Sources - The following websites require special attention

Sources - The following websites require special attention 2
And should NOT be used in general or need further sources to verify the information stated.

- Perfume48horas: Please do not use this website as a source. It is full of errors and wrong content.

- Notino and all of its siblings: Do not use this website for notes and years. It is also full of errors and wrong content.

- Oriental Style: This website lists multiple arabian scents that are not on the respective websites of the brands they are attached to. So please evaluate carefully before submitting wrong content. Also do not use it for notes in general (unless it is their own Oriental Style brand you are submitting).

- Fragrantica: NEVER base a submission on fragrantica alone, unless there is proof they are using the official press material as a source. There are too many errors in their database (years, notes). [apparently they use 'fake' notes aka paper towns on purpose to find out who is stealing their content.] Please do not base any revisions for notes and release years on Fragrantica. If you use fragrantica make sure you find official sources that support the statements made there.

- Luckyscent: Sometimes Luckyscent has errors when it comes to release years and perfumers. Please evaluate carefully.

- Perfume Intelligence: Is full of errors and has wrong dates and years. Most years are estimated only (in italic). They even wrongly list products as perfumes which are none. Only use it as a reference, but please never solely on anything.

Thank you.
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Helpful guidance, Fran. Thanks for compiling this list!
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Perfumemaster
laparfumerie.org
FragranceX
Fifi.ru
Punmiris
kremchik.ua
parfumclub.org
nosetime.com
randewoo.ru
livemaster.ru
spellsmell.ru
aromo.ru
arome.cz
parfumanie.cz, livemaster.ru
Hedric's posts in the BN form, directly copypasted from Fragrantica

I would also like to add these sites, based on certain entries that have proven to be unreliable.
Please do not use them as primary sources for quintessential information e.g. release date, perfumer, fragrance notes etc.
They may contain the same errors as their undisclosed sources.

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What about Wikiparfum?

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Can ifragranceofficial.com be trusted? Here is their About Us page. Would be useful since many middle eastern brands don’t have their own websites and sell almost exclusively through retailers. 

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EvitaVilla

What about Wikiparfum?


Wikiparfum is not to be used as a primary source for release years, fragrance notes and perfumers. The origin of information on this page is unknown and can't be considered correct, unless further sources support the statements made. The page is apparently run by Puig, but this doesn't automatically mean the information for products from brands not owned by Puig is reliable. There are instances where the information for Puig owned brands also doesn't match the display on the brand websites, so this source needs to be dealt with accurately and critically.

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ssydlo

Can ifragranceofficial.com be trusted? Here is their About Us page. Would be useful since many middle eastern brands don’t have their own websites and sell almost exclusively through retailers. 

Ifragranceofficial, ScentAdvice as well as other sites that try to establish an encyclopedia of fragrances are not considered by us as their sources are unknown. Most of these sites just hunt for leaks to be able to list new products early on, not caring about accuracy of info in the sources, about product listings getting taken down again, press embargoes or whatever instance may cause a brand / parent company to take action against an early release of a certain scent. So the error rate is higher here as well.

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