Im Middle Eastern so im used to harsh scents, so to me Guidance is not harsh of challenging at all! Im a guy and this is my all time favorite scent. I think that everyone will love this scent on others, but wearing it yourself could be challenging only because of how strong the projection is and it could last for days.
I loved your review! It was totally honest and refreshing. Most reviewers just rave about it like it's the best perfume in the world but you actually broke it down and were real about it. I've tried Guidance several times and didn't like it. I got a sample of Guidance 46 and liked it better but it's still not a love for me. I will keep trying it to see if that changes.
I wonder if anything will change for you in time… I’ve heard so many people with a similar journey regarding Guidance and it’s still a mystery why so many changes of heart occur with this fragrance. Thank you 🙏
Both guidance and the 46 love at first sniff, the Bayn al Asrar opens with some strange note and becomes too sweet for me in the drydown, the Musk pour Amber is difficult to get.
I have smelled Guidance the OG two times and both of them I was really impressed. I thought it was a very unique and addictive perfume. Once I even had the opportunity to spray it on myself. I did only 1 spray on one of my wrists, then I taped it on the other wrist and on the sides of my neck. When I tell you that the juice somehow got onto my jacket and weeks later I can still smell its presence in the room when the jacket is there, I'm not kidding. It's that kind of perfume and for once I am not bothered. It's addictive. I'm happy to know that besides Bayn al Asrar there is another similar perfume, because I've been looking for something like this. Thank you for the suggestion.
Amouage can be tricky for me so I had to decant first. Actually OG decant arrived today and I'm wearing it. It's true love!.. Perfumer Quentin Bisch had never let me down and I think this will be remembered as his lifetime masterpiece. INot a big fan of almond notes so I'll sample 46 out of curiosity, but will go for a full bottle of the OG. Thank you for this warm review.
I did get the chance to smell the OG Guidance and I loved it, I don't think I've smelled something this unique since I first got my nose on Baccarat Rouge. I won't be buying it but I got Bayn al Asrar which does scratch the itch.
Guidance OG and Guidance 46 were love at first sniff for me. I wore it for the first time to my son’s wedding and received an extraordinary amount of compliments. I’m neglecting all my other fragrances in order to wear these beauties.
I bought it blindly the original and yes when I atomized it for the first time I said what is this? but in the end I understood it and I liked it I wouldn’t pay for the new version I don’t like to have similar perfumes and those two are too similar to have two and pay more
Great video ! Bought guidance the OG back in October 2024 I didn’t like it.. what I did was small sprays. It marinated and I swear today I sprayed all over and my co worker said wow what are you wearing ?! It smells great. 😂 I was like wow. It’s a master piece but don’t blind buy test it.
Smelled OG last year when was looking for a gift for my GF and from the first sniff I was like yep that's IT (not for her lol). So now I finally got 10ml and can say for sure that it's an absolute masterpiece. Nothing out there is like it... And I find it quiet a unisex one, yes leaning lil more feminine but still) IMHO
I have a sample of Amouage Guidance and it was disappointing when I sprayed it on myself....I kept thinking "Am I missing something here?!" So I tossed it in my sample drawer and have never looked back....😂
I loved this comparison review! I decluttered a Guidance miniature bottle when I was a beginner to perfume 😣 I have since circled back and own a full bottle. I think it’s a masterpiece. Unless the price drops significantly on 46, I likely won’t purchase a full bottle but I just got a 5ml decant to try.
@@IamNoelle really can’t figure it out either. To be fair I smelled guidance OG first and I hated it. I was reluctant to smell 46 but after like three tries, I became literally obsessed with it. It’s addictive. I don’t get it. It’s a very strange thing and it’s never happened
I have a sample of the original, and I tried it once. It smelled nice, but familiar. Not new or unique. Old school. Like something my mom would wear when I was a kid. I am curious again now. I'll try it again tomorrow.
I am testing it again now. It is very pleasant, but in the air it still reminds me of a designer fragrance my mom used to wear, but I can't figure out which one, yet. The only thing I don't like up close is the hazelnut. Maybe that will fade. You are not in LA area with the fires right now, I hope?
