Wow, what a bummer. Was definitely hoping that the Bort would've been a banger. Syat Nova (spell?), I will definitely be interested in getting a nose on that one. I'll also be checking out some of your earlier vids, blue-lotus note, intriguing!? Must say, the Bortnikoff name keeps bringing an image of the Swedish Chef, (Bort, Bort, Bort, Bort!). Lol! Much respect and appreciation as always ♡☆
Bortnikoff has a special place in my heart. It was the first artisanal house I tried as well as the first oud. Oud Maximus is still my favorite oud fragrance (although I have ALD Ottoman Empire III on the way) and now even has a personal nostalgia aspect to it. When I saw your first video on his new colognes I was extremely disappointed in the direction of Bortnikoff. Then I saw the note listing of this one and got a bad feeling about it and it seems that was justified. And yet again I saw the note listing from his other new fragrance Oud Al Sultan which ALSO has a ton of citruses including that red mandarin orange! ugh. (I’ve smelled a couple samples of these, can’t even remember which, did not like them, and am not interested in the rest) Unfortunately, my lack of confidence has extended also to the new Feel Oud’s. When I first heard about them I was planning on blind buying the whole range. Now, I might get a sample set. Maybe. I just don’t know if I can take the disappointment again for a house/perfumer that meant so much to me before. And the note listings don’t really captivate me. I really hope he gets his work back on track again soon. So many of his earlier works are unique, masterful creations that have meant a lot to me.
I agree with you Scott and very well said... But I am holding out hope Adam is running the ship at the feel-oud release and all will be up to everyones high standard... but I also didnt buy all 3 ... I only bought Oud Balsam .... want to try the others someday, hoping Adam will throw in some samples 💪
I got a sample of this... It is pleasant.. Quality juice, however it is not in the league of his previous style fragrances. This is not oud heavy at all. I understand that Dmitry is returning back to Oud fragrances with his new releases pending at the Dubai Fair end October 2023.
Yeah disappointing to hear Rams ,but not really surprising to be honest 😢,my last purchase was Lao Oud and it’s great, but I really want a bottle of triad and a few other older fragrances based on the samples sent with my previous older buys ,but am very hesitant based on reformulation worries that I feel may well be a problem. Cheers man hope your Oud Balsom is a winner ,I’m still waiting for my History of Indian Oud ,they sent it through England and it was apparently sent back I-have no clue what’s happening but It’s not good, happened before I feel I may have to demand a refund ,but hope not ,so I’m soured on ordering anything from Areej,or now Feel Oud till I get satisfaction cheers buddy ✌️🙏👍
Sad but true. I also hope that collaboration with Adam under the Feel Oud brand will wake up Dima from his cologne sleep. I avoid Bortnikoff's recent productions with a cologne flavor just like I passed Feel Oud Sunrise and Set. I gladly bought the other two oud monsters (I hope monsters). Great work Ramsey!
Thanks for your frankness. Guessing the lack of reviews has less to do with reviewers being disappointed and more to do with these brands’ comical pricing. $90 gets you a 9ml bottle. Lots of reviewers probably can’t afford it or, even if they can, they figure too few of their viewers will tune in for a review of a perfume priced so high they’ll never smell it themselves. If these brands simply cannot reduce their prices, they can anticipate reduced interest. I still follow indie releases, but not from the real oud crew as they seem to have lost touch with reality. (And this one doesn’t even have the real oud, as you say.)
Well it may have real oud in the base it just doesnt Smell like there is to my nose which is a shame and travesty ... i hope Bortnikoff can turn it around 🤞
Hey ramster great videos you been doing lately. You do know this was a collaboration?? It's on his website. Forgot the name of the guy it's with. But by the sounds of it's probably more the other guy putting his input lol
I actually had no clue lol Who is this Rajesh Balkrishnan? Never heard of him Either way Bortnikoff is putting his name on a product he should not be imho
I sampled this based on reviews in fragrantica but I do not smell Arabian nights or days or evenings ….smells like something mainstream …I have ordered samples of their new releases - one by his son Maxim Bortnikoff. Let’s see how they smell.
