amber, Ethiopian Myrrh, and Ethiopian Frankincense <br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent<br /></b></u><br />Zaharoff Tabac opens up with a blast of sweet spirits including rum and cognac. A spicy cardamom note can be detected amongst the swirling suavity of the blend. I can pick up the davana that lends a slight fruitiness to the booziness. The main star here is the tobacco. It can be smelled a few seconds after the opening and persists long into the dry down. It's sweet and aromatic and soaks up the sweetness of the liquors. This smells like an expensive cigar and doesn't read as synthetic in the least bit. <br /><br />As the heart unfolds, The tobacco persists with the sweetness subsiding a slight bit. The slight earthiness in the tobacco note lets you know that actual tobacco was used here and not tonka. You start to pick up on the balsamic feeling of the myrrh at this point. It almost gives off a Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille vibe because of how the myrrh is used. This fragrance lacks a vanilla note and it doesn't smell like Tobacco Vanille. It just has that same feeling to the nose. <br /><br />The base reveals a more woody approach that doesn't feature the buttery sandalwood that other releases do. At least I am not picking up on it. The sandalwood seems to display more of its dry and woody characteristics when it is combined with frankincense. This seems to be one of Zaharoff's favorite bases that was taken from Signature Noire and it's a base that you can't go wrong with. It's woody, warm, and resinous with the cardamom, tobacco, and a hint of the liquors remaining. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Performance<br /></b></u><br />Zaharoff has never been known to be a slouch when scent strength is spoken of, but this is by far his strongest offering. This fragrance will last you at least 10 hours and it projects heavily for the first 2-3 hours before pushing out moderately and finally becoming a more intimate affair. <br /><br />I tested this fragrance with 3 sprays and that was almost too much. Be careful on the trigger with this one. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>When to Wear it<br /></b></u><br />Zaharoff Tabac is a very masculine-leaning fragrance. That's not to say that a woman can't pull it off, but the targeted audience here is certainly of the male persuasion. I would say the fragrance is also for men who are over 30. This isn't a sweet and cloying tobacco fragrance like Herod. This is natural, refined, and classy. <br /><br />Tabac would pair well with a sweater/jumper and some khakis. You can pull it off in a suit or jeans and a flannel. I would sweat it with joggers and a hoodie though,. It's a bit too refined and nuanced to fit that vibe. <br /><br />Cold weather is where this will shine. It is too rich and resinous for the warmer months, unless it's a cooler spring evening. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />Tabac is Zaharoff's best creation yet. I still think Rose and Signature are close. However, Tabac is much more in my wheelhouse. This smells exactly like a gentleman who enjoys an expensive cigar and even more expensive liquors. It is a man with taste who is classical and modern at the same time. <br /><br />This fragrance makes me picture a man in a crimson felt robe smoking a cigar and having a drink. A fireplace is roaring nearby and the smell or quality wooden furniture lingers about in the air. This is an atmospheric scent that reimagines a man's place of contemplation and renewal. <br /><br />The materials that George uses are absolutely phenomenal for the price. I don't imagine he makes a ton of profit on his fragrances. I know how much some of the ingredients he uses cost. I can tell you that they are not cheap and this is more of a labor of love than a profit-seeking endeavor. That can be said for all of Zaharoff's line though. Real rose isn't cheap at all. Look at the prices of natural rose fragrances compared to Signature Rose and you will understand what I mean. <br /><br />Samples are readily available for this fragrance. This is not a standard tobacco fragrance, so I would encourage sampling it. I know my tastes are somewhat peculiar at times, so don't just take my word for it. Sample it and see if it's for you. We are so used to things like Herod and Pure Havane that I am unsure if people know what tobacco smells like(outside of cigar aficionados, which I am not). I did see that Zaharoff sent out a few cigars with some orders. I saw that George posted that they were expanding into the cigar and spirits business as well, so I am excited about that. I am not much of a smoker, but I would be willing to try it as a treat. Lord knows we all need a treat after these past few years...<br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #1c1c1c;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">I still have my GoFundMe up if anyone is interested. Do not feel obligated to donate. I explain everything in the post. Words of support are more than enough. 