Good day gents! New addition today, and pretty much going into a no-buy period. Currently have all I want, unless something trully remarkable pops up. I may end up swapping Missoni Wave for Superleggera. Ended up prefering the more musky, less playful take on the DNA of SL. Today I finally got "a" fragrance from M.Micallef. Tested my decants of Desirtoxic and Desirtoxic L'Intense about a month ago, and absolutely loved them, but as many borthers suggested, I found L'Intense to be considerably more wearable/versatile. So had to order a bottle. Came in today! But... did it? Bought it from venba, whom I bought from several times. No issues ever. Last one I had bought was my bottle of GNTONIC, that came with what seemingly is the more basic cap. I attributed that as it being a tester. But this Desirtoxic I bought as tester as well, and came with the more "classy" cap. On to the rest... order is for L'Intense, packaging states L'Intense, stickers state L'Intense, bottle seems to be the more black-blotched bottle of the L'Intense, although somewhat less than expected (I'm sure it varies)... but on the side, it just says Desirtoxic. No L'Intense. I thought it should. Did the bottle change? Scent-wise, it does seem to be L'Intense instead of the OG. Need some more time to compare them. This puts my mind at ease a bit. Batch Code suggests a July 2025 batch. Any knowledge worth sharing from our BoS Wisemen?

first pic is from a few years ago. the second pic is the collection currently. extremely proud of the journey so far. my very first designer buy was gucci guilty, and the first full sized bottle i got was versace man eau fraiche. can’t believe ive made it this far, and i owe it all to this wonderful community for steering me in the right direction! i’ll likely be selling off a lot of my designer scents, like sauvage, spicebomb, and possibly coral fantasy and le beau le parfum. i might hang onto lblp though. not sure so far. i’ve sold off three other scents, since im trying to build a more disciplined, curated wardrobe. most recent pickup was pacific chill, which was a birthday gift (oh yeah haha, forgot to mention my birthday was on the 8th 😔). anyways though, much love to you all! it’s been amazing watching my growth and staying humble as i’ve spent more time here. i’ve gone from a newbie to the guy my friends and family go to for solid fragrance advice. even looking at my old posts, it’s been insane to see how much i’ve grown and developed. so once again, thank you community! and thank you mr centeno!

#sotd... Sedley by Parfums de Marly... Sedley is a fresh, woody aromatic fragrance that takes the old school barbershop scent and mixes in the more modern aquatic scent. The opening notes of citrus and sperament is what you will be greeted with. With that combination, you get welcomed with a scent that is more comparable to a bubbly carbonated Sprite. As the fragrance progresses into the dry down, it takes on a smooth musky woody scent. For a fresh fragrance, this has a good overall performance. I went 7 hours before refreshing. I am giving this a 9.5 out of 10. Sedley has the mass appeal touch to it.

What are your guys opinion on the site Olfactoryfactory. I have ordered a couple PDM and my Eight and Bobs and my Amouage from there in the past with no issue. But I see more and more people questioning the prices that they offer online and in different groups. I just always assumed it was wholesale prices. It’s usually where I go to get my Niche fragrances. Just wondering anyone else’s experience with the site good or bad?