I want to explore the world of niche more, however due to the difficulty in keeping up with every release I'm sort of stuck on where to go next and would love any recommendations.
First, let me start with what I'm not interested in. Rose, vanilla, tobacco, or oud. Rose almost always turns ultra feminine on my skin, and I already have a few exceptions for when I am in a rosy mood. At this time I'm simply not interested in exploring the note further. Never been a fan of vanilla, tobacco turns to Johnson and Johnson baby powder on me, and quite frankly oud is overplayed and I think an excuse to jack prices up just because a fragrance claims in has oud in in. Looking at you Montale.
My tastes otherwise are pretty diverse. I've smelled a few niche scents already, here are the ones I've enjoyed the most and have or will be planning to buy full bottles of: Tuscan Leather, Erba Pura and Overture by Sospiro, Laudano Nero, Frederick Malle French Lover and Musc Ravageur, Xerjoff Kobe, Renaissance and Xefiro, Mazzolari Lui, CdG Black, Creed Taborame, Aventus, Royal Mayfair, Royal Water, Royal Oud and Bois Du Portugal.
For winter I prefer more masculine scents with leather, smoke, woods, and musk. My skin handles musk very well, even the "skank" ones tend to play nice on me. For the summer I prefer citrus and florals, and I don't mind more unisex or less masculine scents at all in the warmer weather.
There are a few houses like Slumberhouse, House of Matriarch and Kerosene that I want to investigate along with Tauer Perfumes, but what else should I try and sniff?
First, let me start with what I'm not interested in. Rose, vanilla, tobacco, or oud. Rose almost always turns ultra feminine on my skin, and I already have a few exceptions for when I am in a rosy mood. At this time I'm simply not interested in exploring the note further. Never been a fan of vanilla, tobacco turns to Johnson and Johnson baby powder on me, and quite frankly oud is overplayed and I think an excuse to jack prices up just because a fragrance claims in has oud in in. Looking at you Montale.
My tastes otherwise are pretty diverse. I've smelled a few niche scents already, here are the ones I've enjoyed the most and have or will be planning to buy full bottles of: Tuscan Leather, Erba Pura and Overture by Sospiro, Laudano Nero, Frederick Malle French Lover and Musc Ravageur, Xerjoff Kobe, Renaissance and Xefiro, Mazzolari Lui, CdG Black, Creed Taborame, Aventus, Royal Mayfair, Royal Water, Royal Oud and Bois Du Portugal.
For winter I prefer more masculine scents with leather, smoke, woods, and musk. My skin handles musk very well, even the "skank" ones tend to play nice on me. For the summer I prefer citrus and florals, and I don't mind more unisex or less masculine scents at all in the warmer weather.
There are a few houses like Slumberhouse, House of Matriarch and Kerosene that I want to investigate along with Tauer Perfumes, but what else should I try and sniff?
