Aaron is such a good soul bless him! He never wants to offend any of the perfumers so he always takes back the slight comments or what some might consider criticism. Top notch vid as always! Really enjoy seeing Aaron out of his regular video setup so keep bringing him back please
This was a pleasure to watch. The fact that Aaron did this off of paper strips just blew my mind. Did not know him, but have now subscribed to his channel, too.
I sub to a ton of frag channels but you guys seem really cool. Probably a blast to hang out with. Great job on the video and Aaron’s 100% correct with creed not paying attention to customers. I hate my current batches of Aventus. Used to love my old ones. Damn shame
Speaking of fragrance longevity, I sprayed a small amount of ATH Luna at 9am yesterday and at 9pm after a whole day at work I walked into my friend's house and was immediately asked what fragrance I was wearing because it was so strong! THAT IS QUALITY
Aaron is really talented but very humble guy, I really enjoy his style of thinking about perfume. Please send him my regards, and thank you for bringing him in!
I love you both interacting like this! So funny and hilarious while at the same time informational :-) Aaron showing true unicorn magician status and Chris being a true creator and pulling strings as usual :-) I love these videos!
Could literally put some lemon pledge under Aaron's nose and it's identical to new batches of Creed, absolutely vile whatever muck they're producing currently. ATH fragrances absolutely wipe the floor with Creed right now, more love and care is directed towards the consumer and everything is done wonderfully and with such a personable attitude.
This was just magical to watch! The way he analyzes the composition of each fragrance to determine the authentic fragrance amongst the clones is astounding! As a fragrance enthusiast, I aspire to reach his level of detection some day. Hefty aspiration for sure, but quite an accomplishment if managed. Aaron does set a high bar! 🥰💕
I learn a lot watching Aaron. I own several clones and I’ve noticed that I can’t pick up much scent on first spray but as the day goes on they start to radiate. But the scent they are radiating is more often than not very simple with one or two notes coming through. This gives me a mall oil vibe. I can buy a bath and body works pineapple oil for around 10 bucks. I’ve found the sweet spot is with Mancera fragrances. They give you that heavy base oil vibe but they smell more sophisticated and well blended than most clone houses. My two cents.
I always dig the vids with Aaron. And it's quite a statement that he was able to pick out the...what is a $500 bottle here in the States...by the fact that it wouldn't last long at all.
7:25 something along the lines of "this may be Aventus cause it doesn't have the longevity" - if that doesn't give you the reason to go for a clone, I don't know what does..
My favorite is Montblanc explorer. It’s not a clone and that’s what I love about it. It smells so damn amazing the 3 perfumers did an amazing job with explorer and the notes they used in it. It is my favorite fragrance of all time and I have smelt many many fragrances.
Montblanc explorer is my favorite also .. and it lasts about 10 hours on my skin .. my Mrs commented on it when I came in from work that she could still smell it ...
I would love to see a collaboration again, reviewing all Armaf perfumes. I think it's doable, there are several of them and nobody would give a better insight and professional standpoint view then you guys. Wish you all the best! 🙂
I haven’t smelled all of these clones, but I’ve owned Creed Aventus and Emperor & Emperor Extrait by Parfums Vintage. Emperor slayed the other two! It wasn’t even close. Women stopped me all the time and gave me compliments. The sillage and longevity are unmatched!
Great video, Chris! Always a pleasure seeing the two of you together. One *slight* thing, though: the CDNIM Parfum is not the same juice as the Limited Edition Parfum (which is the one that Aaron reviewed very positively recently). The Limited Edition is noticeably smoother and more 'airy' than the straight parfum.
@@VTun1ng Nope. LE Parfum & CDNIM Pure Parfum smells different. I own edt, le, edp & pure parfum. LE more fruitiness & you can smell the pineapple. Pure Parfum less lemony & heavy metallic smell. Le much more well rounded in term of freshness, frutiness, smokiness & spl. From opening, drydown till almost skin scent, I can tell which one edt, le & pure parfum. Overall pure parfum is dark version of Le. Simple.