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I hope everyone is having a wonderful day today. I am in a pretty chipper mood today and I felt motivated by the chilly morning air to write my first list in quite a while. Those of you who have followed me know that I don't like doing top 10s. It's just not my style. I don't know how many are on this list, but they are in no order. These are all beautiful fragrances. <br /><br />The crispy air nips at your ears. The smell of wet leaves is in the air. The pumpkin spice craze reignites. Bonfires, hayrides, and apple dunking contests. Fall is here once again. For some folks that brings about a sense of dread. For folks like me, it brings about a sense of joy. I absolutely love the cooler weather and everything that comes with it. It is time for another fall list. I have a bunch of stuff you might not have heard of before on this one. Enjoy. Let's get into it!<br /><br />Note: All prices are in USD. <br /><br />None of the links in this article are sponsored. I get nothing out of you clicking on them.<br /><br /><br /><b>Genre Parfums Apples & Aces<br /></b><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2kpRobjyqIegD-ZuXfIIUTFpxjIYIHhYPq8nsf8IESZnS_C3gbYYH_SBQpkhRm-Q_D53BB19VsiEZzJWm6fJAh__CbW9BnQ5fZHGB0gAVYE4q9fqGxdZggcVS92vf8tq8Aecsu08-hwKOw07DpJVC9cTITmYtSlERQR-Z0gq5eOE4XEA5YXcR3PBT9Q=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2kpRobjyqIegD-ZuXfIIUTFpxjIYIHhYPq8nsf8IESZnS_C3gbYYH_SBQpkhRm-Q_D53BB19VsiEZzJWm6fJAh__CbW9BnQ5fZHGB0gAVYE4q9fqGxdZggcVS92vf8tq8Aecsu08-hwKOw07DpJVC9cTITmYtSlERQR-Z0gq5eOE4XEA5YXcR3PBT9Q=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price</b>: $50(50ml) <br /><b>Link</b>: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1086709563/apple-aces-by-genre-parfums?variation0=2247825577" target="_blank">Genre Parfums</a><br /><b>Character</b>: Sweet, boozy, and warm<br /><b>Performance</b>: Very strong<br /><b>Key Notes</b>: Apple, Cognac, Amber, Tobacco, and Wine<br /><b>Gender</b>: True Unisex<br /><b>Situations</b>: Casual to formal<br /><b>Weather</b>: Cool to cold<br /><br /><br />Genre Parfums is a house known for making affordable clones. However, some of their originals are simply breathtaking. This is probably the best one. I quite enjoyed RAMC and Expletive, but this one is on a different level. <br /><br />A booze-soaked apple with warm amber and sweet tobacco. This is a holiday party in a bottle. I am normally not a huge fan of sweet fragrances, but I like this type of sweetness. It's grown-up and boozy. Go easy on the sprays, folks. This is a very strong fragrance. <br /><br /><br /><b>J-Scent Sumo Wrestler </b></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaGWEks0lDQcEdZ1ZEcEJbKIkbRZdaY-8BVJvG02AQqdzd1ai__pJpBehurShmN4anGvLt6njfjhOFE_8Tkn6wWV7vcu63W4dAtYdUdpuCFa2T5FTCSAGESvmabi9juXVetiNAhoV5KpNoJonUiHjnlo0cS686x0lHDDhVU6ANzUXLF5B98cI9SxmXkA=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaGWEks0lDQcEdZ1ZEcEJbKIkbRZdaY-8BVJvG02AQqdzd1ai__pJpBehurShmN4anGvLt6njfjhOFE_8Tkn6wWV7vcu63W4dAtYdUdpuCFa2T5FTCSAGESvmabi9juXVetiNAhoV5KpNoJonUiHjnlo0cS686x0lHDDhVU6ANzUXLF5B98cI9SxmXkA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Price</b>: $80(50ml)</div></div><b>Link</b>: <a href="https://www.luckyscent.com/product/814008/sumo-wrestler-by-j-scent?utm_source=fragrantica&utm_medium=www.fragrantica.com&utm_campaign=45822" target="_blank">Sumo Wrestler</a><br /><b>Character</b>: Warm, powdery, and woody<br /><b>Performance</b>: Strong, but the projection is soft<br /><b>Key Notes</b>: Anise, Sandalwood, Heliotrope, and Musk <br /><b>Gender</b>: More Masculine<br /><b>Situations</b>: Any<br /><b>Weather</b>: Any, but it favors cool to cold. <br /><br /><br />"Sumo Wrestler? John, I do not want to smell like a large sweaty man!"<br /><br />Well, neither do I. Luckily that is not what Sumo Wrestler smells like. The Japanese house J-Scent captured the essence of bintsuke, which is the hair oil that sumo wrestlers use. I was scared at first too, but this is a stunningly beautiful barbershop done in a Japanese way. Creamy sandalwood, heliotrope, warm anise, and powdery musk combine to create a warm and clean scent that is suitable for year-round wear, but it really shines in the cooler months. <br /><br />The fragrance is unique as its namesake. This one floored me, from a house that almost no one knows about and they should. J-Scent has many unique scents. One of my favorites is Hanamizake, Which is a cherry blossom and sake fragrance themed after a Japanese tradition that entails sitting under a cherry blossom tree while drinking sake and enjoying nature. Outstanding!<br /><br /><br /><b>4160 Tuesdays Shazam!<br /></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggP5fod4CRyMZgP3DQaw_MlD9rTEEepHKBdTLCWNaP8aWolOmCqLl9xXXC_uKS1RyC2nBKca7Lqv-rQhAblX8tO0HKGrfBnSxJUcanKD5SwP2MYIBkYfE6nk7aHjK0XRtc_ygKB18WhrxNiQiAlEBqhNwwFLhf6m8pe3XKtxOAFKdA1eilmZyAx3xg0A=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggP5fod4CRyMZgP3DQaw_MlD9rTEEepHKBdTLCWNaP8aWolOmCqLl9xXXC_uKS1RyC2nBKca7Lqv-rQhAblX8tO0HKGrfBnSxJUcanKD5SwP2MYIBkYfE6nk7aHjK0XRtc_ygKB18WhrxNiQiAlEBqhNwwFLhf6m8pe3XKtxOAFKdA1eilmZyAx3xg0A=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Price</b>: $130(100ml) $90(50ml)<br /><b>Link</b>: <a href="https://perfumology.com/collections/4160tuesdays/products/shazam?variant=22044926967866" target="_blank">Shazam!</a> <br /><b>Character</b>: Warm, woody, and smoky <br /><b>Performance</b>: Strong<br /><b>Key Notes</b>: Juniper, Amber, Cedar, Cocoa, and Olibanum<br /><b>Gender</b>: Unisex<br /><b>Situations</b>: Casual<br /><b>Weather</b>: Cool to cold<br /><br /><br />4160 makes some great fragrances, but many of her creations are gourmands, which isn't really my thing most of the time. I still recognize her ability to be creative and create amazing fragrances though. This is one of them. <br /><br />Whoosh! Boom! Shazam! hits you right in the olfactory sense with sweet tangerine and some juniper right off, followed by a trail of peppery cedar and warm and smoky incense. AT the base there is a hint of cacao. It makes me think of drinking hot chocolate next to a fireplace in a cabin. You gotta love the fragrances that take you to a time and place. Sarah McCartney is a true storyteller with her perfumes.