Perfumer Tries My '5 Fragrances For Life' | Men's Cologne/Perfume Review 2023
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2023
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What are your thoughts on the opinions shared in the video today? What are your 5 fragrances for life?
FRAGRANCES FEATURED
Dolce & Gabbana D&G Light Blue Eau Intense
Tom Ford TF Noir Extreme
Terre D'Hermes Eau De Toilette EDT
Xerjoff 40 Knots
Roja Parfums Burlington 1819 - Навчання та стиль
When Sam said any one can make a perfume and that it is niche. Really opened my eyes. Fascinating, thought-provoking stuff.
@patrickpet7905 I have heard quite a few "definitions" of niche. It's more the thought that Roja is not a trained perfumer. Yet, he has one of the biggest niche brands out there.
Omar sniffing the Terre d'Hermes tester strip after Sam bashed it had me dying
Dude just straight up skinned that Roja Burnlington Alive.
And TF lol
Great video! I always appreciate Sam's honest evaluations and his reasoning behind his ratings. I'd love to see some more with both of you.
My favorite duo!💛 It would be really interesting to know which perfumes Sam loves and hear his thoughts about them. Keep it up guys✨
Reminder: Don’t take this as the absolute rating for those fragrances… it was smelled on paper and opinions are subjective.
But I am baffled by the Noir Extreme’s rating. Strawberry?
Aaron Terrence Hughes is an example of a perfumer that shows how ratings can be given despite personal opinion. He gave TF Noir Extreme a 9.5/10 and was mesmerised by it.
In my opinion, I agree. It’s incredible.
Omar was hurt bro
I loved his take on designer perfumery; development, pricepoints and quality
I really liked this video i liked his honesty and thinking process
Really enjoyed ur take... Expanding the mind. Bring it on, more like this with an interesting take on fragrances!
Great video with some great choices in there and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day
I really love and like your channel Omar ❤. Am kinda new to the fragrances world. I have never imagined that perfumes one day will by one of my hobbies.
Me too
I think there is still a big diffeence in how they smell because of the test strips. There are very few fragrances I liked on test strips and noir extreme was one of them, but when i sprayed it on my skin i instantly loved it. what is your opinion on the diffrence in smell between test strips and your skin ?
It can make a huge difference
Nice try Tom Ford 😏
100% it can make a massive difference. I didnt like ombre leather, noir extreme and i hated red tobacco on card! But as soon as i smelt them on skin i was like wow!
@@mubashirkhan6881jep i tried tuscan leather on a strip and it smelled exactly like petrol. You couldn‘t tell the diffrence but on my skin it was quite nice
@@mubashirkhan6881red tobacco for some reason i already loved on the strip
I think it would be interesting if you featured one microbrand a month or so. Companies that are turning out unique scent profiles like clandestine laboratories.
Happy to see you turned on the heat for him
Hey Omar! I would love to watch more videos of Sam testing niche fragrances like Roja Elysium or Xerjoff Naxos or Interlude Black Iris since I've wanted to buy these expensive fragrances but now that he's reacted so honestly and brutally to Roja, I feel like I need his opinions on the more popular niche fragrances before I go ahead and buy them 😂
Thank you for these videos, they really are eye opening to get another highly professional perfumers honest review!
Check out our previous videos with him, he has reacted to both Naxos and Black Iris I believe already (as well as other niche scents such as Layton)
@@SchoolofScent I surely will, thanks for telling me!
Could you do a video going through the fragrances that you actually wear, like your most worn fragrances of the month or something in that manner.
I could do, the issue is I'm always trialling new fragrances for future videos or for Atrium! My 'for life' scents generally apply to what I wear most frequently. (although there are more than these 5)
@@SchoolofScenti'm really appreciating this honesty. You just could have said "sure", do it every week and you would have easy contenct but it shows you are really into perfumes and the community of it. Amazing brother
Edit: the video was great! Really liked his honesty about it too, it represents the subjectivity of any smell quite nicely. For me some 40$ lattafa smells more expensive than a 200$ amouge too
The opinions with the facial expressions killed me 😂. Like this take on perfumes, it’s interesting 👍🏼
I hope Sam can test Terre d’Hermes on his skin and then revisit his opinion. Mostly because I don’t find the dry-down as bad as he does. I also wonder where he’s smelling strawberry in Noir Extreme, I for some reason can smell a hint of tobacco in the dry down which isn’t a listed note.
