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There's probably a market for an all Arab/clone perfumes decant site.

 

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Where do you guys buy bottles for cheap? Sephora and Macy’s and other major retailers have their price set way too high, is there places to buy on discount?
 

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@Sauce Mane

99% of the time, I buy decants. The only bottle I bought this year was Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif. (I think I don't remember buying anything else)

So I get decants from a place like this


There are like 10 of these that I use.
The Fragrances are genuine and you can try a lot of different ones.

The problem is that on a $ per mil basis, 12bucks for 3 mls for a decant versus 120 bucks for 100 mls if you just buy the full bottle.

If you still want a full bottle, most of these joints end up at discounters

They buy the bottles in bulk from perfume shops and department stores and then pass the savings on to you.


to sample stuff

full bottles like breh said, discounters such as


maxaroma and scentrabbit have come thru for me too

DecantX
Surrendertochance
Scentsplit

Am about to try Perfumedefrance, they have stuff otherwise sold out elsewhere.
 

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Perfumedefrance, they have stuff otherwise sold out elsewhere.
parfums de france has reusable codes.
comeback25, save25

ive been there in person a few times and the old guy there offered some nice discounts. another time his wife was there and she was stingy
 

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The only thing that didn’t quite sit right with me is, Justin (and almost every fragrance YouTuber) constantly talks about sample first, sample first, sample first. Get a decant.

So he drops another fragrance. And he expects you to buy a full bottle. Blind.

No option for a sample pack or 5ml decant or something.

Ok he’s not charging $500. But try to practice what you preach. At least a little.
That's what I'm saying. I'm hesitant to drop $140 on a bottle of his fragrance without smelling it first and you can't trust these influencers to save your life. Crazy you can't even get at least a sample. That Zaharoff guy seems kind of on the spectrum anyway but comes off like a snake IMO.
 

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you can't trust these influencers to save your life.

Even if they weren't on the take and shilling for whatever fragrance house - we're all individuals.

Like most fragrance heads prefer Bleu de Chanel Parfum, over the EDP and the EDT.

I hate the parfum. It makes me nauseous because it's so noxious.

But BDC Exclusif? That's prolly my most worn fragrance since it got release. It smells totally different to me, but most reviewers say it's 99% close to the Parfum.
 

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Even if they weren't on the take and shilling for whatever fragrance house - we're all individuals.

Like most fragrance heads prefer Bleu de Chanel Parfum, over the EDP and the EDT.

I hate the parfum. It makes me nauseous because it's so noxious.

But BDC Exclusif? That's prolly my most worn fragrance since it got release. It smells totally different to me, but most reviewers say it's 99% close to the Parfum.
Yea the way they were campaigning against BDC L'Exclusif you'd have thought it was the worst thing in the world and what you're saying is exactly why I want to get me nose on it for myself. I don't trust any of em bc the crux of the argument a lot of the times is them having to actually come out of their own pockets for these reviews and has nothing to do with the scent itself. Chanel told all them they not giving away shyt for free and they all got an attitude and trashed it.

For BDC it goes EDP>EDT>>>>>>Parfum. Like you something in the Parfum turns my stomach. It's too much.
 

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Just sprayed the tiny bit left of my Roja Oceania decant to get rid of it. But I’ve come to love this stuff. This and Bohemian Lime feel like summer staples for me going forward.

Yesterday I wore Alghabra - Eye of Seven Hills again. Really do love the scent trail this leaves off me….which is great because the other Alghabra decant I had, Labyrinth of Spices…I grew to hate.
 

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Anyone tried this new joint from M. Micallef


Or this one from Person Of Interest

 

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I just came from the mall and they don't sell True Religion cologne, at Macy's or JC Penny

smh, because I really like it too

guess I will have to order it

:yeshrug:
 

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Where do you guys buy bottles for cheap? Sephora and Macy’s and other major retailers have their price set way too high, is there places to buy on discount?
Jomashop for me just reup on jazz club .
It’s normally $130 retail for it for $80 with a $5 online coupon code .
 

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put on my Mercedes Benz cologne today that I got off DecantX

it smells GREAT, only problem is it stains your clothes unfortunately

I'm giving my bottle away, but I wish it didn't stain your collars because I really really like the way it smells
 
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