<br /><br /><br /><b>Di Ser Kagiroi<br /></b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaqgGm-aLeTm4cBhrIzCastd6jPQYVMfWBAdxB9CVQ1N_35TgZKdOO-0GDhNUpyOBYKmDhWZX8ZSN_WotpFUJNax_RHRRsXcoi3w4w2waEh3Du7u5-QbWQaZ5V29yG_tY0tBMNb7yOAaLj3Sud-hG3OR2EPOx8CRYphUnE6uIh3Y9Gakd-LdCxOecA0Q=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaqgGm-aLeTm4cBhrIzCastd6jPQYVMfWBAdxB9CVQ1N_35TgZKdOO-0GDhNUpyOBYKmDhWZX8ZSN_WotpFUJNax_RHRRsXcoi3w4w2waEh3Du7u5-QbWQaZ5V29yG_tY0tBMNb7yOAaLj3Sud-hG3OR2EPOx8CRYphUnE6uIh3Y9Gakd-LdCxOecA0Q=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price</b>: $250(33ml)<br /><b>Link</b>: <a href="https://www.luckyscent.com/product/788012/kagiroi-by-di-ser?utm_source=fragrantica&utm_medium=www.fragrantica.com&utm_campaign=62539" target="_blank">Kagiroi</a><br /><b>Character</b>: Woody and spicy<br /><b>Performance</b>: Moderate. Projection is intimate<br /><b>Key Notes:</b> Hinoki(Japanese Cypress), Yuzu(Japanese Grapefruit), Shiso(Japanese Mint), and Sansho(Japanese Pepper)<br /><b>Gender</b>: Unisex<br /><b>Situations</b>: Any<br /><b>Weather</b>: Any<br /><br />Di ser is an all-natural Japanese house. Their perfumes don't come cheap, but you will not find the Japanese attention to detail as strongly in any other brand. Yasuyuki Shinohara has a commitment to use some of the purest materials on the market, which are sourced directly from his garden or in Japan. Most of which comes from his native prefecture of Hokkaido. <br /><br />Kagiroi starts off with the most beautifully juicy yuzu note you will find. Combined with a vibrant shiso note, it starts out very fresh. The sansho joins shortly after to join the hinoki and vetiver in the dry down. What you end up with is a beautiful hinoki scent and the best on the market, in my opinion. I usually don't pay this much for fragrances, especially only 33ml of it...but this is truly worth it.<br /><br /><br /><b>Meleg Perfumes Mushin<br /></b><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp9hSAk_pgycx8HtkthuyEiw7Qy8NvcAHVPJ6ONGalicRZxg4OIj0K3psp2aMs0tYrYOfEIYd-_VoRfF2xnzNN_uvMpXoEBzd2Q79p0IXWV9Ns6kjq0KKxwhvAdF81vwlm975C58arHr-GGJc9dykRG-bnESjwD50ae3sik4wTvjhbioHQHXysmRFkKA=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp9hSAk_pgycx8HtkthuyEiw7Qy8NvcAHVPJ6ONGalicRZxg4OIj0K3psp2aMs0tYrYOfEIYd-_VoRfF2xnzNN_uvMpXoEBzd2Q79p0IXWV9Ns6kjq0KKxwhvAdF81vwlm975C58arHr-GGJc9dykRG-bnESjwD50ae3sik4wTvjhbioHQHXysmRFkKA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price </b>$170(50ml)<br /><b>Link</b>: <a href="https://melegperfumes.com/products/japanese-incense-mushin-12-woods-oud-osmanthus-orris-butter-by-meleg-perfumes" target="_blank">Mushin</a><br /><b>Character</b>: Creamy, resinous, and woody<br /><b>Performance</b>: Strong<br /><b>Key Notes</b>: Osmanthus, Sandalwood, Coconut, and Oud<br /><b>Gender</b>: Unisex<br /><b>Situations</b>: Any <br /><b>Weather</b>: Cool to cold<br /><br /><br />Perfumer Matthew Meleg lived in Kyoto, Japan for a while. He wanted to recreate the smell of the incense that wafted from the temples there. This is what he came up with. I am not sure how accurate it is, but it smells darn good. <br /><br />You get osmanthus right off the top. That peachy aroma is unmistakable. It combines with incense, oud, and sandalwood with a slight hint of coconut to create a beautifully creamy incense fragrance with a hearty backbone of woods. This fragrance uses some expensive materials and is a steal at the asking price. It's my favorite of his line by far, and he has some nice offerings. <br /><br />Also, I promise this is the last Japanese-inspired fragrance on the list. I wanted to include Comme des Garcon's Incense: Kyoto, but I couldn't find it.<br /><br /><br /><b>Zadig & Voltaire This is Him<br /></b><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBnPCqHeEARnMP6r2KWh6p32N7DD3CX6RwC4kB3cdUrkmlTx2wEIAWrGE9Iub0G9caCS3jGV8OP08QEHb7ppnrzZ4ONpU-Zb33XjhrNObdvj9gctfPgMpfOa6ymu7ODP_KDulmgoFtVO90CgMdfS5bJKIHXT6McPbK7_csbaeDcZ3DdRRhB3C-TyRG6Q=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBnPCqHeEARnMP6r2KWh6p32N7DD3CX6RwC4kB3cdUrkmlTx2wEIAWrGE9Iub0G9caCS3jGV8OP08QEHb7ppnrzZ4ONpU-Zb33XjhrNObdvj9gctfPgMpfOa6ymu7ODP_KDulmgoFtVO90CgMdfS5bJKIHXT6McPbK7_csbaeDcZ3DdRRhB3C-TyRG6Q=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price</b>: $41(50ml)<br /><b>Link</b>: <a href="https://www.fragrancenet.com/cologne/zadig-and-voltaire/zadig-and-voltaire-this-is-him/edt?mv_pc=fragrantica&utm_campaign=288811&utm_content=top&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=fragrantica#288811" target="_blank">This is Him!</a><br /><b>Character</b>: Woody, peppery, and resinous<br /><b>Performance</b>: Strong<br /><b>Key Notes</b>: Sandalwood, pepper, vanilla, and incense<br /><b>Gender</b>: Masculine<br /><b>Situation</b>: Any<br /><b>Weather:</b> Cool to cold<br /><br />This is Him is probably one of the more well-known ones from this art8cle, but I think it's still underappreciated. At 41 bucks for 50ML, this is a fantastic value.