I have a 2021 batch decant and it goes away after 5 minutes on my skin like Aaron mentioned. It smells great in the opening but it QUICKLY fades to a lemony/woody/smoky skin scent that's barely detectable. The clones are MUCH better than current batches and at a way better price point.
I have a 2013 W01 batch of Aventus that is really heavy on the birch tar, patchouli and black currant… but the performance on it is pretty insane. The sweet and creamy woody dry down is really quality. Half way through my 4.0oz bottle
sounds like the one I just got from macys, 6+ hours later can strongly smell from a single spray especially the birch but not sure what the other notes are with it but it's nice. I can't fathom how people would say it doesn't last with how insanely potent the one I got is.
Cheers, Aaron! Not that anyone needs another Aventus clone, but, to my nose, Montagne Parfums Pineapple Musk is essentially a 1:1 recreation of vintage Aventus.
Hey mate - I really enjoy and appreciate these videos you do with Aaron…he needs to insure his nose - absolutely spot on…what shirt are you wearing looks amazing….
Nobody ever talk $#!% about ATH...He is the real deal! Impressive Mr. Hughes! This was really fun! You handsome gents need to do more videos like this in the future...You guys always make great videos when you join forces! xoxo
Ashton at Gents Scents did a video a while ago where he had his wife give him a blind test of all his Aventus clones (of which he has many). If I recall he was able to, not only tell which was Aventus, but he also correctly guessed what all the others were as well. I was impressed.
Great video, BTW Aventus in México costs around 8000 pesos, which is quite expensive for its current performance. To give you an idea, that is the monthly salary of a mall security officer before taxes. Saludos mi estimado Aaron!
I have just started buying from Aaron, i got Hard Candy 2023 and it is bliss! Watching this video just shows this man's talent. Ordered 2 more to come this week. I can't wait!
I bought about 6-8 250ml Aventus over the last years. Plus additional normal spray bottles. So I really fed Creed well. I loved Aventus back then. But Today I opened a new bottle. And over the last years I noticed that Aventus went weaker and weaker. But today it blew my mind. This has nothing to do with the Aventus from 2016. You cant smell any pineapple. There is almost zero smoke compared to older batches. When I spray the 2016 version, my arm is shiny from all the oil and boy it is gorgeos smelling. The new version after just 1 hour you cant smell anything of it anymore. I compared it to the old formula and guys trust me: Dont give Creed any more money, they are ripping you off. Im crying wirh one eye but now I just ordered the Emperor Extrait.
Are you people buying your Aventus from a seller that 100% would be legit like macys or a department store or some third party on amazon or ebay? Because I seriously wonder if you are with how drastically different people are saying their aventus is and the price I could see it as a prime target to knock off...
Oh boy the video we have been waiting for for ages :)))))))))) thank you even though not enough clones :) but you cant fool Aaron as we can see. thank you
Great video and you both are amazing. Would love to support Aaron’s brand, but we cant buy his fragrances in Australia yet😔. I have a new metal cap bottle of Aventus and when compared with the 2019 batch, it is much more smokier and lasts longer too. But Like Aaron, I have no idea how the OG’s smelt and so could mean nothing.😊
Chris, is it possible to ask Aaron to identify which Aventus take is best be it clone like cdnim or inspired by like Hacivat and include aventus grail batches to determine which dna smells the best or the blend that smells the best version or take on what should be the King's royal blood
For the longest time I thought it was only me who found cdnim a little metallic, but today I feel proud that a professional perfumer also finds it metallic.
10:41 He says Parfums Vintage "Emperor" is "nice". In a more recent video (a month back) he stated it smelled "flat" and he didn't like it. So which one is it?
