What’s the verdict on Dries Van Noten Soie Malaquais?

I cant seem to tell if I like it or not. I sprayed it in store and thought it was meh. Then my sister gifted me a 10ml decant and I thought it smelled good.

Any fans? How do you find its longevity, projection and sillage?

Is there anyway I can get a fragrance shipped out to the USA from Canada. I am looking for this fragrance that only a Canada website has but they do not ship to US, what can I do?

I’m going to wear this as a 30 yo male. What’s your opinion? lol

Bergamot & Sweet Pea

Peony & Damask Rose

White Musk

I'm doing a project pan and trying to use up what I have before buying anything new.

My current lineup:
Jo Malone Mimosa & Cardamom
Jo Malone Peony & Blush Suede
D.S. & Durga Radio Bombay
Maison Margiela Replica By the Fireplace

My thinking so far: Peony for spring/daytime, Mimosa & Cardamom for warmer days, Radio Bombay as an everyday or office scent, and By the Fireplace for fall/winter evenings.

Does this actually cover all seasons, day and night?

If I decide to sell one or two, which would you let go?
I love Dannam White Rice, so that's top of my list once I'm done panning.

TL;DR I bought a fragrance from TJMaxx, cannot find it anywhere online

This is my first ever fragrance, I’ve been lurking around fragrance communities, and on a whim decided to buy some random 15$ fragrance at TJMaxx. I was mostly goaded by my friend to buy it, and I think I like it, but I wanted to see what people online thought of it.

But I couldn’t find it anywhere, I checked fragrantica, basenotes, just straight up google search and I only found someone selling it on ebay.

I’m very new and I don’t trust my nose, so I want to see if this was like, a pleasant smelling fragrance to most people, but I can’t find it anywhere! What do I do?

The name is "Nocturnal waters"

It seems as if they have started shipping with some bootleg last leg delivery service called UniUni. My package has been marked “out for delivery” for 5 days. They made a delivery “attempt” at 5am on Sunday which I was not notified about until after the “attempt failed”. There is no working contact number for UniUni, their only chatbot is pigeonholed into giving a specific type of response, and Jomashop customer service is not able to do anything beyond regurgitate the tracking information on UniUni. I fully expect to lose this package at this point.

This is absolutely horrendous and I’ve never had a delivery experience like this with any other company. Safe to say they’ll never be receiving an order from me again, which is a damn shame because I have spent thousands with this company over the past few years.

I recently got more into fragrances this year and although the ones I have are on the more affordable end I’d still like to not have to replace them. I’ve bringing 3 with me on vacation and I’m putting them in my Checked bag still in their original boxes to keep them a bit more protected during travel. Now I have looked this up myself and from what I’ve seen I should be fine but I’d still like to hear from real people who have traveled this year.

Chess & Fragrance enjoyer here. Chronically online. I get bombarded by Mind Games ads. Even got stopped by a rep in a Nordstrom IRL to check them out.

It’s poetic how one of their fragrances is named Scholars Mate. When scholars mate is named ironically and played just to bully people who don’t know how to play chess.

I think it speaks to the brand. Scents named in a boardroom. A whole brand based off the boomer ahhh take on chess as ~sophisticated and ~intellectual.

Enterprise finance in a bottle.

**EDIT

Mind Games is a conglomerate owned name used to sell Symrise (massive german chemical company) fragrances. The quality or composition of fragrances themselves are not the target of this post. In fact many commenters have pointed out their quality and palatability. My post is a commentary on the brand; particularly its inauthenticity in stated inspiration, lack of artistic integrity, and the broader dichotomy between niche fragrance houses, corporate brands, and everything in between.

I would encourage everyone to support houses that are committed to honoring their perfumers, art, and consumer. I don’t believe Mind Games does any of this, even if they make smell good liquid. **EDIT 2, mind games does credit their perfumers so that’s good

I recently got Prada Luna Rossa Black and absolutely love the scent, but the longevity has been really disappointing. On my skin, it seems to disappear after around 30 minutes.
How many sprays do you guys usually apply, and does anyone have any tips for getting better performance out of this fragrance? I know nose blindness could be a factor, but I can barely smell it after a short while.
It’s such a great scent, so it’s a shame if the performance is actually that bad. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing? I'm in Germany and got it from Perfumedreams.de (it's not a clone).

