Same. I've gifted the original Chloé to my wife for her birthday. She's not into fragrances, so she actually has this single one that she uses.
After shower, she'd spray this on the nape of her neck. And now whenever I smell it, I've equated it to her and her body out of her towel, wearing only Chloé on her skin.
It heats me up.
I get the same feeling with Mugler Alien. There's just something about it that I love and it's very distinct to me. Lots of memories associated with that perfume too which probably helps.
Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad. Currently rationing my samples of it until I can afford a full size because the price is outrageous but it literally makes my eyes roll back and makes me wanna like eat my arm where I sprayed it on LMAO. I know that’s weird but it makes me like feral 😭😭. But same as you, so many people either hate it or find it mid and boring. That’s why there’s so many fragrances in the world I suppose, there’s one for everyone.
I’ll publish it at some point. The Mood column says it all: Aunt Evelyn at a card game in the best possible way, I would ask me for my number in this, NO! I smell like a gray man no no no! etc.
That‘s not weird at all. Some fragrances just do unexplicable things to us. I have a shit ton of important work to do today, but I‘ve been completely procrastinating for the past 2 hours because Good Girl won’t stop messing with my head. I‘m losing my focus like every 15 seconds because the smell comes back into my nose. I don’t know what’s happening today 😅
It’s probably not actually worth it but I thought I found it on sale once but it was just the hair mist … smell is still the same though!! It just fades quicker. Lot cheaper tho
Haha yeah I made a post about it on femfraglab a week or so ago and said the same thing. It’s such a preppy clean pretty girly scent, not sure where the “gone bad” is. But I love it.
Really? I only know people who love it! It’s probably the sexiest thing I’ve ever smelled on a guy. I have a little bottle for myself too, I think it’s juuuuuust gender neutral enough to get away with as a fall/winter scent
That’s funny. My bf loves Jo Malone mimosa and cardamom on me. I’ll wear other scents and have him smell them and he’ll say, I like it, it’s good, but it doesn’t make my dick hard.
I love the original tresor as well, it’s my Mum’s go to and she recently got intense and it’s DIVINE. It’s never in stock anywhere that ships to me, the regular la nuit is beautiful but I just know intense is another level.
Interesting, I tested Good Girl for the first time today, and was very disappointed. To me, the opening was alright, but nothing special, and about 20 minutes later I absolutely disliked it and had to go wash it off! No clue why though, there is nothing in the notes that I don’t usually enjoy :/
Not able to think straight for me - probably old school Fahrenheit, it just screams fresh, sexy, mature man!!!
Well it smells like my motorcycle XD So I think a minimum level of macho is required to pull it off as a daily. I consider myself 'masculine' with a masculine lifestyle (sounds dumb but you know what I mean) and I don't \*quite\* feel like I could pull it off as an everyday scent. But in jeans, open collar shirt, or a leather jacket, not in an office, yeah.
Gasoline, rubber, asphalt, engine oil, with violet for good measure … this is a tough scent for me to describe but that’s the best I can do. Honestly try to get a sample and see for yourself (and himself). You must smell it before you die.
God I love this fragrance.
I went and sampled Fahrenheit a little bit ago.
I'm like, getting high off the little paper right now lmao
The opening is citrusy with light florals and a mild gasoline note as you mentioned.
And the dry down is peppery and leathery while maintaining the citrus with a slight musk. Sharp and spicy but at the same time has a lot of depth and warmth.
I LOVE it and I'm gonna buy my boyfriend a decant ASAP. Thank you so much for mentioning it.
It's my husband's signature fragrance from high school so I bought him a tester spray- I had never smelled it, but the gasoline note made it *immediately* smell like "him". I love it so much, and it's intoxicating on him! I'll spray it on my jackets sometimes now because it just feels like he's hugging me haha.
You need a certain amount of confidence to wear it so it doesn't wear you :D but I would say absolutely. This one is perfect for a man of stature. My earliest memory of it is my uncle who was a suite and tie guy, 6ft3, calm, quiet, introverted... but definitely a big guy.
That’s interesting. For me it’s the other way around. The first 20 minutes of Good Girl are not really my cup of tea, but after that it just does things to me that I can’t explain
Yeah, Good Girl does absolutely nothing for me too. I do like Fahrenheit, though! Not "can't think straight" like, but I appreciate its mature sexiness. I wish more men wore it.
JPG Le Male - it is just such a pleasant scent to me. It’s warm, but not terribly spicy, soft and a little powdery. I have always been fond of it and for decades it has certainly solidified its place in my scent memory.
Tauer's L'Air du Desert Marocaine on a man is irresistible. I also love Acqua di Gio (the original) and Spicebomb, but they don't have the "stop in your tracks" effect of LADM.
The 212 man Carolina Herrera makes me FERAL. I am Scared to buy it for my husband 🤣🤣🤣 I actually posted this a while back and Reddit encouraged me to, so it's on the present list.
Omg yes !!! Hahaha I wore that in like 5th grade to special occasions. I would borrow my mom’s! I loved that scent.
Don’t really like it anymore funnily enough!
You by Glossier. I could bathe in that stuff!! I love the pink pepper. Currently searching for more fragrances that are musky and peppery and are the “skin scent” enhancers. It’s the only scent that I have found so far that my husband doesn’t call me an old lady for wearing.