Hey brother, I really enjoy your channel I've been watching it for a while now and I've seen some production progress in your videos. As a contruction criticism I would suggest you to try improve your background a bit more so there is some live to it, maybe some better lightning or another color, or maybe plants. I felt that the white/grey plain background is not ideal. I hope to see more new videos of yours and glad to see your channel growing :).
40 Knots! have it, love it! 15-20hrs (just the presentation of the box is worthy of a engagement proposal)
💯 I bought it last month and wow everything about that fragrance is amazing ... the scent , longevity (for me 10 hours) , the sillage and the leather box 🎁 I was like I bought a luxury watch !!! My best fragrance purchase in 2023 my next one will be Naxos !
40 knots is top notch in every way 👍
Very educational.Thanks
The five fragrances I will always have in my collection are: Naxos, Jubilation XXV, Dior Homme Parfum, BDC Parfum and Nio.
you like Nio over Uden? genuinely curious because ive never smelled either but from the brand those are two i want to try
@@wakeinthecity9 Yeah, I mean Uden is nice, but I love Nio. In regards to Uden, I already have Edition Blanche. Not exactly the same, but close enough not to have both.
aw alright. yea i have the alexandria version of edition blanche i may stay away from
uden then. thanks for the reply✌️
@@wakeinthecity9 anytime 😊
@@wakeinthecity9Uden Overdose > Uden
Interesting point of view from Sam
I know I already said it somewhere but please try Chinese Tobacco by 19-69, I love it! Very interesting Tobacco/incense fragrance
Miami blue is good too
Make a video showing him atrium fragrances. Everything above 5 would be amazing 😁
Great vid, not sure about the opinion on these fragrances tho...
Also i tried to use the code for the free sample, however it says it could not be proccesed, as the order total had changed?
Hi Omar, apakah anda tidak tertarik untuk mengikuti apa yang telah Sam lakukan? Mengelilingi beberapa negara penghasil parfum atau memburu raw materialnya. Seperti Dubai, Taif, Cambodia, Aceh, etc
Bro I love ur fragrance. But can you make the bottle look like an open book??? And it has like the note breakdown written IN the book. That's some big brain stuff right there. Super unique. It'd make u stand out
Interesting insight into patchouli materials! 12:33 Hear hear. I'm with Sam about the TF, although I do prefer the parfum quite a bit more. Always an element of disillusionment when you can identify the materials being used; and turning reality back into fantasy is more difficult than it sounds! 😵💫 But as Sam mentioned, the craftsmanship certainly deserves accolades. Perhaps that's what makes it worth the money in some cases?
Oh crap I just ordered the parfum version of that tom ford.😢
@@chrisisonewithGod I still think the parfum is a decent designer scent by today's standards. It's the price tag and possibly the ostentacious bottle that don't do it justice. If you got it at a very steep discount, I think it's a solid buy. Only you can determine what you like atm; so use your best discernment when watching impressions vids with test strips. It's a different ballgame on skin and in situational contexts. 👍 Hope you enjoy it!