I've been watching a lot of your videos love Aaron and would love to see you do eight and bob original, Louis Vuitton Meteore and initio oud for greatness those are my top 3 favorite
Shame you didn't have laventure intense, hard to trick a master, but its very close to current aventus with better performance. Personally, I don't get metallic notes from CDNIM parfum, it's like smoky OG aventus and is very roundly blended and nicely done 👌 There is a note or two not in the original though creed fomula which makes it both different and better (more masculine) than the current formulation and gets too many compliments 😀
What year is the very best of all? I've had the 2016 and liked it. But I've yet to find a rounded fruitier blend. I like the smokey but want a soft fruity smell too. Pineapple Vintage is a little too sharp on the Pineapple. ATH should be protected at all cost. 💎 What a treasure!
AVENTUS is hard to clone even creed can't do that himself 😂
Lolololol
Volumes have been spoken
Nowadays, Creeds the only one that can’t clone Aventus😂
Comment of the year😂
Creed, father and son, aren’t in charge anymore. It’s up to Blackrock to figure it out now.
Aaron is a real professional. Such a joy to follow the analysis and reactions to these clones, and the real deals. A great video!
Aaron is such a good soul bless him! He never wants to offend any of the perfumers so he always takes back the slight comments or what some might consider criticism. Top notch vid as always! Really enjoy seeing Aaron out of his regular video setup so keep bringing him back please
Might be because he got sued by Fragrance du Bois before
Aaron was utterly slating people before 😂 he’s defo toned it down for some reason or another (hadn’t heard about the above before!)
Wow. That was great. Aaron's nose is out of this world :). What a pleasure to watch. Thanks for another fantastic videoc Chris.
Aaron is such a nice, polite and humble man.
What’s his channel…
Isn’t he ghe?
@@salokhiddeen I don‘t know, what u are trying to ask, but if the word is gay, I don‘t know and I wonder why this matters?!?!
@@salokhiddeen Are you insecure in your own sexuality?
@@williodinius5681 based
This was a pleasure to watch. The fact that Aaron did this off of paper strips just blew my mind. Did not know him, but have now subscribed to his channel, too.
And since then have purchased ATH fragrances. Holy moly, they're awesome.
Pretty amazing that the way he picked out the real one was from the weakness of the scent. It’s a hard pass for me.
I'm still laughing.
The weakness wasn’t the only reason why he guessed correct
What do you mean?
@@ExistentialSadness He means that's able to tell that its Aventus, because he's able to recognize real Aventus...
@@gbej1g😊😊
I sub to a ton of frag channels but you guys seem really cool. Probably a blast to hang out with. Great job on the video and Aaron’s 100% correct with creed not paying attention to customers. I hate my current batches of Aventus. Used to love my old ones. Damn shame
Cheers!
what batch number is that you speak of
I first saw Aaron on your channel and now I watch his videos also and I put a lot of trust in his expertise. Great guy
Speaking of fragrance longevity, I sprayed a small amount of ATH Luna at 9am yesterday and at 9pm after a whole day at work I walked into my friend's house and was immediately asked what fragrance I was wearing because it was so strong! THAT IS QUALITY
Love Luna 🌹 compliment getter for sure.
Yes the new Luna with the leather is one of his best
Aaron is really talented but very humble guy, I really enjoy his style of thinking about perfume. Please send him my regards, and thank you for bringing him in!
Aaron is such an asset, I bet he could really help one to optimize a designer scent to ones liking.
Much love from The U.S.! These videos are my favorite!
Getting Aaron to smell Aventus is like a torture, you could see him 🤣🤣
That was amazing to see him pick out out notes and how it was built. Truly a professional.
I love you both interacting like this! So funny and hilarious while at the same time informational :-) Aaron showing true unicorn magician status and Chris being a true creator and pulling strings as usual :-) I love these videos!
Aaron is an expert and worth listening to. Super insightful and dedicated to his craft.
Aaron, you're amazing! Love the way you describe each one, very professional 👍🏼
It's great to see how far Aaron has come in the past few years.
Brilliant brilliant video, loved the editing especially the music. Great job from yourself and Aaron. Enjoyable watch!
Ha yeah was trying something a little different with the music. Thanks for noticing!
That was the most analytical comparison/blind test I've seen on youtube. well done!
Identifying the real one because of it's poor performance is wild!
