I agree with this. Its definitely one of the very best modern scents. Its a blue GIT, which is commonly referred to as one of the best, if not the best, fragrances of all time.
Again, I find out about it, think of trying it... I look into it...decided I'll try it...and BOOM 💥I find out it's been reformulated. And out of nowhere a whole new thread of reviews...it dont smell the same...it dont last as long..yap yap. Ya know why I hate reformulations? Because now the task becomes to track down the previous version so I can smell what all the reviewers and buyers smelled when they ranted and raved. And to make sure I'm not buying an inferior version for the same price. They need to stop messing with stuff!
I hear ya man, but I do have both versions and both are very similar. The new formulation is more citric and zesty to my nose whilst the older one is more rounded and smooth. Not a huge difference in performance either. I find that quite a lot of the time the negative words about reforms are just people having a winge rather than an actual, noticeable degradation of the juice. Just read the fragrantica reviews for Aventus if you wanna see that most blatantly 🤣
@@RaffiDiranBassclef ha! Yep you're right! I've seen the Aventus storm and rain. And guess what? I still bought the current one and I enjoy it. It performs well enough for me. I've had it's most famous dupes CDNIM and Mont Blanc Explorer 3½years before I ever smelled Aventus. And despite all the storm, I prefer it to all my dupes. Meanwhile I just left Nordstrom like 30+mins ago. I stopped by to smell this Percival. Something in it smells a little metallic to me. I do like it though. Alot. But I can't help wondering if the older one would smell this way to me also. I could tell it was the reformulated version I smelled by the packaging. But there may still be a few old ones floating around that I can get. I'll see if I can find it but if not. The new formula it is.
The absolute most visceral reaction from a fragrance came when I wore Percival. “I’m sorry. But you smell Uncomfortably good.” “Uhh I’m sorry?” “No I mean. I wanna lick your arm. That’s how good. And I don’t even want to know what you’re wearing. Just walk away please.” Uhhhh. Ok.
Abercrombie & fitch fierce did it right back in the day and PDM percival just took what was already great and added to it making it more woody and less soapy/powdery.
@@GrowingDownUnder I promise to tell the story of my visit to the A&F store in Ginza Tokyo back in 2010. It was pretty much an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm but with topless male models
@@fiveduece52 see, I think mont blanc legend smells the best but performs the worst. Fierce smells better than percival but has worse performance than percival, cheaper price though and better performance than legend. Percival you only really buy for slightly longer performance and I guess it's more woody and mature
At least one of the greatest for sure, smell its personal. I know people who will say its BDC Edp (i love), and someother will say Sauvage Edp wich i dont like (l prefer parfum), or Y Edp dont like either (i prefere Y le parfum). I personally think AQDG PROFUMO pound for pound can beat every fragrance out there. Percival i have it, definitely it fills all box's, its a better take on A&F intense little bit pricy. I get your point it a valid one. I like the way you communicate and articulate, i like your content, you do it naturally not promoting brands, i feel like you are an underrated reviewer. Keep going the very good job
Thanks Deejay 🙏 Yes, tastes are very personal & i'm just mostly getting across that sometimes the things we don't pay too much attention to can be so great for us
I have the 82% batch with the new packaging and everything, sadly it doesn't seem to perform very well, scent wise is awesome but the performance for now is not as good as i thought, i am unable to compare it to the 78% batch to see if there is a difference not only sxent wise but also performance
It’s potent for a summer fresh scent so you have to use more of it vs the other winter pdms. Hence why they offer the 200 ml giant bottle .. so spray a lot of it but be careful you might be going nose blind as this freshie is longer lasting than any fresh fragrance money can buy…
ordering mine friday! Sedley and Percival I live fairly actively I dont want to walk around smelling too sweet or heavy both of these fragrances solve that problem, Molecule 01 and one more affordable unique freshie and my collection is complete!
