Hello Omar. I think it would be really interesting if you and Sam/any other perfumer did a ‘How I would make this better’ series. Essentially take some popular fragrances with big flaws and explain how you would fix it if you were a perfumer. For example, how you would make YSL Myself less boring, or how you would make Oud for Greatness more wearable. I respect your content, keep up the good work.
He’s concerned because the man’s taste is weird AF. Omar has way better sense of taste than this so called perfumer. Hope his creations aren’t following the same woefully bad form as on this video and several other videos(can’t find one where i agree with him). Unless of course he is really trying to cater to and tap into that 1 in 10 oddball market. Before anoyone chimes in with the cliche talking point that fragrance taste is subjective, sure, what you like to wear is entirely up to you but not quite as subjective as you think and if you present as a perfumer and or a fragrance influencer then your taste cannot be subjective it MUST tilt on the side of objective otherwise you have chosen the wrong profession. Broadly speaking fragrance taste is NOT subjective otherwise we would not get 9/10 rated fragrances. By definition for a fragrance to be rated that high the vast majority agree that it is very good. On average most people would agree what fragrances go into the good category so so and bad caregory. Now of course you can be forgiven for breaking from the pack every now and then and there is nothing wrong with that. To be clear there is nothing wrong with any choice, your personal taste is entirely your choice, but the fact remains most people’s sense of what smells good or doesn’t converge greatly. Where we might find disagreement is in how good or how bad a fragrance is. For example i might rate a fragrance a 9 and someone else an 8, not a huge difference and one could say we both agree that it is at the very least very good. But if time and time again you rate fragrances a 2 or a 3 when on average people rate it a 9 then there is either something really off with your nose(oddball taste) or you are purposely being a contrarian. Methinks there is a bit of both with this guy. He knows perfectly well that his choices are controversial and appears to gleefully not care about that. If you are a nobody then who cares but if you are a perfumer or fragrance influencer then we have a problem on our hands.
Sam is a really nice guy, I wanted to buy one of his fragrances few months ago, but like with ATH shipping to EU is kinda too complicated and expensive for a smaller house. He responded very fast and explained the situation to me, so in the end I didn't feel dissapointed, but felt like I wish him to succeed in his career and one day to see his fragrances on the shelves of big stores and also in EU. Thank you Omar for making these videos with Sam (and your others as well) and showing alternative point of view on the world of perfumery.
I personally love Imagination, but I'm not so fragile that I'd get upset just because someone disses it online. Anyway It's a clever video format, and I enjoy it every time. Thank you, Sam and Omar!
I absolutely love your meetings with Sam. Your are the biggest perfume goats in the community together with ATH. It is very entertaining video seeing perfumer's subjective thoughts about olfactory profiles of perfumes as finished formulas obviously. I adore this.
Hi Omar! I always enjoy a lot when Sam and you stay together doing a review of several perfumes. Sam sometimes suprises me with his point of view. Great video! See you soon!
I feel like the reason Sam gets hated on for his takes is because he doesn't offer any objective ratings. He rates everything based on his subjective tastes but doesn't give a separate objective review like Omar or other reviewers such as ATH do. I don't mind his opinion because that's half the reason we are here but would appreciate if he gave his objective professional opinion as a perfumer...because otherwise his opinion is no more or less valuable than any other random casual that has smelled a lot of fragrances.
But didn't he objectively say that the ingredients smell high quality and it's well made but it's doesn't fit his taste. It's the same with music or drawing you can ask artists about stuff from different genres maybe they can appreciate parts of it but they would rate things in their preferred genre always higher.
I understand that you only let him smell designer fragrances to avoid controversy and drama, but I'd love to see him smell Aaron's work and see what he thinks about it. Or just more niche fragrances in general. Something with quality raw materials, something more complex.
@@jts4248 I think he has tbh. In all honesty I don't think Roja's PR team are aware of Omar's content. And they haven't sent Omar any free fragrances, as far as I'm aware, unlike brands like Amouage.
