(03-08-2016 9:19 PM)Snoopyace Wrote:  Have you tried this? It looks interesting.

(03-08-2016 11:35 PM)Ekscentra Wrote:  There's a 20EUR discount for anyone who likes Profumo's Facebook page. This brings the price down to 160EUR. We could set up a group buy between twelve of us who happen to be interested and split an equal amount between us. This number is enough to give everyone a thorough opportunity for testing each of the animalic essences whilst bringing down the costs to an affordable level. This comes out to about 13.5EUR per person, plus slightly more to include shipping.

I'd wait until at least the beginning of April to round everyone up and determine how we'll go about setting up payment. If more than 12 express interest and pay, I'll be opting out of this for that 12th to take my place. Either way, I intend to get the full kit for myself at some later point. Let me know your thoughts on this.

(03-09-2016 11:14 PM)jb20 Wrote:  That is expensive than creed.lol

(03-09-2016 11:14 PM)jb20 Wrote:  That is expensive than creed.lol

(03-10-2016 11:34 AM)BAALhammon Wrote:  If abdessalaam attar made it then it worth every cent, his family name (ATTAR) is literally translated from arabic to English as (PERFUMER)

(03-08-2016 11:35 PM)Ekscentra Wrote:  There's a 20EUR discount for anyone who likes Profumo's Facebook page. This brings the price down to 160EUR. We could set up a group buy between twelve of us who happen to be interested and split an equal amount between us. This number is enough to give everyone a thorough opportunity for testing each of the animalic essences whilst bringing down the costs to an affordable level. This comes out to about 13.5EUR per person, plus slightly more to include shipping.

I'd wait until at least the beginning of April to round everyone up and determine how we'll go about setting up payment. If more than 12 express interest and pay, I'll be opting out of this for that 12th to take my place. Either way, I intend to get the full kit for myself at some later point. Let me know your thoughts on this.

(03-10-2016 3:21 AM)Ekscentra Wrote:  They're 100% natural ingredients, the best you'll find on the market at that, and to top it all off, they ignore IFRA restrictions. You're getting a lot better than Creed for the price of entry.

(03-10-2016 3:32 AM)GoergeFocky Wrote:  The ingredients are way more expensive than what Creed uses. That's the only thing to lol about, the unashamed margin that Creed reeks in for their stuff, esp. the overhyped Aventus. I'm sure the Creed family has a lot of loud laughs ever since Aventus hit the market and their appeql spread beyond a mid-niche brand

(03-10-2016 6:36 PM)jb20 Wrote:  I see.

(03-10-2016 3:32 AM)GoergeFocky Wrote:  The ingredients are way more expensive than what Creed uses. That's the only thing to lol about, the unashamed margin that Creed reeks in for their stuff, esp. the overhyped Aventus. I'm sure the Creed family has a lot of loud laughs ever since Aventus hit the market and their appeql spread beyond a mid-niche brand

It is expensive buying a 120ml bottle from a retail store,but it is cheap to buy a decant and split.I got 120ml for $120 from a split.They do use ambergris and lb of ambergris like $10000/lb.

(03-15-2016 4:06 PM)Ekscentra Wrote:  Rising Phoenix sells a number of oud oils, chips, and attars, the latter of which often contains animal-based pheromones.

(03-12-2016 5:11 AM)Alphonse Wrote:  I made up a fresh batch of civet tincture a few days ago and the house still smells like ass and urine. :-D

Civet paste, complete with civet ass hair.

Civet is one of the most interesting and definitely the most capricious animalic. It will change its scent profile depending upon the material in which it is diluted, and age will increase the range of notes. Dilution matters too with 10% being overwhelmingly skatoles (think tiger's cage when it is being cleaned) and <1% a filthy and unrepentant jasmine scented tart.

The animalics are pretty temperamental beasts, much harder to get right than synthetic pheromones. Get them wrong and you will repulse most people you come into contact with.

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(03-12-2017 5:15 PM)DrChocolate Wrote:  This may be a silly question. And my apologies if it is. But am curious.

When natural animalistic pheromones r abstracted from animals, r those animals suffering? Or r they still living? Thanks.

(03-13-2017 3:46 AM)TheManInTheFedora Wrote:  It's most likely that the animals were harvested for their furs as well as their glands...in older times when there was no substitute. Nowadays, their are synthetic analogs which mimic (at least scentwise) the natural raw materials. Because of this, it is generally illegal to kill the animals and unnecessary. Though some of this goes on in the black market e.g., Asia/Africa. For example, deer antlers are still revered as an aphrodisiac in China.
In the case of Ambergris which is whale vomit/excrement, the animals were not suffering. Nonetheless, ambergris harvesting was also outlawed...though I don't know whether that is still in place. Ambergris is rare to find on beaches, but some lucky hunters can get unreal sums of money for a soccerball sized blob.

(03-13-2017 3:51 AM)DrChocolate Wrote:  If the animal is not suffering, then am all for it. But if there's any slightest harm for the animal am against it.

From what I read, synthetic subtracts aren't as powerful as natural counterparts. Although they do do a fair bit of work.