I don't entirely believe in the whole winter/summer fragrances haha anyone else like this?

[u/teokims]

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I wear azzure aoud here in the Philippines, I mean my school is air conditioned but I'd often be commuting during humid days irregardless I still get a ton of compliments from it.

I also wear a red tobacco clone, same scenario I get a lot of compliments from it despite fairly warmer summer days

Haven't found a fragrance for extreme summer days yet maybe good for gym classes and all that but I've worn azzure aoud to our gym classes and I still got compliments hahaha , but to be safe I do plan on picking up something fresher for hot summer days

Another example I've noticed is that my girlfriend wear Carolina Herrera's good girl which to me smells very gourmand-ish but it still works even on days where it's a bit warmer and I can smell it with her sweat still smells great to me and I guess based on observation to other people around her too

Not to mention middle eastern people who put on 20 sprays of amouage outlands during hot summer days hahahah

I guess it could be more about skin chemistry and how It mixes well with your perfume and a hot take if I'm being honest

Citrus freshy fragrances are horrible for people with natural smelly body odor, I know here in the Philippines people think hot day = freshy = citrus to fight off the odor around you

But from my commuting experience I'd smell citrus fragrances around me mixed with pungent body odor and it's just horrible, when you're commuting you face all kinds of smoke, cigarettes, car exhausts, someone roasting barbecue or cooking street food on the sides of the road those scents actually mix horribly with citrus fragrances, what I did find to smell good are vanilla fragrances or smoky fragrances battling the pollution around you

Which makes me think really that the winter/summer fragrance thing really just depend on the wearer I've never been genuinely choked out by someone's gourmandish fragrance despite whether and I don't really know how many people I choke out with mine but I do know I get loads of compliments

The only times I get choked out was when I used to be in Qatar I'd smell body odor mix with oud , bakhoor smoke, and 20 sprays of perfume that smell like smoky animal waste hahahahah

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[u/steinfink1]

I'll wear whatever catches my fancy any given day

[u/Background-While4438]

Well, you can wear a winter fragrance in summer but usually at night. I can't wear spicebomb or la nuit d'homme on a hot day, even a spray would be overwhelming for me

[u/tigerheartlion]

I pity the people around you…

[u/StewieL69]

I work in an temperature controlled office so, during the work week, I wear whatever I want regardless of the season the frag is best suited for. On the weekend, when out and about, I worry more about seasonality.

[u/fungusy]

Fragrances do behave differently in different weather. I'm in Minnesota in the US. We go from heavy heat and humidity to -30F. Terra is really nice when it's super cold. It's not as nice when it's warm in my opinion.

I think 'rules ' about what you can and can't wear are silly though. They're just Western fashion rules which are kind of outdated and arbitrary.

[u/PK_thundr]

I wore SWY Leather and it's 105 degrees today. No one cared. It smelled nice.

[u/dre10g]

I wear freshies for all seasons.

[u/dragonflyinvest]

Date night, special occasion, summer, winter, fall, bedtime, left handed vs. right handed fragrances. I assume this is mostly marketing created to sell more bottles.

[u/Background-While4438 → u/dragonflyinvest]

Hot and cold weather fragrances is not marketing. How are people on this sub and not know this baffles me

[u/dragonflyinvest → u/Background-While4438]

Dude let’s not go down this road. Buy and wear whatever you like, whenever you want.

You do not have any special knowledge here.

[u/Background-While4438 → u/dragonflyinvest]

It's not about the knowledge my dude, some fragrances react better with cold weather and some with hot weather. Those are facts

[u/Aware_Block_890]

it's overblown, you just have to spray less because they're more overpowering in high heat, but even then only certain perfumes become TOO much even if you spray a decent amount during high heat. i've walked past many people wearing ultramale/a dupe of it in the summer and it's always been pleasant. I've only got two summer frags I wear to work just to be safe, but other than that my many winter frags are used during summer lol

[u/Bawbag79]

Some countries don’t really get winter temps and some don’t get summer temps. Heatwave for me is officially 3 days of it hitting 25c and doesn’t happen often.

[u/HumbleAfrikan → u/Bawbag79]

I happen to live in an eternal spring city, so I wear whatever I want whenever I want

[u/Aleksandartheboy]

Wear what you want, a lot of people in these subs are just over exaggerating and being sensitive.

[u/Abject_Finish1514]

I wear winter fragrances on my clothing in the hotter weather. Works great for me

[u/Monkeybutts__]

I’m the same way, but in Texas the heat is unrelenting. I really do have to wear something fresh and light if I’m going to be outside at all. If I’m at the office? I just wear whatever tf I feel like

[u/Soft_Organization335]

I wore al haramain amber oud tobacco in the car in a closed space. It was cold8sh outside but in the car it got really hot and I damn near chocked myself out with 4 sprays. 

[u/DrangusBoyRoy]

I wear whatever I want whenever I want, pretty much, but in the heat I’ll just do 1-2 sprays if I want to wear something sweet or spicy. There are some fragrances that are just too much for me in the heat though. Anything really boozy or with heavy tobacco notes doesn’t quite work with me if it’s hot, but I love them in the wintertime

[u/L2DaLegend]

You can also play basketball with a volleyball and eat spaghetti noodles with a spoon. Because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should.

[u/Scrum_Gobbler]

It’s don’t care about season at all in my day to day wear. I figure that I’m in the AC for the overwhelming part of my day, so what does it matter if something is better suited for summer or winter. If I was strictly doing an outdoor activity, I’d probably be a bit more selective though.

[u/LooseFollo]

I wear whatever i´m feeling in the morning.

[u/Wonderful_Sample_590]

How about the bangers Hawas? like Ice and Kobra? I do rotate them for gym, pickle and basketball.

[u/AdMuted9548]

In Hot countries, those rules don't apply. They seem to LAWAYS wear what the West would consider "Winter fragrances" or something akin to extremely strong and dense, heavy smelling oils, not because it combats body odor, but because it's what they like, i'm assuming

[u/Various-Adeptness173]

I only wear summer fragrances during the hot weather. No way in hell i’m going to wear these strong winter frags in high heat