For Hermes it's not that boring scent, kinda good IMO.. Not generic, it's complex & the ingredients they use is much better. And you're getting a quality juice for what you paying for..

And i guess not a lot of people rocking this stuff because they are expensive if you compare to people that wears CK or ADG (no offense)..

But if i wear's the same scent for 6 month in the row, it can get boring for sure lol..

If you have a good connection with the SA, sure they can give it.. Unless you buying a bottle to get free 1 sample lol..

In Malaysia the SA is kinda stingy but you can tried ask them properly.. I suggest you go to their main boutique, sometime they really helpful compare to those counter..

Last time i bought some frag in Singapore, she gave me almost in total 20ml of sample lol..

Depend on the brand it self, normally fragrances for men come in EDC & EDT concentration. Sometimes they come out in EDP as well, like Guerlain Homme, L'Instant, Terre d'Hermes etc..

For women side they also have the EDT, more cheaper..

Parfum in other word is Extrait de Parfum, which is the highest concentration. Normally they come in 5, 10, 15 & 30ML.. And it's very pricey per ml..

Although it's not confirm that EDP/ExDP will last longer on the skin, because some of them using natural ingredients which is not very long lasting compare to those that using synthetic ingredients..

They also have concentration in Oil and Water based fragrances. Depends on which type more suits you..

Synthetic is artificial, which mean it been made from chemical to create scent that smell alike natural.. Of course it's more cheaper to compose than natural.. That why you have some fragrance that cost RM 100 and in the other hand cost whopping RM 1,000 or even more..

For natural ingredients the perfumer must buy a kilo's of roses (example) that cost thousand of dollars to made just a liter sometimes milliliter's of pure parfum. Sometimes they go to silly place's just to find the perfect ingredients, you can see their notes, sometimes they wrote Bergamote from Sicily or etc lol..

But if your nose is train, you can know the synthetic and the natural smell like..

Yes, normal fragrance's that in EDC, EDT, EDP & ExDP contain alcohol.. You can see on the box how many % alcohol they use..

Yeah, sometimes they have weird & wicked note, especially on the niche side lol..

For me, Guerlain belong to designer since it's widely available and easy to get, some might think otherwise..

Their exclusive line like L'art de Maitre can consider a niche, which damn expensive and only available on selected boutique.. Yeah, Guerlain is damn old for sure lol..

Can consider niche is not widely available, which in term of sales and advertising.. They just sell it in their own store or some selected retailer or even in city exclusive only.. If in designer market, you can found in anywhere, included discounters.. And you can see designer ads on TV, like yesterday i see Boss Bottled Night ads lol..

In Malaysia i believe you can get Amouage, L'Artisan, Different Co., Creed etc.. But the price is damn expensive here if compare to others..

For Creed IMO it's already going mainstream, since you can get a bottle for cheap on discounters. And beware Creed has lot's of fake..

Some of them is great & some of them just terrible and not wearable (ELDO fragrances)..

For example Comme des Garcons they release a synthetic series, which is very terrible scent IMO.. Smells so hideous, but it's kinda fun..

And some designer have the premium ingredients as well, i found out Encre Noire which have the best ingredients at designer price, it's very worth a full bottle.. And same with L'Instant Extreme..

Designer or Niche they have their pros and cons..

And have some of the niche is generic smelling and kinda cheap scent..

Yups, because they do a fragrances based on what they imagine or they like lol.. They don't care if the end-user will buy it or not.. And the different is, on designer part they will do test market run, and on niche they don't.. They just release it if the owner & perfumer agree lol..

But if you into niche, you already know what to expect for the fragrances.. Even it's a bad smelling, it could be a masterpieces lol..

For me, i always wears my Pure Coffee, which is designer fragrance lol..

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Added on May 1, 2011, 11:28 pmNot sure why musk always on the base, maybe the composition it's a must on the ending lol..

For me Musk is very animalistic, especially the civet..

This post has been edited by mrbs84: May 1 2011, 11:28 PM

Nope, i'm just a fragrance collector lol.. But at the same time, you can learn while you sniffing..

Something like that, example like edition de parfum.. Frederic malle gave the perfumer an idea of a scent, they the perfumer create a scent as they liking.. Same like lutens as well..

Yups, mugler one of my favorite houses.. I have a lot of back-up on pure coffee since it my signature scent lol..

Jo Malone, the nearest is in SG.. Ngee Ann City, Orchard...

Malle, you can get it direct from his web store. - Frederic Malle

By Kilian, just go with luckyscent.com.. Kilian official web store doesn't offer international shipping, btw you can try minnewyork.com, they offer international as well..

Hope it's help..

Yes, they can shipped directly to malaysia.. On the check out page, just choose international shipping option, then choose Malaysia..

But the international order process takes a long time, i believe they just do international shipping twice a month or so but if you have a buddy in US or CAN that can help you out, it takes more quicker..

I've order from them last time, it takes freaking long time..

If you wanna buy Serge Lutens (SL) fragrances direct from SL web store, they can't shipped international.. They just shipped to US & EU only..

Other alternative is via LuckyScent, since they stock SL fragrance, include the new release..

Unless you wanna bought the SL Bell Jar, you must use the SL web store..

Yeah i visit them often.. SL price not that expensive there.. The SA is very generous with sample..

But for the Creed, CdG, L'Artisan is very over price.. Especially those Creed..

You can try:

Banana Republic Black Walnut
Carolina Herrera Chic For Men
Michael Kors Men
Versace The Dreamer
D&G Pour Homme
Mugler Pure Havane
Aramis Havana

I would say D&G PH & Carolina Chic..

The Dreamer smell more like Cigarettes, while Pure Havane is Pipe Tobacco with cocoa drydown..

Yeah, Dreamer & Havane is nice but not that safe for blind buy since not everyone will like it.. Maybe it's suitable for your liking..

I like gourmand lol.. Sure i can suggest some like:

- Guerlain L'Instant (Flanker also)
- Rochas Man
- D&G The One
- A*Men (Flanker also)
- Givenchy Very Irresistible / Play Intense
- Hanae Mori

And a lot more..

Normal Amouage line include Honour retail roughly:

100ML : RM 895 - RM 1,175
50ML : RM 775 - RM 1,050

You can get more cheaper online of course..

Add:

For Opus line, price start from RM 1,100 + (100ML)
For Homage line, price start from RM 2,079 + (30ML)

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Added on June 19, 2011, 2:34 pmAre you referring to Baldessarini house?

I have try some of them, just a typical designer scent.. But not that bad..

This post has been edited by mrbs84: Jun 19 2011, 02:39 PM