SOLID video Steven - I love how you let Athena naturally find the winner. Super job and fun that you get to spend more time with family while working :)
Steven Please tell Athena we all love her being on your channel , the way she ranks the fragrances is super valuable as she’s not in the “frag community” which makes it double worthy , also on camera she looks very comfortable by your side and that’s a plus
Just picked up a Mont Blanc Explorer bottle due to your and Athena’s recommendations and it’s one of my favourite fragrances of all time. Glad I found your channel, keep up the amazing work
@Brandon Ambrosio Depends on your skin type but for me, projection lasted around 3-4 hours and longevity was around 7-8 hours. Really amazing and I highly recommended it. Going to be trying Club de Nuit soon as well and apparently that one is a performance monster
@@sychodellic3523 mont blanc is better than club de nuit; its more fresher and less smokey. i have the 2016 go version with the silver cap and it is a beast. haven't tried the other version tho
@@sumgi1537 I am quite new to fragrances so I do not know if I will be able to tell the difference. Apparently there are quality control issues with the newer batches with the black sprayer cap. I will be receiving mine within the next few days so I will be sure to report back on performance and smell
I would like to see a video of Athena judging all of her top picks of the different categories and picking only one fragrance as her favorite of all time.
Athena is a welcomed presence on your channel. Outside perspective is always good. Especially coming from women. And she has the most beautiful smile. Great list I need to check out a few of those that I don't have
Top fragrance reviewer you are, I like the videos with your niece, as it good to see someone with not as much fragrance knowledge, and hear their opinion. Keep up the good work!
Wow my mind was blown cause the top 4 I wasn't expecting these at least the stronger with you yeah wasn't a surprise but vs very sexy plat ... Yeah that was good to know her selections were still viable picks no matter how long they been out awesome video redolescence
I love this format. It's very interesting to get your opinion, but also the candid impression of someone that never read the note breakdown etc. (because we can sometimes be influenced by it). I am eager to see more collaborations like this one, with your niece or even other people. There is just one thing I'll be always fascinated by, it's the fact that people can judge a fragrance right after it's sprayed on a test strip. I swear I CANNOT detect most of the smell of a fragrance while there is still alcohol on the paper. I thought it may have something to do with how my body reacts to ethanol (I get a bad reaction on skin if I rub alcohol on it, like red skin very quickly, almost like an allergy I've been told by nurses... but I can drink some alcohol and not go to the ER so it shouldn't be allergic), but yeah, I really can't smell anything. Or I get some odors, but clearly not the full palette of odors I'll get when the ethanol has finally dried. Which basically means I can't get an idea of fragrances in a shop, and usually take the test strips with me or spray on my skin and go back to it for the next hours. Also because that's what the fragrance will really smell like, and it can sometimes be very different than what you get on paper, on which most of the notes will stay longer while on the skin some fades earlier, other last until the end.
@MSM NPC nice....so ill buy the edp. By the way... Do you prefer bleu de chanel edt or edp? I have the edp and i think its amazing but i havent tried the edt yet.....
Nice clip Steven. It was very informative and entertaining as well. I liked your regretting smiles when she picked the ones that you did not agree. LIke you were saying oh NO.... :)
ATHENA!!!! She's a sweetie. Glad to see her back, Steven. I'm going to guess now before I get to the end, her top two favorites are EXPLORER (a favorite from last time) and the YSL. I'll come back and an edit when I get to the end to see if I'm right! LOL Okay... I was wrong on both fronts. LOL YSL didn't even make the first cut. D'Oh! Another fun video, Steven! Thanks for entertaining us!
I've got BDC and Eros Flame but Very Sexy Original & Platinum has gotten me the most complements of the 3. It's after walking past me that ladies and men have turned around to ask me what I'm wearing. I usually layer 2-3 sprays over a small base of the body spray. I'm the only one in my social groups over the last 15+ years that has worn it. Good stuff.
It's interesting to get another perspective on what works well for us and just goes to show that even among the ones that work best there are still stand outs 🍀
Out of all of my fragrances and decants (Including Creed, Parfums De Marly, Initio, Armani , Versace, etc), my sister’s favorite by far is Bad Boy with everything sampled blind. Nothing else is even close. It’s not my favorite but girls love it.
Great video and thanks for bringing Athena back! 🙂 I'm happy she liked Bad Boy so much, since it is a great smell imo but it has gotten bad reviews in the community..
