Same, I baught 17 different samples and the Mefisto Gentiluomo is the one I keep going back to and am about to go buy as its the only one of them all that's about empty :)
Hey Ash This is the kind of videos we need!! Excellent. Tired of everybody’s top ten this and that! More comparisons and options or don’t recommend etc
Mefisto is devine. Performs quite well, and smells much more rounded and warmer than Silver Mountain Water... Not a fan of the ink vibe either, so going the Xerjoff over the Creed is a no brainer for me.
There's really no excuses nowadays for the fragrances with the price 400$+ to have a really poor longevity and projection as Creed house. Mefisto is the best imo, the smell is like a cool windy weather, a bit floral, but in elegant way, I see it at 30+ years, has great performance. Gentiluomo I think is more for the 18-25 years audience with a little bit youthful/playful character.
I used to think this way as well, but you’re buying the scent when it comes down to it. Not all fragrances are gonna be beast mode. Some you only need 3-4 hours of performance while others you want 8+. Depends on the occasion and what you want from a fragrance for that particular situation. I love Creed due to the higher quality ingredients and their scents. Some last 6+ hours on my skin while others last 3-4 hours.
Mefisto was my first "niche" fragrance without knowing what that was. comparing to what i was using at that time, oh man.. im on my 3rd bottle now but don't use it as much anymore. but man if i put it under me nose, triggers so many memories and just paints a smile on my face. such smoothness yet so fascinating
I just blind purchased Mefisto Gentiluomo yesterday. I wore it today and my goodness, what a wonderful fragrance! Like Ash said, it’s very smooth. It is very inoffensive. The floral notes are powdery but still come off masculine. The citrus in the opening is so fresh. The creaminess you get in the dry down accompanied by floral notes lasts forever. I’ve had this on since 7am, it’s 6pm now and it’s still very lively! This one is masterfully blended, now I need to get my hands on a bottle of Creed Silver Mountain Water!
I love SMW and Mefisto. Gentiluomo is alright. However, out of the 3, I think Mefisto has the best performance. SMW does not perform well enough. I love the scent but it barely projects for an hour and then it becomes a skin scent (online reviews say the same too).
Hey Ash - Silver Mountain Water was the first Niche fragrance i ever owned. Love it. Just purchased my second bottle, along with Green Irish Tweed + some Royal Oud (Blind buy) I'm interested in Mefisto / Gentiluomo during the day, as high heat virtually all year round in Australia. Love your videos mate, cheers.
Great video as usual Ash. Nice to see a Creed based video that doesn’t discuss a clone of Aventus, or Aventus itself. Lol. Anyway, those Xerjoff fragrances sound bomb. Will have to check them out if I get the chance! 👍
Have all three. To me they tend to feel seasonal. SMW feels like Winter (bitter elements, cold, bit of a bite to it), Mefisto feels like Spring (bright, open, sharp), and Gent feels like Summer and Fall (warm, smooth, relaxed, bright)
Mefisto is a strikingly beautiful fresh fragrance. I enjoy the first hour of Mefisto Gentiluomo, but after that I'm left with a rather bland musky smell. Haven't tried SMW enough to compare it.
My husband gave me silver mountain water on mother's day and I am so in love with it! I don't think I have ever loved perfume that much and I have so many perfumes! I don't get any inky note😀
Honestly, having owned both, Mefisto is much better than SMW, which I used to have, and absolutely doesn't last and no one will smell. Mefisto smells nicer for a man and lasts the whole day. I wouldn't own SMW also if you have or like MI, they have a similar vibe in the mid and dry down. Have yet to try Gentiluomo.
After trying both I originally bought Mefisto, however, I kept going back to the sample of SMW. I eventually pulled the trigger on SMW and it quickly became my favorite of the two. SMW is more snappy and refreshing as opposed to Mefisto which has rounded edges and isn’t as challenging. Both great compositions though!
Great compare & contrast video. I’ve been using Percival, Layton, Sedley & Elysium in rotation (I live in Florida) I just ordered Mefisto to add in my rotation!
