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1/29/25

Jaguar for Men (Givaudan)

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Jaguar for Men is one of those frags that falls prey to reformulation anxiety, the fear that grips dyed-in-the-wool fragrance fanatics when...
1/26/25

Y Eau de Parfum (Yves Saint-Laurent)

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I’ve never been inclined to delve deeply into the Y range. Everything I’ve read, coupled with the uninspiring look of the bottles, suggests ...
1/23/25

Pino Silvestre - New Formula (Parfums Mavive)

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Gone is the crappy built-in atomizer that used to dribble and spit excess fragrance all over my fingers with every spray, replaced by a cute...
1/21/25

Spicebomb Night Vision Eau de Toilette (Viktor & Rolf)

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How many iterations of the same fragrance can designers, and even some niche brands, shove onto shelves before the public finally cries fou...
1/16/25

Paul Smith Men (Paul Smith), The Most Interesting Fragrance I've Smelled in the Last Five Years

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Let’s talk about this. Back in 2000, Nathalie Lorson and Alain Astori dropped Paul Smith Men, the British designer’s signature masculine fr...
1/13/25

Amber Oud Carbon Edition (Al Haramain)

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YouTube fragrance reviewers drive me up the wall. They're the reason I’ll never start my own channel. Why bother joining the parade of ...
1/11/25

Eros Parfum (Versace)

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Versace's Eros EDT (2012) always struck me as a disappointment—cheap, crass, weak, overly sweet, and cynical. Some hailed it as "g...
1/5/25

Oud Minérale 2023 (Tom Ford)

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I've never smelled the 2017 formula of this one, so forgive me for not doing a comparison. I'll keep it short and sweet here, becaus...
1/1/25

You or Someone Like You (Etat Libre d’Orange)

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Chandler Burr was the creative director for this fragrance, and he told us to piss off if we want to know the note pyramid, saying, "Th...
12/24/24

Hawas (Rasasi)

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Metamodernism offers a more compelling alternative to the bleakness of the Postmodernist period. While Postmodernism focused on deconstructi...
12/22/24

Dark Cherry & Amber (Banana Republic): A Claude Dir Mod for Creed's Carmina?

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When I was in high school, one of my so-called friends regularly invited me and a few others for rides in his 1980 Cadillac de Ville. He wa...
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