<br /><br />This is Him opens up with a bit of astringent grapefruit with dry pepper. The dry down is where the magic begins. Creamy sandalwood, slightly sweetened vanilla, and dark incense round out the composition to create a creamy and dark woody fragrance that smells very masculine. To think this came from a designer brand is almost unfathomable. This is niche quality, albeit a tad synthetic, but that doesn't bother me at all for the price.<br /><br /><br /><b>Marc-Antoine Barrois Ganymede<br /></b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuQolPQkR77ZOmzbsOHkg-ViRMRb1VnQWYRWav7JdjkDfSSAk-nfc4U3coH4VWLTZ-fB95m1f3Ayfhqh8OUXvaVuZG59wV253gHNj3-ZgpLgWcKuwToSDpaPi4CM8Bqweos0Wy51o-8pUnfp2Crj-uBLXRCjIAvBOqni9RTYj4ZxmvMprGwIvg4k2rOg=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuQolPQkR77ZOmzbsOHkg-ViRMRb1VnQWYRWav7JdjkDfSSAk-nfc4U3coH4VWLTZ-fB95m1f3Ayfhqh8OUXvaVuZG59wV253gHNj3-ZgpLgWcKuwToSDpaPi4CM8Bqweos0Wy51o-8pUnfp2Crj-uBLXRCjIAvBOqni9RTYj4ZxmvMprGwIvg4k2rOg=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price:</b> $210(100ml)<br /><b>Link: </b><a href="https://perfumology.com/products/ganymede?variant=23255626154042" target="_blank">Ganymede</a><br /><b>Character: </b>Mineral, suede, and ozone<br /><b>Performance:</b> Very strong<br /><b>Key Notes:</b> Mineral Accord, Violet, Suede, and Mandarin<br /><b>Gender: </b>Unisex, but it leans masculine to me<br /><b>Situation: </b>Any<br /><b>Weather:</b> Any<br /><br />Ganymede is an amalgamation of notes that shouldn't work together, but they do. Ozonic violet to create a watery feel, soft suede, mineral accords, and mandarin. It creates something that is hard to explain. It is synthetic, but that is part of its charm and creativity. Nothing else on the market smells like it. It draws me in and keeps me coming back for more. Ganymede is that strange person that you don't know what to think of at first, but you soon find out that they are something you needed in your life. <br /><br /><br /><b>Jesus del Pozo Tobacco Wood Nights<br /></b><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIwokG7vr9jFApbHvTdrf4B6awDvHKHK7MGu4tBW4ZIq2q5oDffNc7nbjc114OmJvBMlMf8Y4UgNhNOl3cIv8rCvP2uM78J9v-zO4EBeQRJdaHSZ2tqD99LhO1gn0vcldcYTW-EHcgt5jX0HBky04jTE5kokaH8WT7UGPpmrD-QEIPPR7z1R0OE4ycYQ=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIwokG7vr9jFApbHvTdrf4B6awDvHKHK7MGu4tBW4ZIq2q5oDffNc7nbjc114OmJvBMlMf8Y4UgNhNOl3cIv8rCvP2uM78J9v-zO4EBeQRJdaHSZ2tqD99LhO1gn0vcldcYTW-EHcgt5jX0HBky04jTE5kokaH8WT7UGPpmrD-QEIPPR7z1R0OE4ycYQ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price:</b> $63(100ml)<br /><b>Link:</b> <a href="https://fragrancebuy.ca/products/jdelpozotobaccowoodnights-man" target="_blank">TWN</a><br /><b>Character:</b> Sweet, woody, and spicy<br /><b>Performance: </b>Strong<br /><b>Key Notes:</b> Cardamom, Tobacco, and Leather<br /><b>Gender:</b> Unisex leaning masculine<br /><b>Situations:</b> Any<br /><b>Weather: </b>Cool to cold<br /><br />Jesus del Pozo has an entire Arabian Nights collection and all of them I have tried are good. I also own Dark Saffron Nights. Their quality is far above their price. <br /><br />Tobacco woods night is an aromatic tobacco and leather fragrance with spicy cardamom. It smells like a fragrance Tom Ford would make, but no one knows about it because many don't like to explore new things. They make us reviewers spend money to find those for them. This is a better tobacco fragrance than Herod, even though it doesn't smell like Herod. 64 bucks is a steal for this.<br /><br /><br /><b>Amouage Jubilation XXV<br /></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyg20_8dcugG3XQndeYKUkmBzC6OmRtIXHZHS1ergYIW5xwW-DoALgYabY5FiYn6e_A2a97Hp3wr8APTzMcOy7bojB1_JzI9Ru5NZrrTpjnkuA_07ZQ19b8dFj8T6-T6Y701skTm-cjLNgj5lGGdi890cu6SUSekbRA9kk0tSJjGwbA0pnQ4ENxeFMpw=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyg20_8dcugG3XQndeYKUkmBzC6OmRtIXHZHS1ergYIW5xwW-DoALgYabY5FiYn6e_A2a97Hp3wr8APTzMcOy7bojB1_JzI9Ru5NZrrTpjnkuA_07ZQ19b8dFj8T6-T6Y701skTm-cjLNgj5lGGdi890cu6SUSekbRA9kk0tSJjGwbA0pnQ4ENxeFMpw=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price:</b> Around $200. <br /><b>Link: </b>You can find it at many different places.<br /><b>Character:</b> Woody, resinous. and sweet<br /><b>Performance:</b> Nuclear<br /><b>Key Notes:</b> Blackberry, Honey, Oud, Opoponax, and Myrrh<br /><b>Gender:</b> Masculine<br /><b>Situations:</b> Semi-casual to formal<br /><b>Weather:</b> Cool to cold<br /><br />Jubilation XXV is probably the most popular on this list. I just had to include it. I traded my old bottle and decided I wanted to keep it. So, I traded the bottle as promised and bought a brand new bottle the same day. <br /><br />Dark juicy blackberries with rich honey, dusty and smoky resins, and a woody backbone. It has much more than that, but I will save it for a full review. It has so many little nuances that make it amazing. The blending and attention to detail in this perfume are hard to beat.<br /><br /><br /><b>Pasha de Cartier Parfum<br /></b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5hVIfcl0lYFBjjTtUGAHYdDNUJQLdbkoyX0ha3gt1K3q9MWmmuvmgzVliocIcruR5fu60VPeZPG3R89j7xe8AvnSchqD5BSiJu1dfXMyCfC2mwqNu00AGD2quy-0EEyV5vKlx_VF18dDX53GpbvKIttWwb7FIbig7tjHoQmlt3UKDEZBofTuJonYj2g=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5hVIfcl0lYFBjjTtUGAHYdDNUJQLdbkoyX0ha3gt1K3q9MWmmuvmgzVliocIcruR5fu60VPeZPG3R89j7xe8AvnSchqD5BSiJu1dfXMyCfC2mwqNu00AGD2quy-0EEyV5vKlx_VF18dDX53GpbvKIttWwb7FIbig7tjHoQmlt3UKDEZBofTuJonYj2g=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price:</b> $70-100 <br /><b>Link:</b> Check eBay<br /><b>Character:</b> Woody, ambery, powdery, and warm<br /><b>Performance:</b> Strong<br /><b>Key Notes:</b> Liquor, benzoin, Sandalwood, and Balsam Fir<br /><b>Gender:</b> Masculine<br /><b>Situations:</b> Any<br /><b>Weather:</b> Cool to Cold<br /><br /><br />This one got a bit of hype too. I reviewed it last week as well, so I won't go too far in-depth. It's basically a boozier, warmer, more modern take on the original Pasha de Cartier. It's absolutely beautiful and I love it. Check out my <a href="https://musingsofafraghead.blogspot.com/2021/11/warm-and-cozy-pasha-de-cartier-parfum.html" target="_blank">review</a> if you'd like.