@@jts4248 I think he has smelled something from Roja. But the thing about Roja is that they don't really care about Omar's videos. Unlike brands like ATH or Amouage that have sent Omar fragrances for free to try them out. I could see why Omar would like to avoid clashing heads with those brands.
@apollo5261 Yeah roja don't like handing out anything. Which I don't blame him. He sure is master perfumer love his work. Love ath and amouage I love all of them lol! I have a problem with fragrance my friend lol
@@jts4248 What lol, Roja gives out fragrances all the time. They gave so many content creators on youtube and even tiktokers the new elysium intense on release.
Blind reactions are the best. There is no bias, no note lookups, just smelling the fragrance. Next time have him pick 5 frags and you pick 5, then blind sniff them so we can see what accords and vibes y'all get from them.
There are haters and trolls everywhere, but let the man have his own opinion, don't remind him of that every 30 seconds, my man... It's actually quite refreshing to see someone as Sam not bending to someone's will or lowering his criteria just to appease the comment section...
Sam nailed the strong woody amber in Le Male Elixir. Precisely the reason I didn't quite like it myself. But the black tea in Imagination does come out on the skin. Probably my favourite part of the fragrance. Still not worth more than a tenner or two. 😆
how about you stop annoying a content creator you obviously value the opinion of and learn about scent decant sites or reviews from other channels/internet threads
@@untamedbanana3794 ‘how about you stop annoying a content creator you obviously value the opinion of and learn about scent decant sites or reviews from other channels/internet threads’ - 🤓
I use and like Imagination but I've always wondered if the hype would be the same if it was any other brand or even something cheap like Nautica with the exact same fragrance
I need to hear what he says about the original and now discontinued very sexy for him by victorias secret. Please, and if there is anything out there that could replace it
I'm sorry but you can smell them all but you will never smell anything like the original very sexy for him by Victorias secret. I still can't believe they discontinued such a wonderful scent that would literally attract all, it was a true secret weapon.
Imagination only starts getting good about 45 min in and it continues to get better as time progressed such that to my nose goes from a solid 8 in the opening to a 9.5 in the deep dry down. It all comes down to the ambroxan which behaves the same in almosy all fragrances it is in and even on it’s own, opens a little harsh and synthetic and dries down to this beautiful sweet lightly marine soapy creamy goodness that is magical in the air. This guy is all over the place. Seen him before, just don’t think he has any real taste or high calibre sensibility about perfumery. Imagination is objectively a very good fragrance, you just have to wait a little for that goodness to kick in. I can understand if he isn’t crazy about it but the fact that he marks it a 3 means he trained his nose in upside down world and probably belongs to that 1 in 10 individuals with a glitchy nose. If 9 out of 10 do like it and you don’t then you may want to seriously consider if you chose the right profession. Lets hope he doesn’t create fragrances that only appeal to 1 in 10 people.
I think imagination is pleasant, but it’s kind of feminine to me and something about it particularly reminds me of the way a pretty woman’s hair might smell. Like it basically smells like a luxury feminine hair product mixed with the smell of a woman’s freshly washed hair.
Wondering how jaques cavallier feels after 2,5 rating .. bruh you still Green in perfumery with all my respect imagination is the best summer fragrance in last 10 years after blue de Chanel
@@XerjoffGuy be quiet Xjoffguy. You have no right to be one to talk. Get a life man, youre doing this for over two months and ruining the interaction of the comment section with your meaningless and childish demand. Half of the comment section is about Xerjoff whether good or bad. Get a hint, the guy is not interested. Don't be a cheapskate and go get a sampling set yourself and be the best of reviewers yourself
@@XerjoffGuy be silent Xjoffguy. You should not be one to talk. You have been going on for over two monts already. You're being annoying and ruining the comment section with your selfish and childish demand. Get a hint, the guy is not interested! Don't be such a cheapskate and go get a sampling set and be the best of reviewers yourself
@@XerjoffGuy be silent Xjoffguy. You should not be one to talk. You have been going on for over two monts already. You're being annoying and ruining the comment section with your selfish and childish demand. Get a hint, the guy is not interested! Don't be so cheap and go get a sampling set and be the best of reviewers yourself
Giving something 3/10 just because you don't personally like the scent is pretty weird. From a perfumer, I'd expect the ratings to be objective, I'd expect he would be rating quality, etc… For this type of interview, I can stop a 15 year old girl on the street to get a "3/10 I don't like it" kind of rating. Just a thought.