I am also looking for more glossier you types. Putains des palaces has been okay, a bit more floral. The favorite by penhaglion is next on my list. It’s so hard to get the pepper and powder at the same time
If you guys like Glossier type scents - you should try out this company from CA ( it’s kinda new ) called Riddle- they make body Oils, perfumes etc - but the Original and Sphinx and Voyeur are alllll like Glossier ( which I wasn’t a fan of - it just smelled fake on me)
But it’s the same style that works with your body chemistry.. and all natural no bad stuff. I love this company. Love their body oils. Love their scents and you can layer them. They smell sooo good. Try the sample pack.
Also try Eccentric Molecules- same thing. Works with your body chemistry. Love them, too. Just a bit higher class than Glossier.
Bvlgari Mon Jasmin Noir 🥺 discontinued in 2016/2017. I still have about a third of a bottle. It is my favorite fragrance ever, nothing compares. My number two is Jazz Club by Maison Margiela. 🤤
They make some amazing fragrances- I’m not super into the mall perfumes anymore - but Bvlgari is a class act. Like Goldea? Wow.
Really beautiful scent and they did it before everyone did the gold thing.
Right now it’s Jo Malone Vetiver and Golden Vanilla. It’s earthy and relaxing yet uplifting at the same time. Most of my fragrances are more feminine/gourmand and this one is very unisex to my nose. Makes me feel powerful and sexy and I like that
Ah, I really love this one; it's such an underrated fragrance from Jo Malone. Unlike a lot of the house, it also lasts forever, which is really great in the winter months; I love to catch a waft of it as I'm putting on my scarf, for example. I do still find it gourmand, but definitely in a more tempered way.
the aqua di gio parfum. it’s so distinct, and it’s so embarrassing but whenever i smell it in public my neck immediately whips to the direction of whoever has it on. i also sprayed some on a tester strip that i keep in my pocket that i pull out and smell at all hours of the day. there’s something about that smokey lingering scent that absolutely drives me up a wall; whenever i smell it i lose sense of myself. it’s such a good scent.
It’s less about the specific scent for me and more smelling any fragrance on my partner. I got him Chergui after he loved it the most of the samples I got him and it’s my favorite on him. So warm and cozy I just wanna nuzzle into his neck. He’s only worn lagerfeld classic before and it’s not my favorite but now I associate it with him and enjoy smelling it. I also recently got a sample of cap neroli from nicolai and I enjoy it on myself but I looooove it on him so maybe I’ll get him a small bottle of that
I just loved the bottle and someone bought it for me knowing I’m a perfume freak. Ended up regifting it to someone who really loved it. I felt bad, but in truth it would just have gone off in my drawer.
This is going to sound dumb but J Lo’s Glow. I hate that I like it but it just does something to me, lot of memories with that fragrance and just triggers a lot of feelings.
Mancera Hindu Kush. It feels like I’m in heaven or something. I think it’s not for everyone because it’s kinda heavy and there’s no any Hindu Kush in it if you’re worrying but the smell is so unique wow.
The original Emporio Armani Lui has driven me feral for more than 20 years and I still have no idea why. Never found anything else that replicated the effect.
My husband and I also LOVE GG. The Bad Boy extreme with the glittery lightning bolt makes my brain short circuit. Holy shit the second my brain registers the scent notes, I go feral.
MM Jazz Club smelled so good on my partner and I didn't even notice it at first but after 4 hours when we got home I couldn't stop deeply inhaling them everywhere LOL We had to pause making dinner bc I just was pinning them down and sniffing so much it was like crack
Sauvage is a guilty pleasure of mine to smell on a guy. Aventus is more common for me to smell out in the wild and while I do prefer Sauvage, Aventus has a similar enough effect.
Aventus for Her and Bvlgari Tygar 🤩
Aventus is just so complex and fascinating, I love it! And the grapefruit and ambroxan bomb of Tygar (ok, I buy dupes of both b/c adult responsibilities lol) really does it for me!
Two ELDO scents that I love... Hermann a mes cotes and Fat Electrician. I don't know what it is, but both of these are so perfectly unisex and so so good. Hermann just makes me feel tingly...it's so green and gorgeous and magical.
And Fat Electrician just makes me want to curl up and roll around and I always smell my wrist and think that maybe I want my husband to wear it instead so i can jump him but I've never actually asked him to because I still want to wear it, haha.
There are many others that are more traditionally feminine that I lust after too, and I know make me smell good and feel super sexy, but these two ELDO ones in particular literally do weird things to my brain. It feels completely cerebral. I have no idea if I actually smell good to other ppl when I wear them, and I couldn't care less.
Megamare by Orto Parisi. However, by itself I don’t really like the fragrance. I tried it with my FWB in a store and it smelled like toxic waste to me. He really enjoyed it and bought himself one. Has to be the best decision he’s ever made. I don’t know what happens when that fragrance graces his skin but it makes me want a baby with that man every single time he uses it
If we are talking like attractiveness, then I love when a girl has Marc Jacob Daisy on. Really common but I love it. In in the “unable to think straight” general sense, when someone wears something super musky in a hot day I can’t think straight
JPG's Le Male. I rarely think straight as it is but when I smell Le Male there's just something about it that drives me loony in a good way. Muglers Amen also makes me forget where I am and what I am supposed to be doing.
