any fragrance with a well pronounced cocoa note? feeling a little adventurous here
please don't recommend niche or Dior Homme Intense.

thankssss!

since 2012. they reformulated DHI and threw in cocoa note.

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Added on December 24, 2012, 12:48 ambrilliant! where can I find Trussardi?

This post has been edited by ShinKen: Dec 24 2012, 12:48 AM

ahhhh. I fear import taxes
anyway, what do you think on well pronounced cocoa fragrances? cocoa giants! what are they suitable for?
when I say cocoa, I don't mean tonka or coffee.
so A*Men, Givenchy Play Intense are out of the list. I'm looking for a scent where the cocoa really dominates like a monster

as a matter of fact, I am using palmer's cocoa butter as a body cream/ lotion.

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Added on December 24, 2012, 8:43 amyeah. L'Instant. I am eyeing on that one. getting Kokorico's sample today. geeee. I'm am really in the mood to try things out lol

This post has been edited by ShinKen: Dec 24 2012, 08:43 AM

you already own a bottle of it? can you sell me a 5ml decant? like, PLEASE?

and after sometime, Bvlgari Aqva Pour Homme smells like sweat

I saw a tiny baby cockroach and I sprayed 6 sprays of Thierry Muggler's A*Men and it died

how many bottles do of that do you have there?

cis! this morning on your website it says it is IN STOCK. now I click it is already gone. hampa. kecewa. sedih. depress. hahahaha

is anise available in Malaysia? if it is not, it's no point for me (who is a kampung boy) as I can't imagine the scent at all. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb damn nice!!! I don't know why it is classified as a spicy fragrance because I get a really soft touch from it. somewhat floral but not floral. it's spice. maybe cinnamon. I could be wrong. but very very very soft spice. damn nice wei!

smells like soft limau-ish but very light and subtle. I applied one spray on the back of my hand versus a spray of the normal Guerlain Homme (not the cologne version) on the back of the other hand.

smells very very similar. but after smelling the extreme version, I could not get anything out of the non-extreme version. like, literally nothing. hahaha. maybe because they smell so similar but perhaps the Extreme version dominates more hence, getting 0-result from the non-extreme Guerlain Homme

it's the same thing (to the non-intense version) la, to my nose. just slightly concentrated/ stronger/ thicker. when I say 'slightly' maybe around 8 to 18% maybe? just a tad bit..haha

sorry for the late reply. Thierry Mugler's B*Men huh? having mixed feelings. but I think I get a strong oriental smell in there. I dont know. woody? spicy?
I don't mean the smell is terrible. it's just that I have yet to reach to the level where I appreciate those kind of smell.

what is interesting is that, if I sniff the sprayer, it smells 95% same as Jean Paul Gaultier's Kokorico's sprayer. interesting! maybe because of the strong woody patchouli. but no. the juice (B*Men's) is not really spot as Kokorico.

This post has been edited by ShinKen: Dec 31 2012, 10:53 PM

Dior
Homme : beautiful!
Homme Intense : smexy!
Homme Sport : superb!

soon in 2013 they'll be releasing Dior Homme Cologne. musk base. bergammot top, and grapefruit blossom/ flower mid.
when I read musk based, I was getting disappointed. it might be just another typical light-fresh-citrussy MUSKY fragrance. those really really common ones



I love the Dior Homme line-up, I just hope this Cologne will not end up being a bad apple to the Dior Homme Line-up. (we've seen what Chanel Allure Homme Sport Cologne Sport did) hahaha

This post has been edited by ShinKen: Dec 31 2012, 11:23 PM

okay!

Sean John - Unforgivable = Creed Millesime Imperial

did a side by side comparison between these two.

Unforgivable does not really smell like Creed's MI.
almost similar. but about less than 60 to 70 percent only. was I expecting a 95% mutuality? yes, I indeed was. lol.

funny thing is. when I smelled both out, it relates me to Dior Homme Sport minus the sharp sting Dior Homme Sport gives. sharp (when I say sharp, I mean it literally. stings the nose like a bee IN THE WAY THAT I PERSONALLY LOVE IT.) citrussy scent is what I got from Dior Homme Sport. but in both Unforgivable and Creed MI, I detect the same gene but in the Soft Dimension. you heard me right. I believe it's the bergamot note. so yes,
Dior Homme Sport is the sharp citrussy bergamot
Unforgivable & MI is the soft citrussy bergamot


projection? both are garbage. hugs the skin really tight like a koala bear. (yeah, I get it. scents that stick closer to the skin show more class and subtlety but boy, that is just not my cup of tea. it doesn't have to project like Le Male or A*Men, but a little bit of strength in the projection department would do)

It's just my take personally as I found the posts here are slowing down by a lot LOL. if you have your different perspective, do share it out

get a decant (of the authentic product) then test out the one you were offered. if the juice smells the same and lasts as long or even longer and comes with a reasonable price tag, GRAB IT

it's everywhere haha. KLCC's Chanel Boutique got sell. Parkson & Isetan KLCC got. Parkson Pavilion also got. it's everywhere lahhh

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Added on January 5, 2013, 6:19 pmI personally prefer Dior now. by the way, Eau Exteme garners soooooooooooooooo many compliment on me, I swear! I wear Eau Extreme as it is versatile for both hot and cold temperature. I need a juice like that as it is igloo cold in classes but it's mad hot out there (even around campus). tonka does the job well in cold conditions and the citrus does its part in the heat.

if there are any other fragrance that does the job like Eau Extreme does, PLEASE SOMEBODY RECOMMEND TO ME

This post has been edited by ShinKen: Jan 5 2013, 06:19 PM

yes bro! seriously. my dad, mom, elder brother, friends, they all love it. just last week at campus, a girl asked me what I was wearing lol. she loves it and I think she's getting one for her boyfriend.

I don't mean to bad mouth, but personally, if one already have Dior Homme Sport, don't bother getting Chanel Allure Homme Sport. no, they do not smell similar. but it's just that Dior Homme Sport is just the bomb! Allure Homme Sport smells too cliche. like, any Tom d*** and Harry kind of citrus scent, if you know what I mean. that's just my personal take though. people may disagree. haha

Edition Blanche is indeed nice. but to me, it's not unique. I feel dated wearing that scent. so obvious like it's a scent released in the range of year 2005 - 2009. that's what I mean by dated. it's like I have this very very weird rough guess/ estimation on when it was released.
also, to fragrance enthusiasts like us, we can tell by a sniff that it's a creamy lemon goodness, but to the untrained nose or shall I say people who don't really dig colognes, they'll just smell a regular/ everyday citrussy scent out of Edition Blanche. sad.

woah. I would keep Dior Homme Intense for a date. or maybe just to tease or lure girls in (meaning like wear only once a while with extra precaution on the trigger. less sprays)

This post has been edited by ShinKen: Jan 6 2013, 12:20 AM

I don't do cigarettes, cigar or anything tobacco related but I am surrounded with people who does lol. so, I would say Burberry London is a nice scent when you get blended with tobacco smoke around you.
they say Burberry London is a special occasion's fragrance, but I say it's a Smokers' Scent either you smoke or the people around you smoke it's almost the same as the tobacco scent in the air will often times stick to you, so yeah


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