@@demirkazanasmaz6097 I know but why should I care about his personal opinion? He doesn't have to invite perfumers then if it's about personal opinions whether you like something or not
Wondering what sort of perfumer is he ? Barely can detect stuff inside, hopefully he doesn't release anything as the most loved and highly rated fragrances are no good to him 😂 probably he designs toilet fresheners for 2* hotels😂😂😂
You do understand that in a blind smelling it isn't the worlds easiest task to pick up on specific notes, especially when your job isn't to go around smelling every other fragrance out there but to instead create them. "Barely can detect stuff inside" is also such an idiotic thing to say when you just watched him list multiple aroma chemicals from the fragrances he's smelled here.
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Hello Omar. I think it would be really interesting if you and Sam/any other perfumer did a ‘How I would make this better’ series. Essentially take some popular fragrances with big flaws and explain how you would fix it if you were a perfumer. For example, how you would make YSL Myself less boring, or how you would make Oud for Greatness more wearable.
I respect your content, keep up the good work.
Ooh that would be amazing
Omar is way too concerned about haters in the comment section. Just let the man give his honest review without you constantly warning him...
He’s concerned because the man’s taste is weird AF. Omar has way better sense of taste than this so called perfumer. Hope his creations aren’t following the same woefully bad form as on this video and several other videos(can’t find one where i agree with him). Unless of course he is really trying to cater to and tap into that 1 in 10 oddball market.
Before anoyone chimes in with the cliche talking point that fragrance taste is subjective, sure, what you like to wear is entirely up to you but not quite as subjective as you think and if you present as a perfumer and or a fragrance influencer then your taste cannot be subjective it MUST tilt on the side of objective otherwise you have chosen the wrong profession.
Broadly speaking fragrance taste is NOT subjective otherwise we would not get 9/10 rated fragrances. By definition for a fragrance to be rated that high the vast majority agree that it is very good. On average most people would agree what fragrances go into the good category so so and bad caregory. Now of course you can be forgiven for breaking from the pack every now and then and there is nothing wrong with that. To be clear there is nothing wrong with any choice, your personal taste is entirely your choice, but the fact remains most people’s sense of what smells good or doesn’t converge greatly. Where we might find disagreement is in how good or how bad a fragrance is. For example i might rate a fragrance a 9 and someone else an 8, not a huge difference and one could say we both agree that it is at the very least very good. But if time and time again you rate fragrances a 2 or a 3 when on average people rate it a 9 then there is either something really off with your nose(oddball taste) or you are purposely being a contrarian. Methinks there is a bit of both with this guy. He knows perfectly well that his choices are controversial and appears to gleefully not care about that. If you are a nobody then who cares but if you are a perfumer or fragrance influencer then we have a problem on our hands.
@@Crypt0n1ani ain’t readin allat but i agree with you, would’ve been much better if he got someone like Aaron Terrence Hughes to review the fragrances
I dont blame Sam, I wasn’t a fan of imagination at first either. Now its my absolute favorite in my collection. Simple, fresh, clean I love it.
That's the power of suggestion. You've been brainwashed to like it.
I also believe this is 50 euro scent max.
@@FRD-HDD nah, I just like it lol. I have others that are also very highly regarded in the community and I still pick imagination over them.
@@ricardorodriguez4419 Bernard Arnaud loves you.
But your opinion doesnt matter dude 😂😂😂😂
Azzaro The Most Wanted Parfum deserves the hype, incredible stuff!
