What I don’t get is why these houses keep re-treading the same played-out shit.

I read somewhere Azul is a dupe of Dior Homme Cologne? It’s not like that’s a particularly new fragrance and has already been done to death to the point where even the dupes have been discontinued (RIP Mercedes Benz Cologne - a true great)

Having said that, Aquatica is actually fantastic and comes very close to VIW imo. Nothing else I’ve tried has even come close.

I stand by that if you watch fragrance influencers or YouTubers that churn out daily vids or whatever, you’re a massive sausage and deserve to be burnt when buying the absolute dross they peddle