It's interesting how differently you and Sarah experience scents. Of course, there are typically differences from person to person, but you two seem markedly different which is actually really helpful. I think it gives us a better sense of the differences in how some of the potentially more challenging fragrances, especially, may be perceived!
What a timely video for me, I am currently reading a book about ambergris called "Floating Gold: A Natural (& Unnatural) History of Ambergris". Very fascinating read! Also love you two together, Sarah is a stunner!
I haven’t learned this much about whale poo in years! 😂 Not a fan of ambergris, nor Ambroxan, but I appreciate this video, and I love when Sarah shares her expertise with us.
Real ambergris has a way of wrapping the different notes up in little bubbles and making them swirl around one another, disappear only to reappear, giving spices a shimming effect. There’s no real substitute imo, and I find it fairly easy to tell between the real and created accord. Agree that ambroxan is nothing like it. Ambra Aurea is my favorite example. A good suggestion for your past myrrh video too!
WOOHOO!! You will get there. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication. Just keep in mind I have been doing this since 2012. On my second channel now! :)
Agree with the love in the comments for Les Indemodables. Ambre Supreme is gorgeous stuff, and a 10% real ambergris dose is pretty crazy for a non-indie scent. 🙌🏻
I love ambergris Q : have you ever smelt pure ambergris oil ? I had some , in the gulf area, we use it as a base mixed with pure oud oil, rubbed together and then applied to skin, and some on clothes also. After that you spray your favorite perfume all over 😊, and you finish with burning some expensive incense and standing over the incense burner that's on the floor to get bathed in a cloud of heavenly smoke. Now you are ready to go out 😊 Also we like to rub some pure musk oil in the mix 🤗
I like Les Indemodables fragrances for real ambergris-- particularly Escale Indonesie and Ambre Supreme. They're both beautiful wears while highlighting the natural ingredient. Silence the Sea (by Strangelove NYC) also really highlights the note and the full 'on the sea' experience.
There's no ambergris in Francesca Bianchi's fragrances. She says so in her ethics page. She also mentions that she'd advertise ambergris if she did use it so her vegan customers would know.
Love Auster, will try Auster. Soul and Squid still on my list. I'm not a big fan of marine fragrances, I really like some but I gravitate more to Ambers, woods, Tobacco, Oud, etc. Always a pleasure to see Sarah in the videos, thanks for the video Guys!!!
Hey Sarah and Sebastian! Love your vibe when you two get together. I really like ambergris. I know some folks don’t like FB’s fragrances because they do have a certain DNA but I love Sex and the Sea. Sarah is correct Ambre Nuit is very subtle but it’s there. Thanks for the lessons behind the notes.
I looove this video so much !! I was so much looking forward to seeing your updated list. I love ambergris despite really being a very elusive scent. I only smell it in a very minute doses and once I spray-not even overspray- I get anosmic to it. FB Sex and Sea is only evident on clothes and the next day when I walk in to my closet. I read that ambergris is very unreliable to recreate it facets across patch variations, so Mrs Bianchi used a combination of Cetalox and Ambrox (just like Misenzir For Your Love) 😂.
I have Atlante and MagneticBlend1. Nice to know those have an ambergris feel. Ive already ordered whitewhale which got me sold on the brief/story. Im now looking at Alkout or Walk the Sea given your description in the video.
"Antique Ambergris" by Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes! So dreamy and contains the real stuff. See Sebastian's video tour of her amazing museum of scents! Friends interested in this material should at least experience it - worth ordering a sample.
Hello sir! Couple of days back i commented on ur video that i cant smell another 13 and u gave me some tips and i also rested my nose one day and it worked!
AdP Colonia Ambra is unbelievable for the prices you can find it at. smells like a $350 fragrance (i believe it was hundreds of dollars upon release) but you can find testers under $100 easily. amazing, amazing juice and the performance is super strong as well.
Hello Sean, I recently pulled the trigger on this one & you are right. To my nose this smell little bit like Tom Ford Tuscan leather.. Do you also sense that?