<br /><br /><br /><b>Al-Rehab Choco Musk<br /></b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkFJC7ovVMCufMYW50qRq2z025abbdM5nautS3VL7PByjMPsNvEMzqialNE-DzQvyl9OSvy-l4b9jmrbjKVeLXPeDt0nqnb2QS9qJPQnhA0Hifyxzlvg6B2fj_agYOU5fm9vAXJk77BLsVVvNsrDxsYcGUhByjLvVM5hIH01jfQHjPi5s29Q6TEcfPRQ=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkFJC7ovVMCufMYW50qRq2z025abbdM5nautS3VL7PByjMPsNvEMzqialNE-DzQvyl9OSvy-l4b9jmrbjKVeLXPeDt0nqnb2QS9qJPQnhA0Hifyxzlvg6B2fj_agYOU5fm9vAXJk77BLsVVvNsrDxsYcGUhByjLvVM5hIH01jfQHjPi5s29Q6TEcfPRQ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Price:</b> $12<br /><b>Link:</b> It can be found on eBay easily<br /><b>Character:</b> Gourmand, creamy, and powdery<br /><b>Performance:</b> Nuclear<br /><b>Key Notes:</b> Chocolate and vanilla<br /><b>Gender:</b> Unisex<br /><b>Situations:</b> Casual<br /><b>Weather:</b> Cool to cold<br /><br />Al-Rehab's Choco Musk is the cheapest and best value on this list. If you want to know what it smells like...It's pretty much creamy and powdery hot chocolate. It smells just like a cup of hot chocolate. I am not a fan of gourmands that much, but I love hot chocolate, so this one just does it for me. Especially for that price. <br /><br /><br /><b>Lattafa Raghba<br /></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNIaw5et5aCeuabb-0Nycz84fSylCQNSPiRM5ZDwLJ2BUtveaN_drxBGF3wODjVXyi5dC-4WkLm2Ilgdvvm2Yen2FA41LSGcgCHF8EZx_pxVE4hCc9y2oM7D_0tfulUmgS4prP_dSmdH7aHb8-9eeRwOdTPoJk9W9JunywKr_47-fUqMr8ddjjihj1fA=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNIaw5et5aCeuabb-0Nycz84fSylCQNSPiRM5ZDwLJ2BUtveaN_drxBGF3wODjVXyi5dC-4WkLm2Ilgdvvm2Yen2FA41LSGcgCHF8EZx_pxVE4hCc9y2oM7D_0tfulUmgS4prP_dSmdH7aHb8-9eeRwOdTPoJk9W9JunywKr_47-fUqMr8ddjjihj1fA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Price:</b> $25<br /><b>Link: </b>Check eBay<br /><b>Character:</b> Ambery, woody, and smoky<br /><b>Performance:</b> Strong<br /><b>Key Notes:</b> Amber, Oud, and Incense<br /><b>Gender</b>: Unisex<br /><b>Situation:</b> Casual<br /><b>Weather:</b> Cold<br /><br />For years I raved on 24 Gold. I love the Kalemat style of fragrances. I didn't think I needed this one because I had 24 Gold. Boy, was I wrong? Raghba is even better to me. That sweet creamy ambery goodness with smoky incense and oud. It smells so luxurious for its price. You really can't go wrong with this one, unless you spray more than 3 times.<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />I hope you enjoyed this one. I will probably do another one at some point, but it might not be until the holiday season. I am going to focus mainly on single reviews for now. <br /><br />Until next time, be safe and remember to say a kind word to someone. You never know who it will help. Be great and smell great. <br /><br /><br />Get $10 off any <a href="https://mozzafiato.com/" target="_blank">https://mozzafiato.com/</a> purchase with my code: MUSINGS. They are a premier supplier of luxury Italian goods and fragrances. 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I hope everyone is having a lovely day today! I am super excited to bring you this Carthusia Uomo today. If you enjoy Italian fragrances, then this is one you want to check out. <br /><br />Before I begin, I must be transparent and tell you that this is a sponsored article by Mozzafiato. They are an Italian luxury store that sells some fragrances that are somewhat difficult to find in the US. They also have shaving accessories, soaps, and a lot of different products to make you smell good. I do have a personal discount code for you: MUSINGS(make sure to type it in all caps!). I do get a small kickback if you use this link to purchase anything. This has no impact on my review of this fragrance. <br /><br />I usually don't do sponsored articles. However, a friend linked me up with the owner and I looked over their site and listened to his reviews of the store and I was sold. I wouldn't do a sponsored article if it wasn't a brand I believed in. Anyone who has followed me for any length of time knows that I absolutely adore Italian fragrances and how they do citruses. You folks also know how I love helping smaller brands out and Mozzafiato falls under that umbrella.