Confessions of a Niche Snob - My Experience With Niche Fragrances
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- Опубликовано: 21 янв 2025
- Niche snobs are abundant in the fragrance community, it's an easy trap to fall into and I did myself...
Here's my experience with being a niche fragrance snob and traps that you can avoid!
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I hope this video woke you up if you're in a similar spot to me and if you're just starting to collect now, keep these points in mind. This is a fun hobby but remember why you got into it :)
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Hope you guys appreciate the things I said here hahah, don't fall into this trap... it's really stupid :/ Also, I like/watch all 3 of the people I mentioned in the video, don't get it mixed up
#fragrancearmy
You were cooking in this upload 🔥🧯🚒
This video has one single note for its top, middle and base and is called maturity. Keep it up and above all enjoy the ride!
Wether the bottles look good or not,at the end of the day all that really matters is THE JUICE THATS IN THE BOTTLE,and how it makes you feel when you're wearing it, regardless of compliments....Great review my man...
Wow your approach is different, refreshing and very helpful. Some great points. Please come back
You're very well reflected, and i like this kind of videos you put once in a while out because you're spot on. These symptoms appear when this hobby is getting out of hand.. not appreciating a good designer is arrogance.
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed
You are so on point I was buying niche colognes like crazy and 9 out of 10 of them were stinky as hell. I just don’t get it when someone wants a fragrance that smells like old carpet, burning tires, molded rooms and then go aaaahhhhh
One of the REALEST fragrance videos ever, SUBSCRIBED. I've got a $20 cheapie that has gotten twice as many compliments as my 4oz bottle of aventus
Nice reminder to all those in this fragrance hobby. I have accumulated significant number of bottles during the 2 plus year period since I got hooked into fragrances. Started mainly with designers and currently purchasing more niche. On the side of niche, I would say you can tell that the quality is there over designers. Scent-wise, I buy whatever I like and not because of compliments or if other people will like them. Not into facebook, Instagram or any social media outside of RUclips so proud to say that I am not in it for the bragging rights/showing-off/etc. There really is no single rule to be followed to have the perfect experience in this hobby - be it collecting, finding only the best in class bottles, just wanting to smell good, treating perfumes as a form of aroma therapy, or even just to solicit compliments. Just be true to yourself, spend within reasonable limits according to your means and respecting other people's choices and you will be enjoying it more.
After saying all these, I now feel justified to buy a couple more bottles ha ha. Cheers!
Hahah thanks for stopping by man!
You brought up so many great points here. I initially got into this hobby for purely egotistical reasons and got sucked into the snobbery of it all. I spent a lot of money on fragrances I rarely wear and that no one appreciates outside of this community. I’m usually a free-thinking person but I got pulled in by the status aspect of collecting.
That being said, I usually still appreciate niche fragrances more than designers, for the most part. Like you stated in the end, I now buy for the love of the art, creativity and for personal enjoyment.
That's why they call it a journey I guess hahah, thanks for sharing!
I always appreciate your videos because you are REAL! Love that. I love smelling Fragrances whether Designer or NICHE. Thank you for sharing your experience with NICHE SNOBBERY, becuase I never thought of NICHE Frags in that way. I can see how other do though. I can't really afford to own a lot of Niche frags, but I do enjoy smelling them so I buy samples for the fun of House discovery. If a Frag smells good and lasts long, that is what matters to me. Price is only a limitation not a factor when judging the actual scent.
You brought a great perceptive of why you were buying lots of NICHE samples. For me, I don't buy samples for the next great compliment getter, but rather to discover a Frag House, or to find a new signature scent that is unique. I'm the guy that loves Nasomatto's Baraonda, and wear it genuinely because I love the scent for myself. Had I not bought those samples of Nasomatto frags I would have never known.
I still buy Niche samples, but not as much as I used to because I, too , was neglecting my own collection of frags for the joy of discovery, so I've limited myself to buying samples only once a quarter. Last year, I bought a sample of MM Jazz Club on your recommendation and it is absolutely one of my favorites. Thank you , Sir!
