I really don’t typically like dark frags, I usually like light florals and citrus’ but this is actually my favorite FM... love the patchouli and incense!
You’re one of my fave “reviewers”. I find this to be your most complex and nebulous insight, in that I think you’re ambivalent and unsure of this scent… it’s really interesting to explore idiosyncrasies, personally I find French Lover to be dark and hostile, but Monsieur is an approachable walk in the park. I happen to love both!
Bought this for my husband. He is 70, I am 72. I personally love the leather notes. He always likes fragrances I pick, two themes, either woody or interesting citrus, vetiver as an element a plus. Got it at an Estée Lauder warehouse sale for about 187 bucks. What’s not to like?
Eugen, I know it’s been 4 yrs since you posted this but I have to comment. I’ve been watching you for ages but needed to comment here. Man I wish we were neighbors so we could have joint impression discussions, bc every word you spoke from the colors to the textures to the “feel” and of course scent impressions was like you downloaded my thoughts and said them yourself. And then when you spoke about Portrait of a Lady, too, with colors etc and “seeing” scents in your imagination (and being mystified by comments comparing or paralleling POAL and Monsieur, as I am haha)… I was gobsmacked. Looking forward to watching more! I’m not kidding, I’d be game to come up with a joint perfume list and do a color impression comparison. I’d be so curious how many we’d agree on. I’m betting several.
I hated Monsieur at first. I thought it was scratchy, rough and brash but I kept your sample on my desk because I knew you liked it and I wanted to see what you saw in it. And the wonderful thing about Frederic Malle fragrances is the more you smell them they start showing different sides, on my skin the all those rough textures go away and it becomes a smooth woody, boozy scent. While I don't see myself buying a bottle YET I've definitely come to appreciate it.
I Recommend Trying A Sample, Yes It's A Very Strong Manly Scent, I Loved It So Much That This Was My First Purchase Of A Full 100 ML Bottle Of Frederic Malle.
I have a sample of it. I am not the biggest fan of Patchouli, so this one wasn't for me initially. Now i kind of like it. Not enough to buy a bottle at the moment, but who knows in the future. I get the grey association. This is a bit of a weird one to me, it smells thick but light, i smell some clean and earthy nuances from the Patch, but also some heavy and dark notes. I get what you mean with black, but to me it would be much more greyish, with some green and black spots. Definitely more dress up, for the mature and serious gentleman.
#wackpack It takes me to a place like a hippie van in 70's, parts of the Manson family sitting in the back drinking rum and smoking while I am driving. Hot summer day. Buffalo Springfield "For what it's worth" on the radio.
Haven’t tried this one, unfortunately. I have tried patchouli 24 and I liked it a lot so I’ll definitely have to get my nose on Monsieur. Thanks for the insight, as always
Hi Eugenius, did you ever get your hands on the Chanel Paris Deauville? Interested to hear your take. It's my fav of the collection. Love your channel btw!
I’m going to receive today my first Malle geranium pour monsiur from premiere avenue I wanna try all of Malle fragrances and excited for my next purchase
I love this. It's boldness. I agree with the grey connotations. Not black. To me it's dark rusty orange, brown and greys in a dark shadow. Its dark but something is keeping me from seeing complete blackness. And the more I wear and smell it. The lighter it gets, the colours start to come out. This is divisive, but I think that's a good thing. Love for me. No other perfume in my collection captures the mood or feeling of this perfume. It knows what it wants to do and doesn't care if you love it or not. Monsieur IS just Monsieur.
To me it smells like a daddy who abstains from all of his desires not because he’s devoid of them but he just does it because he is disciplined. It’s so dark and so cool, he is so untouchable. But to others it smells like “serial adulterer😂” I don’t know … it’s just sooooo cool. I’m a girl and I think it smells so good on me. ❤
I found this to be a very camphoric patchouli, camphored with a purpose. Its a good creation although there's so many good patchoulis out there in the niche market.
I agree with the blackness. After spraying it almost had a black sesame and plasticky scent which lasted about an hour and after that, it settled in and I loved it. I was obsessed with Musc Ravageur but I think this one is more complex and masculine without being overtly sexual. It is very mature and is nice and powdery.
