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Card Rawhides III - 1524

(Belongs To The Olfactory Notes Family Similar to Ombre Leather Parfum - TF ®)
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Option Review:13ml Spray
As someone who loves the original but doesn’t love the price of the original, I really wanted to like this. Unfortunately it doesn’t come close to the magic of the original. It smells like a watered down version of a generic leather fragrance with a hint of flowers thrown in. I have no trouble recommending good dupes, but seeing as this is at most 50% similar, I’d say go for the original. This one just is isn’t worth it.
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Pierced For Men 1368

(Belongs To The Olfactory Notes Family Similar to Beau De Jour EDP (2020) - Tom Ford ®)
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Option Review:13ml Spray
How does this smell? Fresh. Spicey. Clean. Like bathing and shaving yourself with a beautiful intoxicating lavender. I want my deodorant, bath soap, shaving soap and aftershave to smell like this too. It’s just so damn good. It’s what a man should smell like. Sprayed it on my skin and went to work. That day I got compliments by 3 colleagues about how good I was smelling. Now I don’t buy fragrances for compliments, I wear them for myself. Compliments are a nice bonus, but I’m not gonna lie it made me feel great. Now when I wear Pierced I feel just that little bit more confident. Absolute amazing fragrance. Highly recommend this one!
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Avalanche Aqua For Men 1993

(Belongs To The Olfactory Notes Family Similar to Aventus Cologne (2019) ®)
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Option Review:13ml Spray
Simply put, amazing. I’ve tried the original Aventus and a bunch of clones. I strongly prefer this one! Obviously this means I should try the OG Cologne version, but honestly this one is SO GOOD. It’s everything I love from Aventus but just slightly fresher and better. The EDP is pretty strong just out of the box, and I’ve learned that most Perfume Parlours improve strongly when macerated for a couple of months so I’ve got good hopes for the performance of this one.
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Golden Agar 0636

(Belongs To The Olfactory Notes Family Similar to Oud Wood ®)
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Option Review:Car Diffuser
Shame. I really love oud wood, it might be my favorite fragrance all time. This scent does get close enough to remind me of oud wood, but anybody familiar with the original would not be fooled by this one. I bought the car diffuser and the scent might just not lend itself well as a diffuser. It’s barely perceptible. It surprises me a bit, since I had Seville Genoa as a car diffuser before this one and it was a projection monster! It did get compliments from people around me, while other oud wood clones I have used are not received with the same enthusiasm. In a way this could be classified as a more accessible, friendly, mildly creamer dupe.
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Norse For Men 1765

(Belongs To The Olfactory Notes Family Similar to Viking ®)
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Option Review:13ml Spray
Lovely, lovely smell! It was a blind buy as a way to test what Creed released after Aventus and I’m happy I did. I’m no means a trained nose, and have not smelled the original so can’t comment on similarity. To my nose it’s a lovely fresh smell, with a strong peppermint vibe. I might just prefer this over Aventus at this point. I’ll get the extract version of this once my 13ml bottle is gone. Really enjoying this one. Ordered the EDP fully knowing that it’d be weaker than the extracts. I’ll be honest, it’s kinda weak (think 2 hours of projection and then a vague skin scent) so you’ll need to re-apply or go for the extract version.

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