Thanks! I appreciate that and glad you liked Jazz Club :)
J, thank you for the work you put into your videos and of course for the recommendations as that Jazz Club sample turned into a full bottle. : )
Collect based on your lifestyle. I started this journey 4 months ago and im allready cutting back. I work 5 days a week. When im done i either go to the gym, or straight home, turning on the tv and enjoy a good meal. Are fragrances really necessary for that kind of lifestyle?
So i narrowed down to easy to wear and work safe fragrances which are 3 as of right now, plus 2 date fragrances and 2 in the boozy and wood category now for the fall if im outdoors.
That's all i need.
Also, an advice to those spend too much on samples. If you are ordering a bottle online, use Luckyscent. They offer multiple free samples of your choice. How many depends on how high the value of your order is. So far i've gotten 20 free samples of my choice from them.
RagnarHoff thats a great mind set. Which ones do you own?
-Royal Oud
-By Kilian Intoxicated
-Nasomatto Baraonda
-By Kilian Sacred Wood
-Coach for Men
-Armani Code
-Green Irish Tweed
-Millesime Imperial
Those are the full bottles i own. And have like 30, 5ml decants.
RagnarHoff solid picks. Thanks.
Love this vid and you telling us some personal truths about keeping open minds on all fragrances and enjoying the fragrance that are there rather than the pursuit of new fragrances that are unique instead of simply pleasurable and wearable
Thanks for making this video! It's refreshing to hear someone talk about this!
Glad you liked it :)
Great video bro. Confessions of what triggers growth i.e.; mistakes/misconceptions/"traps"/falsehoods are best served when they are communicated to others so they can possibly avoid a few of these themselves. I'm funny because I'm a visual identity developer who believes a great deal in the power of perception, however it must be reinforced by quality, functionality, purpose, expectations and context.
Great video brother. You covered some very important points. I am trying to stop purchasing fragrances for a while but I keep wanting more and more, I started with designers within a month I had all top designers but it got worse after discovering creed smw 2 months ago. I became addicted to the creed line and now I keep buying more I am currently at 13 creeds. Hopefully this is it for a while.
Always love your videos. Another good one and really good and practical points that we should all ask ourselves honestly.
I like how you address these points, which people really need to hear. Respect sir. You can use the same arguments with most items though i.e. buying designer clothes and looking down on those who wear “normal” clothes where in reality they look the same. It really does depend on why you buy frags though, for example I just spent £300 on Xerjoff Nio, but thats because it’s the best thing I ever smelt and i know others will love smelling it on me! I prefer the quality of niche, but I only buy frags that I will wear and are mainly inoffensive (most of my niche are Creed frags).
Damn you were on fire! Great rant! Probably the best rant that I ever watched regarding the fragrance community. To a certain degree I guess I have been guilty of being a niche snob. I never thought that I am better than someone else when I'm wearing a niche fragrance and someone else is wearing a designer fragrance. But I am guilty of thinking the niche fragrances I wear are better than the designer fragrances my co-workers wear just because the fragrance I'm wearing cost more. I'm glad you mentioned Ryzfrag34 because Ryan is one of nicest, down to earth fragrance reviewers in the fragrance community despite having an enormous collection of mostly niche fragrances.
Thanks man, just airing my mind hahah! It's hard not to invest a little bit of our ego in bottles when we pay so much for them :) he seems like a great guy and a perfect example of someone who legit loves this hobby for the hobby itself
Thanks for the reminder to appreciate/wear what I have 🙏 🙏. People in any/everything tend to become ego driven and addicted to the next “shiny object”. Much love
Awesome rant mate, 100% behind you on this topic!!!
I love niche fragrances but if I can get a designer clone I will go designer unless the performance sucks.
My favourite niche house at the moment is Masion Margiela Replica line, very unique especially At the Barbers, Jazz Club, Beach Walk and By the Fire Place.
Penhaligans is awesome especially Sartorial, love aromatic fougeres but YSL Rive Gauche is an amazing designer alternative.
My point is definitely look into niche but look for alternative designers too.
For sure, glad you liked it!
As always, very honest, beneficial and nice report. Thanks
Glad you liked it :)
@@jeremymisener1630 :) keep the same way Bro.
Great topic and content! I am finding that the Facebook groups are filled with drama over such issues!
Thanks man, I agree
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Well done, brother.
Thanks!
Fantastic video. This SO needed to be said!