I need to hunt down more fragrances that use real ambergris so I can learn more about its smell. I don't think I've had much experience with the real deal but would like to be able to pick it out. I think I would definitely pick Walk the Sea as a reference as I'm pretty sure John uses the real stuff. I think that Spell 125 would be a good one too, just to get the full animalic punch of it.
It is suspected that there are glands and ducts that create ambergris as a pheromone stone, communication marking system, and it stays at certain depth and is not actually fecal matter.
@ThePerfumeGuy this video like most of yours is so informative and just a good watch!!!! Will you ever review Regime Des Fleurs or Mendittorosa I would be very interested to see your take on these houses!!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Squid (such a great spring summer transitional fragrance and was unaware of an ambergris note til now. SO COOL. NOW I can detect. Wow!!!! And have Amber Nui by Dior and NOW can detect it. So cool. Thank you
OMG I'm dying laughing from the cocaine reference 😂 and honestly, Tom Ford's Tuscan Leather has a very noticeable cocaine note as well..!!! At least the original version did...!!
I'm not sure if I'm getting a real sense of how ambergris is supposed to smell. Is it supposed to be animalic? The only fragrance I have from this selection is Ambre Nuit by Dior. For me it's a gorgeous sparkling amber fragrance. I don't get any animalic notes from it, at all.
I've smelled a couple of different grades of Ambergris at Jovoy Mayfair and it smelled like bad breath! I own Guerlain'sg Encens Mythique - the tall rectangular bottle - which I've read has real ambergris and have sampled Profumum Roma's Ambra Aurea.
I was curious if you’ve ever tried O Hira from SHL 777? It’s hard to find an accurate note breakdown, but I believe it does feature ambergris. It’s more about labdanum and resins however.
I have smelled all of their fragrances but never really talk about them as I don't have any except the one in this video and they are hard to find in the states near me so it's a bummer as I want to explore the brand! :)
Something tells me that if Sarah uploaded her "Top 10 List of Aphrodisiac Fragrances for Men" video, there wouldn't be a guy in the community who wasn't taking notes!
I need to check it out I don't own it and hard to find his fragrances in my area of the world. Plus he doesn't have distribution in the states to not easy to find sadly! :(
@@ThePerfumeGuy Not referring to your discussion. But generally throughout the community they are confused way too often just because "amber" is in the word ambergris.
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i have ambergris sir
I wanna send some email to you sir in regards to this ambergris.. cuz we have it here in the Philippines
Tenho um ambergris e quero vender
Always a pleasure to chat with you about your amazing fragrances, Sebastian. I'm honored to include Atlante in this one. I ❤ambergris!
You're the best!
That “cocaine” comment had me dying of laughter 😂 Always great seeing Sarah on the channel!
It's interesting how differently you and Sarah experience scents. Of course, there are typically differences from person to person, but you two seem markedly different which is actually really helpful. I think it gives us a better sense of the differences in how some of the potentially more challenging fragrances, especially, may be perceived!
Great to see you together .
Sarah is always a very special guest
Thank you for stopping by! :)
I'm going to start eating squid beaks so I can start producing my own personal ambergris.
Eeew
😂😂😂I can’t take it
You should (do it) in the ocean, let it sit there for decades and decades and let your grandchildren harvest it from the beach😂😂😂
@@hoviggh😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You need to be a Whale first
What a timely video for me, I am currently reading a book about ambergris called "Floating Gold: A Natural (& Unnatural) History of Ambergris". Very fascinating read! Also love you two together, Sarah is a stunner!
Wonderful!
How was it? Worth buying?
I haven’t learned this much about whale poo in years! 😂 Not a fan of ambergris, nor Ambroxan, but I appreciate this video, and I love when Sarah shares her expertise with us.
Thank you.
I love the sense of “falling” I get when I smell ambergris. It is one of my favourite notes.
