I have a theory about the performance of these fragrances. I bought armaf Marjan silver which is an exact bdc clone but performance sucked. So it sat for 6 months and I noticed the level of the juice dropped 20% from sitting. Now it lasts 8-12 hours on 4 sprays. My theory is the alcohol, water and volatiles evaporated from the shoddy seals and leaves a much thicker oil extrait behind, so when you spray 5 sprays it's like spraying 20 sprays from a new bottle. That's "maturating" now most bottles will take years to get to this point but my marjan has a leaky bottle so it sped up the process
That is absolutely hilarious and what a really good catch. And to answer your other question that was deleted on who takes used fragrances are you talking about returning or selling
Update. Did it do the thing? Did it get better after sitting? I bought Qaed Al Fursan and it was horrible right out of the box. after a week it changed dramatically. its gets better every week
I just wanted to say I'm glad I took your recommendation to buy belcam drakkar. Literally lasts all day on two spray and projection is crazy. Imagine if all fragrances lasted this long. I'm still on the fence for classic match green because a lot of people don't like Polo green and I'm not sure if I remember what it smelled like. If it smells anything like brute or old spice I probably won't like it. But if it smells like drakkar noir I'll definitely like it. Anyway I got to get more belcam drakkar and start making it my signature scent for a while I also noticed it's a lot deeper, natural smelling and thicker than my real drakkar. I read it's because they outlawed Oakmoss in Europe but you can still use real oak moss in the United States which is where the belcam are made.
That's an interesting take on the oak moss thing. And it's funny because most fragrances are created in Europe LOL but I'm so glad you like it even though you have a giant bottle of the regular
I heard Alhambra changed a bunch of names to avoid being sued but other reviews said they have blue de chance and maitre and they smell completely different. No way to know for sure, but maitre has super iso in the notes like the parfum while chance didn't have that note listed. So maybe it's a hybrid formula.
I am not a big "blue" frag type of person, but do have a few blue clones, the regular sauvage clone I use is, Pride by Armaf, performance is decent, and the Bleu de Channel clone I use is, Anna Al Awaal blue by Nusak. probably a 5 hour frag, more if i spray on clothes and over spray. both smell good.
Sounds like you need to make a follow up video in a couple of months. I got Maison Alhambra Glacier Bold that is a favorite clone by many and for the first couple months it smelled like playdough and didn't last. Now it smells great and has decent performance
@@DeadeyeJoe37 my Glacier gold smell good right out of the box and it performs Jason but yes a lot of these I will make follow-up I'm going to group them all together
@@fragrancefan I had gotten mine fresh from the factory apparently because it had a date from the month that I got it. Had similar experience with Turathi Blue, Asad, and Invicto Victorious and even Nitro Red.
ya know. Everyone says Dossier's BDC edp clone is spot on and its close but I got armaf shades blue a few years ago and its bout the same. Not as smooth and quality obviously but man its BDC EDP for sure. But in all honesty, they smell like baby powder to me lol
Clone houses have failed to make good fresh fragrance clones but they did better winter fragrance clones. That's my experience. I can bearly name 4 clones that really succeeses what they were aiming for the rest are scratchy, sometimes cheap and sometimes they did not catch the real fragrance smell.
Atlas, Blue touch, maahir Legacy, those are some good fresh ones but I agree for the most part. I wish they could come out with some more good fresh ones
Good video. I was helped to know about it. I think Iconic and tag him by armaf is more closed. Also they have more good performance than maitre de blue
I don't get why people like about this one. I admit it has similar vibe of blue de chanel but a blue de chanel mixed with 10 gallon of water. This is a waste of money. I blind bought one because of the hype and I threw it away...it's a waste of money
@@fragrancefan i have not tested iconic blue but i have acadia Intenso and it last days on clothing, i was the one who recommended it for reviewal to one RUclips reviewer called THEFRANCESHOW, and he said acadia Intenso is the best bdc clone he has ever smelled, so i just believe that since armaf club de nuit line are usually top notch, iconic might be slightly better than acadia Intenso but having used acadia Intenso, trust me the fragrance is to die for, it's juicy, dense, smooth, loud , extremely long lasting and with massive projection, the only note i noticed is missing slightly in it is the Incense, it's there but not as it is in the og
I have a theory about the performance of these fragrances. I bought armaf Marjan silver which is an exact bdc clone but performance sucked. So it sat for 6 months and I noticed the level of the juice dropped 20% from sitting. Now it lasts 8-12 hours on 4 sprays. My theory is the alcohol, water and volatiles evaporated from the shoddy seals and leaves a much thicker oil extrait behind, so when you spray 5 sprays it's like spraying 20 sprays from a new bottle. That's "maturating" now most bottles will take years to get to this point but my marjan has a leaky bottle so it sped up the process
That is absolutely hilarious and what a really good catch. And to answer your other question that was deleted on who takes used fragrances are you talking about returning or selling
It's a French word meaning master, pronounced MAY-TR, thanks for the review!
Good video, and straight to the point. Really appreciate that.
My pleasure and that is my aim
Update. Did it do the thing? Did it get better after sitting? I bought Qaed Al Fursan and it was horrible right out of the box. after a week it changed dramatically. its gets better every week
I just wanted to say I'm glad I took your recommendation to buy belcam drakkar. Literally lasts all day on two spray and projection is crazy. Imagine if all fragrances lasted this long.