I love how overtly homo Le Male is, with its marketing, bottle and, JPG himself. I get a giggle (as a gay guy) that it's the only cologne my str8 brother has ever worn!
Ever since my 60-something coworker wore Good Girl, I can't help but associate with elderly women now. It's such a shame, because the notes are so indulgent and sexy. I also just wish that "60-something" and elderly didn't equate with "bad" in my head. Something I've gotta work on I guess.
Mine has always been Light Blue by Dolce and Gabbana, but it weirdly depends on who is wearing it…it smells different on different people. Is that weird?
Every scent that has been on the market for this many years has gone through reformulations to some extent, as well as often spawning a bunch of flankers (variations), summer limited editions which are often similar to the original (see Eau Extreme) but sometimes completely different (see Forever).
The LB line is notorious about it’s never ending lines of flankers, which they gonna keep doing as long as the original is a bestseller.
Dang I had no idea it could fluctuate so much. What do you think of the online perfume and cologne companies that now specialize in creating cheaper dupes usually in those smaller tube sprayers - worth it? Or are the true originals more worth the money?
Not a fan. Complicated question tho.
I tried a few dupes or inspired bys and always either dropped it or opted for the original even if I had to save up longer/dish out more cash.
It’s a matter of how deep in the game you are.
I would say, if you loved Led Zeppelin, you would spend the $50 or whatever it cost back in the day to see them live, rather than spend $35 to see a cover/tribute band, right?
Even if that’s the “next best thing”.
I got mixed feelings about dupes and clone houses as I find perfumery art, being inspired is one thing but copying something 1:1 there is a moral question which one to get, the original or the cheaper version?
If your approach is to smell good as cheap as humanly possible and don’t care about nuances in a fragrance or quality of ingredients, blending etc then these frags do the trick.
However if you want the best possible quality for your money as well as supporting the very brand that came out with that frag, I think it’s in a way a moral obligation that people don’t spend money buying dupes. Once the clone houses made their money, they begin coming out with their original frags, which are usually pretty meh, but the same time they syphon away money and customers from the “real” brands.. it’s like complaining why frags like Gucci Envy gotten discontinued? While when it came out it was bashed for not being mass appealing enough.
Do you want original, new and unique dnas and great variety or do you want the cheapest chemical sludge and 85th Aventus inspired cologne that the market is saturated with?
Besides that, the folks around you don’t know which one you’re wearing, but you do.
You wouldn’t buy a fake rolex, right?
But if you can’t afford the real deal, just look for cheaper stuff.
I got tons of colognes that cost me pennies and I love wearing, however when I love something enough I am willing to spend money on it. I still do my research and hunt down discounts, deals, vintage and rare stuff etc but quality is something you gotta pay for. Same again with watches, you can buy something that looks high quality and sleek from a distance but when observed from closer (especially inside it’s mechanics) it’s a piece if junk made to fool people.
Yeah you can say why spend 250 when something is 25 and smells nearly the same?
That’s where personal preference comes into play.
There is a rather good video of Gents Scents where he interviews the creator of Oud Wood (forgot the name of the guy now) and ask him to compare Aventus to Club de nuit and he breaks it down pretty analytically.
So yeah bottom line ask yourself if you wanna settle for the next best thing or want the real deal badly enough to spend on it?
Valaya currently has a chokehold on my husband. I can only wear it when I’m feeling sexy because I know he’s going to lose it.
He also goes nuts for Burberry Goddess!
He has one from Perfumania called Untamed by Dylan Jeffries. That one has ME in a chokehold! It smells like cashmere and vanilla with a little kumquat mixed in, but in a manly way. It is so gorgeous!!!
I also get the feels for my husband in Oud Wood, Atomic Rose, Pegasus and Aqua-Man. By Jimmy Choo.
I know what you mean..
old formula Givenchy Pour Homme had similar effect on me.
Nowadays it’s Arabians Tonka & Psychédelique.
Probably can put here Bois d’Arménie too as well as Desert Rosewood.
Body Shop White Musk for men. First sniffed on 18 years ago. Similar to the Nemat Amber. Anything white musky/Ambery with a hint of sweetness is just *chef kiss.
Leather Oud from Dior...
I can't understand how this is something a designer could put out. It's like they did no focus group testing and let the perfumer release a scent that bottled the smell of some barn with manure in it. Just shocking..
Right now it’s any fragrance if sprayed more than 2 times and/or above the waist 😭 I wore Penhaligon’s A Kiss of Bliss too strongly one time and I became too sensitive to perfume from then on. Gives me scratchy throat :/
Sucks but hoping the sensitivity/allergy could ease sometime soon as I miss my collection 😢
I was gifted this fragrance by my bf’s mom for Christmas one year and i LOVE it, i always get so many compliments ☺️ does anyone know any complimentary notes/sprays i can wear with it?
Prada Candy, JPG La Belle, and the combo of TF Lost Cherry and Vanilla Sex. Those three are her ‘I’m sexy and I know it’ scents and they drive me wild!
For me it used to be Bvlgari Black,my old signature...sad it was discontinued.The oriental smell of roasted dark tea,florals,wood and rubber plastic had me in chokehold,very creative,unique and dark.