Real ambergris has a way of wrapping the different notes up in little bubbles and making them swirl around one another, disappear only to reappear, giving spices a shimming effect. There’s no real substitute imo, and I find it fairly easy to tell between the real and created accord. Agree that ambroxan is nothing like it. Ambra Aurea is my favorite example. A good suggestion for your past myrrh video too!
Encens Mythique is such an underrated fragrance. So beautiful and gorgeous. Definitely one of the best from Les absolus d'orient collection, imo.
I'm jelly you get to do videos with people like Sarah. It's my dream to do what you do! About to do my first video here soon
WOOHOO!! You will get there. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication. Just keep in mind I have been doing this since 2012. On my second channel now! :)
Agree with the love in the comments for Les Indemodables. Ambre Supreme is gorgeous stuff, and a 10% real ambergris dose is pretty crazy for a non-indie scent. 🙌🏻
Love the videos with Sarah. You always have the best guests.
I love ambergris
Q : have you ever smelt pure ambergris oil ?
I had some , in the gulf area, we use it as a base mixed with pure oud oil, rubbed together and then applied to skin, and some on clothes also. After that you spray your favorite perfume all over 😊, and you finish with burning some expensive incense and standing over the incense burner that's on the floor to get bathed in a cloud of heavenly smoke. Now you are ready to go out 😊
Also we like to rub some pure musk oil in the mix 🤗
Yes I have and it can have some funk and pack a major punch! :)
That sounds like a delightful routine!
you kinda described ALKOUT
Sebastian, thanks for having Sarah in this video, she brings a lot of knowledge.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Sarah McCartney is a great educator on all things fragrance-making!
I like Les Indemodables fragrances for real ambergris-- particularly Escale Indonesie and Ambre Supreme. They're both beautiful wears while highlighting the natural ingredient. Silence the Sea (by Strangelove NYC) also really highlights the note and the full 'on the sea' experience.
There's no ambergris in Francesca Bianchi's fragrances. She says so in her ethics page. She also mentions that she'd advertise ambergris if she did use it so her vegan customers would know.
These are my favorite type of videos focusing on a specific note. I learn so much and appreciate your work. Thank you
Le Sables Roses is one of my most favourite scent. Such beautiful harmony of stem-y rose with aquatic tones.
It really is!
I like Sarah Baker Atlante and will be seeking a full bottle. But my favorite ambergris fragrance is Creed EROLFA.
I ADORE ambergris fragrances. The note adds such a unique musky tone to any fragrance.
Awesome
I cracked up at the discussion of the first Electimus frag, cuz you know, I've definitely never smelled that white substance before either 😏🤣.
LOL
You two are the absolut cutest little key bumpers I've ever seen!
Great video and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try these fragrances and have a blessed day
Thank you! You too!
You welcome keep up the good work and thank you very much GOD BLESS 🙏
Love Auster, will try Auster. Soul and Squid still on my list. I'm not a big fan of marine fragrances, I really like some but I gravitate more to Ambers, woods, Tobacco, Oud, etc. Always a pleasure to see Sarah in the videos, thanks for the video Guys!!!
Can we get a gourmand "screamers" video please Sebastian! Just in time for gourmand season/winter.
Great video with Sarah! Always very informative! ❤
One of my favorite videos! Pls more Sarah in future.
We have several more videos shot, although I think it’s only two left. 😀
Hey Sarah and Sebastian! Love your vibe when you two get together. I really like ambergris. I know some folks don’t like FB’s fragrances because they do have a certain DNA but I love Sex and the Sea. Sarah is correct Ambre Nuit is very subtle but it’s there. Thanks for the lessons behind the notes.
I enjoyed this video with you and Sara. I now know more about ambergris than I ever did! Thank you both for doing it as it was really fun to watch!
Such an informative video! I loved hearing both of your takes/reactions to the fragrances. Thanks for sharing.
Great video I like too many ambergris fragrances but I was waiting for Town & country
I looove this video so much !! I was so much looking forward to seeing your updated list. I love ambergris despite really being a very elusive scent. I only smell it in a very minute doses and once I spray-not even overspray- I get anosmic to it. FB Sex and Sea is only evident on clothes and the next day when I walk in to my closet. I read that ambergris is very unreliable to recreate it facets across patch variations, so Mrs Bianchi used a combination of Cetalox and Ambrox (just like Misenzir For Your Love) 😂.