Brother well said I had a bottle of it. Personally nothing special to me smells like an expensive designer scent. Galloway is a much better offering from the house to me. Was a pleasure watching 👍
Is PDM "Percival" similar to Abercrombie & Fitch "Fierce Intense"? I own the A&F and I love it. It's similar to Mont Blanc "Legend" and "Legend EDP", but it's better than the Mont Blanc. For a while now, I've been wanting to try "Percival", but I haven't had a chance to yet. I've noticed that "Fierce Intense" could be considered a Mahogany & Teakwood style fragrance, and I've noticed that "Legend"/"Legend EDP" might be considered that too but not as good as the A&F. I've been wondering if "Percival" is the best take on that kind of scent profile, but I'm under a budget constraint so it's too expensive for me right now. Besides, I own two bottles of the A&F and I own "Legend EDP".
So this is the best above average fragrance... I probably agree with your logic... And I also don't really care for it either because it is a pretty generic 'mall scent' done to an above average degree... **shrugs** Meh... ^_^ Great job as always...
Ha! House of Parfums de Marly is the only scent we share (Carlisle smells good on my skin, smells good on his clothing.) I don't know how Percival smells but if it's comparable to Legend, then I'll pass. (I'm loyal to my Spanish baby colognes as my everyday + D&G Light Blue as my default scent.) We wear Carlisle on date nights because we're efficient like that & we can't really afford niche scents. In honor of Percival, based on your description, I'll assign this DJGallixC Afrohouse mix: 1. Calm Down (Rema) 2. No Wahala (1d Banton) 3. Mood (Wizkid) Specially that last one.
it's more similar to abercrombie & fitch fierce, but woodier and not soapy. Mont blanc legend has sweetness, similar dna but they made legend sweeter and more youthful. Percival is like the grown up version, not as sweet
@@JanetVJohnson you probably smelled fierce before if you ever walked around the shopping center and walked past the abercrombie & fitch store they spray it all over the store
@@GrowingDownUnder Perhaps. What I remember from shopping center visits were whenever I went to the fragrance section at Macy's to go look for Estee Lauder Pleasures because the scent reminded me of GYHST shampoo.
Going to need your thoughts on the 82% formulation in another video... because I personally wont be buying another PDM with their new reformulations. They smell cheaper and not worth the buck anymore.
I personally do smell a difference, but i don't wear this stuff often enough. I'll let you know if my wife complains about the performance of the 82% one she's using now
The percentage refers to the amount of alcohol concentration is in the bottle. Generally, the lower the percentage number means the higher the amount of other things, namely fragrance oils
Layton = spicy, woody, green, sweet Pegasus = sweet and gourmand Sedley = citrusy, blue, ambroxan, slightly woody Haltane = woody and sweet Herod = amber, resinous, sweet Carlisle = woody, spicy, sweet Percival = powdery, woody, musky, slightly soapy. Greenley = juicy fruity green apple & woods, peppery Percival seems to be the most mass appealing and there isn't any other powdery musky fragrances by PDM. But Sedley and greenley are pretty good too honestly
GrowingDownUnder touched on a good point which is Percival is the most mass appealing (on paper) but probably the least reviewed/talked about/hyped by comparison. I'm wondering if it being above average in all categories makes it too boring because it's just not 'exceptional' in at least one of its aspects
Hey Raffi. This is a decent scent. I do have a 10 ml. decant that I have had for over a year, year and a half. Not that I don't like it, it is just that I reach for others first. Nice, but not full bottle worthy. Thanks for the video .
I like your theory on being above average...if being above average at everything was a person it's probably Joe rogan. He knows above average amounts of knowledge on just about everything but he's not an expert at basically most the stuff he does or knows. And then there's eddie bravo an expert at BJJ but knows absolutely nothing about anything else
That was my point. Most of the time, the one who is above average in many things will be the better option rather than the genious pianist who can't tie their own shoelaces...but who do we celebrate more?
It's funny how we never award the title of greatness to those can do many things at an above average level, but instead choose to award it to those can only do one of those things slightly better whilst being terrible in other areas. It's funny to me.
