Bro, I found an old bottle of Adidas Moves in my dad's storage a couple years ago. It was from around 2000-2001(pre Axe) and it still smelled the same! We're talking 18-19 years. Blew my mind!
Same here my friend and honestly as long as they are kept outa the direct sunlight and away from like a radiator or direct heat source there gona be fine some obviously because of the EU de toilette and heavy alcohol but most will be fine
Same here. I often worry a bit if my fragrances will get spoiled because my collection is way too big and I will never finish the bottles for many years..
My Aunty who recently passed away also got my Coty Aspen for Christmas and wore it every day until I eventually finished the bottle back in the early 90's.
I appreciate this video. I graduated from high school in 2000, and I wore "Drakkar Noir", "Acqua di Gio", "Polo Green", "Michael Jordan Cologne", "Nautica", "Hugo", "Aspen", and "Preferred Stock" when I was in middle school/high school. Have you tried the current formulation of "Michael Jordan Cologne"? Its scent/performance doesn't seem to be anywhere near as special as it once was. However, I've noticed that "Michael Jordan Legend" is still good. I took your advice (and advice from other fragrance reviewers too) by keeping my fragrances out of humidity and direct sunlight, and I hope for the best because I spent a lot of money on my pretty large fragrance collection.
Those that think fragrances expire need a blues clue lmao. It soaks in freaking ALCOHOL. Does expensive 100 year old wine from a cellar go bad? No it macerates and gets better! They recovered perfume from the Titanic wreck that still smelled lovely. Even top notes are still there - many will convince themselves the tops are gone when in reality its just the trends of that time they are smelling - they didn't use top notes back then like they did now. I got a Drakkar Noir giftset from 30 years ago and everything was undeniably off- the deodorant, lotion, bar of soap all slightly off chemically or no scent at all - the eau de toilette though - untouched by time! I think the fact that fragrances don't go bad make them even more precious to me. They are time capsules that don't age. 'Antiques' you can still use. If you leave it in the sun or heat thats another story. I have polo bottles from the 70-s they are stunning.
You are right that standard fragrences made from synthetics won't go bad if stored properly. Most fragrences fall in this category. But some high-end houses use natural oils that will go bad or change the way they smell after a few years.
Wine does not just get better and better with time even in the best of conditions.... thats not how it works. For example if they pick the grapes late you can only age the wine for about 3-5 years before it starts to go the other way. Luckily for us fragrances are not fermenting fruit... theyre oils and alcohol.
I really enjoyed this video seeing some of the older bottles in your collection and knowing that some dragrence even after 20 years are still good and haven't spoiled
I've got a couple from 2011 and they are fine. I just make sure to store them in a cool dark environment. I believe sunlight is the biggest killer to bottles of frags.
where i live its cold at night and hot as hell at daytime, i cant afford to have AC, do you think that natural temperature fluctuations like that that i cant avoid would affect my fragances? i store them inside a drawer with their original box, but i notice that even if i store them properly the envorinment temperature somehow reaches the inside of drawer and at night my bottles feel cold and at daytime they feel hotter... even tho the drawer is airtight the envirnonmental temperature hits the inside of it and that makes me very frustrated, i have no other " good spots" to store them , what would u recommend to me? would love to hear your opinion.
Don’t keep them in the box bro that’s probably why the heat and cold are getting trapped in there. Just leave them out in the closet somewhere that’s what I do. My closet is typically fresher than my room cause I keep it dark never turn the light on lol.
My wife has gotten concerned that because I have so many bottles (over 200) some will go bad before I can use them up. I told her that’s not a thing. 😂 Thanks for the confirmation video, Ross!
Dude! I thought i was the only one that still enjoyed Aspen. It is an out of the shower fragrance for me. It's really a nostalgia thing for me and i picked it up for $7 (4oz) after looking up a coupon code from a popular discounter. I loved cool water, Aspen and Tommy back in the 90's. Own bottles of all 3 and they're all out of the shower fragrances. I'll wear them on days off around the house on a rare occasion. Cool water wave and Nautica voyage are my favorite out of the shower/lazy days off fragrances. Gonna be in the 90's here in Eastern Kansas this week so my hot weather fragrances will get to shine. Thinking either summer vibes or Versace man eau fraiche tomorrow. The other will be worn the day after. Take care man
Glad I subscribed because you having these old bottles shows how passionate you are about fragrances! You always show them all their own special appreciation 👊🏻
Lol in the early 90s my grandfather passed away and one of his things i got to keep was a bottle of english leather lime. I liked it but wasnt in to fragrances back then. Fast foward to last year and i cleaning out boxes in my closet from my childhood and te english leather lime was in there, still smells just fine. I put on my shelf with all my other fragrances
The fact that I come to RUclips and this video with THIS topic is the first thing I see! I have a 2006 bottle of the OG Aqua Di Gio that I literally haven’t worn in YEARS…for some reason I decided to wear it tonight out of the shower.. it’s the oldest bottle that I own BY FAR! Super ironic Lol!
Oldest bottle of fragrance I still have is a bottle of Dune by Christian Dior that I bought back in 97-98. Only have about 30% left as I used to wear it like crazy in the late 90s-early 2000s. Sprayed it a few months ago and it still smells fantastic. Thought about getting another bottle off eBay even though I heard it's been reformulated.
These 90s frags (most) were straight powerhouses. Back when you could spray yourself at home, drive a good ways to work, and blow the office out until you left.
I had a bottle of Calvin Klein's Obsession and also Eternity. Both of them lasted over 20 years with not much change in the scent. I ended up giving them away because I got tired of looking at them. LOL. Great topic, sir!!