<br /><br />Now that that is out of the way, let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Notes<br /></u></b><br /><b>Top </b><br /><br />Lemon, Bergamot, Freesia, and Green Leaves<br /><br /><b>Mid </b><br /><br />Geranium, Cedar, Lily-of-the-Valley, Jasmine, and Patchouli<br /><br /><b>Base</b><br /><br />Musk, Amber, Oakmoss, and Sandalwood <br /><br /><br /><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN0py71LBaP7XISA1TBvW6oev_gu37dDXgjzuqS3cKH81IU0sl-obczOZ5lAwQUDUAezP72w7UFt_lSK-ia_dOwP9vyqTsjpxFTFD5tFaQykL4i2jhKbLg8v6TRGw7LzCoHt0OPw02iExvJ5TduE_gditNLDriZwrW9B8-fcZkNLjFMFIDiK8tuXS5HA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN0py71LBaP7XISA1TBvW6oev_gu37dDXgjzuqS3cKH81IU0sl-obczOZ5lAwQUDUAezP72w7UFt_lSK-ia_dOwP9vyqTsjpxFTFD5tFaQykL4i2jhKbLg8v6TRGw7LzCoHt0OPw02iExvJ5TduE_gditNLDriZwrW9B8-fcZkNLjFMFIDiK8tuXS5HA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><u>The Scent<br /></u></b><br />When we think about an Italian fragrance, what do we think of? For myself, I think of bergamot and clean freshness. Carthusia Uomo opens up with a melange of petitgrain-esque freshness. Citrus-laced green leaves with an aquatic freesia and a hint of fresh rosy geranium. Basically, this smells like you are in Italy by the seaside, sans the saltiness. It's fresh, vibrant, and aquatic. <br /><br />As the heart starts to develop, you start picking up on a slightly spiced cedar and more of that aforementioned rosy geranium. Soapy jasmine and clean white musk follow to give the geranium the clean edge that it needs. The notes from the top still linger, but this perfume is masterfully blended and the notes all meld seamlessly with one another. None of them attempt to upstage the others.<br /><br />As the base starts to shine, you get a bit of clean oakmoss which makes this fragrance lean almost in a fougere direction. The freshness from the top is still there. You would think that it would die down, but it doesn't. An almost leathery nuance shows up. It's soft, clean, and beautifully crafted., The fragrance finishes with a warming blanket of cashmeran. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Performance<br /></b></u><br />Italian fragrances typically aren't known to be very long-lasting. This one breaks that mold. This is not a forceful fragrance and it comes off as very gentlemanly. It's not one that is going to fill a room, but people will smell it on you. I get around 9 hours on skin with this. The projection is quite mild which is to be expected with the note breakdown. <br /><br />It's cooler here now, so maybe in the warmer months it will last longer and be a little more aggressive, but I doubt it considering the genre of fragrance that it is. These gentlemanly scents are rarely overbearing, like a gentleman himself is. <br /><br />Let it be noted that I only wore 3 sprays of this perfume while testing. Overspraying this will make it too forceful and ruin the charm that the fragrance is trying to convey. <br /><br /><b><u>How to Wear it<br /></u></b><br />This perfume is meant for a discerning man. A man who has a career, but still comes home to play with the kids and helps his wife. It's classy, elegant, but also casual. It's quite versatile. You can pull this off with a T-shirt and shorts or a lightly colored suit at the office. This is a fragrance that Bleu de Chanel wishes it could be...and I like Bleu de Chanel. <br /><br />This fragrance does lean masculine, but I could see a woman pulling it off as well. I wouldn't call it unisex, but I wouldn't say it's in the genre of completely masculine either.<br /><br />This is probably best suited for men over 30. While it does have some playfulness in it with the aquatic nuances, I think it leans a little more mature than a college-age person would want. The composition is classic, but it's made with modern ingredients and doesn't smell "old" at all. <br /><br />Spring and summer are probably the best time of the year to wear Carthusia Uomo, but I am sitting here wearing it in 50F temperatures and it still works beautifully.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />This fragrance is simply beautiful to me. It's versatile enough that I can wear it all year long. The way the blend comes off so effortlessly smooth and there are so many little nuances at play makes it smell much more expensive than it actually is. This fragrance is only $84 for 50ml and that blows my mind for the quality you get here. It might sound like a lot to some, but this is 100% worth it. Plus, you get 10 bucks off with my code, which makes it even better. I promise that I am not just saying this because it's sponsored. Look at the reviews on Fragrantica or Base Notes. This is a gem that hardly anyone knows about. <br /><br />This makes me dream of an Italian summer by the seaside, drinking some lemonade while watching the waves crash while the birds sing their song of summer. It just hits some sort of euphoric happiness in me. A place of bliss and peace, which is something I honestly needed after this year.<br /><br />Carthusia Uomo is a breathtakingly realistic adventure into the core of Italian perfumery. Carefree yet still dressed up would be my description of the perfume. It's just simply amazing what gems you can find when you aren't even looking. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>Conclusion</u></b><br /><br />I hope you enjoyed my review of Carthusia Uomo. It was an absolute delight to test this one out. This one will get some heavy wearing during spring and summer, even though I am wearing it in autumn as well. <br /><br />I appreciate all of your support and don't forget to say a kind word to someone today. You never know who you might help. You might just keep someone from the brink of darkness with one kind word. Use it well and often. <br /><br />Until next time, I wish everyone good health and happy times. Smell amazing and be amazing!<br /> <br /><br /><a href="https://mozzafiato.com/products/carthusia-uomo-eau-de-parfum?