@@justaddlight bruh suggest some good frags
@@rapsodicreaper Unfortunately, good is always relative. For example, some artisanal perfumers like Russian Adam (Areej le Dore), Joseph DeLapp (Rising Phoenix) and Sultan Pasha use naturals, animalics and proper ouds in ways others wouldn't dream of, giving their compositions a very unique appeal to hardened critics. However, it's unlikely that the average person would be able to appreciate or understand them. Used to be that I could easily recommend the Guerlain trilogy (Heritage, Habit Rouge and Vetiver) to anyone just starting out because they were so cheap at discounters, but now that prices have skyrocketed, discernment trumps adventurousness. Nowadays, the best advice I can give is to sample sample sample. Perhaps even befriend a perfumer or two and utilize their help in learning about the craft to demystify the industry. So many things changing so quickly that I would be remiss to suggest anything to anyone anymore.
hey Omar
i really enjoyed this video about fragrances the you actually wear.
my request is still there, please do a fragrance collection tour and at the show us your top 5-10 fragrances for season/ocation or just your top fragrances overall.
love the honesty of the perfumer. however, i kinda disagree with him on his take on noir extreme. i mean, the beauty of noir extreme is when you smell it in the air. i had the same reaction when i tried & smelled it up close on my skin. im not really impressed initially but when i smelled it after maybe 30mins or so, i was shocked how good it smelled. even my daughter loved it's sillage.
How much time between spraying it on a strip and handing it out to the guy? IMO you should have a big enough of a gap in between as on a tester strip the scent develops slowly. Even then there would still be a huge difference between strip and skin, but at least it would be a bit closer.
Stay honest. Great vid.
If you can get your hands on the Spanish KFC release of Eau'Duardo, we would love to see a review!
I was gifted Noir Extreme years ago from my brother. Unfortunately I was not impressed at all. I know its very popular but it didn't blow me away. Sam seems like a cool dude.
Love the channel and love the duo! I have to say that Tom Ford fragrances are mostly so overrated that I also find them smelling like cologne from Aldi
Which fragrances does he consider 10/10 then?
Do you have any discovery set recommendation
hello sir, I am a smoker, what perfume suits me, can you give me a good answer?
Great stuff, great to see someone not kiss ass on everything, more of sam
I think that's why I appreciate ATH so much. He I also able to give feedback that's useful to us end users. We do not experience all the raw materials, we only get to experience the end product so critiquing the raw materials only is not useful to us.
I tried Versace Dylan blue on paper with a very pleasant smell, on the skin it smelled really unpleasant.
Love the fact that the perfumer told the truth and made perfect sense that big companies can afford to invest in the best talent thus produce products superior to these so called niche brands.
I dunno Byredo, Parfums de Marly, MFK all pretty dang good
And don't forget Ormande Jayne fragrances
@@studiodsr xerjoff amouage nishane all that
I went to a department store yesterday determined to buy Noir Extreme and I walked away with the exact same feeling he described when he smelled the fragrance initially. I was so disappointed.
Some TF fragrances are brilliant, but most of them are just not that good...
Sam is absolutely right, noir extreme smells so cheap. You can find so many well blended frags for the third of the NE price.
Hmmmm..... I would like to see a video on the perfumer's favourite fragrances. I can't get a handle on his taste.
What are his favourite fragrances than
Does Sam wears perfume? If Yes,which one's?
Good looking guys , yum
pdm layton or naxos don't know which one I have to buy?? one fragrance for everything. what fragrances are in this price and also for everything any recommendation??
Layton is more versatile....i recommend Percival from PDM...naxos is good but the other 2 more versatile
Could you review this fragrance I just got? It is called vince camuto terra.
I’ve seen people shred Roja, but that might have been the most savage one I’ve seen yet lol
The GTA wasted captures this video perfectly! OUCH! 😅
I want to hear this guy's opinion on Moschino Toyboy. Will be quite interesting
it was in the first video we did I believe! where he tries fragrances I insist are a 10/10
@@SchoolofScent Ohh. Will watch that video then. Thanks
I like this guy
I don't even own one bottle of the lot and i feel destroyed. Respect to our brother Omar and petition to rusticate Sam from The School of Scent!
15:41 Wow, that was brutal 🤣
I find it hard to believe a perfumer will not recognize no one of these perfumes right away.