I’m currently checking out xerjoff with samples but also with a couple bottles I pulled the trigger on. I keep hearing how the quality,longevity,projection of said brand is head and shoulders above a lot of other brands out there. Figured why not try it out.
Honestly this channel has best comments ever, I laugh all the time I check comments section 😂 BTW I love Creed Silver Mountain water myself and when I wore it I got many many compliments ☺️
What I like about this guy, he breaks down a colognes ingredients so well and thoroughly. Which is what I want to know. Not saying he does in this video since its a comparison (I am writing this while watching it) but in general he is very thorough and I like this about him a lot.
@@dbarton8651 I’ve been doing some work on this and it came down to those two. I’m think I’m going to pull the trigger and go with Renaissance. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@biggboi1967 Nice! I would recommend a sample, if you've never tried them before🙏 that's what I did. I loved Renaissance, but the wife....not so much lol. She hates patchouli and can smell it a mile away 😅
I think Mefisto is the best choice. SMW is a close second and I would have both no problem. I don't think they are redundant. But MG is an intersection point between the aforementioned. But, again, I can't get passed the fact that it reminds me of Azzaro Chrome. A lot. So I would stick with SMW and og Mefisto.
I only tried Mefisto. It threw me off at first with the opening, it’s quite potent like dark berries but it changes and becomes beautiful then the base is quite pleasant after 3 hours.
Creed Silver Mountain Water right now 2023 lasts 1 hour on my skin I think due to reformulation. I would choose Mefisto Gentleuomo lasts longer. I'm in a tropical country.
I have silver and gentle I like both but I’d pick gentle. But I also have thameen green pearl, and I think green pearl is way better then them both. I’m probably gonna sell my silvermw because green pearl is stronger and smoother with a beautiful bright green apple note
Own all 3 for the exact reasons mentioned... I have to agree, gun to my head, I’d have to keep my 120ml SMW. Is it because I have a huge Creed collection and it’s a vintage 120ml, yeah most likely. But I love them all, I just justify it as having 2 backup bottles of “SMW” 😂🤣
SMW is really my first love/hate fragrance. It’s warm outside and I wanna wear SMW 1 day I will smell it from the atomiser and it just smells amazing. Couple days later I will do the same and from the atomiser the inky note is too prominent and it’s too much 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Silver Mountain is more mature not candy plasticy sweet. The king here is SILVER MOUNTAIN WATER. yet performance for xerjoff is a bit better ( longetivty).
Silver mountain water is know for its awful performance in 2021, as are most creeds. You can alo get the Xerjoff for 100ml compared to Silver mountain water a 50ml for the 195-199$ price, if that matters to any of you
Tbh silver mountain water to me and the gf smells like tea and ink. Honestly i cannot stand it (same as her) yes its complex but i just dont think wearing a polarising fragrance is something i'd do. Not a blind buy, will stick with aventus and millisime imperial. Buy sillage if you want smw
Hey men i see the review for mefisto gentiluomo i live en the carribean Puerto Rico and is 365 hot here my friends i only have fiero and i liked for this temperatures but your review clear my mind more for buy gentiluomo because my friend now in this month is hot here even the night is hot may be refreshing on the night for couple of day that rain but during the day uff is hot so i buy this gragance and for the third fragance finish wirh naxos thank men nice review.
I tryed mefisto and on the dry down I felt it very feminine, but I just try it three times, does any one else had these problem Because I really want to like it Thank you
Go for Silver Mountain Water ! Today I have smelled also mefisto and mefisto G. Look Listen and Be Sure -- Silver Mountain Water is much much much better , a class of its own and even reading the ingridients say the same. Silver Mountain Water is second only to Aventus.
Just get Rasasi Al Wisam and safe yourself $200 USD if you don;t have any of these already. SMW is my favorite of the 3 and one of the only Creeds I own. I will say all are very unisex too.