Sam is a really nice guy, I wanted to buy one of his fragrances few months ago, but like with ATH shipping to EU is kinda too complicated and expensive for a smaller house. He responded very fast and explained the situation to me, so in the end I didn't feel dissapointed, but felt like I wish him to succeed in his career and one day to see his fragrances on the shelves of big stores and also in EU.
Thank you Omar for making these videos with Sam (and your others as well) and showing alternative point of view on the world of perfumery.
Love the way this dude eviscerates fragrances. Honestly RUclips needs more of this.
I personally love Imagination, but I'm not so fragile that I'd get upset just because someone disses it online. Anyway It's a clever video format, and I enjoy it every time. Thank you, Sam and Omar!
I absolutely love your meetings with Sam. Your are the biggest perfume goats in the community together with ATH. It is very entertaining video seeing perfumer's subjective thoughts about olfactory profiles of perfumes as finished formulas obviously. I adore this.
Hi Omar! I always enjoy a lot when Sam and you stay together doing a review of several perfumes. Sam sometimes suprises me with his point of view. Great video! See you soon!
Great video with some great choices in there and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day
I feel like the reason Sam gets hated on for his takes is because he doesn't offer any objective ratings. He rates everything based on his subjective tastes but doesn't give a separate objective review like Omar or other reviewers such as ATH do.
I don't mind his opinion because that's half the reason we are here but would appreciate if he gave his objective professional opinion as a perfumer...because otherwise his opinion is no more or less valuable than any other random casual that has smelled a lot of fragrances.
honestly, does he create fragrances based on his personal opinion too? Because that’d certainly be bad for business
But didn't he objectively say that the ingredients smell high quality and it's well made but it's doesn't fit his taste.
It's the same with music or drawing you can ask artists about stuff from different genres maybe they can appreciate parts of it but they would rate things in their preferred genre always higher.
I understand that you only let him smell designer fragrances to avoid controversy and drama, but I'd love to see him smell Aaron's work and see what he thinks about it. Or just more niche fragrances in general. Something with quality raw materials, something more complex.
Shit let him smell Roja Dove
@@jts4248 I think he has tbh. In all honesty I don't think Roja's PR team are aware of Omar's content. And they haven't sent Omar any free fragrances, as far as I'm aware, unlike brands like Amouage.
@@jts4248 I think he has smelled something from Roja. But the thing about Roja is that they don't really care about Omar's videos. Unlike brands like ATH or Amouage that have sent Omar fragrances for free to try them out. I could see why Omar would like to avoid clashing heads with those brands.
@apollo5261 Yeah roja don't like handing out anything. Which I don't blame him. He sure is master perfumer love his work. Love ath and amouage I love all of them lol! I have a problem with fragrance my friend lol
@@jts4248 What lol, Roja gives out fragrances all the time. They gave so many content creators on youtube and even tiktokers the new elysium intense on release.
Day 70 of asking Omar to make a Xerjoff buying guide.
you know you’re just being annoying right? you’re the reason why he’s probably never going to do one
@@untamedbanana3794 let him be bro, hes only doing a single comment which btw helps the channel growth.
Looks as though he doesn’t get a pay off from Xerjoff.
Keep fighting the good fight Xerjoff brother. They may call you Jack Off but that’s because they can’t admit they’re broke.
The grind is real ❤
Why do the mics sound so robotic lmao
i am guessing the sound quality was off so he fixed it with AI
@@MrGreenKetchup id rather have shit audio rather than this even more shitty AI audio
To much gain
Hello Omar, very interesting content. Would you consider reviewing Parfum d'Empire, please ?
The collaboration I never thought would happen!
Blind reactions are the best. There is no bias, no note lookups, just smelling the fragrance.
Next time have him pick 5 frags and you pick 5, then blind sniff them so we can see what accords and vibes y'all get from them.
There are haters and trolls everywhere, but let the man have his own opinion, don't remind him of that every 30 seconds, my man... It's actually quite refreshing to see someone as Sam not bending to someone's will or lowering his criteria just to appease the comment section...