I have Atlante and MagneticBlend1. Nice to know those have an ambergris feel. Ive already ordered whitewhale which got me sold on the brief/story. Im now looking at Alkout or Walk the Sea given your description in the video.
Deep Ocean Amber from Sospiro is my favorite ambergris forward fragrance. Enjoyed the interplay between you both. Love the note and video. Cheers.
I agree ambroxan and Ambergris accords don't smell the same
My understanding is that ambergris is a substance whales produce to 'coat' irritants, much like an oyster's secretions produce pearls.
Some exceptional scents showcasing quite a versatile note to great effect
"Antique Ambergris" by Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes! So dreamy and contains the real stuff. See Sebastian's video tour of her amazing museum of scents! Friends interested in this material should at least experience it - worth ordering a sample.
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Love this, thank you! I really need to get my nose on Sarah's stuff! It sounds beautiful.
Hello sir! Couple of days back i commented on ur video that i cant smell another 13 and u gave me some tips and i also rested my nose one day and it worked!
Great job!
AdP Colonia Ambra is unbelievable for the prices you can find it at. smells like a $350 fragrance (i believe it was hundreds of dollars upon release) but you can find testers under $100 easily. amazing, amazing juice and the performance is super strong as well.
Hello Sean, I recently pulled the trigger on this one & you are right. To my nose this smell little bit like Tom Ford Tuscan leather.. Do you also sense that?
I need to hunt down more fragrances that use real ambergris so I can learn more about its smell. I don't think I've had much experience with the real deal but would like to be able to pick it out. I think I would definitely pick Walk the Sea as a reference as I'm pretty sure John uses the real stuff. I think that Spell 125 would be a good one too, just to get the full animalic punch of it.
It is suspected that there are glands and ducts that create ambergris as a pheromone stone, communication marking system, and it stays at certain depth and is not actually fecal matter.
@ThePerfumeGuy this video like most of yours is so informative and just a good watch!!!! Will you ever review Regime Des Fleurs or Mendittorosa I would be very interested to see your take on these houses!!!!
I get so many compliments from wearing Squid at work. Great scent
Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Squid (such a great spring summer transitional fragrance and was unaware of an ambergris note til now. SO COOL. NOW I can detect. Wow!!!! And have Amber Nui by Dior and NOW can detect it. So cool. Thank you
OMG I'm dying laughing from the cocaine reference 😂 and honestly, Tom Ford's Tuscan Leather has a very noticeable cocaine note as well..!!! At least the original version did...!!
obsessed over the ambroxan videos.👏🏽
Awesome.
would have loved to have seen les indemodables included in here given their commitment to using real ambergris
Don't own any of the ones that have the ambergris.
Sarah is correct, SHL is an artist that studied painting before becoming a perfumer.
Woohoo artist turner perfumer what else is new? LOL! 🤣
I'm not sure if I'm getting a real sense of how ambergris is supposed to smell. Is it supposed to be animalic? The only fragrance I have from this selection is Ambre Nuit by Dior. For me it's a gorgeous sparkling amber fragrance. I don't get any animalic notes from it, at all.
Great video. I would love your opinion on Tiziana Terenzi Dionisio. It has ambergris listed several times in the notes.
Great topic! Love these kinds of videos
So glad!
I have been waiting for this video for so long 😍
And such a competent description... good job 💙
Thank you for stopping by! :)
Would like to hear more about ALKOUT...
An enjoyable collaboration video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I've smelled a couple of different grades of Ambergris at Jovoy Mayfair and it smelled like bad breath! I own Guerlain'sg Encens Mythique - the tall rectangular bottle - which I've read has real ambergris and have sampled Profumum Roma's Ambra Aurea.
Yes I can totally see bad breath.
Wish you would have included Tiziana Terenzi Dionisio……My fav. Thanks for all you do.