I have tried to like SMW but it just does not agree with my nose. Mephisto is less inky but still disagrees with m my nose. Have not smelled the new one.
@Sample Scents thanks a lot for the detailed explanation. Mancera in general have a synthetic vibe which I dont mind as long it is not a straight hairspray or bathroom cleaner smell. probably have to try it to see it for myself
I dont know any of these. Bought me the Club de Nuit Sillage last year after the hype and it was the worst fragrance I ever smelled in my 20+ years of fragrances. It was like 100% aggressive citrus toilet cleaner. And it did not get any better with the dry down. So I never looked into Creed SMW because people stating they are perfect clones. But I ordered me the Mefisto Gentlioumo blindly yesterday, after reading it has barbershop vibes and I am crazy for barbershop fragrances. So, fingers crossed I wont get another Club de Nuit Sillage type of fragrance.
Now you have viewers that will watch this content and buy Creed and Xerjoff fragrances BUT complain about the prices of Galleria Parfum fragrances 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
I sampled the 3 of them around 7 months ago, and I ended up buying Mefisto Gentiluomo as I think it is absolutely gorgeous.
Same, I baught 17 different samples and the Mefisto Gentiluomo is the one I keep going back to and am about to go buy as its the only one of them all that's about empty :)
Same I think it's a great scent
I didn't choose the fragrance life. The fragrance life chose me
Facts
Ikr? 😂
Hahahaha 😂
💯
Bro I’m loving this life it’s added much joy to my life
The original mefisto is a 10/10 masterpiece ✨️
Hey Ash
This is the kind of videos we need!! Excellent. Tired of everybody’s top ten this and that! More comparisons and options or don’t recommend etc
Mefisto is devine.
Performs quite well, and smells much more rounded and warmer than Silver Mountain Water... Not a fan of the ink vibe either, so going the Xerjoff over the Creed is a no brainer for me.
There's really no excuses nowadays for the fragrances with the price 400$+ to have a really poor longevity and projection as Creed house. Mefisto is the best imo, the smell is like a cool windy weather, a bit floral, but in elegant way, I see it at 30+ years, has great performance. Gentiluomo I think is more for the 18-25 years audience with a little bit youthful/playful character.
I used to think this way as well, but you’re buying the scent when it comes down to it. Not all fragrances are gonna be beast mode. Some you only need 3-4 hours of performance while others you want 8+. Depends on the occasion and what you want from a fragrance for that particular situation. I love Creed due to the higher quality ingredients and their scents. Some last 6+ hours on my skin while others last 3-4 hours.
Mefisto was my first "niche" fragrance without knowing what that was. comparing to what i was using at that time, oh man.. im on my 3rd bottle now but don't use it as much anymore. but man if i put it under me nose, triggers so many memories and just paints a smile on my face. such smoothness yet so fascinating
I just blind purchased Mefisto Gentiluomo yesterday. I wore it today and my goodness, what a wonderful fragrance! Like Ash said, it’s very smooth. It is very inoffensive. The floral notes are powdery but still come off masculine. The citrus in the opening is so fresh. The creaminess you get in the dry down accompanied by floral notes lasts forever. I’ve had this on since 7am, it’s 6pm now and it’s still very lively! This one is masterfully blended, now I need to get my hands on a bottle of Creed Silver Mountain Water!
should i blind buy it, i found it for 130 for a 3.4oz tester?
@BB-hb5ck I mean it's a really wonderful fragrance. To me, personally, I think 100ml is well worth $130.
I'd pick Silver Mountain Water. I've never picked up an inky vibe to it. It just smells fresh and beautiful to my nose.
I love SMW and Mefisto. Gentiluomo is alright. However, out of the 3, I think Mefisto has the best performance. SMW does not perform well enough. I love the scent but it barely projects for an hour and then it becomes a skin scent (online reviews say the same too).
It doesn't really matter because most people. Most people, don't get compliments. The fragrance ultimately is worth for the user.
The amount of fragrances that I didn’t know about is staggering!!
Absolutely love it!!