I have a bottle of Adidas Deep Energy which I will always have its the fragrance I wore on mine and my wife's first date so it is sentimental to me and I will always make sure to keep a bottle. I still have one that she bought me 7 years ago still smells great.
I have one of those original bottles of Moves with about the same amount of juice left. It's rarely sprayed anymore but it has a nostalgic smell for sure. That tomato leaf note is so 90's -early 2000's
Great video, Ross! Brought back memories of certain times in my life and what I was wearing. Especially of being a broke college student and appreciating receiving those Aspen giftsets from from my grandmother and aunts.
The only thing that changes are the top notes. The base of a fragrance gets smoother and richer but will change. I have a 20 year old bottle and still use it. Doesn’t smell the same but not spoiled.
Mr Ross, honestly I think it may be luck of the draw, & the ingredients that was used to develope the scent. I have a bottle of Drakkar from when it originally came out that reeks of Alcohol--but CK's Eternity and my Givenchy's PI original bottles that pretty much smell the same as I remember. The good & bad about being a collector--you get to the point where there is no way you can give every scent their just do and attention. The hope is that you actually get to enjoy them while you can! Side note--I had a bottle of Avatar that I got from a Kmart! I Had some work done on my car--& the mechanic liked the smell--so I gave him the bottle!! Regretted that move years later--since I cant find it anymore!! As always my guy! Great video and we appreciate you!
My CK Eternity bottle has been in my truck for 8 years. 8 years of roasting in the summer heat. 8 years of freezing in the sub zero winters. However, it still smells d@mn good!
Great stuff. I have bottles that are 15 to 20 years plus years also. Ed hardly I got 2 of them.. the tiger and love and luck are good complement getters..
I see most of the comments say otherwise but I recently sprayed a bottle of Polo Blue which had been in my drawer for several years & it smells horrible. Not sure if it's a knockoff as it was given to me & I wasn't a big fan of it at the time. Sampled a bottle a few months ago at a retailer & really liked it.
I just got a small bottle of the Christian Audigier and upon 1st smell (not on skin yet), it hasn't caught me. Yet. Regarding the Adidas, the one I got from my dad while in Uni and I bought it back (now finished) is the Ice Dive. A co worker bought the Get Ready set for me one Christmas. I liked Aspen growing up. Even bought one. Found out it had galbanum, but it wasn't enough to summon a headache like a grey flannel and noir anthracite. There's a Bod fragrance that reminds me of it - Really Ripped Abs
I used to wear Avatar all the time back in high school. Always would get compliments. I hate that it's impossible to find nowadays. If I ever have the chance to pick up another bottle I most certainly will.
Older ones in my collection would be my own bottle of Tiffany For Men, Bvlgari - Black (about 15yrs old), and one by Stetson called Sunset. I think I’d went on Fragrantica one time to learn more about Sunset, and I couldn’t find anything. Maybe it was a real limited holiday edition or something.
i have a 90's era Colors by Benetton and a 90's era Passion for Men by Liz Taylor . i lovem' strong for the coldest winter months. spicy. bottles are omg! they are 31 years old.omg.
I have the original Boss bottled and the original Givenchy Pi as the two oldest in my collection. Both smell amazing. Only thing I noticed is if you haven't sprayed them in a very long time the first spray is pure alcohol smell. Not rubbing alcohol tho it smells like you literally poured rum on yourself. After that it's the normal smell without issues.
eyy who would have thought to see adidas moves... i always have a small 30ml bottle in my gym back.. doesnt last long, doesnt perform. but for that 20 minute time period from the gym back home it will refresh you
Awesome video and makes me remember as lot of the history that I went through. However, back during my growing up, I did not care for fragrances (believe it or not). Fragrance, in my experience and household, was something to add to the presentation of a good suit, like icing on a very delicious cake. Going to church, to a special event, maybe out on the town...those were the prime times to wear a fragrance and my father wore his fair share: YSL M7, Lanvin Avant Garde & Oxygene Homme, Azzarro Chrome, Givenchy Very Irresistible, Bvlgari Pour Homme, and others. Even though he wore all of that, I never got into it much. I would wear Drakkar Noir to church every now and then, maybe wore Michael Jordan Cologne or Tommy for Men when I was in middle school. I got little "budget" sample sets for Christmas with Gray Flannel, Curve for Men, Paul Sebastian Fine Cologne, and Halston Z-14...in which I wasn't too fond of those. And I mostly evaded fragrance counters like the plague when we went to Boston Store after looking at those crazy prices for standard and higher designer stuff, lol. Once I got out of college and branched out, though, that's when I discovered YT and all the fragrances that I'd missed out on, especially the premium and niche fragrances that I'd never heard of. And those experiences changed my perception of fragrance from just being something "boring" or something to "just throw on to smell good" to being an olfactory and artistic experience that could be shared by many.
Just want to ask, Mr. Ross, haven't you tried the Lacoste Original EDT or Cologne..? i certainly love the smell of it and just kinda wondering if you can suggest something that's smelled really close to it, if not the same, so i can try to have it..? i will surely appreciate it.. thanks so much in advance..! 🙂🙂🙂
oh i see.. that's sad to hear but thanks so much nonetheless for the reply. i have ask a few fragrance reviewers also before but really haven't got any answer. thanks again, Mr. Ross. 🙂🙂🙂
I have a bottle of LC Curve that belonged to my father that he left sitting in the cabinet underneath his bathroom sink for years. I hadn't looked up the batch code, but I remember him having that same bottle since I want to say 2009. It smells super salty and sour now, but I can still pick up the floral and citrus aromatics. Also, I have one of the first launch batches of Bleu De Chanel edt from when my mom got it for me working at Macy's. it was my signature scent in high school and I did NOT take care of it! I used to keep it in my backpack and in my high school gym locker. That's right, not my REGULAR locker, my GYM locker! The bottle is chipped because of moving, and it stayed in a shoebox for a long time in my dad's basement, and when I spray it, the citruses are definitely spoiled, but I still get the warm woods and incense through the mid and dry down
I agree with this for the most part. They will last a very long time, If stored properly. But even that doesn’t do it sometimes. I have a half bottle of Bleu de Chanel EDT from the year of release and the top notes are most definitely not quite there anymore. I think the top notes burning off affect citrus notes primarily. The dry-downs are usually just fine though.
