Another fantastic watch. . I like the photography nuances in your reviews. If you ever get the chance check out Spice and wood from Creed. To my nose it is like a hybrid of Royal Oud & Federic Malle French Lover. My favourite from the house ! Anyways , keep the reviews coming. You're one of my favourite reviewers out there . No question ! Love from London 🙏🏿
Nice to see your impressions of BdP. It’s also one of my favorites from the house together with Viking and Royal Oud. Another one that might align with your taste is Royal Mayfair. Creed just rereleased it after it was vaulted for some time.
My channel could never compete with this one. The accent alone crushes all competition. BRAVO to your excellent channel presentation and success. Il be here as a fan to watch you grow!
Awesome comparison. I was considering Bois du Portugal, but got a slightly better deal on Royal Oud, so got that instead. And while I loved Santal Austral, I guess the tonka bean in it is a tad too sweet for me. A great video, thanks! P.S. try New York Intense from Nicolai Parfumeur, it reminds me a lot of Bois du Portugal, but I somehow like it more ;)
@@hmemcpy5807 thanks for the comment! Santal Austral is good but I also find it a little too sweet and monotone. Thanks for the recommendation on the Nicolai!
With Creed, I'd say the must tries is: Millésime Impérial (absolutely amazing, although longevity is 1-2 hour). Royal Oud (a classic now). Silver Mountain Water (beautiful, but Creeds worst preformer). Himalaya (underestimated). Green Irish Tweed (Everyone should at least try it). Some would say Erolfa (very nice) and Virgin Island Water (Creeds tropical alternative) are also worth trying. ❤❤👏👏
@SeldomlyOften Strongly recommend Millésime Impérial and Green Irish Tweed (if you haven't tried it). Of course, Aventus Cologne, but I wanted to avoid the Aventuses
@@Roy_Godiksen I don’t necessarily want to avoid Aventuses, the Cologne actually might be worth a try. GIT I didn’t like, way too bland with a heavy ambroxan core which doesn’t work for me.
Nicolai Parfums New York Intense and Creed Bois Portugal are close one to another, clean, fresh, uplifting, zesty and dense with plenty of feathers of essence in the air around wearer 😊🤌
A bit of a funk, and less of that typical Creed smoothness and the particular freshness of Bois Du Portugal, with Ms. Patricia's NYI, in my humble opinion. I don't feel like going back to my NYI sample after a few wears, whereas BdP is definitely on my wishlist, after sampling it many times.
@ yes Bois de Portugal is definitely smoother and refined in depth but there is similarities and yes the price difference is another factor that we can take in consideration. Creed has been very unique house with history.
Great description of bdp i sat on fence on this one for years and have now decided to add to my collection just has that smooth creed ambergris cedar combo in the drydown like most of the best from the house imo i own git viw erolfa old mi royal mayfair and would add royal oud and bdp all solid natural perfumes
@@DavideV101 I actually replaced Noir de Noir, I currently have a number of roses that cover various facets: POAL because it’s magical, Oud Satin Mood Extrait for a darker, deeper, sweeter mood, Lyric Man (old) for a pure soapy rose, FdB Siberian Rose for a fresh fruity rose. I also have Bohoboco as my current dusty incense rose. I had to park the “project” because I was getting rose fatigue 😅
Instead rose incense wasn’t one of your favourite as well? I got oud satin mood edp I’m looking for take ombré nomad I cannot sample it, so I’m wondering if having the satin mood edp, as rose oud, might make ombré nomade redundant. Hopefully u can help me Thank u very much !
@ rose incense is absolutely gorgeous, one of the best roses out there but I know I like it, I know what it smells like, I just don’t ‘need’ it so no rush. When I find a good deal I’ll buy it. Ombré Nomade smells absolutely nothing like Oud Satin Mood, it’s mostly a gritty leather fragrance with a red fruity top, there is almost no detectable rose in there. Completely different wear experiences also, there is zero chance of them being redundant. Neither of the 2 had a strong oud component btw.
Bois du Portugal is my favorite from Creed. Your descriptions of it absolutely hit the nail on the head. I find New York Intense Nicolai Parfumeur Createur to be a musty, old-fashioned version of BdP and got rid of my bottle. All you need is BdP (and I also own Sartorial, a brilliant fougère not redundant to BdP). Wondering how you would like Royal Mayfair and Original Vetiver, two of my favorites from Creed.
Have you tried french flower from matiere premiere? It's one of my all time favourites, beautiful tuberose centric scent and pretty versatile and unisex! love that stuff
@ yeah I understand. I got it really because my wife loves it. I like it, don’t love it, but wear it mostly for her(although I do enjoy it). It comes across as a little “young” for my old man self.