Hey Ash - Silver Mountain Water was the first Niche fragrance i ever owned. Love it.
Just purchased my second bottle, along with Green Irish Tweed + some Royal Oud (Blind buy)
I'm interested in Mefisto / Gentiluomo during the day, as high heat virtually all year round in Australia.
Love your videos mate, cheers.
Great video as usual Ash. Nice to see a Creed based video that doesn’t discuss a clone of Aventus, or Aventus itself. Lol. Anyway, those Xerjoff fragrances sound bomb. Will have to check them out if I get the chance! 👍
Have all three. To me they tend to feel seasonal. SMW feels like Winter (bitter elements, cold, bit of a bite to it), Mefisto feels like Spring (bright, open, sharp), and Gent feels like Summer and Fall (warm, smooth, relaxed, bright)
SMW is amazing, but even cheap clones have better longevity
Mefisto is a strikingly beautiful fresh fragrance. I enjoy the first hour of Mefisto Gentiluomo, but after that I'm left with a rather bland musky smell. Haven't tried SMW enough to compare it.
My husband gave me silver mountain water on mother's day and I am so in love with it! I don't think I have ever loved perfume that much and I have so many perfumes! I don't get any inky note😀
Honestly, having owned both, Mefisto is much better than SMW, which I used to have, and absolutely doesn't last and no one will smell. Mefisto smells nicer for a man and lasts the whole day. I wouldn't own SMW also if you have or like MI, they have a similar vibe in the mid and dry down. Have yet to try Gentiluomo.
After trying both I originally bought Mefisto, however, I kept going back to the sample of SMW. I eventually pulled the trigger on SMW and it quickly became my favorite of the two. SMW is more snappy and refreshing as opposed to Mefisto which has rounded edges and isn’t as challenging. Both great compositions though!
Great compare & contrast video. I’ve been using Percival, Layton, Sedley & Elysium in rotation (I live in Florida) I just ordered Mefisto to add in my rotation!
I’m currently checking out xerjoff with samples but also with a couple bottles I pulled the trigger on. I keep hearing how the quality,longevity,projection of said brand is head and shoulders above a lot of other brands out there. Figured why not try it out.
Should have shown off the Mefisto box. The presentation is awesome.
I was waiting for this video! i can now make my choice, it will be the original mefisto because is the in-between one :) tx for the vid!
I've not tried the other two but I've Mefisto gentiluomo and I love it. Gets me compliments too
how many sprays do you do?
Honestly this channel has best comments ever, I laugh all the time I check comments section 😂 BTW I love Creed Silver Mountain water myself and when I wore it I got many many compliments ☺️
Have you smelled mefisto?
I'm all in on Mefisto
What I like about this guy, he breaks down a colognes ingredients so well and thoroughly. Which is what I want to know. Not saying he does in this video since its a comparison (I am writing this while watching it) but in general he is very thorough and I like this about him a lot.
I own Xerjoff Naxos and I adore this fragrance. I’m looking into getting a Spring/Summer fragrance from this house, but there are too many choices.
Have you tried Renaissance or Nio? just picked me up a bottle of Renaissance for summer. It's fantastic!
@@dbarton8651 I’ve been doing some work on this and it came down to those two. I’m think I’m going to pull the trigger and go with Renaissance. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@biggboi1967 Nice! I would recommend a sample, if you've never tried them before🙏 that's what I did. I loved Renaissance, but the wife....not so much lol. She hates patchouli and can smell it a mile away 😅
Kobe is the greatest xerjoff
I’d say go for Nio
All 3 are amazing and you and your reviews are amazing too, keep up the fantastic job bro✌️
I think Mefisto is the best choice. SMW is a close second and I would have both no problem. I don't think they are redundant. But MG is an intersection point between the aforementioned. But, again, I can't get passed the fact that it reminds me of Azzaro Chrome. A lot. So I would stick with SMW and og Mefisto.
I smelled Mefisto today. So delicious, will get soon. Already own SMW
I sampled the Gentiluomo a few months ago and loved it. It smells exactly like Choward’s Violet candy.