_pos=4&_sid=9fd15ac38&_ss=r" target="_blank">Buy Carthusia Uomo Here</a>(DOn't forget to use MUSINGS for $10 off)<br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmWKJl2lnPP-sUy3Xzd0ABKyQyyRb0tae3QdryaEw74obdQoaAeUqlm5E9oYG0Mv1ZtBdD6JGIVlHWLtc9wYvAa71899FgH9F8LEc3gCKPWL-Iqx_a8xR33p_TJGc6Uy0bRMIomjAilb47wIz_0yufATJ8fciFStl45GUC6kYe8BI1kkS1_y3W0SF_7w=s6000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmWKJl2lnPP-sUy3Xzd0ABKyQyyRb0tae3QdryaEw74obdQoaAeUqlm5E9oYG0Mv1ZtBdD6JGIVlHWLtc9wYvAa71899FgH9F8LEc3gCKPWL-Iqx_a8xR33p_TJGc6Uy0bRMIomjAilb47wIz_0yufATJ8fciFStl45GUC6kYe8BI1kkS1_y3W0SF_7w=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Want to see what is going on in my group and vote on my upcoming articles? 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I hope you folks are doing well tonight. I am trying to catch up on a ton of reviews, so you will be seeing a lot of content from me. I will have a lot of non-mainstream stuff coming up soon. <br /><br />I always saw people speak about this fragrance, but I never picked it up. I had a friend send it to me, so thank you to that friend for the gift. He also sent me Lagerfeld Bois de Vetiver, which might not be reviewed until the spring. <br /><br />Without further ado, let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Notes<br /></u></b><br /><br /><b>Top </b><br /><br />Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, and Cardamom<br /><br /><br /><b>Heart</b><br /><br />Fig Leaf, Geranium, and Orange Blossom <br /><br /><br /><b>Base</b><br /><br />Tonic Water and Leather<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Vibe<br /></b></u><br />Happy summer days with a refreshing sparkling drink.<br /><br />Long summer days on the beach in the shade. <br /><br />That first blast of cold water as you jump into a lake. <br /><br />The cool spring dew.<br /><br />The feeling of wearing a white linen shirt on a hot summer day. <br /><br /><br /><b><u>The Scent <br /></u></b><br />3 AM opens with invigorating sparkling bergamot with ice-cold tonic water. A slight touch of fresh and juicy orange adds to the refreshing nature of this composition. I think there is a little bit of cardamom in here, but it is used to make the composition feel effervescent. Cardamom is often used for that in these types of fragrances. <br /><br />As the heart emerges, a beautifully fresh and slightly creamy fig leaf comes out. This is the best fig note I have smelled in a fragrance within this price range. It just smoothens out the blend. I am a huge fan of fig. My boy, Carlos Colom, got me into it and now I am obsessed with the note. He also got me to expand my horizons into licorice and anise, but that is a story for another time. <br /><br />In the deep dry down, it retains that a little bit of the tonic water, but it's mostly a very soft and clean leather note with that fig leaf and a pinch of spice. It's still on the refreshing side. It doesn't turn cheap and generic in the dry down, which is shocking considering the price of this perfume. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />3 AM is a fragrance that completely blew me away. I review a lot of niche and indie stuff and I love supporting those brands, but this fragrance seriously captured my heart. This is a fragrance that instantly makes me happy when I spray it. Yes, the atomizer is amazing. The hype is real on that.<br /><br />The way 3 AM comes together with its fresh and cooling sensations that are grounded by leather and not woods, makes it read as a masculine offering. It's mostly a summer or spring scent, but I have been wearing it in 40F weather just fine as well. <br /><br />Let's talk about performance for a bit. I am not someone who speaks on this often, but I will for this one. I think most people are not judging this one accurately. I did the same thing. I wore it and it lasted 4-6 hours in the peak of summer. However, I went through a phase when I was having a rough time in my life, so I wasn't wearing many perfumes. After around 2 weeks of not wearing something, I picked this 3 AM to uplift my mood. To my surprise, this fragrance was still very noticeable after 8 hours. This fragrance seems like it lasts a lot longer than we think. We are just used to spraying heavy fragrances which probably make it so we can't smell this one in the heart and dry down. I was certainly pleased to find this out because I adore the smell of this perfume.<br /><br />I was also surprised by how unique it is. I wouldn't say it has niche appeal, but it doesn't smell like anything I have tried on the market. The blending of notes is so smooth and well-composed. I would expect this fragrance to be from a high-end designer brand if I smelled it blindly. <br /><br />You can purchase 100ml of this fragrance for under 20 USD wherever you might look. I am not sure if everyone will love it like I do, so I would suggest sampling if you can, but it's not an expensive blind buy if you go that route. I think it's pretty safe, but I know not everyone has the cash to just throw at fragrances, so don't solely take my word on it. My tastes are not yours. I like it so much that I bought the body wash, deodorant, and aftershave to go with it. <br /><br /><br /><u><b>Conclusion</b></u><br /><br />I hope you enjoyed my review. Thank you for all of the support and for continuing to read my articles. It really means the world to me. <br /><br />Remember to say a kind word today. You never know what someone is going through beyond the surface. Their world could be crumbling and a kind word could help them get through it. <br /><br />Have a blessed day everyone. Until next time, be great and keep smelling great. Much love to all of you. <br /><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: #1c1c1c; color: #cccccc; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Want to see what is going on in my group and vote on my upcoming articles? We also discuss fragrances and fragrant topics in a drama-free environment. You won't see any troll Aventus and CDNIM posts in my group! 