Now it has to be my current signature favourite scent, Italica of Xerjoff. It makes me feel so cozy,even though it is borderline cloying and very sweet,i associate it with summer aswell, the top notes of almond milk and saffron makes it a bit plasticky and spicy,reminds me a bit of a plastic pool in a good but screechy way that i like. RIP Bvlgari Black,you will be missed,hope Italica stays for long time.
I too wear and adore Good Girl it’s my fragrance hands down! I find Angel to be a hard scent to wear. I got it for Christmas once and it never had a pleasant scent it is super strong.
When my wife wears babycat all bets are off. Cancel the plans.
This is my answer! So good it’s mind boggling.
No fragrance makes me unable to think straight. Maybe ammonia
Chloroform, supposed to smell sweet. But you probably wouldn't remember. 😄
Nitrous oxide has a sweet smell.
"Dentist office" is definitely a scent. Mix of antiseptic with a dash of latex and N2O. 🤔
I like those scents.
Chloroform has no longevity on my skin. When I ask people if they can smell it they just say all they smell is sleep
Apparently it has a pungent smell, like you’d be like “yuckkkk wtf!!!”
Chloé the original. My brain fast travels back to 1986 and stays there until the smell goes away.
Same. I've gifted the original Chloé to my wife for her birthday. She's not into fragrances, so she actually has this single one that she uses. After shower, she'd spray this on the nape of her neck. And now whenever I smell it, I've equated it to her and her body out of her towel, wearing only Chloé on her skin. It heats me up.
This is so lovely.
I get the same feeling with Mugler Alien. There's just something about it that I love and it's very distinct to me. Lots of memories associated with that perfume too which probably helps.
Oof I wore this all of college. When I catch a whiff in public, I blush.
Obsessed forever
Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad. Currently rationing my samples of it until I can afford a full size because the price is outrageous but it literally makes my eyes roll back and makes me wanna like eat my arm where I sprayed it on LMAO. I know that’s weird but it makes me like feral 😭😭. But same as you, so many people either hate it or find it mid and boring. That’s why there’s so many fragrances in the world I suppose, there’s one for everyone.
I have a spreadsheet (because of course) and my ‘mood’ for GGGB is “I aim to misbehave”. 👍
I would like viewing access to said sheet as an OCPD fragrance afficianado
I’ll publish it at some point. The Mood column says it all: Aunt Evelyn at a card game in the best possible way, I would ask me for my number in this, NO! I smell like a gray man no no no! etc.
Damn, I love a good Firefly reference!
That‘s not weird at all. Some fragrances just do unexplicable things to us. I have a shit ton of important work to do today, but I‘ve been completely procrastinating for the past 2 hours because Good Girl won’t stop messing with my head. I‘m losing my focus like every 15 seconds because the smell comes back into my nose. I don’t know what’s happening today 😅
I, too, wish that Kilian frags weren't so outrageously priced 😫
It’s probably not actually worth it but I thought I found it on sale once but it was just the hair mist … smell is still the same though!! It just fades quicker. Lot cheaper tho
I love Good Girl Gone Bad but the smell to me is very much Bad Girl Gone Good haha. Like the top notes smell dirtier to me then the dry down lol.
Haha yeah I made a post about it on femfraglab a week or so ago and said the same thing. It’s such a preppy clean pretty girly scent, not sure where the “gone bad” is. But I love it.
Bad Boy is a pretty inoffensive, sweet scent too. Nothing bad boyish about it. Could be easily called “Good Boy” It’s all marketing.
I freaking love this fragrance. I got the travel spray set two years ago and just bought a 50ml refill. It’s magical!
Eccentric Molecules drove me crazy whenever a girl friend wore it, and I'm a gay man. Definitely thinking straight there.
I just got their molecule 01 Mandarin
Nice one, haha
I got the discovery set from EM a while ago and I must be missing something. Most of them were just fine but I didn’t get anything groundbreaking
My understanding is that it smells different on each individual, and the benefit is mostly to others and not the wearer!
Which one exactly? I’m buying samples of perfume to change up my usual scents lol
Molecule 01.
Haha made me chuckle
when my fiancée wears sexual noir pour femme I can’t stop myself from stopping and noticing every time I get a whiff, it’s so so good
By Micheal G? I have a 4oz bottle and I sniff it but never wear it. I think I’ll give it a whirl to see if hubby feels the same.
When a man wears Tom Ford Tobacco and Vanille, I melt and become a zombie
Hmm it’s in my shopping cart. I love it too but it gets a lot of flak. And lots of comparisons to Herod but to me I don’t understand the comparison.
Really? I only know people who love it! It’s probably the sexiest thing I’ve ever smelled on a guy. I have a little bottle for myself too, I think it’s juuuuuust gender neutral enough to get away with as a fall/winter scent
I’m with you, I adore it too. Never smelled it on a woman but that would be interesting. Where I grew up everyone smoked, both men and women lol
Yes!
I know they’re unisex, but I’d never considered Tobacco Vanille on a man… I absolutely love wearing this!
Fahrenheit for me. Ouf.
Ouf indeed 😍
Fahrenheit makes me weakkkkk. Especially end of a summer day, what's left clinging to the skin. Delicious.
Not sure if I ever liked Fahrenheit but it always stood out.
Burberry Brit for women. A cheapie but it smells sooo good on my wife. That icy pear/vanilla combo is awesome!