For me the same happened. I tested it, hated it. Than my husband got it for my birthday, sales person convinced. I could not say my husband that I hate it, I could not sell it. I decided to sell some decants, and when I had left about 20 of 100ml, something clicked. And I started to like the drydown. 😂
A very hard fragrance to love in my opinion. I’m still on the fence and we have a love-hate relationship at this point.! thinking about decluttering the OG
Oh my God! I have got somebody who says that yes Guidance smells dirty😂 I have both of them, I don't spray them directly to the skin because I hate myself. when I first sprayed it on my skin after one hour I felt I smell really bad. I tried to figure out why then I was in shock so I didn't believe myself. At the night. I tried it again waited for one hour and then I smelled the same bad smell again and because of this video, I believe that I was right so it is one of that fragrances that you cannot spray it on your body, you need to spray it on the clothes you wearing
I have a sample of Guidance and it doesn't lean in either direction for me. But, I can tell you that I'd be very unhappy with a $500+ bottle that came to me in that condition, especially if I lost some of the juice. The presentation is supposed to be part of the experience, no?
The first time I tested the OG Guidance, I was repelled. Acutually the scent was quite pleasant and original, but my stomach turned upside down in an hour 😂 I get this sometimes from some scents (lucky me - it is quite rare). The second attempt (I have eaten a decent lunch before that) I made, it wasn’t so bad. However, there is some note which really bothers me. A kind of plastic, toxic smell 🤔🤔 in the backgroud. The secnt is well crafted, well blended and projects well. But I dont get the hype….nothing special to me. Just a well done, beast mode scent 🙄
For me Guidance is creamier while G46 is spicier. I do not find anything disturbing in those fragrances, I find them both gorgeous from the first smell. I haven't tried Bayn Al Asrar...Musk Pour Amber is a beautiful perfume (it needed maturation in my case,cause the first smell I got from the new bottle was extremely disappointing, soapy and bitter and screechy) , but I think is miles away from the original...It lacks that special something that Guidance have...🙂 Well...,maybe it just needs sitting more weeks..😉
Im Middle Eastern so im used to harsh scents, so to me Guidance is not harsh of challenging at all! Im a guy and this is my all time favorite scent. I think that everyone will love this scent on others, but wearing it yourself could be challenging only because of how strong the projection is and it could last for days.
Yes, according to western standards let’s say, although I am eastern European 🤗
I didn’t love guidance at first and by the end of my travel size… obsessed. It’s definitely a masterpiece!
I wonder what made you change your opinion about it
Same
Its true love ❤️ i cant live without it
Aww 🥰🥰
Great review and comparison! Thank you!
I am so glad you found it helpful! 🤗
I loved your review! It was totally honest and refreshing. Most reviewers just rave about it like it's the best perfume in the world but you actually broke it down and were real about it. I've tried Guidance several times and didn't like it. I got a sample of Guidance 46 and liked it better but it's still not a love for me. I will keep trying it to see if that changes.
I wonder if anything will change for you in time… I’ve heard so many people with a similar journey regarding Guidance and it’s still a mystery why so many changes of heart occur with this fragrance. Thank you 🙏
I have a sample and tried it once but all I smelled was a strong white floral and I am not a fan of white florals at all. Maybe I will try it again
@@ncwvenus21 give it another try, curious to know if your impression changes
Fantastically explained! I do LOVE Guidance, the O.G. Haven’t smelled 46, I should sample it!
Thank you, happy you enjoyed 🤗
Both guidance and the 46 love at first sniff, the Bayn al Asrar opens with some strange note and becomes too sweet for me in the drydown, the Musk pour Amber is difficult to get.
Bayn is definitely sweeter for me as well
I have smelled Guidance the OG two times and both of them I was really impressed. I thought it was a very unique and addictive perfume. Once I even had the opportunity to spray it on myself. I did only 1 spray on one of my wrists, then I taped it on the other wrist and on the sides of my neck. When I tell you that the juice somehow got onto my jacket and weeks later I can still smell its presence in the room when the jacket is there, I'm not kidding. It's that kind of perfume and for once I am not bothered. It's addictive.
I'm happy to know that besides Bayn al Asrar there is another similar perfume, because I've been looking for something like this. Thank you for the suggestion.