A perfumer spends more time in smelling raw oils and materials and mixing them to build up a perfume. It is very rare for a perfumer to be going constantly around smelling perfumes unless the house hiring him is putting him under a market survey
@@abdlhmdx its like being a modern painter and not knowing about Michaelangelo or van goh
With your eyes closed, an infinite range of possibilities opens up
@@Tal_Rumer it isn't though. People really think that our recall with smell is solid as it is with sight, but it isn't. I can guarantee that a perfumer who's made like 50 perfumes won't recognise several of his/her own creations if asked to smell them blind on a scent strip.
Andrew ❤
Awesome video. I really respect Omar for taking one in the chin like a man. Perfumes like art are personal. What one likes the other may not.. and cost does not reflect quality.
Niche is overrated to me always has and no I would never pay that kind of $ for scented water but humans are humans and you’re free to pay what you want ❤️
Thats way too broad of a statement. You find so different things over different price points its all about finding what you like.
Sam Macer kind of reminds me of Grant Gustin when he was in the flash series 😂
Omar's face seeing Sam roasting Roja Burlington is like a void
Not just a full wearing, but a full wearing of a bottle that's been opened for at least a month. It doesn't matter for some but is transformational for others. Best too, if the full wearing was on someone else and you would have exposure to them at opening, drydown, and six, eight, ten hours in. Some fragrances never allow you to completely understand them on your self. Others, of course, are easier to quantify. And, for each person, those frangrances can be different. The reason this is a popular hobby is that it is complex. Personal. The biggest problem is that, as people get deeper into it, they tend to stray from the stalwart feature of perfume. How does it smell?
Day 1 of asking for a Penhaligons review
Where did you find this guy from Dude 🤷♂️??
Light blue intense will be one of my forever summer scents
Ya man's crazy. Noir Extreme EDP is a masterpiece. Dude thinks there are strawberries, so does not know much lol.
Once again, come on. As with Aaron Terence Hughes, you want us to believes perfumer doesn’t know terre dhermes
or tf noir extreme?
I HECKING LOVE THIS HAHAHAH
IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THAT FLAGRANCES ARE SOOOO PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BASED ON STATUS THAT A LOT OF ''REVIEWERS'' ARE JUST SOO LOST LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE.
IT IS SO NICE TO RUMBLE YOURSELVES, GOOD SMELL DON'T HAVE PRICE!
WHY ARE YOU YELLING
@@faroukFTTTHIS IS A 12 YEAR OLD YOU CAN TELL BY THE USE OF THE WORD HECKING
@@JustysFrank English is not my first language
@@leoskilldivision6504 apologies
Exactly.
I really respect his opinions. I don't value fragrance snobs opinions. Snobs think if it's an affordable or simple fragrance its garbage. They ALWAYS associate quality with price. Sorry Omar....
These videos are the best seeing an enthusiast / perfumerand a perfumer/ creator, butt heads.
Everytime I want to buy a certain fragrance there is either a certain negative review or a bad comment about it and that keeps me from buying it. I was planning on buying TF noir extreme but now I am doubting that decision. It's gotta hurt if someone thinks your fragrance smells like a cheap ALDI fragrance.
Just get samples. 2ml samples aren't that expensive. a 2ml of that Noir Extreme is like 7 bucks at Scent Split. a 5ml is 17.
Never blindly buy perfume. Everybody has a different taste... Go to a store, smell it, spray it on your body, and see how it performs, especially with pricey perfumes.
I personally think it smells wonderful… it’s in the niche realm, but probably one of the easiest to like perfumes. If I had gotten noir extreme as a blind buy, I would’ve been quite happy.
Great video. I really enjoyed watching! Hermes and Tom Ford are overrated. In fact, Tom Ford is beyond overrated. Xerjoff fragrances are masterpieces. Roja is just a waste of money.
Freeeee 🍉
What's the name of the perfumer? Would like to check out the perfums he has done
Sam Macer, channel linked in description 😊
@@SchoolofScent thank you! I only find 3 scents on fragrantica for lux e+ terra. Is that his own brand or is the site just outdated probably?
@@petergriffin5256he has rebranded apparently
I have tried all three of his Lux e Terra. They are quite nice in their own way considering he is a relative beginner.