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Click </span><a href="https://musingsofafraghead.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-support-my-blog-and-features-of.html" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Follow me on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/musingsofafraghead/" style="color: #dd7700; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">!</span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br style="font-size: 14.85px;" /></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267866703631256883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968106423293708095.post-34028726102352543902021-11-06T20:38:00.002-04:002021-11-25T19:10:32.206-05:00Warm and Cozy: Pasha de Cartier Parfum Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp9QZKbyPRTOOukl0WLYwb82p1tqB_0lqtIvKX9R0LgIxqSgbkAnBwXdkOwjLdngy3NZYVMrjdVEOxBDvrE1580gqQaeHnriXmgbMUqwIlkmqYzIcYOITuFPjN9Gp6PuOG5hh-nMzWtm33qbuVQlZWs6niTppOUtTw24760swCHEHJO3z7UDnFwiIMCw=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp9QZKbyPRTOOukl0WLYwb82p1tqB_0lqtIvKX9R0LgIxqSgbkAnBwXdkOwjLdngy3NZYVMrjdVEOxBDvrE1580gqQaeHnriXmgbMUqwIlkmqYzIcYOITuFPjN9Gp6PuOG5hh-nMzWtm33qbuVQlZWs6niTppOUtTw24760swCHEHJO3z7UDnFwiIMCw=w219-h390" width="219" /></a></div><br /><br />Hey, folks! I am sorry that it's been so long since I have done a review. I keep saying I will do more, but life keeps getting in the way. As some of you know, my grandmother passed away in June. My mother broke her hip, then she caught COVID, and now she is in a nursing home. It's been a rough year, but I am trying to pump out some more reviews now. I have quite a lot to go over. <br /><br />I have had Pasha de Cartier Parfum for a while now and I have had time to fully explore it. I am excited about this one. Let's get into it!<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Vibes<br /></b></u><br />A gentleman sits in his recliner with an amber-colored drink in his hand. It's a cool winter night and the fireplace is roaring. He is a man of taste and refinement, but he is also a modern man, but he enjoys a few classic things as well. He is well-spoken and confident, but not arrogant. <br /><br />His home speaks of classic tastes, but with modern edges to it. The old reliable recliner is a relic of the past, while the fireplace is cold and austere on the outside, while still giving that warm glow that feels like a hearth. A perfect combination of classic values with new world ideas. <br /><br />The Notes<br /><br />Amber, Sandalwood, Patchouli, and Balsamic Notes<br /><br /><br /><u><b>The Scent<br /></b></u><br />Pasha de Cartier Parfum opens up in an enveloping mist of ambery booziness. It's a very cozy feel, akin to sitting by a fireplace to me. It just has a feeling of contention about it, while still retaining something slightly powdery from the original Pasha de Cartier. This allows the fragrance to be slightly clean, but not soapy in any way. <br /><br />As the heart emerges, a beautiful warm and creamy sandalwood because the focal point of the composition. This is one of the best sandalwood fragrances I have smelled. Even though it is synthetic, it doesn't read as cheap or rough. An ever so slightly dark and woody patchouli is noticeable as well. It's probably there to light the woodiness of the sandalwood.<br /> <br />In the dry down, it's mostly a creamy sandalwood and amber scent, but it retains that ever so slight powdered feel, which I think might be lavender and not a powdered amber. I think the amber is what gives this fragrance the boozy and warm feel, but I could be wrong. The original Pasha has lavender and I believe it is the same in this one, but it's not listed. <br /> <br /><br /><u><b>My Opinion<br /></b></u><br />This is a remarkable release. Cartier is a very underrated and dependable house. This fragrance speaks volumes about Cartier's ability to understand their market and to bring it into the modern era while still retaining its roots. <br /><br />This is a very long-lasting fragrance. I am clocking in at around 9-10 hours total with it. It has heavy projection for the first 2 1/2 hours, so I suggest only going 1-2 sprays with it. <br /><br />Pasha de Cartier Parfum is a very masculine release, but of course, women can wear it. It's best suited for cold days. It's a very rich smelling fragrance and it's not suited for warmer days. It's probably best suited for men over 30. This is a luxury fragrance and should be dressed up. This is not a hoodie and jeans scent. This is a statement about class and taste when you are at least slightly dressed up. <br /><br />I wouldn't label this as a masterpiece, but it would toe that line for me. It's 100% worth $120 to me. Cartier does it time and time again. They release fragrances that blow me away for their price. The quality and attention to detail from their watchmaking has certainly traverses into their perfume selections.<br /><br /><u><b><br />Conclusion<br /></b></u><br />I hope you enjoyed my review of Pasha de Cartier Parfum. 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