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post Oct 12 2015, 12:06 PM

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Last week received 3 decants and 2 free vials.

Decants - Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, Amouge Epic Man And Dior Leather Oud

Vials - Bois Sushi Imperial and S2 Carnation

Thanks izam7 for the deals thumbup.gif thumbup.gif

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post Oct 12 2015, 12:11 PM

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This morning received a parcel from DHL, my order from FragranceX. blush.gif blush.gif

For myself - Guerlain L'Instant, Guerlain Habit Rouge (tester) and Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel

For my wife - Guerlain Shalimar and Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely (tester)


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post Oct 12 2015, 02:12 PM

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QUOTE(t0n3 @ Oct 12 2015, 12:15 PM)
Wow. Nice hauls!
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Thanks bro, still cannot compare to your enormous collection.. tongue.gif tongue.gif


QUOTE(marver @ Oct 12 2015, 12:27 PM)
Impressive haul bro.
Great to share it out with us!  flex.gif
I guess bro would find it too many fragrance and too little skin to apply  laugh.gif
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So true bro.. too little skin to apply, too little time to wear all of them.. BTW, your collections are awesome. I think i will reach to your shop someday, since my wife is Johorean.


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post Dec 28 2015, 02:23 PM

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Hi guyz.. i mean sifus tongue.gif tongue.gif

What's your opinion about SL Chergui? Is it okay for me to just blind buy this frag?

BTW, is there anyone selling decant of TF Tobacco vanille here? The decant i bought from izam already finished, and i cant find anyone selling it in this lowyat forum, lelong or mudah..

Asking here 1st before deciding whether to buy the decant from ebay. i know i'm very late to the party, but i love the smell very much since smelling it for the 1st time.. lol

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post Dec 28 2015, 02:32 PM

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QUOTE(Underhill @ Dec 25 2015, 11:19 PM)
Is there anyone here who doesn't like his Amouage Epic Man, and selling it cheap?  biggrin.gif
I sprayed Kouros (tester) at an airport when I was on my way to Moscow or something. Had to wash it out before boarding as not to offend! That oud oil must be nice. Saw some online seller selling 0.2ml decant for USD50.
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Bro,

This Amouage Epic man is a monster, just one spray is enough to last for a whole day..
I bought a decant from izam here : https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=3730599&hl=

Too bad my wife can't stand a strong smell, so managed to used only 3 times.. when i went outstation..

If u want, i can sell this decant to you.. PM me.

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post Feb 8 2016, 12:17 PM

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Happy Chinese New Year everyone... thumbup.gif thumbup.gif
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post May 5 2016, 01:26 PM

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After 3 weeks of waiting, finally my TF Tobacco Vanille arrived. Bought 30ml from fragrance split thread at basenotes..

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post May 5 2016, 01:29 PM

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QUOTE(si perfeck! @ May 5 2016, 01:03 PM)
Placed an order at fragrancex. They quote me rm444 for 3 perfumes. But then paypal charged me rm464 due to bad currency exchange since last 2 days.. Shit, paypal charged me rm20!!!!

The price for perfume also increase rm3-4 each compared to last two days due to currency exchange.

My 1st time with fragrancex. Cant wait for the perfumes. They ship by dhl or usps? Used the free shipping code.
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Fragrancex is fast.. last time i ordered from them, took only 7 days including Sat - Sun to reach me thumbup.gif thumbup.gif
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post Nov 23 2016, 11:33 PM

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Any good Arabic perfume/oud? Will depart for Egypt and UAE for 2 weeks this Friday, and based on itinerary, seems have quite ample time to do shopping.
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post Oct 1 2017, 08:25 PM

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Long time didnt come in here...

BTW, this guy has an amazing collection of perfumes and wanna clear it all.. today, he adds another 20% discount..
Really envy his guerlain (Shalimar, Champs Elysees, Mahora, Samsara, Mitsuoko) and mini amouge collection (Library Collection I-VI, Gold - Jubilation XXV - Epic - Memoir - Lyric) in the gift box.

If only i got the money..

http://www.basenotes.net/threads/418589-HU...uer-HdP-vintage
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post Dec 25 2018, 10:10 PM

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Year end sale by SASA

http://www.sasa.com.my/promotions/scentsational-christmas
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post Jun 15 2019, 12:22 PM

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This morning received a parcel from DHL rclxm9.gif rclxm9.gif

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My haul today wub.gif wub.gif

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Hopefully the next 2 years, i dont need to buy any frags tongue.gif tongue.gif
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post Jun 15 2019, 05:01 PM

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QUOTE(t0n3 @ Jun 15 2019, 02:05 PM)
Congratulations on your hauls. Where did you get them from?
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Thanks bro, has been eyeing a full bottle of this TFTV for a long time, last time a few times bought decants. Initially, wanted to buy from fragrancex, but as what gl0be.iv said, i bought online from https://www.luxuryperfumemalaysia.com/ since few forumers here said this shop selling genuine frags.


