My 10 Favourite Fragrance Purchases of 2020.

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  • @Cooliewhistles
    @Cooliewhistles 4 роки тому +28

    Is Enigma the same thing as creation E? If so it smells like a divorced 55 yo Georgian cab driver creepin at the college bar

    • @TheFragranceApprentice
      @TheFragranceApprentice  4 роки тому +41

      That's the vibe i'm going for right now.

    • @yasfreeman5877
      @yasfreeman5877 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheFragranceApprentice haha 😄

    • @edwardmorra541
      @edwardmorra541 4 роки тому +1

      Same Thing yes

    • @Cooliewhistles
      @Cooliewhistles 4 роки тому +1

      OK I tried enigma again and I actually really like it. I think I might have gotten it confused with oud to greatness which is just too much for me but yeah the best way I would describe it is a spicy and rich Coca-Cola.

    • @andyrjs
      @andyrjs 4 роки тому +2

      I know what you mean. I described it as smelling something like what the oldest hooker in the cheapest brothel in Amsterdam would splash on her clopper between johns. Pleasant it is not.

  • @michaelbullock8011
    @michaelbullock8011 4 роки тому +2

    Great list and I enjoyed it and I like Hugo Boss the scent absolute and by the fireplace and I'm going to try the other fragrances and Merry Christmas and a happy New Year and have a blessed 🌙

  • @JONATHAN-db2ry
    @JONATHAN-db2ry 4 роки тому +2

    Agreed on Roja. I've been fortunate this year not only to sample quite a bit of the house but add some to my collection. Rarely disappointed. Thanks George ✌

  • @shaunhadley1175
    @shaunhadley1175 4 роки тому +2

    Looking forward to your take on Club de Nuit Sillage! I bought Milestone based off your video

  • @jingledubz3989
    @jingledubz3989 4 роки тому +1

    George! Great video as always. I always comment this, and I’ll state it again. I could listen to you discuss fragrances for hours. You’re damn good, m8. Furthermore, you got some nice freakin fragrances this year! I have a few of those, and love them as well (Gravitas specifically). My fave pick ups of the year are Gravitas, Pasha de Cartier Parfum, Moustache EDP, Noble Otter Monarch, and Superstition 13 by 13th Floor Fragrance Co. Thanks again and be well, George! 👍

  • @SwimBikeRory
    @SwimBikeRory 4 роки тому

    Another brilliant video. Great line-up but a great video overall... I think you're my favourite reviewer of 2020. Nicely done pal congrats on a killer year 👃

  • @joelfromqueens
    @joelfromqueens 4 роки тому +4

    Here’s to 2021, George! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @leeroybrown5762
    @leeroybrown5762 4 роки тому +24

    I think CDN Milestone is my biggest fragrance surprise of 2020.

    • @manfredvaegler9661
      @manfredvaegler9661 4 роки тому +3

      It was mine too

    • @zarlodious1
      @zarlodious1 4 роки тому +2

      it beats my Dua too (Imperiale Matrix) smells better lasts longer

    • @IamRahul919
      @IamRahul919 4 роки тому

      CDN Milestone is such a great clone. Because all they had to clone was sweat.

    • @zarlodious1
      @zarlodious1 4 роки тому +3

      @@IamRahul919 sure thing buddy wife compliments every time

  • @KHLthe2nd
    @KHLthe2nd 4 роки тому +1

    Definitely love Enigma/Creation E. Excellent choice, good sir!

  • @enzofdaworld2220
    @enzofdaworld2220 4 роки тому +6

    Getting that parfum cologne Enigma for Christmas 🔥🔥

  • @nicolasalvarez8716
    @nicolasalvarez8716 4 роки тому +2

    Hi George, nice video as always. Mi favourite fragrance acquisition is dior fahrenheit le parfum, orto parisi megamare and john varvatos artisan pure

    • @JazzDB
      @JazzDB 4 роки тому +1

      Orto Parisi deserves much more love. No one ever talks about them. I own Megamare and Terroni, but I'd like to add Seminalis and Bergamask somewhere down the line. I actually prefer Orto Parisi over Nasomato.

    • @nicolasalvarez8716
      @nicolasalvarez8716 4 роки тому

      @@JazzDB totally agree

    • @JazzDB
      @JazzDB 4 роки тому

      @@nicolasalvarez8716 I recently had the chance to smell the new Nasomatto, Fantomas. Weirdly, to my nose (and the noses of the people who worked at the store), it was just Seminalis in a more subtle, less dense way. Disappointing for a Nasomatto fragrance really..