I have a Chanel No.5 from the 1970s...still great, and so much more original that the reformulations 😉 last week found an Ed Hardy Villain for women in the back of my storage room, brand new unsealed, I don't even remember when I got that 😃
I wonder why none of the fragrance community is acknowledging Kevin Samuels sudden death. He was first a fragrance reviewer before blowing up and gaining 1.5 million subs doing relationships. He still did fragrance reviews too. As a matter of fact the morning he passed I was watching a review on By Killian Roses on Ice and bought it off his word because he loved it. Ross, you should check him out. He knows (knew) his stuff. Had a $20k Bond No. 9 collection too. I wonder where his massive collection will end up.
I was wondering this as well. He was one of the first I watched before the shift in his content too. He had some solid reviews, top 10 lists, even his livestreams with Big Beard Business and Mr Bowtie were good. Sad to know he’s really gone.
@@TLTGReviews He didn't go as hard as you did with the reviews but the ones he did were special fragrances and top notch in production. There is a huge void left.
Yep. Even as his content continued with livestreams, he’d always include his SOTD and his candle that was burning in his video intros. Colognes remained an important part of his life through to the end😐
I used to buy that Avatar at Value City Dept. Store for $9.99 in the early days👍My signature scents of my junior\ high school was Aspen(green)/Polo(green)/Polo(sport)
Amen on Adidas Moves...such a classic, my first ever fragrance...I thought it smelled so futuristic when I was like 9 lol I have some bottles that have spoiled terribly and in a pretty short period of time. And then I have a Fahrenheit from 1998 that smells great...A Polo Sport from 2001 that smells just like remember it. I think it depends on ingredients and how it was stored
I’m here bc I found a sauvage bottle I thought I lost years ago it’s from 2017. I literally just found it. The smell still smells good though it was gonna be weak but not at all it was in a cool place the bottle was kinda cold. Happy I found it.
If you store them away from the sun and tempe that fluctuate, they actually get better with time. Just be careful when buying them, never know what the original person did. I read that manufacturers have to put an expiration date on them for shelf stocking purposes, just like vitamins or ibuprofen, do they really expire? I don’t see how unless they are in fluctuating temps and or sitting in the sun.
I've got a bottle that was given to me from a good friend of mine back in the late 80s and still have it from a fragrance house and product line called Crabtree and evelyn nomad the vintage bottle with what looks like a prince or a king or whatever youd call him on a horse and it's still good and it kinda reminds me of ARAMIS colone very similar and I've been offered $$ and it's not faded or spoiled I keep it in the original box it's a 100ml and only missing a quarter of it and only wear it on my Anniversary because it's one of the ones my wife first smelled on me when we met and it's still very very Good...
I have two bottles, one of the Empire Cologne by Trump and the Success aftershave i snagged at Ross' a few years ago. Doesn't look like it will go up in value so will just use them up. Actually they both smell pretty good.
I'll never stop wearing Ed Hardy unless they disappear lol. Oddly enough I feel like the one with the tiger is way ahead of its time. Other brands are just now catching up to that warm sweet ambery smell. Its dope 😁🤙
Here's a fun fact about the Adidas Stripes. In 1952, following the 1952 Summer Olympics in Finland, Adidas acquired its signature three stripe branding from Karhu Sports, for two bottles of whiskey and the equivalent of €1,600
For years, I've laughed at the "experts" who said that compact disks would go bad. And when the "experts" say that fragrance goes bad after 3 years, I laugh at them, too. No doubt, that is what the retailers would like us to believe.
Some CD's do degrade over time. I had it happen to a bunch of mine from the 90s. The metallic surface can eventually degrade and start flaking off, or the plastic disk discolors to the point that it can't be read. There some fragrences that do go bad within a few years, as well. Those are usually expensive ones that use all natural oils, though. Your run-of-the-mill fragrence made with synthetics should last many MANY years if kept out of light and at a stable temperature.
@@jaymartinson3236 A "bunch" of your CDs have degraded?? Over the course of a few decades, I have collected over 1,500 CDs, both new and used, including many from the 90's, and while I may have experienced the occasional error on a disc, those errors became apparent on first listen, soon after the disks were acquired, so they would have been scratches or manufacturing defects. What's more, I don't have a single disc that exhibits the kind of "flaking" or "discoloration" you mentioned. So, either you've treated your collection very poorly, or you're just making s**t up. 🤷♂ As for niche fragrances, I don't buy those, so I'll have to take your word for it, though it would seem that I have reason to doubt that too. 😏
@kamakiriad8795 Yup. A decent amount, maybe 10-20 out of a hundred or so of them. It happened to a few laser disks, too. They were stored in a cd case in a temperature controlled environment. Sometimes, things just break down over time.