QUOTE(gl0be.iv @ Jun 15 2019, 02:57 PM)
wahh nice one TV 100ml. Must've costed 1k+ right? I highly doubt you can last 2 years bro. probably a few months then hands itchy buy more frags  tongue.gif
I think from Luxuryperfumemalaysia
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RM1,280 for TFTV, RM450 for Cedrat & RM20 for Beach Hut Man vial. Luckily, 1st time buyer got 10% discount, so all in around RM1.6k.

Mostly will use Cedrat, TV only for special occasion, sweat.gif sweat.gif so, can last 2 years laugh.gif laugh.gif

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post Jun 17 2019, 09:41 PM

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QUOTE(kl920930 @ Jun 17 2019, 04:06 PM)
may I know how did you get the 1st time buyer 10% discount?

I tried registering from the pop up box that appears in their website but no discount code that I receive in my emails  cry.gif
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QUOTE(TAZIO.N @ Jun 17 2019, 04:41 PM)
I also want to know  blush.gif
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Actually, you just need to register an account in their website. When the account has been created, you will received an email which contain your login details i.e. your email address and your password. Below the details, there will be a discount / promotion code for you to use.

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post Jun 20 2019, 09:50 PM

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QUOTE(cocooh @ Jun 19 2019, 09:58 PM)
biggrin.gif  Double haul

Got Lavender Extreme from Tom Ford KLCC while Lost Cherry from Selfridges

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Need to test LE more often. Both LE and LC dry down has its similarities due to the same tonka being used. Nevertheless, if you like LC, do not hesitate to try LE.
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Darn, this is poison laugh.gif laugh.gif


QUOTE(t0n3 @ Jun 20 2019, 09:46 AM)
Wow, congrats!

My 3rd tester bottle of PAPHI has also just arrived yesterday from luxuryperfumemalaysia.com. Got it for RM330 shipped. The previous tester bottle I got from bestbuyworld in July 2014 was only RM220. A total of RM110 price increase over the past 5 years. Now that I've finally got my PAPHI I might be selling my Tom Ford Noir in the near future.
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Does PAPHI better than TF Noir? I heard TF Noir supposed to be very similar to PAPHI tongue.gif unsure.gif unsure.gif

QUOTE(t0n3 @ Jun 20 2019, 11:48 AM)
Apparently people in the states are so lucky. Walmart is now selling niche perfumes. A 100ml Amouage Interlude is only $150!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Amouage-Interlud...-4-Oz/154689564
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Too bad for us in Malaysia sweat.gif sweat.gif BTW, i dont think any Amouage line of frags is suitable with my body chemistry, having tested Epic man, Beach Hut man and Journey Man sweat.gif sweat.gif
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post Jul 25 2019, 10:22 PM

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Has anyone tried this?? Seems promising, maybe as good as rirana biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Malay-Perf...Asia-12532.html

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Perfumes created at the other end of the Earth give the rare possibility of instant olfactory travels. With a good imagination, one can conjure up, by smell, those regions that you have never been before. And this is an argument in favor of the olfactory language - it takes years to learn the language of people inhabiting Greenland, Nigeria or Nepal, but with the help of smell, or the olfactory language, you can immediately communicate from the first minutes of your acquaintance.

Two perfumes by the Malaysian brand Malay Perfumery bearing the inscription Malay Le Grand, are created by perfumer Fazzillah Nurdin, and which I received from our editor Elena Knezevich. During our regular meeting at one of the perfume exhibitions, she asked if I was interested to try some Malaysian perfumes? Weird question! From the time I found Kurt Vonnegut's prose, I remembered the words Bokonon says: “Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God,” and so I had two bottles: Mahsuri and Fleur de Rampai.

Unusual packaging of fragrances is made by hand, from cardboard covered with jacquard fabric with gold and silver geometric patterns. Each metal label resembles the Soviet badges of 1970-1980 years as if brought from a certain Soviet-Arab conference (just remove the words Eau de Parfum, 30 ml, Natural Vaporisateur.) Typical glass cubic bottles (remember vintage Guerlain perfume testers?) with cubic transparent stoppers. In general, they look like guests from the past.

Actually, the brand confirms this: the goal of Malay Perfumery is reviving the memory of the Malaysian past. Using perfumery raw materials typical of local cultural traditions, the brand is trying to revive the fragrant heritage, almost forgotten because of colonial history, the influence of globalism and the spread of modern lifestyles. Malay Perfumery uses primarily local raw materials such as kaffir lime or pandanus grown and processed in traditional ways, so the perfumes are mostly natural, but not as refined as Western brands make it now. There's a certain vintage vibe in the smells.

Mahsuri is dedicated to the most famous legend of the Langkawi archipelago, about the beautiful Mahsuri and her tragic death. Her parents moved to Langkawi from Phuket, and she married a local warrior, but her mother-in-law immediately disliked her. Shortly after the birth of her son, the mother-in-law accused Mahsuri of adultery and her father-in-law, the chiftain of Langkawi, sentenced an innocent woman to death for the crime she did not commit. Legend has it that white blood flowed from her wounds as a sign of Mahsuri innocence. Before she died, she cursed the island for her innocent death: "For this injustice, seven generations of the island will live without knowing happiness and prosperity." The story says that soon the Siam warriors devastated the island, burned all the rice in the fields, and killed the chieftain's family. After that, the island's rulers changed frequently: Siamese, British, Malaysian. The curse ended in the 80s when the Malaysian Prime Minister decided to create a tourist paradise on Langkawi islands.