    • @nicolasalvarez8716
      @nicolasalvarez8716 4 роки тому

      @@JazzDB i thought it was in the direction of seminalis as you said, yhanks for the confirmation. I believe that is enough to read the orto parisi motto to know right away if that house if for you or not 👍

    • @lordbushmills3089
      @lordbushmills3089 4 роки тому

      When I was at school, we were told to avoid the word “nice”. It’s so weak and insipid. How about telling George that his video is great, fantastic, brilliant, enlightening, inspiring, well put together or unique. The English language is too rich for things to be just “nice”.

  • @hypnotoads
    @hypnotoads 4 роки тому

    Great video as usual 😊
    My favourite grab this year was Rogue’s Fougère L’aube - bright, fresh, deep and a killer dry down.
    🍺 Here’s to the hope that we’ll all be smelling something other than 3 day old paper towel in 2021 👍

  • @JinTCJL
    @JinTCJL 4 роки тому

    Great list! Like yourself, my favourite fragrance of all time is Millesime Imperial and this year I’ve made it my mission to pick up as many older bottles of the stuff as I can 🤣 also really keen on testing the Atkinsons after your praise!
    I haven’t heard much about the house on your channel, but I’ve become smitten with Kilian fragrances and the best purchase this year has to be Straight to Heaven Extreme. Expensively and intoxicatingly boozy stuff!

    • @zarlodious1
      @zarlodious1 4 роки тому

      Milestone is better than milllie

  • @MP-ej9pw
    @MP-ej9pw 4 роки тому

    Great stuff George!
    My favorite purchases for this year are:
    Jan: Dior-Homme Intense
    Jan: Dior-Homme Parfum
    Mar: Ermenegildo Zegna-Florentine Iris
    Mar: YSL-L'Homme Ultime
    Apr: Zaharoff-Signature
    Aug: Cartier-Oud Radieux
    Sept: Armani Prive-Oud Royal
    Oct: Floris London-Santal
    Nov: Serge Lutens-Five O'Clock Au Gingembre
    Dec: Chopard-Amber Malaki

  • @TheApollo2579
    @TheApollo2579 4 роки тому +2

    I purchased Atkinsons based on your review. Thanks !

  • @vongills
    @vongills 4 роки тому

    great pickups this year, also thanks for saying what you said about creed, they appear to be coasting.

  • @nunya652
    @nunya652 3 роки тому

    yes!!!! His majesty the oud is a slept on frag. I am on my second bottle and i will be buying my third bottle mid summer.

  • @renaldomal
    @renaldomal 4 роки тому

    I got a hold of a 10K01 decant of MI. And my GOD it’s nothing like the decant of MI I got over a year ago. I can barely smell the tea in the newer versions. It’s crazy! I understand your angst now. 😫

  • @jornvingerhoets2944
    @jornvingerhoets2944 4 роки тому +1

    What a list 😍 I'm finally gonna order milestone 😉

    • @sinless4088
      @sinless4088 3 роки тому +1

      I'm thinking of buying it too. What do you think?

    • @jornvingerhoets2944
      @jornvingerhoets2944 3 роки тому

      @@sinless4088 great scent for the high heat
      Very unique ive never smelled something like this before

  • @joachimcilliers
    @joachimcilliers 4 роки тому +5

    First, i bought milestone because of you, more vidoes like that pleas

  • @lewis4493
    @lewis4493 4 роки тому +2

    So tempted to sell my bottle of GIT and get myself a bottle of Galloway after trying a sample recently from hearing about it a video or two ago. It smells exactly what I wish GIT did!

  • @jezebulls
    @jezebulls 3 роки тому

    I wish I discovered your channel before blindly buying Dior Sauvage, which was supposed to be a “safe” buy. It was safe, but now I know for sure what a couple of my friends wear. Sheesh.

  • @bradleygriffeth4403
    @bradleygriffeth4403 4 роки тому +3

    Memoirs Of A Trespasser is my newest favorite. Just such a nostalgic smell of a fireplace with vanilla

    • @Cooliewhistles
      @Cooliewhistles 4 роки тому

      I didnt get teh campvire vibe with that one. By the fireplace was more true to that description. Trespasser just smelled like burnt powdery vanilla combined with a piss note to me.

    • @yasfreeman5877
      @yasfreeman5877 4 роки тому

      Who wins? Memoir of a Trespasser vs By the Fireplace vs Stronger with You Intensely?