I'm still on the fence for classic match green because a lot of people don't like Polo green and I'm not sure if I remember what it smelled like. If it smells anything like brute or old spice I probably won't like it. But if it smells like drakkar noir I'll definitely like it.
Anyway I got to get more belcam drakkar and start making it my signature scent for a while I also noticed it's a lot deeper, natural smelling and thicker than my real drakkar.
I read it's because they outlawed Oakmoss in Europe but you can still use real oak moss in the United States which is where the belcam are made.
That's an interesting take on the oak moss thing. And it's funny because most fragrances are created in Europe LOL but I'm so glad you like it even though you have a giant bottle of the regular
I heard Alhambra changed a bunch of names to avoid being sued but other reviews said they have blue de chance and maitre and they smell completely different. No way to know for sure, but maitre has super iso in the notes like the parfum while chance didn't have that note listed. So maybe it's a hybrid formula.
You know what I was thinking the same exact thing
I am not a big "blue" frag type of person, but do have a few blue clones, the regular sauvage clone I use is, Pride by Armaf, performance is decent, and the Bleu de Channel clone I use is, Anna Al Awaal blue by Nusak. probably a 5 hour frag, more if i spray on clothes and over spray. both smell good.
Good to know about that one
Sounds like you need to make a follow up video in a couple of months. I got Maison Alhambra Glacier Bold that is a favorite clone by many and for the first couple months it smelled like playdough and didn't last. Now it smells great and has decent performance
@@DeadeyeJoe37 my Glacier gold smell good right out of the box and it performs Jason but yes a lot of these I will make follow-up I'm going to group them all together
@@fragrancefan I had gotten mine fresh from the factory apparently because it had a date from the month that I got it. Had similar experience with Turathi Blue, Asad, and Invicto Victorious and even Nitro Red.
ya know. Everyone says Dossier's BDC edp clone is spot on and its close but I got armaf shades blue a few years ago and its bout the same. Not as smooth and quality obviously but man its BDC EDP for sure. But in all honesty, they smell like baby powder to me lol
A lovely rainy day fragrance.
This is an excuse to bust out of cool weather fragrance then
We can all agree Clone houses have failed to clone Bleu de chanel especially when it comes to performance
I know right it's super annoying fragrance is quite well but they're having a really hard time with Bleu de Chanel
Paris Corner Emir Acadia Intenso Edp all the way 💪
Clone houses have failed to make good fresh fragrance clones but they did better winter fragrance clones. That's my experience. I can bearly name 4 clones that really succeeses what they were aiming for the rest are scratchy, sometimes cheap and sometimes they did not catch the real fragrance smell.
Atlas, Blue touch, maahir Legacy, those are some good fresh ones but I agree for the most part. I wish they could come out with some more good fresh ones
Its the exact same as Bleu de Chance. They only changed the name due to legal action
@@user-er4xo2zl4r I kind of figured that's what was going on
Kings and Queens blue or this?
This one is better quality but I think the kings and queens last longer
Also they had 5 different lattafa frags
Including kamarah
@@williamsell-z3k add a rack store?
@@fragrancefan Burlington in Daytona
@@williamsell-z3k that's awesome
Good video! Nice to know about.GOD BLESS.
My pleasure brother and thank you so much for pointing out the mess up with the music. I had to fix that LOL
Try Dossier citrus ginger...... VERY CLOSE TO MY NOSE to Blue De Chanel
I have tried it and I have to check it out again
Maison Alhambra Victorioso EDP-
18.00 flame thrower
yeah I've been eyeballing that one
Good video. I was helped to know about it.
I think Iconic and tag him by armaf is more closed. Also they have more good performance than maitre de blue
I think tag is hated on for almost no reason because I think it smells good
I don't get why people like about this one. I admit it has similar vibe of blue de chanel but a blue de chanel mixed with 10 gallon of water. This is a waste of money. I blind bought one because of the hype and I threw it away...it's a waste of money
It's really hard to come across a satisfying inexpensive alternative for Bleu de Chanel
Get Paris Corner Emir Acadia Intenso Edp and thank me later 💪
Paris Corner Emir Acadia Intenso Edp is the best BDC clone other than Armaf Iconic
Iconic is great
@@fragrancefan I agree but Acadia Intenso Edp is next
@Obokombo since I've never smelled that one which one is better in your opinion and longer lasting
@@fragrancefan i have not tested iconic blue but i have acadia Intenso and it last days on clothing, i was the one who recommended it for reviewal to one RUclips reviewer called THEFRANCESHOW, and he said acadia Intenso is the best bdc clone he has ever smelled, so i just believe that since armaf club de nuit line are usually top notch, iconic might be slightly better than acadia Intenso but having used acadia Intenso, trust me the fragrance is to die for, it's juicy, dense, smooth, loud , extremely long lasting and with massive projection, the only note i noticed is missing slightly in it is the Incense, it's there but not as it is in the og
What happened to the other video??? Now I have to post all my comments again
My bad. The intro music was playing at the end so it was really loud I don't know how or why that ended up happening but I had to reupload
It has zero projection maitree de blue
Mine does pretty good
Lol el cheapo
@@Mike34006 you know it lol
Worst clone ever of bdc with zero projection