My two favorite people in one video.
FINALLY! Sam is back! destroying more and more fragrances with his brutally honest review :D
Finally someone with an honest review of Lv imagination . It smells horrible and overhyped.
agreed, I wouldn't call it horrible, but it smells like basic soap or detergent. Not worth the money
Always gotta click when its a Sam vid!
Imagination is definitely overpriced but is a very crowd pleasing fragrance for me.
Much love to u both! Yall are awesome ❤
1 million is one of the all time best fragrances for us real experts. Right after Sauvage and Tuxedo.
Sam nailed the strong woody amber in Le Male Elixir. Precisely the reason I didn't quite like it myself. But the black tea in Imagination does come out on the skin. Probably my favourite part of the fragrance. Still not worth more than a tenner or two. 😆
Day 9 of asking Omar to make a bohoboco buying guide
Great video man! I get the whole video. Hey man put some Roja Dove on the table for him. Talk about raw materials
Imagination smells like a cheap and synthetic to me. I agree with Sam, I wouldn’t even buy it as a bargain bin discount. Hard pass for me
Sospiro Vibrato is my favorite
Bruh bruh, we need di Xerjoff buying guide. ASAP. 🍻
Go research yourself. Do you wipe your on ass? Or do you need a video on how to do it?
how about you stop annoying a content creator you obviously value the opinion of and learn about scent decant sites or reviews from other channels/internet threads
@@untamedbanana3794 👆🤓👆
@@untamedbanana3794 ‘how about you stop annoying a content creator you obviously value the opinion of and learn about scent decant sites or reviews from other channels/internet threads’ - 🤓
@@untamedbanana3794 why are you butt hurt at my comment? 😂😂😂
I use and like Imagination but I've always wondered if the hype would be the same if it was any other brand or even something cheap like Nautica with the exact same fragrance
People love overpriced fragrances. Xerjoff's clone of Sculpture is suddenly godlike.
@@lennykump8396 uden? its alright its like a classier version of Lafayette Street
God video (Im still in 0:00)
Thank God someone speaks the truth about Azzaro MW and JPG Elixir 🙌🏻
Overhyped sweet / juvenile frags hands down...NOTHING SPECIAL AT ALL..
Spoiler Alert: He likes One Million!!! Hater checking in.
I need to hear what he says about the original and now discontinued very sexy for him by victorias secret. Please, and if there is anything out there that could replace it
I was looking for to buy mancera cedrat Boise intense and name me 2 more perfume to complete my collection
Nishane buying guide imo
I feel the same about Imagination. To me the price is a total rip off. There are so many fragrances that are better and way cheaper.
What up with the audio?
I fucking love one million
Imagination is overrated and waaaay too overpriced for what it is.
Good guy
I'm sorry but you can smell them all but you will never smell anything like the original very sexy for him by Victorias secret. I still can't believe they discontinued such a wonderful scent that would literally attract all, it was a true secret weapon.
Do yourself a favor and pick up Citizen Jack parfum by Michael Malul ❤
this is one of the best series on the channel 👍
Most dead* Sam has the personality of a cucumber
It sounded like they had auto tune on
Xerjoff
Wtf. Did Omar just became more british with this mic?
Omar...audio is off on this upload, sounds like you both have a heavy cold and have congestion to the max
andrew tat x iman gagi 😀
whats going on with the audio. It sounds robotic, perhaps some AI noise cancelling? Its kinda weird :/
audio sounds weird
Imagination only starts getting good about 45 min in and it continues to get better as time progressed such that to my nose goes from a solid 8 in the opening to a 9.5 in the deep dry down. It all comes down to the ambroxan which behaves the same in almosy all fragrances it is in and even on it’s own, opens a little harsh and synthetic and dries down to this beautiful sweet lightly marine soapy creamy goodness that is magical in the air.
