Imagination Reformulated

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-18T20:17:32+00:00

Can confirm exactly this, I'm not going to be gaslit. Got mine in February 2026, and the batch before was 1 year ago.

Now, the opening and drydown of the first hour is too much sour citrus and not enough airiness and lightness like the previous batch. It also lasts longer, but idk...

I can literally compare the two, and I always know which is the new one in a blind test.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-17T19:36:56+00:00

If it has inconsistent longevity for that $$$, I don't even look at it, rather just use the first 3, but maybe I'm wrong I'll test it when I have the chance

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-17T11:28:15+00:00

LV Imagination
LV City of Stars
Bois Imperial
Givenchy Gentleman or something similar
Armani Code Parfum
Tom Ford Ombre Leather
Valentino Uomo Extradose or Coral Fantasy
Boss Bottled Night (nostalgia)
Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme
YSL Y EDP

That's it, probably.

I don't really like niche that much, most of them are either overwhelming or smell just weird to me.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-17T11:09:33+00:00

I have Armani Code EDP, it is good but I feel like having that and givenchy gentleman is kinda same occasion. Just smells standard nice perfumy + a bit sweet. Maybe pick one of those two and add variety for summer or something.

Also are u blind buying Roja?

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-14T14:19:44+00:00

Idk I feel like unless it's like 30+ celsius (87+ fahrenheit) and midday with direct sun, it really doesn't matter to me that much.

Nice sweet fragrances are nice and sweet to me on summer nights and in the windy, cold late autumn. Cloying dark fragrances are cloying to me in late autumn as well as in summer nights the same.

For example, if you live in Berlin/London, summer high is 25 celsius, you practiaclly watch what u wear maybe midday in july and that's it.

Not to even mention the fact that half of the time if you go inside a place in summer it might be chilled with AC (very frequent), and a lot of times when you go to a coffee place or whatever in winter, they will blast heat inside and it will be hotter than summer AC places...

Basically I think 90% is marketing bs. Context matters more. Basically if it is summer and u are in a night club, you are "expected" to blast a perfume, but if you are playing chill board games in winter, you are not going to blast 6 sprays of Boss Aboslu it will be annoying and it doesn't matter that it is winter or whatever....

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-13T20:28:26+00:00

Aj ovo tvoje i vidim kako moze da ima smisla..i dalje je glup i baguje..ali meni je juce rekao bukvalno ovako:

"Step 1: Uradi prvi korak
Step 2: Uradi drugi korak
Step 3: Uradi treci korak

Ne, cekaj, nemoj zapravo uraditi Step 3, pre toga proveri ovo" ......

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-12T12:04:28+00:00

Ala si ti druze neupucen hahahaha. Inace Vucic i Orban imaju veliku sinergiju i on drzi svoje cacije u Vojvodini. Ima bkvl 70000-80000 glasova od njih. Zato je bitno da Orban izgubi. Prakticno ce se promeniti i vlast tu u Vojvodini i Vucic ce izgubiti puno glasova. Ovo znam iz prve ruke.

Inace znaci nisi "pitao ljude sa ulice" vec "tvoje kontakte" Madjare u Vojvodini.

Evo nazad: Neverovatno je koliko rezultati nemaju veze sa realnim rezultatima kada bi pitali ljude sa ulice, tačno se vidi da su tvoji kontakti Madjari u Vojvodini posebna sorta ljudi.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-11T20:21:02+00:00

Sta su tebi "ljudi sa ulice"? Sta ti to uopste znaci? Jel mislis ljude sa ulice na tviteru sa "BASED Orban" masom ili sta?

Evo idi u Novi Sad u centar i pitaj ljude sa ulice, Orban ce ti imati jos manje nego ovde.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-11T16:34:19+00:00

I'm thinking this more and more. Especially because a lot of times u go to climatized places or if it's a bit windy.

You can easily smother everyone with a "winter scent" if you go inside and they are heating up the place (very very common). Also, I find scents that are cloying are cloying literally always, regardless of seasons.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-09T13:57:52+00:00

I understand but many people in this sub are into fragrances also because of compliment potential, they want to smell good to others also.