The main messages of Mahsuri are female beauty, innocence and virtue, which are replaced by barren land for seven generations of the island. What can I say - jasmine's beauty is powerful, innocence is obvious and camphorous, virtue is depicted by green citrus. The picture is drawn by large strokes, weighty and powerful, without small details and undertints. Everything begins with innocence - it is a camphor strike, if it were not for the green kaffir lime and its leaves, personifying the virtues, one could say that this innocence is quite provocative. After a fresh start, the fragrance gradually becomes floral, and the oriental jasmine is bit like the ocean, with a fruity sweet character, a sharp dirty agarbatti smoke and a faint animal shade. A surprisingly persistent floral perfume with a distinctive floral smoky and balsamic sillage filling the room, a kind of proto-Samsara. However, a slightly burnt shade, resembling burnt rice, is heard only close up - at a distance it is a powerful jasmine with an oriental benzoin accent.

The second perfume, Fleur de Rampai, is dedicated to the Bunga Rampai national ceremonial mixture of fresh flowers and leaves, which are created for ceremonies - weddings, engagements, anniversaries, circumcisions etc. These are usually found in open bags or receptacles in which flowers and flower petals, as well as pandanus leaves cut into strips are sprinkled with rose or jasmine water, or another smelling liquid (in the western wedding tradition this is the bridal bouquet, though presented to all guests.) The vessels can be made of cloth, or glass bowls could be used - Bunga Rampai is passed on to all guests of the celebration. Modern couples use ready-made potpourri sprayed with popular perfumes as "Bunga Rampai."

The aroma is very strange, for my taste - it starts with a persistent and long lasting burnt oily and greasy chord, similar to coconut oil and roasted nuts, in which the soapy aldehyde accord (with a slightly sharp floral shade of gardenia or hyacinth) gradually appears. It was not easy for me to get used to the initial accord - a completely unfamiliar and unpleasant thing (Fleur de Rampai is much easier to try for the second and third time, I even found something edible in the initial accord). At a distance, a burnt accord is not evident - a light soap-flower cloud remains. The best part for me in the fragrance showed up after half an hour, when I managed to find something familiar. It turned out that a simple accord of patchouli with a woody-bitter aroma contrasted with flower-jasmine sweetness plays the title role in the fragrance. Almost a chypre, judging by the base notes - on the blotter it lasts more than two days.

Fleur de Rampai Malay Le Grand

Notes: Pandanus, Jasmine, Patchouli.

Malay Perfumery perfumes  turned out to be very unusual and very unknown - I can only compare this experience with an acquaintance with the national cuisines of the world. If you have ever tried to compare Indian, Finnish and Brazilian sweets, you know how different they are. Even fast food in different countries of the world has its own special features, and these differences are amplified in typical regional dishes. The perfumes are pretty rough by their nature, but perhaps these are exactly what is needed in a hot and humid climate?

It seems that in every country there should be such a souvenir tourist brand, each fragrance of which will remind you of everything what happened to you in this or that country. Much better than photos.


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post Nov 26 2021, 09:01 AM

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QUOTE(teezackwhy @ Nov 25 2021, 11:19 PM)
Anyone had experience purchasing from this seller before?

https://www.carousell.com.my/u/letester.beauty/ 

Are they legit?
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Hard to say, the reviews mostly from the same few person.
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post Dec 9 2021, 10:04 AM

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QUOTE(yehlai @ Aug 27 2021, 12:09 PM)
Just to share if anyone interested
Price too good.. from Mydin.os confirm genuine
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Ordered one last week, received within 2 days. Not bad, i would say it's original.

QUOTE(yehlai @ Dec 8 2021, 01:51 PM)
Hi guys, normally 1ml = how many spray?
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Depend how hard you press it i think. Normally around 10 sprays, dun think will exceed 15 sprays.
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post Nov 26 2022, 04:08 PM

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QUOTE(yehlai @ Sep 4 2022, 03:04 AM)
Today I'm going out wearing Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
another person wearing Dior Sauvage

DS got compliment but me no... I emo XD
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TFTV is a beast. They want to compliment you, but they dunno what perfume you were wearing. DS is quite common, so easy to recognize.

So, at the end they choose not compliment you. tongue.gif
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QUOTE(xortz @ Feb 1 2025, 11:01 PM)
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Hi guys,

I'm letting go this perfume. Just used 2 sprays.

PM me if any of you interested. Location JB
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Too bad, Amouge is not suitable for my body. I'm not sure why, but it makes me feel dizzy. However, I like it when other people wear it.

BTW, it's sad to see the Garage Sales section is 70% dead. The last transaction on perfume was almost a year ago.

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