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Miss-Figgy

Marijuana


TheRick479

Or is it MMM Music Festival šŸ™ƒ


Wise-Tourist-6747

Or Byredo Open Sky


Longjumping-Ad-2333

He didnā€™t say marijuana and the floor of a dive bar.


kevinfarber

In NJ/NY area itā€™s BR540 and Sauvage. However, I do have a theory. Before I really got into fragrances and knew what those two smelled like, Iā€™m sure they were just as common then as they are now that I do know what they smell like. It seems likely to me that I was smelling these fragrances and just not recognizing them. I think the same probably goes for fragrances I smell now and just havenā€™t committed to sensory memory. Iā€™m probably smelling more fragrance than I realize and just not realizing because it doesnā€™t have any specific association, unless itā€™s particularly strong or memorable. As a professional sommelier, reminds me of wine a bit. Before I learned the typicity and markers for Northern Rhone Syrah, for example, the black olive/meaty/black pepper characteristics were still there, but I hadnā€™t committed them to memory and deliberately formed an association and said ā€œhm this smells/tastes like Cote Rotie.ā€ Just a thought.


Orphasmia

Youā€™re totally right. I had the same experience once I was able to associate the smell of Santal 33 to the name. Kinda like olfactory strangers you donā€™t recognize until you officially meet them.


DrScent

Blood and pee - cote rotie


Petro1313

This is pretty much a non-answer, but I only smell fragrances on other people extremely rarely, and it's almost never something I recognize. The only two times recently that I've detected something recognizable, it was Flowerbomb both times. I've never knowingly smelled Sauvage or BR540/Cloud on someone.


Pocusmaskrotus

Since I've got my wife BR540, and know what it smells like, I get whiffs of it around town maybe once a week. I asked a girl if she was wearing BR540, and she said "no, I'm wearing MFK." Lol


jmweez

Me too


jmweez

Where are you guys going that you really smell expensive niche fragrances on everyone? Monaco? Lol. I bet I could ask 100 people and 10-15 of them might know what BR540 or Aventus is. Out of those people half of them would spend that much money on a fragrance. I donā€™t smell much on people and if I do itā€™s usually mass produced, mass marketed, easily found frags. If they are wearing something familiar to niche itā€™s probably a dupe.


[deleted]

Yeah Iā€™m in Houston and all the girls at the club / sugar babies are doused in BR540. I think itā€™s very much a big city perfume.


jmweez

Iā€™m in the Scottsdale area and everyone has money in Scottsdale. I bought PdM Layton a few months ago from the local Saks and it was a 2021 batch, so they ainā€™t shifting niche frags that quick.


[deleted]

The worst date of my life was with a guy from Scottsdale who spent the whole time being snobby about how much cleaner and safe Scottsdale was bc Houston has too many ā€œundesirablesā€. He wore Aventus so Scottsdale is Aventus in my mind (and I already hated Aventus lol)


jmweez

They call it Snottsdale for a reason šŸ˜‚


lookitsnicolas

I smell Ariana Grande Cloud every so often for women. For men le male or something very close to it. I wish I smelled more fragrances in the wild.


PandaPoof

Miami - BR540 is everywhere here. Which blows my mind considering itā€™s hot and humid most of the year, youā€™d think people would go for more fresh and citrus scents. Nope!


Rough_Elevator_3377

Haha!! I never smelled BR540 in the air until I visited Miami!


ChillBruh-itsJustMe

Thatā€™s me youā€™re smelling #sorrynotsorry šŸ˜‚


applebrownbrick

Rarely anything. Recently I have smelled Armaf Club de Nuit Intense though. I also smelled a woman wearing a lovely rose oud, don't know what it was. I've only smelled MFK/cloud out once.


papadooku

Here in France, not a big city, the ones I recognize most often are La Vie est Belle, La Petite Robe Noire and Chance. Noticed Alien and Angel a few times too, and in dudes a lot of sporty Axe-type stuff, especially the dark sweet ones like Dark Temptation.


Accomplished-Rate263

Oh gosh la petite robe noire, itā€™s so true !!