RAM! since bortnikoff changed the format of the bottle caps... with these amazing new caps... the true essence of dimitri's creations went somewhere 🧐in space-time, here on planet earth dimitri His essence, his creations, his flow disappeared with the stopper, it will be forever???😀🙄🙄🙄
Ramsey. Pimpin, Playa love your channel, but damn man I totally disagree with u on this one. To me it smells like Apricot 540 or Apricot cotton candy it's a great smell this one is gonna be a hit for bortnikoff. Santa sangria and vetiver nocturne are fire too. Next purchase will be what you reviewed oud maximus and sayat nova. Again love your channel keep pushing👍🏽👍🏽👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks for watching! I hate BR 540 though... so if you are saying this is Apricot 540 I am out! 😆 But thats just one 🐏 opinion.... and these are all just peoples opinions 🤷🏻♂️ Again thanks for watching & sharing your thoughts 🍻
First clear indicator a niche house has sold out to profit over passion is a change from the first release packaging etc.... even something as small as standardising the cap etc, is just the start and then it should be no surprise the perfume quality also starts to go downhill fast. From watching Russian Adam's videos on his relationship with Bortnikoff, he's was introduced to oud by Adam who was already hooked on the material when living in UK. I've always felt Bortnikoff brand had from the start aimed at more commercial and blingy products and a business strategy over everything else... especially as his fragrances are mainly sold through third parties who take 50-65% cut, so the product has to be made as cheap as possible. Also maybe because the two are not living and working together as they once did Adam's influence on Bortnikoffs work isn't what it was and now it's showing.
Yeah its a possibility... I am still holding out hope that these feel oud releases will be bangers & have the quality we expect from these two iconic Artisnal brands 🤞
I am NOT a Bortnikoff guy to start with ….his perfumes are not my style…….I have only one perfume that I own from Bortnikoff and I do not like that very much either….I always had a respect for him even though I am not a fan of his compositions but these latest releases have done nothing to change my mind. Perfumes > 300 dollars should not smell like Sherezade …..
💯agree Feels like an amateur made this one... hoping Dimitry isnt passing off work to his son who doesnt have the experience or something like that is happening...but its just such a mark-ed shift in the house 🤷🏻♂️
Lately his releases are not really inspiring...I kinda lost interest in this house lately! Feel like he lost his touch! I have few best in my collection, Oud Maximus, Oud Monarch, Vetiver Nocturne Absolu, L'heure Exquise and Musk Cologne...Think I'm done with the house... Few new houses are doing incredible work lately... naming, Auphorie and Suko Oud..
I have never smelled either of those houses you mention but I will put them on the to sniff list for sure Unfortunately I agree with your take on Bortnikoff ... wont give up hope just yet but I doubt you will see many new bottles from the brand...more just enjoying what I already have 😔🙂
I kinda felt the lack of high quality from Bortnikoff re-release as well. I hope he get back to his top game!!
Absolutely agreed... we will keep him in our prayers 🙏
Wow, what a bummer. Was definitely hoping that the Bort would've been a banger. Syat Nova (spell?), I will definitely be interested in getting a nose on that one. I'll also be checking out some of your earlier vids, blue-lotus note, intriguing!? Must say, the Bortnikoff name keeps bringing an image of the Swedish Chef, (Bort, Bort, Bort, Bort!). Lol! Much respect and appreciation as always ♡☆
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Just FYI many times I put the spelling of the fragrances discussed on the videos in the video description ... thanks for watching 🥂
So sad to see bortnikoff goin down this road,I tried oud cologne it’s too sweet and vanillic I didn’t like it..great review brother
Thanks for being here with us bro 🍻
Noice ! I bought Oud Balsam as well
Good call! 🍻
Bortnikoff has a special place in my heart. It was the first artisanal house I tried as well as the first oud. Oud Maximus is still my favorite oud fragrance (although I have ALD Ottoman Empire III on the way) and now even has a personal nostalgia aspect to it.
