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Love your long videos and rants. You have a great soothing voice. Always looking forward to your videos x

Great vid. The slice of life commentary adds depth! Really wondering what your scent of the day was that you showed up to the Armory Show wearing, before you found the unbelievably unmaned Malles? PS- Love the Malle Moon Wearing Rage inducing theory!!! So good! If it’s not already a redit thread, it should be.

UNMANNED PERFUME STAND 🤩

Thanks again for yet another great video (also the novel in the background is fantastic!) Would love to hear your thoughts on the new Dries Van Noten scents as well if possible

Yikes, the only thing worse then bad perfume is a generic perfume :( But I am sure people will buy it so they can wear it with that Hermes cuffs....if thats still a trend.

ick. it really seems cheesy for an Hermes to have a bunch of fantasy notes (butterfly lily? miracle berry?) and to highlight akigalawoood as a selling point in the blurb.

I totally concur with your impressions. There are pleasant, sweet, elements offset and ultimately overshadowed by that sharp, screechy, wood. Leans ‘high-end hair care product’. It also does not strike me as overtly ‘feminine’ (whatever that means in relation to fragrance in 2024), despite it being marketed to women. You may or may not be aware that Barénia is the name of one of Hermès’ saddle leathers that debuted in the 1970s; it’s tanned in a special way and has a unique waxy feel, appearance, and aging character-and one that they only rarely put into production on select handbag releases. So there is some built-in Hermès lore or mystique that the fragrance would seem to be channelling, one supposes. That said, did you get *any* leather accord here? I did not. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Certainly not of an expected kind. Though I haven’t sniffed a Birkin made of Barénia! Perhaps the fragrance gets close to that scent… Finally, Paddock will be rolled out internationally in early 2025. No need to hop over to Paris.

I’m curious, have you ever tried Experimentum Crucis by ELDO (2019)? It’s also a rose-patch made by Bisch that cites akigalawood too, but I find that the sharp, icy qualities work really well with the whole fruity-spicy-earthy composition. Even into the far dry down I think the sharp earthiness actually remains rather tame and attractive. Does this one get to you the same way as the other akigalawood bombs?

I found this to be like a Twilly Flanker... Recently Porter Sa Peau used Akigalawood very well I thought

Top was nice the rest was rough imo. Feels like nagel laying the groundwork for bisch's style

Hi there, nice video. I just covered the same topic myself in my blog (pixidisperfumes) if you are interested. I find that either citrus colognes that avoid the sweet trap of some citrus fruits like Mandarin (for ex. Mandarino by Laboratory Olfattivo, which is nice but too sweet for the heat), or aromatic forward scents generally do the trick. More unusually, , tea fragrances are quite good for the heat (The Vert Bulgari type) and so are cold incense perfumes that remind you of stepping into an old monastery (i.e Reliques d'Amour, Avignon, Cardinal etc. ). Anyway thats' my take after roasting in Rome for 2 months....

Been so curious about Perfumer H but haven't found them anywhere in LA. Loved this video!

Great Vid! Thx! Notes: the backlash AND the backlash on the backlash! LOVE IT! I wish you had a video for new people like me on the in and outs or ups and downs of the “fragrance community”. Or like a FAQ sheet or something.

Love that bottle of LAVS. I almost forgot about Unum. Alot of fond memories with this house...I remember when the 'previous' Twisted Lily would stock the whole range.

Interesting! I didn't realised Smoke's has alot of notes, and notes that I like. I need to sample that again on paper (my sweaty skin probably muddles the scent). The retailer here stocks Charcoal too, but sadly no White Smoke T_T

I had high hopes for Incense water, but the other 3 look promising

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Interesting

Calvin Klein CK2, a discontinued fragrance, has a similar laundry and foamy scent. I think anyone interested in this FM should try that

Promise’s dry down is beautiful. The moon has more berry on the oud.

It can’t be the 4th. The night, Dawn, Promise, Moon, and now hope. 5

Love your channel bro 💪🤘

Just came across this while on vacation, picked up a few other things and wasn't planning on getting more, but after testing it I couldn't help myself... Loving it on first wear, at least.

Hope has thai oud compared to the Night which has Indian oud Thai oud is usually Aquilaria Crassna species whereas Indian oud is Aquilaria Agallocha two very different types of trees and different oud oil products The promise doesn’t have oud at all only cypriol and other woody oils

I was hoping to buy the travel size sprayer of this and saw the price. 😆😆😆

Great vid. I love your take on reformulations heard in multiple vids. So refreshing, basically buy it or not, stop going on and on abt it. Love it. Got the itch for Une Rose.