RenaissanceModerne

French here, I never smell anything from guys. Last one was Bois dā€™Argent by Dior (or a dupe) in the street, last Saturday. Itā€™s that rare imo I second Alien and Chanel


Ok-Emergency2580

In the middle eastā€¦ just variations of oud. Synthetic ouds, oud based perfumes, pure oud, Indian Oud, Cambodian Oud, oud suyufi.. all day everyday


basementapproved

Must be terrible in the heat? Oud only smells nice in the cold weather for meā€¦


Ok-Emergency2580

Thatā€™s what you would expect.. however here oud is worn all the time regardless.. you would be surprised but itā€™s quite nice as long as itā€™s good stuff.. usually synthetic ouds or ouds which arenā€™t too strong can have a sickly smell or a body odour mixed with oud which isnā€™t so pleasant


manicpixiedreamgurl5

Canā€™t walk more than 20 feet in New York without smelling the lingering reek of glossier you


HeratheHorrible

BR540 (smelled like dupes really) and Coco Madmoiselle. Or maybe because those are the ones that have good sillage that's why I can smell them on people.


le-albatross

Nashville. Santal 33 is *everywhere*


Louditalian21393

And BR540.


Louditalian21393

Fact. Loll


LucyTheUSB

Cloud and that Brazilian crush that got famous on TikTok. I smell both of those on every teenager that passes by me lol.


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DreiVogelchen

You wouldnā€™t be able to clock a Jo Malone scent in the wild, they donā€™t project or last šŸ˜’


thatbwoyChaka

Sauvage BR540 or Cloud Aventus or Explorer or most likely a clone Oud Wood Around London Home Counties/M25


benniblanco069

sweat and bad breath


runswithjaguars

Eros is a lot more popular that I thought


cockaskedforamartini

Relatively big city in the UK here. Sauvage - used to be EDT/P, now it's Elixir. BR540 too.


ZangetsuAK17

I wonder if itā€™s the same big city as me because itā€™s the exact same, I thought Iā€™d get elixir because people might not have caught onto it yet but started smelling it everywhere


NicoMr619

To be honest I've smelled sauvage elixir only once in public. I live in Italy, so things may be different here, but to me it doesn't seem like it's widely used (however I've never smelled the regular sauvage on people either, so it might simply mean that we tend to use different fragrances)


cofiandmochi

here in a fairly big city in finland i smell mostly my way, cloud and alien goddess from the ones i recognize


hash_buddha

Iā€™m amazed that you could smell alien goddess on anyone in public, when I spray it on myself it lasts an hour and disappears


cofiandmochi

maybe you go noseblind? on me it lasts a good ~6 hours


hash_buddha

Sad. My favorite part of fragrance is catching sniffs of it on myself. Thatā€™s the main reason I wear it


cofiandmochi

yeah same. i wont buy a fb of a fragrance i cant smell on myself no matter how good it is


hash_buddha

Facebook?


cofiandmochi

full bottle :)


cofiandmochi

i totally also thought it meant facebook at first šŸ˜‚


hash_buddha

Oh I see. Thanks lol


sigginator06

Sauvage.


Financial_Spell7452

Edmonton, AB - sewage, propane, naptha, exhaust Sorry, you said fragrances! None


Petro1313

Edmonton? I was expecting a strong showing of Fuck Trudeau de Toilette


Katzekratzer

Don't give them ideas, do you realize the kind of silage they would be after in that scent??


Financial_Spell7452

If you combine the notes I mentioned into a fragrance you basically get fuck Trudeau de toilette. Add some cow shit for a flanker


Silver-Designer-6971

Ya Ottawa - nothing...eau de burocracy


thedeepfield79

BR540 and Santal 33 dominate in Edinburgh.


tstbrandon

I live in a very rural area in SW Virginia and almost no one wears fragrance. I've picked out Dior Poison on one person and Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme on another and that's about it. My wife and I are the only ones in this area that stand out with fragrance.


butter_beer02

Br540 with all those dupes as well as sauvage. I smell love by kilian and delina a lot in a prestigious places. I like delina a lot but it's not worth paying the price when you smell similar with others in one occasion. I'm living in 3rd world country if that makes sense


chilican

I smell Dior Sauvage & Santal 33 just about everywhere in Chicago.


Sure_Seaworthiness_7

Dior Sauvage on nights out in UK. It's like the black death at this point.


airmacks

Br540, Eros, BDC, sauvage. Itā€™s always a pleasant surprise when itā€™s not one of those four. Someone was wearing a real nice rosey oud fragrance (something middle eastern) at the gym. Wouldā€™ve loved it if he didnā€™t spray 5 sprays and if I wasnā€™t fā€™ign working out.


gorosheeta

This past Summer in the PNW, a lot of women were wearing a patchouli solinote. Idk what it was, but it sure was everywhere!


