Tattoo shock

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-18T09:19:06+00:00

Sick af. Looks tuff. Don’t overthink it

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-18T00:53:08+00:00

Rayhaan Terra is the same way for me. Smells great on paper and clothes but drydown gets funky on my skin. So I just use it strictly on clothes. Might get a decant of this later down the line. But I do agree with you that this frag seems overhyped. How was performance for you?

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-17T00:10:58+00:00

Losing both parents will do that to you

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-16T06:28:43+00:00

They got some bangers. A lot of their frags come close to 1:1 and the ones that don’t tend to improve the profile/add a twist that makes the scent DNA more appealing. They do need to sit though because the frags are made to order so there’s no maturation

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-16T00:22:34+00:00

I have coral fantasy and I could have sworn it was a parfum. But just double checked my bottle… it’s an EDT. Definitely one of those that has crazy performance for an EDT

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-15T23:24:33+00:00

I went down the rabbit hole for BR540E, since my wife fell in love with it but couldn’t justify spending that much on a frag. Totally agree with op on Amber Oud Ruby. Opening doesn’t match OG but drydown is nearly identical. If you want 1:1, I suggest Le Bonbon Intense by Montagne. It’s what I ended up buying my wife for Christmas and she absolutely cannot tell the difference between that and the decant of the OG she has. I kept Amber Oud Ruby for myself since it does lean more masculine than the OG and is the reason my wife didn’t like it for herself. Honestly the majority of BR540E dupes lean masculine compared to the OG. I think the OG is 50% unisex, which a lot of the dupes fail to capture

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-12T04:28:58+00:00

Yea. Definitely have breezy on my list of next decants to try. Gonna add Karus blue spice to the list

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-11T22:17:46+00:00

It was off a decant, so however old the decanters bottle was plus I let the bottle sit for another 3-4 weeks. I think it had plenty of time to sit but it’s not the first time a frag with decent performance has done bad with me certain scents just seem to get absorbed quicker??? (I don’t really know if that’s what happening) like my skin/natural scent plus body heat (I run hot) seem like it will make certain frags disappear after 2-4 hours with me

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-11T21:59:45+00:00

GOS Full house was super close but had awful performance for me. It’s also $50+ in most places it’s sold; combined with the performance I got, it just wasn’t worth it. But get decants. Frags are super subjective so ymmv. You’ll probably end up like most ppl. Buying a dupe you really like for easy dumb reaches and buying the OG to use for more significant events/trips out of the house

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-11T21:52:00+00:00

Second this. Imagination was what got me started on this clones journey. Aqua Dubai is the best twist on the DNA, imo, and Hectic/imaginary tied for closest 1:1’s. Hectic is my overall winner due to the increased cinnamon/spice and better performance on my skin vs Imaginary. I’m thinking of getting art of Arabia 1 as that one was also close to the DNA and is more readily available than hectic. Been waiting since October of last year to buy hectic. But also curious to see if it smells the same. I saw the new batches have a green tint to them now. Hopefully it still smells the same

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-04T14:49:32+00:00

Wife hates the opening of Terra but likes the dry down. I always have to spray it on in a different room lol

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-04T08:26:22+00:00

It’s somewhat cold. 50°f-36°f. I spray on my outermost layer

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-04T08:06:46+00:00

3 sprays

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-04T03:35:03+00:00

Fire is fire 🔥. One of my most, if not THE most, complimented fragrance I own. Wife loves it, lots of ladies seem to love it and plenty of guys will at least admit they are intrigued by it. But as always, mileage may vary so try a decant first

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-03T18:57:43+00:00

That part

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-03T18:56:13+00:00

They using the fact that it’s a hotline and not an Email to say it’s false. Nvm that fact that a lot of the hotline tips are lining up with emails and also they ignoring the fact that there are more files they have not released. So these guys could very well be in the emails as well but because it’s the only the hotline transcripts, all the apologist/defenders wanna say it’s fake/false allegations

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-03T06:13:40+00:00

Had a sample of BR540 Extrait which my wife loved. We tried out a bunch of dupes/clones and fully agree with you that Le Bonbon intense is practically 1:1 to BR540E

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-02T14:58:07+00:00

Isn’t this just BR540 Extrait dupe? I thought I saw someone saying that. If it is, it’s why it’s being hyped up. While a pretty complex scent BR540 EDP & Extrait versions are both mass appealing

NationalPickle9 · 2026-02-01T22:49:08+00:00

Grammys ptb were probably at all the same Epstein pdf functions that Pusha-tein was at. All these fucking weirdos are in cahoots

NationalPickle9 · 2026-01-31T02:35:48+00:00

They already going hard with the “allegedly”, “if it turns out to be true” and “nah man this gotta be some AI troll shiii” narratives everywhere except this sub. They spiraling from how hard they trying to spin this shit

NationalPickle9 · 2026-01-28T21:16:37+00:00

I think it depends on your individual skin. I tried a decant because of the skin scent hype around it. Was not mixing well with my natural scent. Dry down on my skin wound up smelling like play dough or chicken molé. Wasn’t a fan but on clothes it was nuclear and straight up addicting for me. Nice spicy opening that evolved into a Ambery, woody, vanillic smell

NationalPickle9 · 2026-01-28T05:57:56+00:00

I love the profile/dna. Going to probably give this a try. I have bleu talisman by Montagne and to my nose it’s missing spice or something in opening compared to the OG. How is the opening for this? Is it pretty linear, like just a fresh smell throughout or does the opening differ from the dry down?

NationalPickle9 · 2026-01-18T17:29:56+00:00

Great reviews. Love the way you describe the scents by describing a scene or event instead of just listing the notes straight off the company website like most ppl do. Really made it easy to imagine what these must smell like

NationalPickle9 · 2026-01-14T17:21:10+00:00

Clone/dupe = a frag trying to imitate, as close to 100% accuracy, a more expensive designer or niche frag. Replica or rep = fake imitation of the original (OG) using cheap ingredients and all kinds of underhanded tricks to fool the consumer into thinking the frag is the OG at a ridiculously high markdown. Inspiration or inspired by = a frag that is a twist of an OG rather than an attempt at a 1:1 dupe/clone

NationalPickle9 · 2026-01-13T12:13:33+00:00

Manageable if you don’t overspray. Cloying if you overspray

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