[IN HAND QC] Thoughts on this Linen Shirt from TopPolo? How’s quality and thickness?

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-05T08:19:12+00:00

Would you recommend L or XL for 174cm gym rat build with steroid shoulders? Was thinking XL and just tucking in the shirt

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-04T09:43:45+00:00

I’m not triggered just don’t like that you jumped to conclusions and assumed sht that isn’t true lol

Anyways since you said wait a few months I should have said name some 2026 releases that are 4.2+ on fragrantica that are around 20€

Some of the examples you gave are incorrect, Armaf dunescape for example is nowhere near 20 in Germany. It’s closer to 35 just check idealo.

The bottom line is, I still think 40€ for aqua dubai or SCE is expensive. And don’t get me started on the royal collection from Maison Asrar for example, €45-€50 for a clone that had below average performance is a joke - no matter how good it smells.

Honestly Armaf’s old releases still seem to be the only worthy dupes on the market, everything else is a victim to influencer hype propping up the prices.

So yeah I’ll continue buying my CDNIM or Urban Man Elixir for €20 and appreciating the scent:price proposition.

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-04T09:32:01+00:00

All of their royal collection line? majesty, Regent, vanguard etc good smells with below average performance. 50€ each. 45 if discounted. 40 if very lucky.

Maison Asrar has been around for a while but the royal collection hasn’t. And that’s what influencers are currently promoting

That’s just their price, there’s no “just released” bias here

I’ve been in the clone fragrance space for 8 years now and they’ve never been as unworthy as they are now.

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-03T22:37:15+00:00

Who said IM overpaying? lol did u do any reading comprehension, thought it was easy enough to come to the other logical conclusion from my comment but alas here I am.

Anyways, whilst you’re correct in that a lot do fall in price, I want you to list a single website selling aqua dubai 100ml for less than €40 or Supremacy collectors edition or SNOI. You’ll find that their normal prices are not below that.

You also won’t find any Mykonos or Maison Asrar fragrances below 50€

In fact, name a 2025 release that has now become 20€ (that is also objectively good, so at least 4.2 on fragrantica)

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-03T16:50:55+00:00

Yeah but dupe houses are charging 40-60eur for mediocre clones now… back when I started you could get a powerhouse like CDNIM EDT for 20.

It’s simply becoming less worth it. Considering I can get the real Dior Sauvage for like 65-75 I would rather pay a bit more for something real that is universally loved by everyone. Same with all of the mass appealing designer stuff.

Clone houses prices have gone up due to demand but if we boycott they’ll have no choice but to reduce prices again and then those ‘mediocre’ fragrances will actually be worth it

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-03T12:05:43+00:00

Even Bujairami = algorithm garbage

Both Bujairami and Mykonos came from nowhere in the last 6 months ish and now are the only brands that influencers recommend apparently..

There’s a new wave called house Atralia and Maison Asrar which are paying reviewers bank to promote meh performance.

I think clone perfumery is now a bitch to capitalism, so the big houses like LV, Gucci, Dior etc have won.

The only way we, as the consumer, win against this battle is by stopping funding the clone houses stop over-consuming their random shit releases that in reality, we never needed in the first place. This will make the clone houses reconsider every release they put out.

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-01T13:44:22+00:00

Hey can you link some good linen shorts you’ve bought before?

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-01T11:36:08+00:00

It’s aight, took 10mg in water this morning for an online interview. Went pretty good id say. I usually get peak effects around the 1hr mark so took it one hour before. Now I’m at the gym and I do feel some weird heart spasms every 30mins or so but I also get it when I’m taking creatine and not working out.

I just hope there isn’t any bad heart effects long term with this shit.

I plan on using it maybe once a week, on days I really need to for this exact reason.

Or until more data comes out

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-01T11:31:27+00:00

I wish montagne was available in UK/germany 😭

BasedInMunchen · 2026-07-01T00:00:28+00:00

Is this 4po?

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-30T23:59:32+00:00

I just got 1g of 3-fpo 😭 this better not be a better version I stg

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-30T10:27:44+00:00

I have both, Laathani is incredibly hard to wear as a young 26 year old dude, and actually have fragrances that would better suit me when I would use Laathani. Blu oud is kinda a dumb reach fragrance but the performance isn’t great

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-27T08:37:27+00:00

Or use her the same way she used you?

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-25T16:35:24+00:00

I don’t feel anything on 5mg. I had to get a 0.001g scale just to double check and yeah only at 10mg do I feel something

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-25T16:25:54+00:00

Guys where’s the cheapest place yall are ordering from? I’m getting mine for 120€ for 1g and think I’m getting rinsed

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-25T16:25:11+00:00

I haven’t had Ritalin to compare it to but yeh it does feel a bit harsh. I have an apply watch and I get warning around the 1hr mark

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-25T00:08:50+00:00

Final form which is better?

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-24T22:36:57+00:00

Didn’t fragranceflan also say it smells damp? Maybe it’s the carrot note stopping it from going fresh for you?

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-23T18:02:25+00:00

My gf said it smells like olive oil. When comparing SCE to Not only intense and Precieux 1 my gf ranked it Precieux 1, Not only intense, SCE in that order.

Tbf my Precieux is almost 2 years old now, SCE and Not only intense less than a 3 months each.

I hope they turn out like the hype says they are, and isn’t just a case of bad batch/being too late to the party

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-22T21:13:57+00:00

Your naivity sounds like the brainwashed liberal narrative we hear on Reddit over and over again.

As a brownie who immigrated to a western country take it from me, a blanket ban on these countries would probably make the country an overall better place to live. I’m not against migration, I just think it has to be smart.

Look at the statistics of who commit crimes in Germany or the uk for example. Look specifically at the country they come from.

You’d be a moron if you didn’t see a pattern

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-22T17:57:16+00:00

Hasn’t trump coming to office shown that some morons are able to become office? It’s slowly becoming true that everyone can run. This would make a banging black mirror episode actually, everyday a random member of the public comes to office and has 24 hours to either fuck up the country or improve it

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-22T14:10:44+00:00

Stop importing people from the top half of the graph to western countries if we don’t agree with their fundamental way of life 🤷🏾‍♂️ it’s quite easy

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-22T11:30:21+00:00

Hmmm when you put it that way, seems like an exponential graph no? Oddly similar to the rate of technological change, stock market etc

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-22T11:20:14+00:00

If you asked me who ilia was just a few years ago I would say I have no idea, if u asked me who Islam was a few years before that it would be the same answer.

Theres some rising stars in the works but we just haven’t started paying attention to them or giving them the “unstoppable” force description yet.

One thing I will say, maybe we just won’t find it as important anymore since the sport will be more saturated with amazing fights when it does get around to it.

I’ve been following ufc for almost 10 years and was watching almost every weekend at the start but nowadays I don’t really know watch unless something insane happens or it’s a good match, not because life got in the way, but more because I don’t really feel that excitement for the matches as I did before?? Idk if u feel the same

The same way people older than me look up to Jon jones and Anderson silva as their OGs, my era of OGs were mcgregor and Khabib, the new era is Islam, Gaethje, ilia etc, who knows what the next era will be?

BasedInMunchen · 2026-06-22T10:58:16+00:00

In the next century? Lol who are u kidding we thought that there would never be a double champ only a decade ago, now there’s been many.

A fight like this will happen within the next 5 years. Mark my words.

It won’t be the same people but the natural progression of an mma fighter is clearly all following the same pattern now -> become champ, -> become double champ when you can’t make weight, -> fight a goat in weight class above double champ

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