Amazing video as always Steven! I love your reviews and top 10's. Been following you for a long long time and many of my blind buys were thanks to your recomendations. Spicebomb edt, one million privé, Versace Dylan Blue, D&G the one edp, and many others. Thanks for all the guidelines to us fragrance community with all these amazing videos on pair with your classic gentle charisma. My respects from south américa, Chile. Pd; Guys is Montblanc Explorer actually THAT good? I mean...i you search on fragrantica people hate it like if we were talking about a toilet freshener :c
Yeeeee I love her choices she disqualify from the beginning all those that I will disqualify also!! I don't like blue fragrances at all!!! Good job!! Athena!!! 👍👍😍😍👌🏽👌🏽
Ssssss...oooooo, yeeeeeah, I'm gonna have to....go ahead and...express my surprise? There? mmmmKay. 🤣🤣🤣 Lumbergh style. Seems like Athena might be a fan of the more chocolately stuff? I smell a niche vid in the future!! Ps, please do a niche vid in the future. 🤣 With Athena. Sneak in some chocolatey gourmands in there too.
athena is lovely! thank you steven for providing a platform that shows various opinions of others whether it be the average person or someone who is deeper into the fragrance game! blessings to you and your family
i really think bad boy is a underrated frag, so much hate on fragrantica, i have a sample i sprayed on my hand at 4am and 12 h later it was still there and even more gorgeous on the dry down
Do you own any of the scents from Louis Vuitton or have you sampled them? The only reviewer who really covers them is Sebastian and I don’t see any of the other main reviewers giving their opinion on them.
Glad she really liked Emporio Armani, it is one of my personal favorites. I'll have to check out bad boy which I almost did the other day but I was testing other fragrances.
SOLID video Steven - I love how you let Athena naturally find the winner. Super job and fun that you get to spend more time with family while working :)
Thank you, Antonio! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you and the family are doing well. All the best.
You have influenced me on dressing better and its psychological effect. Thanks real M real S
You are 'The Gentlemen' of the fragrance reviewers... Your knowledge and kindness is very unique
She is just so beautiful and kind looking. You need to have more videos with her. We enjoy watching you two talk about fragrances.
She’s one of my favorite guest! Very honest and sweet!
Steven Please tell Athena we all love her being on your channel , the way she ranks the fragrances is super valuable as she’s not in the “frag community” which makes it double worthy , also on camera she looks very comfortable by your side and that’s a plus
Thank you so much. I saw her on Thanksgiving, and she was so positively overwhelmed by all of the feedback that was left on the channel.
Just picked up a Mont Blanc Explorer bottle due to your and Athena’s recommendations and it’s one of my favourite fragrances of all time. Glad I found your channel, keep up the amazing work
Thank you so much for all of the kind words. I really appreciate it.
@Brandon Ambrosio Depends on your skin type but for me, projection lasted around 3-4 hours and longevity was around 7-8 hours. Really amazing and I highly recommended it. Going to be trying Club de Nuit soon as well and apparently that one is a performance monster
@@sychodellic3523 mont blanc is better than club de nuit; its more fresher and less smokey. i have the 2016 go version with the silver cap and it is a beast. haven't tried the other version tho
@@sumgi1537 I am quite new to fragrances so I do not know if I will be able to tell the difference. Apparently there are quality control issues with the newer batches with the black sprayer cap. I will be receiving mine within the next few days so I will be sure to report back on performance and smell
Got one too. This is the second "top 10" video ive seen where a girl gushes over Mont Blanc.
Really like hearing from someone that's not an expert! Keep having her on.
I don’t wear fragrances for compliments, I just love scents. All these all decent scents.
I would like to see a video of Athena judging all of her top picks of the different categories and picking only one fragrance as her favorite of all time.
Athena is a welcomed presence on your channel. Outside perspective is always good. Especially coming from women. And she has the most beautiful smile. Great list I need to check out a few of those that I don't have
Top fragrance reviewer you are, I like the videos with your niece, as it good to see someone with not as much fragrance knowledge, and hear their opinion. Keep up the good work!
Wow my mind was blown cause the top 4 I wasn't expecting these at least the stronger with you yeah wasn't a surprise but vs very sexy plat ... Yeah that was good to know her selections were still viable picks no matter how long they been out awesome video redolescence
Smh the only youtuber that pronounces "Versace" correctly👏🏻
I didn’t know Victoria Secrets made men’s Fragrances!
Very Sexy for Him used to be my go-to over 15 years ago.
I love this format. It's very interesting to get your opinion, but also the candid impression of someone that never read the note breakdown etc. (because we can sometimes be influenced by it). I am eager to see more collaborations like this one, with your niece or even other people.
There is just one thing I'll be always fascinated by, it's the fact that people can judge a fragrance right after it's sprayed on a test strip. I swear I CANNOT detect most of the smell of a fragrance while there is still alcohol on the paper. I thought it may have something to do with how my body reacts to ethanol (I get a bad reaction on skin if I rub alcohol on it, like red skin very quickly, almost like an allergy I've been told by nurses... but I can drink some alcohol and not go to the ER so it shouldn't be allergic), but yeah, I really can't smell anything. Or I get some odors, but clearly not the full palette of odors I'll get when the ethanol has finally dried.