@@igorkokozov4862 definitely the very fresh minty yet warm spicy opening, in a very far fetched way, it kind of reminds of the contrast in Amouage Enclave
You hit the nail on the head there Dan. In addition to the olfactory/sensory fatigue that's so often touted as a limitation to fragrance perception on the receptor end, there's also a more fundamental phenomenon that I might deem "perceptual fatigue" that causes us to lose comparative perpective as a result of sensory adaptation. To me, it might very well be the primary reason for not being able to identify a familiar scent that's on the tip of the tongue, and the biggest difference between an experienced vs a novice nose. Of course, I'm sure that the reality is far more complicated, but losing perspective is not always a bad thing. I even have a name for it - VNS - the "virgin nose state". 😄 Still happens to me once in a while when I love my sillage but forget what I've sprayed on. Back to the fundamentals eh? Ps, where Ramsey has his "amber fougere" subcategory, I might add the "woody fougere" archetype of which BdP is a prime example. Usually very heavy on a piney or herbal cedar or sandalwood, but sometimes with a supporting lavender and/or patchouli. Geo F. Trumper's Sandalwood Cologne and Spice and Wood could also fit.
@@justaddlight thanks for the lengthy, insightful comment, always a pleasure to read your opinions. Woody fougere is a great cat, does it require to have lavender?
@@SeldomlyOften Perhaps not, but usually some kind of herbal component. If you rub your fingers through a real lavender plant for instance, it smells a lot like rosemary.
@ you are right, the real plant is WAY different, there used to be a lot of lavender bushes at my parents place, I remember doing just that, rubbing it between my fingers 😊
Try and sample Vintage Aventus, 2010 - 2014 batches. You will maybe understand more why its so populer. I own almost all Creeds, big fan of the house and the style. Aventus just smells modern, has a masculine edge and is super versatile. Some of the other scents just smell a bit too mature or old school smelling. I can recognise the quality but for a day to day wear its just not as easy to reach for as Aventus.
@@RobbieSwan I guess it also depends on age, I’m not a youngster so I’m not really into modern youthful stuff. Vintage Aventus might be difficult to find as you can’t really be sure of the batch unless seeing the bottle firsthand.
Interesting, I share the same views on Creed's most interesting scents being Bois du Portugal, Viking, Royal Oud - but als Green Irish Tweed. However, I just got a sample of Geo F Trumper's Eucris EdP, which really makes the fougere into a statement and is overall more interesting. Highly recommended to test!
Hello Wonder if you have tried or consider trying Pasha parfum from Cartier. From the coverage it has got, to me it seems like a fougere category fragrance with boozy nuances. Also, Royal Mayfair and Tabarome Millesime from Creed are two fragrances that get very little mention on youtube like Bois Du Portugal. And these two also seem like from old school, mature gentlemanly category. Would love to watch your take on these fragrances.
@@TheDakshvohra I tried Pasha, very nice, was a while ago so maybe I wasn’t ready. The most obscure Creed are difficult to find samples of but I’ll keep my eyes open.
I hated Royal Oud and liked Fragrance Du Bois... Royal oud smelled to me like dry tea bags, on a cheap cedar wood. Tea bags are herbal and slightly piercing, and the cedarwood didnt shine at all. Perhaps a little bit of fennel mixed in.
You should try Encens Suave from Materie Premiere
I tried that one while back, it's great but I have a TON of incense frags. Might just revisit it in the discovery set or something.
Another fantastic watch. . I like the photography nuances in your reviews. If you ever get the chance check out Spice and wood from Creed. To my nose it is like a hybrid of Royal Oud & Federic Malle French Lover. My favourite from the house ! Anyways , keep the reviews coming. You're one of my favourite reviewers out there . No question ! Love from London 🙏🏿
@@fabiojungle4722 never even heard of that one 😅
Name sounds cool, might be obscure enough to be on the cheaper side.
Thanks for the comment 😊
Nice to see your impressions of BdP. It’s also one of my favorites from the house together with Viking and Royal Oud. Another one that might align with your taste is Royal Mayfair. Creed just rereleased it after it was vaulted for some time.
@@bulletje33 thanks for the comment and recommendation, I’ll check it out 😉
Looking forward to watching this 🎉
@@RobbieSwan thanks! Did you try any of these 2?
My channel could never compete with this one. The accent alone crushes all competition. BRAVO to your excellent channel presentation and success. Il be here as a fan to watch you grow!
Thanks so much, I’m definitely checking out your channel!
@ 😳 honored 💥
Nice review! I agree... In fact I just listed my Santal Austral bottle for sale (a bit boring!)
Santal Austral is nice but the scents takes a nose dive after about 1h, it's just too polite and subtle in the dry down. Thanks for the comment :)
Awesome comparison. I was considering Bois du Portugal, but got a slightly better deal on Royal Oud, so got that instead. And while I loved Santal Austral, I guess the tonka bean in it is a tad too sweet for me. A great video, thanks! P.S. try New York Intense from Nicolai Parfumeur, it reminds me a lot of Bois du Portugal, but I somehow like it more ;)
@@hmemcpy5807 thanks for the comment! Santal Austral is good but I also find it a little too sweet and monotone. Thanks for the recommendation on the Nicolai!