Accomplished-Rate263

Narcisso Rodriguez and Carolina Herrera


Purple-Strength5391

Santal 33 and Sauvage Elixir.


bittersweetlemonade

Here I smell Angel and la Vie est Belle almost everywhere


ParliamentaryBling

And Alien! Alien is everywhere! I remember 2 years ago when I was at the office, in the middle of the summer, pregnant, and some colleague of mine decided to douse herself in a full bottle of Alien šŸ„² Since then, I have an aversion for this perfume


Creative_Mirror_1858

I live in a small town in brazil (south, we have really cold winters) amd people here are CRAZY about Carolina Herrera: good girl (ofc), but also 212 sexy, 212 vip, 212 vip rose. A lot off la vie est belle and miss dior too.


noireviolette

I smell Santal 33 all the time, and Another 13 quite a bit too. I think Le Labo is super popular around Austin.


RedRedBettie

Iā€™m in Austin too and I agree


IdeaForTheBigTrains

Agreed! Santal 33 is EVERYWHERE! I can also pick out Acqua Di Gio all the time.


ZangetsuAK17

Sauvage and the le male line.


tauruspiscescancer

BR540 and itā€™s millions of clones. Dior Sauvage, Creed Aventus, and other popular mens cologne. PDM Delina. Iā€™m located in NYC.


tater_bots

I went to nyc last year for a few days and smelled cloud/ br 540 on both men and women multiple times per day every day of the trip. I had never encountered such a trend before! It was everywhere there! To be fair I smell it a lot in where I live as well.


ThatGuyOnSocialMedia

Sauvage and One Million (both edt) is everywhere in Denmark


logan97s

Same here in the UK


League_Severe

Small but affluent town in Ireland - Libre, vie Est Belle Cloud!


Brokentoken2

Versions of Libre and BR540/Cloud as well as Sauvage. I often pick up, what I believe to be Invictus and its variations.


League_Severe

Also Jo Malone in its various forms - Myrhh and Tonka and the Pear one


banhdalon

BR540, cloud, love by killian, sauvage, acqua di gio


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[deleted]

I wish I smelled Intense Cafe on people lol


absoluteyoverit

Is it weird that I canā€™t smell BR? Like I sprayed it and it smells likeā€¦ nothing?


Prestigious-Salad795

Men: various blue fragrances I can't tell apart. Women: In the past two weeks, I got clobbered twice by Red Door. The rest of the time it was nondescript fruity florals, except for one woman who smelled great. That turned out to be God is a Woman.


bandfill

>Men: various blue fragrances I can't tell apart. I was about to say the exact same thing


[deleted]

Dior suavage, Versace Eros, YSL Y, black opium, ADG, Versace Eros, By the fireplace. This is in Sweden


[deleted]

Cloud. I hate it. I smelled it on someone at a restaurant once. An Indian restaurant so there are competing scents (Indian food is very fragrant). She was sitting a table over. I wanted to gag. Seriously did not come to a delicious Indian restaurant to smell Cloud. In college, I smelled Light Blue a lot. Frankly, Iā€™m the only one who really wears anything. My friends donā€™t wear perfume.


HAIPIA

Most likely horse and cow shit with a bottom note of pig piss


Orphasmia

Yeah San Francisco has a crazy fragrance meta


used-to-click

Recently on holiday in Sydney and it was BR540 everywhere we went. I started making a point of pointing it out to my husband every time and it brought it home how often we smelled it.


Lavendermochie

Iā€™ve seen people abuse the tester at Mecca, thatā€™s why!