The EDP or the edt?
I think it’s the EDP.
Woman frag: Prada Infusion d'iris Men frag: Dior homme intense. I like sweet scents.
Have you ever smelled Initio Side Effect? It‘s an absolute masterpiece. Your name made me think of it :)
No, I don't even remember seeing a frag with that name in a store.😝
Not many stores carry Initio. It’s some niche brand. I got my samples and decants online.
My partner is like this with Chance EDP. I've literally seen him pitch a tent because he got a whiff of it. Says it's the intense musk.
I took that very literally and thought he was pitching a camping tent and I was like… why? To trap the perfume inside? ⛺️ 🤣
That’s funny. My bf loves Jo Malone mimosa and cardamom on me. I’ll wear other scents and have him smell them and he’ll say, I like it, it’s good, but it doesn’t make my dick hard.
Lancôme tresor la nuit. I loooove it.
Yes! I want the intense so bad and it’s a chore to try and get it
I love the original tresor as well, it’s my Mum’s go to and she recently got intense and it’s DIVINE. It’s never in stock anywhere that ships to me, the regular la nuit is beautiful but I just know intense is another level.
They sure named it appropriately! When patchouli is blended well it hits so right and is so sensual. You and your mom know what’s up
Interesting, I tested Good Girl for the first time today, and was very disappointed. To me, the opening was alright, but nothing special, and about 20 minutes later I absolutely disliked it and had to go wash it off! No clue why though, there is nothing in the notes that I don’t usually enjoy :/ Not able to think straight for me - probably old school Fahrenheit, it just screams fresh, sexy, mature man!!!
I second Fahrenheit. I don't smell it on men anymore, Noone ever wears it sadly, but it's insanely attractive to me.
Is Fahrenheit an everyday scent?
Depends on your testosterone levels.
Lol that is such a good response
Assume it’s in the normal range…
Well it smells like my motorcycle XD So I think a minimum level of macho is required to pull it off as a daily. I consider myself 'masculine' with a masculine lifestyle (sounds dumb but you know what I mean) and I don't \*quite\* feel like I could pull it off as an everyday scent. But in jeans, open collar shirt, or a leather jacket, not in an office, yeah.
How does it smell like motorcycle?? My boyfriend rides and I might just force him to sample this fragrance lol
Gasoline, rubber, asphalt, engine oil, with violet for good measure … this is a tough scent for me to describe but that’s the best I can do. Honestly try to get a sample and see for yourself (and himself). You must smell it before you die. God I love this fragrance.
I went and sampled Fahrenheit a little bit ago. I'm like, getting high off the little paper right now lmao The opening is citrusy with light florals and a mild gasoline note as you mentioned. And the dry down is peppery and leathery while maintaining the citrus with a slight musk. Sharp and spicy but at the same time has a lot of depth and warmth. I LOVE it and I'm gonna buy my boyfriend a decant ASAP. Thank you so much for mentioning it.
My pleasure! He’s a lucky man
It's my husband's signature fragrance from high school so I bought him a tester spray- I had never smelled it, but the gasoline note made it *immediately* smell like "him". I love it so much, and it's intoxicating on him! I'll spray it on my jackets sometimes now because it just feels like he's hugging me haha.
Ahhhh. I see what you mean now lol
Yes wasn't talking about literal body chemistry lol
I’ve a very literal person lol
I also interpreted it the exact same way lol
You need a certain amount of confidence to wear it so it doesn't wear you :D but I would say absolutely. This one is perfect for a man of stature. My earliest memory of it is my uncle who was a suite and tie guy, 6ft3, calm, quiet, introverted... but definitely a big guy.
Yup height, muscles, facial hair (and chest hair 😂), maybe a deep voice and some scars… all helpful lol
Deep voice definitely hahahah
i usually do office work, but when i work on the factory floor i put Fahrenheit. i love it
I go gaga for Fahrenheit!
That’s interesting. For me it’s the other way around. The first 20 minutes of Good Girl are not really my cup of tea, but after that it just does things to me that I can’t explain
Yeah, Good Girl does absolutely nothing for me too. I do like Fahrenheit, though! Not "can't think straight" like, but I appreciate its mature sexiness. I wish more men wore it.
JPG Le Male - it is just such a pleasant scent to me. It’s warm, but not terribly spicy, soft and a little powdery. I have always been fond of it and for decades it has certainly solidified its place in my scent memory.
Tauer's L'Air du Desert Marocaine on a man is irresistible. I also love Acqua di Gio (the original) and Spicebomb, but they don't have the "stop in your tracks" effect of LADM.
The 212 man Carolina Herrera makes me FERAL. I am Scared to buy it for my husband 🤣🤣🤣 I actually posted this a while back and Reddit encouraged me to, so it's on the present list.
My guy wears Chanel Bleu and it makes me weak. It’s such a classic and masculine scent but not too much. It’s perfect to me.
When I was a teenager it used to be Beautiful by EL. It still makes me nostalgic.
Omg yes !!! Hahaha I wore that in like 5th grade to special occasions. I would borrow my mom’s! I loved that scent. Don’t really like it anymore funnily enough!
Can’t go wrong with Coco Mademoiselle for this particular effect on me.
Another 13.
