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Friday Fun Thread for July 24, 2026

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Crazy. I've smelled only a small handful of these, but I admire your thoroughness. Nonetheless, might I suggest that the job of perfume (cough, what? Cologne) is not to be fragrant to the wearer, but to others. To what degree have you looked into pheromones? I remember in the 80s Polo did it for all the gals, and of course we boys dutifully followed suit by buying it...until it became yesterday's (at this point yesteryear's) fragrance. I remember some students once came into my office, when I was wearing Polo Sport, and said it reminded them of....their host father.

My point is that smells say different things to different people, in particular I think even unisex fragrances have different hits for men and women, and even in men and women individuals will vary.

Also you must have spent a fuckton of money. For science, I applaud you.

I remember in the 80s Polo did it for all the gals

The green one?

My point is that smells say different things to different people

That's why I always ask my wife for her opinion. That's the most important opinion after my own. I want to enjoy what I smell like too!

Also you must have spent a fuckton of money.

I haven't. Like I said in the previous roundup, 1-2ml tester bottles are cheap. I mean, they are relatively expensive, but I must've spent about $500 on them in total. For a midlife crisis hobby, that's peanuts.

Testers, brilliant. Can you buy those? I guess obviously the answer is yes, you can. I somehow always thought they sat there with a sticker saying not for sale. I wonder what @Closedshop would have to say about this list.

I'm smelled some of these, but this is definitely a more extensive list than when I first started buying colognes. I haven't even heard of some of these before.

Regarding samples, there are many ways to get them. Large department stores will generally hand out samples of scents, but generally only of designer brands. Outside of that, brands will sell samples of their scents or give away samples for free with a purchase. If you ever go shopping in Asia, the brands are generally really good for throwing samples at you with purchase. There are also online stores that specifically sell decants at smaller sizes. Scent Split and DecantX are two I've used before. Fragranceswap on reddit also has a lot of decant sellers. I've never had a problem with buying samples, but YMMV, especially on Reddit.

Do note that when buying decants, the price per ml is generally more expensive than buying full size from a brand. You're baying for variety as opposed to volume. I think it's worth it, because I'd much rather spend $100 on samples and $100 on a full sized bottle than $200 on a bottle I won't use.

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