thanks chenoo. the perfume promoters usually use the tester bottle to spray. do they usually use top note? should we be requesting for base note after we tested it?

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Added on February 12, 2011, 7:31 amthanks wazzap. i still cannot tell the difference and whether i can trust the seller 100% on this is another thing. just like you , you claimed your bottles are from USA . how do i know that it's original stuff from USA?
I mean all these big branded company can even sell rejected bottles to middle men ? i kinda doubt this as i believe they have some sort of quality control . it has to be supported by facts on such gossip.

right now, only way to authenticate the originality is buying from a reputable mall like Parkson,Isetan,Sogo etc.

hope u could shed more lights on your very own experience and how we can detect imitation , if there's a way..?

This post has been edited by hackwire: Feb 12 2011, 07:31 AM

best way to avoid is.. go retail, it is your safest bet,
if you want it cheaper, wait for warehouse sales from luxasia or lvmh etc..

Oh ... I see.. No wonder i can smell gucci by gucci every second while platinum egoiste cannot be smelled every second but others could smell it right ?

Where and when do they have sales ? In a stadium or what ?

Tester bottle is the same as any other bottle, it only means that bottle is used for customers to test.

The best way is to ask the SA to spray it on your skin. Then the immediate fragrance you smell are the top notes. After that take a walk around the mall, go for dinner, etc. You will probably smell the base notes when you reach home. All perfumes have base notes, they just take time to show themselves.

ive check my supplier background..and after more than 10 years in the business, no complain about fake perfume from them..except shipping delays..they also have many local store in the US and appear in TV commercial..

how perfume got cheap..some authorised distributor sell them out from their distribution channel....they "decoded" some of them so that the perfume cant be traced back to them..to avoid penalty from their principal..

watch this..read comments from DhulqarTen on page 2...
Decoded Perfume

i have platinum egoiste...bought it earrrly this month at jaya jusco for rm 178 50 ml

very similar to abercrombie and fitch fierce so i decided to buy it....as said, its long lastingand unique....

i went to sogo again to go for perfume hunting...managed to try a few nice perfumes...beyonce heat is one of them...its nice actuaaally ..tried ferrari ( that smelled like cheap perfumes, ), guerlain ( love it), john richmond and banana republic...they r fine frags but i was looking for young frags...in the end, i boubght guess by marciano (feminine one)..love the thick vanilla......
ive tried juicy couture ,im so gonna get this next month

I like your taste in frags man. Do try Hermes Hiris...its one of the best light female frags IMHO.

Which Guerlain u tried ?

man i cannot tahan so much with Le Male Terrible, been CRAVING for the smell for the whole week, so i decided to buy a 75ml bottle from Parkson just now. SA also gave me free Prada Amber PH sample which i have i also have been wanting for a long time. feels nice mang. JPG is the best

on a side note i also tried Fleur Du Male. holy crap! now THIS is indian barbershop smell, not Rive Gauche. lol.

just got this from their store on sale actualy,retail at SGD98,but after sale i only paid SGD59,quiet good deal becoz inside the box also got body spray.. http://beautylanguage.com/catalog/axis-axi...90ml-p-259.html

lol i think my taste much depends on the event im in...

i didnt get the names of the guerlain...i tried soo many i went from counters to counters..but ill go again and check again guerlain

about hermes, not sure if i can find their counter in sogo, but the one i remember in metrojaya only had the terre one...will check hiris if i can chance upon it

when i bought guess marciano, the promoter gave charriol pour homme sample ..written here, it
has cedarwood , tagete and toscanian lemon...its first notes are sweet, and very subtle...im definitely going to check it out soon ..not sure about the price, even not sure if its anywhere else in other stores...


tried givency play? hmm...is it the most fainted perfume in the world...i thought the SA was spraying air onto my skin...i couldnt sniff anyth,ing distinctive though..i did smell off coffee for refresh but i was sensing nothing really...
my next purcchase , hopefully, will be juicy couture ..from what the SA(the one who was in charge of juicy couture and charriol sogo counter) told me, many male SA's love to spray juicy couture on themselves, who take charge of CK , hugo boss counters..funny...

beyonce heat- yeah shes a celebrity so what..i think her perfume smells nice...kinda vanilla and fatty....

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Added on February 13, 2011, 4:19 pmi have a friend who used Axe the body spray, the chocolate range..i thought it smelled soo good...i tried out a bit in guardian...indeed its good...but im looking for frags that share the same vein as that, having choc and vanilla bases...

i cannot think of any perfume that can claim being that...

This post has been edited by Noyoudontcare: Feb 13 2011, 04:19 PM

you bought it from parkson department store or a shop in parkson ?

so many brands were so go good for you guys and im suppose each one have thier own characteristic.
What will be the most likable one by the ladies usually? I trust the ladies senses .

Younger ladies - anything fresh, aquatic n slightly sweet. Get something not so run if the mill n u will impress them even more.

Older ladies - woodier frags with a hint of bitterness.

These r just generalizations I came up with thru experience. Time n time again I've gotten compliments on frags I imagined women will hate. Frags r full of surprises

DKNY niceee

jonny u must be full expert by now. frags meaning fragrance right?

man, such smell is not new. Pure Malt, Pure Coffee, Le Male, Bond No 9 New Harlem, Tobacco Vanille etc. this smell is not the regular aquatic, so when kids first smell it on Axe they thought it was nice and new.

lol of coz the department store.

im no expert...i'm just an avid wearer of frags (fragrances)

i went to jaya jusco dept store in midvalleay today..out of curiousity, tried out le terrible by JPG.smells like thierry mugler ( woman version)....

went on to try armani mania..hmm ...not getting maniac if i dont own one
went the n0 1,2,3 and 4 by polo ralph lauren..hmm...i believe they are nice frags but i cant just dissociate myself from the fact that its very preppy and aristocratic-like imageries which i hate...

anyone tried out marc jacobs bang and carolina herera the latest one ( the one that looks like a dumbell?

maybe need more time to appreciate certain smell. try wearing them for couple times. taste also can change when we grow. or maybe different ppl just have different opinion i guess.

dumbell ones is not carolina herrera. you mean Davidoff Champion? tried it, but i think its nothing special. aquatics are boring. try venture something outside from those aquatics, maybe you will find something you like.

may i know if this on the pharmacy shelf like Axs, Adidas make any difference ? they are perfume too right?