I suppose because ‘greatness ‘ as objective a term as that is , generally part of greatness , as I see it , is uniqueness , personality. I’m not saying Percival doesn’t have personality or uniqueness (ive not smelt it ) but you seem to imply it doesn’t ? Greatness in art I would say this particularly applies. Might be different with say cars , functional things . Maybe I dunno. Cheers
One of the best fragrance review ive ever watched. Big ups to you and to this review, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The full quote reads a bit different. "“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”" Rather fitting.
Percival, love the stuff. Thanks bro.
I agree with this. Its definitely one of the very best modern scents. Its a blue GIT, which is commonly referred to as one of the best, if not the best, fragrances of all time.
Again, I find out about it, think of trying it... I look into it...decided I'll try it...and BOOM 💥I find out it's been reformulated. And out of nowhere a whole new thread of reviews...it dont smell the same...it dont last as long..yap yap. Ya know why I hate reformulations? Because now the task becomes to track down the previous version so I can smell what all the reviewers and buyers smelled when they ranted and raved. And to make sure I'm not buying an inferior version for the same price. They need to stop messing with stuff!
I hear ya man, but I do have both versions and both are very similar. The new formulation is more citric and zesty to my nose whilst the older one is more rounded and smooth. Not a huge difference in performance either. I find that quite a lot of the time the negative words about reforms are just people having a winge rather than an actual, noticeable degradation of the juice. Just read the fragrantica reviews for Aventus if you wanna see that most blatantly 🤣
@@RaffiDiranBassclef ha! Yep you're right! I've seen the Aventus storm and rain. And guess what? I still bought the current one and I enjoy it. It performs well enough for me. I've had it's most famous dupes CDNIM and Mont Blanc Explorer 3½years before I ever smelled Aventus. And despite all the storm, I prefer it to all my dupes.
Meanwhile I just left Nordstrom like 30+mins ago. I stopped by to smell this Percival. Something in it smells a little metallic to me. I do like it though. Alot. But I can't help wondering if the older one would smell this way to me also. I could tell it was the reformulated version I smelled by the packaging. But there may still be a few old ones floating around that I can get. I'll see if I can find it but if not. The new formula it is.
Percival was my first PDM. And it’s a no brainer. It works. Always.
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I AGREE - it is my all time favourite!
The absolute most visceral reaction from a fragrance came when I wore Percival. “I’m sorry. But you smell Uncomfortably good.”
“Uhh I’m sorry?”
“No I mean. I wanna lick your arm. That’s how good. And I don’t even want to know what you’re wearing. Just walk away please.”
Uhhhh. Ok.
Abercrombie & fitch fierce did it right back in the day and PDM percival just took what was already great and added to it making it more woody and less soapy/powdery.
and who could resist that bottle?
@@RaffiDiranBassclef haha the bottle almost made me not buy it, but eventually the scent won me over
@@GrowingDownUnder I promise to tell the story of my visit to the A&F store in Ginza Tokyo back in 2010. It was pretty much an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm but with topless male models
Fierce smells better than Percival and they honestly don't smell similar mont Blanc legend is much closer to fierce
@@fiveduece52 see, I think mont blanc legend smells the best but performs the worst. Fierce smells better than percival but has worse performance than percival, cheaper price though and better performance than legend. Percival you only really buy for slightly longer performance and I guess it's more woody and mature
At least one of the greatest for sure, smell its personal. I know people who will say its BDC Edp (i love), and someother will say Sauvage Edp wich i dont like (l prefer parfum), or Y Edp dont like either (i prefere Y le parfum).
I personally think AQDG PROFUMO pound for pound can beat every fragrance out there.
Percival i have it, definitely it fills all box's, its a better take on A&F intense little bit pricy. I get your point it a valid one. I like the way you communicate and articulate, i like your content, you do it naturally not promoting brands, i feel like you are an underrated reviewer.