Really helpful. I went with the flanker because I don’t get dressed up a lot and I’m not disappointed. My partner loves it too so bonus points.
Been looking for something new. Rocking SMW for years now. Thanks I’ll check it out
Nice review Ash, I love the ink note in SMW, it's my favorite Creed by far, but I also love Mefisto, I haven't smelled gentle uomo unfortunately.
I only tried Mefisto. It threw me off at first with the opening, it’s quite potent like dark berries but it changes and becomes beautiful then the base is quite pleasant after 3 hours.
Creed Silver Mountain Water right now 2023 lasts 1 hour on my skin I think due to reformulation. I would choose Mefisto Gentleuomo lasts longer. I'm in a tropical country.
Mefisto Gentiluomo by far lasts the longest of the 3 on me and everyone else I know that’s tried them.
I have silver and gentle I like both but I’d pick gentle. But I also have thameen green pearl, and I think green pearl is way better then them both. I’m probably gonna sell my silvermw because green pearl is stronger and smoother with a beautiful bright green apple note
Own all 3 for the exact reasons mentioned... I have to agree, gun to my head, I’d have to keep my 120ml SMW. Is it because I have a huge Creed collection and it’s a vintage 120ml, yeah most likely. But I love them all, I just justify it as having 2 backup bottles of “SMW” 😂🤣
Of the three, I went with ARMAF-Sillage
Save the $$$
😉
Fail ❌
That perfume is absolute trash. Bought it, and had to wash it off every time i wore it. Its so gross
I have no experience with the Xerjoffs, SMW is probably my most complimented fragrances.
I was asking to myself this today :D and I see this video coming, thank you ashton. I like mefisto over smw. Don't know gentiluomo
SMW is really my first love/hate fragrance. It’s warm outside and I wanna wear SMW 1 day I will smell it from the atomiser and it just smells amazing. Couple days later I will do the same and from the atomiser the inky note is too prominent and it’s too much 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Shake ur bottle
I don't know why but recently Mefisto makes my nose uncomfortable and even give me a nose-ache and I don't know how is that possible 😢
Same, its like a citrus ball punched my nose
Another great one. I have never smelled the others but I do like silver mountain water.
Silver Mountain is more mature not candy plasticy sweet. The king here is SILVER MOUNTAIN WATER. yet performance for xerjoff is a bit better ( longetivty).
Silver mountain water is know for its awful performance in 2021, as are most creeds. You can alo get the Xerjoff for 100ml compared to Silver mountain water a 50ml for the 195-199$ price, if that matters to any of you
Been waiting for this video
Ash, is either ones versatile or just for Spring and Summer? Thank You
Tbh silver mountain water to me and the gf smells like tea and ink.
Honestly i cannot stand it (same as her) yes its complex but i just dont think wearing a polarising fragrance is something i'd do.
Not a blind buy, will stick with aventus and millisime imperial.
Buy sillage if you want smw
Great 📹 and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try it and have a blessed day
Gentiluomo tows that line of "is this too floral for me" as a man. Smells quite pleasant though.
I was waiting for this one!! finally!!
If I think about ice cool fragrance, it has to be PDM Galloway. IMHO.
MG smells very lavendery and green. Mefisto always feels super citrusy to me. I think my nose is broken.
Its like that. The Mefisto do smell very citrusy/orangy at the beginning. The MG is lavendery-musky indeed.
Hey men i see the review for mefisto gentiluomo i live en the carribean Puerto Rico and is 365 hot here my friends i only have fiero and i liked for this temperatures but your review clear my mind more for buy gentiluomo because my friend now in this month is hot here even the night is hot may be refreshing on the night for couple of day that rain but during the day uff is hot so i buy this gragance and for the third fragance finish wirh naxos thank men nice review.
I tryed mefisto and on the dry down I felt it very feminine, but I just try it three times, does any one else had these problem
Because I really want to like it
Thank you
3 years later … but hey that’s exactly what I’m getting . Opening is amazing but tones down to fiminin to me
Awesome review!