    • @Cooliewhistles
      @Cooliewhistles 4 роки тому

      @@yasfreeman5877 easily fireplace, if you are a teenager and want really sweet and loud then SWY

  • @sviveros1980
    @sviveros1980 4 роки тому +3

    Milestone is awesome, never smelled creed MI. One of my favorites, different that anything I’ve smelled so far.

  • @euler2589
    @euler2589 4 роки тому +2

    I love, A City on Fire. I wear it every winter.

  • @ApizzIe
    @ApizzIe 4 роки тому

    I’m glad to see Galloway get some love. Great list!

  • @chipmcgee4393
    @chipmcgee4393 4 роки тому +1

    Hmmm...Initio Side Effect, Kilan Intoxicated, Kilan Straight to Heaven, Argos Truimph of Bacchus. But best 2020 pick was Kilian Angels Share. I have Ormande Jayne Montabaco Verano in the mail so we will see. Thanks for the content. Be safe.

  • @69HESH
    @69HESH 4 роки тому

    Armani' AdG Absolu has to be my favourite buy of the year. It gives me a sense of sophistication, how a gentleman of notoriety should smell.

  • @MyaboSores
    @MyaboSores 4 роки тому

    I just wore His Majesty the Oud yesterday, pure awesomeness. If you want to explore this house, you should also try The Other Side of Oud and Pirates` Grand Reserve.

  • @aby3773
    @aby3773 3 роки тому

    ROJA enigma is phenomenal. Can’t wait to afford it. It was love at first smell

  • @RichMitch
    @RichMitch 4 роки тому +2

    Best green apple I've smelled is promise by malle. Wore it today actually, powerful

    • @paigeofstylez
      @paigeofstylez 4 роки тому +1

      I need a F Malle fragrance

    • @RichMitch
      @RichMitch 4 роки тому

      @@paigeofstylez promise, portrait of a lady, monsieur, vetiver extraordinaire are my favourites. Promise especially, challenging but very rewarding 🙏
      You got a shoutout from Justin Copeland today too! Don't forget me when you're famous mate 😂

  • @PHart1291
    @PHart1291 4 роки тому

    Best pickup was Dior Homme Cologne. Definitely lived up to the hype from you, GentScents, Fragmental and pretty much everyone really.

  • @southernsillage3327
    @southernsillage3327 4 роки тому

    You should try Darley from PDM. I think it’s also a hidden gem from the brand that’s obviously overshadowed by Layton, Herod, and all the other spicy warmer offerings.

  • @stouffvillefraghead9969
    @stouffvillefraghead9969 4 роки тому +1

    Milestone, one the best buys of the year!

  • @BlackJackRaiden
    @BlackJackRaiden 4 роки тому

    I got Nasomatto Baraonda as a gift, which is a superb fragrance, then i really really like Guerlain L Homme Ideal Cologne, Chanel Allure Homme Sport Edition Blanche and i guess Layton and Herod.

  • @FLFC77
    @FLFC77 4 роки тому

    I agree about creed it’s such a disappointing period for them,, I do however still love royal oud.. what are your thoughts on Royal Oud?

  • @raulsaavedra709
    @raulsaavedra709 4 роки тому +4

    The ones I got most smitten by this year, in fact got them as soon as I could after first smelling them:
    -Tom Ford Black Orchid Edp
    -Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
    -Memo Paris African Leather

    • @manfredvaegler9661
      @manfredvaegler9661 4 роки тому +1

      I’m with you on the Black Orchid and African Leather
      👍🏻

  • @manfredvaegler9661
    @manfredvaegler9661 4 роки тому +6

    PARFUMS VINTAGE-Maverick, a YSL-M7 Fresh clone
    MEMO-African Leather
    ARMAF-Milestone ... you convinced me
    TOM FORD-Beau de Jour
    TOM FORD-Ombre Leather
    TOM FORD-Black Orchid
    I also have a decant of Enigma that I need a few more wears to make a decision
    I’m loving your videos 👍🏻

  • @kellyoneal1675
    @kellyoneal1675 4 роки тому

    I am delighted with Cartier Pasha Parfum, Rochas Moustache Eau De Parfum and Valentino Noir Absolu. Thank you.

  • @tacticalfart473
    @tacticalfart473 4 роки тому

    My favorite purchase of this year so far is Dendera by Centauri. That scent is the most transportive frag I think I have....yet. The next one that I think I will grab is Roja Amber Aoud. I have sampled it and holy shit it is amazing as well.

