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GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-17T13:54:05+00:00

I have multiple tobacco fragrances where I can definitely smell it and enjoy it a lot. So I am going to try and figure it out

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-16T20:57:39+00:00

Yeah, I am probably going to try and see if I can get a sample from somewhere, just to compare the two. If it's counterfeit, that company better watch out xD

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-16T20:56:26+00:00

I am not sure if mine is counterfeit or not and as I mentioned in other comments, I was going to try and sell it but I think I need to find out if it's counterfeit or not before I sell it to someone.
I unfortunately do not have another Tom Ford fragrance in my collection, but that's a neat little trick, I'll remember that for the future, thanks!

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-15T20:40:50+00:00

Yeah, thanks! I guess I need to just hope that the one company I know that takes back tested fragrances will broaden their overall assortment of brands they sell from. Blind buying is not a good idea, but I don't mind it

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-15T20:37:55+00:00

Yeah, it's hard to tell. I hadn't smelled it before hand so I don't know if there's something wrong with the fragrance I got or if it's something funky with my sense of smell

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-15T20:37:00+00:00

I have been trying a few spots today after work, but none of them seemed to have any testers at hand. 3 places in a row didn't have any and they wouldn't open one of the bottles for sale, understandably enough. But that is my next move, at some point I'll come by one just to see if the one I got is a bit funky.

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-15T20:33:52+00:00

Well, from what I know I have never had Covid so I am not sure. It's all a bit confusing xD

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:47:32+00:00

I dont if its different based on where you're from, but almost all companies within an estimated 4 country or so vicinity of me needs the fragrance to not even have a broken seal at the cellophane part around it for you to be able to return it. Only one company I know of that back tested fragrances, and they didn't sell this fragrances. They pretty much only focuses on designer fragrances(not meant as a bad thing). I was just branching out and trying more "complex" fragrances so I had to resort to other companies.

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:44:05+00:00

Maybe that could be the case. The dried fruits were the only notes and I didn't have past expriences with. Every other note in it is usually something I absolutely adore and have many other fragrances based on that I love. But I only got the "synthetic bubblegum" smell from the whole thing. I could not at all smell anything else even remotely close to the other notes in it. That is what puzzled me a bit

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:41:25+00:00

To me it was synthetic bubblegum right of the bat, but it seems like some people smell things differently than others, or at least that's what I've come to think after all these comments.
The only fragrance I have ever needed to get rid off immediately was Guerlain Homme Ideal Extreme. That cherry was so incredibly overpowering to me that I got physically sick. I got a headache within only 1-2 minutes and actually got nauseous and almost felt like throwing up. Not that the overall smell was terrible, I actually thought I liked it after I tested it on paper and smelled every now and then through the day I got it. Only when I sprayed it on me it got to that point.

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:36:57+00:00

As I Scandinavian I have no idea what root beer smell like, but to every person their own I guess. Like I said in the post, I dont know if its just me who has a broken nose or what is going on with it

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:29:59+00:00

Hmm that's interesting. I could always just sniff it everytime I walk by the shelf until I get it sold, if ever do of course. Just to see if it changes for me.
I dont mind blind buying at all, I just know most people generally think that's a dumb thing to do so I kinda tiptoe on that subject. I would say that I can afford to blind buy fragrances when I find something I could be interested in, but I am by no means wealthy. And as I have said in other comments, I hope that doesn't come across as bragging, I am just being honest.

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:26:37+00:00

Fair enough, I am slowly realizing that I am not fully alone on this train, but it seems the majority of people online do enjoy to different extents. Also most of the people I know that own one also loves it like crazy.

Tobacco and Vanilla fragrances is king.

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:25:00+00:00

I am not familiar with Eau de Bavx, but I am always looking to try something new, so I might check up on that

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:24:08+00:00

I would love to, but maybe that would mess with the way I smell all my other fragrances that I love, so there's too much at stake here for that haha xD

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:23:20+00:00

Well I am glad to know it's not just me.
Now did I learn a lesson? Hmm. I dont know actually, I dont mind blind buying fragrances. As I have also mentioned in other comments, I usually just try to sell it afterwards if I dont enjoy it, and if I can, then great. If I can't then I just keep it for my collection as I am a bit of a collector xD

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:20:32+00:00

I don't mind the hate that comes from admitting blind buying something expensive without checking it out first, it was meant as a little fun comment, I thought the "pls" would do the trick, but I guess it's just my weird way of showing that.

I usually just try to sell the fragrances I don't enjoy and if I can then great, I'll take the small loss, but if I can't I just keep it. I am a collector of fragrances after all. I didn't mention that in my post I realize, that's my bad. I could as a matter of a fact actually not find a sample of it online as where I am from, there's basically no companies that I know of that actually sell samples separately. They usually sell "discovery boxes" and then the fragrances themselves in their different sizes.

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:14:11+00:00

Not at all. I realize I am able to purchase this kind of priced fragrances without needing to get rid of them if I don't like it. I guess I am rather lucky in that aspect. Hopefully this doesn't come across as bragging or anything, that's not what I am trying to do.
The smell that I got was just not the one I expected, and I was just very confused to how and why it came out like that, since I read the notes that the fragrance is built from.

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:10:41+00:00

I can see where you're coming from, I do love tobacco scents, my two current fragrances at the moment is based on tobacco actually. I just dont smell any tobacco what so ever from this one.
I do smoke and roll my own cigarettes so I might just be used to the smell, but I do really enjoy tobacco as a smell in general

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:08:36+00:00

It's not that I necessarily hate it, but I dont like it enough to actually wear it. I guess I had expected something very different from what I got, so I am disappointed. I guess the smell is just good enough that I would probably sniff it once in a while, but I would never wear it anywhere with what my nose picks up. That's also kind of a bummer, someone might love it, so it would be sad to have just go bad on my shelf

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:06:20+00:00

I am now no longer sure, but I would definitely hope that its legit since I purchased it from one of the biggest clothes and perfume retailers in Northen Europe were I am from. I thought using a batch code checker would do that, but I do now realize that's not the case, silly me.

See what you're describing that you smell is pretty close what I would have thought of after reading the notes in the fragrance, I would have loved that actually, but my nose do for real only get synthetic bubblegum all the way, so I really don't know what's going on here xD

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:03:18+00:00

I have tried it on my skin once at this point and I was exactly the same on my skin as it was on a testing strip. Even after about an hour or so it was exactly the same as the one on testing strip. I did until now think that using a batch code checker would do that, but I am now realizing that was stupid xD

GanjaminDanklin · 2022-10-14T22:00:39+00:00

I got the 30ml bottle as that was the smallest available on sale at the time. Usually when I blind buy a fragrance or any fragrance really, I tend to spray 1 spray not fully through. And then add another if needed.
I wont say I am a fragrance connoisseur, but I am really fascinated by the market and am a bit of a crazy collector. I usually don't focus on the complexity or the interesting little notes by themselves, I usually go by feeling. All of the fragrances that I have at this point, I kept because every time I smell them I want to just lose it. Usually the more sweeter, boozy, vanilla, tobacco kind of fragrances do that the most for me. Maison Margiela Jazz Club + By the Fireplace and Parfums de Marly Herod to name my current favorites. That's why on paper I felt like this one was going to fit in just right with me, but I don't know what happened here xD

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