Which basically means I can't get an idea of fragrances in a shop, and usually take the test strips with me or spray on my skin and go back to it for the next hours. Also because that's what the fragrance will really smell like, and it can sometimes be very different than what you get on paper, on which most of the notes will stay longer while on the skin some fades earlier, other last until the end.
Wow! I must’ve missed this notification... these are my favorite types of videos to watch glad I caught it now.
Jeez, Athena's smile could melt hearts across the globe
Hey Steve, I really love your videos with Athena. And I really admire your close family bonds with niece, it's priceless 💖
Nice to see Athena again. Awesome to get a non-fraghead opinion. Now, Bad Boy is going to be on my to-buy list. 😁
Nice to see opinions from Athena. Really liking her non influenced taste.
Steven, you are a natural, your approach is excellent.
Dior Sauvage never fails me when it comes to compliments, and absolutely legendary scent.
My edt just got empty should i try the edp? Because i think edt is so over done
Thank you for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
@MSM NPC nice....so ill buy the edp. By the way... Do you prefer bleu de chanel edt or edp? I have the edp and i think its amazing but i havent tried the edt yet.....
Invite her more often. Great channel.
Finally someone else who enjoys Sexy platinum from VS! I don’t really see many people from the community talk about it.
My daughters name is Athena 🤗 Mont Blanc explorer smells amazing ❤
Nice clip Steven. It was very informative and entertaining as well. I liked your regretting smiles when she picked the ones that you did not agree. LIke you were saying oh NO.... :)
her smile waow
Beautiful fragrances btw
Blessings
ATHENA!!!! She's a sweetie. Glad to see her back, Steven. I'm going to guess now before I get to the end, her top two favorites are EXPLORER (a favorite from last time) and the YSL. I'll come back and an edit when I get to the end to see if I'm right! LOL
Okay... I was wrong on both fronts. LOL YSL didn't even make the first cut. D'Oh!
Another fun video, Steven! Thanks for entertaining us!
I've got BDC and Eros Flame but Very Sexy Original & Platinum has gotten me the most complements of the 3. It's after walking past me that ladies and men have turned around to ask me what I'm wearing. I usually layer 2-3 sprays over a small base of the body spray. I'm the only one in my social groups over the last 15+ years that has worn it. Good stuff.
I rarely see people talk about VSP, great fragrance. One of the few that got me into the community
Yayyyyyyyyyy Athena is back!!!!!
Wow! Great top 10. Ok Athena is your new (Fragrance Apprentice)and we love it.
I enjoyed the video very much! Way to go Athena!
Thank you so much!
Really enjoyed the video. More content like this, but have her review and rank a fragrance house.
It's interesting to get another perspective on what works well for us and just goes to show that even among the ones that work best there are still stand outs 🍀
Thank you so much for watching. I hope you're having a wonderful week.
Out of all of my fragrances and decants (Including Creed, Parfums De Marly, Initio, Armani , Versace, etc), my sister’s favorite by far is Bad Boy with everything sampled blind. Nothing else is even close. It’s not my favorite but girls love it.
YOUNG girls love it.
Can’t believe she picked CH bad boy.
Please make a video with Athena judging your most complimented niche fragrances.
Great 📹 and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day
Great video and cool quest Athena 👍🤩, I like ch bad boy as well and cool bottle .
Bad boy is the only one on the list that I have not smelled lol! Ill have to check it out. Great fragrance choices!!
She really have nice teeth!
Classiest fragrance reviewer, always come here first before the others
That means so much to me. I really appreciate the kind words. Thank you so much.
Wow I didn’t see that one winning. I need to get my nose on CH bad boy (hadn’t heard anything positive about it before). Great video.
I have 3 of these yes!
Great video, I love these!! Thanks man
Hair is looking slick👌
Great video and thanks for bringing Athena back! 🙂 I'm happy she liked Bad Boy so much, since it is a great smell imo but it has gotten bad reviews in the community..
Y'all have great chemistry on camera. I guess it's time for me to pick up Bad Boy? 😏
Amazing video as always Steven! I love your reviews and top 10's. Been following you for a long long time and many of my blind buys were thanks to your recomendations. Spicebomb edt, one million privé, Versace Dylan Blue, D&G the one edp, and many others. Thanks for all the guidelines to us fragrance community with all these amazing videos on pair with your classic gentle charisma.
My respects from south américa, Chile.