When I saw your first video on his new colognes I was extremely disappointed in the direction of Bortnikoff. Then I saw the note listing of this one and got a bad feeling about it and it seems that was justified. And yet again I saw the note listing from his other new fragrance Oud Al Sultan which ALSO has a ton of citruses including that red mandarin orange! ugh. (I’ve smelled a couple samples of these, can’t even remember which, did not like them, and am not interested in the rest)
Unfortunately, my lack of confidence has extended also to the new Feel Oud’s. When I first heard about them I was planning on blind buying the whole range. Now, I might get a sample set. Maybe. I just don’t know if I can take the disappointment again for a house/perfumer that meant so much to me before. And the note listings don’t really captivate me.
I really hope he gets his work back on track again soon. So many of his earlier works are unique, masterful creations that have meant a lot to me.
I agree with you Scott and very well said... But I am holding out hope Adam is running the ship at the feel-oud release and all will be up to everyones high standard... but I also didnt buy all 3 ... I only bought Oud Balsam .... want to try the others someday, hoping Adam will throw in some samples 💪
Thanks for the honest review. Did you review Adam's Aquilaria Blossom?
I did... I have an Areej Le Dore playlist ... you will find it in there
Thanks for watching 🍻
I got a sample of this... It is pleasant.. Quality juice, however it is not in the league of his previous style fragrances. This is not oud heavy at all.
I understand that Dmitry is returning back to Oud fragrances with his new releases pending at the Dubai Fair end October 2023.
I absolutely agree with your assesment
Thanks so much for watching & commenting 🙂
Yeah disappointing to hear Rams ,but not really surprising to be honest 😢,my last purchase was Lao Oud and it’s great, but I really want a bottle of triad and a few other older fragrances based on the samples sent with my previous older buys ,but am very hesitant based on reformulation worries that I feel may well be a problem. Cheers man hope your Oud Balsom is a winner ,I’m still waiting for my History of Indian Oud ,they sent it through England and it was apparently sent back I-have no clue what’s happening but It’s not good, happened before I feel I may have to demand a refund ,but hope not ,so I’m soured on ordering anything from Areej,or now Feel Oud till I get satisfaction cheers buddy ✌️🙏👍
It will arrive soon! Hold on tight Bren 💪😅
As soon as Oud Balsam arrives I will give it a good wearing and do a video on it 🐏
Sad but true. I also hope that collaboration with Adam under the Feel Oud brand will wake up Dima from his cologne sleep. I avoid Bortnikoff's recent productions with a cologne flavor just like I passed Feel Oud Sunrise and Set. I gladly bought the other two oud monsters (I hope monsters). Great work Ramsey!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts & watching & commenting 🍻
Thanks for your frankness.
Guessing the lack of reviews has less to do with reviewers being disappointed and more to do with these brands’ comical pricing. $90 gets you a 9ml bottle. Lots of reviewers probably can’t afford it or, even if they can, they figure too few of their viewers will tune in for a review of a perfume priced so high they’ll never smell it themselves.
If these brands simply cannot reduce their prices, they can anticipate reduced interest. I still follow indie releases, but not from the real oud crew as they seem to have lost touch with reality. (And this one doesn’t even have the real oud, as you say.)
Well it may have real oud in the base it just doesnt Smell like there is to my nose which is a shame and travesty ... i hope Bortnikoff can turn it around 🤞
Hey ramster great videos you been doing lately. You do know this was a collaboration?? It's on his website. Forgot the name of the guy it's with. But by the sounds of it's probably more the other guy putting his input lol
I actually had no clue lol
Who is this Rajesh Balkrishnan? Never heard of him
Either way Bortnikoff is putting his name on a product he should not be imho
I sampled this based on reviews in fragrantica but I do not smell Arabian nights or days or evenings ….smells like something mainstream …I have ordered samples of their new releases - one by his son Maxim Bortnikoff. Let’s see how they smell.
