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🍋 Fresh & Summer-Ready – Citrus and Aquatic Steals
🌴 D&G Light Blue Pour Homme Summer Vibes – 54% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1nA2 Breezy Mediterranean vibes — your instant vacation in a bottle. 💧 Bvlgari Man Rain Essence – 51% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1YeO Cool aquatic freshness with an unexpected green-woody depth. 🍊 ADP Colonia Intensa – 57.8% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1Wi3 Classic Italian citrus-neroli — timeless, clean, impossibly refined. 🍋 Hermès Eau d'Orange Verte – 51.1% OFF https://get.aspr.app/SH1f50 A crisp, effervescent orange-mint splash that never goes out of style.
🍋 Fresh & Summer-Ready – Citrus and Aquatic Steals
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Questions for Marcelo Oillataguerre
Hey guys, Joe A. here with another one for ya’! So this next meetup is a pretty cool opportunity to talk with @Marcelo Oillataguerre , aka, The Niche Fragrance Collector, and since time will be limited, I personally don’t want to waste the moment asking the usual “what’s your favorite fragrance?” type of questions! Don’t get me wrong, favorite scent questions are fun. We all love hearing what someone with a serious nose reaches for. But when you’re talking to someone who has smelled deep into the niche world, traveled through a lot of brands, explored different styles and built a real point of view around fragrance, I think the better question is not just 'what do you like?' It’s more like 'how do you think about fragrance now?' Right now, one question I’m leaning toward is this: ----------“With niche fragrance becoming more mainstream and more expensive, what separates a truly artistic niche release from one that is just wearing the "costume" of niche?”---------- That one interests me because we are living in a strange fragrance era. Everything is “exclusive,” everything is “extrait,” everything has a dramatic bottle, a moody campaign and a price tag that looks like it comes with a monthly payment plan. But does that automatically make it art? Or are some brands just throwing on a velvet jacket and charging admission? The other question I’m considering is: ----------“After smelling as much as you have, what has changed the most about your own taste over the years?”---------- Because honestly, that might be the real collector question. Most of us start this hobby chasing compliments, performance, hype or whatever bottle the algorithm keeps shoving in our faces. But over time, your nose changes. Your patience changes. Your standards change. Sometimes the fragrance you've ignored two years ago becomes the one that finally makes sense! What say you, guys? If you only had a few minutes with a serious niche fragrance reviewer, what would you ask? Would you go for something practical, like underrated houses and buying advice, or would you ask something deeper about artistry, taste and the direction of the hobby? Conversely, what is one fragrance reviewer question you are absolutely tired of hearing? Love to hear from ya'!
Questions for Marcelo Oillataguerre
Deal: Ralp's Club Elixir, $46.99 - Perfume Empire
Good evening gents! Looking for some stuff, bumped into this deal. Don't think I have ever seen the Elixir at this price, not even close... so perhaps a listing error. Take advantage? So yeah, Perfume Empire isn't the usual discounter thrown around, but personal experience, they're legit. They have both an ebay storefront (1.5M reviews, 99.7% feedback) and own website, both listing the same price. At this price, seems I am getting a new bottle after all. https://www.perfume-empire.com/products/ralphs-club-elixir-by-ralph-lauren-cologne-for-men-2-5-oz
Frag haul! Two delightful Rayhaans
As we head into the summer months, I needed to round out my warm weather collection with a few grab and go cheapies. Sampled both of these outstanding Rayhaans and just knew I had to pull the trigger. - Adonis Icarus: Juicy, super delicious orange. I get a touch of woodiness and light musk in the dry down, mostly this is just a citrus bomb. Unless I’m going nose blind, I get about two hours of very good projection, two hours of soft projection, then it’s a delicious skin scent for a few more hours. This scent just makes me happy. I’ve got a decant of afternoon swim — I haven’t worn them side-by-side, but this is definitely very close to it. And it’s got a magnetic cap! Impressive value for the 30 bucks I spent on it - Aquatica: tangy, lightly musky delicious lime pina colada. I’m still getting to know this one, but I really like it. I’ve never sampled virgin Island water, but I hear this is a close inspiration of that one. I threw some on last night before bed and I could still smell it on me this morning as light skin scent, but I couldn’t tell you yet how long the projection lasts. But this one is also super delicious.
Frag haul! Two delightful Rayhaans
SOTD: Boss Bottled Striking Lavender
Picked up this new one from Frag Flex. Striking Lavender is a Limited release from Hugo Boss. This one here is very well done, smells very similar to the Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce DNA or PDM Percival. Now if you have others with this DNA it can be redundant. I love this scent profile. This is work safe/ got a compliment today/ 4 season versatile scent/ daytime or evening/ casual or formal/ this is extremely likeable and crowd pleasing/ safe blind buy/ presentation is a sharp purplish standard boss bottle with a cap that slides into place. Atomizer is excellent, plenty of coverage on the sprays. I got 6-7 hours today with about an arms length of projection. If you like this scent profile could be redundant/ but if you don’t have this scent DNA worthy of a look.
SOTD: Boss Bottled Striking Lavender
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