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Nordstrom had a 50% off sale on Beau de Jour and there was discussion about whether this indicated that it was being discontinued. Someone claimed that their source at some counter said no, but it looks like it is discontinued.

Tom Ford website now lists it as “last look”, and it’s gone from the Nordstrom website entirely. Listed as “no longer available” if you dig up the link.

https://www.tomfordbeauty.com/product/beau-de-jour-eau-de-parfum

https://www.nordstrom.com/s/tom-ford-beau-de-jour-fragrance/5515496

Another one bites the dust, I suppose. Looks like Soleil Neige is in the same situation. Gone from Nordstrom. “Last Look” on Tom Ford website.

I got a sample of Houbigant’s Tabac Nomade, and I swear it smells like Carmex mixed with Tobacco Vanille. No one on Fragrantica mentions anything like this. No mentions of any sort of menthol or camphor type notes. Nothing in the listed notes that should give this smell.

Am I crazy? Is my nose somehow reading the saffron as camphorous? I don’t understand what this smell is or why no one else comments on it.

Has anyone else tried Tabac Nomade and picked up anything similar? Or experienced this phantom camphor note with another fragrance?

My Bookoo has decided to become nonresponsive and I can’t find any way to reboot it, nor can I find it in the manual.

I’m hoping someone has the Bookoo and knows the cheat code to restart it without just waiting for the battery to die.

For those of you who have a dosing grinder serving up your regular beans, how do you handle decaf? Do you have another dosing grinder for decaf? Do you have a single dose grinder or hand grinder that you use for decaf? Do you just not do decaf?

I have a GBW grinder on the way because I want the convenience for my typical shots. But I also like decaf in the afternoon and I’m wondering if I eventually get another dosing grinder or if a single dose grinder makes more sense or if there’s some other option I’m totally missing.

I’m just curious how other people have solved this for themselves. I see tons of people getting GBW and timed grinders so I know I’m not alone in this.

I’ve been looking for details on how to pin standard tumbler locks to prevent bumping since that’s a low skill, low cost attack. So far most of what I’ve found is different spring tension to mess with the timing and T-pins which I honestly don’t understand at all.

I was wondering why a split driver pin (two shorter driver pins stacked) where the bottom pin crosses the shear line at rest wouldn’t prevent bumping. i.e. Pin stack is a standard pin below the shear line, a short driver pin that tests crossing the shear line, and another short driver pin on top.

Would this block bumping? If not, why? The standard analogy of how bumping works is the Newton’s cradle. If that holds, the top driver

I picked up a Blackland Vector a month ago and want to share my experience with it. I picked up the satin finish, safety bar version. If you don’t want to read further: I love it. I recommend it. It’s great.

Pictures here

For a bit of background, I’ve been wet shaving with a Merkur Futur for about 10 years but honestly never loved it. I switched to the Futur because I got sick of paying so much for Mach III cartridges. But it’s always been a mediocre shave. If I opened the Futur wide, it would be irritating. If I kept it closed down, it gave me a poor shave, frequently missing stubble, and I could never find an angle that avoided this. A few months ago I tra

I've enjoyed some of the reviews others have shared here, so I thought I'd share my thoughts on the Floris Jermyn Street Collection. This is 5 masculine-leaning samples that Floris insists are "iconic": No. 89, Santal, Elite, JF, and Jermyn Street

To my nose, these are all related in that they all present as fresh and clean. Even Santal (née Eau de Santal) is quite fresh, even though it's also a warm amber scent. None of these are gourmands. None of them are "beast mode" or "nuclear". They're all fresh, clean, and reasonably restrained. All of these are office safe and fairly classic.

I've put the Floris notes in itali

I have been dumping dauber samples into cheap atomizers from Amazon and I’ve found that several have gone fishy-smelling. I sprayed on my sample of BR540 again last night and it was absolutely rancid. I sprayed a couple of times to clear the atomizer and then it was fine.

This obviously is down to the specific atomizers. I assume they are using poor quality plastic that leeches smell into the fragrance. Normal bottles don’t do this. Nor have I observed this with the samples I’ve gotten from DecantHouse that also come in little atomizer bottles.

Does anyone have a good supplier for small atomizers that don’t have this issue? I’m reluctant to buy any more from Amazon at this point, because

I use ammo boxes for most of my samples, and I found that one of the larger ones works for the 5ml “lipstick” decants from DecantX. However, it still won’t hold the 8ml ones. They are slightly too large in diameter.

Does anyone have a solution that closes (to keep my closet from smelling) and holds them upright (because I want them that way)?

I posted a fairly negative review on Givenchy Gentleman (1974) and today I noticed that it's missing. I can see it on my profile page but it's not on the page for the fragrance anymore. My assumption is I got downvoted and hidden from the page. There are several "Gentleman vanguard" members defending it and telling others (whose reviews also seem to be missing) that they don't understand it. Looking at the visible reviews, I have to go all the way back to 2020 to see even an "ok" rating associated with a review. Everything else is "like" and "love", plus a few that seem to have snuck through by not including a rating.

Is this a common occurrence? How many downvotes does a review need

Is there a way for someone interested in learning more about different notes to explore them in isolation at a sane price?

Since getting into fragrances recently, I've sampled lots of fragrances but many of the notes I cannot definitively identify. e.g. I think I know what oakmoss and patchouli smell like, but I'm not sure. I've never smelled them in isolation (or at least wasn't aware of it). I would also love to identify what it is in "blue" fragrances that bothers me so much (aldehydes?), and what it is in Reflection Man/Fucking Fabulous/others that irritates my airways so I can avoid it.

I've found some perfumers' kits, but they start north of $200 for not a lot of ingredients becau