With Creed, I'd say the must tries is:
Millésime Impérial (absolutely amazing, although longevity is 1-2 hour).
Royal Oud (a classic now).
Silver Mountain Water (beautiful, but Creeds worst preformer).
Himalaya (underestimated).
Green Irish Tweed (Everyone should at least try it).
Some would say Erolfa (very nice) and Virgin Island Water (Creeds tropical alternative) are also worth trying. ❤❤👏👏
@@Roy_Godiksen thanks a lot! I’m making a list of all the most popular suggestions, Royal Oud is up there 😊
@SeldomlyOften Strongly recommend Millésime Impérial and Green Irish Tweed (if you haven't tried it). Of course, Aventus Cologne, but I wanted to avoid the Aventuses
@@Roy_Godiksen I don’t necessarily want to avoid Aventuses, the Cologne actually might be worth a try. GIT I didn’t like, way too bland with a heavy ambroxan core which doesn’t work for me.
Nicolai Parfums New York Intense and Creed Bois Portugal are close one to another, clean, fresh, uplifting, zesty and dense with plenty of feathers of essence in the air around wearer 😊🤌
They said the Nicolai is also similar to Clive Christian 1872 and I might get that in a trade soon
@ I never wear or tried any of Clive Christian house fragrances, hope for you to do us a review about it soon
@ I’m kind of ready for it not being my thing but if I do get it I’ll wear a lot of it just to properly for a complete opinion
A bit of a funk, and less of that typical Creed smoothness and the particular freshness of Bois Du Portugal, with Ms. Patricia's NYI, in my humble opinion. I don't feel like going back to my NYI sample after a few wears, whereas BdP is definitely on my wishlist, after sampling it many times.
@ yes Bois de Portugal is definitely smoother and refined in depth but there is similarities and yes the price difference is another factor that we can take in consideration. Creed has been very unique house with history.
Great description of bdp i sat on fence on this one for years and have now decided to add to my collection just has that smooth creed ambergris cedar combo in the drydown like most of the best from the house imo i own git viw erolfa old mi royal mayfair and would add royal oud and bdp all solid natural perfumes
@@dannysayer254 I don’t get much ambergris in BdP but maybe it’s helping the dry powdery aspect. I need to try the others you mentioned!
Beautiful content man.
May I know the result of the rose series, to accompany noir de noir and portrait of a lady in your collection ?
@@DavideV101 I actually replaced Noir de Noir, I currently have a number of roses that cover various facets: POAL because it’s magical, Oud Satin Mood Extrait for a darker, deeper, sweeter mood, Lyric Man (old) for a pure soapy rose, FdB Siberian Rose for a fresh fruity rose. I also have Bohoboco as my current dusty incense rose. I had to park the “project” because I was getting rose fatigue 😅
Instead rose incense wasn’t one of your favourite as well?
I got oud satin mood edp
I’m looking for take ombré nomad
I cannot sample it, so I’m wondering if having the satin mood edp, as rose oud, might make ombré nomade redundant.
Hopefully u can help me
Thank u very much !
@ rose incense is absolutely gorgeous, one of the best roses out there but I know I like it, I know what it smells like, I just don’t ‘need’ it so no rush. When I find a good deal I’ll buy it.
Ombré Nomade smells absolutely nothing like Oud Satin Mood, it’s mostly a gritty leather fragrance with a red fruity top, there is almost no detectable rose in there. Completely different wear experiences also, there is zero chance of them being redundant.
Neither of the 2 had a strong oud component btw.
@@SeldomlyOftenthank you very much !
Bois du Portugal is my favorite from Creed. Your descriptions of it absolutely hit the nail on the head. I find New York Intense Nicolai Parfumeur Createur to be a musty, old-fashioned version of BdP and got rid of my bottle. All you need is BdP (and I also own Sartorial, a brilliant fougère not redundant to BdP). Wondering how you would like Royal Mayfair and Original Vetiver, two of my favorites from Creed.
I highly recommend trying Royal Oud. It's airy peppery woody green aromatic scent. Super classy and elegant.
That one is absolutely on my list, seems like my thing 100% :)
Have you tried french flower from matiere premiere? It's one of my all time favourites, beautiful tuberose centric scent and pretty versatile and unisex! love that stuff
Not yet! I have 2 VERY good tuberose frags in my collection: Carnal Flower and Odor 93. I want to get a MP discovery set though :)
Been interested in smelling both Bois de Portugal and Viking from Creed. I own and recommend sampling Original Santal.