Thanks!
It's great what you've been said here, and i totally agree with you Bro! Thank you for bringing this to us, hv a nice day there..
Thanks, same to you!
Scent E,
Great video! Since yhe start of me collecting frags,It has only been as a hobbly. I've had a great teacher in max forti,who since the beginning of my fragrance journey has schooled me on the very things you are discussing in this video. High price frags with qualitt ingredients does not equate to a better fragrance than something less costly.
Ysl l'homme parfume intense a designer frag=$110.00 100ML smells just as amazing as Creation E=$400.00. Your spot on my friend😊! A2!
Thanks! Love Max Forti
Thank you. This was a brave commentary. I am a fraghead. I am blessed with an income that could enable a niche snob habit but instead I focus on what smells great to me and others; niche or not. Again. Thank you. I was a Big fan before, bigger fan now.
Hahah thanks man, good to keep in mind that it's all scented water
You are amazing :)!!! Sometimes i saw some niche snob in Facebook groups looking down on people wearing designer and make sarcastic comments on others collections just because that individual owns mostly designer and cheap fragrances...TBH if someone rich drop 100grand on fragrances in one night just because he could, does it meant that he is much more superior than those collecting and using cheap fragrances for a long period of time? i guess not..but people would worship them like fragrance god who knows it all..it just does not make any sense..it is becoming that if you own many expensive bottles, you are immediately a fragrance GURU, which is not the case..just my humble opinion!!
:)
Hahah good point, the qualifications aren't quite the same as for doctors ;)
well said, caught myself doing a few of the things you stated, in the process of fixing that
Nice!
Awesome topic you got new subscriber. I felt the same way with Clive Christian bought four bottles of Clive Christian thinking since it’s expensive it’s high quality but that’s snob thinking. Just sold clive V for men today and bought my first designer fragrance in two years and it’s ombré leather. Good job mate enjoy your Sunday. Watching broncos lose 😔
Thanks for sharing! Von Miller is pretty good at Football apparently lol
Great point, what's wrong with Bentley Intense or Dunhill Icon, Armani Code Profumo and many, many others
Very well thought out sir. Well said
Great points made!
There should be a song for Niche Snobs. Even more, there should be an entire album for Compliment Getter. "Complement factor" probably hurt the perfume culture way more than niche snobbery. If you're wearing something you don't like or identify with just because someone on the internet thinks it will get you positive attention, you deserve and well-planted kick in the nuts.
Great video Jeremy..spot on mate! Interested in knowing what your thoughts are on Coco Blanc nowdays?
Thanks! Still smells great but questioning my desire to smell like white chocolate hahah
Awesome video! Loved the message coming from someone who has been on and understands both sides of the niche snobbery. Thumbs up! Anyone that gave a thumbs down or dislikes this video probably has the limited edition, gold plated, collectors edition of secretions magnifique.
Hahaha thanks!
Glad you woke up. I got a good view of ridiculous niche snob from U smells good channel. Good lord the cesspool of negativity against designers because of his snobbery
I have have a huge collection with tonnes of niche and designer but two I adore are the cheapest designers, those two are lacoste red or style in play and lacoste homme, they are my two most complimented as well and not many people wear them these days so they smell unique
Great subject and outstanding video. Thanks for sharing. Regards James Underwood
Thanks!
Good point! One pet peeve I have in the frag community is when people, mostly niche snobs, tell you to rather buy a decant of an expensive niche fragrance than to buy a cheap designer alternative because according to them, they cost the same. I don't know why people don't get that they may cost the same but a 100mL of a cheap designer fragrance will last you longer than a 10mL of an expensive niche fragrance.
I think the idea is you spray less of the more potent niche scent but most beginners are better off with a good-smelling 100$ scent
I don't think so, bro. The questions I mostly see consist of non-potent niche and a better performing designer scent. But yes, I also don't think it's a good idea to start a collection with an expensive niche hehe.
It's just fun and exciting.
Hey I just subscribed bc I love this content. In all honesty I have more compliments with cheapies than with niche. I have both and my lady thinks some of my niche scents are just disgusting. 😂. Great video by the way
Thank you so much for the video and your points 👍🏽
Glad you liked it!
