u/bleeduyasha

French Avenue Chaos 🍒👜 - hmmm this one seems like an acquired taste. Metallic cherry note is consistent throughout this one, Reminds me of cherry flavored sore throat spray 😭 but does have a nice leathery dry down. I didn’t initially like it but it’s growing on me. Not a safe blind buy though imo.

Haramain Detour Noir 🍏🍨- WOW where has this one been! $20 PDM Layton clone that smells absolutely AMAZING to me. Masculine Lavender/Green appley kind of opening into an addicting cardamom vanilla dry down. I honestly love it , and at this price is a first-ballot hall of famer cheapie for me😤🔥 i have a decant of PDM Layton otw to smell and compare it to soon as well!

Byredo Gypsy Water🫐🍋( decant) - im ngl, I’m a bit underwhelmed. Heard a lot about Byredo and It smells nice like a nice aqua/citrus/berry but the scent is so FAINT/ subtle it’s hard to pick up, to me at least. It is a rlly nice scent but i cant imagine paying so much for a bottle of this. I’ll have to revisit it.

Byredo Mojave Ghost🪷🪾 (decant) - I actually like this one a touch better w/ its light floral musk notes but it honestly has same issue of gypsy water of being way too light and faint to me. Is this a common Byredo issue ? Might get a test spray of this to sample one day or try one more Byredo scent just to be sure

PDM Sedley🌊☀️ (decant) - Smells like they captured the refreshing phenomenon of that first sip of McDonalds Sprite in a scent. Genuinely one of the most aquatic openings and overall fresh scents ive ever smelled that dries down into a beautiful sandalwood musk. Like Poseidon vibing in Atlantis Jfc i love it. The hype is certainly justified, I’ll have to try the clone of this one!

ill return soon with more scents and unsolicited opinions 🫡

French Avenue Chaos 🍒👜 - hmmm this one seems like an acquired taste. Metallic cherry note is consistent throughout this one, Reminds me of cherry flavored sore throat spray 😭 but does have a nice leathery dry down. I didn’t initially like it but it’s growing on me. Not a safe blind buy though imo.

Haramain Detour Noir 🍏🍨- WOW where has this one been! $20 PDM Layton clone that smells absolutely AMAZING to me. Masculine Lavender/Green appley kind of opening into an addicting cardamom vanilla dry down. I honestly love it , and at this price is a first-ballot hall of famer cheapie for me😤🔥 i have a decant of PDM Layton otw to smell and compare it to soon as well!

Byredo Gypsy Water🫐🍋( decant) - im ngl, I’m a bit underwhelmed. Heard a lot about Byredo and It smells nice like a nice aqua/citrus/berry but the scent is so FAINT and subtle, it’s hard to pick up, to me at least. Its nice but i cant imagine paying so much for a bottle of this. I’ll have to revisit it.

Byredo Mojave Ghost🪷🪾 (decant) - I actually like this one a touch better w/ its light floral musk notes but it honestly has same issue of gypsy water of being way too light and faint to me. Is this a common Byredo issue ? Might get a test spray of this to sample one day or try one more Byredo scent just to be sure

PDM Sedley🌊☀️ (decant) - Smells like they captured the refreshing phenomenon of that first sip of McDonalds Sprite in a scent. Genuinely one of the most aquatic openings and overall fresh scents ive ever smelled that dries down into a beautiful sandalwood musk. Like Poseidon vibing in Atlantis Jfc i love it. The hype is certainly justified, ill have to check out the dupe for this one !

ill return soon with more scents and unsolicited opinions 🫡

Was almost $300 a few weeks ago! I can’t make it but i hope someone who can, does for that price !

1- French Avenue’s Aether: PDM Greenley clone that is under $40! Opening is fresh w/ green apple/aquatic notes then dries down into a nice light musk. It’s my current most used daily scent. Also the bottle design is just so cool lol Would repurchase!

2-MontBlanc Individuel: inspired Creed Santal . Probably my favorite of the bunch, but i am a huge fan of this Santal DNA. Herbal/ Fruity opening but dries down with a floral creaminess that is super addicting. I keep finding myself reach for it lol. For under $30, is a mandatory purchase and will be a mainstay for me lol my favorite new cheapie !

3- French Avenue’s Royal Blend Sequoia: Kilian Angel’s Share Paradis clone. Sweet and boozy opening that dries down into a rosey sandalwood musk. The strong consistent raspberry note in this one though is what really makes the difference for me and nudges it into repurchase territory lol It reminds me of the SWY line but with less amber/caramel candy type notes and more cognac.

4- Lataffa’s Qaed al Fursan: Smells like SpongeBobs basement lol just an absolute Pineapple BOMB. Definitely my least favorite of the bunch. I think i would like if it had lil more depth or complexity but the pineapple is just way overwhelming to me. Would not repurchase.

I have decants coming in soon of some really popular scents that I will finally get to whiff😤 so i think i’ll review them as well. lmk what others i should try!

1- French Avenue’s Aether: PDM Greenley clone that is under $40! Opening is fresh w/ green apple/aquatic notes then dries down into a nice light musk. It’s my current most used daily scent. Also the bottle design is just so cool lol Would repurchase!

2-MontBlanc Individuel: Creed Santal adjacent (edit lol) . Probably my favorite of the bunch, but i am a huge fan of this Santal DNA. Herbal/ Fruity opening but dries down with a floral creaminess that is super addicting. I keep finding myself reach for it lol. For under $30, is a mandatory purchase and will be a mainstay for me lol my favorite new cheapie !

3- French Avenue’s Royal Blend Sequoia: Kilian Angel’s Share Paradis clone. Sweet and boozy opening that dries down into a rosey sandalwood musk. The strong consistent raspberry note in this one though is what really makes the difference for me and nudges it into repurchase territory lol It reminds me of the SWY line but with less amber/caramel candy type notes and more cognac.

4- Lataffa’s Qaed al Fursan: Smells like SpongeBobs basement lol just an absolute Pineapple BOMB. Definitely my least favorite of the bunch. I think i would like if it had lil more depth or complexity but the pineapple is just way overwhelming to me. Would not repurchase.

I have decants coming in soon of some really popular scents that I will finally get to whiff😤 so i think i’ll review them as well. lmk what others i should try!