@@nathanielmoody3656 I smelled Original Santal in a shop and while good, I wasn’t really impressed. Viking is awesome 😎
@ yeah I understand. I got it really because my wife loves it. I like it, don’t love it, but wear it mostly for her(although I do enjoy it). It comes across as a little “young” for my old man self.
@@nathanielmoody3656 wow, I thought it was very classical and mature. So strange how people can perceive things differently!
@ amazing!
Ciao bello!!!! What did you like about Creed Viking? It’s on my list .
@@igorkokozov4862 definitely the very fresh minty yet warm spicy opening, in a very far fetched way, it kind of reminds of the contrast in Amouage Enclave
You hit the nail on the head there Dan. In addition to the olfactory/sensory fatigue that's so often touted as a limitation to fragrance perception on the receptor end, there's also a more fundamental phenomenon that I might deem "perceptual fatigue" that causes us to lose comparative perpective as a result of sensory adaptation. To me, it might very well be the primary reason for not being able to identify a familiar scent that's on the tip of the tongue, and the biggest difference between an experienced vs a novice nose. Of course, I'm sure that the reality is far more complicated, but losing perspective is not always a bad thing. I even have a name for it - VNS - the "virgin nose state". 😄 Still happens to me once in a while when I love my sillage but forget what I've sprayed on. Back to the fundamentals eh? Ps, where Ramsey has his "amber fougere" subcategory, I might add the "woody fougere" archetype of which BdP is a prime example. Usually very heavy on a piney or herbal cedar or sandalwood, but sometimes with a supporting lavender and/or patchouli. Geo F. Trumper's Sandalwood Cologne and Spice and Wood could also fit.
@@justaddlight thanks for the lengthy, insightful comment, always a pleasure to read your opinions. Woody fougere is a great cat, does it require to have lavender?
@@SeldomlyOften Perhaps not, but usually some kind of herbal component. If you rub your fingers through a real lavender plant for instance, it smells a lot like rosemary.
@ you are right, the real plant is WAY different, there used to be a lot of lavender bushes at my parents place, I remember doing just that, rubbing it between my fingers 😊
Where is Chanel Boy in your fougère exploration?
@@VincentParisNYC still have t tried that, not super easy to come by unless you buy from the brand 😜
Try and sample Vintage Aventus, 2010 - 2014 batches. You will maybe understand more why its so populer.
I own almost all Creeds, big fan of the house and the style.
Aventus just smells modern, has a masculine edge and is super versatile.
Some of the other scents just smell a bit too mature or old school smelling. I can recognise the quality but for a day to day wear its just not as easy to reach for as Aventus.
@@RobbieSwan I guess it also depends on age, I’m not a youngster so I’m not really into modern youthful stuff. Vintage Aventus might be difficult to find as you can’t really be sure of the batch unless seeing the bottle firsthand.
Interesting, I share the same views on Creed's most interesting scents being Bois du Portugal, Viking, Royal Oud - but als Green Irish Tweed. However, I just got a sample of Geo F Trumper's Eucris EdP, which really makes the fougere into a statement and is overall more interesting. Highly recommended to test!
@@TheChrisHawk cool, I’ll definitely check it out!
Hello
Wonder if you have tried or consider trying Pasha parfum from Cartier. From the coverage it has got, to me it seems like a fougere category fragrance with boozy nuances.
Also, Royal Mayfair and Tabarome Millesime from Creed are two fragrances that get very little mention on youtube like Bois Du Portugal. And these two also seem like from old school, mature gentlemanly category.
Would love to watch your take on these fragrances.
@@TheDakshvohra I tried Pasha, very nice, was a while ago so maybe I wasn’t ready. The most obscure Creed are difficult to find samples of but I’ll keep my eyes open.
got some creed samples and was thinking about blind buying bois with the 45e discount....now im certain.
@@komm13 if you like a more classic style masculine, this one is really really good. I’m hovering over the buy button myself.
I prefer the Lalique pour homme (lion) edp to the Bois du portugal
@@adtt5243 Uuuu, interesting suggestion! I’ll definitely look into that!
Tabarome millesimé, Royal oud, Erolfa ( I too do not own a creed bottle just samples, hate their marketing and how little they last)
@@pasf4118 I think the lighter ones might not be for me as I’m scared of the GIT base which I don’t like. Need to try more 👍
Iris palladium and santal Austral share some similarities check the first one out
@@leepaterson7340 interesting, I’ll look into that, thanks for the recommendation 😎
I hated Royal Oud and liked Fragrance Du Bois...
Royal oud smelled to me like dry tea bags, on a cheap cedar wood. Tea bags are herbal and slightly piercing, and the cedarwood didnt shine at all. Perhaps a little bit of fennel mixed in.
@@heltondanilo6092 which Fragrance du Bois are you talking about?
@@SeldomlyOften sorry, big brain fart haha, Bois du Portugal