Spray 3 sprays of amouage interlude and spray 3 sprays valentino uomo intense and see what people like the most. The 60$ or the 350$ one
Probably most people will hate interlude
11:33 nailed it my friend, 🤣🤣😀👍 you just got yourself a sub
P.S. thank you for saving me a ton of money, wich I dont have, I was about to put down $270 for a bottle of Aventus, Id go for Carolina Herrera and use the change to go and have a nice meal👍
Some valid points and also I guess were all different because I have never and I mean never bought or worn a fragrance because I cared about getting a compliment or give a shit about what the person beside me thinks about my scent or ever think about what im wearing clothes wise and does it "match" or is it the right season lol I wear what I like the smell of and when I feel like wearing it.
True
I can not understand the obsession with and fuss about compliments. If you make this the only factor about a fragrance you will be disappointed a lot and you will miss so many great fragrances. Niche to me is about higher quality as well as, as the name implies, filling out niches that the designer fragrances, who must sell and appeal to as many people as possible, can not fill. It is about different ideas and weirder concepts that are not under the pressure of selling incredibly well.
While I own and appreciate designers and would never be snobby, niche just offers a wider variety and more interesting concepts. Niche is not generally better than designers. They do different things and whether or not that is better is completely subjective.
Hobbies and obsessions just are like this. One spends a lot of time, money and effort for something most other people would deem utterly insane. It is the same as building a miniature railway, being a hobby photographer with a great camera and equipment, tuning cars or an amateur chef that spends heavily on knives or such.
As long as this hobby gives you satisfaction and happiness and you are doing it for yourself, not for others or an ulterior motive, I think it is good and healthy. Chasing the next compliment beast or panty dropper to me is futile. As you said, if you got one you do not need another one. If you like fragrances in general do not limit yourself to just one aspect of it. People that buy niche because it is supposedly rare and expensive in my eyes just have gotten the wool pulled over their eyes as much as people that only care for designers because of compliments.
Completely agree with you. Hard to say which is more annoying between niche snobs and designer compliment bros lol
Honesty... I like that! I slept on Black Orchid and Cartier Declaration D'un Soir for so long chasing Niches and now I fully love those 2 and will be my lifelong frags! No more frag gathering for the NEXT BEST bs
Wish that more niche fragrances worked out for me based on where I live (SE Asia) but the majority become very cloying in the 90F heat and high humidity. Only reserved for nighttime wear when I'm in air-conditioning. My go to juices need to be either citrus based or aquatics or I end up smelling like a hot mess.
I became interested in fragrances 3 years ago, when I bought Chanel Home Edition Blanche and La Nuit De L'homme, based on my own taste. I spent four hours at duty free, testing fragrances. Finally, I picked up those two. Then I starting watching frag reviews, realising there are niche fragrances, much superior than what I picked up. During these three years, I was buying fragrances partly due to RUclips reviews. However, today I ended up by having just two fragrances: La Nuit and Edition Blanche. This is a real story
levan beriashvili same here. you tend to realize in the long run the fragrances your personal taste gravitates to most are the ones you’ll always love. for me it was Dior Homme Eau, La Nuit, and Polo Red Intense and these were before i knew about RUclips reviews, and i still have these after swapping and selling many fragrances including niche
Very well put, I enjoy whatever I find appealing to myself. The price?. does not matter, I got to smell some niche scents, not my cup of tea. Maybe I am not sophisticated enough,, but guess I am happy with what I have.
Nothing wrong with that, imo they generally smell better anyway hahah
Thuis is About fragrances, but what do you think about clothes, food etc. we are always looking for more and higher. Taking a flight by plane is normal nowadays
It is the downfall of the world , and I think that it is an eye opener for a lot of toppicks
I still like niche fragrances, but very picky and aware how much I pay. Follow your nose and not your wallet
Thanks Mirjam
I kind of agree, it's also kinda admirable that we're ambitious but definitely know what you mean. We're always seeking for more and it's never gonna be enough :/
What kind of longevity do you get with Mochino Uomo? It was weakened since reformulation...
Like 4 hours tops hahah
Great points!
I guess it turned into a collector’s obsession as well. Most collectors spend so much money on unnecessary things anyway.
What watch you got on?