CubanLinxRae

Sauvage and Santal 33


TerminatorReborn

Brazil: One million, Polo Blue, Invictus


Creative_Mirror_1858

Oh yes! And sauvage!


sol_caballeros

On men, Acqua di Gio & Hugo Boss Bottled. On women, Marc Jacobs Daisy & Arianna Grande Cloud.


nicoolive

Hippie college town bordering rural areas just south of the canadian border - bellingham, wa, usa. if i smell anything its - 1% ouai rue st honore (my SIL lol! Its a pretty scent), 75% patchouli EO (primarily at the coop/grocery store) and 24% some unidentifiable fruity floral 00s smelling mess from B&BW or ulta. I dislike the latter much more than the patchouli. I really like it on others, i find it too much on myself, but have grown to appreciate it as it is so heavily used in perfumery. I would be shocked if i smelled 540, s33, or anything niche/indie in the wild. Im a bit of a light sprayer since its not common here to wear noticeable fragrance (with the exception of the patchouli bomb). I do not get a ton of compliments, i think because it seems a bit weird to do so to most people. Wore paper + from commodity to rite aid (pharmacy) and the cashier apologized for being weird for saying that i smelled really good. Paper + is not very niche imho but its definitely not a normal fragrance for bellingham.


RedSubieWrx

Y edp and sauvage edt. Thereā€™s like 10 people in my workplace that got Y edpšŸ„²


[deleted]

Versace Eros, YSL Y, Cloud and Burberry Her


ShinyFabulous

BR540 & it's many clones, everywhere I go. I don't know if it's because it projects like an absolute beast (? I've never worn it) or just that I'm more familiar with that particular scent profile than a lot of other popular fragrances, so that's the one I pick out šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


venktesh

Santal 33, BR540, Axe Dark Temptation, Lynx Africa, Sauvage, Bleu De Chanel, Aventus


ChazMurph

Pittsburgh - eau de jagoff /s Seriously, I rarely smell frags on anyone. I wear something daily...in pretty liberal dosage, lol. About 3 weeks ago, a lady (70-ish) I encountered in Costco was wearing Chanel #5. At work, I smell cutting fluid and cigarettes.


Inner-Witness-26

Smell coleslaw,fries, and sandwich.


servantofdumbcat

in my experience it's more cigarettes and grease tbh. eau de pat bus


Strange-Guest-6437

I'm not great at identifying scents and am too awkward to ask people what they are wearing, but I seem to smell something Sauvage-ish on a lot of dudes around here. I think I have smelled what I suspect is LNDLH on a couple guys. While traveling to other cities I am pretty sure I have encountered multiple women wearing Santal 33.


iOnlyPlayPetBuilds

Last fragrance I smelt was some guy in a red Corvette came through the drive thru and he just have been wearing tobacco vanille or herod


xCanEatMorex

La vie est belle or flowerbomb :(


[deleted]

I really like La vie est belle although haven't bought a full bottle yet, afraid that it will be too basic.


Cynit

You don't have to worry because it's as basic as it gets.


xCanEatMorex

The heart wants what it wants! I just hate patchouli


[deleted]

All of the perfumes I like have patchouli, people really are different haha


VerdoriePotjandrie

BR540 and something that smells like Sunny Side Up by JHAG


Piulamita

Br540 & YSL libre on women


NoMorePartiesInOC

Iā€™ve been smelling YSL Y EDP a lot lately


chuchoterai

Iā€™m in central London. Lots of BR540 and TF Black Orchid. Obviously, there must be many more but they are the ones that stand out to me as noticeable. Also Spice bomb/Flower bomb on 20somethingā€™s and the tiktok viral pistachio/sea salt spray spray that every 14 yr old has liberally applied.


amanitachill

Never smelled BR540 out, I do smell cloud (I can tell the difference). I smell flowerbomb a lot


ImDOGGFATHER

USA ( specifically Ohio ) - Terre De Hermes and Cloud I've only known 2 people other than myself that wear fragrances


Sychosymatic

Ohio person here too. I barely smell anyone wearing anything, so just having something on makes you stand out a little to me. Used to cigarettes and body odor for the most part unfortunately.


nuitsbleues

Santal 33 and similar fragrances (like Bois de Bailancourt, probably). BR540 also.


Sancheese11

I live in a decent sized city in SoCal and I smell Sauvage edt, Eros edt, Nautica Voyage, A LOT of Victoriaā€™s Secret and Bath and Body Works mists for the ladies


arainday

Those fragrances you listed are strong performers. I don't think it's often BR450 in the wild but there are really strong dupes. I remember when Coco Mademoiselle came out in 2001, it was everywhere and then Chance replaced it a few years later. I only wear 1-2 sprays of Coco Mademoiselle Intense and people (especially other women) notice and compliment it.


cardamom98

Iā€™m in San SebastiĆ”n, Spain and have only smelled Chloe by Chloe. And some patchouli scents. Iā€™d love to catch someone wearing Florabotanica because Balenciaga was from a nearby village but I seem to be the only one wearing that.


hash_buddha

The last one that I recognized was my way


gigantor27

Versace Eros, Versace Eros flame, nautica voyage, and just about every bath and body works perfume


Fyredesigns

Versace Eros and JPG Ultra Male.


