What have been your best fragrance discoveries of 2022?

[metanoia]

This year wasn’t very good in terms of sampling new perfumes or discovering things. I have a long list that I slowly keep chipping away at, but the mood since February just wasn’t right, plus for two months I was nearly constantly sick and could barely smell a thing. Hopefully the other half of 2022 has some good perfumes in store for me to explore. 🤞

 

[RedRaider430]

Not all "discoveries" in 2022, but my favorite acquisitions....

Noble Royale Cuir Magnifique
Jovoy Psychedelique
Tauer Sundowner
Kilian Angels’ Share (French Montana)
Xerjoff Naxos
Amouage Beach Hut Man
Creed Royal Mayfair
Vertus Sole Patchouli
Montale Chocolate Greedy

 

[Schubertian]

This year, Nectary by Jorum Studio and Sonnet 18 by Annette Neuffer. I got Nectary, but Neuffer is sadly too expensive.

 

[magnus611]

Pdm greenley(although frag I have is called Sutton-og bottle)

 

[cazaubon]

Teone Reinthal Bodhi Tree, Dorje and Blue Lotus Darjeeling have been some of my best discoveries this year.

 

[rexsport]

Most pleasant discoveries for me this year include:

AdG Profumo (seems to be a popular discovery!)
Amouge Bracken Man
MFK Gentle Fluidity Silver Edition
Missoni Wave
Viking Cologne

 

[hednic]

(although frag I have is called Sutton-og bottle)

Happen to also own that first edition.

 

[Texanna]

After several years in perfume limbo - just wearing scents that I already owned - my interest picked up again a few months ago. Of the scents that I've sampled recently the standouts for me have been:

Nishane Ani - the love child of Vanille Tonka and Musc Ravageur?
Al Haramain Amber Oud Rouge - loved this scent but not sure I'd buy it. It was overwhelming to wear even in tiny amounts

 

[Melbourne Man]

Diptyque Fleur de Peau
Chanel Pour Monsieur edt
Gucci Mèmoire d'une Odeur
Profumum Roma Thundra

 

[thrilledchilled]

Louis Vuitton Imagination
Vetiver by Annick Goutal
Hope by Agonist
Gorseland by Jorum Studio

 

[MattJP]

Kenzo Homme Eau de Toilette Intense

 

[L'Aventurier]

Ambre Supreme and Escale en Indonesie, both by Les Indemodables.

I've been pretty bitter and disappointed when it comes to most of the releases I've sniffed over the last decade, but those two aforementioned releases by Les Indemodables have convinced me that perfumery isn't quite dead. Both fragrances contain lots of expensive materials, including an overdose of natural ambergris, more than I've smelled in any other fragrance (1000+ and counting). They're magical to say the least.

Escale en Indonesie is casual, masculine-leaning, and very affordable, while Ambre Supreme is chic and unisex but pretty damn expensive per ml. They're both excellent and worth every penny.

 

[bigtyivier2k2]

Alot of great discoveries for me this year…

LV L’Immensite and Imagination
Ds&Durga I dont know what
Replica By the Fireplace
Montale Chocolate Greedy
Akro Awake
Kilian Love Dont Be Shy
Fragrance Du Bois PM

 

[Opiate]

This year has been one of the best years in my fragrance journey so far (Which was a pleasant surprise given I've been somewhat jaded with the perfume industry for the past couple of years).

Of note:

• I finally committed to smelling all the things I’ve wanted to over the years, so I bought enough vintage miniatures, samples and decants to sink a small boat.

• Equipage (Hermes) is a fragrance I’ve always liked and admired, I’ve owned a vintage bottle for years. But there’s something in it that just rubbed me wrong and put me off.
I stumbled upon the 2nd bottle version, and then the current version, and I’m head over heals.
So much so… I’m inclined to say it’s my new favorite fragrance. Ellena’s reformulation(s?) of it are absolutely magnificent.

• Ditto for Equipage Geranium (Hermes).
I slightly prefer the original but this stuff is unbelievable. I’d even say it’s technically the better fragrance of the 2, and in my opinion Ellena’s best fragrance. Yep, I said it. JCE’s best work.

• I came to the realization that the only citrus summer “freshie“ I need or want is Eau Sauvage edt (Dior).

• I also came to the realization that Carnal Flower (Malle) is the most beautiful floral fragrance I’ve ever smelled.
Bravo Dominique Ropion. Bravo.

•2 fragrances I didn’t particularly like at all when previously smelling them, I bought samples and forced myself to spend time with and try to understand them. They clicked, and now I’m crazy about them and thrilled to have full bottles of both.
•Monsieur (Malle)
•Geranium Pour Monsieur (Malle)

•Jacomo de Jacomo (vintage). Niche before there was niche. A goth fougere. What a unique, brilliant, mischievous thing this is.

•Dominque Ropion is my runaway MVP of the year.
Along with Geranium Pour Monsieur & Carnal Flower, I also got full bottles of Cologne Indelebile & Costume National Homme.
4 fragrances from 1 perfumer, in 1 year, that absolutely knocked my socks off.
(EDIT: Also, earlier this year I found a nos 200ml bottle of La Nuit De L’homme, original 1st formulation, for $90. Also Ropion. That makes 5 Ropions in 1 year).

Ive acquired a number of other exceptional bottles this year, but these were the most notable highlights of my year in perfumes.

 

[Beau Chapeau]

It's been a fantastic year, so far...

Atman Xaman Eau de Parfum by Lorenzo Villoresi
Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Enigma pour Homme Cologne by Roja Dove
Herrera Confidential : Mystery Tobacco by Carolina Herrera
L'Elégant by MDCI
Saja by Loumari
Opus XIV : Royal Tobacco by Amouage
Sahraa Oud by Fragrance Du Bois
Signature Tabac by Zaharoff.
Le Vestiaire des Parfums : Tuxedo by Yves Saint Laurent

 

[metanoia]

Absolutely fresh obsession and I have to do more testing to confirm, but I’m quite stunned by Kintsugi by Masque Milano. Found a completely forgotten og sample (with a typo in the name!) and been wearing it, trying it, smelling it… it’s a fantastic faux-chypre. Or leathery fruitchouli if you will. This is the second Masque Milano perfume I find stunning and I am almost afraid to test the rest of their line *cries in Euros*

 

[Foxsbiscuits]

Absolutely fresh obsession and I have to do more testing to confirm, but I’m quite stunned by Kintsugi by Masque Milano. Found a completely forgotten og sample (with a typo in the name!) and been wearing it, trying it, smelling it… it’s a fantastic faux-chypre. Or leathery fruitchouli if you will. This is the second Masque Milano perfume I find stunning and I am almost afraid to test the rest of their line *cries in Euros*

Not to tempt you (But definitely to tempt you), I really liked Russian Tea from this line.

 

[mr. reasonable]

There have been a few actually.

Celine Reptile
Rogue Chypre Siam
Papillon Dryad
Vol de Nuit (Guerlain Re-Issue)
Apres l'Ondee (Guerlain Re-Issue)
Hermes Equipage Geranium

Really, really enjoying all of these!

 

[metanoia]

Not to tempt you (But definitely to tempt you), I really liked Russian Tea from this line.

Russian Tea is amazing, I know! I broke the sample and my closet smelled like it for five months 😂

 

[Martialisaragon]

So far:
vintage Cravache
Ferrari cuvée by Satinine
Balestra pour Homme (1979)
Cellini
Maxim's pour Homme (AS)
vintage Scherrer
Vetyver edt (1974) by Roger et Gallet