Original Grain
What a great video man!! I see a few of reviewers that claims to be niche guys!! But that's the only luxury and high class thing in his life because look , speak and live like a regular people!! Always talking trash on designer an clones fragrances!! I never smell or owns Aventus!! But I have like 5 different cheap clones that give me crazy compliments!! They cost me a like $120 for all!! Aventus $300?? Heel noooo!!! Jaja!! I owns a bottle of a $16 dollars Franck Olivier Blue Touch and completely strangers came to me to tell me how good I smell!!
Yea it's one thing to actually be a baller, another to just throw all your money at expensive colognes hahah
Super video fella. So are you regretting buying Elisium now?
Not really, love the scent but there are definitely options 1/3 the price that do similar things
for the most part, you can just replay the video after you replace "fragrance" with almost anything else we buy.
Hey, could you tell us why you sold redcliff excactly? greetings from Dermany
Because I like Jazz Club way more and would never reach for Radcliff over it :)
This is an excellent video. Showed me up mirror.
You make some really great points and I do agree with most of them but I think the “hunting” is the fun for most people in the community. It’s a hobby and if it weren’t fragrance then it would be something else so I say if exploring fragrance is what makes you happy (and you aren’t over extending yourself financially) then go for it. It’s another story if your bills aren’t getting paid because your spending so much money on perfume.
I kind of agree hunting is fun but like you said, we need to know when it's appropriate and I think appreciating what you already have is hugely overlooked in the community :)
i agree with you.to some point.for me doesn t work to use designers or some niche .and i ve tryed alot.from chanel ,dior to rasasi.....or even jazz club(all sephora).harsh.harsh .everytime i use them i feel that i have o tone on my chest,and i have to cought.everytime that i use tiziana terenzi-nothing rong .so i have 11 so far from that brand.i have one creed -it s k,1 parfums de marly -k.killian ,tom ford private blend,l artisan perfumer,mancera ,montale,atelier cologne from niche world are the same with every designer .can t stand them.not for the smell....i got sick from them .so,niche it s better for me,but not all niche.....but i see your point in this video.for a person with no sensibility........but i feel that i m "better" because i use something that don t harm me.if an armani doesn t harm you now and it is bad for me,that thing could be bad for you in time.the fact that i can sense this harshness and you don t ,doesn t mean it is safe for you .don t know if you see my point here...i prefer to use more natural things....
I guess I’m going against the grain here but to me the replica line feels more high end than typical designer scents. The bottle designs I think look really great and the concept is a lot better than typical fragrances like Y from YSL etc...
Definitely!
The Scentrepreneur you’re videos are great man I could watch you all day.
Is Herod still high up on your list, or have you sold that one as well?
Herod smells good but has literally like three hrs of longevity
I think it's preference if you prefer niche fragrances that's fine as long as you don't look down on others. Technically I don't have many niche just a lot of luxury designers like Tom Ford and Dior private lines. But I like oud fragrances so I also get a lot of middle eastern niche. But I can't see myself paying over $150 a bottle that's crazy.
Forgot to add, buy fragrances that suit your needs, I buy fragrances if the suit my needs and situation instead fo having 20 cold weather evening scents, what's the point?
Buy 2 or 3 scents to suit hot/ cold, day/night, casual/formal and rotate them, importantly never blind buy and try them out 2 or 3 times to get the performance figured out.
Easy to say though, I need to follow my own advise haaha!!!
Designer or niche, they are made by the same perfumers, produced in the same factories (Givaudan, Firmenich, IFF, Symrise...), same raw materials.
Great vid..so true
Thanks for nice video. I'm lucky I guess! I've been getting some samples (Aventus, Millésime Impérial, Cedrat Boise, Reflection Man, Tom Ford, Acqua di Parma), but to be honest, I think the Aventus and Cedrat Boise are to strong and not a fan of the smell. They other ones are just okay for me, except AdP Fico di Amalfi (that's a winner for me). I'll stick with my cheapies, designers and the one niche (AdP) fragrance :-)
Hahah nice!
