Wait, you mean to tell me expensive cologne is a SCAM?

[BrothaZay]

This is just shyt you get from dollar tree

There’s only so many ingredients and ratios a person can use to make a fragrance. On top of that all bottles are diluted with water before finally being sold ?

Each bottle shouldn’t cost the seller more than 50 cents to produce

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Nah. If you ever smelled the cheap shyt you'd know

 

[BrothaZay]

The same Coli c00ns who call ppl out for buying Jordan’s that only cost $20 to make are going to defend buying cologne that sourced all of ingredients from dollar general to sell you a $300 bottle

 

[The_Sheff]

You seem well on your way to the essential oil/locally made fragrance path.

Just know that everyone else thinks you stink.

 

[Rekkapryde]

This is just shyt you get from dollar tree

There’s only so many ingredients and ratios a person can use to make a fragrance. On top of that all bottles are diluted with water before finally being sold ?

Each bottle shouldn’t cost the seller more than 50 cents to produce

There's a huge difference between eau de toilette and parfum(real cologne).

Eau is like 25% compared to 100% real parfum. The cologne thread woke me up to this.

The non watered down real parfum shyt >>>>>>>>>>>

Its like when I found out the difference goin goin from well done steak to medium/medium rare

 

[BrothaZay]

There's a huge difference between eau de toilette and parfum(real cologne).

Eau is like 25% compared to 100% real parfum. The cologne thread woke me up to this.

The non watered down real parfum shyt >>>>>>>>>>>

Its like when I found out the difference goin goin from well done steak to medium/medium rare

Can you retype this in English

 

[Rekkapryde]

Can you retype this in English

Eau de toilette (shyt we treated as real cologne) is watered down trash compared to the real stuff.

Under 75 bucks is 99% the watered down shyt

Putting 1 cup of sugar in the Kool aid vs 4

 

[Higher Tech]

There's a huge difference between eau de toilette and parfum(real cologne).

Eau is like 25% compared to 100% real parfum. The cologne thread woke me up to this.

The non watered down real parfum shyt >>>>>>>>>>>

Its like when I found out the difference goin goin from well done steak to medium/medium rare

Even the Toilette has it’s place. Sometimes too much fragrance gives it a funny smell when it dries down. The concentration doesn’t always translate to longevity, but rather potency of the scent. Eau de Toilette and Eau De Parfum and even Parfum of the same fragrance can last the same amount of time and have dramatically different scents.

 

[BrothaZay]

Eau de toilette (shyt we treated as real cologne) is watered down trash compared to the real stuff.

Under 75 bucks is 99% the watered down shyt

Putting 1 cup of sugar in the Kool aid vs 4

What about this

 

[Rekkapryde]

What about this

Eau De Toilette


It's not "bad" but not the full cologne. The cologne thread got some good recommendations by the brehs

 

[Jalether]

ignorance is bliss

High quality fragrance are expensive for many reasons

Raw materials

Jasmine

Jasmine and its synthetic version are used in more than 80 percent of all women's perfumes. But the real stuff is expensive.

It takes approximately 2000 pounds of jasmine flowers to produce one pound of oil and 8000 jasmine flowers to yield 1/25 ounce of the absolute oil (the most precious of the oils because it's so concentrated). Because of the enormous amount of flowers it takes to produce the oil necessary to use in fragrances, the price of jasmine oil is extremely high


Oud
only 2 percent of agar trees produce oud, making it incredibly precious, and therefore, expensive.


Due to its rarity, high demand, and the difficulty of harvesting it, oud oil is one of the most expensive oils in the world. At one point, its value was estimated to be 1.5 times of the value of gold, and it is sometimes referred to as "liquid gold."

Rose
1L of Centifolia Rose Absolute represents between 10 and 12 thousand euros per kilo. And it's not the only one that is prohibitively expense ! Iris or oud must undergo several years of conditioning before you can extract their essence. Rest assured, there are only a few

Neroli

Neroli is steam distilled, and its high cost is due to several factors. For one, it requires one thousand kilograms (roughly 2,000 pounds) of hand-picked blooms to create a single kilo (2 pounds) of neroli essential oil. Harvesting occurs between April and early May.

Distillation is an incredibly long process, as farmers must wait at least five years before the blooms can be picked.




2nd reason

The Power of Blending


Blending is a crucial step in creating a perfume, and it's where the art of perfumery really comes into play. Master perfumers use a combination of science and intuition to blend different fragrance oils in specific ratios to create a unique scent. The world's most expensive perfumes often require thousands of hours of blending to get just right.

which blends into the third reason

Master perfumer

Becoming a master perfumer, a highly specialized and sought-after role, typically takes at least 10 years of dedicated study and training.

There are only an handful of master perfumers in the world, any idiot can watch a tutorial on youtube, buy a few essential oils and conjure up a concussion but expensive fragrances are made by only an hhandful of perfumers in the world and their work requires skills which doesn't come cheap

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

I never wear cologne but I got this Chanel Eau Extreme for Christmas and ever since I started wearing it, p*ssy rate went up. I found out it was like a $200 bottle.

 

[peppe]

this nikka and his daily quota as thrash threads

 

[Bushmaster69]

That's why you need to start getting UAE colognes/oud/perfumes etc...

So much cheaper and smells great.

 

[151_Pr00f]

ignorance is bliss

High quality fragrance are expensive for many reasons

Raw materials

Jasmine

Jasmine and its synthetic version are used in more than 80 percent of all women's perfumes. But the real stuff is expensive.

It takes approximately 2000 pounds of jasmine flowers to produce one pound of oil and 8000 jasmine flowers to yield 1/25 ounce of the absolute oil (the most precious of the oils because it's so concentrated). Because of the enormous amount of flowers it takes to produce the oil necessary to use in fragrances, the price of jasmine oil is extremely high


Oud
only 2 percent of agar trees produce oud, making it incredibly precious, and therefore, expensive.


Due to its rarity, high demand, and the difficulty of harvesting it, oud oil is one of the most expensive oils in the world. At one point, its value was estimated to be 1.5 times of the value of gold, and it is sometimes referred to as "liquid gold."

Rose
1L of Centifolia Rose Absolute represents between 10 and 12 thousand euros per kilo. And it's not the only one that is prohibitively expense ! Iris or oud must undergo several years of conditioning before you can extract their essence. Rest assured, there are only a few

Neroli

Neroli is steam distilled, and its high cost is due to several factors. For one, it requires one thousand kilograms (roughly 2,000 pounds) of hand-picked blooms to create a single kilo (2 pounds) of neroli essential oil. Harvesting occurs between April and early May.

Distillation is an incredibly long process, as farmers must wait at least five years before the blooms can be picked.




2nd reason

The Power of Blending


Blending is a crucial step in creating a perfume, and it's where the art of perfumery really comes into play. Master perfumers use a combination of science and intuition to blend different fragrance oils in specific ratios to create a unique scent. The world's most expensive perfumes often require thousands of hours of blending to get just right.

which blends into the third reason

Master perfumer

Becoming a master perfumer, a highly specialized and sought-after role, typically takes at least 10 years of dedicated study and training.

There are only an handful of master perfumers in the world, any idiot can watch a tutorial on youtube, buy a few essential oils and conjure up a concussion but expensive fragrances are made by only an hhandful of perfumers in the world and their work requires skills which doesn't come cheap

Interesting info. Can you site the source?