@@jaymartinson3236 10-20%?? 😧 Have you been eating off of them? Using them as coasters? As it happens, this weekend, I'm going through hundreds of music CDs that I've had stored in the garage for over a decade, and I'm ripping any tracks worth listening to. To be clear, my garage is not a "temperature controlled environment"; on the contrary, it's been subject to increasingly hot summers, so these discs, of varying age and quality, have been exposed to extremes in temperature. I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this: so far, not a single one of these CDs has exhibited _any_ _deterioration_ _whatsoever_ , in either appearance or functionality, including flawless play on my cheap CD burner. Indeed, sometimes, things just don't break down over time.
@kamakiriad8795 About that many, yeah. The "burned" CDs were the worst of them, but there were some that I bought at the store that did it as well. I was especially bummed out about Offspring Americana because that was the first album I ever purchased and I wanted to hold onto it.
The Tommy bahama I'd worn during the summer around some of my buddies that are fragheads as well and although its similar to virgin island water which I own and tested against each other and they mostly said its smelled like some cheap Avon stuff and they were very serious about it I was shocked because its good and I've had it and all the other Tommy bahama scents ..my favorite of the is Maritime
lol i have bottles of polo that are 35 years old, essentially unspoiled completely. when ive played with ebay fire like that, a few times ive been screwed. got a real old bottle of halston 1-12 that would make somebody puke if you smelled it. but then i have an original formula splash bottle of Tsar that smells like it was made yesterday
I still have 2 bottles of "camp Beverly Hills " from the early 90's unopened. And several bottles of "FULL THROTTLE" that was put out around 2008. That was from the AMERICAN CHOPPER GUYS. I guess that's why so many people refrigerate their fragrances. I didn't even think that they could expire?
I was a die hard fan of " avatar, by coty" that was a panty dropper from the 90's. And also, ralph Lauren romance- silver. Do you know, any clones of these too fragrances?
Ive got a bottle of tommy hilfiger athletics thats been sitting in my car for 5+ years while the product itself is 15+ yrs old. Top notes are gone but the rest of fragrance is still there considering the harsh climate its been stored in. Meanwhile ive got a bottle of Fierce thats 5-10 yrs old that just spoiled and smells similar to maple syrup now
I have a original bottle of love and luck and my bottle has the tattoo painted on bottle not just the sleeve. And it smells like cat urine now it’s sour and spoiled.. the new ones I got online smell a lot different than I remember and last only 15 min than skin scent.
I think purfume companies say they expire, so you feel that you need to keep buying them. I have a bottle of Brittany Spears purfume from 2008 and it still smells the same. As well as Ed Hardy purfumes from the early 2010s and there is no difference.
My ck escape hugo boss and Dior higher smell foul. Escape I just opened escape today expecting a home run nope just a foul ball was so disappointing. It smelled so good in the 90's same with hugo boss.
The only old bottle I have left is dolce and gabbana pour homme. It's 22 years old and still smells good. Lost a few 20+ year old bottles of Fahrenheit, obsession ,and an old Tommy H fragrance in a move.
My biggest fear is my cologne going bad lol I’ve only been doing this a couple years I’m a newbie with 60 fragrances not the biggest collection but still it’s money that can go bad
Bro, I found an old bottle of Adidas Moves in my dad's storage a couple years ago. It was from around 2000-2001(pre Axe) and it still smelled the same! We're talking 18-19 years. Blew my mind!
Thanks for this video Ross. Makes me feel better about my growing collection of 40+ bottles with no fear of them going bad anytime soon. 😅
Glad you covered this subject Ross. I have so many fragrances I’m concerned about how long they might last. Thanks and have a great day!
Same here my friend and honestly as long as they are kept outa the direct sunlight and away from like a radiator or direct heat source there gona be fine some obviously because of the EU de toilette and heavy alcohol but most will be fine
Same here. I often worry a bit if my fragrances will get spoiled because my collection is way too big and I will never finish the bottles for many years..
Yeah I just keep them in a cabinet with doors in the basement and hope for the best.
My Aunty who recently passed away also got my Coty Aspen for Christmas and wore it every day until I eventually finished the bottle back in the early 90's.
I appreciate this video. I graduated from high school in 2000, and I wore "Drakkar Noir", "Acqua di Gio", "Polo Green", "Michael Jordan Cologne", "Nautica", "Hugo", "Aspen", and "Preferred Stock" when I was in middle school/high school. Have you tried the current formulation of "Michael Jordan Cologne"? Its scent/performance doesn't seem to be anywhere near as special as it once was. However, I've noticed that "Michael Jordan Legend" is still good. I took your advice (and advice from other fragrance reviewers too) by keeping my fragrances out of humidity and direct sunlight, and I hope for the best because I spent a lot of money on my pretty large fragrance collection.
Damn preferred stock brings back memories lol…aspen as well…I graduated in 2002 🤣🤣🤣
Adidas moves was my high school frag. Haven't smelled it since. May have to get one for old times sake! Thanks for the vid Ross!
Those that think fragrances expire need a blues clue lmao. It soaks in freaking ALCOHOL. Does expensive 100 year old wine from a cellar go bad? No it macerates and gets better! They recovered perfume from the Titanic wreck that still smelled lovely. Even top notes are still there - many will convince themselves the tops are gone when in reality its just the trends of that time they are smelling - they didn't use top notes back then like they did now. I got a Drakkar Noir giftset from 30 years ago and everything was undeniably off- the deodorant, lotion, bar of soap all slightly off chemically or no scent at all - the eau de toilette though - untouched by time! I think the fact that fragrances don't go bad make them even more precious to me. They are time capsules that don't age. 'Antiques' you can still use. If you leave it in the sun or heat thats another story. I have polo bottles from the 70-s they are stunning.