I think the culture is different in Halifax vs a place like Toronto. Do they even sell Tom Ford private blends in Scotia? I think my point is niche fragrances are doing fairly well in Toronto or bigger cities for whatever reason. You should join fragrance groups. Just troll the niche snobs. Lol
I'd get addicted to that real quick hahah ;)
THE BAY! i knew you were Canadian haha
Let’s not forget the beautiful, classy, if somewhat sinister By Kilian coffin bottles lol.
It's gross how much they add to the price tag lol
The Scentrepreneur However they do make for an interesting conversation piece when I have guests over. I’m in full agreement that fragrances are an art form. As far as my position on the main theme of the video, I’ve always maintained that people in our community that exclusively resign themselves to strictly one group or the other are doing themselves a disservice because you’ll miss out on some really amazing offerings on both sides. My fragrance wardrobe is comprised of both niche and designer (about 60/40). Designer fragrances may not take the same creative risks or innovative offerings at times, but a great fragrance is a great fragrance. But I really get sick of smelling Dior Sauvage in literally every guy at my gym I won’t lie lol
i own only designer fragrances, for me at the end of the day if you smell good & are getting great reactions from people / girls then that's all that matters really. I don't get why people hate on stuff like dior sauvage or for example D&G the one because apparently too many people wear them. Ok if you don't like the smell of sauvage that's fair enough but i get so many compliments from girls wearing it & not once yet has a girl said to me you smell like so many other guys. People hate on stuff like blue channel just to hate on it basically.
Man this is how I am with Maison Francis parfums
do u think the people who say u go nose blind from aventus are in denial on its shit performance?lol,i know i was..i owned maybe 7 batches in total.each different in scent and performance goes from 1 hour half to 4 hours.iv tryed the unscented moisterizer,iv sprayed it away from nose area,and iv asked people can they smell it,now it isnt as bad as VIW and himalya which are 2 hour scents at best:),i couldnt accept something i paid so much for just doesnt perform.,,,i know theres lads reading this saying my batch works 10 hours or more lol....creed seem to have made an art outta batch variations.average joe like me buys 1 aventus?NOPE he now has 7 lol.so like the guy in video iv went full circle and now left my aventus and am useing my insurrection pure again.WHY ?the simple reason is i enjoy smelling it through out the day and its last for the day.something aventus couldnt do.
yes!
Just bought Creed Aventus and I'm extremely disappointed. Doesn't smell that much better than pineapple vintage intense
I believe that, sorry to hear :/
Got myself Cedrat Boise by Mancera which to me is better than Aventus
iv had 4 batches in last year and performance is shocking.same with VIW,same with himalya.no more then 2 hours.
But doesn't it last longer?
atm i have 17w01,18b01,17q11. 17w01 last a little over 90 minutes on me.18b has no pineapple or smoke its all blackcurrant/birch last 3 hours/17q11 is all pineapple nothing else and lasts little less then 4 hours on me.in general for edps creeds are awfull on performance.himalya lasts an hour and virgin island water 2 hours.
Too bad you never did any niche snob reviews, this was comedy gold 😄
Its all good fam, I own 3 bottles of Millesime Imperial #CreedSnob
Hahah
Does someone have a slight crush on Demi? That pacific rock moss comment made me think you do.
I'm into niche because they're more unique. I don't really care about compliments. I care about how they make me feel. In fact I wear very Arabian style animalic ouds and we know how average noses feel about those.
You can wear whatever you want, unless it’s Secretions Magnifique.
well said pal :)
Thanks buddy :)
Good luck!
So true... but it's hard to admit one is a niche snob
Lots of men spend way more money then that to spend few hours with a sexy good looking woman in the sex industry. And perfumes we only buy once per month or every season, it is worth it.
The difference in pleasure between those 2 things is so monumental though :)
Your reply is interesting to say the least but if a guy can easily spend between 700 and 1400 on a few hours with a woman, investing on few niche fragrances that would make him desirable for quality women for free would be worth dont you think? Besides it is fun to smell amazing just for my self esteem alone thus getting niche fragrances it is far more exciting. I love everything that increases power and social seduction.
If you're equating compliments and personal superiority with niche snobbery, you don't get the point.
> thinking jazz clubs bottle is bland
The problem you raised is the "problem"of every collector of anything:Contemporary art,fragrances etc And the more you have the more you want.It's terrible and believe me i know from my personal experience what is the price you pay.Follow your life and calm down with your fragrances if you can and if you honestly feel you can control its fine but be aware collecting is like drugs.Be happy!