It’s a beast and guess what? They came out with a hair spray too, I tried it NY a month ago, that thing is also crazy strong 🤯
After layering the og and 46, there was no going back for me, I had to have them both❤
Level 1000 reached 😂
I love the OG more than 46 😂 it is way stronger
Amouage can be tricky for me so I had to decant first. Actually OG decant arrived today and I'm wearing it. It's true love!.. Perfumer Quentin Bisch had never let me down and I think this will be remembered as his lifetime masterpiece. INot a big fan of almond notes so I'll sample 46 out of curiosity, but will go for a full bottle of the OG. Thank you for this warm review.
Happy you enjoyed 🤗 I don’t think it smells like straight up almonds at all by the way
I did get the chance to smell the OG Guidance and I loved it, I don't think I've smelled something this unique since I first got my nose on Baccarat Rouge. I won't be buying it but I got Bayn al Asrar which does scratch the itch.
Hehe, it does scratch it indeed
Hi Noelle, I got a 10ml of the OG and like it. Ordered a 5ML of 46 and love it ❤❤
But which one is your fav out of the two?
@ 46 is by far the best 🥰
Totally 💯
I have a sample of the OG and I love it.
🥰 team love
My sample of 46 is on the way-so curious!
Let me know how you feel about it once you smell it 🤗
Guidance OG and Guidance 46 were love at first sniff for me. I wore it for the first time to my son’s wedding and received an extraordinary amount of compliments. I’m neglecting all my other fragrances in order to wear these beauties.
So happy you had a great experience with them! 🥰
I bought it blindly the original and yes when I atomized it for the first time I said what is this? but in the end I understood it and I liked it I wouldn’t pay for the new version I don’t like to have similar perfumes and those two are too similar to have two and pay more
Great video ! Bought guidance the OG back in October 2024 I didn’t like it.. what I did was small sprays. It marinated and I swear today I sprayed all over and my co worker said wow what are you wearing ?! It smells great. 😂 I was like wow. It’s a master piece but don’t blind buy test it.
I also wear a body cream that’s neutral or perhaps a little of scent to push the fragrance a bit more into the skin.
Either you change, or it changed… or both
@@IamNoelle yes maybe I changed 😅 now it’s lovely! 😊
Smelled OG last year when was looking for a gift for my GF and from the first sniff I was like yep that's IT (not for her lol). So now I finally got 10ml and can say for sure that it's an absolute masterpiece. Nothing out there is like it... And I find it quiet a unisex one, yes leaning lil more feminine but still) IMHO
So you ended up using it?
I have a sample of Amouage Guidance and it was disappointing when I sprayed it on myself....I kept thinking "Am I missing something here?!" So I tossed it in my sample drawer and have never looked back....😂
I was expecting a twist… at some point 😂😂
@IamNoelle I'm going to try it again thanks to your video....that's the twist! 😂
At least that 🙏🤣
I loved this comparison review! I decluttered a Guidance miniature bottle when I was a beginner to perfume 😣 I have since circled back and own a full bottle. I think it’s a masterpiece. Unless the price drops significantly on 46, I likely won’t purchase a full bottle but I just got a 5ml decant to try.
Getting a decant is the smartest, you have enough to test several times that way
Same ! Went to hate to obsessed with 46!
I wanna understand this phenomenon
@@IamNoelle really can’t figure it out either. To be fair I smelled guidance OG first and I hated it. I was reluctant to smell 46 but after like three tries, I became literally obsessed with it. It’s addictive. I don’t get it. It’s a very strange thing and it’s never happened
Amazing video 🔥😍
Thanks 🤗🤗
How is pour musk amber close to Guidance? I found that Eau de Parfum Cuir de Nuit by Yves Rocher is close to Guidance
What do you mean how? 😁
@@IamNoelle how much is it close to it?
85%
@@IamNoelle is it creamy as guidance?
No
Great video beautiful lady! LOve watchin you
🙏☺️
What's your batch code on your bottle of Guidance edp??.
I will check, but why?
I have a sample of the original, and I tried it once. It smelled nice, but familiar. Not new or unique. Old school. Like something my mom would wear when I was a kid.
I am curious again now. I'll try it again tomorrow.