I don't really care for the Tom Ford fragrances. They often smell like something I have smelled before and the price point is too much for me. I did own the sadly discontinued Jonquille de Nuit that I adore, but I don't think it will be released again, if it does it will probably not be the same.

Excited to hear it is in NYC! I’m going to pop by the shop to try! I too hope there is one more still in the work. It was a very unceremonious departure!

No rose de nuit 😢

I bought a full bottle of Rose Tonnerre and Rose & Cuir recently. I was waiting for a low enough price from discounters but seeing prices continue to rise up, I thought now was the time to bite. I quite enjoy Lipstick Rose, which seems like a more fleshed out version of Chanel's Msia to me. POAL should be something I like, but somehow I never wanted it enough. It's very well made though. I might bite if I see a low enough price or a miniature. Supposedly they use to advertise like 10% rose oil was used...I don't know if this was true...a blogger told me. Although 10% would have exceed IFRA restrictions and possibly it was a rose extract with the allergens removed. About Rose Tonnerre and Une Rose, I've heard many many times from women who have been long time perfumistas (50+ years) about the tragedy of its reformulation. They never complain about reformulations unless it's Une Rose lol. For me, my relationship has always been with the modern Une Rose/ Rose Tonnerre. Its just a happy and joyful reconstructed/ deconstructed rose to me.

nice video! i luuuurve roses but Une Rose is so dark and almost Addams Family-esque that I struggle to wear it here in sunny Southern California. Strange, because i don’t find it “heavy,” just moody. a beautiful and strange perfume.

What a great overview, inspired me to take out some of mine.Much like you, I have a nostalgic affinity with the brand. I discovered the line at Barney’s here in LA at the beginning of my fragrance journey. Lipstick Rose is great and the shower gel was really nice. I ended up going with Portrait about the time it came out. It is gorgeous but it devours me and sadly sits barely used. Lipstick still tempts me from time to time. BTW liking the tableau you always set up for reviews👍🏽

(Une Rose/Rose Tonnere) is super complex to me, I own it and in each season it can smell a bit different, it does feel a bit like an russian roulette, sometimes it can smell a bit too harsh but other times the most expensive smelling rose scent

Excellent Compilation! Only Lancôme has released 11 roses at once 😅

Loving the videos! All of these are great imo, but The Night and Rose & Cuir are the only Malle roses I own atm. Regretfully sold Une Rose, looking to get another soon... Cheers!

Excellent video once again. IMO you have the best Frederic Malle series on RUclips right now. I'm only familiar with Portrait of a Lady and it's one of my least favorite Malle unfortunately. Too strong on the ISO E Super and patchouli in the base. I need to try the others.

I love your deep dives

Fantastic

I think it's the fifth desert gems release (promise, night, dawn, moon, hope)

Promise is such a sledgehammer 🔨

Love the Headhunters cover on the book.

None of the Frederic Malle's ouds smells remotely closed to any natural oud I've smelt or even my sample of cypriol oil. I wonder what type of oud do they use in there. I believe Malle himself has standards and wouldn't pull a fast one on us but I am puzzled by the type of oud accord in his releases.

Just found your channel. Great video, I do the same with Selfridges, I do miss the freebees from the Chanel Boutique, but the price difference doesn't justify the freebees. I'll have to check out the Chanel Beauty Boutique in Manhattan sometime. Keep up the good work!

I'd like try it but their prices are outrageous

Definitely will be trying this. Thanks for covering it. I've always wondered how their RTW survives....I rarely see anyone in the stores. In general, quite curious how brands that are more known for their clothing sustain themselves. They must need to sell truckloads of perfumes to pay the rent.

Sounds interesting, might actually consider sampling after being completely done with the private blend. Thanks!

Nice review as usual man. I like the bottle, price is absolutely insane though like most of the private blends are now. I have a recommendation though if you haven't trie it before, Jul et Mad Stairway to Heaven. It's a unique aldehydic fragrance. 💪

Great Review. I also share similar feelings about Tom Ford fragrances. I remember liking Plum Japonais.

Great review! I am looking forward to trying it. I’ve only ever loved a couple of TFs, but the long-discontinued darling Japon Noir is one of them, and it really was utterly unique. This sounds like it might be of a similar mood. That said, the price on these is now to a point where I feel like I would be the butt of an inside joke if I actually paid it. You would really need to fall head over heels or have literally more money than you knew what to do with.

Spot on! I feel pretty much the same on everything TF. You are distinctive in what you do here. I really like it.