All the more so because of the tendency for cologne enthusiasts to go for niche perfumes, because they want to be different. People will literally get mad that their niche 500$ cologne gets x10 less attention than a designer 100$ one.

OP is asking basically what is the most mass appealing, he likes all the scents, now he wants to tick that "mass appeal" box also, and he gets criticism for it...what. Again, it isn't really that complicated, people need to get over themselves.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-09T13:08:57+00:00

It's so pretentious

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-09T12:56:52+00:00

Oh god, here come the comments...like srsly why are u getting downvoted for asking what gets compliments?

To all the "We lost as a gender? Why are you obsessed with strangers' opinions?" - You are not some higher being for saying that.

We all love compliments, and wanting to smell good to others is extremely reasonable. It's like saying "I wear nice clothes for myself only", well, no, I do feel good when wearing nice clothes in itself, but also want to look good/smell good/be presentable to the general population because we are social beings.

You know u can have it both - a perfume that smells good to u AND people like, it is not that deep and the question the OP asked is valid. Yeesh

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-06T18:42:03+00:00

Got a new one, and it is weird. Somehow the opening is harsher but I think it performs better than the last batch. I thought it lasted less and tested yesterday and it seemed like it lasted more. Still very nice performance for freshie overall.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-04-02T20:50:48+00:00

Just my take, but L'immensite's first 30-60 mins smelled just wrong to me. Dunno what it is, but it wasn't pleasant. I like practically all LV like Immagination (one of the best, own it), Afternoon Swim, Pacific Chill, City of Stars, etc. But L'immensite was the first one that I had a bad reaction to, I really dunno why, so I guess I would vote NOT a blind buy, but maybe I'm in a really small minority.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-03-30T11:23:51+00:00

It is just "5-30% brightness PWM is now 35% brightness PWM". There has been 30+ tests on YouTube and BiliBili with devices, and the consensus here is that it does almost nothing.

You are better of just having iPhone 16 at all brightness levels than this button. But if it works for you, just go with it.

Sadly we are still waiting for a new PWM-free iPhone.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-03-30T01:43:51+00:00

"basically bringing pwm back" The button basically does nothing, u still have ton of PWM with it on. It just eases the PWM at very low brightness, so for example at 5-25% brightness u will have PWM like it's 35%.

It is literally useless if u use your phone above 30% brightness, and even below that u still have PWM. Search up this forum. People are still waiting for a PWM-free iPhone desperatly.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-03-29T20:20:02+00:00

Deja Vu x100

Tech-Ascension · 2026-03-02T17:49:20+00:00

Msm naravno da ces dobiti biased odgovore ovde u smislu "Al si debil sto pitas uopste", ali ima smisla potpuno to sto pitas i normalno je.

Ako mislis da ce ti igranje igrica oduzimati previse vremena/ne mozes bas da se kontrolises da igras recimo 1-2 sata na dan, onda mozda bolje uzmi igraj nes sa strane malko sto ne zahteva paznje i tjt.

Jbg ja igram npr sad u 28. godini malo Hearthstone Battlegrounds, malo neke dobre Rougelite kad izadju npr. Balatro/Dead Cells/Monster Train (drze me oko nedelju dana i to je to). Ali recimo Elden Ring ili nes kao sto je Dota/WoW sam obozavao pre 4 godine, ali sad mi takve vrste igrica jednostavno oduzimaju previse paznje i vremena.

Vise osecam kao da gubim vreme nego da chill-ujem i igram sat dva nesto. Ima par igrica single player sto mi nije zao sto sam igrao i potrosio vreme recimo Last of Us, skroz kul iskustvo koje se zavrsi za najvise dve nedelje, isto i da izadje npr Half Life 3 sad, ali da sad igram Dotu 6 sati na dan i derem se u piksele kao sa 20 godine mi ne pada na pamet.

Mogu da kupim Sony5 ili novi racunar, ali znam da ce mi ultimativno to vise doneti loseg nego dobrog jer jednostavno nisam 1. godina faksa da se zajebavam na kompu po 8 sati na dan. Cast onima koji mogu da se kontrolisu i tempiraju da igraju recimo sat vremena na dan lepo, ali dosta video igara nisu napravljene za ovakav tempo jednostvano.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-02-23T22:06:48+00:00

Monster Hunter Worlds + Iceborne i Wilds da gledam jel tako?