  • @loski8402
    @loski8402 4 роки тому

    Enigma is my number 1 pickup of this year as well!

  • @WhoaNellyJake
    @WhoaNellyJake 4 роки тому +1

    I love Galloway so much.

  • @christopheclaus8505
    @christopheclaus8505 4 роки тому

    my pickups : zaharoff signature original and royal , milestone , JPG le male le parfum , chanel platinum egoiste , rasasi hawas , PDM layton,herod , and some others but i dont really have a favorite i like them all but if i have too choose it would be 3th place layton 2nd le male le parfum and 1st signature pour homme

  • @clambake24
    @clambake24 4 роки тому

    City on Fire is dope! Love it

  • @TheApollo2579
    @TheApollo2579 4 роки тому

    I purchased a shit load of fragrances this year I figured the world was ending let’s go for broke ! I don’t have a favorite that I purchased 😍 but I’m always in search of that Holy Grail fragrance...

  • @MehulPatel007
    @MehulPatel007 4 роки тому

    I was curious after you reviewed 14's PdM Galloway what you thought of it's 'original' - 08's Rene Lalique White in retrospect.

  • @Dafoodmaster
    @Dafoodmaster 4 роки тому

    Have you had/do you have Norne?
    I've heard slumberhouse is coming back in stock soon

  • @jaybrick8973
    @jaybrick8973 4 роки тому

    My favorite pickups has been Layton, spicebomb ext, 1million lucky, chez bond and mont blanc explorer an chanel allure homme sport eau extreme

  • @MiamiSammy
    @MiamiSammy 4 роки тому

    My favorite pick up this year was Initio Rehab a true 10/10 in my eyes

  • @jana10330
    @jana10330 4 роки тому

    Great purchases

  • @ps3Rambo21
    @ps3Rambo21 4 роки тому

    i got aventus 10th anniversary, eros, sauvage EDT, YSL Y edp, Layton, aaront terence hughes alpha man. Jeremy fragrance (office,unisex, black tie, date for men.) my fav is probably unisex and alpha man. also got Ck reveal, mont blanc indiv, ozone, ADG profundo.

  • @Mr.Cologne
    @Mr.Cologne 4 роки тому

    Great video Bro

  • @portraitofafragrance8368
    @portraitofafragrance8368 4 роки тому

    Great channel! Subbed.

  • @steliosc.4686
    @steliosc.4686 4 роки тому

    Galloway is the best PDM fragrance cause it doesn't share the same notes than most PDM'S share. I personally dont like the house but Galloway is great. Its a clone of Lalique's White of course but still great.

  • @fatboyfragrancereviews9716
    @fatboyfragrancereviews9716 4 роки тому

    I would say bvlgari tygar , memo ocean leather and gravitas for sure. Just to name a few

  • @FRAGMENTAL
    @FRAGMENTAL 4 роки тому +8

    For a second there I thought I was watching one of my videos when I saw Enigma at #1

  • @flightgravity7483
    @flightgravity7483 4 роки тому

    Your description of Galloway is what I think Givenchy Gentleman Cologne smells like, which is what I think Lalique White smells like, which is what people say Galloway smells like.
    What the hell did I just say?
    EDIT: I got a bunch of Imaginary Authors samples and A City On Fire was one of them. I love the smell of burned barbecue chicken.

  • @tylerclarke5591
    @tylerclarke5591 4 роки тому

    Where can I find your video on “his majesty the oud” ?

  • @andrewnaismith98
    @andrewnaismith98 4 роки тому

    Have you done a review on the Rojo Dove - Enigma or is there one in the pipeline also?

    • @TheFragranceApprentice
      @TheFragranceApprentice  4 роки тому +2

      I feel I should do that with Chris probably.

    • @andrewnaismith98
      @andrewnaismith98 4 роки тому

      @@TheFragranceApprentice haha yeah that would be good, the Enigma battle 💚

  • @yanselreyes827
    @yanselreyes827 4 роки тому

    HI, what do you think about ThAmeen royal Sapphire?

  • @bradleystroup1457
    @bradleystroup1457 4 роки тому +1

    Forget Givenchy Gentleman Cologne and get YSL Trench George. Tangerine, Iris/Neroli, Ambrette, awesome performance for a citrus fragrance (10+). The DHI of Spring/Summer

    • @raulsaavedra709
      @raulsaavedra709 4 роки тому

      I would have recommended Dior Homme Cologne, or the almost identical Mercedes Benz Cologne. Grapefruit galores, awesome smelling for the Summer.