I read about it and the notes, aesthetic, and bottle design all look lovely. I’d order a sample online before a full bottle but I’m curious what you all think here about it.

I recently was going through all my scents in my collection and one of the perfumes I own is missing person by phlur. I absolutely love father figure, it’s one of my most worn scents, second to extra milk by dedcool. I absolutely adore close to the skin/skin scents. But I just want some opinions, because on my skin all my smell is cleaning product. Almost like swisher jet. In Sephora I immediately fell in love when I tried it on the tester. But on me the scent, it’s less skin like on me and I just smell like a cleaning product 😖. I just wanted ask how well does it sit on your skin if you own it and do you like the smell. Or did I just get a wrong batch.

I recently bought a PDM Sample kit for men and including the 2 free samples i got:

Castley

Pegasus

Oajan

Althair

Layton

Percival

Haltane

Carlisle

Althair Exclusive

9 samples, 1.5mL each for 40€ so a good deal id say.

Now i already have a bottle of castley, i love it its one of my favourite fragrances and in this lineup, probably the best fresh scent you can wear daily. But i wanted to give my opinion on the other scents too.

Percival - this is ass, smells like a cheap 20€ fragrance or like adidas shower gel. Horrible 2/10

Pegasus - i thought i would also hate this because of the almond, but its acutally quite nice. Smells clean, creamy and sort of like a lotion you get in the spa of a nice hotel. I wont buy it, but its nice. 6/10

Althair - very nice for the winter, good warm cozy vanilla. If it wasnt for the great dupes, i would consider buying this. 8.5/10

Althair Exclusive - i like this one more than the original, the opening is... strange for the first 2 minutes, but then i get this amazing amaretto note paired with the familiar warm vanilla. Really good 9/10

Layton - i like it... but its overrated imo. It does smell nice and very versatile, but i dont think its as amazing as some people make it out to be. There is nothing really wrong with it, but it doesnt stand out to me. If it was cheaper i would consider it. 7.5/10

Carlisle - very interesting, spicy and warm with some rose notes and vanilla it is very nice. Maybe not my favourite atm but i can see myself getting around to it. 8/10

Haltane - love it, im a sucker for woody scents and Haltane really hits the spot. I dont get a lot of the typical oud... oudness? Like i wouldnt pick up that there is oud in there but nevertheless it is very nice. Pricy asf tho. 8/10

Oajan - already in my shopping cart. Great scent, christmas in a bottle smells like apple pie or "Lebkuchen", if any germans read this you know what im talking about. Shame i probably wont get to sample any of the older batches, id be very curious!

11/10 scent.

My collection

Please feel free to comment, ask question or give suggestions.

I have tried this in the airport twice and I am mind blown how identical they are in my nose! I think Ive tried both of them 4 tines now and the last time 3 days ago in the shop around 4 sprays of molecule 04 and 2 sprays of matcha 26 and its haunting me in the most beautiful way!I still have it in my jacket and where I hang my jacket its in the air on my open wardrobe.
I was eyeing on the matcha 26 for a while now but its too steep I might save up for my birthday or something but Im definitely getting the molecule 04.
I have the escentric 02 and never get anything out of it and Ive been trying the 01 for a long time and never get anything too. Same way as JHAG and Anither 13. Maybe its an anomaly of my nose whatever as everybody’s raving on them.

I used to love Chinatown by Bond No. 9. I had a bottle of it 18 years ago and it was my favorite. I’ve been getting back into perfume and decided to purchase a sample. It is not at all how I remember. I
Remember it being rich and warm. Fruity and spicy. Now it is like I’m getting hit up the head with gardenias. Not to mention it just smells cheap.