This guy is all over the place. Seen him before, just don’t think he has any real taste or high calibre sensibility about perfumery. Imagination is objectively a very good fragrance, you just have to wait a little for that goodness to kick in. I can understand if he isn’t crazy about it but the fact that he marks it a 3 means he trained his nose in upside down world and probably belongs to that 1 in 10 individuals with a glitchy nose. If 9 out of 10 do like it and you don’t then you may want to seriously consider if you chose the right profession. Lets hope he doesn’t create fragrances that only appeal to 1 in 10 people.
its actually unwatchable with the audio sadly.
I think imagination is pleasant, but it’s kind of feminine to me and something about it particularly reminds me of the way a pretty woman’s hair might smell. Like it basically smells like a luxury feminine hair product mixed with the smell of a woman’s freshly washed hair.
What is with the audio in this one 💀
I don’t think he is good at understanding what he smells.
Who TF is this so called parfumer?Every video only critic,which parfumes he did?No respect for another parfumers,really diffrent from Aaron TH.
Wondering how jaques cavallier feels after 2,5 rating .. bruh you still Green in perfumery with all my respect imagination is the best summer fragrance in last 10 years after blue de Chanel
Both fragrances are repuslive loud syntactic mess...
Houses wanted and perfumers delivered.
Honestly, who likes this guest? When I see him on the video I just get a sense of pessimism from him.
How is he a perfumer when he doesn't about the perfumes in the industry? Doesn't make sense at all
Please report the Xjoff guy for spamming the comment section to RUclips. It's gotten ridiculous at this point
please stop crying about a bit, it's truly not that deep
Yeah!! I don't like that guy either!! What a bandit!!
@@XerjoffGuy be quiet Xjoffguy. You have no right to be one to talk. Get a life man, youre doing this for over two months and ruining the interaction of the comment section with your meaningless and childish demand. Half of the comment section is about Xerjoff whether good or bad. Get a hint, the guy is not interested. Don't be a cheapskate and go get a sampling set yourself and be the best of reviewers yourself
@@XerjoffGuy be silent Xjoffguy. You should not be one to talk. You have been going on for over two monts already. You're being annoying and ruining the comment section with your selfish and childish demand. Get a hint, the guy is not interested! Don't be such a cheapskate and go get a sampling set and be the best of reviewers yourself
@@XerjoffGuy be silent Xjoffguy. You should not be one to talk. You have been going on for over two monts already. You're being annoying and ruining the comment section with your selfish and childish demand. Get a hint, the guy is not interested! Don't be so cheap and go get a sampling set and be the best of reviewers yourself
Once I seen 2.5/10 for imagination immediately stopped watching
Giving something 3/10 just because you don't personally like the scent is pretty weird. From a perfumer, I'd expect the ratings to be objective, I'd expect he would be rating quality, etc… For this type of interview, I can stop a 15 year old girl on the street to get a "3/10 I don't like it" kind of rating. Just a thought.
He doesnt have to be objective, he said it is based on HIS OWN preference lmao
@@demirkazanasmaz6097 I know but why should I care about his personal opinion? He doesn't have to invite perfumers then if it's about personal opinions whether you like something or not
2 virgins
Bro, your videos get 21 views, and you have a creepy goatee
@@SchoolOfScent 😂😂
Not this bozo again 😂😂😂
Wondering what sort of perfumer is he ? Barely can detect stuff inside, hopefully he doesn't release anything as the most loved and highly rated fragrances are no good to him 😂 probably he designs toilet fresheners for 2* hotels😂😂😂
You do understand that in a blind smelling it isn't the worlds easiest task to pick up on specific notes, especially when your job isn't to go around smelling every other fragrance out there but to instead create them. "Barely can detect stuff inside" is also such an idiotic thing to say when you just watched him list multiple aroma chemicals from the fragrances he's smelled here.
@@gary0111 he is parfumer not reviewer,keep that difference in your head,what a stupid thing to say
@@gary0111 you cooked that idiot
Omar:let the comments hate
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