I recently discovered that I really dislike powdery notes in my fragrances. Unfortunately it turned me off to Sauvage and Bleu de Chanel. What notes turn you off to a fragrance?

I'm creating a new story poll graphic, at least once a day, to poll the inner circle. This is a level 8 project that I will use to continue to gain infomation and data on my journey to level 9. At the end of the series, I will compile the data to report the overall opinion of the brotherhood on the story poll series. Please take part each time you see one of these, as I am considering this a personal study to earn respect and confidence as a fragrance enthusiast here in the brotherhood. I can only learn and grow with your help brothers. Thanks for taking part as I will try to make this interesting for everyone to review as I make my way to the elusive level 9. @Antonio Centeno

I am already looking forward to Spring/Summer what fragrance would you consider a good pickup

Happy President's Day brothers! On this vacation/holiday day me and the wife spent our time at South Coast Plaza, which is a high-end mall here in Southern California in the Irvine region. A few of the stores in there are Louis Vuitton, Bloomingdale's, Guerlain Boutique, amongst others. Luckily, Guerlain had the cologne Forte over there for sampling. I was going to blind buy that one based on all the hype that it's getting online. Most recently Ash from Gentscents was saying it's one of the best ones he smelled and it's limited release so that FOMO kicks in as well. I'm so glad I was able to go and put my nose on it because the opening is super citrusy and almost feels cloying to me. My wife even described it as a bathroom freshener. I'm just glad I was able to smell it; saved me $180. However the downside is the wife ended up buying $1,000 worth of skincare products so I don't think it was a good decision to go in there 😂. We were also able to go to the Dior boutique and smell some of the private collection. Ambre Nuit is awesome; they have a new one, Cuir saddle, or something like that, very nice. They have Louis Vuitton store as well so we went there and smelled Imagination, Ombre Nomade, Meteor and others. I really like Rose Le Sables, great refined rose. Still not paying LV prices. All in all a great day. Smelled a lot of fragrances; my nose is pretty much blown at this point. Hope you all had a wonderful President's Day.

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