Could literally put some lemon pledge under Aaron's nose and it's identical to new batches of Creed, absolutely vile whatever muck they're producing currently. ATH fragrances absolutely wipe the floor with Creed right now, more love and care is directed towards the consumer and everything is done wonderfully and with such a personable attitude.
Aaron nailed this, not surprised at all. Thanks for a fantastic segment.
This was just magical to watch! The way he analyzes the composition of each fragrance to determine the authentic fragrance amongst the clones is astounding! As a fragrance enthusiast, I aspire to reach his level of detection some day. Hefty aspiration for sure, but quite an accomplishment if managed. Aaron does set a high bar! 🥰💕
Thank you Chris and Aaron. 🙏🏻
I learn a lot watching Aaron. I own several clones and I’ve noticed that I can’t pick up much scent on first spray but as the day goes on they start to radiate. But the scent they are radiating is more often than not very simple with one or two notes coming through. This gives me a mall oil vibe. I can buy a bath and body works pineapple oil for around 10 bucks. I’ve found the sweet spot is with Mancera fragrances. They give you that heavy base oil vibe but they smell more sophisticated and well blended than most clone houses. My two cents.
good job, you're not wrong.
I always dig the vids with Aaron. And it's quite a statement that he was able to pick out the...what is a $500 bottle here in the States...by the fact that it wouldn't last long at all.
😂 I know, crazy right?
Well right now is 260 at Costco just saying .
7:25 something along the lines of "this may be Aventus cause it doesn't have the longevity" - if that doesn't give you the reason to go for a clone, I don't know what does..
Love this! Always wanted to see if a professional can distinguish these things.
Wow - Chris tried to trick poor Aaron and Aaron still got it right haha. Brilliant stuff.
Always a pleasure to see Aaron in your channel. You guys are a great duo!
My favorite is Montblanc explorer. It’s not a clone and that’s what I love about it. It smells so damn amazing the 3 perfumers did an amazing job with explorer and the notes they used in it. It is my favorite fragrance of all time and I have smelt many many fragrances.
I guess the line is fine between clone and “heavily influenced”!
Montblanc explorer is my favorite also .. and it lasts about 10 hours on my skin .. my Mrs commented on it when I came in from work that she could still smell it ...
so fascinating to watch him process things! Love Aaron
Such a great time when both of you talk about fragrances. Excelente!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I would love to see a collaboration again, reviewing all Armaf perfumes. I think it's doable, there are several of them and nobody would give a better insight and professional standpoint view then you guys. Wish you all the best! 🙂
Good video, Aron seems such a down to earth person you would not know he has his own successful brand he seems so humble.
That was amazing to watch, thanks gents! A nose/knowledge like that is just a thing of beauty.
Watching videos like these makes me buy Aaron's products
One of the best Pineapple I’ve ever smelled is A Tommy Bahama Candle 🍍 It’s the Original Aventus, as Creed had Done
I’m very impressed with Aaron’s nose!!! Superb job
I loved watching this video. It's a joy to hear him talk. Very impressive by ATH.
The way Aaron describes these perfumes, it's like it's science and he's a scientist
Aaron is amazing! Bravo sir 👏
Well played!
Watching him do this is amazing!
Great video. Out of all the clones which clone would you recommend?
I haven’t smelled all of these clones, but I’ve owned Creed Aventus and Emperor & Emperor Extrait by Parfums Vintage. Emperor slayed the other two! It wasn’t even close. Women stopped me all the time and gave me compliments. The sillage and longevity are unmatched!
Great video, Chris! Always a pleasure seeing the two of you together. One *slight* thing, though: the CDNIM Parfum is not the same juice as the Limited Edition Parfum (which is the one that Aaron reviewed very positively recently). The Limited Edition is noticeably smoother and more 'airy' than the straight parfum.
Really? Many claims that Pure Parfume (edp) and Limited Edition parfume are same juice, just that LE is in fancy packing
@@VTun1ng
Nope. LE Parfum & CDNIM Pure Parfum smells different.
I own edt, le, edp & pure parfum.