Exactly because why would anybody want to buy an older bottle for an outrageous price if it's bad
Some fragrances do go bad, especially if not stored correctly.. The same way wine or champagne does.
Well said. I agree completely.
You are right that standard fragrences made from synthetics won't go bad if stored properly. Most fragrences fall in this category.
But some high-end houses use natural oils that will go bad or change the way they smell after a few years.
Wine does not just get better and better with time even in the best of conditions.... thats not how it works. For example if they pick the grapes late you can only age the wine for about 3-5 years before it starts to go the other way. Luckily for us fragrances are not fermenting fruit... theyre oils and alcohol.
I really enjoyed this video seeing some of the older bottles in your collection and knowing that some dragrence even after 20 years are still good and haven't spoiled
THANK YOU! This was very reassuring for me. I like how you talked about fragrances that you have owned for that many years.
I've got a couple from 2011 and they are fine. I just make sure to store them in a cool dark environment. I believe sunlight is the biggest killer to bottles of frags.
where i live its cold at night and hot as hell at daytime, i cant afford to have AC, do you think that natural temperature fluctuations like that that i cant avoid would affect my fragances? i store them inside a drawer with their original box, but i notice that even if i store them properly the envorinment temperature somehow reaches the inside of drawer and at night my bottles feel cold and at daytime they feel hotter... even tho the drawer is airtight the envirnonmental temperature hits the inside of it and that makes me very frustrated, i have no other " good spots" to store them , what would u recommend to me? would love to hear your opinion.
Don’t keep them in the box bro that’s probably why the heat and cold are getting trapped in there. Just leave them out in the closet somewhere that’s what I do. My closet is typically fresher than my room cause I keep it dark never turn the light on lol.
My wife has gotten concerned that because I have so many bottles (over 200) some will go bad before I can use them up. I told her that’s not a thing. 😂 Thanks for the confirmation video, Ross!
Good video, love adidas moves for the nostalgia. I’m surprised you didn’t have an old bottle of original Tommy for men.
Just this morning I was checking my vintage 30 Ml bottle of Ralph Lauren Safari EDT from 1992 still in the box . Still smell fresh and sexy.
Dude! I thought i was the only one that still enjoyed Aspen. It is an out of the shower fragrance for me. It's really a nostalgia thing for me and i picked it up for $7 (4oz) after looking up a coupon code from a popular discounter. I loved cool water, Aspen and Tommy back in the 90's. Own bottles of all 3 and they're all out of the shower fragrances. I'll wear them on days off around the house on a rare occasion. Cool water wave and Nautica voyage are my favorite out of the shower/lazy days off fragrances. Gonna be in the 90's here in Eastern Kansas this week so my hot weather fragrances will get to shine. Thinking either summer vibes or Versace man eau fraiche tomorrow. The other will be worn the day after. Take care man
Glad I subscribed because you having these old bottles shows how passionate you are about fragrances! You always show them all their own special appreciation 👊🏻
Lol in the early 90s my grandfather passed away and one of his things i got to keep was a bottle of english leather lime. I liked it but wasnt in to fragrances back then. Fast foward to last year and i cleaning out boxes in my closet from my childhood and te english leather lime was in there, still smells just fine. I put on my shelf with all my other fragrances
Great topic.1st one i have seen . well done
The fact that I come to RUclips and this video with THIS topic is the first thing I see! I have a 2006 bottle of the OG Aqua Di Gio that I literally haven’t worn in YEARS…for some reason I decided to wear it tonight out of the shower.. it’s the oldest bottle that I own BY FAR! Super ironic Lol!
Oldest bottle of fragrance I still have is a bottle of Dune by Christian Dior that I bought back in 97-98. Only have about 30% left as I used to wear it like crazy in the late 90s-early 2000s. Sprayed it a few months ago and it still smells fantastic. Thought about getting another bottle off eBay even though I heard it's been reformulated.
Perfumes from Dior has the longest lifespan compare to outher houses...I have a Fahrenheit that I bought in 2007...and it still smells good!!!
Just started looking at this video, WOW some bangers, great work Bro!
NAUTICA OG was the fragrance that started it all for me back in 3rd or 4th grade ! Need to get a old bottle
In my collection!
These 90s frags (most) were straight powerhouses. Back when you could spray yourself at home, drive a good ways to work, and blow the office out until you left.
😂😂😭😭
I think I had one of those Adidas moves way back in the day. I remember the cap
I had a bottle of Calvin Klein's Obsession and also Eternity. Both of them lasted over 20 years with not much change in the scent. I ended up giving them away because I got tired of looking at them. LOL. Great topic, sir!!
Interesting.... Would've been cool if you threw in a few throwback photos for a nostalgia effect. 🤣. That's the nautica I remember 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cool water by far is my favorite fresh out the shower fragrance!
The oldest bottle in my collection is Clinique Happy for Men from 2007, still works.
I wore that everyday in 2005...Good Times 👍🏼
I have a bottle of Adidas Deep Energy which I will always have its the fragrance I wore on mine and my wife's first date so it is sentimental to me and I will always make sure to keep a bottle. I still have one that she bought me 7 years ago still smells great.
Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day
I have one of those original bottles of Moves with about the same amount of juice left. It's rarely sprayed anymore but it has a nostalgic smell for sure. That tomato leaf note is so 90's -early 2000's
Great video, Ross! Brought back memories of certain times in my life and what I was wearing. Especially of being a broke college student and appreciating receiving those Aspen giftsets from from my grandmother and aunts.
Glad you enjoyed it Sandy
The only thing that changes are the top notes. The base of a fragrance gets smoother and richer but will change. I have a 20 year old bottle and still use it. Doesn’t smell the same but not spoiled.