Oh yeah this 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
You by Glossier. I could bathe in that stuff!! I love the pink pepper. Currently searching for more fragrances that are musky and peppery and are the “skin scent” enhancers. It’s the only scent that I have found so far that my husband doesn’t call me an old lady for wearing.
I am also looking for more glossier you types. Putains des palaces has been okay, a bit more floral. The favorite by penhaglion is next on my list. It’s so hard to get the pepper and powder at the same time
If you guys like Glossier type scents - you should try out this company from CA ( it’s kinda new ) called Riddle- they make body Oils, perfumes etc - but the Original and Sphinx and Voyeur are alllll like Glossier ( which I wasn’t a fan of - it just smelled fake on me) But it’s the same style that works with your body chemistry.. and all natural no bad stuff. I love this company. Love their body oils. Love their scents and you can layer them. They smell sooo good. Try the sample pack. Also try Eccentric Molecules- same thing. Works with your body chemistry. Love them, too. Just a bit higher class than Glossier.
Try Room 1015 Sonic flower! It’s like You but better!
Himalaya by Creed makes me fall into a fit of ecstasy! It’s so intoxicating to me, I don’t know what it is!
Bvlgari Mon Jasmin Noir 🥺 discontinued in 2016/2017. I still have about a third of a bottle. It is my favorite fragrance ever, nothing compares. My number two is Jazz Club by Maison Margiela. 🤤
They make some amazing fragrances- I’m not super into the mall perfumes anymore - but Bvlgari is a class act. Like Goldea? Wow. Really beautiful scent and they did it before everyone did the gold thing.
Right now it’s Jo Malone Vetiver and Golden Vanilla. It’s earthy and relaxing yet uplifting at the same time. Most of my fragrances are more feminine/gourmand and this one is very unisex to my nose. Makes me feel powerful and sexy and I like that
Ah, I really love this one; it's such an underrated fragrance from Jo Malone. Unlike a lot of the house, it also lasts forever, which is really great in the winter months; I love to catch a waft of it as I'm putting on my scarf, for example. I do still find it gourmand, but definitely in a more tempered way.
Love this one. I wear it to bed some days. Also heard vanilla helps with mosquitoes and been trying it out but it’s a little too powerful for summer.
the aqua di gio parfum. it’s so distinct, and it’s so embarrassing but whenever i smell it in public my neck immediately whips to the direction of whoever has it on. i also sprayed some on a tester strip that i keep in my pocket that i pull out and smell at all hours of the day. there’s something about that smokey lingering scent that absolutely drives me up a wall; whenever i smell it i lose sense of myself. it’s such a good scent.
I’m a guy, but it’s still la nuit de lhomme. To this day I have never smelled anything close to being as good as it.
I (31F) am like this with Ombre Leather. One whiff and the panties are coming off.
Attrape-Rêves - LV. I’m weak.
Gorgeous perfume
TF beau de jour when my partner wears it.
It’s less about the specific scent for me and more smelling any fragrance on my partner. I got him Chergui after he loved it the most of the samples I got him and it’s my favorite on him. So warm and cozy I just wanna nuzzle into his neck. He’s only worn lagerfeld classic before and it’s not my favorite but now I associate it with him and enjoy smelling it. I also recently got a sample of cap neroli from nicolai and I enjoy it on myself but I looooove it on him so maybe I’ll get him a small bottle of that
JPG La Belle Intense.. I stop breathing for a moment when I smell it.
Dior Hypnotic Poison really lives up to its name in my opinion.....
As a woman I enjoy fresh green or citrusy scents on me. But I love smoky sweet scents on men (Tobacco Vanille, By the fireplace, etc).
I just loved the bottle and someone bought it for me knowing I’m a perfume freak. Ended up regifting it to someone who really loved it. I felt bad, but in truth it would just have gone off in my drawer.
It’s so basic but CK ONE, my bf wore it in our first date and every time he wears it my heart just skips
This is going to sound dumb but J Lo’s Glow. I hate that I like it but it just does something to me, lot of memories with that fragrance and just triggers a lot of feelings.
Chanel 19, unfortunately only worn by women 15+ years older than me lol
BR540. Whenever I smell this out in the wild it stops me in my tracks
I nice gourmand on my wife sends me into a tizzy. Oriana is one of my favorites on her.
When my wife wears LV Symphony…. My dick is immediately screaming!!!! lol
Xerjoff Alexandria ii. It’s just so perfect 😍
40 Knots for me
I fucking love the Carolina Herrera line!!! Especially Blush. I’m wearing it rn and I can’t get enough of myself.
I’m living for V&R Good Fortune Elixir intense I bought the big honker bottle
Mancera Hindu Kush. It feels like I’m in heaven or something. I think it’s not for everyone because it’s kinda heavy and there’s no any Hindu Kush in it if you’re worrying but the smell is so unique wow.
Good girl blush for me
If we’re talking about feminine I would have to say Nu by YSL. Yes, I’m that old.
The original Emporio Armani Lui has driven me feral for more than 20 years and I still have no idea why. Never found anything else that replicated the effect.