LE more fruitiness & you can smell the pineapple.
Pure Parfum less lemony & heavy metallic smell.
Le much more well rounded in term of freshness, frutiness, smokiness & spl.
From opening, drydown till almost skin scent, I can tell which one edt, le & pure parfum.
Overall pure parfum is dark version of Le. Simple.
@@apair4002 tested both since i posted that comment. Difference isn't worth mentioning.
I have a 2021 batch decant and it goes away after 5 minutes on my skin like Aaron mentioned. It smells great in the opening but it QUICKLY fades to a lemony/woody/smoky skin scent that's barely detectable. The clones are MUCH better than current batches and at a way better price point.
I have a 2013 W01 batch of Aventus that is really heavy on the birch tar, patchouli and black currant… but the performance on it is pretty insane. The sweet and creamy woody dry down is really quality. Half way through my 4.0oz bottle
Aaron has been wanting to test an early batch, see if he will review a sample
sounds like the one I just got from macys, 6+ hours later can strongly smell from a single spray especially the birch but not sure what the other notes are with it but it's nice. I can't fathom how people would say it doesn't last with how insanely potent the one I got is.
Cheers, Aaron! Not that anyone needs another Aventus clone, but, to my nose, Montagne Parfums Pineapple Musk is essentially a 1:1 recreation of vintage Aventus.
amazing video!!! aaron is a beast
Hey mate - I really enjoy and appreciate these videos you do with Aaron…he needs to insure his nose - absolutely spot on…what shirt are you wearing looks amazing….
hi chris and aaron. great video. only i was missing is to get ratings aarons usually does and chose his favourite.. for next time maybe.. thanks
first of all kudos to aaron for gettin this spot on
2nd - its so nice to see how humble and almost shy he is - esp at the end :-)
Great work, Aaron !
Love your fragrances, planning to visit your shop in Salford when it reopens.
Love these. Are you going to review the ones Aaron recently reformulated from his brand?
Excellent video guys..
Impressive 👍🏼. Excellent video. I really enjoyed this one
love you sir Aaron. I like the way you describe the perfumes ♥️♥️♥️
Great video " is there any chance of you're new releases being sold on max aroma ???
Yes I believe MA will be stocking 👍🏻
@FRAG-MENTAL that would be great ! I'm all out of ozone and would love another bottle of the new formulation
Nobody ever talk $#!% about ATH...He is the real deal! Impressive Mr. Hughes! This was really fun! You handsome gents need to do more videos like this in the future...You guys always make great videos when you join forces! xoxo
Aaron is an absolute genius and so humble-legend 🙌
Love the Young Mans Haircut Aaron looks good...Very Nice Chris Aaron!!!
Ashton at Gents Scents did a video a while ago where he had his wife give him a blind test of all his Aventus clones (of which he has many). If I recall he was able to, not only tell which was Aventus, but he also correctly guessed what all the others were as well. I was impressed.
That's cause he literally buys every fragrance and probably just sits in his office sniffing frags all day haha
Awesome video just thought of this today 👍
Aaron is the man of smelling perfume! ❤
Well done, Aaron! Loving the new hair and botox btw.
Loving your shirt!
Amazing 👏 Agree! Explorer does not smell like Aventus. It's fresh cut lemon, not pineapple with the Aventus DNA.
WELL DONE AARON .. good advice you have given him - to trust his own sense of self more !! good vibes - happy vibes - solid friendship =)
Great video, BTW Aventus in México costs around 8000 pesos, which is quite expensive for its current performance. To give you an idea, that is the monthly salary of a mall security officer before taxes. Saludos mi estimado Aaron!
I have just started buying from Aaron, i got Hard Candy 2023 and it is bliss! Watching this video just shows this man's talent. Ordered 2 more to come this week. I can't wait!
Love this and you guys are awesome!
