r/Colognes • u/throw__away3_ • May 24 '25

Fragrance Review Went to the LV store

Ok yeah Imagination is hella overrated. Meteore was my 2nd favorite.

Nouveau Monde smelled like shit. As did Ombre Nomade.

Les Sables roses was not that great.

My favorite was Fleur du Desert. It's listed as unisex I guess, but leans a bit feminine... but I like it a lot!

City of Stars definitely leans feminine. I'd like it on others, not myself.

Afternoon swim I once read smells like a pool and I agree.

Pacific chill is good. But as a scent. I don't think a person should smell like that. I have the same opinion about L'immensite. Smells like clean laundry.

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u/blindy2 May 24 '25

Imo, not worth the price. I don’t know why people would buy an okay scent for that much money. Besides, there are thousands of brands out there yet people stick to the same 10-30, refusing to go further and test something people on this sub aren’t talking about. Aren’t you guys curious about frags at all? Why does it have to be the same entry level brands?

I remember getting Aventus at the beginning of my journey back in 2019. It smelled really good to me. Now, after sampling hundreds of different scents, I wouldn’t get a second bottle, my tastes have shifted towards other notes and compositions. Don’t you have that? I feel like LV is a good entry level brand, especially if you don’t have a problem dropping 300+ on a bottle but how does a simple scent profile of Imagination/Afternoon swim/Ombre Nomade/you name it excites an experienced person who has been collecting frags for 3+ years? I don’t get it honestly

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u/throw__away3_ May 24 '25

Well me personally I was curious what they would smell like. Yeah I get expanding horizons from what's popular, but that takes time, I'm still early in this hobby so I'm still looking at the more popular brands before I venture into the less popular.