Mr Ross, honestly I think it may be luck of the draw, & the ingredients that was used to develope the scent. I have a bottle of Drakkar from when it originally came out that reeks of Alcohol--but CK's Eternity and my Givenchy's PI original bottles that pretty much smell the same as I remember. The good & bad about being a collector--you get to the point where there is no way you can give every scent their just do and attention. The hope is that you actually get to enjoy them while you can! Side note--I had a bottle of Avatar that I got from a Kmart! I Had some work done on my car--& the mechanic liked the smell--so I gave him the bottle!! Regretted that move years later--since I cant find it anymore!! As always my guy! Great video and we appreciate you!
My CK Eternity bottle has been in my truck for 8 years. 8 years of roasting in the summer heat. 8 years of freezing in the sub zero winters. However, it still smells d@mn good!
Ross. You ever try Ralph Lauren Romance silver! It is discontinued but man. That was my signature scent for a few years!
Loved that one and original romance
I have Kouros from 2005 and it smells perfect still.
Great stuff. I have bottles that are 15 to 20 years plus years also. Ed hardly I got 2 of them.. the tiger and love and luck are good complement getters..
Aspen brings back memories...I need to get me a big bottle. It reminds me of Christmas 🎄 😊....cool water was my go out Friday night fagrence...
Great video. Lately I've contemplated giving bottles away and going through bottles quickly before they "go bad." You've convinced me otherwise.
I see most of the comments say otherwise but I recently sprayed a bottle of Polo Blue which had been in my drawer for several years & it smells horrible. Not sure if it's a knockoff as it was given to me & I wasn't a big fan of it at the time. Sampled a bottle a few months ago at a retailer & really liked it.
I just got a small bottle of the Christian Audigier and upon 1st smell (not on skin yet), it hasn't caught me. Yet.
Regarding the Adidas, the one I got from my dad while in Uni and I bought it back (now finished) is the Ice Dive. A co worker bought the Get Ready set for me one Christmas.
I liked Aspen growing up. Even bought one. Found out it had galbanum, but it wasn't enough to summon a headache like a grey flannel and noir anthracite. There's a Bod fragrance that reminds me of it - Really Ripped Abs
I used to wear Avatar all the time back in high school. Always would get compliments. I hate that it's impossible to find nowadays. If I ever have the chance to pick up another bottle I most certainly will.
Thanks have not been in the game that long but good to know what to expect and how to avoid them spoiling.
As a collector I really enjoyed this video. Never miss a video. Stay blessed sir 🙏 🙌
Nice review love the video Ross stay motivated dream big 1 mill on the way
Older ones in my collection would be my own bottle of Tiffany For Men, Bvlgari - Black (about 15yrs old), and one by Stetson called Sunset. I think I’d went on Fragrantica one time to learn more about Sunset, and I couldn’t find anything. Maybe it was a real limited holiday edition or something.
i have a 90's era Colors by Benetton and a 90's era Passion for Men by Liz Taylor . i lovem' strong for the coldest winter months. spicy. bottles are omg! they are 31 years old.omg.
I have a RL Romance from 99, the initial spray lacks just a little bit, after it sits and dries down, it’s beautiful still
Ahh.. My favorite nostalgic scent...Aspen lol
I have the original Boss bottled and the original Givenchy Pi as the two oldest in my collection. Both smell amazing. Only thing I noticed is if you haven't sprayed them in a very long time the first spray is pure alcohol smell. Not rubbing alcohol tho it smells like you literally poured rum on yourself. After that it's the normal smell without issues.
And bro that avatar was my jam in high school!! Best 20$ I used to spend !
eyy who would have thought to see adidas moves... i always have a small 30ml bottle in my gym back.. doesnt last long, doesnt perform. but for that 20 minute time period from the gym back home it will refresh you
Awesome video and makes me remember as lot of the history that I went through. However, back during my growing up, I did not care for fragrances (believe it or not). Fragrance, in my experience and household, was something to add to the presentation of a good suit, like icing on a very delicious cake. Going to church, to a special event, maybe out on the town...those were the prime times to wear a fragrance and my father wore his fair share: YSL M7, Lanvin Avant Garde & Oxygene Homme, Azzarro Chrome, Givenchy Very Irresistible, Bvlgari Pour Homme, and others. Even though he wore all of that, I never got into it much. I would wear Drakkar Noir to church every now and then, maybe wore Michael Jordan Cologne or Tommy for Men when I was in middle school. I got little "budget" sample sets for Christmas with Gray Flannel, Curve for Men, Paul Sebastian Fine Cologne, and Halston Z-14...in which I wasn't too fond of those. And I mostly evaded fragrance counters like the plague when we went to Boston Store after looking at those crazy prices for standard and higher designer stuff, lol. Once I got out of college and branched out, though, that's when I discovered YT and all the fragrances that I'd missed out on, especially the premium and niche fragrances that I'd never heard of. And those experiences changed my perception of fragrance from just being something "boring" or something to "just throw on to smell good" to being an olfactory and artistic experience that could be shared by many.
That Tiffany one....😯
Just want to ask, Mr. Ross, haven't you tried the Lacoste Original EDT or Cologne..? i certainly love the smell of it and just kinda wondering if you can suggest something that's smelled really close to it, if not the same, so i can try to have it..? i will surely appreciate it.. thanks so much in advance..! 🙂🙂🙂
I haven't tried it
oh i see.. that's sad to hear but thanks so much nonetheless for the reply. i have ask a few fragrance reviewers also before but really haven't got any answer. thanks again, Mr. Ross. 🙂🙂🙂
I have a bottle of LC Curve that belonged to my father that he left sitting in the cabinet underneath his bathroom sink for years. I hadn't looked up the batch code, but I remember him having that same bottle since I want to say 2009. It smells super salty and sour now, but I can still pick up the floral and citrus aromatics.