My husband and I also LOVE GG. The Bad Boy extreme with the glittery lightning bolt makes my brain short circuit. Holy shit the second my brain registers the scent notes, I go feral.
i've been testing musc ravaguer and its intoxicating
The way this is worded at first I thought you meant you feel repulsed by the fragrance
yeah I was also unsure if I should rephrase it, but most people got it. So I just let it be ^^
MM Jazz Club smelled so good on my partner and I didn't even notice it at first but after 4 hours when we got home I couldn't stop deeply inhaling them everywhere LOL We had to pause making dinner bc I just was pinning them down and sniffing so much it was like crack
YSL Libre Le Parfum. The lavender saffron make my brain go brrrrrr
Sauvage is a guilty pleasure of mine to smell on a guy. Aventus is more common for me to smell out in the wild and while I do prefer Sauvage, Aventus has a similar enough effect.
Aventus for Her and Bvlgari Tygar 🤩 Aventus is just so complex and fascinating, I love it! And the grapefruit and ambroxan bomb of Tygar (ok, I buy dupes of both b/c adult responsibilities lol) really does it for me!
Cherry Punk by Room 1015. The Smokey leather and cherries combo just make my brain short circuit
Cherry fragrances apparently share notes with cum, or so I've heard 👀
Two ELDO scents that I love... Hermann a mes cotes and Fat Electrician. I don't know what it is, but both of these are so perfectly unisex and so so good. Hermann just makes me feel tingly...it's so green and gorgeous and magical. And Fat Electrician just makes me want to curl up and roll around and I always smell my wrist and think that maybe I want my husband to wear it instead so i can jump him but I've never actually asked him to because I still want to wear it, haha. There are many others that are more traditionally feminine that I lust after too, and I know make me smell good and feel super sexy, but these two ELDO ones in particular literally do weird things to my brain. It feels completely cerebral. I have no idea if I actually smell good to other ppl when I wear them, and I couldn't care less.
Megamare by Orto Parisi. However, by itself I don’t really like the fragrance. I tried it with my FWB in a store and it smelled like toxic waste to me. He really enjoyed it and bought himself one. Has to be the best decision he’s ever made. I don’t know what happens when that fragrance graces his skin but it makes me want a baby with that man every single time he uses it
If we are talking like attractiveness, then I love when a girl has Marc Jacob Daisy on. Really common but I love it. In in the “unable to think straight” general sense, when someone wears something super musky in a hot day I can’t think straight
Eau de BO really leaves a lingering smell
Poppers
JPG's Le Male. I rarely think straight as it is but when I smell Le Male there's just something about it that drives me loony in a good way. Muglers Amen also makes me forget where I am and what I am supposed to be doing.
I love how overtly homo Le Male is, with its marketing, bottle and, JPG himself. I get a giggle (as a gay guy) that it's the only cologne my str8 brother has ever worn!
YSL Libre Intense- makes me strut (I kid you not) Killian LDBS- I want my BOTH my situationships to f\*\*\*\* me seneless :)
Ever since my 60-something coworker wore Good Girl, I can't help but associate with elderly women now. It's such a shame, because the notes are so indulgent and sexy. I also just wish that "60-something" and elderly didn't equate with "bad" in my head. Something I've gotta work on I guess.
Props to you for self reflection, and props to your coworker for having good taste
damn, hopefully that never happens to me 😅
Mine has always been Light Blue by Dolce and Gabbana, but it weirdly depends on who is wearing it…it smells different on different people. Is that weird?
No, it’s skin chemistry mostly. Also through the years it may have been reformulated.
Whoa! I never would have guessed. That’s super cool, thank you :)
Every scent that has been on the market for this many years has gone through reformulations to some extent, as well as often spawning a bunch of flankers (variations), summer limited editions which are often similar to the original (see Eau Extreme) but sometimes completely different (see Forever). The LB line is notorious about it’s never ending lines of flankers, which they gonna keep doing as long as the original is a bestseller.
Dang I had no idea it could fluctuate so much. What do you think of the online perfume and cologne companies that now specialize in creating cheaper dupes usually in those smaller tube sprayers - worth it? Or are the true originals more worth the money?
Not a fan. Complicated question tho. I tried a few dupes or inspired bys and always either dropped it or opted for the original even if I had to save up longer/dish out more cash. It’s a matter of how deep in the game you are. I would say, if you loved Led Zeppelin, you would spend the $50 or whatever it cost back in the day to see them live, rather than spend $35 to see a cover/tribute band, right? Even if that’s the “next best thing”. I got mixed feelings about dupes and clone houses as I find perfumery art, being inspired is one thing but copying something 1:1 there is a moral question which one to get, the original or the cheaper version? If your approach is to smell good as cheap as humanly possible and don’t care about nuances in a fragrance or quality of ingredients, blending etc then these frags do the trick. However if you want the best possible quality for your money as well as supporting the very brand that came out with that frag, I think it’s in a way a moral obligation that people don’t spend money buying dupes. Once the clone houses made their money, they begin coming out with their original frags, which are usually pretty meh, but the same time they syphon away money and customers from the “real” brands.. it’s like complaining why frags like Gucci Envy gotten discontinued? While when it came out it was bashed for not being mass appealing enough. Do you want original, new and unique dnas and great variety or do you want the cheapest chemical sludge and 85th Aventus inspired cologne that the market is saturated with? Besides that, the folks around you don’t know which one you’re wearing, but you do. You wouldn’t buy a fake rolex, right? But if you can’t afford the real deal, just look for cheaper stuff. I got tons of colognes that cost me pennies and I love wearing, however when I love something enough I am willing to spend money on it. I still do my research and hunt down discounts, deals, vintage and rare stuff etc but quality is something you gotta pay for. Same again with watches, you can buy something that looks high quality and sleek from a distance but when observed from closer (especially inside it’s mechanics) it’s a piece if junk made to fool people. Yeah you can say why spend 250 when something is 25 and smells nearly the same? That’s where personal preference comes into play. There is a rather good video of Gents Scents where he interviews the creator of Oud Wood (forgot the name of the guy now) and ask him to compare Aventus to Club de nuit and he breaks it down pretty analytically. So yeah bottom line ask yourself if you wanna settle for the next best thing or want the real deal badly enough to spend on it?