Oh really? I didn’t think it’s similar to anything
I am testing it again now. It is very pleasant, but in the air it still reminds me of a designer fragrance my mom used to wear, but I can't figure out which one, yet. The only thing I don't like up close is the hazelnut. Maybe that will fade.
You are not in LA area with the fires right now, I hope?
No, I am up north, all good here 🤗🤗
For me the same happened.
I tested it, hated it. Than my husband got it for my birthday, sales person convinced.
I could not say my husband that I hate it, I could not sell it.
I decided to sell some decants, and when I had left about 20 of 100ml, something clicked. And I started to like the drydown. 😂
Haha, the same click happened in me 😳😁 and I heard a similar story before from other people as well
A very hard fragrance to love in my opinion. I’m still on the fence and we have a love-hate relationship at this point.! thinking about decluttering the OG
Definitely tricky, how long you had it?
I love the OG, but I still haven't smelled 46.
I think you will enjoy it
Oh my God! I have got somebody who says that yes Guidance smells dirty😂
I have both of them, I don't spray them directly to the skin because I hate myself.
when I first sprayed it on my skin after one hour I felt I smell really bad. I tried to figure out why then I was in shock so I didn't believe myself. At the night. I tried it again waited for one hour and then I smelled the same bad smell again and because of this video, I believe that I was right so it is one of that fragrances that you cannot spray it on your body, you need to spray it on the clothes you wearing
Oh no 😭 did you get rid of it?
I just don’t apply it directly to the skin
nu mai pui intro'ul ala al tau la inceputul clipurilor ☹
Îți plăcea? 😁
@@IamNoelle DAP :D .. era tare mai ales ca imi placea melodia aia jazz scurta
Mă duc să o caut prin pivniță și dacă o găsesc, îi fac o reintrare în scenă 😁
@@IamNoelle DAAA!!! 🤩
I have a sample of Guidance and it doesn't lean in either direction for me. But, I can tell you that I'd be very unhappy with a $500+ bottle that came to me in that condition, especially if I lost some of the juice. The presentation is supposed to be part of the experience, no?
Absolutely! Don’t get me wrong, I was upset at the time as well, but time has passed and I am detached from it now
@@IamNoelle I think they owe you one!😘Detachment is probably the best strategy
Khadlaj for me smells like candies and has nothing in common with guidance, i prefer zara stellar amber or bayn al asrar :/
Fair enough. Did you just test Musk pour Amber or you have it?
@@IamNoelle I had and sold it
I got to smell Guidance 46 and it was love at first sniff. ❤❤❤ Ineed to get a decant
😍😍 nice
The first time I tested the OG Guidance, I was repelled. Acutually the scent was quite pleasant and original, but my stomach turned upside down in an hour 😂 I get this sometimes from some scents (lucky me - it is quite rare).
The second attempt (I have eaten a decent lunch before that) I made, it wasn’t so bad. However, there is some note which really bothers me. A kind of plastic, toxic smell 🤔🤔 in the backgroud. The secnt is well crafted, well blended and projects well. But I dont get the hype….nothing special to me. Just a well done, beast mode scent 🙄
So team “no to guidance” here 😁
De ce am aflam abia acum dintr-un comentariu random ca esti romanca? Ai putea sa iti faci un cont separat si pt romania sunt sigura ca ai avea succes
Daaa! ❤️ sa stii ca ma tot gândesc la asta de ceva timp
For me Guidance is creamier while G46 is spicier. I do not find anything disturbing in those fragrances, I find them both gorgeous from the first smell. I haven't tried Bayn Al Asrar...Musk Pour Amber is a beautiful perfume (it needed maturation in my case,cause the first smell I got from the new bottle was extremely disappointing, soapy and bitter and screechy) , but I think is miles away from the original...It lacks that special something that Guidance have...🙂 Well...,maybe it just needs sitting more weeks..😉
Where did you buy Musk pour Amber, if you can tell me? 🤗
@@IamNoelle Romania - Brasty
Se plângea cineva că nu se găsește nicăieri în Europa
@@IamNoelle Brasty aduce cate un stoc limitat si se epuizeaza repede.
So musk pour amber is not the same as guidance 46?