Pd; Guys is Montblanc Explorer actually THAT good? I mean...i you search on fragrantica people hate it like if we were talking about a toilet freshener :c
Fantastic stuff, you two!
Yeeeee I love her choices she disqualify from the beginning all those that I will disqualify also!! I don't like blue fragrances at all!!! Good job!! Athena!!! 👍👍😍😍👌🏽👌🏽
GA, Enjoyed today's video, stay safe and GOD BLESS
Great vid as always! 😎🤝 although my picks were the exact opposite of hers lol
Good combination of classic and recent fragrances. I prefer the sweeter aftershaves as I feel they reflect my personality
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and commenting. I hope all is well.
chocolate greedy... you have to Steven you have to !!! :D great video as always have a great day
Thank you!
Please do more videos with Athena. I am starting to get calibrated with her nose! MY SOTD is Explorer!
Great video, really like athena.
So happy with her winner, I felt like I was of a small majority that enjoys Bad Boy!
She has a great smile
Ssssss...oooooo, yeeeeeah, I'm gonna have to....go ahead and...express my surprise? There? mmmmKay. 🤣🤣🤣 Lumbergh style. Seems like Athena might be a fan of the more chocolately stuff? I smell a niche vid in the future!! Ps, please do a niche vid in the future. 🤣 With Athena. Sneak in some chocolatey gourmands in there too.
I think that sounds like a good idea. Thank you so much for stopping by.
Im gonna have to ask you to come in on sunday too lol
@@tommyt6636 I'll bring the flashlight and can of pesticide. 🤣
I have been tempted by stronger with you, you are tempting me more haha
Was waiting for another one ;)
A great video from you as always!!
Many thanks! I always appreciate the kind words.
great video!!
Gotta spray these on strips without the bottles on the table influencing her. Nice video Steven
Kouklara! Athena has a great nose andy favourite Greek female name of all time. Hope all is well Steven, keep the vids coming.
Just wanted to let you know I see you have been diligent in stepping up your pronunciation of names. ie Herrera
A true perfectionist.
Fire I’m getting Bad Boy for sure 😭
Happy Tuesday brooooo. Hello Athena.
Good morning! I hope all is well.
athena is lovely! thank you steven for providing a platform that shows various opinions of others whether it be the average person or someone who is deeper into the fragrance game! blessings to you and your family
Herra is definitely a compliment getter for me.
Also shows how much we wear fragrances for ourselves and not others. I would have chosen exact opposite in the pairings.
Hey Steven do you have a full review on the VS? Great vid as always!
I have!
Unexpected!
Thank you for watching!
She is so beautiful
I love bad boy. I consider it a blue fragrance.
I would’ve never guessed bad boy would win I couldn’t stand it tbh
Good video ✊🏾
Man She's so beautiful 😲
Great video man, feel free to invite Athena in further videos 👍
Deal!
Great video and she has good taste
Thank you!
Family first brother! Cute!
i really think bad boy is a underrated frag, so much hate on fragrantica, i have a sample i sprayed on my hand at 4am and 12 h later it was still there and even more gorgeous on the dry down
Do you own any of the scents from Louis Vuitton or have you sampled them? The only reviewer who really covers them is Sebastian and I don’t see any of the other main reviewers giving their opinion on them.
Glad she really liked Emporio Armani, it is one of my personal favorites. I'll have to check out bad boy which I almost did the other day but I was testing other fragrances.
That smile!
Thanks for watching, Nick!
Hey 👋
Carlos, when is Athena going to appear on your channel? 🙏
Hey, Brother. How's everything going? I hope you're having a great week so far.
@@raDren 😉
Excellent
Thanks, Andy!
Before video starts! If I don't have her #1 pick already, I'm buying it today! 😂
Ouch!!! Expensive taste, I'm down 90 bucks, thanks Athena.
Good video but i think the nose will get blocked after sniffing multiple smells and then can’t judge properly
Thanks
Yes, it can be overwhelming! Thanks for watching!
You'll sound super sus if you tell someone you're wearing a victoria secret cologne.
Never heard of Very Sexy Platinum but if it takes out Sauvage and Explorer it must be worth checking out
I’ve smelled it , it is a synthetic sweet and fresh scent
Shes beautiful
She is beautyfull 👍
I like it i duno why but yay
It always surprises me how much people love sweet scents. Most of the time very sweet frags are NOT it for me...lmao
Its women that like really sweet frags. I'm not into sweet frags as well, they usually don't lean very masculine.
It would be interesting to do the same test with a woman around 40 years :)
I'll keep that in mind!
Happy month of December
I think every video I have seen with Dior sauvage edt it doesnt get good reactions from girls...yet somehow it's a compliment getter 🤔
I know what you mean, Brandon.
Who is Catalina hadada?