@@RichMitch well I actually ordered Portrait of a lady like 10 days ago from premiere ave. I'm an inpatient fucker and for some reason Canada post is apparently bogged right down it left france like 6 days ago and thats the last scan it had, people are saying stuff they ordered from a couple hours from here is taking 3 weeks to arrive so im a bit peeved, but thats on the way and just ordered another parfums de nicolai Rose/oud
Hi ! Is it "blackest" than Black Afgano which i start to appreciate (sample) ? Could it be a nice alternative to this one ? (Sorry for my bad english ! 🇨🇵)
It's very unique. I don't know any perfumes that do the same thing. Black Afgano is totally different. Monsieur doesn't have any sweetness in it. It's bolder, stricter and darker. It's oily and dry. There's no others like that.
Some days I love Monsieur and almost buy a bottle, other days I find it headache inducing. I really love the patchouli in it though. Patchoulis of all stripes are great to me, sometimes I like a sloppy textured patchouli, other days I like it really smoothed out like it is here. Not sure what it is that's cranked up too loud for me, maybe the synthetics you mentioned?
@@jura_rose perhaps, although is that even in there? i didn't see it listed as an ingredient on malle's site. whatever it is, it's enough to keep me from buying, and that's coming from a staunch patchouli lover!
Good one, but a little overpriced. For me better in this genre, cheaper, with better performance are Private Label and Incident Diplomatique by Jovoy, Patchouli by Lorenzo Villoresi.
Wore this today. While I get the parallel to Patchouli 24, from my collection I feel this falls right between Mortal Skin and Black Afgano, although maybe beastlier than both. Summer is early over here though, so I don’t think I’ll get to revisit it anytime soon.
I find this one a bit hard to wear (I have a 10 ml). I'd say it's mature leaning, but not in the direction of classical masculins. Perhaps a masculin counterpart to Coromandel. I don't get any rum, just a dry smoky patchouli. I get dark brown, but not black - probably due to it being pathcouli-dominant, and I always associate these with brown.
There must be something wrong with my nose. I purchased a small sample of Monsieur on Ebay. When it came I sprayed one spray on my arm. Oh my Gosh ! ! ! ! It was the worst smelling stuff I've ever smelled (and I have kind of a bird dog nose). To me it smells like a toxic weed killer chemical, perhaps like Roundup herbicide. Does it smell that way to anyone else? I will never spray it on myself again.
I really love this fragrance and have been working off of a 10ml decant for a while... If there ever was a fragrance from the Frederic Malle house that I would purchase a full bottle of it would be this masterpiece... I do not get the amount of spice that you seem to get from the fragrance though and it is a very masculine fragrance... Many fragrances that are marketed toward men and/or women are not as clear cut as this one however... My wife wears a lot of my 'for men' fragrances but she would not touch this one as she says it smell like a man... People may not want to think fragrance has a gender because of all this progressive fantasy/feelings garbage going on now days but when you get a whiff of this one your brain will conjure masculine images so yes like it or not scent has a gender... Sure anyone can wear whatever they want and a woman can wear it too but if I passed by her on the street it would confuse the hell out of me.. ^_^ It is a VERY manly scent and yeah the more I think about it the more I am coming to the realization that this will be my first bottle purchase from the house once my decant is gone... Great review as always...
It’s smells super similar to musc ravageur. It’s like the evil twin of rav. I really don’t think someone needs a bottle of both unless they’re rich and frivolous
Dusty church perfectly surmises this fragrance... exactly what it is... the patchouli and Incense dominate this in a dry dusty way. Very well said Eugene..
#wackpack One of the more underrated malles. Interested to hear your thoughts on this one. Sotd is la tsarine by senyoko. Inspired by Catherine the great. It smells like a filthy harem filled with every indulgence you could want 😂
I have it
Makes sense
Best cologne I ever had
I really don’t typically like dark frags, I usually like light florals and citrus’ but this is actually my favorite FM... love the patchouli and incense!
Not for summer nights, right ?
Alfredo summer nights maybe, if you’re indoors at a nicer gathering, sure, why not
@@cls63amgwagon34 Thank you.
You’re one of my fave “reviewers”. I find this to be your most complex and nebulous insight, in that I think you’re ambivalent and unsure of this scent… it’s really interesting to explore idiosyncrasies, personally I find French Lover to be dark and hostile, but Monsieur is an approachable walk in the park. I happen to love both!
I also love your depictions of “colours”… I don’t see the world that way, so I’m envious haha 😸
Bought this for my husband. He is 70, I am 72. I personally love the leather notes. He always likes fragrances I pick, two themes, either woody or interesting citrus, vetiver as an element a plus. Got it at an Estée Lauder warehouse sale for about 187 bucks. What’s not to like?
Couple sprays of this one and I have cougars clawing at my door.