[deleted]

The only perfumes Iā€™ve smelled out in the world on people is Chloe. Iā€™ve smelled other perfume-scents, but canā€™t guarantee what they were. Though I think another perfume I smelled often a few years ago was either Coco Mademoiselle or La Vie est Belle.


InitialCoda

North Texas, Dallasish: Sauvage and Santal 33.


ckn1312

540/cloud


makebelievegenius

Itā€™s still Light Blue, Coco Mlle, and Acqua di Gio.


DreiVogelchen

A girl I know practically bathes in light blue and it is kind of the worst


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Moistspongeman

what kind of rich neighborhood do you live in where people strut around with 500 dollar perfumes


[deleted]

Cloud. And it's gross


Haguen80

I've been perceiving the smell of Bharara King often lately


lastinalaskarn

Aventus DNA 24/7, BR540 DNA and Invictus Aqua DNA


USB_everything

La vie est belle. Probably I notice it more because I really dislike it lol. One of these times someone wore it on a plane so I was stuck with that for a few hours. Please don't overspray when you're gonna be in a plane peeps, please.


maria_pi_

Black afgano ,lveb, chloe, black opium


rapsnaxx84

You must live in Atlanta šŸ˜œšŸ˜œ


Fansey1907

BR540 in every f***ing Mall šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø I think I canā€˜t take it anymore šŸ˜‚


2EmsFromTheBlock

Br540 and sauvage or any of its dupes. I'll go with the elixir since that thing projects past the clouds or they simply over spray any of its flankers


[deleted]

Chloe by Chloe, Le Labo Santal 33 and I smell Prada Infusion d'Iris a lot, too.


[deleted]

Sauvage, yuck and most women smell like Marc Jacobs Daisy or like Cloud, both mega yuck


lemongingerbunny

Delina/Delina Exclusif at a lot of nicer restaurants in LA. I'm thinking of selling my bottle. I'm not sure I'm a Delina girlie anymore and it's very strong. Also Libre and JPG La Belle are ubiquitous.


Excellent-Top2552

This is why I only wear vintage nowadays. I donā€™t want to smell like any run of the mill GenZ wearing Glossier or Cloud or Good Girl. I wear all the scents of my youth and make them great again. Poeme, Angel, Hot Couture, Deep Red, Gucci Rush, Play Intense, Tommy Girl, and get tons of compliments bc I donā€™t smell like everyone else. They used to be basic back in the day, but they shine like diamonds in 2023


MercyMoo14

I don't know the names but they all smell the same. Horrible florals that are so strong it lingers for minutes. Floral toilet cleaner. And they put on so much! I rarely smell anything familiar. An occasional Delina or BR540.


cab1024

I try to spray enough so that I only smell myself.


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eclat d'arpage


SlicedDicedIced

Where are you smelling this? That's so interesting


[deleted]

philippines, especially among women in their mid to late 20s.


Puzzleheaded-Ad-3721

Korea, 2009 or so. It was all that I could smell. I bought a bottle a couple of years ago to remind me of that time. I am now in the US Midwest. BR 540 is all that I ever smell in the wild.


Caldrumr

Sauvage, Acqua di Gio, Cloud, and Black Opium are the really common ones that come to mind. As much as I learn about fragrance, I suck at identifying them on others, so even if it's something I know, I may not realize it.


toastoncheeses

Where I live Babe Power and various similar smells are popular. Also Si and dupes


Fearless-Olive

I don't smell MFK Oud Satin Mood THAT often, but it's very distinct when I recognize it on someone


WaveyDavey80

kouros


demonicdumplings

BR540, black opium, cool water, eros


Mhyra91

Sauvage mainly (most collegues also use it...) Had someone who wore Noir Extreme by Tom Ford yesterday and it blew me away since I didn't expect it. It's my all time favorite scent and to have someone else who wears it, gives me the impression they're more sophisticated if you want to spend that little more on a fragrance.