Hi Sir, Do you know any buyer of Ambergris? We have 200kgs here in the Philippines.
I find ambergris in Tobacco Rose from Papillon and O Hira from SHL777 to be the strongest in their brands
Both those you have mentioned are they leaning toward masculine or feminine?? Thank you
Very nice and super interesting video! 👌Thank you
I’m quite keen on Eros Perfumes Mxxx…lots of ambergris softness.
Sarah is sooo classy and beautiful ❤❤❤❤
As Bob Hope would have said if Sarah did a USO tour with him back in the 1960's, "Hey about that Sarah?! G-r-r-o-w-w-l-l-l-l!"
Stephane Humbert Lucas! Oh yeah, I feel that a new brand review is coming. God of Fire, yah!
Hands down Les Indemodables Ambre Supreme is my favourite ambergris.
I was curious if you’ve ever tried O Hira from SHL 777? It’s hard to find an accurate note breakdown, but I believe it does feature ambergris. It’s more about labdanum and resins however.
I have smelled all of their fragrances but never really talk about them as I don't have any except the one in this video and they are hard to find in the states near me so it's a bummer as I want to explore the brand! :)
Interesting that many of the names of these frags start with A :)
Great video! Sarah is so classy and beautiful.
Are they natural ambergris
I have a lot of ambergris lying around. Found them on the beach.
I guess it's time to pull the trigger on Ambre Nuit.
Ambre Nuit!!
Sir im here in philippines... do you have a buyer of this ITEMS?
love this woman
Love these videos :)
Something tells me that if Sarah uploaded her "Top 10 List of Aphrodisiac Fragrances for Men" video, there wouldn't be a guy in the community who wasn't taking notes!
You should have sold ohira by Stéphane Humbert, he literally just lists ambergris as the note. But lots of spice in it
Should have done sorry
I need to check it out I don't own it and hard to find his fragrances in my area of the world. Plus he doesn't have distribution in the states to not easy to find sadly! :(
Cocaine? Can somebody please explain the smell? Legit question, isnt a joke. Thanks.
Areej La Doree Atlantic Ambergris wich uses real smbergris.
Sadly very limited and very expensive.
I agree
OUTSTANDING video Sebastian!*It smells like cocaine*😂😂Classic…..
Ha
Exciting! 🎉
🎉
Mxxx from eris has a great ambergris note
Guerlain Cuir Intense has a very natural animalic ambergris in the drydown
That one too? I don't get it from Cuir Intense but def from the Incense.
@@ThePerfumeGuyyes it’s in that one too - not listed but my friend thought I was wearing Silence the Sea. I’m sure they are using the same base.
Is the word you're using to describe some fragrances "amalic"? (Not sure if I spelled that right.) If so, what does that mean?
Animalic.
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Lol I know exactly what you’re talking about with the cocaine smell. Memories!!!
Sarah Baker is very attractive
Could you review Ambra by Etro?
We NEED Dalya on this one
I don’t think Dalya likes ambergris!
My husband have ambergris
Wonderful 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! Cheers!
Professor/🐐✅♥️
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If it's not real AMBUGRAY then just throw it SYNTHETICO.
My bottle of Sex And The Sea came with a slight thumbprint on the label. could it be francesca's??? Lol, that's what I'm going to tell people 🤣
LOL could be or the packing company.
@@ThePerfumeGuy 😉
Hi i have ambergis i want to sill it
Can't believe you didn't have profumum roma ambra avrea.
Can’t have it all now can we? 😀
😔 unfortunately no. I just meant it in a way that ambra avrea is so good anda gear representation of ambergris.
16:03 😂😂😂
I don't think ambergris has ANYTHING to do with the accord known as "amber". I don't know why people continue to confuse that.
Who's confusing it? We simply said sometimes they combine the amebergris with the accord of amber.
@@ThePerfumeGuy Not referring to your discussion. But generally throughout the community they are confused way too often just because "amber" is in the word ambergris.
I have Ambarish 1kg