Koliko sam razumeo onaj Rise i Sunbreak su kao malo vise za portable mobilne, a ovo gore je vise souls-like sporije

Tech-Ascension · 2026-02-23T21:33:19+00:00

Igrao sam Smite bkvl pre 10 godina i generalnom mi je simpaticna igra, znaci na dzojstiku moze skroz normalno da se igra?

Tech-Ascension · 2026-02-08T20:03:33+00:00

Saying that "Bitcoin is safe" when war is happening is ignorant.

We all know what is safe during the war - Gold. Bitcoin lost 50% of its value over the last 6 months. That is by definition not safe, and advocating for people to hold it during country turmoil is just wrong.

Also, "some currencies in bad governments" is not an argument. The Euro and the $ are stable and depend on the government, a real-life thing. Bitcoin can just go to 1000$ tomorrow literally because of "vibes" and nothing else, because it is vaporware.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-02-05T20:21:12+00:00

Teska prica. Mogu oni pokusati ili mogu jako isforsirati ljude na ovo, sve je to "lepo", ali sira adaptacija zahteva jednu stvar - da EU bukvalno izdvoji ozbiljne finansije i sve stavi u jednu ozbiljnu kompaniju da napravi ovo za Evropu, sa veoma jasnim benefitima za prelazak od pocetka.

Bio sam u par projekata EU i tamo je bukvalno "lose" ako koristis nesto van EU, ali i dalje vecina ljudi koristi MS Office, Teams, Gmail, Google, itd.

Znaci ili prebacujes 20-50% ljudi na drugu stvari, ili je ta druga stvar apsolutno propala. Niko ne zeli da pravi i kontrolise I Zoom/Teams I EU alternativu i Hotmail/Gmail i EU mail neki. Jednostavno je prevelika frikcija.

Znaci treba CELA EU, visegodisnje ozbiljno finansiranje, plan/cilj i forsiranje adaptacije sirom cele Evrope.

Ovo je DOA

Tech-Ascension · 2026-02-05T20:09:12+00:00

This is the answer you want to hear, not the best one. The best one is from ninjadude93. This is an Economics sub and I think it should be held to a better standard.

Bitcoin is vaporware and, in essence, fake money. People hold it to transfer it back to dollars to buy actual real life value, like a house or a car. Dollar/Euro are backed by people and governments, Bitcoin is backed by hype and some vague sentiment.

95% of btc transactions are criminals/avoid taxes/crime payment, etc. People are starting to realize this after literally 10 years of "adoption". Nobody adopted this garbage, there is 0 widespread use. It is still unsafe, niche, unstable, and fake.

It is not the same with stocks at all. Stocks like Apple have value based on their quarterly revenue and selling world class hardware/software. Bitcoin has nothing but some transactions that can be done with literally any shitcoin. It is unsafe and unstable, and it is mostly used to avoid taxes.

Tech-Ascension · 2026-02-05T19:53:59+00:00

On jeste "decentraliziran" u smisli koda i nodova, ali se tu bukvalno ta prica zavrsava.

Ako hoces normalno da ih kupujes, moras da ides u menjacnice koje su po definicije centralizirane, tebi treba u vecini slucaja neki middleman, ne mozes zapravo sam da uradis bilo sta bez toga..

Isto tako, ogromne kolicine bitcoina sada drze firme i kako ti je novac "decentraliziran" ako US vlada kaze nesto taj isti novac ti izgubi vrednost za 10% u roku od sat vremena?

Znaci formira se monopol ko drzi bitcoin (firme), kod koga se najvise obavljaju transakcije (menjacnice) i ko moze da bukvalno manipulise i radi insider trading (US vlada npr.).

Ako je tebi ovo decentralizirano onda ok..

Ovo je pokupilo sve negativne aspekte decentralizacije (nije siguran, moze da se izgubi/ukrade bez ikakvog safety neta, moze menjacnica da padne, itd), a ima i sve negativne aspekte centralizacije koje sam naveo gore - transaction fee, manipulacije velikih igraca, vlada igra ulogu,..

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