I bought about 6-8 250ml Aventus over the last years. Plus additional normal spray bottles. So I really fed Creed well. I loved Aventus back then. But Today I opened a new bottle. And over the last years I noticed that Aventus went weaker and weaker. But today it blew my mind. This has nothing to do with the Aventus from 2016. You cant smell any pineapple. There is almost zero smoke compared to older batches. When I spray the 2016 version, my arm is shiny from all the oil and boy it is gorgeos smelling. The new version after just 1 hour you cant smell anything of it anymore. I compared it to the old formula and guys trust me: Dont give Creed any more money, they are ripping you off. Im crying wirh one eye but now I just ordered the Emperor Extrait.
A 2016 bottle of aventus would have probably expired by now and changed in a bad way
How is the emporor extrait
@@raydeemedtry Al Haramain it’s very nice and really cannot tell the difference!
Are you people buying your Aventus from a seller that 100% would be legit like macys or a department store or some third party on amazon or ebay? Because I seriously wonder if you are with how drastically different people are saying their aventus is and the price I could see it as a prime target to knock off...
@@raydeemed it is okay but not the same as old aventus for me. Would give it a 8/10
Oh boy the video we have been waiting for for ages :)))))))))) thank you even though not enough clones :) but you cant fool Aaron as we can see. thank you
Insane. ATH is a hero, I admire him, and think he's outstanding. Thanks for a great, great video!!!
Great video guys. I really wish you had my King of Kings for this showdown
Great video and you both are amazing. Would love to support Aaron’s brand, but we cant buy his fragrances in Australia yet😔. I have a new metal cap bottle of Aventus and when compared with the 2019 batch, it is much more smokier and lasts longer too. But Like Aaron, I have no idea how the OG’s smelt and so could mean nothing.😊
y’all (including frag apprentice) are great no matter the sub count ❤🤙🏼
Chris, is it possible to ask Aaron to identify which Aventus take is best be it clone like cdnim or inspired by like Hacivat and include aventus grail batches to determine which dna smells the best or the blend that smells the best version or take on what should be the King's royal blood
I may be going mad, but I just saw a Jet2 advert on tv, and swear down it’s you doing the voiceover. 🧐
No link to his channel?
Chris, please can you tell me where you got that shirt!? Really cool
He sells them on his website homie
Well done Aaron!
Aaron's nose never fails 👏 impressive.
Great video.
Thanks
For the longest time I thought it was only me who found cdnim a little metallic, but today I feel proud that a professional perfumer also finds it metallic.
Thanks for noting down which CDNIM is used, most channels dont bother.
10:41 He says Parfums Vintage "Emperor" is "nice". In a more recent video (a month back) he stated it smelled "flat" and he didn't like it. So which one is it?
Love Aaron. So humble, a beautiful sole and one hell of a nose! Back yourself mate!! An amazing effort, and great video Chris, really enjoyed that!
I'm actually more impressed by the host and how he remembered everything Aaron said 😮
cool idea for a video, nice to see others opinions as well
I've been watching a lot of your videos love Aaron and would love to see you do eight and bob original, Louis Vuitton Meteore and initio oud for greatness those are my top 3 favorite
Hey Chris, why haven't you included l'aventure by al haramain?
I sold it.
@@FRAGMENTAL Hmm so it is not really a good Aventus dupe? - I'm still struggling which one I should buy, lol.
@@FRAGMENTALooooh explain that out
This is cool. Thank you!
And another amazing video.
Shame you didn't have laventure intense, hard to trick a master, but its very close to current aventus with better performance. Personally, I don't get metallic notes from CDNIM parfum, it's like smoky OG aventus and is very roundly blended and nicely done 👌 There is a note or two not in the original though creed fomula which makes it both different and better (more masculine) than the current formulation and gets too many compliments 😀
Love both Aaron and Christian Bale😄
😂
What year is the very best of all? I've had the 2016 and liked it. But I've yet to find a rounded fruitier blend. I like the smokey but want a soft fruity smell too. Pineapple Vintage is a little too sharp on the Pineapple. ATH should be protected at all cost. 💎 What a treasure!
I bought a small bottle of aventus EDP og black it really is phenomenal. But that video was awesome that guy's really cool and good at what he does
Damn Aaron is a pro 💯