Keep going the very good job
Thanks Deejay 🙏
Yes, tastes are very personal & i'm just mostly getting across that sometimes the things we don't pay too much attention to can be so great for us
I have the 82% batch with the new packaging and everything, sadly it doesn't seem to perform very well, scent wise is awesome but the performance for now is not as good as i thought, i am unable to compare it to the 78% batch to see if there is a difference not only sxent wise but also performance
It’s potent for a summer fresh scent so you have to use more of it vs the other winter pdms. Hence why they offer the 200 ml giant bottle .. so spray a lot of it but be careful you might be going nose blind as this freshie is longer lasting than any fresh fragrance money can buy…
ordering mine friday! Sedley and Percival I live fairly actively I dont want to walk around smelling too sweet or heavy both of these fragrances solve that problem, Molecule 01 and one more affordable unique freshie and my collection is complete!
Hope you enjoy it!
Brother well said I had a bottle of it. Personally nothing special to me smells like an expensive designer scent. Galloway is a much better offering from the house to me. Was a pleasure watching 👍
Thanks Armen, i'll have to give Galloway a few more wearings, totally forgot about that one
I get it. Another characteristic that makes a Percival “great” is it’s established reliability.
Realiability is way underrated
Is PDM "Percival" similar to Abercrombie & Fitch "Fierce Intense"? I own the A&F and I love it. It's similar to Mont Blanc "Legend" and "Legend EDP", but it's better than the Mont Blanc. For a while now, I've been wanting to try "Percival", but I haven't had a chance to yet. I've noticed that "Fierce Intense" could be considered a Mahogany & Teakwood style fragrance, and I've noticed that "Legend"/"Legend EDP" might be considered that too but not as good as the A&F. I've been wondering if "Percival" is the best take on that kind of scent profile, but I'm under a budget constraint so it's too expensive for me right now. Besides, I own two bottles of the A&F and I own "Legend EDP".
it is redundant to own both fierce and percival, but you're better off owning percival over fierce
@@GrowingDownUnder Thanks for the help.
100% agree with GrowingDownUnder
So this is the best above average fragrance... I probably agree with your logic... And I also don't really care for it either because it is a pretty generic 'mall scent' done to an above average degree... **shrugs** Meh... ^_^ Great job as always...
All I read was you agree with my logic. There's nothing more for me to see here 😆
So wich one u recommend 82% vs 78%. Percival?
Imo the greatest one is Hermes Cuir D'Ange, i never tried a better, more smooth and lux leather, no harsh qualities at all
I'll have to give that a try, never even heard of it
@@RaffiDiranBassclef Its from the Hermessence line, a great release along with Ambre Narguile and Vetiver Tonka
Ha! House of Parfums de Marly is the only scent we share (Carlisle smells good on my skin, smells good on his clothing.) I don't know how Percival smells but if it's comparable to Legend, then I'll pass. (I'm loyal to my Spanish baby colognes as my everyday + D&G Light Blue as my default scent.) We wear Carlisle on date nights because we're efficient like that & we can't really afford niche scents.
In honor of Percival, based on your description, I'll assign this DJGallixC Afrohouse mix:
1. Calm Down (Rema)
2. No Wahala (1d Banton)
3. Mood (Wizkid)
Specially that last one.
it's more similar to abercrombie & fitch fierce, but woodier and not soapy. Mont blanc legend has sweetness, similar dna but they made legend sweeter and more youthful. Percival is like the grown up version, not as sweet
@@GrowingDownUnder I don't know how Fierce smells either, hahaha. I'm sticking to my baby colognes & Light Blue for after-shower splashes.
@@JanetVJohnson you probably smelled fierce before if you ever walked around the shopping center and walked past the abercrombie & fitch store they spray it all over the store
@@GrowingDownUnder Perhaps. What I remember from shopping center visits were whenever I went to the fragrance section at Macy's to go look for Estee Lauder Pleasures because the scent reminded me of GYHST shampoo.
Wizkid is good.
for that playlist i'm going with Gucci Pour Homme 2 all day every day
Going to need your thoughts on the 82% formulation in another video... because I personally wont be buying another PDM with their new reformulations. They smell cheaper and not worth the buck anymore.