    • @bradleystroup1457
      @bradleystroup1457 4 роки тому

      @@raulsaavedra709 he already talks about Dior Homme Cologne. That one doesn't really perform either but it last longer that Givenchy Gentleman Cologne 😬 i think Eight and Bob could really do what Givenchy was trying to do here perfectly

  • @ps3Rambo21
    @ps3Rambo21 4 роки тому

    is the black tie review coming?

    • @ps3Rambo21
      @ps3Rambo21 4 роки тому

      nvm you answered that in the video

  • @meekrodriguez6438
    @meekrodriguez6438 4 роки тому

    Amazing video

  • @eee-hi1kl
    @eee-hi1kl 5 місяців тому

    Galloway is worth mentioning more

  • @nykia31
    @nykia31 4 роки тому +1

    CDN Milestone or intense? Or just say "screw it", and get em both? 🤣

  • @joshalsip9441
    @joshalsip9441 4 роки тому

    Any chance you can review Greenly by PDM?

  • @decracker360
    @decracker360 4 роки тому

    Sillage review ?

  • @00100mailbox
    @00100mailbox 4 роки тому

    Jovoy Psychedelique ✌️☮️

  • @vladimirart758
    @vladimirart758 4 роки тому

    Try Givenchy gentleman only casual chick

  • @eliomcastillo8285
    @eliomcastillo8285 3 роки тому

    I didn't find nothing off putting about private acord I think it's just plain
    Awesome

  • @yasfreeman5877
    @yasfreeman5877 4 роки тому +1

    So in other words... what your saying is:
    "Money can't buy happiness" - Wrong, it can!
    "Money talks" - Yes, yes it does 🤣

  • @monettemusar
    @monettemusar 4 роки тому

    Love His Majesty the Oud!

  • @smasherpump9447
    @smasherpump9447 4 роки тому

    LOL at all the creed fanboys crying right now 😂 always thought that shit was an overpriced waste! Love your videos as always your spot on with everything! Keep it up!

  • @geoffreysmart6801
    @geoffreysmart6801 4 роки тому

    You wear a nice vest, a posh ascot, and then your collar is a mess (often). Sort it out, mate.

  • @kloppo5476
    @kloppo5476 4 роки тому

    As someone who just got into fragrances this year and has been bingeing on niche samples, i gotta come out and say creed is pretty dogshit quality compared to every other brand ive tried (pdm, xerjoff, guerlain, atelier, tom ford). TIme to move on guys and stop hanging on to old formulations that will just go up and up in price.

  • @Cooliewhistles
    @Cooliewhistles 4 роки тому

    Its been years since i smelled "millie" , but Milestone smells like a very watery collection of melon fruits.

  • @nolonger1410
    @nolonger1410 4 роки тому

    Bought milestone this past year, not a big fan honestly. Smells like wet pennies and sea salt to me. maybe its my skin chemistry

  • @umaraa995
    @umaraa995 4 роки тому

    Creed does not perform as it used to and they don’t seem as potent

  • @meekrodriguez6438
    @meekrodriguez6438 4 роки тому

    Hello

  • @harveytrevino2257
    @harveytrevino2257 4 роки тому

    In no particular order:
    Givenchy Gentleman Cologne
    Givenchy Gentleman Boisee
    Gucci Oud
    Paco Rabanne One Million Parfum
    Bvlgari Man Wood Neroli.

  • @davidbutgerei8156
    @davidbutgerei8156 4 роки тому +2

    Appreciate you but didn’t love amount of commercial.

    • @mobrule740
      @mobrule740 4 роки тому

      He can't make a dollar? You a Communist?

    • @davidbutgerei8156
      @davidbutgerei8156 4 роки тому

      I hope he makes many dollars.

    • @davidbutgerei8156
      @davidbutgerei8156 4 роки тому

      Are you being silly or exhibiting a poor knowledge of communism? Maybe if I’d required he share his earnings with all his viewers, but I’m neither a communist or insane.

  • @troecurov3
    @troecurov3 4 роки тому

    I really tried but can't watch the whole video. Advertising every 3-5 minutes. Unscribed . Dislike.

    • @pauldi7268
      @pauldi7268 4 роки тому

      You never heard of adblock?

  • @vindicator75
    @vindicator75 4 роки тому

    Fragrance noobs criticizing the creed. Lol