Also, I have one of the first launch batches of Bleu De Chanel edt from when my mom got it for me working at Macy's. it was my signature scent in high school and I did NOT take care of it! I used to keep it in my backpack and in my high school gym locker. That's right, not my REGULAR locker, my GYM locker! The bottle is chipped because of moving, and it stayed in a shoebox for a long time in my dad's basement, and when I spray it, the citruses are definitely spoiled, but I still get the warm woods and incense through the mid and dry down
I agree with this for the most part. They will last a very long time, If stored properly. But even that doesn’t do it sometimes. I have a half bottle of Bleu de Chanel EDT from the year of release and the top notes are most definitely not quite there anymore. I think the top notes burning off affect citrus notes primarily. The dry-downs are usually just fine though.
I have a Chanel No.5 from the 1970s...still great, and so much more original that the reformulations 😉 last week found an Ed Hardy Villain for women in the back of my storage room, brand new unsealed, I don't even remember when I got that 😃
Wore 2 bottles of cool water back in the 90s..love it then. Also wore Aspen, don't have any recollection of how it was
I wonder why none of the fragrance community is acknowledging Kevin Samuels sudden death. He was first a fragrance reviewer before blowing up and gaining 1.5 million subs doing relationships. He still did fragrance reviews too. As a matter of fact the morning he passed I was watching a review on By Killian Roses on Ice and bought it off his word because he loved it.
Ross, you should check him out. He knows (knew) his stuff. Had a $20k Bond No. 9 collection too. I wonder where his massive collection will end up.
I was wondering this as well. He was one of the first I watched before the shift in his content too. He had some solid reviews, top 10 lists, even his livestreams with Big Beard Business and Mr Bowtie were good. Sad to know he’s really gone.
Ugh I know I was thinking what would happen to his fragrance collection too when I heard the news! 😂
I know who he is. May he rest in peace. I don't know him at all though.
@@TLTGReviews He didn't go as hard as you did with the reviews but the ones he did were special fragrances and top notch in production. There is a huge void left.
Yep. Even as his content continued with livestreams, he’d always include his SOTD and his candle that was burning in his video intros. Colognes remained an important part of his life through to the end😐
I used to buy that Avatar at Value City Dept. Store for $9.99 in the early days👍My signature scents of my junior\ high school was Aspen(green)/Polo(green)/Polo(sport)
I have a close to full bottle of Adidas Moves! How do you tell when some notes are spoiled? I also have a 30 yr. old bottle of CK Obsession.
Adidas moves was my signature high school scent 🙌🏻
Amen on Adidas Moves...such a classic, my first ever fragrance...I thought it smelled so futuristic when I was like 9 lol
I have some bottles that have spoiled terribly and in a pretty short period of time. And then I have a Fahrenheit from 1998 that smells great...A Polo Sport from 2001 that smells just like remember it. I think it depends on ingredients and how it was stored
I’m here bc I found a sauvage bottle I thought I lost years ago it’s from 2017. I literally just found it. The smell still smells good though it was gonna be weak but not at all it was in a cool place the bottle was kinda cold. Happy I found it.
Von Dutch coming back Ed hardy will be next if u was on Ed I ik u remember vd... good vid Ross
Bring back memories!
Where's the brut? Hai karate? Or gravity? 😊
Got a 15 year old 100ml, half used of Hugo Boss, it was always a mild fragrance and is still good.
Cool video idea Ross, I have a Lacoste original splash bottle from the 80's. It smells like straight oak moss, no top notes left. 😂
If you store them away from the sun and tempe that fluctuate, they actually get better with time. Just be careful when buying them, never know what the original person did. I read that manufacturers have to put an expiration date on them for shelf stocking purposes, just like vitamins or ibuprofen, do they really expire? I don’t see how unless they are in fluctuating temps and or sitting in the sun.
I've got a bottle that was given to me from a good friend of mine back in the late 80s and still have it from a fragrance house and product line called Crabtree and evelyn nomad the vintage bottle with what looks like a prince or a king or whatever youd call him on a horse and it's still good and it kinda reminds me of ARAMIS colone very similar and I've been offered $$ and it's not faded or spoiled I keep it in the original box it's a 100ml and only missing a quarter of it and only wear it on my Anniversary because it's one of the ones my wife first smelled on me when we met and it's still very very Good...
Great topic brother
I have two bottles, one of the Empire Cologne by Trump and the Success aftershave i snagged at Ross' a few years ago. Doesn't look like it will go up in value so will just use them up. Actually they both smell pretty good.
I thought those Ed Hardys had a little bit of a tart citrus to begin with. The hearts and daggers has a little sharpness up top with that sweetness.
I'll never stop wearing Ed Hardy unless they disappear lol. Oddly enough I feel like the one with the tiger is way ahead of its time. Other brands are just now catching up to that warm sweet ambery smell. Its dope 😁🤙
I have a 2016 Nautica Blue, 2016 Aqua Rush and 2017 Ferragamo Black and 2017 Aspen and they smell like I bought them yesterday
Here's a fun fact about the Adidas Stripes. In 1952, following the 1952 Summer Olympics in Finland, Adidas acquired its signature three stripe branding from Karhu Sports, for two bottles of whiskey and the equivalent of €1,600
For years, I've laughed at the "experts" who said that compact disks would go bad. And when the "experts" say that fragrance goes bad after 3 years, I laugh at them, too. No doubt, that is what the retailers would like us to believe.