I personally do smell a difference, but i don't wear this stuff often enough. I'll let you know if my wife complains about the performance of the 82% one she's using now
@@RaffiDiranBassclef Hey dude has your wife noticed a difference worth warrant?
@@RaffiDiranBassclef Hey Dude, still curious if your wife noticed any differences worth warrant?
@@EauMyGoodness hey dude, yes she did, but it wasn't enough for her to dislike it, she's almost finished that third bottle
@@RaffiDiranBassclef OMG she really does love it, okay appreciate the response thanks!
Percival is the GOAT??? I think you meant Montale Intense Café.
If you like Intense cafe try some other rose coffee fragrances like Bois 1920 Durocaffe it's even better
shhh...stop telling everyone! Only you and I know that
I'm curious now. What does the percentage mean? The amount of Essencial oils? Or it means the amout of solvent (alcohol or others)?
The percentage refers to the amount of alcohol concentration is in the bottle. Generally, the lower the percentage number means the higher the amount of other things, namely fragrance oils
Raffi Diran Bassclef yeah, after posting I figured it would be the same as alcoholic beverages. Thank you!
Why Percival specifically and not other PDMs like Layton, Pegasus. Sedley, Haltane, Herod, Carlisle, etc
Its a timeless well rounded aromatic - sweet bombs are nauseating, and a lot of what i've smelled from PDM was gimmicky.
Layton = spicy, woody, green, sweet
Pegasus = sweet and gourmand
Sedley = citrusy, blue, ambroxan, slightly woody
Haltane = woody and sweet
Herod = amber, resinous, sweet
Carlisle = woody, spicy, sweet
Percival = powdery, woody, musky, slightly soapy.
Greenley = juicy fruity green apple & woods, peppery
Percival seems to be the most mass appealing and there isn't any other powdery musky fragrances by PDM. But Sedley and greenley are pretty good too honestly
GrowingDownUnder touched on a good point which is Percival is the most mass appealing (on paper) but probably the least reviewed/talked about/hyped by comparison. I'm wondering if it being above average in all categories makes it too boring because it's just not 'exceptional' in at least one of its aspects
Review Kalan and Viking please.
I am happy to as soon as someone sends them to me
Hey Raffi. This is a decent scent. I do have a 10 ml. decant that I have had for over a year, year and a half. Not that I don't like it, it is just that I reach for others first. Nice, but not full bottle worthy. Thanks for the video .
That's exactly the point mate. It's nice, not that i dislike it, but can't deny it's niceness haha
the best way ive heard it described was your take on it!
above average at everything! but a master of none.
that was pretty deep
I like your theory on being above average...if being above average at everything was a person it's probably Joe rogan. He knows above average amounts of knowledge on just about everything but he's not an expert at basically most the stuff he does or knows. And then there's eddie bravo an expert at BJJ but knows absolutely nothing about anything else
That was my point. Most of the time, the one who is above average in many things will be the better option rather than the genious pianist who can't tie their own shoelaces...but who do we celebrate more?
You can't really say "the greatest" because the topic is just too subjective.
I totally agree with you, and it's exactly the reason why I can & did say "the greatest"
Lots of fragrances are above average in all those departments to be be fair , and that doesn’t make them great.
Interesting video though
It's funny how we never award the title of greatness to those can do many things at an above average level, but instead choose to award it to those can only do one of those things slightly better whilst being terrible in other areas. It's funny to me.
I suppose because ‘greatness ‘ as objective a term as that is , generally part of greatness , as I see it , is uniqueness , personality. I’m not saying Percival doesn’t have personality or uniqueness (ive not smelt it ) but you seem to imply it doesn’t ?
Greatness in art I would say this particularly applies. Might be different with say cars , functional things .
Maybe I dunno. Cheers
⛔️😐You're probably just lying to your audience to get views😊
I always lie 🤞😂
It’s fire 🔥 dude