True, thanks for the advice!
A lot of that snobbiness is psychosomatic. As you said, snobs equate price with quality. And it goes the other way. Just by being armed with the knowledge that a fragrance costs $50 or something will cause the snob to say it smells "synthetic". They don't actually THINK it does, it's almost as if they feel they're SUPPOSED to say that. Also, elitism is part of it. Knowing that a fragrance is so expensive that the average person can't afford it makes them feel better about themselves. This works in cars. It works in fashion and yes, it works in fragrances. It doesn't matter if the product is good, the fact that the person can afford it IS the statement. Too much of this in the FragCom
Yea very true man, most perfume smells "synthetic" because it actually is hahah! I noticed it with clothes too for sure
funny story, there is a semi-popular youtuber who i can't stand personally because he almost always trashes the designer scent and praises the niche scent. Even if the designer scent is great it doesn't matter because he'll say it's generic or it's overly synthetic and things like that.
(scenario here)
I know ppl say they only wear stuff they like and whatever thats why they buy niche but i'd say that's pretty arrogant to think that because you smell amazing doesn't mean you actually do.
There are some niche frags that flat out stink and have a really high price tag, now how many ppl have to tell you that you stink before that arrogant self image you have changes? Honestly I think most Niche snobs are liars, they lie to themselves because of the money they spent.
Wearing 300 dollar Shit scented water (oh but high quality shit for sure! This shit was taken from the rare Oreamnos americanus, we had ppl look for the only highest quality of shits) its still shit scented and a person can say that it's worth it to them i suppose because they think it's rare which it probably is since not many ppl want to smell like goat shit but the point isn't that it actually smells good, it's that a person believes it smells good because it is exclusive. Even if there were 1000 ppl who told that person that they stunk like shit, the arrogance that can sometimes come about from the niche snob is that "ppl don't know what good scents are" .
The real question is where is the line? If you (hypothetically) liked/enjoyed smelling like mountain goat shit (which for all i know some ppl may) then where is the line where you smelling like goat shit and me not enjoying that smell, where is it drawn?
That's really the line that i would like to see, because i've seen some youtubers praise some pretty effing gross scents but because it was from a niche line it got this weird hype which is pretty crazy, spending more for pleasing only yourself, that's like paying someone so i can jerk myself off
I loved reading this hahah, great point. The point could be raised that "our noses just aren't on that level" but I'd prefer never to get used to that level. I have family that own a farm and they can stand the smell of cow poop more than most, doesn't mean that they go out in public smelling like that. Only difference I see here is that our cow poop comes in a pretty 400$ bottle lol
I’m too good for designer fragrances. Niche snobs unite 🙌🏽
beefcurtainz69 you only like expensive frags? A great perfume that happens to be cheap is then no good for you? Interesting but that’s actually what snobbery is...
Bees of St. Ambrose lol I was kidding to be honest. I definitely think there are great designer frags. Plenty of classics for sure. Fahrenheit back in the early 90’s got me loving fragrances. That and Drakkar in the 80’s as a kid started my obsession with frags.
beefcurtainz69 👍😄
What if you like niche frags but don't think you're better than anyone else? 🤔
You're only a niche snob if you act like a snob.
There's no problem with liking niche fragrances, it all depends on the "why" :)
Creed Aventus snobs are so arrogant that they argue about batches....of the same friggin fragrance....."I am better than you bc I have 17S01 and you have 18b11".....or whatever bullshit.
Sorry man but if you are looking for compliments don t wear niche perfumes they are made first for artistry and mostly for personal enjoyment not for mass pleasing
Roaring Radcliff > jazz club. IMO
Fair enough
thats just what the niche brands want! you to search forever for a frag that doesnt exist lol.
Hahaha it's their collective plan to milk us for as much $ as possible :)
Bro the way you are putting things together is wrong sorry buddy. Ppl who listen to opera music are the 5% that you mentioned it's never about money
For most people it's all about the status/attention from any hobby
I'm watching these videos just to look at you 😂
You're really really cute.
And I don't mean it in a weird way, you're just easy on the eyes..