🤣🤣🤣
This is one of the few FMs I haven't tried. Appreciate the review!
Eugen, I know it’s been 4 yrs since you posted this but I have to comment. I’ve been watching you for ages but needed to comment here. Man I wish we were neighbors so we could have joint impression discussions, bc every word you spoke from the colors to the textures to the “feel” and of course scent impressions was like you downloaded my thoughts and said them yourself.
And then when you spoke about Portrait of a Lady, too, with colors etc and “seeing” scents in your imagination (and being mystified by comments comparing or paralleling POAL and Monsieur, as I am haha)… I was gobsmacked. Looking forward to watching more! I’m not kidding, I’d be game to come up with a joint perfume list and do a color impression comparison. I’d be so curious how many we’d agree on. I’m betting several.
I hated Monsieur at first. I thought it was scratchy, rough and brash but I kept your sample on my desk because I knew you liked it and I wanted to see what you saw in it. And the wonderful thing about Frederic Malle fragrances is the more you smell them they start showing different sides, on my skin the all those rough textures go away and it becomes a smooth woody, boozy scent. While I don't see myself buying a bottle YET I've definitely come to appreciate it.
New subscriber and I’m glad I stumbled onto your channel and how thoughtful and knowledgeable your takes are. Much appreciated.
I Recommend Trying A Sample, Yes It's A Very Strong Manly Scent, I Loved It So Much That This Was My First Purchase Of A Full 100 ML Bottle Of Frederic Malle.
I have a sample of it. I am not the biggest fan of Patchouli, so this one wasn't for me initially. Now i kind of like it. Not enough to buy a bottle at the moment, but who knows in the future.
I get the grey association. This is a bit of a weird one to me, it smells thick but light, i smell some clean and earthy nuances from the Patch, but also some heavy and dark notes. I get what you mean with black, but to me it would be much more greyish, with some green and black spots. Definitely more dress up, for the mature and serious gentleman.
My favorite other than desert gems. Easy to pull off as a daily if you work in a suit. Great Malle review.
#wackpack
It takes me to a place like a hippie van in 70's, parts of the Manson family sitting in the back drinking rum and smoking while I am driving. Hot summer day. Buffalo Springfield "For what it's worth" on the radio.
Heading West on Sunset and turning right out to Laurel Canyon
Haven’t tried this one, unfortunately. I have tried patchouli 24 and I liked it a lot so I’ll definitely have to get my nose on Monsieur. Thanks for the insight, as always
Hi Eugenius, did you ever get your hands on the Chanel Paris Deauville? Interested to hear your take. It's my fav of the collection. Love your channel btw!
I’m going to receive today my first Malle geranium pour monsiur from premiere avenue I wanna try all of Malle fragrances and excited for my next purchase
I love this. It's boldness. I agree with the grey connotations. Not black. To me it's dark rusty orange, brown and greys in a dark shadow. Its dark but something is keeping me from seeing complete blackness. And the more I wear and smell it. The lighter it gets, the colours start to come out. This is divisive, but I think that's a good thing. Love for me. No other perfume in my collection captures the mood or feeling of this perfume. It knows what it wants to do and doesn't care if you love it or not. Monsieur IS just Monsieur.
To me it smells like a daddy who abstains from all of his desires not because he’s devoid of them but he just does it because he is disciplined. It’s so dark and so cool, he is so untouchable. But to others it smells like “serial adulterer😂” I don’t know … it’s just sooooo cool. I’m a girl and I think it smells so good on me. ❤
Love at first sniff. I can’t wait till I get a full bottle
I found this to be a very camphoric patchouli, camphored with a purpose. Its a good creation although there's so many good patchoulis out there in the niche market.
Eugene what's up mate. Bless up. Good review
I agree with the blackness. After spraying it almost had a black sesame and plasticky scent which lasted about an hour and after that, it settled in and I loved it. I was obsessed with Musc Ravageur but I think this one is more complex and masculine without being overtly sexual. It is very mature and is nice and powdery.
Love this stuff 👌 was the first Malle I bought and I was floored by it.
My first malle too
@@RichMitch Twinzies 💁♂️💁♂️
@@jeremyhinze8837 what u been buying during lockdown hinze
@@RichMitch well I actually ordered Portrait of a lady like 10 days ago from premiere ave. I'm an inpatient fucker and for some reason Canada post is apparently bogged right down it left france like 6 days ago and thats the last scan it had, people are saying stuff they ordered from a couple hours from here is taking 3 weeks to arrive so im a bit peeved, but thats on the way and just ordered another parfums de nicolai Rose/oud
@@RichMitch you?
lvmh did not acquire frederic malle it was estee lauder, lvmh normally doesnt cheapen the products...