Great video! Probably you can include bond no 9 Hamptons and Mancera Wild Fruits. Cheers!
Go for Silver Mountain Water ! Today I have smelled also mefisto and mefisto G. Look Listen and Be Sure -- Silver Mountain Water is much much much better , a class of its own and even reading the ingridients say the same.
Silver Mountain Water is second only to Aventus.
Just get Rasasi Al Wisam and safe yourself $200 USD if you don;t have any of these already. SMW is my favorite of the 3 and one of the only Creeds I own. I will say all are very unisex too.
I have tried to like SMW but it just does not agree with my nose. Mephisto is less inky but still disagrees with m my nose. Have not smelled the new one.
Write in vote for Bond No 9 Hamptons lol
All Bonds have that nose burning alcohol smell
Is it the Mountain that's Silver or the Water?
I saw there's xerjoff 1888 in the background, why haven't you reviewed it yet ?
mefisto gentiluomo is my favorite of the 3
Xerjoff all the way
Or you can simply just get Armaf Sillage.
This guy knows what's up. Lasts 12 hours with 4 sprays
Can you do top Amouage?
Just when I thought I had it under control no no I realy need those two casmarati bottles
Tough mision choice one betwen those three great scents.
But, CREED is winner in this trilogy, this time!
how do they compare to mancera wild fruits? heard it is pretty similar to smw
@Sample Scents thanks a lot for the detailed explanation. Mancera in general have a synthetic vibe which I dont mind as long it is not a straight hairspray or bathroom cleaner smell. probably have to try it to see it for myself
I dont know any of these. Bought me the Club de Nuit Sillage last year after the hype and it was the worst fragrance I ever smelled in my 20+ years of fragrances. It was like 100% aggressive citrus toilet cleaner. And it did not get any better with the dry down. So I never looked into Creed SMW because people stating they are perfect clones. But I ordered me the Mefisto Gentlioumo blindly yesterday, after reading it has barbershop vibes and I am crazy for barbershop fragrances. So, fingers crossed I wont get another Club de Nuit Sillage type of fragrance.
How did you end up liking it?
Same experience with sillage. Its disgusting. Shame on these reviewers who say its the same or better than SMW. Not even close.
I think it smells like paint not ink but I like it..I guess you can call it ink I like silver mountain water because its the only one Iv smelled
I wonder if all the people that talk about the "inky note" even know what ink smells like
Mefisto last 10+ hours
What I'd choose? Easy. If I don't have to pay for it, Creed. If I do, the cheaper of the three.
i would add alghabra scent of paradise to the mentioned trio and make it a fatal 4 way, wwe style
If I could only choose ONE Niche fragrance for the rest of my life.... it would be Silver Mountain Water.
How does Silver by Al-Rehab stack up as a SMW clone?
Mefisto 4 the win
I picked XERJOFF MG
Armaf Sillage for 75% less
Derby Club House Blanche is similar too, but doesn't have the performance of Sillage. Glad I saved money regardless.
Am I an idiot? I honestly don't know what ink smells like..
Remember the smell of news paper i 80ties? That is ink.
What does "musky" smell like?
Now you have viewers that will watch this content and buy Creed and Xerjoff fragrances BUT complain about the prices of Galleria Parfum fragrances 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
Mephisto is better in my opinion
Always the innovator never the imitator.......
Don t like the 2 xerjoffs not for the price . There are better alternatives
tell me the alternative please before I buy one of them
3 years later
Silver mountain water is the better
693 Dawn View
Funny how you said opposite things 2 year ago in spring list. You said you like Mefisto more))
taste changes
You dont pic you get them all and layer!!!!
Am I the only one who thinks SMW smells like CK1??
Maegan Station
SMW doesn’t last more then 4 hrs on my skin
Nice video
please please please review Armaf Sillage vs Creed Silver Mount Water... Love ya content friend :)
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