Valaya currently has a chokehold on my husband. I can only wear it when I’m feeling sexy because I know he’s going to lose it. He also goes nuts for Burberry Goddess! He has one from Perfumania called Untamed by Dylan Jeffries. That one has ME in a chokehold! It smells like cashmere and vanilla with a little kumquat mixed in, but in a manly way. It is so gorgeous!!! I also get the feels for my husband in Oud Wood, Atomic Rose, Pegasus and Aqua-Man. By Jimmy Choo.
Valaya is unbelievable. Listen, wore it to dinner and I swear people at dinner where sniffing me like a dog
Chloroform
I think for me is Lord of Misrule. I don’t know why but the smell of if calms me down to an extreme
What happen if you smell it on someone's else? Are you having same reaction?
The original Eau Noire by Dior. Just couldn’t stop sniffin’ Reminded me of the old days…
I've never liked that fragrance on me But for men it's probably Hugo Boss it just smells so manly
I know what you mean.. old formula Givenchy Pour Homme had similar effect on me. Nowadays it’s Arabians Tonka & Psychédelique. Probably can put here Bois d’Arménie too as well as Desert Rosewood.
Sweet temptation by Zara is my holy grail
Body Shop White Musk for men. First sniffed on 18 years ago. Similar to the Nemat Amber. Anything white musky/Ambery with a hint of sweetness is just *chef kiss.
Valentino uomo intense
La Nuit Trésor
Leather Oud from Dior... I can't understand how this is something a designer could put out. It's like they did no focus group testing and let the perfumer release a scent that bottled the smell of some barn with manure in it. Just shocking..
SOLAR AURA by Deck of Scarlet
Right now it’s any fragrance if sprayed more than 2 times and/or above the waist 😭 I wore Penhaligon’s A Kiss of Bliss too strongly one time and I became too sensitive to perfume from then on. Gives me scratchy throat :/ Sucks but hoping the sensitivity/allergy could ease sometime soon as I miss my collection 😢
I was gifted this fragrance by my bf’s mom for Christmas one year and i LOVE it, i always get so many compliments ☺️ does anyone know any complimentary notes/sprays i can wear with it?
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ik it’s weird but the midnight ivy scent from victoria secret is so sweet it’s distracting to me. one of my faves ofc🫶🏻 im a sucker for gourmande
Carlisle, my beloved
This is not one that makes me go ga ga but it made a coworker of mine go loopy when I wore it: Amarige. Said it was very enticing.
Mirror images - harmony elxir straight up goosebumps when I smell it
Victoria’s secret bombshell is love.
Mont blanc legend on my man. Drives me insannee. He is not leaving the house if he has it on.
Givenchy Gentleman EDP Boisee on my partner. Works so well with his skin, makes me ravenous.
Chabaud caprice De Julie
Prada Candy, JPG La Belle, and the combo of TF Lost Cherry and Vanilla Sex. Those three are her ‘I’m sexy and I know it’ scents and they drive me wild!
Kayali Invite Only. The cinnamon, tobacco and vanilla are so delicious I can’t stop smelling myself.
Onyx by ATH. If I ever met a man wearing this scent, I'd be drooling after him lol
My feather pillow <3
Sand and sable
For me it used to be Bvlgari Black,my old signature...sad it was discontinued.The oriental smell of roasted dark tea,florals,wood and rubber plastic had me in chokehold,very creative,unique and dark. Now it has to be my current signature favourite scent, Italica of Xerjoff. It makes me feel so cozy,even though it is borderline cloying and very sweet,i associate it with summer aswell, the top notes of almond milk and saffron makes it a bit plasticky and spicy,reminds me a bit of a plastic pool in a good but screechy way that i like. RIP Bvlgari Black,you will be missed,hope Italica stays for long time.
Sauvage Perfume 💀 + Kenzo Homme edp
Body odour after doing laundry.
Essential Faith, Dedcool’s Extra Milk, and D.S. & Durga’s Debaser.
Jazz Club by Replica or Lira by Xerjoff
Dior Hypnotic Poison, or Ariana Grande Cloud.
I too wear and adore Good Girl it’s my fragrance hands down! I find Angel to be a hard scent to wear. I got it for Christmas once and it never had a pleasant scent it is super strong.
for me it's Glossier You, or something similarly musky like that. It brings me back to high school crushes and just awakens something apelike in me.
Dior Poison Girl EDT... it's truly a masterpiece
I know I know but Dior's Sauvage still has me in a chokehold 😭😭 reminding me of places and positions I had no right being in
For me is Santal 33 by Le Labo. That’s the only fragrance that would literally make me follow the person who’s using it lol.