Congrats on the lavalier hermano
Hi ! Is it "blackest" than Black Afgano which i start to appreciate (sample) ?
Could it be a nice alternative to this one ? (Sorry for my bad english ! 🇨🇵)
It's very unique. I don't know any perfumes that do the same thing. Black Afgano is totally different. Monsieur doesn't have any sweetness in it. It's bolder, stricter and darker. It's oily and dry. There's no others like that.
Some days I love Monsieur and almost buy a bottle, other days I find it headache inducing. I really love the patchouli in it though. Patchoulis of all stripes are great to me, sometimes I like a sloppy textured patchouli, other days I like it really smoothed out like it is here. Not sure what it is that's cranked up too loud for me, maybe the synthetics you mentioned?
May be the amberxtreme that you are sensitive to.
@@jura_rose perhaps, although is that even in there? i didn't see it listed as an ingredient on malle's site. whatever it is, it's enough to keep me from buying, and that's coming from a staunch patchouli lover!
Frederic Malle was never sold to LVMH but to Estee Lauder. Same as By Kilian , Maison Francis Kurkdjian and Le Labo.
Eric my mistake, you’re right
Eugen was in Dior mode there
Hey bud, has this been reformulated since its release in 2015? I agree it’s definitely has a punch to it and unique.
It's not. Should be the same.
Good one, but a little overpriced.
For me better in this genre, cheaper, with better performance are Private Label and Incident Diplomatique by Jovoy, Patchouli by Lorenzo Villoresi.
Gediminas Kontrimas I still need to try private label what is that like. Incident diplomatique dry down is really good
Wore this today. While I get the parallel to Patchouli 24, from my collection I feel this falls right between Mortal Skin and Black Afgano, although maybe beastlier than both. Summer is early over here though, so I don’t think I’ll get to revisit it anytime soon.
I find this one a bit hard to wear (I have a 10 ml). I'd say it's mature leaning, but not in the direction of classical masculins. Perhaps a masculin counterpart to Coromandel. I don't get any rum, just a dry smoky patchouli. I get dark brown, but not black - probably due to it being pathcouli-dominant, and I always associate these with brown.
I like this one but I have to be in the mood for this big bold fragrance.
There must be something wrong with my nose. I purchased a small sample of Monsieur on Ebay. When it came I sprayed one spray on my arm. Oh my Gosh ! ! ! ! It was the worst smelling stuff I've ever smelled (and I have kind of a bird dog nose). To me it smells like a toxic weed killer chemical, perhaps like Roundup herbicide. Does it smell that way to anyone else? I will never spray it on myself again.
Try it in store. Are you sure your eBay sample was legit?
I really love this fragrance and have been working off of a 10ml decant for a while... If there ever was a fragrance from the Frederic Malle house that I would purchase a full bottle of it would be this masterpiece... I do not get the amount of spice that you seem to get from the fragrance though and it is a very masculine fragrance... Many fragrances that are marketed toward men and/or women are not as clear cut as this one however... My wife wears a lot of my 'for men' fragrances but she would not touch this one as she says it smell like a man... People may not want to think fragrance has a gender because of all this progressive fantasy/feelings garbage going on now days but when you get a whiff of this one your brain will conjure masculine images so yes like it or not scent has a gender... Sure anyone can wear whatever they want and a woman can wear it too but if I passed by her on the street it would confuse the hell out of me.. ^_^ It is a VERY manly scent and yeah the more I think about it the more I am coming to the realization that this will be my first bottle purchase from the house once my decant is gone... Great review as always...
It’s smells super similar to musc ravageur. It’s like the evil twin of rav. I really don’t think someone needs a bottle of both unless they’re rich and frivolous
Dusty church perfectly surmises this fragrance... exactly what it is... the patchouli and Incense dominate this in a dry dusty way.
Very well said Eugene..
6.66k subscribers. I guess you're the perfume devil to Ashton's fragrant jesus
Reminds me of an intense version of Promise.
Laughing so hard I almost choked my noodle when you said “hairy balls” lol
I tried to like this one but quite failed. 🤷🏻♂️
#wackpack
One of the more underrated malles. Interested to hear your thoughts on this one.
Sotd is la tsarine by senyoko.
Inspired by Catherine the great. It smells like a filthy harem filled with every indulgence you could want 😂
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