@@petergriffin5256 yes that is the old name of the brand, now it is known as Zurai
Nice- his fired 😂.
Dude said Roja Dove is a beginning perfumer. 😂
Oh you must have misheard! He said that specific perfume is something a beginner could make
Thats why I love blind tests
I want to see what his 5 frags for life are if Noir Extreme is a 3/10 🤣🤣🤣☠ Everyone has their opinion but he's wrong. Noir Extreme is a gorgeous fragrance.
imagine buy that frag with his own money, he literally have the freedom to roast the fragrance lol, he literally 100% honest and god tastes. other youtuber just get free bottle from the brand and just live up the hype. or get basic taste
I agree with Sam. I think Tom Ford is ridiculously overpriced.
😂😂😂 can see the pain on your face, he's right about the TF noir extreme, notwell blended....idk about the roja, won't pay that much for a frag, d&g lbi is a summer staple
👏👏👏👏👏
Strip never justify a fragrance skin skin skin op
Paper strips are not flattering I'll tell you that much also smelling stuff back to back is also not a grat idea
...PS the Burlington is a very lovely fragrance... I was super skeptical when i first tried ot but it is very lovely.. could i personally justify 300ish for a freshie...uff not really..now if i could scoop one at heavy discount or a high partial for something like 200 i can see myself forking that..
I appreciate him giving his honest opinion, but this is complete anti-marketing for me. I would never buy a fragrance this man creates. I compared his review of Noir Extreme to Aaron Terrence Hughes’ (whose opinion I trust and work I love) and it is hilariously different
Basically nishe brands charging way to much .. TF smells good just doesnt last
Can You make the same video with the same Guest but with more affordable fragrances? And please do not include arabian clones.
Hermes smells better on the skin. Its different
whats hes favorit fragrances can u tell us? 😂
Bro smells DG light blue intense and says "this is fresh, I think." Yeah, you think so lmao? And then says Noir Extreme is a strawberry scent. Yeah, cool. Man has no idea. Said Roja smells cheap and can be easily replicated. He only works with aromic chemicals. The difference between him and Aaron Terence Hughes is that Aaron can distinguish what smells cheap, what smells expensive and what the actual notes and ingredients are.
I blind bought Light Blue Intense based on all the online hype and I straight up hate it 😂. Weird sweet bubblegumy scent. Smells like something a middle schooler would like. Ah well, to each their own
Sweet bubblegummy? Interesting
It’s very aquatic to me, fresh and salty
I still have issue with this guy being unaware of basic fragrances references
Get him back to do a cheapie episode
Here we have a “perfumer” that cannot recognise most popular perfumes by Tom Ford and Hermes??? What a joke!
After saying: “is this a list of the worst?” he tried to redeem himself saying nice words… hahaha… at the end he was so embarrassed that named some perfumes to show he is a “perfumer”. Soo embarrassing…
I do agree with the perfumer about TF Noir Extreme EDP. Honestly, the Parfum is a vast improvement! The EDP smells cheap, less masculine and simple. The Parfum is complex, rich, masculine and is worth the money! I’m not even super into fragrances and I can really tell the difference. I’m shocked when reviewers say they smell close to each other. The EDP smells like a cheap, low-quality dupe of the Parfum with only a 65% similarity.
When I first smelt it I was like this just smells like an air freshener I smell in some houses
That’s the beauty of fragrances! Everyone has their own opinion. I own both and do prefer the parfum but am not as critical of the edp as you are. I enjoy both and use each for different occasions. I have no idea where he is getting strawberry from.
@@corey513 for sure!
No way, the leather stink ruined it. The EDP destroys it easily.
@@keenan13jpn interesting take!
Bro was trying so hard to not laugh at this guy, i laughed for you bro dont worry 😅
that might be the last time he shows up on this channel 😂
Perfect example of how everyone smells something different. Noir extreme smells like strawberries?
omar @14:19 : 😪🤕🔫😔😣💔💔💔
what the fuck kind of perfumes does this dude like then?