Some CD's do degrade over time.
I had it happen to a bunch of mine from the 90s. The metallic surface can eventually degrade and start flaking off, or the plastic disk discolors to the point that it can't be read.
There some fragrences that do go bad within a few years, as well. Those are usually expensive ones that use all natural oils, though. Your run-of-the-mill fragrence made with synthetics should last many MANY years if kept out of light and at a stable temperature.
@@jaymartinson3236 A "bunch" of your CDs have degraded?? Over the course of a few decades, I have collected over 1,500 CDs, both new and used, including many from the 90's, and while I may have experienced the occasional error on a disc, those errors became apparent on first listen, soon after the disks were acquired, so they would have been scratches or manufacturing defects. What's more, I don't have a single disc that exhibits the kind of "flaking" or "discoloration" you mentioned. So, either you've treated your collection very poorly, or you're just making s**t up. 🤷♂
As for niche fragrances, I don't buy those, so I'll have to take your word for it, though it would seem that I have reason to doubt that too. 😏
@kamakiriad8795 Yup. A decent amount, maybe 10-20 out of a hundred or so of them. It happened to a few laser disks, too.
They were stored in a cd case in a temperature controlled environment. Sometimes, things just break down over time.
@@jaymartinson3236 10-20%?? 😧 Have you been eating off of them? Using them as coasters?
As it happens, this weekend, I'm going through hundreds of music CDs that I've had stored in the garage for over a decade, and I'm ripping any tracks worth listening to. To be clear, my garage is not a "temperature controlled environment"; on the contrary, it's been subject to increasingly hot summers, so these discs, of varying age and quality, have been exposed to extremes in temperature. I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this: so far, not a single one of these CDs has exhibited _any_ _deterioration_ _whatsoever_ , in either appearance or functionality, including flawless play on my cheap CD burner.
Indeed, sometimes, things just don't break down over time.
@kamakiriad8795 About that many, yeah. The "burned" CDs were the worst of them, but there were some that I bought at the store that did it as well. I was especially bummed out about Offspring Americana because that was the first album I ever purchased and I wanted to hold onto it.
Love Hearts & Daggers! Mine is 2 years old. Will it go bad??
Mine is about 11 years old and the cotrus started to spoil recently
The Tommy bahama I'd worn during the summer around some of my buddies that are fragheads as well and although its similar to virgin island water which I own and tested against each other and they mostly said its smelled like some cheap Avon stuff and they were very serious about it I was shocked because its good and I've had it and all the other Tommy bahama scents ..my favorite of the is Maritime
Thanks for sharing!!!
lol i have bottles of polo that are 35 years old, essentially unspoiled completely. when ive played with ebay fire like that, a few times ive been screwed. got a real old bottle of halston 1-12 that would make somebody puke if you smelled it. but then i have an original formula splash bottle of Tsar that smells like it was made yesterday
I’ve only had one bottle go bad..surprisingly a Chanel but I took such bad care of it lol. Ever since I knew how to store them it’s never happened
I still have 2 bottles of "camp Beverly Hills " from the early 90's unopened. And several bottles of "FULL THROTTLE" that was put out around 2008. That was from the AMERICAN CHOPPER GUYS. I guess that's why so many people refrigerate their fragrances. I didn't even think that they could expire?
Ed hardy reminded me of milisime imperial I believe still have my first bottle of it in the collection hasn't really spoiled I don't think
Would love to get my hands on some Ralph Lauren CHAPS
I was a die hard fan of " avatar, by coty" that was a panty dropper from the 90's. And also, ralph Lauren romance- silver. Do you know, any clones of these too fragrances?
I don't unfortunately
Ive got a bottle of tommy hilfiger athletics thats been sitting in my car for 5+ years while the product itself is 15+ yrs old. Top notes are gone but the rest of fragrance is still there considering the harsh climate its been stored in. Meanwhile ive got a bottle of Fierce thats 5-10 yrs old that just spoiled and smells similar to maple syrup now
I have a original bottle of love and luck and my bottle has the tattoo painted on bottle not just the sleeve. And it smells like cat urine now it’s sour and spoiled.. the new ones I got online smell a lot different than I remember and last only 15 min than skin scent.
I think purfume companies say they expire, so you feel that you need to keep buying them. I have a bottle of Brittany Spears purfume from 2008 and it still smells the same. As well as Ed Hardy purfumes from the early 2010s and there is no difference.
My ck escape hugo boss and Dior higher smell foul. Escape I just opened escape today expecting a home run nope just a foul ball was so disappointing. It smelled so good in the 90's same with hugo boss.
I keep my fragrances refrigerated too, like having a wine cellar.
Wow adidas moves I had that in like middle school 😅
YOOOOO!!! Avatar was my SHIT! I saw them on mecari for $240+. What do I have to do to get a 2 mL decant up out of ya?
240?! There's a Finnish saying going something like this. It's not the seller who asks the high price who is the fool - it's the buyer who pays that
Dolce Gabbana light blue intense 👍
I keep all my fragrances in their box’s on display in a cool darker room.
Finally decent content 😂 I used to wear the hell out of Love and Luck and True Religion
Glad you approve Samy
The only old bottle I have left is dolce and gabbana pour homme. It's 22 years old and still smells good. Lost a few 20+ year old bottles of Fahrenheit, obsession ,and an old Tommy H fragrance in a move.
My old can of YSL Rive Gauche might be starting to age. Something is a bit off in the top.
My biggest fear is my cologne going bad lol I’ve only been doing this a couple years I’m a newbie with 60 fragrances not the biggest collection but still it’s money that can go bad
60 is a substantial number. lol