His son Maxim Bortnikoff!? 😱
I had no idea
@@RamseytheRam yes.
@@RamseytheRam LE VOYAGE ORIENTAL is done by his son Maxim.
Awesome thanks for sharing
I’m all over this stuff
Hope you get to sniff it one day Andy 🍻
Artisanal perfumists must use artisanal very high quality rare ingredients
Very dissapointed in this one... the direction the house is going makes me sad 😔
RAM! since bortnikoff changed the format of the bottle caps... with these amazing new caps... the true essence of dimitri's creations went somewhere 🧐in space-time, here on planet earth dimitri His essence, his creations, his flow disappeared with the stopper, it will be forever???😀🙄🙄🙄
😂😂😂😂
@@RamseytheRam 👽👽
@@RamseytheRam i am looking your vídeo one more time about sherezade 😅
Oh ya
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Bortnikoff is getting too challenging for you lately Ramsey! 😄
Challenging?! 😂😂😂
I dont think that is the right word ..I hope they can get back in the saddle soon 🐴🐎
Ramsey. Pimpin, Playa love your channel, but damn man I totally disagree with u on this one. To me it smells like Apricot 540 or Apricot cotton candy it's a great smell this one is gonna be a hit for bortnikoff. Santa sangria and vetiver nocturne are fire too. Next purchase will be what you reviewed oud maximus and sayat nova. Again love your channel keep pushing👍🏽👍🏽👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks for watching!
I hate BR 540 though... so if you are saying this is Apricot 540 I am out! 😆
But thats just one 🐏 opinion.... and these are all just peoples opinions 🤷🏻♂️
Again thanks for watching & sharing your thoughts 🍻
First clear indicator a niche house has sold out to profit over passion is a change from the first release packaging etc.... even something as small as standardising the cap etc, is just the start and then it should be no surprise the perfume quality also starts to go downhill fast.
From watching Russian Adam's videos on his relationship with Bortnikoff, he's was introduced to oud by Adam who was already hooked on the material when living in UK. I've always felt Bortnikoff brand had from the start aimed at more commercial and blingy products and a business strategy over everything else... especially as his fragrances are mainly sold through third parties who take 50-65% cut, so the product has to be made as cheap as possible. Also maybe because the two are not living and working together as they once did Adam's influence on Bortnikoffs work isn't what it was and now it's showing.
Yeah its a possibility... I am still holding out hope that these feel oud releases will be bangers & have the quality we expect from these two iconic Artisnal brands 🤞
I am NOT a Bortnikoff guy to start with ….his perfumes are not my style…….I have only one perfume that I own from Bortnikoff and I do not like that very much either….I always had a respect for him even though I am not a fan of his compositions but these latest releases have done nothing to change my mind. Perfumes > 300 dollars should not smell like Sherezade …..
Really dissapointed with the last year or so from the house... I was curious why is no one talking about Scheherazade... now I know why 😆
The fragrance is disjointed. I don’t think the apricot works well with the other ingredients. Grossly overpriced. Sad
💯agree
Feels like an amateur made this one... hoping Dimitry isnt passing off work to his son who doesnt have the experience or something like that is happening...but its just such a mark-ed shift in the house 🤷🏻♂️
Dialled in perfume? 🐏🦆
Phoned in 📞
🐏🦆
Lately his releases are not really inspiring...I kinda lost interest in this house lately! Feel like he lost his touch! I have few best in my collection, Oud Maximus, Oud Monarch, Vetiver Nocturne Absolu, L'heure Exquise and Musk Cologne...Think I'm done with the house...
Few new houses are doing incredible work lately... naming, Auphorie and Suko Oud..
I have never smelled either of those houses you mention but I will put them on the to sniff list for sure
Unfortunately I agree with your take on Bortnikoff ... wont give up hope just yet but I doubt you will see many new bottles from the brand...more just enjoying what I already have 😔🙂